A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude 1830 at Weybread

1830 at Weybread

For his services he was awarded the Order of Medjidie 5th Class

Neptune (1911

attached to the Royal Navy Barracks in Portsmouth from September 1

13 to serve as riflemen only in America

A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude 1830 at WeybreadA 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