Royal Artillery.

Awarded the Military Medal in the Supplement to the London Gazette of 30 December 1941 (page 7337).

Mentioned in Despatches in the Supplement to the London Gazette of 30 December 1941 (page 7343).

The heading for his Mention in Despatches reads: -

"In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East between February and July 1941".

The recommendation for his Military Medal reads: -

"This Bombardier was layer for his gun and fired continuously under heavy fire. When another sub-section had its Sergeant and Bombardier killed by machine gun fire, this Bombardier was put in charge of the sub-section. He pulled them together and commanded them with courage and confidence. In his capacity as layer it is certain he brought one plane down and scored hits on several others."