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9 August 1940
Admiralty certificate
What it was for
“For bravery and continued devotion to duty in combatting enemy aircraft”
The words sent to his parents, as printed in the Calgary Herald, 29 August 1940.
The Admiralty certificate of a Mention in Despatches, published in the London Gazette on this date.
(no salutation)
(1) First
By the Kings Order, the name of
Lieutenant (A)
William Wallace Haig Martyn
ROYAL NAVY
Was published in the LONDON Gazette
as mention in a Dispatch for distinguished service
I am charged to record
HIS Majesty's high appreciation.
sgd A. V. Alexander
Fist Lord of the Admiralty