Sanders, Roswell S., has been awarded the Médaille Militaire, but his citation was received too late to be included in this volume.
(November, 1916.)
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General Headquarters
of the Armies
Bureau du Personnel
General Headquarters, 27 June, 1916
Order No. 3234-D
(Extract)
The Médaille Militaire has been conferred upon the soldier whose name follows:—
Barber, William, Driver in the Sanitary Service of an Infantry Division:—
"In the course of recent operations has distinguished himself by his courage and coolness in safeguarding night after night the removal of the wounded over a road constantly bombarded by enemy artillery. Was severely wounded in the performance of his duties."
(The present decoration carries with it the conferring of the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.)
(Signed) J. Joffre
A true copy:
The Lieutenant-Colonel
Chief of the Bureau du Personnel
The text of the citations of the following men was received too late to be included in the foregoing list.
- Robert Bowman
- Stanley Dell
- Giles B. Francklyn
- Edward J. Kelley
- Owen Kenan
- Carroll Riggs
- Roswell Sanders
- Herbert P. Townsend