Four: Able Seaman N. Jennison, Royal Navy, who was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal in 1941 for services against enemy submarines, during the course of which operations he was himself killed when H.M.S. Gladiolus was sunk in October 1941

1914-15 Star (J. 22543. N. Jennison. Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 22543 N. Jennison. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 22543 N. Jennison. A.B. H.M.S. Furious.), polished, generally nearly very fine (4) £200-£240

D.S.M. London Gazette 5 September 1941:
‘For enterprise, skill and devotion to duty in action against Enemy Submarines’

Norman Jennison, who was born in Blackpool on 7 September 1897, served in the Royal Navy during the Great War and remained in the service between the wars, largely serving with the Fleet Air Arm. He was pensioned to shore from H.M.S. Greenwich on 6 September 1937, having been awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 22 September 1930.

Re-engaged for naval service in H.M.S. Vernon on 3 July 1939, Jennison served in H.M.S. Gladiolus, on anti-submarine operations, from 20 March 1940, during the course of which he was awarded a D.S.M. Gladiolus was lost on the night of 16-17 October 1941 whilst escorting SC 48. At the time the cause of her loss was unknown and it was only post war analysis which resulted in U-553 being credited with her sinking.

Jennison was officially noted as missing, along with the rest of his crew, on 21 October 1941, and was presumed dead that day. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.