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Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists 19th Century Military History 19th Century Regiments  Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
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Warwickshire Regiment by Harry Payne. No text for this item |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment (6th Foot) by Richard Simkin (P) No text for this item |
Private B. R. Sheil, Of The 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Capturing A German Patroller. Covering such a long extent, as do the lines of the British and Germans in their course through Belgium, it happens that both sometimes verge on woods, which offer the same cover. For this reason it is necessary to keep a sharp look out on the enemy, and patrols, listening for sounds of the enemys movements, are always active in such places. On the night of April 18th 1915, while forming one of a listening patrol of four men in a wood at Steenbecque, near Wulverghem, Private Sheil encountered a similar patrol of the enemy. Creeping up he seized one of the patrollers from behind; but the others, being put on their guard, opened fire and shot dead a British patroller. With great pluck, however, Sheil held on to his man, and his bravery was afterwards rewarded with the D.C.M. |
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment by Richard Caton Woodville (P) No text for this item |
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