Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35591/supplement/2548. Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, Royal Navy. On 16th February 1942 north of Crete, HM Submarine Thrasher, after attacking and sinking a supply ship, was itself attacked, and later after surfacing, two unexploded bombs were discovered in the gun-casing. Lieutenant Roberts and a petty officer removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second was lying in a very confined space and they had to approach it lying full length. The petty officer then lay on his back with the bomb in his arms while the lieutenant dragged him along by the shoulders. It was 40 minutes before they got the bomb clear and dropped it over the side. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35613/supplement/2866.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35591/supplement/2548. Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, Royal Navy. On 16th February 1942 north of Crete, HM Submarine Thrasher, after attacking and sinking a supply ship, was itself attacked, and later after surfacing, two unexploded bombs were discovered in the gun-casing. Lieutenant Roberts and a petty officer removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second was lying in a very confined space and they had to approach it lying full length. The petty officer then lay on his back with the bomb in his arms while the lieutenant dragged him along by the shoulders. It was 40 minutes before they got the bomb clear and dropped it over the side. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35613/supplement/2866.