Lieutenant-Colonel R.D. King
West Nova Scotia Regiment

There is no doubt that Col. King’s devotion to duty, both in the necessary administrative work prior to the operation and in the performance of his duties during the operation, contributed very considerably to the success of our attack on Dieppe.

(D.S.O. citation, 14 Sept 1942)

Born in Halifax on 29 April 1897, Robert Douglas King was drafted under the Military Service Act in June 1918 but would be discharged at the end of the year before going overseas. He however remained in the militia and would be commissioned in the Princess Louise Fusiliers. In 1940 he was appointed deputy assistant quartermaster general. While attached to 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, he earned the Distinguished Service Order for his “contribution to the success” of the Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942, an operation not generally known as a success.

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