A Proud Moment 1915
A proud moment for the father of Sergeant Michael John O'Leary, Victoria Cross as his Irish guardsman son shows him the bit o bronze'. O'Leary achieved his award for single-handedly charging and destroying two German barricades defended by machine gun positions near the French village of Cuinchy, in a localised operation on the Western Front during the First World War
Picture No
10215265
Media ID
46342996
Size
3883px x 5736px
(2.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 3 July 1915, page 32
Date
1915
