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Legion of Honour Recipients
The following Officers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment have bestowed upon them a decoration of the Legion of Honour. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees:
- Chevalier (Knight),
- Officier (Officer),
- Commandeur (Commander),
- Grand Officier (Grand Officer)
- Grand Croix (Grand Cross)
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 NOVEMBER, 1914
The President of the French Republic has bestowed the Decoration of the Legion of Honour on the undermentioned Officers, with the approval of His Majesty the King, for their gallantry during the Operations between the 21st and 30th August, 1914.
CROIX de CHEVALIER
Captain E R Fitzpatrick. 1st Battalion
Captain E Howard-Vyse. 1st Battalion
There are no restrictions as to the occasions on which these Honours may be worn
This list will be updated when further names have been identified.
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Men of the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment! I wish to bring home to you the fact that we have a hard task before us. We are out to fight a great nation and men who are out for blood. This Regiment have always been top-dogs even with the boys” (meaning time-serving men: they had that year won nine football cups out of a possible eleven, besides other sporting competitions). “What are we going to do now that we have the men?” (meaning the Reservists). “None of you men will come back–nor the next lot–nor the next after that–nor the next after that again; but some of the next might. But we’ll give those Germans something to go on with, and we’ll give a good account of ourselves! Remember, men, the eyes of the whole world will be upon us, and I know that you will perform whatever task is allotted to you, like men.
Colonel G C Knight
1st Battalion, August 1914.
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Men of the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment! I wish to bring home to you the fact that we have a hard task before us. We are out to fight a great nation and men who are out for blood. This Regiment have always been top-dogs even with the boys” (meaning time-serving men: they had that year won nine football cups out of a possible eleven, besides other sporting competitions). “What are we going to do now that we have the men?” (meaning the Reservists). “None of you men will come back–nor the next lot–nor the next after that–nor the next after that again; but some of the next might. But we’ll give those Germans something to go on with, and we’ll give a good account of ourselves! Remember, men, the eyes of the whole world will be upon us, and I know that you will perform whatever task is allotted to you, like men.
Colonel G C Knight
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