Show BRITISH SKIPPER JS IS A HERO IN figh though ough mortally wounded lie he refuses to haul down t the e flag GOES TO BOTTOM WITH SHIP im done throw books overboard f he says saye and orders the crew to save themselves lauded by prime minister r s london the following from the dally daily telegraph Is a stol story of unusual heroism and the winning of a victoria cross fc in the speech in which he proposed ahat at the thanks of parliament be accorded T to the nations heroes the prime f minister spoke in glowing terms of the imen J inen of the fishing fleets and moved the house to cheers as he be told of 0 a 5 traxler trailer skipper who with both legs r shot off and most ot of his crew killed or injured refused to haul down tile the flag gave the order throw the confidential books overboard and throw me m e after wi t er e t them and went down with hla his t trawler er the story thrilled the whole country and now in a special supplement to the london gazette comes the sequel it hla ls announced that a posthumous gr grant a 1 0 1 o of the vict victoria oria cross has been made to r skipper thomas crisp H R N R 10 05 D A killed in action and that the distinguished service medal has been awarded to second hand band thomas wll wil alain crisp R N E R 0 N D A these two men are father and son f and nd the record of their brave deeds will take a foremost place even among the amany aaby wonderful stories of gallantry 0 which this war has produced submarine Is sighted on an august afternoon at about a quarter to three the trawl was shot from the smack nelson the skipper tl wits was below packing fish one liand land was on an dock deck cleaning fish for the next y mo mornings breakfast coming on deck 1 mr crisp saw an object on the horig 1 zon examined it closely and sent tor for le ahls I 1 his glasses almost directly lie he song sang A i out clear for action submarine ile he t had scarcely spoken ii when hen a shot fell about a hundred yards away on the 7 port bow the motorman torman roo got to his motor the deck deckhard deckhand hand dropped his fish band h and went to the ammunition room 4 while the other bands banda at the skippers 1 orders tet let T et go your gear let go the 1 warp and put a dan on the end of it meanwhile the gun layer held his fire until the skipper said it is no use waiting any longer we will have to let them have it from the distance the ill e i submarine sent shell after shell at the smack ack and at the fourth shot the shell v went through the port bow just below f r the Na waterline water line there was no contusion confusion on board L not even whoa v hen the seventh shell struck the skipper passed through his side through the deck and out through the I 1 side of the ship the second hand at once took charge of the tiller and the firing continued all the time water was pouring into the ship and abbe was sinking one man the guu gun layer went I 1 to tile the skipper to see bee it if he be could render first aid but etwas it was nobilous lous that he was ii its t mortally wounded its all right boy do your be best tild eald the skipper and then to the second hand band send a message off this was the message nelson being attacked by submarine skipper killed send assistance at once with the ship sinking and only five rounds of ammunition left the second hand band went to the skipper who was lying there on the deck and heard him say abandon ship throw the books overboard board down with his vessel lie ile was asked then it they should lift him into the boat but his answer was tom im done throw me overboard ile he was in too bad a condition to be moved and they left him there on his deck and took to the small boat and about a quarter of an hour afterward the nelson went down by the head it was drawing into dusk as they left and the of the boat pulled all that night toward morning the wind freshened and blew them out of their course they pulled nil all day fastening a pair of trousers and a large piece of oilskin to two oars to attract attention once a vessel was sighted and once a grolla group of minesweepers but they passed out of sight at night the weather |