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- Name: John Herbert BABINGTON
- D.O.B: 6th Feb, 1911
- D.O.A: 1st Sep, 1940
- D.O.D: 24th Mar, 1992
- Award: George Cross
- Occupation at time of action: Probationary Temporary Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
London and South-East England September-October 1940
September-October 1940
The Second World War 1939 - 40
Temporary Lieutenant R S Armitage and Temporary Sub-Lieutenant R V Moore distinguished themselves by bomb disposal work in, respectively, South-East England and the London area during September and October 1940. Among the mines Armitage defused was one hanging from a tree at Orpington, Kent. When during the bombing of Chatham Dockyard in September 1940 an unexploded mine lodged itself 16 feet below ground, Temporary Sub Lieutenant J H Babington volunteered to deal with it. The bomb had an anti-handling device of a type of which the British had little knowledge and which had already killed a bomb disposal officer. Babington successfully defused the mine.
Citation
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the GEORGE CROSS for great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty to – Temporary Lieutenant Robert Selby Armitage, R N V R Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp) Richard Valentine Moore, R N V R Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp) John Herbert Babington, R N V R
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