Recipient of The George Cross.He was Section Commander, 30th Unit.Warwickshire Battalion,Home Guard.He received his George Cross posthumously for a heroic action on the night of 15th/16th October 1940 when the Luftwaffe carried out a heavy attack on the city of Birmingham.He was called upon by the police to assist in rescue duty in Bishop Street where he found that a number of people were trapped in a cellar below a house which had been hit by a bomb.Taking charge of a party of six volunteers,he found that several people were trapped in a cellar.With great bravery,he managed to get two men out alive,and although he was obviously exhausted and suffering from the gas himself he insisted on going down a third time,but overcome by fumes and collapsed.He was dragged out by one of his comrades,but despite the attention of a doctor and nurse,it was impossible to revive him.He is buried at the Yardley Cemetery in Birmingham,Grave 46739.
Recipient of The George Cross.He was Section Commander, 30th Unit.Warwickshire Battalion,Home Guard.He received his George Cross posthumously for a heroic action on the night of 15th/16th October 1940 when the Luftwaffe carried out a heavy attack on the city of Birmingham.He was called upon by the police to assist in rescue duty in Bishop Street where he found that a number of people were trapped in a cellar below a house which had been hit by a bomb.Taking charge of a party of six volunteers,he found that several people were trapped in a cellar.With great bravery,he managed to get two men out alive,and although he was obviously exhausted and suffering from the gas himself he insisted on going down a third time,but overcome by fumes and collapsed.He was dragged out by one of his comrades,but despite the attention of a doctor and nurse,it was impossible to revive him.He is buried at the Yardley Cemetery in Birmingham,Grave 46739.
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