Submitted on Sunday 13th November 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: honours (see below for details)
That Australian Lieutenant Henty Creer be awarded posthumously a Victoria Cross for his part in the raid by midget submarine on the Battleship Tirpitz
On the 22/9/1943 three British midget X class submarines carried out a raid on the German battleship Tirpitz.This resulted in the ship being severely disabled.The commanders of X6 and X7 were both awarded the Victoria Cross and survived the raid.However Lieutenant Henty-Creer commander of X5 (killed on the raid) was not awarded a Victoria Cross.This was because there was no proof that he had reached the target,even though X6 and X7s commanders had sited his craft near Tirpitz.I feel that Lt Henty-Creer showed equal outstanding bravery and should be awarded a Victoria Cross posthumously.
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