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The Rev. W. R. F. Addison Carries A Wounded Man To The Cover Of A Trench Under Heavy Rifle And Machine Gun Fire. The Rev. William Robert Fountaine Addison, temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Army Chaplain Department, carried a wounded man to the cover of a trench, and assisted several others to the same cover, after binding up their wounds under heavy rifle and machine gun fire. In addition to these unaided efforts, by his splendid example and utter disregard to personal danger he encountered the stretcher-bearers to go forward under heavy fire and collect the wounded. He was deservedly rewarded with the V.C. |
The Rev E. N. Mellish Walking Across Ground, Which Was Being Swept By Machine Gun Fire, To Tend The Wounded. During heavy fighting at St. Eloi on March 27th 1916, and the two following days the Rev. Edward Noel Mellish journeyed under continuous and heavy fire, between the original British trenches and those captured, in order to tend and rescue wounded men. He brought in ten on the first day from ground swept by machine gun fire, and three were actually killed while he was dressing their wounds. His battalion was relieved on the second day, but he went back and brought in twelve more men. On the night of the third day he took charge of some volunteers and returned to the trenches to rescue the remaining wounded. This splendid work, for which he was awarded the V.C., was quite voluntary on his part and outside the scope of his ordinary duties. |
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