Company Sergeant Major Henry Terry

Army Number : 12367

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : D.C.M. (Distinguished Conduct Medal) 1/6th and 9th Battalion: London Gazette 4.3.1918: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He took command of two platoons in an attack on Poelcapelle on 4.10.1917, and when the leading troops had lost direction he regained it and led his men forward. He attacked an emplacement from which a machine gun was firing and scattered the crew. He captured his objective and took command of the company when the officers became casualties. All through the day he exposed himself fearlessly while directing the consolidation and attending to the wounded. When the company was being relieved he went about under heavy shell fire directing parties by the safest routes, and helped to carry in three wounded men. His courage and example were of the highest order.

Son of Henry And Emily Terry, of 38, Massey St., Blue Bell Hill Rd., Nottingham.

Died of wounds 5th November 1918, aged 26.

Buried/Commemorated : Cambrai East Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 9.