Article with annotations. || Major Arthur James Terence Fleming-Sandes VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The day after the start of the First World he enlisted as a private in the Artist' Rifles and was on active duty in France from October 1914.On 9 May 1915 he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the The East Surrey Regiment. On 29 September 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, Second Lieutenant Fleming-Sandes was sent to command a company which was in a very critical position. His men, very much shaken by continual bombing and machine-gun fire, were beginning to retire, but the second lieutenant collected a few bombs and jumping on the parapet in full view of the Germans, only 20 yards (18 m) away, threw them. Although severely wounded almost at once, he continued to advance and throw bombs until he was again wounded. This act put new heart into his men and saved the situation. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Clandon Park, Surrey.2nd Lieut. A. Fleming-Sandes, Second East Surreys, was awarded the V.C. for bravery during the Battle of Loos at Hohenzollern Redoubt. The attached account of his actions was written by James Price Lloyd of the Welsh Regiment, who served with Military Intelligence. After the war, the government to destroyed all the archives relating to this propaganda (section MI 7b (1)). They were regarded as being too sensitive to risk being made public. Remarkably these documents have survived in the personal records of Captain Lloyd. Many of these papers are officially stamped, and one can trace the development of many individual articles from the notes based on an idea, to the pencil draft which is then followed by the hand-written submission and the typescript. The archive Tales of the VC comprises 94 individual accounts of the heroism that earned the highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross. These are recounted deferentially and economically, yet they still manage to move the reader. Date stamp: 11 March 1918.

Apprentice steam engine maker, George Stanley Peachment volunteered for the army in April 1915 and became a Rifleman (Private) in the 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). It should be noted that this brave young volunteer signed with a false date of birth as he died aged 18, British Army Regulations stated that to serve overseas a man must be 19 years or over. Manpower shortages at this period of the war meant that training was perfunctory in practice and very short in time, illustrated by the fact that the 18 year old Rifleman Peachment was in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915, some short 20 weeks later. He was with the 2nd KRRC south of the Vermelles to Hulluch road when, during very heavy fighting, the British front line was nearly overwhelmed by the German forces and forced to retire, in the military spin of the time 'in order to reorganise' - when infact their Division's attack had been stopped by uncut barbed wire and gassed by their own side, then expelled from ground earlier won at great cost by German counter attacks. During this 'retirement' Private Peachment saw his company commander, Captain G.R. Dubs lying wounded, and bravely, seemingly without thought of his own safety crawled to help him. The enemy fire was intense and, although there was a shell-hole quite close in which a few men had taken cover, Private Peachment apparently, by his actions, did not place his own safety above that of a man to whom he must have felt great loyalty. He knelt in the open by this officer and tried to help him, but while doing so was first wounded in the chest by a grenade ('bomb'). This did not end his selfless acts as he now, amazingly, began to drag Dubs to a place of safety. However, sadly, in a very short time George Peachement was then mortally wounded by small arms (rifle or M.G.) fire. He was posthumously awarded the V.C. for bravery but his body was never recovered and his name has been carved into the 'Memorial to the Missing' at 'Dud Corner' CWGC Cemetery, Loos. The attached account of his actions was written by James Price Lloyd of the Welsh Regiment, who served with Military Intelligence. After the war, the government to destroyed all the archives relating to this propaganda (section MI 7b (1)). They were regarded as being too sensitive to risk being made public. Remarkably these documents have survived in the personal records of Captain Lloyd. Many of these papers are officially stamped, and one can trace the development of many individual articles from the notes based on an idea, to the pencil draft which is then followed by the hand-written submission and the typescript. The archive Tales of the VC comprises 94 individual accounts of the heroism that earned the highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross. These are recounted deferentially and economically, yet they still manage to move the reader. Date stamp: 13 March 1918. || Article with annotations.

Article with annotations. || Alfred Oliver Pollard VC DCM MC & Bar (4 May 1893 – 5 December 1960) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Pollard had volunteered for service on August 8, 1914. Up to that date, he had worked as a clerk at an insurance company. He was wounded twice earlier in his service and showed exceptional courage in returning to his unit after recovering from wounds. His bravery earned him the highest (and largest number of) awards awarded to a soldier in his unit during the war. He had entered the war as a Private, but was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company, British Army during the First World War when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Citation: On 29 April 1917 at Gavrelle, France, the troops of various units had become disorganized owing to the heavy casualties from shell fire and a subsequent determined attack with very strong forces caused further confusion and retirement. Second Lieutenant Pollard realized the seriousness of the situation and with only four men he started a counter-attack with bombs, pressing it home until he had broken the enemy attack and regained all that had been lost and much ground in addition. This officer's splendid example inspired courage into every man who saw him. His Victoria Cross is held by the Honourable Artillery Company in London, and a copy is on display in its Medal Room.2nd Lieutenant A. Pollard M.C., Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), was awarded the V.C. for bravery. The attached account of his actions was written by James Price Lloyd of the Welsh Regiment, who served with Military Intelligence. After the war, the government to destroyed all the archives relating to this propaganda (section MI 7b (1)). They were regarded as being too sensitive to risk being made public. Remarkably these documents have survived in the personal records of Captain Lloyd. Many of these papers are officially stamped, and one can trace the development of many individual articles from the notes based on an idea, to the pencil draft which is then followed by the hand-written submission and the typescript. The archive Tales of the VC comprises 94 individual accounts of the heroism that earned the highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross. These are recounted deferentially and economically, yet they still manage to move the reader. Date stamped 19 December 1917.