Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield DSO, OBE, RN

Born  7 Aug 1902
Died  11 Apr 1945(42)Died as POW by strafing of British aircraft


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Ranks

15 Jan 1924 S.Lt.
15 Mar 1926 Lt.
15 Mar 1934 Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1938 Cdr.

Decorations

8 Jul 1941 OBE
1 Sep 1942 DSO

Warship Commands listed for Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Broke (D 83)Cdr.Destroyer27 Sep 19397 Jul 1941
HMS Bedouin (F 67)Cdr.Destroyer8 Jul 194115 Jun 1942

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Broke (D 83)


11 Mar 1940
HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) scuttled the wreck of the Dutch tanker Eulota that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-28 about 130 nautical miles west of Ushant in position 48°35'N, 08°22'W.

7 Jul 1940 (position 50.10, -7.56)
HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) rescued 15 survivors from the Estonian merchant Vapper that had been sunk the day before by U-34 south of Cape Clear in position 49°30'N, 09°15'W.

8 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) rescued 20 survivors from the Swedish merchant Bissen that had been sunk the day before by U-99 about 80 miles south-south-west of Cape Clear in position 50°06'N, 10°23'W.


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