| Show DESERVED VICTORIA CROSS A brave act contaldi ni who to right the gaietto announces that tho queen baa conferred the victoria cross upon surgeon major lloyd of the army medical octaff for his gallantry during tho operations against the kachians last year during tho attack on the sima lort by the kachians on jan 0 1898 the commanding officer captain morton visiting a picket about 80 yards distant was wounded surgeon major lloyd accompanied by a native officer at ran out to help him under a heavy fire when however the wounded man was reached it wag found necessary to send back for more help and surgeon major lloyd had thus to remain with captala morton for some minutes the enemy who within 10 or 15 paces were all the time keeping up heavy fire and hilled four men ono of thorn being a bugler who was helping to carry captain morton the victoria crosa was probably never earned gallantly surgeon major lloyd would have delighted frederick the great ono of abo men who show no violent wish to live forever his example h also fal to the in sh owing that there are practically no war risks through which it is impossible to come out with safety this is a very important leaann for those who have to fight cra will run almost any amount of risk but the certainty of death ie apt to appall it is sad to record that the man to savo whom surgeon major lloyd risked his life so bravely died almost directly he was taken into tho fort london sneer |
