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Victoria College.
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Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid
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He was 29 years old, and an Acting Captain in the 17th (South) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge"s Own), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 30 November/1 December 1917 at the Moeuvres Sector, France, when the enemy penetrated into our position, and the situation was extremely critical, Captain McReady-Diarmid led his company through a heavy barrage and immediately engaged the enemy and drove them back at least 300 yards, causing numerous casualties and taking 27 prisoners. The following day the enemy again attacked and drove back another company which had lost all its officers. The captain called for volunteers, and leading the attack, again drove them back.
lieutenant was entirely due to his throwing of bombs that the ground was regained, but he was eventually killed by a bomb.
He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing. As a boy Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid went to Queen Elizabeth"s Grammar School for Boys, Barnet, Hertfordshire.
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Victoria Cross Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour 'in the face of the enemy' to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.