قوة المشاة الهندية "د"، أوامر روتينية عامة (غير كاملة) [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٣] (٧٧٤/٤٢٠)

GENERAL HEAD QUARTERS,
L.E.F. "D."
ORDER OF THE DAY
No. 44.
In pursuance of the authority delegated to me by His Imperial Majesty, The
King Emperor, 1 make the following award for gallantry and distinguished service
in the Field :—
To be Companion of the Distinguished Service Order,
CAPTAIN .]. H. HERRING, M.C., Royal FLYING Corps.—For conspicuous
gallantry, initiative and determination on the night of 14/15th December, 1916,
when he went out at midnight, carrying 8 bombs, to observe any enemy movement
and bomb any suitable target.
He made the important discovery that the SHUMRAN pontoon bridge had been
moved and found it being towed in sections upstream by a gun boat. He bombed
the gun boat from low altitude, causing her to slip her tow, which drifted
downstream, and she then ram ashore. Captain Herring returned to the Aerodrome
for a fresh supply of bombs, and finding the gun boat getting off the mud, again
bombed her, causing her to run into the bank, the bridge being in sections against
the bank lower down. Captain Herring a second time returned to the Aerodrome
for more bombs and then found the gun boat towing two sections of the bridge
upstream ; he again caused her to abandon her tow. These operations lasted for
6 hours of the night and seriously harassed the enemy by preventing him from
bridging the Tigris further upstream. Captain Herring was under rifle fir
throughout.
On the night of 17/18th December, 1916, Captain Herring again made a
successful bombing raid on the shipping at BGHAILAH after flying for a considerable
part of the day. He returned only to fill up with fuel and go out again to discover
the Turkish dispositions at dawn, bringing back very important information.
Arab VILLAGE,
21st December, 1916.
F. S. MAUDE, Lievt.-General,
Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force “ D.
3rd S. & M. Field Press.