The Welsh Dragon at Mametz Wood


In May 1916, Siegfried Sassoon took part in a raiding party pinned down by German machine gun fire, and won the Military Cross for his part in the rescue of the survivors and wounded. In July 1916 Sassoon launched a solo grenade attack on an enemy trench near Mametz Wood.


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