Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1

Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment (TF), volunteered to bring back a limber of supplies. He succeeded in doing this under heavy fire, thus enabling the companies in the front line to get their ration. For his conspicuous gallantry, Crapper was awarded the DCM (gazetted 15.3.16). Deeds That Thrill The Empire, by George Derville Rowlandson (b.1861)

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