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Six Nurses Win Military Medal
Decorated for Conspicuous Bravery During Air Raids of the Enemy
Other Honors Given
Officers Gain Bar to Military Cross for Exceptional Gallantry in Field

London, Sept. 24. Six Canadian nurses were tonight gazetted as having won the military medal for bravery during enemy raids. Matron Edith Campbell of Point Claire attended wounded sisters regardless of personal danger; Lenora Herrington of Napanee, remained on duty the entire night and her personal example of courage was largely responsible for the maintenance of discipline and efficiency. Lottie Urquhart , New Glasgow, N.S., when four bombs fell on her wards, attended the wounded with a courage and devotion which was an inspiring example. Janet Mary Williamson of Grenville, Quebec displayed exceptional coolness in a badly damaged ward, sustaining the patients and ensuring their evacuation. Meta Hodge of Hamilton and Eleanor Jean Thompson of Valleyfield, Quebec, although both injured by a falling beam, extinguished with great presence of mind, overturned oil stoves, later helping to remove the patients. The Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to Lieut.-Col. Eduard Spencer Doughty of Calgary, for ensuring the complete success of a raid, resulting in the killing and capturing of many of the enemy with three machine guns and a trench Mortar.

A second bar to the Military Cross has been awarded to Capt. William George Barker , of the air force, formerly of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, who already holds the D.S.O. His latest decoration was gained by attacking eight Boche machines and shooting down two. On another occasion he was attacked by seven, shooting down one. He also burned two balloons.

Capt. Alfred Atkey , Toronto, is gazetted a bar to the Military Cross. He destroyed seven machines and proved himself a brilliant fighting pilot.

Lieut. Barlow Whiteside , son of Rev. Arthur Whiteside of Palestine, N.B., has received a bar to the cross. He participated in over 50 night raids at low heights. On one occasion, after bombing a large ammunition dump, which exploded, he proceeded to drop bombs on the town, also firing with his machine gun on the road leading hereto. He then returned for more ammunition, and later dropped bombs on a train.

The second bar to the Military Cross has been awarded to Captain Clarence Young of the imperial army, formerly of the Canadian Medicals. When all officers had become casualties and the post was almost surrounded Captain Young succeeded in evacuating many wounded, despite a continuous heavy fire. The bar to the Military Cross has been awarded to Captain George McTavish of the imperial army, formerly of the Canadian Medicals, who refused to be relieved during nine days' operations and superintended the removal of wounded “regardless of the many barrages thru which he had to pass, undoubtedly saving many lives thru his untiring zeal and coolness.”