NATION AT. TRIBUTES 



Ch. Skpr. Berry gave orders to abandon ship. He 

 refused to abandon his vessel, though offered assist- 

 ance by a French T.B.I >., until he was convinced 

 she was doomed. It was found that the falls of the 

 boat had been destroyed, but the boat was success- 

 fully man-handled and launched, and the crew got 

 away in her, Chief Skipper Berry being the last to 

 leave. 



O >nspicu< >us ( > \n.AXTkv Medal. 



Engmn. J. Ewing, H.M. Drifter Violet May, ana 



tgmn. A. Noble, H.M. Drifter Violet May. — For 

 conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When 

 their ship had been very severely handled by the 

 enemy and was on lire forward, and all the rest of 

 the crew had been killed with two exceptions, and 

 those so badly wounded that they could render little 

 or no assistance, Engmn. Ewing and Noble cleared 

 the wreckage of the boom from the small boat, got 

 out the boat, put their wounded shipmates into it, 

 and then took to the boat. Finding the ship did 

 not sink, they returned to her, attacked the fire with 

 buckets, and got it out, small arm ammunition in 

 the wheelhouse exploding as they worked. They 

 then got their injured shipmates on board again and 

 made them comfortable, afterwards burning flares 

 of old clothes soaked in paraffin until picked up and 

  •; :'.m. The Vice- Admiral, Dover Patrol, 

 s:— The conduct of Noble and Ewing was 

 ther admirable. Their great gallantry and 



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