Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36928/supplements/791. Temporary Captain John Henry Cound Brunt, The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), attached 6th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment. On 9th December 1944 near Faenza, Italy, the house round which Captain Brunt's platoon was dug in, was destroyed by intense mortar fire. The Captain, rallying his remaining men and moving to an alternative position, continued to hold the enemy although heavily outnumbered. Personally firing a Bren gun he killed about 14 and then, his ammunition exhausted, he fired a Piat and 2-in. Mortar left by the casualties. This aggressive defence enabled him to re-occupy his previous position and to get his wounded away. Later he showed similar aggressive and inspiring leadership which caused the final withdrawal of the enemy. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36394/pages/937.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36928/supplements/791. Temporary Captain John Henry Cound Brunt, The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), attached 6th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment. On 9th December 1944 near Faenza, Italy, the house round which Captain Brunt's platoon was dug in, was destroyed by intense mortar fire. The Captain, rallying his remaining men and moving to an alternative position, continued to hold the enemy although heavily outnumbered. Personally firing a Bren gun he killed about 14 and then, his ammunition exhausted, he fired a Piat and 2-in. Mortar left by the casualties. This aggressive defence enabled him to re-occupy his previous position and to get his wounded away. Later he showed similar aggressive and inspiring leadership which caused the final withdrawal of the enemy. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36394/pages/937.