INDENTD.C.M. London Gazette 30.6.1915. "For conspicuous gallantry from the 21st. - 23rd. December 1914 near Festubert. Difficulties arose in getting necessary supplies to the men in the forward trenches, and the only known communication trench being impassable, he, with another man, carried the rations over a fire swept zone of 1,100 yards, after the ration party had been dispersed by heavy fire. He subsequently returned, and took up ammunition to the same trenches".