Robert Dunsire
Robert Dunsire VC (24 November 1891 – 30 January 1916) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross for extraordinary bravery during World War I.
Born in Buckhaven, Fife, he worked as a coal miner before the war and was married to Catherine Pitt. He enlisted in January 1915 and joined the 13th Battalion of the Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment).
During the Battle of Loos, on Hill 70 near Mazingarbe, on 26 September 1915, Dunsire went out under heavy fire to rescue a wounded man between the firing lines. When another man near the German lines called for help, he crawled out again and carried him to safety, despite the danger.
He later rose to the rank of corporal. Dunsire was killed in action at Mazingarbe, France, on 30 January 1916, at age 24, and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum in Edinburgh Castle.
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