Medal group of ACM Sir Kenneth Cross for auction.

The REAL story, (not the DM travesty recorded here) of the loss of HMS Glorious is one of those episodes that deserve greater remembrance. The circumstances in which Scharnhorst and Gneisenau intercepted Glorious were not such as to reflect well upon the Royal Navy and the heavy loss of life together with that of a priceless aircraft carrier were completely unnecessary.
Cross and his men accomplished a difficult feat in order to preserve their aircraft for the future and, sadly, in the end their achievement was completely pointless.