Serjeant WILLIAM HERBERT WARING
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
25th (Montgomery and Welch Horse Yeo.) Bn.
Died 08 October 1918
Age 33 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Military Medal
- Additional Info Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of Richard and Annie Waring, of Welshpool, Mont.
- Personal Inscription IN OUR HEARTS HE STILL LIVES
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 31st Jan., 1919, records the following:- "He led an attack against enemy machine guns and, in face of devastating fire from the flank and front, rushed a strong point singlehanded, bayoneting four of the garrison and capturing twenty others with their guns; then under heavy shell and machine gun fire, he re-organized his men, led and inspired them for another 400 yards, when he fell mortally wounded."
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