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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. 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 , In Command John Gordon 39 Hit by GNAT 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 (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 - . 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

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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, , 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/ 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.

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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 - 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 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 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 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

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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

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

35/38 Buried Capuccino Naval Cemetery,

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 (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. - Blenheims Stephen George 20 Operating against invasion in Channel ports 35/37 Boxg Ch RAF Buried Steenwijkerwold (Willemsoord) General Cemetery

A Farrar S/Lt RN 1943 HMS Escapade - Destroyer. Killed in an explosion Peter Thompson 20 Ship badly damaged by Hedgehog projectile explosion during attack 20.9.43 37/40

A Fernie Lt RNR 1943 HMS Cromarty - 'Bangor' Class M/S Thomas Edward 38 'Mined and sunk in Bonifacio Strait 23.10.43 20/22

B Fielding Civilian 1944 Westminster City Civilian War Dead George Geoffrey 25 Phuromond 33/35

A Fletcher LtCdr RN 1941 HMS Haslemere - ex-Channel ferry, convoy escort in Thames Estuary Walter Edmond Albert Medal 40 Tried to rescue aviatrix Amy Johnson, 4.1.41. Fletcher died of hypothermia 17/19 C.O. Awarded posthumous Albert Medal; would have become GC had he lived

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

A Fox Ch Offr MN 1942 SS Clan MacTavish, Clan Line Geoffrey Aldom 41 Torpedoed by U-159 8.10.42 off South Africa 13/16 Mid RNR WWI

A Fraser Lt RNVR 1943 HMMTB 233 - not reported as lost James Lovat 23 Killed in Surface Action 33/35 Buried Killearn Parish Churchyard

A Fraser-Mackenzie S/Lt RNR 1945 HMS Mastiff, died of illness on Active Service, Buried Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt (21) Thomas Robert Duff 21 Mastiff, A/S Escort (ex-Whale Catcher) 41/42 Pioneer of Conway's expeditions into Snowdonia

A Freeman Mid RNR 1941 HMS Hood - Battle Mark Hunter Parnell 16 Sunk in action by 'Bismark' in Denmark Strait May 41 38/40

A Garstin Commodore 1942 Vice Commodore of Convoy SL-125 en route RNR West Africa to UK, SS Stentor Richard Hart OBE, CBE 56 Torpedoed by U-509, 44 lost, 217 saved 1900/02 Royal Indian Lt Col RE (Lt RIM) Italy WW1, Captain RIN, NOIC Marine WW1 Basrah 1940-41, see Honours Board veteran

B Gobert-Jones 2/O MN (see 1940 Gwilym Louis Gobert Jones was lost with SS below) Tymeric (A. Weir) 23/11/40 Gwilym Louis 24 Torpedoed by U-123 350 m West of Malin Head, 73 lost, 4 survivors 30/32 This could be a brother or a case of mis-reporting, see Lincoln Gwesyn G-J (34/36) entry

A Godfrey Lt RNR 1941 HMS Fleur de Lys - Corvette Allan Poynter 25 Torpedoed by U-206 30 miles W. of Gibraltar 29/31 3 survivors

B Golby Lt Cdr RCNR 1943 HMCS Weyburn - Flower Cl Corvette Thomas Maitland Wake 36 Mined and sunk off Gibraltar 22.2.43 22/24 C.O.

C Goodwin Lt(A) RN 1944 HMS Garuda - RN Air Station George Archibald MBE 34 Southern India Wycliffe 31/33 Conway dates do not match reported age

B Graham-Brown Ldg Airman RN 1944 HMS Canada - RN Air Station quoted as "Died at Sea" Herbert William 28 Aircrew under training 31/31 See Dundee War Memorial

A Gregory Lt RN 1943 HMS St Angelo - Shore establishment (on books) Allan 29 Pilot 828 Sqdrn, FAA. Killed on air operations 30/32 Buried in Sicily

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

A Grundy Master MN 1942 MV Empire Attendant, ex-BI's Domala Thomas 43 Torpedoed by U.582 15.7.42, S. Atlantic 14/16 Mid RNR WWI

B Hague 3/O MN 1942 SS Monarch of Bermuda - Furness liner, 700 pass. 22,400 Gr Stanley Bowker 37 1939-47 busily employed as . No reports of action damage 19/22 Ended her days as the Greek owned cruise liner Arkadia.

A Halcrow Lt RNR 1942 HMS Marigold - Flower Cl Corvette James Alexander Smith RD 35 Torpedoed off by Italian A/C 9.12.42 24/26 Commanding Officer

A Haynes Lt RNR 1942 HMS Avenger - Escort Carrier Joseph Bailey 30 Torpedoed by U-155 escorting convoy after N. African invasion 15/11/42 27/29 12 survivors reported

A Hazelton Lt RNR 1944 HMS Encounter - Destroyer David Carson 23 Scuttled after action v Japanese in Java Sea 1.3.42 37/38 Listed as "Died as a POW on a Japanese transport"

A Hickling Ch Offr MN 1942 SS Ceramic - Shaw Saville Eric Arnold Lloyds Medal 39 Torpedoed off by U-515, 1 survivor 19/20 Also reported collided with SS "Testbank"

A Hind-Smith PO RAFVR 1940 Reported as "died" by CWGC John Wilson 27 Buried in Upavon Church Cemetery 27/29 Gained Aviator's Commissioned Pilot Officer in May 1940. Family Cert at Luton in Harpenden (Parents & Wife) 28.12.38

A Holland Lt Cdr RNR 1944 HMS Mourne - River Class Raymond Spurr RD 40 Torpedoed (GNAT) by U-767 in Channel 18/21

A Hollinshead S/Lt RNR 1941 HMS Dunedin - Cruiser John Geoffrey 23 Torpedoed by U-124 Central Atlantic 31/34

A Hopper S/Lt RNR 1942 HMS Intrepid - Destroyer Peter Nelson 20 Lost overboard, Missing presumed killed 36/38 Intrepid was escorting Convoy PQ9/10 to Russia

A Hoppins Pilot 1939 The Pilot Boat No 1 went ashore in a gale off Ainsdale, 22 souls lost Richard Norman King's Gold 29 Of those lost 7 were pilots and 3 apprentices Medal 1929 26/28 Qualified See Liverpool Daily Post 27.11 1939 Liverpool Pilot http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/pilotboat1.html

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

A Horne Lt RN 1943 HMS Charybdis - Cruiser Dennis William 28 Sunk by Torpedo Boats off 23.10.43, 107 survivors 31/33 The "Charybdis" story is a sad one - she was not properly armed

A Horswell Apprentice Pilot 1939 The Liverpool Pilot Boat No 1 went ashore in a gale off Ainsdale,22 souls lost Peter M 21 Of those lost 7 were pilots and 3 apprentices 34/36 See Liverpool Daily Post 27.11 1939, http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/pilotboat1.html

A Howe 2nd Offr MN 1943 SS Coulmore - Lambert Bros Richard Ley Griffith 32 Torpedoed in Atlantic 9.3.43 24/26 Splendid photograph of her in a gale on NOOA web-site

A Hunt Mid RNR 1941 HMS Prince of Wales - Battleship Peter Alan Burfield 19 Bombed/sunk by Japanese off Malaya 39/40

A Hustwick Appr MN 1942 SS Ceramic - Shaw Saville Philip Heap 17 Torpedoed off Azores by U-515, 1 survivor 39/41 Also reportered collided with SS "Testbank"

A Ireland Cdr RNR 1940 HM Yacht Sappho, Contraband Control Service Wilfrid 41 Torpedoed off Falmouth 29.9.40 15/16

A Jack Third Offr MN 1941 SS Arakaka, Booker Line Alexander Charles 21 Torpedoed by U-77 22.6.41 in Atlantic 34/36 Employed as Weather Reporting Ship - no survivors

A Jennings Mid RNR 1941 HMS Barham - Battleship William John 19 Hit by 3 torpedoes from U-331, magazine exploded, Mediterranean 25.11.41. 38/39

A Johnston Lt RNVR 1942 HMS Niger - Halcyon M/S Thomas Bottomley 36 Mined off Iceland 5.7.42 escorting QO13 in foggy weather 20/22

A Johnston S/Lt RNR 1941 HMS Pintail - Kingfisher Cl Patrol Ship William Alexander 20 Mined (acoustic) Humber Esturary off Spurn Hd. 10.6.41. 22 survivors 37/38

A Jones S/Lt RNR 1940 HMS Venetia - V&W destroyer Denis Hervey DSC 21 Mined/sunk Thames Estuary 19.10.40 34/36 Not mentioned on Honours Board

A Jones Pte Army 1941 Dockyard Defence Force, Hong Kong

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

Roland Lewis 26 Sai Wen Memorial 30/32 former 2/0 MN

A Knibbs Lt Army 1944 - 80 HAA Richard Burden 36 Buried in Florence War Cemetery 22/24 Casualty of the campaign in Italy

A Knocker Wg Cdr RAF 1942 Pilot 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqdn - Stirlings Kenneth Duke 35 214 Squadron had a record of unbroken service during the war in Europe 22/24 Buried in Westernieland General Cemetery, de Marne, Netherlands. His Mother won the MM nursing inWW1

A Le Maistre PO RAF 1940 Pilot 210 Sqdn - Sunderlands Arthur Francis 26 Based on Sullom Voe 28/30 Buried in Sylling Churchyard, nr. Oslo

A Leigh Second Offr MN 1941 SS Mandasor, Brocklebank, 7200grt Julio Bernard 40 Bombed and sunk off Seychelles by raider ATLANTIS 15/17 Attacked by Atlantis' scouting aircraft

A Lewis Lt RN 1941 HMS Hood - Battle Cruiser Edward Percival Sealy 30 Sunk in action by 'Bismark' in Denmark Strait May 41 23/25 One three OCs lost in Hood, see http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/l/LewisE PS.htm

A Lickfold Merchant Navy? NK No Information with CWGC. Possibly died in service Edward Dudley 33 apr Attended Bedford Modern School, but not listed on War Memorial - but a C H Lickfold was KiA (same father, apparently) 23/25 Joined NZSC on leaving August 1925

A Love Cadet MN 1941 SS Florian, Elders & Papayanni, 3174grt David Ronald 19 Torpedoed by U-94 NE Atlantic 20.1.41 38/39 Reportedly sank in 42 secs, no survivors (41 lost)

A MacDonald Lt(A) RN 1940 HMS Courageous - A/C Carrier Thomas Donald 22 Torpedoed in SW Approaches 17.9.39, 518 lost Mackintosh 34/36 1stXV

A Mackenzie Lt Cdr RN 1942 HM Submarine P.222 Alexander James 32 Believed sunk by Italian 'Fortunale' while on patrol, Bay of Naples 12.12.42 25/27?

A Malet Lt RNR 1944 HMS Laforey - Destroyer. Both ship and U-Boat sank

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

Guy Anthony Rivers 24 Torpedoed (GNAT), U-223, after long A/S battle 60 miles East of Palermo 30.3.44 36/37 Acting as bombardment support, blew up large ammunition dump. Buried in Naples

A Marrian Lt RNR 1944 HMS Penelope - Cruiser Philip Lyon 27 Torpedoed by U-410 while on passage to Naples to embark armament stores 33/35 http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-P enelope.htm

A Martin Master MN 1945 SS Athelviking, torpedoed and sunk by U-1232 14/01/45 East of Halifax Egerton Gabriel Baynes OBE, King's 52 Not shown on Memorial Boards Commendations (3) 99/01 See http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tr eevecwll/athelviking.htm

B Martin-Leake Lt Army 1945 Royal Armoured Corps (22nd Dragoons) Cecil William Rhodes MC (see 22 Buried in Becklingen War Cemetery Honours) 37/39

B Matthews FO RAF 1940 Pilot 603 Sqdn - Spifires Henry Key Fielding 28? Based in S. England during Battle of Britain 27/29 Buried in Beckenham cemetery

A McIntyre Third Offr MN 1943 SS Empire Whale, Donaldson Ian Gordon Hunter 21 Sunk 28.3.43 by U-662, 10 survivors 36/38 see newspaper article Comox Valley Echo (CANADA) 09/11/2004

B McMullen (Listed as 3/O MN 1940 SS Calabria see McMullan) http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sl/mem/56_1.htm William Ian Morris 33 Classified as "B" identification. Most important (listed as Muir) details match 20/23 William Ian Morris - Joined Royal Mail Line

A Mead Appr MN 1944 Four days out of London, was on the bridge, hove-to in very heavy seas, when a large wave hit the bridge and carried it away. Henry 18 See report in letter in The Cadet April 1945 41/43 Lost at Sea A popular cadet, keen body-builder and long distance swimmer

A Miller Lt Cdr RNR 1941 HMS Salvia - Flower Class Corvette John Isdale DSO,DSC,RD 39 Torpedoed, U-568, 100 miles West of Alexandria 24.12.41 17/19 C.O.

A Money S/Lt RNR 1941 HMS Kelly, Destroyer, Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, Capt(D) Edward Willoughby 21 Bombed and sunk during Crete campaign, 23.5.41

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36/38 Appears in Ship's Coy photo taken in Malta before going to Crete

A Monks Appr MN 1942 SS Ceramic - Shaw Saville Robert William 18 Torpedoed off Azores by U-515, 1 survivor 40/41 MMSA Silver Also reported "Ceramic" collided with SS "Testbank"

A Morley Lt Cdr Nigerian 1944 On passage with his wife to SA for leave when Defence Force ship was torpedoed. Abandoned lifeboat after some days, sacrificing their lives for the remaining survivors who were later picked up.. Stephen Charles Remarkable 42 Contemporary Daily Mail press report copied in tragedy The Cadet April 1945 17/19 Officer of the http://www.bmj.com/cgi/issue_pdf/admin_pdf/2/43 Nigerian Marine 58.pdf. Died with his wife "at sea"

A Morris 2/O MN 1944 SS Igna D R 42 Died on Active Service (heart failure) 16/18 Mid RNR WW1 Source of information not known

A Mortimer-Booth Mid RNR 1941 HMS Kelly, Destroyer, Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, Capt(D) Geoffrey Richard 19 Bombed and sunk during Crete campaign, 23.5.41 37/39 KGM CCC Appears in Ship's Coy photo taken in Malta before going to Crete

A Mould Sq Ldr RAF 1941 Pilot, 185 Sqdn. Shot down over Malta Peter William Olber DFC* 24 Reported as "First pilot to shoot down an enemy A/C in 1939" 32/33 Triple Blue Known as "Boy" Mould (Rugby, Cricket, Athletics, RAF College Cranwell

A Myers Fl Lt RAF 1941 114 Sqdn - Blenheims, Coastal Command Thomas Herbert 22 Operating from Thornby and Leuchars 35/36 Runnymede Memorial, NNG

A Nedwill Lt RN 1941 HMS Sheffield - Cruiser result of aircraft crash Philip Anthony 22 MPK Accidentally attacked (own A/C) during BISMARK action 26.5.41 33/35 1stXV CCC Subsequently damaged by 15-inch gunfire

A Newell Lt RNR 1940 HMS/M Thames - Submarine Daniel Edward 29 Lost (probably mined) off Norway 23.9.40 Treymain 25/27

A Niblett Third Offr MN 1940 SS Samala, Elders & Fyffes, 5500grt, 12 pass Dennis Edmund 24 Sunk by U-37 West of Ireland 30.9.40 31/32 65 lost

A O'Brien Sq Ldr RAF 1940 Commanding Officer 234 Sqdn - Spitfires Joseph Somerton DFC 28 Based at Middle Wallop during Battle of Britain

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27/29 CO 234 Sqdrn. Buried in Orpington cemetery. See also Shot down in http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAF_officers action over _O01.html Biggin Hill. Credited with 5 victories

A Oddy Second Offr MN 1941 SS Calchas, A Holt, 10300grt, 4 pass. Frederick Vincent 32 Torpedoed by U-107 21.4.41 SW of Canaries 23/25 Captain and 23 crew lost after attempting slavage

A Paige Lt RNR 1940 HMS/M Sterlet - Submarine Jack Collings 27 Sunk in Skaggerak by German A/S units, possibly also mined 18.4.40 29/31

A Parry Ch Offr MN 1942 MV Warwick Castle - Union Castle Troopship Alleyne Hughes 38 Torpedoed off Portugal 12.11.42 after Operation Yorch by U-413 19/21

A Parry FO RAFVR 1943 Navigator 97 Sqdn - Lancasters Henry Weston 25 Formed part of No.3 Pathfinder Group 33/35 Buried Reichswald Forest Cemetery

A Parsonage 4/O MN 1943 MV Melbourne Star - Blue Star Peter Matthews 18 Torpedoed by U-129 SE from Bermuda 39/40 4 crew, 11 gunners, 31 passengers survived

A Partington Second Offr MN 1942 SS Yorktown - Coast Lines, 1547 tons William Stephen 26 Torpedoed by U-619 550 miles West from Butt of Lewis, 18 crew lost 31/33 Built 1928 - sailing in ballast, Convoy RB1

A Pethick Master MN (Lieut 1942 SS Marilyse Moller (Shanghai) Sunk by U-97 RNR) Douglas Stewart A Capt Douglas 52 (Stuart) Stuart Pethick http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNR_officers Attd Lanc Regt P.html. Better known as Capt Pethick of Jardines was awarded the MC in 1918 06/08 Involved in Escaped again from Sumatra Feb 1942. escape of 2nd MTB Flotilla from HK: http://www.mwad ui.com/HongKon g/index_hk.htm

A Pickford Third Offr MN 1940 S S Anglo-Saxon - British Nitrate Producers Walter Murray 30 Sunk by raider "Widder" 900 m WSW of Canaries, 2 survivors 25/27

A Piddocke Lt RNR 1940 HMS Patroclus - Armed Merchant Cruiser

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

Frederick Stewart 34 Torpedoed West of Ireland by U-99 (Otto Kretschmer) 3.11.40, sank 4.11, 76 lost 20/23

A Poole Lt RN 1942 HMS/M Urge - Submarine James Malcolm Stuart DSC* 23 Lost on passage Malta - Alexandria 27.4.42 (possibly mined) 36/36

A Poole Captain RNR 1945 HMS Spartiate Walter Henry RD 57 Naval shore establishment, area 00/04 Buried Glasgow (Cardonald) Cemetery

A Popert Mid RIN 1940 HMS Liverpool - Cruiser Edwin Peter 19 Damaged by torpedo from Italian A/C SE of Crete 14.10.40 - ship survived war. 37/39 Buried Suda Bay war cemetery

A Pretty Master MN 1941 MV Nottingham, Federal Line 8437grt maiden voyage Francis Cecil OBE DSC 51 Sunk on 7.11.41 - although boats were launched there were no survivors 04/07 WW1 Q-Ships, action in Mediterranean

A Prosser Third Offr MN 1940 MV Lady Glanely, Br. & Irish, Kenneth John 24 Torpedoed by U-101 during Convoy HX90, 2.12.40, 1 lost 33/35

A Quinn S/Lt RNR 1939 HMS Rawalpindi - ex- P&O Armed Merchant Cruiser Thompson Baird 23 Shelled/sunk 23.11.39 by SCHARNHORST, SE Iceland, 37 survivors MPK 30/32 Action forced Scharnhorst and Gneisenau to abandon break-out

A Ralph Second Offr MN 1942 SS Empire Surf Arthur Frederick 30 Torpedoed by U-43 14.1.42 in Atlantic 25/26

A Rea Third Offr MN 1943 SS Fort Mumford, Reardon, Smith, 7132 grt William Thomas 21 Sunk by Japanese Submarine 1-27 20.3.43, West coast India 36/38 Ship on maiden voyage

A Rees S/Lt(A) RN 1942 HMS Eagle - A/C Carrier, Air crash - MPK. Two Swordfish collided. Ivor Morgan Macleod 22 Eagle torpedoed by U-753 70 miles off Cape Salinas, Majorca (Op. Pedestal) 1936 Commemorated onWar Memorial plaque, Church of All Souls Sutton Courtenay

B Rendle PO RAFVR 1941 Observer 9 Sqdn - Wellingtons

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

Richard Cardew 24 Part of No.3 Bomber Group 32/34 Buried in Reichswald Forest Cemetery

A Renfree Cdr RNR 1942 HMS Cormorant (Cormorant II RNAS) - died of illness Kelsey RD 48 Naval Base, Gibraltar (renamed Rooke post-war) 08/11

A Revill Lt RNR 1943 HMS Beverley - Destroyer, lost MPK David Haigh DSC 23 Torpedoed, U-188, SW Iceland Convoy ON176, 4 survivors 33/37 CCC

A Reynolds Mid RNR 1941 HMS Manistee - Ocean Boarding Vessel John James Montague 19 Elder & Fyffe. Torpedoed by U-107 23.2.41 37/39

A Rhodes Mid RNR 1942 HMS Martin - Destroyer Paul Levick 18 Sunk by U-431, NE of Algiers, 63 survivors 38/40

A Ridley Lt(A) RNVR 1940 HMS Kestrel - RN Air Station, Killed in Air Crash Richard Herbert 26 ex- Winchester Race Course 27/30 Buried Bridgenorth Cemetery

A Roberts Mid RNR 1941 HMS Voltaire - AMC (ex-Lamport & Holt) Bernard Bryce 19 Destroyed by fire after gun duel with Raider THOR 14.4.41, 197 survivors 37/38

A Robinson Gp Capt RAF 1943 Aircrew 35 Sqdn - Halifax Basil Vernon DSO DFC* AFC 31 Squadron formed special Pathfinder unit 28/29 Buried in Berlin cemetery

A Robinson Third Offr MN 1944 SS Empire Javelin (Blue Star operated Landing Ship) David Commendation 21 Torpedoed on passage Portsmouth to Le Havre 37/39

A Robinson S/Lt RNR 1944 HMS Boadicea - Destroyer Keith 20 Bombed/sunk off Portland Bill 13.6.44 38/40 Chatham War Memorial

A Roe Lt Cdr RNR 1940 HMS Jervis Bay - AMC ex-Royal Mail George Leslie 33 Fought "Admiral Scheer" 5.11.40 and was sunk 22/24 Action saved large part of Convoy which was able to scatter

B Rogers Flt Lt RAFVR 1944 107 Squadron was equipped with Mosquitos in 107 Squadron Feb 1944 Richard 40? Age not shown by CWGC 19/21 Buried in Buckland Brewer (SS Mary and Benedict) churchyard

A Sanders Lt Cdr RNR 1941 HMS Gladiolus - Flower Cl Corvette

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

Harry Marcus Crewes DSO DSC RD 40 Torpedoed by U-448 while picking up survivors from SC48 17.10.41 16/18

A Sharples Lt Cdr RNR 1941 HMS St Day John H 38 Accidentally killed 1919 Buried Gibraltar (North Front) cemetery

B Shaw PO RAF 1939 36 Sqdn. - Vildebeest III William 22 Torbedo bomber unit based in Singapore 33/35 Buried in Kranji Memorial Cemetery, probably an air accident casualty

B Smith PO RAFVR 1943 Aircrew 77 Sqdn - Whitleys William Walter 37 Coastal Command unit 21/22

A Stenson Captain RD RNR 1940 Ship torpedoed and sunk Oct 1939. Rescued from liferafts after 3 days exposure, but never fully recovered and died in Dec 1940, see reference Francis J ADC RD 65 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a 3954053.shtml 92/93 Commodore Gazette lists Lt Cdr F J Stevenson RD RNR Master, Clan promoted to Cdr 31/12/1918 Line, "Clan Chisholm"

A Stoney Fl Lt RAF 1940 501 Sqdn - Hurricanes George Edward Bowes http://www.flightg 29 A recorded interview in 1940 is available: lobal.com/pdfarc http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Britain-1940-Vol/d hive/view/1938/1 p/B00280B8LA 938%20-%20119 2.html 27/28 Had been civil Buried in Sefton (St Helen), Lancs airline pilot, see recorded interview below and 1938 edition of "Flight"

A Taggart Lt Cdr RNR 1941 HMS Voltaire - AMC (ex-Lamport & Holt) Hugh Wathew 34 Destroyed by fire after gun duel with Raider THOR 14.4.41, 197 survivors 21/23

A Tett Mid RNR 1940 HMS Wild Swan - V&W Destroyer, Nore Command Ramsey R 19 Swept overboard in rough weather when called to the bridge in the Middle Watch 37/39 Ship was escorting an Armed Merchant Cruiser in SW Approaches

A Thornton Lt RNR 1940 HM Trawler Rifsnes sunk by aircraft off Ostend Lawrence Lyster 33 Missing presumed killed

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A Thorpe S/Lt RNR 1942 HMS Firedrake - Destroyer Colin Deryk 20 Torpedoed by U-211, Convoy ON153, 16.12.42, - 27 survivors 37/39

A Thoseby Cadet MN 1940 SS Napier Star, Blue Star 8300grt John Rosevear 20 Torpedoed by U-100 (Schepke) 18.12.40 38/39 321 m West of Rockall, 14 survivors

A Underwood Mid RNR 1942 HMS Greyhound - Destroyer William Stanley 18 Bombed/sunk in Kithera channel, Crete, 22.5.41 37/39

A Vaughan Lt RN 1942 HMS Curacao - Cruiser Eric Herbert 28 Collided with RMS Queen Mary while zig-zagging in convoy 2.10.42 31/33 109 survivors recovered

A Warrand Cdr RN 1941 HMS Hood - Battle Cruiser Selwyn John Power 38 Sunk in action by 'Bismark' in Denmark Strait May 41 17/18 BC Sqdn. NO See HMS Hood Association website

A Watson Lieut RN 1942 HMS/M Unbeaten sunk in Bay of Biscay in error by RAF Wellington Donald Eric Ogilvy DSC, MiD* 29 Est She was on passage to Gibraltar after a refit 28/31 C.O. List by CWGC as D E Ogilvy-Watson

A Watson Flt Lt RAF 1940 Pilot 82 Sqdn - Blenheims under W/Cdr Earl of Brandon in George William 26 Gallant attack on advancing enemy, all 12 A/C Campbell lost 29/31 Buried in Pres-et-Thierney, Aisne with three other crew

A Weeks S/Lt RNR 1943 HMS/M P.615 Henry Herbert 21 Sunk by U-123 off , 18.3.43 34/37 Reported en route to S. Atlantic for A/S training

C Wheeldon No information 1939 Person of same name exactly, born Prestwich Lancs 1914, died in Westminster, London October 1939 Charles Deryck 24+ Not in records CWGC, Tower Hill Memorial 29/31 Probate granted to Claire Wheeldon, effects £138.11.6d

A Wheeler Lt RNR 1940 HMS Hussar - Halcyon Cl M/S Francis Ferdinand 35 Lost to friendly fire (RAF) off Le Havre 27.8.44 20/21 A much regretted notorious incident

A Whitehead S/Lt RNR 1941 HM Trawler Alberic - probably M/S Charles Samuel 28 Collided with HMS St Albans 23.5. 41 27/29 Lost with all hands

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Rel. Name Title Year Died Circumstances First Names Honours Age Conway Dates Achievements

A Whiteside Lt Cdr RNR 1941 HMS Crispin - Ocean Boarding Vessel, see website below Stephen Thomas 35 Torpedoed by U-167 3.2.41 NNW of Rockall, 129 suvivors 20/22 1st Lt http://members.lycos.co.uk/aitch11/Whiteside.htm l

A Wildsmith Third Offr MN 1941 MV Zealandic, Shaw, Saville, 8300grt John 26 Vanished while unescorrted en route L'pool-Australia 29/31 Probably sunk by U-106 16.1.41 mid-Atlantic

A Willcox S/Lt RNR 1942 HMS Daedalus - Naval Air Station, 766 Squadron, Air accident John Anthony 22 Located at Lee-on-Solent 33/35 Buried Bournemouth North Cemetery

A Williams Mid RNR 1941 HMS Manistee - Ocean Boarding Vessel Derek Millward 17 Elder & Fyffe. Torpedoed by U-107 23.2.41 38/40

A Williams Master MN 1943 MV Pacheco, MacAndrews, 1350grt John 38 Built in 1927 - nothing reported 19/21 Pacheco is a mystery, too small to figure? Williams buried Suez War Memorial Cemetery

A Wilson Second Offr MN 1940 SS Automedon - A Holt Thomas Geoffrey 28 Attacked by "Atlantis" 200 m NW Sumatra 11.11.40 26/28

B Winton Lt RNVR 1943 HMS Harvester - Destroyer, built for Brazil Thomas Stanley 27 Rammed U-444, disabled, then torpedoed by U-432. Atlantic 29/31 A desperate battle to protect Convoy HX 228

A Wittup Master MN 1942 SS Athel Victor Guy 45 Inferred: died in service 10/12 Buried Suez War Cemetry (non-war grave)

A Wood Master MN 1941 Died at Kilindini Wharf Wilton Vivian MC (Russia Aug 53 See 1919) as Lt RNR http://www.eamemorials.co.uk/EAMemorials/KEN YA/Mombasa%20Mbaraki/Mbaraki1385.htm 03/05 Serving in B.I. Now derelict grave located 2010; restored and ship rededicated.

A Younger Cadet MN 1941 SS Designer. Harrison Robert Peter 20 Torpedoed 9.7.41 off Portuguese coast 36/38 11 survivors (elder brother of M Younger (40/42))

Number of entries = 173 Number identified = 173

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