Claude Congreve Dobson
Commander (later Rear-Admiral), Royal Navy
- Register No.
- 333 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Commander (later Rear-Admiral) (register: Commander) all Commanders →
- Unit
- Royal Navy (register: HM Coastal Motor Boat 31) all HM Coastal Motor Boat 31 VCs →
- Date of action
- 18 August 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Conflict / campaign
- North Russia Relief Force
- London Gazette
- 11th November, 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Born
- 1st January 1885 at Barton Regis, Bristol
- Died
- 26th June 1940 at Chatham, Kent
- Memorial / grave
- Gillingham Cemetery, Kent
- Medal held by
- the National Maritime Museum. (Greenwich)
Digest of citation
On 18th August, 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, Commander Dobson was in command of the coastal Motor Boat Flotilla which he led through the chain of forts to the entrance of the harbour. C M B 31 from which he directed the general operations then passed in under heavy machine-gun fire and torpedoed at the Battleship Andrei Pervozvanni, subsequently returning through heavy fire to the open sea
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DOBSON, Claude Congreve. (reg No. 333).
Commander (later Rear-Admiral). Royal Navy.
London Gazetted on 11th November, 1919.
VC Medal's Custodian is the National Maritime Museum. (Greenwich).
Born on 1st January 1885 at Barton Regis, Bristol.
Died on 26th June 1940 at Chatham, Kent.
Memorial at Gillingham Cemetery, Kent Digest of Citation reads: On 18th August, 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, Commander Dobson was in command of the coastal Motor Boat Flotilla which he led through the chain of forts to the entrance of the harbour. C M B 31 from which he directed the general operations then passed in under heavy machine-gun fire and torpedoed at the Battleship Andrei Pervozvanni, subsequently returning through heavy fire to the open sea.
Additional information:. Rear Admiral Dobson also held the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). From 1922-25 he served with the Royal Australian Navy.
Additional information
Rear Admiral Dobson also held the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). From 1922-25 he served with the Royal Australian Navy.
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