Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37027/supplement/1939. Lieutenant George Arthur Knowland (323566), The Royal Norfolk Regiment, attached No. 1 Commando. On 31st January 1945 near Kangaw, Burma, Lieutenant Knowland was in command of a forward platoon of a troop which was being heavily attacked – some 300 of the enemy concentrating on his 24 men. When all the crew of one of his forward Bren guns had been wounded, the lieutenant manned it himself, standing up to fire at 10 yards range, until the casualties had been evacuated. For 12 hours he held his ground, until he was eventually mortally wounded.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37027/supplement/1939. Lieutenant George Arthur Knowland (323566), The Royal Norfolk Regiment, attached No. 1 Commando. On 31st January 1945 near Kangaw, Burma, Lieutenant Knowland was in command of a forward platoon of a troop which was being heavily attacked – some 300 of the enemy concentrating on his 24 men. When all the crew of one of his forward Bren guns had been wounded, the lieutenant manned it himself, standing up to fire at 10 yards range, until the casualties had been evacuated. For 12 hours he held his ground, until he was eventually mortally wounded.