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Adams,
Leslie Charles Thomas
R.O. Ayton		 ?
-
A/Chief Motor Mechanic ? [C/MX 68801]
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal CGM 23.12.1939 air sea rescue 07.42 [investiture 24.11.42]
(07.1942)     HM ML 139 (motor launch)
Ayton,
Richard Owen
R.O. Ayton		 [(06?).1895 ?
Ongar, Essex ?]
-
Boy ? [P/JX 153498]
Mention in Despatches MID 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft
(12.1939)     HMS Mohawk (destroyer)

 

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Baldwin,
Charles Edward
C.E. Baldwin C.E. Baldwin

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30.06.1900
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
Chief Petty Officer ? [J56017]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 23.12.1939 stripping enemy magnetic mines [investiture 19.12.39]
? - ? HMS Vernon ?
Bartlett,
Alexander Smith
A.S. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bartlett) A.S. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Mr Bruce Bartlett)		 12.08.1909
Urray, Marybank, Scotland
-
06.08.1996
Dingwall, Scotland
T/A/Leading Stoker ? [P/KX 130667]
British Empire Medal BEM 11.06.1946 wind up Far East
(1946?)     HMS Troubridge (destroyer)
Barton,
William Henry
W.H. Barton		 ?
-
?
Corporal RM ? [CH/X 103750]
Mention in Despatches MID 04.09.1945 for service with 21st Army Group 02-04.45
      served at Sicily (Italy) & Normandy/NW Europe
Bengough,
Ronald Leslie
R.L. Bengough
Son of ... Bengouh, and ... Hill.		 (03?).1921
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
-
T/A/Petty Officer ? [C/JX 153471]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 24.04.1945 war patrols Far East 02-12.44
(02.1944) - (12.1944) HMS Tantivity (submarine)
1946? - ? HMS Artemis (submarine)
Benson,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Benson		 ?
-
Able Seaman ? [P/SSX 19817]
Mention in Despatches MID 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft
(12.1939)     HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
Bertenshaw,
John
J. Bertenshaw		 17.09.1880
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
Capt. MN
 		? [discharge number 774595]



medals
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.08.1942
 Operation Ironclad (assault and capture of Diego Suarez 05/07.05.42)
World War I

served in the RNR as a Transportation Officer 
(1942)

Captain, SS Franconia



possibly Captain of SS Scythia, late 1942
Served for over 40 years with the Cunard Line.
Bisset,
[Sir] James Gordon Partridge
J.G.P. Bisset
Son of James Smith Bisset, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and Ellen Butler, Liverpool.
Married (1913) May
Hodgson, London; no children.
 15.07.1883
-
28.03.1967
Fairfield, Mid­Lavant, Chichester, Sussex
Lt. RNR
 		16.05.1916
Lt.Cdr. RNR
 		16.05.1922
Cdr. RNR
 		31.12.1926 (retd 15.07.1933)
Capt. RNR (retd)
 		15.07.1933
      medals

Kt 14.06.1946 HM's birthday 46
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 11.06.1942 ?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
[Legionnaire?] of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 1949 ?
Education: Liverpool
Went to sea as apprentice in sailing ship, 1898; joined Cunard Line as Junior Officer, 1907.
WW I     served in RNR and was in command of destroyer for over three years
Appointed to first Cunard command, ss Aurania, in Canadian trade, 1929.



Commanding Officer, RMS Queen Mary



Commanding Officer, RMS Queen Elizabeth
Commodore of Cunard White Star Co. Ltd, Liverpool, 1944-1947; commanded ss Queen Elizabeth on her maiden voyage, 1946. Hon. LLD Cambridge, 1947.
Published: Lifeboat Efficiency, 1920; Ship Ahoy, 1926; Sail Ho!, 1958; Tramps and Ladies, 1959; Commodore, 1960.
Blomfield,
Geoffrey Lucas
G.L. Blomfield		 12.01.1918
-
02.2001
Yeovil district, Somerset
Sick Berth Attendant
 		? [P/MX 56762]
Mention in Despatches MID 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft
Mention in Despatches MID 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik
(12.1939)

HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
(04.1940)

HMS Cossack (destroyer)
Bloxsome,
Robert Charles
R.C. Bloxsome

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23.01.1898
West Drayton, Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
(09?).1951
Canterbury district, Kent
Chief Petty Officer ? [C/J 28834]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 24.04.1940 stripping enemy mines
      mine disposal
Bracken,
Patrick [Thomas]
P. Bracken		 ?
Liverpool
-
?
Able Seaman
 		? [D/JX 284252]
Mention in Despatches MID 11.01.1944 action Keliba & Cap Bon 04.43
(04.1943)

HM MTB 637 (motor torpedo boat)
Bradburn,
Francis John
F.J. Bradburn (Source: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hmscossack/Reunions.htm)		 20.04.1912 ??
Wigan district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire ??
-
03.2005 ??
Plymouth district, Devon ??
Leading Seaman
 		? [C/JX 130657]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 25.11.1941 anti-submarine patrols
(1941)

HMS Wanderer
Budge,
William Henry Gordon
W.H.G. Budge
Son of Edgar G. Budge, and Emma B. Goodman.		 29.04.1912
Devonport district, Devon
-
19.10.1999
Hawkwell, Hockley, Essex
Supply Petty Officer ? [D/MX 49034]
Cd. Stores Offr. 12.02.1947
Senior Cd. Stores Offr. 01.04.1954
Supply Lt. (Special Duties List) 01.04.1954
Supply Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List) 01.10.1958 (retd 29.04.1962)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 08.04.1941 sinking Italian submarine Berillo 02.10.40 [investiture 24.03.42]
(10.1940)     HMS Hasty (destroyer)
16.03.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Heron (RN Air Station. Yeovilton, Somerset)
(05.1950)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station. Yeovilton, Somerset) *
06.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Falcon (RN Air station, Hal Far, Malta)
18.11.1953 - (01.1956) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(01.1957)     HMS Caledonia (RN apprentice training establishment, Rosyth) *
(01.1959)     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) *
(07.1961)     Mersey Division RNVR *
Higher Executive Officer.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Burns,
Robert
R.C. Bloxsome
Married; ... children.

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18.12.1902
Saint Gills, Edinburgh, Scotland
-
?
Yeoman of Signals ? [D/J 87873]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44: for Arctic convoy duties [investiture 31.10.44]
(1944)

HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)
Butters,
Edward
E. Butters
Son of ... Butters, and ... Kewell.
 09.10.1914
Cuckfield district, (West) Sussex
-
03.1990
Scarborough district, Yorkshire
Leading Seaman ? [P/JX 135423]
Petty Officer
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.09.1940
 courage in recent engagements
(1940)

HMS Decoy (destroyer)
Bye,
Eric William
E.W. Bye
Son of ... Bye, and Bloomfield.
Married; ... children (one daughter?).
 03.05.1912
Woodgreen, Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
11.1999
East Dorset district, Dorset
Acting Leading Seaman ? [P/JX 130437]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 26.09.1940
 Norway 04-06.40 [investiture 13.03.41]
(1940)

HMS Aurora (cruiser)

 

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Campbell,
Donald
D.A. Dodimead
From Inverness.
 ?
-
Able Seaman
 		? [C/SSX 23256]
Chief Petty Officer ?
 		?
British Empire Medal BEM
 11.09.1945
 for bravery and undaunted devotion to duty in mine clearance operations in Porto Corsini & Ravenna Harbours and the Canal Candiano
(1945)

HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto)
Served on trawlers pre- & post-war.
Campbell,
Donald Cameron
 D.A. Dodimead		 ?
-
?
 		? [LT/JX 186688]
Second Hand RNPS
 		01.04.1941
Chief Petty Officer RNPS
 		22.01.1942
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41 [investiture 04.03.41]
(1940)
 -
 		25.07.1942
 		HMS Salpa (minesweeping drifter) [based at HMS Paris (RN base, Plymouth), then HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven), then again HMS Paris)



HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)



HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary)



HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)



HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft)



HMS Romola (minesweeper base, Lowestoft)
Campbell,
Stanley Thomas
"Mick"
S.T. Campbell (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer) 		?
-
1994 ?
Essex ?
Acting Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
 		? [P/MX 117880]
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
 		1944
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.01.1945
 New Year 45
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.09.1944
 action with German trawlers 26.06.44
(06.1944)

HM MTB 445 (motor torpedo boat)
(1944)

HM MTB 441 (motor torpedo boat)
Chisholm,
William Heron
W.H. Chisholm 		?
-
Petty Offier Telegraphist
 		? [C/JX 142524]
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist
 		(1957)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 11.07.1944
 successful patrols ORP Sokol
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.06.1957
 Suez operations
Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous) (Poland) KW
 10.02.1942
 ORP Sokol
(1942)
 -
 		(1944)
 		ORP Sokol (Polish submarine)
(1957)

HMS Jamaica
Clark,
Gordon Lilico
G.L. Clark (Photo courtesy of grandson Mr Gordon Lilico Clark)		 09.06.1893
South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear
-
(12?).1956
South Shileds district
Acting Lieutenant RNR
 		(1919)
Captain MN
 		? [633299]
 

medals
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (military division) OBE
 11.04.1919
 Auxiliary Patrol
Commendation Cmdn
 03.08.1943
 SS Empire Elgar
(1919)

Commanding Officer, HM Trawler Aquamarine (Auxiliary Patrol)
(1943)

Master, SS Empire Elgar (Killibegs, Ireland)
 [A heavy lift ship launched from Hartlepool Feb 1942, and was part of Arctic Convoy PQ16 departing Reykjavik 18 April 1942 ; Empire Elgar went to Archangel and did not return until returning to Loch Ewe as part of RA59A on 5 sep 1944; the long stay in Russia was due to the port facilities being bomberout and his ship was needed to unload the locomotives tanks and arircraft from subsequent convoys.]
Clarke,
Thomas Gordon
"Nobby"
T.G. Clarke
Married; one son, one daughter.
 08.07.1918
-
01.1988
Southampton, Hampshire
Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th class
 		? [FAA/SR 8258]
Chief Petty Officer
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.08.1942
 Operation Ironclad (assault and capture of Diego Suarez 05/07.05.42



served Royal Naval Supplementary Reserve
(05.1942)

HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)



also spent some time in Kenya during the war, and made at least one trip to Bermuda on a corvette and 
returned to the UK in a Catalina - the only one of a flight of three to make it back across the Atlantic
Clarke,
Tom
 T. Clarke (Photo courtesy of Mr John Clarke)		 02.06.1919
-
28.12.1993
Keighley, Yorkshire
A/Convoy Yeoman of Signals
 		? [C/JX 172454]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) OBE
 13.06.1981
 HM's birthday 81
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 21.07.1942
 Murmansk convoy QP10 / U-boat attack
(01.1942)

HMS Vindictive
(1942)

SS Temple Arch
Set up Silentnight Holdings (bed & furniture company) (Chairman & Chief Executive).
Crump,
Eric Oswald
E.O. Crump 		07.08.1922
-
05.1995
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Acting Petty Officer
 		? [P/JX 326835]
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.08.1945
 coastal forces actions 04.45



HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, near Portsmouth)



HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
11.06.1942
 -
 		03.07.1942
 		HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
04.07.1942
 -
 		13.07.1942
 		HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
01.07.1942
 -
 		31.03.1944
 		HM ML 495 (motor launch) [based at HMS Forward II (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven), from 11.1942 probably borne on HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)]
01.04.1944
 -
 		05.05.1944
 		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
06.05.1944
 -
 		08.06.1944
 		HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
09.06.1944
 -
 		15.07.1944
 		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
16.07.1944
 -
 		02.08.1944
 		HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for Coastal Forces base)
03.08.1944
 -
 		15.02.1945
 		HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt) [borne on HMS Nile (RN base, Alxeandria, Egypt)
16.02.1945
 -
 		09.07.1945
 		HM MTB 398 (motor torpedo boat) [based at HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
10.07.1945
 -
 		05.03.1946
 		HM MTB 376 (motor torpedo boat) [based at HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]



HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)



HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport)



HMS Daedalus III (RN Air Station camp, Lee-on-Solent) (for release)
Crutch,
John
J. Crutch
From Sutton.
 ?
-
Leading Telegraphist
 		? [LD/X 5493]
T/Petty Offier Telegraphist
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 06.11.1945
 war patrols Far East 11.44.-08.45
(1942)

HMS Unbroken (submarine)
(11.1944)
 -
 		(08.1945)
 		HMS Thule (submarine)
Cryer,
George Frederick Herbert
G.F.H. Cryer
From Blackheath.
 11.04.1916
-
06.1995
South East Hampshire
Leading Telegraphist
 		? [C/JX 156271]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 28.09.1943
 12 war patrols in Mediterranean
(1943)

HMS Unbroken (submarine)

 

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de Neumann,
Bernard Peter
B.P. de Neumann
BBC WW2 People's War
18.09.1917
Hadleigh, Essex
-
16.09.1972
Tilbury Docks
(accident)
Second Officer MN
 		?
George Medal GM
 07.10.1941
 SS Tewkesbury torpedoed & sunk 21.05.41
Lloyd's War medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyd's
 ?
 SS Tewkesbury
?
 -
 		21.05.1941
 		SS Tewkesbury
Dodimead,
Donald Albert
D.A. Dodimead		 15.11.1909
Greenwich, Greater London
-
05.1985
Barnstaple, Devon
Leading Seaman
 		? [P/JX 127455]
British Empire Medal BEM
 23.12.1939
 attacked by enemy aircraft
(12.1939)

HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
Downing,
Herbert Edward
H.E. Downing (Photo & details courtesy of Mr A.G. 'Tony' Mann) H.E. Downing (Photo & details courtesy of Mr A.G. 'Tony' Mann)
Married Mary Anne Downing (nëe ...).

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11.08.1894
Devonport, Stoke Damerel district, Devon
-
15.10.1975
Plymouth, Devon
3rd Writer
 		09.06.1913 [D/M 6141]
2nd Writer
 		09.06.1917
1st Writer
 		08.06.1919
Chief Writer
 		09.06.1923
Chief Petty Officer Writer
 		04.01.1924 (pensioned 08.06.1935) (re-enlisted 31.07.1939-25.08.1945)
British Empire Medal BEM
 01.01.1944
 New Year 44 [investiture 28.03.44]
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 27.03.1922
 -
Victory Medal VM
 27.03.1922
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 ?
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 ?
 -
King's Jubilee Medal 1935 JubM
 07.05.1935
 -
Long Service Good Conduct Medal (Naval) LSGCM
 28.07.1928
 -
Stores Assistant, HM Dockyard, Devonport.
09.06.1913
  
 		 
 		enlisted RN
09.06.1913
 -
 		30.10.1916
 		HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)
31.10.1916
 -
 		06.07.1919
 		HMS Bellona
07.07.1919
 -
 		23.07.1919
 		HMS Colossus (battleship)
24.07.1919
 -
 		26.05.1924
 		HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)
27.05.1924
 -
 		14.06.1926
 		HMS Concord (cruiser) (Mediterranean & China) (travels to Corfu 26.08.1924, Hong Kong 14.07.1925, Shanghai 09.1925, Nanking 09-10.1925, Chefoo 02.12.1925-13.12.1925, Colombo 03.1926)
15.06.1926
 -
 		22.09.1931
 		HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)
23.09.1931
 -
 		18.10.1934
 		HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) (travel to Norway 14.06.1932-22.06.1932)
19.10.1934
 -
 		08.06.1935
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
31.07.1939
 -
 		25.08.1945
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Duffin,
Harry
H. Duffin
The youngest of the eight children of William Duffin (1845-1890) and Betsey McLaren.
Married 1st (04.01.1910, Hull) Alice Gertrude Meggitt (died of TBC 09.1911); one daughter.
Married 2nd (17.01.1925, Hull) Rose Harriet Hampshire Henning; five daughters, one son.

His grandson Steve Garton's webpage dedicated to his grandfather.
10.08.1889
Hull
-
24.02.1944
Duke of York Nursing Home, Bradford
T/Skipper RNR
 		23.10.1939 (reld < 02.1941)
Skipper MN
 		?
Member of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) MBE
 13.04.1943
 rescue trawlers crew air attack *
* The steam trawler, when in company with two other trawlers, was attacked by enemy aircraft on two occasions and a spirited defence was put up. On the second occasion, one of the other trawlers was hit and sunk. Skipper Duffin immediately went to the rescue, picked up all the crew and later landed them safely. He displayed great courage in these and five other attacks which have been made on his ship. He has always succeeded in beating off the enemy and this is due in no small measure to his courage, example and determination.
World War I

served on a minesweeper
1934
 -
 		1939
 		was a Skipper for Hellyer Bros. of Hull on the following vessels: Pict, Mohican, Goth, Imperialist (1939), Andaman, Dromio (12.1939) & Kings Grey
23.10.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Syrian (armed trawler)
(1943)

Skipper, Yorick (steam trawler)

 

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Evans,
Edward Robert
E.R. Evans
From Liverpool.
 ?
-
Petty Officer
 		? [P/JX 131965]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 12.09.1944
 4 war patrols
TGM
(1944)

in charge of torpedoes, HMS Storm (submarine)

 

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Fall,
Charles George
C.G. Fall
From Buckhurst Hill.
 (09?).1909
West Ham, Greater London, Essex
-
A/Leading Stoker
 		? [C/KX 116958]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 28.09.1943
 12 war patrols Mediterranean
(1942)

HMS Unbroken (submarine)
Fenton,
Peter Flett
P.F. Fenton
From Montrose, Scotland.
 ?
-
Able Seaman
 		? [C/SSX 19288]
T/Leading Seaman
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 06.11.1945
 war patrols Far East 11.44.-08.45
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.12.1942
 war patrols Mediterranean 08.42
(1942)

HMS P 42 (submarine) [later: HMS Unbroken]
(11.1944)
 -
 		(08.1945)
 		HMS Thule (submarine)
Ferrier,
Alexander Mitchell
A.M. Ferrier 		05.09.1918
-
02.2001
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Leading Seaman
 		? [C/J 145141]
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal CGM
 18.04.1944
 sinking cruiser Palermo harbour 02.01.43 [investiture 27.11.45]
Polish War Cross PolWC
 21.10.1941
 good services in Polish ships
(1941)

ORP Grom (Polish submarine)
(01.1943)

HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)
Finucane,
Frank Vincent
F.V. Finucane (Photo courtesy of Mr Martin Finucane)
Son of Henry Thomas Finucane and Dorothy Davies, of Fulham, London.

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12.11.1905
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
15.11.1987
Sidcup, Bexley district, Kent
Ordinary Seaman
 		13.05.1923 [P/J 100701, later P/JK 667462]
Able Seaman
 		10.05.1925
Leading Seaman
 		12.02.1942
Petty Officer
 		16.09.1943
Acting Chief Petty Officer
 		07.01.1947 (retd 28.04.1950)
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 11.11.1935
 -
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 09.09.1943
 rosette
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 & clasp
Italy Star It St
 -
 -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
 -
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 -
 -
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.10.1942
 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid)
1921

joined the Navy as a boy on the HMS Ganges (Portsmouth)
07.09.1923
 -
 		30.09.1923
 		HMS Courageous (cruiser)
01.10.1923
 -
 		03.02.1924
 		HMS Champion (light cruiser)
15.02.1924
 -
 		10.05.1925
 		HMS Tiger (battlecruiser; seagoing gunnery firing ship)
27.11.1926
 -
 		21.08.1928
 		HMS Ross (twin screw minesweeper) [based at HMS Dolphin] (Portsmouth)
21.08.1928
 -
 		04.01.1932
 		HMS Witch (destroyer) [based at HMS Egmont II (RN base, Malta; for Mediterranean destroyer flotillas), from 01.04.1931 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
05.01.1932
 -
 		30.08.1933
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet & Home fleet)
18.08.1939
 -
 		30.07.1941
 		HMS Resource (repair ship) (Mediterranean, then Freetown, then Mediterranean)
31.07.1941
 -
 		25.10.1941
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
26.10.1941
 -
 		10.12.1941
 		HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (for HMS Northney (landing craft training establishment, Hayling Island))
11.12.1941
 -
 		10.02.1942
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for HMS Northney (landing craft training establishment, Hayling Island))
12.02.1942
 -
 		18.03.1943
 		HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry)
19.03.1943
 -
 		31.08.1943
 		HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary)
01.09.1943
 -
 		12.11.1945
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
03.12.1946
 -
 		01.01.1950
 		HMS Welcome (Algerine minesweeper)
02.01.1950
 -
 		28.04.1950
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (addiitional; for dispersal)
Freestone,
Edwin John
E.J. Freestone
01.07.1913
-
01.1992
St Austell, Cornwall
A/Engine Room Artificer (A/CERA)
? [D/MX 55748]
Chief Engine Room Artificer (CERA)
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 13.06.1944
 6 U-boats sunk in 10 days
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.09.1943
 destruction U-202 02.06.43
(06.1943)
 -
 		(1944)
 		HMS Starling (flotilla leader) (2nd Escort Group)

 

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Gilder,
Samuel Charles Henry
S.C.H. Gilder
Married ((06?).1926, Scarborough district, Yorkshire) ... Lancaster.

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10.06.1901
Peckham, Camberwell district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-
(09?).1970
Brighton district, Sussex
Acting Petty Officer
 		? [J92668 & D/JX 293076]
Chief Petty Officer
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 08.09.1942 Operation MG1 (Italian attack on Malta convoy) [investiture 31.10.44]
(1942)

torpedo coxswain, HMS Hurworth (destroyer)
Giles,
Herbert Joseph
H.J. Giles 		10.12.1882
Plympton St Mary district, Devon
-
11.02.1966
Solihull, Warwickshire
RNR:  
Prob. S.Lt. 01.01.1910
S.Lt. 01.12.1910, seniority 01.01.1910
Lt. 12.04.1912
Lt.Cdr. 12.04.1920
Cdr. 31.12.1924
Capt. 31.12.1930 (retd 10.12.1936)
Merchant Navy:  
Master ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD 09.08.1921 -
25.06.1936 - 10.12.1936 RNR ADC to the King
? - 06.04.1941 Master, SS Clan Fraser (auxiliary transport during the Greek campaign; vessel was bombed & sunk by aircraft)
(1942)     Master, SS Clan Macarthur
Worked on the Clan Line ships.
Gough,
John Robert
J.R. Gough
Son of John Gough, and Mary A. Pearson.
Married Lilian Biggins (died 12.08.1958); one son.		 28.12.1914
Wardley Colliery, Gateshead district, Co. Durham
-
04.1991
Middlesborough
A/Engine Room Artificer 4th class 08.10.1940 [P/MX 72078]
Engine Room Artificer 4th class 30.06.1942
Engine Room Artificer 4th class (Chief Petty Officer) 22.08.1942
Engine Room Artificer 3rd class 29.12.1943 (reld 19.03.1946)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France & Germany
Africa Star Afr St - -
Italy Star It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45
08.10.1940 - 30.12.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
31.12.1940 - 14.02.1941 HMS Sandwich (sloop) [tender to HMS ????]
15.02.1941 - 12.03.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
13.03.1941 - 05.01.1942 HMS Georgetown [tender to HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth), from 01.08.1941 to HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
06.01.1942 - 11.02.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
12.02.1942 - 29.11.1945 HMS Matchless (destroyer) [tender to HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship), from 10.11.1944 to HMS Vindictive II (RN base, Scapa Flow), from 01.01.1945 to HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
30.11.1945 - 19.03.1946 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Gouldson,
William Wallace
W.W. Gouldson

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03.01.1904
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
(09?).1972
Wirral district, Cheshire
Chief Stoker ? [C/JKX 60649]
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43
(1941)     HMS Dragon (light cruiser)
(1942)     HMS Derby (minesweeper)
Green,
Walter [Fordyce]
W. Green (Photo courtsey of Andrzej S. Bartelski)
Son of Albert and Alice Ada Green; husband of Marguerite Green, of Sheffield.		 1915 ?
-
08.06.1940
(KIA) [age 25]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 36,3]
Yeoman of Signals ? [C/JX 133827]
Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous) (Poland) KW 21.10.1941 good service in Polish ships
? - 08.06.1940 ORP Orzel (Polish submarine) [borne in HMS Forth]
Greenway,
Neville Arthur Charles
N.A.C. Greenway
Son of ... Greenway, and ... Titheridge.		 23.01.1923
Droxford district, Hampshire
-
(06?).1969
Romsey district, Hampshire
Telegraphist ? [P/JX 160402]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 05.06.1945 4 war patrols Far East 07.44-01.45
(1944)     wireless operator, HMS Storm (submarine)

 

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Harper,
Sidney Ambrose
S.A. Harper
From Clapham.

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06.12.1897
Forest Gate, West Ham district, London
-
Shipwright 1st class ? [P/MX 60435, formerly P/M 6379]
British Empire Medal BEM 01.01.1945 New Year 45
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM 1935 -
(1944)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (BEM)
Hawkins,
George [Justice]
G. Hawkins (Photo courtesy of Mrs Trevor Johnson) G. Hawkins (Photo courtesy of Mrs Trevor Johnson)
Son of John Henry Hawkins, and Florence Powney.
Residence: (1945) St Mary Cray, Kent.
 23.10.1911
Wandsworth, London
-
23.10.1984
Portsmouth, Hampshire
[ashes committed at Spithead in the Solent]
Boy 1st class
 		18.06.1927 [C/JX 130247]
Ordinary Seaman
 		23.10.1929
Able Seaman
 		24.03.1931
Acting Leading Seaman
 		01.05.1936
Leading Seaman
 		01.05.1937
Acting Petty Officer
 		05.10.1941
Petty Officer
 		05.10.1942
Chief Petty Officer
 		02.10.1951 (retd 16.04.1960)
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 23.10.1944
 -
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 07.04.1960
 1st clasp
Naval General Service Medal Gen SM
 04.01.1942
 & clasp Palestine
Mention in Despatches MID
 21.08.1945
 bombardment Andaman Island 19.03.45
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 11.07.1949
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 11.07.1949
 & clasp France & Germany
Africa Star Afr St
 11.07.1949
 -
Burma Star Bur St
 11.07.1949
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 11.07.1949
 -
18.06.1927
 -
 		03.05.1928
 		HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
04.05.1928
 -
 		25.04.1929
 		HMS Benbow (battleship) (Atlantic)
26.04.1929
 -
 		18.03.1930
 		HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet)
19.03.1930
 -
 		21.02.1932
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
22.02.1932
 -
 		30.05.1932
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
31.05.1932
 -
 		21.02.1934
 		HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
22.02.1934
 -
 		01.03.1934
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
02.03.1934
 -
 		07.05.1934
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
08.05.1934
 -
 		17.07.1934
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
18.07.1934
 -
 		31.03.1937
 		HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean, Royal Australian Tour & Australia Station)
01.04.1937
 -
 		22.04.1937
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
23.04.1937
 -
 		08.09.1937
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
09.09.1937
 -
 		16.02.1938
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
17.02.1938
 -
 		26.05.1942
 		HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station [Battle of the River Plate], then repairs in UK, then Mediterranean Fleet, then Home Fleet at Scapa)
27.05.1942
 -
 		29.07.1942
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
30.07.1942
 -
 		27.01.1943
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton)
28.01.1943
 -
 		25.08.1943
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
26.08.1943
 -
 		26.01.1947
 		HMS Vigilant (destroyer) (from 1945 Eastern Fleet)
27.01.1947
 -
 		28.08.1947
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
29.08.1947
 -
 		18.08.1949
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth)
19.08.1949
 -
 		25.08.1950
 		torpedo & anti-submarine instructor, HMS Superb (light cruiser) (flagship 2nd Cruiser Squadron, America & West Indies Station)
26.08.1950
 -
 		14.03.1960
 		torpedo & anti-submarine instructor, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth)
15.03.1960
 -
 		16.04.1960
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for dispersal)
Hazelgrove,
Harry George Frederick
H.G.F. Hazelgrove (Photo courtesy of Mrs Irene Pledge)
Son of late Coxswain H. Hazelgrove, of Brighton.
Married; six children.
Lived in Portsmouth, later Fareham.

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12.11.1902
St Pauls, Brighton, Sussex
-
(09?).1970
Gosport district, Hampshire
Chief Petty Officer ? [P/J 95670]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 08.09.1942 Malta convoy 22.03.42
British Empire Medal BEM 23.12.1939 attacked by enemy aircraft Firth of Forth 10.39
(10.1939)     HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
(03.1942)     HMS Hasty (destroyer)
Hedger,
Edwin James Neal
E.J.N. Hedger (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth Elliott)
Son of Edwin Preston Hedger (1887-1962), and Blanche Lambert-Whiting.
Married (1944, USA) Dorothy Kalb (08.09.1918 - 26.04.1992); one son. Later life companion was Catherine Bremble.		 10.1916
Newbury district, Hampshire / Berkshire
-
05.2010
Petty Officer Writer ? [P/MX 52104]
Mention in Despatches MID 14.09.1943 destruction of U-559, Mediterranean 30.10.42
? - 15.03.1942? possibly HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (sunk)
(10.1942) - 16.04.1943 HMS Pakenham (destroyer) (sunk)
      HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
Retired from ARCO Chemical Company, and was a member of the Moorestown (NJ) Field Club, Perkins Center for the Arts, and the British Officers Club of Philadelphia.
Heeley,
Norman
N. Heeley
Married (1948); two children.
 23.09.1908
Liverpool district, Lancashire
-
12.1996
Liverpool district, Lancashire
A/Yeoman of Signals
 		? [D/J 112215]
Petty Officer
 		? (reld 1949)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44
1923

joined RN [pretending to be older than he actually was]
(1930s?)

HMS Gipsy (destroyer)
(1943)

HMS Aberdare (minesweeper)
Hide,
Stephen John
"Buddy"
S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
S.J. Hide (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)  
Son of ... Hide, and ... Turner.
Married (02.061942, Lewes) Dorothy L. Dredge; three sons).

29.01.1914
Lewes, East Sussex
-
(03?).1977
Cuckfield district
A/Stoker Petty Officer
? [P/KX 82873]
Mention in Despatches MID 13.10.1942 withdrawal from Hong Kong 12.41
(12.1942)

HM MTB 07 (motor torpedo boat) (escaped from Hong Kong)
Horne,
Eric Mott
C.W. King
Son of Richard William C. Horne (1882-1955), and Esther Swaddling (1888-1983).		 30.06.1917
Lewisham district, London
-
10.08.2004
Sidmouth Hospital, East Devon district, Devon
Chief Engine Room Artificer ? [C/MX 62572]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 27.10.42]
(06.1940)     "Doggersbank" (skoot)
Hoy,
Franklin John James
N. Heeley
Married ((03?).1924, Horsham, Sussex) Florence M. Packham;.. children.
 02.1899
Horsham, Sussex
-
12.1956
Portsmouth
Boy 2nd class
 		02.1915 [J 34863]
Ordinary Seaman
 		02.1916
Able Seaman
 		02.1919
Petty Officer
 		?
Chief Petty Officer
 		? [P/JX 162347]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 10.03.1942
 HMS Glenroy torpedoed off Mersa Matruh, towed & beached 23.11.41 [investiture 18.05.43]
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 -
 & clasp France & Germany
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 -
 -
Long Service Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 -
 -
02.1915
 -
 		09.1915
 		entered RN [HMS Powerful (training ship, Devonport)]
09.1915
 -
 		(02.1919?)
 		HMS Minotaur (cruiser) (Battle of Jutland)
02.1919

HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)



HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
17.08.1939
 -
 		23.08.1940
 		HMS Penelope (cruiser)
02.10.1940
 -
 		(11.1941)
 		HMS Glenroy (landing ship infantry)
Constable in the Admiralty Constabulary.

 

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Jewell,
Harry McDonald
N. Heeley
Married; ... children.
 ?
-
16.06.1979
Leading Stoker SDF
? [69617]
?
 		? (retd 08.1977)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 25.11.1941
 ait attacks Mediterranean 30.06.41
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 -
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
Permanent Force Good Service Medal; Good Service Medal Bronze; Good Service Medal Silver
 
(06.1941)

HMSAS Southern Isles (anti-submarine whaler)
early 1950s

rejoined SAN
Johnson,
Ambrose Lawrence
A.L. Johnson
Son of Charles Frederick and Margaret Johnson (née Bentley), of Kimberworth, Yorkshire.
 (03?).1920
Rotherham district, Derbyshire / South Yorkshire / Yorkshire - West Riding
-
12.02.1942
(KIA) [age 22]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 3, panel 2]
Acting Leading Airman
 		? [FAA FX/ 82042]
Petty Officer Airman
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 16.09.1941
 sinking Bismarck [award presented to next-of-kin]
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.03.1942
 attack Scharnhorst & Gneisenau 12.02.42 [posthumously]
(05.1941)

Telegraphist Air Gunner, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (Bismarck action)
?
 -
 		12.02.1942
 		Telegraphist Air Gunner, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (Scharnhorst / Gneisenau action)
Jones,
Leslie William
L.W. Jones (Photo courtsey of Andrzej S. Bartelski)
Son of Griffith William and Annie May Jones (née Morris), of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
 (09?).1915
Atcham district, Montgomeryshire / Shropshire
-
08.06.1940
(KIA) [age 24]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, 39, 3]
Petty Officer Telegraphist
 		? [DJ/X 136420]
Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous) (Poland) KW
 21.10.1941
 good services in Polish ships
?

HMS Revenge (battleship)
?
 -
 		08.06.1940
 		ORP Orzel (Polish submarine)
Jordan,
Thomas Partington
"Tom"
T.P. Jordan (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan) T.P. Jordan (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan)
T.P. Jordan (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan) T.P. Jordan (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom P. Jordan)
Son of ... and Ethel Jordan (died 1992), from Manly.

18.05.1923
Ipswich, Qld.
-

Buderim, Qld.
Ordinary Seaman RANR
 		24.07.1940 [S/4372]
Able Seaman RANR
 		24.07.1941
A/Leading Seaman RANR
 		01.07.1942 (reld 26.02.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.11.1945
 assault Aitape & Wewak 05.45
Education: Sydney High School
24.07.1940

enlisted, Royal Australian Naval Reserve [home port Sydney, NSW]
24.07.1940
 -
 		31.07.1940
 		HMAS Penguin II (RAN depot, Balmoral, NSW)
01.08.1940
 -
 		12.11.1940
 		trained in submarine detection [HMAS Rushcutter (anti-submarine training establishment & reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW)]
13.11.1940
 -
 		02.02.1941
 		intercontinental passage on SS Themistocles [London Depot RAN]
03.02.1941
 -
 		17.02.1941
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)
18.02.1941
 -
 		30.04.1941
 		HMS Montgomery (destroyer) [borne on HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire)]
01.05.1941
 -
 		22.05.1941
 		HMS Montgomery (destroyer) [based at HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
23.05.1941
 -
 		26.05.1941
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon)
27.05.1941


 09.12.1941
 -


12.07.1942


HMS Northern Foam (anti-submarine warfare trawler) [based at HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall, Orkney)]
passed Leading Seaman test
13.07.1942
 -
 		18.08.1942
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
19.08.1942
 -
 		mid10.1942
 		intercontinental passage on SS Ruahine
mid10.1942
 -
 		15.04.1943
 		Fairmile coxswains' course [HMAS Rushcutter (anti-submarine training establishment & reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW)]
16.04.1943
 -
 		14.05.1943 
 		Coxswain, HMA ML 813 (motor launch) (Sydney) (temporary) [based at HMAS Rushcutter (anti-submarine training establishment & reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW)]
15.05.1943
 -
 		21.02.1944
 		Coxswain, HMA ML 431 (motor launch) (Twofold Bay, from mid 10.1943 Milne Bay, New Guinea)
22.02.1944
 -
 		25.03.1945
 		Coxswain, HMA ML 424 (motor launch) (Milne Bay, New Guinea, later in 1944 returned to Brisbane for refit)
26.03.1945
 -
 		07.12.1945
 		Coxswain, HMA ML 811 (motor launch) (New Guinea; surrender of Japanese garrison at Rabaul, New Britain (08.1945), returned to Brisbane (09.1945))
26.02.1946

discharged, HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW]

 

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King,
Charles Walter
C.W. King 		?
-
Leading Seaman
 		? [P/JX 135731]
Petty Officer
?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 11.07.1940
 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 01.03.41]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 14.01.1941
 attack on enemy submarine 02.11.40 [investiture 01.03.41]
(1940)

HMS Antelope (destroyer)
?

HMS Hurworth (destroyer)
King,
Dominic
"Bommy"
D. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Gilston) D. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Gilston)
D. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Gilston) 
Oldest of four sons of Mrs Ellen King, a widow, of Kensington, Liverpool.
Married Gertei ...
From Crewe.
 04.09.1913
-
21.09.1972
Liverpool district
T/A/Leading Seaman
 		? [D/JX 135013]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 02.11.1943
 sinking of U-boat 22.08.43 * [investiture by HM the  King, Buckingham Palace, 28.11.44]
* For courage, skill and coolness as helmsman in a most daring and successful attack by HM Submarine Tuna on a closely escorted U-boat in the course of a Mediterranean patrol.
 		Education: St Nicholas Church School, Liverpool



course of training, HMS Indefatigable
1931?
  
 		 
 		joined RN
(09.1939)
  
 		 
 		served in China
(08.1943)

HMS Tuna (submarine)

 

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Lees,
Henry Wilson
"Harry"
H.W. Lees		 06.12.1921
Oldham, Lancashire
-
1998
Penshurst, Victoria, Australia
Engine Room Artificer ? [C/MX 92211]
Chief Petty Officer ?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 21.08.1945 patrols & entering Milazzo Harbour 43 [decoration posted]
? - 24.04.1943 HMS Sahib (submarine) (sunk off Sicily by Italian corvette; captured [POW])
24.03.1943 - 1945 POW in Italian/German captivity
Long,
Albert William
"Bert"
A.W. Long
 Married Thora ... (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.		 1922 ?
-
05.04.2010
Norfolk [aged 88]
T/A/Leading Stoker ? [C/KX 146265]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 28.08.1945 minesweeping Port Corsini & Trieste [decoration posted]
(1945)     496th Ancillary Flotilla (Italy)
Lynch,
Roderick
R. Lynch
Son of ... Lynch, and ... Grainger.
Married; ... children (one daughter?).
 (03?).1913
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
28.03.1943 *
(KIA) [age 30]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 71,2]

* date of ship being  reported overdue
Engine Room Artificer 2nd class
 		? [C/MX 51374]
Chief Engine Room Artificer
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 29.06.1943
 Operations Principal & Welcome (submarine operations Mediterranean 01.43) [presented to next-of-kin]
(01.1943)
 -
 		13.03.1943
 		HMS Thunderbolt (submarine) (sunk by Italian surface craft near Sicily 13.03.1943)

 

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Macdonald,
Angus
R. Macdonald (Photo courtesy of Yvonne Georgeson) 		1907
Croir, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
-
1962
Kyle of 
Lochalsh, Scotland
Seaman
 		? [C/X 94338]
British Empire Medal BEM
 17.06.1941
 good services Gothia [investiture 26.09.41]
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.10.1940
 blocking Zeebrugge Canal or Dieppe
(1940)
 -
 		(1941)
 		HMS Pacifico



also rescued 11 Swedish sailors bombed by a German submarine off the shores of Lewis whilst he was home on leave
Macdonald,
Roderick
R. Macdonald 		?
-
Seaman RNPS
 		? [LT/JX 166012]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 27.01.1942
 minesweeping Tobruk & air attacks
(1941)

HMS Svana (minesweeping trawler)
Manley,
Albert William Charles
A.W.C. Manley
Married ((09?).1934, Plymouth district, Devon) Doris E. Beare.
 (12?).1910
Plymouth district, Devon
-
Chief Engine Room Artificer
 		? [D/MX 45274]
British Empire Medal BEM
 11.06.1942
 HM's birthday 42 [investiture 29.09.42]
(1942)

HMS Rodney (battleship)
Martindale,
Frederick
F. Martindale 		?
-
Leading Seaman
 		? [P/JX 136855]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 22.03.41]
(06.1940)

HMS Vimy (destroyer)
Mason,
Dudley William
D.W. Mason D.W. Mason

further biographical material (obituaries, reference works) might be available upon request
07.10.1901
Surbiton, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
26.04.1987
New Forest district, Hampshire
Captain MN ? [1113869]
George Cross GC 08.09.1942 Operation Pedestal, reached Malta [investiture 22.09.42]
Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyd ? ?
Joined Merchant Navy, 06.1920, retiring in 1957.
(08.1942)

Master, SS Ohio (tanker) (GC, Lloyd's War Medal)
Literature: obituary in: The Daily Telegraph book of naval obituaries (2004, p. 25-27).
McGinlay,
William
W. McGinlay (Photo courtesy of Mr Jim McGinlay) 		31.10.1925
Glasgow, Scotland
-
Able Seaman
 		? [C/JX 545960]
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.07.1944
 action Nore area 10.05.44
01.1944
 -
 		(08.1944)
 		rear twin Oerlikon gunner, HM MTB 456 (motor torpedo boat) [based at HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)]
McLeod,
Murdo
M. McLeod (Photo courtesy of Mr William Cumming)
From Swordale, Point, Lewis.
 c. 1909
-
06.1996
Leading Seaman RNR
 		? [X 7778]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41 *

* For an occasion whilst working out of the Clyde – he shot down a German plane and then rescued the survivors.

(1940/41)

HMT Gunner (minesweeping trawler)
Mepham,
Alfred Percival
"Alf"
A.P. Mepham (Photo courtesy of Mr Roger Whiteman) A.P. Mepham (Photo courtesy of Mr Roger Whiteman)
A.P. Mepham (Photo courtesy of Mr Roger Whiteman)  
Son of Alfred William Mepham, and Emily Mepham.
From Rushden, East Northamptonshire.

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09.04.1899
Pimlico, St George Hanover Square district, London
-
(06?).1977
Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire
Boy 2nd class
 		25.02.1915 [P/J 36139]
Boy 1st class
 		26.04.1915
Ordinary Seaman
 		09.04.1917
Able Seaman
 		27.09.1917
Leading Seaman
 		01.12.1921
Acting Petty Officer
 		21.01.1926
Petty Officer
 		21.01.1927
Chief Petty Officer
 		01.09.1937 (pensioned 08.04.1939) (re-enlisted 31.07.1939) (reld 15.09.1945)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 11.11.1941
 Greek withdrawal 05.41 [investiture 29.02.44]
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 07.04.1922
 -
Victory Medal VM
 07.04.1922
 -
25.02.1915
  
 		 
 		enlisted RN (for 12 years)
03.03.1915
 -
 		01.05.1915
 		training, HMS Powerful
02.05.1915
 -
 		09.09.1915
 		training, HMS Impregnable
10.09.1915
 -
 		20.09.1915
 		HMS Defiance (training establishment, Devonport)
21.09.1915
 -
 		08.09.1916
 		HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
09.09.1916
 -
 		25.09.1916
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
26.09.1916
 -
 		01.03.1918
 		HMS St Vincent (battleship)
02.03.1918
 -
 		22.02.1919
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (shell wounds to head 29.04.1918; 1915/16/17 Chevron)
23.02.1919
 -
 		15.05.1919
 		HMS Princess Royal (battlecruiser)
16.05.1919
 -
 		05.06.1919
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
06.06.1919
 -
 		20.10.1920
 		HMS Renown (battlecruiser) [31.04.1920 participated in Ballot for Victoria Cross granted for operation against Zeebrugge and Ostende on night of 22nd 23rd April 1918 (London Gazette 23/06/1918)]
21.10.1920
 -
 		17.11.1920
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
18.11.1920
 -
 		27.02.1922
 		HMS P 47 (patrol boat) [tender to HMS Vernon]
28.02.1922
 -
 		03.05.1922
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
04.05.1922
 -
 		05.07.1923
 		HMS Wishart (torpedo-boat destroyer) [tender to HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar)]
06.07.1923
 -
 		05.10.1923
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
06.10.1923
 -
 		31.12.1923
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
01.01.1924
 -
 		18.06.1924
 		HMS Foxglove (sloop) (China)
19.06.1924
 -
 		09.08.1924
 		HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (for Al Kwong Lee)
10.08.1924
 -
 		04.11.1926
 		HMS Foxglove (sloop) (China)
05.11.1926
 -
 		19.12.1926
 		HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
20.12.1926
 -
 		26.01.1927
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
27.01.1927
 -
 		30.12.1927
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
31.12.1927
 -
 		11.10.1929
 		HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.10.1929
 -
 		27.11.1929
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
28.11.1929
 -
 		30.03.1930
 		HMS X 1 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
31.03.1930
 -
 		27.05.1930
 		HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
28.05.1930
 -
 		25.08.1932
 		HMS L 23 (submarine) (Mediterranean) [tender to HMS Douglas, from 09.06.1931 to HMS Lucia]
26.08.1932
 -
 		29.10.1932
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
30.10.1932
 -
 		22.07.1934
 		HMS L 56 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
23.07.1934
 -
 		31.07.1934
 		HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (spare crew)
01.08.1934
 -
 		07.02.1935
 		HMS Sturgeon (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania]
08.02.1935
 -
 		08.07.1937
 		HMS Shark (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
09.07.1937
 -
 		04.04.1938
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine dpot, Gosport)
05.04.1938
 -
 		06.09.1938
 		HMS Sturgeon (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania]
07.09.1938
 -
 		22.01.1939
 		HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
23.01.1939
 -
 		08.04.1939
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine dpot, Gosport) (for submarines)
31.07.1939
 -
 		01.08.1939
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine dpot, Gosport) (for submarines)
02.08.1939
 -
 		23.11.1939
 		HMS H 33 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin]
24.11.1939
 -
 		30.04.1940
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
01.05.1940
 -
 		07.05.1940
 		HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)
08.05.1940
 -
 		26.08.1940
 		HMS Wellesley (RN training establishment, Liverpool)
27.08.1940
 -
 		17.09.1940
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
18.09.1940
 -
 		02.07.1942
 		HMS Hyacinth (corvette) [tender to HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport), from 01.11.1940 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool), from 01.12.1940 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) [recommended for Boatswain]
03.07.1942
 -
 		18.11.1942
 		HMS Canopus (RN base/training establishment, Ras El Tin School, Alexandria, Egypt)
19.11.1942
 -
 		24.02.1943
 		Anpha (?) [tender to HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)]
25.02.1943
 -
 		19.03.1943
 		Nalines (escort boat) [tender to HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt), from 13.03.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
20.03.1943
 -
 		24.03.1943
 		HMS Canopus (RN base/training establishment, Ras El Tin School, Alexandria, Egypt)
25.03.1943
 -
 		21.05.1943
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for special services)
22.05.1943 - 23.05.1943 HMS Canopus (RN base/training establishment, Ras El Tin School, Alexandria, Egypt)
24.05.1943
 -
 		26.10.1943
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
27.10.1943
 -
 		21.02.1944
 		HMS Triphibian II (training establishment, Uniacke Barracks, Harrogate)
22.02.1944
 -
 		05.04.1944
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
06.04.1944
 -
 		19.03.1945
 		HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Normandy, Cherbourg attack)
20.03.1945
 -
 		19.06.1945
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
20.06.1945
 -
 		15.09.1945
 		HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
Mercer,
Charles John
"Charlie"
C.J. Mercer (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer) C.J. Mercer (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer)
C.J. Mercer (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer)  
Married; at least one son.

Son Danny Mercer writes: "My father Charlie Mercer was the Mid-Ship twin Oerlikon gunner on M.T.B. 781" From The Derby Evening Telegraph Monday April 9th 1945: "E-Boats were sunk and five others severely damaged in one of the fiercest and closests fought battles yet waged by light coastal forces of the Royal Navy. During the weekend, we lost two M.T.B.'s and the next of kin have been informed. On two successive nights, the enemy sent out strong forces of E-Boats in an attempt to approach the allied convoy routes between the east they were intercepted and hotly engaged and successfully driven off. First contact with the enemy were made by a Wellington of R.A.F. Coastal command who sighted a group of E-Boats off Den-Helder.The aircraft attacked with bombs and a number of near misses were scored. The E-Boats were shadowed by another Wellington. In the early hours of Saturday morning the enemy were intercepted and engaged by the Destroyer H.M.S. Haydon (Lt R.G. Clay. R.N) and the Frigate H.M.S - Cubitt (Lt G.D. Gregory R.N). The E-Boats turned away westwards and pursued by the Cubitt and M.T.B.'s under the command of (Lt A.S. McKettrick R.N.V.R - M.T.B.781). A fierce action ensued during which two E-Boats were severley damaged and a third repeatedly hit by gunfire before the enemy succeeded in escaping under a smoke screen. One of the M.T.B.'s was hit in the engine room by an enemy shell during the engagement. The vessel (M.T.B 5001) caught fire and subsequently sank after survivors had been picked up by M.T.B 781. Later a second group of M.T.B.'s under the command of (Lt J. May R.N.V.R) was able to intercept and engage the retiring E-Boats our ships pressed home their attack to such a close range, that one M.T.B was rammed by the leading E-Boat and subsequently sank. Another M.T.B rammed the second vessel in line and this E-Boat after being raked from stem to stern with gunfire was seen to sink. A number of survivors were picked up and made prisoners of war. Meanwhile the remaining M.T.B.'s were fiercely engaging other E-Boats at a range of about ten yards scoring repeated hits with all guns. Two of the enemy vessel's were seen to be severely damaged before the action was finally broken off."

03.03.1923
Grays, Essex
-
20.09.2007
[aged 84]
Able Seaman
 		? [C/JX 354439]
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.05.1943
 actions with E-boats Nore Area 07.03.43
(03.1943)

HM MGB 21 (motor gun boat)
(1943)

HM MGB 122 (motor gun boat)
?
 -
 		(11?).1944
 		HM MTB 441 (motor torpedo boat)
11.1944
 -
 		(05?.)1945
 		HM MTB 781 (motor torpedo boat)
Miles,
Frederick Robert
F.R. Miles
Married (1908, St Olaves church, Stoke Newington) Florence Charlotte Meaden.
 14.09.1879
France
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1962
A/S.Lt. RNR
 		25.03.1903
S.Lt. RNR
 		12.12.1904, seniority 25.03.1903
Cdr. RNR
 		31.12.1919
Capt. RNR
 		30.06.1927 (retd 14.09.1934)
Captain MN
 		? [discharge number 203933]



medals
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
 01.01.1942
 New Year 42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 ?
 -
Master mariner with the Cunard Line (SS Caronia, 1908).
16.04.1934
 -
 		14.09.1934
 		RNR ADC to the King
(1941)

SS Highland Princess
Moody,
Henry William Arthur
H.W.A. Moody (Photo courtesy of Mrs Pat Pleysier)
Son of Arthur James Moody 
and Mabel Florence Hamlin.
Married (07.1946) Edith Florence Peabody; one son, one daughter.
 15.04.1921
Acton, West London
-
10.2007 still alive 
Seaman Gunlayer
 		? [LT/JX 240871]
Petty Officer
 		?
British Empire Medal BEM
 11.09.1945
 fire at Bari 09.04.45 [award presented]
03.1943
 -
 		12.1943
 		gun running in Italy
(04.1945)

HM MMS 32 (motor minesweeper)
Came to Perth Australia in 1951 and worked as a carpenter until retirement.
Morris,
Dennis John
"Denny"
D.J. Morris (Photo courtesy of Mr Calum Bannatyne)
Son of ... Morris, and ... McCormack.
 15.12.1918
Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
17.08.2000
South Dorset district, Dorset
Acting Leading Seaman
 		? [C/JX 141224] (reld 1946/47)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.01.1940
 New Year 40: for finding and the subsequent sinking of a German U-boat [investiture 04.11.41]
1934?
  
 		 
 		joined RN at age 16 [HMS Ganges]
(1939)

ASDIC operator, HMS Woolston (destroyer)
Became a school teacher and lived in Weymouth.
Moxley,
Arthur Thomas
A.T. Moxley (Photo courtesy of Mr Terry Moxley) A.T. Moxley (Photo courtesy of Mr Terry Moxley)
Son of Arthur Thomas Moxley (1893-?), and Annie Hall.
Married; one son.
 (03?).1920
West Ham district, London
-
2009 still alive at Whitstable, Kent
Able Seaman
 		? [C/JX 209678]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.02.1944
 minefield clearance Dover Command [investiture 16.05.44]
(1944)

HM ML 138 (motor launch)
Murphy,
Thomas John Patrick
 "Tom"
F. Martindale
Married ((06?).1941, Chatham district, Kent) Vivienne Clarke.		 1916 ?
Greenhill, Swansea, Wales
-
(03?).1952
Swansea district, Wales
[age 36]
Seaman RNR ? [D/X 108688]
British Empire Medal BEM 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [investiture 03.03.42]
(1940)     HMS Northern Gift (drifter)
       

 

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O'Hare,
Patrick John
"Pat"
P.J. O'Hare		 ?
-
Petty Officer
 		? [D/JX 153903]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 05.12.1944
 coastal operations Adriatic & Aegean [award posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 21.11.1944
 Coastal Forces action West Coast Italy 06.44



HMS Revenge (battleship)



HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
(1942)
  
 		 
 		training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)



standing by, HM MTB 663 (motor torpedo boat)



HM MTB 648 (motor torpedo boat) (passage to Gibraltar, Bone and Bizerta, bombed and beached)



HM MTB 642 (motor torpedo boat) (Malta)
(1944)
 -
 		(1945)
 		coxswain, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat) (Anzio, Bastia, Vis, Ancona - operations with Canadians, Lt Bligh, partisans - destruction of destroyer T7 - the German surrender)

 

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Painter,
Leslie Herbert
L.H. Painter		 31.03.1910
Aston, Warwickshire
-
11.1988
South East Hampshire
Leading Stoker
 		? [P/KX 79489]
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1939
 attacked by enemy aircraft
(12.1939)

HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
Paxton,
Sidney [George]
S. Paxton
 		?
-
Ordinary Seaman
 		? [C/JX 317497]
Able Seaman
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 01.06.1943
 action with E-boats Nore area 28.03.43 [investiture 28.11.44]
(03.1943)
  
 		 
 		HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat)



may also have served at on MTBs (332?), being based HMS Hornet, HMS Midge, HMS Wasp, HMS Wildfire and HMS Fervent
Piggott,
Stanley Freeman
S.F. Piggott

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09.09.1895
Lambeth, Greater London
-
1950
Leading Seaman
 		(1921) [ONS 15784]
Chief Petty Officer
 		? [P/J 15784]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk 06.40 [investiture 04.03.1941]
British Empire Medal BEM
 04.02.1921
 POW at Baku *
* "In recognition of valuable services rendered whilst Prisoners at Baku in promoting the welfare of their comrades."
(06.1940)
 -
 		± 1942
 		HMS Hebe (minesweeper)



served on Arctic convoys

 

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Reid,
George Duguid
G.D. Reid
 Married Margaret Frith, of Liverpool;five daughters.
 		10.07.1923
Forglen district, Banff, Scotland
-
05.04.2008
[buried at Auchendoir Cemetry near Lumsden]
Able Seaman
 		? [D/JX 303482]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 14.08.1945
 relief of Greece [decoration posted]
(1945)

HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria)
Had a farm in Contlach, Lumsden before moving to Aberdeen where worked for as a driver for Aberdeen Royal Infirmary thereafter until retirement.
Rice,
Frederick Charles
"Ben"
L.H. Painter
Married (1939) Edna Jacobs; one son, one daughter.

17.03.1916
Ipswich, Suffolk
-
14.02.2003
Winchester, Hampshire
Ordinary Seaman
 		?
Leading Seaman
 		?
Petty Officer Airman
? [FAA/FX 76512]
Acting Warrant Aircraft Officer
 		17.06.1945
Warrant Flying Officer (Pilot) = Commissioned Pilot
 		?, seniority 17.06.1945
Senior Commissioned Pilot = Lt. (Special Duties List)
 		01.10.1952
Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List)
 		01.04.1958 (retd 17.03.1966, but remained on active service) (reverted to retd 01.04.1967)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 28.06.1940
 2nd Battle of Narvik
Mention in Despatches MID
 29.07.1941
 Battle of Cape Matapan
Education: Colchester Technical College.
Apprentice at Redwing Aircraft.
1932

boy seaman at HMS Ganges
2 years

HMS York (American and West Indies station, then off Spain)
05.1938

pilot's course



771 Squadron FAA (Hatston, Orkney)
(04.1940)
 -
 		(08.1941)
 		pilot, HMS Warspite (battleship)
1941?
 -
 		1945
 		training and communications flights
19.07.1948
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties)
01.1950
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
13.02.1952
 -
 		(05.)1953
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for miscellaneous duties)
01.12.1953
 -
 		(04.1955)
 		HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth)
(01.1956)
 -
 		(01.1957)
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
(07.1961)
 -
 		(02.1963)
 		HMS Cochrane *
23.10.1963
 -
 		(02.1964)
 		Senior Pilot, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Russell,
Charles
C. Russell
Son of William and Annie Russell; husband of Mary Ann Russell, of Clifton.

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07.01.1905
Woking, Surrey
-
17.11.1945
[age 40]
[Swinton Cemetery, G.2649]
Able Seaman
 		? [D/J 97767]
George Medal GM
 30.05.1944
 Aegean operatoins [rcvd svs?] "Adrias" [investiture next-of-kin]
(1944)

HMS Hurworth (destroyer)
       

 

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Savage,
William Alfred
"Bill"
W.A. Savage
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Savage; husband of Doris Savage, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.

article
30.10.1912
Smethwick, Staffordshire,
 -
28.03.1942
(KIA) [age 29]
St Nazaire, France
[Town Cemetery, Falmouth, Sec. K. Row C. Grave 15]
Able Seaman
 		1940? [C/JX 173910]
Victoria Cross VC
 21.05.1942
 St Nazaire raid 27.03.42 *
* For great gallantry, skill and devotion to duty as gunlayer of the pom-pom in a Motor Gun Boat in the St Nazaire Raid. Completely exposed, and under heavy fire, he engaged positions ashore with cool and steady accuracy. On the way out of the harbour he kept up the same vigorous and accurate fire against the attacking ships, until he was killed at his gun.
 		Worked for a brewery until he was called up in 1939.
1939

joined the Navy and was rated Able Seaman a year later
?
 -
 		28.03.1942
 		HM MGB 314 (motor gun boat) (St Nazaire raid)
Sayer,
Leslie Daniel
"Les"
L.D. Sayer L.D. Sayer
L.D. Sayer (Photo from webpage of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society) L.D. Sayer (Photo from webpage of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society)
L.D. Sayer (Photo from webpage of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society) 
 Son of ... Sayer, and ... Dixon.

05.06.1915
Winchester district, Hampshire
-
01.11.2008
Leading Airman
 		? [FAA FX/ 76577]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
 01.01.1997
 New Year 97: for serving the Telegraphist Air Gunners Association
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 16.09.1941
 sinking Bismarck [investiture 15.12.42]
Joined the Navy as Signal Boy in 1931. From 1933- 1935 he saw service on HMS Exeter (Home Fleet) and HMS Cape Town – two years on China Station. In 1937 Les transferred to the Fleet Air Arm as Telegraphist Air Gunner (TAG) and after training he served in 811 Swordfish Squadron on HMS Furious. In 941 he joined 825 Squadron on HMS Victorious flying Swordfish, and with Lt. Gick attacked the Bismarck - obtaining a hit, for which Les was awarded the DSM. Later in 1941 he joined HMS Ark Royal on Mediterranean Convoys before she was sunk.
825 Squadron was reformed in 1942 to carry our mine-laying duties in channel ports and to escort HMS Avenger to Russian Convoy PQ18. In 1944 Les commissioned the new light fleet carrier HMS Glory in Belfast as the ships Chief TAG, before sailing to join the Pacific Fleet. He retired from the navy in 1945 to join British European Airways as a Flight Radio Officer. In 1946 he helped to form the Telegraphist Air Gunners Association, whereupon he was elected Chairman, later to become President and subsequently awarded an MBE.
(05.1941)

Telegraphist Air Gunner in Swordfish with 811 & 825 Squadrons FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (Bismarck action)
Published: TAG on a stringbag (with Vernon Ball; 1994)
Scade,
William
W. Senior 		?
-
Able Seaman
 		? [P/JX 366331]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 21.12.1943
 action Nore area 19.10.43 [investiture 26.06.45]
(10.1943)

HM MTB 652 (motor torpedo boat)
Scott,
Frederick Alfred Cecil
F.A.C. Scott
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott; husband of Elsie Scott, of Brixton, London.
 1906 ?
-
09.12.1940
(KIA) [age 34]
[Ikoyi No. 2 Cemetery, Nigeria, grave 233]
Petty Officer
 		? [C/J 98782]
British Empire Medal BEM
 11.07.1940
 HM's birthday 40
?
 -
 		09.12.1940
 		HMS Delhi (cruiser) [killed by sharks while rescuing people]
Seeley,
Herbert William
H.W. Seeley
From Kingston-on-Thames.
 27.07.1919
-
03.1987
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Able Seaman
 		? [D/JX 195205]
Mention in Despatches MID
 29.02.1944
 Operation Hostile (minelaying &c. NW coast of France 29.04.44)
(04.1944)


HM ML 181 (motor launch) [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth), then HMS Defiance (base, Devonport), then HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
?

HM ML 100 (motor launch) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
?

HM ML 108 (motor launch) [HMS Watchful (anti-submarine / minesweeping base, Great Yarmouth)]
Senior,
William
W. Senior

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22.04.1900
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
-
Chief Stoker
 		? [C/K 60780] (retd 1960)
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 08.09.1942
 Operation MG1 (Italian attack on Malta convoy) 22.03.42 [investiture 02.11.43]
(03.1942)

HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
Simmons,
Reginald Thomas
R.T. Simmons		 (06?).1905
Lewisham, Greater London, Kent
-
A/Electrical Artificer 4th class
? [P/MX 56616]
Electrical Artificer 4th class
 		< 03.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1939
 attacked by enemy aircraft
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.09.1942
 Operation MG1 (Italian attack on Malta convoy) 22.03.42
(12.1939)

HMS Mohawk (destroyer)
(03.1942)

HMS Jervis (destroyer)
Sharp,
Frederick Charles
F.C. Sharp
From Leighton Buzzard.
 ?
-
Stoker Petty Officer
? [C/KX 81692]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 28.09.1943
 12 war patrols Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.12.1942
 war patrols Mediterranean 08.42
(08.1942)
 -
 		(1943)
 		HMS P 42 (submarine) [later: HMS Unbroken]
Silk,
Stanley George
S.G. Silk
Son of James and Alice Silk, of Sevenoaks, Kent.

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11.12.1897
Canterbury, Kent
-
20.11.1941
(KIA) [age 43]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 56, column 2]
Leading Seaman RAN
 		26.09.1925 [RN J36545 & RAN 15018]
Acting Petty Officer (local) RAN
 		01.01.1927
Petty Officer RAN
 		01.01.1928
Chief Petty Officer RAN
 		01.05.1938
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 27.12.1940
 gallant & successful services in destruction of Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni [award presented to mother at Buckingham Palace by HM the King at 17.03.42]
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 20.08.1920
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 10.10.1921
 -
Victory Medal VM
 10.10.1921
 -
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 11.12.1930
 -
26.09.1925
  
 		 
 		enlisted RAN (Sydney Division, NSW) [till 10.12.1927 lent from RN]
26.09.1925
 -
 		08.10.1925
 		London Depot RAN
09.10.1925
 -
 		21.11.1925
 		HMAS Cerberus (Flinders naval depot)
25.11.1925
 -
 		30.04.1926
 		HMAS Adelaide (cruiser)
01.05.1926
 -
 		16.08.1926
 		HMAS Cerberus (Flinders naval depot)
17.08.1926
 -
 		31.12.1926
 		HMAS Swordsman (destroyer)
08.09.1927
 -
 		04.11.1927
 		HMAS Penguin (RAN depot ship, Sydney, NSW)
05.11.1927
 -
 		01.05.1928
 		London Depot RAN
02.05.1928
 -
 		02.08.1928
 		HMAS Australia (cruiser)
03.08.1928
 -
 		17.09.1928
 		London Depot RAN
18.09.1928
 -
 		04.07.1934
 		HMAS Canberra (cruiser)
05.07.1934
 -
 		26.04.1938
 		HMAS Australia (cruiser)
27.04.1938
 -
 		03.04.1939
 		HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (for HMAS Australia (cruiser))
04.04.1939
 -
 		17.05.1939
 		HMAS Adelaide (cruiser)
18.05.1939
 -
 		13.07.1939
 		HMAS Penguin (RAN depot, Sydney, NSW) (for HMAS Australia (cruiser))
14.07.1939
 -
 		20.11.1941
 		HMAS Sydney (cruiser) (ship sunk by German merchant raider Kormoran)
Sizer,
Frank
F. Sizer

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21.12.1904
London
-
Acting Chief Petty Officer
 		? [D/J 96997]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 22.12.1942
 war patrols Mediterranean 08.42
(08.1942)

HMS P 42 (submarine) [later: HMS Unbroken]
Smith,
Dennis Kerrick
D.K. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mrs Pat Pleysier) 		?
-
Leading Wireman SANF(V)
 		? [70495]
British Empire Medal BEM
 11.09.1945
 fire at Bari 09.04.45 [award presented]
(04.1945)

HM MMS 32 (motor minesweeper)
Smith,
Francis Albert
F.A. Smith 		?
Birmingham, Warwickshire
-
Able Seaman
 		? [D/JX 159400]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 21.05.1942
 attack on St Nazaire 28.03.42 [investiture 27.10.42]
(03.1942)

HM MGB 314 (motor gun boat)
Smith,
Herbert Arthur
H.A. Smith

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13.09.1890
Camberwell, London
-
(06?).1971
Poole, Dorset
Supply Chief Petty Officer
 		? [K4023 & C/M 36508]
British Empire Medal BEM
 01.01.1943
 New Year 43 [investiture 23.02.43]
(1942)

HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)
Snow,
William Thomas
"Billy"
W.T. Snow, 1938 (Photo courtesy of Mrs. Diane Snow)
Son of Victor Osborn Snow and Alicia Snow of Bognor Regis, Sussex.

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08.10.1922
Westhampnett, Bognor, Sussex
-
14.02.1942
(KIA) [age 19]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 65, column 1]
Boy 2nd Class
 		25.01.1938 [P/JX 156912]
Boy 1st Class
 		01.10.1939
Ordinary Seaman
 		08.10.1940
Able Seaman
 		08.05.1941
British Empire Medal BEM
 29.04.1941
 torpedoed, Suda Bay, Crete  03.12.1940 *
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 ?
 ?
Atlantic Star Atl St
 ?
 ?
Africa Star Afr St
 ?
 ?
Pacific Star Pac St
 ?
 ?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 ?
 ?
* When HMS Glasgow was torpedoed he went with Lt. Godson soon after the explosion and closed the water-tight doors in the Cordite Gallery Flat, though he had no equipment but a gas mask. When Lt. Godson collapsed he brought him out of the compartment, and then went below again and brought up an unconscious Marine.
 		Carriage oiler (railway).
25.01.1938
 -
 		01.12.1938
 		HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Gosport)
02.12.1938
 -
 		27.04.1939
 		HMS Dunedin (cruiser; boys' seagoing training ship and T/B target ship) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
28.04.1939
 -
 		08.09.1941
 		HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
08.09.1941
 -
 		14.02.1942
 		HMS Li Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel) [based at HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)] (helmsman in the final battle when she rammed the Japanese transport)
Sparrow-Clarke,
Frederick Samuel
"Fred"
F.S. Sparrow-Clarke (Photo courtesy of Mr Colin Sparrow-Clarke) F.S. Sparrow-Clarke (Photo courtesy of Mr Colin Sparrow-Clarke)
F.S. Sparrow-Clarke (Photo courtesy of Mr Colin Sparrow-Clarke) 		04.12.1921
Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
-
15.12.1998
Caerleon, Newport, Gwent
Ordinary Seaman
 		(1940) [C/SSX 30718]
Able Seaman
 		03.06.1940
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 03.07.1945
 destruction U-boat [U-1208 ?] & possible Plymouth Area 27.02.45
03.02.1940
 -
 		02.1942
 		HMS Keppel (destroyer)
(02.1945)

HMS Labuan (frigate)
       

 
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Taylor,
William Thomas Bradburn
W.T.B. Taylor
Son of ... Taylor, and ... Bradburn.
From Birmingham.
 (12?).1920
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
-
Acting Leading Seaman
 		? [CJ/X 151047]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 12.09.1944
 4 war patrols Eastern Fleet
(1944)

Gunlayer, HMS Storm (submarine)
Thompson,
Arthur William
A.W. Thompson
Married; ... children.
 ?
-
2006 ?
Acting Petty Officer
 		? [D/JX 129888]
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal CGM
 17.12.1946
 last action of Li Wo 02.42 *
* Acting Petty Officer Arthur William THOMPSON, D/JX 129888 who when his commanding officer's decision was made to fight the ship to the, last, volunteered to serve as gunlayer to the 4 inch gun, and laid this weapon with coolness and effect, showing the utmost skill, courage and resource throughout the action. In a brave company, his conduct was outstanding.
?
 -
 		14.02.1942
 		HMS Li Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel) (sunk)
1942
 -
 		1945
 		POW in Japanese captivity (Changi camp)
Townsend,
Christopher George
"Chris"
C.G. Townsend (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer) 		?
-
Able Seaman
 		? [P/JX 325275]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 05.09.1944
 actions trawlers Nore Area 24.06.44 [investiture 17.10.44]
(06.1944)

HM MTB 441 (motor torpedo boat)

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Vearncombe,
Archibald Leslie
A.L. Vearncombe A.L. Vearncombe 		17.03.1909
Andover, Hampshire
-
12.1996
Chichester, Sussex
Able Seaman
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 23.12.1939
 stripping enemy magnetic mines [investiture 19.12.39]
(1939)

HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth)

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Weaver,
Joseph Owen
J.O. Weaver
 Married ((03?).1930, St Germans district, Cornwall) Gladys E. Andre.

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04.08.1908
Birmingham, Warwickshire
-
07.1990
South Glamorgan
Petty Officer ? [D/J 109132]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 02.05.1944 operations in Adriatic * [decoration posted]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp
Burma Star Bur St - -
Italy Star It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
LSGCM 08.07.1941 -
* During the above operations (Period 21st October 1943 to 8th December 1943, Anti-Shipping Patrols and Sweeps in the Adriatic, Bombardment of Ports and Bombardment of Targets in Support of the 8th Army) this Petty Officer, as Captain of the Pom Pom has always kept his crew in a high state of efficiency  and during the many encounters with enemy shipping at close quarters has been quick to open fire with most accurate aim.
(1943)     HMS Raider (destroyer)
Wehner,
John Hilary
J.H. Wehner 		17.02.1924
-
05.2000
Canterbury, Kent
Apprentice MN
 		? [R284943]
Probationary Acting Lieutenant RNR
 		1950?
Acting Lieutenant RNR
 		01.01.1951
Lieutenant RNR
 		13.05.1951
Lieutenant Commander RNR
 		13.05.1959
Commander RNR
 		30.06.1962
Captain RNR
 		30.06.1967 (retd > 02.1969)
British Empire Medal (Civil Division) BEM
 09.11.1943
 torpedoed & sunk 01.05.41 *
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration RD
 ?
 ?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration RD
 24.10.1978
 Clasp
* After having survived one enemy attack, the ship [SS Clan Macpherson], sailing in convoy, was torpedoed in darkness. She was severely damaged and orders for abandonment were given. All the crew got away and laid off in the boats. Some hours later, as the vessel was still afloat, she was re-boarded and efforts were made to get her to port. A party of volunteers went into the shelter deck to build up bags of cargo in an attempt to make a temporary bulkhead. For ninety minutes they worked below with the water up to their knees, in circumstances of grave danger. Shortly afterwards/however, the bulkhead collapsed and the ship, which suddenly began to settle forward, sank within five minutes. Four of the crew were trapped below and lost their lives, but the remainder were picked up shortly afterwards. Apprentice Wehner and Deck Serang Mohomed X Abdulla displayed outstanding courage and leadership throughout and played a conspicupus part in the efforts to save the ship from further flooding. Both set a splendid example by their fearless devotion to duty.
?
 -
 		01.05.1941
 		SS Clan Macpherson
01.07.1974
 -
 		01.07.1976
 		RNR ADC to the Queen
Welch,
Philip Arthur Mackinder
P.A.M. Welch
Son of Septimus Secundus Welch and Lilian Mary Welch, of Strood, Kent.
 1915 ?
-
22.05.1941
(KIA) [age 26]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 45, 3]
Petty Officer Telegraphist
 		? [C/JX 135504]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 03.02.1942
 Battle of Cape Matapan
? -
 		22.05.1941
 		HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Crete)
Welch,
William George
W.G. Welch
Married ((09?).1932, Lambeth district, London) Lilian Beatrice Stocks (1913-); twin sons (one died in infancy).
 		02.08.1907
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
09.03.1991
Melbourne, Australia
Mechanic 1st class
(1944) [P/K 66735]
Chief Petty Officer
 		? (reld 15.08.1947)
British Empire Medal BEM
 08.06.1944
 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 22.09.44]
1920s

enlisted RN



HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)



completed engine room artificer's qualification, served on various ships
1929

HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
1933

HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
1935

HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
1936

HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies)
1940

HMS Revenge (battleship)
1941
 -
 		(1944)
 		HMS King George V (battleship) (BEM)
?
 -
 		15.08.1947
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, 1950.
Wilkinson,
John Arthur
"Jack"
J.A. Wilkinson
1920 ?
-
(11?).2007
 [age 87]
T/A/Leading Stoker
 		? [C/KX 94292]
Petty Officer
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.11.1943
 sinking U-boat 23.08.43
?
 -
 		(08.1943)
 		HMS Tuna (submarine)



HMS Regent (submarine)



HMS P 346 (submarine)



HMS Vivid (submarine)



HMS Oberon (submarine)
?
 -
 		(1945)
 		HMS Proteus (submarine)
Windsor,
William
 W. Windsor
Son of Frank Windsor, and of Dorothy Windsor, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
 ?
-
13.06.1944
(KIA)
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 14, column 3]
Seaman
 		? [LT/JX 187287]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 18.11.1941
 sinking U-boat 04.10.41



served Royal Naval Patrol Service:
(10.1941)

HMS Lady Shirley (armed trawler)
? -
 		13.06.1944
 		HMS Birdlip (armed trawler) (torpedoed by a U-boat off West Africa)
Wood,
Owen
 O. Wood 		?
-
Stoker 1st class
 		? [C/KX 85838]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 20.12.1940
 sinking Italian submarine & trawler [investiture 07.10.1941]
(1940)

HMS Tigris (submarine)
Worthington,
Ernest John
E.J. Worthington (Photo courtesy of Mr Gareth Rawlings)
From Eastwood.
 ?
-
2002 ?
Staffordshire ?
Engine Room Artificer
 		? [C/MX 66750]
Chief Petty Officer ?
 		?
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
 10.10.1944
 sunk on 6th war patrol 21.04.43 [decoration posted]
?
 -
 		21.04.1943
 		HMS Splendid (submarine) (ship depth charged and scuttled off Corsica; captured)
1943
 -
 		1945?
 		POW in German capitvity


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