Lionel Crabb | |
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Nickname(s) | Buster |
Born | London, England | 28 January 1909
Died | 19 April 1956presumed dead) | (aged 47) (
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1941–1947 |
Rank | Lieutenant commander |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Order of the British Empire George Medal |
Other work | MI6 diver |
Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Crabb, OBE, GM (28 January 1909 – presumed dead 19 April 1956), known as Buster Crabb, was a Royal Navy frogman and diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for MI6 around a Soviet Union cruiser berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956.