Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

TEASDALE, Richard Robinson

Officer - Order of the British Empire

TEASDALE, Richard Robinson, Cdr (L), RCN

Issued: 15-Jun-1946, Canada Gazette

"Commander Teasdale joined the Royal Canadian Navy in July 1940 and from the 8th August of that year has been on the staff of Naval Service Headquarters. He carried an extremely heavy responsibility in supervising the Electrical manufacturing and shipbuilding programme necessary for the electrical installations of the Royal Canadian Naval Shipbuilding Programme during the war. For two years he carried out this responsibility almost single-handed with untiring effort and zeal. As Assistant Director of Electrical Engineering, he has done valuable work in building up the Directorate of Electrical Engineering."