K

Second Hand

MMS 17

4 Sep 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage and determination while clearing a passage into Rotterdam, Yjmuiden and Den Helder thereby making possible the swift relief of Holland. Operation Fireball.

Skipper RNR

HMT Stella Orion (M/S)

3 Jan 41

DSC

Minesweeping - DSC for good services in HM Minesweeping Trawlers and Drifters.

Leading Wireman

HMT Clythness (M/S)

MMS 1051

29 Sep 42
4 Sep 45

MID
MID

Minesweeping - First MID awarded for bravery and skill while minesweeping. Dover Jun - Jul 42.

Second MID awarded for courage, resolution and skill in minesweeping operations clearing a channel from the Humber to Heligoland and thence along the North German Coast to Cuxhaven, Hamburg and Bremerhaven during May 1945.

HMS Stormcloud (Algerine Class M/S)

18 Sep 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for bravery, determination and great devotion to duty in minesweeping operations in the Adriatic April to May 1945.

LS

MMS 57

4 Sep 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage and determination in clearing a passage into Rotterdam, Yjmuiden and Den Helder thereby making possible the swift relief of Holland. Operation Fireball.

Second Hand RNPS

MMS 14

29 Sep 42

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for bravery and skill while minesweeping.  Dover Strait Jun - Jul 42.

Yeoman of Signals

HMS Cadmus (Algerine Class M/S)

7 Dec 43

DSM

Minesweeping - DSM awarded for steadfast courage and skill in a dangerous and important minesweeping operation. Operation Antidote.

T/Lt RNVR

MTB 750

13 Nov 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage, determination and great devotion to duty whilst engaged in clearing oyster mines by depth charges from the approaches of Le Havre and the rescue of survivors from a ship mined in the approaches during bad weather and under particularly dangerous conditions.

AB

ML 443

12 Jun 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for skill, perseverance and great devotion to dutyin arduous minesweeping operations along the West Coast of Italy.

T/A/Lt Cdr RNVR

CO HMS Salamander (Halcyon Class M/S)

CO HMS Salamander (Halcyon Class M/S)

8 Jun 44
26 Dec 44

Minesweeping - MID awarded for for gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy. King's Birthday Honours 1944.

DSC awarded for gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy.  CO of HMS Salamander when she was among several sweepers mistakenly rocketed by RAF Typhoons off Le Havre on 'Savage Sunday'  27 Aug 44.  Stern blown off but towed back to Portsmouth and written-off.

PO Wireman

HMS Hound (Algerine Class M/S)

4 Sep 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage, resolution and skill in minesweeping operations clearing a channel from the Humber to Heligoland and thence along the North German Coast to Cuxhaven, Hamburg and Bremerhaven during May 1945.

Shipwright Second Class

HMS Brave (Algerine Class M/S)

12 Jun 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for skill, perseverance and great devotion to duty in arduous minesweeping operations along the West Coast of Italy.

Capt RN (Rtd)

Captain Minesweeping, Humber

31 Jan 41

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for continued distinguished service as Minesweeping Officer, Humber.

A/Chief Engineman

BYMS 2041

3 Apr 45

DSM

Minesweeping - DSM awarded for great gallantry and endurance in clearing the estuary of the Scheldt of mines during the period of September to November 1944.

Yeoman of Signals RIN

HMIS Rohilkand (ex-HMS Padstow - Bangor Class M/S)

20 Nov 45

MID

Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage, efficiency and devotion to duty in the establishment of navigational aids in the approaches to the Rangoon river, in minesweeping and in the survey of the river prior to the assault on the city, May 1945. Operation Dracula.