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Mortiboys, Ralph James

Date of death:
September 22nd, 1943 (Altafjord, Norway)
Mentioned on:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class
Unit:
HMS X5, Royal Navy
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1944
Awarded for:
Operation Source
"For great daring and enterprise in the attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz carried out by Midget Submarines in September 1943."

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches

Sources