Driver Frederick Mutcher, IM'.A.. whoso home i* at Straits .Mill. Booking. Essex, has been awarded :i .silver cup, 18in high, as the only driver in his brigade who has continued through the war with the same pair of horses. The cup was presented to him by, the general in the presence of the brigade at a parade in France. It was delivered to ih ( . winner's mother by Captain Stokes, R.F.A., who had brought it to London to he en-raved. Driver Butcher, who is still in Prance with his battery and his horsey went out with the original Expeditionary Force in August, 1914. He drove his horses through the retreat from -Mons without mishap, although he had a gun blown up behind him, but the harness gave way and his horses were liberated, lie has fought through the. war ever since and has taken a gun into action continuously with the. same pair oi horses. Oi his original hatter? only nine men remain, ail the officers and the o.ther men having fallen*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10122, 1 November 1917, Page 3
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