Robert Ryder ["Tales of the V.C."], item 2
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gone, and for a moment the company hesitated.
But they soon found a leader. Pte. Robert Ryder
one of the companys' machine gun section, at once realised what
had happened. Picking up his Lewis gun he sprang to his feet,
and dashed forward alone towards the German trench.
He was a target for every rifle and machine gun along the
line, but ... no bullet touched him as he scrambled
across shell-holes and through the tangled litter of barbed wire.
Lying down full length upon the parapet.
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gone, and for a moment the company hesitated.
But they soon found a leader. Pte. Robert Ryder
one of the companys' machine gun section, at once realised what
had happened. Picking up his Lewis gun he sprang to his feet,
and dashed forward alone towards the German trench.
He was a target for every rifle and machine gun along the
line, but ... no bullet touched him as he scrambled
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gone, and for a moment the company hesitated.
But they soon found a leader. Pte. Robert Ryder
one of the companys' machine gun section, at once realised what
had happened. Picking up his Lewis gun he sprang to his feet,
and dashed forward alone towards the German trench.
He was a target for every rifle
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gone, and for a moment the company hesitated.
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Thiepval
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