Skipper THOMAS CRISP
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Naval Reserve
H.M. Smack "Nelson."
Date of Death
Died 15 August 1917
Age 41 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Cross
- Additional Info Father of T. W. Crisp, of 41, Stanford St., Lowestoft, Suffolk. The tenor bell at St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, is named the "VC Bell" and dedicated to him.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the London Gazette, No. 30363, dated 30th Oct., 1917, records the posthumous award of V.C. "For service in action with enemy submarines."
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