Person    | Male  Born 2/11/1893  Died 24/1/1986

Victor Crutchley, VC

Categories: Armed Forces

War served, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW1.

Sailor. Born Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley in Chelsea. His mother had been a maid of honour to Queen Victoria and he was her godson. He enlisted in the navy in 1906 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1915. He fought in the Battle of Jutland, and participated in the Zeebrugge Raid of April 1918. In the Second Ostend Raid on 9 May, he was posted to the cruiser Vindictive and took control when the commander was killed. When a propellor was damaged, preventing the vessel from fully closing the canal, he ordered its scuttling and personally oversaw the evacuation under fire. He transferred to the damaged motor launch ML 254 and oversaw bailing operations, standing in water up to his waist, until the destroyer HMS Warwick came to its aid. Although the second raid also failed to close the Bruges Canal to submarine traffic, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions. He was subsequently knighted and promoted to admiral.

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