Major Arthur Raley
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Major (British Army).
Military Cross
Croix de Guerre avec Etoile (France)
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Croix de Guerre avec Étoile d' Argent (French)
December 30th 1918. Newfoundland Gazette, January 7 1919.
Military Cross
London Gazette, 17/4/1917.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He organized and gallantly led a bombing attack driving the enemy back at a critical __. He set a splendid example of courage and initiative.
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Captain, July 28, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug 20, 1915; Appointed Adjutant, Sept. 29, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Malta, Dec. 13, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916: British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Awarded Military Cross, Jan. 1, 1917 -, Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 19, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 23, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 5, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, Jan. 26, 1918; Appointed Adjutant, June 24, 1918; Temporary Major, Jan 5. 1919; Transferred to England for Officers' course, Jan. 11, 1919; Rejoined 1st Battalion, Winchester, April 23, 1919; Appointed 2nd in command of 1st Battalion, May 20, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Decorated with Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, June 19, 1919; Retired, July 29, 1919.