Trooper L.M. Kirkwood, formerly of the 7th/11th Hussars, driver of a Sherman tank of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, two miles east of the Hitler Line, Italy, 23 May 1944.
1900 At Wolve Spruit, near Standarton in South Africa, Sergeant A.H.L. Richardson of the Strathcona's Horse spotted a wounded Canadian trooper whose horse had been shot, and rode through heavy crossfire to within 300 metres of the enemy in order to rescue his comrade. For his actions Sergeant Richardson earned the Victoria Cross.
