A good Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant C. Rush, Essex Regiment, who was decorated for gallant services as a stretcher-bearer

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (31216 Pte. C. Rush, 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (31216 A. Sjt. C. Rush, Essex R.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm, good very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000

D.C.M. London Gazette 26 November 1917:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a stretcher-bearer after all the other bearers were out of action. He continued for 12 hours tending wounded without help in the open and placing them under cover. Later, he carried a badly wounded man in on his back, all under very heavy fire.’

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 17 August 1918.

Charles Rush attested for the Essex Regiment at Mayland, Essex, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War.