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| Name: |
Talbot, Ellis Edward Arthur Chetwynd |
| Date of birth: | March 22nd, 1920 (Newport, Shropshire, Great Britain)
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October 9th, 1941 (Sicily)
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British |
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GEORGE CROSS
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Second Lieutenant
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103 Bomb Disposal Section, Corps of Royal Engineers
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Awarded on:
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September 17th, 1940
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Citation:
"On 24-25th August, 1940, Lieut. Talbot after being present for the whole time (12 hours) taken to dig down to an unexploded bomb, diagnosed, on the bomb being brought to the surface, that it was of the delay action type and ordered his men to a safe distance while he examined it. As the bomb appeared to be of a new type, Lieut. Talbot decided to remove it to a place where it could do no damage if it exploded. Still keeping his men under cover, he carried the bomb on his shoulder for some 200 yards and placed it in a safe spot. From the start of the work there was a risk of the bomb going off and Lieut. Talbot set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty."
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