Peter Quinn | Service Record


SurnameQuinn
First Name(s)Peter
Place of BirthSunderland
Club(s)Bank Head Albion
Blackpool
Spennymoor United
ServiceBritish Army
RankSergeant
Service Number357193
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Regiment or CorpsKing's (Liverpool Regiment)
Unit (s)1/10th (Scottish) Battalion
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Awards and DecorationsMilitary Medal and Bar
Citation(s)Military Medal: 357193 Pte. P. Quinn, L'pool R. (Sunderland). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30312, 25 September 1917.)

Bar to Military Medal: 357193 Sjt. P. Quinn, L'pool R. (Sunderland). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30940, 4 October 1918.)

"For exceptional bravery on 13th April near Festubert. He moved across the open and under extremely heavy shell fire placing men in disconnected machine gun posts; though buried once and badly shaken, he remained at duty, cheering up the men under very trying conditions, and keeping up connection with the remainder of the Company"
Supplementary NotesFrom 'The Liverpool Scottish 1900-1919' by A. M. McGilchrist: 'Serjeant P. Quinn, M.M., of "V” Company, also had his share of excitement. He ran into a German patrol but managed to shoot the officer and get away untouched." P. 227.