Wednesday 6th
February 1918
The adjutant
of 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment informs me that 9331 Sergeant Percy
Compton DCM has been awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. These foreign
decorations are allotted to units to give to the most deserving cases and the
sergeant has distinguished himself a number of times(1)
Source: X550/3/wd
(1) He would be killed at Ronssoy, as a Company
Sergeant Major, on 21st September and, having no known grave, is commemorated
on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
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