A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude Florence L

Florence L

When he died at the age of 87

Neptune (1911

For his services he was awarded the Order of Medjidie 5th Class

A Remarkable Dso To Captain E. C. Lance GTRexclude Florence LA remarkable Great War D. S. O. group of seven awarded to Captain E. C. Lance, Somerset Light Infantry, late King Edward? s Horse and West Yorkshire Regiment, who was twice honoured by Franco for his part in rescuing a hundred nationalists in the Spanish Civil War: high on the republicans? wanted list as "The Man in the Tartan Jacket", Lance was eventually captured by them and sentenced to death, but ultimately lived to tell the tale after 15 months