George Findlater
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Sergeant Piper George Frederick Findlater VC was a Scottish soldier in the British Army, who was awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry, for his role in the Tirah Campaign.
An artist's illustration of Findlater's winning of the Victoria Cross
The medals awarded to Findlater on display at the Gordon Highlanders Museum, 2017
Gordon Highlanders
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The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders to form The Highlande
George Findlater
…Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry, for his role in the Tirah Campaign. On 20 October 1897, Findlater, then a junior piper in the Gordon Highlanders, was shot in the ankles during an advance against opposing defences at the Battle of the Dargai Heights; unable to walk, and exposed to enemy fire, he…
92nd Highlanders at Kandahar by Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927)
Monument in Aberdeen to the Gordon Highlanders who fell in the Anglo-Egyptian War
The Gordon Cemetery in Mametz, Somme
Soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders all fallen on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme