Decorations KCB CBE Next of kin address England Mother Edith Mary Packer (nee Rutter) Father Dr William Packer More info At Jutland, Packer was a Sub Lieutenant serving in HMS Warspite. In the spring of 1943 Captain Packer returned to HMS Warspite as Commanding Officer. The battleship was the H.Q. of Rear Admiral A.W. la Touche Bisset and part of Force H. The 15-inch (381 mm) guns bombarded Catania and supported the Allied landings on Sicily and the Italian mainland. HMS Warspite was shelling Salerno on 15 September 1943 when a new German weapon was aimed at her. Wireless bombs, the Fritz X, crashed through the decks and one of them exploded in the boiler room. Captain Packer managed to bring the crippled ship, under tow, back to Malta and was once again Mentioned in Despatches. He has the rare honour of having been so honoured for his conduct on the same ship in two different wars.