STORY OF FOUR CATHOLIC COMRADES

New Zealand Tablet, 16 November 1916, Page 13

STORY OF FOUR CATHOLIC COMRADES

The story of the career of four Chesterfield chums (says the Derby Times of September 9), is a moving one. The first, Sergeant Coyne, has given his life for his country; the second, Corporal J. Williamson, has been reported wounded and missing; Sergeant Cronan has been wounded and has been awarded the D.C.M. ; and Sergeant Cosgrove, who is also wounded, has been awarded the Military Medal, as was also Corporal Williamson a month before he was posted as missing, ange to relate, all four were chums in Chesterfield, all attended the Catholic school in Spencer street, all enlisted four years ago (when war was little dreamt of) in the same regiment, the Scottish Rifles, familiarly known as the Cameronians, and all as members of that ' contemptible • but gallant little Army took part in the retreat from Mons and many of the subsequent battles which will be remembered as long as British history is read. It is a.further coincidence that three of the four have won the Military Medal and one the D.C.M. ' ts*ftlsffi