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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Andrew Bryson Forrest MM.
British Army 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Dalkeith, Midlothian
I copy the citation verbatim describing the valour of Private A.B. Forrest from what appears to be a small typed sheet produced on a camp typewriter and now in his descendants' possession with the Military Medal that was awarded to him:
"No. 40899 Private A.B. Forrest, 17th High.L.I. This man is a messenger. On the 10th July, 1917 this man's Company were garrisoning the Pres'Quille Defences. He himself carried up all the meals for his platoon which was in the area most heavily shelled, besides carrying many messages with regard to the situation from the platoon to the Company Headquarters. Whilst taking one of these messages he found a party buried in one of the communication trenches. He immediately dug them out himself and after having done this under most intense artillery fire he lad the men to part of the line where he knew thickening was required through casualties having occurred. This man's behaviour was most gallant through the entire action. [Handwritten signature indecipherable: G.Q Roching ?] Capt. Staff Captain 97th Inf. Bde. 1st August, 1917"
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