George Cross Citation
Soutwell's George Cross citation appeared in the London Gazette on 23 January 1941:
"The King has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the George Cross for great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty, to Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell.
— London Gazette
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