Name | R. Casson |
Rank | Private |
Number | 13345 |
Other details | (Carlisle) |
Date published | 21 October 1918 |
Citation | “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This man, who has served continuously with the battalion since 1914, has been company ‘runner’ for a long time. In the many engagements in which he has taken part his behaviour under fire has been at all times an example to those about him, and he has never failed to deliver a message that has been entrusted to him.” |
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