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Sgt. Harry Colley DCM.

British Army 253rd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers

from:Sutton in Ashfield

(d.25th Nov 1917)

Harry Colley was my son-in-law's great grandfather. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in November 1916 for conspicuous gallantry in action, his medal has been donated to the Royal Engineer's Museum at Chatham. He worked at rescue operations in full view of the enemy, saving the lives of three men who were buried under a collapsed trench. He was to die on the 25th of November 1917 (his 35th birthday) at the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchaendale. He is buried in the Bluet Farm Cemetery, Ypres in Flanders. He left behind a widow and five small children.



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