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Op HUSKY - Engineer Gallantry in Sicily

The degree to which the Royal Canadian Engineers contributed to the Sicilian Campaign can be measured by the degree to which they were recognized for bravery. The Canadian Press published an article covering the Sicilian campaign in September 1943 that highlights the gallantry of the Royal Canadian Engineers in particular. Click here to read the article, Sicilian Field Awards to Canadian Soldiers Made Public by Ottawa.
  • Part 1: Op HUSKY - The Battle for Sicily
  • Part 2: Fighting in the Hills
  • Part 3: The Role of the RCE
  • Part 4: Engineer Gallantry in Sicily
  • Part 5: Tributes to the Fallen
  • Lt George Eaton Atkinson, 4th Field Company, Military Cross

  • Sgt William John Brooks, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal

  • Sgt Henry Percy Chartres, 4th Field Company, Military Medal

  • Lt Neil Wallace Dickson, 3rd Field Company, Military Cross

  • Lt William Kenneth Heron, 1st Field Company, Military Cross

  • Spr Lloyd Alexander Johnston, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal

  • A/Sgt Robert Russell McPhee, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal

  • Spr Bernard O'Reilly, 4th Field Company, Military Medal

  • Maj John Marshall Robinson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire

  • Maj Kenneth James Southern, 3rd Field Company, Distinguished Service Order

  • Lt-Col Geoffrey Walsh, CBE, DSO, CD

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