Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

NEWTON, William Harold

British Empire Medal

NEWTON, William Harold, Stoker PO, A-4114, RCNR, HMCS Assiniboine

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For conspicuous devotion to duty and complete disregard for his personal safety in fighting and successfully overcoming fire in the boiler room of HMCS Assiniboine while on passage from Quebec to St. John's, Newfoundland in July 1945."