Charles William Williams – Chester Chronicle Saturday 15th June 1918

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Chester Chronicle Saturday 15th June 1918

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MILITARY MEDAL WON – The parents of Lance-Corporal C. Williams, of the Machine-gun Corps, have had the gratification of hearing their son has won the Military Medal, for an act of great bravery, which is commended both by the major of his regiment and the major-general of his division. Although wounded he crawled some distance under heavy fire to fetch water for his gun, the water having boiled away. His brother, John Henry Williams, died last year of wounds at Etaples.

Chester Chronicle Saturday 15th June 1918


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