HMS Mantis by Ivan Berryman. (P) SQN371 Of his 27 victories during

Of his 27 victories during a tour of 89 combat missions from April 1943 to May 1944

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Colonel on the Staff

Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai

1st Suffolks

HMS Mantis by Ivan Berryman. (P) SQN371 Of his 27 victories duringDHM6796P. HMS Mantis by Ivan Berryman. An Insect class river gunboat, HMS Mantis took part in operations on the River Tigris in modern day Iraq in World War One. A British Army advance up the Tigris in 1915 took the town of Kut al Amara, but this army of more than 10,000 men were besieged by the Turks here, eventually surrendering in April 1916. With other river gunboats, HMS Mantis had attempted to help break the siege from early March 1916, and