Platt, Thomas Douglas Laverick
- Date of birth:
- 1910
- Nationality:
- British
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant
- Unit:
- H.M.S. ML 447 (ML 447), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1942
- Awarded for:
- Operation Chariot
"For great gallantry in command of a Motor Launch Flotilla. In the face of steady fire at point blank range, and bombardment by grenades from the jetty above, Lieutenant Platt tried to run his craft alongside, and when ten feet from the jetty, it became a blazing wreck, he did all he could, under heavy fire, to save survivors."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35566 published on the 19 May 1942
- Spink
- Unithistories
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