Lance Sergeant James Crowe was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Arakan Burma on the 23rd November 1944.

At Hinthaya on 23 November 1944 L/Sgt Crowe was commanding a sub-section in action for the first time in an attack on strongly held enemy positions.
His tasks were to secure identifications and take a prisoner. When a hand grenade was thrown into an enemy trench and appeared to have disabled the occupants, this NCO rushed forward and pulled out one Japanese who died almost instantly, another had been temporarily stunned. L/Sgt Crowe tackled him and after a hard struggle secured him with the the aid of two of his men, preventing him from committing suicide. During this engagement he was under constant fire from enemy machine guns and well concealed snipers.
His coolness and determination in carrying out his tasks were an inspiring example to his sub-section and resulted in the capturing of a prisoner who was in excellent physical condition and has given valuable information.