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World War Two Memorial Board Listing List Compiled from Commonweath War Graves Commission Web-Site and a Variety of Other Specialist Listings Related to Naval History Printed: 27/01/2012 World War Two Memorial Board Listing List compiled from Commonweath War Graves Commission web-site and a variety of other specialist listings related to naval history. The column headed "Rel" shows an assessment of the reliability of identification A thru' C Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements A Ainley FO RAF 1941 Pilot, 69 Sqdn - Marylands - Strategic recce missions (photo) in Mediterranean Frederick Redfearn 26 Widow living in Cheshire. OB of Birkenhead Institute 29/31 Entered A/P.O. Buried in Phaleron cemetery Greece. Reported in 26/7/38, NZ press as resident prior to war promoted F.O. 4/10/40 A Aitken Lt RNR 1943 HMS Polyanthus - Flower Cl Corvette, In Command John Gordon 39 Hit by GNAT torpedo from U-Boat (U-952) 21.9.43 18/19 CO One survivor picked up by HMS Itchen, but lost when she was sunk two days later A Allen Civilian 1945 Malaya civilian war dead John Charles 56 Died in Singapore (interned) 05/06 A Allen FO RAF 1940 Pilot 151 RNZAF Sqdn - Hurricanes, KIA over North Sea James Henry Leslie 24 New Zealander. Nephew of Lawrence Holt, Served time in Blue Funnel 31/33 KGM '33, Capt http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cen 1stXV and 1st XI otaph/17192.detail B Anderson Capt Army 1942 Army in Burma Reserve of Officers Oliver Charles 41 Name on Rangoon Memorial 16/18 A Ardley Lt Cdr RNR 1942 HMS Stag - Shore establishment Richard Arthur Blyth Polar Medal 36 Killed in action in Tobruk 21/22 Chief Officer Was Asst Harbour Master Haifa 1939, Specialised RRS Discovery in Hydrography in 1937 A Bailey Master MN 1942 SS Amarylis, Panamanian registered John Herbert Reid 39 No information, could be "Amaryllis", but still not listed 18/19 LtCdr RNR Described as "Staff Captain" A Baker S/Lt RNR 1942 HMS Kipling - Destroyer. Survived sinking, but died of wounds ashore Alan Jack Croft 20 Bombed/sunk off Sidi Barrani, E Med. 11.5.42 37/39 A Ball Flt Lt RAF 1941 Pilot, 9 Sqdn, Wellington bombers in Aug 1941 Kenneth Rhodes 22 Operating from Lossiemouth during Norwegian campaign 27/01/2012 1 Printed: 27/01/2012 Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements 33/35 A/PO 12/7/37, Buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Hamburg PO 18/5/38. FO 18/2/40 A Band Lieut. RN 1942 HM S/M Olympus lost 08/08/1942 Brian Hugh DSC 25 30/32 Next of Kin (Mother) lived in Rock Ferry A Barker Lt Cdr RN 1940 HMS Ardent - Destroyer, lost while escorting HMS Glorious John Frederick DSC 33 Sunk by Scharnhorst or Gneisenau off Lofoten Islands 6.6.40. Ardent made a gallant but unsuccessful torpedo attack 20/21 C.O. Name mentioned in de Brett's Peerage (wife was a Paget) D Barton NK NK No Information with CWGC, Tower Hill, RN Lists etc. but see Ancestry.co below* Frederick Maurice 24+ Possibly died in service, not recorded as casualty Walter 30/31 * Found Frederick M W Barton born 1915 Tonbridge, married 12/43 Fylde, Lancs A Beasley Master MN 1943 SS Empress of Canada, CP Benjamin Norman 42 Torpedoed by Italian sub "Leonardo da Vinci" 14/3/43 440m S of C.Palmas 14/16 Carrying Italian POWs, 392 POWs, crew lost C Bennett F/Sgt RAFVR 1943 Navigator 101 Sqdn. Operating Wellingtons Michael John 25 Squadron based in Lancashire from Oct '42 32/34 Buried Doornspijk General Cemetery A Bernier 3/EO 1941 SS Nereus (Canadian MN) - ex US Navy collier with load of bauxite foundered in heavy sea in Caribbean Raymond 21 Investigation shows that the ship was probably unsafe 36/38 A Bickford Captain RN 1940 HMS Express - Destroyer/Minelayer Jack Grant DSO DSC 43 Severely damaged off Dutch coast 06/40 10/13 See Honours Listing, One of the Mediterranean destroyer "elite" C Black Sgt RAFVR 1941 Aicrew 44 Sqdn - Blenheims Foster Wilson 20 Operating throughout the W. Desert and Middle East 35/37 A Bolton 2/O MN 1942 SS Waimarama, Shaw Saville Ralph Kearsley 33 Sunk by dive bombing off C. Bon, Operation Pedestal 23/24 Reported as carrying aviaton fuel A Boomer Apprentice Understood to have died at sea. 27/01/2012 2 Printed: 27/01/2012 Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements R D 18 No Information with CWGC 41/42 Noted boxer Well remembered with affection by compiler A Bowie 2/O MN 1944 SS Fort Massenabe (Missanabe) - MOWT, Managed by Dunlop Robert Craig Kemp 22 Torpedoed off Taranto by U-453, 19.5.44 37/39 Native of Helensburgh, Listed on Scottish National War Memorial A Bowman Mid RNR 1943 HMS Ramillies - Battleship Raymond John 18 Accidentally killed 40/42 A Boyer Lt RCNVR 1944 HMS Laforey - Destroyer Frederick John 26 Torpedoed (GNAT), U-223, 60 miles East of Palermo 30.3.44 34/36 B Brecknell Pilot Officer NK No Information with CWGC or London Gazette RAFO (after 1928) Douglas Frank Charles 30+ Records show him appointed as FO and PO (GD) in 1927-28 but no record thereafter 23/25 Guess: became a civilian pilot A Brice Ch Offr MN 1942 SS Port Hunter, Port Line; part of Convoy OS33 suffered many casualties Leslie James 37 Torpedoed near Durban 11/7/42 by U-582, 27 survivors 19/21 A Brown Mid RNR 1942 HMS Marne - Destroyer, Torpedoed by U-515 180 miles West of Gibraltar Reginald Harding 19 Killed in Action, one of 13 casualties 36/38 Ship survived the war A Buckler Cdr RNR 1941 HMS Stag - RN Base, Port Said, died in Greece John Oswald RD, OBE, MiD 53 Former SMO, Kenya & Uganda Railways and Harbours Administration 01/03 Awarded OBE Buried Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece. Not on NY Honours WW1 Honours List. OB Birkenhead School 1938 B Burnett Mid RNR 1941 Died of injuries sustained in a criminal assault while serving in HMS Heythrop (Hunt Class) James Edward George 19 Heythrop was heavily involved in action escorting convoys off the N. African coast, eventuall being sunk by U652, 10m NE of Bardia in March 1942 38/39 A Carter 2/O MN 1942 SS Whitecrest, Hall Bros, 4365grt Dennis Everett 21 Topedoed by U-162 24.2.42 in the Atlantic 36/37 A straggler from ONS-67, she sank in 8 minutes, no info re survivors A Chanter Ch Offr MN 1940 SS Matina, Elders & Fuffes, 6300grt 27/01/2012 3 Printed: 27/01/2012 Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements William Georfie 40 Torpedoed by U-28 in Atlantic, 26.10.40 Wolferstan 15/17 Wolf Pack attack in Convoy HX229 A Christian Lieut RN 1941 Two Fulmars of 803 Squadron from Dekheila shot down, Christian was pilot of one John Macindoe Mention in 28 Seems to be confusion between this entry and J Despatches W Christian for him indentification is is doubtful 28/30? MiD, DSC Noted as serving in HMS Grebe C Christian AB SANF 1945 No Info - doubtful. Probably confused with J M Christian, viz. J W 31? Noted as "died" 28/30 Buried Capetown (Maitland) Cemetery C Close Ord. Sea RN 1941 HMS Exmoor - "Hunt" destroyer, George Thomas Colin 33 Torpedoed by E-Boats off Lowestoft while escorting convoy 25.2.41 24/26 B Collier 2/O MN 1944 SS Empire Tyne. MOWT; Ship survived war John Robert Carlyon 52 Damaged by fire 8.3.41 05/06 Buried in Dorking Cemetery A Connolly Cadet MN 1943 SS Kanbe - P Henderson Frederick Price 19 Lost with all hands 08.05.43 39/41 C Coombes 1946 Civilian war dead (CWGC Listing) Frank 60? 02/03 Buried in Kensington C Corney Lieut RE 1943 Serving in 1041 Port Operating Coy. Son of Capt A Corney Albert 37 Good possibility, dates fit 22/22 Name recorded on Brookwood Memorial, see CWGC B Cowan Lt RNR 1941 HMS Wasp - Shore base; died of illness on Active Service Richard Hamilton 43 HQ Coastal defence craft, Dover (Lord Warden Hotel) 13/14 Also served in Buried Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery WW1 A Craven-Philips Cdr(E) RN 1942 HMML 433 escaping Japanese advance, C-P was from RNAS Sembawang George Hutchings 37 Percival Hutchinson Craven-Phillips is listed in TheConway joining 1919 19/20 Specialised in Presume George (above) and Percival were aircraft related and both Cdr (E) RN engineering A Creasey Mid RNR 1941 HMS Jade - ASW Trawler John Collis 19 Listed as 'Died of Wounds', ship was sunk 21.4.42 27/01/2012 4 Printed: 27/01/2012 Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements 35/38 Buried Capuccino Naval Cemetery, Malta A Daniel Lt RNVR 1940 HM Trawler Juniper (39) Ronald Campbell Blair 39 Sunk by 'Adml. Hipper' while defending tanker 'Oil Arnold Pioneer' off Tromso, 6/40 14/16 A Danson Lt RNR 1942 HMS Avenger - Escort Carrier Sidney Henry 40 Torpedoed by U-155 escorting convoy after N. African invasion 15.11.42, 17/18 12 survivors B Dean S/Lt RN 1940 HMS/M Triad Herbert 28 Inferred now: Sunk by gunfire off Calabria 25/28 Missing from patrol in Mediterranean A Douglas-Watson Cdr RN 1941 Killed in an explosion in Piraeus Francis DSO 44 RN Base, Alexandria, see Honours Board entry 09/11 Buried in Phaleron War Cemetery (near Athens) A Edge Master 1942 SS Norfolk, Canadian Steamship (1,900 tons), (Canadian MN) torpedoed by U-175 NE of Georgetown, Guyana Thomas Arthur 56 Master and 5 crew lost 99/01 B Elliott Flt Lt RAFVR 1944 Aircrew 206 Sqdn - Liberators Kenneth George 32 Coastal Command anti-submarine operations 29/31 B Esson Flt Lt RAF 1940 Pilot 107 Sqdn.
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