Today The Queen unveiled a statue of Robert Quigg VC at Bushmills Village, after meeting members of the Quigg family

Robert Quigg was awarded the Victoria Cross for his "Most Conspicuous Bravery" at the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. During the battle, having learnt that Lieutenant Harry Macnaughten, his platoon commander, was missing, Quigg volunteered to go out into "no man's land" to try to locate him. He went out seven times to search for the missing officer, without success. On each occasion, he came under machine gun fire, but he managed to return with a wounded colleague.