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Captain HENRY JOHN ANDREWS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Indian Medical Service

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1919

Age 48 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

Face 12 and 18.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Victoria Cross, Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Additional Info (Buried Bannu Cem. 160.).
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from the Third Supplement to the "London Gazette," dated 7th Sept., 1920, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 22nd October, 1919, when as Senior Medical Officer in charge of Khajuri Post (Waziristan) he heard that a convoy had been attacked in the vicinity of the post, and that men had been wounded. He at once took out an Aid Post to the scene of action and, approaching under heavy fire, established an Aid Post under conditions which afforded some protection to the wounded but not to himself. Subsequently he was compelled to move his Aid Post to another position, and continued most devotedly to attend to the wounded. Finally, when a Ford van was available to remove the wounded, he showed the utmost disregard of danger in collecting the wounded under fire and in placing them in the van, and was eventually killed whilst himself stepping into the van on the completion of his task."

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