Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 29371, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29371/supplement/11449. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned, in recognition of their most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in the field:- No. 5854 Lance-Corporal George Harry Wyatt, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. At Landrecies, France, on the night of 25th – 26th August 1914, when a part of his battalion was hotly engaged at the end of a street close to some farm buildings, the enemy, by means of incendiary bombs, set light to some straw stacks in the farmyard. Lance-Corporal Wyatt twice dashed out of the line under very heavy fire from the enemy, who were only 25 yards distant, and extinguished the burning straw. If the fire had spread it would have been quite impossible to have held our position. Also at Villa Cotteret, after being wounded in the head, Lance-Corporal Wyatt continued firing until he could no longer see owing to the blood which was pouring down his face. The Medical Officer bound up his wound and told him to go to the rear, but he at once returned to the firing-line and continued to fight. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28942/supplement/8352. GAZETTE ISSUE 28942, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The despatch has been received by the Secretary of States for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. CROSS OF ST GEORGE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29275/supplement/8506. GAZETTE ISSUE 29275, CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST GEORGE 3RD CLASS, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia has been graciously pleased to confer, with the approval of His Majesty the King, the reward for gallantry and distinguished service in the Field.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 29371, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29371/supplement/11449. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned, in recognition of their most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in the field:- No. 5854 Lance-Corporal George Harry Wyatt, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. At Landrecies, France, on the night of 25th – 26th August 1914, when a part of his battalion was hotly engaged at the end of a street close to some farm buildings, the enemy, by means of incendiary bombs, set light to some straw stacks in the farmyard. Lance-Corporal Wyatt twice dashed out of the line under very heavy fire from the enemy, who were only 25 yards distant, and extinguished the burning straw. If the fire had spread it would have been quite impossible to have held our position. Also at Villa Cotteret, after being wounded in the head, Lance-Corporal Wyatt continued firing until he could no longer see owing to the blood which was pouring down his face. The Medical Officer bound up his wound and told him to go to the rear, but he at once returned to the firing-line and continued to fight. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28942/supplement/8352. GAZETTE ISSUE 28942, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The despatch has been received by the Secretary of States for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. CROSS OF ST GEORGE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29275/supplement/8506. GAZETTE ISSUE 29275, CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST GEORGE 3RD CLASS, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia has been graciously pleased to confer, with the approval of His Majesty the King, the reward for gallantry and distinguished service in the Field.