'At Brocton Camp, Stafford, on 19th April 1918, a recruit who was under instructions in bombing dropped a live Mills grenade in the throwing bay after pulling out the pin. Lacking the presence of mind to attempt to escape, he kicked the bomb towards the entrance and retreated to the inner end of the bay. Lieutenant Ridling, the bombing officer, seeing the mans danger, went to his rescue. Seizing him in his arms, he started to carry him out, but the exploded before he could get clear of the bay, and was wounded severely in the groin. But for Lieutenant Ridling's coolness and bravery the man who was only slightly wounded, would, in all probability, have lost his life.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 5 December 1919