Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Douglas Ramsden Attwood) some staining, otherwise very fine

D.S.C. London Gazette 22 February 1918: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’

Douglas Ramsden Attwood was appointed to the Royal Navy from the Royal Naval Reserve on 4 August 1914, and served virtually the entire war as a submariner. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ‘in recognition of his services on the occasion of the torpedoing of an enemy submarine on 3 November 1917. His advice and assistance materially helped towards the successful result obtained.’ This was the UC-65, which had been responsible for sinking more than 110 allied ships.

He completed what was to be his last war patrol in command of H,M, Submarine G-5 on 4 November 1918, just days before the armistice, and died of pneumonia at the 1st North General Hospital, Newcastle, on 24 November 1918, aged 26.