Lieutenant ANDREW BERGHANS McCREATH
Northumberland Fusiliers
2nd/7th Bn.
Died 11 December 1917
Age 29 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 5th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Albert Medal
- Additional Info Son of Henry Gourlay McCreath and Agnes Isabella McCreath, of 1, Wellington Terrace, Berwick-on-Tweed. Born at Norham-on-Tweed.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from The London Gazette dated 1st Jan., 1918., records the following:- "On 26th July, 1917, during an inspection of grenades, one of the grenades fell on the ground and detonated, and Lieutenant McCreath, hearing warning shouts, ran up and picked up the bomb. In order to get rid of it without endangering others, he had to run until he found an empty dug-out into which to throw it. As he was about to throw it away the detonator exploded; fortunately, the ammonal was wet (although Lieutenant McCreath did not know this), and no further explosion took place or he would almost certainly have been killed or severely injured."
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