MADE BY THE WAR
A STRIKING STORY “Invalid by Profession” Earns Victoria Cross AN EPIC OF ZEEBRUGGE (By I'-Jeffittpli—Per Pretb Asm.—C.-pyrsyiJiUj Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, March 24. A moid'Crn Dick Whittington was described by Sir Frank Benson at a City Livery Club luncheon. He said a young fellow, until he reached the age of 30 found everything unpleasant—life gave him headaches. At t.he outbreak of the war he was afraid to join up for fear the guns would give him a headache but ultimatively be found himself at Zecbrugge in charge of a mine sweeper. His job was to set a smoke screen and carry off survivors from tho sbtp that blocked the mouth of the canal. He carried a small black cat on his shoulder, did the job and got the V.C. When the King asked what was his profession before the war, he replied that ho was ashamed to say he was a professed invalid. He did not divulge his identity, because of a relative.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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171MADE BY THE WAR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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