General Head Quarters.
I.E.F. "D."
ORDER OF THE DAY, No. 82.
In pursuance of the authority delegated to me by His Imperial Majesty the King-Emperor, I make the following award for gallantry and distinguished service in the field:—
Awarded a Bar to Distinguished Conduct Medal.
No. 1543, Sergeant Charles Easton.—For conspicuous gallantry in action. Seeing that an officer had been hit some 80 yards in front of his post and was unable to move owing to continuous sniping, he ran forward, dressed his wounds, and got him back to the river bank. As sniping still continued, he swam the river, supporting the wounded Officer, and gained the other bank. Had the Officer not been moved, he must again have been hit by the enemy's snipers who were within 300 yards.
F. S. MAUDE, Lieut.-General,
Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "D."
17th June 1917.