Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36870/supplement/139. No. 6092111 Acting Sergeant George Harold Eardley, 4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry. On 16th October 1944 east of Overloon, Holland, Sergeant Eardley's platoon was ordered to clear some orchards where a strong opposition was holding up the advance, but 80 yards away from the objective the platoon was halted by automatic fire from machine-gun posts. Sergeant Eardley spotted one of these posts and moving forward under heavy fire killed the officer at the post with a grenade. He went on to destroy two more posts single-handed, under fire so intense that it daunted those who were with him, but his action enabled the platoon to achieve its objective and thus ensured the success of the whole attack. MILITARY MEDAL,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36961/supplement/1183.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36870/supplement/139. No. 6092111 Acting Sergeant George Harold Eardley, 4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry. On 16th October 1944 east of Overloon, Holland, Sergeant Eardley's platoon was ordered to clear some orchards where a strong opposition was holding up the advance, but 80 yards away from the objective the platoon was halted by automatic fire from machine-gun posts. Sergeant Eardley spotted one of these posts and moving forward under heavy fire killed the officer at the post with a grenade. He went on to destroy two more posts single-handed, under fire so intense that it daunted those who were with him, but his action enabled the platoon to achieve its objective and thus ensured the success of the whole attack. MILITARY MEDAL,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36961/supplement/1183.