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CHAPTER VII.
Major Stansfield, commanding the 69th Punjabis (who was
attached to the 47th Punjabis) was mentioned in despatches.
Lieutenant-Colonel Houston and Lieutenant Nicholls, 58th Rifles,
were mentioned in despatches.
We are indebted to “ The Indian Corps in France’ by
Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. B. Merewethcr, c. I.E., and the Right
Honourable Sir Frederick Smith, for the details given so far in this
chapter of the individual heroism of some of the troops sent from
India to France and Belgium.
We take a further incident of Indian gallantry from “ India’s
Services in the War,’’ by M. B. L. Bhargava, B. A.:—
Lance-Naik Lala, V. C.. 41st Dogras. This non-commissioned
officer having found a British Officer of another corps lying close to
the enemy, he dragged him into a temporary shelter which he (the
Lance-Naik) had made and in which he had already attended four
wounded men. After he had bandaged the officer’s wounds, he heard
the calls'of the Adjutant of his corps, who was lying in the open
severely wounded. The enemy were not more than a hundred yards
distant and it seemed to be courting certain death to go to the
assistance of the Adjutant. But the Lance-Naik took the risk and
offered to crawl back to the shelter with the Adjutant on his back.
When this offer was refused, he stripped off his own clothing to keep
his wounded officer warmer and. stayed with the latter till it grew
dark. He then returned to his shelter and carried the first wounded
officer back to the main trenches. After which he returned with a
stretcher and carried back the Adjutant. He set a magnificent
example of courage and devotion.
We must not conclude this chapter without paying a tribute to
the courage and devotion of non-combatants.
“The Indian Corps in France" states that the official list of
rewards for services in France granted to all ranks of the Indian
Medical Service (excluding the R. A. M. C.) contains the names of 76*
recipients, and for each instance of bravery and devotion, then* were
numbers of unrecorded cases.
CHAPTER VII.
Major Stansfield, commanding the 69th Punjabis (who was
attached to the 47th Punjabis) was mentioned in despatches.
Lieutenant-Colonel Houston and Lieutenant Nicholls, 58th Rifles,
were mentioned in despatches.
We are indebted to “ The Indian Corps in France’ by
Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. B. Merewethcr, c. I.E., and the Right
Honourable Sir Frederick Smith, for the details given so far in this
chapter of the individual heroism of some of the troops sent from
India to France and Belgium.
We take a further incident of Indian gallantry from “ India’s
Services in the War,’’ by M. B. L. Bhargava, B. A.:—
Lance-Naik Lala, V. C.. 41st Dogras. This non-commissioned
officer having found a British Officer of another corps lying close to
the enemy, he dragged him into a temporary shelter which he (the
Lance-Naik) had made and in which he had already attended four
wounded men. After he had bandaged the officer’s wounds, he heard
the calls'of the Adjutant of his corps, who was lying in the open
severely wounded. The enemy were not more than a hundred yards
distant and it seemed to be courting certain death to go to the
assistance of the Adjutant. But the Lance-Naik took the risk and
offered to crawl back to the shelter with the Adjutant on his back.
When this offer was refused, he stripped off his own clothing to keep
his wounded officer warmer and. stayed with the latter till it grew
dark. He then returned to his shelter and carried the first wounded
officer back to the main trenches. After which he returned with a
stretcher and carried back the Adjutant. He set a magnificent
example of courage and devotion.
We must not conclude this chapter without paying a tribute to
the courage and devotion of non-combatants.
“The Indian Corps in France" states that the official list of
rewards for services in France granted to all ranks of the Indian
Medical Service (excluding the R. A. M. C.) contains the names of 76*
recipients, and for each instance of bravery and devotion, then* were
numbers of unrecorded cases.