Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29527/supplements/3409. Temporary Lieutenant Eric Archibald McNair, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Susses Regiment. On 14th February 1916 near Hooge, Belgium, when the enemy exploded a mine, Lieutenant McNair and a number of men were flung into the air and many were buried. Although much shaken, the lieutenant at once organised a party with a machine-gun to man the near edge of the crater and opened rapid fire on the enemy who were advancing. They were driven back with many dead. Lieutenant McNair then ran back for reinforcements, but the communication trench being blocked, he went across the open under heavy fire and led up the reinforcements the same way. His prompt and plucky action undoubtedly saved a critical situation.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29527/supplements/3409. Temporary Lieutenant Eric Archibald McNair, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Susses Regiment. On 14th February 1916 near Hooge, Belgium, when the enemy exploded a mine, Lieutenant McNair and a number of men were flung into the air and many were buried. Although much shaken, the lieutenant at once organised a party with a machine-gun to man the near edge of the crater and opened rapid fire on the enemy who were advancing. They were driven back with many dead. Lieutenant McNair then ran back for reinforcements, but the communication trench being blocked, he went across the open under heavy fire and led up the reinforcements the same way. His prompt and plucky action undoubtedly saved a critical situation.