TOYNBEE John Walter Heath Lieut

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Surname: TOYNBEE;

Forename(s): John Walter Heath;

Initials: JWH;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 3 of;

Previous Regiment: E Kent Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 13-Dec-1915;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 69 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 69 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 23 Bn;

Date abroad: 24-Feb-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

Awarded: MC, bar to MC, MID, CdeG(B);

Gallantry Notes: bar to MC: for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy attack. He was in command of a machine gun company and personally brought into action two machine guns under heavy shell fire to protect an exposed flank. Thanks to his gallant initiative, the flank was held against repeated attacks by the fire of these guns.;

Other Data: Winchester Sch: 1909-14. Lieut E Kent R, MGC Inf, A/Major 1918, MID, MC & Bar, CdeG
address: The Orchards, Burwash, Sussex
69 Coy war diary 11/4/1916 - admitted to hospital with Scarlet Fever
war diary: award of MC confirmed in LG
see 23 Bn War Diary - Narrative of operations 14/15 June 1918

Oxford University
Narrative 1914 Toynbee, J.W.H. Lieutenant The Buffs (E. Kent Regiment), attached Machine-Gun Corps.;

Other Notes: MC: LG 1/1/1917
bar to MC: LG 15/10/1918 (MC LG 1/1/1917)
MID: 30/5/1918 Lieut,MC attd MGC
Croix de Guerre (Belgium) LG 15/4/1918 Lt, MC;

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