Lot Essay
D.C.M. London Gazette 2.12.1919 'For gallant and distinguished service. He assisted the Officer who reconnoitred the railway lines during the advance from 27 October to 11 November 1918, between Somain and Mons. He daily made surveys and plans of the railways and structures, using instruments of precision with the utmost coolness under shell fire and at times under machine-gun fire. He did excellent work'.