Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

HOUGHTON, Frank Llewellyn

Commander - Order of the British Empire

HOUGHTON, Frank Llewellyn, Captain, RCN

Issued: 16-Jun-1945, Canada Gazette

"Captain Houghton served with patient diligence and tact as the Senior Naval Officer Overseas, and more recently as Head of the Canadian Naval Mission Overseas. In this position he became Senior Liaison Officer between the Board of Admiralty, London, and the Canadian Naval Board, Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa, which position involved particularly onerous duties in connection with the first landing in France on 'D-Day', the preparations leading up to it, and subsequent operations up to the present day."