HDML 1048
McGruer, Clynder, Scotland 10/2/41
Photograph courtesy Andy Jackson, son of AB Alfred James Jackson
London Gazette 10/11/42 – For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk Summer of 1942
- DSC Lt John Langlands Neilson RNVR
- DSM AB Alfred James Jackson D/JX194006
- MID TLt Alexander Wallace RNVR
- MID Sto1 Edward James Horner P/KX93473
Known Crew
- Lt John Langlands Neilson RNVR Lt 7/5/41 HMS Stag (Port Said) for MLs 15/4/42 HDML 1048 For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk Summer of 1942 DSC HMS Mosquito (Alexandria) 1944
- TSLt C F Bradbeer RNVR TSLt 26/3/42 HMS Mosquito (Alexandria) for MTBs 7/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1048 1/8/43 ML 862 18/2/44 TLt 26/9/44
TLt Alexander Wallace (pictured) RNVR TLt 11/10/39 HMS Aquamarine (Armed Boarding Vessel) 14/10/39 – 1/41. HMS Spartiate (HM Base at Glasgow) 16/1/41. Commanding Officer HDML 1048 1942 – wounded at Tobruk 20/6/42. For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk Summer of 1942 MID HMS Nile (Alexandria) Commanding Officer ML 118 6/12/43 7th ML Flotilla Based at Dartmouth.- TLt A Livesey RNVR TSLt 5/2/42 HMS St Christopher for MLs 13/4/42 HMS Mosquito (Alexandria) for MTBs 8/42 First Lieutenant ML 349 17/5/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1048 14/3/44 TLt 5/8/44 Commanding Officer ML 384 31/1/45
- TLt A E Wagner RNZNVR TSLt 15/6/42 HMS Gregale (Malta) 1944 TLt 15/12/44 Commanding Officer HDML 1048 30/1/45
- Mid I C Paviedis RINVR Mid 15/4/42 HDML 1048
- AB Alfred James Jackson D/JX194006 HDML 1048 For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk Summer of 1942 DSM
- Sto1 Edward James Horner P/KX93473 For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk Summer of 1942 MID
Wartime Activities
- 20/11/41 Whaler KLO and ML 1048 damaged by shellfire at Tobruk
Withdrawal from Tobruk Summer 1942 - 20/6/42 Escaped from Tobruk. ML 1048 one of the last vessels to leave Tobruk with German tanks in the harbour area. CO wounded by gunfire.
- Refitted in Alexandria
- 9/43 TLt G W Searle attached for first post-refit patrol. Caught in a violent storm, unable to turn around, almost all the crew incapacitated by seasickness. Carried over a rocky reef by huge wave, breaking the ASDIC dome off in the process. Eventually returned safely to Alexandria.
Post War History
- 2/7/46 War Department
Crew of HDML 1048
Photograph courtesy Andy Jackson, son of AB Alfred James Jackson
AB Alfred James Jackson. Photograph courtesy Andy Jackson, his son.
AB Alfred James Jackson with other crew members
Photograph courtesy Andy Jackson
AB Alfred James Jackson
Photograph courtesy Andy Jackson, his son
