Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-23
VICTORIA CROSSES
IN ADDED NUMBERS
TO SOLDIER HEROES
War Opportunities for Brave
Acts Result in More Than Usu-
al HonorS for Britain'S Fight
ing Lads.

LONDON, Sept 22-The award of
five additional Victoria Crosses is an
nounced i'm the London Gazette -Four
OF them were won by most conspicu-
Gus bravery" in connection with bomb
throwing exploits which now consti-
tute such an important feature of
trench warfare It was during opera
tons southwest of Krithia on the Cal
lipoli Peninsula that Captain Gerald
Robert o. Sullivan. First Battalion
Royal lnniskilling Fusiiers, won the
highest award for valor This IS what
he did as narrated in the official re-
port
con the night of the 1st2nd July.
1915, when it was essential that a por.
ton of trench which had been lost
ahould be regaincd, Captain O'Sum-
van, although not belonging to the
troops at this point, volunteered to
lead a party of bomb throwers to eff
feet the recapture
"IIe advanced I'm the open under
very heavy fire. and in order to throw
his bombs with greater effect, got up
on the parapet where he was com
pletely exposed to the lire of the enc
my occupying the trench He was fin
ally wounded, but not before his instr
ing example had led his party to
make further efforts, which resulted
i'm the recapture of the trench.
"On the night of 1Sth19th June,
1915, Captain O'Sullivau saved a cri.
tical situation in the same locality by
by great personal gallantry and good
leading"
On the day following this announce
ment came another more sinister, i'm
the official casualty list, giving Capt
ain O'Sullivan i'm the list of missing.
Sergeant James Sommers of the
same battalion won the Victoria Cross
at the same time. When, owing to
hostile bombing some of our troops
had retired from sap says the re
port I'm the London Gazette, Sergeant
SOmmers remained alone on the spot
until a party brought up bombs He
then climbed over into the Turkish
trench and bombed the Turks with
good effect
Later on he advanced into the
open under very heavy fire, held back
the enemy by throwing bombs into
their flank until a barricade had been
established During this period he
/ frequently ran to and from our
trenches to obtain a fresh supply of
| bombs"
What Second Lieutenant Herbert
1 James of the Worcestershire Regi-
ment, did to win the cross in the Gal
lipoli operations, is thus described:
cone the 28th June, 1915, when a por-
/ tion of a regiment had been checked
owing to all the officers being put
out of action, Second Lieutenant
/ James, who belonged to neighboring
unit, entirely ON his own initiative,
gathered together a body Of men and
( led them forward under heavy shell
and rifle tire He then returned, OF,
/ gained a second party and again adj
vanced His gallant example put fresh
life into the attack.
con the Bird July, 1915, i'm the small
/ locality he headed a party Oh Do'no
! throWers up a IurNl5n comm I u, ,..,
ton trench ana, al'el nearly al, me-
bomD-thro"ers hau peen N'''eu vi
"ouhul"' ne ie'',''' i'I 80 -. tho
head oil the lrehch anu Nep' D'''N ,' 0''s
enemy SllEle-''oi',TO '''' @ 10 49, -
peeh punt penl''u lli'li anu NV ~ ~,
secured ne was '',, o'7''oO' 0N 49,
TO AlurueIouS Hle
inns year, l'al 'eoo M i-'I 800 ais