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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Maj. Ralph Edward Balders, M.C.
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - R.E. Balders
Lieut. R.E. Balders (1912)
Capt. R.E. Balders (1918)
Service:
- Graduate Sandhurst 1906
- Transport Officers Certificate A.S.C. Aldershot 1909
- Signaling Instructors Certificate, Aldershot School of Signaling 1910
- 2nd Lieut 2nd Bn Lincolnshires 4 May 1907 - 28 May 1911
- Regimental Service, The R.C.R.; 1911 - 1930
- Joined The RCR 25 Nov 1911
- First World War - Wounded. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. M.C.
- Capt, The RCR, 26 Jun 1915
- Attached 5th Cdn Res Bde Staff as Understudy to Bde Major - Apr - May 1917
- Lecturer Trench Warfare & Tactics, C.W.S. May 1916 - March 1917
- Rejoined The RCR 23 Aug 1917
- Wounded in Action 24 Aug 1918 (S.W. head)
- Rejoined from C.C.S. 31 Aug 1917
- Appointed Signal Officer 26 Sep 1917
- Granted 14 leave to U.K. 11 Nov - 3 Dec 1917
- 2IC Bn. 10 Jun - 8 Nov 1918
- Awarded M.C.
M.C. Citation: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 FEBRUARY, 1919; 31 January 1919, Issue number: 31158, Page number: 1705
Capt. Ralph Edward Balders, Royal Canadian Reg., Nova Scotia Reg. - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack on Bois de Gart on 26th August, 1918. When the attack was held up he went through intense enemy fire to the front line to ascertain the situation, and returned to battalion headquarters with information causing the reserve company to be sent to fill a gap in time to meet an enemy counter-attack. On 28th, in answer to an urgent call for reinforcements, he saved a critical situation with his two companies on Artillery Hill, where the enemy was heavily attacking. He did excellent work.
Date of Birth - 30 Oct 1888