Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

HESLAM, Richard Murray

Mentioned in Despatches

HESLAM, Richard Murray, Lt, RCNVR, HMCS Haida

Issued: 9-Sep-1944, Canada Gazette

"For leadership, resolution and skill in H.M. Ships Black Prince and Ashanti and H.M. Canadian Ships Athabaskan, Haida and Huron in a successful action with enemy destroyers in the English Channel."

Distinguished Service Cross

HESLAM, Richard Murray, Lt , RCNVR, HMCS Haida

Issued: 20-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"For courage and determination in H.M. Ships Albright, Ashanti, Bellona, Diadem, Mauritius, Onslow, Tartar and Ursa and H.M. Canadian Ships Assiniboine, Haida, Iroquois, Qu'Appelle, Restigouche and Skeena, in a series of successful attacks on enemy escorted convoys off the coast of France."