Award Military Medal Sjt. G.W. Wilson, 15 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Crete)

brithm · Feb 13, 2024

Award Military Medal Sjt. George William Wilson, 15 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (1669637)

On Tuesday 20 May 1941, whilst German parachutists were landing in the Alikarnossos area of Candia (Crete) despite the fact that low flying enemy fighter planes, escorting troop carriers, were machine gunning heavily, Sergeant Wilson organised a party of six men with rifles to go forward through the fire to support H.Q. ‘B’ Troop (Lt A/A) Australian Regiment who were without small arms protection. This action resulted in the area lines being held intact and snipers and other enemy personnel being killed.

On the afternoon of the 22nd May, volunteers were called for to assist the R.T.R. in ejecting two snipers from a house in the 7th Med. Bde. area. Sergeant Wilson immediately volunteered and formed one of the party which eventually ejected the enemy by using small arms fire and hand grenades (German). Throughout the whole of the following period, although under heavy bombing and machine gun attacks, this sergeant was instrumental in keeping up the high morale of the men by his splendid example of untiring devotion to duty and personal leadership.

As acting B.S.M. of the Battery he was responsible for the feeding of the men and the general organisation outside the firing Battery. This he carried out most efficiently, with the result that not one N.C.O. or man was lost or wounded during the period 20 May 1941 to 28 May 1941.
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WO 373/27/454

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