Vandyne
May 2, 2013 19:02:09 GMT
Post by shred on May 2, 2013 19:02:09 GMT
From the Salford Pals book by Michael Stedman; describing the rescue of Lieutenant Platt of the 1st Salfords in September 1918.
I can only find one medal card to a Vandyne:
Private 53912 Jacobus P Van-Dyne, Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted 24.05.1918, discharged 15.07.1919. Can anyone find anything more on Jacobus P Van-dyne. Can he be the man that Google connects to?
I wriggled round to face that way - and it hurt like the devil first then a man crawled out of the trench and started running towards me. A 'whizz-bang' pitched under him and he collapsed about five yards away from me. I saw the blood streaming from his leg and a horrible gash in his face.
Then I started to try and crawl but found it a bit too much for me. Another man appeared out of the trench, ran, and flung himself down about a yard in front of me. He refused to go and pull the other man in, but caught hold of my wrists and somehow started crawling backwards, pulling me along with him. I worked as far as I could, with my toes, and after about five minutes we successfully dropped into the trench.....
The man who first attempted to rescue Clifford Platt, a Royal Scot named Foy, had lost a leg but later received a bar to the Military Medal he already possessed. The second man, Vandyne, was at this time under military imprisonment for a Court Martial offence. His many brave actions this day won him release, but no award for his valour.
Then I started to try and crawl but found it a bit too much for me. Another man appeared out of the trench, ran, and flung himself down about a yard in front of me. He refused to go and pull the other man in, but caught hold of my wrists and somehow started crawling backwards, pulling me along with him. I worked as far as I could, with my toes, and after about five minutes we successfully dropped into the trench.....
The man who first attempted to rescue Clifford Platt, a Royal Scot named Foy, had lost a leg but later received a bar to the Military Medal he already possessed. The second man, Vandyne, was at this time under military imprisonment for a Court Martial offence. His many brave actions this day won him release, but no award for his valour.
I can only find one medal card to a Vandyne:
Private 53912 Jacobus P Van-Dyne, Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted 24.05.1918, discharged 15.07.1919. Can anyone find anything more on Jacobus P Van-dyne. Can he be the man that Google connects to?