4152 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 5 JULY, 1940 Able Seaman Benjamin Hey wood Jones, Able Seaman Robert James McCaw, C/JX.I5U7. D/JX.I39837, H.M.S. Furious. The above Appointment and Awards to Sick Berth Attendant Horace Alfred Veness, Officers and Men of a Naval Expeditionary D/MX.5288i, H.M.S. Furious. Force are for courage and devotion to duty when carrying out special mine-laying opera- tions. His Majesty has also been graciously pleased to approve the following Awards:— For good services on the occasion of the Admiralty, Whitehall, loss of the French BISON : July, 1940. The Distinguished Service Cross. The KING has been graciously pleased to Commander Richard Courtnay Boyle, Royal approve the following Award for gallantry in Navy, H.M.S. Grenade. saving the life of a wounded officer during the First Battle of :— The Distinguished Service Medal. The Distinguished Service Medal. Able Seaman George Samuel Gartland, C/JX. 131635, H.M.S. Grenade. Able Seaman Norman John Stewart, Officers' Steward Arthur William Reynolds, D/S.S.X.24207, late of H.M.S. Hunter. C/LX.203I5, H.M.S. Grenade. His Majesty has also been graciously pleased J Mention in Despatches. to approve the following awards:— Sub-Lieutenant John Bremer Richards Home, For good services when one of His , H.M.S. Grenade. Majesty's Ships was damaged by a bomb: — Acting Chief Petty Officer Thomas Wood gate, Mention in Despatches. C/J.109030, H.M.S. Grenade. Surgeon Commander Arthur Craig, L.R.C.P., For good services in a Northern Area: L.R.C.S., L.D.S.,.R.N. Mention in Despatches. Chief Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class Charles Colonel Robert Grice Sturges, Royal Marines. Henry Evans, D/Mi8330. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Nicholls Williams, Able Seaman William Frederick McCarthy, Royal Marines. D/J-935I5- Major Selwyn Guise Cutler, Royal Marines. Able Seaman Frederick Raybould, Lieutenant Stanley Jefford Skinner, Royal D/JX.I52778. Marines. Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant George For good services in the salvage of a ship William Freeman, Po.X.274. which had been bombed: Corporal Christopher John Blake, Po.X.2i46. Mention in Despatches. Marine Harry Metcalf, E.X.37ig. Lieutenant-Commander John Alexander For good services off the Dutch Coast: McArthur, R.N., H.M.T. River, Clyde. Skipper William John Goouch, R.N.R., Mention in Despatches. W.S.2642, H.M.T. River Clyde. Lieutenant Commander Anthony Bartholomew Second Hand Clifford Swan, X3O3.S.A., Cole, Royal Navy, M.T.B.22. R.N.R.(P.S-), H.M.T. River Clyde. Lieutenant Philip Francis Stewart Gould, Leading Seaman John Ferguson, R.N.R., Royal Navy, M.T.B.i6. X.76250, H.M.T. River Clyde. Lieutenant (E) John Ashton Pollitt, R.N.V.R., M.T.B.22. Able Seaman Stanley Aldridge, C/JX. 131270, M.T.B.22. For good services when a French Destroyer was burnt out: Admiralty, Whitehall. Mention in Despatches. July, 1940. Lieutenant Commander William Henry His Majesty has been graciously pleased to Fenwick, R.N.R., H.M.S. Barfield. approve the following Awards for daring, Lieutenant David Selby Johnston, Royal Navy, endurance and resource in the conduct of H.M.S. Furious. hazardous and successful operations by the Lieutenant Lewis Julian Pearson, Royal Navy, working with the Coastal Com- H.M.S. Firedrake. mand in France and over the Channel: — Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant (Probationary) Richard Howell Roberts, R.N.V.R., M.B., The Distinguished Service Cross: B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., H.M.S. Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander Furious. Kilroy, Royal Navy. Chief Skipper Walter Wooldridge, M.B.E., Lieutenant-Commander James Buckley, Royal R.D., R.N.R., H.M.S. Barfield. Navy. Petty Officer John Kenneth Bellard, Sub-Lieutenant (A) Philip Donald Julian D/J.113660, H.M.S. Furious. Sparke, Royal Navy. Acting Stoker Petty Officer John Wallace, KX.99030, H.M.S. Barfield. The Distinguished Service Medal: Able Seaman James George Norquoy, Naval Airman ist Class Lionel Miles, JX.I7698I, H.M.S. Barfield. D/JX.I38622.