I’ve been doing some more reading and research after last week’s blog post on Sdney Greenfield. He was awarded the MC in July 1918. The citation as published in the London Gazette on 18th July reads “2nd Lt. Sidney Richard, Greenfield, North’d Fus. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As intelligence officer,when all communications…
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Following in the footsteps of Sidney Greenfield, MC, 1/6th Northumberland Fusiliers
During this year’s battlefield’s tour with Jeremy Banning we went back to the area around the Wancourt tower above the river Cojeul. I had a vivid memory from a previous occasion of Jeremy reading Second Lieutenant Sidney Greenfield’s account of part of the battle of Arras and the capture of the tower. This October as…