Mate A.F. Pickard and Chief Engine Room Artificer W. Spence, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1942. Both men played key roles in the corvette H.M.C.S. CHAMBLY's sinking of the German submarine U-501 on 10 September 1941, the Royal Canadian Navy's first confirmed submarine sinking of the Second World War. Pickard received a Mention in Despatches and Spence received a Distinguished Service Medal for their actions.
