Driver Joseph Hughes GC of the Royal Army Service Corps was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed on the 21st of March, 1946 in Lyemun Barracks in Hong Kong. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette of the 26th of June, 1947. [1]The 19-year-old was driving a 3-ton truck full of cleared ammunition and explosives into the magazine area when it caught fire.