James Joseph Magennis
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James Joseph Magennis, VC was a Belfast-born sailor and 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
Magennis (left) with Lieutenant Ian Fraser, 1945
Memorial to Leading Seaman Magennis VC
Magennis remembrance mural in Tullycarnet
Operation Source
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Operation Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships – Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and Lützow – based in northern Norway, using X-class midget submarines.
James Joseph Magennis
…duties" – which meant midget submarines, or X-craft. He trained as a diver, and in September 1943, took part in the first major use of the X-craft during Operation Source. Two submarines, HMS X7 and HMS X6, penetrated Kåfjord, Norway, and disabled the German battleship Tirpitz. For his part in the attack Magennis was…
Tirpitz c. 1941
Lt. Henty-Creer and the crew of X5
The grave of Lieutenant Lionel Barnett Whittam at the Commonwealth War Graves section of Tromsø's main cemetery