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Royal West Kent by Richard Simkin No text for this item |
Private Johnson Carrying off the sights and breechblock of a British gun. During the fierce fighting at Neuve Chapelle on October 27th 1914, the men of the West Kent Regiment were forced to fall back, and in the retirement they abandoned a field gun. Recognising that it might be turned to deadly effect against themselves, Private George Henry Johnson, of the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, and some of his comrades pluckily ran out to drag it in. They were, however obliged to abandon the attempt and amidst a hail of bullets, they returned to their lines. The enemy were now very near, and there was no cover except from small shrubs just in front of the gun. An idea, however, flashed across Johnsons mind. Rushing back to the gun he removed the sights and breechblock, and hurriedly returned with them across the open ground. For his courageous conduct Johnson was rewarded with the D.C.M. |
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1881 - 1914 by Lieutenant-Colonel H D Chaplin. No text for this item |
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1951 - 1961 by Lieutenant-Colonel H D Chaplin. No text for this item |
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 - 1919 by Captain C T Atkinson. No text for this item |
The West Kent Regiment by Harry Payne. No text for this item |
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