John Gregson (sailor)

John Sedgwick Gregson, GC was an apprentice in the British Merchant Navy who was awarded the Albert Medal during the Second World War. This was later replaced with the George Cross.

Second World War

Gregson served aboard as part of Operation Pedestal, a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942. On the morning of 12 August, Deucalion and other members of the convoy came under attack off the Tunisian coast.
An account of the Deucalion attack, and notice of Gregson's award of the Albert Medal was published in The London Gazette on 2 February 1943, reading:

Later life

Gregson moved to New Zealand in 1952, where he worked on the coastal tanker fleet, and later became a harbour pilot with the Port of Tauranga. He died on Christmas Day 2016, aged 92.