Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1914 — ARE REWARDED FOR HEROISM [ARTICLE]

ARE REWARDED FOR HEROISM

Fifty-Nine British Officers Honored With the Dlstlngbtohed Service London. —The Distinguished Service order has been awarded to 59 officers of all arms, from the special reserves to the guards. Thirty-nine of them have been given to, lieutenants or second lieutenants. Among those receiving the award is Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker. It was given him for “conspicuous courage with the advance squadron at Kruiseik in bringing wounded men out of action under a heavy fire.** * Lord Innes-Ker, who is a captain in the Royal Horse guards, recently wan reported as having been wounded in action. 1