Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

SHILSTON, George

Member - Order of the British Empire

SHILSTON, George, A/Lieutenant-Commander , RCN

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"This Officer has served a combined period of thirty-five years in the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy as a Torpedo Specialist. His organizing and technical ability and the keenness with which he has carried out his duties throughout his career in the RCN have been instrumental, in the pre-war period, in improving the efficiency of the Torpedo Branch, and in maintaining the efficiency of a greatly expanded service in the war."