Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30400, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30400/supplement/12330. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 506 Private Reginald Roy Inwood, Australian Imperial Force. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the period 19th/22th September 1917 at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium. During the advance to the second objective he moved forward through our barrage alone to an enemy strong post and captured it, together with nine prisoners, killing several of the enemy. During the evening he volunteered for a special all-night patrol, which went out six hundred yards in front of our line, and there – by his coolness and sound judgement – obtained and sent back very valuable information as to the enemy's movements. In the early morning of the 21st September, Private Inwood located a machine-gun which was causing several casualties. He went out alone and bombed the gun and team, killing all but one, whom he brought in as a prisoner with the gun.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30400, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30400/supplement/12330. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 506 Private Reginald Roy Inwood, Australian Imperial Force. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the period 19th/22th September 1917 at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium. During the advance to the second objective he moved forward through our barrage alone to an enemy strong post and captured it, together with nine prisoners, killing several of the enemy. During the evening he volunteered for a special all-night patrol, which went out six hundred yards in front of our line, and there – by his coolness and sound judgement – obtained and sent back very valuable information as to the enemy's movements. In the early morning of the 21st September, Private Inwood located a machine-gun which was causing several casualties. He went out alone and bombed the gun and team, killing all but one, whom he brought in as a prisoner with the gun.