'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his battery position came under heavy shell fire two guns were put out of action, two men killed, and an ammunition dump was exploded; but at great personal risk he attempted to cope with the fire until ordered to desist by his battery commander. He also assisted in digging out men who had been buried by the explosion, showing great courage and initiative under exceptionally trying circumstances.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 9 January 1918