KNOTTINGLEY SOLDIER WINS A
BELGIUM DECORATION

LANCE CORPORAL A. PENISTONE

A Knottingley machine gunner, Lance Corporal A. Penistone, has had the Croix de Guerre confirmed upon him by the Belgium Government for magnificent work done in Flanders.  At a time when all the gun team were put out of action, he was buried up to his neck in mud by a bursting shell.  By a great effort he managed to extricate himself and although suffering slight wounds he pulled himself together and cleared his gun for action thus, single handed, and in the face of a heavy bombardment, he put up a fight against the enemy.

The gallant N.C.O, in a letter to his father and sister says,

"Well, I am pleased to tell you that we have got a big decoration for the family. You remember me telling you of that big 'do' we had at -- when I told you I had been blown up three times and nearly buried? Well I have got the honour from the Belgium Government - It is the Croix de Guerre.""

Pontefract and Castleford Express

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