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Rule, Eric

Date of birth:
February 23rd, 1922
Date of death:
August 1st, 2005
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Service number: B.57381.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Staff-Sergeant
Unit:
30th Canadian L.A.A. Battery, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1944
BEM awarded in the field by Field Marshall Sir B.L. Montgomery. Later reawarded by King George VI at Buckingham Palace.
BEM awarded for gallantry when 30th Bty headquarters was destroyed at Caen.



Published in The London Gazette dated 10th November 1944.
British Empire Medal (BEM & EGM)

Sources

  • - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday 7th November 1944, Issue 36786, dated Friday 10th November 1944
    - Regimental Histroy of the 6th Canadian L.A.A. Regiment

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