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Arthur Sheaf APPELBEE (DCM)
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- Arthur Sheaf APPELBEE, D.C.M. died 1st September 1950 aged 51, and he was the husband of Edith Jane.
He is at rest with his wife in Stratford on Avon Cemetery, Warwickshire.
He lived at 43, Hatheraway Lane, Stratford on Avon with his wife. He was formerly Private 51791, Gloucestershire Regiment, Private 43345, Worcestershire Regiment and Private 49271, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. London Gazette dated 17th March 1919. D.C.M. award mentioned.
London Gazette dated 28th November 1919.
43345 Pte. A. S. Appelbee, 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment. (Stratford-on-Avon).
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 14th October, 1918, during intense barrage of trench-mortar and machine-gun fire against his company front, he carried his platoon commander about 200 yards west of the Haute Deule Canal bank. He then collected Lewis gun drums and kept up a heavy fire on the enemy's positions along the east bank of the canal and also on a large party of the enemy working along the flank of his company on the west bank. He continued to cover the withdrawal of the remainder of his company after his platoon commander had been killed, and did not attempt to get back himself until he saw the remainder of the company were in safety.
