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A Short History of the 6th Division

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War Diaries (Administrative).
APPENDIX II V.C.s WON BY THE DIVISION No.

7504 Private HENRY MAY, 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 19th Infantry Brigade, at that time attached to 6th Division.
For most conspicuous bravery near La Boutillerie, on 22nd October 1914, in voluntarily endeavouring to rescue, under very heavy fire, a wounded man, who was killed before he could save him, and subsequently, on the same day, in carrying a wounded officer a distance of 300 yards into safety whilst exposed to very severe fire.
(Gazetted 21st April 1915.) No.

9730 Private JOHN CAFFREY, 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery on 16th November 1915, near La Brique.
A man of the West Yorkshire Regiment had been badly wounded, and was lying in the open unable to move, in full view of, and about 300 to 400 yards from, the enemy's trenches.

Corporal Stirk, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Private Caffrey, at once started out to rescue him, but at the first attempt they were driven back by shrapnel fire.

Soon afterwards they started again, under close sniping and machine-gun fire, and succeeded in reaching and bandaging the wounded man, but just as Corporal Stirk had lifted him on Private Caffrey's back he himself was shot in the head.
Private Caffrey put down the wounded man, bandaged Corporal Stirk, and helped him back into safety.


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