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Capt. James Harte MC.
British Army West Riding Regiment
from:Finvoy, Co. Antrim
(d.1st Nov 1918)
James Harte was awarded the Military Cross for his heroic action at Bailleul on 13th April 1918 whilst serving with the West Riding Regiment. Harte was in command of a company of soldiers advancing to the front line. As troops in the front line and on both sides of his company gave way, he and his men held position. The company inflicted heavy losses on the German lines, fighting courageously in close combat. At nightfall, the company withdrew, it was only the Captain’s gifted leadership which brought his men back, without being cut off by enemy forces. On withdrawing, Captain Harte carried a wounded officer from the forward positions, saving him from being captured. James Harte was killed in action, aged 26, on 1st November 1918, only days before the Armistice.