George Butler Honour DSC (10 October 1918 – 16 May 2002), was a British submariner during the Second World War.
His particular role was to aid the navigation of ships heading for one of the British invasion areas, codenamed Sword.
Honour joined the Royal Navy when war broke out in 1939, serving in small ships in the Mediterranean.
He married Naomi Celia Coles, a lieutenant in the Women's Royal Naval Service.
[4][5] Due to the delay caused by bad weather, they were ordered to remain in position until 4:30 a.m. on 6 June (D-Day) when they finally surfaced before erecting the navigational aids, an 18-foot telescopic mast with a light shining to seaward, a radio beacon and echo sounder, tapping out a message for the minelayers approaching the Sword landing area.