COMMANDO N.C.O. WINS V.C.
LIFE GIVEN TO SAVE HIS MEN (8.0. W.) RUGBY, June 12. For magnificent courage, leadership, and cheerfulness in charging alone across 200 yards of open ground against intense fire from nine German Spandaus and several mortars, Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter, of the 43rd Marine Commando, of Edinburgh, has been awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross. The action took place in Italy last April, before the Bth Army’s final offensive. “There is no doubt that Corporal Hunter offered himself as a target to save his troops,” says the citation. “Only the speed of his movement prevented him from being hit earlier. The skill and accuracy with which he used a Bren gun were proved by the way he demoralised the enemy. Later -he silenced many Spandaus, so much so, that under his covering firff the final objective was won before he was killed.” Corporal Hunter was a native of Aldershot, Hampshire. spiritual values and the same treasured rights, then in the deepest sense those two are truly related. So, even as I proclaim my undying Americanism, I am bold enough and exceedingly proud to claim basic kinship with you of London.”
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24592, 14 June 1945, Page 5
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