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| Picture No | 10215265 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | A Proud Moment 1915 |
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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.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 3 July 1915, page 32 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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