4th Special Service Brigade, 1 Corps 735941 Private Frederick Bernard TICKLE, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS attached 48th (ROYAL MARINE) Commando June 6th and 7th 1944, ST AUBIN and LANGRUNE As medical orderly attached to X Troop, he attended casualties under fire on the beach where he earned the admiration of his whole troop. During the street fighting, he repeatedly moved down a street which a German machine-gun was firing on, to rescue wounded men who were lying out in the roadway. He rescued six men in this way. Recommended for DCM, awarded MM. LG 31 Aug 1944 WO 373/48-ir1146-pg 89