- SURNAME
Armitage
- FORENAME
Robert Selby
- UNIT
HMS Vernon, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- RANK
T/Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
George Cross, George Medal
- PLACE
England 1940 (GC) England 1942 (GM)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.3.1905 Birling, Kent
son of Rev. Philip and Elizabeth Christina (nee Marshall) Armitage
educated Rugby School
educated Trinity College, Cambridge
T/Lt 25.9.1939
T/A/Lt Cdr August 1942
T/A/Cdr June 1944
HMS Vernon 25.9.1939 - December 1943
HMS President October 1944
married Frances Bland Tucker 28.9.1938
died 26.5.1982 Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
London Gazette 35025, 27th December 1940, Page 7279 (GC)
London Gazette 36379, 11th Bebruary 1944, Page 789 (GM)
CITATION:
George Cross : Lieutenant Armitage, who had recently been commended by the Captain of H.M.S. VERNON for good work in disabling mines, has since dealt with nine. The risks he accepted were of the same order as those encountered by Lt.Cdr. Ryan. One of the mines hung from a tree at Orpington, and could only be reached from a ladder, which offered on chance of escape if the fuze had been started. Another time he heard the clock ticking and was only 30 yards away when the bomb exploded. In spite of this he returned with undaunted bravery to carry on with the same work next day.
WEB LINKS:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35025/supplement/7279 (GC)https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36379/supplement/789 (GM)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7378070 (GC)
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