Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit:

47th Royal Marine Commandos, British Army

Awarded on:

September 27th, 1945

"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 2 and 3 November 1944. During the fighting on the Island of Walcheren, Lieutenant Vincent, commanding the leading troops of the 47th Royal Marine Commandos, was faced with ferocious enemy resistance in the area of an antitank ditch. Disdainful of danger, Lieutenant Vincent went forward to reconnoiter the enemy position, and though painfully wounded, led a successful attack against then obstacle, refusing to be evacuated until the situation was in hand."

Headquarters: European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 271