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Military Cross awarded to Captain Newton Williams, South Persia Rifles, for his conduct at Abadeh, June-July 1918
Military Cross, gallantry award
Accession Number

NAM.2007-03-66-1

Description

Military Cross from a medal group awarded to Capt Newton Middleton Williams, Gloucestershire Regiment, attached to South Persia Rifles, for his conduct at Abadeh, June-July 1918. Williams was Mentioned in Despatches by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes on 20 August 1918 and awarded the Military Cross: ‘For untiring devotion to duty and good work during the siege of Abadeh June 28th to July 17th 1918. This officer made a gallant reconnaissance on 29th June to positions in Abadeh town occupied by the enemy. He also showed capacity in his handling and subsequent disarmament of 200 men of the 3rd Infantry South Persia Rifles’. Associated with the Siege of Abadeh, World War One, Persia (1914-1918).

Events

Abadeh, Siege of, 1918 (World War One, Persia 1914-1918)