Throughout the campaign this offr’s conduct in battle has been of the highest order. His personal example is magnificent and ensures the confidence of his offrs and men at all times. Whenever the situation is most difficult he is to be found encouraging and leading his soldiers who would follow him anywhere.

(D.S.O. citation, 11 Oct 1945)

His explosions of wrath, like squalls of rain soon blew over. A devout Catholic, he was in fact a sensitive and very kind-hearted man … a worrier, prone to periods of self-doubt.

(Quoted in Ian Daglish, Operation Epsom)