Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29170/supplements/4990. Second Lieutenant William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. On 26th April 1915 at Courtrai, Belgium, Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse swept low over the rail junction which he had been ordered to attack. He released his 100lb bomb, but was immediately plunged into a heavy barrage of small arms fire from rifles and a machine-gun in the belfry of Courtrai Church; he was severely wounded by a bullet in his thigh and his plane was also badly hit. Returning to the Allied lines, he again ran into heavy fire from the ground and was wounded twice more. He managed to get his aircraft back, and insisted on making his report before being taken to the Casualty Clearing Station where he died the next day. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29200/supplements/5981. GAZETTE ISSUE 29200, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29170/supplements/4990. Second Lieutenant William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. On 26th April 1915 at Courtrai, Belgium, Second Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse swept low over the rail junction which he had been ordered to attack. He released his 100lb bomb, but was immediately plunged into a heavy barrage of small arms fire from rifles and a machine-gun in the belfry of Courtrai Church; he was severely wounded by a bullet in his thigh and his plane was also badly hit. Returning to the Allied lines, he again ran into heavy fire from the ground and was wounded twice more. He managed to get his aircraft back, and insisted on making his report before being taken to the Casualty Clearing Station where he died the next day. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29200/supplements/5981. GAZETTE ISSUE 29200, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field.