George William Burdett Clare ["Tales of the V.C."], item 2

• October 21, 2018 10:44:42 Sara Fresi

  TALES OF THE V.C.

  PTE. George William Clare.   LANCERS

  (By Lieut. J.P. Lloyd)

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    Pte. George William Clare was with his Squadron in the trenches

  of BOURLON WOOD on the night of the 28th of November, 1917.

  The position was being very heavily shelled at the time, but

  Pte. Clare, who was acting as a stretcher-bearer, went on

  calmly with his work of dressing the wounded, and made

  several journeys across the open to the dressing station

  500 yards in rear.

    On one occasion, when returning from the dressing station, he

  heard that the garrison of a small post had suffered

  severely from the bombardment. To reach this

  post he had to cross 150 yards of shell-swept ground.

  Without hesitating for a moment he set out on his dangerous

  mission, and, by a miracle, reached his destination without

  mishap. He rendered first aid to the wounded, of whom

  there were several, and remained there until

  the sergeant was able to send up a relief.

    He afterwards carried the corporal, who had been in charge of

  the post and was very badly injured, a distance of 100

  yards on his back, and placed him under the shelter of

  a fallen tree, while he himself went off to seek help.

  He found a stretcher and some men to assist him.

  With the help of these men he carried the wounded N.C.O.

  back to the dressing station under heavy fire the whole

  way.

    On his arrival he was told that the enemy had opened a

  heavy bombardment with gas shells upon the valley below the

  wood. Seeing that the wind would tend to blow the gas

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• January 17, 2018 22:25:40 Thomas A. Lingner

  TALES OF THE V.C.

  PTE. George William Clare.   LANCERS

  (By Lieut. J.P. Lloyd)

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    Pte. George William Clare was with his Squadron in the trenches

  of BOURLON WOOD on the night of the 28th of November, 1917.

  The position was being very heavily shelled at the time, but

  Pte. Clare, who was acting as a stretcher-bearer, went on

  calmly with his work of dressing the wounded, and made

  several journeys across the open to the dressing station

  500 yards in rear.

    On one occasion, when returning from the dressing station, he

  heard that the garrison of a small post had suffered

  severely from the bombardment. To reach this

  post he had to cross 150 yards of shell-swept ground.

  Without hesitating for a moment he set out on his dangerous

  mission, and, by a miracle, reached his destination without

  mishap. He rendered first aid to the wounded, of whom

  there were several, and remained there until

  the sergeant was able to send up a relief.

    He afterwards carried the corporal, who had been in charge of

  the post and was very badly injured, a distance of 100

  yards on his back, and placed him under the shelter of

  a fallen tree, while he himself went off to seek help.

  He found a stretcher and some men to assist him.

  With the help of these men he carried the wounded N.C.O.

  back to the dressing station under heavy fire the whole

  way.

    On his arrival he was told that the enemy had opened a

  heavy bombardment with gas shells upon the valley below the

  wood. Seeing that the wind would tend to blow the gas

  
  

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