MAKE A MEME View Large Image John George Smyth VC drawing.jpg Drawing of the action of 18 May 1915 for which Lieutenant John George Smyth was awarded the Victoria Cross Drawing from The War Illustrated 14 August 1915 Caption reads The wonderful story of how Lieut J G ...
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Keywords: John George Smyth VC drawing.jpg Drawing of the action of 18 May 1915 for which Lieutenant John George Smyth was awarded the Victoria Cross Drawing from The War Illustrated 14 August 1915 Caption reads The wonderful story of how Lieut J G Smyth won the V C is one of the most inspiring in the annals of the decoration To relieve the critical position of the 15th Sikhs Lieut Smyth and ten sepoys volunteered to convey two boxes of bombs from the reserve trench Wriggling painfully over the open ground that literally hissed with a deluge of fire they hauled the heavy boxes after them One by one the sepoys were struck till only Sepoy Lal Singh remained with the Lieutenant On and on they crawled over the dead bodies of friend and foe until they reached their comrades with their precious burden The War Illustrated 14 August 1915 1915 not identified PD-art DEFAULTSORT Smyth John George The War Illustrated Sepoys in art Sir John Smyth 1st Baronet
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