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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Regiment:

    24th Brigade

    Division:

    Royal Field Artillery

    Action Date:

    August 30 & 31, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 50 (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 Lieutenant William T. J. Munday, British Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 112th Battery, 24th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, British Expeditionary Forces, near Vierstraat, Belgium, August 30 and 31, 1918. While in command of an accompanying gun, Lieutenant Munday advanced in close support of the attack of the 106th American Infantry. With a signaler, he made a daring reconnaissance in advance of our lines and returned with valuable information. In an encounter with an enemy patrol near Rossignol Wood two of the enemy were captured.