George Imlach McIntosh VC

liverpool annie · Nov 6, 2009

I just love this picture ..... you can tell by his body language - he's just so excited and proud !!

Battle of Passchendaele - Investiture of George Imlach McIntosh VC, 1/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

liverpool annie · Nov 6, 2009

On 31July 1917 at Ypres, Belgium, during the consolidation of a position, the company came under machine-gun fire at close range and Private Mclntosh immediately rushed forward under heavy fire and reaching the emplacement, threw a Mills grenade into it, killing two of the enemy and wounding a third. Subsequently entering the dug-out he found two light machine-guns which he carried back with him. His quick grasp of the situation and the rapidity with which he acted undoubtedly saved many of his comrades and enabled the consolidation to proceed unhindered by machine-gun fire.
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liverpool annie · Nov 6, 2009

Feb 4 1960

Big day for George I. McIntosh VC. George McIntosh VC at 63 now the only living VC of the Gordon Highlanders took the salute at a passing out parade at the Bridge of Don Barracks in Aberdeen. He first of all inspected two platoons of recruits who have completed their basic training , one of which was named after himself and the other after one of the Gordon’s 19 VC’s, Drum Major, William Kenny who died in 1935.
Mr McIntosh, Head Janitor at Buckie High School won his VC at the 3rd battle of Ypres in July 1917 and has been mentioned in dispatches 3 times, twice in WWI and one in WWII in which he served as a Flight Sergeant. He ended the war as a Warrant Officer
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In 1955 he was made a Freeman of Buckie.

June 23 1960

Death of G. I McIntosh VC - Headline on the front page of the B. A. read – “Buckie mourns the death of a hero.”

Mr George Imlach McIntosh VC a hero of two world wars is dead. ‘Mac’ who had been ill for the past month and had undergone two operations died on Monday night in Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen. He was 63.
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