16th Battalion
The Canadian Scottish

Awards given to members of the 16th Battalion, The Canadian Scottish during the Great War

Summary

The following summarizes the awards given to the 16th Battalion

	With 16th Bn.	With other Units	Total
The Victoria Cross	4	0	4
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George	2	0	2
Distinguished Service Order	8	5	13
Bar to Distinguished Service Order	1	0	1
Military Cross	35	2	37
Bar to Military Cross	3	5	8
2nd Bar to Military Cross	1	0	1
Officer of the Order of the British Empire	2	0	2
Distinguished Conduct Medal	30	0	30
Military Medal	188	5	193
Bar to Military Medal	18	0	18
2nd Bar to Military Medal	1	0	1
Mertirious Service Medal	6	9	15
Mentioned in Despatches One Mention)	43	21	64
Mentioned in Despatches (Two Mentions)	5	6	11
Mentioned in Despatches (Three Mentions)	1	3	4
Mentioned in Despatches Four Mentions)	1	1	2
Mentioned in Despatches (Five Mentions)	0	1	1
Brought to the Notice of Secretary of State for War	0	2	2
Medaille Militaire (French)	2	0	2
Croix de Guerre (French)	1	0	1
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)	4	0	4
Order of St. Anne, 4th Class, (Russia)	1		1
Cross of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)	0	1	1
Italian Bronze Medal for Valour	1		1
Serbian Gold Medal for Valour	1		1
Order of Danilo, 4th Class, (Montenegro)	0	1	1
Total	359	62	421

Note: an asterix beside the name indicates that the Award was given while the soldier was part of a unit other than the 14th Battalion.

The Victoria Cross

Number	Rank	Name
427586	Private	Milne, W J
28930	Piper	Richardson, J
22614	L/Cpl	Metcalfe, W H
	Lt -Col	Peck, C W

Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George

Number	Rank	Name
	Lt-Colonel	Leckie, R G Edwards
	Lt-Colonel	Leckie, J E

The Distinguished Service Order and Bar

Number	Rank	Name
	Lt-Col	Peek, Cyrus, W

The Distinguished Service Order

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Major	Godson-Godson
	Captain	Monson, Frank
	Major	Rae, William
	Major	Kemp, Walter F
	Lt-Col	Peck, Cyrus W
	Major	Mordy, A G
	Major	Bell-Irving, R O
	Major	Scroggie, J A
	Major	McDonald, H. F	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Villiers, P. F	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Urquhart, H. M	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Killam, G. K	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Lt.-Col.	Browne, B. W	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

The Military Cross and Two Bars

Number	Rank	Name
	Major	Scroggie, J. A

The Military Cross and Bar

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Major	Scroggie, J. A
	Lieut. A/Captain	MacLennan, A. M
	Captain	Johnston, S. D
	Captain	Bressey, F. M	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Browne, B. W	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Donald, H	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Wallis, P. R. M	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	McLean, V. A	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

The Military Cross

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Captain	Hastings, V. J
	Lieut. A/Captain	Bell, D.H.
	Captain	Bell-Irving, R. 0
	Lieut.	Scroggie, J. .A
	Major	Hall, Harry John
	Captain	Tupper, Victor G.
	Lieut	Hart, Edward B
	Lieut.	Clelland, D
	Captain	Floyd, T. C
	Lieut.	Kerans, R. 0
	Captain	Mason, M. J
29283	C.S.M.	Burns, G
	Lieut.	Burke, Patrick T.
	Capt. A/Major	Gilliat, Edward N.
	Capt. A/Major	Murphy, James H. R.
	Lieut.	Allen, B. R. E.
	Captain	Johnston, S. D
	Lieut	Rietchel, E. O
	Captain	Robertson, R. S
	Lieut.	Mclvor, J
	Lieut. A/Captain	MacLennan, A. M.
	Lieut.	Tuxford, J. A
29166	R.S.M.	Kay, J
	Lieut.	Macpherson, D. W
	Lieut. A/Captain	McCreery, G. S
	Captain	Jones, C. B. F
	Lieut.	Green, D
	Lieut.	Meikle, I
	Lieut.	Dunlop, J
	Lieut.	Reid, J. M
	Captain	Paton, J. R
	Lieut.	Adie, E. P
	Captain	Lyons, A
	Captain	Mclntyre, R. C
	Lieut.	Rodgers, J
	Lieut.	Hill, Frank L
	Lieut.	McGugan, D	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Urquhart, H. M	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Captain	Armstrong, H. A. D	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	McGugan, D	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

The Distinguished Conduct Medal

Number	Rank	Name
29519	Sergeant	Lunn, B. C
28874	C.S.M.	Dougall, J.
29167	Sergeant	Denholm,A.
29166	R.S.M.	Kay, J.
28817	Sergeant	LeMaitre, W.
28705	Corporal	Lyons, A.
29289	Sergeant	Mackie, W. D.
420035	Corporal	Catchpole, C H..
28649	Sergeant	McCue, W. D.
486649	Corporal	Mackie, A..
29049	R Q.M.S.	Johnstone, D. McN
28534	Sergeant	Douglas, F.
420479	C.SM.	Gibb, J.
700188	Corporal	Hemstock, G.
150983	Sergeant	Jones, H.T ..
700577	Corporal	Langtry, J. H..
420504	Sergeant	Campbell, J.
426252	Sergeant	McLennan, H. S.
21761	Sergeant	Stephen, J .
29028	Sergeant	Taylor, A. R.
718967	Private	Sumner, F.
420447	C.S.M.	Porter, J.
420375	Sergeant	Bent, C. A
628057	Corporal	Desilets, E
29327	Pipe Major	Groat, J.
29348	A/C.S.M.	MacDonald, F. .
77832	Sergeant	Reid, A.
420412	A/C.S.M.	Kennedy, R.
825099	Private	Lawlis, J
28513	Sergeant	Une, G. V.

The Meritorious Service Medal

Number	Rank	Name	Note
28544	C.Q.M.S.	Mackie, J
29030	Corporal	Wright, V
421072	Sergeant	Cavey, P. E
29077	Sergeant	Bellamy, F
29500	C.Q.M.S.	Stokes, W
29284	C.Q.M.S.	White, Adam
29100	Q.M.S. (A/S.M.)	Goodall, G. B. W	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
77291	Staff Sgt. (A/S.M.)	Norton, S. McL	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
420830	Sergeant	Bull, F	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
700721	Sergeant	McVey, A. R	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29371	Sgt. (Lieut.)	Neal, J. I. P	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29055	Staff Sgt.	Botham, H. G	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28872	Private	McLeod, G. A. N	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28712	Private (A/Q.M.S.)	Brown, J. P	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28760	Private	Minnis, G	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

The Military Medal and two Bars

Number	Rank	Name
420412	A/C.S.M.	Kennedy, R

The Military Medal and Bar

Number	Rank	Name
77140	L/Corporal	Hastings, A. H
420522	Q.M.S.	Gates, J
29327	Pipe Major	Groat, J
28915	Sergeant	Leslie, C. H
77345	Private	Mairs, N. F
77015	Sergeant	McRae, T
420412	A/C.S.M.	Kennedy, R
22614	A/L/Cpl.	Metcalfe, W. H
489290	Private	Nagle, E. A
700494	Private	Wright, F
29369	Corporal	Mowat, A
718752	Corporal	Vandenbosh, F
28515	A/C.S.M. (Signal Sgt.)	Newton, J
701166	C.Q.M.S.	Brown, C. J
721966	Corporal	Johnson, B
180881	Private (A/Cpl.)	Kearns, H
700746	Sergeant	Gibson, J
226765	L/Corporal	Haynes, O. I.

The Military Medal

Number	Rank	Name	Note
420099	Private	Payne, J.
29420	Sergeant	Boyes, J E.
77100	L/Cpl.	Bateman, K
77104	Sergeant	Birch, T.
77107	A/C.S.M.	Brewer, T W.
77345	Private	Mairs, N. F.
77840	Corporal	Rees, H. A.
33264	L/Corporal	Stuart, J.
28593	Private	Barton, J.
28564	Sergeant	Bevan, C
77803	Private	Bjornsfelt, O.G.A
28851	Private	Blair, G.
420110	Private	Fernie, R. T
420159	A/Corporal	Fitton, N. V.
29040	Corporal	Minchin, A. W.
420452	L/Corporal	Anderson, V. C.
420412	Sergeant (A/C.S.M.)	Kennedy, R.
29235	Private	Little, R
29133	Sergeant	Mclvor, J
29378	A/Corporal	Rodgers, J
28680	Sergeant	Swannel, C E
29482	Sergeant	Picton, E J
420696	Sergeant	Wilson, R F
77374	L/Sergeant	Goulding, J E
77140	L/Corporal	Hastings, A H
29246	Corporal	McNeil, J C
22614	L/Corporal	Metcalfe, W H
420537	L/Corporal	Moroney, W J
147320	Private	Watts, F M
420816	Sergeant	McKissock, W B
28510	L/Corporal	Stewart, D
420522	Sergeant	Gates, J
628199	Private	Gordon, A
421026	Private	Holmes, A
105597	L/Corporal	McDonald, A M
28515	Sergeant (A/C S M )	Newton, J
460892	Private	Richardson, H
29502	Private	Taylor, R S
151343	Private	Widmeyer, S R
16372	Sergeant	Wisdom, C M
29327	Pipe Major	Groat, J
29348	Sergean (A/C S M )	MacDonald, F
489290	Private	Nagle, E A
737078	Private	Oliver, O
152640	Sergeant	Rice, C T
428038	Private	Tyler, S N
72777	Private	Clarke, A B
736669	Corporal	Ewart, A P
427287	Corporal	Gracie, H
29443	Corporal	Gallagher, E
420065	Sergeant	Irwin, A S
718792	Pte (L/Cpl)	Kines, A T
736817	Private	Leese, V
21640	Corporal	Martin, F
28557	L/Corporal	McGillivray, A
426289	Sergeant	Moore, G
420539	L/Sergeant	Mowat, W
429603	Piper	Paul, G F
700391	Private	Saunders, C E
29386	Sergeant	Simpson, C E
628573	Sergeant	Smith, L J E
29510	Corporal	Vyse, W
700494	Private	Wright, F
628652	Private	Blake, S
420460	Private	Sigurdson, O P
420375	Sergeant	Bent, C
722112	Private	Dunning, E
28910	Corporal	Hamilton, A. F
154616	Private	Hornby, E. L
28915	Sergeant	Leslie, C H
77015	Sergeant	McRae, T
29369	Corporal	Mowat, A
420113	L/Sergeant	Souter, J. G
199201	L/Corporal	Currie, R
722072	Private	Madley, F. E
28762	Private	Milloy, C. A
21507	L/Sergeant	Prince, F. J
180122	L/Corporal	Rankin, S. M
400054	L/Sergeant	Grey, D
427800	L/Corporal	Leaver, R. E. H
700172	Private	Revell, R. G
718967	Private	Sumner, F
736025	L/Sergeant	Bailey, J
736965	Corporal	Bissell, E. A
77656	Corporal	Caldwell, N. L
28723	Private	Dunlop, C M
15373	L/Sergeant	Graham, R. S
129271	Corporal	Kilminster, C
1000371	Private	Lobb, W. H
28772	Private	MacMillan, A
1000990	Private	Rogers, V
420222	Sergeant	Ross, J. A
736256	L/Corporai	Barkhurst, A. C
737076	Corporal	Barnett, A
701166	Corporal	Brown, C. J
859094	Corporal	Condie, J. S
603174	Private	Cruickshank, G
1000818	Private	Dennison, S. T
1000303	Private	Drury, W
721715	Private	Ducharme, J
625041	Private	Durham, W. F
427614	L/Corporal	Eddy, W. A
718686	Corporal	Finlay, C
130079	L/Corporal	Ford, H. A
700214	Private	Forbister, J. A
461328	Private	Gray, A
130263	Private	Horrex, R. R
721966	Corporal	Johnson, B
180881	Private	Kearns, H
472211	Sergeant	Mason, C
700204	Private	Masson, J. G
446257	Corporal	Matthew, J. R
737176	Private	McLean, J
28505	Sergeant	MacLennan, D
29169	Sergeant	McPherson, R. A
427577	Corporal	Morton, L. M
29244	Private	Mowat, W
77832	Sergeant	Reid, A
420897	Sergeant	Roberts, J
467573	Private	Robertson, A. S
420459	L/Corporal	Shepherd, J
859357	Private	Stott, D
700870	Private	Thorne, A
718752	L/Corporal	Vandenbosh, F
105286	Private	Studerus, J
748749	Private	Abraham, P
1000525	L/Corporal	Black, M
1000662	Private	Bone, H. G
77899	Corporal	Blackstock, L
693301	Private	Campbell, R
624835	L/Corporal	Carey, D
859854	L/Corporal	Christiansen, N
420378	L/Sergeant	Cooley, P
23546	Corporal	Cormier, E
429189	L/Sergeant	Crompton, J
859170	Private	Edwards, D
1001120	Corporal	Ellis, J. W
198259	Private	Elmer, R
700746	Sergeant	Gibson, J
736662	A/Corporal	Gilmour, D. J. M
28978	Sergeant	Glencross, F.A
28733	A/L/Cpl.	Gravlin, G. A
226765	L/Corporal	Haynes, O. 1
420172	Corporal (A/L/Sgt.)	Hunt, H. H
29406	Sergeant	Jackson, W. H
150457	Private	Johnstone, C
130141	Private	Kittson, R. E
150480	Private	LaFournie, E. J
129196	Private	Laycock, H
737089	Corporal (A/L/Sgt.)	MacDonald, L. R
466703	Private	McAllister, J. W
1000599	Private	McDonald, J. J
29118	L/Sergeant	Mclyor, J
114354	Sergeant	Napier, C
28529	L/Corporal.	Newling, A
420129	Sergeant	Reith, W. J. F
29596	Corporal	Rutherford, M
186695	Private	Sherrit, R
28800	L/Corporal	Skae, A. M
859873	L/Corporal	Spring, C. E
1000702	Private	Stamp, T. A
420123	Sergeant	Walker, H. C
129066	Sergeant	Wann, J
198167	Sergeant	Watson, A
871125	L/Corporal	Kivell, H. T
701222	Corporal	Smith, W
859035	Corporal (A/Sgt.)	Lowdon, D
29048	Corporal	MacNab, A. C
736821	L/Corporal	Betts, C
700136	Sergeant	Bell, A.
718865	Private	Dagg, B. J.
700842	Private	Fleming, M
420479	C.S.M.	Gibb, J
781436	A/L/Sgt.	Gunn, J
426619	Sergeant	Hewitt, C. R
29166	R.S.M.	Kay, J
130081	Sergeant	Kenning, F
700577	Sergeant	Langtry, J. H
700021	Corporal	Lipsey, J
736839	Private	Mclntyre, H
21733	Private	Mudge, A. B
267951	Sergeant	Phipps, J
45602	Sergeant	Shore, G. R
633179	Private	MacDonell, A
629985	Private	Wright, G
427656	Corporal	Young P. H. R,
420830	Sergeant	Bull, F	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28913	Corporal (A/Sgt.)	Johnson, W. A	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
1885	Private	Roche, W. E	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28867	Private	Spiers, G. M	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29015	Private	Royston, R. C	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Mentioned in Despatches Five Times

Number	Rank	Name
	Lt.-Col.	Peck, C.

Mentioned in Despatches Four Times

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Lt.-Col.	Peck, C.
	Captain	Armstrong, N.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Mentioned in Despatches Three Times

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Lt.-Col.	Peck, C.
	Lieut.-Col.	Browne, B. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	McGugan, D.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Armstrong, N.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Mentioned in Despatches Twice

Number	Rank	Name	Note
29077	Sergeant	Bellamy, F
	Major	Bell Irvine, R. 0
	Major	Mordy, A. G
28937	C.S.M. (W.O. 2)	Palmer, G. F
	Major	Peck, C.
	Major	Killam, G. K.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Villers, P. F.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Urquhart, H. M..	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Lieut.-Col.	Browne, B. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	McGugan, D.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Armstrong, N.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Mentioned in Despatches

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Lt.-Col.	Leckie, R. G. E
	Major	Godson-Godson, G
	Captain	Merritt, C M
29524	Corporal	Heath, G. C
29010	L/Corporal	Minchin, A. \Y
29418	Private	Bizley, J. W
	Major	Hae, \Y
	Captain	Hastings, V. .J
	Major	Morison, F
29410	Private	Appleton, E
28976	Private	Grant, P. M
29481	Private	Payne, C
29166	R.S.M.	Kay, J
28817	Sergeant	LeMaitre, \V
	Captain	Urquhart, H. M
29040	Corporal	Johnston, S. D
	Lt.-Col.	Leckie, J. E
	Major	Kemp, W. F
	Major	Goodall, S. H
29049	C.Q.M.S.	Johnstone, D. M
28534	Sergeant	Douglas, F
29283	C.S.M.	Burns, G
28505	Sergeant	MacLennan, D
28515	Sergeant	Newton, J
	Lieut. (A/Capt.)	Mason, G. F
29284	C.Q.M.S.	White, Adam
29250	Sergeant	McLean, C. F
	Lieut.	Mclntyre, R. C
	Lieut.	Dunlop, J
	Capt.	Lyons, A
	Lieut.	Pussey, G. B
421072	Sergeant	Cavey, P. E
28626	C.S.M.	Griffiths, J. 0
	Major	Hope, J. A. H
420774	Sergeant	Powrie, C
	Major	Scroggie, J. A
	Q.M. & Hon. Capt.	Skinner, G
28523	Private	Weatherstone, G
29077	Sergeant	Bellamy, F
	Major	Bell Irving, R. 0
	Major	Mordy, A. G
28937	C.S.M. (W.O. 2)	Palmer, G. F
	Major	Peck, C.
29100	Q.M.S. (A/S.M.)	Goodall, G. B. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Bressey, F. M.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28659	Pte (Lieut.)	Morley, II. A.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	McDonald, H. F.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28872	Private	McLeod, G. A N.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Donald, H.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29371	Sergeant (Lieut.)	Neal, J. I P.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
420830	Sergeant	Bull, F.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29618	R.S.M.(W.O. 1)	Steel, G. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Lieut.	Knox, C. E	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Denholm, A.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Johnson, E H. L.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Lieut.	Tuxford, J. A.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
28589	Sgt Major (W.O.I)	Fyvie, D	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
77291	Staff Sgt. (A/S.M.)	Norton, S. McL..	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Killam, G. K.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Villers, P. F.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	Urquhart, H. M..	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Lieut.-Col.	Browne, B. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Major	McGugan, D.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
	Captain	Armstrong, N.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War Twice

Number	Rank	Name	Note
29100	Q.M.S. (A/S.M.)	Goodall, G. B. W.	Awarded outside of 16th Bn
29072	Private	Bushnell, L. H	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Foreign Decorations

Medaille Militaire (French)

Number	Rank	Name
77333	Sergeant	Scroggie, J. A
700577	Sergeant	Langtry, J. H

Croix de Guerre (French)

Number	Rank	Name
	Captain	Lyons, A

Croix de Guerre (Belgian)

Number	Rank	Name
420826	Sergeant	Barrett, M
29315	Sergeant	Donald, W.
	Captain	Mason, G.
29500	C.Q.M.S.	Stokes, W

Order of St. Anne, 4th Class, (Russia)

Number	Rank	Name
	Lieut.	McLean, V. A

Order of St. George, 4th Class, (Russia)

Number	Rank	Name
721777	Private	Krawchuck, Philipp..

Cross of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)

Number	Rank	Name	Note
602225	Private	Parker, J	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

Italian Bronze Medal for Valour

Number	Rank	Name
28937	C.S.M.	Palmer, G. F

Serbian Gold Medal for Valour

Number	Rank	Name
426291	Sergeant	Campbell, L. J

Order of Danilo, 4th Class, (Montenegro)

Number	Rank	Name	Note
	Major	Villers, P. F	Awarded outside of 16th Bn

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Primary Source: The History of the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the Great War, 1914-1919

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