THE VICTORIA CROSS AND OTHER MEDALS AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER IAN FRASER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE LORD ASHCROFT COLLECTION. |
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The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Lieutenant Commander Ian Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Midget Submarine XE-3, have been acquired privately on behalf of the Michael Ashcroft Trust, the holding institution for Lord Ashcroft's VC Collection. The Ian Fraser VC group has gone on display in the Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery. |
For the award of the Victoria Cross. [ London Gazette, 13 November 1945 ], Jahore Straits, Singapore, 31 July 1945, Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, DSC, Royal Naval Reserve.
Lieutenant Fraser commanded His Majesty's Midget Submarine XE-3 in a successful attack on a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Atago class at her moorings in Johore Strait, Singapore, on 31st July 1945. Ian Fraser and James Magennis were invested with their Victoria Crosses by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on the 11th December 1945. |
For the award of the Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ). [ London Gazette, 6 April 1943 ], 10th Submarine Squadron, Mediterranean, 1943, Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve, HM Submarine "Sahib".
For bravery and skill in successful submarine patrols. |
Iain Stewart, 8 September 2009