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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.
By date of loss |
By vessel name
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Surname
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Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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The surname records are split into three roughly equal sections
to speed downloading.
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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
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email. If any error is of fact, please supply details of
source of correction.
O'NEIL | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. ARTHUR PATRICK | Trawler |
LT/KX. 107814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 24. Son of Patrick and Sarah O'Neil, of Glasgow; husband of Margaret O'Neil, of Glasgow. |
| Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1). |
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O'NEILL | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman CHARLES AUGUSTINE | Trawler |
LT/JX. 176583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Andrew and Alice O'Neill, of Wallsend, Northumberland |
| Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1) |
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O'NEILL | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. EDWARD | Whaler |
LT/KX. 145055. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 20. Son of James and Elizabeth 0' Neill, of Blyth, Northumberland. |
| 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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ORAM | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. ALFRED | |
LT/JX. 218408. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27th August, 1941. Age 33. Son of Alfred and Francis Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man; husband of Ethel M. Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man. |
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OSBORNE | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. HENRY | Drifter |
LT/KX. 115438. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941. |
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OSBORNE | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. WILLIAM JOHN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 106551. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Osbome, of Pontycymmer, Glamorgan. |
| 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). |
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OSBORNE | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN BENJAMIN | Trawler |
LT/X. 20744A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941. Age 25. Son of Benjamin and Jane Howe Osbome; husband of Pearl Winifred Osbome, of Harrogate, Yorkshire. |
| Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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OSBORNE | Panel 14, Column 1. |
Ldg. Sea. DENIS LEONARD ALLAN | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/JX. 209118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29Th November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Bertha Grace Osbome; husband of Doris Ivy Osbome, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. |
| Notes and Comments: built by Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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OSGAR | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman WILLIAM EDWARD | Trawler |
Lr/X. 418ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. |
| 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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OSLER | Panel 5, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. GEORGE WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 173948. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 27. Son of George William and Mary OsIer, of Hull. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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OSMOND | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman PERCY ALFRED | Trawler |
LT/KX. 105729. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartlett. 27th May, 1940. Age 42. |
| 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) |
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OSMONDE | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Seaman ISAAC GARFIELD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 280376. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942. Age 28. Son of Rubben and Hannah J. Osmonde, of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. |
| Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland |
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OUTLAW | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman SAMUEL JAMES WEBSTER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 100326. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 41. Husband of Elanor Robina Outlaw of Lowestoft, Suffolk |
| 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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OVERTON | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. THOMAS HENRY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 180083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Monteith. 24th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Jesse and Eleanor Mary Overton; husband of Grace Overton, of Barton, Devon. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, attacked by bomber off Portland 24th September 1940 and six killed, from 1941 employed as submarine escort and returned to owners November 1945 (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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OWEN | Panel 11, Column 3. |
Seaman JACK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 377537. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Louisa Owen, of Atherton, Lancashire. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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OWEN | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 211298. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 21. Son of Charles Edward and Edith Owen, of Darlington, Co. Durham. |
| 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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OWENS | Panel 4, Column 3. |
Sub-Lieut. DAVID HARROP | Trawler |
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st January, 1941. Age 26. Son of David and Isabella Owens, of Aberporth, Cardiganshire. |
| 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) |
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OXBORODGH | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 183828. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 28. Son of William Frederick and Mary Oxborough, of Wissett, Suffolk. |
| 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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PACKWOOD | Panel 16, Column 2.. . |
Seaman HAROLD | British Yard Minesweeper |
LT/JX. 299618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 27. Son of George and Mary Packwood, of Woodstock, White Bay, Newfoundland. |
| Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland |
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PAGE | Panel 8, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. JACK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 183079. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 29. Son of Henry Joseph and Eva Ellen Page, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Kathleen Joyce Page, of Lowestoft. |
| 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). |
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PAGE | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman ALFRED GEORGE | Whaler |
LT/X. 20789A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 33. Son of William James Page and Daisy May Page. |
| Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PAGE | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN CECIL | Trawler |
LT/JX. 175054. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Silicia. 9th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of Edward G. and Amy Page, of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned in August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, joined 72nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PAGET | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. FRANK GRAHAM | Drifter |
LT/KX. 101890. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Summer Rose. 13th October, 1940. Age 27. Son of Alfred and Kate Paget, of Bristol; husband of Doreen Paget, of Bristol. |
| Notes or comments: hired for minesweeping duties October 1939, sunk by mine off Sunderland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PALMER | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Seaman ERNEST JAMES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 241948. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 31. Son of Cecil and Mabel E. Palmer, of Penryn, Cornwall; husband of Mary Palmer, of Penryn. |
| 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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PALMER | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. ALBERT EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 280743. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 22. Son of Thomas Albert James Palmer and Lily Palmer, of Rotherhithe, London. |
| Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, purchased November 1939, on loan with crew to U.S. Navy March 1942, mined in Chesapeake Bay (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PALMER | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Steward NORMAN WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/LX. 27518. RN. 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). |
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PARK | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Engineman FRANK BELCHER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 100292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Son of George William and Annie Elizabeth Park; husband of Elizabeth May Park, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| 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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PARKER | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. GEORGE ERNEST | Trawler |
LT/JX. 198891. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. |
| Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1) |
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PARKER | Panel 4, Column 1.. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. ALBERT DANIEL | Trawler |
LT/KX. 107081. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 26. Son of Joseph and Jane Ann Parker, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PARKER | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. HAROLD JAMES EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 179248. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 33. Son of James and Florence Ethel Parker, of Grantham, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PARKER | Panel 14, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 218317. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PARKER | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman ROBERT | Trawler |
LT/JX. 185943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 56. Son of Rufus and Violet Parker; husband of Kathleen Parker, of North Shields, Northumberland. |
| Notes and Comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, November 1940 converted to minesweeper, sunk by air attack off east coast of Scotland Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PARKINSON | Panel 12, Column 2. |
Ord. Sigmn. FREDERICK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 571589. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st, December, 1943. Age 17. Son of Thomas Lunn Parkins on and Lucy Eveline Parkinson, of Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PARNWELL | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. THOMAS | Whaler |
LT/KX. 131841. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 29. Son of Horace and Emily Parnwell; husband of Ethel Marjorie Lena Parnwell, of Tavistock, Devon. |
| 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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PARRY | Panel 17, Column 3. |
Sto. JOHN DANIEL | Whaler |
LT/KX. 125170. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 23. Husband of Rhoda Lilian Parry, of Gorleston, Norfolk. |
| 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) |
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PARSONS | Panel 7, Column 3. |
Seaman WILFRED | Trawler |
LT/JX. 211451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Native of Newfoundland. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland |
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PASCOE | Panel 7, Column 1. |
Sto. VICTOR WALTER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 113976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 31. Son of Waiter and Hannah Catherine Pascoe, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Elizabeth Pascoe, of South Shields. |
| Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes) |
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PATERSON | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman ALEXANDER PURVES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 260848. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 34. Son of Alexander Purves Paterson and Jessie Paterson, of Edinburgh; husband of Jean Paterson, of Edinburgh. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PATERSON | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. JOHN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 106808. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 30. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Paterson, of Edinburgh; husband of Jessie Paterson, of Granton, Edinburgh. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PATON | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman ROBERT | |
LT/X. 1891OA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Beverley. 11th April, 1943. Age 25. Son of Samuel and Susan Paton, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire. |
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PATON | Panel 10, Column 2. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/KX. 148535. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 29. Son of James and Christina Patan, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire; husband of Margaret Jane Taylor Paton, of Alloa. |
| 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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PATTERSON | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN JERROD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 219445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. |
| Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PATTERSON | Panel 11, Column 1. |
Second Hand ALEXANDER WALTER | Trawler |
LT/X. 20270A. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age. 27. Son of Arthur Ernest and Eliza Elizabeth Patterson; husband of Doris Patterson, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2) |
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PATTERSON | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman ROBERT HENRY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 164693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Inchcape. 25th October, 1940. |
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PAYNE | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman HUGH | Trawler |
LT/KX. 101262. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Revello. 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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PAYNTER | Panel 17, Column 3. |
Ldg. Steward JAMES STEVENS | Trawler |
LT/SR 63705. 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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PEAK | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman WILLIAM HENRY | Trawler |
LT/X. 20131A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Northern Spray. 10th May, 1940. Age 24. Son of John Henry and Kate Carlile Peak, of Hull; husband of Lucy Peak, of Hull. |
| Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign as Group Leader, 1941 transferred to Iceland command on Russian and North Atlantic convoys, 1944 Escort Group B3 on Africa-UK run, 1945 northern waters on convoy duties, returned to owners September 1945 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PEAKE | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Seaman RONALD ARTHUR | Trawler |
LT/JX. 534348. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. |
| 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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PEARCE | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES WILLIAM THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/KX. 109477. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 23. Son of Edward and Fanny Pearce; of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PEARCE | Panel 11, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. CHARI. | Motor Minesweeper |
ES RICHARD, LT/JX. 242878. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Marjorie Irene Pearce, of Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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PEARSON | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 303632. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 20. Son of Charles and Christina Pearson, of Chirton, Tynemouth, Northumberland. |
| Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1) |
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PEARSON | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman JOHN WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/KX. 124600. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ethel Taylor. 22nd November, 1940. Age 27. Son of John William and Jane Pearson; husband of Charlotte LiliaI1 Pears on, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
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PEARSON | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman GEORGE CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 228676. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 24. Son of Francis George and Isabella Pearson, of Birmingham; husband of Elizabeth Pearson, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham. |
| Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PEARSON | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. EDWARD AARON | Trawler |
LT/KX. 108732. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Joseph Button. 22nd October, 1940. Age 38. Son of John Aaron and Ellen Elizabeth Pearson; husband of Ellen May Pearson, of Finchley, Middlesex. |
| Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1) |
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PEARSON | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman STANLEY RICHARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 224428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 39 (corrected by hand to 29). Son of Richard and Elizebeth Pearson, of Southendon-Sea, Essex; husband of May L. Pearson, of Southend-on-Sea. |
| 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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PEARSONS | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Engineman ALBERT EDWARD | Whaler |
LT/KX.116162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 35. Son of Albert and Catherine Pearsons; husband of Edith Florence Pearsons. |
| 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) |
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PECK | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman CHARLES EDWARD | Barrage Balloon Vessel |
LT/JX. 255727. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles and Margaret Peck; husband of Olive Peck, of Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire. |
| Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin) |
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PECK | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. RONALD | Trawler |
LT/KX. 111467. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 26. Son of Fredrick and Anne Peck, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Ivy Alice Peck, of Walthamstow, Essex. |
| 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) |
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PECKHAM | Panel 15, Column 1. |
Ord. Tel. CECIL CLARENCE | Trawler |
LT/JX. 370193. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 17. Son of George Edward and Ellen Matilda Peckham, of Bournemouth, Hampshire. |
| Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PEDEN | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/JX. 226434. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Keryado. 6th March, 1941. Son of Jean Peden, of West Kilbride, Ayrshire. |
| Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized in July 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PEEL | Panel 5, Column 1. |
Skipper JOHN ROWLAND | Shore Establishment |
RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 13th October, 1941. Age 39. Son of John William and Mary Peel; husband of Florence Ada Peel, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes or comments: Naval shore establishment at Port Said, Egypt, with several satellite bases in the area. (probably the accounting base for seagoing personnel not permanently posted - ed.) (Warlow: Shote Est. RN) |
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PEERS | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman WILLIAM | Yacht |
LT/JX. 200594. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 26. Son of Edward and Mary Anne Peers; husband of Irene Peers, of Onchan, Isle of Man. |
| 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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PEGG | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 185669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 22. Son of Ethel May Pegg, of Peel, Isle of Man. |
| Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, purchased November 1939, on loan with crew to U.S. Navy March 1942, mined in Chesapeake Bay (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PEGG | Panel 4, Column 3. |
Lieut. ERNEST FRANCIS | |
RNVR H.M.S. Minicoy. 14th, May, 1941. Age 32. Son of Ernest Ebenezer and Alice Maud Pegg, of Hoylake, Cheshire. A.C.A. |
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PEGLER | Panel 8, Column 2. |
Second Hand ALBERT, DSM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 167143, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of John Henry and Mary Hannah Pegler, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| 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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PELLOW | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman ERNEST | Trawler |
LT/IX. 221516. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cloughton Wyke. 2nd February, 1942. Age 32. Son of Mark and Isabel Pellow, of Penryn, Cornwall; husband of Lillian Gilberta Pellow, of Penryn. |
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PENDLE | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman JOHN NORTON HAKEN | Trawler |
LT/JX. 206587. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 33. Son of John Haken Pendle and Kate Haken Pendle; husband of Mary Doris Pendle, of Leiston, Suffolk. |
| 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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PENFOLD | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ord. Sea. FRANK ALFRED | Trawler |
LT/JX. 199226. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 22. Son of Edwin John and Edith Penfold, of Hanwell, Middlesex. |
| 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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PENISTONE | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. HARRY | Trawler |
LT/KX. 101772. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PENNELL | Panel 7, Column 3. |
Seaman BERNARD | Drifter |
LT/JX. 246628. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 22. Son of James and Katherine Pennell, of Trepassey, Newfoundland. |
| 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). Native of Newfoundland |
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PENNIE | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Engineman ALEXANDER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 112034. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 40. Son of John Brown Pennie and Mary Pennie; husband of Margaret Pennie, of Paisley, Refrewshire. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PENTON | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. THOMAS SMITH | Trawler |
LT/JX. 176379. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of M.S. and Ethel Penton, of North Shields, Northumberland. |
| 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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PEPPIT | Panel 10, Column 2. |
Ldg. Cook ARTHUR EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/MX. 88026. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of James George and Alice Maud Peppit; husband of Iris Dorothy Violet Peppit, of Walthamstow, Essex. . |
| 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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PERICO | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. PETER WILLIAM | |
LT/JX. 373812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Claverhouse. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of Peter Henry James Perico and Mary Ann Perico, of Clerkenwell, London. |
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PERKINS | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman JAMES KNIGHT | Trawler |
LT/JX. 177711. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 30. Son of William Henry and Margaret Perkins, of Grimsby, 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) |
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PERKINS | Panel 13, Column 2. |
Lieut. FREDERICK JAMES | Whaler |
RNVR H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. |
| Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PERRY | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. ARTHUR | Whaler |
LT/JX. 280518. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 19. Son of Baxter and Darling Perry, of Gooseberry Island, 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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PERRY | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Ch. Engineman JOHN, DSM | Trawler |
LT/X. 6089ES, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler William Wesney. 7th November, 1940. Age 30. |
| Notes and Comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by mine off Orford Ness (Toghill:Trawlers 2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PETERS | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/X. 7499c. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 35. Son of Thomas and Mary Peters, of St. Ives, Cornwall; husband of Janie Peters, of St. Ives. |
| 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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PETRIE | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Engineman DAVID | Trawler |
LT/KX. 125111. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arley. 3rd February, 1945. Age 39. Son of George and Jane Perrie; husband of Evelyn Chisholm Petrie, of Torry, Aberdeen. |
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PETRIE | Panel 15, Column 1. |
Sigmn. JAMES MCGILL | |
LT/JX. 220684. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. lsis. 20th July, 1944. |
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PETRIE | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Seaman KENNETH DUNBAR | Whaler |
LT/JX. 205753. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Son of James Dunbar Petrie and Rachel Anderson Petrie, of Bieldside, Aberdeenshire. |
| 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) |
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PETTERSEN | Panel 5, Column 2. |
Ldg. Sea. ASBJORN STORN | Trawler |
LT/JX. 241645. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 24. Son of Sigurd H. and Selma Margrethe Pettersen, of Sandefjord, Norway. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland |
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PETTITT | Panel 16, Column 1. |
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES | Trawler |
LT/KX. 593838. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pettitt. |
| Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PHARAOH | Panel 14, Column 2. |
Seaman JOHN EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 39. Son of Joseph Henry and Louisa Harriot Pharaoh; husband of Vera Pharaoh, of New MaIden, Surrey. |
| 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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PHEBY | Panel 15, Column 1. |
Ord. Tel. HENRY CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 359334. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Henry Charles and Mary Ann Pheby, of Bethnal Green, London. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PHILBIN | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Seaman JOHN MEIKLE | Whaler |
LT/JX. 543214. 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) |
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PHILLIPS | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. PETER RICHARD STANLEY | Trawler |
LT/JX. 183136. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 19. Foster-son of George H. and A. M. Phillips, of Hove, Sussex. |
| 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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PHILLIPS | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman WILLlAM ASHLEY | Trawler |
LT/X. 6128ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. |
| 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) |
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PHILLIPS | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman ARTHUR | Trawler |
LT/JX. 283089. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 37. Son of Richard Henry and Edith Phillips, of. St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Annie Louisa Phillips, of St. Austell. |
| Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PHILLIPSON | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. DRYDEN BYRNE | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 28. Son of Dryden and Eva Blanche Phillipson; husband of Eleanor Phillipson, of Fanham, Newcastle-onTyne. |
| 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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PHILLPOTS | Panel 12, Column 3. |
Sto. EDWARD STANLEY | Trawler |
LT/KX. 533586. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 18. Son of Edward and Dora Kate Phillpots, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PICKEN | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Engineman GEORGE HENRY | Whaler |
LT/KX. 121832. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 28. Son of Ralph and Florence Picken; husband of Mary Ellen Picken, of Leek, Staffordshire. |
| 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) |
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PICKERING | Panel 7, Column 2. |
Ldg. Cook GEOFFREY | Drifter |
LT/MX. 87337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 21. Son of Tom Pickering, and of Elizabeth Ann Pickering, of Bury, Lancashire. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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PICKTHALL | Panel 14, Column 3. |
Seaman ALBERT | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/JX. 403610. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 45. 13th June, 1944. Age 17. Son of Richard Herbert Pickthall and Clara Pickthall, of Grangetown, Yorkshire. |
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PICTON | Panel 13, Column 3. |
Second Hand JOHN HENRY | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/X. 21109A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of David Henry and Alice Picton; husband of Dorothy Louise Picton, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. |
| Notes and Comments: built by Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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PIERCE | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman STANLEY CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 183707. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 47. Son of Charles Edward and Jane Charlotte Pierce, of Margate; husband of Flora Elizabeth Pierce, of Margate. |
| Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PILE | Panel 8, Column 2. |
Skipper BENJAMIN | Trawler |
Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 43. Son of Philip and Sara Ann Pile; husband of Lilian Pile, of Porthleven, Cornwall. |
| 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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PILTON | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. JOHN JAMES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 186652. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 26. Son of James and Ethel Pilton, of Barrow-in-Fumess, Lancashire. |
| 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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PINKNEY | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman JAMES EDWARD | Drifter |
LT/KX. 102491. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 40. Son of John and Sarah Pinkney; husband of Gladys May Pinkney, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. |
| Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PIRIE | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/X. 346ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PIRIE | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman ALEXANDER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 114024. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. |
| 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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PIRRIE | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman WILLlAM WOOD | Yacht |
LT/JX. 210691. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 28. Son of James and Jane Pirrie, of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. |
| 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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PITT | Panel 13, Column 2. |
Asst. Steward. WILLIAM | Landing Ship: Tank |
LT/LX. 30345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LST. 414. 15th August, 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles and Nora Pitt, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. |
| Notes or comments: built under lend/lease for RN at Bathlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore USA, 1625 tons, length 327, beam 50, carrying 18x 30 ton tanks or equivalent, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2) |
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PITTS | Panel 3, Column 2. |
Engineman JIM WALKER | Trawler |
LT/KX. 107552. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Royalo. 1st September, 1940. Age 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pitts; husband of Joan Agnes Norah Pitts, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as Aux. Patrol Vessel. Converted to Minesweeper January 1940, mined whilst sweeping Mounts Bay, Cornwall, 1/9/40 (Toghill: Trawlers2) |
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PIZZEY | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman LESLlE WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 174714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 4th October, 1941. Age 30. Son of Arthur and Alice Pizzey; husband of R. Pizzey, of Whitstable, Kent. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned May 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, Janury 1941 converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 31st A/S Group at Gibraltar, sank U-111 off Teneriffe October, torpedoed U-374 off Gibraltar (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2). |
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PLANT | Panel 3, Column 3. |
Engineman JOHN LEONARD | Trawler |
LT/KX. 111536. 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) |
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PLATT | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman ROBERT ARM STRONG | Trawler |
LT/JX. 170690. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. |
| Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PLATT | Panel 13, Column 2. |
Asst. Steward NORMAN TREVOR | Trawler |
LT/LX. 31716. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of Norman Platt, and of Louisa Platt, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| 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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PLATTEN | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman ROLAND | Trawler |
LT/X. 20111A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. |
| Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PLATTEN | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman OLIVER | Trawler |
LT/X. 19580A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. |
| 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) |
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PLEDGER | Panel 14, Column 3. |
Seaman ALFRED THOMAS | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 35. Son of Hetbert and Florence Pledger, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Winifred Pledger, of Walthamstow. |
| Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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PLUMLEY | Panel 9, Column 1. |
Seaman LEONARD PERCY | Whaler |
LT/JX. 288273. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 21. Son of Alfred K. and Mary M. Plumley, of Tottenham, Middlesex; husband of Violet Lilian Plumley, of Tottenham. |
| 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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PLUMMER | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. CHARLES WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/KX. 100298. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 28. Son of Arthur Henry and Beatrice May Plummer, of Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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POLLARD | Panel 4, Column 2. |
Seaman Cook CYRIL CLAUDE MONTAGUE | Yacht |
LT/JX. 212737. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Titan. 2nd December, 1940. Age 32. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Pollard; husband of Audrey Pollard, of Penzance, Cornwall. |
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POOL | Panel 13, Column 1. |
Sto. WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/KX. 110600. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 26. Son of William and Sarah Pool. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2) |
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POOLE | Panel 1, Column 2. |
Seaman-Steward CHARLES WILLIAM ALFRED | Trawler |
LT/JX. 163967. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 39. Son of Charles and Ada Poole; husband of Gladys E. E. Poole, of Norwich. |
| 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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POPAY | Panel 16, Column 3. |
Second Hand HENRY CHARLES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 173531. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 27. Son of Henry and Ethel Popay, 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). |
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PORRITT | Panel 4, Column 2. |
Seaman-Cook LEONARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 164492. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 25. Son of Christopher and Martha Annie Porritt, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Georgina Porritt, of Elvington, Kent. |
| Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PORTEOUS | Panel 13, Column 2. |
Steward JAMES | Trawler |
LT/LX. 30207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. |
| Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PORTER | Panel 12, Column 1. |
Seaman THOMAS | Trawler |
LT/JX. 281198. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. |
| 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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PORTER | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. PHILIP HENRY | Whaler |
LT/JX, 299571. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Son of Alice Porter. Native of 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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PORTER | Panel 2, Column 3. |
Seaman JAMES GIBSON | Trawler |
LT/X. 10449B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. |
| Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PORTER | Panel 10, Column 3. |
Seaman GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/JX. 280358. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of Enos and Thirza Porter, of Victoria Cove, Newfoundland. |
| Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland |
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POSTLETHWAITE | Panel 8, Column 1. |
Lieut. WILLIAM | Trawler |
RNR. H.M. Trawler Tranquil. 16th June, 1942. Age 51. Son of John and Emma Postlethwaite; husband of Gertrude Louisa Postlethwaite, of Hurst, Berkshire. |
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POTTER | Panel 4, Column 2. |
Seaman-Steward JOHN EDWARD | Trawler |
LT/JX. 163998. 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) |
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POTTER | Panel 16, Column 1. |
Cook RONALD JOHN | Barrage Balloon Vessel |
LT/MX. 107583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Vincent and Elizabeth Potter, of Thundersley, Essex; husband of Olive May Potter, of Thundersley. |
| Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin) |
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POTTER | Panel 13, Column 2. |
Asst. Steward WILLIAM GEORGE | Trawler |
LT/LX. 28289. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of George William and Alice Maud Potter, of Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2) |
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POTTER | Panel 9, Column 3. |
Ord. Sea. ALAN FRANK | Trawler |
LT/JX. 317503. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Potter, of Wortham, Suffolk. |
| 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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POUND | Panel 3, Column 1. |
Ord. Sea. PHILIP JOHN | Trawler |
LT/JX. 192130. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 24. Son of Alfred and Maria Emily Pound, of Mile End, Portsmouth. |
| Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PRAGNELL | Panel 10, Column 1. |
Sto. GEORGE ALEXANDER | Whaler |
LT/KX. 131793. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 35. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pragnell, of Southampton; husband of F. Pragnell, of Southampton. |
| 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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PRATT | Panel 1, Column 2. |
Seaman-Cook HARRY WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 163971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 35. |
| 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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PRATT | Panel 5, Column 1. |
Second Hand ROBERT GEORGE | Yacht |
LT/JX. 183283. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva Il. 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) |
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PRESCOTT | Panel 17, Column 1. |
Seaman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/JX. 241162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 29. Son of Annie Prescott, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Frances Prescott, of Chadderton, Lancashire. |
| 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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PRESTLY | Panel 6, Column 3. |
Engineman JAMES | |
LT/KX. 115146. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Minicoy. 14th May, 1941. Age 31. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Prestly, of Girvan, Ayrshire. |
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PRITCHARD | Panel 15, Column 2. |
Engineman CHARLES ERIC | Auxilliary A.A. Vessel |
LT/KX. 107083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 27. Son of Thomas Robert and Isabella Pritchard, of Aighurth, Liverpool. |
| Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PROCTOR | Panel 5, Column 3. |
Seaman JOHN ALFRED | Drifter |
LT/JX. 183714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. |
| Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PROFITT | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Engineman WILLIAM | Trawler |
LT/186W. RNR. (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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PRYCE | Panel 4, Column 1. |
Sto. SYDNEY NORMAN | Trawler |
LT/KX. 101134. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 20. Son of Sydney Alexander Pryce and Ada Pritchard Pryce, of Porth, Glamorgan. |
| 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) |
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PUGHE | Panel 6, Column 2. |
Ch. Engineman HENRY EDGAR | Trawler |
LT/KX. 110522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dale Castle. 2nd November, 1941. Husband of . C. Pughe, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
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PUNDAS | Panel 14, Column 1. |
Seaman JAMES | Trawler |
LT/JX. 638814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of James and Mary Ann Dundas, of Thurso, Caithness-shire; husband of Barbara Taylor Dundas, of Thurso. |
| Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2) |
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PURKESS | Panel 16, Column 1. |
Ldg. Cook STANLEY FRANK | Motor Minesweeper |
LT/MX 82112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Frank Albert and Ellen Purkess, of Totton, Hampshire; husband of Joyce Marion Purkess, of Southampton. |
| Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45) |
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