HONOURS AWARDED

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 8

HONOURS AWARDED

•♦■ . BRITAIN'S RECOGNITION OP HEROES FOUR THOUSAND NAMES. COLON I ALS~"INCLUDED. (By Teleertph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received June 24, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, 23i'd June. An addendum to a despatch of Sir John French, dated sth April, includes 4000 names, occupying 39 pages of the Gazette, recommended for gallantry and distinguished service in the field. The list includes many Canadians and Indians, and 58 nurses. The honours also include : — COMPANIONS OF THE BATH: Colonel Chaytor, of New Zealand ; Colonel Howse, Sydney. COMPANION OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE: \ Colonel Hayes, Victoria. ROYAL RED CROSS: Matron Greaves. VICTORIA CROSSES: Captain Scrumger, Canadian Medical Service.— Removing a wounded man under heavy fire Irom a dressing station at Ypres in April. He also carried a wounded ofiicer, and when unable to carry him further remained with the officer under fire until relieved. Lieut. George .Roupell, of the East Suireys.--Though several times wounded ho led a company and repelled a strong Gorman,, assault at Hill 60. Later, when his company weakened he returned to headquarters and obtained reinforce* merits. He brought them up under heavy fire and held the position^ with magnificent courage. U. -Sergt. Hall, Canada.— Though mortaliy wounded he brought in a wounded man under a heavy enfilading fire. L. Sergt. Belcher, London Rifle Brigade. —At Ypres, on the night of the 13th May, Sergt. Belcher and six men. held a trench which was blown to pieces, and repulsed a German attack by means of rapid rifle fire. An heroic piece of bluff saved the flank of the fourth division. L.-Cpl. - Fisher, Canada.*— Covering with a machine gun a retreating battery at St. Julien. Later Fisher was killed while covering advance supports. Pte. Mariner, King's Kities.— Left in. the trenches near Cambrai he crept up to the German entanglements and,reached an emplacement where a machine gun was hindering our working parties. He,, climbed to the top of the- German parapet and threw a bomb 'under the roof of the gun emplacement. 1 The enemy fled, but returned, and Mariner • threw a second bomb. He crawled back to the trench.FOR VALOUR AT THEDARDANitU,ES. (Received June 24, 10.10 ft.m.) LONDON, 23rd June. Military honours have been awarded to General Blrdwood, Comtfdander 'of St. Michael and St. George. Col. Doughty Wyllie and Capt. Wolford have be«n awarded Victoria Crosses. The latter organised an at> tack on Seddul Bahr. Both were killed at the moment of victory. [The Daily -Chronicle's Mitylena correspondent stated on 24th May that Col. Doughty Wyllie, on the staff superintending the landing of the Australians, saw from shipboard the gallant and fruitless charges from the short trenches. Numbers of men fell, particularly officers, and Col. Wyllie asked permission to help. This was reluctantly granted. Going ashore, the colonel ran in front of the foremost Australians and shouted : "Men, follow !" Inspired by the magnetism of the example, the Australasians responded with a cheer. They rushed up the fire* swept, slippery incline; and carried position after position until the enemy wa« cleared out. Col. WyHie was shot dead, but not before he knew that the summit was won and that the Turks coulu no longer harass the landing.]