We remember James Guthrie Valentine

We remember James Guthrie Valentine

Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Dalgetty Farm, Brechin United Kingdom Source:7942377 12th July 1892
1910
employment Farm Assistant Father Dalgetty Farm, Brechin United Kingdom Source:7942377 22nd March 1910
1910
enlistment Brechin United Kingdom Source:7942377 22nd March 1910
1910
service British Army Private 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Source:7942377 22nd March 1910
1914
service British Army Lance Corporal 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Source:7942377 5th August 1914
1914
service British Army Corporal 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:7942377 7th September 1914
1915
service British Army Corporal 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:7942377 7th September 1915
1915
theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:4545874 26th September 1915
1915
awards Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) British Award/Decoration Source:7942379 17th October 1915
1915
hospitalisation Bayonet Wound in left side, traversing thorax & abdomen Hospital/Institution Source:7942377 18th October 1915
1916
service British Army Acting Serjeant 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:7942377 15th April 1916
1917
commission Source:7942371 26th April 1917
1917
service British Army Second Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Source:7942371 26th April 1917
1918
service British Army Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Source:7942385 26th October 1918 - 11th November 1921
1921
location Howfield Farm, Stapleford Tewney, nr. Romford, Essex United Kingdom their own address Source:4545874 1921
education Brechin High School Brechin United Kingdom Source:7942377
service British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders Source:4545874
service British Army Scottish Rifles (attached) Source:4545874

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names James Guthrie
Initials JG
Last Name Valentine,
Source 8609593
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Howfield Farm, Stapleford Tewney, nr. Romford, Essex United Kingdom their own address known 1921
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Royal Highlanders Lieutenant
British Army Scottish Rifles (attached)
British Army Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Second Lieutenant
British Army Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Lieutenant
British Army 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Private
British Army 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force) Lance Corporal
British Army 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Corporal
British Army 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Corporal
British Army 1437 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion (Territorial Force) Acting Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
DCM British Award/Decoration
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Scrymgeour Valentine mother
John Spark Valentine father
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1910-03-22 5'5"

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Medal Index Cards Transcription Fife3190

External Evidence

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Commissioned as 2nd Lt - London Gazette Fife3190
Officers Service Record Fife3190
DCM Citation - London Gazette Fife3190
Promoted Lieutenant - London Gazette Fife3190
Relinquishes rank under Army Order - London Gazette Fife3190
Fife and Forfar Men who gained D.C.M. Fife3190
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry by Major D. D. Ogilvie Fife3190

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