Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

HALLIDAY, William Charles

Officer - Order of the British Empire

HALLIDAY, William Charles, Cdr, RCNR, HMCS Kamsack

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"This Officer has served at sea in command of His Majesty's Canadian Ships for the past two and a half years, as Senior Officer of the 16th Escort Group (Frigates) in Eastern Canadian and British Home waters. Since the Spring of 1944, he has maintained a notably high standard of efficiency in the ships of his group. Commander Halliday has set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty which has been in keeping with the traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy."