Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

1st Battalion Border Regiment, British Army

Awarded on:

February 20th, 1945

Awarded for:

Operation Market Garden

"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 22 and 23 September 1944, during the battle of Arnhem, Belgium. Major Breeze, with a scratch force of one platoon of the Border Regiment, forty parachutists and thirty-five other soldiers, went to the southern flank of a brigade sector with orders to stabilize the position and to be prepared to counter-attack the enemy. Upon reaching the area, the small force was subjected to intense enemy mortar and artillery fire which caused heavy casualties. The situation was critical, but Major Breeze immediately asserted his authority, and by his own personal bearing and gallantry soothed the remainder of the force and established control of the situation."

Headquarters: European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 18

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Awarded on:

October 17th, 1946