The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-23

MedaI-A-rey-rnree the ROYAL Red Cross. first
class, and one hundred and forty-nine the Royal
lied Cross, second class.
Canada built $500 ajrplanes for the rova, dir
force and was building bombing planes for the
united States when the armistice was signed.
ABOUT l3.o0O men were enlisted i'm the royal air
force from Canada, and three Canadian air fight
es won the Victoria Cross. The best known of
the trio is Lieut.. Col. William A. Bishop of To-
ronto, who was a cavalrylnan in the Mississauga
Horse and went overseas with the horses, but got
transferred to the flying corps. Bishop is Off
ciaily credited with seventy-two and unoficially
credited with one hundred and ten enemy air
planes. and is called the worlds greatest living
ace. King George sent for him and awarded him
the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order
and the Military Gross.
Next N reputation is Mai. W.. G. Barker, v. c..
ID. S. o., NJ. O., a royal air force fighter from
Manitoba, He was given the Victoria Cross, Dis
tinguished Service Order, with bar, and the Mill
tary Gross. with two bars. His grand total is
fifty enemy machines.
According to Colonel Bishop, the ~pluckiest air
fight of the war was that of Lieut.. Alan Arnett
Mcleod, v. O., a royal air force pilot from Stone
wall, Manitoba. This eighteen-year-old boy, at
tackled by eight enemy airplanes, shot down three
of them. He vas wounded five times, and then his
= machine caught fire. Ciimbin out on the left bot
tom plane he controlled his falling airplane from
the side OF the fuselage. landed in No Mans
t<uhus itSCutu lie, OaIUC ODSeTNtT from the
blazing aircraft and was again, wounded by an
enemy bombe Shortly after his return to Canada
Mcleod died OF pneumonia in Winnipeg.
The first Canadian TO win the v. c. was a heroic
surgeon. Capt. Francis A. @. Scrimger, of the
Canadian army medical service.
Color Sergeant Frederick w. Hall, Eighth bat
TALON. heard q call for help in Mo Mans Land.
Tn the face OF q very heavy enflade fire Hall made
two attempts at rescue. AS he was lifting the
wounded man Hall was wounded MORALLY by a bull
let through the head. He paid for the coveted v. G.
with his life. So did Lance Corporal Frederick
Fisher, Thirteenth battalion.
At Givenchy, June 10, 1915, Lieut.. Frederick
w. Campbell, First Canadian battalion, went over
the top with two machine guns, arrived at the
German first line with one gun and maintained
his position there under very heavy fire, though
every man in his detachment had been killed or
Wounded. Later he stopped an enemy attack by
advancing his gun still farther and firing 1000
rounds from an exposed position. He was wound
pd subsequently and died; the v. G. was post
humousIy awarded him.
Private Leo Clarke. v. O., Twenty-seventh bat
TALON Private John Chapman Kerr, v. c., Sixty
dfth battalion; Capt. 1rhain w. Mcdowell. v. G.
and ID. s. O., Thirty-eighth battalion Lieut.. Fred
erick M. W.. Harvey, v. O., Thirteenth battalion
al these men performed ~prodigies Of val0r in kiln
inc foes. capturing prisoners, enemy trenches and
positlons and machine guns. They earned their
Victoria Crosses.
sergt. Ellis w. Sifton, y. c.. charged a machine
c,,n alone. killing all thHcrew and STOPPED a coun-
fer-atfack until reinforced; he was killed. SO
VIZ Private William y. Milne. v =" Forty-sixth