For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has continuously shown the utmost dash and gallantry in attacking superior numbers of hostile machines. On one occasion he attacked twelve hostile scouts and succeeded in destroying one and driving down another.Flight Global, 26 July 1917, p. 753 Retrieved 27 February 2010.Supplement to the London Gazette, 18 July 1917, p. 7234 Retrieved 27 February 2010.
