Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 29740, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29740/supplements/8870. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 4 Company Serjeant-Major Nelson Victor Carter, late Royal Sussex Regiment. For most conspicuous bravery. On 30th June 1916 at Boar's Head, Richebourg l'Avoue, France, during an attack he was in command of the fourth wave of the assault. Under intense shell and machine-gun fire he penetrated, with a few men, into the enemy's second line and inflicted heavy casualties with bombs. When forced to retire to the enemy’s first line, he captured a machine-gun and shot the gunner with his revolver. Finally, after carrying several wounded men into safety, he was himself mortally wounded and died in a few minutes. His conduct throughout the day was magnificent.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 29740, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29740/supplements/8870. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 4 Company Serjeant-Major Nelson Victor Carter, late Royal Sussex Regiment. For most conspicuous bravery. On 30th June 1916 at Boar's Head, Richebourg l'Avoue, France, during an attack he was in command of the fourth wave of the assault. Under intense shell and machine-gun fire he penetrated, with a few men, into the enemy's second line and inflicted heavy casualties with bombs. When forced to retire to the enemy’s first line, he captured a machine-gun and shot the gunner with his revolver. Finally, after carrying several wounded men into safety, he was himself mortally wounded and died in a few minutes. His conduct throughout the day was magnificent.