George cross (Albert medal) recipient. The KING has been pleased to award the Albert Medal of the Second Class to Captain William Donald Cheshire, Lancashire Fusiliers, and to Serjeant Albert Ford, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in recognition of their gallantry in saving life in France. At Neuve Chapelle, on the 1st May 1916, while practice with live grenades was being carried out, one of the class, in attempting to throw a grenade from which the safety pin had been withdrawn, struck his hand against the parados, so that the grenade was knocked out of his hand and fell into the trench, in which about twenty men were collected. Captain (then Lieutenant) Cheshire rushed forward, but was hampered and delayed by the men. who were trying to get clear. Nevertheless, he seized the grenade and threw it over the parapet. It exploded immediately after leaving his hand.
George cross (Albert medal) recipient. The KING has been pleased to award the Albert Medal of the Second Class to Captain William Donald Cheshire, Lancashire Fusiliers, and to Serjeant Albert Ford, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in recognition of their gallantry in saving life in France. At Neuve Chapelle, on the 1st May 1916, while practice with live grenades was being carried out, one of the class, in attempting to throw a grenade from which the safety pin had been withdrawn, struck his hand against the parados, so that the grenade was knocked out of his hand and fell into the trench, in which about twenty men were collected. Captain (then Lieutenant) Cheshire rushed forward, but was hampered and delayed by the men. who were trying to get clear. Nevertheless, he seized the grenade and threw it over the parapet. It exploded immediately after leaving his hand.
Bio by: Paul Barnett
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