WW1 Officer Royal West Kent Regiment Long Service Royal Huma...

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WW1 Officer Royal West Kent Regiment Long Service Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal Group Awarded to Quartermaster & Lieutenant Harry Wood whose act of gallantry in the Simla Hills India resulted in the award of the RHS Bronze Medal.
Comprising: British War Medal QM & LIEUT H WOOD, Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GvR) 4874 SJT H. WOOD R.W. KENT R (slight corrosion to suspender), Royal Humane Society Medal Bronze COY SERGT MAJOR H. WOOD 14 JUNE 1916 (heavy corrosion, suspender detached). Medal loose, no ribbons. The citation for the Royal Humane Society Medal
On the 14th June 1916, a man of the Royal West Kent Regt. in trying to ford a river in the Simla Hills, India, got into a dangerous position in 10 to 12 feet of water. Wood went in and with difficulty got him out in an exhausted state.
Quartermaster & Lieutenant Harry Wood landed in Mesopotamia on the 29th June 1916 after service in India. He was commissioned QM & Lieutenant into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The MIC confirms the RHS Bronze medal awarded in 1924 and indicates the award of the Victory Medal.