Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Warrant Officer

Unit:

Section N, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government

Awarded on:

December 29th, 1953

Recommendation:
He has distinguished himself by courageous conduct in the face of the enemy as a radio operator, having been a crew member of a British bomber which had to make an emergency landing on the IJsselmeer as a result of enemy action. After reaching the Frisian coast, he went into hiding and subsequently he joined a number of agents, working in Friesland who were members of a secret Dutch intellingence service located in London. He has operated the radio equipment voluntarily and under trying circumstances until Friesland was liberated in April 1945.

Royal Degree No. 16 on 10 May 1952.