John Alexander Christie VC (14 May 1895 – 10 September 1967), known as Jock Christie, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Christie was 22 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 1/11th (County of London) Battalion, (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 21 December/22 December 1917, at Fejja, Palestine,[1] after a position had been captured, the enemy immediately made counter-attacks up the communication trenches.
Jock Christie had been a parcels clerk employed by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Euston Station.
A plaque inside Euston Station commemorating the action of Jock Christie VC was unveiled by his son on 28 March 2014.