Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

No. 3 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade, Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1942

Awarded for:

Operation Jubilee

Recommendation:
"This soldier showed himself to be thoroughly alert and resourceful in his job in the intelligence section. He discovered and reported the landing at (....).He found telephone wires leading to the battery and cut them.He particulary distinguished himself as one of the leading scouts during the advance through Berneval Village, and when the fighting started he was very much to the fore, being fortunately, an excellent rifle shot. By his work with a stripped Lewis gun when the LCP was lying close inshore and completely exposed, he helped to render the Germans fire erratic and comparitively ineffective."