HDML 1158
Hillyard, Littlehampton, West Sussex 11/5/42
London Gazette 23/12/43 – For Operation Husky – Invasion of Sicily
- DSC TLt Edward Digby Lee Lander RNVR
London Gazette 19/12/44 – For firefighting following an explosion in ML387 in Beirut 5/3/44
- MID PO Leonard Abrams P/JX155834
London Gazette 14/8/45 – For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece
- DSC TL t Gordon Martineau Toplis RNVR
- DSM PO Leonard Abrams P/JX155834
- DSM Sto1 Harold Simpson D/KX138065
London Gazette 1/1/46 – New Years Honours 1946
- DSM LSea Charles Higgins LT/JX218243
London Gazette 1/1/47 – New Years Honours 1947
- BEM LSea Charles Higgins LT/JX218243
Known Crew
- TLt Edward Digby Lee Lander RNVR HMS St Christopher for MLs 2/2/42 TLt 6/2/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1158 4/5/43 Operation Husky – Invasion of Sicily DSC ML 358 10/10/43. Died in action 12/11/43, aged 32. Son of Edward Lee Lander and Alice Mary Lander; husband of Rachel Stuart Lander, of Worthing, Sussex
- TLt A T Roberts RNVR TLt 28/3/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1158 25/9/43 Commanding Officer ML 860 20/5/44
- TLt Gordon Martineau Toplis RNVR TSLt 23/4/42 31st ML Flotilla ML 562 3/2/43 Operation Avalanche Salerno Landings TLt 23/4/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1158 11/10/44 For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece DSC
- TSLt T C Larkin RNZNVR TSLt 4/12/42 ML 359 Commanding Officer HDML 1158 16/5/44 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ)
- PO Leonard Abrams P/JX155834 HDML 1158 For firefighting following an explosion in ML387 in Beirut 5/3/44 MID For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece DSM
- LSea Charles Higgins LT/JX218243 HDML 1386 Wind up of the war in Europe MID HDML 1158 New Years Honours 1946 DSM New Years Honours 1947 BEM
- Sto1 Harold Simpson D/KX138065 HDML 1158 For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece DSM
Wartime Activities
- 10/7/43 Operation Husky – Invasion of Sicily
- 5/3/44 ML 1007, ML1143 (Free French), ML1158 and ML1164 (Free French) are engaged in fire fighting after an explosion in ML 387 at Beirut. Four men are mentioned in despatches. ML 387 is lost and her Commanding Officer is awarded an Albert Medal for fire fighting until the boat blew up
Post War History
- 2/46 Palestine government