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The Military Cross was instituted as a Decoration on December 28th, 1914, to
reward Distinguished Services rendered by Officers of certain ranks in the army
in time of war. Bars may be added for additional acts of gallantry. Since August
1st, 1918, it has, like the D.S.O., been awarded for "services in action" only.
TRIMM, 2/Lieutenant Charles Algernon ... ... ... ... ... R.F.A.
POTYZE, 19th August, 1917. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when
the battery position was being heavily shelled. The camouflage of two guns
caught fire, and this officer at once ran out and, filling buckets from adjacent
shell-holes, succeeded in extinguishing the fire, although the sandbags around
the guns had caught alight. After he had got under cover he saw that an
ammunition dump had been hit and was alight, and he, accompanied by a gunner,
again went out to extinguish the fire.