Major WALLACE LANCELOT ANDREWS
Royal Engineers
Died 30 July 1944
Age 35 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross
- Additional Info Son of William and Josephine Victoria Cecila Andrews, of Taunton, husband of Hilda Alecia Andrews.
- Personal Inscription SWIFT CAME THE CALL WITHOUT WARNING GIVEN BIDDING HIM HASTE TO MEET HIS GOD IN HEAVEN AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE HILDA ALECIA DIED IN HER 70TH YEAR. 1976
- Additional Citation note
The following details as given in the London Gazette of 17th September 1940 : On 26th August, 1940, Second Lieutenant W.L. Andrews, R.E., was in charge of No. 22 and 23 Bomb Disposal Sections, R.E., who were given the task of extracting the fuse of a bomb. Some difficulty was experienced, and several attempts at removal were unsuccessful. This officer then placed his section under cover and himself succeeded in exploding the bomb. He was blown a considerable distance. Throughout, Second Lieutenant Andrews displayed great coolness and keenness in the interests of the Service.
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