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Cyril Lambe, Distinguished Service Medal, HMS Carnation, HMS Cossack, HMS Legion, Portsmouth, Royal Navy, Second World War
The son of Frank and May Lambe, Cyril was born in Wolverhampton on 27 April 1919.
Cyril enlisted as a Leading Seaman in the Royal Navy and served on the HMS Cossack. According to details on the HMS Cossack Association website, was on the bridge when ship was attacked by a German torpedo on 23 October 1941. He was seriously injured but swam for some time through the oily seas to be picked up by the HMS Carnation. All the wounded were transferred to the HMS Legion, because there was a surgeon lieutenant on board, and it appears that unfortunately Cyril passed away on the Legion on 24 October. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in November 1941. He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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