World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He received the award on December 3, 1914 from King George V at Merris, France for his actions as a bombardier in the 113th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Army on September 15, 1914 at Vendresse, France. Three years later he was ordered to the Southern Palestine Offensive against the Ottoman Empire and while enroute, his transport ship, the HMT Aragon was sunk off the coast of Port Alexandria, Egypt by a German torpedo. He survived the sinking but after he was rescued by the escort destroyer HMS Attack, it was also sunk by a German torpedo and he died as a result. His body was recovered and interred at the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry on 15th September, near Vendresse, when his Battery was in action under a heavy shell fire, in that, although twice wounded, he persisted on each occasion in returning to lay his gun after his wound had been dressed."
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He received the award on December 3, 1914 from King George V at Merris, France for his actions as a bombardier in the 113th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Army on September 15, 1914 at Vendresse, France. Three years later he was ordered to the Southern Palestine Offensive against the Ottoman Empire and while enroute, his transport ship, the HMT Aragon was sunk off the coast of Port Alexandria, Egypt by a German torpedo. He survived the sinking but after he was rescued by the escort destroyer HMS Attack, it was also sunk by a German torpedo and he died as a result. His body was recovered and interred at the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry on 15th September, near Vendresse, when his Battery was in action under a heavy shell fire, in that, although twice wounded, he persisted on each occasion in returning to lay his gun after his wound had been dressed."
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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