French Decoration for Birmingham Officer: Captain John Ryland Pinsent, Royal Engineers, son of Mr. R. A. Pinsent, Selly Wick, Birmingham, received the “Croix of the Legion of Honour at the hands of General Nivelle, the French Commander-in-Chief, on the 21st inst. Captain Pinsent has already been mentioned twice in dispatches for work in the campaign.
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Referenced
GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948