Godfrey Place blue plaque

Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Lieutenant Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC DSC Royal Navy. Awarded the VC whilst in command of HM Submarine X7 for a daring & successful attack on the 22nd September 1943 on the German Battleship Tirpitz achored in Kaafjord, North Norway. Place penetrated the fifty miles into a heavily protected fjor

d, evaded a minefield, anti submarine nets & patrols & laid his explosive charges beneath the target. His courage, endurance & contempt for danger in the face of the enemy were supreme. He subsequentl

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