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Captain R.A.B. Kinloch M.C. |
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Transcript of Military Cross Citation |
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Brigade |
77th Indian Infantry |
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Division |
3rd Indian |
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Unit |
Royal Army Medical Corps. |
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Date of Recommendation |
13 (?) 1944 |
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Regtl. No. |
223547 |
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Rank and Name |
Captain Robert Alastair Boys KINLOCH |
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Action for which commended :- |
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Capt. KINLOCH was Medical Officer of a Battalion which carried out initial glider operations at 'BROADWAY' on night 5/6 March '44. Owing to the conditions of the ground there were many crashes at one point of the field. Rescue work was extremely hazardous as gliders were coming in to land at the rate of one every 2½ minutes, and all were piloted on a pre-arranged course taking them to the point at which the crashes were occurring. Ignoring personal danger Capt. KINLOCH directed and assisted
rescue work and risked his life many times, administering medical
aid to wounded actually in the gliders, narrowly escaping on
many occasions when other gliders crashed into those in which he was
working. |
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Recommended By |
Lt-Col. W.P. SCOTT DSO MC Comd 1st Bn Kings Regiment |
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Honour or Reward |
Military Cross |
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Signed By |
Major General W.D.A. Lentaigne Comd. 3 Ind. Div. General G. Giffard Commander-in-Chief 11 Army Group |
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(London Gazette 26.04.1945) |
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