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AJT.O. 6127/44

Not to be communicated to anyone outside H M . Service

ADMIRALTY FLEET ORDER

The following Honours and Awards are hereby promulgated for information.

To all Commanders-in-Chief, Flag Officers, Senior Naval Officers,Captains and Commanding Officers of H .M . Ships, Vessels and C.O.Craft (See A .F .O . 3758/44) Superintendents >or Officers in Charge of H .M . Naval Establishments, and Admiralty Overseers concerned.

N ote:—The scale of distribution is shown in the Admiralty Fleet Order Volume, 1941, Instructions, paragraph 10.

A d m i r a l t y , S.W .l,

23rd November, 1944.

By Command of their Lordships,

M A P OF "P ” BRANCH

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*6127.— Honours Awards— “ London Gazette ” Supplement of 14th November, 1944

(H. & A.—23 Nov. 1944.)

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o r t h e O r d e r s o f K n ig h t h o o d ,

St. James's Palace, S. W .l.14th November, 1944.

The K ING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotion In, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—

To be Additional Commanders of the Military Division of'the said Most Excellent Order

Captain Arthur Gordon Voules Hubback, R.N. (East Grinstead).Captain Ballin Illingworth Robertshaw, O.B.B., R.N.

For distinguished service during the landing o f Allied Forces in Normandy.

To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order

Commander Richard William Anstice, R.N. (Stretton Sugwas, Hereford). Commander (E) Hugh Mainwaring Millett, R.N. (Newton Ferrers, Plymouth). Commander (S) Frank Robert Mannin, R.N. (Oxshott, Surrey).Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Anthony Hodnot Hamer, R.N. (Carlisle).

For distinguished service during the landings, o f Allied Forces in Normandy.

Acting Commander Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, R.N. (Ret.). Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Harold Thornton, D.S.C., R.N.R. (Liverpbol).

For great skill in salvage operations.

Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Ivor- James Llewelyn Palmer, R.C.N.R. (Montreal, Quebec).

For leadership and skill in damage control.

To be Additional Members of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order

Lieutenant John Leslie Buckeridge, R.N. (Brockenhurst).Lieutenant Thomas Edward Taylor, R.N.

For distinguished service during the landing o f Allied Forces in Normandy.

Lieutenant (E) Michael Anthony Wilson, R.N. (Portsmouth).For great skill in salvage operations.

Temporary Lieutenant (E) Francis Aloysius Kelly, R.N.R. (Liverpool).For enterprise and skill in bringing a damaged ship to port.

Temporary Lieutenant Douglas Stuart Wallace, R.N.R.Acting Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Henry Ellames, R.N.V.R. (Heaton

Mersey, Nr. Manchester).For great courage and devotion to duty in rescue work and the clearance

of wreckage after an explosion at Bombay Docks.

The K ING has been graciously pleased to approve the award o f the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to the undermentioned :—Temporary Petty Officer Joseph Charles Clark, D/JX.130251.Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Charles Amphion Underwood, D/KX.82664.Able Seaman Gordon Brooks Castleton, D/JX.650618.Able Seaman Raymond Newborough, D/JX. 179404.Able Seaman Douglas Small, D/JX.173914.

For great gallantry in saving many lives after two L.S.Ts. had been «nnk by enemy action during landings in Normandy.

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Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Francis Henry Scotney,»C/MX.504891 (Hull). For great skill in salvage operations.

Chief Engine Room Artificer William Crowdy, D/MX.48508 (Rugby).Engine Room Artificer George Harold Simpson,' D/MX.60729 (Woolacombe).Able Seaman "Ralph Cribb, D/JX.136786 (Winsford).

For outstanding initiative and resource in damage control.

Acting Able Seaman Sydney Albert Roy Hayward, C/JX.337516 (Buxton).Acting Able Seaman Alexander Marshall Waugh, D/JX.563234 (Edinburgh).

For great courage and devotion to duty in rescue work and firefighting after an explosion at Bombay Docks.

Leading Seaman Charles Henry Jones, P/JX.182652.Leading Stoker George Ernest Holloway, D/KX.128033.

For great courage and devotion to duty in saving life.

A d m ir a l t y ,

Whitehall,14th November, 1944.

The K IN G has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Distinguished Service Order and to approve the following rewards and awards :—

For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy :

Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Order Captain (Commodore First Class) Geoffrey Nigel Oliver, C.B., D.S.O., R.N.Captain Eric Wheler Bush, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.Captain Anthony Follett Pugsley, D.S.O., R.N.

Bar to the Distinguished Service Order Rear-Admiral Arthur George Talbot, D.S.O.Rear-Admiral (Commodore Second Class, R.N.R.) Hugh Tumour England, D.S.O.

(Ret.).Captain. Renfrew Gotto, D.S.O., R.N.Acting Captain John David Luce, D.S.O., O.B.E., R.N.Acting Captain Colin Douglas Maud, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.

To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Rear-Admiral Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant, C.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.Captain Frank Arthur Ballance, R.N. (Tichfield, Hants).Captain ThonCias Marcus Brownrigg, C.B.E,, R.N.Captain John Wentworth Farquhar, R.N. (Leighton Buzzard).Captain Robert Jocelyn Oliver Otway-Ruthven, R.N.Captain Manley Lawrence Power, C.B.E., R.N.Acting Captain George Vemer Motley Dolphin, R.N. (Femhurst, Sussex).Acting Captain Roger Prideaux Selby,'R.N. (London).Commander Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, D.S.C., R.N. (Delny).Temporary Lieutenant Reginald Francis Oldham, R.N.V.R. (Bishops Hichington.

near Leamington Spa).

Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross Commander Harry Ernest Huston Nicholls, D.S.C., R.N.

Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross Commander Thomas Bennett Brunton, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.) (Lee-on-Solent).Acting Commander Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale, D.S.C., R.N. (Cranleigh,

Sussex).Commander Herbert Guy Abbott Lewis, D.S.C., R.N.Commander Hugh Volant Wheeler, D.S.C., R.N. (Ludlow, Salop).

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6127 4Lieutenant-Commander George Gerald Augustin Francis Butler, D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander John Hartley Dathan, D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Daniel Alexander Rawson Duff, D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Alick Reginald Green, D.S.C., R.N. (Partridge Green). Lieutenant-Commander William Frank Niemann Gregory-Smith, D.S.O., D.S.C.,

R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Robert Hugh Hodgkinson, D.S.C., R.N. (Chadleiton,

Wilts).Lieutenant-Commander Richard Frederick Wells, D.S.C., R.N. (Shedfield). Lieutenant-Commander James John Simon Yorke, D.S.C., R.N.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander John Cambridge Clarke, D.S.C.,

R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Jack Iddison Whitehead, D.S.C.,

R.N.V.R.Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) William Hugh Field, D.S.C., R.N. (London). Lieutenant Alasdair Forbes Ferguson, D.S.C., R.N. (Bearsdon).Temporary Lieutenant Arthur Cheney, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (Cardiff).Temporary Lieutenant John Derrnot Thom, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

The Distinguished Service Cross Commander Auberon Charles Alan Campbell Duckworth, D.S.O., R.N. (Ardingley,

Sussex).Commander Daniel Harvey Rainier, R.N. (Ret.).Commander John Curthoys Richards, R.N.Commander Roger William David Thomson, R.N.Commander Arthur Valentine Walker, R.N.Acting Commander Edmund Newman Haines, R.N. (Camforth, Lancashire).Acting Commander Kenneth Anderson Sellar, R.N. (Troon).Acting Commander Hector Lahig McCowan, R.N.V.R.Commander (E) Edward Action Alcock Gibbon, O.B.E., R .N . (Waterford, Eire). Acting Surgeon Commander Charles Patrick Collins, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,

R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander, D.S.O., R.N. (Strood, Kent). Lieutenant-Commander Bernard Kierân Charles Arbuthnot, R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Edmund William Briggs, R.N. (Chippenham, Wilts). Lieutenant-Commander Paul Wilson Clark, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Max Owens Waldemar Miller, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander James Jeffrey Edward Famol, R.N. (Sindlesham). Lieutenent-Commander Edmund Seymour Dennis Freemantle, R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Maurice Linton Hardie, R.N. (Emsworth, Hants). Lieutenant-Commander the Honourable John David Hotham, R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Robert Walker Hughes, R.N. (Crowborough). Lieutenant-Commander William John Stride, M.B.E., R.N. (Ret.). Lieutenant-Commander Robert Frederic Thomas Stannard, O.B.E., R.N. (Woking). Lieutenant-Commander Philip Evelyn Yonge, R.N. (New Milton).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Stanley Edward Davies, R.N.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Desmond Anderson, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Cameron, R.N.V.R. (Edinburgh). Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Charles McVeagh Crighton, R.N.V.R.

(London).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Ashby Deslandes, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Henry McLean Duff-Still, D.S.O.,

R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Owen Robert Evans, R.N.V.R.

(Ecchinswell, near Newbury).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Edward Creasy Foster, R.N.V.R.

(Banstead).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Cyril Grantham, R.N.V.R.

( Twickenham ).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Rowland Arthur Frederick Jackson,

R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Robert Sefton James, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Terence Charles Stuart Morrison-Scott

R.N.V.R. (London).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Herman Poucher, R.N.V.R. (Beeston,

Notts).

5 6127Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Matthew Robinson, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Geoffrey Shirley Unite,

R.N.V.R,Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Alan John Villiers, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Brian Toller Whinney, R.N.V.R.

(Sharpthome, East Grmstead).Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Stanley Graham Bishop, R.N.R. (Beckenham). Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Geoffrey William Clelland, R.M. Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) John Bolton Fletcher, R.M. Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Peter Edward Powis Gladwin, R.M.

(Portslade).The Reverend Thomas Holland, Temporary Chaplain, R.N. (Southport).The Reverend Laurence John Reading, Temporary Chaplain, R.N.V.R.The Reverend Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood, Temporary Chaplain, R.N.V.R.

(Bromley).Lieutenant Nigel Bowden-Smith, R.N. (Wantage, Berks).Lieutenant David Esterling Crealock, R.N.Lieutenant Jack Revol Jamieson, R.N.Lieutenant Lionel Geoffrey Lyne, R.N. (Denvilles, near Havant).Lieutenant Tom Vaughan Gerald Phillips, R.N. (Bude).Lieutenant Pritchard Russell Armstrong Russell-Brown, R.N.Temporary Lieutenant Alfred Hunter Ballard,-R.N.R. (Westcliff-on-Sea)( Temporary Lieutenant Guy Travers Lee, R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant William Frederick Watson, R.N.R.

7~S/rtPLieutenant (E ) Francis Thompson, R.N.R. (Liverpool).Temporary Lieutenant (E) Edward Morrison Angus, R.N.R.Lieutenant Henry John Hargreaves, R.N.V.R. (Burnley, Lancs).Lieutenant Peter Milner R.aynes, R.N.V.R,Temporary Lieutenant Frederick James Backlog, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Charles William Bemiett, R.N.V.R. (Steyning, Sussex). Temporary Lieutenant Neville Arthur Breeze, R .N V .R . (Forest Hill, London). Temporary Lieutenant Frederick Albert Buckle, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Joseph Collin, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Arthur Joseph Cramp, R.N.V.R. (Sutton, Surrey). Temporary Lieutenant George Edwards, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Harold Hargreaves, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant William John Kempner, R.N.V.R. (Colindale).Temporary Lieutenant Kenneth Duke Kenchington, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Hugh Patrick McGrane, R.N.V.R. (Horley, Surrey). Temporary Lieutenant John Miller McGregor, R.N.V.R. (Glasgow;.Temporary Lieutenant Leonard Francis McKay, R.N.V.R. (Ruislip).Temporary Lieutenant Sidney Nielson Orum, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Sydney Parr, R.N.V.R. (London).Temporary Lieutenant James Rutherford, R.N.V.R. (London, N.I.).Temporary Lieutenant Robert Ernest Scammel), D.S.M., R.N.V.R. (London). Temporary Lieutenant John Francis Thomas, R.N.V.R. (Plymouth).Temporary Lieutenant Martin Sidney Van Heems, R.N.V.R, (Hemel Hempstead). Temporary Lieutenant John Walker, R.N.V.R. (Paisley).Temporary Lieutenant John Arthur Humphrey Whitby, R.N.V.R. (Bristol). Temporary Lieutenant Richard Oriel Woosnam, R.N.V.R. (Bury St. Edmunds). Temporary Lieutenant Bernard George Wooster, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Lennox Craig Bishop, R.C.N.V.R. (Sherbrooke, Ontario). Temporary Lieutenant John Chapman Davie, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Denis James Matthews Glover, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Frederick Ingham, R.N.Z.N.V.R. (Wellington, New

Zealand).Temporary Acting Lieutenant Kenneth John Ball, R.N.V.R. (Port o f Spain,

Trinidad).Temporary Acting Lieutenant Derek Harold Fulcher, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant Ronald John Murray, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (E) Cyril Maurice Wallace Crozier, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (E) Charles Grenville Parsons, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant George James Sturdee Turrel, R.N.R.,

915 T.S. (Kessingland Beach, near Lowestoft).Captain Ian Victor Major, R.M. (St. John’s Wood, London).Captain Franck Michell Woods, R.M. (Camberley, Surrey).

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6127 6Sub-Lieutenant Richard Dacre Chevening Sturgess, R.N. (Langley, Bucks). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Paul Douglas Alderton, R.N.V.R. (Croydon). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Thomas John Dean, R.N.V.R. (Hadleigh, Essex). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William John Edney, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robin Frederick Andrew Harbud, R.N.V.R. (Ealing,

London).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Jack Houghton, R.N.V.R. (Goole).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Richard Kirby, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Cecil Jenson Naylor, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Douglas Pittendrigh, R.N.V.R. (Cobham,

Surrey).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Ronald William Rawlings, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Dagobert Rudigar Rotherham, R.N.V.R. (Sutton). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Richard Courtney Rowe, R.N.V.R. (Lymington,

Hants).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Walter Sandison, R.N.V.R. (London). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Herbert William Smith, R.N.V.R. (London, S.W.7.). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Barnard Taylor, R.N.V.R. (Northwood,

Middlesex).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Eric Anfield Tiplady, R.N.V.R. (Beverley, Yorkshire). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Sydney Edward Willis, R.N.V.R. (Bath).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edward James George Wray, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Hubert Wills Woodnoth, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant James Henry Spenney Speed, R.N.V.R.

(Southampton).Lieutenant (acting Captain) Cyril Gordon Henry Miers, R.M.Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) Frederick Henry Beresford

Burton, R.M.Temporary Lieutenant Timothy Samuel Atkins, R.M.Temporary Lieutenant Peter Henry Cheatle Forrow, R.M.Temporary Lieutenant Harold Hartley, R.M. (Derby).Temporary Lieutenant Richard Lawrence Hill, R.M. (Carshalton).Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Turner,/R.M.Mr. Edgar Henry Jones, Temporary Warrant Shipwright, R.N. (Plymouth).

The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Marine (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Cecil John Hunter, R.M., Ply/X.111414.

Sergeant Hunter, who was in command of an L.C.A., negotiated three rows of obstacles successfully and disembarked his troops. On being lightened the craft swung round and detonated a mine which blew the bottom out. He ordered the crew ashore and they took shelter under the stem of a Sherman tank.

He then saw a Sergent Major o f the Canadian Forces trying to attract the attention o f the Sherman tank. Realising that the Sergeant Major was not visible to the crew of the Sherman, he crawled across the intervening thirty yards under heavy fire to the Sergeant Major and returned to the tank with the message that its fire was being directed towards the Canadians, and orders to cease fire and advance ahead o f the Canadians. When this proved to be impossible Sergeant Hunter again crossed the fire-swept thirty yards with the message and returned to rejoin his troops.

Bar to the Distinguished Service Medal Acting Chief Petty Officer Steward Harold James Quick, D.S.M., C/LX.20349

(Slough).Acting Leading Telegraphist Alan Gwillym Ronald Dixon, D.S.M., P/SSX.33052.

The Distinguished Service Medal Chief Yeoman of Signals Walter Staton, D/JX. 131586 (Portsmouth).Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Robert Thomas Nestor, D/J.77478.Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Albert Edward Soffe, P/J.i 12734.Temporary Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer John Stewart, B.E.M., C/MX.52907

(Glasgow).Engine Room Artificer Third Class Sidney Frederick Swain, P/MX.63087 (Coventry). Chief Stoker William McLaughlan. P/K.46925 (Willington).Acting Chief Motor Mechanic William Dashwood Bracher, C/MX.99490 (Winchester). Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Leslie Charles Dewey, D/MX.48368.

Petty Officer Coxswain Fred Griffiths, D/SSX.15211 (Walsall).Petty Officer Bertie Henry Amos Chapman, P/JX.131653 (Portsmouth).Petty Officer Sydney Chadwick Eagles, R/JX.180766.Petty Officer Henry Coffin Lynas Foreman, P/UD/X.1241.Petty Officer William Hill, D/J.111594.Petty Officer William Henry Keith (Taunton, Somerset).Petty Officer Frederick Raymond Perrin, P/JX.1.57866 (Littleton, near Winchester). Petty Officer George Colin Richards, D/JX.142919 (Blackwood,.Mon.).Petty Officer William Stanley Shepperd, D/JX. 190534.Petty Officer John Grahame Taply, D/JX. 139148 (Backwell, Somerset).Temporary Acting Petty Officer Arthur Hugh Holt, C/JX.222477.Yeoman of Signals John Jackson Cockburn, C/SSX.33060 (Galashiels).Petty Officer Telegraphist Donald Dinsdale Bulch, D/JX.135109 (Shildon, Go.

Durham).Petty Officer Telegraphist Ernest Hughe (Middleton in Teesdale, Co. Durham). Stoker Petty Officer John Alfred Creimell, D/KX.80364 (Liverpool).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Joseph William Thomas Benfield, B.E.M., C/MX.

125121 (London).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic John Wyndham Kenworthy, C/MX.99861 (Christ

church, Hants.).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Robert Lindsay, D/MX.90369 (Haslingden, Lancs.). Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Ronald Gorlon Haffenden,

R.M., Po/X.3973.Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Peter Henry Jones, R.M.,

Po./X.101924 (Bournemouth, Hants).Leading Seaman Coxswain Thomas Frederick Higgott, C/JX.319657 (Sleaford,

Lincs.).Leading Seaman Robert Harry Daniel Cullimore, D/JX.363000 (Tockington,

Nr. Bristol).Leading Seaman Harold Davy Dobby, P/JX.388084.Leading Seaman Thomas William Gooding, D/JX.161420 (Ewncain, MonmOuth). Leading Sean\an Robert William Howlett, C/JX.318904 (Braintree, Essex).Leading Seaman James Lawson, C/TDX.2072 (Newcastle),Leading Seaman Henry Edward Lightbown' P/JX.177981 (Blackpool).Leading Seaman Frank Livingston, R/JX.215357.Leading Seaman Murray Hutchinson Walker, R.C.N.4019.Temporary Leading Seaman John McWalter Paterson, D/JX.347295 (Hamilton,

Lanarkshire).Temporary Leading Seaman Ronald Terence Winter, D/JX.255596 (Eastbourne,

Sussex).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Benjamin Roberts Anderson, P/JX.295988

{Gateshead, Co. Durham).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Percy Best, P/SD/X.1514 (Gosport, Hants.). Temporary Acting Leading Seaman John PatrickJDonovan, P/JX.223941 (London). Temporary Acting Leading Seaman William George Graves, G/JX.319636. Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Howell Percy Vincent Williams, C/JX.215150

Higher Denham, Bucks.).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Charles William Wing, P/JX.217638 (Great

Yarmouth).Leading Signalman Charles Alfred Holdaway, P/JX.270192 (Alton).Acting Leading Telegraphist Edwin William Francis Sutton, P/JX.223185 (Wey

mouth).Leading Stoker William John Stainer, P/KX.78424 (Emsworth).Leading Sick Berth Attendant John Rutter, P/MX.85120 (Bassett, Southampton). Leading Motor Mechanic Norman McLeod Campbell, C/MX.500573.Leading Motor Mechanic Louis Henry James Carr, P/MX.99541 (Luton).Leading Motor Mechanic Charles Stanley Eastwood, C/MX.501922 (Knaresborough,

Yorks.)Leading Motor Mechanic Anthony Clifford Pallett, C/MX. 124902 (Smethwick, Staffs). Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) George William Bentley, R.M.,. Ply.108463

(Peterborough, Northants.).Able Seaman Jim Allen, P/JX.296216 (Darrell, Sheffield).Able Seaman Edward Barber, C/JX.319812 (Redhill, Nottingham).Able Seaman Robert Brown, C/JX. 160719 (Sunderland).Able Seaman Douglas Buck, P/JX.389991.Able Seaman Dennis James Campbell, D/JX.285748 (Glasgow).

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Able Seaman Sydney Compston, D/JX. 169001 (Sedley, Staffs.).Able Seaman William Dennis Cook, C/JX.377978 (Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham). Able Seaman Charles William Day, C/JX.379987 (Leeds).Able Seaman Donald Emery, P/SSX.29684 (Southampton).Able Seaman Thomas Matthew Evans, D/JX.394305 (Liverpool).Able Seaman Robert Gale, P/JX.328619 (Farnham, Surrey).Able Seaman Harold Gee, C/JX.366994 (Doncaster).Able Seaman Roy Hanson, C/JX.372801 (Rochdale, Lancs j.Able Seaman Thomas Hunt, D/JX.304950 (Southport).Able Seaman William Keen, C/JX.406332 (Edinburgh).Able Seaman Peter Lawton, D/J.53608 (Newlyn, Penzance).Able Seaman John Magowan D/JX.350387 (Belfast).Able Seaman James Adams Millar, C/JX.391437 (Fife).Able Seaman William Nertney, D/JX.365692 (Stockton-on-Trent).Able Seaman Ivor James Sanger, P/JX.425633.Able Seaman Edward George Saunders, D/JX.237823 (Northampton).Able Seaman George Smith, D/JX.383105 (Goldthorpe).Able Seaman Duncan Tennant, R.C.N.V.R. V.31723.Able Seaman John William Tilley, P/JX.425899 (London, E.13).Wireman Arthur James Martindale, D/MX.104169.Wireman Benjamin Pearson, D/MX.122702 (Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs).Signalman Peter Roy William Houghton, P/JX.385418.Telegraphist Norman Bettaney, D/JX.343974 (Manchester).Telegraphist Charles Henderson, P/JX.341500 (Aberdeen).Telegraphist Harry Monks, P/JX.321^40 (Stockport).Telegraphist Kenneth Eifion Penny, D/JX.342823 (Beaufort, Mon.).Telegraphist William George Quinn, C/JX.361334 (Rockferry, Birkenhead). Telegraphist Thomas Rose, P/JX.405534 (Bethnal Green, London.).Stoker First Class George Edward Frankum, P/KX.161891 (London, W.6).Stoker First Class Kenneth George Leggott, P/KX. 146964 (Scunthorpe, Lines). Sick Berth Attendant Henry Robert Hutchinson, P/MX.1-10367 (Gateshead).Sick Berth Attendant James Narey, P/MX. 86021 (Bradford).Sick Berth Attendant Stanley George Willmott, C/MX.111823 (North Finchley, N.12) Sick Berth Attendant Thomas Edwin Wilson, P/MX.554526.Ordinary Seaman Charles Bejl, C/JX.355974 (Dumfries).Ordinary Signalman Alexander Jackson; C/JX.358954.Ordinary Telegraphist Roland Arthur William Batson, C/JX.308577 (Southgate). Marine (Acting Temporary Lance Corporal) Ralph Hedley, R.M., Po./X. 107241 (T)

(NeWcastle-on-Tyne).Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Walter James Baker, R.M., Po./X.105481. Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Charles Edward Brumpton, R.M., Ch/X.114554

(Luton, Beds).Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Richard Hubert Davies, R.M., Ply/X. 103785

(Skewen, Glamorgan).Marine (Acting.Temporary Corporal) Leonard James Ireland, R.M., Ply.X.111214

(Exmouth).Marine (Lance Corporal) Leslie Gordon Streatfield, R.M., Ply.X. 107372.Marine Thomas Barningham, R.M., Ex.1167 (Stillington, Yorks).Marine David Walker Cummings, R.M., Po./X.116283 (Grangemouth, Stirlingshire). Marine Erie Deans, R.M., Po./X.l 15500 (T).Marine George Earnshaw, R.M., Po./X. 108034.Marine Jerome John Patrick Grimson, R.M., Ply./X.l 11809.Marine Alfred Herring, R.M., Ch./X. 110043 (Enfield, Middlesex).Marine John Edward Jenkins, R.M., Ch/X.113403 (London).Marine William Gordon Long, R.M., Po/X.106199 (Christchurch, Hants).Marine Harold George May, R.M., Ch/X. 109260 (Dartford, Kent.).

Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Algernon Dawson, R.1J.V.R Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Julian Roney, R.N.V.R. (Edinburgh).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Bruce Tait, R.N.V.R.Mr. Craddock Jones, Temporary Midshipman, R.N.V.R. (Abergwynfi, Glamorgan). Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Robert Swinney Elliott Stafford, C/MX. 116403

(Birmingham).Leading Seaman James Angell, D/JX.268056 (Manchester).Able Seaman George Victor Talbot, P/JX. 326563 (Hillingdon, Middlesex).

6127 8 9 6127Acting Able Seaman Robert Henry Thomas, D/JX.345756 (Holyhead).Temporary Able Seaman Gordon Brown, D/JX.343840 (Dundee).Marine Albert Alfred Gale, R.M., Po/X.115067 (Peckham, London).Marine Laurence Samuel Mitchell, R.M., Ply/X. 102456 (Stochford, Birmingham). Ordinary Telegraphist Bertie Kenning Corfield, P/SSX.31057 (Sale, Cheshire).

Mention in Despatches Captain Aubrey Basil Fanshawe, R.N. (Ret.).Captain Valentine Stuart Godfrey, R.C.N.Captain John Robert Sutherland Haines, R.N. (Bishop’s Waltham).Captain Colin Alexander Gordon Hutchison, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.).Captain John William Josselyn, D.S.C., R.N. (Alverstoke).Captain Cecil Ashworth Kershaw, R.N. (Ret.).Captain Donai Scott McGrath, R.N. (Ret.).Captain James Frank William Mudford, R.N. (Southsea).Acting Captain Stephen Barry, R.N. (Ret.).Acting Captain Richard Borthwick Jennings, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.Captain Henry Samuel Allan, R.D., R.N.R.Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Geoffrey Arnold Haward, R.M.Commander Thomas Ian Scott Bell, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.) (Ferndown, Dorset). Commander Charles Richard Garrett, R.N. (Ret.).Commander Ronald McClelland Powning Jonas, D.S.C., R.N.Commander Robin Hamilton Maurice, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. (Marlborough, Wilts.). Commander Garth Henry Fyson Owles, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.).Commander Henry Joseph Rawle Paramore, R.N. (Ret.).Commander John Sherbrooke Morris Richardson, D.S.O., R.N.Commander Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, V.C., R.N.Commander Jackson Whayman, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.Acting Commander Arthur Barclay Alison, R.N.Acting Commander Thomas Louis Alkin, O.B.E., R.N.Acting Commander Christopher Bryan Stracey Clitherow, D.S.C., R.N.Acting Commander Christopher Montague Vernon Francis Dalrymple-Hay, R.N.

(Ret.).Acting Commander George Nelson, R.N.Acting Commander Archibald Boyd Russell, D.S.O., R.N.Acting Commander James Sanders, R.N.Acting Commander Arthur Ernest Willmott, D.S.C., R.N.R.Commander (E) Ernest Mill, R.N. (Guildford).Commander (E) John Harry Roughton, R.N. (Camberley).Commander (S) Cecil Bryer Hinde, R.N. (Havant).Acting Surgeon Commander Robert Duncanson Bradshaw, M.B., Ch.B., R.N.V.R. Lieutenant-Commander George Edward Bingham-Powell, R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Adrian Rothwell Lane Butler, R.N. (Newbury, Berks.). Lieutenant-Commander Hubert Cornish Fox, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Robert Denys Franks, D.S.O., O.B.E. R.N. (Stow-in-the

Wold).Lieutenant-Commander Francis Alexander Linley Heron Watson, R.N. (Bankfoot). Lieutenant-Commander Reginald William Beecroft Lacón, D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Donald Emberton Mansfield, D.S.C., R.N. (Shepherdswell,

Kent).Lieutenant-Commander Vere Alison Wight-Boycott, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Robert Arthur Crozier, R.D., R.N.R.Acting Lieutenant-Commander Charles Edward Hall, R.N.R. (Ret.) Lieutenant-Commander Cyril William Foster, S.A.N.F. (Capetown).Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frank Edward Martin, D.S.C., R.N.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Francis Breuilly, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Donald Wolfenden Amer, D.S.C., R.N.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Daniel Philpott, R.N.R.

(Bristol).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Dudley William Samuel Arnaud,

R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Commander-Lieutenant Dennis Cecil Bennett, R.N.V.R. (Kemp-

town, Brighton).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Alan Joseph Cawthom Boak, R.N.V.R.

(Chilwell, Notts).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Basil Cooke, R.N.V.R. (Birmingham).

6127 10Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Peter Edward Mason, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

(Old Bursledon).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Norman Wingfield Motson, R.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander John Tatton Ridd, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Charles Alexander Spilsbury, R.N.V.R.

. (Bristol).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Thomas Charles Stoneman,

D.S.C., R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Jack Orchard D ’Arcy, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander James Herbert Harbottell, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Arthur Jeff, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Lome Samuel Kyle, R.C.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander George Phillips, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

(Burnham Market, Norfolk).Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Andrew Jamieson, R.N.R. (Newc&stle-on-

Tyne).Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) Brian Patrick Sunners, R.N.R.

(Brisbane, Australia).Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Warren Stanley Tute, R.N.Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Reginald Neville Da Costa Porter, M.B.E., R.N.

(Merstham, Surrey).Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Peter Christopher Eliot, R.N.Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (S) John Greenin Harrington, R.N.R. (London). Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) John Warrick Devonshire, M.B.E.,

R.N.V.R. (Emsworth).Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander David Wreyford Bumford,

M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Dalton Channell, M.B.,

B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R. (Knebsworth, Hants).Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Nicholas Daubency Charrington,

R.M. (Windsor).Lieutenant Ian Nagle Douglas Cox, D.S.C., R.N.Lieutenant Christopher David Graham. R.N.Lieutenant Patrick John Morgan, D.S.C., R.N.Lieutenant David Cecil Pelly, R.N. (Ingatestone, Essex).Lieutenant Walter Reginald Wells, D.S.C., R.N. (Felixstowe).Lieutenant Thomas Hugh Peter Wilson, R.N.. (Wisbech, Gambs).Temporary Lieutenant Campbell Deas Sime, R.N.R. (Leyland, Lancs).Lieutenant Ronald Hugh Verry Barker, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Alexander Richie Birrell, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant James Charles Macaulay Booth, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Frederick Victor Brewer, R.N.V.R. (Par, Cornwall). Temporary Lieutenant William Chalmers Brown, R.N,V.R. (Edinburgh). Temporary Lieutenant Carl Brunning, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant' George Thomas Butler, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Ronald Eric Cunningham, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (Purley). Temporary Lieutenant Leslie Horace Deame, R.N.V.R. (Liverpool).Temporary Lieutenant Aled Eames, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Patrick Noel Greer Edge, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (Caister-on-Sea). Temporary Lieutenant Frederick Leonard Glover, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Maurice, Albert Higham, R.N.V,R. (Hendon, N.W.4). Temporary Lieutenant Egerton Holland, R.N.V.R,Temporary Lieutenant Horace Arthur John, R.N.V.R. (Cardiff).Temporary Lieutenant Eric Joseph Langford, R.N.V.R. (Walsall).Temporary Lieutenant Robert Dixon Lund, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Charles McLellan, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Hubert Martin, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Phillipson, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Edmund Kinross Purser, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Francis Russell-Smith, R.N.V.R,Temporary Lieutenant Peter William John Simeox, R.N.V.R. (Finchley). Temporary Lieutenant Stanley Edward Slater, R.N.V.R. (Coulsdon, Surrey). Temporary Lieutenant Reginald William Smith, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Charles Yule Stewart, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant James Owen Thomas, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Richard Archdall Vicars, R.N.V.R.

11 6127Temporary Lieutenant Francis Harper Watt, R.N.V.R. (Springbum, Glasgow). Temporary Lieutenant Peter Granville Wild, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (Blyth Bridge,

Stoke-on-Trent).Temporary Lieutenant Alistair Smith Wilson, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Charles Trevor Bowman Wilson, R.N.V.R. (Stockton-on-

Tees),Temporary Lieutenant John Young, R.N.V.R. (Southampton).Acting Temporary Lieutenant Albert Roy Bendall, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant Frederick James Fletcher, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant Leslie Thomas David Hughes, R.N.V.R,Temporary Acting Lieutenant Theo Cyril Morgan, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant Frank Leslie Self, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant John Surr Whittard, R.N.V.R. (Gravesend). Temporary Lieutenant Walter George Ward, R.C.N.V.R. (Peterborough, Canada). Temporary Lieutenant Noel Selwyn Prebble, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Hamish Muir Buchanan, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Lieutenant Ross Mackenzie Cramond, R.N.Z.N.V.R. (Bury,

Lancs).Lieutenant (E) Roger Churcher, R.N. (Gosport).Temporary Lieutenant (E) William John Brown, R.N.V.R. (Bristol).Temporary Lieutenant (E) Edward Harris Cram, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (E) Eric Marsdon Kermode, R.N.V.R. (Bradford). Temporary Lieutenant (E) Leslie Taylor Morton, R.N.V.R. (Gosforth, Newcastle-

on-Tyne).Temporary Lieutenant (E ) Douglas McKean Muirhead, R.N.V.R. (Leatherhead,

Surrey).Temporary Lieutenant (S) Edward Richardson Clark, R.N.V.R. (Spalding, Lines). Temporary Lieutenant (S) Landor Isles Bertram Smith, R.N.V.R. (Glasgow). Temporary Lieutenant (S) Arthur Leslie Thornton, R.N.V.R. (St. Albans). Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Robert George Goronwy Evans, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,

R.N.V.R.Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant George Charles Haywood, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S.,

L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R. (West Buckland, Ç. Durham).Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Donald Angus Maciver, M.B., Ch.B., R.N.V.R.

(Edinburgh).Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) George Moonie, R.M. Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) Nevil Reginald Poole, R.M.

(Bristöl).Temporary Lieutenant (Temporary Acting Captain) Michael Previté, R.M.

(Oughterard, C. Galway, Eire).Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) Gordon Patrick Edwin Sealey,

R.M. (Bromley, Kent).Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) John Percy Robert Smith, R.M. Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) John Barry Sykes, R.M. Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) Kenneth Charlton Weedy, R.M. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Barr, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Albert Edwin Victor Matthew Bellars, R.N.V.R.

(King’s Lynn, Norfolk).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Roy Douglas Bradshaw, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Bell Burke, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Hugh Donger, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Dunnett, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Solomon Etchells Fear is, R.N.V.R. (Enniskillon, N.

Ireland).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Charles Flynn, R.N.V.R. (Beckenham).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Thayer Hodkinson, R.N.V.R. (Coventry,

W arks).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Addison Howe, R.N.V.R. (Matching Tye, Harlow,

Essex).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Philip Guy Jessop, R-N.V.R. (Leicester).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William John Fox Laxton, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Arthur Main, R.N.V.R. (Acton Hill, London,

W.3).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Martin, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Lawrence James Miller, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Peter Lister Musgrave, R.N.V.R.

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6127 12Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Elwyn Andrews Nicholson, R.N.V.R. (Carshalton,

Surrey).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Allan Pickles, R.N.V.R. (Bradford).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Ross Richardson, R.N.V.R. (Little Bookham,

Surrey).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant George Scales, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Anthony Snowdon, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William James Sangster Still, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Albert Edward Stokes, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Harold Surtees, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Anthony Rowland Swainson, R.N.V.R. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Claude Elton Voyce, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Suthems Walker, R.N.V.R. (West Bridgeford,

Notts).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Gerald Ward, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Richard Bland, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant William Adrian Liddell, R.N.V.R. (Tiverton,

Devon).Acting Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Francis Pitt, R.N.V.R. (Upper Clapton). Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Basil John Valentine Spain, R.N.V.R. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant George Gilbert Gray Gibbs, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Mark Waghom, R.N.V.R.Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant

Acting Leading Seaman James Thomas Duckworth, D/JX.238684 (Burnley).Acting Leading Seaman Hubert Hedley Fensome, C/KX.79439.Acting Leading Seaman William John Henderson, P/UDX.1355 (Belfast).Acting Leading Seaman Hugh Hood Laird, D/JX. 150456.Acting Leading Seaman James Victor John Ross, C/JX.351827 (Stratford, London). Acting Leading Seaman James Sampey, P/JX.326689 (Stoke-on-Trent).Acting Leading Seaman Douglas Edmund Townson, R.C.N.3423.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Charles Raymond Howard, P/SSX.29682

(Hull).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Frederick Thompson, C/SSX.18124 (Willington

Quay-on-Tyne).Leading Wireman Arthur Machin, D/MX. 103276 (Stoke-on-Trent).Leading Signalman Harold Hall, P/JX.201844.Temporary Acting Leading Signalman Norman Victor Betts, P/JX.231561. Temporary Acting Leading Signalman Thomas Watson, D/JX.235588 (Brampton,

Cumberland).Leading Telegraphist Leonard Elsey, C/JX.236969 (Birmingham).Leading Telegraphist Arthur Ralph James Hawton, P/J.112038,Leading Telegraphist Thomas William Overton, P/JX.151525 (Derby).Temporary Acting Leading Telegraphist Henry Jones, D/J.112819 (Birmingham). Leading Coder Ernest Henry Lewis, D/JX.229464 (Manchester).Leading Coder John Edwin Longhurst, P/JX.251398.Leading Stoker Thomas William Taylor, D/KX.88138 (Liverpool).Leading Motor Mechanic Frank Allum, P/MX.634493 (Hampstead).Leading Motor Mechanic Charles McEwen Bryceland, C/MX.116461.Leading Motor Mechanic Samuel Alexander Douglas, C/MX.116995 (Harlesden). Leading Motor Mechanic Thomas Reynoldson, C/MX.502451.Leading Motor Mechanic Brian Robinson, C/MX.117914 (Huddersfield).Leading Motor Mechanic Arthur Gerald Sanders Stabb, P/MX.99759.Joiner Fourth Class John Thomas Hughes, C/MX.505202 (Huddersfield).Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Charles Ernest Blake, R.M., Po/X.101006. Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Henry Crook, R.M., Ch/X.112956 (Sevenoaks). Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Leslie Alfred William Hart, R.M., Ch/X.107619. Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Frank Harvey, R.M., Ply.X.110532 (Man

chester).Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Patrick Lynch, R.M., Ply.X. 100187.Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Hadyn Morgan, R.M., Ply.X. 109596.Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Edward James Ryan, R.M., Ply/113458

(Port Talbot, South Wales).Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Sidney Tyler, R.M., Ex.3840 (T) (Snelthorpe,

Stoke-on-Trent).Able Seaman Edward Purvis Ashworth, P/JX.382335 (Newcastle!.Able Seaman Alfred Richard Aukett, C/JX.407723 (Tottenham).Able Seaman Kenneth Mansell Barry, P/JX.388551 (Portsmouth).Able Seaman Richard Wynn Bell, C/JX.217134 (Durham).Able Seaman James William Blackburn, R.C.N.V.R., V.49988 (Ottawa).Able Seaman Ronald Cyril Brooker, D/JX.324183 (Reading).Able Seaman James Cole, R.C.N.V.R., V.8989.Able Seaman James Rowland Daly, D/JX.208357.Able Seaman Albert Henry Davies, P/JX.377709.Able Seaman Robert Dickie, D/JX.217014. (Parkhead, Glasgow).Able Seaman Robert Drain, D/JX.362467 (Dumbartonshire).Able Seaman Alan Drew, P/JX.389562 (Nottingham).Able Seaman John Clifford Egginton, P/JX.221696.Able Seaman Arthur Dennis Finnis, P/JX.382301 (Twickenham).Able Seaman Cyril Flagg, C/JX.352257 (Wisbech, Cambs).Able Seaman Ernest Harrison, P/JX.235522 (Leeds).Able Seaman Harry Hilton, D/JX.304691 (Hyde, Nr. Manchester).Able Seaman Frank Reginald Hughes, D/J.111420 (Plymouth).Able Seaman Charles John Hurley, P/JX.383336 (Dagenham).Able Seaman Herbert John Hutchinson, P/SSX.32504.Able Seaman John Jenkins, P/JX.389352 (Liverpool).Able Seaman Ivor Jones, D/JX.367022 (Cardiff).Able Seaman Neil Bernard Kidney, C/JX.407423 (Rutherglen).Able Seaman John McCann, C/JX.351309 (Gonsett, Co. Durham).Able Seaman David Bamford McMillan, D/JX.347499 (Belfast).

6127 14 15 6127Able Seaman Ronald Henry Martin, P/JX.330013 (Burton-on-Trent).Able Seamäh Alan Arthur Nurse, P/JX.319135.Able Seaman Douglas Christopher Sherlock Perkins, D/JX.423263 (Bishopston). Able Seaman Herbert Ernest Nelson Phelps, D/BD/X.1602.Able Seaman John Stephen Pooley, C/JX.353071 (Wisbech, Cambs.).Able Seaman Douglas Sharp, C/JX.376980.Able Seaman Reginald Harry Solman, D/SSX.24016 (Sidmouth, Devon).Able Seaman George Thom, C/JX.260900.Able Seaman Ernest Edward Henry Tili, C/JX.310488 (London).Able Seaman William Daniel Walsh, C/SSX.2,7179 (Tottenham).Able Seaman Daniel Ward, R.C.N-V.R., V. 10264.Able Seaman Alan Waterworth, D/JX.363891 (Burrtley).Able Seaman William Prentice Waison, C/JX.397187.Able Seaman Harry William Arthur Whittington, P/JX. 161495 (Copnor).Able Seaman Jack Woolley, P/JX.168993.Able Seaman Robert Lewis Workman, C/SSX.27665.Temporary Able Seaman George Hay, D/JX.347480 (Elgin).Acting Able Seaman Anthony Patrick Divers, C/JX.376426.Acting Able Seaman David Satherley, P/JX.326149 (Newport, Isle of Wight). Acting Able Seaman George William Sturdy, D/JX.416982 (Liverpool). Wireman Charles Harrison, D/MX.510002 (Rochester).Wireman Derrick Charles Reynolds, D/MX.517695 (Wednesbury).Signalman George Bliss, D/JX.424283.Signalman Francis John Christie, C/JX.269688.Signalman Robert Moöitt, D/JX.248258.Signalman Raymond Charles William Priddle, D/JX.340303.Telegraphist Charles William Blyth, D/JX.298246 (Stratford-on-Avon). Telegraphist Henry Thomas Brooklyn, C/JX.343507 (East Finchley). Telegraphist David Martin Davies, D/JX.525497 (Msrthyr Tydfil).Telegraphist Wilfred Fortune, C/JX.331059.Telegraphist Ronald Hobman, P/JX.308549.Telegraphist Stanley William Stephen Horn, C/JX.258853.Telegraphist Herbert George Markham, P/JX.201176 (Grimsby).Telegraphist Eric Midcalf, D/JX.344151 (Darlington).Telegraphist Robert Niven Mitchell, N.Z.4492.Telegraphist Thomas Potts, D/JX.295571 (Wilmslow).Telegraphist. Bernard Rowland Staples, P/JX.357766 (Ripon).Telegraphist Leonard George Townsend, C/JX.425031.Coder William Burgess Leggat, P/JX.227523 (Glasgow).Stoker First Class Samuel Sigley Bums, D/KX.120908.Stoker First Class Colin (Jerald Clode, D/KX.524086.Stoker First Class Thomas Henry Jones, D/KX.132124.Stoker First Class William Swordy, C/KX. 89023 (Northolt).Stoker First Class Stanley George Wöolton, P/KX.163337 ( Yarmouth).Motor Mechanic Arthur George Cornish, C/MX.101731 (Basingstoke).Sick Berth Attendant Arthur Sidney Baldöck, P/MX.100116 (Coventry).Sick Berth Attendant Thomas Henry Godfrey, C/MX.93846 (Acton).Sick Berth Attendant John Collin Rimmer, P/MX.62118 (Shrewsbury).Lance Corporal John Quinn, R.M., Ch/X.113355.Marine Murdoch Bruce, R.M., Ply.X. 112282.Marine Ernest William Clark, R.M., Ch/X. 114569.Marine Charles Mandsley Cole, R.M., P ly .X .111787 (Bristol).Marine Harry W. Field, R.M., Po/X. 115857 (York).Marine Kenneth Ivan Fleming, R.M., Ply.X.101127.Marine Francis John Hagen, R.M., Ch/X.114416.Marine Clifford Halstead, R.M., Ply.X.104212.Marine Victor Reginald Jermany, R.M., Po/X.110276 (Littlehampton).Marine William Stanley Luckhurst, R.M., Ch/X.105455 (Sheffield).Marine Roy Lymer, R.M., Ch/X.108167 (Stoke-on-Trent).Marine Donald Marsden, R.M., Ply.111862 (Blackburn).Marine William Ernest Passam, R.M., Ex.2600.Marine Alan Ernest Saxby, R.M., Po/X. 111044 (Littlehampton).Marine Douglas Frederick Scales, R.M., Po/X.111548.Marine Robert Tyson Taylor, R.M., Ex,2620.Ordinary Seaman Raymond Corrie, D/JX.638600 (Carlisle).Ordinary Seaman Edwin R. McAuley, R.C.N.V.R., V.59006 (Oshawa, Ontario).

6127 16Ordinary Seaman Thomas James Maguire, D/JX.397241.Ordinary Seaman Frederick Richmond, P/JX.425580.Ordinary Signalman Victor Henfy Edward Longhurst, C/JX.613652.

(Such further awards as His Majesty may he graciously pleased to approve"for this operation will be published in due course.)

For courage and determination in H.M. Ships Albrighton, Ashanti, Bellona, Diadem, Mauritius, Onslow, Tartar and Ursa and H.M. Canadian Ships Assiniboine, Haida, Iroquois, Qu’Appelle, Restigouche and Skeena in a series o f successful attacks on enemy escorted convoys oft the coast o f France :

Bar to the Distinguished Service Order Captain William Wellclose Davis, D.S.O., R.N.

To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Captain Charles Fred Wivell Norris, R.N.Commander Derek Bathurst Wyburd, R.N.

Bar to the JDistinguished Service Cross Commander James Calcutt Hibbard, D.S.C., R.C.N.Lieutenant-Commander Ian Leslie Trower Hogg, D;S.C., R.N. (Camberley). Lieutenant Donald Holmes Swift, D.S.C., R.N.

The Distinguished Service Cross Lieutenant William Henry Paul Loftie, R.N.Lieutenant Martin Noel Lucey, R.N. (Sheffield).Lieutenant Edward Austen Tyrer, R.N. (Wellington, Surrey).Lieutenant Cecil Julian Benoit, R.C.N. (Halifax, Nova Scotia).Temporary Lieutenant Richard Murray Heslam, R.C.N.V.R. (Halifax, Nova.

Scotia).Captain John Cuthbert d’Ewes Coke, R.M. (Cheltenham).

The Conspicuous Gallantry MedalAhle Seaman Michael Roderick Kerwin, R.C.N.V.R., V.32313 (Billings Bridge,

Ontario).During one action a fierce fire broke-out at “ Y ” Gun in H.M.C.S.

Haida. Two o f the crew were killed and a third seriously injured. Able Seaman Kerwin, although blinded and wounded by splinters, went into the blazing gun shield at great risk to his own life and dragged the injured man to safety. Both were badly burned, but Able Seaman Kerwin’s prompt and gallant action saved the life o f his shipmate.

Bar to the Distinguished Service MedalChief Stoker Harold Douglas Richards, D.S.M., R.C.N.21925 (Victoria, British

Columbia).The Distinguished Service Medal

Chief Petty Officer Edward Walter Perfitt, C/J.77079.Chief Petty Officer James Douglas Arthur Rhodes, D/J.60051 (Harrogate, Yorkshire). Temporary Chief Petty Officer William Merril Montgomery, R.C.N.2561 (Halifax). Temporary Chief Petty Officer Frederick William Saunders, R.C.N.2614 (London,

England).Chief Yeoman of Signals George Benjamin Price, C/J.93737 (London).Chief Ordnance Artificer Leonard Edward Vemall, C/MX.38428 (London). Temporary Acting Chief Ordnance Artificer Leslie Francis Gill, R.C.N.V.R.,

V.30176 (Victoria, British Columbia).Ordnance Artificer Third Class Stanley Walter Leslie Reynolds, P/MX.59499.Petty Officer Herbert Murray, D/JX. 135696 (Bootle, Liverpool).Petty Officer James George Jacob Piper, P/JX.129604.Temporary Petty Officer Norman Crabtree, P/SSX.33149.Temporary Acting Petty Officer George Alvin Carroll, R.C.N.40563 (Bagot, Man

itoba).Temporary Petty Officer Telegraphist Henry Gordon Shaw, C/JX. 150976.Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Leslie Charles Pamplin, P/MX.93291 (Twickenham,

Middlesex).Acting Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Harry John Ellis, C/MX.506264 (Birming

ham).

17 6127Able Seaman Jack Casson, C/JX.321155 (Canterbury).Able Seaman Charles Francis Chew, P/JX.31345.Able Seaman Haydn Jones Harris, C/JX.347981.Able Seaman William Langridge, C/J. 104704 (Tonbridge).Able Seaman George Henry Rooke, D/JX.303070.

Mention in Despatches Captain Eric George Anderson Clifford, R.N.Captain Henry George De Wolf, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.C.N. (Bedford, Nova Scotia). Acting Captain Basil Jones, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.Commander John Richard Barnes, D.S.O., R.N.Commander John Dudley Birch, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R. (Surbiton, Surrey). Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Clifton Rexford Coughlin, D.S.C., R.C.N.V.R. Acting Lieutenant-Commander David Walter Groos, R.C.N. (Victoria, British

Columbia).Acting Lieutenant-Commander Patrick Francis Xavier Russell, R.C'.N. (Halifax,

Nova Scotia).Acting Lieutenant-Commander Robert Phillip Welland, D.S.C., R.C.N. (Dauphin.

Manitoba).Lieutenant Geoffrey Harry Carew-Hunt, R.N. (Blyth).Lieutenant David John Davenport-Handley,R.N. (Clipsham, Rutland).Lieutenant John Joseph Symonds Hooker, R.N.Lieutenant Terence Thornton Lewin, D.S.C., R.N. (North Harrow, Middlesex). Lieutenant William Prine Hayes, R.C.N. (Swift Current, Saskatchewan).Temporary, Lieutenant David Emrys Jeffreys, R.C.N.R. (Ystradgynhaes, Swansea). Acting Temporary Lieutenant Andrew Aikman, R.N.V.R. (Leith).Temporary Lieutenant Peter/Nigel Harris, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Valentine Maxwell Heayberd, R.C.N.V.R. (Montreal,

Ontario).Temporary Lieutenant Albert Gordon Welch, R.C.N.V.R. (Toronto, Canada). Acting Temporary Lieutenant Alexander Fraser, R.N.V.R. (Edinburgh). Sub-Lieutenant David James Bent, R.N. (Alverstoke, Hants).Sub-Lieutenant David William Gore Burroughs, R.N.R. (Bedford).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Roland Ivor Osbom-Smith, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Peter Ronald Wade-Smith, R.N.R.Mr. Roy Willoughby Aldred, Gunner, R.N. (Portsmouth).Mr. Geoffrey Herbert Barrick, Gunner, R.C.N. (Victoria, British Colombia).Mr. John Henry Dawson, Acting Gunner, R.A.N. (Hobart, Tasmania).Chief Petty Officer William Haig Aveling, R.C.N.2907 (New Westminster, British

Columbia).Chief Petty Officer Ronald Charles Hockley, R.C.N.2188 (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia). Chief Petty Officer Samuel Archibald Ridge, R.C.N.2226. (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Temporary Chief Petty Officer Clement Cecil Wallace Mann, R.C.N.2609 (Victoria,

British Columbia).Temporary Chief Yeoman of Signals Cyril Herbert Gordon Wilson, R.C.N., X.60922

(Newcastle-on-Tyne).Chief Engine. Room Artificer Samuel Augustus Down, D/MX.49182 (Plymouth,

Devon).Chief Engine Room Artificer Ilerbert John Wilson Hooke, D.S.M., C/M.38845

(Swanage, Dorset).Chief Engine Room Artificer Reginald Strachan Houston, R.C.N.V.R., V.7820

(Toronto, Ontario).Chief Engine Room Artificer John Edward Robson Lowther, P/MX,57441.Engine Room Artificer Second Class Clyde Boutillier, R.C.N.V.R., V .25257 (Halifax,

Nova Seolia).Ordnance Artifioer Third Class Victor Herbert Blunt, C/MX.63012 (London). Chief Stoker George Quinney Irving, R.C.N., 21328 (Simcoe, Ontario).Shipwright Third Cfass George Edward Duncan, R.C.N.V.R., V.39965 (Lachute,

Quebec).Petty Officer Robert Edgar Armstrong, R.C.N., 4022 (Trenton, Ontario).Petty Officer Albert Edward Bickford, D/JX.142492 (Totnes, Devon).Petty Officer Francis Edward Bond, D/J. 102759 (Plymouth, Devon).Petty Officer George Jesse Brooks, D/JX.125172 (Poole, Dorset).Petty Officer Frederick Joseph Cooper, P/JX. 130409 (Southsea, Hampshire).Petty Officer Thomas Urquhart King, P/JX: 130697.Petty Officer Clifford Perkin, C/JX.1395,06 (Birmingham).

6127 18Petty Officer Herbert George Thurtle, C/JX. 143478 (Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk). Temporary Petty Officer Edwin George Frederick Gooding, C/JX.149746.Acting Petty Officer George West, R.G.N.V.R., V. 18132 (Kingston, Ontario). Temporary Acting Petty Officer Thomas Edward Moorcroft, R.C.N.4055 (Vancouver,

British Columbia).Temporary Acting Petty Officer Alfred Thomas Orton. R.C.N.4050 (Hamilton,

Ontario).Acting Yeoman of Signals William Hugh Grantham, R.C.N.V.R., V.9532 (Winnipeg,

Manitoba).Acting Yeoman o f Signals Irving Jack Kaplan, R.C.N.V.R., V.2334'3 (Montreal,

Canada).Petty Officer Telegraphist William Jeffrey Harrison, R.C.N.V.R., V.25129

Parrsboro, Nova Scotia).Petty Officer Telegraphist Roland James Mulligan, R.C.N.2784 (Edmonton, Alberta). Stoker Petty Officer Joseph Tomlin Bumfrey, C/KX.98705.Stoker Petty Officer James Thomas Ford, R.C.N.R., A .2796 (Channel, Newfotmd-

land).Sergeant Eric Cecil Proud, R.M., Ch/X.743 (Rochester, Kent),Leading Seaman James MacDonald Hubbard Broughton, D/JX. 149966.Leading Seaman Allan Hugh Cox, D/JX.253699.Leading Seaman Arthur Johnson, D/JX. 150905 (Manchester).Leading Seaman Frank Keleher, R.C.N.V.R., VS(7776 (Toronto, Ontario).Leading Seaman James Henry Knight, D/SSX.24259 (Liverpool).Leading Seaman John Maurice Pitts, R.C.N.4341 (Regina, Canada).Leading Seaman Robert Charles Rice, D/JX.327950 (Great Yeldham, Essex). Temporary Leading Seaman Richard Francis Edgar Boyce, C/JX.135956

(Carshalton).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Gilbert Hadyn Chess, D/SSX.19271 (Swansea). Band Corporal Edgar John Talbot, R.M., R.M.B.X.536 (Rochester, Kent). Temporary Leading Cook (S) Raymond Frederick McGinty, C/MX. 110033 (Preston). Leading Cook (O) George Wilfred Stead, C/MX.58927 (London).Able Seaman William Robert Wentworth Barrett, P/JX.357822.Able Seaman Thomas Harold Cooper, P/JX.176088 (Shotton, near Chester).Able Seaman Robert Nelson Hearne, C/JX.234756 (Sittingboume).Able Seaman Reginald John Oliver, C/JX.375596.Able Seaman Richard George Phillips, P/JX.298395.Able Seaman John Tomlinson Richards, C/JX.357943 (Caterham, Surrey). Signalman Sydney Arthur Fearn, P/JX.233646 (Purley).Ordinary Seaman Robert Arthur Reynolds, C/JX.627488 (Farnborough, Hants). Ordinary Telegraphist John Crichton Stewart, D/JX.612025 (Edinburgh).

For undaunted courage, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M. Submarines “ Unsparing ” and “ Unruly ” :

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant Aston Dalzell Piper, D.S.C., R.N.R. (Troon).

The Distinguished Service Cross Lieutenant Richard Hewson Akeroyd, R.N. (Bakewell).Lieutenant Stanley William Clayden, R.N. (Hillingdon, Middlesex).Lieutenant John Paton Fyfe, R.N. (Falkirk).

Bar to the Distinguished Service Medal Acting Chief Petty Officer Arthur Poulter, DJ3.M., P/JX.130942 (Rotherwick,

Hants).The Distinguished Service Medal

Acting Chief Petty Officer Sidney Eustace Travers, D/J. 107209 (Dunoon).Chief Engine Room Artificer Charles Gaskin, C/MX.49759 (London).Chief Engine Room Artificer William Gibb Kilpatrick, D/MX.50071 (Durban,

South Africa.)Engine Room Artificer Third Class Reginald Eric Fowkes, P/MX.78857 (Epsom,

Surrey).Petty Officer John Lees Cameron, D/JX.152912 (Methil, Fifeshire).Petty Officer Harry James Lamer, C/JX. 138852 (Fleetwood, Lancs.).Acting Petty Officer Cornelius Coakley, D/JX.137361 (Romford, Essex).Stoker Petty Officer Arthur Dennis Round, D/KX.82218 (Barrow-in-Furness,

Lancs.).

19 6127Acting Leading Seaman Bernard Brammer, D/JX.176650 (Sheffield, Yorks.). Acting Leading Stoker Rhyeas Vincent Moore, C/KX.130325 (Ockley, Surrey). Able Seaman John Smith, P/JX.235722 (Watford).

Mention in Despatches Acting Temporary Lieutenant James Percival Bowker Cooper, R.N.V.R.

(Kilmarnock).Temporary Lieutenant Harry Straw, R.N.V.R. (Liverpool).Petty Officer Alffed Lawrence, D.S.M., P/JX.141573 (Leeds, Yorkshire).Petty Officer Telegraphist Arnold Abraham, P/JX. 138543 (Bournemouth).Petty Officer Telegraphist Leonard Oliver Ironmonger, P/SSX. 14949 (Derby). Acting Leading Seaman Albert Carter, D/SSX.30338 (Barnsley).Acting Leading Seaman Kenneth Alexander Saddler, P/JX.347599 (Weston-super-

Mare).Leading Telegraphist Alfred John Richards, D/JX.214538 (Swansea).

For outstanding enterprise and skill in preventing the enemy from bringing supplies to and withdrawing troops from Le Havre :

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service OrderTemporary Lieutenant Mark Amold-Forster, D.S.C., R.N.V.R. (St. Ives, Cornwall).

Second Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossLieutenant Geoffrey John Kirkby, D.S.C., R.N.Temporary Lieutenant Philip Gordon Lee, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossLieutenant David Alexander Shaw, D.S.C., R.N. (Chichester).Temporary Lieutenant John Dudley Dixon, D.S.C., R.N.V.R, (Banstead, Surrey).

The Distinguished Service CrossLieutenant-Commander Cyril George Hart Brown, R.N.Liei^tenant John Studholm Brownrigg, R.N.Temporary Lieutenant Richard Guy Fison, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Richard Guy Ormonde Hudson, R.N.V.R.

For courage, resolution and skill in H.M. Ships “ Dominica,” “ Loch Fada” “ Loch Killin,” “ Starling ” and “ Wren” in anti U-Boat operations:

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossLieutenant-Commander Stanley Darling, D.S.C., R.A.N.V.R. (Sydney).

The Distinguished Service MedalLeading Seaman James Currie, D/SSX.26001 (Great Yarmouth).Able Seaman Fred Harrison, D/JX.368283 (Macclesfield).

Mention in DespatchesActing Commander David Edward Gillespie Wemyss, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Hamish Napier Lawson, R.D., R.N.R. (London). Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin Andrew Rogers, R.D., R.N.R. (Yedington). Lieutenant-Commander Sidney Richard James Woods, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R. Temporary Lieutenant Thomas William Cawley Rylance, M.B.E., R.N.R.

(Blackpool).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Dennis Philip Brett Harding, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Petty Officer Douglas Harold Dan, D/JX. 134057 (West Looe).Temporary Acting Petty Officer James McNulty, D/X.10183B (Liverpool).Able Seaman Robert Buckingham, P/JX.323604 (London).Able Seaman Arthur William Jackson, P/JX. 164249 (Manor Park).Acting Able Seaman Charles Edward Taylor, D/JX.288693 (Macclesfield).

For courage, leadership and determination in close action with the enemy, while serving in Light Coastal Craft:

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossTemporary Lieutenant Charles Arthur Burk, D.S.C., R.C.N.V.R.

6127 20The Distinguished Service Cross

Temporary Lieutenant Archibald McDougal, R.N.V.R.

The Distinguished Service Medal Leading Seaman Albert George Stubbins, R.C.N.V.R., V.40004.

Mention in DespatchesActing Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Donald Gould Bradford, D.S.O.,

D.S.C., R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Cecil William Ford, D-S.C., R.N.V.R. (Elstree). Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Keith Scobie, R.C.N.V.R.Petty Officer John George Huntley, P/JX. 144954 (Weymouth).Petty Officer Leon G. Hutchinson, R.C.N.V.R., V.233.Able Seaman Douglas Blair, R.C.N.V.R., V.44361.Able.Seaman Stanley Victor Everson, P/JX.295927 (London).Able Seaman Robert Matthews, C/JX.351892 (Cardenden).

For outstanding courage and devotion to duty in H.M. ships “ Brixham ” , “ Bude ” , “ Hoy “ Polruan ” , “ Rothesay ” and “ Sharpshooter ” in mines weeping operations in the Mediterranean :

The Distinguished Service CrossTemporary Lieutenant Edward James Morris Jenkins, R.N.V.R.

The Distinguished Service MedalPetty Officer Eric Hawton, D/JX.139370.Acting Petty Officer Trevor John Nicholas, D/JX. 160556.Acting Leading Seaman Angus Nieolson, P/X.10496.

Mention in DespatchesCommander Alaster Angus Martin, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.Lieutenant Charles David Sampson, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant William Kenneth Lewis, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Robert Watt, R.N.V.R.Chief Stoker William James Hutchens, C/K.60742.Acting Stoker Petty Officer John Ritchie, D/KX.91113.Acting Lea'ding Seaman Fred Todds, C/JX. 154437.Leading Signalman Reginald William Avery, D/JX. 1547 78.Able Seaman Paul Alexander Carter, P/JX:261312.Able Seaman Ewart Ernest Hill, P/JX.227218.Cook Arthur Frederick David Mayhew, LT/MX.82776.

For distinguished service while operating with the Royal Air Force :The Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A ) Stuart Llewellyn Devonald, R.N.Acting Lieutenant-Commander William James Mainprice,.R.N.

For good services in landing operations in the Aegean :Mention in Despatches

Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Leslie Frank Ramseyer, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Mervyn Russell, R.N.V.R. Leading Telegraphist Thomas Miles Swinburne, C/JX.134978 (Gateshead).

For good service in action against enemy aircraft while serving in defensively equipped Merchant Ships :

Mention in DespatchesLance Bombardier William Graham Quirk, 1782312, 6th Regiment M.R.A. (K il

winning, Ayrshire).Bombardier James Crompton, 3775159, 1st Regiment, M.R.A. (St. Helens, Lancs). Acting Able Seaman Alfred Gerald Fowler, C/JX.444751 (Swanley, Kent).Acting Able Seaman Joseph Michael Sheedy, D/JX.336656 (Wavertree, Liverpool).

21 6127For good'service in salvage operations :

Mention in Despatches Temporary Lieutenant Charles Kenneth Atkinson, R.N.R. (Lower Bebington). Temporary Lieutenant John Lissant-Clayton, R.N.Z.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Stanley Charles Butler, R.N.V.R. (Dedham). Shipwright Fourth Class John Maurice French, C/MX.118903 (Fairlie).Stoker Petty Officer William Christopher Morgan, D/KX.88644.Acting Leading Stoker Albert John Berkshire, P/KX.138412.Stoker First Class Reginald Daley, D/SKX.968 (Ripley).

For courage and devotion to duty in rescuing an airman who had baled out into the sea :

Mention in Despatches Leading Seaman William Alexander George, P/JX.223051.

For good service in ‘clearance and rescue work after an explosion at Bombay docks :—

CommendationTemporary Lieutenant Nathan Philip Morris, R.N.V.R. (Eastbourne).Temporary Lieutenant (E ) Frederick Turnbull, R.N.V.R. (New Bicincepeth,

Durham).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Ronald Pearce, S.A.N.F. (V).Leading Wren Brenda Wilson, W.R.N.S. 26445.Ahle Seaman David Reid Boath, D/JX.418840.Canteen Assistant Gordon Arthur Parker, C/NX.533640.Fitter Geoffrey Naile Pate.

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