Gordon Love Bastion | |
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| Born | 30 March 1902 Barry, Vale of Glamorgan |
| Died | November 1987 (age 85) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Merchant Navy |
| Rank | Second Engineer Officer |
| Unit | SS Empire Bowman |
| Battles / wars | Second World War
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| Awards | George Cross Member of the Order of the British Empire Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea |
Gordon Love Bastian, GC, MBE (30 March 1902 – November 1987) was an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy who was awarded the Albert Medal for risking his own life to save other members of the crew of SS Empire Bowman after it was torpedoed on 31 March 1943. In 1971, living recipients of the Albert Medal and Edward Medal were instructed to return their medal and were instead issued with the George Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded to civilians or to military personnel for actions "not in the face of the enemy" in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth