Other Information:Robert entered the war in France on 5th October 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions when an ammunition train of nine trucks caught fire. He, along with 40997 Corporal J E Greenwood, 54552 Private J H Feely, and 41008 Serjeant Major T Harland, pushed out of danger eight trucks of ammunition. This gallant work was performed amidst a hail of shells and fragments, owing to the ammunition in the ninth truck exploding. At any moment the contents of the remaining truck might have also exploded.
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