Chief Petty Officer ERNEST JAMES PITCHER
Service Number: P/227029
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Attack
Date of Death
Died 10 February 1946
Age 57 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Medal
- Additional Info Croix de Guerre, Medaille Militaire. Son of George and Sarah Pitcher; husband of Lily Ethel Louisa Pitcher, of Swanage.
- Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Additional Citation note
The following particulars are given in the London Gazette of 30th October, 1917 : "P.O. Pitcher was selected by the crew of a gun of one of H.M. Ships to receive the Victoria Cross under Rule 13 of the Royal Warrant dated 29th January, 1856." The action fought by this ship has been described as the greatest action of any "Q" boat against a submarine, fought by a ship's company of heroes."
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