Merchant Navy awards

Discussion in 'The War at Sea' started by dbf, May 23, 2009.

  1. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- KUSKE, Zygmund, MBE, BATORY, post 158
    The ship in question is:-
    BATORY - she was in The Norwegian Campaign (Narvik 15 to 17 April 1940; Narvik 17 May 1940 and Harstad 18 May 1940 and 04 June 1940); Operation AERIAL (or ARIEL) – evacuation of Allied Forces and Civilians from Western France between 15 and 25 June 1940 (St. Nazaire 17 June 1940; Bayonne 19 to 20 June 1940; St. Jean de Luz 21 June 1940); She departed The Clyde 05 July 1940 and arrived at Halifax 12 July 1940 transporting 40 million UK Pounds of Britain’s gold reserves to Canada; 05 August 1940 she departed Liverpool in Convoy WS.2 for Australia carrying 480 children
    Captain Edward Pacewicz - Honorary OBE (CD) – when Master
    Approved 1941
    Zygmund Kuske - Honorary MBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer
    Approved 1941

    Other awards for this ship:-
    BATORY - Operation TORCH - Invasion of North Africa in November 1942
    Captain Zygmunt Anzelm Deyczakowski - DSC – when Master
    BATORY – Operation HUSKY – Invasion of Sicily in July 1943
    Captain Zygmunt Anzelm Deyczakowski - MID – when Master
    Ungazetted (Admiralty Fleet Order 5729. Honours and Awards – Polish Merchant Navy (H&A 344/44. 19 October 1944))
    Note:-
    Captain Zygmunt Anzelm Deyczakowski had previously been awarded an Honorary OBE (CD) – when Master of CHROBRY - was in The Norwegian Campaign and was bombed just before midnight on 14 May 1940 by German dive-bombers, who attacked her three times in the middle of Vestlfjorden; she was then scuttled with torpedoes by aircraft from HMS ARK ROYAL on 16 May 1940
    Approved 1943
    Ungazetted
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  2. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LANGDOWN, Robert Walter, BEM, BOLTON CASTLE, posts 97, 98
    The ship in question is:-
    BOLTON CASTLE – bombed and sunk on 05 July 1942, having dispersed from Convoy PQ.17 on 04 July 1942, in The Barents Sea, in position 76 40N 036 30E, by German aircraft
    02 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35732, Supplement 4349, published 06 October 1942
    William McClymart Keating - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    Alfred Jack Medway - MBE (CD) – when Third Officer
    16 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35751, Supplement 4551, published 20 October 1942
    Ernest Walter Noakes - DSM - when Temporary Acting Leading Seaman, D/JX.194680
    23 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35761, Supplement 4653, published 27 October 1942
    Alexander Moir - DSM - when Lance Sergeant, 1548681
    06 November 1942 Gazette Issue 35778, Supplement 4874, published 10 November 1942
    Walton Arnott – Seedies say Walter Arnott - BEM (CD) – when Chief Steward
    Thomas Reginald Jackson - Commendation – when Second Officer
    Daniel John Omri James - BEM (CD) –when Boatswain
    Robert Walter Langdown - BEM (CD) – when Sailor
    Captain John Pascoe - OBE (CD) – when Master
    01 January 1943 Gazette Issue 35850, Supplement 171, published 05 January 1943
    Robert Nicholson Johnson - Commendation – when Chief Engineer Officer
    Ungazetted
    William McClymart Keating - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Officer
    Captain John Pascoe - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master

    Note:-
    Thomas Reginald Jackson had previously been awarded an MBE (CD) when Second Officer of MUNCASTER CASTLE – torpedoed and sunk on 30 March 1942, having dispersed from Convoy ST.18, off Equatorial Africa, SSW of Monrovia, in position 02 02N 012 02W, by U-68
    28 August 1942 Gazette Issue 35688, Supplement 3819, published 01 September 1942
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  3. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LAST, John Cavendish William, OBE, STRATHALLAN, posts 80, 112
    The ship in question is:-
    STRATHALLAN – when in Convoy KMF.5 was torpedoed and damaged on 21 December 1942 at 0225 hours in the Mediterranean in position 36 52N 000 34W by U-562; taken in tow by Destroyer HMS LAFOREY and later by HMT RESTIVE but sank on 22 December 1942 at 0400 just 12 miles from safety at Oran in position 36 01N 000 33W
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    07 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36007, Supplement 2091, published 11 May 1943
    Captain John Henry Biggs - CBE (CD) – when Master
    Albert John Clark - BEM (CD) - when Winchman
    Christopher Herbert Goodall - BEM (CD) – when Steward
    John Cavendish William Last - OBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    George James MacLennan - OBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer Officer
    Thomas Robert St. Clair McKibbin - BEM (CD) – when Cadet
    Jack Simpson - MBE (CD) – when Supernumerary 4th Engineer
    07 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36007, Supplement 2094, published 11 May 1943
    David Benjamin Davies - Commendation – when Assistant Steward
    Donald Alexander Orr - Commendation – when Assistant Engineer Officer
    John Frank Wacher - Commendation – when Cadet
    Harry Richard Wade - Commendation – when Cadet
    Ungazetted
    Captain John Henry Biggs - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master
    Christopher Herbert Goodall - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Steward
    George James MacLennan - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Engineer Officer
    Jack Simpson - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Supernumerary 4th Engineer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    05 June 1942 Gazette Issue 35586, Supplement 2504, published 11 June 1942
    George William Goulden - BEM (CD) – 1942 Birthday Honours – when Electrician
    05 June 1942 Gazette Issue 35586, Supplement 2506, published 11 June 1942
    Neil Whyte - BEM (CD) – 1942 Birthday Honours – when Carpenter
    29 December 1942 Gazette Issue 35843, Supplement 73, published 04 January 1943
    Herbert George Hammond - BEM (CD) – 1943 New Year’s Honours – when Second Steward
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  4. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LATTER, George Otto, BEM, WAIWERA, posts 96, 99
    The ship in question is:-
    WAIWERA – torpedoed and sunk on 29 June 1942 in The North Atlantic, some 400 miles NNW of The Azores, in position 45 49N 034 29W, by U-754
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    06 November 1942 Gazette Issue 35778, Supplement 4874, published 10 November 1942
    Captain Cyril Maurice Andrews - OBE (CD) – when Master
    Eric Arnold Hickling - OBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    George Otto Latter - BEM (CD) – when Lamp Trimmer
    Cyril Nichols - BEM (CD) – when Able Seaman
    Francis William White - Commendation – when Second Engineer Officer
    11 December 1942 Gazette Issue 35823, Supplement 5462, published 15 December 1942
    Reginald GW Lawrence - MID - when Petty Officer, P/JX.130264
    Richard Everley Washbourn - MID - when Lieutenant-Commander, DSO, Royal Navy
    Ungazetted
    Captain Cyril Maurice Andrews - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master
    Eric Arnold Hickling - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Officer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    WAIWERA – damaged in May 1940 during an air raid on The Liverpool Docks
    05 August 1941 Gazette Issue 35239, Supplement 4548, published 08 August 1941
    James Campaigne - Commendation – when Electrician
    Samuel Edward Rogers - Commendation – when Leading Seaman
    Terence Rowan - Commendation – when Engineer
    05 August 1941 Gazette Issue 35239, Supplement 4549, published 08 August 1941
    Victor Henry Vizer - Commendation – when Chief Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  5. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LAWRENCE, William Henry Charles, OBE, BRIARWOOD, posts 53, 136, 285, 410, 411, 412
    The ship in question is:-
    BRIARWOOD (Constantine Steamship Company) - Bombed and damaged on 04 July 1940 when in Convoy OA.178 off Portland by aircraft; probable destruction of enemy aircraft
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    02 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35405, Supplement 125, published 06 January 1942
    William Charles Cyril Halliday - BEM (CD) – when Gunner - Merchant Navy: Gunner (Seedies)
    Jack Hardy - MBE (CD) – when Second Officer
    Captain William Henry Charles Lawrence - OBE (CD) – when Master

    Other awards for this ship:-
    BRIARWOOD (Constantine Steamship Company) – Convoy QP.11 in April / May 1942
    28 July 1942 Gazette Issue 35648, Supplement 3346, published 30 July 1942
    James Bettridge - DSM - when Leading Signalman, D/J.34784
    BRIARWOOD (Constantine Steamship Company) – Convoy PQ.14 in March / April 1942
    14 August 1942 Gazette Issue 35672, Supplement 3611, published 18 August 1942
    John Richardson Hetherington - BEM (CD) – when Chief Steward
    Captain William Henry Charles Lawrence - CBE (CD) – when Master
    14 August 1942 Gazette Issue 35672, Supplement 3612, published 18 August 1942
    Royston William John Chapman - Commendation - when Chief Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  6. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LAWSON, Alfred, MBE, LlWM, WALMER CASTLE, posts 56 & 117
    The ship in question is:-
    Rescue Ship WALMER CASTLE – In convoy OG.74 rescued 32 from EMPIRE MOAT, which had been torpedoed and sunk on 20 September 1941, NNE of The Azores, in position 48 07N 022 05W, by U-124, rescued 28 from BALTALLIN, which had been torpedoed and sunk on 20 September 1941, NNE of The Azores, in position 48 07N 022 07W, by U-124, 21 from CITY OF WATERFORD (Irish), which had been sunk after being in collision with the Dutch tug, THAMES, on 19 September 1941 and rescued and transferred from HMS DEPTFORD; WALMER CASTLE was then bombed and sunk on 21 September 1941 some 700 miles West of Ushant, in position 47 16N 022 25W, by German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I/KG 40 on their 4th attack; Wikipedia and Arnold Hague state 11 crewmen and 20 of the survivors were lost. 64 survivors were rescued by HMS DEPTFORD and HMS MARIGOLD; the latter then sank her with gun fire as she posed a danger to navigation; U-Boat states 5 were lost from EMPIRE MOAT and 11 were lost from BALTALLIN and Irish Maritime states 5 from CITY OF WATERFORD died in the WALMER CASTLE sinking.
    While insurance was paid for the loss of the ship (CITY OF WATERFORD), life insurance was not paid as, when they died, they were not crew of the City of Waterford, but passengers of Walmer Castle. They were, the judge said: “technically unemployed”. Initially some Irish ships sailed in convoy, at the insistence of insurance companies. Lloyds of London would insure the ships, cargoes and the lives and health of the crew, provided that they sailed in convoy. Nonetheless, some ships never sailed in convoy - insurance claims after convoy OG-74, changed attitudes. Thereafter Irish ships sailed alone.
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    02 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35405, Supplement 126, published 06 January 1942
    Alfred Charles Davies - BEM (CD) – when Boatswain
    Alfred Lawson - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    Frederick William Terence McGowan - George Medal – when First Radio Officer
    Joseph Piccirillo - BEM (CD) – when 2nd Steward
    02 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35405, Supplement 127, published 06 January 1942
    Robert George Barrett - Commendation – when Gunner
    Captain Gerald Lewis Clarke (deceased) – Commendation- when Master
    Herbert Vincent Hill (deceased) – Commendation – when Cook
    Thomas Alfred Morris (Deceased) – Commendation – when Third Officer
    Ungazetted
    Captain Gerald Lewis Clarke (deceased) - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master
    Alfred Charles Davies - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Boatswain
    Herbert Vincent Hill (deceased) - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Cook
    Alfred Lawson - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Officer
    Frederick William Terence McGowan - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when First Radio Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  7. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LAZENBY, Lord John Thomas, Commendation, MAVIS, post 16
    The ship in question is:-
    MAVIS (General Steam Navigation Company Ltd., London) - Bombed and badly damaged on 20 May 1940, when off No. 4 Green Buoy, Calais Roads, by aircraft; abandoned with the loss of three Crew and one Gunner off No. 1 Buoy
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    26 July 1940 Gazette Issue 34908, Supplement 4656, published 26 July 1940
    Alfred Stanley Dawson - Commendation – when Chief Engineer
    Sidney James Gill (deceased) - Commendation – when 2nd Mate
    Died 20 May 1940 – Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 69
    Lord John Thomas Lazenby (deceased) - Commendation – when Gunner - (********) show P/SSX.31552 – HMS President III - Merchant Navy: Gunner (Seedies)
    Died 21 May 1940 – Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 39, Column 1
    George Frederick Smith - Commendation – when Donkeyman
    William Frederick George Strawbridge (deceased) - Commendation – when Able Seaman
    Died 20 May 1940 – Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 69
    Captain Robert Campbell Watson – OBE(CD) – when Master
    Henry George Waugh - Commendation – when Chief Officer
    John Richard Woodhouse (deceased)- Commendation – when Able Seaman
    Died 20 May 1940 – Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 69

    Note:-
    Alfred Stanley Dawson was later awarded a DSC when Chief Engineer of Rescue Ship ZAMALEK – Convoy PQ.17 in July 1942; on 04 July 1942 rescued 47 survivors from CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (American) and 11 from WILLIAM HOOPER (American); this happened before the convoy was ordered to scatter on the personal authority of the 1st Sea Lord in London and the massacre of many of the surviving ships in the convoy; on 05 July 1942 she rescued 97 Crew and rescued survivors from ZAAFARAN
    25 September 1942 Gazette Issue 35723, Supplement 4225, published 29 September 1942
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  8. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LEECH, Thomas, BEM, SAN VERONICO, posts 145, 146, 147, 148, 149
    The ship in question is:-
    SAN VERONICO – 1944 New Year’s Honours
    31 December 1943 Gazette Issue 36312, Supplement 72, published 04 January 1944
    Thomas Leech - BEM (CD) – 1944 New Year’s Honours – when Engine Room Storekeeper

    Other awards for this ship:-
    02 June 1944 Gazette Issue 36547, Supplement 2679, published 10 June 1944
    Alexander Nelson - BEM (CD) – 1944 Birthday Honours – when Boatswain
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  9. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LEGG, John Murray, Polish Cross, ETTRICK, post 161
    The ship in question is:-
    ETTRICK – withdrawal of Polish Troops from France in June 1940
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    21 October 1941 Gazette Issue 35319, Supplement 6108, published 21 October 1941
    Captain John Murray Legg - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Master
    Wroth Thomas Coull Lethbridge - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Troop Officer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    ETTRICK - Torpedoed and sunk on 15 November 1942, when in Convoy MKF.1Y, in The North Atlantic, some 120 miles NW of Gibraltar, in position 36 13N 007 54W, by U-155
    21 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36025, Supplement 2307, published 25 May 1943
    Captain John Murray Legg - OBE (CD) – when Master
    21 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36025, Supplement 2308, published 25 May 1943
    James Strachan - Commendation – when Supernumerary Third Engineer Officer
    John Marshall Stubbs - Commendation – when Fourth Engineer Officer
    James Tait Walter - Commendation – when Assistant Engineer Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  10. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LETHBRIDGE, Wroth Thomas Coull, Polish Cross, ETTRICK, post 161
    The ship in question is:-
    ETTRICK – withdrawal of Polish Troops from France in June 1940
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    21 October 1941 Gazette Issue 35319, Supplement 6108, published 21 October 1941
    Captain John Murray Legg - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Master
    Wroth Thomas Coull Lethbridge - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Troop Officer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    ETTRICK - Torpedoed and sunk on 15 November 1942, when in Convoy MKF.1Y, in The North Atlantic, some 120 miles NW of Gibraltar, in position 36 13N 007 54W, by U-155
    21 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36025, Supplement 2307, published 25 May 1943
    Captain John Murray Legg - OBE (CD) – when Master
    21 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36025, Supplement 2308, published 25 May 1943
    James Strachan - Commendation – when Supernumerary Third Engineer Officer
    John Marshall Stubbs - Commendation – when Fourth Engineer Officer
    James Tait Walter - Commendation – when Assistant Engineer Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  11. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LEWIS, John, MBE, EMPIRE SELWYN, posts 105, 110
    The ship in question is:-
    EMPIRE SELWYN (MOWT/BJ Sutherland & Co.) – Convoy PQ.16 – May 1942
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    23 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35760, Supplement 4651, published 27 October 1942
    Captain James Thompson Hair - CBE (CD) – when Master
    John Lewis - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    James Weatherston - MBE (CD) – when Second Officer
    23 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35760, Supplement 4652, published 27 October 1942
    Andrew Nicol Beatt - Commendation – when Second Radio Officer
    Allan Whaley Fielding - Commendation – when Third Officer
    James Alexander White - Commendation – when First Radio Officer
    06 November 1942 Gazette Issue 35780, Supplement 4883, published 10 November 1942
    Harry Tomlinson - DSM - when Acting Leading Seaman, P/JX.200147
    Ungazetted
    Captain James Thompson Hair - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master

    Note:-
    Captain James Thompson Hair had previously been awarded a Commendation when Master of CROMARTY (BJ Sutherland & Co.) - Shelled enemy submarine on 19 September 1941 as per the below
    The London Gazette reports:-
    A ship was attacked at night by a U-boat and set on fire In the light of this, another ship saw the submarine. Her guns at once went into action The good shooting of Hinton was outstanding The third shell burst on or near the connng-tower Four more shots were fired before the enemy disappeared.
    30 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35441, Supplement 543, published 03 February 1942
    Captain James Thompson Hair was later awarded a DSO when Master of EMPIRE SCOTT – independent passage to Northern Russia in November 1942
    26 March 1943 Gazette Issue 35960, Supplement 1481, published 30 March 1943

    Note:-
    James Alexander White was awarded a further Commendation when Chief Radio Officer of BARON ELGIN - rescuing 84 survivors from Convoy SL.125 – this was 49 from BARON ELGIN and 35 from TASMANIA, which had previously picked up survivors from HOPECASTLE
    07 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36007, Supplement 2094, published 11 May 1943
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  12. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LINTON, James, BEM, SHARISTAN, posts 57, 118
    The ship in question is:-
    SHAHRISTAN - Torpedoed and sunk on 29 July 1941, having dispersed from Convoy OS.1, in The North Atlantic, SE of The Azores, in position 35 19N 023 53W, by U-371
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    02 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35405, Supplement 126, published 06 January 1942
    Rupert Edward Gardiner - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    Edwin Goodridge - MBE (CD) – when Second Engineer
    James Linton - BEM (CD) – when Cadet
    Bertram Hugh Smith - MBE (CD) – when First Radio Officer
    02 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35405, Supplement 127, published 06 January 1942
    Henry Cottrell - Commendation – when Gunner - Merchant Navy: Gunner (Seedies)
    John William Arthur Kayler - Commendation – when Cadet
    Alan Winter - Commendation – when Fourth Engineer
    Ungazetted
    Rupert Edward Gardiner - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Officer
    Bertram Hugh Smith - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when First Radio Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  13. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LITTLEDALE, William John, MBE, LlWM, RFA BROOMDALE, post 25
    The ship in question is:-
    Oiler RFA BROOMDALE (Admiralty) – Bombed and damaged on 16 May 1940 at Tjeldsundet, Norway, by aircraft
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    23 August 1940 Gazette Issue 34930, Supplement 5200, published 23 August 1940
    Alexander Ballantyne - OBE (MD) – when Chief Engineer
    William Herbert Victor Davis – RFA say Davies - MBE (MD) – when Temporary Second Engineer Officer
    William John Littledale - MBE (MD) – when Second Engineer
    Ungazetted
    Alexander Ballantyne - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Engineer
    William Herbert Victor Davis – RFA say Davies - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Temporary Second Engineer Officer
    William John Littledale - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Second Engineer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  14. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LOIS, Joseph, Polish Cross, ALDERPOOL, post 161
    The ship in question is:-
    ALDERPOOL – entered La Pallice on 19 June 1940 in order to embark Polish Troops
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    10 December 1940 Gazette Issue 35011, Supplement 7014, published 13 December 1940
    Captain Tom Valentine Frank - OBE (CD) – when Master
    David Rankin Pow - OBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer
    10 December 1940 Gazette Issue 35011, Supplement 7015, published 13 December 1940
    Joseph Lois - Commendation – when Gunner - Merchant Navy: Gunner (Seedies)
    Henry Walter Trenchard - Commendation – when Gunner - Merchant Navy: Gunner (Seedies)
    ALDERPOOL – withdrawal of Polish Troops from France in June 1940
    21 October 1941 Gazette Issue 35319, Supplement 6108, published 21 October 1941
    Captain Tom Valentine Frank - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Master
    Joseph Lois - Polish Cross of Valour (Krzyz Walecnych) – when Able Seaman

    Other awards for this ship:-
    ALDERPOOL - Torpedoed and damaged on 02 April 1941, 03 April 1941 at 0042 hours (CET), when in Convoy SC.26, in The North Atlantic, SW of Reykjavik, in position 58 21N 027 59W, by U-46; the vessel was abandoned and on 03 April 1941 at 0328 hours (CET) was torpedoed and sunk by U-73 in the same position
    08 July 1941 Gazette Issue 35214, Supplement 3965, published 09 July 1941
    Peter Love - Commendation – when Chief Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  15. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LUDLOW, Percy George, MBE, LlWM, BIRTLEY, posts 41, 87
    The ship in question is:-
    BIRTLEY – mined on 15 September 1941 when in Convoy FN.519in the North Sea, in position 53 06N 001 17E, and sank on 16 September 1941 in position 53 03N 001 18E (BVLAS)
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    30 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35441, Supplement 542, published 03 February 1942
    Captain Charles Victor Catling - OBE (CD) – when Master
    Edward Fullerton - BEM (CD) – when Fireman
    Percy George Ludlow - MBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer
    Henry Mizen - BEM (CD) – when Able Seaman
    30 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35441, Supplement 543, published 03 February 1942
    Meldrum Addison - Commendation – when Boatswain
    Leslie William Marshall - Commendation – when Second Officer
    Ungazetted
    Captain Charles Victor Catling - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master
    Percy George Ludlow - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Engineer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  16. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- LYALL, David Beatty, BEM, DESTRO, posts 324, 406
    The ship in question is:-
    DESTRO (Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd.) - Bombed and damaged on 27 March 1942 at Tobruk by aircraft; arrived at Alexandria on 29 March 1942
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    20 November 1942 Gazette Issue 35796, Supplement 5106, published 24 November 1942
    George Henry Anson - BEM (CD) – when Chief Steward
    William Wallace Cummings - Commendation – when Third Engineer Officer
    Captain Stanley Johnson - Commendation – when Master
    Ernest Keady - MBE (CD) – when Second Engineer Officer
    David Beatty Lyall - BEM (CD) – when Ship’s Cook
    William Ernest Smith - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    DESTRO (Ellerman’s Wilson Line) – On 13 April 1941 towed the heavily damaged CITY OF KARACHI out of Volo, Greece; 14 April 1941 with the aid of a Greek Destroyer beached CITY OF KARACHI in a bay SW of Volo; 15 April 1941 after further bombing CITY OF KARACHI became a total loss
    03 October 1941 Gazette Issue 35299, Supplement 5783, published 07 October 1941
    Captain Stanley Johnson - OBE (CD) – when Master
    03 October 1941 Gazette Issue 35299, Supplement 5784, published 07 October 1941
    Hugh Owens - Commendation - when Chief Engineer
    DESTRO (Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd.) – whilst trying to save the schooner ZUODOCOS PIGI was damaged in air attack on 29 March 1942 at Tobruk in position 16 31N 039 15E
    13 March 1942 Gazette Issue 35488, Supplement 1207, published 17 March 1942
    James William Belton - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    Hugh Owens - OBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  17. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- MacDONALD, Alec, Commendation, CITY OF BRUSSELS, post 13
    The ship in question is:-
    CITY OF BRUSSELS (Brussels Steamship Company Ltd., London) - Destruction of aircraft then seized in Brussels 13 May 1940
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    26 July 1940 Gazette Issue 34908, Supplement 4655, published 26 July 1940
    Elliot Allard - BEM (CD) - when Gunlayer - Merchant Navy: Gunlayer (Seedies)
    Joseph Gallacher - Commendation – when Fireman
    Alec MacDonald - Commendation – when 2nd Officer
    Captain Thomas Neilson Murray - Commendation – when Master
    AW Sinclair - Commendation – when Chief Officer
    Frederick Charles Webster - Commendation - when Fireman
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  18. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- MacKINLAY, Alexander, OBE, CLAN MACDONALD, posts 40, 474
    The ship in question is:-
    CLAN MACDONALD – air attacks; hit at least two enemy aircraft
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    30 January 1942 Gazette Issue 35441, Supplement 541, published 03 February 1942
    Thomas Williams Ellis - MBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    Captain Alexander MacKinlay - OBE (CD) – when Master
    Thomas Livingstone Main - OBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    28 December 1945 Gazette Issue 37412, Supplement 292, published 01 January 1946
    Joseph Adam Drennan - MBE (CD) - 1946 New Year’s Honours – when Chief Refrigerating Engineer Officer
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  19. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- MacKINLAY, Archibald, OBE, LOCH RANZA, posts 70, 478
    The ship in question is:-
    LOCH RANZA - Torpedoed and damaged on 01 December 1940, when in Convoy HX.90, in The North Atlantic, some 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland, in position 54 37N 018 54W, by U-101; she managed to continue under her own power at 6 knots and then in tow arrived in Rothesay Bay on 09 December 1940 where she was beached. Later she was refloated and repaired in Glasgow returning to service in May 1941
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    09 May 1941 Gazette Issue 35159, Supplement 2727, published 13 May 1941
    Captain Archibald MacKinlay - OBE (CD) – when Master
    09 May 1941 Gazette Issue 35159, Supplement 2729, published 13 May 1941
    Walter Green - Commendation – when Chief Engineer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    LOCH RANZA - Bombed and sunk on 03 February 1942 in The Singapore Straits, in position 00 37N 104 14E by Japanese aircraft having arrived in Singapore on 25 January 1942 in Convoy BM.10
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    17 July 1942 Gazette Issue 35640, Supplement 3203, published 21 July 1942
    Jeremiah Dalziel – should read John James Dalziel - BEM (CD) – when Carpenter
    John Inglis - George Medal – when Second Officer
    Captain Archibald MacKinlay - Commendation – when Master
    25 September 1942 Gazette Issue 35723, Supplement 4227, published 29 September 1942
    Henry Meadows - MID – when Gunner, 1487943, 7th Maritime AA Battery
    Ungazetted
    Jeremiah Dalziel – should read John James Dalziel - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Carpenter
    John Inglis - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Second Officer
    Captain Archibald MacKinlay - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master

    Note:-
    Jeremiah Dalziel – should read John James Dalziel
    09 October 1942 Gazette Issue 35742, Supplement 4446, published 13 October 1942
    Cheers
    Mike
     
  20. Mike Kinnear

    Mike Kinnear Junior Member

    Ref:- MacLENNAN, George James, OBE, LlWM, STRATHALLAN, posts 80, 112
    The ship in question is:-
    STRATHALLAN – when in Convoy KMF.5 was torpedoed and damaged on 21 December 1942 at 0225 hours in the Mediterranean in position 36 52N 000 34W by U-562; taken in tow by Destroyer HMS LAFOREY and later by HMT RESTIVE but sank on 22 December 1942 at 0400 just 12 miles from safety at Oran in position 36 01N 000 33W
    Awards for this incident are as follows:-
    07 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36007, Supplement 2091, published 11 May 1943
    Captain John Henry Biggs - CBE (CD) – when Master
    Albert John Clark - BEM (CD) - when Winchman
    Christopher Herbert Goodall - BEM (CD) – when Steward
    John Cavendish William Last - OBE (CD) – when Chief Officer
    George James MacLennan - OBE (CD) – when Chief Engineer Officer
    Thomas Robert St. Clair McKibbin - BEM (CD) – when Cadet
    Jack Simpson - MBE (CD) – when Supernumerary 4th Engineer
    07 May 1943 Gazette Issue 36007, Supplement 2094, published 11 May 1943
    David Benjamin Davies - Commendation – when Assistant Steward
    Donald Alexander Orr - Commendation – when Assistant Engineer Officer
    John Frank Wacher - Commendation – when Cadet
    Harry Richard Wade - Commendation – when Cadet
    Ungazetted
    Captain John Henry Biggs - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Master
    Christopher Herbert Goodall - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Steward
    George James MacLennan - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Chief Engineer Officer
    Jack Simpson - Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea – when Supernumerary 4th Engineer

    Other awards for this ship:-
    05 June 1942 Gazette Issue 35586, Supplement 2504, published 11 June 1942
    George William Goulden - BEM (CD) – 1942 Birthday Honours – when Electrician
    05 June 1942 Gazette Issue 35586, Supplement 2506, published 11 June 1942
    Neil Whyte - BEM (CD) – 1942 Birthday Honours – when Carpenter
    29 December 1942 Gazette Issue 35843, Supplement 73, published 04 January 1943
    Herbert George Hammond - BEM (CD) – 1943 New Year’s Honours – when Second Steward
    Cheers
    Mike
     

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