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Thomas Sordy

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Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 4 June 1917) as 1106 Company Sergeant Major (Acting Regimental Sergeant Major) 1/6th Battalion DLI.

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Awarded Bar to Military Cross (London Gazette 16 September 1918) as 325032 Company Sergeant Major 1/9th Battalion DLI.

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all the officers of his company became casualties he assumed command, although wounded in the hand and showed fine courage and initiative. During the retirement and the crossing of the river his work and example were of the greatest value in enabling successive lines to be occupied."

Awarded French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 1 May 1917) as 1106 Company Sergeant Major, 1/6th Battalion DLI.

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Thomas Sordy


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