"Facing Fearful Odds" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
On 27 April 1918, Virginia Hamilton, a navy widow, arrives in London by train and Hazel takes her to 165 Eaton Place after finding her in her canteen.
She tells Hazel and Richard how her elder son, Acting Sub-lieutenant Michael Hamilton, was arrested in Dover for cowardice.
On 23 April, he was in charge of a coastal motorboat off Ostend after his commanding officer had been killed and was accused of failing to encourage his crew to fight.
At the court martial, Sir Geoffrey summarizes that when Michael originally spoke to his superior after the attack, he blamed himself so the Chief Petty Officer could get the recognition he deserved.