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LEGION OF MERIT - DEGREE of COMMANDER (USA)

BEECH, William James Robert, Commodore, RCN, CO Pacific

Issued: 3-Aug-1946, Canada Gazette

"For outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1940 to September 1943. As Commanding Officer Pacific Coast, commanding the forces of the Royal Canadian Navy stationed on the West Coast of Canada, Commodore Beech was untiring in his efforts to strengthen the ties of friendship and co-operation between the Navies of Canada and the United States and to assist the United States Naval Commanders in every possible way."