Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35622/supplement/2983. Commander Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, Royal Navy. On 4th March 1942 in Corfu Harbour, Commander Miers, commanding HM Submarine Torbay, having followed an enemy convoy into the harbour the previous day, fired torpedoes at a destroyer and two 5000-ton transports, scoring hits on two supply ships, which almost certainly sank. Torbay then had a very hazardous withdrawal to the open sea, enduring 40 depth-charges. The submarine had been in closely patrolled enemy waters for 17 hours. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35296/supplement/5769. BAR TO D.S.O,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35512/supplement/1547. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35029/supplement/28. LEGION OF MERIT,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37582/supplement/2560.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35622/supplement/2983. Commander Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, Royal Navy. On 4th March 1942 in Corfu Harbour, Commander Miers, commanding HM Submarine Torbay, having followed an enemy convoy into the harbour the previous day, fired torpedoes at a destroyer and two 5000-ton transports, scoring hits on two supply ships, which almost certainly sank. Torbay then had a very hazardous withdrawal to the open sea, enduring 40 depth-charges. The submarine had been in closely patrolled enemy waters for 17 hours. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35296/supplement/5769. BAR TO D.S.O,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35512/supplement/1547. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35029/supplement/28. LEGION OF MERIT,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37582/supplement/2560.