Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: May 7, 1984
• Invested on: July 09, 1984

On the evening of 4 May 1983, WO. Dennis Richard Robinson, attached to the First Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, risked his life to save that of a soldier on the grenade range at Canadian Forces Base Borden. WO. Robinson was moving through an assault course with two trainees who were carrying live fragmentation grenades with four-second fuses. When told to hit a target, one soldier pulled the safety pin but dropped the grenade to the ground. Puzzled, the other trainee did not react quickly enough to the command to take cover. WO. Robinson dashed forward and tackled the soldier, knocking him behind a partial natural protection, but using his won body as a shield. The grenade, with a lethal radius of eighteen metres, exploded a metre away. Fortunately no injuries were sustained.