Wilfrid Edwards ["Tales of the V.C."], item 3

• December 21, 2017 21:20:39 Thomas A. Lingner

  three officers and thirty other ranks. The opinion of the Germans 

  on the subject has not been recorded. But there can be no

  doubt that by his prompt decision and unhesitating fearlessness

  in facing what was apparently certain death, he was the means

  of saving many lives, and that otherwise the Battalion must 

  have been held up in its advance.

  His conduct throughout the day was marked by the same 

  gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great endurance

  as a company runner, carrying messages along the line

  and back to Headquarters under the most intense shell-fire.

  When eventually the Battalion was relieved, he rendered

  great services as a guide, leading the greater part of it 

  back in safety over the most difficult ground.

  This is a simple record of a man who had not only high

  qualities of bravery and resourcefulness, but, in a very 

  trying emergency, proved himself to be a true leader of men.

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