Notes
The Keble College website (see References) states: 'Commenced service (following acceptance into College but prior to matriculation) on the 26 March 1915. Second Lieutenant of the 3rd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry; Captain, attached to the 1st Battalion [date not known]. Awarded an M.C. on the 31 May 1916:
For conspicuous gallantry and determination. When he found his half company too weak to carry out an assault, he went back, under heavy fire, and brought up his supporting half company, equipped with bombs and shovels. After the assault, in which he captured a trench, he beat off two counter attacks and consolidated his position under very difficult circumstances.
(‘Supplement to The London Gazette’, 31 May 1916)'