Sergeant Alexander Edwards from Lossiemouth was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallant action at the 3^rd Battle of Ypres whilst serving with the 1/6^th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders.

“For most conspicuous bravery in attack, when, having located a hostile machine gun in a wood, he with great dash and courage, led some men against it, killed all the team and captured the gun.”

He was wounded in the arm during the action, but went on to stalk and kill a sniper and to lead remnants of his Company to capture the final objective.

He was decorated with the VC by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 26^th September 1917.

Sadly he was killed on his return to the front in March 1918. Before the War he had been a caddie at Lossiemouth Golf Course; a memorial stone to his memory still stands on the first fairway.