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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Second Corporal (Acting Sergeant)

    Regiment:

    Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)

    Division:

    46th Division

    Action Date:

    September 29, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 68 (1920)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Second Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Charles Cameron (106182), British Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 468th North Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force), 46th Division, British Expeditionary Forces, on the St. Quentin Canal, France, 29 September 1918. Corporal Cameron was in charge of a party of sappers which advanced with the Infantry. He advanced through heavy fire and on several occasions showed contempt for danger in entering dugouts and tunnels which were suspected of being mined by the enemy. During the advance he attacked and captured an enemy machine gun and six men. This action took place in conjunction with the attack of the 30th U.S. Division.