Henry Richard Rycroft DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 28 Dec 1961 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Henry Richard Rycroft, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Tetcott (L 99) | Lt. | Escort destroyer | 28 Oct 1941 | Oct 1943 |
| HMS Zodiac (R 54) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 28 Aug 1944 | 26 Oct 1945 |
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Escort destroyer HMS Tetcott (L 99)
4 Aug 1942
The German submarine U-372 was sunk in the Mediterranean south-west of Haifa, in position 32º28'N, 34º37'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Sikh Capt. St.J.A. Micklethwait, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Zulu (Cdr. R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Croome (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Egan, RN) and HMS Tetcott (Lt. R.H. Rycroft, RN) and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (221 Sqdn.).