The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
FOUR ACTS
OF HEROISM
WIN Y. c.
Lance Corporal TOmbs
Repeatedly Rescued
Wounded Men
COULDN'T RESIST
CRIES FOR HELP
Achieved the Appar-
emily Impossible, Said
Staff Officer

LONDON, sept Splendid gal
lantry and an ebsolute disregard of
death were shown by Lance Cor
poral Joseph Tombs, First Kings
liverpool ReRimenU, one OF the
latest V. c. winners His glorious
deeds are recorded by an officer
attached TO the staff of the infan-
try brigade with which the Liver.
pools were serving on June l6 last.
Il was an eyewitness OF the 0ar-
ing OF Tombs," be says, and had
been able to stop him / would have
done so. for TO all appearance the
thing he did four times in success
sion was an impossibility There
had been some hard fighting and
an attack We made could not be
pressed home In the retirement
lot Of our wounded were left be
hind Some OF them were near
enough TO CRY for help TO the
trench where Tombs was.
In front OF the trench there was
a piuless fire from the enemy's big
guns and a number OF machine
guns, while ri0emon We're posted
only 200 yards away picking OFF
anything they could see Into this
walked the solitary figure OF a man
we afterward found 10 De Tombs.
lie looked for moment as though
he hadn't quite made up his mind
what 10 do But finally ne cleared
the space between him and the
nearest wounded with a rush, and
was seen 20 throw himself beside
a man AT first we feared hc had
been hit, but a minute or two later
We saw him move cautiously toward
his own trench and by his side WAS
one of the wounded, whom he help.
ed along as best he could II still
rained bullets from the machine
guns and shrapnel was bursting at
! short intervals and bullets whistled
perilously near At one stage
Tombs had 70 carry his companion
on his back and make run for IT,
but they got through an right
Then he appeared and began
the perilous journey over again.
This time his companion did not
appear to be badly hit for he went
along i'm a STOPPING position beside
Tombs. and occasionally they broke
into run, only looking around
now and then 90 dodge the direction
OF coming shells They got through
Once more the solitary figure
began that journey with death star
ing him in the face at every step
II was some time before ne got
hold Of another wounded man, and
when they started they seemed TO
30 walking on their hands and
knees. This must have been the
time when Tombs dragged in the
wounded man with the aid of a
rifle sling After they had gone
some distance the enemys FIRE be-
came heavier, and the two men
had 10 take shelter in a shell hole.
But soon they started off again and
got safely through For the fourth
time Tombs appeared over the par
apet and made the risky journey.
by now the movements had ap-
parently been seen from the Ger
man lines, for the hidden rihemcn
began to fire rapidly, and the ma
chine guns rained bullets by the
thousand Tombs disappeared from
view and we thought he had gone,
but later he reappeared accompa-
MED by another man, and the two
picked their way painfully back.
Then they disappeared over the par.
apet
The other new V. C.s are Capt.
Eustace lothian. Fifty-frst Sikhs
(Frontier Force) for most cousplc-
nous bravery on Jan :. 1915. a.
Spina Khatsora tTochi Valley
During operations against the Khos.
twal tribesmen, Capt lothian, who
was commanding party Of about
dozen OF the North Wazlristan
Militia, was attacked in a nullah
and almost surrounded by an over.
whelming force OF some 800 tribes.
men lie gave the order 20 retire.
and could have himself escaped.
but most CALAMITY sacrificed his
own life by attempting to effect tho
rescue Of one OF his men who had
lost his horse
Second Lieut.. George Raymond
Dallas Moor. Third Hampshire
Regiment. For most conspicuous
bravery and resource on June g.
1915. during operations south OF
Krithia. Dardanelles. When a de-
tachment OF battalion on his left
which had lost all its officers. was
rapidly retiring before a heavy
Turkish attack, Second Lieut. Moor
Immediately grasping the danger 90
the remainder OF the line. dashed
back SOME 200 yards. stemmed tbe
retirement, led back the men and
recaptured the lost trench. This
Young officer who only joined tho
army in October. 1914. by his per
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