Harold Shutz

Corporal Harold Jack Shutz was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1922, in Mile End, the son of David Sidney and Milly Shutz, who had both moved from Poland to England as children.
Aged 21, Shutz died on 18 September 1944, during the campaign in Belgium, while serving with the 8th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). He was awarded a posthumous Military Medal for his actions earlier in September. His citation reads: At Bouvain on the night of 2nd/3rd September, 1944, the platoon in which Cpl. Shutz commanded a section was holding a bridge. During the night the enmy began to mortar the bridge, the platoon commander and platoon sergeant were both killed, and several men were wounded. Cpl. Shutz immediately took command of the platoon and reorganized it. The mortar fire continued and the enemy put in an infantry attack.Cpl. Shutz showed a complete grasp of the situation and commanded the platoon so well that the enemy attack was broken up and beaten off. He continued to control the situation in spite of continuous enemy fire until relieved the following morning. During the whole night Cpl. Shutz's conduct was an inspiration to the platoon and there is no doubt that his initiative and gallantry under difficult circumstances prevented the enemy from destroying a bridge, which was of great value to us in our subsequent advance.The Rifle Brigade Chronicle, p. 31. 1946.He is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.
==Notes==
==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Shutz, Harold Jack, cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
==External links==
*Corporal Harold Shutz, 8th Bn The Rifle Brigade, bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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