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This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding the Wikipedia article Herbert Rexford Lea.

Herbert Rexford "Rex" Lea DCM (26 April 1892 - ??) was a Canadian soldier. Lea was a recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the second highest award for gallantry in the field that could be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Lea was born in Victoria, Prince Edward Island (PEI) in 1892. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF) from 1916 to 1919.

Prior to enlisting on 26 April 1916 (his 24th birthday), he had served in the 4th Battery of the Halifax Battery of the Canadian Garrison Artillery (HBCGA), a militia unit based in PEI. On enlistment, he was assigned to a depot batttery of 2nd Overseas Battery, Canadian Siege Artillery (later the No. 5 Overseas Battery, Siege Artillery), which was then overseas.

After transfer to Witley, England, the unit was absorbed into the 8th Canadian Siege Battery, and crossed to Boulogne on 1 April 1917, going into action near Festubert on April 15th with XI Corps Heavy Artillery. It operated in this area and at Fleurbaix and Armentières.

The 8th C.G.A took part in action near Thelus on 27 March 1918, for which Lea earned his DCM:

During the night of 27th March, 1918, while the battery position in Thelus was being heavily shelled with gas and high explosive, he, with a fine disregard of personal safety, went to all the dug-outs and shelters ordering men to put on their gas masks and directing men to deeper dug-outs for safety. He has consistently set a high example to those under him.^[1]

References

^ London Gazette, Third Supplement. Number 31819, March 9, 1919. p. 74.

[1] London Gazette, Third Supplement. Number 31819, March 9, 1919. p. 74.

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