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would reach England;
yet in he was prepared to give up his chance of getting away
order to tend his wounded comrades. He remained in
of the greatest possible help to our Surgeon. Crowder
H.M.S. Bideford after H.M.S. Kellett had proceeded, and was
carried out his voluntary duties for all but forty eight
hours continuously, in a most efficient manner. I consider
this man showed a great sense of duty and displayed great
personal courage in his decision to remain onboard. I wish
decoration. to recommend him as being worthy of consideration for a
6. The following men of this ship are recommended
for their services. They are placed in order of merit.
I.S.P.O. Charles William Donnelly. D/K.59925.
A/Ck. Albert Victor HOCKING. D/MX.58549.
When the ship was bombed everyone aft was
killed or badly wounded, except these two men. S.P.O.
Donnelly's duty was "in charge of the after fire and repair
party". Hocking formed one of the "First Aid Party".
The fire main aft wasblown away, and fire brue
out in the cabin flat immediately above the after magazine.
These two men working entirely on their own,
ran hoses aft from the first sound connection, and succeeded
in getting the fire under sontrol, and hoses down the after
magazine hatch to flood the magazine, (the magazine flooding
arrangements were destroyed) and partly flooded it before
assistance came, I consider their very prompt and efficient
action probably saved the ship, and I consider them both
worthy of consideration for the Distinguished Service Medal.
II. Iconsider the following three men worthy of being
"mentioned in despatches" for the services set forth against
their names.
(a) Signalman Charles Raymond CRAIG.D/JX.141848.
He was landed with Lieutenant Davey, when that
officer landed to organise the embarkation on the beach. Craig
joined one of the embarkation posts, took charge of the
signalling apparatus and got into communication with several
ships. When the station was destroyed by bombing, Craig
improvised a signal lamp out of the head light of a lorry, and
used this till the battery ran down. He remained ashore all
night and was eventually sent off by the embarkation officer.
On arrival at Dover he volunteered immediately to go over to
Dunkirk Pier, where signalmen were required, and spent
another night there.
(b) P.O.Tel. Frederick PERRY. D/JX. 127240.
After the main mast
and all aerials
were destroyed this man succeeded in rigging a jury aerial and
getting through an importatnt signal to the Vice Admiral, Dover.
(c) AB. Leslie Kenneth FOSTER. D/J.108109.
This man was quartermaster throughout the time the
ship was in Dunkeerke Rade. He performed his duties in a most
efficient manner. After the stern was blown off and there was