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Captain Alfred Christopher Dancer, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (died 4th October 1917)
MC Awarded, 25 November 1916 (London Gazette, 25 November 1916, p. 11534):
Temp. 2nd Lt. Alfred Christopher Dancer, Dorset. R
For conspicuous gallantry in action. He established and maintained communications throughout the operations with great courage and skill. On one occasion he himself killed several snipers. He set a splendid example to his men.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29837/supplements/11534
From the North Bucks Times, 6 November 1917:
Mr. and Mrs. T. Dancer, of Rammamere Farm, Great Brickhill, have been informed by the War Office that their son, Captain Alfred Dancer, M.C., of the Dorset Regiment, was killed leading his men in the great advance on Thursday, October 4th. The Officer Commanding his regiment writes;
"Captain Dancer was a born soldier, and the Military Cross he won at Mouquet Farm last year was but an indication of the bravery he showed during those three trying days. He did not know what fear meant."
Another officer writes;
"He was a great leader of men, a jolly good fellow, a very hard worker, and was absolutely fearless of danger. We, his officers, non commissioned officers, and men miss him very keenly, and they all join me in offering sympathy and condolence."
Aged 24, Captain Dancer had been educated at Heath National School and later at the Emmanuel School, Wandsworth Common, where he passed through the O.T.C. When war broke out he was teaching under the London Education Committee, but immediately enlisted as a trooper in the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's). Following active service at Gallipoli he was gazetted to the Dorset Regiment, and accompanied them to Egypt. He was then transferred to the Western Front at the start of the great offensive in July 1916, and in subsequent service would be awarded the Military Cross. He was a keen Rugby and lawn tennis player, and had married in October 1916.
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkha/mkha/projects/jt/letters/docs/letters/l-great-brickhill.html
Captain Dancer is commemorated on the War Memorial at Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire: http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/php_scripts/bksidget.php?id=2999
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