Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29210/pages/6270. No. 10082 Corporal James Upton, 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). On 9th May 1915 at Rouges Bancs, France, Corporal Upton displayed great courage all day in rescuing the wounded while exposed to very heavy rifle and artillery fire, going close to the enemy's parapet regardless of his own safety. One wounded man was killed by a shell while the corporal was carrying him. When not actually carrying the wounded he was engaged in dressing and bandaging the serious cases in front of our parapet.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29210/pages/6270. No. 10082 Corporal James Upton, 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). On 9th May 1915 at Rouges Bancs, France, Corporal Upton displayed great courage all day in rescuing the wounded while exposed to very heavy rifle and artillery fire, going close to the enemy's parapet regardless of his own safety. One wounded man was killed by a shell while the corporal was carrying him. When not actually carrying the wounded he was engaged in dressing and bandaging the serious cases in front of our parapet.