APPRENTICE HERO AWARDED GM. 14 SEPTEMBER 1943, ADMIRALTY. 19 YEAR OLD MERCHANT NAVY APPRENTICE DAVID ERIC CLOWE, OF THORBURN SQUARE, SE, HAS WON THE GM FOR GALLANTRY AT SEA WHEN HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AT NIGHT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. IT WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIS COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP THAT SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CREW SURVIVED. THROUGHOUT AN EIGHT DAY VOYAGE IN A LIFEBOAT HE ACTED AS NAVIGATOR, MAINTAINED DISCIPLINE, IMPROVISED SEA ANCHORS AND LOOKED AFTER THE BOAT'S OTHER OCCUPANTS. THE WEATHER WAS EXCEPTIONALLY BAD, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DEATHS. ANOTHER APPRENTICE, ALAN MOORE, GAVE CLOWE INVALUABLE
APPRENTICE HERO AWARDED GM. 14 SEPTEMBER 1943, ADMIRALTY. 19 YEAR OLD MERCHANT NAVY APPRENTICE DAVID ERIC CLOWE, OF THORBURN SQUARE, SE, HAS WON THE GM FOR GALLANTRY AT SEA WHEN HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AT NIGHT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. IT WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIS COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP THAT SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CREW SURVIVED. THROUGHOUT AN EIGHT DAY VOYAGE IN A LIFEBOAT HE ACTED AS NAVIGATOR, MAINTAINED DISCIPLINE, IMPROVISED SEA ANCHORS AND LOOKED AFTER THE BOAT'S OTHER OCCUPANTS. THE WEATHER WAS EXCEPTIONALLY BAD, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DEATHS. ANOTHER APPRENTICE, ALAN MOORE, GAVE CLOWE INVALUABLE HELP, ALTHOUGH IN INTENSE PAIN. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE GM. - Cadet David E Clowe, GM, in London
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