John Brown Hamilton
Lance-Corporal, 1st/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
- Register No.
- 517 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lance-Corporal (register: Acting Lance Corporal) all Lance-Corporals →
- Unit
- 1st/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry all Highland Light Infantry VCs →
- Date of action
- 25–26 September 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 26th November, 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Born
- 26th August, 1896 at Dunbarton, Scotland
- Died
- 23rd July, 1973 at East Kilbride, Scotland
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 25th/26th September, 1917 north of the Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium, great difficulty was experienced in keeping the front and support line supplied with small-arms ammunition, owing to the intense artillery fire. At a time when the supply had reached a seriously low level, Lance-Corporal Hamilton on several occasions, on his own initiative, carried bandoliers of ammunition through the enemy fields of fire and then, in full year of their snipers and machine-guns which were lying out in the front our line at close range, he distributed the ammunition
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HAMILTON, John Brown. (reg No. 517).
Lance-Corporal. 1st/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Gazetted on 26th November, 1917.
Born on 26th August, 1896 at Dunbarton, Scotland.
Died on 23rd July, 1973 at East Kilbride, Scotland.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 25th/26th September, 1917 north of the Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium, great difficulty was experienced in keeping the front and support line supplied with small-arms ammunition, owing to the intense artillery fire. At a time when the supply had reached a seriously low level, Lance-Corporal Hamilton on several occasions, on his own initiative, carried bandoliers of ammunition through the enemy fields of fire and then, in full year of their snipers and machine-guns which were lying out in the front our line at close range, he distributed the ammunition.
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