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WHITE, Albert
These medals are un-named replicas of
those held by Sergeant Albert White VC, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. He
was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in World War 1 in 1917, where he
was killed in action.
WHITE, Albert. Sergeant.
2nd Battalion , South Wales Borderers.
Died on 19th
May 1917
Digest of Citation reads:
On 19 May 1917 at
Monchy-le-Preux, France, Sergeant White, realizing during an attack that one of
the enemy's machine-guns, which had previously been located, would hold up the
whole advance of his company, dashed ahead to capture the gun. When within a few
yards of it, he fell riddled with bullets, having willingly sacrificed his life
in an attempt to secure the success of the operation.
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