The decorated submariner was honoured for wartime bravery A commemorative plaque has been unveiled in Dover to honour a Royal Navy sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for extraordinary bravery during World War Two. Petty Officer Thomas Gould received the medal after helping dispose of two unexploded bombs that landed on his submarine during an attack in 1942. A service was held at the Maison Dieu, a historic building in the Kent coastal town where he grew up.