'We regret to announce the death from wounds received in action of Private Michael Devlin, whose home is at 9 Dee Street, West Calder. Private Devlin was the youngest son of Mr Hugh Devlin, Muirhall, West Calder. He enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in September 1914, and had been through most of the heavy fighting of the war.'
'He was invalided home to England but made a good recovery and was sent back to the fighting line. In 1917 he was awarded the Military medal for bravery in the field. The incident which won him the medal was as follows : 'An officer and a squad of fully 20 men were cut off. They held on fighting however until they were nearly all killed or wounded. The officer and men arrived safely back in the British lines and Pte Devlin was complimented on the bravery he had shown and was awarded the military medal'.'