Gazette Information: V.C.: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30154/supplements/6382. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 18105 Private Jack White, Royal Lancaster Regiment. For most conspicuous bravery and resource. On 7th/8th March 1917 on the Dialah River, Mespotamia, Private White, during an attempt to cross a river saw the two Pontoons ahead of him come under heavy machine-gun fire, with disastrous results. When his own Pontoon had reached mid-stream, with every man except himself either dead or wounded, finding that he was unable to control the Pontoon, Private White promptly tied a telephone wire to the Pontoon, jumped overboard, and towed it to the shore, thereby saving an officer's life and bringing to land the rifles and equipment of the other men in the boat, who were either dead or dying. Bronze Medal.: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30263/supplements/9105.
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Gazette Information: V.C.: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30154/supplements/6382. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 18105 Private Jack White, Royal Lancaster Regiment. For most conspicuous bravery and resource. On 7th/8th March 1917 on the Dialah River, Mespotamia, Private White, during an attempt to cross a river saw the two Pontoons ahead of him come under heavy machine-gun fire, with disastrous results. When his own Pontoon had reached mid-stream, with every man except himself either dead or wounded, finding that he was unable to control the Pontoon, Private White promptly tied a telephone wire to the Pontoon, jumped overboard, and towed it to the shore, thereby saving an officer's life and bringing to land the rifles and equipment of the other men in the boat, who were either dead or dying. Bronze Medal.: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30263/supplements/9105.