Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur

Le Consul Honoraire
de France

October 28, 2014: France honours 15 Canadian WWII Veterans by awarding them the rank of Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.

In the name of the Président de la République Française, le Consul Général de France, Mr. Vincent Hommeril, awarded the following honorees the rank of Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur:

George William Adams
Frank Britten
Guy Frederick Burell
Dr. Frederick Hulleem George
Irvin Leslie Green
Harold Joseph Henneberry
Dillwyn Victor Inkpen
Philipp Nicholas MacGillivray
Joseph Reginald Martin
Harold Hubert Melanson
Robert Ness
Arthur Lionel Pottle
Jim Renshaw
Roy Joseph Russell
Dennis Sullivan

This distinction illustrates the profound gratitude that France wanted to express to them. It was awarded in recognition of their involvement of the liberation of France and the rest of Europe. Through them, France remembers the sacrifice of all of their compatriots who came to liberate French soil. Thank you so very much; France will never forget.

Mr. Vincent Hommeril, Consul Général de France, cutting the cake with WWII Veteran Dillwyn Victor Inkpen.

WWII Veteran Phillipp Nicholas MacGillivray, his family, Dr. Thierry Chopin, Consul Honoraire de France, and Mr. Vincent Hommeril, Consul Général de France.

French National Order of the Legion of Honour given to N.B. vets, on CBC News, on October 28, 2014.

Audio-interview of Dr. Frederick Hulleem George, on CBC Information Morning, on October 29, 2014.

France honours N.B. veterans, on CBC News, on October 29, 2014.

Veterans receive honour from French government, in the Telegraph Journal, on October 29, 2014.PDF

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October 28, 2014: France honours 15 Canadian WWII Veterans by awarding them the rank of Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.