- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Coastguard
- Unit:
- H.M. Coastguard Station Oxwich, H.M. Coastguard
- Awarded on:
- October 16th, 1941
"For showing great courage by swimming in the high seas and at the risk of his own life to help save the shipwrecked people of the Dutch s / b “Witte Zee”. He was in charge of this operation."
Royal Decree no. 6