Lot Essay
INDENT M.C. London Gazette 22.9.1916. "For conspicuous gallantry during operations. He went over the parapet in broad daylight and brought in a wounded man who was lying 75 yards from the enemy trenches and 150 yards from our own. The man was severely wounded and had to be carried a few feet at a time."
Captain Henry Jephson Paddison, M.C. was gazetted to the Worcestershire Regiment from Sandhurst and was sent to the Front ,June 1916; he was wounded twice later that year and returned to the Front May, 1917. Advanced to Captain, he was killed instantaneously leading his Company in an attack (the Regimental History refers)
Captain Henry Jephson Paddison, M.C. was gazetted to the Worcestershire Regiment from Sandhurst and was sent to the Front ,June 1916; he was wounded twice later that year and returned to the Front May, 1917. Advanced to Captain, he was killed instantaneously leading his Company in an attack (the Regimental History refers)