THE VICTORIA CROSS AND WWII CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO COMMANDER DONALD CAMERON, ROYAL NAVY RESERVE, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED PRIVATELY BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION |
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4 September 2023 |
The Victoria Cross medal group awarded to Commander Donald Cameron, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Midget Submarine X.6, has been acquired privately by the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The award of the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Donald Cameron ( X.6 ) and Lieutenant Basil Place ( X.7 ) was for an attack on the German Battleship "Tirpitz" in the Kaafiord, North Norway.
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 22 February 1944 ], Kaafiord, North Norway, 22 September 1943, Lieutenant Donald Cameron, Royal Naval Reserve.
Lieutenants Place and Cameron were the Commanding Officers of two of His Majesty's Midget Submarines X.7 and X.6 which on 22nd September 1943 carried out a most daring and successful attack on the German Battleship "Tirpitz" moored in the protected anchorage of Kaafiord, North Norway.
Donald Cameron and Basil Place were invested with their Victoria Crosses by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on the 22nd June 1945.
Note: Donald Cameron and Basil Place finally placed the charges underneath the battleship where they went off an hour later doing so much damage that the "Tirpitz" was out of action for months. |
Iain Stewart, 4 September 2023