Midshipman Archibald Cameron received his Distinguished Service Cross for bravery when an 11-inch shell burst above an ammunition locker and set it alight. The locker exploded, wounding some of the crew and setting alight another locker.
As soon as the main fire abated, with the help of Able-Seaman G. G. William, who received the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, Cameron smothered the flames burning the woodwork, and threw the still hot unexploded shells over the side, "Throughout the action," the "Gazette" says, "he showed the utmost coolness and resource, and never failed to make the best use of his gun's crews."
The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal was posthumously awarded to Marine Wilfred A. Russell, of the Exeter, who had his left forearm blown away and his right arm shattered by a shell, but he refused all but first aid and remained on deck cheering on his shipmates until the heat of battle was over.
He has since died of his wounds.—Reuter,
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