The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-26
VICTORIA CROSS LIST
 TELLS HEROIC DEEDS
Lieutenant Shot 15 Foemen and Counted Aloud As
 He Fired.

| A DTleI annOuHCeIHellt Ol d"di Oo oI
 the Victoria Cross is published as supplement to the London Gazette of
 Aug 5, a copy of which reached New | York yesterday. Under the date of
 the War Ofice," the announcement
 says, His Majesty the King has been
 graciously pleased to award the Vic | toria Cross to the aforementioned
 officers, non-commissioned officers and men for most conspicuous brav-
 cry and devotion to duty." | There follows the list of men, with
 brief statement of the deed which won the Cross. The first is Lieut..
 Arthur Hugh Batten-Pool of the
 Royal Munster Fusileers. His Cross
 was awarded:
 | For most conspicuous bravery
 while in command of a raiding party.
 At the moment of entry into the
 enemy's lines he was severely wound.
 ed by a bomb, which broke and muti-
 lated all the fingers of his right hand. | In spite of this he continued to direct
 operations with unf1inching courage,
 his voice being clearly heard cheering l on and directing his men. I "He was urged to retire, but refus-
 ed. Half an hour later, during the | |"
 in the rescue of other wounded men, l he received two further wounds. Still
 refusing assistance, he walked unaid-
 ed to within 100 yards of our lines,
 when he tainted and was carried in | by the covering party
 | Gave His Life for Another. Capt. John Leslie Green of the Royal Army Medical Corps was killed
 while bringing in a wounded officer.
 He received the Cross:
 For most conspicuous devotion to | duty.
 Although himself wounded, he went to the assistance of an officer 1 who had been wounded and was | hung up on the enemy's wire entangle- mentS, and succeeded in dragging | him to shell hole, where he dressed | his wounds notwithstanding that | bombs and rifle grenades were thrown | at him the whole time. Captain Green l then endeavored to bring the officer l into safe cover and had nearly suc- ceeded in doing so when he was him. | self killed"
 Lieutenant Richard Basil Bran | dram Jones of the London North | Lancashire Regiment won the Victoria Cross as follows:
 For most conspicuous bravery. He | was holding with his platoon a crater | recently captured from the enemy. | About 7:30 D. m. the enemy exploded
 a mine forty yards to his right, and l at the same time put heavy barrage
 of fire on our trenches, thus isolating
 the platoon.
 | '"They then attacked in overwhelm- Isi Tiantan9nt JOnaS keDt his men together, steadying them by
 his fine example, and shot no less than | fifteen of the enemy as they advanced. | counting them aloud as he did so to cheer, his men. When his ammuni- l tion was expended he took bomb, | but was shot through the head while getting up to throw it.
 His splendid courage had so en- couraged his men that when they had no more ammunition or bombs they | threw stones and ammunition boxes at the enemy until only nine of the platoon were left. Finally they | were compelled to retire." Captain Temporarily Major) Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Flying Corps received the Cross for a battle against great odds while flying over the ene-
 my lines
 l Battle in the Air. For conspicuous gallantry and de- | votion to duty" his award reads: While on flying duties, Major Rees l sighted what he thought to be a | bombing party of our own machines l returning home. He went up to es-
 cort them, but on getting nearer dis | covered they were a party Of enemy
 machines, about ten in all. | Major Rees was immediately at tackled by one of the machines, and | after a short encounter it disappeared | behind the enemy lines, damaged. Five others then attacked him at
 long range, but these he dispersed on
 coming to close quarters, after serl-
 ously damaging two of the machlnes.
 Seeing two others going westward, he
 gave chase to them, but on coming nearer he was wounded in the thigh,
 causing him to lose temporary control
 of his machine. He soon lighted 1t,
 and immediately closed with the en-
 emy, firing at close-contact range
 of only few yards, until his ammu-
 milton was used up.
 He then returned home, landing his
 machine safely in our lines" l Ae-SS
 York Regiment, delivered dispatches,
 which he had taken from a wounded
 bearer, under severe fire and although
 wounded. His record reads: | For most conspicuous bravery. Dur ing a very heavy hostile bombardment
 and attack on our trenches a man car
 rying an important written message to
 his company commander was half
 buried and rendered unconscious by
 shell. Private Chafer. at once grasp
 ing the situation, on his own initiative
 took the message from the mans
 pocket and, although severely wound
 ed in three places, ran along the ru-
 ined parapet under heavy shell and
 machine gun fire and just succeeded
 in delivering 1t before he collapsed
 from tn, effect of his wounds. He
 displayed great initiative and a splen- did devotion to duty at a critical mo- ment." Rescued Three Comrades.
 Acting Sergeant John Erskine of the Scottish Rifles rescued his officer, a sergeant, and 0 private. His award Is as follows:
 For most conspicuous bravery.
 While the near lip of a crater. caused
 ihy the expIOsiOn of A. large enemy