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Westerden, George Leonard

Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Chief engineman, HMT Northern Spray
For unfailing courage, endurance and resource in HM trawlers, drifters and minesweepers in their hard and perilous task of sweeping the seas clear of enemy mines and combating submarines.

Published in The London Gazette dated 1st January 1940 (p3).
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)

Sources

  • - Fevyer, W.H., The Distinguished Service Medal 1939-1946, J.B. Hayward & Son, Polstead, Suffolk, England, 1981

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