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Thomas William Brown GM (c. 1926 – 13 February 1945) was an English recipient of the George Medal, one of the youngest persons to have ever received that award. In October 1942, as a NAAFI canteen assistant, he was involved in the action between Petard and U-559, being one of three men to board the sinking submarine in an effort to retrieve vital documents, and was the only one of the three to survive. These documents would later lead the Bletchley Park codebreakers to crack the German Enigma code. After this heroic deed, it was revealed that he was underage to be at sea. He returned home to North Shields. In 1945 he died from injuries sustained while rescuing his sister Maureen from a house fire in North Shields Ridges Estate whilst on leave from HMS Belfast. His family were presented wit

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  • Tommy Brown (Seemann) (de)
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  • Thomas William „Tommy“ Brown, GM (* Januar oder Februar 1926 in North Shields; † 13. Februar 1945 in Ridges Estate, ebenda) war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs ein britischer Seemann. Durch heldenhafte Erbeutung streng geheimer Enigma-Schlüsselunterlagen beeinflusste er den Verlauf des Krieges. (de)
  • Thomas William Brown GM (c. 1926 – 13 February 1945) was an English recipient of the George Medal, one of the youngest persons to have ever received that award. In October 1942, as a NAAFI canteen assistant, he was involved in the action between Petard and U-559, being one of three men to board the sinking submarine in an effort to retrieve vital documents, and was the only one of the three to survive. These documents would later lead the Bletchley Park codebreakers to crack the German Enigma code. After this heroic deed, it was revealed that he was underage to be at sea. He returned home to North Shields. In 1945 he died from injuries sustained while rescuing his sister Maureen from a house fire in North Shields Ridges Estate whilst on leave from HMS Belfast. His family were presented wit (en)
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  • Tommy Brown (en)
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  • Tommy Brown (en)
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  • North Shields, Northumberland (en)
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