Good morning, For anybody searching for awards made to members of the British Royal Navy and Merchant Navy for WW2 and beyond , the following books by Seedie may be of some help and interest. There are books about awards made to individuals who served in British Coastal Forces and Submarines. I found that a copy of one of Seedie's books which I was interested in was available in my local reference library. This web site gives a list of Seedie's books. I have no affiliation with Amazon Books. <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seedies-Coastal-Forces-Awards-World/dp/095133803X/sr=1-1/qid=1157337602/ref=sr_1_1/026-2707606-5570830?ie=UTF8&s=books> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Seedie/026-0390889-9574061 Interestingly, during my research I found that two mistakes had been made, one mistake was in Seedie's book and one was in an ADM reference file held at the PRO, Kew. I found what I was looking for in Seedie 's , " Roll of Naval Honours and Awards 1939 -1959" p. 255 the entry said that, " T/Lt. Alexander Dunlop Foster , RNVR of MTB 494 had been awarded the DSO. " I knew that this was incorrect. Lt.J. May RNVR Foster was in fact the officer in command of MTB 493, not MTB 494 during a battle between British MTBs and German E-Boats on the night of April 6th. 1945, which, in fact, was the last engagement between British MTBs and German E - Boats of WW2. The officer in command of MTB 494 on that fatal night was T/Lt. Jack May RNVR. In addition to the mistake in Seedie's I found another mistake in an ADM file held in the PRO at Kew. The file in the Public Records Office, Kew, London Reference ADM 1/30427 file was entitled , " Awards to 17 officers and men of HM ships Cubitt, MTB's 493, 494 and 497 for services in Action with enemy light forces in the North Sea Apr 6/7 1945 " (sic). The information in the file about MTB 494 was incorrect. Nobody on MTB 494 received an award. This fact has been confirmed by Mr Bert Markham during a telephone conversation I had with him. Bert who is now age 88, was one of only three a survivors from MTB 494 following the battle between MTB 494 and German Schnellboot S. 176. Even after the passing of all those years, Bert , who was the telegraphist on MTB 494, was still very clear in his mind about what happened on that night . He told me that he saw T/Lt Jack May, the skipper of MTB 494 lying mortally wounded on a raft which had drifted off the deck of MTB 494 which Bert initially had swam towards but he then decided to swim to MTB 493 which was lying nearby and was rescued by them. When I asked him about any awards being made to any of the crew of MTB 494 he was adamant that nobody on MTB 494 had received an award. A search of Seedie' s confirmed that none of the crew of MTB 494 had received an award, so Bert was right and the ADM file was wrong. Bert also confirmed that T/Lt May was the officer in commend of MTB 494 that night and not T/Lt. Foster as stated in Seedie's book. The following web site lists all the crew of MTB 494 and their fate. http://home.it.net.au/~lambeth/mtb494.html and this website is based on an article from the, "Scunthorpe Telegraph " written by one of their reporters after she had interviewed Bert at his home. http://home.it.net.au/~lambeth/bertmtb494.html Lest We Forget. Regards. Patrick Holland. Perth, Western Australia.