Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lance-Sergeant

Unit:

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

Awarded on:

January 27th, 1944

Owing to the fact tha t the Signal Officer had been wounded in a previous action.L/Sgt Lewis was in chareg of the section during the action at Termoli, 3rd to 6th October 1943.Throughout the 4th to 5th and 6th October, during which the Unit maintained its position, he constantly visited all troops.With complete contempt for danger he personally laid a line to the two flank troops in order to conserve wireless batteries.In order to do this he had to cover 1 mile of ground which was being constantly machine gunned mortared and shelled. The Signal communications was excellent throughout and the morale of the Signallers was of the highest order. This was very largely due to the example set by L/Sgt Lewis.