Category: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Categories: Canada, Military Decorations | Dieppe Raid, 1942

The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service from September 3, 1939, to March 1, 1947. The medal was established on October 22, 1943.

The medal is circular, made of silver (.925 fine silver), 1.42 inches (36 mm) in diameter. The obverse depicts seven marching figures, representing men and women of the army, air force, navy and nursing service. Around the rim is the inscription 1939 CANADA 1945 VOLUNTARY SERVICE VOLONTAIRE. The reverse shows the coat of arms of Canada. The medal is linked to a straight suspender by a small ring passing through a small fixed ring at the top of the medal. It is suspended from a 1.25 inches (32 mm) wide with a royal blue centre 0.5 inches (13 mm) flanked by two equal stripes of scarlet and dark green, the dark green being on the edges.

There were 1,183,000 eligible, with 650,000 medals and 525,500 bars awarded.

Overseas Bar
A silver bar with a maple leaf at its centre is awarded for 60 days service outside Canada; Newfoundland counted as outside Canada. A silver maple leaf is worn on the ribbon in undress.

Dieppe Bar
The Dieppe Bar is awarded to those who participated in the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942. The bar bears the word DIEPPE in relief on a pebbled background, on top of the bars is an anchor surmounted by an eagle and a Thompson sub-machine gun.

Hong Kong Bar
The Hong Kong Bar is awarded to those involved in the Battle of Hong Kong during the period 0f December 8—25, 1941.

Bomber Command Bar
The Bomber Command Bar was announced to honour those who served in Bomber Command during World War II by Minister of Veterans Affairs Steven Blaney and National Defence Minister Peter MacKay on June 25, 2012.[6] This bar is awarded for minimum one day service with Bomber Command. On April 15, 2013, the design of the bar was unveiled. The bar is silver with a depiction of a four engined World War II era bomber in the center, superimposed on a pebbled back ground. The first bars were presented on August 26, 2013, by Minister of Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino in a ceremony at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. Bomber Command Veterans, their families, and families of deceased veterans entitled to the bar were in attendance.

The ribbon was issued during the war; the medal after the war.

See:

• Wikipedia:Canadian_Volunteer_Service_Medal

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A

Harry Andrews 17 May 1913 St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada - 28 Mar 1993

James Auchterlonie 07 Dec 1924 Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - 13 Apr 1945

B

Colin Barron 20 Sep 1893 Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Aug 1958

Aeneas Bell-Irving 03 May 1898 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 20 Nov 1966

Leonard Birchall 06 Jul 1915 St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada - 10 Sep 2004

Benjamin Bird 27 May 1912 Tiger Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada - 11 Sep 1944

Lester Braaten 06 Apr 1923 Upham, McHenry, North Dakota, United States - 08 Aug 1944

C

Percival Clarke 01 Nov 1920 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - 29 Aug 1944

Hugh Cooper 23 Jul 1903 Hamilton, Bermuda - 23 Feb 1991

Albert Courtney 09 May 1921 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada - 08 Jun 1944

D

Melvin Dowswell 05 Jan 1914 Franklin, Manitoba, Canada - abt 22 Dec 1941

E

Ronald Estey 27 Nov 1918 Lakeville, Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 30 Aug 1990

G

William Geddes 27 Feb 1923 Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada - 29 May 1944

Robert Gray 02 Nov 1917 Trail, Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada - 09 Aug 1945

H

James Hamilton 17 May 1924 Ceylon, The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada - 12 Apr 1952

Hanford Hathaway 13 Jun 1925 Everett, Lorne, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada - 27 Jan 2012

James Hathaway 20 Jul 1923 Blue Mountain Bend, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada - 18 Feb 1986

James Holmes 27 Nov 1922 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada - 18 Sep 1999

Charles Hyderman 12 Aug 1917 Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada - 14 Mar 2010

Howard Hyderman 03 Jul 1925 Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada - 28 Oct 1944

J

Rene Jalbert 20 Feb 1921 - 21 Jan 1996

M

John McGregor 22 Jul 1920 Carnew, County Down, Ireland - 27 Feb 1945

Pierce McKennon 30 Nov 1919 Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States - 18 Jun 1947

M cont.

Lewis Millett 15 Dec 1920 Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin, ME USA - 14 Nov 2009

Robert Montgomery 02 Sep 1915 Coldstream, Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 23 Sep 2008

William Moore 01 Oct 1901 Belfast, Ireland - 16 Nov 1964

O

Douglas Orser 15 Jun 1918 Copper Cliff, Greater Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada - 25 Jul 1944

P

John Philip 23 Apr 1914 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 08 Aug 1944

Thomas Prince 25 Oct 1915 Petersfield, Manitoba, Canada - 25 Nov 1977

R

Charles Robertson 05 Feb 1902 Partick, Lanark, Scotland - 15 Nov 1944

S

William Sullivan 18 Apr 1909 Dunbarton, Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada - 25 Aug 1971

W

William Weaver 15 Apr 1900 Colfax, Richland, North Dakota, United States - 29 Aug 1960

Philip Anthony Weisgerber 10 Jul 1914 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - 22 Dec 1943

Y

John Young 05 Nov 1923 Kamsack, Cote No. 271, Saskatchewan, Canada - 31 Jul 2015

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