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| On 18th Oct 1915 at Cuinchy, France, Private Christian, aged 23, was holding a crater with 5 or 6 men in front of the Allied lines. The enemy started a fierce bombardment of the position, forcing a temporary withdrawal. When he found that 3 men were missing he at once returned alone to the crater and although bombs were continually bursting actually on the edge of the crater, he found, dug out and carried one by one, all the 3 men to safety. Later he placed himself where he could see the bombs coming and directed his comrades to places of relative safety.
Harry Christian was born in Pennington, Lancashire on 17th Jan 1892. He died in Lancashire on 5th Sept 1974 aged 82. |
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