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Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial

Below are set out the names on the RNPS Memorial at Lowestoft in date of loss order. To view them in surname or name of vessel order, please click on the appropriate link.

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Date of loss:

Part One

Part Three

The date of loss records are split into three roughly equal sections to speed downloading.

The black text in the lists is taken from the original Commonwealth War Graves Commission Register, issued as a bound volume and retained by the RNPS Associaton office. Much of the blue text at the end of many records is as a result of further research and the source of the information is given in brackets.

Details have been checked and re-checked but there will doubtless still be some errors. If any are spotted please email.  If any error is of fact, please supply details of source of correction.

04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

ADAMS : Ord. Sea. LESLlE

Minelayer

LT/JX. 240290. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 28. Son of James William and Emma Adams of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

ADAMSON : Seaman WILLIAM

Minelayer

LT/JX. 185757. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Son of John and Elizabeth Adamson of West Wemyss Fife; husband of Janet Adamson of East Wemyss, Fife.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

ANDREWS : Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Minelayer

LT/JX.240148. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

BALL : Ord. Sea. AUSTIN

Minelayer

LT/JX. 240372. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 20. Son of William and Jane Ball, of Hesketh Bank, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

BERRY : Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER

Minelayer

LT/JX. 240169. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 19. Son of Alexander and Maggie Wilson Berry, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

CASTLE : Seaman ERNEST ALFRED

Minelayer

LT/JX. 183115. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

DICKERSON : Engineman ROBERT WILFRED BARR

Minelayer

LT/KX, 99065. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

DORRELL : Seaman WILLIAM ROY STEPHEN

Minelayer

LT/JX. 191697. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 20. Son of William and Alice Frederica Dorrell, of Leicester.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

FRASER : Ldg. Steward JOHN ISLES

Minelayer

LT/JX. 173462. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 31. Son of John and Annie Fraser; husband of Elizabeth Fraser (nee Hodge), of Perth.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

GILLAM : Seaman HARRY GEORGE

Minelayer

LT/JX. 211008. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

GREEN : Sto. FRANCIS VICERY

Minelayer

LT/KX. 101043. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Thomas and Agnes Green, of Market Har­borough, Leicestershire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

HAMPSON : Engineman WILLIAM

Minelayer

LT/KX. 101097. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 22. Son of Frederick and Mary Jane Hampson, of Wigan, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

HAWES : Sto. CHARLES FREDERICK

Minelayer

LT/KX. 111056. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 39. Son of George Henry and Mary Elizabeth Hawes, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; husband of Muriel Hawes, of Middlesbrough.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

JOHNSON : Sto. BASIL

Minelayer

LT/KX. 130936. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Johnson; husband of Bahia Johnson, of Cardiff.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

KEEPER : Ord. Sea. CYRIL ARTHUR ALFRED

Minelayer

LT/JX. 228707. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Henry William and Florence Mary Keeper.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

MACLEOD : Seaman MURDO JOHN

Minelayer

LT/JX. 173143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Son of John and Christy Macleod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

MARSHALL : Ord. Sea. SAMUEL imWARD

Minelayer

LT/JX. 242460. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of Samuel Edward and Margaret Marshall, of Chadwell St. Mary, Essex.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MARSHALL : Sto. WILLIAM

Minelayer

LT/KX. 115352. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 28. Son of Robert Sidney and Hannah Marshall, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

McNICHOLAS : Sto. JAMES

Minelayer

LT/KX. 103795. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Husband of Freda McNicholas, of South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MILLER : Sto. SAMUEL

Minelayer

LT/KX. 106729. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MOORING : Sto. HAROLD

Minelayer

LT/KX. 111981. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of James William and Lizzie Mooring, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

NEWTON : Ldg. Sea. ALBERT

Minelayer

LT/JX. 197289. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 35. Son of James and Charlotte Annie Newton, of Hull.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

ROWLAND : Ldg. Sea. FRANK JOSEPH

Minelayer

LT/X. 21432A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Son of Frank Cecil and Ellen Rowland; husband of Gwendoline Mary Rowland, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

SANGSTER : Ord. Seaman-Steward ALFRED

Minelayer

LT/JX. 226416. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sangster, of Foleshill, Warwickshire.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

SHARMAN : Ord. Sea. WILLIAM MAURICE

Minelayer

LT/JX. 242495. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of Henry and Sarah A. Sharman, of BrightIingsea, . Essex.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

SMITH : Sto. GEORGE ERNEST

Minelayer

LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 29 Son of John and Harriet Smith; husband of Alice Elizabeth Smith, of Plaistow, Essex.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

SMITH : Sto. JOHN

Minelayer

LT/KX. 107932. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

STILL : Sto. THOMAS WALKER

Minelayer

LT/KX. 107940. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 20. Son of Alexander and Isabella Still; husband of Mary Helen Still, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

STOKER : Ord. Sea. GEORGE THOMAS

Minelayer

LT/JX. 242494. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of George James Stoker and Constance May Stoker, of West Mersea, Essex.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

THOMSON : Ord. Seaman-Steward ROBERT ANDREW

Minelayer

LT/JX. 214213. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Son of Andrew Adam and Ada Thomson, of Cambridge.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

THURSTON : Seaman JAMES DAVID

Minelayer

LT/JX. 242068. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 35. Son of Horace and Sarah Thurston.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


04 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

WATSON : Seaman ANDREW

Minelayer

LT/JX. 185350. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Andrew and Margaret Watson, of Pittenweem, Fife.

Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net)


09 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

MURRAY : Seaman CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/JX. 241811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Nazareth. 9th June, 1941. Age 31. Son of Bernard and Katherine Murray, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.


22 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

BRODIE : Second Hand JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 179 SA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 26. Son of Andrew and Mary Jane Brodie, of Torry, Aberdeen; husband of Marion Joan Brodie.

Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


22 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

MACDONALD : Ord. Sea. WILLIAM GRAHAM LOUDON

Trawler

LT/JX. 207672. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941.

Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


22 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

MAIN : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 206411. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941.

Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


22 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

O'NEIL : Sto. ARTHUR PATRICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 107814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 24. Son of Patrick and Sarah O'Neil, of Glasgow; husband of Margaret O'Neil, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


22 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

SIMPSON : Sto.'WILLIAM LEE FE

Trawler

LT/KX. 104106. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 24. Son of WaIter and Lily Simpson, of Immingham, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


27 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

GIBBS : Sto. THOMAS HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 116205. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 20. Son of Thomas H. and Rosina Gibbs, of Northfield, Birmingham.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

HOWELL : Sto. GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 117060. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 28. Son of Henry and Ada Howell, of Worcester.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

KENDALL : Engineman WALTER STEPHENSON

Trawler

LT/KX. 106131. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 51. Son of Frederick Steven KendaIl and Mary KendaIl: husband of Elsie KendaIl, of Hayling Island, Hampshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MAYNARD : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 106811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

McEUNE : Engineman JOHN FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 107954. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 46. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McEune; husband of Susan Jane McEune, of Colney Heath, Hertfordshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

MORRISON : Seaman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 217792. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 29. Son of Murdo and Mary Morrison, of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

SAYERS : Second Hand OLIVER TUCKER BURMAN, DSM

Trawler

LT/X. 302SA, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

TEAGUE : Seaman NORMAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 180337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

WILLlAMS : Ord. Seaman Cook JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 214264. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Son of Llewelyn and Catherine Williams, of Swansea.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 June 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

WILSON : Sto. ARTHUR NELSON

Trawler

LT/KX. 105619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 21. Son. of Arthur Nelson Wilson and Margarret Ann Wilson, of Droylsden, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


01 July 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

COOPER : Cook DOUGLAS CLIFFORD

Drifter

LT/JX. 164687. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941. Age 18. Son of Sydney and Ethel Cooper, of Cobholm Island, Norfolk.


01 July 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

MORRIS : Engineman ALBERT WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/KX. 101800. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941. Age 34. Husband of Nellie Morris, of Bristol.


01 July 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

OSBORNE : Sto. HENRY

Drifter

LT/KX. 115438. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941.


03 July 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

STONE : Seaman FREDERICK HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 173216. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Morris Dance. 3rd July, 1941. Age 30. Son of John and Hannah Stone, of Torquay, Devon; husband of Gladys Eleanor Stone, of Torquay.


03 July 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

CHISHOLM : Sto. JAMES ANDERSON

Drifter

LT/KX. 125340. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941. Age 37. Son of David Scott Chisholm and Margaret Chisholm, of Plaistow, Essex; husband of Ivy Gertrude Chisholm, of Plaistow.

Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 July 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

CORK : Sto. FREDERICK LEONARD

Drifter

LT/KX. 109889. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941.

Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 July 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

HAWSON : Seaman WILUAM BIRKS

Drifter

LT/JX. 224432. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941. Age 39. Son of William and Emily Hawson; husband' of Kathleen Hawson, of Knightsbridge, London.

Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 July 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

SHAW : Engineman WILLIAM FREDERICK

Drifter

LT/KX.. 110027. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941. Age 45. Son of George Thomas Shaw and Rosanna Shaw, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ellen Victoria Shaw, of Lowestoft.

Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 July 1941

Panel 6,Column 1.

BARTLETT : Ord. Sea. JAMES

Shore Establishment

LT/IX. 232445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 22nd July, 1941.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft. May be the victim of air raid Lorne/Lorne Park Road, Lowestoft on this date (Jenkins: Port War)


22 July 1941

Addenda Panel.

TAMBLING : Leading Seaman EDWIN

Shore Establishment

LT/7030C. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Europa. 22nd July, 1941. Age 34. Son of Edwin and Emily Louisa Tambling, of Looe, Cornwall.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft. May be the victim of air raid Lorne/Lorne Park Road, Lowestoft on this date (Jenkins: Port War)


29 July 1941

Panel 14, Column 1.

BRAND : Seaman FREDERICK HECTOR

Trawler

LT/JX. 241199. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1941. Age 29. Son of Charles and Annie Brand; husband of Gladys May Brand, of Stapleford, Nottingham­shire.

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2: CWGC) Vessel lost at Normandy 29/7/44. CWGC entry date of 29/7/41 may be error or coincidental.


03 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

ALLEN : Skipper WILLIAM THOMAS

Whaler

RNR. H.M.S. Sotra. 3rd August, 1941. Age 35. Son of WaIter and Caroline Jane Allen; husband of Jane Duncan Buchan Allen of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: 313 ton whaler hired as minesweeper September 1939. No record of the incident of the loss of Skipper Allen but the vessel was eventually sunk 29th January 1942 (different sources record by aircraft and by U-431) off Bardia, Libya (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

BEARD : Sub-Lieut. PETER GASCOYN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 25. Son of the Revd. Hugh Spencer Gascoyen Beard, M.A., and of Winifred Amy Beard. M.A. (Cantab.).,

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

BRILL : Sto. 2nd Cl. FREDERICK CHARLES

Trawler

LT/KX. 129859. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

BURRETT : Seaman SIDNEY

Trawler

LT/IX. 180448. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 20. Son of Azulah Burrett, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

CARGILL : Seaman JAMEs

Trawler

LT/JX. 192254. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

CLINE : Lieut. LEONARD HARRY

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 38.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

DONNELLY : Ord. Sea. JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 253664. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 25. Son of James and Catherine Donnelly, of Gateshead, Co. Durham; husband of Isabella Donnelly, of Gateshead.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

HOOD : Seaman SIDNEY ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 186676. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 49. Son of Jesse and Lucy Hood; husband of Mabel Harriett Hood, of Langold, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

JOYCE : Ord. Seaman Cook MICHAEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 213976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 24. Son of Philip and Jane Joyce.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

LEWIS : Engineman ALFRED HOWELL

Trawler

LT/X. 392EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

MACBEATH : Ord. Sea. NORMAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 265176. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Son of John and Christina MacBeath, of Strathcarron, Ross and Cromarty.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

McBURNEY : Ord. Seaman-Steward REGINALD NEWTON

Trawler

LT/LX. 27692. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 29. Son of John Thomas McBurney and Gertrude McBurney; husband of Ada Maud McBurney, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

PASCOE : Sto. VICTOR WALTER

Trawler

LT/KX. 113976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 31. Son of Waiter and Hannah Catherine Pascoe, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Elizabeth Pascoe, of South Shields.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

SCRATON : Seaman CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 205503. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 29. Son of Charles and Sarah Margaret Scraton; husband of Emmeline Scraton, of Northenden, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

SHIELDS : Ldg. Sto. TIMOTHY GREIG

Trawler

LT/KX. 104292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 36. Son of Matthew and Margaret Greig Shields, of Kirkcaldy, Fife; husband of Jean Simpson Shields, of Kirkcaldy.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

STEPHENS : Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/6951c. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 40. Son of Richard Henry and Rhoda Stephens, of West Looe, Cornwall; husband of Gladys Stephens, of West Looe.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


06 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

WILSON : Sto. JAMES WILFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 113939. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of John William and Frances Elizabeth Wilson; husband of Cafoline Wilson, of Hendon, Co. Durham.

Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)


07 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

JENSEN : Engineman VIGGO EDWARD HALL

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 107991. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 39. 7th August, 1941. Age 26. Son of Viggo and Jane Jensen; husband of Hilda Jensen, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.


19 August 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

ROBERTS : Skipper ALBERT VICTOR

Trawler

RNR. H.M.S. Empyrean. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Charles and Margret Roberts; husband of Georgina Roberts, of Hessle, Yorkshire.

class="notes">Notes or comments: Requistioned November 1939 as Armed Patrol Vessel, converted M/S April 1940, converted to an Esso in January 1945, returned to owners in July 1946 (Toghill: Trawlers2)

19 August 1941

Panel 6,Column 1.

BARRETT : Ord. Sea. REGlNALD GEORGE

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 256669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 29.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.


19 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

BORMAN : Engineman ARTHUR ROBERT

Shore Establishment

LT/KX. 106872. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 25. Son of Arthur Robert and EIiza Ann Borman, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Vera Borman, of Grimsby.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

LOCKE : Ord. Sea. RAYMOND

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 230209. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Augustus and Patience Locke, of Trinity, Trinity Bay, New­foundland.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.


19 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

RUSHWORTH : Ch. Engineman JOSEPH

Shore Establishment

LT/KX. 106128. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 34. Son of John and Margaret Ellen Rushworth, of Fleet­wood, Lancashire; husband of Rachel Rushworth, of Fleetwood.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

WHALEN : Ord. Sea. JOHN

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 230101. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Hubert and Edith Whalen, of George Town, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft. Native of Newfoundland


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

CULLIMORE : Seaman ELIJAH

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 201709. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa (lost in s.s. Aguila). 19th August, 1941. Son of Violet Maud Cullimore, of Elliston, Trinity Bay, New­foundland.

Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.


19 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

JACKSON : Skipper PATRICK DONALD

Shore Establishment

RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 19th August, 1941. Age 29. Son of Frederick Donald and Kathrine Jackson, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Ellen Jackson, of Fleetwood.

Notes or comments: Naval shore establishment at Port Said, Egypt, with several satellite bases in the area. (probably the accounting base for seagoing personnel not permanently posted - ed.) (Warlow: Shote Est. RN)


19 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

CHISHOLM : Lieut. WALTER BRUCE

Whaler

RNVR. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 33. Son of WaIter John and May Chisholm; husband of Lilian Ivy Beatrice Chisholm, of Canons Park, Edgware, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

GRAVES : Ldg. Steward BERNARD

Whaler

LT/LX. 30051. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 19. Son of Fred and Florence Graves, of Bassingham, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

GRONDLAND : Sto. BIRGER SKIMGRIMSEN

Whaler

LT/KX. 116044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Skimgrim K. Grondland and Birgit (nee Anderesen); husband of Borgny Grondland, of Skien, Norway.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


19 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

ROSS : Ord. Seaman-Cook COLIN

Whaler

LT/JX. 207737. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Colin and Mary Rass, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


19 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

SKIPPER : Ord. Sea. GEORGE EDWARD

Whaler

LT/JX. 174693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Elijah and Hannah Skipper, of Marsham, Norfolk; husband of Margaret Emily Skipper, of Marsham.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


19 August 1941

Addenda Panel.

WILSON : Lieutenant DUDLEY CYRIL

Whaler

RNVR. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 31. Son of Percy Robson Wilson and Edith Julia Wilson.

Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2)


27 August 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

BLOXHAM : Midn. JOHN FREDERICK

RNR. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27th August, 1941. Age 19. Son of Frederick and Miriam K. M. Bloxham, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.


27 August 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

OLDFORD : Seaman AUGUSTUS ALBERT

LT/IX. 211445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27t!1 August, 1941. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


27 August 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

ORAM : Ord. Sea. ALFRED

LT/JX. 218408. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27th August, 1941. Age 33. Son of Alfred and Francis Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man; husband of Ethel M. Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man.


06 September 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

CRAN : Engineman GEORGE JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 99936. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 September 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

HENDERSON : Ord. Sea. THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 228092. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 19. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Henderson, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 September 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

JAMES : Cook HERBERT

Trawler

LT/MX. 87135. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 September 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MEADOWS : Sto. EDWARDS

Trawler

LT/KX. 108583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 21. Son of Alfred A. and Mary Meadows.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 September 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

MURRAY : Engineman BERNARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 117207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 September 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

PARSONS : Seaman WILFRED

Trawler

LT/JX. 211451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland


06 September 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

PETTERSEN : Ldg. Sea. ASBJORN STORN

Trawler

LT/JX. 241645. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 24. Son of Sigurd H. and Selma Margrethe Pettersen, of Sandefjord, Norway.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland


06 September 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

ROPER : Sto. JAMES LESLIE

Trawler

LT/KX. 121734. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 28. Son of Herbert and Margaret Roper; husband of Dorothy Roper, of Skellow, Adwick-Ie-Street, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


04 October 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

PIZZEY : Seaman LESLlE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 174714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 4th October, 1941. Age 30. Son of Arthur and Alice Pizzey; husband of R. Pizzey, of Whitstable, Kent.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned May 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, Janury 1941 converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 31st A/S Group at Gibraltar, sank U-111 off Teneriffe October, torpedoed U-374 off Gibraltar (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


13 October 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

NORTON : Skipper JAMES CYRIL

Shore Establishment

RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 13th October, 1941.

Notes or comments: Naval shore establishment at Port Said, Egypt, with several satellite bases in the area. (probably the accounting base for seagoing personnel not permanently posted - ed.) (Warlow: Shote Est. RN)


13 October 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

PEEL : Skipper JOHN ROWLAND

Shore Establishment

RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 13th October, 1941. Age 39. Son of John William and Mary Peel; husband of Florence Ada Peel, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Naval shore establishment at Port Said, Egypt, with several satellite bases in the area. (probably the accounting base for seagoing personnel not permanently posted - ed.) (Warlow: Shote Est. RN)


23 October 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

SLATER : Engineman ALEXANDER GORDON

Trawler

LT/KX. 131051. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roseden. 23rd October, 1941. Age 37.


02 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

PUGHE : Ch. Engineman HENRY EDGAR

Trawler

LT/KX. 110522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dale Castle. 2nd November, 1941. Husband of . C. Pughe, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.


03 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

BALLS : Seaman ALBERT EDWARD

LT/JX. 215631. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 25. Son of AIbert Edward and Sarah Ann Balls, of King's Lyon, Norfolk; husband of Margaret Ellen Balls, of King's Lynn.


03 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

BLADE : Seaman LESLIE ROBERT

LT/JX. 241762. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 31.


03 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

LEMAN : Ldg. Sea. ALBERT CHARLES

LT/JX. 215632. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 34. Husband of Louisa Leman, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.


03 November 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

MAHY : Sto. JOHN

LT/KX. 100577. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941.


03 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

RANSOM : Engineman SAMUEL

LT/KX. 114002. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 42. Son of Thomas William and Francise Ransom; husband of Mabel Annie Ransome, of Boston, Lincolnshire.


03 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 1..

WAKE : Seaman JOHN

LT/JX. 219597. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 26. Son of John George and Florence May Wake; husband of Annie Wake, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.


06 November 1941

Panel 6,Column 2. 

BARRETT : Engineman GEORGE CLIFFORD

Trawler

LT/X. 6114ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Flotta. 6th November, 1941. Age 33. Son of George CIifford Barrett and Annie Mary Barrett, of Hull; husband of Annie Louisa Rusby Barrett, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, foundered after grounding off Buchan Ness (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

BALL : Skipper GEORGE FREDERICK

Drifter

RNR. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

GOODWIN : Seaman FREDERICK JAMES

Drifter

LT!JX. 307222. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 28. Son of Edward George and Elizabeth Goodwin, of Edinburgh; husband of Eva Elizabeth Goodwin, of Edinburgh. His brother, . Robert Bowman Goodwin, perished with him.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

GOODWIN : Seaman ROBERT BOWMAN

Drifter

LT/JX. 307223. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 22. Son of Edward Georgeand Elizabeth Goodwin, of Edinburgh. His brother, Frederick James Goodwin, perished with him.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

GRAY : Engineman ALFRED SAMUEL RIX

Drifter

LT/X. 5972ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 31. Son of Robert and Mary Gray, of Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth Gray, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

HILDER : Second Hand WILLlAM ALBERJ'

Drifter

LT/JX. 185433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 53. Husband of Ethel Maud Hilder, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

HUGHES : Seaman EVERETT JOHN

Drifter

LT/JX. 196062. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

KENNY : Sto. JAMES WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/KX. 12111. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 25. Son of Alfred Patrick and EIlen Kenny, of Widnes, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

McINTOSH : Sto. ALEXANDER

Drifter

LT/KX. 136689. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann McIntosh, of Bridge-of-Dee, Aberdeen­shire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 7, Column 2.

PICKERING : Ldg. Cook GEOFFREY

Drifter

LT/MX. 87337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 21. Son of Tom Pickering, and of Elizabeth Ann Pickering, of Bury, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

ROBERTSON : Ord. Sea. MAURICE WILLlAM HENRY

Drifter

LT/JX. 272498. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 31. Son of George and Gertrude Robert­ son; husband of Beatrice Annie Robertson, of , Radstock, Somerset,

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

WATSON : Seaman THOMAS BUTTERS

Drifter

LT/IX. 185351. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Jessie Watson; husband of Johnina R Watson, of Cellardyke, Fife.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

WINN : Ldg. Sea. GORDON

Drifter

LT/JX. 184486. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 21. Son of Violet Mary Winn.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


09 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

FLATT : Engineman HENRY GUY

Drifter

LT/KX. 106767. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Joy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 27.. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Flatt, of Bungay, Suffolk; husband of Kathleen Flatt, of Bungay.


11 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

GRAHAM : Ldg. Sea. NORMAN

Trawler

LT/X. 18120A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rosalind. 11th November, 1941. Age 26. Son of Norman and Murdina Graham, of Ness, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.


22 November 1941

Panel 7, Column 1.

BROWN : Sto. JAMES FORGAN

Trawler

LT/KX. 113617. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 27. Son of George F. W. and Jessie Grieve Forgan Brown; hus­band of Isabella Brown, of Macduff, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN in February 1940, converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 3rd Escort Group based at Greenock, employed on Atlantic convoy escort, sunk in collision with destroyer HMS Sardonyx off Hebrides. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


22 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

LEGGETT : Seaman JOSEPH THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 195758: RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 20. Son of William Thomas Leggett and Edith Rosina Louise Leggett, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN in February 1940, converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 3rd Escort Group based at Greenock, employed on Atlantic convoy escort, sunk in collision with destroyer HMS Sardonyx off Hebrides. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


22 November 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

MORGAN : Seaman FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 170686. RN. Patrol. Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 20. Son of LUke and Ada Morgan, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN in February 1940, converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 3rd Escort Group based at Greenock, employed on Atlantic convoy escort, sunk in collision with destroyer HMS Sardonyx off Hebrides. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


22 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 1.

ROBINSON : Seaman CYRIL ST. CLAIR

Trawler

LT/JX. 242771. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 35.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN in February 1940, converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 3rd Escort Group based at Greenock, employed on Atlantic convoy escort, sunk in collision with destroyer HMS Sardonyx off Hebrides. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


24 November 1941

Panel 6, Column 2.

COMMONS : Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM DOUGLAS

LT/JX. 190633. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Dunedin. 24th November, 1941. Son of Adin Commons, and of Martha Commons, of Mans­field, Nottinghamshire.


08 December 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

GARDNER : Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 101012. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941. Age 23. Son of Thomas Whitfield Gardner and Maud Margaret Gardner, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham,


08 December 1941

Panel 6, Column 3.

GRIFFIN : Engineman EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 105074. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Griffin; husband of Muriel Griffin, of Whitby, Yorkshire.


08 December 1941

Panel 5, Column 3.

HIPPEY : Seaman JOHN GEOFFREY

Trawler

LT/JX 261286. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941.


08 December 1941

Panel 4, Column 3.

NEATE : Lieut. JOHN STUART

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941. Age 37. Son of Frederick Charles and Edith Anne Neate; husband of Isobel Norah Neate, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.


08 December 1941

Panel 7, Column 3.

BROOKES : Asst. Cook ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/MX. 84533. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 34. Son of Percy and Elizabeth Hannah Brookes; husband of Charlotte Brookes.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off east coast of Scotland (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

CALVERT : Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 173477. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 30. Son of Gibson and Mary Ann Calvert; husband of Ivy Calvert, of Brighouse, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off east coast of Scotland (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1941

Panel 5, Column 2.

CAMMISH : Seaman WILLIAM IRISH

Trawler

LT/JX. 202057. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 29. Son of Edmond and Nellie Irish Cammish, of Filey, Yorkshire; husband of Mary Alice Cammish, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off east coast of Scotland (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1941

Panel 5, Column 1.

EDEN : Second Hand MARTIN CROOK

Trawler

LT/JX. 183154. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.