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Capt. S. C.W. Cruickshank
British Army Royal Tank Corps
7423 Pte S.C.W. Cruickshank served with the 8th Royal Scots. He entered the War early and fought in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. I have the 1914-1918 Medal trio for Capt. S.C.W. Cruickshank. His medal index card shows him with two different numbers, for 8 R Scots. They are: 7423 and 335090. The number 7423 appears on the rear of his 1914 Star. The BWM and the AVM both show him as an officer, therefore there are no numbers.
His medal index card shows him as a 2/Lt Tank Corps. But he was later promoted to A/Captain, and then to Captain. The actual medals are engraved as follows:
1914 Star: 7423 Pte. S.C.W. Cruickshank 8/R.Scots BWM: Capt S.C.W. Cruickshank AVM: Capt S.C.W. Cruickshank There is no "Mons" Bar on the 1914 Star. This is because, I am reliably informed by another correspondent of mine, Cruickshank was with the 8th Battalion, Royal Scots, who were a Territorial Force battalion at the time and that they arrived in France (as the first Scottish battalion to do so) on 5th November, joining the 22nd Brigade of the 7th Division on 11th November. That they did not qualify for the "Mons" bar (5th August-22nd November) was very probably because they only saw action much later, that is, only on 10th to 13th March 1915 at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
Cruickshank transferred from the Royal Scots to the Royal Tank Corps in 1917. There are a number of London Gazette entries showing his promotion from temporary 2nd Lt through to A/Captain and Captain. His Great War medal trio are part of the David Bennett Collection.
