Captain Alexander Mitchell ("Sandy") Hodge GC VRD DL (23 June 1916 - 4 January 1997) was a recipient of the Empire Gallantry Medal, later exchanged for the George Cross. Sandy Hodge was born on 23 June 1916 at Blairgowrie in Scotland. Educated at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1938. H.M. Ship in which Sub-Lieutenant Hodge was serving was badly damaged by an explosion in a bomb-room. The bomb-room was in darkness, full of heat and fumes, and smoke rising to the main deck suggested fire below.