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CSM. George Blyth DCM, MM
British Army 1/5 Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Wigan
George Blyth was awarded the DCM for open gallantry at Gallipoli while in charge of a party of snipers.
He was then shipped to Hospital in Sheffield with enteric fever and remained there for a few months.
When he recovered he went back to his unit in France and was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the MM. Part of the 127th (Manchester) Brigade which was composed mainly of battalions of the Manchester Regiments.