BRAVE HOME GUARD
AWARD OF GEORGE MEDAL
RUGBY, April 29. An outstanding example of sustained courage under air bombardment is that of a Home Guard volunteer, W. T. Whitlock, who has been awarded the George Medal.
On a night last October when a building received two direct hits from high-explosive bombs, Whitlock, who was on duty, received severe injuries to an arm, a leg, and his side. His eyes were also injured by the blast and he was thrown more than 20 yards over a wall. Nevertheless, he managed to pick himself up and, ignoring his injuries, made his way back to the offices which were wrecked and under the debris of which was his section leader. At great personal risk and almost at the stage of complete collapse, Whitlock managed to extricate the section leader, thus saving his life. After this, Whitlock had to be taken to hospital.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1941, Page 8
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