Lieutenant Commander Peter Scott MBE DSC* RNVR, the renowned ornithologist, conservationist and painter served with Coastal Forces throughout the war, seeing action at Dunkirk, Dieppe and in the English Channel.

His father was the famous Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and before joining the RNVR he had established himself as a painter and Olympic yachtsman, winning Bronze at the 1936 Olympics in Germany.

In his early military service, Scott was heavily involved in the development of Allied camouflage painting of warships and appointed MBE in 1942 in recognition of this.

He was mentioned in despatches twice and won two DSCs between June and November 1943 whilst in command of the Steam Gunboat ‘Grey Goose’. After the war he founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands trust. He skippered the 12 metre yacht Sovereign in the 1964 America’s Cup and was knighted in 1973 for his work in conservation.

He became a Companion of Honour in 1987. His book ‘The Battle of the Narrow Seas’ chronicles his time with Coastal Forces.