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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists More Military Artists B  Bagdatopulos, B S |
[UP] - Bacon, John Henry Frederick - Bagdatopulos, B S - Baines, Thomas - Baker, Bernad Granville - Balling - Barker, J. - Barrett, Jerry - Beavis, R - Becker, Carl - Begg, S - Bellange, H - Bendixon, Siegfried Detler - Benigni - Benvenuti - Berkeley, Stanley - Berne-Bellecour, E - Berryman, Ivan - Bourgain, Gustave - Bradshaw, Bud - Brooke, Richard - Brown, Stuart - Brueghel, J - Buckley, J E - Bunnet, H - Burchett, Richard |
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Lance-Corporal Stoneman Assisting in Putting Out a Rick-Fire Amid a Storm of Machine-gun Bullets by B S Bagdatopulos (P) On the night of October 18th 1914, the enemys shells set alight two ricks at Beaupuits, the flames showing clearly to the enemy the position of the British trenches. Under heavy cross-fire from machine-guns, Lance-Corporal W H Stoneman, of 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, endeavoured to extinguish the flames, and for his great gallantry was awarded the DCM. |
Corporal Lappin Returning to his Trench After Having Captured a Bulgarian Flag by B S Bagdatopulos (P) On 27th October 1915, on the Yser Canal, Corporal W H Lappin, 1st/5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, proceeded entirely on his own initiative and unaccompanied, to make a reconnaissance of the enemys trenches. He went over our parapet, crawled across about 100 yards of intervening space and under the German barbed wire to their parapet. There he looked through a small breach and obtained valuable information as to the condition of the trenches and the strength in which they were held, and successfully returned with the desired intelligence. On the 29th October Corporal Lappin again went over the parapet in broad daylight, and crawled to a Bulgarian flag, fixed by the Germans about 80 yards from our trenches and thirty yards from their own, and brought it with its 9 foot pole, safely back to our trenches under a heavy rifle fire. He was awarded the DCM. |
The Action for Which 2nd Lt R C Leach, Reserve Officer Attached to the 1st Battalion The King's Own Lancaster Regiment Won His VC by B S Bagdatopulos (P) On 24th May 1915, when the enemy captured the trenches situated on the right of the Royal Lancaster Regiment, near Shell Trap Farm, north of Wieltje, it was entirely due to the individual efforts of 2nd Lieutenant Leach and a few men that the enemys forces were prevented from working along their trench, with the result that we were enabled to retain our other positions. The condition of affairs was very critical; the enemy were in force, they appeared to have an unlimited supply of hand grenades, and this particular part of the trench was being heavily shelled, with the result that the parapet was breached in several places, exposing anyone who passed by to fire hostile from the German trench in front. In spite of these difficulties, and the inevitable delay in collecting sufficient hand grenades, 2nd Lieutenant Leach, his Captain, and a few men, succeeded in not only stopping the Germans, but in retaking two traverses and capturing a German flag, ostentatiously set up to mark fresh conquests. This officer fought till midday, when he was badly wounded in the leg by hand grenades. He rendered invaluable services throughout the winter, and his devotion to duty during the underground fight in the mine gallery at Le Touquet was especially conspicuous. He was awarded the Military Cross. |
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