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Notes relating to Pte [?] John Erskine, formerly of the 5th Territorial Force, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), who served in the Battle of Loos and the first Battle of the Somme during the First World War. Pte Erskine won the Victoria Cross on 22 Jun 1916 at Givenchy, he was killed at Arras on 14 Apr 1917, while leading his men. Typewritten notes possibly taken from a folder in Fife Council Central Area Libraries Library Headquarters.

Loos, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)