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• October 21, 2018 10:45:42 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 great good fortune, 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 towards the British

  trenches, he returned at once to give warning to his Squadron. To

  accomplish this the more quickly he made his way boldly along the

  parades/

• October 21, 2018 10:45:23 Sara Fresi

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• January 17, 2018 22:17:33 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 great good fortune, 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 towards the British

  trenches, he returned at once to give warning to his Squadron. To

  accomplish this the more quickly he made his way boldly along the

  parades/

  
  

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