'C' FORCE - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
Book titled 'C' Force Decorations, Medals, Awards and Honours is now available. See note below
Abbreviation Regiment Regt Number Rank Last Name First Name Second Names Decoration Reference
VC 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6008 WO II OSBORN John Robert 37, 38, 125
DSO 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Maj BISHOP Wells Arnold 37, 38, 123
DSO 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Maj HODKINSON Ernest   37, 38, 123
OBE 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Maj PRICE John Herbert 39, 40, 124
MBE Canadian Auxiliary Services   Sup PORTEOUS George   39, 40, 124
MBE The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Capt BANFILL Stanley Martin 39, 40, 124
MBE The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Maj CRAWFORD John Neilson Brown 39, 40, 124
MBE The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Lieut REID John Anthony Gibson 39, 40, 124
MBE 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Capt LEBOUTILLIER William Percy Cecil 39, 40, 124
MBE 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30180 Sgt SHEPHERD Harold Barlow 39, 40, 124
MC Canadian Chaplains Service   Hcapt LAITE Uriah   37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Capt ATKINSON Frederick Temple 37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut BLAVER Collison Alexander 37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut POWER Francis Gaven 37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Lieut BLACKWOOD Thomas Alexander 37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Lieut NUGENT William Francis 37, 38, 123
MC 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Lieut PHILIP Robert William 37, 38, 123
ARRC The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Lieut CHRISTIE Katherine Georgina 41, 42, 122
ARRC The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Lieut WATERS Ann May 41, 42, 122
DCM Canadian Postal Corps C97586 Sgt CLARK Charles Albert 39, 40, 124
DCM The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals P7541 Cpl ROUTLEDGE Ronald John 39, 40, 124
DCM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29812 SSgt STANDISH Colin Alden 37, 38, 123
DCM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6235 Pte RIX Derek Everard 37, 38, 123
MM The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals K83926 Sgm SPELLER Lionel Curtis 37, 38, 123
MM The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps C92078 Pte CAMERON Kenneth Stanley 39, 40, 124
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30245 Rfm BENNETT Ernest Irwin 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30269 Sgt BERNARD Emile Gregorie 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E21892 LSgt GOODENOUGH Murray Thomas 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30144 Sgt STODDARD Seldon Grant 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada B24237 Rfm VARLEY John Leslie 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30021 SSgt WRIGHT Stanley Walter 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6905 Pte ATKINSON Ronald Edward 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6132 Pte MORRIS William Henry 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H20683 Pte PRICE Meirion   37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6048 LSgt WHALEN Cecil Thomas 37, 38, 123
MM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6436 Pte WILLIAMSON Gordon Edward 37, 38, 123
BEM The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals K80593 Sgm SQUIRES Arthur Raymond 39, 40, 124
BEM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H26072 Pte KERR Reginald Alexander 39, 40, 124
BEM 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6620 Pte MORGAN Francis John 39, 40, 124
DM 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Sgt GANDER (attached)   121
MiD Canadian Auxiliary Services   Sup O'NEILL Francis Gregory 39, 40, 124
MiD Canadian Chaplains Service   Hcapt DELOUGHERY Francis Joseph 39, 40, 124
MiD Canadian Dental Corps D110142 Sgt COTE Renaud   39, 40, 124
MiD The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps   Lieut GRAY Gordon Cameron 39, 40, 124
MiD The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals D3385 Sgm DAMANT Robert   37, 38, 123
MiD The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals K35468 Cpl SHARP Charles John 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut BRADLEY William Barker 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada C5842 Rfm BURNS John Francis 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30659 Rfm CASTONGUAY Bernard   37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30161 Rfm CLARICOATES Ronald   39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30077 Rfm DAVIES Morgan Isaac 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30547 Sgt D'AVIGNON Maurice   37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30285 Rfm DOIRON Marcel Joseph Jean-Marie 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30730 Rfm DROVER Archibald Frederick 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E21822 Cpl FITZPATRICK John Joseph 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29957 LCpl HARRISON Edwin E 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29919 Rfm HENDERSON Stewart Derrill 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30520 Rfm KELLY Frederick Joseph 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30092 Cpl LATIMER Lorne Rayburn 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Maj MACAULAY Malcolm Thomas Gordon 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada A9220 Sgt MACDONELL George Stuart 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut MACMILLAN Angus Archibald 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30053 Cpl MACRAE Allan Howard 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29838 LSgt MCCARRON Joseph Maurice 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29951 Cpl MCRAE George William 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30271 Rfm POIRIER Joseph Patrick 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada F40323 Rfm ROBLEE Lloyd Logan 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut ROSS James Forsyth 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada   Lieut SCOTT Arthur Beresford 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29809 WO I SHORE Leslie Walter 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E30270 Sgt STICKLES Leslie Robert 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada E29806 SSgt THOMSON John Brown 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada F29945 Rfm WALLACE James Austin 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada C6352 Rfm WURM Gilbert Albert 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6294 Pte ADAMS John Henry 43
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6700 LCpl BERZENSKI George   43
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6851 Pte BROWN Frank   37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Lieut CORRIGAN Leonard Bertram 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6198 Cpl COUTTS George Lount 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Lieut DUNDERDALE John Edward 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6771 Pte ELLIS Percy John 43
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers K85488 Pte FLEGG Aubrey Peacock 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6186 Pte GALBRAITH Nelson Carlyle 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers   Maj HOOK Henry William 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6643 Pte JOHNSON Alfred Stanley 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6001 WO I KEENAN Oscar Charles 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6899 Pte KOHUT Basil   39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6027 Sgt MANCHESTER Robert   39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6736 Pte MATHESON John Cameron 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6044 Pte MATTHEWS Norman Charles 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6167 Sgt MAWSON Alfred Erle Eden 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6838 Pte MCFARLAND Ernest Charles 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6863 Pte MCKNIGHT Melville Garnet 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6016 Sgt PAYNE John Oliver 43
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6118 Sgt PORTER Kenneth Edward 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6341 Pte SHEFFER Sidney Albert 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6101 LCpl SMITH Edwin George 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6104 Pte THOM James Murray 37, 38, 123
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6026 LCpl VEALE Richard Frederick 39, 40, 124
MiD 1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers H6090 LSgt WATSON Charles   37, 38, 123
REFERENCES:
37. Canadian Gazette, King's Printer, Ottawa, Canada, 46 Apr 06, No. 14, Vol. 80, p. 2066
38. Canadian Army Routine Orders 6522, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada, 46 Apr 18
39. Canadian Gazette, King's Printer, Ottawa, Canada, 46 Apr 06, No. 24, Vol. 80, p. 3849
40. Canadian Army Routine Orders 6632, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada, 46 Jun 17
41. Canada Gazette, King's Printer, Ottawa, Canada, 44 Jun 10, No. 10, Vol. 78, p.2404
42. Canadian Army Routine Orders 4568, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada, 44 Jun 09
43. London Gazette, King's Printer, 48 Feb 20, No. 38212, p. 1175
121. PDSA, website: http://www.pdsa.org.uk/page309.html
122. London Gazette, King's Printer, 44 Jun 08, No. 36545, p. 2659
123. London Gazette, King's Printer, 46 Apr 11, No. 37528, p. 1837
124. London Gazette, King's Printer, 46 Jul 25, No. 37664, p. 3825-26
125. London Gazette, King's Printer, 46 Apr 02, No. 37517, p. 1617
Source of Information on the decorations awarded to 'C' Force personnel and requirements for awarding.
Abbreviation Name of Award References
VC Victoria Cross 1(p.45)
DSO Distinguished Service Order 1(p.68)
OBE Officer of The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire 1(p.62)
MBE Member of The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire 1(p.62)
MC Military Cross 1(p.72)
ARRC Associate of The Royal Red Cross 1(p.70)
DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal 1(p.80)
MM Military Medal 1(p.83)
BEM British Empire Medal 1(p.66)
DM Dickin Medal 2
MiD Mention-in-Despatches
REFERENCES:
1. Ribbons and Medals, Captain H. Taprell Dorling, George Philip & Son Ltd., London, 1974
2. Society for The Protection of Animals
Book: 'C' Force Decorations, Medals, Awards and Honours
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It is dedicated to the men and women of 'C' Force who displayed outstanding courage, tenacity and valour during the Battle for Hong Kong as well as their trials and tribulations while prisoners of war of the Japanese. Their actions are among the finest in the long tradition of Canada's soldiers. The book contains the citations and other honours for those soldiers so honoured.