THE VICTORIA CROSS AND OTHER MEDALS AWARDED TO LEADING SEAMAN JAMES MAGENNIS, ROYAL NAVY, HM MIDGET SUBMARINE XE-3 HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION. |
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The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Leading Seaman James Magennis, Royal Navy, HM Midget Submarine XE-3, have been purchased at a Sotheby's auction on behalf of the Michael Ashcroft Trust, the holding institution for Lord Ashcroft's VC Collection. |
For the award of the Victoria Cross. [ London Gazette, 13 November 1945 ], Jahore Straits, Singapore, 31 July 1945, Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis, Royal Navy.
Leading Seaman Magennis served as Diver in His Majesty's Midget Submarine XE-3 for her attack on 31st July 1945, on a Japanese cruiser of the Atago class.
Leading Seaman James Magennis's other crew member in the midget submarine was Lieutenant Ian Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve, who was also awarded the Victoria Cross.
James Magennis and Ian Fraser were invested with their Victoria Crosses by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on the 11th December 1945. |
Iain Stewart, 8 September 2009