Biography
Born 4 September 1887. ON SEPT 23RD 1916 HE LED A SUCCESSFUL RAID INTO THE ENEMY TRENCHES WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAPTURE OF PRISONERS. HE ENGAGED A FIREBAY FULL OF GERMANS AND SILENCED THEM WITH HIS REVOLVER, REMAINING STANDING ON THE PARAPET WHILE HIS MEN CROSSED THE HOSTILE WIRE AND THEREAFTER UNTIL THE LAST MAN HAD LEFT FOR OUR LINES - HE WENT OUT AGAIN UNDER CONTINUOUS FIRE TO SEARCH NO MAN'S LAND FOR A WOUNDED MAN. THE SUCCESS OF THE RAID WAS DUE TO HIS DETERMINATION AND RESOURCEFUL LEADING FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS