![Ernest Martin Jehan](press/jehan-em-portrait.jpg)
Lieutenant (Executive Officer) Ernest Martin Jehan,
DCM
HMS Sarpedon, Royal Navy
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Distinguished
Service Cross
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1914-15
Star
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Born on 25/09/1875 at Forest, Guernsey. Son of Daniel
Jehan & Betsy Lucas. Husband of Eliza France Wellman.
Retired as Lieutenant Commander. He died in 1929 at
Horndean, Hampshire.
When in command of Q-Ship HMS Inverlyon he sank the
German submarine UB-4 on 15/08/1915.
Jehan became the first and only commander to sink a
modern steel submarine with a sailing vessel and was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for this.
LG: (Supplement) no. 29374. p. 11558 19/11/15
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