Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Minelaying D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman William Carr, Royal Navy

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (J.94144, A.B., H.M.S. Impulsive) naming officially re-impressed, NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL; NAVAL L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage head (A.B., H.M.S. Campbell) very fine or better (7)

D.S.M., London Gazette, 14 January, 1941, 'For gallantry and devotion to duty while serving in H.M. minelayers. '

H.M.S. Impulsive took part in operation 'Wilfred' for the mining of Norwegian waters. It was during these operations that H.M.S. Glowworm encountered the German battleship Admiral Hipper in one of the most heroic actions of the war. During the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France and Belgium, H.M.S. Impulsive was one of many ships damaged by German bombers.