Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30363, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30363/supplements/11315. Honours for services in action with enemy submarines. The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned for services in action with enemy submarines:- Posthumous Award of the Victoria Cross:- Skipper Thomas Crisp, Royal Naval Reserve, 10055D.A. (killed in action). GAZETTE ISSUE 31021, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31021/supplements/13694. Admiralty, 20th November 1918. With reference to announcements of the award of the Victoria Cross to naval officers and men for services in action with enemy submarines, the following are the accounts of the actions for which these awards were made:- Action of HM Armed Smack “Nelson,” on the 15th August 1917. On the 15th August 1917, the Smack “Nelson” was engaged in fishing when she was attacked by gunfire from an enemy submarine. The gear was let go and the submarine's fire was returned. The submarine's fourth shot went through the port bow just below the water-line, and the seventh shell struck the skipper, Thomas Crisp, partially disembowelling him, and passed through the deck and out through the side of the ship. In spite of the terrible nature of his wound Skipper Crisp retained consciousness, and his first thought was to send off a message that he was being attacked and giving his position. He continued to command his ship until the ammunition was almost exhausted and the smack was sinking. He refused to be moved into the small boat when the rest of the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel as she sank, his last request being that he might be thrown overboard. (The posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Skipper Thomas Crisp, D.S.C., Royal Naval Reserve, 10055 D.A., was announced in London Gazette No. 30363, dated the 2nd November 1917.). DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29997/supplements/2952. GAZETTE ISSUE 29997, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Distinguished Service Cross for services rendered.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30363, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30363/supplements/11315. Honours for services in action with enemy submarines. The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned for services in action with enemy submarines:- Posthumous Award of the Victoria Cross:- Skipper Thomas Crisp, Royal Naval Reserve, 10055D.A. (killed in action). GAZETTE ISSUE 31021, VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31021/supplements/13694. Admiralty, 20th November 1918. With reference to announcements of the award of the Victoria Cross to naval officers and men for services in action with enemy submarines, the following are the accounts of the actions for which these awards were made:- Action of HM Armed Smack “Nelson,” on the 15th August 1917. On the 15th August 1917, the Smack “Nelson” was engaged in fishing when she was attacked by gunfire from an enemy submarine. The gear was let go and the submarine's fire was returned. The submarine's fourth shot went through the port bow just below the water-line, and the seventh shell struck the skipper, Thomas Crisp, partially disembowelling him, and passed through the deck and out through the side of the ship. In spite of the terrible nature of his wound Skipper Crisp retained consciousness, and his first thought was to send off a message that he was being attacked and giving his position. He continued to command his ship until the ammunition was almost exhausted and the smack was sinking. He refused to be moved into the small boat when the rest of the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel as she sank, his last request being that he might be thrown overboard. (The posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Skipper Thomas Crisp, D.S.C., Royal Naval Reserve, 10055 D.A., was announced in London Gazette No. 30363, dated the 2nd November 1917.). DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29997/supplements/2952. GAZETTE ISSUE 29997, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Distinguished Service Cross for services rendered.