209536 A/Capt. Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid VC.British Army 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (d.1st Dec 1917) Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid was 29 years old an Acting Captain in the 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), when he was awarded the VC. His citation reads: "On 30 November/1 December 1917 at the Moeuvres Sector, France, when the enemy penetrated into our position, and the situation was extremely critical, Captain McReady-Diarmid led his company through a heavy barrage and immediately engaged the enemy and drove them back at least 300 yards, causing numerous casualties and taking 27 prisoners. The following day the enemy again attacked and drove back another company which had lost all its officers. The captain called for volunteers, and leading the attack, again drove them back. It was entirely due to his throwing of bombs that the ground was regained, but he was eventually killed by a bomb." He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.
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