Peter Victor DANCKWERTS, GC. MBE. F.R.S., F.Eng. D.Sc
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No. & Rank at the Time of Action: Sub-Lieutenant
Unit/Occupation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bomb Disposal.
Date and Place of Birth: 14th October 1916, Southsea, Hampshire.
Family: The son of Vice Admiral V. H. Danckwerts
Early Life: Educated at Winchester College; Balliol College, Oxford; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology. BA (chemistry) Oxon, 1938; SM (Chemical Engineering Practice), MIT, 1948; MA Cantab 1948.
Date and Place of GC Action: 1940, London.
The London Gazette: 20th December 1940