PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Mantle, Jack Foreman
Date of birth: April 12th, 1917 (Wandsworth, Dorset, Great Britain)
Date of death:  July 4th, 1940 (Portland, Dorset, Great Britain)
Nationality:  British
     
VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
Rank: A/Leading Seaman
Unit: Royal Navy
Awarded on: June 21st, 1941
Action: On 4 July 1940 Leading Seaman Mantle was manning a 20mm cannon aboard HMS Foylebank during a German air raid on Portland, England. Despite being hit in his leg several times, causing him a shattered leg, he handled the cannon as long as possible. He eventually died as a result of his wounds.
Details: Jack Foreman Mantle is buried at the Portland Naval Cemetery, Great Britain.
 
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Information source(s):   - Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - published by This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Special thanks to Iain Stewart from The History of the Victoria Cross
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