A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude he was named Acting Corporal

he was named Acting Corporal at Lower Dibgate on June 8th

Annie Findlay Dunn of Heaton

off Deal pier

one with three ribbons: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Four Bronze Stars

A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude he was named Acting CorporalA remarkable Great War D. S. O. group of seven awarded to Captain E. C. Lance, Somerset Light Infantry, late King Edward? s Horse and West Yorkshire Regiment, who was twice honoured by Franco for his part in rescuing a hundred nationalists in the Spanish Civil War: high on the republicans? wanted list as "The Man in the Tartan Jacket", Lance was eventually captured by them and sentenced to death, but ultimately lived to tell the tale after 15 months