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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 7253" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Crabb </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lionel Kenneth Philip (Buster) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SIS (MI6) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>18th April 1956 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>47 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, England </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy List for 1956 shows Commander (Special Branch),R.N.V.R. (HMS Vernon)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 28.1.1909 Streatham,S.W. London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Hugh and Beatrice Crabb</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Artillery 1939-40 (Gunner)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.N.V.R. 1941-47</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mine and Disposal Officer,HMS Cormorant,Gibraltar 1942 (Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded George Medal January 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Principal Diving Officer,Northern Italy (HMS Fabius,Taranto)(Lt Cdr)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded O.B.E. 1945 for NW Europe 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>underwater bomb disposal team,Palestine 1945-47</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>demobilised 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>disappeared during dive to examine hull of Russian cruiser in Portsmouth harbour.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>one source (Russian intelligence officer) claims that he was shot in water by Russian officer. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-crabb.34008/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34008-42882e759e04649bf873b00873c4c608.jpg?1602005515" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-crabb.636/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/636-eed157b21e45f00fff86a16b773b9bcf.jpg?1591383034" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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