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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists World War One Battles  Armentieres |
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Sergeant Coxon Shoots Two Of A Party Of Three Germans Who Had Attacked Him During An Attack On Their Trenches. On the night of December 15th 1915, a British bombing party carried out an attack against the German trenches at Armentieres. After bombing into the trench Sergeant J. W. Coxon of the 8th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, was attacked by three Germans. He shot two of them and took the third prisoner. He set a fine example to his men and was awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry. |
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