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Adam Archibald was born on 14th January 1879 at Leith.

Archibald was awarded the Victoria Croos for an act of bravery during Worlad War One near Ors, France.

Adam was the son of Rennie Archibald,  a Plasterer, and Christina Archibald, of 24 Shaws Street, Edinburgh. He lived at 53 Balfour Street with his wife and four children, and before he joined the Army in 1916 he had been Outside Foreman with Stewart’s Granolithic Co Ltd of Duff Street. In his younger days he had been a keen footballer and had had a trial with StBernard’s FC, an early Football club that rivalled Hibs and Hearts during the Victorian era. Adam aws also a bowler and at the time of his enlistment he had been President of the Eastfield Bowling Club. Another of his hobbies was gardening and he had won prizes at local flower shows. He was a freemason belonging to the Elgin and Bruce Lodge at Limekilns in Fife,

b. 14/01/1879 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. d. 10/03/1957 Leith.

Adam Archibald (1879-1957) was born on 14th January 1879 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. He was the son of Rennie Archibald,  a Plasterer, and Christina Archibald, of 24 Shaws Street, Edinburgh. He lived at 53 Balfour Street with his wife and four children, and before he joined the Army in 1916 he had been Outside Foreman with Stewart’s Granolithic Co Ltd of Duff Street. In his younger days he had been a keen footballer and had had a trial with StBernard’s FC.  He was also a bowler and at the time of his enlistment he had been President of the Eastfield Bowling Club. Another of his hobbies was gardening and he had won prizes at local flower shows. He was a freemason belonging to the Elgin and Bruce Lodge at Limekilns in Fife.

He enlisted with the 7th Durham Light Infantry before transferring to the 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers during the second battle of the Sambre.  At the age of 39, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for action while his unit was attempting to bridge the Sambre–Oise Canal.  

On 4th November 1918 near Ors, France, Sapper Archibald was with a party building a floating bridge across the canal. He was foremost in the work under a very heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire. The latter was directed at him from a few yards distance while he was working on the cork floats. Nevertheless, he persevered in his task and his example and efforts were such that the bridge which was essential to the success of the operations was very quickly completed. Immediately afterwards Sapper Archibald collapsed from gas poisoning.

Él fue el primer hombre que me miró y dijo que me quería, que fue el primer hombre que dio un beso en la frente. Era el hombre más increíble en el mundo. Para el  siempre sería una princesa, su niña, la niña de sus ojos y para mi  él era mi héroe cuando yo pensaba que estaba sola él estaba hay para mí de alguna manera, el  que era mi sonrisa en medio de una caída, fue la esperanza en medio de la agitación. Cuando me vio llorar me abrazó y me dio más de un consejo,  cuando me veía sonreír  en más de una ocasión me menciono que me parecía a mi madre.

Cuando caí, me dio la mano y me dijo que  tenía que tener tiene fuerza, cuando sentí desprotegida siempre me decía que recordara cuando era pequeña y él era mi refugio. Él siempre fue un tipo medio raro, nunca paraba de  jugar, pero nunca dejó de ser el hombre más perfecto del mundo. Él hoy y siempre será el amor de mi vida, es mi refugio seguro, va a ser mi refugio, el siempre será mi mundo, mi vida. Es todo para mi padre. Y sólo digo que gracias a mi héroe por cada sonrisa, por cada victoria, para cada momento, por cada esfuerzo, por ser mi mejor amigo, por dar malos consejos, y por olvidar mi edad,  gracias a mi padre por ser como es, por ser un hombre olvidadizo y un poco impuntual sin embargo  este hombre es  perfecto, gracias por todo lo que hicieron por mí tú y mi madre. Hoy y siempre yo te quiero más que a nada en mi vida,, hoy y siempre estaré orgullosa de decir que eres mi padre, mi héroe y mi mejor amigo.

(vía Spectator Prevents A Potential Crash - Grand Prix de Fourmies 2015 HD - YouTube)