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CHAPTER VII.
These are a few instances of the spirit which inspired this splendid
battalion to the deeds which it performed.
Captain J. Taylor, I.M.S., Medical Officer of the l/39th Garhwal
Rifles, attended without cassing to the wounded throughout the day
and most of the night, although himself wounded, and under shell
fire for the greater part of the time. Awarded the D. S. 0.
The camaraderie existing between the British and Indian
soldiers was very marked during the battle of Neuve Chapelle.
Cigarettes were freely exchanged as well as friendly greetings, the
latter evidently unintelligible, but apparently eminently satisfactory
to both parties. Often when a detachment of Sappers was returning
from work, the British would give them cigarettes and insist on their
warming themselves at their fire buckets, generally heralding their
arrival by the cry of “Gangway for the suffering Miners.”
Major Watt, 2/2nd Gurkhas, received the D. S. 0. for conspicuous
bravery and ability in leading his company during an attack.
Captain Dallas-Smith and Lieutenant and Adjutant Cross-Scott,
2/2nd Gurkhas, were each awarded the M. C. for their gallant
services.
Subadar Mehar Singh Khattri, l/9th Gurkha Rifles, was very
prominent in the attack on the Bois du Biez. He saw some Germans
in a trench and sent a bomber to attack them, covering his advance
with fire. The Subadar then rushed the trench, and by his gallant
leading gained the 2nd Class Indian Order of Merit.
Lieutenant R. G. H. Murray, l/9th Gurkha Rifles. On the
enemy making strenuous efforts to work round the flank of the
battalion, this officer frustrated every attempt by the fire of his
machine-guns, and met all onslaughts with such vigour that the
enemy was compelled, after considerable losses, to desist. He was
awarded the M. C. for conspicuous gallantry and marked ability on
that and the succeeding day.
Riflemen Manjit Gurung, Partiman Gurung, and Vijir Singh
Gurung, 2/2nd Gurkhas, gained the 2nd Class Indian Order of Merit,
by attending the wounded men under fire and carrying them back, as
CHAPTER VII.
These are a few instances of the spirit which inspired this splendid
battalion to the deeds which it performed.
Captain J. Taylor, I.M.S., Medical Officer of the l/39th Garhwal
Rifles, attended without cassing to the wounded throughout the day
and most of the night, although himself wounded, and under shell
fire for the greater part of the time. Awarded the D. S. 0.
The camaraderie existing between the British and Indian
soldiers was very marked during the battle of Neuve Chapelle.
Cigarettes were freely exchanged as well as friendly greetings, the
latter evidently unintelligible, but apparently eminently satisfactory
to both parties. Often when a detachment of Sappers was returning
from work, the British would give them cigarettes and insist on their
warming themselves at their fire buckets, generally heralding their
arrival by the cry of “Gangway for the suffering Miners.”
Major Watt, 2/2nd Gurkhas, received the D. S. 0. for conspicuous
bravery and ability in leading his company during an attack.
Captain Dallas-Smith and Lieutenant and Adjutant Cross-Scott,
2/2nd Gurkhas, were each awarded the M. C. for their gallant
services.
Subadar Mehar Singh Khattri, l/9th Gurkha Rifles, was very
prominent in the attack on the Bois du Biez. He saw some Germans
in a trench and sent a bomber to attack them, covering his advance
with fire. The Subadar then rushed the trench, and by his gallant
leading gained the 2nd Class Indian Order of Merit.
Lieutenant R. G. H. Murray, l/9th Gurkha Rifles. On the
enemy making strenuous efforts to work round the flank of the
battalion, this officer frustrated every attempt by the fire of his
machine-guns, and met all onslaughts with such vigour that the
enemy was compelled, after considerable losses, to desist. He was
awarded the M. C. for conspicuous gallantry and marked ability on
that and the succeeding day.
Riflemen Manjit Gurung, Partiman Gurung, and Vijir Singh
Gurung, 2/2nd Gurkhas, gained the 2nd Class Indian Order of Merit,
by attending the wounded men under fire and carrying them back, as