Decorations Awarded to
Members of the 94th Battalion
Military Medal Distinguished conduct Medal Military Cross
Croix de Guerre Mentioned in Dispatches Cross of the Order of St George
(France) 4th Class (Russia)
Information is
from
1. Canadian Foreign Awards, Awards to Nursing Service, Mentioned in
Despatches, World War 1 1914 - 1919. By Jim Wallace.
2. The Distinguished Conduct Medal Awarded to Members of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1920. By David K. Riddle and Donald G. Mitchell
3.The Military Medal Awarded to Members of the Canadian Expeditionary
Force 1914 - 1920. By David K. Riddle and Donald G. Mitchell. There are no
citations for the Military Medal because of the difficulties in finding them.
They can be found in the individual unit records.
4.The records of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Name
Number Rank
Unit
Award
Alcock, H.W. 198267 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
Belanger, O.
198952 Corporal 5th
Btln
Military Medal
Bell
, A. 198507 Private
8th Btln
Military Medal
Brooks. W.W. 198176 Private
5th Btln
Military Medal
Butler
, J. 198776 Private
46th Btln
Military Medal
Cauldwell, H.
Captain
Gen List
Military Cross
Remarks:- No citation,
1918 New Years list.
Collings, W.F.
199074 Private
28th Btln
Military Medal
Currie, R
199201 Corporal 16th
Btln
Military Medal
DeLaronde, J. 199012 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
Dennis, R
198335 Private
46th Btln
Military Medal and Bar
Desmarais, R. 199021 Sergeant 25th
Btln
Military Medal and Bar
Dion, J.A.
198882 L
Corporal 43rd
Btln
Military Medal
Earnshaw, C.T. 199057 Private
46th Btln
Military Medal
Elmer, R.
198259 Private
16th Btln
Military Medal
France, D.
198145 Private
3rd Btln
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Remarks:- while one of a
raiding party. He rushed an enemy machine gun, killing three of the enemy with
his revolver and captured the machine gun. Throughout he set a fine example of
courage and determination
Ganton
199486 Private
15th Btln
Military Medal
Godchere, T 199199 Corporal 102nd
Btln, Military Medal
Remarks Posthumously
awarded in recognition of his gallant conduct at Vimy Ridge.
Gibson, J.J.
198987 Sergeant 42nd
Btln Military
Medal
Name
Number Rank
Unit
Award
Hamm
, P. 198505 Corporal 52nd
Btln Military
Medal
Harcourt, F.Y.
Captain
Engineers Mentioned in Dispatches
Hedge, D.
198932 Corporal 28th
Btln
Mentioned in Dispatches
Hymers, E.W.
198743 L Corporal Unknown
Military Medal
Irving, R.
198232 L
Sergeant 46th Btln
Military Medal and Bar
Jenkinson, J.E.
Captain
20th Btln
Mentioned in Dispatches
King, M.
198166 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
Remarks:- Records show Private King as being a member of the
British Columbia Regiment, but they do not indicate what Battalion he was with.
Labelle, D.
199279 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
Lindsell, P.H.
198556 Corporal 28th
Btln
Military Medal
Lindsell, P.H.
198556 Corporal 28th
Btln
Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Remarks:- For conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty. When an enemy machine gun opened fire on
advancing troops, he rushed the position through our barrage and captured the
machine gun and fourteen prisoners, one of whom was an officer. By his splendid
courage and resources he prevented many casualties and enabled the advance to
continue.
Linklater,
Little,
Lutes, B.
198035 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
MacEwen, H.B.
Captain
CAMC
Remarks:- Attached to the
5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion
to duty near Monchy from 26th to 28th August, 1918. He kept in close touch with
the battalion in the advance, attending to the wounded under heavy shellfire. He
worked continuously, mostly in the open for 36 hours and was largely responsible
for the small number of killed in the unit.
Mack, S.
198360 L
Sergeant Unknown
Military Medal
Name
Number Rank
Unit
Award
McDonald, D.R. 198774
Private
5th Btln
Military Medal
McDonald, J.D. 198277 Gunner Cdn Garrison Artillery
McGrath, J.
198152 Private
52nd Btln
Military Medal
McKay, J.S. 198876 Private
43rd Btln
Military Medal
McKie., A.
198418 Sergeant 46th
Btln
Military Medal
McLeod, J.W. 199294 L Sergeant 46th Btln
Military Medal
Mitchell, W. 198708 Corporal 5th
Btln
Military Medal
Moore, F.
198284 Private
5th Btln
Military Medal
Neelan, R.H.
Lt Colonel 20th
Btln
Mentioned in Dispatches
Nelson, H.A.
Lieutenant 20th
Btln
Mentioned in Dispatches
Page, W.
198868 L
Corporal Unknown
Croix de Guere
Remarks:- Records show L
Cpl Page as being a member of the Manitoba Regiment, but do not give his
Battalion.
Reid, W.T.
198638 Private
56th Btln
Military Medal and Bar
Sargent, G.
199112 L
Corporal 46th
Btln
Military Medal
Sauerbrei N. 198960 L Corporal Unknown
Military Medal
Remarks:- Records show L
Cpl Sauerbrei as being a member of the Saskatchewan Regiment, but they do not
indicate what Battalion he was with.
Shaw, R.
199182 Sergeant 5th
Btln
Military Medal and Bar
Sinclair, G.M. 198200 Private
Unknown
Military Medal and Bar
Smith D.
198776 Sergeant 43rd Btln Distinguished Conduct Medal
Remarks:- For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty
throughout 40 hours of continuous fighting on the 27th and 28th of August, 1918,
near Vis-en-Artois, involving two attacks and repeated enemy counter attacks. He
was in the thick of the fighting, accounting for five of the enemy and setting a
fine aggressive example for his men.
Smith D.
198776 Sergeant 43rd
Btln
Bar to the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Remarks:- In the attack
through Tilloy on the 1st October 1918 he single handed captured an enemy
machine gun crew of seven men and getting the gun in action inflicted many
casualties on the enemy. Later he took charge of two platoons after they had
lost their officers and by his gallant leadership enabled them to take their
objectives and consolidate their positions. When the enemy succeeded in
penetrating one post he single handed drove them out, killing five and taking seven prisoners. He showed
splendid gallantry and initiative
Name
Number Rank
Unit
Award
Stephenson, H. 199333 Private
Unknown
Military Medal and Bar
Taylor, F. 198165 L
Corporal PPCLI
Military Medal
Vincent, L.J. 199142 Private
Unknown
Cross of the Order of St
George
Remarks:- Records show
Pvt Vincet as being in the Infantry, but do not specify his unit. This medal was
awarded by the Russian Government on 14 Jan, 1918, just prior to the Bolshevik
Revolution.
Watson, A.
198167 Sergeant 16th
Btln
Military Medal
Wild, H.
198739 Private
Unknown
Military Medal
Wood, A.C. 199183 Sergeant Unknown
Military Medal