Winning the V. C

Winning the V. C

Won derfu l Stori es . Wi n n i n g th e V C. i n th e Great War W1th a colouredfron ttspiece an d56 otber full a illus r ion s rin d on art a er s eciall p ge t at , p te p p , p y Ba dato o Bur ss S . ul s A r h ur in db W. pa te y g p , t ge , Br n Mon a u Da son r oh n de G. w Ed j y a , t g e , ga A . P a A . G . Hollowa rs S ew r H. A . y , e e, t a t, Sw n wic etc. a k, NE W YORK D TT N AND COMPAN Y P. U O E. IF H A VENUE 681, F T LIST OF ILLU ST RAT IO N S Lieutenan t Rhodes -Moorhouse fly in g over Courtrai to b omb the railway Captain Theodore Wright conn ecting up the lead for destroying a b ri d e s hi n r v r fire g at Mon , w lst u de e y heavy C Wr V C. r woun ded assistin woun ded aptain ight, , falls mo tally while g men into shelter Pr S . F ivate . Godley routs the massed attacks of the Germans at the t n Br fire h i s hi - idge , Mons , by the deadly of mac ne gun C F . O . Gr f r 9th L r aptain enfell , assisted by o fice s and men of the ance s , manhandling gun s out of acti on near Doub on C i R . C . r av ds Dr1vers . m H . F L s apta n D eynol and J D ai n and . uke g a gun at Le Cateau Pr R T r r ur r firi n - r ivate oss olle ton et ns f om the g line , afte being r i for rr Bri t1sh wounded, to await an oppo tun ty ca ying to the lines a severely wounded offi cer Private W1lson capturing eight German soldi ers who had two British prisoners w1th them Private Wilson shooting six Germans and capturing their machi ne -gun L r r- a r r ieutenant J . A . 0 . B ooke leadi ng a counte att ck th ough a sto m of mile and machine -gun fire to recaptur e a lost trench at Y pres S r L r . econd Lieutenant J . each and Se geant J Hogan d iving the enemy Bri tl h r out of a. s t ench - A . S . r shell wrecks a machi ne gun which Lieutenant J . H Dimme was firmg during an attack by the PruS S1an Guard T E R r art1ller Bandsman . endle tending wounded men unde heavy y fire at Wulverghem T E R r deb ris r r Bands man . endle sc aping up the of a pa apet to escue wounded men who had been buried N di B11 i t r an d L H r R . N . ieutenant . D olb ook , , ps the n o deep wate h i s r ur r makes way to the mouth of the Da danelles , p sued by to pedo craft vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A A Srmth r Privates . cton and J . going to the escue of a wounded man ’ n 98 lying close to the enemy s trenches F aci g p . ’ Lance Corporal Michael O Leary dashes forward to capture single han ded a German machi ne gun . R . E. r r D . S . O . L C . G . r ieutenant Ma tin, , , and a small pa ty of bombe s prevent the Germans from recapturing a secti on of thei r trench at Spanb roek Molen - - D A R N b C S r M r H . cting Corporal C . o le and ompany e geant ajo aniels cut the German wire entanglements under a witheri ng ri fle-fire A r i Si r r r CorporalW. nde son attack ng nglehanded a la ge pa ty of Ge mans who had entered the Bri tish trenches . - F r 100 r Lance Corporal W. D . ulle advances ya ds and picks up a r l ofii cer rri r r r mo tal y wounded , whom he ca es back to cove unde ve y heavy fire r R r i i r h P i vate J . ive s bomb ng s ngle handed a la ge detac ment of the N C com elh n r i r enemy at euve hapelle , p g them to et e E r r r r i n r Pri vate . Ba be dashes fo wa d advance of his pa ty to bomb the enemy ll’ R P. Rou e s . b rri Lieutenant G . p wounds eing hu edly dressed i n his trench during the German counter attack at Hi ll 60 S L G . H . W r i di r h i s econd ieutenant oolley encou ag ng and ecting men , who were bei ng h eav fly shelled and bombed in their trench on H11160 Pri E r D r di s r G r as n vate dwa d wye , singlehanded , pe ses a e man saulti g party and saves a trench T f s r B ri r r Ri ver Cl de V B he amou landing f om the tish t anspo t y at each , G alh poh Peninsula 149 C r E . U i A S W. Wi i ommande nw n , assisted by ble eaman lliams , tow ng a barge i n the face of a murderous fire 154 J Sub -Lieutenant Ti sdall returni ng with the wounded from the shore amidst a storm of shot and shell H - L C C . C . W B C. G . d ieutenant olonel M Doughty ylie , , M , lea ing his r S -el- h r men at the sto ming of edd Ba . 160 - i C m r . L eutenant om ande E C. Boyle i n the E14 sinks a large Turkish transport Bri tish sentries call attention to greenish-yellow smoke rising from the German trenches Pri L n fr - r i - vate yn , dying om gas poisoning, se ves a mach ne gun and oil r k beats a Ge man attac . 17 6 C r r o po al James Upton bringi ng a wounded man into th e trenches under heavy fire C r r U r o po al James pton d aggi n g a wounded comr ade on a waterproof sheet to the trenches A x r L C r r F1n 1a shell e plodes and knocks ove ance o po al D. y LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - F dr i u r Lance Corporal D . inlay agg ng a wo nded com ade into the trenches while un der fire A A T r i r E11 fair b it. u k sh gunboat to pedoed by The end of a Turki sh transport - Co S r r F . B r r s h mpany e geant Majo a te lead a bombing attack , in whic T H r r a private known as homas a dy took a gallant pa t . Lieutenant Smyth and his party of the 15th Si khs carry ing up bombs to the firi ng trench at the Ferme du Bois -0 Lance -Corporal Jacka holdi n g a trench against seven Turks 4 - i Lance Corporal Jacka wins a V . C. by show ng how one man can beat seven - K r x for r Lance Corporal J . ey wo th stands fully e posed two hou s on the ’ enemy s p arapet and throws about 150bombs amongst the Germans - W arn e rd R . N. li Sub Li R . A . fo u Ze eh n F ght eutenant J , , blows p a pp i r G Br s l follow m hi s r a ship between hent and u se s , g which ae oplane turns upside down L r H L h I r i s movm ieutenant Ma tin, of the ighland ig t nfant y, sighted g ’ close to the enemy s parapet - n r Mr n r Lance Corporal W. A gus eaches Lieutenant a ti and evives him wi th brandy - r i L u n Lance Corpo al W. Angus gallantly ass sting ie tena t Martin to the trenches W hile being h eav fly bombed Pr Ke sor h ves hi s r th rowm ivate L. y saving the of com ades by gback for alrn ost fifty hours Turkish bombs fiu n g into his trench H H r n r P. r Captain . ansen escuing a wou ded man f om amids t bu ning gorse - Br P. s L r r rr Captain H . Han en and ance Co po al eese ca ying back a woun ded man from the burni n g gorse to the British h n es P r- Private F. W otts takes the wate bottle of a dead man to quench his thirst and that of a comrade Private Potts places h i s wounded comrade on an entrenchi ng shovel r to haul him to the B itish h n es . - H V . r an Second Lieutenant H . Th ossell d four men catchi ng the ’ enemy s bombs and hurlin g them back from their trench - r .

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