Armitage, Robert Selby

Date of birth:: March 28th, 1910 (Birling, Kent, Great Britain)
Date of death:: June 1st, 1982 (Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, Great Britain)
Nationality:: British

Biography

Later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Commanded a coaster at the evacuation at Dunkirk. Robert Armitage's medal group is on display in the Victoria Cross & George Cross Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London, Great Britain.

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George Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant
Unit:: Enemy Mines Section, HMS Vernon, Chatham, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: December 27th, 1940

Received his award for dismantling an unexploded bomb in Orpington, Kent in Great Britain at 9 October 1940.

George Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander
Unit:: Enemy Mines Section, HMS Vernon, Chatham, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: February 15th, 1944

"For mine disposal work at Corton Sands, Suffolk on 15 June 1942."

1939-1945 Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Defence Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo: George Cross Database
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35025 published on the 27 December 1940
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36379 published on the 11 February 1944