Patrick Finn

Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette: 3.9.1918), as 250449 Sergeant, for Battle of the Lys, April 1918 citation:

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the officers of his company became casualties he took command, and led his men under very heavy shell fire, holding on to successive positions in the face of overwhelming numbers, and offering the most determined resistance."