Merchant Navy awards

This thread contains details of some medals and honours awarded to members of the Merchant Navy for actions during WW2.

[member='Mike Kinnear'] has compiled alphabetical indexes both for the individuals and for the ships mentioned


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Merchant Navy Awards Index: People

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From The Times, Wednesday, Nov 05, 1941
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BRAVERY
...
O.B.E.

Captain William Samuel COUGHLAN, master.

The ship was torpedoed and quickly settled. The crew took to the four lifeboats and set out on their long voyage towards land. The master rationed food and water and kept the boats together. They sailed by day and each night he made them fast one to another. In this way the spirit of the whole company was kept high and, in spite of much suffering from heat, every one survived to be picked up on the tenth day. Captain Coughlan had long perfected the boat drill in his vessel, and his skill at sea was equal to every demand.


See Post #14 for additional info from Hugh

 

From The Times, Wednesday, Nov 05, 1941
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BRAVERY
...
M.B.E.
Harry Charles CARTER, first mate.

The ship was torpedoes and at once began to sink. Three of the four boats were got away. Captain Gough rescued men from another stricken ship and trasferred them from a raft. When picked up 12 days later his first thought was for his other boats which, owing to rough weather, had parted company.

The master was again torpedoed on his way home and spent nearly four days in a lifeboat. Soon after his second rescue he took charge of salvage operations on a sunken ship. Captain Gough's seamanship and courage rose above every trial.

The first mate, in charge of the second boat, brought more than 20 survivors to safety after nearly 16 days on the open sea. Carter showed fine leadership and, in spite of great difficulties maintained strict discipline, and when they reached a neutral shore he cared well for his men.



See post #21 for Hugh's comment

 

From The Times, Wednesday, Nov 05, 1941
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BRAVERY
...
M.B.E.

Derek Crawford GILCHRIST, third officer.

A merchantman was torpedoeed and sunk at night by a submarine. Six men were killed, but the rest got away in three boats. Five days later a ship picked up survivors from two of these, but the third, in chargeo of Gilchrist, with nine Europeans and 21 Indians in her, was not picked up until 25 days later. The third officer hoisted sail, and set his course by the stars. He rationed food at half a biscuit, a spoonful of condensed milk and half a dipper of water for each man morning and evening, and while it lasted a little meat for those who kept watch.

From the beginning Gilchrist set a high standard, and his strict discipline gave everyone a feeling of security. Wathes were changed punctually, and rations strictly given out, and silence was kept in the boat from sunset until dawn. It was very hot, and daily the men grew weaker. When rain came it was with such violence that they were drenched, and sat huddled together shivering with cold and unable to sleep. Gilchrist, who is only 24 years of age, never let them despair, and his courage and endurance sustained them all.



See post #29 for Hugh's comment

 

The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940

AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

PETER PATRICK CROXFORD, Ordinary Seaman, M/V Sussex.

Captain Clarke'ship was hit by two bombs. One wrecked the funnel, wireless, bridge, chartroom, compasses, and chronometers, the other started a fire in the wool cargo. The aircraft signalled "stop" but this was ignored and accurate fire from the ship#s gun kept the enemy at a distance. In a wooden locker was 40 tons of cordite and all efforts were concentrated on keepig the cordite wet. Assistant Steward Trundley climbed on the locker and cheerfully remained there directing the hose.


See post #30 for Hugh's comment

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
O.B.E, CIVIL DIVISION

CAPTAIN TOM VALENTINE FRANK, Master
Mr. DAVID RANKIN POW, Chief Engineer

Captain Frank volunteered to enter a port which was mined and when air attacks were expected, to embark troops and stores. All night long he fought off enemy bombing attacks, and brought his ship safely to this country.



See post #34 for Hugh's comments.

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
O.B.E, CIVIL DIVISION

CAPTAIN VICTOR ALFRED RICHARD JURY, Master

From 100ft. the enemy dropped a bomb which killed one of the crew and started a fire. The cargo was highly inflammable, but Captain Jury, with great courage and resource, saved not only his ship but the lives of her crew.



See post #137 for further information from Hugh.

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
O.B.E, CIVIL DIVISION

Mr. DONALD KERR, Chief Officer.

When the ship was shelled at point-blank range by a submarine, a number of men, including the Master, were killed or injured. After staying behind to see all others off, the Chief Officer was pulled into the water by the suction from a shell and was not picked up until some two hours later. He showed great coolness and courage throughout.


See post #35 for Hugh's additional information

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
O.B.E, CIVIL DIVISION

CAPTAIN CHARLES PARRY, Master
Mr. JOHN JENNER SIMMONS, Chief Engineer

Captain Parry's ship was torpedoed aft and abandoned. As it was then seen that the ship was not sinking, the Master, the Chief Engineer, and volunteers returned and the vessel was taken in tow. The wind rose to a gale and the tow parted. The Chief Engineer, single-handed, raised steam and the ship was in the end handed over to salvage tugs.


See post # 138 for further information from Hugh

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED

M.B.E. (CIVIL DIVISION)
Mr. JAMES BROWN BELL, Second Engineer

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
NICHOLAS KIELY, Able Seaman

When enemy aircraft attacked this officer's ship 10 of the crew were killed and three injured. Bell cut the rafts adrift, lowered the damaged but seaworth lifeboats and, althought the vessel was settling fast, got the wounded Master and Second Mate aboard. A violent explosion then threw everyone into the water and blew the boats to pieces. Helped by Able Seaman Kiely, the Second Engineer took a raft and resuced everyone whom he could see, including the Master and Second Mate. Both of these officers died of their wounds.


See post #31 for Hugh's comment

 

From The Times, Saturday, Dec 14, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED
M.B.E. (CIVIL DIVISION)

Mr. FRANCIS SAMUEL GRANT, Second Engineer

When his ship was torpedoed Second Engineer Grant remained in the engine room carrying out the Master's orders. After a second explosion the midship portion of the vessel fell in, but Mr. Grant left the enginge room only when it was impossible for him to stand upright and when the ship lost speed and stopped.


See post #32 for Hugh's comment

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY
O.B.E

REID, CAPTAIN WILLIAM, Master, ss. Blackheath

Captina Reid showed courage, resource, and fine seamanship in operations on the Norwegian coast, when ss. Blackheath was employed as store-carrier for the military force operating from Namsos.

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY

B.E.M.
ALLARD, ELLIOT, Gunlayer, ss. City of Brussels

COMMENDED
MURRAY, CAPTAIN THOMAS NEILSON, Master
SINCLAIR, A.W., Chief Officer
MACDONALD, ALEC, Second Officer
GALLACHER, JOSEPH, Fireman
WEBSTER, FREDERICK CHARLES, Fireman
all of the City of Brussels.

The s.s. City of Brussels, after unloading cargo at Brussels, was attacked at evening by two enemy aircraft. Allard at once opened fire with a 12-pounder. The first shot, bursting between the two machines, caused one of the aircraft to shoot up into the air and then to fall to the ground. The second aircraft, obviously damaged, rapidly lost height and was reported also to have fallen. In this gallant action the gunlayer was ably supported by this loaders. Firemen Webster and Gallacher. The Master and officers, by their unfailing courage and confidence during the attack, inspired the whole crew of the vessel.

 

Post #2 refers.

Captain William Samuel COUGHLAN, O.B.E., M.N., master
From The Times, Wednesday, Nov 05, 1941

Captain William Samuel COUGHLAN, master.

The ship was torpedoed and quickly settled. The crew took to the four lifeboats and set out on their long voyage towards land. The master rationed food and water and kept the boats together. They sailed by day and each night he made them fast one to another. In this way the spirit of the whole company was kept high and, in spite of much suffering from heat, every one survived to be picked up on the tenth day. Captain Coughlan had long perfected the boat drill in his vessel, and his skill at sea was equal to every demand.

Captain Coughlan was the master of the Ellerman Hall line cargo ship "CITY OF WINCHESTER" official number 140546 torpedoed on 9th May 1941 by U-103 (Viktor Shultze) with the loss of 6 of her crew.
Regards
Hugh

 

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INDEX of INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED [excluding those listed in post 133]: Main primary source of information is Seedies List of Awards to the Merchant Navy for WWII. Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea by George A. Brown and information from H. MacLean's personal files.

AITCHISON, Thomas Cunningham, MBE, 149611 APAPA, posts 74 & 174
ALLON, William Arthur, MBE, 148052 CRACKSHOT, posts 75 & 224
ALMOND, John Graham, OBE, 163539 DORSET, posts 318 & 404
ANDERSON, George, BEM, 137187 HIGHLANDER, post 19
ANDERSON, Norman Douglas, OBE, 131359 JALVIHAR, posts 338 & 405
ANDERTON, George Smith, Polish Cross, 148395 KELSO, post 162
ANDREWS, Cyril Maurice, OBE, 163665 WAIWERA, posts 96 & 99
ANHOLM, Edgar Stenstrom, MBE, 161432 HARBERTON, posts 190 & 225
ANSON, George Henry, BEM, 144046 DESTRO, posts 324 & 406
ARKIESON, Charles, OBE, 145844 SOMERSETSHIRE, posts 91 & 260
ARMSTRONG, George Hunt, OBE, 147710 SILVERLARCH, posts 384 & 408
ARMSTRONG, Ralph Wilson, BEM, 13910 PINNA, posts 309 & 409
ARNOTT, Walton, BEM, 166285 BOLTON CASTLE, posts 97 & 98
ARTHUR, Robert Beckwith, MBE, 168968 EMPIRE BAFFIN, posts 311 & 407
ARTHURS, Arthur Magowan, MBE, 168219 GEO. H. JONES, post 334 & 425
ATKINSON, John Robert, GM, 140563 CALCIUM, posts 186 & 278
AUSTIN, Harry, OBE, 149746 SOUTHGATGE, posts 106 & 111
AYRES, Richard Hamilton, MBE, 141924 GAIRSOPPA, posts 215 & 317

BACON, Norman John, MBE, 174441 ROSENBORG, posts 323 & 414
BAILEY, Charles Albert, OBE, 14974 SHAKESPEAR, posts 192 & 417
BALLANTYNE, Alexander, OBE, 165594 BROOMDALE, post 26
BANNAN, William, OBE, 136066 TAHCHEE, posts 242 & 418
BAPTIST, Colin Norman Timothy, BEM, 161107 ATHELCROWN, posts 269 & 419
BARNETSON, James, OBE,145658 CAPE RACE, posts 329 & 420
BARNETT, J.W., MBE, 168386 FORT LA MONTEE, posts 393 & 454
BAYER, R.F., CBE, 161329 LLANGIBBY CASTLE, posts 238 & 421
BEAVIS, Bernard, MBE, 160529 ANGLO CANADIAN, posts 321 & 422
BECKETT, James, OBE, 161955 YEWARCH, posts 72 & 423
BEESE, Alfred Henry, MBE, 145983 STURDEE ROSE, post 258 & 439
BELL, James Brown, MBE, 146589 THOROLD, posts 10, 27, 31 & 82
BELL, Philip George, OBE, 163387 PASS OF BALMAHA, post 228 & 447
BELTON, James William, MBE, 144046 DESTRO, post 252 & 455
BENNETT, Edwin, OBE, 147260 AUDITOR, post 304 & 456
BENTLEY, Hugh Gordon Bradford, OBE, 164846 EMPIRE MICA, post 340 & 460
BERGSTROM, Eugene, BEM, 16052 ANGLO CANADIAN, posts 321 & 422
BIGGS, John Henry, CBE, 166371 STRATHALLAN, posts 80 & 112
BINNIE, Harry Alexander, MBE, 129491 KINDERSLEY post 232 & 457
BINNS, James William, OBE, 166056 FORT LA MAUNE post 394 & 461
BIRD, Walter, OBE, 146280 CHILKA, posts 92 & 101
BIRCH, Philip Edmund, OBE, 139251 THIRLBY post 190 & 462
BIRNIE, William, commended, ss. HIGHLANDER, post 19
BLACK, Robert Henry, MBE, 168655 EMPIRE CLOUGH post 343 & 481
BLACKBURN, Eric, BEM, EIKHAUG (Norwegian) post 206 & 482
BLACKETT, Adain, OBE, 146514 RIO BLANCO post 341 & 464
BLACKHALL, G., MBE, 163582 SAN ALVARO post 395 & 494
BLACKSTONE, Albert William, OBE, 166611 CRISTA post 280 and 495
BLAKE, Walter Charles, Polish Cross, SOBIESKY (Polish) post 158
BLYTH, John Henry, DSC, OBE, 147235 MENELAUS post 307 & 496
BOND, Douglas Norman, MBE, 167388 ALACRITY post 271 & 497
BONNEY, Frederick Donald, MBE, post 387
BOOTH, Eric George, MBE, post 347
BOOTH, Harold George THORNE, OBE, post 219
BOOTH, John Dalgarno, MBE, post 348
BOWLES, William Herbert, MBE, post 222
BRAMLEY, Thomas Edward, GM, 14056 CALCIUM, posts 186 & 278
BRAMWELL, Joseph Edward, BEM, 167369 CORMEAD, posts 47 & 142
BRANAGAN, Lancelot James, OBE, post 243
BRAY, George, MBE, 140300 RFA ORANGELEAF, posts 150-2
BRIGHT, Frederick Anstead, MBE, post 343
BRINDLEY, Joseph, Polish Cross, ARRANDORA STAR, posts 158 & 161
BRITTAIN, George, BEM, 164063 RIVER AFTON, posts 95 & 100
BROAD, Francis Reginald, OBE, post 273
BRODIE, Gilbert, MBE, post 347
BROOKS, Robert, OBE, post 229
BROUGHTON, Charles George Benjamin, MBE, post 366
BROWN, Alexander, Earlspark, OBE, post 175
BROWN, Godfrey, MBE, post 367
BROWN, Norah Mary, MBE, post 296
BROWN, Stanley Edward, BEM, post 237
BRUCE, Stanley, OBE, post 399
BRUNDLE, Robert William, OBE, post 368
BURGESS, John Stuart, MBE, post 344
BURNNAND, Stanley Salter, OBE, post 356
BURTON, Frederick Albert, BEM, post 305
BUSBY, Henry James, MBE, post 234
BUSHEN, Edgar William, MBE, post 275
BUSK-WOOD, William George, OBE, post 331
BUTCHER, Francis Stanley Jackson, OBE, BALTEAKO, post 24
BUTLER, Edward James, GM, post 197
BUTTERWORTH, Arthur, MBE, post 349

CAGNEY, Roy Douglas, BEM, 168968 EMPIRE BAFFIN, posts 311 & 407
CAIN, Alfred Thomas, BEM, post 327
CAIRD, Alexander Mann, OBE, post 200
CAIRNS, Alexander, BEM, post 221
CALEY, William Henry, BEM, post 333
CAMERON, John, MBE, 168911 EMPIRE WAVE, posts 42 & 88
CAMPBELL, Duncan, MBE, post 370
CAMPBELL, John, BEM, 16359 SAN ARCADIO, posts 64 & 113
CANLAN, Edward, BEM, 14974 SHAKESPEAR, posts 193 & 418
CAPLE, William Henry, MBE, post 258
CAPON, Selwyn, CBE, post 303
CAREY, Robert James Master, Commended, STORK, post 177
CARTER, Harry Charles, MBE, 13778 CLAN OGILVY, posts 3 & 21
CATLING, Charles Victor, OBE, 145523 BIRTLEY, posts 41 & 87
CHAMPION, Samuel Francis, OBE, post 401
CHARLTON, George Reginald, MBE, post 180
CHEYNE, George, MBE, post 259
CHISHOLM, James, BEM, post 236
CHISHOLM, William, AM, post 380
CHURCH, Leslie Clair, OBE, post 201
CLARK, Albert John, BEM, 166371 STRATHALLAN, posts 80 & 112
CLARKE, Edward, MBE, post 255
CLARKE, James Henry English, MBE, post 403
CLARKE, Richard Thomas, MBE, post 402
CLIFF, Reginald William Arthur, MBE, post 298
CLOKE, William John, OBE, post 212
CLOWE, David Eric, GM, 167175, SHILLONG, post 386 & 503
COBURN, Edward William Lance, BEM, post 333
COCKBURN, Miss, commended, HIGHLANDER, post 19
COLEMAN, Neil Murray, MBE, 162547 BRITISH RESOURCE, posts 65 & 170
COLLIER, Tom, 165597 GWYNWOOD, posts 76 & 102
COLLISTER, Alfred Percy William, OBE, post 286
CONROY, John, BEM, post 316
COOK, Lionel Aubrey, MBE, post 362
COUGLHAN, William Samuel, OBE, 140546 CITY OF WINCHESTER, posts 2 & 14
CRADDOCK, Richard James, OBE, post 356
CRAIB, Arthur William, Polish Cross, S.S. BARON KINNAIRD, post 161
CRESER, Roy Dudley, GM, post 346
CRICKMORE, Thomas Jehu Wallace, MBE, post 266
CROMARTY, John William Cromarty, Polish Cross, GLENDINNING, post 161
CROOK, Douglas, MBE, post 330
CROSS, W.H., OBE, post 393
CROXFORD, Peter Patrick, BEM, 165389 SUSSEX, posts 5 & 30
CURRY, George, OBE, post 287
CUSWORTH, George Ernest, MBE, 174441 ROSENBORG, posts 323 & 414
CUTHBERT, George, BEM, 148856 ARLETTA, posts 66 & 171
CUTHILL, John Murray, OBE, post 354

DALZIEL, Alexander, BEM, post 210
DALZIEL, Jeremiah, BEM, post 277
DARROCH, Duncan, Polish Cross, ROYAL SCOTSMAN, post 161
DAVIES, A.D., OBE, 146303 NALGORA, posts 50 & 115
DAVIES, David John, OBE, post 330
DAVIES, David Selwyn, MBE, 164841 EMPIRE ENDURANCE, posts 126 & 131
DAVIES, E.L., OBE, post 239
DAVIS, A.C., BEM, 165337 WALMER CASTLE, posts 56 & 117
DAVIS, William Herbert Victor, MBE, BROOMDALE, post 25
DAVISON, James, OBE, post 179
DAWSON, Alfred Stanley, Commended, MAVIS, post 16
DAWSON, Joseph Lindon, OBE, post 303
DECKER, George Alvin, BEM, post 372
DEIGHTON, Frank, OBE, 165620 CITY OF PRETORIA, posts 62 & 165
De NEUMANN, Bernard Peter, GM, 148295 TEWKESBURY, posts 125 & 130
DEWAR, John, MBE, post 306
DEWAR, Lachlan, Polish Cross, BARON KINNAIRD, posts 158 & 161
DINGLE, Edward Wallace, MBE, post 203
DONALD, A., OBE, post 241
DONALD, Henry William, Commended, NORTHERN COAST, post 17
DONALDSON, George Evan, BEM, post 341
DONALDSON, James Henry, BEM, post 364
DONOVAN, James Dominic, OBE, 161128 ATHELSULTAN, posts 356 & 475
DOWNIE, Robert Campbell, MBE, post 288
DRUMMOND, Victoria Alexandrina, MBE, post 194
DUFF, Alexander, BEM, post 193
DUFFIN, Harry, MBE, post 373
DUGUID, Alexander Muir, MBE, post 181
DUNCAN, John, OBE, 147710 SILVERLARCH, posts 384 & 408
DUNCAN, William Massie, MBE, 148856 ARLETTA, posts 66 & 171
DUNSTER, Sidney Thomas, OBE, post 383
DYKES, David, OBE, 168968 EMPIRE BAFFIN, posts 311 & 407

EARNSHAW, Herbert King, MBE, post 361
EASTWOOD, Tom, MBE, post 256
EATON, Kenneth George, MBE, 148856 ARLETTA, posts 66 & 171
EDWARDS, Rodney George, MBE, post 376
ELLIS, Ieuan Prys, MBE, post 182
ELLIS, Ralph Churchill, MBE, post 208
ELLIS, Thomas Williams, MBE, post 39
ENGLISH, Alexander, MBE, 166308 MACON, posts 44 & 90
EOYN, John Morris, OBE, post 81
EVANS, Charles Knight, OBE, post 261
EVANS, David Meredith Lyon, MBE, post 314
EVANS, Lewis, MBE, 131359 JALAVIHAR, posts 338 & 405
EVANS, Wilfred George, OBE, post 288
EVANS, William, OBE, 161291 PACIFIC RELIANCE, posts 36 & 83
EYTON-JONES, William E.R., OBE, 145975 BENVRACKIE, posts 38 & 85

FAIRLEM, G.H., OBE, post 395
FASKIN, William Simpson, MBE, post 401
FAULKNER, Charles, OBE, post 365
FEA, Thomas Ernest, OBE, post 361
FENN, Ernest James, OBE, post 305
FERGUSON, Frank Sam, BEM, post 185
FERGUSON, Maria Elizabeth, BEM, post 322
FISHER, Kenneth Desmond Cronow, GM, post 388
FITCH, Norman Frederick, MBE, post 207
FLACK, David Flack, Polish Cross, Commended, ss. Northern Coast, post 17
FLETT, James, MBE, post 216
FLUIT, Gysbert, BEM, 161432 Harberton, posts 190 & 225
FOLWELL, Norman William, BEM, post 314
FOTHERGILL, Frank, BEM, post 331
FOX, Charles, CBE, 165501 ORCADES post 357 & 476
FRANCIS, Richard Frederick, OBE, post 303
FRANK, Tom Valentine, OBE, Polish Cross, 161994 Alderpool & 139249 ss Ashby, posts 6, 34, 158 & 161
FREEMAN Sidney, BEM, post 240
FREESTONE, William John, MBE, 137782 Clan Ogilvy, posts 21, 44 & 140
FRITH, A.S., MBE, post 393
FROGGATT, George Charles, OBE, post 357
FULLERTON, Edward, fireman, BEM, 145523 Birtley, posts 41 & 87

GALEA, Lucrezio, BEM, post 179
GALLACHER, Joseph, Commended, ss City of Brussels, post 13
GANNON, Thomas, BEM, post 258
GARDNER, John Selkirk, MBE, post 369
GARDINER, R.E., MBE, 166563 Shahristan, posts 57 & 118
GARSIN, George Kenmure, MBE, post 313
GEORGE, John Henry, OBE, post 245
GIBB, Walter, MBE, post 326
GIBBON, William Edwin, MBE, 174441 Rosenborg, posts 323 & 414
GIBSON, Henry Evans, MBE, post 335
GIFFORD, Wiliam, OBE, ss. Highlander, post 19
GILCHRIST, Derek Crawford, MBE, 140533 City of Shanghai, posts 4 & 29
GILL, Sidney James, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
GLENTON, Joseph, BEM, post 237
GODFREY, Valentine Thomas Basil, MBE, post 183
GOLIGHTLY, Bernard, BEM, 16359 San Arcadio, posts 64 & 113
GOLIGHTLY, James Duncan, MBE, post 303
GOMM, George Edward, BEM, post 266
GOODALL, Christopher Herbert, BEM, 166371 Strathallan, posts 80 & 112
GOODMAN, Claud Rundle Beresford, MBE, post 327
GOODRIDGE, E., MBE, 166563 Shahristan, posts 57 & 118
GOULD, Leslie George, BEM, post 241
GRAHAM, Frederick Henry, OBE, post 374
GRAHAM, Ronald Jordan, BEM, post 352
GRANT, Francis Samuel, MBE, 167312 Torinia, posts 11 & 32
GRANT, James Newsome, MBE, post 219
GRANT, Sidney Crossland, OBE, post 372
GRAY, John Andrew, BEM, post 322
GREEN, Noel Francis, MBE, 13910 PINNA, posts 309 & 409
GREENWOOD, Joseph, BEM, post 109
GREGSON, John Sedgwick, AM, 162329 DEUCALION, post 399 & 483
GREIG, James Kirkland, OBE, post 228
GREY, Percy, GM, post 313
GRIEVES, E.C., MBE, 164670 Icemaid, posts 58 & 155
GRIFFITHS, Evan Owen, BEM, post 188
GRIMSHAW, Walter Henry, OBE, post 353
GRINSTEAD, Leonard Victor, MBE, post 240
GRONHAUG, J., MBE, 165460 George Balfour, posts 60 & 163
GUY, Philip Samuel, MBE, post 363

HAIG, George, OBE, post 220
HAIR, James Thompson, CBE, 168924 Empire Selwyn/Belgian Soldier, posts 105 & 110
HALCROW, Laurence Smith, commended, ss. Highlander, post 19
HALLIDAY, W.C.C., BEM, 160733 Briarwood, posts 53 & 136
HALVORSEN, T., OBE, posts 51 & 144
HAM, Hubert Gerwyn, BEM, post 355
HAMLING, John Henry Johns, OBE, post 325
HAMMONDS, Percy, MBE, 140300 RFA ORANGELEAF, posts 150-2
HARDY, J. MBE, 160733 BRIARWOOD, posts 53 & 136
HARDY, Robert, MBE, post 358
HARPER, Harold William, OBE, post 292
HARRIS, D., BEM, 115054 SAINT EUNAN, posts 61 & 164
HARRISON, Jacob Marcus, MBE, post 184
HARRISON, Walter Gordon, CBE, post 327
HARVEY, Robert Sharpe, MBE, post 356
HAYES, Ernest Edward, BEM, post 326
HERBERT, John, OBE, 145576 SARASTONE post 74 & 479
HETHERINGTON, John Richardson, BEM, 160733 BRIARWOOD, posts 285, 410, 411 & 412
HETHERINGTON, Randall William James, MBE, post 294
HICKLING, Erick Arnold, OBE, 163665 WAIWERA, posts 96 & 99
HIGGS, William Gordon, OBE, 163429 PORT CHALMERS, posts 63 & 167
HILL, William Leslie, MBE, post 376
HINCHCLIFF, Alfred, Polish Cross, S.S. KELSO, post 161
HINTON, William Thomas, BEM, 164958 CROMARTY, posts 48 & 141
HOARE, Stephen Leonard, OBE, 166624 City of Lincoln, posts 37 & 139
HOLDEN, Maurice, BEM, post 176
HOLMAN, Jeremiah, BEM, post 314
HOOPER, George Henry, BEM, post 314
HOPKINS, Robert Edward, OBE, post 366
HORN, Thomas Sydney, OBE, post 220
HORNER, James Goodall, MBE, post 195
HOUFTON, Norman, OBE, 147685 Takliwa, , posts 67 & 172
HOWIE, Stanley Stuart, MBE, 145843 Eumaeus, posts 71 & 90
HOWLETT, David Gardiner, MBE, post 262
HUGGINS, Ralph Edward, MBE, post 185
HULSE, Neil Sidney, MBE, post 350
HURST, Charles Henry, OBE, post 385

INGLEDEW, Harold, MBE, post 344
INGLISH, John, GM, post 277
INGRAM, Ernest Bertie, OBE, post 319
ISBERG, Hugo, BEM, post 320

JACK, David Charles, OBE, 163429 PORT CHALMERS, posts 63 & 167
JACKSON, Clarence, OBE, post 319
JACKSON, Thomas Reginald, MBE, post 292
JACKSON, Walter, MBE, 161107 ATHELCROWN, posts 269 & 419
JAMES, Daniel John O., BEM, 166285 BOLTON CASTLE, posts 97 & 98
JAMIESON, George, BEM, post 313
JARMAN, W.C., MBE, BEN SCREEL, posts 59 & 119
JENNINGS, George William, MBE, post 281
JENSEN, William Hudson, BEM, s.s. WORTHTOWN, post 18
JOHNSON, Andrew Hunter, GM, post 198
JOHNSON, Frederick Newman, MBE, post 40
JOHNSON, Reginald, MBE, post 289
JOHNSON, Stanley, OBE, post 123
JOHNSTON, Peter, OBE, post 347
JOHNSTONE, Hugh, BEM, post 259
JOHNSTONE, Peter Gibb, MBE, 16652 STARSTONE, posts 70 & 120
JONES, David Herbert Pugh, MBE, 149914 BRITISH ENDEAVOUR, posts 128 & 468
JONES, David Thomas, BEM, post 326
JONES, H.A., BEM, 115054 SAINT EUNAN, posts 61 & 164
JONES, Henry Norman, OBE, post 367
JONES, Percy Donald, GM, 14974 SHAKESPEAR, posts 192 & 417
JONES, William, MBE, post 282
JURY, Victor Alfred Richard, OBE, 165433 REGENT LION, posts 7 & 137

KALE, Albert Edward, BEM, post 403
KARNIK, Ram Krishna Gangadhar, MBE, 131359 Jalavihar, posts 338 & 405
KEADY, Ernest, MBE, 144046 Destro, posts 324 & 406
KEARON, Reginald Sanderson, OBE, 14395 Assyrian, posts 68 & 121
KEATING, William McClymart, MBE, post 312
KEEGAN, J.F., BEM, 164670 Icemaid, posts 58 & 155
KELLY, Percy Ambrose, MBE, post 336
KEMBALL, Frederick James, MBE, post 327
KEMP, Hubert Beaumont, Commended, Stork, post 177
KENNEDY, James, OBE, 162547 British Resource, posts 65 & 170
KENT, Guy Stanley, OBE, 140300 RFA Orangeleaf, posts 150-2
KERR, Donald, OBE, 147782 Kenordoc, posts 8 & 35
KERR, John, OBE, post 214
KERR, William, BEM, post 206
KIELY, Nicholas, BEM, 146589 Thorold, posts 10, 27, 31 & 82
KIRBY, Frederick Thomas Richard, MBE, post 351
KIRKWOOD, James Francis, BEM, 148856 Arletta, posts 66 & 171
KLASEN, David Patrick Horndon, OBE, ss. Dundrum Castle, post 20
KNOETGEN, Zdenko, OBE, Sobieski, posts 158 & 160
KNOTT, G.A.H., OBE, post 394
KUPIS, Szymon, MBE, post 158
KUSKE, Zygmund, MBE, post 158

LAMONT, Samuel Mackintosh, OBE, post 287
LANGDOWN, Robert Walter, BEM, 166285 Bolton Castle, posts 97 & 98
LAST, John Cavendish William, OBE, 166371 Strathallan, posts 80 & 112
LATTER, George Otto, BEM, 163665 Waiwera, posts 96 & 99
LAWRENCE, Arthur Alfred, MBE, post 223
LAWRENCE, William Henry Charles, OBE, 160733 Briarwood, posts 53, 136, 285, 410, 411 & 412
LAWSON, A., MBE, 165337 Walmer Castle, posts 56 & 117
LAZENBY, Lord John Thomas, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
LEECH, Thomas, BEM, 168369 San Veronico, posts 145-9
LEGG, John Murray Legg, Polish Cross, M.V. Ettrick, post 161
LETCH, Albert, BEM, post 267
LENNIE, Donald Cameron, OBE, post 246
LENNIE, John, OBE, post 390
LETHBRIDGE, Wroth Thomas Coull, Polish Cross, M.V. Ettrick, post 161
LEWIS, Arthur Alan, OBE, post 247
LEWIS, Jack Reginald, OBE, post 230
LEWIS, John, MBE, 168924 Empire Selwyn/Belgian Soldier, posts 105 & 110
POON LIM, BEM, post 382
LINTON, J., BEM, 166563 Shahristan, posts 57 & 118
LITTLEDALE, William John, MBE, Broomdale, post 25
LOFTHOUSE, Frank Stewart, DSC, OBE, post 308
LOIS, Joseph, Polish Cross, S.S. Alderpool, post 161
LONGFIELD, George Cyril, MBE, post 107
LONGRIGG, John Roland, MBE, post 352
LONGTHORPE, A.B., BEM, post 396
LUARD, Peter Frank, BEM, post 288
LUDLOW, Percy George, MBE, 145523 BIRTLEY, posts 41 & 87
LUMSDEN, Duncan, MBE, post 346
LYALL, David Beatty, BEM, 144046 DESTRO, posts 324 & 406

MacDONALD, Alec, Commended, CITY OF BRUSSELS, post 13
MacDONALD, Charles Farquharson, MBE, post 267
MacDONALD, Donald Arthur, GM, post 263
MacDONALD, Frank Duncan, MBE, post 327
MacFARLANE, David Rattray, OBE, post 217
MacIVER, John, BEM, post 326
MacKENZIE, Rodrick, MBE, post 204
MacKINLAY, Alexander, OBE, 165971 CLAN MACDONALD, post 40 & 474
MacKINLAY, Archibald, OBE, 164035 LOCH RANZA, post 70 & 478
MacLENNAN, George James, OBE, 166371 STRATHALLAN, posts 80 & 112
MacLEOD, Murdo, BEM, post 379
MacNEIL, Donald, BEM, post 214
MacNEIL, Donald, B.E.M., post 397
MacNEILL, John Joseph, BEM, 16445 MARINA, posts 79 & 122
MacQUARRIE, Alexander, MBE, post 129
MAIN, Francis, OBE, post 358
MAIN, Thomas Livingstone, MBE, post 39
MAKEPEACE, Norman, MBE, post 374
MARRIOTT, Ernest, OBE, post 93
MARSHALL, John James, MBE, post 378
MARSHALL, Richard William Stanley, Polish Cross, S.S. Glenlea, post 161
MARSHALL, Sydney Field, BEM, post 327
MARTIN, Frank Roland, OBE, post 372
MARTIN, Kenneth McKenzie, MBE, post 284
MASTERMAN, George Edwin, MBE, post 368
MASTIN, George Arthur William, OBE, post 255
McARDLE, William John, BEM, post 331
McBRIDE, John, BEM, post 346
McCAFFERTY, James Bernard McAuley, OBE, post 193
McCALL, Duncan, Polish Cross, S.S. Blair Nevis, post 161
McCALLUM, Archibald, MBE, 145658 Cape Race, posts 329 & 420
McCARTHY, C., BEM, 165460 George Balfour, posts 60 & 163
McCURDY, O., MBE, 140652 Saint Anselm, posts 55 & 154
McGOWAN, F.W.T., GM, 165337 Walmer Castle, posts 56 & 117
McKIBBIN, Thomas Robert St. Clair, BEM, 166371 Strathallan, posts 80 & 112
McLEAN, Hector, OBE, post 282
McLEAY, Angus, GM, post 272
McMANUS, William Cottnam, MBE, post 263
McNEILL, Lachlan, MBE, post 232
McQUISTON, Fred, MBE, post 345
McRUVIE, D.T., MBE, Ben Screel, posts 59 & 119
McVEIGH, Thomas Arthur, MBE, post 235
McVICAR, William, MBE, ss Britannia, post 233
McWHIRTER, Joseph, OBE, post 353
MARYSON, William Harold, Commended, Stork, post 177
MEDWAY, Alfred Jack, MBE, post 312
MIDLEN, John Gundry, MBE, 165620 City of Pretoria, posts 62 & 165
MILL, Charles Reginald, OBE, post 328
MILLAR, John James, MBE, post 308
MILLAR, William Campbell, MBE, post 257
MILLEN, Reginald Walter Henry, MBE, post 387
MILLER, Adaline Nancy, MBE, ss Britannia, post 233
MILLER, Alexander, Polish Cross, S.S. Glenlea, post 161
MILLER, Edward Charles, OBE, 164063 River Afton, posts 95 & 100
MILLER, John Slade, MBE, post 261
MILLER, Stanley, OBE, post 240
MILLIGAN, Charles Aloysous, MBE, post 354
MILNE, John Watson, OBE, post 248
MILNE, Sydney, BEM, post 303
MISSEN, James George Henry, BEM, Stork, post 177
MITCHELL, Neale H.F., GM, 163217 Inishtrahull, posts 27, 82 & 199
MIZEN, Henry, BEM, 145523 Birtley, posts 41 & 87
MOODIE, Thomas, MBE, post 292
MOORE, Alan Bruce, GM, post 386
MOORE, Harry Allinson, OBE, post 400
MOORE, Horace William, MBE, post 236
MORDAUNT, George, OBE, post 249
MORETON, Alan, MBE, post 375
MORGAN, Bert, OBE, post 348
MORRISON, John, BEM, post 263
MOSCROP-YOUNG, MBE, post 364
MOULTON, Edgar Wallace, Polish Cross, S.S. Arandora Star, post 161
MOWAT, Donald, BEM, post 191
MULLIGAN, David Ivor, MBE, post 283
MURPHY, Samuel Albert, MBE, H.M. Dockyard Malta, post 108
MURRAY, Angus, BEM, post 326
MURRAY, Peter, MBE, BEM, post 387
MURRAY, Thomas Neilson, BEM, post 13
MURRIN, Michael, BEM, post 356
MUTTITT, Frederick John, MBE, 167369 Cormead, posts 47 & 142

NEEDHAM, Paul William, BEM, post 240
NELSON, William, MBE, post 377
De NEUMANN, Bernard Peter, GM, 148295 Tewkesbury, posts 125 & 130
NEWBERY, George Walter, AM, post 310
NEWLYN, J.A., BEM, 163522 Durham, posts 54 & 153
NICHOLS, Cyril, BEM, 163665 Waiwera, posts 96 & 99
NICHOLSON, Norman, MBE, post 196
NORCLIFFE, H.W.H., MBE, post 394
NORTH, William, MBE, 149818 Bulysses, posts 45 & 143

O'BRIEN, Alfred, MBE, post 266
OGDEN, Fred, OBE, post 124
O'KEEFE, Stephen, MBE, post 297
O'NEILL, James Francis, BEM, post 73
OSBORNE, Edward Joseph, MBE, post 341
OWEN, Charles Noel, BEM, post 320
OWEN, Goronway, OBE, 164578 DUNEDIN STAR post 40 & 477
OWENS, David Frederick, Polish Cross, M.V. Ulster Monarch, post 161
OWENS, Hugh, OBE, post 252

PACEWICZ, Edward, OBE, post 158
PALMER, Cecil, MBE, post 295
PARKER, Frederick Beales, OBE, post 387
PARKER, Robert Frank, BEM, post 258
PARKINSON, G.P., OBE, post 395
PARKINSON, Wilfred, MBE, post 301
PARRY, Charles, OBE, 162474 Harpenden, posts 9 & 138
PARSONS, Henry Edward, BEM, post 236
PASCOE, John, OBE, 166285 Bolton Castle, posts 97 & 98
PATTERSON, Arthur, OBE, 161432 Harberton, posts 190 & 225
PATTISON, D., MBE, 165460 George Balfour, posts 60 & 163
PEARCE, Eric Reginald, OBE, post 322
PEARSON, Frank Edom, OBE, post 292
PEART, Ronald, BEM, post 368
PEEBLES, John Russell, MBE, post 293
PENGELLY, Kenneth Howard, MBE, post 337
PERCIVAL, Herbert, OBE, post 294
PERKINS, Herbert Gage, MBE, post 346
PETERSON, Carl Arnold, BEM, post 369
PETLEY, Ernest James Walter, BEM, post 235
PETRIE, James Robert, MBE, post 298
PHYBUS, William, BEM, m.v. Kingfisher, post 22
PHYTHIAN, Herbert, BEM, 161432 Harberton, posts 190 & 225
PICCIRILLO, J., BEM, 165337 Walmer Castle, posts 56 & 117
PINCHBECK, William Reginald, MBE, post 219
PICKERING, Harold, O.B.E., post 397
PILCHER, C.R., OBE, 163522 DURHAM, posts 54 & 153
PINKEY, John Short, OBE, FYLINDALE, post 15
PINKNEY, Henry George Bacon, MBE, 163429 PORT CHALMERS, posts 63 & 167
PINNINGTON, Donald Stanley, OBE, 161107 ATHELCROWN, posts 269 & 419
PITKEATHLY, William Ritchie, Polish Cross, M.V. ROYAL SCOTSMAN, post 161
POINTON, Eric Frank Phillips, MBE, post 299
POON LIM, BEM, post 382
POPE, Clifford, BEM, 140300 RFA ORANGELEAF, posts 150-2
PORTEOUS, John, MBE, 168975 EMPIRE HOWARD post 291 & 472
POST, Henry, McGregor, MBE, 149874 PORT GISBORNE post 78 & 480
POUNTNEY, George William, OBE, post 213
POWELL, Stanley, MBE, 148856 ARLETTA, posts 66 & 171
POWER, William, BEM, post 303
PRATT, Charles Edward, MBE, post 369
PREST, John, OBE, post 327
PRICE, Ivor Llewellyn, OBE, GM, post 187
PRITCHARD, Donald Frederick, BEM, post 234
PROBERT, Edwin, OBE, 136066 TAHCHEE, posts 242 & 418
PROCTOR, Charles Meryon, OBE, 166624 City of Lincoln, posts 37 & 139
PRYSE, Theodore, OBE, 148295 TEWKESBURY, posts 125 & 130
PURDIE, Donald Grant, OBE, post 305
PUZEY, John Richard, MBE, post 178
PYCRAFT, P.J. OBE, DSC, 163522 DURHAM, posts 54 & 153
PYE, Francis John, MBE, post 326

QUIRK, William, OBE, NORTHERN COAST, post 17

RAE, Alexander Joseph, BEM, post 259
READER, Walter John, MBE, post 370
REDDINGTON, William MBE, post 209
REED, Henry Herbert, GC, post 211
REEVES, James Arthur, AM, post 381
REID, William, OBE, BLACKHEATH, post 12
RENWICK, Thomas James Lough, MBE, post 360
RICE Nelson, CBE, OBE, post 327
RICHARDSON, Ernest, BEM, post 264
RIGBY, Jack, MBE, post 81
RITCHIE, Henry James, BEM, post 72
ROBERTS, Charles Robert John, OBE, post 333
ROBERTS, Hugh, OBE, post 330
ROBERTS, Leslie Perry, MBE, post 340
ROBERTS, O.H., MBE, 115054 SAINT EUNAN, posts 61 & 164
ROBERTS, Richard William, OBE, post 371
ROBINSON, George William, OBE, post 270
ROBINSON, Joseph Charles, MBE, post 268
ROBINSON, Samuel, OBE, post 286
ROBINSON, Stanley White, MBE, 164063 RIVER AFTON, posts 95 & 100
ROBINSON, William Kelly Surtees, MBE, post 368
ROGERS, Edwin Charles, BEM, post 341
ROSA, Husan, BEM, post 370
ROSE, Ivor Best, MBE, post 403
ROSS, John Fea, OBE, post 333
ROSS, Stewart, MBE, post 128
ROWLANDS, Evan, MBE, post 300
ROWSE, Eric William, BEM, post 361
RUTHERFORD, Edward Woolman, OBE, post 202
RYLANCE, Thomas William Cawley, MBE, post 292
RYLAND, William Harold Owner, OBE, post 354

SADLER, Richard Duncan, MBE, post 293
SAVAGE, Norman, CBE, post 371
SCOTT-SMITH, Henry Edward Geves, Polish Cross, S.S. Clan Ferguson, post 161
SHANNON, William Gardiner, MBE, ss. Dundrum Castle, post 20
SHEPHEARD, Harold, MBE, post 280
SHEVILLE, Thomas Jenkins, BEM, post 333
SHOTTON, Arthur Allison, post 124
SHUTE, Wiliam Ashley, OBE, posts 143988 Tunisia & ss. Hamla, posts 52 & 116
SIMKINS, Thomas, MBE, 13910 PINNA, posts 309 & 409
SIMMONS, John Jenner, OBE, 162474 Harpenden, posts 9 & 138
SIMPSON, Jack, MBE, 166371 Strathallan, posts 80 & 112
SINCLAIR, A.W., Commended, ss City of Brussels, post 13
SISTERSON, Gilbert, OBE, 165620 City of Pretoria, posts 62 & 165
SKINNER, William, OBE, post 191
SLINN, Reginald Edwin, MBE, post 320
SMITH, B.H., MBE, 166563 Shahristan, posts 57 & 118
SMITH, George Frederick, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
SMITH, J., BEM, post 395
SMITH, James Faulds, OBE, post 341
SMITH, James Peter, MBE, post 303
SMITH, James Tait, MBE, 16445 Marina, posts 79 & 122
SMITH, John Alexander, BEM, ss. Balteako, post 24
SMITH, John Bissen, OBE, post 291
SMITH, John Henry Reardon, 131445 Botavon, OBE, posts 106 & 111
SMITH, Thomas Grafton, OBE, post 254
SMITH, William, BEM, post 185
SMITH, William Ernest, MBE, 144046 Destro, posts 324 & 406
SNOWLING, Albert Edward, OBE, post 274
SPENCE, Archibald, MBE, post 265
SPENCE, Arthur James, BEM, post 356
STANKLEY, Robert Edward, OBE, post 207
STEIN, William Henry, OBE, post 348
STEPHEN, Joseph Ross, MBE, 16359 San Arcadio, posts 64 & 113
STEPHENS, Watson, OBE, post 332
STEPHENSON, George Welbourne, OBE, post 221
STEPHENSON, Robert Leonard, M.B.E., post 397
STONE, Charles Thomas, OBE, post 218
STRAIN, John, BEM, post 282
STRANG, James Wylie, MBE, 149818 Bulysses, posts 45 & 143
STRAWBRIDGE, William Frederick George, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
STRONACH, George Preston, GC, post 389
SULAIMAN, Abdur Rahman, BEM, post 304
SUTTON, Albert Edward, MBE, post 267
SWAN, Ralph Arthur, OBE, post 359
SYDNEY, Cyril Alexander, MBE, post 339

TALLACK, Michael Bernard Millington, OBE, post 322
TAYLOR, Daniel Robert, BEM, post 326
TAYLOR, George, GM, 16652 Starstone, posts 70 & 120
TAYLOR, George, GM, post 240
TERRY, Frederick Charles Bryant, MBE, post 267
THOMAS, Richard, OBE, s.s. Worthtown, post 18
THOMAS, William Percival, OBE, 13910 PINNA, posts 309 & 409
THOMAS, William Royal, OBE, 16652 Starstone, posts 70 & 120
THOMPSON, Norman, MBE, post 276
THOMSON, Edward Henry, MBE, post 266
THOMSON, John, BEM, post 340
THOMSON, John, OBE, post 341
THOMSON, William Hutchison, GM, post 315
THORPE-SMITH, Geoffrey, MBE, post 320
THURSTON, Harold Cedrick, BEM, post 301
TODD, Robert Ashby, MBE, post 293
TODD, Ultan Tobin, BEM, 148767 ss Marslew & 152256 Kyleclare, posts 26 & 28
TODMAN, William George, OBE, post 295
TOGNERI, Luigi Francesco, MBE, Mb, ChB, post 191
TOMLINSON, Harry, OBE, post 40
TOWNS, Robert George, Esq., Commended, ss. Balteako, post 24
TOY, Albert John, Polish Cross, S.S. Delius, post 161
TULLOCH, John James, OBE, post 250
TURNBULL, William, OBE, post 94
TURNER, Gerard Llewellyn, GM, 148295 Tewkesbury, posts 125 & 130
TURNER, Sidney Robert Milburn, MBE, post 365
THORNHILL, Joseph Henry Jackson, MBE, post 178

VENABLES, Henry Cyril, BEM, 167369 Cormead, posts 47 & 142
VERNON, Leslie, MBE, post 364
VIDOT, Conrad, OBE, post 281
VINCENT, John Ross, OBE, post 327
VINER, Richard, OBE, post 366
VIVASH, Albert Nayluss, BEM, post 258
VOOGHT, James Foster, OBE, post 282

WALKER, William, MBE, 160757 Rushpool, posts 78 & 103
WALTON, Robert Thompson, MBE, post 391
WARD, Alfred Edgar, OBE, post 178
WARDMAN, Ernest, OBE, post 360
WATERS, Sidney Horace, MBE, post 378
WATSON, John Edwin, OBE, 145843 Eumaeus, posts 71 & 90
WATSON, Robert Campbell, OBE, ss Mavis, post 16
WATSON, William Warriner Watson, Polish Cross, S.S. Delius, post 161
WAUGH, Henry George, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
WAUGH, John, MBE, post 356
WEATHERSTON, James, MBE, 168924 Empire Selwyn/Belgian Soldier, posts 105 & 110
WEBB, Leslie Argyle, MBE, post 293
WEBSTER, Frederick Charles, Commended, ss City of Brussels, post 13
WELFORD, Thomas Graham, MBE, post 348
WELLER, Gordon Charles, MBE, post 303
WHARTON, John, MBE, 161434 Harpathian, posts 46 & 114
WHITE, David, BEM, post 191
WHITFIELD, George Ronald, MBE, post 253
WHYMAN, Bert, BEM, ss. Highlander, post 19
WHYTE, John, Polish Cross, S.S. Glendinning, post 161
WILDE, John Robert, MBE, post 308
WILFORD, William Birch, OBE, post 375
WILLIAMS, David John, OBE, 16052 Anglo Canadian, posts 321 & 422
WILLIAMS, John Llewelyn, MBE, post 331
WILLS-RUST, Vere Patrick, Commended, ss. Abukir, post 23
WILSON, Alexander, OBE, post 251
WILSON, George, BEM, post 268
WILSON, Hall, Polish Cross, S.S. Blair Nevis, post 161
WILSON, John Eric Walker, OBE, post 391
WINDUS, T.R., MBE, post 395
WOOD, Harry George, MBE, post 129
WOODHOUSE, John Richard, Commended, ss Mavis, post 16
WOOLFENDEN, Rowland Morris, MBE, ss. Abukir, post 23
WRIGHT, Rena Howard, M.B.E., post 397

YATES, Francis Victor, BEM, s.s. Worthtown, post 18
YOUNGSON, William Makepeace, MBE, 149914 BRITISH ENDEAVOUR posts 127 & 502

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY

O.B.E
PINKEY, Captain John Short, Master, ss. Fylingdale


When Germany invade Norway, Fylingdale and other British ships were ordered by the Admiralty to proceed to sea at once without escort. Captain Pinkney showed great enterprise, determination, and skill in guiding an unescorted convoy of about 40 ships safely through Norwegian waters.

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY

O.B.E.
WATSON, Captain Robert Campbell, Master, ss. Mavis

COMMENDED
Henry George Waugh, Chief Officer
Sidney James Gill (deceased), 2nd Mate CWGC :: Casualty Details
Alfred Stanley Dawson, Chief Engineer
George Frederick Smith, Donkeyman
John Richard Woodhouse (deceased), Able Seaman CWGC :: Casualty Details
William Frederick George Strawbridge (deceased), Able Seaman CWGC :: Casualty Details
Lord John Thomas Lazenby (deceased), Gunner CWGC :: Casualty Details
all of the Mavis.

The s.s. Mavis, armed with a 12-pounder H.A. and a Lewis gun, was attacked continuously by enemy bombers. A delayed action bomb shattered the ship, but the bomber, who came within close range, appeared to be struck by one of the Mavis's shells and flew off emitting a trail of smoke. The crew took to the boats, under fire from another aeroplane. Some hours later, seeing that the ship was still afloat, the crew boarded her again. Continuous bombing and machine-gun attacks followed: the lifeboat with six men broke adrift. During further bombing the captain, with the remaining five men, took to a raft. They were landed by a French patrol vessel in France, where the captain secured a tug and set out towards his ship to try and save her. Before the tug had proceeded fare she blew up in a magnetic mine, four of her crew of five becoming casualties. The Mavis herself was reported to have sunk soon afterwards. In the most trying circumstances the captain and the whole ship's crew had behaved throughout most gallantly.


Second Officer SIDNEY JAMES GILL S.S. Mavis (London), Merchant Navy who died age 41 on 20 May 1940
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of Hermon and Alice Gill; husband of Gladys Ellen Gill, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with honour TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 69.

Able Seaman JOHN WOODHOUSE S.S. Mavis (London), Merchant Navy who died age 44 on 20 May 1940
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Husband of Doris Woodhouse, of Brixton, London.
Remembered with honour TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 69.

Able Seaman WILLIAM STRAWBRIDGE S.S. Mavis (London), Merchant Navy who died age 28 on 20 May 1940
Son of Francis and Annie Strawbridge; husband of Ada Strawbridge, of Mottingham, Kent.
Remembered with honour TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 69.

Able Seaman LORD JOHN THOMAS LAZENBY P/SSX 31552, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy who died on 21 May 1940
Husband of Mary Jane Lazenby, of West Stanley, Co. Durham.
Remembered with honour PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 39, Column 1.

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY

O.B.E.
QUIRK, CAPTAIN WILLIAM, Master, ss. Northern Coast

COMMENDED
David Flack, Second Officer
Henry William Donald, Gunner
both of the Northern Coast.

S.S. Northern Coast, a vessel of 1,200 tons, was attacked by enemy aircraft on two occasions. On both occasions Captain Quirk, the officers, and all the crew behaved with the greatest courage and coolness under most trying conditions.

 

The Times, Saturday, Jul 27, 1940
AWARDS TO MERCHANT NAVY

O.B.E
THOMAS, CAPTAIN RICHARD, Master, s.s. Worthtown

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (CIVIL)
FRANCIS VICTOR YATES, Gunner
WILLIAM HUDSON JENSEN, Gunlayer
both of the Worthtown

The Worthtown, loaded with army stores for Boulogne and Dunkerque, reached Boulogne and began discharging under heavy shell fire. To save her cargo, the master put out to sea. Though bombed the vessel was brought alongside the quay at Dunkerque. For four days there were incessant bombing raids and Captain Thomas's ship was hit, set on fire, and sunk. The Worthtown being sunk, the master - for transit in whose ship 350 British troops had been waiting in a dug-out on the quay - waited for nightfall and then led these troops to Malo sands, four miles away. Next morning they regained Dunkerque pier and were taken aboard a destroyer. Captain Thomas behaved with fine gallantry and determination, both in his ship and ashore. The gunners served there guns unflinchingly throughout day-long bombing and machine-gun attacks and brought down one of the enemy.

 

From The Times, Wednesday, Aug 07, 1940
AWARDS TO CREW OF THE HIGHLANDER
DESTRUCTION OF TWO AEROPLANES
Awards to the master and crew of the ss Highlander, which shot down two enemy aircraft last Thursday, were announced in the London Gazette last night as follows:-

O.B.E. (CIVIL DIVISION)
Captain Wiliam Gifford, Master, ss. Highlander

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
Bert Whyman, fireman
George Anderson, able seaman
both of the Highlander

COMMENDED
William Birnie, able seaman
Laurence Smith Halcrow, steward
Miss Cockburn, stewardess
all of the Highlander

Towards midnight ss. Highlander was attacked by enemy aircraft. The night was clear and starry, but there was no moon. The aircraft came up and opened fire with machine-guns, and turned to attack again from ahead, passing down the port side. The enemy were engaged with defensive armament.

As the first aircraft flew down the port side from ahead, Highlander's fire caused his port wing to hit a lifeboat and he crashed on the poop. His fuselage fell into the sea and Highlander went on her way.

The second attack was made about 10 minutes later, the same tactics being used. This time the enemy was hit and seen to fall into the sea 100 yards astern. A third aircraft is believed to have been heard.