- SURNAME
Danckwerts
- FORENAME
Peter Victor
- UNIT
HMS President + HMS Cormorant,Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- RANK
Sub Lieutenant + T/Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
George Cross, Member of the Order of the British Empire
- PLACE
London, England 1940 (GC) Gibraltar 1942 (MBE)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 14.10.1916 Emsworth, Hampshire
son of Rear Admiral Victor Hilary and Joyce (nee Middleton) Danckwerts
educated Winchester College
graduated Balliol College, Oxford 1938 (B.A.(chemistry))
employed, Fullers Earth Union Ltd, Redhill 1939-40
T/S/Lt,RNVR 28.7.1940
HMS President
T/A/Lt February 1941
T/Lt 14.10.1941
HMS Cormorant, Gibraltar April - August 1942
WIA 1943 Sicily
Experiments and Developments Branch, Combined Operation HQ, London 1944-46
graduated Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1948 (S.M.)
graduated Cambridge University 1948 (M.A.)
lecturer and researcher, Cambridge University
UK Atomic Energy Authority 1954-56
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London 1956-59
Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University 1959-77
married Mrs Lavinia Anne Harrison (nee Macfarlane) 1960
died 25.10.1984 Cambridge
London Gazette 35018, 17th December 1940, Page 7107 (GC)
London Gazette 35838, 25th December 1942, Page 5645 (MBE)
CITATION:
George Cross : Sub-Lieutenant Danckwerts has been under six weeks in the service. He set out without orders and with incomplete equipment, to deal with mines endangering his district. He had never before touched a mine, except under instruction, but he worked almost without rest for 48 hours and dealt successfully with 16 enemy mines.
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35018/supplement/7107 (GC)• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35838/supplement/5645 (MBE)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Danckwerts
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7378072
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