Wilfred Rice

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilfred Rice, Lieutenant, British Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary heroism in action during Ypres-Lys offensive, October 17, 1918. Lieutenant Rice went forward during the advance under a heavy barrage of rifle and machine-gun fire and cut paths in the wire in order to further the advance of his company. Having cut the wire, with two men he rushed a machine-gun position, capturing the gun, and forcing six of the enemy to surrender. This action took place when fighting alongside the American 27th Division.