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Royal Humane Society Medal (Bronze Medal for Saving Life at Sea)

WILLIAMS, Frank Robert, Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR, HMCS Alberni

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, London Gazette

Citation unknown.

Note: Williams, a former football player and a strong swimmer, was credited with saving several lives including those of Donald Wood, the Ship's Writer and Ian Bell, who was dazed by the suddenness of the ship's destruction. (Page 176 of "The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945") Reference: Blatherwick.com