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Lt. Francis Trevor James MC.
British Army 466th (North Midland) Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Swansea
I remember my Grandmother kept a citation on her dressing table. I read it when I was very young and knew it was important. When Gran died my father was very upset because the citation went missing along with the medal it referred to - my cousins lived locally and had stripped the house..... Recently my brother discovered a dog tag and it turned out to belong to Trevor James, Bampy (as we called him) I did some research and discovered Bampy won the Military Cross and details were published in The Gazette.
Gazette issue 31480 7/29/1919. Military Cross; "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the crossing of the St Quentin Canal, near Bellenglise, on September 29th, 1918. Though early stunned by the blast of a shell, he got to the canal in time to supervise the repairing of bridges for the infantry. He afterwards took charge of the repair of a demolished heavy bridge, and made it passable for artillery, under shell and machine-gun fire. His fine example inspired his men."
