WELL DESERVED.
TWO MORIi) V.C.'S
(Press Assn. —Reed. 12.30 a.m.)
LONDON, November 26. Additional Victoria < Crosses have been awarded as follows: — Captain W. Johnson, who at Missy, throughout September 14, worked two raits with his own hands, bringing back wounded, and returning with ammunition, thus enabling the advanced brigade to maintain its position across the river. Bombardier Harlock, . who was wounded at Vendresse on September 15, but persisted in returning to lay his gun. Havildar Gagna Singh is the first Indian recommended for the Victoria Cross. He commanded fifteen Indians defending a trench. They killed sixty Germans before they were overpowered. Havildar, the only survivor, snatched a German officer's sword and killed ten before he fell. He was left for dead with five wounds.
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Northern Advocate, 27 November 1914, Page 5
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124WELL DESERVED. Northern Advocate, 27 November 1914, Page 5
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