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Captain Christopher Gordon HENDERSON-ROE, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment. AWARDS: DSO, MC.
London Gazette 21st December 1914. The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion. Christopher Gordon Henderson-Roe to be temporary Lieutenant. Dated 26th November, 1914.
London Gazette 11th January 1915. The Queen's Own (Royal West -Kent Regiment). 8th Battalion. Temporary Lieutenant Christopher G.Henderson-Roe to be temporary Captain. Dated 4th December, 1914.
London Gazette 9th January 1918. War Office, 9th January, 1918. With reference to the awards conferred as announced in the London Gazette, dated 26th September 1917, the following are the statements of service for which the decorations were conferred:— Awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Captain Christopher Gordon Henderson-Roe, Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack upon an enemy trench. He continued to lead and direct his men until he was blown down and almost completely buried. He remained in this position for ten hours, eventually extricating himself. On his way back to our lines he bandaged some of our wounded, collected and placed them into shell holes. He then crawled back to the post held by his battalion, and remained there throughout the action, after which he led the stretcher bearers to the wounded whom he had collected, and personally carried a badly wounded corporal back to our lines. His gallantry throughout the operation was most marked.
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