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Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial

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

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The surname 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.

ABBOTTS

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman HAROLD

Trawler

LT/JX. 237414. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 22. Son of WaIter E. and Violet R Abbotts of Birmingham; husband of Jessie Abbotts of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched November 1941, deployed to the Mediterranean 1942, sunk by U-371 in Western Med. (Toghill: Trawlers1;Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ABIGAIL

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand HERBERT GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 7366 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 34. Son of Herbert Robert and Edith Sarah Abigail; husband of Jane Abigail of Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ACTON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook PHILlP HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 186766. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 28. Son of Charlotte Acton of Wallasey Cheshire; husband of Edith May Acton of Wallasey.

Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Op. Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk May/June, torpedoed by U-boat/E-boat (references vary: Toghill U-boat, others E-boat) off Dunkirk. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ACTON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook HORACE

Trawler

LT/JX. 180221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 57. Son of William and Annie Acton; husband of Ethel Elizabeth Acton of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ADAMS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/5897 D. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Son of William and Mary Adams of Hastings Sussex; husband of Lily Ada Adams of Hastings, Sussex.

Notes or comments: Purchased in RN August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 7th A/S Group at Gibraltar, sunk in collision with French liner Cheila East of Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ADAMS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. LESLlE

Minelayer

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

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


ADAMS

Panel 7, Column 3.

Lieut. JOHN STEPHEN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of Colonel John L. Adams and of Hermione Agnes Caroline Adams of Tenby, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 12th A/S Strike Force at Belfast, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign April/May, 1941 joined 41st A/S Group at Iceland, torpedoed by U-701 off Iceland. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ADAMS

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE

Sloop

LT/JX. 251451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Lapwing. 20th March, 1945. Son of George and Agnes Adams; husband of Helen Adams of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: Modified Black Swan class sloop, 1430 tons, torpedoed and sunk by U-968 in Kola inlet, north of Murmansk, 61 survivors and 158 men died. (Young: Ships of RN; U-boat net)


ADAMSON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook RICHARD

Trawler

C/JX. 165031. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to minesweeper, joined 40th M/S Group at Gt. Yarmouth, sunk by mine off East Coast. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


ADAMSON

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Minelayer

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

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


ADDISON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman DAVID JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 20787A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 25. Son of John and Jessie Addison of Buckie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: aka Tilburyness, requisitioned September 1939 as minesweeper, sink by air attack in Thames Estuary. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)


AERSTALL

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 364514. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Erith. 15th February, 1945. Age 20. Son of Eda Aerstall of Royton, Lancashire.


AGAR

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES ROBERT

Trawler

LT/X. 4048T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 31. Son of Robert William and Pollie Agar of Whitby Yorkshire; husband of Edith A. Agar of Whitby.

Notes or comments: requisitioned in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 12th A/S Group at Grimsby and in 1940 the 11th A/S Group at Harwich, took part in Op. Dynamo and sunk by mine off Dunkirk. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


AINSWORTH

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 114222. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941.

Notes or comments: hired as auxilliary patrol vessel May 1940, based at Grimsby, sunk by air attack off Ramsgate (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


AIRLIE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES

LT/JX. 280286. RN. H.M.S. Shapinsay. 29th December, 1942. Age 28. Son of James and Mary Ann Airlie of Dundee.


AITKEN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman THOMS ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 656932. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Margaret Aitken of Glasgow; husband of Mary W. Aitken of Glasgow.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned 1939 and converted to Minesweeper, based at Grimsby, with 17th M/S Group and from 1943 with 40 M/S Group, sunk by mine off Lizard (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


ALDRIDGE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman DANIEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 227344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, torpedoed by U-701 south of Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2; U-boat.net)


ALEXANDER

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. IVOR

Trawler

LT/JX. 179311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Alexander of Selston, Nottinghamshire.

Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ALEXANDER

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper RICHARD HENRY

Drifter

RNR. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 8th May, 1941.

Notes or comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted for minesweeping duties, converted to auxilliary patrol vessel August 1940, sunk by air attack off Lowestoft. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ALEXANDER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman EDWARD DODD

Trawler

LT/JX. 232278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Moravia. 14th March, 1943. Age 25. Son of Samuel and Jane Alexander of New Cumnock, Ayrshire.


ALLAN

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

LT/IX. 224447. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 23. Son of Robert and Alexandrina Allan; husband of Isabella Allan of Lee, London.

Notes or comments: Belgian fishing vessel, hired August 1940 and converted to A/S, sunk in air attack in Western Approaches, CGWC record date as both 21/1/41 and 21/2/41, all other references record as 13/2/41 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


ALLAN

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman DAVID GOLDIE BOOTH

LT/KX. 97919. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Holly. 12th July, 1942. Age 28. Son of George and Jemima Ann Allan of Aberdeen; husband of Winifred Brand Allan of Aberdeen.


ALLAN

Panel 16, Column 1.

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)


ALLAN

Panel 17, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. MAURICE SCOTT

Trawler

LT/JX. 672792. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 19. Son of George and Margaret Sheila Allan of South Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Notes or comments: ex St. Arcadius, purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, transferred to French Navy as Auxilliary Patrol Vessel and renamed La Nantaise, July 1940 seized at Portsmouth (and reverted to original name according to Toghill but CWGC and all others record as La Nantaise), lost in collison with SS Helencrest in English Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


ALLEN

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman ALBERT GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 292 EU. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Asama. 21st March, 1941. Age 49. Son of George and Charlotte Honore Allen; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Allen of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939, converted for minesweeping and sunk by aircraft off Plymouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ALLEN

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper WILLIAM THOMAS

Whaler

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

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


ALLEN

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman GEORGE PATRICK

Trawler

LT/X. 363 ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942.

Notes or comments: Shakespearean class, ordered December 1939, launched October 1940, completed as A/S, 1941 joined 1st M/S-A/S Group at Freetown as convoy escort, torpedoed by U-201 off Freetown (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers1).


ALLEN

Panel 11, Column 2.

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)


ALLNUTT

Panel 7, Column 3.

Seaman Steward ALFRED LEONARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 204996. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941.

Notes or comments: ex Melbourne, purchased into RN November 1935 (one of Gem Group) for anti-submarine duties, 1940 based at Portland, took part in Op. Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk, 1941 sunk in collision with battleship HMS Rodney off the Clyde. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)


ALLWORK

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. GEORGE PATTON

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 25.

Notes or comments: requisitioned in September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign April/May, 1942 on loan to USN from February and sunk in collision with SS Hebe off Georgetown, South Carolina. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ANDERSON

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand WILLIAM GEORGE

Trawler

C/X. 18706 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Son of John Anderson, and of Jane Anderson, of Macduff, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: Purchased in RN August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 7th A/S Group at Gibraltar, sunk in collision with French liner Cheila East of Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ANDERSON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM COWELL

Trawler

LT/X. 20432A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Grimsby Town. 18th March, 1940. Age 23. Son of W!lliam Cowell Anderson and Alice Anderson; husband of Florence Evelyn Anderson, of Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire.


ANDERSON

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ROBERT LIVINGSTONE

Trawler

LT/KX. 136408. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 12th February, 1942. Son of David and Annie Anderson, of Woodside, Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, sent on loan to U.S. Navy but sunk on passage by U-94 off Grand Banks, North Atlantic (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


ANDERTON

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT CONNELLY

Trawler

LT/X. 19731A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 27. Son of William and Margaret Anderton, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Frances Anderton, of Fleetwood.

Notes or comments: ex Walpole, requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Kirkwall for sweeping in Scapa Flow, 1941 transferred to Dover and 46th M/S Group, sunk by air attack off Dungenness, English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ANDREW

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman THOMAS GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 5991ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of William Frederick and Mary Andrew; husband of Elizabeth Alice Andrew, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Notes or comments: ex Walpole, requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Kirkwall for sweeping in Scapa Flow, 1941 transferred to Dover and 46th M/S Group, sunk by air attack off Dungenness, English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ANDREWS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 21565A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 21. Son of Richard Henry and Eliza Andrews; husband of Emily May Andrews, of Hull.

Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ANDREWS

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. RICHARD CHARLES

Trawler

LT/lX. 18641A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Keryado. 6th March, 1941. Age 23. Son of Richard R and Sarah Andrews.

Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized in July 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ANDREWS

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. FREDERICK WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/KX. 102649. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of CharIotte Andrews, of Kingsdown, Deal, Kent.

Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ANDREWS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Minelayer

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 10, Column 3.

Lieut. NORMAN ROBERT

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 32. Son of Albert Edward and Nellie Maud Andrews; husband of Phoebe Andrews, of PurIey, Surrey.

Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ANGEL

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman LUKE TURNER

Trawler

LT/KX. 105059. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 49. Son of Luke T. and Ellen Angel, of Grimsby, Lincoln­shire; husband of Minnie Angel, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ANNAL

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. FRANK

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of Frank and Annie Annal; husband of Annie Annal, of Meanwood, Yorkshire, B.A.

Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2).


ANNAND

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES CROMBIE

Trawler

LT/X. 10082 S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Husband of Jemima Annand, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: 286 ton trawler Alberia requisitioned April 1940, renamed Alberic and coverted for minesweeping. Sunk in collision with destroyer HMS St. Albans off Scapa Flow (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


APPLEBY

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook WILLIAM CAVENAR

Yacht

LT/JX. 242485. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 34. Husband of Jane Ann Knox Bigham Appleby, of Tynemouth, Northumberland.

Notes or comments: ex Anna Marie, hired September 1939 for anti-submarine duties and renamed Torrent, 1940 based at Portland, 1941 sunk by mine off Falmouth. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


APPLEBY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. STANLEY

Whaler

LT/KX. 149192. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 28. Husband of Elsie Jane Appleby, of Stockport, Cheshire.

Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ARMSTRONG

Panel 4, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. (E) JOHN EDWARD

Yacht

RNVR. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 43. Son of Richard and Norah Armstrong; husband of Frances Emily Armstrong, of Fareham, Hampshire.

Notes or comments: ex Anna Marie, hired September 1939 for anti-submarine duties and renamed Torrent, 1940 based at Portland, 1941 sunk by mine off Falmouth. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ARNFIELD

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. NORMAN

Whaler

LT/JX., 299857. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 20. Son of Percy and Sarah Armfield, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: 251 ton whaler hired March 1940 for minesweeping duties, assigned to Russian Navy February 1942 and lost on passage (unknown cause) in Barents Sea (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ARROWSMITH

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. SAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 105734. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941

Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


ASHBY

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 205439. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned June 1940 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, lost in Channel, probably mined (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ASHTON

Panel 1, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 187351. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Horatio and Ethel Ashton, of Hull; husband of Irene Ashton, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned June 1940 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, lost in Channel, probably mined (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ASHTON

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. RICHARD GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 109439. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ASKEW

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT ALFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 131380. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, torpedoed by U-701 south of Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2; U-boat.net)


ASTLEY

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman WILLlAM HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 232037. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Arthur William and Nellie Astley, of Holloway, London.

Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 12th A/S Strike Force at Belfast, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign April/May, 1941 joined 41st A/S Group at Iceland, torpedoed by U-701 off Iceland. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


ATKINS

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook JAMES

Trawler

LT/MX. 94739. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 29. Son of James and Selina Margaret Atkins; husband of Eileen Elizabeth Atkins, of Edmonton, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, torpedoed by E-boat while escorting convoy WP.300 in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)


ATKINSON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/X. 7794 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Husband of J. Atkinson, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ATKINSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE ERNEST

Trawler

LT/KX. 100345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 38. Husband of Gertrude C. Atkinson, of Hull.

Notes or comments: requisitioned for minesweeping duties in August 1939, joined 40th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by underwater explosion believed mine in Grimsby Roads (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ATKINSON

Panel 13, Column 3.

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)


AUDIS

Panel 15, Column 1.

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)


AUSTRIN

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN FUNNY KING

Trawler

LT/KX. 114152. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 52. Son of John Funny King Austrin and Alice Ann Austrin; husband of Ethel Austrin, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


AUSTWICK

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman CLARENCE HEATON

Trawler

LT/X. 5952 ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 40. Husband f Vera Austwick, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


AYTON

Panel 15, Column 2.

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.


BAATSTOE

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman AAGE CHARLES

Yacht

LT/KX. 116804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941.

Notes or comments: hired September 1939 as an anti-submarine vessel, sunk by air attack off north coast of Cornwall. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


BAILEY

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward ALAN CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 174709. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tamarisk. 12th August, 1940. Age 21. Son of Albert John Henry and Hilda Elizabeth Bailey, of Southgate, Middlesex.

Notes and Comments: ex St. Gatien, purchased August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by air attack Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; NO mention in Toghill?)


BAILEY

Panel 10, Column 3.

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)


BAILEY

Panel 13, Column 3.

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)


BAILEY

Panel 15, Column 3.

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)


BAILEY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. MARTIN CLARENCE

Motor Launch

LT/KX. 153050. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945. Son of Leonard and Elsie May Bailey, of French, Wellington, Shropshire.

Notes or comments: completed December 1942, sunk by torpedo probably from surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic. (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


BAIRD

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/KX. 110670. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 28. Son of Joseph and Christina Baird, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Notes and Comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, 1940 took part in telephone cable cutting operation between Germany and UK in North Sea, December torpedoed by E-boat off Great Yarmouth (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


BAKER

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 225722. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cramond Island. 2nd April, 1941. Age 26. Son of James and Pricella Baker, of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


BAKER

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. RONALD CHARLES

Trawler

LT/JX. 231782. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). Hth April, 1942. Age 27. Son of Henry Searle Baker and Mary Ann Martha Baker, of West­minster, London; husband of Mary Baker (nee Reid).

Notes or comments: requisitioned in September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign April/May, 1942 on loan to USN from February and sunk in collision with SS Hebe off Georgetown, South Carolina. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BAKER

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper ARTHUR

Shore Establishment

RNR. H.M.S. Canada. 24th September, 1942.

Notes or comments: HMS Canada was RN. shore establishment at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, commissioned 1/8/1942. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Skipper Arthur Baker, Skipper Cyril Wilfred Dobson, Skipper Lieut. James Noble Hall, Skipper Lieut. Frederick Leonard Stather, Skipper Peter Thomson, Skipper Henry James Wink DSM, all shown as in HMS Canada, all lost on the same date. (CWGC)


BAKER

Panel 11, Column 1.

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)


BAKER

Panel 13, Column 3.

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)


BAKER

Panel 14, Column 1.

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)


BAKER

Panel 15, Column 3.

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.


BAKER

Panel 13, Column 3.

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)


BAKER

Panel 16, Column 2.

Skipper GEORGE ALFRED EDGAR

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 43. Son of John James Baker and Elizabeth Baker; husband of Annie Eleonor Baker, of Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes or comments: ex St. Arcadius, purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, transferred to French Navy as Auxilliary Patrol Vessel and renamed La Nantaise, July 1940 seized at Portsmouth (and reverted to original name according to Toghill but CWGC and all others record as La Nantaise), lost in collison with SS Helencrest in English Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


BALDOCK

Panel 15, Column 2.

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)


BALFOUR

Panel 13, Column 2.

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.


BALL

Panel 1, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. VICTOR JOHN

Trawler

LT/6078 D. RN.R (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 36. Son of Samuel and Florence M. Ball; husband of HiIda Ivy Ball, of Bedworth, Warwickshire.

Notes and Comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, 1940 took part in telephone cable cutting operation between Germany and UK in North Sea, December torpedoed by E-boat off Great Yarmouth (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


BALL

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. AUSTIN

Minelayer

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

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


BALL

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper GEORGE FREDERICK

Drifter

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

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


BALL

Panel 13, Column 2.

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)


BALL

Panel 14, Column 1.

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)


BALLS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED ARTHUR GEORGE

Drifter

LT/JX. 206451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941. Age 26. Son of George and Agnes Balls; husband of Ruth Balls, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Hired as harbour defence patrol craft 1940, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BALLS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALBERT EDWARD

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


BALLS

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward HEADLEY OWEN

Whaler

LT/LX. 27620. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 21. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Balls, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: ex Kos XIX, a Norwegian whaler, hired for anti-submarine duties as Cocker September 1941, torpedoed and sunk by E-boat off Tobruk, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; updated by Norfleet.net)


BALLS

Panel 15, Column 3.

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)


BAMPTON

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman CLlFFORD JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 192255. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 25. Son of J oseph and Constance E. Bampton, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired April 1940 as dan layer, converted September 1940 to auxilliary patrol vessel based at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BANKS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 193056. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 21. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Emma Banks, of Femdale, Glamor­gan.

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


BARBER

Panel 14, Column 1.

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.


BARBER

Panel 14, Column 3.

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)


BARBER

Panel 13, Column 3.

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)


BARCOCK

Panel 11, Column 2.

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)


BARDON

Panel 12, Column 3.

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.


BARGEWELL

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/KX. 106123. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 28.

Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BARKER

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/X. 21531. A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 19. Son of Skipper Lieut. Albert Barker, RN.R and of Annie E. Barker, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned June 1940 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, lost in Channel, probably mined (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BARKER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE EDW ARD WILLIAM

LT/JX. 202277. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Mull. 26th March, 1943. Age 29. Son of George Edward and Gladys Violet Barker, of Costessey, Norfolk.


BARKER

Panel 13,Column 1.

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)


BARKER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman HERBERT

Whaler

LT/JX. 374080. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945.

Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BARLOW

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman EDWARD

LT/JX. 286019. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cromer. 9th November, 1942. Age 18. Son of James Edward and Josephine Barlow,of Audenshaw, Lancashire.


BARNARD

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 170736. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kellymore. 25th November, 1940. Age 29. Son of Charles Edward Turner Barnard. and Lottie Maud Barnard, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.


BARNES

Panel 9,Column 3.

Engineman FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 110465. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy).11th May, 1942. Age 31. Son of John and Louisa Bames; husband of Susan Barnes, of Brynmawr, Brecknockshire.

Notes or comments: (on loan to U.S. Navy). Purchased as anti-submarine trawler August, 1939, sunk by U-boat off Cape Lookout, North Carolina (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BARNETT

Panel 16,Column 3.

Seaman EDWARD THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 437231. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Son of Henry Emest William and EmiIy Mary Bamett; husband of Joan Audrey Bamett, of Portslade, Sussex.

Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BARNSTON

Panel 11,Column 2.

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)


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 1.

Ord. Sea. REGlNALD GEORGE

Shore Establishment

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 2. 

Engineman GEORGE CLIFFORD

Trawler

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 2.

Ord. Sigmn. PATRICK JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 273837. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 20. Son of James Louis and Daisy Maria Barret, of Wood Green,Middlesex.

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


BARRETT

Panel 13, Column 2.

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)


BARRETT

Panel 16,Column 2.

Lieut.-Comdr. ROY, DSC

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 33. Son of Quiller and Beatrice Barrett; husband of Mary Noreen Barrett.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned 1939 and converted to Minesweeper, based at Grimsby, with 17th M/S Group and from 1943 with 40 M/S Group, sunk by mine off Lizard (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


BARRY

Panel 8,Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 231620. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of William and Catherine Barry, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, sent on loan to U.S. Navy but sunk on passage by U-94 off Grand Banks, North Atlantic (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


BARTH

Panel 6,Column 2.

Engineman RAGNAR ALSTRUP

Trawler

LT/KX. 124558. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 27. Son of Ove Ludvig Barth and Gulette Dorthea, of Fredrikstad, Norway.

Notes or comments: Belgian fishing vessel, hired August 1940 and converted to A/S, sunk in air attack in Western Approaches, CGWC record date as both 21/1/41 and 21/2/41, all other references record as 13/2/41 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45). Native of Norway


BARTLETT

Panel 7,Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ROBERT WILLlAM

Trawler

LT/SR 55719. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gullfoss. 9th March, 1941.

Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BARTLETT

Panel 6,Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JAMES

Shore Establishment

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

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


BASS

Panel 17, Column 3.

Steward FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/LX. 571979. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 20. Son of Frederick and Harriett Ann Bass, of Wandsworth, London.

Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel May 1940, converted to minesweeper 1941, sunk by torpedo whilst at anchor off Ostend (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BASSETT

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX..202145. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 32. Son of William and Norah Bassett; husband of Anita Bassett, of Camborne, Cornwall.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned 1939 and converted to Minesweeper, based at Grimsby, with 17th M/S Group and from 1943 with 40 M/S Group, sunk by mine off Lizard (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).


BATCHELOR

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT LEONARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 278199. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 26th November, 1942. Age 35. Son of Charles and Alice Elizabeth Batchelor, of Wellington, Shropshire.

Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2). Date as CWGC. Most records show loss 25/11/42.


BATEMAN

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. THOMAS EDWARD

Drifter

LT/KX. 124850. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 34.

Notes or comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted for minesweeping duties, converted to auxilliary patrol vessel August 1940, sunk by air attack off Lowestoft. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BATER

Panel 15, Column 2.

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)


BATES

Panel 17, Column 1.

Telegraphist CHARLES HENRY

Whaler

LT/JX. 271330. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 33. Son of Henry and Kate Louisa Bates; husband of Annie Elizabeth Bates, of Northampton.

Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BATLEY

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Seaman JOHN FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 183222. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Batley; husband of Marjorie Daisy Batley of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


BAUMANN

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Seaman HENRY ALBERT

Drifter

LT/JX. 200701. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941. Age 32. Son of Henry and Ethel Annie Baumann.

Notes or comments: Hired as harbour defence patrol craft 1940, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BAWDEN

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Ord. Sea. ARTHUR JELLlCOE

Trawler

LT/JX. 202121. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned June 1940 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, lost in Channel, probably mined (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BAXANDALE

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Sto. EDWARD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 157627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 21.


BAXTER

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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)


BAXTER

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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)


BAXTER

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Ord. Tel. ERNEST CLAUDE

Trawler

LT/JX. 236253. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 30. Son of Joseph and Evelyn Baxter; husband of Lilian Doreen Baxter, of The Hyde, Hendon, Middlesex.

Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BAYES

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Sto. JACK

Trawler

LT/KX. 104783. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartlett. 27th May, 1940. Age 23. Son of Richard and Annie Bayes, of Hull; husband of Frances Mary Bayes, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: Castle class, requisitioned in November 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by 'friendly' British mine off Calais. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BAYNES

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Ord. Sea. ANTHONY ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 301447. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, sent on loan to U.S. Navy but sunk on passage by U-94 off Grand Banks, North Atlantic (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


BEAN

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Second Hand LEONARD HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 215858. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cobbers. 3rd March, 1941. Age 30. Son of John James Bean and Agnes Bean; husband of Olwen Maud Bean, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.


BEARD

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Sub-Lieut. PETER GASCOYN

Trawler

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

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


BEATTIE

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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)


BEESLEY

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Engineman TIMOTHY STIMPSON

Trawler

LT/KX. 106913. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 42. Son of Thomas and Lily Unice Beesley; husband of Maud May Beesley, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat tropedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BELCHER

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Seaman THOMAS CHARLES WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/IX. 166982. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Sunlight. 13th June, 1940. Age 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Belcher, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Belcher, of Fleetwood.

Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties November 1939, sunk by mine off Newhaven (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BELCHER

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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.


BELL

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Seaman JOHN FOX

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/IX. 174407. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 52. Husband of Elsie J. S. Bell, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

Notes or comments: 2292 ton steamship built for the Southern Railway Co. for their service Southampton/St. Malo (1300 passengers, mainly 1st class, 450 sleeping berths), hired June 1941 and Fleet Air Arm target vessel, sunk by mine off Aberdeen (HMSO BVLS 1939-45; PadStm.net)


BENEDETTO

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Engineman RINALDO

Trawler

LT/KX. 113537. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 25. Son of Alberto Benedetto and Maria Holboe.

Notes or comments: Belgian fishing vessel, hired August 1940 and converted to A/S, sunk in air attack in Western Approaches, CGWC record date as both 21/1/41 and 21/2/41, all other references record as 13/2/41 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


BENNETT

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Second Hand BENJAMIN VICTOR

Drifter

LT/JX. 209192. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 48. Husband of Lilian Clara Bennett, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned September 1939 as minesweeper, converted to auxilliary patrol vessel August 1940, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BENNETT

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Ord. Sea. STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 280397. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 23. Son of Amedie and Mary Bennett; husband of Margaret Bennett, of Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: (on loan to U.S. Navy), Purchased as anti-submarine trawler August, 1939, sunk by U-boat off Cape Lookout, North Carolina (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland


BENNETT

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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


BENNETT

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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)