Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell GC (1913–1940) was a member of a Royal Navy team carrying out bomb disposal when he was killed during the London blitz. He was awarded a posthumous George Cross.
Read more about Bennett Southwell: Biography, 17 October 1940, George Cross Citation, Theft of Medal
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