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Capt. John Fox Russell VC, MC.
British Army Att. 1st/6th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Holyhead, Wales
(d.6th Nov 1917)
John Fox Russell was the son of William and Ethel Maria Fox Russell, of 5, Victoria Terrace, Holyhead. he was killed in action on the 6th November 1917, aged 24, and is buried=in the Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel.
An extract from The London Gazette (No. 30491), dated 8th Jan. 1918. records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery displayed in action until he was killed. Capt. Russell repeatedly went out to attend the wounded under murderous fire from snipers and machine guns, and, in many cases where no other means were at hand, carried them in himself although almost exhausted. He showed the highest possible degree of valour."