Adam Archibald
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Adam Archibald VC was a Scottish First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commo
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Battle of the Sambre (1918)
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The Second Battle of the Sambre
Adam Archibald
…Archibald enlisted with the 7th Durham Light Infantry before transferring to the 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers, with whom he was serving during the second battle of the Sambre. At the age of 39, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for action while his unit was attempting to bridge the Sambre–Oise Canal. Archibald received his…
The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy by New Zealand troops; painting by George Edmund Butler