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2nd Lt. Alexander Brown McQueen MC & Bar.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
Alex McQueen joined A Squadron, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as a trooper in May 1914. He deployed with the squadron to Egypt and then to Palestine where in 1915 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and was recommended for commissioning. Then he returned to the UK to commission and joined the Royal Field Artillery. In 1918 he was awarded his MC for saving his guns then again for saving the gunsights. Both awards were within 6 months of each other.