Other Information:Tom entered the war in France on 14th August 1914, as part of the Regimental Medical Officer's team for the 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Although knocked down by a falling beam in the evacuation dug-out which had been hit by a shell, he calmly dressed a serjeant who had been wounded. He then started off up the road under heavy shell fire to warn the medical officer not to send up any more cases, as the stretcher-bearers would probably be killed. On his way he extricated a wounded bearer, who was buried, and got him into safety." Tom transferred to the R.N.D. at the rank of Lieutenant. He was after that awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross.
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