Robert Dunsire Explained

Robert Dunsire
Honorific Suffix:VC
Birth Date:24 November 1891
Birth Place:Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland
Death Place:Mazingarbe, France
Placeofburial:Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery
Serviceyears:1915–1916
Rank:Corporal
Branch: British Army
Unit:Royal Scots
Battles:World War I
Awards: Victoria Cross

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.

Dunsire was born in November 1891 to Thomas and Elizabeth Anderson Dunsire at Buckhaven in Fife.[1] At the outbreak of war in 1914, Robert was a miner at the Fife Coal Company's Rosie Pit[2] 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.

Citation

He later achieved the rank of corporal. He was killed in action at Mazingarbe in France on 30 January 1916 and is buried there.[3]

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/180932 Dunsire, Robert
  2. Web site: Methil Heritage . March 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130702114528/http://www.methilheritage.org.uk/content/pages/robert-dunsire-vc.php . July 2, 2013 .
  3. Web site: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery . March 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926200320/http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/mazingarbe_com.htm . September 26, 2013 .