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Skipper THOMAS CRISP

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Smack "Nelson."

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

25.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Cross
  • Additional Info Father of T. W. Crisp, of 41, Stanford St., Lowestoft, Suffolk. The tenor bell at St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, is named the "VC Bell" and dedicated to him.
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from the London Gazette, No. 30363, dated 30th Oct., 1917, records the posthumous award of V.C. "For service in action with enemy submarines."

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