Wilfrid Patterson
Sir Wilfrid Patterson Mentioned in Despatches (United States) |
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Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron from September to November 1939. He participated in the naval battle that sunk the German battleship Bismarck
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Born on 20 November 1893 in Belfast, Ireland, the son of William Robert Patterson and Elizabeth Fleming. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on 15 September 1906 and specialised in gunnery. He was appointed the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939.
In recognition of the role played while commanding
destruction of the Bismarck, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 October 1941.[1] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 11 June 1946.[2]
He was present at the surrender of the Japanese army in Singapore 12 September 1945.[3]
Notes
- ^ "No. 35307". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1941. p. 5945.
- ^ "No. 37603". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1946. p. 2881.
- ^ Certificate confirming the presence of Admiral Sir Wilfred Rupert Patterson at the Surrender of the Japanese, 12 September 1945.
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