Temporary Lieutenant Harold Reginald Newgass (3 August 1896 – 17 November 1984) of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached to HMS President

HMS President (shore establishment)

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 was awarded the George Cross

George Cross

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 for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed in defusing a mine which had fallen into a gas holder at the Garston Gas Works in Liverpool

Liverpool

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His citation was published in the London Gazette

London Gazette

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 on the 4th of March, 1941. He was born on the 3rd of August 1896 and had previously served with the Territorial Army attached to the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

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from 1918 to 1934.

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