Pioneer Corps: Cpl James Patrick Scully, G.C.

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    Corporal James Patrick Scully, Pioneer Corps, was awarded the George Cross.
    During a raid on Merseyside in March, 1941, he and an officer held an immense load of debris on their shoulders to save a 70-year-old woman who, with her husband, was trapped in the ruins of their home. Corporal Scully forced his way through the ruins to find the husband dead and the seriously injured. He covered their faces with steel helmets to protect them from falling debris and spoke cheerfully to the woman to keep up her spirits. He and the Lieutenant stood from 11.30 at night to 6.30 next morning with a plank on their shoulders holding off the debris from the trapped couple. The house was slowly collapsing all the time. Scully was completely exhausted and taken to hospital.
    Corporal Scully comes from Crumlin, Co. Dublin.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patrick_Scully
    http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/ScullyJP.htm

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7675239&queryType=1&resultcount=1
    Name Scully, James Patrick
    Rank: Acting Corporal
    Service No: 13039555
    Regiment: Pioneer Corps
    Theatre of Combat or Operation: Non-Combatant Gallantry
    Award: The George Cross
    Date 1941
    Catalogue reference WO 373/66
    Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 08 July 1941

    http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35213/pages/3919

    See this thread for ref:
    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/research-material/19413-volunteers-eire-who-have-won-distinctions.html#post195852
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