Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

No.14 Platoon, "C" Company, The Calgary Highlanders, 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army

Awarded on:

December 8th, 1945

Recommendation:
On Sunday, the 1st of April 1945, at approximately 1300 hours, "C" Company passed through "D" Company to continue the attack against the enemy in Doetinchem, Holland. Thirteen platoon was pinned down in a crawl trench by heavy machine gun and mortar fire. Fourteen platoon was ordered to carry on to the right and work into a position to fire thirteen platoon onto their objective.
Number 5 section, led by Corporal Sherring rounded the first corner and was fired on from an orchard about 300 yards away. With great daring and utter disregard for his own life, he led his section from building to building, clearing them as he advanced and brought out several prisoners. Although fired on continuously from the orchard, Corporal Sherring led his section one hundred yards to a cross-roads. He crossed the road alone and cleared one building to establish a foothold for his section. As his section took up positions in the house, they were fired on from a building about two hundred yards to the left. Corporal Sherring, with one man, set out and cleared the building, then directed the remaining two sections into good fire positions. While the platoon commander directed fire onto the machine gun post, in the orchard, Corporal Sherring led his section around to the left and cleared the machine gun post.
Due to the cool and daring leadership of this Non-Commissioned Officer, fourteen platoon was able to get into a good fire position and thus aid the remainder of the company on to its objective with very few casualties.

Royal Decree no. 2 of 8 December 1945.