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| Picture No | 10822855 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Recruitment during WW1 - E. Dwyer VC in Trafalgar Square |
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Lance-Corporal Edward Dwyer V.C. (1896-1916), pictured on a recruiting drive in Trafalgar Square in December 1915. Know as the 'Little Corporal," Dwyer won his Victoria Cross for action at Hill 60 on 20 April 1915 when he repelled a German attack on his trench by standing on the parapet and hurling hand grenades. He later was killed on the Somme on the 3 September 1916. He is seen here hoisted on the shoulders of men of his regiment - the East Surreys.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Sphere', 4 December 1915, page 265 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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