well first up a MASSIVE thanks to yellow for this!!! not only did he get me his basic info he also sent me how to get the actule citation itself!!! so it wouldnt have been possible with out him!!! so a HUGE to him!!!
well after a year or 2 of always wondering how my uncle in-law get his MC i know how it was won!! heres the best i could get off the citation!! il post it as well!
basiclly he won it in sidi adbilleh(?) which after a bit of googling is in north morcco! (of course i cant find again!!) so any way heres is what i typed out! i dont know what is meant by Coy in the citation though!any help would be great!but i hope you enjoy it!
During the Coy(?) attack on Sidi Adbchillah(?)on the 29<sup>th</sup> April 1943 2/lt edmundson was i/o of one of the leading platoons. The Coy(?) cmdr was injured early in the advance and had to retire and the second i/c was killed just before the objective was reached. 2/lt edumdson, the junior officer left in charge and although wounded in the shoulder immediately took over command of the Coy(?), and in the face of intense grenade and M/G fire, led the Coy and captured the position. He shot at lenat(??) 2 German boarding other trenches and as passed them. He had to be prevented from going over the top face of intense M/G fire in order to grenade further enemy positions on the reverse slope. He then organised the position against counter attack and was throughout the day that followed amongst his men, cheering and infusing (??) them with his bravery and calm. He refused to be relived until nightfall although getting weak from loss of blood. He was throughout the action calm and cheerful(?) giving confidence to his men and his example of devotion to duty and gallantry inspired the men to go forward when others would have fallen back. I strongly recommend this officer for the award of the military cross
well after a year or 2 of always wondering how my uncle in-law get his MC i know how it was won!! heres the best i could get off the citation!! il post it as well!
basiclly he won it in sidi adbilleh(?) which after a bit of googling is in north morcco! (of course i cant find again!!) so any way heres is what i typed out! i dont know what is meant by Coy in the citation though!any help would be great!but i hope you enjoy it!
During the Coy(?) attack on Sidi Adbchillah(?)on the 29<sup>th</sup> April 1943 2/lt edmundson was i/o of one of the leading platoons. The Coy(?) cmdr was injured early in the advance and had to retire and the second i/c was killed just before the objective was reached. 2/lt edumdson, the junior officer left in charge and although wounded in the shoulder immediately took over command of the Coy(?), and in the face of intense grenade and M/G fire, led the Coy and captured the position. He shot at lenat(??) 2 German boarding other trenches and as passed them. He had to be prevented from going over the top face of intense M/G fire in order to grenade further enemy positions on the reverse slope. He then organised the position against counter attack and was throughout the day that followed amongst his men, cheering and infusing (??) them with his bravery and calm. He refused to be relived until nightfall although getting weak from loss of blood. He was throughout the action calm and cheerful(?) giving confidence to his men and his example of devotion to duty and gallantry inspired the men to go forward when others would have fallen back. I strongly recommend this officer for the award of the military cross
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