Example of Honour Sheet for Commissioned and Warranted Officers
Source: PRO: ADM 171/79 p.265
Commander Oliver Maurice Fitzgerald Stokes R.N.
Recommendation made by the Vice Admiral of the Dover Patrol.
‘In command of M21 during several operations and bombardments of the Belgian Coast. When M21 struck mines off Ostend on the 20 October 1918, and was lost he did extremely well in his efforts to save the ship. I was impressed with the conduct and cool bearing of Cdr. Stokes, when his ship was in a sinking condition, being mined. He sat a fine example to his ship’s company which had suffered several casualties’.
For this he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order. Incidentally, he was the First Lieutenant of H.M. Armed Merchant Cruiser OCEANIC when she was lost accidentally off Foula in the Shetlands in September 1914, although Lieut.-Cdr. Stokes had nothing materially to do with this.
Source: PRO: ADM 171/80 Sheet E page 5
Gunner (T) William W. Thorrowgood
Of SCORPION
Recommended by Vice Admiral Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
‘Was in command of an armed whaler which, on night of 4th - 5th March, twice went into the shore between Kum Kale and Yeni Shehr, bringing off two officers and five men, two of them wounded, exposed to rifle fire on both occasions’.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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