Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36870/supplement/139. Corporal John William Harper, 4th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment. On 29th September 1944 during an assault on the Depot de Mendicite, Antwerp, Corporal Harper led his section across 300 yards of completely exposed ground, with utter disregard for the hail of mortar bombs and small arms fire from the enemy. He was killed in the action, but the subsequent capture of the position was largely due to his self-sacrifice.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36870/supplement/139. Corporal John William Harper, 4th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment. On 29th September 1944 during an assault on the Depot de Mendicite, Antwerp, Corporal Harper led his section across 300 yards of completely exposed ground, with utter disregard for the hail of mortar bombs and small arms fire from the enemy. He was killed in the action, but the subsequent capture of the position was largely due to his self-sacrifice.