Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35859/supplement/283. Captain Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, D.S.O., Royal Navy. On 31st December 1942 off North Cape, Barents Sea, Captain Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow was senior officer in command of destroyers escorting an important convoy for North Russia, when he made contact with a vastly superior enemy force. Four times the enemy tried to attack the convoy but was forced back each time. Early in the action Captain Sherbrooke was seriously wounded in the face and temporarily blinded. Nevertheless he continued to direct the ships under his command and even when the next senior officer had assumed control, he insisted on receiving all reports of the action until the convoy was out of danger. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34885/supplement/3999. FREEDOM CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37931/supplement/1675.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35859/supplement/283. Captain Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, D.S.O., Royal Navy. On 31st December 1942 off North Cape, Barents Sea, Captain Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow was senior officer in command of destroyers escorting an important convoy for North Russia, when he made contact with a vastly superior enemy force. Four times the enemy tried to attack the convoy but was forced back each time. Early in the action Captain Sherbrooke was seriously wounded in the face and temporarily blinded. Nevertheless he continued to direct the ships under his command and even when the next senior officer had assumed control, he insisted on receiving all reports of the action until the convoy was out of danger. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34885/supplement/3999. FREEDOM CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37931/supplement/1675.