Image: John George Smyth VC drawing

Description: Drawing of the action of 18 May 1915 for which Lieutenant John George Smyth was awarded the Victoria Cross. Drawing from The War Illustrated, 14 August 1915. Caption reads: The wonderful story of how Lieut. J. G. Smyth won the V.C. is one of the most inspiring in the annals of the decoration. To relieve the critical position of the 15th Sikhs, Lieut. Smyth and ten sepoys volunteered to convey two boxes of bombs from the reserve trench. Wriggling painfully over the open ground, that literally hissed with a deluge of fire, they hauled the heavy boxes after them. One by one the sepoys were struck, till only Sepoy Lal Singh remained with the Lieutenant. On and on they crawled over the dead bodies of friend and foe, until they reached their comrades with their precious burden.
Title: John George Smyth VC drawing
Credit: The War Illustrated, Album Deluxe edition, Vol IV, page 1379 (for a better quality). Originally published in the issue 52, Vol.2, August 14 1915, page 605.
Author: A.W. (unidentified)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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