- SURNAME
Abram
- FORENAME
George
- UNIT
5 Bomb Disposal Company,Royal Engineers
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
1395577
- AWARD
Croix de Guerre (France)
- PLACE
WW2
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
citation shows unit 6 Bomb Disposal Coy.
CITATION:
Croix de Guerre : During September 1944 this N.C.O. was in charge of a section of a Bomb Disposal Platoon working with an Airfield Construction Group. He was responsible for the clearance of delayed action bombs and charges which were found on airfields evacuated by the enemy, so that the airfields could be handed over in the shortest time to forward tactical units of the Royal Air Force.
During the period he cleared over a hundred incidents from airfields at ANTWERP, GRIMBERGHEN, and LE CULOT, south of LOUVAIN, on many occasions carrying on with his dangerous task while the airfield was under fire.
That with work was completed successfully and without incident is due in no small measure to Cpl. Abram's promptness of action, his personal courage - always a source of inspiration to his men and his high sense of duty.
During the period he cleared over a hundred incidents from airfields at ANTWERP, GRIMBERGHEN, and LE CULOT, south of LOUVAIN, on many occasions carrying on with his dangerous task while the airfield was under fire.
That with work was completed successfully and without incident is due in no small measure to Cpl. Abram's promptness of action, his personal courage - always a source of inspiration to his men and his high sense of duty.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7399405
Last edited by a moderator:
