Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: William Macdonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally, James Clarke, Jack Howarth, John Lynn, Frank Edward Stubbs, Thomas Mort, Alfred Joseph Richards, Francis Arthur Jefferson, Harold John Colley, Joseph Lister, James Hutchinson, Joel Halliwell. Excerpt: Alfred Joseph Richards Alfred Joseph Richards VC (21 June 1879 21 May 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 35 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 25 April 1915 west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, three companies and the Headquarters of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, when landing on W Beach, were met by a very deadly fire from hidden machine-guns which caused a large number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy and, after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. See also Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Keneally, Frank Edward Stubbs, and Richard Raymond Willis Sergeant Richards was one of six members of the regiment elected for the award. He is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery . References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Edward Benn Smith Edward Benn ('Ned') Smith VC, DCM (10 November 1898 12 January 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lancashire Fusiliers Soldiers: William MacDonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally. To get started finding Lancashire Fusiliers Soldiers: William MacDonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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60
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155709470
Lancashire Fusiliers Soldiers: William MacDonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: William Macdonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally, James Clarke, Jack Howarth, John Lynn, Frank Edward Stubbs, Thomas Mort, Alfred Joseph Richards, Francis Arthur Jefferson, Harold John Colley, Joseph Lister, James Hutchinson, Joel Halliwell. Excerpt: Alfred Joseph Richards Alfred Joseph Richards VC (21 June 1879 21 May 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 35 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 25 April 1915 west of Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, three companies and the Headquarters of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, when landing on W Beach, were met by a very deadly fire from hidden machine-guns which caused a large number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy and, after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. See also Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Keneally, Frank Edward Stubbs, and Richard Raymond Willis Sergeant Richards was one of six members of the regiment elected for the award. He is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery . References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Edward Benn Smith Edward Benn ('Ned') Smith VC, DCM (10 November 1898 12 January 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lancashire Fusiliers Soldiers: William MacDonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally. To get started finding Lancashire Fusiliers Soldiers: William MacDonald, John Elisha Grimshaw, Fred Titmuss, Edward Smith, Frank Lester, William Keneally, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.