HMS KENYA
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( HMS KENYA IN MOMBASA )
HONOURS AND AWARDS GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF HMS KENYA FROM 1940 TO 1959
For Operation ‘Archery' – the raid on Vaagsö, Norway, 27 December 1941(London Gazette 3 April 1942)
DSM PO Cook (O) W. Kefford
M in D
Lieutenant Commander M. E. Wevell
Surgeon Lieutenant J. P. G. Rogerson RNVR
Leading Seaman W. J. Courage
Birthday Honours List 1942 (London Gazette 11 June 1942)
OBE
Lieutenant Commander R. G. W. Hare
BEM
Chief Engine Room Artificer A. R. Woodley
M in D
Chief Petty Officer C. J. Beer
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist P. Harris
Colour Sergeant J. F. Field Royal Marines
For Operation ‘Harpoon' – passage of convoy from Gibraltar to Malta,
12 to 16 September 1942 (London Gazette 22 September 1942)
DSM
Leading Seaman W. L. Onion
M in D
Chief Yeoman of Signals A. Weston
Able Seaman H. W. Reay
Telegraphist P. J. C. Dawson
Telegraphist D. Pritchard.
For Operation ‘Pedestal' – passage of convoy from Gibraltar to Malta,
10 to 15 August 1942 (London Gazette 10 November 1942)
DSO
Captain Alfred Spalding Russell
DSC
Lieutenant D. S. Johnston
DSM
Petty Officer J. F. Barker
Petty Officer A. V. Edwards,
Acting Engine Room Artificer 4 J. Ford
SA R. O. Ladner
M in D
Lieutenant Commander R. G. W. Hare
Instructor Lieutenant Robert Moss
Sub Lieutenant C. J. Ryan RNVR
Chief Yeoman of Signals A. Weston
Chief Stoker E. Horton
Petty Officer W. Buxton
Petty Officer F. B. Smith
Petty Officer Telegraphist C. H. Landsdowne
Ordnance Mechanician 4 G. Rouch
New Year Honours List 1943 (London Gazette 1 January 1943)
DSM
Able Seaman A. H. Carter
Able Seaman C. S. Roberts
M in D
Instructor Lieutenant Robert Moss
Petty Officer W. Buxton
Stoker 1 H. Bickerstaffe.
Birthday Honours List 1943 (London Gazette 2 June 1943)
DSC
Warrant Engineer C. W. Ruse
DSM
Chief Stoker E. Horton
M in D
Lieutenant C. W. Squires
Chief Petty Officer E. A'C. Fuller
Chief Engine Room Artificer H. Jenkins
Birthday Honours List 1944 (London Gazette 8 June 1944)
BEM
Chief Engine Room Artificer C. S. Westaway
M in D
Commander(E) P. C. Taylor
Lieutenant C. R. Dunlop RNVR
Chief Petty Officer H. H. Pitman
For Operation ‘Neptune' – the Allied Landings in Normandy.
French Croix de Guerre
Chief Petty Officer C. J. Beer
New Year Honours List 1945 (London Gazette 1 January 1945)
M in D
Ordnance Artificer 1 A. D. Jeffery
Birthday Honours List 1945 (London Gazette 14 June 1945)
DSM
Chief Yeoman of Signals A. Weston
M in D
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander F. W. Baskerville
Chief Engine Room Artificer E. R. Head
Ordnance Artificer 1 A. D. Jeffery
Leading Stoker W. H. Harvey
New Year Honours List 1946 (London Gazette 1 January 1946)
DSM
Chief Petty Officer Cook(S) P. Webber
Marine V. J. C. Baker, Royal Marines
M in D
Warrant Shipwright J. J. Tudor
Master at Arms W. N. Harvey
Chief Engine Room Artificer F. C. Sandell
For the Wind-up of the War in the Far East (London Gazette 11 June 1946)
M in D
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist E. W. Falconer
Petty Officer W. A. Williams
For services in the Korean War since 9 July 1950
(London Gazette 2 February 1951)
BEM
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist R. F. A. Mitchell
Sergeant J. Watt, Royal Marines
M in D
Captain P. W. Brock
Commander(E) A. F. Smith
Chief Engine Room Artificer G. R. Dacey
Leading Telegraphist D. W. Burdall
For services in the Korean War (London Gazette 2 June 1951)
DSO
Captain P. W. Brock
BEM
Chief Mechanician A. S. Lawrence
M in D
Commander W. J. Munn
Chief Petty Officer M. M. Carr
Chief Yeoman of Signals R. J. Smith
ChRE1 H. R. Taylor, LSea A. H. Flook
US Bronze Star Medal
Captain P. W. Brock
For services in the Korean War up to 9 July 1951 (London Gazette 23 May 1952)
DSC
Captain J. D. Dillon, Royal Marines
BEM
Chief Ordnance Artificer H. G. Butler
M in D
Lieutenant Commander(S) C. E. Butlin
For services in the Korean War – 4th List (London Gazette 3 October 1952)
M in D
Captain T. E. Podger
For services in the Korean War (London Gazette 13 August 1954)
Officer of the US Legion of Merit
Captain T. E. Podger.
Birthday Honours List 1958 (London Gazette 12 June 1958)
BEM
Chief Petty Officer C. T. Naish.
1939 to 1962 Roll of Honour
Others who died while serving in HMS Kenya:
Smith, David Macfarlane (38) Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 77117, died 8 December 1941, buried in Scotland.
Noble, William, Stoker 1, D/KX 92151, aged 26, died 12 December 1944, buried in England.
Lee, Robert William, Able Seaman, D/JX 284200, aged 36, died 4 February, 1946, buried in England.
Sears, Stanley Rolfe, Marine, Ply/X 3438, aged 28, died 23 January, 1947, buried in Germany.
Catterall, Francis (23) Sergeant PLY/X1560, Royal Marines, died 9 November1941.
Payne, William Harold (22) Leading Seaman, D/JX 145448, died 14 August 1942.
Evans, Harold (21) Able Seaman, D/SSX 28689, died 15 August 1942.
Jones, Herbert Edwin Christopher (19) Able Seaman, D/JX 160563, died 15 August 1942.
Johnston, George Usher (21) Leading Stoker, D/KX 132649, 13 December 1943.
Morgan, Cecil (24) Able Seaman, C/JX 153931, died 13 June 1947.
Cook, David Victor (21) Corporal, Royal Marines, died 30 March 1952.
Stubley, Able Seaman, died 27July 1956.
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I am most grateful to Brian Crabb for his kind permission to extract items from his web page to display here. Brian is the author of
"In Harms Way" the story of HMS Kenya.
His book can be obtained from him by writing to him at
Mr Brian Crabb
24 Exeter Road
Portishead
Bristol
BS20 6YF
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