Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Second-Lieutenant

Unit:

2nd Bomb Disposal Group, British Army

Awarded on:

March 11th, 1941

Awarded for an incident at Bexley Mental Institution, Kent on the 18th October 1940. A large bomb had fallen into the Boiler House at the Bexley Mental Institution. Lieutenant Ford was tasked for the job. The bomb was located in the flue, the temperature was in excess of 100 degrees F, (38 deg C) and the area was polluted with gas, making conditions difficult to work in. Ford however, displaying great courage and fortitude, managed to render the bomb safe and arranged for its removal.

Published in The London Gazette dated 11th March 1941.