Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: January 25, 2007
• Invested on: June 15, 2007

Rachel Davis, M.B. (posthumous)
Medal of Bravery

In the early hours of January 3, 2004, 23-year-old Rachel Davis lost her life after breaking up a gang assault on a teenage boy in Vancouver, British Columbia. The fight took place outside a nightclub where she had been with friends. Witnessing the commotion, she ran to intervene. In an attempt to stop the beating, she jumped into the middle of the fray to shield the unconscious victim from the blows. The attack stopped, but in the scuffle that ensued, a gun was pulled out by a member of a rival gang and shots were fired. Tragically, Ms. Davis received gunshot wounds to the head and died on her way to the hospital.