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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists World War One World War One Regiments  Army Cyclist Corps |
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Lance Corporal Handley seizing a grenade, the fuse of which was nearly burnt, to hurl it over the parapet. While a party of about ten grenadiers were throwing grenades into the enemys trenches by means of a catapult, the strand of the catapult broke and a powerful grenade, the fuse of which was nearly burnt, dropped into the trench. Lance Corporal W. Handley of the 17th Divisional cyclist company, Army Cyclist Corps, who was in charge of the party, rushed forward and hurled the grenade over the parapet. It burst just before reaching the ground. For his conspicuous gallantry Lance Corporal Handley was awarded the D.C.M. |
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