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  • Stephen Tuckwell
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  • Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell GC, (1897 – 2 October 1966) was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940. He was attached to HMS Vernon and rendered many unexploded devices safe, including several parachute mines which fell onto the bank of the River Roding in Essex.
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Birth Date
  • 1897
death place
  • Sompting, Lancing, Sussex
Name
  • Stephen John Tuckwell
Awards
  • 30
death date
  • 1966-10-02
Rank
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servicenumber
  • P/J.166122
abstract
  • Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell GC, (1897 – 2 October 1966) was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940. He was attached to HMS Vernon and rendered many unexploded devices safe, including several parachute mines which fell onto the bank of the River Roding in Essex.