A Great War Military Cross group to Captain Outhwaite 1/7 Northumberland Fusiliers

GVR Military Cross in case of issue

Great War pair correctly impressed Capt. F.O. Outhwaite

Condition GVF

Frederick Oswald Outhwaite was born on the 7^th of May 1890 in Linthorpe Middlesbrough. He was educated at Middlesbrough High School and Pembroke college, Oxford, where is was a student of Divinity.

Outhwaite was commissioned in 1915 and went to France in March 1916. He was wounded in action on the 9^th of April 1916 by a bullet to the scalp. He was invalided to England until June 1916.

He was awarded the Military Cross for the action at Wancourt tower on the 16^th of April 1917.

‘ For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, during an enemy counter attack they succeeded in entering a portion of our line. He crawled to within ten yards of the captured position and gained valuable information. He returned and organised and led a successful counter attack’

During this attack, Outhwaite was severely wounded in the head and face. One bullet penetrated his steel helmet and caused an abrasion of the right frontal region of the head. Another bullet entered the left side of his nose and emerged below the right eye, causing a 1-inch-long wound.

This again was blightly wounded, but miraculously he returned to duty in August 1917. In December of 1917  he was sent to the Royal Free hospital in London for specialist treatment. He was discharged in January 1919 giving his address as Lilac Villa, Foggy Furze, West Hartlepool.

He returned to his studies and became a clergyman in Wakefield.