Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

RIDGE, Samuel Archibald

Distinguished Service Medal

RIDGE, Samuel Archibald, PO, 2226, RCN

Issued: 11-Mar-1941, London Gazette

"For courage and enterprise in action against enemy submarines."

Mentioned in Despatches

RIDGE, Samuel Archibald, CPO, 2226, RCN

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."