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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,
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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
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GRANTHAM | Panel 10, Column 2. |
Asst. Cook GEORGE HENRY | Trawler |
LT/MX. 94755. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tranquil. 16th June, 1942. |
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GRATION | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Ch. Engineman JOSEPH | Trawler |
LT/273 ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 59. Husband of Annie Gration, of Buckford, Buckie, Banffshire. |
| Notes or comments: purchased into RN August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine in North Sea. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2) |
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GRAVES | Panel 7, Column 3. |
Ldg. Steward BERNARD | Whaler |
LT/LX. 30051. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 19. Son of Fred and Florence Graves, of Bassingham, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2) |
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GRAY | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman ALFRED SAMUEL RIX | Drifter |
LT/X. 5972ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 31. Son of Robert and Mary Gray, of Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth Gray, of Aberdeen. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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GRAY | Panel 8, Column 2. |
Second Hand JOHN THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 265241. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. |
| Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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GRAY | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Engineman JAMES | Trawler |
LT/KX. 131031. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 38. Son of WiIliam and Isabella Gray; husband of Jessie Gray, of Torry, Aberdeen. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat tropedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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GREEN | Panel 1, Column 3. |
Skipper WILLIAM | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. |
| 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) |
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GREEN | Panel 1, Column 3. |
Second Hand WESLEY GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/JX. 180314. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tamarisk. 12th August, 1940. Age 29. Son of Wesley G. and Leah Louisa Green, of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. |
| 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?) |
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GREEN | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman ALFRED ERNEST ROBERT | Drifter |
LT/KX. 101719. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 21. Son of Ralph and Dorothy Green, of Filby, Norfolk. |
| Notes and Comments: aka Thistle V, requisitioned April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, September 1940 as examination vessel, sunk by mine off Lowestoft. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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GREEN | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. FRANCIS VICERY | Minelayer |
LT/KX. 101043. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Thomas and Agnes Green, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire. |
| Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net) |
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GREEN | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM JACOB | Whaler |
LT/JX. 280007. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Son of George and Julia Green of Safe Harbour, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. |
| 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) |
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GREEN | Panel 15, Column 1. |
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) |
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GREENAWAY | Panel 12, Column 2. |
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) |
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GREENHAM | Panel 15, Column 3. |
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) |
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GREENING | Panel 1, Column 1. |
Seaman ALFRED | Trawler |
D /JX. 170490. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 20. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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GREENLAW | Panel 15, Column 3. |
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) |
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GREENWOOD | Panel 9, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. JAMES HENRY | Whaler |
LT/JX.231793. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 27. Son of George William and Emma Greenwood, of Hackney, London. |
| 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) |
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GREGG | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. JOHN THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/KX. 116566. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of George and Rachel Gregg, of Kingswinford, Staffordshire. |
| 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) |
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GREGG | Panel 16, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN THOMAS | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/JX. 281355. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 24. Son of T. H. and Ann Gregg, of Annfield Plain, Co. Durham. |
| Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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GREGGOR | Panel 2, Column 2. |
Seaman GEORGE ILLUSTRIOUS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 170712. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 25. Son of Benjamin and Margaret Greggor, of Peel, Isle of Man. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 1939 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, sunk in attack on Gibraltar by Vichy French (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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GREGORY | Panel 16, Column 1. |
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. |
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GREGSON | Panel 1, Column 3. |
Skipper WILLIAM | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 37. |
| 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) |
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GREIG | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Sto. DAVID | Trawler |
LT/KX. 141716. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cyclone. 2nd July, 1945. Age 22. Son of John Strangways Greig and Janet Scott Greig, of Leslie, Fife. |
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GRENFELL | Panel 1, Column 2. |
Lieut. - Comdr.GEOFFREY SEYMOUR | Trawler |
RN. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 42. Son of Riversdale Francis John and Cecil Blanche Grenfell; husband of Anne Catherine Tredick Grenfell. |
| 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) |
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GREY | Panel 1, Column 1. |
Act. Sub-Lieut. GEORGE BRIAN | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Northern Rover. 5th November, 1939. Son of George Edward Guthrie Grey and Zaidee Lauriston Cuthbert Grey, of Bedford. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, overdue between Iceland and Faroes whilst on passge, postwar records show sunk by U-59 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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GRIFFIN | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/KX. 105074. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Griffin; husband of Muriel Griffin, of Whitby, Yorkshire. |
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GRIFFITHS | Panel 7, Column 3. |
Ord. Seaman Steward CLIFFORD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 199691. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 21. Son of Richard Griffiths, and of Phyllis Griffiths, of South Kirkby, Yorkshire. |
| 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) |
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GRIFFITHS | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. JOHN SPIERS | Trawler |
LT/KX. 99841. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Donald and Catherine Spiers Griffiths, of Halfway, Lanarkshire; husband of Agnes Griffiths. |
| 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) |
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GRIFFITHS | Panel 11, Column 3. |
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) |
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GRIFFITHS | Panel 17, Column 3. |
Ldg. Cook. FREDERICK WALTER HENRY | Trawler |
LT/MX. 87803. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 30. Son of Frederick and Maggie Griffiths, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Melita Gladys Griffiths, of Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| 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). |
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GRONDLAND | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. BIRGER SKIMGRIMSEN | Whaler |
LT/KX. 116044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Skimgrim K. Grondland and Birgit (nee Anderesen); husband of Borgny Grondland, of Skien, Norway. |
| Notes or comments: 305 ton Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties November 1940, sunk by German air attack off Tobruk, also recorded in some references as 'Thornbryn' (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2) |
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GROVES | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Seaman FREDERICK JAMES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 211473. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Son of Alfred and Amelia Groves, of Bonavista, Newfoundland. |
| Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland |
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GRUNDY | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman CLIFFORD | Trawler |
LT/KX. lG3355. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th. February, 1941. |
| 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) |
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GUEST | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Sto. INSULL CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/KX. 154627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 22. Son of Maurice Lenaard Guest and Alice Maud Guest, of Bristol. |
| 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). |
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GULLY | Panel 11, Column 3. |
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) |
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GURR | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Steward DA VID HAROLD | Whaler |
LT/LX. 27667. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th Japuary, 1942. Age 20. Son of David and Kate Gurr, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. |
| Notes or comments: 313 ton whaler hired as minesweeper September 1939, sunk (different sources record by aircraft and by U-431) off Bardia, Libya. (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) |
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GURR | Panel 14, Column 3. |
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) |
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GWILLIAM | Panel 12, Column 2. |
Engineman WILLIAM JOHN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 99971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 35. Son of Thomas and Alice GwiIliam; husband of Beatrice Elizabeth Gwilliam, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Notes and Comments: ex Rylston, requisitioned October 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted to minesweeper, 1943 sunk by Italian Submarine Acciaio off Algiers (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAGGART | Panel 7, Column 2. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. MARTIN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 144067. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. |
| Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off east coast of Scotland (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HALE | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. ALEXANDER JAMES | Trawler |
LT/KX. 103401. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 31. Son of Mary Ann Hale, of Brixton, London. |
| 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) |
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HALL | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. JEFFREY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 179321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 20. Son of Arthur and Edith Eleanor Hall. |
| Notes or comments: CWGC recorded as Argyleshire and Argyllshire. Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 11th A/S Striking Group, took part in Norwegian campaign April/May 1940 and evacuation of Dunkirk, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Dunkirk (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HALL | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. RONALD | Yacht |
LT/KX. 104368. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall, of Marsden, Yorkshire. |
| Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HALL | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Sub-Lieut. BRUCE | Trawler |
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Son of George Henry Hall, M.P., and of Margaret Hall, of Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. |
| 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). |
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HALL | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Skipper Lieut. JAMES NOBLE | Shore Establishment |
RNR. H.M.S. Canada. 24th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of William A. and Anne Hall, of Edinburgh; husband of Marjorie T. A. Hall, of Edinburgh. |
| 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) |
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HALLAM | Panel 8, Column 3. |
Seaman GEORGE VICTOR | Whaler |
LT/JX. 240920. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 22. Son of John Henry and Alice Mary Hallam; husband of Elsie Hallam, of Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire. |
| Notes or comments: recorded by CWGC as a trawler, recorded by Colledge as ex Norwegian whaler Kos XXIX, purchased August 1939 for anti-submarine duties, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Plymouth in English Channel. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; warsailors.com) |
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HALLOWS | Panel 8, Column 3. |
Seaman JAMES STANLEY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 205745. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 22. Son of Mrs. E. Hallows, of Clitheroe, Lancashire. |
| Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HALLSWORTH | Panel 15, Column 3. |
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) |
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HAMBLETT | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 306847. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. |
| 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) |
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HAMER | Addenda Panel. |
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) |
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HAMILTON | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER | Trawler |
LT/JX. 206467. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 25. Son of Joseph and Margaret Hamilton, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |
| 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) |
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HAMPSON | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman FREDERICK | Trawler |
LT/X. 6064ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 34. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Hampson, of Cardiff; husband of Violet May Hampson, of Grange Town, Cardiff. |
| Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAMPSON | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman WILLIAM | Minelayer |
LT/KX. 101097. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 22. Son of Frederick and Mary Jane Hampson, of Wigan, Lancashire. |
| Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net) |
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HAMPTON | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 228699. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 21. Son of Alfred and Catherine Hampton, of Wolverhampton. |
| 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). |
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HAMPTON | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. RONALD HARTLEY | Trawler |
RNR. 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) |
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HANCOCK | Panel 16, Column 2. |
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) |
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HANDY | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. ROBERT PATRICK | Trawler |
LT/KX. 107970. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. |
| Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HANLON | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Engineman RONALD WALTER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 124847. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of Waiter and Charlotte Hanlon, of Hull; husband of Maud Mary Hanlon, of Hull. |
| 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) |
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HANNAH | Panel 8, Column 3. |
Seaman GEORGE LAPSLEY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 280295. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 42. Son of David Marshall Hannah and Mary Lapsley Hannah, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire; husband of Margaret Helen Hannah, of Falkirk. |
| 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) |
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HANNAN | Panel 12, Column 3. |
Sto. CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/KX. 132117. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Son of Robert and Caroline Hannan; husband of Mary Hannan, of New Cross, London. |
| Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) |
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HANSEN | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. (E) PEDER | |
RNR. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 42. Son of Hans Rasmus Syventsen and Hilma Elisabeht (nee Johannessen); husband of Martha Hansen, of Haukerod, Norway. |
| Notes or comments: 253 ton whaler hired as minesweeper March 1940, assigned to Russian Navy and lost on passage (capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea) 9th March 1942 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Norway |
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HARDCASTLE | Panel 1, Column 3. |
Skipper THOMAS | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Loch lnver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 31. Son of John Albert and Florence Hardcasde, of Hull; husband of Annie Elizabeth Hardcasde, of Hull. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HARDING | Panel 9, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. WILLlAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 240700. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 21. Son of William and Lucy Louisa Harding, of Litherland, Lancashire. |
| 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) |
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HARDINGE-KATON | Panel 4, Column 3. |
Lieut. PATRICK ANTHONY HAROLD | Trawler |
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 25. Son of Alfred Thomas Hardinge-Katon, and Isobella HardingeKaton, of Ealing, 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). |
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HARDMAN | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN ALFRED | Trawler |
LT/KX. 108570. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ethel Taylor. 22nd November, 1940. |
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HARDY | Panel 15, Column 3. |
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) |
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HARDY | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HARDY | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Sto. DAVID GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/KX. 136479. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 22. Son of Roderick and Mary E. Hardy, of Whepstead, Suffolk. |
| 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) |
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HARE | Panel 1, Column 1. |
Sto. ALBERT | Trawler |
LT/X. 10505S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Son of Ernest James Hare and Emma Elisabeth Hare. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARGREAVES | Panel 13, Column 1. |
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) |
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HARLEY | Panel 10, Column 2. |
Cook PETER | Trawler |
LT/MX. 83221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 33. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Harley, of Tayport, Fife. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat tropedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARLING | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Telegraphist FRANK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 299727. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Son of James William and Margaret Harling, of Rochdale, tancashire. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, 1940 based at Iceland, 1943 134th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by torpedo from U-boat whilst on patrol off Iceland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARMON | Panel 7, Column 2. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. THOMAS JOSEPH | Trawler |
LT/KX. 120825. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 24. Son of Thomas Joseph and Mary Harmon; husband of Helen Harmon, of Glasgow. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HARPER | Panel 10, Column 2. |
Ldg. Cook THOMAS GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/MX. 83101. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Erin. 18th January, 1942. Age 56. Son of Thomas George and Elisebeth J. Harper; husband of Kate Mathieson Harper, of Aberdeen. |
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HARPER | Panel 12, Column 2. |
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) |
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HARRIS | Panel 6, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. ERNEST EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 218423. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fortuna. 5th April, 1941. Age 32. Son of Richard and Barbara Mary Ann Harris, of Bermondsey; London. |
| Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol June 1940, sunk by air attack off St. Abbs Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARRIS | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. ALBERT JOHN | Trawler |
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of Albert and Hannah Harris, of Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. |
| 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) |
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HARRIS | Panel 8, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. ALBERT ROBERT | Trawler |
LT/JX. 173551. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 34. Son of George Arthur and Alice Edith Harris, of Gorleston, Norfolk; husband of Violet May Harris. |
| 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) |
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HARRIS | Panel 12, Column 3. |
Sto. JOHN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 125438. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 22. Son of George and Ivy Harris, of Barrowford, Lancashire. |
| 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) |
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HARRIS | Panel 11, Column 1. |
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) |
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HARRISON | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman GEORGE WILLlAM CHRISTOPHER | Trawler |
LT/KX. .116111. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 30. Son of George William and Florence May Harrison, of Hull. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HARRISON | Panel 8, Column 3. |
Seaman LAURENCE VIGTOR | Trawler |
LT/JX. 191604. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 22. Son of Bertram Hastings Harrison and Eveline Elizabeth Harrison, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat tropedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARRISON | Panel 15, Column 2. |
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) |
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HARRISON | Panel 15, Column 2. |
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) |
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HART | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. JOHN WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 219630. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hart, of Folkestone, Kent; husband of Kathleen L. Hart, of Folkestone. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HART | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HART | Panel 17, Column 3. |
Ord. Tel. ERIC RIDLEY | Landing Ship: Tank |
LT/JX. 572275. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LST. 403. 6th April, 1946. Age 21. Son of Cedric Claude and Annie Hart, of High Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
| 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) |
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HARTWELL | Panel 12, Column 2. |
Engineman STANLEY JACK | Trawler |
LT/KX. 128728. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. |
| 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) |
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HARVEY | Panel 5, Column 1. |
Second Hand BERNE HAROLD | Drifter |
LT/JX. 242691. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 27. Son of Henry and Alice Harvey, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Marjorie Gladys Harvey, of Lowestoft. |
| Notes and Comments: aka Thistle V, requisitioned April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, September 1940 as examination vessel, sunk by mine off Lowestoft. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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HARVEY | Panel 8, Column Y. |
Seaman EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 206536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 22. Son of William Harvey, and of Elizabeth Harvey, of Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat tropedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARVEY | Panel 11, Column 3. |
Seaman CANNON WILLlAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 242437. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Son of Cannon Benjamm and Anne Elizabeth Harvey, of Happisburgh, Norfolk. |
| Notes and Comments: ex Rylston, requisitioned October 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted to minesweeper, 1943 sunk by Italian Submarine Acciaio off Algiers (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HARVEY | Panel 11, Column 3. |
Seaman ARTHUR ERNEST CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 179773. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 27. Son of Charles and Maude Harvey, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Gertrude May Lydia Harvey, of Lowestoft. |
| Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) |
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HARVEY | Panel 12, Column 3. |
Sto. WILFRED CECIL | Trawler |
LT/KX. 126412. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Son of George and Louise Harvey; husband of Florrie May Harvey, of Burton-on-Trent. |
| Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) |
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HARVEY | Panel 11, Column 2. |
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) |
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HARWOOD | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ch. Engineman ALBERT HENRY | Trawler |
LT/327EV. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Age 46. Son of Henry George and Anne Harwood; husband of Ellen Louisa Harwood, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HASKAYNE | Panel 16, Column 3. |
Seaman STANLEY | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/JX. 355462. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 20. Son of Robert and Hannah Eliza Haskayne, of Melling, Liverpool. |
| Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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HATFIELD | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/KX. 107566. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Revella. 10th March, 1941. |
| Notes and Comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted for minesweeping, March 1941 bombed by aircraft and six killed, vessel sank August 1941 (no cause given) and later salvaged and returned to owners. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; naval-history.net) |
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HATHERALL | Panel 1, Column 1. |
Sto. FREDERICK | Drifter |
LT/X. 102595. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Ray of Hope. 10th December, 1939. Son of Charles F. and Sarah A. Hatherall, of Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan. |
| Notes and Comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAVERCROFT | Panel 11, Column 1. |
Lieut. ERIC | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Robert Wilkinson Havercroft, and of Eleanor Mary Havercroft, of Darlington, Co. Durham. |
| 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) |
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HAVERON | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman CHARLES WILUAM WHEATLEY | Whaler |
LT/JX. 176737. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of Catherine Haveron, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
| 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) |
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HAWES | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. CHARLES FREDERICK | Minelayer |
LT/KX. 111056. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 39. Son of George Henry and Mary Elizabeth Hawes, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; husband of Muriel Hawes, of Middlesbrough. |
| Notes or comments: An ex Royal Dutch Navy minelayer taken over by Royal Navy on 14th March 1941, apparently in use as an Anti Aircraft convoy leader, and lost to a mine in the Thames Estuary near the Girdler Light Vessel (Foynes: Battle E Coast; dutchfleet.net) |
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HAWKINS | Panel 15, Column 1. |
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) |
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HAWSON | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman WILUAM BIRKS | Drifter |
LT/JX. 224432. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941. Age 39. Son of William and Emily Hawson; husband' of Kathleen Hawson, of Knightsbridge, London. |
| Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAY | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/X. 351ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. |
| Notes or comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, based at Dover, U-boat to credit (U-16) 23rd October, torpedoed by E-boat off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAY | Panel 17, Column 3. |
Cook RODERICK | British Yard Minesweeper |
LT/MX. 107221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2024. 12th May, 1945. Age 23. Son of John Hay and of Catherine Hay (nee Fraser), of Nairn. |
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HAYES | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman ALEXANDER | Yacht |
LT/KX. 111106. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 37. Son of Samuel and Sarah Hayes, of Belfast. |
| 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) |
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HAYES | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman JAMES | Whaler |
LT/JX. 176562. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. |
| 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) |
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HAYES | Panel 15, Column 3. |
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) |
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HAYLES | Panel 13, Column 1. |
Ldg. Cook GEORGE ALBERT | Trawler |
LT/MX. 87185. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 25. Son of Edward and Lizzie Hayles, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net) |
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HAYTER | Panel 2, Column 2. |
Seaman WILLIAM HENRY | Trawler |
LT/X. 19471 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 32. Husband of Edith Hayter, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| 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) |
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HAYWARD | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman GEORGE FREDERICK | Drifter |
LT/KX. 125428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter D'Arcy Cooper. 9th April, 1941. |
| Notes and Comments: 1928 built 126 ton vessel, hired for examination service 1940, sunk by aircraft off Harwich (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HAYWARD | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HAYWARD | Panel 15, Column 1. |
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) |
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HEAD | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Sub-Lieut. GEORGE NORMAN | Trawler |
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 22. Son of George Edwin and Marie Blanche Head, of Thomton Heath, Surrey. |
| Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HEALY | Panel 13, Column 1. |
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.. |
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HEARD | Panel 11, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. PETER | Trawler |
LT/JX. 225030. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 36. Husband of Ida M. Heard, of Tollesbury, Essex. |
| Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HEBDEN | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman JACK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 193895. R.N. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 29. Son of James and Margaret Ann Hebden, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Awarded the Royal Humane Society's Certificate. |
| 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) |
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HEDGECOCK | Panel 9, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. THOMAS ALAN | Whaler |
LT/JX. 285277. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 20. Son of Albert L. and Ida E. Hedgecock, of Garston, Lancashire. |
| Notes or comments: 313 ton whaler hired as minesweeper September 1939, sunk (different sources record by aircraft and by U-431) off Bardia, Libya. (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) |
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HEDLEY | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HEENAN | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Engineman WALTER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 101863. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. |
| 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) |
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HELLENS | Panel 4, Column 2. |
Seaman Cook CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 173407. RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 1939 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, sunk in attack on Gibraltar by Vichy French (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HELME | Panel 2, Column 2. |
Seaman JOSEPH WRIGHT | Drifter |
LT/JX. 206465. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 19. Son of Stephen William Helme, and of Elsie H. Helme, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| 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) |
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HEMSLEY | Panel 2, Column 2. |
Seaman ALBERT EDWARD | Drifter |
LT/JX. 173557. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed 7th November, 1940. Age 38. Son of Amos Alfred and Florence Beatrice Hemsley, of Fishersgate, Sussex; husband of Lucy Alexandria Hemsley, of Fishersgate. |
| 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) |
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HENDERSON | Panel 6, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 228092. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 19. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Henderson, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HENDERSON | Panel 11, Column 3. |
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) |
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HENDERSON | Panel 13, Column 3. |
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) |
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HENDERSON | Panel 16, Column 3. |
Ldg. Sea. HENRY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 214235. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. |
| 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) |
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HENFREY | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. RONALD WILLIAM | Whaler |
RNVR. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 32. Husband of Isabel Frederica Henfrey, of Twickenham, Middlesex. |
| Notes or comments: 313 ton whaler hired as minesweeper September 1939, sunk (different sources record by aircraft and by U-431) off Bardia, Libya. (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) |
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HENSON | Panel 1, Column 3. |
Skipper FREDERICK ALFRED | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 38. Son of Jack and Mary Henson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Charlotte Miriam Henson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HERD | Panel 11, Column 3. |
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) |
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HETHERINGTON | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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. |
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HEWISON | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman JAMES FERGUS | Drifter |
LT/X. 10024S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Torbay II. 1st November, 1940. Age 34. Son of Thomas and Emma Hewison, of Whitby, Yorkshire; husband of Alice Steel Hewison, of Whitby. |
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HEWITT | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HIBBETT | Panel 14, Column 2. |
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) |
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HIBBIT | Panel 15, Column 1. |
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) |
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HIBBS | Panel 7, Column 3. |
Seaman KENNETH FRANCIS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 242731. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. |
| 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). |
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HIGGINS | Panel 1, Column 2. |
Sto. JOSEPH | Trawler |
LT/223W. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HIGGINS | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 179422. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 24. Son of Helen Higgins, of Paisley, Renfrewshire. |
| Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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HILDER | Panel 5, Column 1. |
Second Hand WILLlAM ALBERJ' | Drifter |
LT/JX. 185433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 53. Husband of Ethel Maud Hilder, of Hull. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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HILL | Panel 2, Column 2. |
Seaman EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/X. 21196 A. RNR. (Patrol Serv:ice).. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 19. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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HILL | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN RICHARD | Yacht |
LT/5766D. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 39. Son of John Richard and Margaret Hill; husband of Blanche Lilian Hill, of Bumley, Lancashire. |
| 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) |
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HILL | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman BERNARD | Whaler |
LT/JX. 210970. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. |
| 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) |
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