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Capt. Henry John Andrews VC, MBE.
British Indian Army Indian Medical Service
(d.22nd Oct 1919)
Henry Andrews was killed in action 22nd Oct 1919, aged 48 during the Waziristan Campaign, on the North West Frontier and is commemorated on the The Delhi Memorial (India Gate). He is buried Bannu Cemetery.
An extract from the Third Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 7th Sept., 1920, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 22nd October, 1919, when as Senior Medical Officer in charge of Khajuri Post (Waziristan) he heard that a convoy had been attacked in the vicinity of the post, and that men had been wounded. He at once took out an Aid Post to the scene of action and, approaching under heavy fire, established an Aid Post under conditions which afforded some protection to the wounded but not to himself. Subsequently he was compelled to move his Aid Post to another position, and continued most devotedly to attend to the wounded. Finally, when a Ford van was available to remove the wounded, he showed the utmost disregard of danger in collecting the wounded under fire and in placing them in the van, and was eventually killed whilst himself stepping into the van on the completion of his task."
