Stephen Tuckwell
Male, Person
1897 –
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Who is Stephen Tuckwell?
Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell GC, was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940. He was attached to HMS Vernon and rendered many unexploded devices safe, including several parachute mines which fell onto the bank of the River Roding in Essex.
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