Lieutenant Commander D R B Cosh

Lieutenant Cosh was described as "untiring and fearless in his direction of the employment of fire and rescue party" and successful in leadership of fire-fighting expeditions. Lieutenant Cosh, is the son of Maj. R. F. Cosh and Mrs. Cosh of 180 Lisgar Street, Ottawa.Lieut.-Cmdr. Cosh, R.C.N.V.R., who has been serving with the Fleet Air Arm since 1941, is the son of Major and Mrs. Rex F. Cosh of 180 Lisgar Street. He was credited with destroying a German reconnaissance plane over the North Sea. The Ottawa officer, is a graduate of the Royal Military College and was a member of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve since 1937. At the outbreak of the war he was first assigned to the destroyer Fraser and later the Skeena and before his transfer for flying duties was posted at H.M.C.S. Niobe.