Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lance-Corporal

Unit:

No. 10 Platoon, "C" Company, 156th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army

Awarded on:

January 4th, 1945

Awarded for:

Operation Market Garden

During the entire action at Arnhem this NCO was an example to all around him for his exhibition of coolness and courage under fire. On numerous occasions he volunteered to carry messages under fire; he personally killed a large number of the enemy at different times and whenever circumstances were serious he would be heard encouraging and steadying those around him. He was particularly conspicuous on the 20th September 1944 when the remnants of the Brigade were surrounded by the enemy in a hollow in the woods, standing up in full view of the enemy in the face of intense fire to direct the fire of other men on the enemy positions.