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THIS IS THE LETTER THAT MY FATHER HAD
WHEN HE RECIEVED HIS MILITARY MEDAL,

MILITARY MEDAL

PTE WILLIAM GEORGE DAVIES,2/5 BN.
THE QUEEN,S ROYAL REGIMENT

DURING THE RECENT OPERATIONS IN ITALY
PTE DAVIES HAS SET AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE
0F COURAGE AND DETURMINATION.

ON THE8TH APRIL 1945,WHEN "A" COMPANY
2/5 BN THE QUEENS ROYAL REGIMENT
SECURED THE DOUBLE BRIGE AT 297645
OVER THE BENVIGNANTE. THE SECTION IN WHICH
PTE DAVIES WAS BREN GUNNER WAS THE FIRST
TO CROSS.
AS THE PLATOON APPROACHED THE BRIDGE IT CAME
UNDER HEAVY MACHINE GUN AND RIFLR FIRE FROM
ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE FAR SIDE.
PTE DAVIES WAS IN THE FOREFRONT OF HIS SECTION AND HE IMMEDIATELY DASHED ACROSS
THE BRIDGE .
HE CHARGED ONE SPANDAU POST,FIREING AS HE
WENT AND THEN SILENCED A SECOND ONE FURTHER ON.
THE WHOLE COMPANY WAS THEN ABLE TO CROSS
THE BRIDGE AND THE ENEMY WERE ROUTED.

THROUGHOUT THIS ACTION PTE DAVIES ACTED
WITH COOLNESS AND DETERMINATION.
HIS PROMPTNESS IN CROSSING THE BRIDGE
AGAINTS HEAVY OPPESITION ESTIMATED AT ABOUT
TWO COMPANIES OF GERMANS,WAS AN
INSPIRATION TO ALL HIS COMRADES AND PLAYED
A VITAL PART IN ITS CAPTURE.
IT WAS THIS ACTION WHICH ENABLED THE RATE
OF ADVANCEOF THE BATTALION TO BE
MAINTAINED AND THE FACT THAT THIS DOUBLE
BRIDGE WAS TAKEN INTACT HAD FAR REACHING
EFFECTS ON THE SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS
OF THE DIVISION.

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