Wednesday, 27 May 2015

26th MAY 1916 – ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY


Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon was awarded an MC, 1916


Sassoon (b. 1886) was commissioned into the RWF in 1915 and joined 2 RWF in France. He quickly earned a reputation for aggressive patrolling. He won an MC for his gallantry during a raid on enemy trenches when he remained under fire for over an hour bringing in casualties. He recorded his wartime experiences in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, which is never out of print. He died in 1961.


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