Ernest Martin Jehan Military person

Ernest Martin Jehan DSC (2 February 1878 – 7 December 1929) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the First World War. Jehan is best known for the sinking of a German submarine by he and his crew aboard the smack Inverlyon. He began the war as a warrant officer and was decorated and commissioned after sinking UB-4.

Personal facts

Ernest Martin Jehan
Birth dateFebruary 02, 1878
Birth place
Forest Guernsey
Date of deathDecember 07, 1929

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Military person

award
Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
military operations
World War I
Atlantic U-boat Campaign (World War I)
HM Armed Smack Inverlyon
military command
HM Armed Smack Inverlyon
HMS PC-55
service start1894
service end1920

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