Morris, Frederick
- Service number:
- C/MX.89993
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Educated at Fonthill Road School Southmead, he afterwards worked at the Terminus Garage, Westbury, and was a dispatch rider in the Home Guard.
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Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leading Motor Mechanic
- Unit:
- HMS ML 160 (ML 160), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1942
- Awarded for:
- Operation Chariot
"For gallantry in the St. Nazaire Raid. During the raid one of the engines of his M.T.B. failed. Morris, who has been in the Navy for only eight months, repaired the engine under heavy fire and enabled the boat to get away."
- 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
- Photo 1: Danny Morris
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35566/page/2226/data.pdf
- Newspaper clipping
Photo
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