Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text:	STOKE, Jeremy. More Lives Than a Ship's Cat: The Most Highly Decorated Midshipman in the Second World War. xxi, 265p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2022. ISBN: 9781399071369 Aged nineteen, Mick Stoke was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during the Siege of Tobruk. He survived multiple torpedo attacks, firstly serving on the cruiser Glasgow, which was hit twice; on the battleship Queen Elizabeth both at sea and when blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria; and on HMS Hardy, struck in January 1944, while escorting Arctic Convoy JW56B. In 1942, he was serving on HMS Carlisle during the Malta convoys and he took part in the Battle of Sirte. Later that year he was awarded the MBE 'for outstanding bravery, resource and devotion to duty during very heavy bombing' at the port of Bone during Operation TORCH. He went on to serve at D-Day and later in the Pacific on HMS Rajah. An amazing story.

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STOKE, Jeremy. More Lives Than a Ship's Cat: The Most Highly Decorated Midshipman in the Second World War. xxi, 265p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2022. ISBN: 9781399071369

Aged nineteen, Mick Stoke was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during the Siege of Tobruk. He survived multiple torpedo attacks, firstly serving on the cruiser Glasgow, which was hit twice; on the battleship Queen Elizabeth both at sea and when blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria; and on HMS Hardy, struck in January 1944, while escorting Arctic Convoy JW56B. In 1942, he was serving on HMS Carlisle during the Malta convoys and he took part in the Battle of Sirte. Later that year he was awarded the MBE 'for outstanding bravery, resource and devotion to duty during very heavy bombing' at the port of Bone during Operation TORCH. He went on to serve at D-Day and later in the Pacific on HMS Rajah. An amazing story.