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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Robert Dunsire

Unit
  
Royal Scots

Battles/wars
  
World War I

Service/branch
  
British Army


Rank
  
Corporal

Battles and wars
  
World War I

Years of service
  
1915-1916 †

Role
  
Armed force officer

Awards
  
Victoria Cross

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Buried at
  
Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery

Died
  
January 30, 1916, Mazingarbe, France

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Robert Dunsire (24 November 1891 – 30 January 1916) was a Scottish 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 Commonwealth forces.

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Dunsire was born in November 1891 to Thomas and Elizabeth Anderson Dunsire at Buckhaven in Fife. At the outbreak of war in 1914, Robert was a miner at the Fife Coal Company’s Rosie Pit and married to Catherine Pitt. He enlisted in January 1915 joining the 13th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army. It was during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC for his actions during the Battle of Loos, on 26 September 1915.

Buckhaven tribute to vc robert dunsire


Citation

For most conspicuous bravery on Hill 70 on 26th Sept., 1915. Pte. Dunsire went out under very heavy fire and rescued a wounded man from between the firing lines. Later, when another man considerably nearer the German lines was heard shouting for help, he crawled out again with utter disregard to the enemy's fire and carried him in also. Shortly afterwards the Germans attacked over this ground.

He later achieved the rank of corporal. He was killed in action at Mazingarbe in France on 30 January 1916 and is buried there.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.

References

Robert Dunsire Wikipedia