A GALLANT ACTION REWARDED
LIVE BOMB PICKED UP BY BRITISH SOLDIER
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KUGBY, February 24.
The gallant action of Private J. E--Mott, of the First Battalion, Essex Regiment, in picking up a live bomb which had been thrown into a crowded cafe at Haifa on Christmas Day, and throwing xt into the street where it exploded, has been rewarded. The "War Office has announced that the King has approved the award to him of the Medal of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division, for gallantry. The announcement stated that the Jordania Cafe, Haifa, was crowded with soldiers and civilians when a bomb was thrown among them. Mott, who was seated at a table with some other men of the battalion, picked up the bomb and hurled it through the window into the street where it exploded with great violence. Mott's courageous act undoubtedly saved several lives, and injuries to many of his companions.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22337, 26 February 1938, Page 17
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