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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 o t e : —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,

7th December, 1944.

By Command of their Lordships,

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*6361.— Honours and Awards— “ London Gazette ” Supplement of 28th November, 1944

(H. & A.— 7 Dec. 1944.)

C e n t r a l Ch a n c e r y o f 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,28th November, 1944.

The K ING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for distinguished service in the planning of operations concerned with the invasion of Normandy :—To be Additional Members, of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions,

of the said Most Honourable Order:Captain (Commodore Second Class) Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars, R.N. Commander (Commodore Second Class) Robert Gordon Hood Linzee, C.B.E.,

R.N. (Ret.).

The K ING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promo­tions 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:Rear-Admiral James William Rivett-Carriac, D.S.C. (London).Rear-Admiral William George Tennant, C-B., M.V.O. (Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.). Captain Charles Norman Ebden Currey, R.N.Captain Harold Hickling, D.S.O., R.N. (London).Captain Lawrence Bernard Hill, D.S.O., O.B.E., R.N.Captain John Fenwick Hutchings, D.S.O., O.B.E., R.N.

For distinguished services in operations which led to the successful landing of Allied Forces in Normandy.

Captain (Commodore Second Class) Humphrey Willie Best, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.). Acting Captain Geoffrey Neame Loriston-Clarke, R.N.Acting Captain (S) Gerald Huthwaite Moore, O.B.E., R.N.Commander Reginald Trevor Paul, R.N.Commander George William Rowell, O.B.E,, D.S.C., R.N.

For distinguished services in the planning of operations concerned with the invasion of Normandy.

To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order : Temporary Captain John Holmes Jellett, R.N.V.R. (Chelmsford).

For distinguished service in operations which led to the successful landing of Allied Forces in Normandy.

Commander Noel Wilbraham Dixon, R.N. (Ret.).Commander Thomas Harland, R.N.Commander Cosmo Bowyer Hastings, R.N. (Ret.).Commander Frank Barthold Tours, R.N.Acting Temporary Commander John William Fielder, R.N.R.Commander (E) Edward Hugh Desmond Williams, R.N.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Claude Stuart Gill, R.N.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Justin Richardson, R.N.V.R.Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) John Gordon Stanning, R.N.

For distinguished services in connection with the planning of opera­tions which led to the invasion of Normandy.

To be Additional Members of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order :Acting Lieùtenant (E) Robert Elphinstone Willison, R.N.

For distinguished service in operations which led to the successful landing of Allied Forces in Normandy.

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3 6361Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Brian Osborne Babb, R.N.V.R. Temporary Lieutenant Norman Clarkson, R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Henry Edward Hooper, R.N.V.R.Lieutenant (S) Gerald Wallace Duthoit Spriggs, R.N.Temporary Lieutenant (S) Richard Creighton Balfour, R.N.V.R.Mr. Leonard Cecil Roberts, Temporary Warrant Writer, R.N.Acting Chief Officer Félicite Potter, W.R.N.S.First Officer Letitia Ethel Medley, W.R.N.S.Second Officer Florence Priscilla Chase, W.R.N.S.Second Officer Barbara Mary Brownell Drabble, W.R.N.S.Second Officer Nesta Dorothy May, W.R.N.S.Third Officer Joan Marguerite Frances Sopper, W.R.N.S.

For distinguished services in connection with the planning of opera­tions which led to the invasion of Normandy.

A d m ir a l t y

W hitehall,

28th N ovem ber, 1941.

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

For great gallantry as the crew of a Human Torpedo ” which on the night of the 21st June, 1944, penetrated the heavily defended harbour of Spezia and sank the Italian Cruiser “ Bolzano ” :

T o he a C om panion o f the D istingu ished Service Order :

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Malcolm Richard Causer, R.N.V.R.

The Conspicuous G a llantry M e d a l:Able Seaman Harry Smith, D/JX.368318.

For outstanding courage, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in one of H.M. Submarines :

T o be a C om pan ion o f the D istingu ished Service O rd e r:

Lieutenant Paul Charles Chapman, D.S.C., R.N. (London).

The D istingu ished Service C ross:

Lieutenant Ian Robert Menzies, R.N.V.R. (Criccieth, North Wales).

The D istingu ished Service M e d a l:

Acting Chief Petty Officer Leonard Bertram Hough, D/SSX. 17401 (Gosport). Temporary Chief Engine Room Artificer Kenneth Charles Crampton Stewart

C/M.38818 (Bosham, Sussex).Petty Officer John William Horsley, C/JX.137828 (Denby Dale, Yorks.). Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Edwin Charles Hawkins, D/KX,86461 (Bath). Temporary Leading Stoker Reuben Walker, D/KX.93943 (Pietermaritzburg, Natal). Able Seaman Walter Richard Gilders, P/JX.267559 (Clevedon, Somerset).

M e n tio n in Despatches

Lieutenant Cecil Norman Harwood, R.N. (Isleworth).Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Frederick Benedict Hitchcock, D/MX.88151

(Plymouth).Tem poral Leading Signalman Leslie Douglas James Long, C/JX.137505 (Ampthill,

Beds.).Able Seaman Andrew Nicol Sorbie, P/JX.392323 (Carluke, Lanarkshire). Telegraphist George William Lees, C/JX.310538 (London).

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

Second È a r to the D istingu ished Service Cross

Acting Commander Stratford Hercules Dennis, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.). Lieutenant-Commander John Bruce Goodenough Temple, D.S.C., R.N.Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, D.S.C-., R.A.N.V.R.

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6361 4Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross

Tempo rary Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Me Adam Fitzgerald Cassidy, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Walter Frederick Salenius, D.S.C., R.N.R. Mr. Victor Pretoria Rhind, D.S.C., Boatswain, R.N. (Northampton).

The Distinguished Service Cross Commander John Pollington Apps, R.N. (Ret.) (London).Commander Cromwell Felix Justin Lloyd-Davies, R.N. (Peaslake, Surrey). Commander Ronald Ker Silcock, R.N.Acting Commander Harold Francis Pascoe Grenfell, R.N. (Ret.).Acting Commander Charles Duncan Alexander Irvine, R.N.Acting Commander Arthur Hugh Wynne-Edwards, R.N. (Ret.). Lientenant-Commander Alwyn William Reginald Adams, R.N. (London). Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Edward Donkin, R.N. (Lee-on-Solent). Lieutenant-Commander John Howson, R.N. (Bath).Lieutenant-Commander Ambrose Maynard Dudley Lampen, R.N. (Maidstone). Lieutenant-Commander Charles Savage Ewbank Lansdown, O.B.E., R.N.Acting Lieutenant-Commander David Powell Croom-Johnson, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frederic Kenneth Butler, R.N.V.R. Acting Lieutenant-Commander Grahame Henry Bird, R.N.V.R. (Bristol).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Leonard Rupert Curtis, R.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Walter Robert Stanley Smith, R.N.V.R. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Speirs Stobbs, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant Edward Melvill Brodie Hoare, R.N. (Shrewsbury).Lieutenant James William Main, R.N. (North Ferriby, Nr. Hull).Lieutenant John Avens Murray, R.N. (Rochester).Lieutenant William Edward Hunter Rodwell, R.N. (Messing, Nr. Colchester). Lieutenant Keith Mackintosh Hobbs, R.N.R.Lieutenant William Sutton Lowrey, R.N.R. (Kessingland Beach, Lowestoft). Lieutenant John Charles Fegan, R.N.V.R. (Guildford).Temporary Lieutenant Cyril William Richard Cross, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Percy Richard Daniel, R.N.V.R. (Worcester).Temporary Lieutenant Michael Hicks-Beach, R.N.V.R. (Maidenhead).Temporary Lieutenant George Stephen Holmes, R.N.V.R. (Cheshire).Temporary Lieutenant George Butler Honour, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Robert Leslie Kent, R.N.V.R. (Morden).Temporary Lieutenant William Kyle, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Norman Bartlett Lewis, RIN.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Alastair Buchanan McArthur, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Wilfrid James Ward, R.N.V.R. (Warsash).Temporary Lieutenant Edward Hugh West, R.N.V.R. (Harrow).Temporary Lieutenant Reginald Henry White, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Royston Davis Turnbull, S.A.N.F.(V).Temporary Lieutenant George Archibald Ramsay, R.A.N.V.R. (Gosport).Acting Skipper Lieutenant Charles Dale, R.N.R. 2976.W.S. (Grimsby).Acting Temporary Skipper-Lieutenant Alexander Watson, R.N.R., 992T.S. (Angus). Temporary Skipper Frank Montague Norton, R.N.R., 982T.S. (Hessle, near Hull). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Hilaire Benbow, R.N.V.R. (Merton Park),Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Douglas Hirst, R.N.V.R. (Lindley, Huddersfield). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Henry Leopold Hurley, R.N.V.R.. (Cardiff).Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Harry Gordon Patrick Kenyon, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Martin Paterson, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Skerten, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Oliver Trevenna Wing, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Frederick Ben John Hill, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) Richard Herbert George Fogden, R.N.V.R.

(Chichester).Mr. Leslie Satterthwaite McKnight, Temporary Midshipman, R.N.V.R. (Fleetwood).

Bar to the Distinguished Service Medal Temporary Acting Petty Officer Harold Alfred Douglas Turtle, D.S.M., P/JX.15995S

(Ryde, Isle of Wight).The Distinguished Service Medal

Chief Petty Officer Alfred Smith, P/J.27335.Temporary Chief Petty Officer John Edward Keyzor, P/JX. 145074 (Balcombe).

5 6361Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Edward George Welch, P/J.55576 (Southsea).Chief Engine Room Artificer Charles Lewis Walke, D/KX.60522 (Dartmouth). Chief Stoker Adam John William Garnett, C/KX.69051 (Fleetwood).Chief Engineman Mungo Kirk McClure, L/KX.111086.Acting Chief Engineman John Patrick O’Donnell, LT/X.60781 E.S.Engine Room Artificer Third Class William Alexander Malcolm Bonsor, D/MX.55496

(Dovercourt).Engine Room Artificer Third Class Bruce William Johnson, C/MX.55553 (New Cross). Petty Officer Frederick Harry Bebbington, D/JX.136046 (Barry Island, Glamorgan). Petty Officer Ernest Crook, LT/JX.I96058 (Plymouth).Petty Officer David Gunn, X.19188A (Caithness).Petty Officer James Edgar Guy, P/J.111698 (Fratton).Petty Officer Walter Powell Noakes, LT/JX. 183708 (Ramsgate).Yeoman of Signals Thomas Leonard Stewart McNair, P/JX. 137792 (Portsmouth). Yeoman of Signals John Worboys, C/JX. 134962.Temporary Yeoman of Signals Alfred Clarke, C/JX.142022 (Hull).Petty Officer Telegraphist George Edward Pentney, D/JX. 136954 (Southsea).Petty Officer Telegraphist Walter Herbert Smith, C/JX.191126 (Coventry).Petty Officer Telegraphist John Ronald Thomson, C/JX. 137827 (Chelmsford). Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Edward Charles Garnham, C/MX.505425. Stoker Petty Officer Raymond Charles Kennett, C/KX.89020 (Sandwich). Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Edward John Henry Chase, P/KX.85762.Petty Officer Motor Mechanic William Glen Burnside, C/MX.501918 (Ardrossan). Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Arthur William Cole, C/MX.99440 (Copnor, Ports­

mouth).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Douglas Skinner, C/MX.76350 (London).Engineman Robert Mair, X. 10228S (Colchester).Leading Seaman David Davies, L/JX.260738 (Nelson, Lancs.).Leading Seaman Joseph Champness Longcake, P/J.86457.Leading Seaman Frederick John Reed, LT/JX. 177697.Leading Seaman Frank Arthur Rewell, P/J.28554 (Barrow-in-Furness).Leading Seaman Arthur Thomas Taylor, P/JX.295440 (Poplar).Leading Wireman Frank Jenkins, C/MX.76808 (Sleaford).Leading Wireman William Kavanagh, C/MX.77836 (Salford).Leading Stoker Thomas James Harden, C/KX.116837 (Rotherhitlie, S.E.16). Leading Stoker William Edward Mountain, C/KX. 107881.Leading Motor Mechanic William Holden, C/MX.563554 (Darwen, Lancs.).Able Seaman John Moir Anderson, C/JX.376778 (Inverurie).Able Seaman (Coxswain) Frederick Richard Ball, P/JX.324751 (London).Able Seaman James George Balfour, D/JX.363442 (Edinburgh).Able Seaman Michael Carroll, D/SSX.19917 (Dublin).Able Seaman Jack Albert Chessum, C/JX.350656.Able Seaman Leonard John Cornwall, P/JX.272690 (Cheltenham).Able Seaman Lewis Done, P/JX.224047 (Walsall).Able Seaman Donald James Crunkhom, C/JX.373325 (Coundon, Coventry).Able Seaman John Charles Pedder, C/JX.351335 (Menston, Beds.).Stoker First Class Fred John Chamberlain, D/KX. 146590 (Penryn, Cornwall).Stoker First Class Ernest Eves, LT/KX. 163651.Stoker First Class William Gordon Ingram, P/KX. 179183 (Wandsworth).Cook (O) Thomas John Startup, P/MX.106418 (St. Leonards-on-Sea).Ordinary Seaman Eric Arthur de Vit, P/JX.632891 (Kidderminster).

Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)Lieutenant Roy Harold Richards, R.N.V.R. (Moseley,- Birmingham).Leading Seaman Daniel George Hawes, C/JX.315161 (Hayes, Middlesex).

Mention in Despatches Engineer Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Morgan, C.B.E. (Redruth).Captain (Commodore First Class) Maurice James Mansergh, C.B.E., R.N. (London) Captain Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet, D.S.C., R.N.Captain Charles Philip Clarke, D.S.O., R.N.Captain Eric George Anderson Clifford, R.N.Captain Hugh Dalrymple-Smith, R.N.Captain William Wellclose Davis, D.S.O., R.N.Captain Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards, C.B.E., R.N.Captain James Parrington Gomall, R.N.

6361 6Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop, A.M., R.N.Captain Marcel Hareourt Attwoed Kelsey, D.S.C., R.N.Captain Dennis Mariscaux Lees, D.S.O., R.N.Captain Eric William Longley Longley-Cook, C.B.E., R.N.Captain John Gerald Ycrburgh Loveband, R.N. (London).Ca.ptain Gervase Boswell Middleton, C.B.E., R.N.Captain Charles Fred Wivell Norris, D.S.O., R.N.Captain Frederick Robertson Parham, D.S.O., R.N.Captain George Ernest Sutcliff, R.N. (Ret.).Captain James Joseph Weld, R.N.Captain Francis James Wylie, R.N.Acting Captain John Sydney Plumtre Colquhoun, R.N. (Ret.).Acting Captain Ronald Ernest Cotton Dunbar, R.N.Acting Captain John Hugh Lewes, D.S.C., R.N. (London).Captain Harold Taylor Wood Grant, D.S.O., R.C.N.Captain Harold Burnham Eagle, R.N.R. (Leigh-on-Sea).Acting Constructor Captain Albert John Merrington, O.B.E., R.N. (London) Commander Sidney John Savage Boord, R.N. (Emsworth, Hants).Commander Patrick Willet Brock, R.N. (Effingham).Commander Kenneth Mathieson Fardell, R.N.Commander Guy Wishaw Hawkins, R.N. (London).Commander Cyril Ivan Horton, R.N.Commander Alexander Francis Matheson, R.N. (Bicester).Commander Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, R.N. (Ret.) (Nr. Pwllheli, Caernarvon). Commander Patrick James Milner-Barry, R.N.Commander Bernard Jasper de St. Croix, R.N.Acting Commander John W'alter Hoskyns, R.N. (Ret.).Commander Kenelm Jocelyn Hutchings, R.N.R. (Seaview, I.O.W.).Commander Thomas Wilson Stevens, R.N.R.Acting Commander Robert Ernest Brett, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R. (Wimbledon). Acting Commander Frederick Jeyes, R.N.R. (Ret.).Lieutenant-Commander Edmund Francis Baines, D.S.O., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Michael Blake, R.N. (Westmeon, Hants). Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Brian Fisher, R.N. (Grimsby). Lieutenant-Commander Sidney Edward Glover, R.N. (Portsmouth). Lieutenant-Commander John Douglas Hayes, D.S.O., R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Ronald Edward Hutchins, D.S.C., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Oswald Johnson, R.N. (Burlesdon, Hants). Lieutenant-Commander John Neil Kelly Knight, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Gordon John Luther, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Peter Forster Manisty, D.S.C., R.N. (Harrow). Lieutenant-Commander John Aubrey Meares, D.S.C., R.N. (Horsell, Surrey). Lieutenant-Commander Henrv Hugh Ruthven Moore, D.S.C., R.N. (Wrestminster,

S.W.).Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Alfred Phillips Mountifield, D.S.C., R.N.

(Worthing).Lieutenant-Commander Vernon Dudley Ravencroft, R.N.Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Albert Ernest Wheeler, R.N.Acting Lieutenant-Commander Henry Havelock Cook, R.N. (Newton Feriers,

Devon).Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Edward Coles, R.N.R.Acting Lieutenant-Commander Cyril William Armstrong, R.N.R. (Belfast).Acting Lieutenant-Commander George Winram Robertson Graves, R.N.R. (Van­

couver, British Columbia).Acting Lieutenant-Commander William Eric Halbert, D.S.C., R.N.R. (Weybridge). Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Edmund Singleton Renfrew Taylor, R.N.R. Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Albert Harry Gibbs, R.N.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Robert Francis Graham, R.N.R.

(Liverpool).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Walter Jackson, R.N.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Charles Thomas Jegon Wellard, R.N.R.

(Croydon).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander John Howard Blunt, R.N.V.R.

(Gravesend).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Charles Casamaijor Loftus Gaussen,

R.N.V.R.

7 6361Acting Lieutenant-Commander William Pattison Goodfellow, D.S.Ci, R.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Frederick Harmer-Elliot,

R.N.V.R. (Sanderstead, Surrey).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Harry Leslie, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William Muirhead Rankin, R.N.V.R.

(London).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander John Giles Raven, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

(Yeovil).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frederic Scantlebury, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Horace Stevens, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Stewart Linton Browne, R.A-.N.V.R.

(Queensland, Australia).Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Robert Kenley Hart, R.A.N.V.R.

(Brighton, S. Australia).Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Hany Nees, R.N.Z.N.V.R. (Dunedin, New

Zealand).Lieutenant-Commander (S) Richard Murray Garside, R.N. (London).Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Charles Pulsford Bailey, M.B.,

B.Ch., M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R.The Reverend Julian James Andrew Newman, B.A., Temporary Chaplain, R.N.V.R.

(St. Osyth).Lieutenant Frank Cecil Boys, R.N. (Shiplake).Lieutenant Peter John Cardale, R.N. (Bude, Cornwall).Lieutenant Geoffrey Harry Carew-Hunt, R.N. (Blyth).Lieutenant Amyatt Francis Byng Carey, R.N.Lieutenant Michael Guy Chichester, R.N. (Warminster).Lieutenant Maurice Macsherry Collings, R.N. (Eastchurch, Kent).Lieutenant John Frederic Rodney Dreyer, R.N. (Portsmouth).Lieutenant Roy Neil Gibb, R.N.Lieutenant Patrick Durrant Hoare, R.N. (Chichester).Lieutenant Geoffrey John Kirkby, D.S.C., R.N.Lieutenant Richard Burgess Micheli, R.N. (Cranleigh ).Lieutenant John Morgan, R.N. (Portsmouth).Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Phipps, R.N. (Banbury).Lieutenant David Arthur Pochon, R.N. (Cosham).Lieutenant Percival Harry Rawle, R.N. (Rosyth).Lieutenant Patrick William Reid, R.N. (Shiplake).Lieutenant Donald Holmes Swift, D.S.C., R.N. (Halifax).Lieutenant the Honourable Douglas David Edward Vivian, R.N.Lieutenant Frank Williams, R.N. (Badminton, Glos.).Lieutenant Thomas William Winter, R.N. (Brighton).Lieutenant Frederick George Wright, R.N.Acting Lieutenant William George Smith Howell, R.N.Lieutenant Charles Peter d'Auvergne Aplin, R.N.R.Lieutenant Patrick Titley, R.N.R. (Gourock).Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Gentle, R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Edward Parsons, R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Neil Ross, R.N.R. (Edinburgh).Lieutenant Howard Westcott Sabin, R.N.V.R. (Deddington, Oxfordshire). Temporary Lieutenant Reginald Anderson Aldred, R.N.V.R. (Harpenden). Temporary Lieutenant John Leslie Anderson, R.N.V.R. (Bradford).Temporary Lieutenant Ellis Alfred Cash, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Ronald Burnaby Davies, R.N.V.R. (East Barnet). Temporary Lieutenant Hector Montgomery Dix, R.N.V.R. (London).Temporary Lieutenant Herbert Cecil Edwards, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Richard John Alexander Ellis, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Bruce Edward Enzer, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant William Charles Fletcher, R.N.V.R. (Manchester). Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Eric Alfred Gould, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Wilfred Hart, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Cecil Postlethwaite Inman, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Francis Cecil Corbet Knight, R.N.V.R. (Tiverton). Temporary Lieutenant Leslie de Forges Ciicuitt Lucas, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant James Slater Mackay, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Spencer Elliot Page, R.N.V.R.

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Temporär}'- Lieutenant John Glendinning Paterson, R.N.V.R. (Whitecraigs, Glasgow).

Temporary Lieutenant John William Plowright, R N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Gerald Alistair Gordon Sawrey-Cookson, R.N.V.R. (Win­

chester).Temporary Lieutenant Howard Godfrey Scott-Jones, R.N.V.R. (Chislehurst). Temporary Lieutenant John Charles Staniland, R.N.V.R. (Newark).Temporary Lieutenant Roland Minton Thacker, R.N.V.R. (Bakewell, Derbyshire). Temporary Lieutenant Geoffrey Howard Trill, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant George Edward Watson, R.N.V-R-Acting Temporary Lieutenant David Oscar Henry Coles, R.N.V.R. (Worthing). Acting Temporary Lieutenant George Stephen Wooley, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Bethell Edwards, R.C.N.R. (St. Ives).Temporary Lieutenant Henry Somerville Paterson, R.A.N.V.R. (Cottesloe, Western

Australia).Temporary Lieutenant Alfred Emest Weston, R.A.N.V.R. (West Perth, Australia). Temporary Lieutenant John Whitfield Armstrong, S.A.N.F. (V).Lieutenant (E) Harold Charles Blarney, R.N. (Devonport).Lieutenant (E) Michael John Brougham, R.N. (Bath).Lieutenant (E) Richard Thomas Famall Brown, R.N. (Newcastle).Lieutenant (E) Alfred Harold Stringer, R.N. (Lewes).Lieutenant (E) John Francis Tucker, R.N. (Cork).Temporary Lieutenant (E) Norman Freight, R.N.R. (Westerhope, Newcastle). Temporary Lieutenant (E) Philip Stanley Evetts, R.N.V.R. (Westworth). Temporary Lieutenant (E) Thomas William Phillips, R.N.V.R.Temporary Electrical Lieutenant Ronald David Kitchener, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (S) John Anthony Cecil Field, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (S) James Nicol-Sharpe Stewart, R.N.V.R.Captain Colin Ramsay Julius Scott, R.M. (Liverpool),Acting Captain Edward Jenner Hogg, R.M.Acting Skipper Lieutenant John Dinwoodie, D.S.C., R.N.R. (Edinburgh).Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Thomas Watson Fox, R.N.R. (Hull).Acting Skipper Lieutenant George Henry Green, R.N.R.. W.S.2848 (Winterton,

Nr. Great Yarmouth).Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Ronald Jack Read, R.N.R.Acting Skipper Lieutenant David Smith, R.N.R,, W.S.2592.Acting Temporary Chief Skipper Harold Skeiton Beard, R.N.R. (Grimsby).Acting Temporary Chief Boom Skipper John Evans, M.B.E., R.N.R.Skipper Herbert George Everson, R.N.R.Temporary Skipper Richard James Skinner, R.N.R.Temporary Skipper William Smith, R.N.R. (Cleethorpes).Temporary Boom Skipper George Augustine Cass, R.N.R.Temporary Boom Skipper Edwin Mortimer, R.N.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Charles Edward Aldred, R.N.V.R.Temporary Su-b-Lieutenant Anthony Campbell, R.N.V.R. (Richmond, Surrey). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Thomas John Forster, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Henry James Hodges, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant David Alexander McCaughey, R.N.V.R. (Dublin). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Percival John Burnett Spencer, R.N.V.R. (Wallington). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Gerald Grainger Tomkinson, R.N.V.R. (Smethwick,

Staffs)Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Norman Mayse Lyle Wallace, R.N.V.R. (Hatfield). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Bryan Oliver Powell, S.A.N.F.(V) (Capetown). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) Arthur George Short, R.N.V.R. (Gloucester).Mr. Peter Laurence Moberly Hill, Midshipman, R.N. (London).Mr. Hugh Robert Alexander Dick, Temporary Midshipman, R.N.V.R. (Hawkhurst). Mr. John Fidler, Commissioned Gunner, R.N. (Offerton).Mr. John James Frederick Smith, D.S.C., Commissioned Gunner, R.N. (Worthing). Mr. Roy Willoughby Aldred, Gunner, R.N. (Portsmouth).Mr. Bernard William Buckley, Gunner, R.N. fWoolston, Hants.).Mr. Hugh Cullen, Gunner, R.N.Mr. Albert Stanley Langford, Gunner, R.N. (Bridport).Mr. George Wynne, Gunner, R.N. (Reading).Mr. Richard Bowen Henderson, Boatswain, R.N.Mr. John Charles Stephen Brown, D.S.C., Signal Boatswain, R.N.Mr. John Edward Brocklehurst, Warrant Telegraphist, R.N. (Sheerness).

9 6361Mr. Reginald Mon's White, Warrant Telegraphist, R.N.Mr. Frederick Richard Lean, Temporary Acting Shipwright, R.N.Mr. Harold Healey, Warrant Mechanician, R.N.Mr. Ronald John Hemiman, Warrant Ordnance Officer, R.N. (Addington, Surrey). Chief Petty Officer William Henry Carter, D.S.M., D/J.111749 (Bridgwater^.Chief Petty Officer Charles Leslie Coote, P/J.101066 (Portsmouth).Chief Petty Officer William John Dagwell, P/J. 108542 (Southsea).Chief Petty Officer Douglas Cecil Scott Duffield, D/J. 106635.Chief Petty Officer Bertie Samuel Glanville, CSP/R.238109.Chief Petty Officer William Thomas Randall, C/JX.129311 (Wimbledon).Chief Petty Officer Alexander Strachan, LT/X.10005B.Temporary Chief Petty Officer Robert Ernest Clements, D.S.M., C/JX.126010. Temporary Chief Petty Officer Sydney Redvers Reabow, S.A.68045 (Villiersdorp,

South Africa).Chief Yeoman of Signals Arthur Marsh, P/J. 13760 (New Malden).Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Albert Victor Walter Beesley, P/JX.132645

(Portsmouth).Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Percy William Hancock, P/JX. 126610 (Portsmouth). Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Rupert Sidney Locke, C/j.23501 (East Ham).Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Donald Cecil Ritchie, P/J. 100066 (Southsea).Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Edward Victor Scott, P/JX.127121 (Copnor).Chief Engine Room Artificer Eric Harry Blake, C/M. 15297.Chief Engine Room Artificer Owen Pride Hughes, B.E.M., D/MX.47007 (Anglesey) Temporary Chief Engine Room Artificer Frederick John Pether, D.S.M., P/MX.49088

(Southsea).Chief Electrical Artificer Norman Kenneth George Buchanan, P/MX.45998.Chief Ordnance Artificer W ill Berry, P/M. 12401 (Wollaton, Notts).Chief Ordnance Artificer Charles Herbert Giles, D.S.M., P/M.37063.Chief Ordnance Artificer Frank Hobley, B.E.M., D/M.35362 (Shepton Mallett). Chief Ordnance Artificer Thomas John Lock, C/M.38071 (Brighouse, Yorks.). Acting Chief Ordnance Artificer Barry Morris Jackson, P/MX.52707.Engine Room Artificer Second Class James Stanley Baitey, C/MX.50732 (Willington.

Quay-on-Tyne).Engine Room Artificer Third Class Eric William Andrews, C/MX.51732 (Chatham). Engine Room Artificer Third Class William Thomas Poultney, P/MX.64542

(Birmingham).Electrical Artificer First Class Lionel Charles Stephens, D/M.26976 (Plymouth). Electrical Artificer Third Class Charles Albert Dean, D/MX.75971 (Braintree, Essex). Electrical Artificer Third Class James Martin, P/SR. 16522.Ordnance Artificer Third Class Arthur Reginald Boucher, P/MX.61350 (Birmingham). Ordnance Artificer Third Class Charles Amos Hunt, P/MX.61624 (Glasgow). Ordnance Artificer Third Class Richard Harold Powter, P/MX.61368 (Maidstone). Ordnance Officer Third Class Sidney James Squance, D/MX.58213 (Gunnislake,

Cornwall).Ordnance Artificer Third Class Albert Utting, C/MX.60330 (Loughborough).Chief Mechanician Harry Convy, P/K.66514.Mechanician First Class Trevor Chvyd Jones, D/KX.80915.Chief Stoker Frederick Charles Edwards, D/KX.77872 (Plymouth).Chief Stoker John Joseph Edwards, P/K.62940 (Portsmouth).Chief Stoker Richard Frederick Read, P/K.61300.Chief Stoker Charles Thomas Stoner, P/K.59734 (Edmonton).Chief Engineman Harry Langhorn Armstrong LT/KX. 113600.Chief Engineman Thomas Raper Cammish, LT/KX. 109623 (Scarborough).Chief Engineman George Henry Fenwick, LT/KX.106803 (Hull).Chief Engineman Edward.Kneale, LT/KX.148439 (Peel, Isle of Man).Chief Engineman John Kristoffersen, L/KX. 113535.Chief Engineman Gordon Stevens, LT/KX. 112766 (Polruan).Chief Engineman John Watt, D.S.M., LT/243E.U.Acting Chief Engineman John Michael Grayley Neel, LT/KX. 112733 (London). Second Hand George Edward Brown, L/JX. 183147.Second Hand Alexander Stephen, LT/JX.242863.Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Henry William Main, P/MX.45033 (Southsea).Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer James Charles Stansmore, B.E.M., P/M.39134 (Ports­

mouth).Chief Petty Officer Cable Jointer Alfred William Peck, CSP/R.207501.Chief Petty Officer Cook Claude William Hewison, P/M.36320 (Ryde).

Colour Sergeant Henry William Kitchener, R.M., Ply.22404.Colour Sergeant Richard John Moon Wyatt, R.M., Ply./X.22708 (Preston, Lancs.). Colour Sergeant (Temporary) Robert Thomas Seaton, R.M., Po/X.359 (Portsmouth). Petty Officer George Harold Bridle, C/JX.200645 (St. Mary's Cray, Kent).Petty Officer James Chisnall, P/JX.390056 (Rochdale).Petty Officer Samuel George Gibbs, LT/JX.197321 (Suffolk).Petty Officer William George Imrie, C/JX. 132829 (Rainham, Kent).Petty Officer Hazel David Jackson, C/JX. 148425.Petty Officer James O ’Neill, P/ESD/X.687.Petty Officer William Jackin Reid, P/JX.252507 (Southampton).Petty Officer John Robertson, P/JX. 129296 (Portsmouth).Petty Officer Jack Schooley, P/J.114569 (Fratton).Petty Officer William Thomas Smith, D/JX.131639 (St. Budeaux, Plymouth). Petty Officer Charles Ernest Wyatt, C/JX.129666.Temporary Petty Officer Arthur Norman Child, L/JX.256617.Temporary Petty Officer Geoffrey James Kenneth Clark, P/J. 114965 (London). Temporary Petty Officer Cyril Edgar Cole, C/J.103105 (Gravesend).Temporary Petty Officer Frederick Charles Corston, C/JX. 125622 (Mavizion,

Cornwall).Temporary Petty Officer Eric David Low, P/J.103425 (Bury St. Edmunds).Acting Petty Officer Arthur Kirk, LT/X.21448A (Norwich).Acting Petty Officer Reginald McCall, D/J.107451 (Liverpool).Acting Petty Officer Frederick Charles Waite, D/J.108179 (Plymouth).Temporary Acting Petty Officer Algernon Walter Aldred, P/SSX.30125 (Horley). Yeoman of Signals George Charles Castle, D/J.31296 (St. Albans).Yeoman of Signals Daniel Donovan, P/SSX. 15723 (Londonderry).Yeoman of Signals Charles Stanley Randall, D/JX. 135405.Yeoman of Signals Eric Ernest Roden, C/J. 103654 (Birmingham, 17).Yeoman of Signals James Strachan, C/JX.129107 (Edinburgh).Petty Officer Telegraphist Alan Bell, P/JX.151520 (Somer Cotes, Lincs.).Petty Officer Telegraphist Richard Firth, P/JX.138759 (Whitley Bridge, Yorks.). Petty Officer Telegraphist Edward Hatch, C/JX. 138717.Petty Officer Telegraphist Reginald Murray Ring, C/JX. 140432 (Horsham).Petty Officer Telegraphist William Edward Roberts, D/J.98408.Temporary Petty Officer Telegraphist William George Barnden, P/JX. 139382

(Porchester)Temporary Petty Officer Telegraphist Stuart John Smith, D/JX. 144539 (Blackpool). Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Leslie Raymond Tilley, D/MX.54002.Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class George Benjamin Vause, C/MX.66322.Stoker Petty Officer William Frederick Loraine, P/KX.75806 (Portsmouth).Stoker Petty Officer Joseph Henry Sidders, C/KX.92302 (Grangemouth).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Albert Pexton, P/MX. 117087 (Darlington).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Frank George James Willmouth, P/MX.125140

(London, S.E.I8).Electrical Mechanic Fourth Class Francis Leslie Shaw, P/MX.98269 (Rotherham). Ordnance Mechanic Fourth Class Clifford Woolley, D/MX.86478.Petty Officer Engineman John Felix Harvey, L/296EU.Stores Petty Officer George Philip Hosken Tutton, D/K.55642 (Exeter).Acting Stores Petty Officer William Hedderwick, P/KX.90722 (Southsea, Hants.). Temporary Petty Officer Cook (S) Jack Arundell Abraham, D/MX.52173 (Exeter). Petty Officer Rigger Alfred William Drake, R/JX.179885.Engineman Sidney Kitching, L/KX.101919 (Hull).Engineman Henry Pinnington, LT/KX.109751 (Liverpool).Sergeant William James Edbrooke, R.M., Po/21740.Sergeant Robert Walter Evans, R.M., Ch/24743 (Cambridge).Sergeant James Roland Higginson, R.M. Po/X.1513 (Stoke-on-Trent).Sergeant (Temporary) Frank Henry Hardy, R.M., Po/X.2130 (St. Helen’s, Lancs.). Bandmaster Second Class Leonard Harry Gardner, R.M.B.321 (Scarborough). Leading Seaman Gerald James Batchelor, P/JX.362791 (Athy, Kildare).Leading Seaman Albert Richard Berry, P/SSX. 17088 (Kingston-on-Thames). Leading Seaman Leslie Walter Brown, P/SSX.20198 (Spondon, near Derby). Leading Seaman Alfred Cocklin L/JX.237230.Leading Seaman Albert French, C/JX.316836 (Peterborough).Leading Seaman Charles John Mills, L/JX.240233 (Mile End, London).Leading Seaman Abraham Mitchley, C/J.41358 (St. Denys, Hants.).Leading Seaman William Bernard Purvey, D/JX. 190229 (Birmingham).

6361 10 11 6361Leading Seaman John Richards, X.7219 C.Leading Seaman Harold William Walford, C/JX.364688 (Stoke-on-Trent). Temporary Leading Seaman Murdo Maclver, C/X.9645B (Stornoway).Temporary Leading Seaman Ronald Lewis Read, P/JX.171626 (Southampton). Acting Leading Seaman Joseph Edward Lenz, R/JX. 180913.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Albert Asling, D/JX.316728.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Thomas Wyllie Clark, D/JX.239156 (Ayr,

Scotland).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Charles Henry Cox, P/JX. 168270 (Lozells,

Birmingham).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Norman Daniels, P/JX.382303 (Halesowen,

near Birmingham).Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Ronald Sydney Hill, P/JX.164108 (Wendover). Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Maurice Calvin Huckle, C/JX.375121. Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Raymond Gordon Stanley Hutchings, C/JX

406515.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Thomas James Smith, P/J.94026 (Hambledon). Leading Telegraphist Walter Costick, P/JX. 151895.Leading Telegraphist Malcolm James Smillie, P/SSX.26955 (Glasgow).Temporary Acting Leading Telegraphist Frederick Arthur Spencer, P/JX.246328

(Hastings).Leading Coder Robert Alfred Johnson, P/JX. 197916.Leading Stoker William Wallace McKenzie McIntosh, D/KX. 108943 (Aberdeen). Leading Motor Mechanic Jackson Bradley Wright, C/MX.501894 (Preston, Lancs.). Temporary Leading Stores Assistant William Dickenson Anderson, C/MX.73253. Leading Cook Norman Mitchell, LT/MX.87286 (Hartlepool).Corporal Edward George Bowdon Gibbons, Ply/X.2654.Able Seaman Melvin Ross Arnold, P/JX.428124 (Thatcham, Berks).Able Seaman George Anthony Gerard Clemson, P/JX. 138031.Able Seaman Clifford Joseph Connolly, P/JX.275629 (Wellingborough).Able Seaman John Henry George Emery, P/JX.388654 (Maidstone).Able Seaman Martin Joseph Farrell, C/J.95688 (Brentwood),Able Seaman Sidney George Gifford, C/JX.395040 (Lower Tooting, London).Able Seaman Allan Gilchrist, D/JX.28-8250.Able Seaman William George Frederic Hardy, P/J. 100314 (London).Able Seaman Richard Hatton, P/J.J14805 (Portsmouth).Able Seaman Frank Hinton, P/JX.212288 (Dover).Able Seaman Joseph Manuel Keogh, P/JX.298079 (West J) ray ton).Able Seaman Sidney Lovell, C/JX.238832.Able Seaman Jack MacDonald, C/JX.421379 (Dumfries).Able Seaman Herbert Sankey, P/J. 100156.Able Seaman Dennis Edward Scott, P/JX.276823.Able Seaman Albert Smith, D/JX.221193 (Oxford).Wireman Harry Thomas Nixey, C/MX. 119124.Wireman James Tait Wiseman, LT/JX.265440 (Fraserburgh).Signalman George William Austin, LT/SR.8437 (London, E.6).Signalman Geoffrey Heaton, LT/JX.175203.Signalman Stanley Walter Megson, LT/JX.211249.Signalman Albert Henry Wilson, L/JX.212321.Telegraphist David Charles Garwood, C/JX.361951 (Edmonton).Telegraphist Eric Pitt, LT/JX.327343.Coder John Davidson Lockhart, D/JX.272489 (Edinburgh).Stoker First Class Albert Clayton, D/KX. 109208.Stoker First Class Stanley Clifford Collett, C/KX. 139917 (South Ealing).Stoker First Class William Herbert Harrison, LT/KX.525985 (Hull).Stoker First Class Leonard Humberstone, C/KX. 140517.Stoker First Class Frank Leggett, C/KX. 144234.Stoker First Class James Stanley Parsons, P/KX. 150385 (Pontefract).Stoker First Class John Pearson, LT/KX.134650 (Manchester).Stoker First Class Herbert Redvers Philpott, P/SS.124493 (Sandwich).Motor Mechanic Alexander Ernest Mills, C/MX.503415 (Aldershot).Steward Herbert Samuel Downes, LT/JX.28328.Steward Robert Thomas Parry, LT/JX.577461 (London).Marine Claude Augustus Lonnen, Po/X. 111257 (Bournemouth).Marine Alfred Marfleet, Ply/X. 103802 (Glasgow).Marine William Cuthbert Nordoff, Po/X.5139 (Birmingham).

Ordinary Seaman Harold George Baker, P/JX.418723.Ordinary Seaman Robert Bradley, C/JX.548749.Ordinary Seaman Leonard Dickens, C/JX.353617.Ordinary Seaman Terence John Scott Stevens, P/JX.66S511 (Edmonton).Ordinary Signalman Ernest George Bell, D/JX.233890 (Luton, Beds.).Ordinary Telegraphist Charles Suter Clarke, P/JX.342786 (Normanton, Yorks.). Ordinary Telegraphist Frederick Hall, L/JX.246898.Ordinary Telegraphist Ronald William Patten, C/JX.326273.Seaman Patrick Brown, L/JX 208934.Seaman Albert Victor Burrow, LT/JX.214950.Seaman Thomas Granville Griffiths, L/JX.224884 (Cardigan).Seaman Hubert Newhook, LT/JX.299650.Seaman Alfred Sydney Hurst Senogles, LT/JX.222653.

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

For gallantry, determination, skill and undaunted devotion to duty in carrying supplies in Merchant Ships to the assault area on the coast of Normandy :

The Distinguished Service CrossCaptain Lynn Thomas Alexander, Master, M.N.Captain William Horace Howden, O.B.E., Master, M.N.Captain Robert Henry Jones, Master, M.N.Captain Walter Harold Leech, Master, M.N.Captain John Gerald Bambridge Oates, Master, M.N.Mr. Thomas Dean, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. Ian Uillan Davidson Naime, Junior Second Officer, M.N.

The Distinguished Service MedalMr. Hubert Edward Thompson, Boatswain, M.N.Seaman Moolook Chan X. Lall Mistri, 0020376, M.N.Cadet George Trevor Prankerd, M.N,

Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)

Mr. James Owen, Second Radio Officer, M.N.

Mention in DespatchesCaptain Edward Taylor Barwick, Master, M.N.Captain William Newell Browne, Master, M.N.Captain Walter Charles Cory Edmunds, Master,, M.N.Captain William Janies Thomas Gosden, Master, M.N.Captain Robert Henry Harris, Master, M.N.Captain Stanley Joseph George Hill, Master, M.N.Captain William David Jefferies, Master, M.N.Captain Edward Austin Kemp, Master, M.N. (Lymm, Cheshire).Captain Robert Mackillop, M.B.E., Master, M.N.Captain John McLean, Master, M.N.Captain Herbert Leonard Payne, R.D., O.B.E., Master, M.N. (R.N.R., Ret.). Captain Alexander Rodger, Master, M.N.Captain Walter Robert Thorburn, Master, M.N.Mr. John Pownall Aplin, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. William Bowmaker, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. William Howden Dally, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. John Dewi Wyre Davies, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. William James Doran, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. Charles William Gough, Chief Officer, M.N- Mr. James Morrison Henderson, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. William Woodger, Chief Officer, M.N.Mr. Robert Albert Orbell Large, Second Officer, M.N.Mr. Edmund Triggs, Second Officer, M.N.Mr. George Rattray Scarth, Chief Engineer Officer, M.N.Mr. Arthur James Harding, Chief Engineer Officer, M.N.Mr. George Albert Pollitt, Chief Engineer Officer, M.N.Mr. John Terence Willoughby Moody, Chief Radio Officer, M.N.

6361 12 13 6361Mr. Bernard William Ashton, Third Officer, M.N.Mr. Williams Wedlock Fenwick, Third Engineer Officer, M.N.Mr. Edward Vivian Fisher, Fourth Engineer Officer, M.N.Mr. Frederick George Brunnen, Boatswain, M.N.Mr. Alfred Ernest Kilfoyle, Boatswain, M.N.Mr. Frederick Ross, Boatswain, M.N.Mr. Cyril Edwin Chamberlain, Chief Steward, M.N.Mr. James Ronald Caine, Chief Baker, M.N.Mr. Daniel Gordon, Chief Baker, M.N. (Liverpool).Able Seaman Joseph Parker Anderson, M.N.Able Seaman Ronald Cranfield, M.N.Acting Able Seaman Kenneth Metcalfe, D/JX.315855 (Heywood, Lancs).Able Seaman Alan Thompson, R.195386, M.N.Mr. James Stuart Macleod, Carpenter, M.N.Mr. Daniel Bernard Orwell, Boiler Attendant, M.N- (Dagenham, Essex).Mr. Roy Scholefield, Greaser, M.N.Mr. Joseph Edgar Drewery, Saloon Pantryman, M.N.

For courage, resolution and skill while serving in H.M.'.Ships Wensley- dale, Forester, Vidette, Orchis and Statice, and H.M. Canadian Ships Ottawa and Kootenay in anti U-boat operations:

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossActing Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Bryan Webster Harris, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

(Southport).Lieutenant David Creagh Beatty, D.S.C., R.N.

The Distinguished Service CrossCommander James Douglas Prentice, D.S.O., R.C.N.Temporary Lieutenant William Raymond Moss, R.N.V.R.Lieutenant Arthur George Park, R.N.V.R. (Keighley, Yorks.).Lieutenant Peter Geoffrey Hardrill, R.C.N.V.R. (Montreal).

The Distinguished Service MedalChief Torpedo Gunner’s Mate George Candy, R.C.N., 2360 (Victoria, British

Columbia).Chief Engine Room Artificer Peter Paul Salsiccioli, R.C.N., 21602 (Trail, British

Columbia).Engine Room Artificer Third Class Percy Emberley, R.C.N.R., A .2290 (Halifax,

Nova Scotia).Acting Leading Seaman Harry Kay, D/JX.204386.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman John Hedley Brock, D/JX.237644 (Weston-

super-Mare).Able Seaman John Stevenson Dickie, D/JX.255010 (Hamilton, Lanarkshire).Able Seaman George William Skellham, D/JX.364925 (Market Harborough).Able Seaman Thomas Taylor, P/S.R. 16076.

Mention in DespatchesTemporary Lieutenant-Commander George Stephen Woolley, R.N.V.R.Acting Lieutenant-Commander William Herbert Willson, R.C.N. (Saskatoon,

Saskatchewan).Acting Lieutenant-Commander William Pattison Goodfellow, D.S.C., RJSI.V.R. Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Richard Woolfenden, R.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Francis Arthur Robert Humphrey, R.A.N.V.R. (Aberdeen). Lieutenant (E) Samuel Lawson Baird, R.C.N.V.R. (Winnipeg, Manitoba). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Charles Glen, R.N.V.R. (Glasgow).Sub-Lieutenant Peter Cushing Berry, R.C.N.V.R. (Ottawa).Mr. George Harold Pearce, Gunner (T), R.N, (Upminster)Chief Petty Officer Frank Roberts Baker, D/J.39667.Engine Room Artificer Third Class Robert George Wade, D/MX.51790 (Exeter). Petty Officer Eric John Moses Linley, P/J.107703.Acting Temporary Petty Officer James William Perkins, P/SSX.24058 (Stockport). Acting Yeoman of Signals Robert Rowan, R.C.N. (Victoria, British Columbia). Leading Seaman Richard Collins, D/SSX.29295 (Bandon, Co. Cork).

Leading Seaman Ernest Thomas Brown, R.C.N.V.R., V.23731 (Lachine, Province of Quebec).

Leading Seaman Chester Henry Cameron, R.C.N.R., A.2352 (Port Colborne, Ontario).

Leading Seaman D ’Arcy Cundell, R.C.N.V.R., V.6607 (Ottawa).Able Seaman Ronald Granville Goddard, D/JX.368248.Able Seaman Colin Cornelius McKay, P/JX.518238 (Basford, Notts.).Able Seaman Peter Parkinson, D/JX.368816 (Huddersfield).Able Seaman Alfred Preston, P/JX.190384 (Grimsby).Able Seaman Robert Watterson, D/JX.369232 (Oldham).

For outstanding skill and daring in a series of actions in the Channel while serving in Light Coastal Craft:

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossTemporary Lieutenant the Honourable Frederick Maxwell Aglionby Shore, D.S.C.,

R.N.V.R. (Clevedon).

For outstanding courage, skill and determination in minelaying opera­tions in enemy waters :

Bar to the Distinguished Service CrossActing Lieutenant-Commander (A) Robert Digby Head, D.S.C., R.N. (Earls Court,

London).Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) John Arthur Gaunt, R.N.V.R. (Edinburgh). Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Alfred Salisbury, R.N.V.R. (Ipswich).Acting Petty Officer James Herbert Ashton, FAA/FX.91197 (Stratford-on-Avon)

Mention in DespatchesLieutenant (A) Jeffery William Powell, R.N. (Forest Hill, S.E.23).Petty Officer Airman George Bertram Wells, FAA/FX.82746 (Rosyth).

For courage and skill during an action in Light Coastal Craft :The Distinguished Service Cross

Temporary Lieutenant David Pelham James, M.B.E., R.N.V.R. (Bracldey Northants).

For gallantry in a hazardous operation in the Aegean :The Distinguished Service Cross

Lieutenant John Frazer Richards, R.M. (Whitchurch).

The Distinguished Service MedalSergeant James Malcolm King, Ply/X.1457 (Southsea).Marine Richard Norman Ruff, Ply/X. 108666 (Northampton).

For outstanding courage and determination in H.M.S. Middleton in an engagement with superior enemy forces :

Mention in Despatches (Postlmmous)Temporary Chief Yeoman of Signals Kenneth Howard Baker, P/J.114576.Able Seaman James Henry Rushbrook, P/JX.290331.

Mention in DespatchesTemporary Lieutenant Geoffrey Fowler Curd, R.N.V.R.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Oliver Hann, R.N.V.R.Chief Engine Room Artificer Thomas Henry Squires, P/MX.47639.Temporary Petty Officer Oswald John Lewis Wilkins, P/J.101023.

For good services in rescue work :Mention in Despatches

Petty Officer Charles William Smith, P/JX. 135867 (Acton, W.3).Able Seaman Walter Endsor, P/JX. 197465 (Bradford).

6361 14 15 6361For good services in defensively equipped Merchant Ships.:

Mention in DespatchesActing Able Seaman James Herbert Bontor, P/JX.393725.Acting Able Seaman Robert Patrick McLoughlin, P/JX.385011.Acting Able Seaman David John Murrow, D/JX.219804 (Dinas Cross, Pembroke­

shire).Gunner William James Maw, 6472421, Sixth Regiment, M.R.A. (Chiswick).

The K ING has been graciously pleased to give unrestricted permission for the wearing of the following decoration bestowed by the President of the United States of America for services while in command of H.M.S. Abercrombie during the landing of allied Forces in Sicily :

The Silver Star Medal Acting Captain George Vivian Barnett Faulkner, R.N.

(69423) Wt. 8092/2356 19,300 12/44 I * . G.338/10.