Kidd, 793 (DCM)

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The following text is a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) transcription of a Border Regiment soldier of the First World War.

Name J. Kidd
Rank Sergeant
Number 793
Other details 1/4th Border Regiment (Cumberland and Westmorland), attached 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI)
Date published 22 January 1916
Citation For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Kut-al-Amara (Mesopotamia), on 28th September 1915. Although wounded he took part in the final charge and set a fine example to those around him.