Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-18
VICTORIA CROSS
FOR TWENTY-ONE
HIGHEST HEWARD FOR NNLOE
AND DEVOTION 10 DUTY BN
ENGLISH SOLDIER
BRONZE MALTESE Gross
official I.ist of surviving Holders OF
the Honor at beginning of War
Was About One Hundred
and fifty Men

LONDON. Dee. 1.-THE granting
of ten Victoria crosses Within the
last few weeks brings the total mum
bcr OF these awards during the pres
cnt war up TO tweniy-onc.
The cross Is the highest reward
given TO the British army FOR some
signal act OF valor or devotion pro-
formed IN the presence OF the
enemy The medal Is In the form
Of q maltese cross OF bronze. bear
inr In the center words For valor.
The ribbon Is blue for the navy aud
red for the army The decoration
IS accompanied by pension OF fiity
dollars year. Official lists Of sur
yiying holders OF the honor at the
beginning of the present war con
tainod about 100 uames.
The ten latest ~. C." awards are
as follow;
Private Sidney Cooley. Royal Fus-
ilicsr: For GOODNESS aud gallantr}
IN fighting his machine gune under
q hot fire for two hours after he had
been wounded IT Nous on August
%.
Driver Joe Drain and Driver Fred
crick Luke. Royal Field Artillery
~ LcCateau on August 3G, a. volun-
iccrs. helping 90 save guns under iir"
from hostile infantry 100 yards
away
Major Charles Yaic, deceased.
King, own Light Infantry: Com
mand"d one of the two compani''
that remuincd TO ead IN trenches nl
LcCatoau ON August 36: when all
other Officers killed or wounded, led
his nineteen survivors In gallant
charge. Wounded. died In hands OF
opponents.
lance Corporal Frederick llolmes'
Kings own Light Infantry N Le-
Cateau on August &c carried wound
ed man from trenches under heavy
lire. later assisted TO drive gun on,
of action by taking place of a wound
cd driver
Captain Edward bradbury. dcceas-
ed ROYAL Horse Artillery. Orgam-
ted dofCnse of battery against heavy
odds at Merry ON September
Captan william Henry Johnston
Hoval Engineers. A. Missy on Sep
tombcr Il, under heavy fire worked
two rafts bringing back Wouhdeo
and returning with ammunition
Drummer spence John Bent Nsk,
Lancashire Regimen Tor llkl"l
command and succeeding IN holdlh'
position after his officer had been
truck down. and other deeds o'
bravery.
Bombardier Ernest larlock. nov
.ergcaut. Royal Field Artillery Fo'
conspicuous cullantry ON Seplembr'
Is near Veudre-c. although tNic'
wounded p,rsistcl iu returning "
Iay his gun each time after "ouhd
dressed
Lance Corporal Dobson, Colo
.treau Guards. Tor bringing wound
ed men into cover on two occasion
while under heavy fire.
Tho most conspicuous of thes" t'i
heroes is Captain Bradbur' who's.
batter, /. made determined stan.
near Compioguo on the last day 90
'ho retreat toward Paris Battery !
while covering the retreat was ~
'aoked by strong German fore
with ten field guns and two maNms
Thrrc British guns wore hrunrN
into action but two 80 th"w N"r
uui,lIv eilcrrrd bradbury Hud hi
mru -orvcd the remaining guU SO
ucn. however. that an hut one %
tho German guns were si'cnc"d. enc
when Battery l. wa relieved this en'
wa. captured M account oi ih
action ly-
"Cauiau Bradbury was the rrH
hero llr got the guu into 7'iipl
aud gave The orders Muudy knoI
ON side as ranging officer. Bradhur'
Campbell and Cifiard With the hai
tcry sorgcdnt-maior. gunner fu
driver served the guu Budhur
had one lr- taken of but -lI
went ON Campbell su1 Nurdy vcr
kUcd bradbury had his other lr
taken 20 AND Giftarl Nas hadI
wounded. but .tlll thcy Kept the cu.
roiur ana hen Batter, 7 came 90
thev found thc Germnns b1d boltDl
onl, tho major aud Giifarl. Who r'
crf,rI Nfr bullets survived.
Three s. g.. have uru h".
awarded iu connection With iH
nght. Sergeant Major Dorrr'I sr
Srrgpuf Nelson having slrH'lv r'
rni,rH fHr decoration lu addition
Iieuirra1i Cif'4ri Gunner barb'
shire aId Driver Osborne Frr
AWARDED FrmeH decorations
Ths rrsi Indian tu hs rnc0mWrI
dcd Tor tFe a.. e.. is llarld4r lS"l
rrant Gsru1 singh. 90 'h" 57t
Wilde. rifles The ilafIliar. vii
fifteen meu va. attacked Boo th
trcncbe. n.f before dawn bt b
Overwhelming German force l1 On
brief I.1d-to-hand struggle rhi0
ausu,d .Ntv Germans n.re kile'
Cacua -Irlh sole survivor 0f D.
little comuanv vss l-ft for dead
fhc trs .h with five bnliei wnund
When picked up he .till bold iighiI
he .worl OF German officer uho.
he lad di patched
Thls o. tho fret ear ir which
hss herr 1ussiblc for o. Indian
sin the Victoria Cr0ss Eiirih'lity
thn distinction vas one of the boor
ersntcd Dr. Kius George at the DO
bar of 1913