M.C. London Gazette 8.3.1919 'For conspicuous gallantry and able leadership at Sequehart on 1-3 October 1918. When all the Officers of his Company were wounded, he took command of the Company, and during the enemy counter-attack he hung on to his objective until almost surrounded. Next day he again reached his objectives, inflicting severe loss to the enemy and capturing many prisoners'.

2nd Lieutenant John Arthur Lorimer, M.C., originally entered the French Theatre of War as a Private in the Glasgow Yeomanry in May 1915, and was commissioned into the Royal Scots in May 1918. In the fierce fighting around Sequehart in the opening days of October 1918, the 5/6th Royal Scots suffered in excess of 100 casualties, but the Germans paid dearly for their determination to hold this important village, 'perched on commanding ground' - in addition to a high rate of killed and wounded, some 500 prisoners were taken over three days. The village was finally taken - and held - by the Royal Scots on the 3.10.1918, the Germans being swept out of their positions by a 'glorious charge'.