Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36019/supplements/2215. Acting Captain Frederick Thornton Peters, D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy. On 8th November 1942 at Oran Harbour, North Africa, Captain Peters, commanding HMS Walney, led his force through the boom towards the jetty in the face of point-blank fire from shore batteries, a destroyer and a cruiser. Blinded in one eye, he alone of 17 officers and men on the bridge survived. Walney reached the jetty disabled and ablaze and went down with her colours flying. Captain Peters and a handful of men managed to reach the shore, but he was killed in an air crash five days later. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29088/supplements/2213. GAZETTE ISSUE 29088, The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointment to the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, to the undermentioned Officer, in recognition of his services mentioned in the foregoing despatch:- To be Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30564/supplements/2978. GAZETTE ISSUE 30564, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS; Awarded for services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas during the period ending 31st December, 1917. BAR TO DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34893/supplements/4257. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29088/supplements/2212. GAZETTE ISSUE 29088, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received from Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., commanding the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, reporting the action in the North Sea on Sunday, the 24th of January, 1915. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (UNITED STATES),: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35870/supplements/397.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36019/supplements/2215. Acting Captain Frederick Thornton Peters, D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy. On 8th November 1942 at Oran Harbour, North Africa, Captain Peters, commanding HMS Walney, led his force through the boom towards the jetty in the face of point-blank fire from shore batteries, a destroyer and a cruiser. Blinded in one eye, he alone of 17 officers and men on the bridge survived. Walney reached the jetty disabled and ablaze and went down with her colours flying. Captain Peters and a handful of men managed to reach the shore, but he was killed in an air crash five days later. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29088/supplements/2213. GAZETTE ISSUE 29088, The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointment to the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, to the undermentioned Officer, in recognition of his services mentioned in the foregoing despatch:- To be Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30564/supplements/2978. GAZETTE ISSUE 30564, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS; Awarded for services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas during the period ending 31st December, 1917. BAR TO DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34893/supplements/4257. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29088/supplements/2212. GAZETTE ISSUE 29088, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received from Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., commanding the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, reporting the action in the North Sea on Sunday, the 24th of January, 1915. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (UNITED STATES),: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35870/supplements/397.