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3liJ Promotions, Appointments, Ac.
Rk^yabds von Sebticb rs the FrEU>~t'onfd.
MiUTABT CBOsa-eonrd.
Captain Beruard Charltsa Tolvor Paget, The Oxfordshire and Bu<;klngham8hirti
• Light Infantry (Adjutant, jth Battalion.).
For conspicuouA coolness and energr throughout the campaign in France.
- At Railway Wood, during a bomb attack by the enemy, following on the
explosion of a mine, he rendered invaluable service in getting up Domb^rn
and bombs and organising working and wiring parties.
Hl3 good serviees as Adjutant-have been previously brought to notice.
Lieutenant John Gibson Anderson, 5lh Canadian Infantry BattalloiK
For c'onsplcuous gallantry near Mopslues on 8th October. 1915. when he went
out with Private Wythe to a German sap. Lieutenant Anderson entered
the sap. and Private W>-the crept, along the edge. They met and shot
two Germans, exchan;?ed "shots with three otlier?. and brought back the
rtileB of the men they had killed.
Next day they returned to the Bap and attacked another party of Germanfi,
who retired, leaving a cloak, some bombs, a periscope, etc., behind. These
thflv VirnntrhJ. in \lm'li vnlnnl*!*" Iiifnrindf.inn urns (r;iiTi«»H
Who retired, leaving a cloak, some bombs, a periscope, etc.
they brought in. Much valuable information was gained.
Temporary Lieutenant Charles Joseph Basher, nth Battftlion, tiie Prince of
Walos's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
For conspif^uoas gallantry and ability near Rue du Bois on the night of
2l3t-22nd October, 1915.
Accompanied by a serjeant of hiK battalion, he carried out a very ditlicult
reconnaissance at great personal risk, and obtained valuable iuCoimation
of the enemy's defences.
Lientenant George Douglas Chew, 3rd Battalion, The Prince oE Wales's iNortli
Staffordshire Regiment), attached 1st Battalion.
For conspicuous gallantry and resource on the 30th October. 1915, when at great
personal risk, he made a reconnaissance in broad daylight of the new St,
Eloi craters, which resulted In bomb posts being established and com-
municatton made. Two previous attempts to effect tliis reconnaissance had
failed owing to the Germans being in occupation.
Previously, on 18th August, 1913, Lieutenant Chew displayed great gallantry at
Hooge.
Temporarj- Lieutenant Edgar Theodore Harold G idwin. 9th Battalion. The Koyal
Sussex Regiment.
For conspicuous gallantry at " Fosse 8" on 27th September, 19lo.
He worked his machine-guns until both of tliem had been put out of iicti"n.
and then directed the fire of the machine-gun of another regiment against
the flank of the enemy's counter-attack.
Temporary lieutenant Kvan Bonnor Hugh-Jones, 9titl» Field Company, Koyal
l^ngineers.
^ For conspieuouri gallantry at Fauqulssart on the nigiit of 8th-9th October, 1915.
wiien he placed charges of gun-cotton in the German wire. Although badly
wonnded, lie continued to try and fire tlie charges at piiint blank range ami
under heavy fire, and only retired when the "lighter" proved useless and
two of his four men had been hit.
Temcorary Lieutenant The Honourabie F.riQ Fox Pitt Lubliock.Army'Serviee Corps,
attached Royal Flying Corps.
For conspicuous grJlnntry and skill on Siitih October, 191,"t, when he attacked a
German Albatross machine at a height of 9.030 feet with machine-gun Are.
The hostile pilot wa«* shot and the aeroplane was brought to the ground
within our lines. The attack tinished at a heiglit of only GOO feet and
during an almost vertical dive, when the pildt was fully occupied,
Lleutanant Lubiwck flred deliberately and with efTect.
Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Walter Newth, l3t,4th''City! of Bristol) Battalion. Tiie
Gloucester Regiment. Territorial Force.
For conspicuous gallantrj- on the night of uth-7th October. 1915, at Flebuteroe.
A party or thtf battalion was mending wire In front of the trenches when the
c'neray opened a heavy machine gim and rifle Are. When the party hud
retired 10 the trenches It was dUcovrsred that one man was missing, and
LlO'itenant Newth. closely followed by a Serjeant and a private of the
battalion. Immediately went out again in face of the heavy dre. They
louod the missing man wonnded and entangled In the wire, released hini
am hrou;fht him In.