Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29496/pages/2349. Private Harry Christian, 2nd Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). On 18th October1915 at Cuinchy, France, Private Christian was holding a crater with five or six men in front of the Allied lines. The enemy started a fierce bombardment of the position, forcing a temporary withdrawal. When he found that three men were missing, Private Christian at once returned alone to the crater and although bombs were continually bursting actually on the edge of the crater, he found, dug out and carried one by one into safety, all the three men. Later he placed himself where he could see the bombs coming and directed his comrades when and where to seek cover.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29496/pages/2349. Private Harry Christian, 2nd Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). On 18th October1915 at Cuinchy, France, Private Christian was holding a crater with five or six men in front of the Allied lines. The enemy started a fierce bombardment of the position, forcing a temporary withdrawal. When he found that three men were missing, Private Christian at once returned alone to the crater and although bombs were continually bursting actually on the edge of the crater, he found, dug out and carried one by one into safety, all the three men. Later he placed himself where he could see the bombs coming and directed his comrades when and where to seek cover.