DCM awarded to Mires (1916)

Post date: May 08, 2014 4:58:21 PM

Extract from Kent Messenger of 12th February 1916

Pte. A. H. Mires (Wateringbury),

2nd Royal West Kent Regiment,

WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL.

9459 Pte. Arthur Henry Mires, as already reported in the “ Kent Messenger,” has been awarded the distinguished conduct medal “ for conspicuous gallantry at Kut-al-Amara (Mesopotamia) on 28th September,1915, when, with another private, he carried forward and worked his gun under a very heavy fire, with­in 300 yards of the enemy’s strong redoubt, thereby materially assisting in the capture of the work." Twenty-four years of age, he is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick

Mires, who reside near the North Pole, Wateringbury . He joined the R.W .Kent Regiment in 1910, was sent to Ireland 1911, and drafted to India, in the same year, serving at Pesha­war, Cherat, and other parts. In 1913 he was sent to Nyzerabad School of Musketry, and received his second good conduct badge. He is a good soldier, very calm and quiet, with great determination and courage. Many congratulations have been received by his parents, but we understand a letter from him

would be heartily welcomed. His only brother, Frederick Bernard Mires, aged 25, is serving in the Royal Naval Division