FIRST VICTORIA CROSS.
CAPTAIN WAR BURTON LEE. |f ' Received June 8, ,10.5 a.m. ‘ LONDON, June 7. The first Victoria Cross of the war has been awarded to the late Captain Warburton Lee. ’ \ Captain Warburton Lee lost his life in the first attack oil Narvik oil April 10. It will be remembered that 'lie led his destroyer flotilla into the harbour in spite of its occupation by superior enemy forces. Falling, mortally wounded by a shell which hit the bridge of bis ship, the Hardy, his last signal was: “Continue to engage the enemy.” ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 7
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93FIRST VICTORIA CROSS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 7
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