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The following Victoria Crosses are held by the National War Museum of Scotland
Crimean War ( 1854-1856 )
Private John ALEXANDER (90th Regiment ( Perthshire Light Infantry ) ***
Indian Mutiny ( 1857-1858 )
Sergeant Major Cornelius COUGHLAN (75th Regiment ( Gordon Highlanders ) ***
Surgeon Valentine Munbee MCMASTER (78th Ross-shire Buffs ( Seaforth Highlanders ) ***
Private Duncan MILLAR (42nd Regiment ( Black Watch ) ***
2nd Boer War ( 1899-1902 )
Lieutenant Colonel William ROBERTSON (2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders) ***
First World War ( 1914-1918 )
Lance Corporal William ANGUS (8th Bn, Highland Light Infantry) ***
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain BRODIE,
(2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry) *** (LOAN)
Sergeant John Brown HAMILTON (9th Bn, Highland Light Infantry) ***
Sergeant Piper Daniel Logan LAIDLAW (7th Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers) ***
Lieutenant David Lowe MACINTYRE (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
att'd 6th Bn, Highland Light Infantry)
Second World War ( 1939-1945 )
Flight Sergeant George THOMPSON (9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) ***
Korean War ( 1950-1953 )
Sergeant William SPEAKMAN (Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders )
att'd 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers) ***
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ( Carabiniers and Greys )
Sergeant Henry RAMAGE (2nd Dragoons ( Royal Scots Greys ) ***
The Royal Scots Museum
Corporal Robert DUNSIRE (13th Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment ) ***
Major Roland Edward ELCOCK (11th Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment ) ***
Lieutenant David Stuart MCGREGOR (6th Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment )
att'd 5th Bn, Machine Gun Corps) ***
Private Hugh MCIVER (2nd Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment ) ***
Private Joseph PROSSER (2nd Bn, 1st Regiment ( The Royal Scots ) ***
Captain Henry REYNOLDS (12th Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment ) ***
Private Henry Howey ROBSON (2nd Bn, Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment ) ***
***on display