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Thomson, Walter

Date of death:: 1991
Service number:: D/JX.134118
Nationality:: British

Biography

Fleet Air Arm pilot RNVR

Editor for the Whitehaven News for 20 years

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Against Japanese kamikaze planes attacking the British Pacific Fleet

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Chief Petty Officer
Awarded on:: June 19th, 1945

For his work off Norway during the attack on the Tirpitz.

Mentioned in Dispatches

1939-1945 Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Atlantic Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Burma Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

With "PACIFIC" clasp.

Italy Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Sources

- Fly Past February 2005
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37136/supplement/3188
- Whitehaven and Copeland News, Sport, Events | Whitehaven News

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