| Accession Number | D00021 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 21 August 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of 958 Lieutenant Leonard Keysor VC, 42nd Battalion who was awarded his ...
Description
Informal portrait of 958 Lieutenant Leonard Keysor VC, 42nd Battalion who was awarded his Victoria Cross as a Private in the 1st Battalion. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Lone Pine Trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. On 7 August 1915, he was in a trench which was being heavily bombed by the enemy. He picked up two live bombs and threw them back at the enemy at great risk to his own life, and continued throwing bombs, although himself wounded, Twice wounded, he kept up his bomb throwing almost continuously for fifty hours.