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Distinguished Service Medal

BROWN, Robert William, Leading Stoker, A-1637 , RCNR, Dieppe LCP

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"This rating, who was employed aboard a landing craft in the Dieppe raid in August 1942, though seriously wounded himself, removed the Coxswain and the other wounded single-handed to a space amidships. He then took the wheel until the craft reached shore and the troops were landed. During this time, the craft received more hits, being a sitting target for the German machine gunners on the cliffs above. Brown, instead of making for cover under the cliff, remained in the boat looking after the wounded and dying, and as well as this, he repaired the ignition leads and the engine. During the whole time he remained with no cover at all, under incessant fire until the beach surrendered several hours later, at which time he was taken prisoner."