Second Lieutenant Arthur Henry Whitehead

Regiment: Leinster Regiment
Date published: 05/07/1918
Killed in action: No
Information: Second Lt. Arthur Henry Whitehead, Leinster Regiment, has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Having made a personal reconnaissance by day under continuous shell fire and sniping, he led his battalion forward at night to the position selected,and the value of his complete reconnaissance was well proved by the ease with which a hostile counter-attack was driven off afterwards.