Sergeant Merrifield VC, MM Plaque

NO. 8000 SGT. WM. MERRIFIELD, V.C., M.M.
4TH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
DATE OF AWARD OCT. 1, 1918
PASSED TO HIS REWARD AUG. 8, 1943

FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO
DUTY DURING THE ATTACK NEAR ABANCOURT ON THE
1st OCTOBER 1918. WHEN HIS MEN WHERE HELD UP BY
AN INTENSE FIRE FROM TWO MACHINE GUN
EMPLACEMENTS HE ATTACKED THEM BOTH SINGLE-HANDED.
DASHING FROM SHELL-HOLE TO SHELL-HOLE HE KILLED THE
OCCUPANTS OF THE FIRST POST, AND ALTHOUGH WOUNDED,
CONTINUED TO ATTACK THE SECOND POST AND WITH A
BOMB KILLED THE OCCUPANTS. HE REFUSED TO BE
EVACUATED AND LED HIS PLATOON AGAIN UNTIL
SEVERELY WOUNDED. SGT. MERRIFIELD HAS SERVED WITH
EXCEPTIONAL DISTINCTION ON MANY FORMER
OCCASIONS AND THROUGHOUT THE ACTION OF THE
1st OCTOBER SHOWED THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF
VALOUR AND LEADERSHIP.