Angus Buchanan
Captain, 4th Battalion. The South Wales Borderers
- Register No.
- 142 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain (register: Temp. Captain) all Captains →
- Unit
- 4th Battalion. The South Wales Borderers all South Wales Borderers VCs →
- Date of action
- 5 April 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 26th September 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 11th August 1894 at Coleford, Gloucestershire
- Died
- the 1st March 1944 at Gloucester
- Memorial / grave
- Coleford Church, in the Memorial Gardens, Coleford, and in Havard Chapel, Brecon Cathedral
- Medal held by
- the South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon,
Digest of citation
On 5th April 1916 at Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia, during an attack, an officer was lying out in the open severely wounded about 150 yards from cover. Two men went out to his assistance and one of them was hit at once. Captain Buchanan immediately went out and with the help of the other man, carried the first casualty to cover under machine-gun fire. He then returned and brought in the other wounded man, again under heavy fire
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BUCHANAN, Angus. (reg No. 142)
Captain 4th Battalion. The South Wales Borderers.
London Gazetted on 26th September 1916.
VC Medal's Custodian is the South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon, Wales.
Born on 11th August 1894 at Coleford, Gloucestershire.
Died on the 1st March 1944 at Gloucester.
Memorial at Coleford Church, in the Memorial Gardens, Coleford, and in Havard Chapel, Brecon Cathedral.
Digest of Citation reads: On 5th April 1916 at Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia, during an attack, an officer was lying out in the open severely wounded about 150 yards from cover. Two men went out to his assistance and one of them was hit at once. Captain Buchanan immediately went out and with the help of the other man, carried the first casualty to cover under machine-gun fire. He then returned and brought in the other wounded man, again under heavy fire.
Wales.
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