Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

HITCHIN, Edward

British Empire Medal

HITCHIN, Edward, LS, V-7800, RCNVR, HMCS Georgian

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For rescuing Jack Ward Haywood, Ordinary Seaman, V-17438, from the waters of Halifax harbour in the morning of 26 June 1942."