Victoria Cross interest: Distinguished Service Order bestowal document to Captain (Temporary Major) Percy Howard Hansen, V.C., M.C., Lincolnshire Regiment, dated 16 September 1918, in War Office envelope addressed to ‘P. H. Hansen, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., Lincs. Regt., Senior Officer School, Aldershot’; with a copy of the D.S.O. Statutes, document in good condition £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Captain (later Brigadier) Percy Howard Hansen, 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, was awarded the V.C. (London Gazette 1 October 1915) for his gallantry at Yilghin Burnu, Gallipoli, on 9 August 1915. His battalion was forced to retire leaving some wounded behind, owing to the intense heat from the scrub which had been set on fire. After the retirement Captain Hansen, with three or four volunteers dashed forward several times over 300-400 yards of open scrub, under a terrific fire and succeeded in rescuing six wounded men from inevitable death by burning (ref: The Register of the Victoria Cross).

The award of the D.S.O. listed in London Gazette 16 September 1918.