Captain B. A. W. War bur ton-Lee, whose decision to lead his destroyers into action in the first Battle of Narvik cost him his life. "I'm going in," he signalled to the Admiralty, which, because of the hazardous nature of the enterprise, had left him free to attack or not, as he chose. He was in- command of the destroyer Hardy, which ran aground under: heavy shell-fire, and died of wounds soon after he had been brought to shore.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 105, 4 May 1940, Page 9
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79Captain B. A. W. War bur ton-Lee, whose decision to lead his destroyers into action in the first Battle of Narvik cost him his life. "I'm going in," he signalled to the Admiralty, which, because of the hazardous nature of the enterprise, had left him free to attack or not, as he chose. He was in- command of the destroyer Hardy, which ran aground under: heavy shell-fire, and died of wounds soon after he had been brought to shore. Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 105, 4 May 1940, Page 9
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