THE FIRST ARMY VICTORIA CROSS of the war was won by Lieutenant (now Captain) 11. M. Ervine-Andrews, of the East Lancashire Regiment. Captain ErvineAndrews, whose photograph is shown above, climbed on a strawroofed barn and with rifle and Bren gun fought enemy forces trying to reach Dunkirk during the evacuation. Mortar bombs crashed through the roof, but he held on and killed 17 Germans with the rifle, and many more with the Bren.
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Southland Times, Issue 24210, 21 August 1940, Page 6
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73THE FIRST ARMY VICTORIA CROSS of the war was won by Lieutenant (now Captain) 11. M. Ervine-Andrews, of the East Lancashire Regiment. Captain Ervine-Andrews, whose photograph is shown above, climbed on a strawroofed barn and with rifle and Bren gun fought enemy forces trying to reach Dunkirk during the evacuation. Mortar bombs crashed through the roof, but he held on and killed 17 Germans with the rifle, and many more with the Bren. Southland Times, Issue 24210, 21 August 1940, Page 6
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