Claude Congreve Dobson (VC, DSO) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

He was 34 years old, and a Commander in the Royal Navy serving with the North Russia Relief Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 18 August 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, Commander Dobson was in command of the Coastal Motor Boat Flotilla which he led through the chain of forts to the entrance to the harbour. CMB 31 from which he directed the general operations then passed in under heavy machine-gun fire and torpedoed the battleship Andrei Pervozvanni, subsequently returning through heavy fire to the open sea. See also Gordon Charles Steele

Further information

He later achieved the rank of Rear-Admiral.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, England).

Reference

• Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Kent)

This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.