Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29210/pages/6270. No. 7602 Private Edward Warner, 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. On 1st May 1915 near Hill 60, Ypres, Belgium, when a trench had been vacated by our troops after a gas attack, Private Warner entered it alone in order to prevent the enemy taking possession. Reinforcements were sent to him but could not reach him owing to the gas. However he then went back and brought more men, by which time he was completely exhausted, but the trench was held until the enemy attack ceased. Private Warner died shortly afterwards from the effects of gas poisoning.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29210/pages/6270. No. 7602 Private Edward Warner, 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. On 1st May 1915 near Hill 60, Ypres, Belgium, when a trench had been vacated by our troops after a gas attack, Private Warner entered it alone in order to prevent the enemy taking possession. Reinforcements were sent to him but could not reach him owing to the gas. However he then went back and brought more men, by which time he was completely exhausted, but the trench was held until the enemy attack ceased. Private Warner died shortly afterwards from the effects of gas poisoning.