Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Corporal

Unit:

No. 7 Platoon, "B" Company, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army

Awarded on:

December 21st, 1944

Recommendation:
On the night of 4/5 July 1944, at Map Reference 972695 Sheet 7 F/1 (France) during a heavy enemy infantry and tank counter-attack on our positions on the northern edge of Carpiquet, Corporal Massey, a No 1 Gunner of 7 Platoon, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) kept his gun going under heavy enemy machine gun and 75-mm fire. The gunner on the adjacent gun was wounded so Private Massey took over that gun too, and for some time with the help of two ammunition numbers, kept both guns in action, by running back and forth between the two guns over ground covered by heavy enemy fire. The count of enemy dead next morning, in front of the position, was over 100.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 December, 1944.