Hi Ken
I found this on the very interesting site, on Google.
R.N.R TRAWLER SERVICE - Great War Forum



Skipper Bennett ably assisted Chief Skipper Berry of H.M.A. Trawler James Pond in his efforts to save the vessel after she had been heaviy ...
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is this your Grandad???
the Admiralty Trawler James Pond was...................

JAMES POND, Admiralty trawler, lost February 15, 1918, British Isles

Raid by Destroyers on vessels of Folkestone-Grisnez Patrol 14-15.02.18 DSC
Displayed the utmost courage and devotion to duty on this occasion.
Skipper Bennett ably assisted Chief Skipper Berry of H.M.A. Trawler James Pond in his efforts to save the vessel after she had been heaviy shelled and set on fire. Attempts were made to put out the fire, and to get the ammunition from below, but both efforts failed, and finally the ship was abandoned, the boat being successfully launched in spite of the fact that the falls had been destroyed by the shelling. The crew got away in her and succeeded in in effecting a landing on the French Coast where they received every attention form the French authorities.