12352 Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 October, 1919
12352 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4 OCTOBER, 1919. Lt. Sedley Cantrell Anderson, 3rd By., 1st marked by great ability, gallantry, and Bde., Can. F.A. devotion to duty. He several times, under For gallant conduct and devotion to duty shell fire, reconnoitred for the best water during th-e Canal du Nord operations, 27th' supply. Throughout he performed .his September, 1918, near Buissy. He brought duties admirably. up ammunition to the guns under heavy fire, and by hie courage and skill saved Capt. Wynn Bagnall, Can. Fid. Arty., attd. many casualties. On the same date, near 60th Bty., 14th Bde. Haynecourt, he made a dangerous and diffi- For marked gallantry and initiative. On cult reconnaissance for a forward section. 1st October, 1918, during fighting in suburbs His conduct and ability have been most of Cambrai, our infantry were suffering marked throughout the whole operations. severe casualties from enemy machine guns situated behind a railway embankment. He Lt. William Anderson, Can. Light Horse. took forward one gun of his battery to within On the 29/30th September, 1918, during 500 yards of our posts, in order to enfilade the operations near the Douai-Cambrai this embankment. Under heavy fire he got Road, he was in charge of a patrol to keep the 'gun into action and succeeded in silencing in touch with the front-line troops. He the machine guns, enabling our line to be made several trips in the open through the slightly advanced. enemy barrage each day to the advancing infantry, locating cavalry routes forward Capt. (A./Maj.) Henry Merril Barrett, No.
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