| Entry Text: | FLEMING, George. Magennis VC: The Story of Northern Ireland's Only Winner of the Victoria Cross. 224p., bibliog., illus. Belfast: History Ireland, 1998. ISBN: 095330180X.
Magennis joined up in 1935 and in October 1939 he joined the new Kandahar and served with her until her sinking in 1941. He was then drafted to submarines. After training he volunteered for X-craft and in March 1943 moved to their new base at Loch Striven. He was in the passage crew of X 7 for the attack on the Tirpitz. Early in 1945 they moved to the Far East where Magennis won his VC for his part in the attack on the cruiser Takao in Singapore. |
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