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Arnold Horace Santo Waters

On 4 November 1918 near Ors, France, Major Waters, with his Field Company, was bridging the Oise-Sambre Canal under artillery and machine-gun fire at close range, the bridge being damaged and the building party suffering severe casualties.

Sir Arnold Horace Santo Waters VC, CBE, DSO, MC (23 September 1886, Plymouth – 22 January 1981, Sutton Coldfield) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.



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