Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Signalman

Unit:

Corps of Royal Signals

Awarded on:

November 24th, 1939

Citation:
"Signalman Barr was accompanying a patrol on the 18th September,1939, when heavy fire was opened on the two trucks in which the patrol was travelling. Signalman Barr remained in his truck, which had been left in an exposed position, and sent through two messages of vital importance. He only stopped operating his wireless telegraph set when twenty minutes later, he had been wounded and the wireless telegraph set had been put out of action. Signalman Barr's bravery in operating his set under heavy fire saved his patrol from very heavy lossess."