charming French girl of about eighteen dashed into the line of route,
evidently with the idea of 'parleyvooing' with one of the young
sports. She commenced in a breezy manner chatting with my father, a
youngster of fifty, not noting, at first, his grey hair. Suddenly he
turned his head toward her and smiled. 'Oh, papa!' she ejaculated, and
fled...."
* * * * *
The Quartermaster is a noted personage in the Army. This is to
introduce him.
"While the Battalion was at Aix Neulette the transport came under
shell-fire one morning. The shells came nearer and nearer, in a direct
line with the water-carts, highly polished, the pride of the corporal
in charge. The personnel eventually thought fit to take shelter in an
adjacent shell-hole until the Hun had finished his unpleasant pranks.
"Over came the fifth shell with a whistle and a scream, and--bang!--up
went the two carts in the air, while shell fragments flew all over the
place. Hanging on a line were various articles of washing, the clean
clothes of the water-cart crew. These were in the line of fire, and as
a consequence were well perforated.
"Now comes the sequel. They were taken to the Quartermaster on the
following morning, and, so it is said, he refused to replace them _on
the ground that the holes were not the result of fair wear and
tear_!..."
* * * * *
Two gentlemen rankers are introduced here.
"After some months of hard roughing it, two of the Battalion cooks
decided to apply, modestly, for commissions. So they duly appeared
before the Colonel. But the summons to attend did not give them time
in which to get out of their cooking rig, and the sergeant paraded
them in their old overalls.
"'Hem. Where were you educated?' asked the Colonel of one man.
"'Rugby and Oxford,' was the reply.
"'And what were you in private life?' asked the Colonel, turning to
the other.
"'A painter.'
"'A painter?' queried the Colonel.
"'Yes, sir. I have exhibited at the Royal Academy....'"
* * * * *
Many Germans left London when the war started, to fight against us.
This is one of them, turned up as a prisoner.
"We were up the line one day when a patrol brought in a Hun prisoner.
Of course we wanted information, for we were expecting an attack of
some sort that very night. So we hauled our man up before the C.O. and
started asking him questions. We tried him in German, and got no
reply. We tried French with him, and it had no result. Then, seeing he
was eyeing a water-bottle eagerly, I suddenly thought he might be
thirsty.
"'Ask him if he would like a drink,' I suggested.
"'I should,' came the reply, in quite as good English as I could have
spoken myself. Naturally I was surprised, and I asked him where he had
learnt his English.
"'In London, sir,' was the rejoinder. 'I worked as a barber close to
Holborn for years.'
"We gave him a little drink of whisky, and he told us there would be
no attack that night. But we took no chances. A guard, with fixed
bayonet, was placed over him, and he was told in English that he would
be the first to get his medicine if he had played us false.
"He had not, however. No attack was made, and he was sent back behind
the lines to the 'cage' next day...."
* * * * *
Another.
Overheard in the ranks on the march up the Cambrai Road in a
snow-storm to take over at Bourlon Wood.
"Italy!" said the Doc. "It looks more like being _another_ b----
Wood!"
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR--EXTRACTS FROM |
| THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER" |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR--EXTRACTS FROM
THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"
"Reported missing."
Many poignant memories attach to such a bald announcement as this.
Dead--probably a prisoner of war--perhaps. And there have been those
who would have preferred, had they had the chance, of a death under
the open sky to imprisonment under the Hun.
In the diary of a 23rd Royal Fusilier, "Mr. Brooks, the schoolmaster,"
as he was once dubbed by his captors, tells the story of how he was
made a prisoner, his detention by the enemy, and his eventual return
home.
The arrival of a parcel, he says, was a red-letter event; the problem
of how much to eat at a time, and how much to save out of his rations
for the provision of another apology of a meal, was a big one. Boiled
nettles and dandelions for dinner and tea on Whit Sunday, 1917, proves
what the fare actually was; quarters of eggs were unaccustomed
luxuries. "I have picked mouldy crusts off the ground, and prunes off
dust-heaps," he says.
Dry bread and tea was a luxurious meal; beards had to be cut, or
pulled out by means of borrowed scissors; one loaf, and a small one
at that, had to prove sufficient for the needs of five men; there were
occasional intervals of twenty-two hours between meals. "We were
thinking of nothing but food," he explains. All this time, too, the
prisoners were engaged in heavy manual work, humping bricks, loading
and stacking hay, and so on.
While in hospital, "Mr. Brooks, the schoolmaster," sold his boots for
tobacco and his socks for bread, and he mixed his jam ration with
coffee in order to eke it out. "Personally, I am hungry all day long,"
is how he describes his feelings. "I bought about one-sixth of a loaf
for seventeen cigarettes."
"I was rather slow in getting into bed," is how he describes another
of his experiences, "and the German orderly picked up my satchel and
hurled it against the wall, open as it was, at the risk of spilling
its contents."
He pays a deep tribute to the humanity of the French who were still
living in the occupied territory; the Belgians he met were also kind;
some Germans showed traces of feeling, others were no better than
brutes....
Here, however, are actual extracts from the diary itself. They speak
for themselves.
"Three or four Germans began to advance, and it seemed to me that the
question which had been at the back of my mind since a second or two
after the first opening of the guns, Was this the end? was about to be
answered....
"With many signs to hasten, my German hurried me on. Soon, with three
others, I found myself by poor old Bill Shoebridge, a good old
grumbler of some fifty summers, who had been cruelly sent out to us in
December, and had kept his end up well, with, at times, many
grumblings. He was painfully hit above the knee....
"We came to the village, yet unsmashed, but showing signs that it had
received a knock or two. OPPY was printed in black letters on white
boards in various places, and after wondering for some time what Oppy
meant I found it was the name of a place.... We were then marched off,
and after some more wandering found ourselves in a kitchen with two or
three Germans, who looked quite comfortable, well fed, and at home....
"The Germans we saw almost all regarded us kindly, though many of them
had something of mockery in their looks. We now began to see a few of
the French inhabitants. They are splendid. Willingly they give us all
they can spare, and much that they cannot. Were it not for the fact
that they are not allowed to give, and that all their gifts have to be
_sub rosa_, we should, I think, want for little....
"Then came the first unpleasant incident. A poor Frenchwoman rushed
out and gave a loaf to one of us. One of the guards, a boy of about
nineteen, snatched it out of his hands, and threw it on the pavement
in front of the woman.
"At Phalemphin station we were all included in a party of eighty. We
were addressed in English by a German officer. The gist of his remarks
was that we were to be marched to our destination, and that any man
who tried to escape would be incontinently shot, also that any man who
did not behave would be punished....
"After this day, Saturday, April 28, for more than five and a half
weeks, day in and day out, we left our prison between 6.15 and 6.40,
struck work and returned for dinner between 11.15 and 1.30, according
to the job, left the prison at 1.30 (if we had not arrived for dinner
until after 1 we got extra time), and struck work any time between
5.30 and 10.30....
"In our (British) lines if one (a prisoner of war) has to work extra
time, one always gets time off to compensate, also one has plenty of
food to work on. Here, extra work carried no compensations. The work,
especially latterly, was mainly unloading trucks, pushing the trucks
about, and packing the contents of the trucks in various stores.
"In the yard were always parties of French and Belgians working, and,
if allowed, they would have given us their souls. At the commencement
of our stay, however, we were told to take nothing from the French,
and it was certainly not many days before we found it was almost
impossible to take anything from them because the penalty was so
great. Whenever the French and the Belgians did get a chance they
availed themselves of it....
"Let us never forget that we also got things from the Germans. Until
we reached Phalemphin we had received no rough or cruel treatment
whatever....
"At Douai our gaolers were without exception friendly and kind; at
Lille our gaolers were taciturn, and when they did speak, though loud
and threatening in words, laid hands on no man. We were, therefore,
expecting no man-handling, and it came as a fearful shock. It is my
impression that man-handling began in about four days' time, but it
may be that some smaller incident, such as being thumped in the back
by the guard, had passed unnoticed as being mere playfulness on their
part.
"As to man-handling, it began slowly and increased in frequency, and I
think in severity, as the time went on, until, to me at any rate, it
became somewhat of a nightmare. Within a week of our arrival at
Phalemphin the guard would rush at, beat, strike, or kick any man who
had a pipe or cigarette in his mouth while we were being counted in
the yard....
"Suddenly the man in charge in that part of the yard appeared. It was
the first time I had seen him. Judging from first impressions, he was
a quiet, self-contained, steady kind of man, rather like the great
'Agrippa' in 'Shock-headed Peter' to look at.... Suddenly the man
changed, and with a sudden rush was amongst us.
"'Agrippa,' thinking he was being disparaged, flew at Barber and
struck him violently two or three times in the face. One of our
sergeants, named Morley, remonstrated, and in a second 'Agrippa' had
struck him two or three times in the face....
"I don't know what you would think of one and a half spoonfuls of jam,
or grease, or preserved meat, or half an uncooked herring for the only
thing to eat daily in addition to dry bread and a bowl of soup at
midday, but such are our rations, and I can tell you that by now one
has got to look forward to the day's issue as a very big thing....
"The first 'tying up' shows him, the sergeant-major, at his best as a
wise judge, jury, and executioner.... The method of tying up was as
follows: In the garden behind our barn were some trees. The man had to
stand with his feet close together and his back to the tree; he was
then tied to the tree by a strap round the ankles.
"His hands were tied together behind his back and the strap passed
round the tree. The third strap was the worst; it was tied round the
man's neck, and tied tightly round the tree, so that the back of the
man's head was against the tree.
"Of course, a good deal depended upon the guard--some guards would tie
all the straps lightly, some would tie some men tight and others
loose, and so on. The most popular tree for tying men up to was not
straight, so that being tied up tightly to it was no joke, as I can
vouch for....
"A favourite pastime of the sergeant-major was to come and watch the
men at work. Then, indeed, did everyone buck up.... On one occasion I
saw him mercilessly belabour an Australian boy with his stick. The boy
had not been able to respond quickly enough to his order.
"Well, it is six months to-morrow since I had an English meal. (This
is written in hospital.) The last three days I have tried the tip of
having a drink of coffee at breakfast-time, and having my breakfast
between 8.30 and 10, but I don't know that it is any better. Strange
are the ways of this hospital--no soap and no clean bedding since I
came in.
"Sometimes peace and go as you please, sometimes every little rule
fussed about. Clothes and food are not in any way satisfactory, but
one is getting a rest, and that is what one should remember....
Suspense. Waiting with, oh, how many hopes and fears, for that parcel
to turn up. Hungrier and hungrier, and with the dread of tobacco
running out...."
Then in conclusion comes a pathetic little personal note.
"I have never read this through since I returned in December, 1918.
Seeing the mention of Bull a few pages back reminds me that I
afterwards heard he had died in hospital. I wrote to his wife on my
return, and found she was a widow.
"The Germans reported that her husband had died from wounds in Mons
Hospital. I was with him all through August, and he had no wounds. I
saw him in hospital in November, and he had no wounds, only boils. So
I do not see how he died of wounds."
THE HONOURS' LIST
NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN AWARDED DECORATIONS AND
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
THE HONOURS' LIST
OFFICERS
---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
| | Date of |
Rank. | Name. | Award or | Decoration, etc.
| | Mention. |
---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
Capt. | Bull, F.G. | 4. 6.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Bull, F.G. | 26. 7.17 | Bar to M.C.
Major | Bowyer, C.H. | 4. 4.17 | Chevalier de la Coronne
Major | Bowyer, C.H. | 13. 3.18 | D.S.O.
Capt. | Barr, A.J. | 11. 5.17 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Colman, L.H. | 9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Gardner, A.S. | 17. 4.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Humfrey, A.A.P. | 13. 2.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Humfrey, A.A.P. | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
Capt. | Hilder, M.L. | 11. 5.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Isaac, E.E. | 20.10.16 | Military Cross
| (R.A.M.C.) | |
Capt. | Isaac, E.E. | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
| (R.A.M.C.) | |
Major | Lewis, N.A. | 13. 2.17 | Military Cross
Major | Lewis, N.A. | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
Major | Lewis, N.A. | 26. 7.17 | D.S.O.
Major | Lewis, N.A. | 7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
Lieut. | Moore, E.A. | 22. 5.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
Lieut. | Milsom, M.G. | 26. 7.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Spencer, H. | 15. 6.16 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Spencer, H. | 1. 1.17 | Military Cross
Capt. | Spencer, H. | 7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Spencer, H. | 7. 4.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Spencer, H. | 8. 7.19 | Mentioned in Despatches
Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From | 22. 2.16 | Croix de Chevalier
| 1st K.R.R. Corps) | |
Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From | 20.10.16 | D.S.O.
| 1st K.R.R. Corps) | |
Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From | 4. 1.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
| 1st K.R.R. Corps) | |
Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A. | 1. 1.17 | Military Cross
Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A. | 7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A. | 1. 1.18 | D.S.O.
Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A. | 23. 7.18 | Bar to D.S.O.
Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Wiggen, R.H. | 20.10.16 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Anderson, J. McC. | 8. 3.19 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Cashman, J. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. | Cluff, W.B. | 23. 7.18 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | De Ritter, J.R. | 15. 2.19 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | James, C.F. | 8. 3.19 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Phipps, G.C. | 8. 3.19 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | Bird, H. Mc. | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | Brownlee. J. | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Carr, J.W. | 3. 6.18 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Carr, J. W | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
2/Lieut. | Colbourne, J. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches.
Lieut. | Driscoll, J. | 9. 1.18 | Military Cross. (Award
| | | also mentioned in _Lon
| | | Gaz._, dated 26.9.17)
Capt. | Goodman, S.T. | 12. 2.18 | Military Cross
A/Capt. | Gore, J.T., D.C.M., | 2.12.18 | Military Cross
| M.M. | |
Lieut. | Maxfield, S.C. | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | McLean, A. | 2.12.18 | Military Cross
A/Capt. | Royston, E. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
Lieut. | Sizen, R. | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
Lieut. | Sizen, R. | 23. 7.18 | Bar to M.C.
Lieut. | Skinner, T.E. | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
Capt. | Taylor, H.A. | 1. 1.18 | Military Cross
2/Lieut. | Woodford, R.D.L. | 8. 3.19 | Military Cross
Major | Rogers, H.P. | 8. 3.19 | D.S.O.
---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
N.C.O.'S AND MEN
-------+----------+------------------+----------+-------------------------
_Regtl.| | | _Date of |
No._ | _Rank._ | _Name._ | Award or | _Decoration, etc._
| | | Mention._|
-------+----------+------------------+----------+-------------------------
115 | Cpl. | Albany, W. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
1495 | L/Cpl. | Anderson, D. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
1657 | Sgt. | Bell, T.T. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
1657 | Sgt. | Bell, T.T. | 5. 1.17 | Bar to M.M.
82231 | Pte. | Bate, F.T. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
1375 | Pte. | Beaven, F.L. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
48041 | Pte. | Becks, J.W. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
88156 | Cpl. | Bryden, T. | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
Old No.| | | |
1278 | | | |
61952 | Cpl. | Buery, W. J | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
4502 | Pte. | Bull, W. | 29. 1.19 | French Croix de Guerre
4502 | Pte. | Bull, W. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
1358 | Sgt. | Carmichael, D.C. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
1473 | Pte. | Clarke, C. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
20906 | L/Cpl. | Carter, A. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
619 | C.Q.M.S. | Catley, C.K. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
351 | Sgt. | Clark, A.E. | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
7332 | L/Cpl. | Clark, E. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
7332 | L/Cpl. | Clark, E. | 18. 7.17 | Bar to M.M.
7028 | Pte. | Clark, J.G. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
1079 | Sgt. | Cochrane, J. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
1079 | Sgt. | Cochrane, J. | 13. 3.18 | Bar to M.M.
216 | L/Cpl. | Collings, J. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
6025 | L/Sgt. | Cornish, J.A. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
18783 | Pte. | Cramb, J.J. | Not | Military Medal
| | | stated. |
7613. | L/Cpl. | Crompton, J.B. | 19.11.17 | Military Medal
390 | L/Cpl. | Crozier, F.D. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
390 | L/Cpl. | Crozier, F.D. | ? | Bar to M.M.
856 | Pte. | Diamond, J.A. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
1861 | L/Cpl. | Davies, A.E. | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
1123 | Cpl. | Dennis, H.G. | 9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
1123 | Cpl. | Dennis, H.G. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
975 | Sgt. | Dobinson, C.R. | 18. 1.19 | M.S. Medal
1405 | C.Q.M.S. | Donn, R. | 7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
1405 | C.Q.M.S. | Donn, R. | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
1649 | Pte. | Dossett, H.E. | 19. 9.17 | Military Medal
3185 | Pte. | Downing, J.T. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
48150 | Cpl. | East. A. | 14.12.17 | Military Medal
229431 | Pte. | Ervin, J.H. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
152 | R.Q.M.S. | Essex, P.C. | 9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
4179 | L/Sgt. | Fisher, E. | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
74823 | R.S.M. | Franey, S.H. | 1. 1.19 | D.C. Medal
13632 | Sgt. | Freelove, W.A. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
1244 | Sgt. | Goodfellow, H. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
1217 | Sgt. | Goodman, S.T. | 20.10.16 | D.C. Medal
1593 | Pte. | Gardner, A. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
316 | Pte. | Garratt, E.V. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
1775 | Sgt. | Gore, J.T. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
1775 | Sgt. | Gore, J.T. | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
702 | Pte. | Hopkins, H. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
3796 | Pte. | Hollyer, H.W.D. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
7688 | Cpl. | Haslam, C. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
61752 | Pte. | Gower, A. | 19. 9.17 | Military Medal
9635 | Sgt. | Harvey, W.R.J. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
2825 | Cpl. | Hemington, F. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
59592 | Pte. | Hitchcock, E.J. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
113 | L/Cpl. | Hope, R. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
3595 | Sgt. | Horton, T. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
51156 | Sgt. | Jackson, A.G. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
3419 | Sgt. | Jones, C. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
4500 | Pte. | Jones, F. | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
4500 | Pte. | Jones, F. | 15. 4.18 | Belgian Croix de Guerre
48325 | A/C.S.M. | Jones, T.B. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
1967 | L/Cpl. | King, G.W. | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
151 | Pte. | Kirby, F.D. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
3592 | Pte. | Kirk, H. | 14. 3.16 | D.C. Medal
63095 | A/Sgt. | Lawes, G. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
1257 | C.S.M. | Leith, E. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
4322 | Cpl. | Leveritt, H. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
646 | Sgt. | Lindsay, C.W. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
57987 | Pte. | Little, J. | 6. 8.18 | Military Medal
9172 | Cpl. | Lord, B.D. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
275 | C.S.M. | Lewis, R. | 8. 8.16 | Military Medal
275 | C.S.M. | Lewis, R. | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.M.
533 | Sgt. | Lewis, M. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
1293 | L/Cpl. | Little, J. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
3533 | L/Sgt. | MacDonald, R.V. | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
773 | R.Q.M.S. | Madgwick, H. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
51270 | Pte. | Mallon, W.J.A. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
229467 | Pte | Marchbank, R. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
564 | Sgt. | McCowan, T.E. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
564 | Sgt. | McCowan, T.E. | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
57184 | Sgt. | McDiarmiad, J. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
1314 | Sgt. | Nunn, H.E. | 9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
57185 | Cpl. | Orme, J. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
49288 | Sgt. | Parsons, J.L. | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
357 | Sgt. | Payne, E.A. | 8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
687 | L/Sgt. | Penfold, R.F. | 7. 4.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
269 | R.S.M. | Pilkington, F. | 4. 6.17 | D.C. Medal
1242 | Sgt. | Plummer, V. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
1242 | Sgt. | Plummer, V. | 16. 7.18 | Bar to M.M.
57350 | Sgt. | Purgavie, W.R. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
3826 | L/Sgt. | Randall, P.T. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
1024 | Pte. | Rhodes, L.M.L. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
89197 | Pte. | Raymond, F. | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
7896 | C.Q.M.S. | Read, F.C. | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
1997 | Sgt. | Reynolds, R. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
12463 | L/Sgt. | Rowley, E.G. | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
375 | Sgt. | Royston, E. | 9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
375 | Sgt. | Royston, E. | 26. 5.17 | Italian Bronze Medal
| | | | for Military Valour
1719 | C.S.M. | Rutherford, P.J. | 16. 2.17 | Military Medal
1340 | L/Cpl. | Sutherland, W.L. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
4680 | Pte. | Sears, H.R. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
1258 | Sgt. | Sadd, C.W.H. | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
2337 | Q.M.S. | Sarginson, R.H. | 1. 1.18 | M.S. Medal
7964 | Pte. | Saxton, J.B. | 19.11.17 | Military Medal
7964 | Pte. | Saxton, J.B. | 11. 2.19 | Bar to M.M.
7415 | Sgt. | Shepard, H. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
63073 | L/Cpl. | Smith, A. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
60911 | Pte. | Sparrowhawk, A. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
1318 | Sgt. | Spowage, P.H. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
1618 | A/R.S.M. | Stafford, W.D. | 1. 1.18 | M.S. Medal
1618 | A/R.S.M. | Stafford, W.D. | 3. 9.18 | D.C. Medal
1398 | Sgt. | Steggal, R.F. | 11. 5.17 | D.C. Medal
49304 | Sgt. | Stirrups, A.T. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
1296 | Pte. | Thomas, T.W. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
4109 | L/Cpl. | Thomas, A. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
48089 | Cpl. | Thompson, P. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
4114 | Sgt. | Walters, T.S. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
183 | Cpl. | Webber, A.E. | 18. 1.19 | M.S. Medal
8736 | Cpl. | Webster, R.G. | 26. 4.17 | Military Medal
8736 | Cpl. | Webster, R.G. | 18. 7.17 | Bar to M.M.
12315 | Sgt. | Weller, C. | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
60918 | L/Cpl. | Weston, A. | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
5915 | C.S.M. | Wheeler, F.E. | 7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
5915 | C.S.M. | Wheeler, F.E. | 1. 5.18 | D.C. Medal
49479 | Pte. | White, C. | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
1795 | Pte. | Wilks, E.L. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
186 | Sgt. | Wingate, T.C. | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
1886 | Sgt. | Wood, W.F. | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
1441 | A/C.S.M. | Woodward, E.M.M. | 15.11.18 | D.C. Medal
14681 | Sgt. | Wren, H.G. | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
211 | Cpl. | Wright, T.H. | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
4127 | L/Cpl. | Walker, V.D. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
165 | Sgt. | Woollett, C. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
569 | L/Cpl. | White, W.H. | 5. 1.17 | Military Medal
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