Category: Honours

Arranged alphabetically by ship. There is a very short description of the action, a list of awards to crew, and a citation regarding the award of the war medal.

THOMAS, David A. Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy. 362p., bibliog., illus., index Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1998. ISBN: 085052623X.

Claims to be the first comprehensive list of such honours and provides good brief accounts of the relevant battles. An alphabetical list of battles and campaign honours includes good brief summaries of the battles and their context. There are then further sections on battles not awarded honours, on single ship actions, FAA Squadrons and the Royal Marines.

BROWN, George A. Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea. 181p.,Western Canadian Distributors Ltd.: Langley, B.C., 1992. ISBN: 9780094813656.

These were awarded to seaman in the Merchant Navy during World War IIfor acts of bravery. The awards are listed with a brief account of circumstances.

BILHAM, Chris. Sailors Behind the Medals: Waging War at Sea 1939-1945. 254p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017. ISBN: 1473896495.

Examines the careers of twenty-three sailors who took part in the various actions which resulted in the award of their medals. He illustrates a cross-section of the war-time Navy long-service regulars, volunteers, recalled veterans of the Great War, Hostilities Only ratings. They served in nearly every kind of warship and in all the main theatres of the war and their individual acts of gallantry.

ASHCROFT, Michael. George Cross Heroes. xix, 389p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Headline Review, 2010. ISBN: 9780755360826.

Brief accounts of all the medallists and their awards. Arranged chronologically. A good number of the medals were awarded to naval personnel.

BAILEY, Roderick. Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross. xvi, 382p., illus., index. London: Ebury Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780091938161.

Naval and Marine VC winners fill some fifty pages with oral reminiscences ranging from a paragraph to several pages.

DICKSON, Bill Chatterton. Seedie's Roll of Naval Honours and Awards 1939–1959. 832p. Tisbury: Ripley Registers, 1989. ISBN: 0951338005.

A roll of 50,000 names of all those who won awards while serving with or in the Royal Navy, giving name, rank, award, ship or unit, occasion for the award, London Gazette reference, and date of investiture. An exhaustive record.

DICKSON, Bill Chatterton. Seedie's List of Submarine Awards for World War II. xi, 159p., bibliog., index. Tisbury: Ripley Registers, 1990. ISBN: 0951338013.

This list is arranged by submarine, then flotilla and depot ships with appropriate indexing and some limited information on the reasons for the awards.

DICKSON, Bill Chatterton. Seedie's List of Fleet Air Arm Awards 1939–1969. xi, 156p., bibliog., index. Tisbury: Ripley Registers, 1990. ISBN: 0951338021.

This list is arranged by carrier and base, then squadron, then miscellaneous awards with appropriate indexing and some limited information on the reasons for the awards.

DICKSON, Bill Chatterton. Seedie's List of Coastal Forces Awards for World War II. xi, 302p., bibliog., index. Tisbury: Ripley Registers, 1992. ISBN: 095133803X.

This list is arranged by ship then base with appropriate indexing and some limited information on the reasons for the awards.

Describes all 124 VCs won at sea by the Royal and Dominion Navies, FAA, and Coastal Command, including the 28 won in WWII. The awards are listed in chronological order with brief notes of a page or two on the recipient and the action.

A list of honours and the ships that bear them, with such information as can be squeezed into the confines of a small handbook.

An account of the actions in which 24 VCs were won by naval personnel in WWII. Aimed at younger readers.

Publishes in chronological order the official lists and citations of all those receiving honours for service or gallantry at sea, in the first fifteen months of the war.

An alphabetical list of those honoured containing name, rank, ship, date of award, and citation. A limited edition of 500 copies.

Selected exploits of some of the 523 people awarded Lloyd's War Medal for bravery at sea in WWII.

Nine of the 14 submarine VCs were won in WWII. Most of the stories are well-known.

Tales of VCs of WWII, including Wanklyn, Ryder, Warburton-Lee, Sherbrooke, Fraser, and Magennis from the RN.

Covers WWII. Primarily a civilian award, it was won by many merchant seamen and by some naval bomb disposal crew. Gives details of the awards and references to the London Gazette.

The DSM was awarded to petty officers or those of similar rank serving at sea. This is a chronological list of the WWII awards, with brief details of the reason for the award and a reference to the appropriate issue of the London Gazette.

The pseudonymous author has transcribed the Naval Secretary's Honours and Awards card index after his retirement from the RN in 1986. This has been linked to the MoWT weekly supplements to the London Gazette. The computer has then been used to sort these into groups. This list is arranged by ship followed by a small section of miscellaneous awards. There is full indexing and some limited information on the reasons for the awards and the fate of the ships.

The Commandos of course won many such awards.

Lists 19 WWI and 31 WWII VCs, giving a brief biography and account of how the medal was won. Covers FAA and Coastal Command as well as attacks on shipping. A second edition published by Grub Street in 1992.

A straightforward listing arranged by award, with bare personal details.

The first attempt to list all of the George Cross recipients with some account of the reasons for the award. Incomplete, but a good try.

A roll call of bravery. Arranged by conflict, with an alphabetical listing and a brief citation.