Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

PAYNE, William Harold

Commendation - Commander-in-Chief Plymouth

PAYNE, William Harold, Able Seaman, V-53846, RCNVR, HMCS Ville de Quebec

Issued: 2Jul-45, London Gazette

"For the exceptionally efficient operation of the radar installation in HMCS Ville de Quebec in very poor radar conditions. The good work performed by this Rating enabled his Commanding Officer to alter the courses of two convoys and thus avert an imminent collision at night when visibility was nil."