branch placeofburial_coordinates death_date death_place birth_place awards honorific_suffix battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
uk 32 inline , title 30 n 33 00 e type : event 30 october 1942 mediterranean sea lanton , scotland 30px george cross mention in despatches gc world war ii 17 july 1913 tony lieutenant tony fasson
 francis anthony blair fasson
tony fasson

lieutenant francis anthony blair fasson , -lrb- 17 july 1913 -- 30 october 1942 -rrb- , known as tony fasson , was a british royal navy officer .
he was posthumously awarded the george cross `` for outstanding bravery and steadfast devotion to duty in the face of danger '' when on 30 october 1942 in action in the mediterranean sea he captured codebooks vital for the breaking of the german naval `` shark '' enigma cipher from the sinking u-559 .
