Tommy Gould VC Memorial
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- White Ensign Lodge 9169
- Gold, Silver & Emerald Whitebeam trees have been planted here in memory of those members of the Lodge who have served in or with the Allied Special Forces and in honour of all our members who have now “Passed to Higher Service”.
- One of those who has passed was awarded the Victoria Cross for helping remove unexploded German bombs from the Submarine HMS Thrasher in 1942 along with Lt. Peter Roberts VC DSC.
- Thomas William Gould, VC MiD (1914-2001) was a Royal Navy sailor and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- He was one of three Jewish recipients of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War.
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