BALLARD, Alfred Hunter
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Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
'Royal Naval Beach Commandos'
Service:
Royal Naval Reserve
Honours & Awards:
Lieutenant Alfred Ballard, RNBC 'A', was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy June 1944 [1][2].
- 22 December 1944 awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry, determination and devotion to duty in the assault and capture of the Island of Walcheren the previous month [3].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36794, page 5215.
[2] Beachhead Assault: The Story of the Royal Naval Commandos in World War II, author David Lee.
[3] London Gazette 36854, page 5879.
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