Second Lieutenant C Shekury [X550/1/81]
Friday 30th March 1917 from
our correspondent in the field
Two officers
of the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, have been awarded the Military
Cross for their actions in the recent advance from Agny to Mercatel and for
patrols undertaken on 16th March. The two men concerned are Second Lieutenant A
Stone and Second Lieutenant C Shekury(1).
Second Lieutenant A Stone [X550/1/81]
Over the last
few days two more officers have joined 4th Bedfords. Second Lieutenant
Bloodworth arrived on 28th and Second Lieutenant Scott arrived today.
Sources: X550/3/WD; X550/5/3
(1)
Lieutenant Cecil Shekury MC would be killed on 16th April 1918, he is buried in
Canada Farm Cemetery near Ypres.
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