THE UNTOLD FASCINATING AND TRUE STORY OF PRIVATE WILLIAM TONGS DCM
CAN YOU HELP PTE. WILLIAM TONGS DCM, OBTAIN HIS JUSTIFIABLE AWARD OF THE VICTORIA CROSS? SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO ACCESS
THE PETITION LINK,THIS IS NOW OPEN FOR SIGNATUES.
By signing this petition, it could revoke a 1919 order by the Ministry of Defence not to award Medals in the 1914-18 First World War, after 1919.
This order has prevented me from bringing an appropriate petition to both the late Queen Elizabeth II, The MOD, and The Awards Committee 2 times. The final petition lays out the evidence that in the words of Earle Howe were put as "Compelling".
In short, if the final petition is read in its full content, there can be no reason why Pte. William Tongs DCM should not be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, for his 9 acts of bravery undertaken on March 10th, March 12th, and May 9th. 1915, each act was deserving of the VC. He was mortally wounded on the 9th of May 1915 after saving many lives. Read the true story of William and how he died. The following pages were extracted from various accredited sources: - His Commanding Officer, the War Diaries-held-by the South Lanarkshire Museum, who are the Curators of his Regiment the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles in Scotland, also a Major Richard Oakley, Nurses, the Guernsey Star Newspaper, and fellow soldiers.
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My petition:
Suspend or revoke policy not to make retrospective award of medals.
We believe Tongs DCM should be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. Form W3372 “Graves Registration Burial Certificate”, of 05/08/1920, Certified Correct & Complete, where it states, Tongs was buried with insignia of the Victoria Cross by his name: 9786 Tongs VC Pte W. Died 12/05/1915.
Because the Government does not make retrospective awards, we cannot nominate Pte. Tongs for this honour. We believe this is unfair, and that retrospective nominations and awards should be allowed. This should not affect any future burden on the Government, As the order is over 100 years old.
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UK WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (yourwebsitespace.com)
we are unable to file a Government Petition to award Private W. Tongs the Victoria Cross until this Petition has been approved
9786 Private William Tongs, undertook 9 acts of bravery on the 10th of March and 12th of March, 1915. He was mortally wounded on the 9th act of bravery on the 9th of May and died on the 13th of May, 1915, and was buried at Merville Military Cemetery, France. On The UK War Graves Commission's burial records, the insignia next to his name was the Victoria Cross. See Page War Graves Commission, on this site. He never received it and through a number of unforeseen circumstances and his Commanding Officer who was injured on both days that Pvt. Tongs undertook 8 acts of bravery, he was mortally wounded on the last act of bravery on the 9th of May 1915 and fell through a bureaucratic gap, the purpose of this Petition is to revoke a Military Order in 1919 stopping any further medals from being issued posthumously in the First World War. Click below to see the letters from Maj. Campbell to Pte Tong's father in December 1915.
http://www.greatwarci.net/honour/guernsey/database/tongs-w-merville.htm
At the commencement of the battle, Major Carter-Campbell was second in command of the Battalion. The Commanding Officer of 2nd Scottish Rifles was Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. Bliss, who was killed in the early stages of the attack on 10th March, at which point Major Carter-Campbell assumed command. Major Carter-Campbell was wounded later that day but remained in command of the Battalion. He was wounded a second time in the afternoon of 12th March, at which point he relinquished command and retired to the Regimental Aid Post. Command of the battalion devolved to Second-Lieutenant Somervail, the only officer of the battalion not killed or wounded (other than the Quartermaster and Medical Officer), such were the enormous casualties suffered by the battalion.