Nelson, Tom John

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Date of death:: September 22nd, 1943 (Altafjord, Norway)
Mentioned on:: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Nationality:: British

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
Unit:: HMS X5, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: August 1st, 1944
Awarded for:: Operation Source

"For great daring and enterprise in the attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz carried out by Midget Submarines in September 1943."

Posthumously awarded

Sources

- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36634/page/3569/data.pdf

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