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(Recommended for Military Medal)
For gallantry and devotion to duty on June 12th 1917 when with a Company holding the line west of LENS. On this day a raid was made on the enemy trenches close by and the enemy put down a heavy barrage. Pte. Cox with another man volunteered to carry a message through this barrage (the line being cut) and although blown into the air by the burst of a shell, at once went on and delivered the message. The same evening the same men again volunteered to carry a message through a barrage that the enemy put down on our front trenches and successfully did so. This man has previously done good work.
Submitted 14/06/1917; Awarded M.M. 24/06/1917; L/G 16/08/1917 [Photo in Scunthorpe Roll of Honour]
(Recommended for Bar to Military Medal)
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on June 19th 1917 when the Battalion captured enemy trenches near FOSSE 3 DE LIEVIN S.W. of LENS. This man was employed as a Company runner and had to take a message to Battalion Head Quarters through a very heavy barrage. A shell burst near him wounding him and killing the man with him. The moment his wound has bound up, he went on and delivered his message at Battalion H.Q. He has always been ready to go anywhere, regardless of danger. This man has been granted a Military Medal for gallantry on June 12th last.
Submitted 23/06/1917; Card of Recognition 29/06/1917; Awarded Bar to M.M. 02/07/1917; L/G 21/08/1917 [Photo in Scunthorpe Roll of Honour]