Harry Marcus Crews Sanders DSC, RD, DSO, RNR

Birth details unknown
Died  17 Oct 1941HMS Gladiolus

Ranks

3 Apr 1929Lt.
3 Apr 1937Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

Late 1940DSC
13 May 1941RD
5 Sep 1941DSO

Warship Commands listed for Harry Marcus Crews Sanders, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Gladiolus (K 34)Lt.Cdr.Corvette16 Mar 194017 Oct 1941 (+)

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Gladiolus (K 34)


30 Jun 1940
HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, RNR) picks up 16 survivors from a lifeboat of the British merchant Llanarth that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-30 on 28 June about 220 nautical miles west by south of Ushant in position 47º30'N, 10º30'W.

1 Jul 1940
The German submarine U-26 was scuttled in the North Atlantic, in position 48º03'N, 11º30'W after being heavily damaged by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, RNR) and bombs from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 10/H).

27 Jun 1941
The German submarine U-556 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60º24'N, 20º00'W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, RNR), HMS Celandine (Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR) and HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, DSO, DSC, RNR).

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