THE VICTORIA CROSS AND OTHER MEDALS AWARDED TO COLONEL JOHN BARRETT, 5TH BN, THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE REGIMENTAL MUSEUM. |
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30 October 2007 |
The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Colonel John Cridlan Barrett have been donated to the regimental museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment following a stipulation in his will that this should occur after the death of his wife.
Medal entitlement of Lieutenant John Barrett - 1 / 5th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 14 December 1918 ], Pontreut, France, 24 September 1918, Lieutenant John Cridlan Barrett, 1 / 5th Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 24th September 1918, during the attack on Pontruet. Owing to the darkness and smoke barrage a considerable number of men lost direction, and Lt. Barrett found himself advancing towards Forgan’s Trench – a trench of great strength, containing numerous machine guns.
John Barrett was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 13th February 1919.
John Barrett died on the 7th March 1977, aged seventy-nine. He was cremated at Leicester Crematorium. |
Iain Stewart, 30 October 2007