BALLARD Oswald Arthur 2/Lt

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Surname: BALLARD;

Forename(s): Oswald Arthur;

Initials: OA;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Number: 35930;

Previous Regiment: MGC;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 55 Bn;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry, devotion and skill in handling his section during a hostile attack and subsequent operations. On one occasion when three of his guns had been destroyed and his section had suffered 75 per cent of casualties, he was buried with his gun, and although it was pierced through the barrel casing he dug it out and had it in action again during a critical period and under heavy fire. It was mainly due to his courage and coolness under extremely trying circumstances that his guns were enabled to protect a gap in the line which it was impossible at the time for the infantry to fill on account of the intensity of the enemy's fire.;

Other Data: Citation in 55 Div papers (Liverpool Libraries) recommended by Lt WT Hall OC "B" Coy 55 Bn MGC, Lt Col HWE Bolton Cdg 55 Bn & Brig L Boyd-Moss Cdg 165 Inf Bde, countersigned H Jeudwine, Maj Gen Cdg 55 Div

to CCS 1/5/1918 - gassed;

Other Notes: MC: LG 16/9/1918;

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