Edward Philip TOMKINSON DSO MID

EDWARD PHILIP TOMPKINSON. D.S.O., M.I.D Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy on H.M. Submarine Urge (N17). Born 1912 to Robert Edward and Beatrice Lucy Tomkinson. Husband of Myrtle Alice Tomkinson, of Langham, Suffolk. Died at sea of the coast of Malta 6 May 1942 aged 30 years. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.


London Gazette dated 2 December 1941 - His Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give orders for the following Appointment to the Distinguished Service Order, and to approve the following Reward for outstanding bravery, skill and resolution in successful Submarine patrols.
To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Lieutenant Edward Philip Tomkinson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Urge. Bar to the Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant Edward Philip Tomkinson, Royal Navy on H.M. Submarine Urge (N17). H.M.S Urge

Supplement to London Gazette dated 16 December 1941 - Mention in Despatches. Lieutenant Edward Philip Tomkinson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Urge


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