Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 852
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 852 |
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| Page number | 852 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Unknown |
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The Royal Navy.
[photo, portrait] Petty Officer GEORGE ALLEN FULLBROOK, 71, Cumberland Road, Reading, who has been reported missing from H.M. Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, which was torpedoed.
[photo, portrait] Lce.-Corpl. ERNEST G. PALMER, R.M.L.I., 94, Curzon Street, Reading. - Prisoner of war. Previously reported missing.
A NAVAL V.C.
BERKSHIRE HERO'S BRAVERY AT OSTEND.
Three V.C.'s were awarded for distinguished services in the second blocking operation against Ostend on the night of May 9th, 1918, and Lieut. V. A. C. Crutchley, D.S.O., was one of the naval officers to receive this honour. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Crutchley, of Sunningdale Lodge, Ascot.
[photo, portrait] Lieut. V. A. C. CRUTCHLEY, V.C., D.S.O.
The official story of the brave doings of this young officer on the date mentioned says that after his commanding officer had been killed and the second in command severely wounded, he took command of the Vindictive, and did his utmost by manoeuvring the engines to place that ship in an effective position. He dsplaye'd great bravery, both in the Vindictive and in M.L. 254, which rescued the crew after the charges had been blown and the former vessel sunk between the piers of Ostend Harbour, and did not himself leave the Vindictive until he had made a thorough search with an electric torch for survivors under a very heavy fire. Lieutenant Crutchley took command of M.L. 254 when the commanding officer sank exhausted from his wounds, the second in command having been killed. The vessel was full of wounded, and very seriously damaged by shell fire the fore part being flooded. By dint of bailing with buckets and shifting weight aft, Lieutenant Crutchley and the unwounded kept her afloat, but the leaks could not be kept under, and she was in a sinking condition with her forecastle nearly awash when picked up by H.M.S. Warwick.
[photo, portrait] PERCY W. DAY (A.B.), R.N.D., 73, Pitcroft Avenue, Reading. - Wounded.
[photo, portrait] The late Pte. W. H. BENHAM, R.M.L.I., 74, Chatham St., Reading. - Died of wounds.
[photo, portrait] The late Pte. F. E. HEARN, R.M.L.I., 29, Chatham Street, Reading. - Died as prisoner of war.
[photo, portrait] The late 2nd Class Gunner and Leading Seaman WILLIAM CHARLES BUTLER, 19, Richmond Road, Reading. - Drowned at sea.
[photo, portrait] The late Stoker C. KEATH, 171, Elgar Road, Reading. - Killed by explosion,
[photo, portrait] The late Pte. FREDK. WILLIAM EVANS, R.M.L.I., 11, Beecham Road, Reading. - Killed in action.