Lt. R. O. S. Salmon, DSC

I am looking for any info about Lt.R.O.S Salmon RNVR DSC. He was with 509th.LCA Flottila. He participated in the Netherlands on the 22nd.March 1945 with 2 LCA's in Operation Helen with 41 RMC. All info/photo's welcome.

I have the 2 books of 41 RMC where he is named.
-They did what was asked of them by Raymond Mitchell.
-Commando despatch rider by Raymond Mitchell.

 

Through The Navy Lists have found that he could be be Ross Osborne Spencer SALMON
Acting Sub-Lt RNVR 21 Aug 1942
Sub Lt 21 Feb 1943
Lt. 21 Feb 1945
By October 1945 he is listed as Lt. RNVR at HMS Copra & by now has been awarded the DSC.

There is an online tree on ancestry, whose owner is his nephew, which shows that Ross lived 1922-2004. It also has a couple of photographs of him. When he took his pilots licence in 1950 he was still at his prewar address in Harrow Weald, Middlesex & gave his occupation as a farmer.

Travers

 

Heres the LG entry for his DSC:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37136/supplement/3190/data.pdf

There is an obituary here for Ross Salmon from Wisdens which appears to be for the same man, who was the statistician for Test Match Special in the 1960's. This describes his wartime career as flying secret missions in enemy territory, reputedly wearing a top hat & white gloves.
Obituaries index: P-W

 

Thanks travers1940!! this helps...Could you get some photo's? I dont have ancestry....

found this! BBC - Devon Features - Ross Salmon obituary

 

He's here on a Pathe news reel film in his role as The Jungle Cowboy
Ross Salmon

There was a wartime photo on there, but I am not sure how things stand reproducing without tree owners permission.

Will send you a pm tomorrow.

Travers

 

Thanks again!!

 

Via an ancestry message I sent, Ronny now has contact details for Ross Salmons nephew.

 

thank you very much much for your efforts!!

 

Does some one have his DSC citation?

 

email sent 8 days ago but no reaction.....

 

Hi - did you get anywhere researching Ross Salmon? My grandad served with him and received the DSM at the same time Ross got his DSC

 

Hi - did you get anywhere researching Ross Salmon? My grandad served with him and received the DSM at the same time Ross got his DSC

 

Hi Neil

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If your grandad served with Ross Salmon in 509th LCA Flotilla he may be in the 1945 group photo taken at HMS Brontosaurus (Castle Toward). The photo is here in the article on Sub Lt Islwyn Vaughn
No 2 Combined Training Centre - HMS Brontosaurus

Travers

 

Heres a magazine clip from the time they served - ive circled my grandad on the second photo.

 

Oops, meant L/H side.

 

No reaction still...

 

No photo to be seen

 

Thanks!