- SURNAME
Babington
- FORENAME
John Herbert
- UNIT
HMS President, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- RANK
Sub Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
George Cross
- PLACE
England 1940
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 06.02.1911, China
awarded O.B.E. 1944
postwar headmaster, Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
died 25.03.1992, West Oxfordshire, UK
London Gazette 35025, 27th December 1940, Page 7279
CITATION:
George Cross : This Officer has shown untiring courage in charge of bomb disposal parties, volunteering to deal with a very dangerous bomb in Chatham Dockyard. He freed the looking ring surrounding the fuse, although the presence of an anti-withdrawal device was suspected, and a R.A.F. officer had previously lost his life in a similar operation. He was then lowered into a 16 foot pit where he tied a line to the head of the fuse. The line broke and he again went down into the pit. He then tackled the second fuse, and, failing after three attempts to remove it, directed the lifting of the bomb, which was taken away and destroyed.
WEB LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Babington_(Royal_Navy_officer)https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35025/supplement/7279 (GC)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7378073 (GC)
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