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CRITCHLEY-SALMONSON Arthur Cunliffe Bernard

6/1173, Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers, att Canterbury Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Service Order

Gazetted 3 July 1915, p5331

For gallantry and devotion to duty in connection with the operations at the Dardanelles (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force).  During the operations in

the neighbourhood of Gaba Tepe on 25 April 1915 for great gallantry and resource in command of a small party and saving a difficult situation.

Again on the night of 2/3 May he successfully led a small party to an advanced trench under great difficulties

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted 5 August 1915, p7669

Mentioned in General I. Hamilton's despatch of 20 Maya 1915, Commander, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Service Order

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

      Mention in Despatches

Order of the Nile, 4th class (Egypt)

NOTES

Born 27 April 1886, Southport, England

Died 11 October 1930, England - as a result of war related sickness.