Military Cross, 1918. 
Awarded to Lt Col William Lawrence Cotton-Swanston, 19th Hyderbad Regiment, 1914-1945, for 'devotion to duty and personal gallantry' on 19 Sept 1918, north of Arsuf, Egypt, when as the only British officer present he led his men to the successful capture and consolidation of an enemy position in the face of heavy machine gun fire. 
Associated with World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918).