2/Lieutenant Harry Atkinson Dinsdale, MC.
8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 3 March 1917.
The citation published in the London Gazette of 3 March 1917 reads : - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although severely wounded at the outset of the attack, he collected men from another party, and, advancing to the enemy trench, carried out his orders in detail, bombing the trench for a distance of 60 yards with a coolness and contempt of danger beyond praise."
The Burnley Express reported : -