Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35566/pages/2225. Able Seaman William Alfred Savage, C/JX. 173910, Royal Navy. On 28th March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Able Seaman Savage who was a gun-layer of a pom-pom in Motor Gun Boat 314, engaged enemy positions ashore, shooting with great accuracy. Although he had no gun-shield and was in a most exposed position, he continued firing with great coolness until at last he was killed at his gun. The Victoria Cross was awarded not only for his own gallantry, but for the valour shown by many others unnamed, in motor launches, motor gun boats and torpedo boats who carried out their duties in entirely exposed positions against enemy fire at very close range.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35566/pages/2225. Able Seaman William Alfred Savage, C/JX. 173910, Royal Navy. On 28th March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Able Seaman Savage who was a gun-layer of a pom-pom in Motor Gun Boat 314, engaged enemy positions ashore, shooting with great accuracy. Although he had no gun-shield and was in a most exposed position, he continued firing with great coolness until at last he was killed at his gun. The Victoria Cross was awarded not only for his own gallantry, but for the valour shown by many others unnamed, in motor launches, motor gun boats and torpedo boats who carried out their duties in entirely exposed positions against enemy fire at very close range.