Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

BOYD, Alfred Albert

British Empire Medal

BOYD, Alfred Albert, ERA 4/c, A-5361, RCNR, HMCS Brandon

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"For outstanding conscientious and cheerful devotion to duty during twenty-seven months service in HMCS Brandon (Corvette) and in particular, for courage and effective action with no regard for his personal safety in extinguishing an engine room fire, which, it had not been for his highly commendable effort, might have resulted in loss of the ship."