OFFICER'S SACRIFICE.
« It is announced in tho London "Gazette" that the King has awarded the Albert Medal in gold in recognition of the conspicuous gallantry and selfsacrifice of Second Lieutenant Grey de Leche Leach, late Ist Battalion Scots Guards. The circumstances are described in the "Gazette" as follows: — In France, on September 3rd, 1916, Lieutenant J&jfech was examining bombs in a building in which two non-commis-sioned officers were also at ■work, when the fuse of one of the bombs ignited. Shouting a warning, he made for the door, carrying the Bomb pressed close to his body, but on reaching the dpor ho found other men outside, so that he could not throw the bomb away without exposing others to grave danger. Ho continued, therefore, to press the botnb to his body until it exploded, mortally wounding nim. Lieut. Leacn might easily have saved liis life by throwing the bomb away or dropping it on the ground and seeking shelter, but either course, would have endangered the lives of those in or around the 6uilding. He sacrificed his own lifo to save the lives of others.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16143, 22 February 1918, Page 8
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185OFFICER'S SACRIFICE. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16143, 22 February 1918, Page 8
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