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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 Two

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.

05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

BUNYAN : Sto. ALEXANDER GILLIES

Trawler

LT/KX. 147619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 34. Son of Alexander and A n Bunyan, of Melrose, Roxburghshire; husband of Isabel1a Lillico Bunyan, of Melrose.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, . Column 1.

CHILDS : Lieut. JAMES NOEL

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 32. Son of Philip Hugh and Mabel Harriot Childs; husband of Kathleen Egerton Childs, of Ipswich, Suffolk. Qualified Solicitor.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

COLEMAN : Seaman PATRICK

Trawler

LT/IX. 207522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 36. Son of William Iohn and Mary Ann Welsh Coleman; husband of Margaret Gagan Coleman, of Linlathen, Dundee.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

CRAIG : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 177131. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 26. Son of Adam and Agnes Craig; husband of Jenny Craig, of Girvan, Ayrshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

DAVIES : Engineman THOMAS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 6134E.S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 34. Son of Thomas Archibald and Frances Eleanor Davies, of Hull; husband of Ida Davies, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

EAMES : Ldg. Cook ERIC WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 87881. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 23. Son of William and Elizabeth Eames; husband of Eileen Henrietta Eames, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

FRANKISH : Seaman JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 284883. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 22. Son of Albert and Edith Frankish, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

GODFREY : Engineman THOMAS RICHARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 100170. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 39. Son of Thomas WiIliam and Annie Eliza­beth Godfrey; husband of Elizabeth Ann Godfrey, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

GOVIS : Second Hand WALTER

Trawler

LT/JX., 180143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 34. Husband of Ada Mary Govis, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

JUDD : Engineman EDWARD HORACE

Trawler

LT/X. 1O083S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

LAING : Sto. ARTHUR LIVINGSTON

Trawler

LT/KX. 138034. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 21. Son of Arthur and Christina Laing, of Torry, Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

LEES : Seaman. JAMES SOMERVILLE

Trawler

LT/JX. 194326. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 24. Son of James Somerville Lees and Jeanie McBryde Lees, of Edinburgh.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

LEGG : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 116382. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 23. Son of Alexander and Hannah E. Legg, of Bootle, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MACLEAN : Seaman ANGUS

Trawler

LT/X. 18204A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 27. Son of. Angus and Catherin, e Maclean, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Ethel Ruby Maclean, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

McKINNON : Seaman RODERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 281824. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 20. Son of John and Mary Ann McKinnon, of Leverburgh, Harris, Isle of Lewis.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

McLEAN : Sto. ROBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 160733. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 20. Son of Thomas and Susan McLean, of Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

PHILLIPS : Seaman ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 283089. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 37. Son of Richard Henry and Edith Phillips, of. St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Annie Louisa Phillips, of St. Austell.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

PORTEOUS : Steward JAMES

Trawler

LT/LX. 30207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

HOWLAND : Seaman WILLIAM JAMES EDWARD

LT/JX. 241622. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Their Merit. 5th August, 1943. Age 37. Son of William Richard and Mary Howland; husband of Catherine Ada Howland, of Willesborough, Kent.


15 August 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

JASPER : Ldg. Sea. EDWARD STEWART

Landing Ship: Tank

LT/JX., 279359. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LST. 414. 15th August, 1943. Age 39. Son of Edmund and Francis Jasper; husband of Eileen Jasper, of Whitefield, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: built under lend/lease for RN at Bathlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore USA, 1625 tons, length 327, beam 50, carrying 18x 30 ton tanks or equivalent, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


15 August 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

PITT : Asst. Steward. WILLIAM

Landing Ship: Tank

LT/LX. 30345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LST. 414. 15th August, 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles and Nora Pitt, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

Notes or comments: built under lend/lease for RN at Bathlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore USA, 1625 tons, length 327, beam 50, carrying 18x 30 ton tanks or equivalent, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


31 August 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

BARDON : Sto. GEORGE

LT/KX. 121580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Philoctetes. 31st August, 1943. Age 23. Son of Joseph Wood Bardon and Alice Bardon,of Oulston, Yorkshire.


19 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

HEALY : Ldg. Cook JOHN FORSYTH

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/MX. 85150. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2019. 19th September, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Mary Healy, of Greenock, Renfrew­shire..


19 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

HUGHES : Seaman RONALD ERIC

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 242607. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2019. 19th September, 1943.


19 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

KLEISER : Engineman JOSEPH RICHARD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX.130912. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2019. 19th September, 1943. Age 28. Son of Joseph and Margaret Kleiser, of Holyhead, Anglesey.


19 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

TAYLOR : Engineman GEORGE MITCHELL

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 108020. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2019. 19th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of George and Betsy Taylor, of Dundee; husband of Helen Taylor, of Dundee.


22 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

BARCOCK : Seaman ERNEST

Drifter

LT/JX. 302124. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 20. Son of Ernest and Rachael Barcock, of Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

ELLARBY : Engineman STANLEY

Drifter

LT/KX. 117199. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 38. Son of John and Lily Ellarby; husband of Marian EIIarby.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

HARGREAVES : Cook HAROLD

Drifter

LT/MX. 87017. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 21. Son of Thomas Hargreaves, and of Ellen Hargreaves, of Elton, Bury, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

RAVEN : Seaman CHARLES ARTHUR

Drifter

LT/JX. 242877. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 39. Son of Alfred and Louisa Raven; husband of Ethel May Raven, of Rushmere, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

WILLIAMS : Sto. HAROLD

Drifter

LT/KX. 125401. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 21. Ward of Margaret Leslie, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


22 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

WORLEY : Seaman PERCY

Drifter

L/JX. 278934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 23. Son of Percy and Margaret Worley; husband of Dorothy Joan Worley, of Aspley, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


24 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

BRIGDEN : Sto. JACK WILTON

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 152795. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 20. Son of Harold and Annie Brigden, of Dudley, Worcestershire.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

BUCHAN : Engineman JOHN WILLlAM DUTHIE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 125479. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 31. Husband of Helen Buchan, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. .

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

COOPER : Sigmn. GERALD JOHN

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 247192. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 26. Son of Arthur George and Mabel Cooper, of Woodbridge, Suffolk; husband of Matilda W. Cooper, of Notting Hill, London.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

DAVIS : Lieut. LESLIE EDWARD

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 26. Son of Edward and Charlotte Davis.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

DEANS : Sto. 2nd Cl. CHARLES STUART IMRIE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 137326. RN. Patrol Service. HM Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 20. Son of Margaret Deans, of Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 13, Column, 1.

DUTHIE : Ldg. Cook. BALFOUR DOWNIE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/MX. 87859. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 37. Son of James and Margaret Ann Duthie; husbapd of Nellie Strachan Duthie, of Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MARTIN : Seaman WYNFORD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 197038. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

PEARCE : Ldg. Sea. CHARI.

Motor Minesweeper

ES RICHARD, LT/JX. 242878. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Marjorie Irene Pearce, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


25 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

BOYD : Lieut. WILLIAM HUNTER

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 41. Son of David McVail Boyd and Mary Spiers Boyd, of Glasgow; husband of Christina Mary Boyd, of Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

BRETTON : Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 113682. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 27. Son of James and Jane Bretton, of Pinxton, Derbyshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

CRAIG : Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 288134. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 39. Son of Joseph and IsabelIa Craig; husband of Margaret Craig, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

EDWARDS : Sto. ERNEST WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 125209. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

EVELEIGH : Seaman MALCOLM YDNEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 216802. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 29. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

FARROW : Ch. Engineman CYRIL, BEM

Trawler

LT/KX. 116098, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 35. Son of Jessie Farrow; husband of Fanny Jean Farrow, of Cleethorpes, Lincoln­shire. .

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

FENTON : Seaman JAMES BROOMFIELD ROBINSON

Trawler

LT/JX. 225077. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 31. Son of Mathew and Mary Ann Fenton, of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Edith May Fenton, of Sunderland.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

McCRORIE : Seaman HUGHES MCDlNES

Trawler

LT/JX. 212761. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 27. Son of James and Elizabeth McCrorie, of Girvan, Ayrshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

MILTON : Sto. ALFRED HORACE

Trawler

LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 35. Son of William and Emma Eliza Milton, of Islington, London.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

MOSELEY : Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 157294. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 19. Son of William and Alice Moseley, of Dagenham, Essex.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 1, Column 3.

NEWSON : Seaman JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 217783. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of Charles and Kate Newson, of FeIixstowe, Suffolk; husband of Eva Ellen Newson, of Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

NOBLE : Engineman JOHN TINLINE

Trawler

LT/KX. 132753. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of William and Mary Jane Noble, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire; husband of Janet Scott Noble, of Galashiels.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

THOMAS : Cook ROY GRETTON

Trawler

LT/MX. 109804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 21. Son of John Gretton Thomas and Eva Thomas, of Bingham, Nottinghamshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 September 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

TYE : Seaman THOMAS STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 259314. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


15 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

LACEY : Act. Sub-Lieut. KENNETH DOUGLAS FRANCIS

RNR. H.M.S. Kai. 15th October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Eldred Francis Lacey and Dora May Lacey, of New Southgate, Middlesex.


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

DALEY : Sto. THOMAS PAUL

LT/KX. 102093. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hurworth. 22nd October, 1943. Age 37. Son of Thomas and Mary Daley, of Liverpool; husband of Ellen Daley, of Liverpool;


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

ALLEN : Seaman ANDREW LIDDLE

Trawler

LT/IX. 262794. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 36. Son of Henry C. and Isabella Allen of Blyth Northumberland; husband of Violet AlIen of Blyth, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

BENNETT : Seaman JOHN GERARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 185964. RN. Parol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 24. Son of Patrick and Diana Bennett, of Buchans, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) Native of Newfoundland


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

BENNETT : Ord. Sea. ROBERT ELDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 375025. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 19. Son of Colin Elder Bennett and J ane Bennett, of Selkirk.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

BOTT : Telegraphist HENRY PETER

Trawler

LT/LD/X. 5554. RN.V.R (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 24. Son of I Herbert Edward Bott, and of Rose Alvine Bott, of South Croydon, Surrey.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

BRISTOW : Engineman HAROLD JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX.. 114344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 23. Son of James and Ada Bristow.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

BROWN : Skipper CHARLES

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 28. Son of George and Annie Brown; husband of Elizabeth Brown, of Port Seton, East Lothian.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

BUTT : Seaman ELIJAH CYRIL

Trawler

LT/IX. 188859. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 26. Son of William and Annie Butt, of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) Native of Newfoundland


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

CLARK : Sto. FELIX

Trawler

LT/KX. 119716. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 26. Son of Thomas and Agnes Clark; husband of Catherine Clark, of Tannockside, Lanarkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

CONNOLLY : Skipper WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 29. Son of John Thomas Connolly and Edna Connolly; husband of Freda Connolly, of Fleet­wood, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

CORNFIELD : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 144042. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

CURTIS : Seaman SIDNEY CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 317378. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Arthur William and Alice Dorothy Curtis, of Eltham, London.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

HUNTER : Ldg. Cook EDWARD

Trawler

LT/MX. 83311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. , 22nd October, 1943. Son of William and Mary Ann Hunter; husband of Rose Evelyn Hunter, of Filey Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

KAY : Ord. Sigmn. JAMES ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 309775. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 35. Son of James Henry and Kate Kay, of Gillingham, Kent; husband of Hilda Ellen Kay, of Gillingham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

LEWIS : Seaman DAVID RICHARD DOUGHTON

Trawler

LT/JX. 205200. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 31. Son of Edward Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Sarah Ann Lewis, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire; husband of Frances Rowlands Lewis, of Aber­ystwyth.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

LILLEY : Sto. JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 102870. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 24. Son of William and Mary Lilley, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MASON : Seaman HAROLD

Trawler

LT/JX. 195744. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

MORRICE : Sto. ALEXANDER MATHERS

Trawler

LT/KX. 149068. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 37. Son of William and Josephine Morrice, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

NASH : Seaman NORMAN JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 330715. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Ellen Nash, of Slaugham, Sussex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

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NORTON : Seaman HARRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 207733. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 25. Son of George Alfred and Jessie Elizabeth Flowerday Norton, of Forest Hill, London.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

SMART : Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 304804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfaiy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Robert and Helen A. Smart, of West Wemyss, Fife.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

SOANES : Skipper ALEXANDER ALFRED

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 35. Son of Charles and Harriet Soanes; husband of Ethel Agnes Soanes, of Kessingland, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

TAYLOR : Ldg. Sea. JOHN DENT

Trawler

LT/JX. 265373. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Taylor, of Newbiggin­by-the-Sea, Northumberland; husband of Una Taylor.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

TEMPLE : Skipper EDWARD WILSON

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 40. Son of Harry and Margaret Temple; husband of Minnie Rose Temple, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

TOON : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/IX. 306682. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 22. Son of Mrs. S. Toon, of Great Bridge, Staffordshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

WARRENDER : Engineman BERNARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 115825. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 27. Son of Peter and Anne Warrender, of Manchester; husband of Agnes Warrender, of Levenshulme, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

WATT : Ch. Engineman JOHN, DSM

Trawler

LT/X. 466EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

WHICHELLO : Skipper Lieut. GEORGE ALFRED, DSC

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 36. Son of George and Edie Whichello; husband of Lilian Elizabeth Whichello, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

WILLIAMSON : Sto. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 154415. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Albert and Maud Williamson, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

WILSON : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 258390. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Jessie Wilson, of Swinster, Zetland (Shetland).

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

WILSON : Ord. Tel. LESLIE JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 323669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Son of Leslie Charles and Beatrice Wilson, of Hall Green, Birmingham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

WINSPEAR : Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM THOMAS

Trawler

LT/X. 10247B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 29. Son of William Thomas Winspear and Rebecca Harland Winspear, of Whitby, Yorkshire; husband of Florence Irene Winspear, of Whitby.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


22 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

YOUNG : Engineman ROBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 103162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 33. Son of James and Helen Young, of East Wemyss, Fife.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)


23 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

GALLAGHER : Sto. PETER JOSEPH

LT/KX. 157769. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cromarty. 23rd October, 1943.


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

SAYERS : P.O. ALFRED ALLEYN BERNARD

LT/JX. 217879. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Salsette. 25th October, 1943. Age 35. Son of Ernest and Nellie Sayers; husband of Doreen Sayers, of Woodford, Essex.


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

DYE : Seaman EDWARD HARRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 227384. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

GLENTWORTH : Second Hand HENRY

Trawler

LT/5891D. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 40. Son of Joseph and Louis Glentworth; husband of Doris Glentworth, of Ovenden, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

JOSEPH : Steward COLEMAN

Trawler

LT/LX. 27768. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 23. Son of Abraham and Millie J oseph, of Willesden Green, Middlesex; husband of Rose Joseph.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

McCLOUD : Engineman JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 103113. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 46. Son of John William and Mary McCloud, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Jane Hannah McCloud, of North Shields.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

McKAY : Telegraphist HUGH

Trawler

LT/JX. 341159. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

MILES : Ldg. Cook WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/MX. 82608. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 37. Son of Morgan and Bessie Miles; husband of Mary Ann Miles, of Cwmbwrla, Swansea.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MILNE : Seaman PETER

Trawler

LT/JX. 206505. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Elsie MiIne, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.'

MOULDS : Seaman MAURICE

Trawler

LT/JX. 383092. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 20. Son of Thomas and Elsie Moulds, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

NOBLE : Engineman HARRY SPICE

Trawler

LT/KX. 130934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 37. Husband of Helen Noble, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

SALENIUS : Skipper SAMUEL

Trawler

RNR H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

STONE : Sto. FRANK

Trawler

LT/KX. 128812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

TEMPLE : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 257105. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 32. Son of Thomas and Jane Temple, of Widnes, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Temple, of Widnes.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 October 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

VICKERS : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 129452. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 29. Son of James and Honora Vickers, of Hull; husband of Gertrude Hilda Vickers, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


30 October 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

SIMPSON : Seaman ALFRED RONALD

Drifter

LT/JX. 205504. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Aurora II. 30th October, 1943. Age 29. Son of Alfred Robinson Simpson and Louisa Simpson, of Darlington, Co. Durham.


06 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

HERD : Seaman SAMUEL

Yacht

LT/JX. 280344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 6th November, 1943. Age 42. Son of David and Mary Herd, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 November 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

NEIL : Cook GEORGE

Yacht

LT/MX. 83741. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 6th November, 1943. Age 39.

Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


06 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

OLDMAN : Second Hand WILLIAM JAMES DIXON

Yacht

LT/JX. 400136. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 6th November, 1943. Age 42. Son of William J ames Dixon Oldman and Maud Oldman; husband of Nanny aidman, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


07 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

McDONALD : Seaman RODERICK

Yacht

LT/JX. 222261. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 7th November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


11 November 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

EGAN : Ord. Sea. WILLIAM DENIS

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/IX. 428156. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 72. 11th November, 1943. Age 18. Son of WilIiam and Norah Egan, of Rugeley, Staffordshire.

Notes or comments: (original number 72, later renumbered 2072) launched at the Wheeler yard of Whitestone, New York in April 1943, by November was in off Leros in Aegean Sea when attacked by Dornier launched glider bomb causing a number of casualties (Minett: CisC; naval-history.net)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

BIRD : Seaman JAMES

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 281423. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 28. Son of Margaret Bird, of Hoylake, Cheshire.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

BROWN : Seaman LEONARD JOHN

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 400240. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 19. Son of Thomas John and Gertrude May Brown, of Port Isaac, Cornwall.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

CARTER : Seaman JAMES SUTHERLAND

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 400268. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 20. Son .of Hugh and May Carter, of Lybster, Caithness­shire.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

ELLIS : Seaman JOHN

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 328945. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 20.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

HARVEY : Ldg. Sea. GEORGE MARTIN

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 222794. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 28. Son of George and Beatrice Mary Harvey, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Mary A. Harvey, of Grimsby.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

MASON : Engineman ERIC

Shore Establishment

LT/KX. 135829. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 21. Son of James William and Christian Saxton Mason, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

MATHESON : Ldg. Sea. NEIL

Shore Establishment

LT/X. 17918A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 27. Son of Peter and Annie Matheson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MULVANEY : Seaman GEORGE NAPIER

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 222328. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 29. Son of Samuel and Mary Mulvaney, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

SMITH : Seaman SIDNEY WILLIAM

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 383530. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 28. Son of Sidney Benjamin and Mary Ann Eliza Smith, of Brixton, London.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

WARD : Engineman WILLIAM

Shore Establishment

LT/KX. 148321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 31. Son of Thomas and Emma Ward, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Ellen Ward, of Tonge Moor, Bolton.

Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


11 November 1943

Addenda Panel.

GEEVES : Seaman ARTHUR

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX 210982. RN Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 72. 11th November, 1943. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Maria Geeves, of Totterdige, Hertfordshire.

Notes or comments: (original number 72, later renumbered 2072) launched at the Wheeler yard of Whitestone, New York in April 1943, by November was in off Leros in Aegean Sea when attacked by Dornier launched glider bomb causing a number of casualties (Minett: CisC; naval-history.net)


11 November 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

WIGG : Seaman ROBERT HENRY

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 19221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 72. 11th November, 1943. Age 29. Son of Henry Gerald and Eleanor Wigg, of Folkestone.

Notes or comments: (original number 72, later renumbered 2072) launched at the Wheeler yard of Whitestone, New York in April 1943, by November was in off Leros in Aegean Sea when attacked by Dornier launched glider bomb causing a number of casualties (Minett: CisC; naval-history.net)


16 November 1943

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DONLAN : Seaman ALBERT

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 277821. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 103. 16th November, 1943. Age 22. Son of Joseph and Polly Donlan, of Derby.


18 November 1943

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JONES : Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 129795. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Consolation. 18th November, 1943. Age 31. Son of Thomas Jones, and of Margaret Jones, of Bebington, Cheshire.


22 November 1943

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SYMES : Sigmn. FREDERICK DAVID

LT/JX. 223278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hebe. 22nd November, 1943. Age 26. Son of Frederick Levi Symes and Emily Gertrude Travers Symes, of Uploders, Dorsetshire.


23 November 1943

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BLAIR : Steward HENRY

Whaler

LT/LX. 26882. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 29. Son of Alexander Rigg Blair and Elizabeth Blair, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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BROTHERTON : Seaman. GEORGE EDWARD

Whaler

LT/JX. 303176. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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BUCHAN : Engineman WILLlAM REID

Whaler

LT/KX. 131039. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 39. Husband of Annie Buchan, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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COWIE : Seaman IAN

Whaler

LT/JX. 174565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 23. Son of Alexander and Jeannie Cowie, of Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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DOCHERTY : Sigmn. CHARLES CECIL

Whaler

LT/JX. 298189. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 22. Son of Francis and Maud Elizabeth Docherty.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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EDWARDS : Second Hand WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/X. 18640 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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EVERETT : Skipper Lieut. JAMES LESLIE

Whaler

RNR. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 41. Son of James and Florence Everett, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of Mary Josephine Everett, of Cleethorpes.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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GEDDES : Skipper GEORGE GARDEN

Whaler

RNR. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 27. Son of William and Janet Geddes, of Buckie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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GIANNOTTI : Sto. WILLIAM JAMES

Whaler

LT/KX. 107924. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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GREENAWAY : Engineman JAMES

Whaler

LT/KX. 148741. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 36. Son of Edwin Joseph and Hannah Greenaway; husband of Alison Greenaway, of Port Tennant, Swansea.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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HOUGH : Sto. PERCY ALBERT

Whaler

LT/KX. 130556. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 20. Son of Percy Albert and Rosina Hough, of Bow, London.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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HUNTER : Seaman WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/JX. 17 056. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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JONES : Seaman SAMUEL

Whaler

LT/JX. 286587. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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RICHMOND : Seaman CHARLES MAIR

Whaler

LT/JX. 304013. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Son of John Richmond, and of Agnes Richmond, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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SHAW : Seaman DANIEL

Whaler

LT/JX. 280498. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 40. Son of Peter and Inez Marshall Shaw, of Rothesay, Buteshire; husband of Williamina Nichol Shaw, of Rothesay.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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SMITH : Engineman ALEXANDER

Whaler

LT/X. 10549S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 23. Son of WaIter John and Margaret Smith, of Findochty, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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THOMPSON : Sto. MARTIN

Whaler

LT/X. 10211ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 28. Son of James and Mary Thompson, of Liverpool; husband of Mary Thompson, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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WINDLE : Ldg. Sea. JOHN WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/JX. 179681. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 25. Son of John William and Sophia Adelina Windle, of Hull.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


23 November 1943

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WINN : Seaman PATRICK

Whaler

LT/JX. 299828. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 22. Son of Michael Winn, D.C.M., and Mary Winn, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


01 December 1943

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BRUCE : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 529132. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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CASTLEMAN : Steward LESLlE FRANCIS

Trawler

LT/LX. 28229. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Charles Albert and Elizabeth Castleman; husband of Patricia Castleman.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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CHESWORTH : Seaman ROY

Trawler

LT/JX. 350791. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Charles Henry and Emily Chesworth, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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COULL : Ldg. Cook BERT

Trawler

LT/MX. 87679. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 29. Son of George and Jane Ann Coull; husband of Edith Christian Coull, of Torry, Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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CRAINE : Ord. Sea. JOHN HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 400597. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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DOCHERTY : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 228183. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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FARRELL : Telegraphist SYDNEY EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 310326. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of William Miller Farrell and Florence Emily Farrell, of Northampton.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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GATT : Engineman JAMES MOIR

Trawler

LT/KX. 125129. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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GULLY : Seaman RONALD ASHLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 402802. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 19. Son of Albert Victor and Elizabeth Gully, of Bow, London.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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JACKSON : Sto. FARROW HOWDEN

Trawler

LT/KX. 103790. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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JAPPY : Skipper ALEXANDER

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 40. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Jappy; husband of Margaret Helen Jappy, of Buckie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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JOHNSON : Ord. Sea. DONALD HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 373364. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 19. Son of Rose Elizabeth Johnson, of Norwich.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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LAMBERT : Seaman GEOFFREY MICHAEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 372610. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Harry and Margaret Lambert, of Lazenby, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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MACDONALD : Seaman ANGUS

Trawler

LT/JX. 252714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 32. Son of Annie Macdonald, of Sanday Island, Inner Hebrides.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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MEADS : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 376667. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Son of Thomas Roger and Emma Jane Meads, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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MURRAY : Second Hand ALEXANDER GEDDES

Trawler

LT/JX. 177015. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 23. Son of William and Jessie Murray, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Margaret Murray.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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OWEN : Seaman JACK

Trawler

LT/JX. 377537. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Louisa Owen, of Atherton, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

PARKINSON : Ord. Sigmn. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 571589. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st, December, 1943. Age 17. Son of Thomas Lunn Parkins on and Lucy Eveline Parkinson, of Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

PATERSON : Seaman ALEXANDER PURVES

Trawler

LT/JX. 260848. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 34. Son of Alexander Purves Paterson and Jessie Paterson, of Edinburgh; husband of Jean Paterson, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

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PHILLPOTS : Sto. EDWARD STANLEY

Trawler

LT/KX. 533586. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 18. Son of Edward and Dora Kate Phillpots, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

STRINGER : Seaman ISIAH

Trawler

LT/JX. 217864. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Son of Josiah and Mary Stringer, of Clarenville, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland


01 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

TINSON : Sto. GEORGE WILLIAM RONALD

Trawler

LT/KX. 142490. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 18. Son of G. W. and Eleanor Kate Tinson, of Kensington, London.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


01 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

WATSON : Engineman JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 105082. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 49. Son of John and Helen Watson; husband of Catherine Bella Watson, of Buckie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


08 December 1943

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BAILEY : Lieut. WILLIAM HUGH

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 32. Son of Richard Henry and Jessie Charlton Bailey, of Lowther, Westmorland. M.A.(Oxon.).

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 13,Column 1.

BARKER : Cook WILFRED GEORGE

Trawler

LT/MX. 83167. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 34. Son of Horace and Florence Barker,of Great Yarmouth,Norfolk.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 11,Column 2.

BARNSTON : Seaman STEPHEN GORDON JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 259845. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 30. Son of John and Ruth Bamston; husband of AIice MatiIda Bamston, of Dereham, Norfolk.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1. 

BRAILSFORD : Ldg. Cook HAROLD BELLAMY

Trawler

LT/MX. 85792. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 41. Son of John Bellamy Brailsford and Lizzie Brailsford; husband of E. Irene Brailsford, of Bridport, Dorsetshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

BRENNAN : Sto. DOUGLAS CHARLES

Trawler

LT/KX. 148896. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 25. Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Georgina Brennan, of Highgate, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

COLLIS : P.O. Stew rd JACK BEAUMONT

Trawler

LT/LX. 27663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 10, Column 3.

COOPER : Lieut.-Comdr. JOHN HANDLEY

Trawler

RN.V.R H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 31. Son of Stanley W. and Bessie Cooper; husband of Audrey Cooper. RA.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

DAVIDSON : Engineman JOHN TURNER

Trawler

LT/KX. 112691. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 27. Son of Alexander and Magdalene Davidson, of Aberdeen; husband of Ada M. Davidson, of Torry, Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

DIBB : Sto. OLIVER

Trawler

LT/KX. 109064. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Son of Oliver and Louisa Dibb; husband of Phyllis May Dibb, of Ponte­fract, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

HARPER : Engineman GORDON SYDNEy"

Trawler

LT/X. 1O149S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

HOLDEN : Sigmn. GORDON MICHAEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 269180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 22. Son of the Revd. Alfred Cuthbert Holden, M.A., and Violet Eva Holden, of Harby, Leicestershire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 2.

KELLY : Ord. Tel. TERENCE JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 258061. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 28. Son of Terence KeIly and of Barbara KeIly (nee Baxter), of Liverpool; husband of Frances KeIly (nee Linden), of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 3.

OATES : Sto. EDMUND

Trawler

LT/KX. 139849. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Clement and Alice Oates, of Bingley, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

SYMMONDS : Ord. Sea. WILFRED

Trawler

LT/JX. 532939. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 18. Son of John Henry and E. A. E. Symmonds, of Eston, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

UPTON : Steward PHILIP WALTER

Trawler

LT/LX. 28206. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


08 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

WATTS : Sto. ALBERT ANDREW

Trawler

LT/KX. 133930. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 35. Son of George Gladwell Watts and Margaret Watts; husband of Nellie Edna Watts, of Holloway, London.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


25 December 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

BAKER : Sub-Lieut. ALAN WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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BLUNT : Asst. Cook JAMES

Trawler

LT/MX. 533769. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 19. Son of Henry and Edith Blunt, of Newton Heath, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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BLYTH : Engineman JAMES FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/X. 1O313S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 34. Son of James and Rose Blyth, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Emma Blyth, of Lowestoft.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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BOGGISS : Ldg. Steward ]OHN FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/LX. 30104. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 27. Son of John Thomas Boggiss and Naomi Ethel Boggiss; husband of Violet Lydia Boggiss, of Chingford, Essex.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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BURROWS : Ord. Sea. LESLIE

Trawler

LT/IX. 534098. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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DELL : Seaman DENNIS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 436327. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Foster­son of J. Frederick Wheeler, of Leamington, Warwickshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

ELDRIDGE : Cook JACK WILLIAM HARRY

Trawler

LT/MX. 94750. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of George Edward and Jane Eldridge, of Wootten, Isle of Wight.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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ELSON : Ord. Sea. GRANVILLE GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 437381. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Son of William Lewis Elson and Caroline Maud Elson, of Swansea.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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FOY : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 103627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Son of James and Alice Foy.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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GARBUTT : Engineman ROBERT SLOAN

Trawler

LT/KX. 106785. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 33. Son of Robert Sloan Garbutt and Ethel Garbutt, of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Ann Roberts Garbutt, of Sunderland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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GRAINGER : Seaman WALUS MILFORD

Trawler

LT/JX. 317127. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of James and Alice Grainger, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Joan Grainger.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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GRANT : Seaman LEONARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 180103. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 22. Son. of George and Rose Grant; husband of Florence E. W. Grant, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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GRIFFITHS : Seaman WILLIAM THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 203806. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 28. Son of Lewis and Grace Griffiths, of Holyhead, Anglesey; husband of Elizabeth Griffiths, of Holyhead.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

HARRIS : Sub-Lieut. RALPH BLUNDELL

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of Ralph Lee Harris and Doris Mabel Harris, of Greasby, Cheshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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HENDERSON : Seaman ADAM SHELL

Trawler

LT/JX. 400013. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Robert Snowden Henderson and Margaret Henderson, of Holy Island, Northum­berland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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HOPEWELL : Seaman GEORGE HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 380596. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Cyril and Florence May Hopewell, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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LEWIS : Ord. Tel. BENJAMIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 428399. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 19. Son of Daniel T. and Annie Howell Lewis, of Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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MACLEOD : Seaman MALCOLM

Trawler

LT/JX. 192159. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 27. Son of Malcolm and Annie MacLeod, of Gravir, Isle of Lewis.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 11, Column 3.

MARTIN : Seaman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X. 1O894B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 29. Son of Alexander and Dolina Martin, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

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NUTBEAN : Sto. JAMES FREDERICK

Trawler

L T/KX. 166742. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Son of Harry and Gladys Maud Nutbean, of Coxside, Plymouth.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 11, Column 1.

PATTERSON : Second Hand ALEXANDER WALTER

Trawler

LT/X. 20270A. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age. 27. Son of Arthur Ernest and Eliza Elizabeth Patterson; husband of Doris Patterson, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

POOL : Sto. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 110600. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 26. Son of William and Sarah Pool.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 2.

POTTER : Asst. Steward WILLIAM GEORGE

Trawler

LT/LX. 28289. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of George William and Alice Maud Potter, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 11, Column 2.

PYNE : Ldg. Sea. GEORGE EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 242548. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 13, Column 1.

QUINN : Sto. ANDREW

Trawler

LT/KX. 151106. RN. Patrol Servce. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 38. Son of Andrew and Sarah Quinn, of Glasgow; husband of Eliza­beth Quinn, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


25 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

TALBOT : Sigmn. JOHN GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 340608. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 31. Son of John W. G. and Nellie Talbot, of Selsdon Garden Village, Surrey; husband of Betty Talbot, of Selsdon Garden Village.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)


28 December 1943

Panel 12, Column 1.

SPRATT : Seaman GEORGE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 209112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 172. 28th December, 1943. Age 27.


29 December 1943

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CHAPPELL : Ord. Sgmn. CHARLES MONTAGUE WILLIAM

LT/JX. 228688. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Aldic. 29th December, 1943. Age 27. Son of Arthur Charles Chappell, and of Amy Victoria Chappell, of Finsbury Park, Middlesex.


06 January 1944

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BAKER : Sub-Lieut. DONALD ROBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

BENNETT : Engineman GEORGE UDEN

Trawler

LT/KX. 102492. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 30. Son of George and Lottie Bennett, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BETTS : Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 222682. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 21. Son of William Samuel Thomas Beus and Clara Eliza Beus, of Hastings, Sussex.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BOLTON : Sub-Lieut. GEOFFREY CHARLES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bolton, of Salisbury; husband of Alison M. Bolton (nee Pond), of Burcombe, Salisbury.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

CLARK : Sto. EDWARD MURRAY ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 148616. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

CRICKMER : Seaman PERCY MAYES

Trawler

LT/JX. 205728. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 23. Son of Percy Edmund and Gladys Marion Crickmer; husband of Iris Crickmer, of Leyton, Essex.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

HARDY : Sto. ERNEST

Trawler

LT/KX. 532878. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 22.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HARRISON : Ch. Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 6139 ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 38. Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Harrison, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Emily Harrison, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HIBBETT : Seaman GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 426309. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 19: Son of James Frederick and Annie Elizabeth Hibbett.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

HILL : Lieut. EDWARD JAMES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 41. Son of James Joseph and Alice Rose Hill, of Bournemouth, Hampshire; husband of Constance Esme Hill, of Bournemouth.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

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HODGSON : Seaman CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/JX. 203812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 43. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hodgson, of Holyhead, Anglesey; husband of Olga Hodgson, of Holyhead.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

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SANDISON : Ord. Sea. LAURENCE BRUCE

Trawler

LT/JX. 281871. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Sarah Sandison, of Levenwick, Zetland.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

STARK : Sto. ARCHIBALD

Trawler

LT/LX. 131710. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 44. Son of Archibald and Jane Baxter Stark; husband of Mary Winifred Stark, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

TAYLOR : Ldg. Sea. EDWARD CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 281773. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 42. Son of William Henry and Margaret Taylor; husband of Dorothy Craney Taylor, of Quinton, Warwickshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WATTS : Seaman FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 383010. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


06 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WEBB : Seaman KENNETH

Trawler

LT/JX. 197754. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


31 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BONNETT : Sto. ARNOLD TOM

LT/KX. 106698. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cormorant. 31st January, 1944. Son of Tom and Lily Bonnett, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.


31 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

AUDIS : Ord. Sigmn. RAYMOND GEORGE :ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 405841. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 19. Son of George Robert and Lillian Adelaide Audis, ofKilburn, Middlesex.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

ELLIOTT : Seaman ROBERT TAYLOR

Trawler

LT/IX. 231951. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 27. Son of Robert Irwin EIIiott and Adelaide ElIiott, of Wolsingham, Co. Durham; husband of Dorothy Frances EIIiott, of Wolsingham.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

FAULKNER : Seaman ALBERT VICTOR

Trawler

LT/JX. 203620. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 30. Son of Andrew and Eunice Faulkner, of Southend-on­Sea, Essex; husband of Winifred Lilian Faulkner, of Southend-on-Sea.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HAYWARD : Seaman ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 436311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bullock Hayward, of Goldenhill, Staffordshire.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

HOBSON : Cook LORIS

Trawler

LT/MX. 107746. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 20. Son of Alfred and Mabel Hobson, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

MARTIN : Ord. Sea. EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 355532. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Son of Joseph Martin, and of Annie Martin, of Bedlington, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

MARTLAND : Ldg. Cook JOHN

Trawler

LT/MX. 84970. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 22. Son of John and Clara J. Martland, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MASON : Seaman STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 532715. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 19. Son of Albert and Martha E. Mason, of Hindley, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

PECKHAM : Ord. Tel. CECIL CLARENCE

Trawler

LT/JX. 370193. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 17. Son of George Edward and Ellen Matilda Peckham, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


31 January 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SHERIFF : Seaman RONALD BERNARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 379840. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 26. Son of William and Ethel Sheriff, of Liverpool.

Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


10 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

FLEET : Seaman RONALD R. B.

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 436880. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 270. 10th February, 1944. Age 19. Son of Richard. and Helen Fleet, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.


12 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WHITE : Sigmn. WILLIAM THOMAS JAMES

LT/SSX. 26487. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sorsra. 12th February, 1944. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry White, of Huddersfield.


12 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MOORE : Sto. JAMES WILLIAM ANDREW

LT/KX. 130992. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Tana. 12th February, 1944.


12 February 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

WOODS : Sto. JOHN

LT/X. 1O530S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Tana. 12th February, 1944. Husband of Frances Woods, of Liverpool.


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

BALDOCK : Engineman RICHARD' SAMUEL

Trawler

LT/KX. 105034. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 43. Son of Harry and Emily Baldock, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Jessie May Baldock, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BAXTER : Seaman WILFRED HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 317327. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 24. Son of Wilfred and Amy Baxter, of Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Doris Baxter of Bramley, Leeds.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BURGHAM : Sto. ALFRED EDWARD SEPTIMUS

Trawler

LT/KX. 532059. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Frances Anne Burgham, of Abertillery, Monmouthshire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

COOK : Ldg. Cook FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/MX. 109570. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 20. Son of Frederick WaIter and Maggie Cook, of Roosegate, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

FOX : Seaman FREDERICK CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/JX. 263492. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 31. Son of James Frederick and Sarah Fox, of Hull; husband of Nellie Fox, of Hull.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HOBBS : Engineman VICTOR FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 116574. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 29. Son of Fredrick and Edith Alice Hobbs; husband of Winifred Hobbs, of Salford, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

HOOKEM : Ldg. Sea. JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 195944. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Son of WilIiam and Louisa Hookem.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

JONES : Sigmn. GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 310936. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of William and Mary Jane Jones, of Pullox­hill, Bedfordshire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

LAMBERT : Sto. DANIEL

Trawler

LT/KX. 131794. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 29. Son of Charles Lambert, and of Florence. Ada Lambert, of Bedminster, Somerset.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

LING : Seaman RICHARD SAMUEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 177029. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 30. Son of Samuel and Jessie Ling; husband of Dorothy Irene Ling, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

McKINSLEY : Sto. ARTHUR GEORGE ROBERTS

Trawler

LT/KX. 149177. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of Patrick and Anne McKinsley, of Portobello, Edinburgh; husband of Margaret McKinsley, of Gilmerton, Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

MOORCROFT : Steward ARTHUR RONALD

Trawler

LT/LX. 28114. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Moor­croft, of Ormskirk, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

NEILL : Lieut. JAMES WRIGHT

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright Neill, of Bellshill, Lanarkshire; husband of Elizabeth Hamilton Baxter Neill, of Bellshill. L.R.A.M.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Co!umn 3.

QUINCEY : Seaman THOMAS ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 255843. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Son of Thomas and Maud Ethel Quincey; husband of Marjorie Ellen Quincey, of Syston, Leicestershire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

SCOTT : Ch. Engineman RALPH ARM STRONG

Trawler

LT/KX. 104259. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 52. Son of Mathew and Isabella Scott, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Lily Scott, of North Shields.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SMITH : Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 400443. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 19. Son of Percy Sydney and Alice Maud Smith, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

STUTTERS : Seaman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 378507. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stutters, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

TOPLISS : Seaman CHARLES LUCOCK

Trawler

LT/JX. 173394. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Husband of Doris Maud Topliss, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WARD : Seaman CYRIL

Trawler

LT/JX. 315980. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D' Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of William John Harrison Ward and Martha Jane Harrison Ward.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

WHITCOMB : Lieut. JOHN HOLMSTEAD

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Son of James Henry and Edith Cripps Whitcomb; husband of Joan Whitcomb, of Haslemere, Surrey.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WHITE : Seaman PETER HUBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 400020. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


13 February 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

WILKINSON : Second Hand CHARLES HARRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 173357. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944.

Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


14 February 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

CAPPLEMAN : Second Hand FRANCIS EDWARD

LT/X. 29050 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Mewstone. 14th February, 1944. Age 27. Son of Francis Edward and Annie Cappleman; husband of Elizabeth Cappleman, of Garden Village, Hull.


18 February 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WENMAN : Telegraphist HORACE ALVIN

LT/JX. 194189. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Penelope. 18th February, 1944. Age 24. Son of Horace Alvin Wenman and Clara Wenman, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.


21 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BROWN : Seaman TERENCE PATRICK

LT/JX. 405112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hannibal. 21st February, 1944. Age 19. Son of Michael and Ellen Brown, of St. Helens, Lancashire.


21 February 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

RADFORD : Seaman JAMES

LT/JX. 287774. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hannibal. 21st February, 1944. Age 22. Son of George and Helen Ellis Radford, of Leeds, Yorkshire.


07 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BARBER : Seaman STANLEY CECIL

Motor Launch

LT/X. 20851 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.M.L. 1226. 7th March, 1944. Age 30. Son of George and Kate Julia Barber, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Ina Barber.


07 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DAVIES : Seaman BARRY DOWNING

Motor Launch

LT/JX.­ 191696. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1226. 7th March, 1944. Age 23. Son of David and Eva Elizabeth Davies, of Swansea.


17 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DAVIDSON : Seaman GEORGE GROAT GANSON

Landing Craft: Infantry (Large)

LT/IX. 206445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LCI.(L) 273. 17th March, 1944.

Notes or comments: ex USN craft available to RN under lend/lease, length 158, beam 23, 234/384 tons, carrying 188 troops (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


27 March 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BAILEY : P.O. WILLIAM ALFRED

Whaler

LT/JX. 199121. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

CLARK : Ord. Tel. JOHN GEORGE

Whaler

LT/JX. 214475. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 23. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Clark, of York.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

FITZGERALD : Sub-Lieut. ERNEST BERTRAM

Whaler

RNVR. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

GURR : Ord. Sea. ALBERT EDWARD

Whaler

LT/JX. 426347. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and A. S. Gurr, of Brighton, Sussex.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

HOLLIS : Sto. WALTER

Trawler

LT/KX. 160107. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.


27 March 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

JONES : Ldg. Steward EMLYN

Whaler

LT/LX. 30263. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 20. Son of Taliesen and Mary Jones, of Kilburn, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MALLOY : Seaman PATRICK JOSEPH

Whaler

LT/JX. 280816. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

McGARROL : Seaman ALEXANDER

Whaler

LT/JX. 280663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Son of Robert McGarrol, and of Jeannie C. McGarrol, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

NAULLS : Engineman JAMES HENRY

Whaler

LT/KX. 110679. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Son of Ernest and Lenorah Naulls; husband of Ada Naulls, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

PAGE : Seaman ALFRED GEORGE

Whaler

LT/X. 20789A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 33. Son of William James Page and Daisy May Page.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

PERKINS : Lieut. FREDERICK JAMES

Whaler

RNVR H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

SIM : Ldg. Sea. EDWARD BUCHAN

Whaler

LT/JX. 222247. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 24. Son of Andrew Buchan Sim and Margaret Sim, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SMITH : Seaman JOHN ROBERT

Whaler

LT/JX. 281928: RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 20. Son of John L. and Margaret Ann Smith, of Bridge-End, Lerwick, Zetland.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SUTHERLAND : Seaman DANIEL

Whaler

LT/JX. 400072. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 20. Son of John and Maggie Sutherland, of Hopeman, Morayshire.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


27 March 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

THOMAS : Ldg. Cook SIDNEY COLIN

Whaler

LT/MX. 87588. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy, 27th March, 1944. Age 24. Son of Samuel and Edith Thomas, of Regent's Park, London.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 April 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

TAYLOR : Sto. HUGH

Trawler

LT/KX. 106971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler lnkpen. 5th April, 1944. Age 24. Son of John R and E. Taylor, of Liverpool.


24 April 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

HAWKINS : Ord. Tel. WALTER LLEWELYN

Tug

LT/JX. 360697. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Roode Zee. 24th April, 1944. Age 21. Son of David Henry and Alice Hawkins, of Beaufort, Monmouthshire.

Notes or comments: Dutch tug hired 1941, in use as rescue tug from January 1943, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Dungenness, English Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


01 May 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DRONFIELD : Seaman ALBERT J0HN

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 382618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1380. 1st May, 1944. Age 21. Son of John and Ada Dronfield, of Eyam, Derbyshire.


01 May 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

GALLOWAY : Cook WILLIAM HUTTON

Motor Launch

LT/MX. 577821. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1380. 1st May, 1944. Age 20. Son of William and Annie H. Galloway, of Dalkeith, Midlothian.


01 May 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

KNIGHT : Telegraphist DONALD

Motor Launch

LT/IX. 298247. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1380. 1st May, 1944. Age 21. Son of William WaIter and Evelyn Knight, of Coventry.


02 May 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

GALLIOTT : Seaman DENNIS WILLIAM

Motor Launch

LT/JX.532218. RN. PatrolService. H.M.M.L. 1380. 2nd May, 1944. Son of Frederick Percy and Rose Galliott, of Yeovil, Somerset.


02 May 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

ROBINSON : Sto. BERNARD

Motor Launch

LT/KX. 139465. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1380. 2nd May, 1944.


07 May 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

HANCOCK : Ord. Tel. CHARLES CLlFFORD NELSON

Frigate

LT/JX. 216637. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.C.S. Valleyfield. 7th May, 1944. Age 22. Son of William and Bessie Hancock, of Kennebunk, Maine, U.S.A. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland, Canadian 'River' class frigate, torpedoed off Cape Race, Newfoundland (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


07 May 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

NOBLE : Steward WILFRED JAMES

Frigate

LT/LX. 27571. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.C.S. Valleyfield. 7th May, 1944. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland, Canadian 'River' class frigate, torpedoed off Cape Race, Newfoundland (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


16 May 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BELCHER : Seaman CHARLES ERNEST

LT/JX. 321044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Loch Hope. 16th May, 1944. Age 22. Son of Alfred Ernest and Nellie May Belcher, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.


20 May 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HUMBLE : Engineman BERNARD MCQUE

Trawler

LT/X. 1O087S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 28. Son of Harold Humble and of Elizabeth Humble (nee McQue); husband of Marjorie E. K. Humble, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.


20 May 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

JORDAN : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/267W. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 44. Son of James and Mary Jordan, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Jordan, of Stockton-on-Tees,


20 May 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

MITCHELL : Second Hand ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 41. Son of William Mitchell and of Elizabeth Mitchell (nee Edwards); husband of Mary Helen Mitchell, of Buckie, Banffshire.


20 May 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

SUTHERLAND : Ldg. Cook GEORGE

Trawler

LT/MX. 87310. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944.


20 May 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

TESTER : Seaman JOSEPH SAMUEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 265021. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles and Lydia Caroline Tester.


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BAKER : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 532392. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 34.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

BALL : Lieut. FRANK LEWIS

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


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BALLS : Sto. ALBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 156481. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 20. Son of Herbert and Ethe! Balls, of Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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BARBER : Ord. Sea. ALAN FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 532273. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John William Barber, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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BENNETT : Ord. Tel. WILLIAM RONALD

Trawler

LT/JX. 405153. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of William Robert and Marian Bennett, of Appeldore, Devon.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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BLAKEMAN : Seaman DENNIS FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 515287. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Harry Robert and Edith Anne Blakeman, of Watford, Hertfordshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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BREEN : Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 145592. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 42. Son of John and Marion Ward Breen, of Glasgow; husband of Jane Breen, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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CHAPPLE : Petty Officer DAVID

Trawler

LT/JX. 177038. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 24. Son of William Henry and Julia Fanny Chapp1e, of Beer, Devon.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


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CHARLES : Sto. JOHN THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 151595. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 21. Son of John William and Elsie Charles, of Birtley, Co. Durham.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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DEAL : Seaman FREDERICK THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 222267. RN. Patrol Service.. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 22. Son of James and Beatrice Deal; husband of Sybil Bertha Deal, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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FISHER : Cook HARRY RANDAL

Trawler

LT/MX. 83327. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 24. Son of Harry J. and Rhoda Fisher, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Kathleen Mary Fisher, of Pakefield, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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FLETCHER : Ord. Sea. BRYANT THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 533783. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Son of Thomas and Hilda May Fletcher, of Gloucester.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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GREEN : Ord. Tel. HAROLD REGINALD DENNIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 405478. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 20. Son of Alfred George and Alice Green, of Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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GREENHAM : Sto. ALBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 156663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 20. Son of William Frederick and Alberta Olive Greenham, of New Bamet, Hertfordshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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HARDY : Seaman HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 436558. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Charles Ernest and Elizabeth Hardy, of South Kirkby, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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JONES : Seaman ARTHUR RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 329425. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 20. Son of Richard and Mabel Alexander Jones, of Fulham, London.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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MANN : Engineman DAVID

Trawler

LT/KX. 125167. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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MARSHALL : Ord. Sea. ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 534122. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of John and Mary Ann Marshall, of Norton-in-the­Moors, Staffordshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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MAYOR : Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM GORDON

Trawler

LT/JX. 574439. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 18. Son of Fred and Ellen Mayor, of Eccleston, ChorIey, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

MONTEITH : Ord. Sigmn. THOMAS SMITH

Trawler

LT/JX. 550370. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Catherine Dawson Monteith, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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ROBERTSON : Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 106751. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 47. Son of Alexander and Susan Robertson, of Dundee; husband of Isabella Robertson, of Dundee.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SCOTT : Ord. Sea. ALBERT lAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 532292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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SEALEY : Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 427066. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of George and Emma Sealey, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

SHERIDAN : P. O. ALBERT JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 225149. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 36. Son of Michael and Alice May Sheridan, of Hull; husband of Norah Sheridan, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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STAINES : Sto. EDWARD LAWRENCE

Trawler

LT/KX. 114128. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of WiIliam J. and Hannah M. Staines, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

TROWBRIDGE : Telegraphist HENRY THOMAS AUGUSTUS

Trawler

LT/JX. 229180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 28. Son of Henry Thomas Augustus and Anne Trowbridge, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Elsie Trowbridge, of Grimsby.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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WATKINS : Ord. Sea. VICTOR ROY

Trawler

LT/JX. 532845. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred Victor and Mabel Kathleen Watkins, of Raynes Park, Surrey.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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WEBB : Ord. Tel. GEOFFREY

Trawler

LT/JX. 453047. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Harold and Bertha May Webb, of Sale, Cheshire.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

WILLIS : Ldg. Sea. JOSIAH JULIAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 200930. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 41. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Willis, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Elsie May Willis, of Grimsby.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WILSON : Sigmn. DENNIS WILLlAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 190367. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Son of William Walter and Rose Violet Madeline Wilson, of Edmonton, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

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WINDSOR : Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 187287, D.S.M. . RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Son of Frank Windsor, and of Dorothy Windsor, of Douglas, Isle of Man.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

FARRER : Seaman ALBERT

LT/JX. 255936. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Boadicea. 13th June, 1944.


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

PICKTHALL : Seaman ALBERT

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 403610. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 45. 13th June, 1944. Age 17. Son of Richard Herbert Pickthall and Clara Pickthall, of Grangetown, Yorkshire.


13 June 1944

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BAKER : Sto. JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 160881. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 229. 13th June, 1944. Age 20. Son of W. and Janet Baker, of Greenmount, Lancashire.


13 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

WAREHAM : Ldg. Sea. ARTHUR LAMONT HASTlE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/X. 18289A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 229. 13th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Margaret Wareham, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire; husband of May Wareham, of Campbeltown.


14 June 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

HUMPHREY : Lieut. IORWERTH BRIAN EVAN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 14th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


16 June 1944

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KIRBY : Seaman SAMUEL

LT/JX. 205645. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Pride. 16th June, 1944. Age 27. Son of Samuel and Sarah E. Kirby, of Anfield, Liverpool; husband of N. C. Kirby.


18 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MACDONALD : Seaman NORMAN

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. .RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 7. 18th June, 1944. Age 36. Son of John and Mary Ann Macdonald, of Carloway, Isle of Lewis.


24 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

CLARK : Seaman PETER

Trawler

LT/JX. 193149. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 40. Son of Simon and Margaret Clark, of Musselburgh, Midlothian; husband of Jean Thomson Clark, of Mussel­burgh.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

COCKSEDGE : Ldg. Steward WILLIAM HENRY

Trawler

LT/LX. 31623. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

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COTTERELL : Asst. Steward JOHN HENRY

Trawler

LT/LX. 617645. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 35. Son of John and Esther Cotterell; husband of Dons May Cotterell, of Southsea, Hampshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

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MATTHEWS : Sto. VALENTINE COLMAN

Trawler

LT/KX. 116578. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 30. Son of Francis William and Alice Matthews; husband of Doris Matthews, of East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

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McNEILL : Seaman DONALD

Trawler

LT/JX. 529927. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 40. Son of Donald and Margaret McNeill; husband of Sarah McNeill, of Tarbert, Argyllshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

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TAIT : Ch. Engineman ANDREW

Trawler

LT/X. 5958ES. RN. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

WILLIAMS : Engineman CHARLES PATRICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 100303. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)


24 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BALL : Seaman JOHN EDWARD HARRY

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 263181. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

BARRETT : Lieut. JACK HARDY

Motor Minesweeper

R.N.V.R H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Son of Jack and Josephine Barrett; husband of Anita Hardy Barrett.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

BROWN : Steward GEORGE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/LX. 576566. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of George and Ellen Maud Brown, of Carshalton, Surrey.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

DUNKS : Ord. Sea. JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 424171. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Henry and Esther Dunks, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

KNOPP : Engineman HARRY

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 149345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 31. Husband of Joyce Knopp, of Ockendon, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MESSENGER : Sto. JOHN ALBERT

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 596821. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Henrietta D. Messenger, of Canning Town, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

MOYSE : Ldg. Cook ERNEST BENJAMIN

Motor Minesweeper

LT/MX. 120230. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 29. Son of Ernest and Letitia Moyse, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Irene Violet Moyse, of Lowestoft.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

REDMILE : Ldg. Sea. JOHN ARTHUR

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 172993. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 25. Son of Edward and Mabel Redmile, of Nottingham.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

TAYLOR : Sto. CLIFFORD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 158763. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 47. Son of Ernest and Mary Ann Taylor; husband of Mary Elisabeth Taylor, of Bootle, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


24 June 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WOODS : Seaman ALFRED WILLIAM

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 221574. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Louisa Woods.

Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


02 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

BALFOUR : Lieut. WILLIAM

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 1019. 2nd July, 1944. Age 32. Son of James Murdoch McDonald Balfour and Isabella Murray Balfour, husband of Doris Irene Balfour, of Holyhead, Anglesey.


02 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

INKSTER : Seaman JOHN JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

LT/IX. 400638. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 1019. 2nd July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Laurence A. and Elizabeth Inkster, of Burra Isle, Zetland.


02 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

MUNRO : Ldg. Sea. DONALD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/X. 18246A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 1019. 2nd July, 1944. Age 36. Son of John and Margaret Munro, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.


05 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

ATKINSON : Ldg. Sea. WALTER

Trawler

LT/JX 278431. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

BEATTIE : Lieut. RICHARD

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 26. Son of Robert and Florence Beattie; husband of Rhoda Beattie, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BRENNAN : Sto. CHARLES CUTHBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 126780. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Grace Ellenor Brennan; hus­band of Esther Brennan, of Lemington, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

COCHRANE : Cook ERIC ASQUITH

Trawler

LT/MX. 533770. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 22. Son of EIIen Cochrane, of BoIIington, Cheshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

CRAIG : Ord. Tel. JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 405377. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of James and May Eleanor Craig, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

CROTTY : Steward JAMES

Trawler

LT/LX 575929. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DEEPROSE : Seaman FREDERICK THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 638473. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 36. Son of Alfred and Louise Deeprose, of Bermond­sey, London; husband of Alice Deeprose, of Bermondsey, London.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DICKSON : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 299784. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DUNHAM : Seaman ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 638722. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 18. Son of William and Isabella Brenkley Dunham, of Colne, Lanca­shire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

GRANT : Ldg. Sea. THOMAS SCOTLAND

Trawler

LT/JX. 229014. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 33. Son of Alexander and Jeannie Scotland Grant; husband of Jane NeiIl Grant, of Bo'ness, West Lothian.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HARRISON : Engineman EDWARD DUNCAN

Trawler

LT/KX. 113977. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of Edward and Mary Aitken Harrison, of Aberdeen; husband of Robina Harrison, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

HAYWARD : Telegraphist PETER CLARENCE

Trawler

LT/IX. 343914. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of David Waiter and Agnes Elizabeth Hayward, of Brighton, Sussex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HUGHES : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 242857. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 35. Son of Jane Hughes, of Maryport, Cumberland; husband of Hannah Walker Hughes, of Maryport.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

JONES : Seaman ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 189009. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 26. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Emma Jones, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

LANDER : Sub-Lieut. CHARLES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

LAWRENCE : Sto. GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 532785. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 37. Son of John and Alice Ann Lawrence; husband of Nellie Lawrence, of Withington, Manchester.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

LYTTON : Sto. HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 142108. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 41. Son of Robert and Mary Lytton; husband of Doreen Lytton, of Paddington, London.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MACIVER : Seaman DONALD MURDO

Trawler

LT/JX. 400546. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Angus Lewis MacIver and Marion MacIver, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MACKENZIE : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 281925. . RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Norman MacKenzie, and of Annie MacKenzie, of Pormalong, Isle of Skye.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MADDOCK : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 264445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 39. Son of Samuel John and Isobella Maddock, of Liverpool; husband of Frances Maddock, of Liverpool.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MASON : Seaman ROBERT JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 185767. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

McMATH : Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 104536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Harriet Ellen McMath; husband of Phyllis McMath, of New Mill, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MOORE : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 409791. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of James and Elizebeth Moore, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MURDOCK : Seaman STEPHEN ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 205122. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

PETTITT : Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 593838. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pettitt.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

PUNDAS : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 638814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of James and Mary Ann Dundas, of Thurso, Caithness-shire; husband of Barbara Taylor Dundas, of Thurso.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

RENOUF : Seaman JOHN HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 179453. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

SCRAGG : Telegraphist HENRY DONALD

Trawler

LT/JX. 310428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 22. Son of Henry and Cicely May Scragg, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SIMPSON : Seaman GEORGE HORNBY

Trawler

LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

SMALLEY : Second Hand WILLIAM DUNCANSON

Trawler

LT/X. 20006A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

STEPHENSON : Ch. Engineman FRANCIS HERBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 98620. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

TROATH : Sub-Lieut. ROBERT WILLIAM HARKER

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Son of Leonard Eustace and Mabel Millicent Troath, of Wellingborough, Northamp­tonshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

TURNER : Sto. ALBERT WALTER

Trawler

LT/KX. 135071. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Leonard James Turner and May Turner, of Hanley, Staffordshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

USHER : Seaman GEORGE FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 532283. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of George Frederick and Anna Mary Usher, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WHITFORD : Sigmn. ALBERT HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 228973. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 27. Son of Alfred and Alice Ellen Whitford; husband of Joan Mary Whitford, of Andover, Hampshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

WICKS : Ldg. Sea. GEORGE FREDERICK HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 179721. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 24. Son of Fredric Henry and Annie Wicks; husband of Marjorie Violet Wicks.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


05 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WRIGHT : Ord. Sigmn. JACK

Trawler

LT/JX. 402642. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of William and Nancy Ellen Wright, of Bolton, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


10 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

BATER : Engineman REGINALD FRANCIS LAWRENCE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 108121. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Alfred King Bater and Lilian Marian Victoria Bater; husband of Rena Harriett Bater, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

BROWN : Ord. Sigmn. RAYMOND

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 340647. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of Albert John and Jessie C. Brown, of Llansamlet, Glamorgan.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

COATES : Elec. Sub-Lieut. NELSON

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 23. Son of James and EIIa Olive Coates, of ToIIesbury, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

COLQUHOUN : Sto. ALEXANDER LYONEL

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 529761. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 24. Son of Alexander Turner Colquhoun and Margaret Jean Caldwell Colquhoun; husband of Violet Colquhoun, of Pitchcombe, Gloucestershire.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

FLUDE : Seaman STANLEY

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 374578. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Edgar and Mary Flude; husband of Ethel Mary Flude, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

HOLTON : Lieut. FREDERIC WILLIAM

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Addenda Panel.

IFE : Lieutenant STANLEY JOHN

Motor Minesweeper

Mentioned in Despatches. RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 37. Son of Frederick William and Catherine Ife; husband of Gladys Mary Ife, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

LEE : Ldg. Steward ARTHUR EDWARD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/LX. 29242. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 36. Son of Arthur and May Lee; husband of Bessie Gertrude Lee, of Dagenham, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

MARSTON : Ord. Tel. CLIFFORD EDWIN

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 383396. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Frederick and Alice Florence Marston, of Walthamstow, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

MILLER : Ldg. Sea. ALBERT EDW ARD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 333018. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 23. Son of Albert Edward and Frances Miller; husband of Evelyn Miller, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

MORCOM : Ldg. Sea. EDWARD JOHN

Motor Minesweeper

LT!JX. 218427. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 32. Son of John and Mina Lily Morcom, of Crantock, Cornwall; husband of Winifred May Morcom, of Crantock.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

PURKESS : Ldg. Cook STANLEY FRANK

Motor Minesweeper

LT/MX 82112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Frank Albert and Ellen Purkess, of Totton, Hampshire; husband of Joyce Marion Purkess, of Southampton.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

STUBBS : Seaman MICHAEL ARTHUR

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 328911. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Thomas William and Rose Stubbs, of Leigh­on-Sea, Essex.

Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


10 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

TOGNARELLI : Engineman PAULO LORENZO

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 113546. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 43. Son of Isidor Tognarelli and Wilhelmine Marie Tognarelli (née Jörgensen), Bergen, Norway.

Notes or comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45). Native of Norway


12 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HOUSLEY : Ch. Engineman STEPHEN ARTHUR

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 109644. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 105. 12th July, 1944. Age 34. Son of Thomas Stephen and Mary Jane Housley; husband of Mary Stuart Housley, of Meols, Cheshire.


12 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

WALTERS : Ldg. Cook CECIL HORACE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/MX. 87033. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 105. 12th July, 1944. Age 42. Son of Arthur James Waiters and Lilian Maud Waiters.


20 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

FLETCHER : Sto. JOHN

LT/KX. 99387. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Isis. 20th July, 1944. Age 26. Son of John and Jane Dixon Fletcher, of North Shields, Northumberland.


20 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

PETRIE : Sigmn. JAMES MCGILL

LT/JX. 220684. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. lsis. 20th July, 1944.


21 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WINNICOTT : Seaman FREDERICK WALTER JAMES

LT/JX. 166290. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hornbeam. 21st July, 1944. Age 31. Son of Waiter James Winnicott and Alidia Winnicott; husband of Constance Matilda Beatrice Winnicott, of Wick, Sussex.


23 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

LAYBOURN : Lieut. GERALD VINCENT

Motor Minesweeper

Mentioned in Despatches. RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 172. 23rd July, 1944. Age 34. Son of Harry Vincent Laybourn and Elizabeth Laybourn; husband of Daisy May Layboum, of Tamworth, Staffordshire.


25 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HETHERINGTON : Seaman ROBERT

LT/JX. 517372. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Staunch. 25th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Eliza Hetherington, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.


27 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

ALLAN : Cook SIDNEY SARGEANT

Trawler

LT/MX. 100451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 27th July, 1944. Age 16. Son of Mrs. B. Allan of Gildersome, Yorkshire.

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)


27 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

CHADWICK : Steward GILBERT

Trawler

LT/LX.30624. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 27th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Thomas and Sarah Annie Chadwick, of BucknaIl, Staffordshire.

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)


27 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

GOLDMAN : Ldg. Steward HARRY

Trawler

LT/LX. 30087. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 27th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

MORRISON : Ch. Engineman WILLIAM, DSM

Trawler

LT/317EU, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Wake field. 29th July, 1944. Age 42. Son of Peter and Joanna Morrison, of Leith, Edinburgh; husband of Catherine, Morrison, of Newhaven, Edinburgh.

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


29 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BAXTER : Skipper JOHN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 32. Son of John and Isabella Baxter, of Ferryden, Angus; husband of Helen. Baxter, of Ferryden.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BLACKMORE : Seaman ARTHUR ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 383532. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Charles George and Mabel Blackmore, of Enfield, Middlesex.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

CARTER : Ord. Sgmn. CYRIL LESLIE

Trawler

LT/JX. 662225. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 18. Son of John Thomas Carter and of Lilian Ivy Carter (nee Stanley), of, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1..

CHALMERS : Seaman ROBERT WILLlAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 180332. RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

CRAIG : Skipper GEORGE

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DEWICK : Seaman ROYSTON REGINALD

Trawler

.LT/JX. 534720. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 18. Son of Reginald and Gertrude K. Dewick, of Gloucester.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

DODD : Skipper Lieut. HENRY EDWARD

Trawler

RD. RN.R. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 49. Son of Henry Edward and Agnes Dodd; husband of Annie EIisa Dodd, of St. Thomas, Swansea.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HEDLEY : Seaman NORMAN

Trawler

LT/JX, 403602. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

HENDERSON : Second Hand ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X. 7802 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 36. Son of Barbara Henderson, of Wick, Caithness-shire; husband of Isabel B. Henderson, of Wick.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

JEPSON : Seaman JOSEPH HARRY VICTOR, DSM

Trawler

LT/JX. 179498, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 25. Son of John William and Sarah Jane Jepson, of Styrrup, 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)


29 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

LARSON : P.O. Cook STANLEY Hi\ROLD

Trawler

LT/ MX. 87244. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 39. Son of Ernest Harold and Florence Larson, of Hull; husband of Florence Elvira Larson, of Hull.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

LYMAN : Seaman GORDON BONNER

Trawler

LT/JX. 223321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Son of Percy and Hephzibah Lyman, of Pattishall, Northamptonshire; husband of Lila Lyman.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

NAYLOR : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 207502. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Emma Naylor, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Bertha Joyce Naylor, of Leeds.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

PARKER : Ord. Sea. THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 218317. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

PHEBY : Ord. Tel. HENRY CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 359334. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Henry Charles and Mary Ann Pheby, of Bethnal Green, London.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

RIDDELL : Ord. Tel. DAVID

Trawler

LT/JX. 404471. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Andrew and Margaret Riddell, of Glasgow.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3..

RINGROSE : Sto. ALFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 160934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 40. Son of Tom and Thorense Ringrose, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

ROBERTSON : Sto. EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 115132. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 34. Son of Edward and Jessie Robertson, of Dundee; husband of Catherine Robertson, of Dundee.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

STONE : Seaman THOMAS PATRICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 221597. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Charles Edward and Margaret Stone; husband of Rose Doris Stone, of Islington, London.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

TAIT : Engineman GEORGE STEPHEN

Trawler

LT/KX. 103140. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Peter and Mary Tait; husband of Isabel Tait, of Harringay, Middlesex.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2. 

WELLS : Ord. Tel. ANTHONY MALCOLM

Trawler

LT/JX. 325243. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Harold Roland and Irene Ada Wells, of IBirmingham.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

WHAMOND : Sto. ALFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 114625. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 30. Son of David and Elizabeth Whamond; husband of Christina Whamond, of Brechin, Angus.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

WILLIAMSON : Engineman JAMES SYDNEY

Trawler

LT/KX. 108389. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.

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)


29 July 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

WILSON : Skipper HAROLD

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 27. Son of John Edward and Sophia Wilson, of Hull; husband of Florence Vera Wilson, of Hull.

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)


03 August 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BAKER : P.O. ARTHUR ALBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 222756. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 36. Son of William John and Mary Jane Baker; husband of Ena Victoria Baker, of Chingford, Essex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BENNETT : Seaman WILLIAM THOMAS HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 214176. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BIELBY : Sto. MATTHEW

Trawler

LT/KX. 160870. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Son of Tom and Julia Bielby; husband of Mary Priscilla Bielby, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BUCKLEY : Sub-Lieut. GORDON HENRY.

Trawler

RNVR, H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Fred and Edith Buckley, . of Droylsden, Lancashire; husband of Edith Buckley, of Audenshaw, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

CAMPBELL : Seaman ANGUS

Trawler

LT/JX. 376160. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

COUPE : Sigmn. NORMAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 236876. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

DEVONALD : Engineman WILLIAM ALLAN

Trawler

LT/X. 6063 ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 27. Son of Edwin and Martha Devonald; hus­band of Gwendoline May Devonald, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DRYDEN : Seaman THOMAS RUTHERFORD

Trawler

LT/JX. 401929. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of John R and Elizabeth Dryden, of Bolden Colliery, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

EDINGTON : Ch. Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/ 311 ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 43. Son of James and Mary Edington; husband of Violet Edington, of Edinburgh.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

ELLIS : Engineman JACK BROOK

Trawler

L T/KX. 116663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 26. Son of John Brook Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis; husband of Eileen Alice Ellis, of Barking, Essex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

HIBBIT : Ord. Tel. LEONARD GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 330590. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 21. Son of Frederick Alfred Hibbit, and of Mary Hibbit, of Cheam, Surrey.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

HOGG : Sto. GEORGE MALLISON

Trawler

LT/KX. 104959. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 25. Son of Alexander and Agnes Hogg; husband of LiIian Hogg, of Dover.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

HOLLAND : Cook REGINALD

Trawler

LT/MX. 121580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son' of WilIiam and Daisy Holland, of Sidcup, Kent.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

JOHNSON : Ord. Tel. ALAN CECIL

Trawler

LT/JX. 405729. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Cecil and Ethel Johnson, of Sheffield.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

JONES : Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 436549. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1..

MITCHELL : Ord. Sigmn. JOHN GILMOUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 403061. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of James and Margaret Mitchell, of Maryhill, Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

MOLLOY : Ldg. Sea. JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 198981. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 29. Son of James and Elizabeth Molloy; husband of Margaret Annie Molloy, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

OAKLEY : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 378108. RN. P:rtrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 19. Son of James and Bridget Oakley, of Liverpool.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

PEARSON : Seaman GEORGE CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 228676. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 24. Son of Francis George and Isabella Pearson, of Birmingham; husband of Elizabeth Pearson, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

RUSSELL : Lieut. JAMES PERCIVAL

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 24. Son of James and Lily Gladys Russell; husband of Peggy Hetty Russell.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SEEX : Seaman REGINALD DEREK JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 408260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd. August, 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred W.W. and Louisa M. Seex, of Acton, Middlesex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SMITH : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 377565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 21. Son of Frederick and Ada Smith, of Liverpool.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

SWANN : Sto. ERNEST WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 120725. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 27. Son of George and Gertrude Swann; husband of Mary Lilian Swann, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

TEBBUTT : Seaman ROLAND ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 696044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 37. Husband of Edna May Tebbutt, of Little Addington, Northamptonshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

THOMPSON : Sto. JAMES SMITH

Trawler

LT/KX. 114701. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 30. Son of George and Elizabeth Thompson; husband of Isabella Thompson, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

TURNER : Ord. Sea. LEONARD WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 657260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 22. Son of Frederick Charles and Millicent Sarah Turner, of Troston, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

WEAVER : Sub-Lieut. CLEMENT REGINALD, DSM

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 31. Son of Robert Thomas and Eleanor Weaver; husband of Catherine Alice Weaver.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 16, ­Column 1.

WIDDAS : Sto. KENNETH AUBREY

Trawler

LT/KX. 147883. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Albert and Jessie Widdas, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WOOD : Ord. Sigmn. JAMES RICHARD SIDNEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 402269. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wood, of Stowmarket, Suffolk.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


10 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

KERRIVAN : Seaman BERNARD JAMES

LT/JX. 195245. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Elstan. 10th August, 1944. Age 24. Husband of Catherine Rosetta Kerrivan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


12 August 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

MACLEOD : Second Hand DONALD

LT/JX. 177685. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Angelo. 12th August, 1944. Son of Angus and Annie MacLeod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.


17 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

FORFAR : Seaman JAMES PATERS ON

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. .287367. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2022. 17th August, 1944. Age 22. Son of Andrew Forfar and of Helen Forfar (nee Easton); husband of Elizabeth Forfar (nee Chisholm), of Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.


17 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

SHORTMAN : Seaman ALFRED JOHN KENNETH

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX.2800i2. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2022. 17th August, 1944. Age 22. Son , of Henry and Hilda Shortman, of LIanelly, Carmarthenshire.


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BAILEY : Sto. WALLACE JAMES

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 102137. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 33. Son of Charles and 'Annie Bailey, of Deal, Kent; husband of Elizabeth Rose Bailey, of Deal, Kent.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

CLARKE : Steward JOHN WILLIAM WYRETT

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/LX. 575166. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 45. Foster son of Robert Thurston Adams and Emily Flora Adams, of Haughley, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

CLYDESDALE : Sto. ROBERT EDWIN

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 102900. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 26. Son of Robert and Mary Clydesdale, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

COX : Sto. ALBERT EDWARD

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 167057. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 30. Son of Albert Edward and Rose Cox, of Maidstone, Kent; husband of Joyce Irene Cox, of Maidstone.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DORRAN : Seaman JOHN, DSM

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 207450, RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Frederick John and Annie Dorran, of Bradford, Yorkshi!"e.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

HALLSWORTH : Sto. WILLIAM RAYMOND

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 153123. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 22. Son of Edgar and Annie Hallsworth, of Belper, Derby­shire.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2. 

HEWITT : Seaman WILLIAM DODDS

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 242075. RN. Patrol ServIce. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Son of John and Grace Hewitt, of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

HOARE : Engineman LEWIS GEORGE

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 120266. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 30. Son of Lewis George and Hellen Hoare; husband of Doris Lilian Hoare, of Holloway, London.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

JAPPY : Engineman WILLIAM

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/X. 441EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Son of William and Elizabeth Jappy; husband of Jessie B. Jappy, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MATHIESON : Sto. JOHN

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 132196. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 34. Son of Robert and Barbara Mathieson, of Juniper Green, Midlothian.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

PECK : Seaman CHARLES EDWARD

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 255727. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles and Margaret Peck; husband of Olive Peck, of Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

POTTER : Cook RONALD JOHN

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/MX. 107583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Vincent and Elizabeth Potter, of Thundersley, Essex; husband of Olive May Potter, of Thundersley.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

RICHINGS : Telegraphist LEONARD WILLIAM

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/J. 112908. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 36. Son of Harry Albert Richings and of Charlotte Richings (nee Burgess), of Hove, Sussex.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

ROBERTS : Sto. THOMAS HENRY

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 158757. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

ROWE : Sto. GEORGE THOMAS

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 160247. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 21. Son of Frederick Charles and Doris Rowe, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Ivy Rowe, of Fleetwood.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

RUSSELL : Sto. JOHN EDWARD

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 141011. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Edward and Catherine Russell, of Bexhill, Sussex.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3..

SCOTT : Seaman HERBERT GORDON

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 328580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 29. Son of Arthur and Alice Scott, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

SNOWLING : P.O. Steward VICTOR FREDERICK

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/LX. 27614. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 24. Son of Ernest Victor and Rose Lilian Snowling, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

STROWGER : Seaman GEORGE HENRY

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 209260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 23. Son of Leonard and Sophia Strowger, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

SULLIVAN : Engineman FRANCIS EUGENE

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 125244. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 39. Husband of Emma Louisa Sullivan, of Barking, Essex.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

TAYLOR : Ord. Sigmn. BERNARD

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 269536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton 18th August, 1944. Age 22. Son of George Henry and Theresa Taylor, of Salford, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


18 August 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

WALLACE : Engineman WILLIAM JOHN

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 130197. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Son of John and Emily Wallace; husband of Lily Edina Wallace, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


01 September 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

BYROM : Second Hand WILLIAM ALEX

Motor Minesweeper

LT/IX..180304. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 37. Son of Iohn William and Annie Byrom, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dods May Byrom, of Grimsby.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

CADLFIELD : Ldg. Sea. FREDERICK

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 183819. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 28. Son of Frederick and Agnes Caulfield; husband of Mary Caulfield, of Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

GOODENS : Sigmn. KENNETH

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 199386. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 27. Son of Herbert H. and Kate Goodens, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Addenda Panel.

HAMER : Sub-Lieutenant WILLIAM EVANS

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Son of Mrs. F. M. Hamer, West Worthing, Sussex

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

HART : Seaman HORACE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 278268. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MATHIESON : Sto. DUGALD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 533393. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


01 September 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

PLEDGER : Seaman ALFRED THOMAS

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 35. Son of Hetbert and Florence Pledger, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Winifred Pledger, of Walthamstow.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


02 September 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

GREENLAW : Sto. CHARLES THORNTON MENNIE

Auxilliary A.A. Vessel

LT/KX. 152917. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 22. Son of William Crombie Greenlaw and Mary Elizabeth Greenlaw, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


02 September 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

HUNTER : P.O. Cook FARQUHARSON SHAW MIDDLETON

Auxilliary A.A. Vessel

LT/MX. 87169. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 50. Husband of Charlotte Burnand Hunter, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


02 September 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

PRITCHARD : Engineman CHARLES ERIC

Auxilliary A.A. Vessel

LT/KX. 107083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 27. Son of Thomas Robert and Isabella Pritchard, of Aighurth, Liverpool.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


02 September 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

SMITH : Sto. RONALD HENRY JOHN

Auxilliary A.A. Vessel

LT/KX. 124693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


03 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

BUTLER : Seaman JOHN EDGAR

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 280226. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2154. 3rd October, 1944. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


04 October 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BARBER : Skipper CECIL LEONARD

Landing Craft: Tank

RNR. H.M. LCT. 377. 4th October, 1944. Age 36. Son of Arthur and Anna Barber, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Rita Mary Victoria Barber, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: 350/640 tons, length 190, beam 31, carrying 5x 40t or 11x 30t tanks, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


06 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MARSHALL : Sto. JAMES

LT/KX. 160223. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Bonito. 6th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Annie Marshall, of South Shields, Co. Durham.


07 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

AYTON : Sto. HUGH STEWART

Trawler

LT/KX. 131759 RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 42. Son of William and Jessie Ayton of Paisley, Renf wshire; hus­band of Margaret M. Ayton of Paisley.


07 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

DICK : Engineman JOHN GEORGE MORRISQN NOBLE

Trawler

LT/X. 4069 T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 40. Son of James and Elsie Dick; husband of Elizabeth Dick, of Inverness.


07 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

GREGORY : Cook IVOR JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/MK. 109491. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 28. Son of Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Gregory, of Hyde, Cheshire; husband of Zeena Gregory.


07 October 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

KERRIDGE : P.O. RALPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 196995. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 26. Son of Walter Herbert and Olga Kathleen Kerridge, of Walsham­le-WilIows, Suffolk; husband of May Amelia Kerridge.


07 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MACDONALD : Seaman DONALD JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 400447. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 21. Son of Kenneth and Effie Macdonald, of Shader, Isle of Lewis.


07 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WELTON : Ord. Sea. EDWIN HARVEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 662418. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 18. Son of Horace Edwin and Beatrice Maud Welton, of Southdown, Suffolk.


12 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BROWN : Seaman ALAN ROY

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 202355. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of Arthur and Dorothy Brown, of Canvey Island, Essex.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

CASEY : Telegraphist ERIC ARNOLD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 323086. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of William James Casey and Edith Jenny Casey, of Wolverhampton; husband of Joyce Casey, of Wolverhampton.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MACKAY : Sto. IAN

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 160796. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of Angus and Jessie Mackay, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

NOBLE : Engineman GEORGE WALKER

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 112673. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

SAVAGE : Lieut. ROBERT HENRY FRANK

Motor Minesweeper

RNVR H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 32. Son of Frank and Kate Rosa Savage, of Bristol; husband of Evelyn Mercy Savage, of Bristol.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WHEELER : Seaman ALFRED

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 205669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and CIara Wheeler, of Cree, Cheshire.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


12 October 1944

Panel 13, Column 3. 

YOUNG : Second Hand JAMES STEELE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 190165. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 37. Son of William and Mary Young; husband of Elizabeth May Young, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


15 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

WOODS : Sto. DONALD CHARLES MICHAEL

Motor Fishing Vessel

LT/KX. 160920. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. MFV. 117. 15th October, 1944 Age 21. Son of Charles Henry and Grace Kirby Woods, of Plumstead, London.

Notes or comments: built by John Morris & Co., Gosport, sunk by explosion, probably mine, off Pasha Island, north Aegean (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


15 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

ROGERS : Ord. Tel. SAMUEL FREDERICK

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 330191. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 870. 15th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of Samuel and Sarah Catherine Rogers, of Welling, Kent.


23 October 1944

Addenda Panel.

COCKROFT : Seaman JOHN WILLIE

LT/JX 373896. RN. Patrol Service. N.A.B. Whittington. 23rd October, 1944.

Notes or comments: 'N.A.B.' as yet unidentified


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

BAXANDALE : Sto. EDWARD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 157627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 21.


25 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BREMNER : Seaman JOHN WILLIAM

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX..170565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 24. Son of Alexander and Catherine Bremner, of Buckie, Banffshire.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

CAMPBELL : Sto. ANDREW DONALD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 527201. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Jean Campbell, of Edinburgh.


25 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

COCKERILL : Steward VICTOR JOSEPH ALBERT

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/LX. 31344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Joseph. Albert and Olive Mary. CockeriII, of Northampton.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

CURRIE : Engineman JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 148979. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 31. Son of Andrew Lauder Currie and Isabella Currie, of Edinburgh; husband of Janet Currie, of Edinburgh.


25 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DAVIES : Seaman JOHN JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 373139. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of John James Davies and HannaII Davies, of Liverpool.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

DERAIMO : Sto. NORMAN PHILIP

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 154703. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 27. Son of Annie Deraimo, of Hendon, Middlesex.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

GLEED : Ord. Sigmn. ROBERT GEORGE

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 322654. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

JAMESON : Sigmn. HENRY JOSEPH

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/IX. 344524. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of William and Elizabeth Sarah Jameson, of South Woodford, Essex.


25 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

JONES : Seaman IVOR VERNON

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 428513. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Son of Alma William and Muriel Christine Jones, of Waking, Surrey.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

MACKIE : Engineman JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 114173. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 37. Son of James and Mary MacKie; husband of Jessie S. MacKie, of St. Andrews, Fife.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MALLETT : Sto. JAMES MILTON

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 532617. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of Harold James Mallett and Leah Catherine Mallett, of Cardiff.


25 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.. .

PACKWOOD : Seaman HAROLD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 299618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 27. Son of George and Mary Packwood, of Woodstock, White Bay, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


25 October 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

RUTHERFORD : Seaman GEORGE

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 354943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of George and Margaret Rutherford, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.


25 October 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

SMITH : Sub-Lieut. HORACE COTTON

British Yard Minesweeper

RNVR. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 31. Son of Sam and Edith Smith, of Salendine Nook, Huddersfield.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

SPARKES : Engineman VICTOR MAURICE

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 124782. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944.


25 October 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

WEBSTER : Sto. FREDERICK JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 156122. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Ernest Frederick and Emma Alice Webster, of Hull.


25 October 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WETHERILL : Telegraphist SAMUEL HENRY

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 269428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of Sam and Elsie Gertrude Wetherill, of Langwith Junction, Derbyshire.


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

BINGHAM : Midn. AUSTEN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of William Hopworth Bingham and Constance Preston Bingham, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

BURRELL : Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/IX. 303688. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Minnie Burrell, of Bewsey, Warrington, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 2.

CAMPBELL : Lieut. DONALD CHARLES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of Charles Donald Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell, of Hove, Sussex.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

COWIE : Second Hand JAMES STEWART

Trawler

LT/JX. 280162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Elsie Cowie, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Maggie B. Cowie, of Portessie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

EDGAR : Sto. WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 114681: RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of WilIiam and Emma Edgar, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

GLASSCOE : Cook THOMAS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 84237. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, . Column 2.

GRAHAM : Engirieman WILLIAM EDWARD

Trawler

LT/X. 100925. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 37. Son of WiIliam Ecfward and Hannah Mary Graham, of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

HAYES : Sto. CYRIL

Trawler

LT/KX. 127475. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of Samuel and Cordelia Hayes, of Meadowfield, Co. Durham.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

LEE : Ch. Engineman FRANK, DSM

Trawler

LT/KX. 98276, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of Frank and Hannah Lee, of Hull; husband of Ada Lee, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

LENNON : Telegraphist ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 401369. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

LOWNIE : Seaman CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 529345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 19. Son of Charles and Helen Lownie, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MACAULAY : Seaman ALLAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 278852. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 37. Son of Norman and Mary MacAulay, of Grosebay, Harris, Isle of Lewis.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

MALLINDER : Ldg. Steward HERBERT

Trawler

LT/LX. 27640. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 25. Son of Herbert and Mary Lillian Mallinder, of Shepperton, Middlesex; husband of Sarah Mallinder.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MANN : Sto. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 107460. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of Edward George and Annie Charlotte Mann, of Birmingham.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MARSHALL : Seaman HENRY HARKER

Trawler

LT/JX. 534094. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

MAZE : Sub-Lieut. DOUGLAS

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

McDOUGALL : Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 534236. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 20. Son of John and Clara McDougall, of Birdholme, Derbyshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 2.

McFARLANE : Engineman CHARLES MURPHY

Trawler

LT/KX. 125125. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 39. Son of Gabriel McFarlane and of Mary McFarlane (nee Murphy); husband of Fanny McFarlane, of Edinburgh.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

McGINN : Seaman HUGH

Trawler

LT/JX. 305657. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Rosena McGinn, of Irvine, Ayrshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MILNE : Seaman WILLIAM TAYLOR

Trawler

LT/JX. 287101. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MONTGOMERY : Seaman FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 639180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Edith Montgomery, of Barrhead, Renfrewshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 16, Column 1..

MURPHY : Ldg. Cook JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 82280. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

O'NEILL : Seaman CHARLES AUGUSTINE

Trawler

LT/JX. 176583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Andrew and Alice O'Neill, of Wallsend, Northumberland

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

REEVES : Seaman CHARLES GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 207825. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 40. Son of George Thomas Reeves and Ada Reeves, of Hull; husband of Cissie Reeves, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

RYAN : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 257710. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 16, Column 2.

SPALDING : Asst. Steward ALFRED WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/LX. 617649. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 16, Column 1.

STOCKS : Sto. EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 131519. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of Emily Stocks, of Ladywood, Birmingham.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

SULMAN : Lieut. JOHN HENRY LLOYD, MBE, DSC

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 35. Son of James Hugh and Lilian Elsie Sulman; husband of Zillah Sulman, of Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

TRIPPASS : Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 306464. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 22. Son of Thomas Arthur and Alice Trippass, of Coventry.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

WALDRAM : Sigmn. ERIC

Trawler

LT/JX. 234242. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 22. Son of Albert and Kate Emily Waldram, of Nottingham; husband of Audrey Waldram.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 3.

WALSH : Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 286069. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 38. Son of James and Maria Walsh, of Liverpool; husband of Agnes Walsh, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

WILLIAMS : Sub-Lieut. VALENTINE OSBORNE

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of Frederick Thomas Charles and Florence Elizabeth Williams; husband of Margaret Dora Jane Williams, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


02 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

MARTIN : Sigmn. ARTHUR CHARLES WILLIAM

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 175541. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2252. 2nd November, 1944.


05 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

DEAN : Seaman RAYMOND ARTHUR CHARLES, DSM

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 175049, RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Motor Minesweeper 69. 5th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of Charles Richard and Ivy Gertrude Dean, of Worthing, Sussex; husband of Beatrice Kathleen Dean.


10 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

CLARK : Sto. HENRY SAMUEL

Tug

LT/KX. 160325. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 20. Son of Henry Samuel and Annie Clark, of Stepney, London.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


10 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 2.

MOODY : Seaman TOM

Tug

LT/JX. 288446. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Son of Tom Moody, and of Harriet Moody, of Armley, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


10 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

MUDD : Sto. WILLIAM FREDERICK

Tug

'LT/KX. 148976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


10 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 1.

STEELE : Ord. Sigmn. HERBERT EDWARD

Tug

LT/JX. 340219. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 22.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


10 November 1944

Panel 14, Column 1.

WIGGINS : Seaman WILLIAM

Tug

LT/JX. 278929. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 37. Son of James and Mary Wigging, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


17 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

THRELFALL : Skipper THOMAS

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 17th November, 1944. Age 45. Son of Thomas and Margaret Threlfall; husband of Florence Alice Threlfall, of Thornton, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned December 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 converted to an 'Esso' and joined Mediterranean Fleet, 1944 left MF to return to UK, foundered on passage in gale in English Channel, CWGC record date as 17/11/44, all other references record 18/11/44 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


18 November 1944

Panel 13, Column 3.

COOK : Second Hand HERBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 19516 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 28. Son of Herbert William and Margaret Cook, of Hull; husband of Peggy Cook, of Hull.

Notes or comments: requisitioned December 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 converted to an 'Esso' and joined Mediterranean Fleet, 1944 left MF to return to UK, foundered on passage in gale in English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


18 November 1944

Panel 15, Column 3.

EDWARDS : Sto. JACK

Trawler

LT/KX. 124686. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th Nov