HERBERT Edward Grafton Capt

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Surname: HERBERT;

Forename(s): Edward Grafton;

Initials: EG;

Rank: Capt;

Previous Regiment: R Warwks Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 119 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 121 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 40 Bn;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 09-Apr-1918;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: "When the commander of the company had been killed, this officer took command. Under very heavy fire he showed himself regardless of personal safety, visiting his sections, some of which were almost surrounded. It was largely owing to his exertions that six successive attacks by the enemy on our positions were annihilated by our fire. The skill with which he handled his company, his courage and his initiative were admirable".
(NB: LG 16/9/1918 awards MC to Capt EG HERBERT, R Warwks Regt - no mention of MGC, but clearly an MGC citation);

Other Data: Service Record, King Edward's Sch, B'ham 1914-19: At sch 1906-1910. Aug 1914 Tpr War Yeo(TF) 6 months. 1915 2Lt 13 R Warwk R. Lt Nov 1916 att MGC. France. Wounded Jan 1917. Capt 121 Coy MGC France. Jan 1916 2Lt (Reg Army) R Warwk R. Feb 1918 Act Capt & 2 i/c of Coy. Thanked in Divl Order for "most gallant behaviour through the whole battle", he "displayed marked gallantry and leadership" MC Sept 1918. KIA April 1918.
Citation: HERBERT.EG 2Lt Temp Lt & A/Capt R Warw R att 121 MGC (France) - MC (16/9/1918) "When the commander of the company had been killed, this officer took command. Under very heavy fire he showed himself regardless of personal safety, visiting his sections, some of which were almost surrounded. It was largely owing to his exertions that six successive attacks by the enemy on our positions were annihilated by our fire. The skill with which he handled his company, his courage and his initiative were admirable".
Death noted in war diary
MC confirmed in A&Q files of 40Bn;

Other Notes: HERBERT, Captain, EDWARD GRAFTON, MC, 90th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action at Bac St. Maur 9th April 1918. Age 23. Son of Arthur Grafton Herbert and Lilian Bertha, his wife, of 4, Brandwood Rd., King's Heath, Birmingham. Sp. Mem. B. 8. Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck - Nord, France.
MC: LG 16/9/1918;

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