Commander Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield DSO, OBE, AM

Commander Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield, DSO., OBE. commanded HMS Hunter as it was hit off the coast of Almeria in 1937 in connection with the Spanish Civil War and was awarded the Albert Medal for sea gallantry. He was awarded the DSO. and OBE. during WWII for his involvement in the Malta Convoy

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order gazetted: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35687/supplement/3817/dat...

On 15 June 1942 HMS Bedouin was sunk by a torpedo. Scurfield was one of 213 survivors picked up and imprisoned in Italy; following the Italian surrender in July 1943 Scurfield was transferred to Germany and imprisoned near Coblenz. He was mortally wounded (by Allied fighters) while being evacuated from his prison camp on 11 April 1945.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2389853/SCURFIELD,%20BRY...:
Date of Death: 11/04/1945; Age: 43; Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Bedouin; Awards: D S O, O B E, A M; Grave Ref: 3. A. 12. in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany; Son of Harold Scurfield, and of Mary Louisa Scurfield (nee Bazeley); husband of Mary Katharine Scurfield, of Petersfield, Hampshire.

http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/sale-report-morton-eden-briti... - description of medals when offered for sale on 4 June 2012; also transcriptions of the entries in London Gazette when medals awarded. Medals: The Malta Convoy D.S.O., Lifesaving O.B.E. and Inter-War Albert Medal and Polish Cross of Valour.

Parents: Harold Scurfield, Mary Louisa Scurfield (born Bazeley)

Siblings: Major George Bazeley Scurfield, Elizabeth Hutchinson Scurfield Doctor, Letitia Ann Scurfield, William Russell Scurfield, Robert Weems Scurfield, Robert Scurfield, Dorothy Bazeley Scurfield, and Frances Vaillant Scurfield.