Sergeant William White was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service in the combined attack on Dieppe. At that time he was a Lance Corporal in a No 3 Commando 3" mortar detachment and was wounded during the engagement [1][2]. He died in July 1956 after a long illness [3].

18/19th August, 1942, Yellow 2, Dieppe.

Throughout the early part of the raid this N.C.O. handled his mortar detachment very well as rifleman. Towards the end of the action he was wounded by an anti-personnel mine on the beach and although suffering considerable pain, he got his 3" mortar into action directly afterwards and fired all the ammunition into the enemy battery before retiring. He succeeded in getting his mortar to the L.C.P. despite small arms fire from the cliffs at about 300 yards.