THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, DECEMBER 4, 1914. 1471

Led and commanded his platoon admirably Has shown frequent and conspicuous gallantry during an attack on German position Paschen- throughout the campaign, especially on 21st and daele-Becelaere Road, which resulted in the taking 22nd of October, attending wounded men under of the enemy's trenches and 70 prisoners. (Has very heavy shell fire. since died of his wounds.) Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber, Captain Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing, Royal Field Artillery. (attached ). Very gallant conduct on 14th September in For persistent and gallant efforts to rally the saving horses which had become entangled in when much shaken after its heavy blocked road, and man-handling guns away from losses, and by his good example helping to restore a position which had become untenable from a it to its usual steadiness. very heavy shell fire, continuing to work, although wounded. Lieutenant Edmund Archibald Osborne, . Lieutenant Aubrey Vere Spencer, 3rd Batta- Repeated gallantry and coolness in action on lion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 31st October. He recovered a cable wagon Light . which had been abandoned by the enemy. Has Good work in attack on 21st October, and in frequently shown great capacity for command. repelling night attacks on 21st, 22nd, and 23rd October. Captain Frank Lionel Pardoe, 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Honourable Algernon Francis .On 30th September and previous days this Stanley, 1st Life Guards. officer carried messages under rifle and shell fire. On 7th November, led his with great He was knocked down by a shell, but did not resolution and skill during an advance to support relinquish his duty. and protect the right flank of the 4th Guards Brigade, which had become uncovered by the Captain George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter, retreat of a portion of the line. He held on to 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. his position although out of touch on either flank, On night of 24th October, while in command and thereby materially helped the 4th Guards of battalion, fought his trenches all night against Brigade to re-establish their line during the repeated attacks from front and rear. following night. Second Lieutenant Hugh Valentine Pendavis, Captain Sidney John Steward, Royal Army 3rd (attached 2nd) Battalion, The Oxfordshire Medical Corps (Special Reserve). and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Went with party of stretch-bearers across On 3rd November, conspicuous good work in ground swept by rifle and shell fire to Langemark advancing from his trench and assisting in driving village, and removed 11 wounded men. away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new trench within 30 yards of his own. Lieutenant Herbert William Vansittart Thirty of the enemy were shot down on this Stewart, 2nd Battalion, The occasion. . On 23rd October, when two German machine Second Lieutenant Francis Pepys, 2nd guns were enfilading his trench at 200 yards Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckingham* range, he went out and shot down two teams, one shire Light Infantry. after the other, and silenced the guns. On 3rd November, conspicuous good work in advancing from his trench and assisting in driving Captain Frederick Courtney Tanner, attached away a party of the enemy who were commencing 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regi- to dig a new trench within 30 yards of his own. ment). Thirty of the enemy were shot down on the By gallant leading forced passage of canal north occasion. (Since killed in action.) of Vielle Chapelle on 12th October, and was Lieutenant William Charles Rait Kerr, Royal largely responsible for success of opera- Field Artillery. tions. Has invariably done well. Gallant conduct in bringing up a gun to within Captain Thomas Balfour Traill, 1st Battalion, 250 yards of the enemy in a wood, and blowing The . down a house in which the enemy were working After being wounded in the knee, rode back a machine gun. (Since killed in action.) under fire for reinforcements, returned and re- Second Lieutenant James Reginald Russell, mained with his during retirement 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West (August 23rd). Kent Regiment). Second Lieutenant Dudley Ralph Turnbull, For exceptional gallantry and grit in the firing 1st Battalion, The . line in trenches near Neuve Chapelle, between 23rd and 29th of October. Conspicuous gallantry on 13th October in serving his Maxim gun when detachment were Lieutenant George Ellis Sampson, The Royal all wounded, until he also was wounded, in two Inniskilling Fusiliers (Army Signal Service). places, and his gun damaged by a shell. He On 30th September and previous days this subsequently recovered the gun, bringing it away officer carried messages under rifle and shell fire. on his shoulder. He was knocked down by a shell, but did not Lieutenant Henry Colville Barclay Wemyss, relinquish his duty. Royal Engineers. Captain Patrick Sampson, Royal Army Has shown conspicuous efficiency in Staff duties, .Medical Corps. - and in keeping up communication with a long 2