The Archive · 1940

His Majestys Award of New Year Honours to the Navy

All Branches Honoured for Deeds of Courage, Bravery And Heroism; Shanghai-Born Briton Included in List SPECIAL TO THE "N.C.D.x."

London, Jan. 2.

on New Year's Day for deeds of courage, bravery and heroism branches of the British Navy were honoured by the King in war, according to a supplement of the "London Gazette."

The paper contains the names of more than 200 men decorated or promoted. Most awards are for skill and gallantry in lifesaving, mine-laying and sweeping, and anti-submarine work.

Decorations for men of the submarine Ursula, which sank a German cruiser, are also announced, and mention is made of the submarine's "courageous and skilful attack."

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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