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The RNPS Memorial in Belle Vue Park, Lowestoft is solely for those serving RNPS personnel who died 1939-46 and who have no known grave. Please note that those who died and whose bodies were recovered are not included on this memorial.

The records have been compiled from the definitive ledger provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Association is not at liberty to make alterations to these entries but those with knowledge of errors can approach the CWGC to ask for their record to be amended.

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The blue text at the end of many records is as a result of further research, the source being given in brackets, or data received from relatives of the deceased. Details have been checked but there will doubtless still be some errors. Any that you spot please email the details. If the error is of fact please supply details of your source.

 

ABBOTTS

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman HAROLD

Trawler

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

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


ABIGAIL

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand HERBERT GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


ACTON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook PHILlP HENRY

Trawler

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

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


ACTON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook HORACE

Trawler

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

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


ADAMS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

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

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


ADAMS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. LESLlE

Minelayer

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

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


ADAMS

Panel 7, Column 3.

Lieut. JOHN STEPHEN

Trawler

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

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


ADAMS

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE

Sloop

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

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


ADAMSON

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook RICHARD

Trawler

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

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


ADAMSON

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Minelayer

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

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


ADDISON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman DAVID JOHN

Trawler

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

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


AERSTALL

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: aka Thomas Atkinson, requisitioned February 1940 and renamed Erith, converted for M/S duties, based Grimsby (ungrouped), in 1943 joined 21st M/S Group based at Grimsby, returned to owners June 1945. Seaman Robert Aerstall lost overboard (Toghill: Trawlers2, naval-history.net)


AGAR

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES ROBERT

Trawler

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

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


AINSWORTH

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES EDWARD

Trawler

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

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


AIRLIE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES

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


AITKEN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman THOMS ALEXANDER

Trawler

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

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


ALDRIDGE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman DANIEL

Trawler

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

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


ALEXANDER

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. IVOR

Trawler

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

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


ALEXANDER

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper RICHARD HENRY

Drifter

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

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


ALEXANDER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman EDWARD DODD

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1940 and converted for Auxilliary Patrol duties and then for Minesweeping, in Jukly 1941 was part of Minsweeping Group 80 based at Lowestoft (Sk. G. R. Burwood, RNR), mined off Sheerness March 1943 (Ty/Skipper Lt H R Pook RNR), (Toghill: Trawlers2; naval-history.net)


ALLAN

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

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

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


ALLAN

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman DAVID GOLDIE BOOTH

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


ALLAN

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook SIDNEY SARGEANT

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ALLAN

Panel 17, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. MAURICE SCOTT

Trawler

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

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


ALLEN

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman ALBERT GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


ALLEN

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper WILLIAM THOMAS

Whaler

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

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


ALLEN

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman GEORGE PATRICK

Trawler

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

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


ALLEN

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ANDREW LIDDLE

Trawler

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

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


ALLNUTT

Panel 7, Column 3.

Seaman Steward ALFRED LEONARD

Trawler

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

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


ALLWORK

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. GEORGE PATTON

Trawler

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

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


ANDERSON

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand WILLIAM GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


ANDERSON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM COWELL

Trawler

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


ANDERSON

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ROBERT LIVINGSTONE

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


ANDERTON

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT CONNELLY

Trawler

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

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


ANDREW

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman THOMAS GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. RICHARD CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. FREDERICK WILLIAM

Drifter

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Minelayer

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

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


ANDREWS

Panel 10, Column 3.

Lieut. NORMAN ROBERT

Trawler

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

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


ANGEL

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman LUKE TURNER

Trawler

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

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


ANNAL

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. FRANK

Trawler

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

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


ANNAND

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES CROMBIE

Trawler

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

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


APPLEBY

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook WILLIAM CAVENAR

Yacht

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

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


APPLEBY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. STANLEY

Whaler

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

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


ARMSTRONG

Panel 4, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. (E) JOHN EDWARD

Yacht

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

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


ARNFIELD

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. NORMAN

Whaler

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

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


ARROWSMITH

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. SAM

Trawler

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

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


ASHBY

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


ASHTON

Panel 1, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


ASHTON

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. RICHARD GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


ASKEW

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT ALFRED

Trawler

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

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


ASTLEY

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman WILLlAM HENRY

Trawler

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

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


ATKINS

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook JAMES

Trawler

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

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


ATKINSON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


ATKINSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE ERNEST

Trawler

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

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


ATKINSON

Panel 13, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. WALTER

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


AUDIS

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. RAYMOND GEORGE :ERNEST

Trawler

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

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


AUSTRIN

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN FUNNY KING

Trawler

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

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


AUSTWICK

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman CLARENCE HEATON

Trawler

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

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


AYTON

Panel 15, Column 2.

Sto. HUGH STEWART

Trawler

LT/KX. 131759 RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 42. Son of William and Jessie Ayton of Paisley, Renf wshire; hus­band of Margaret M. Ayton of Paisley.


BAATSTOE

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman AAGE CHARLES

Yacht

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

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


BAILEY

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward ALAN CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BAILEY

Panel 10, Column 3.

Lieut. WILLIAM HUGH

Trawler

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

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


BAILEY

Panel 13, Column 3.

P.O. WILLIAM ALFRED

Whaler

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

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


BAILEY

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. WALLACE JAMES

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 102137. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 33. Son of Charles and 'Annie Bailey, of Deal, Kent; husband of Elizabeth Rose Bailey, of Deal, Kent.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


BAILEY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. MARTIN CLARENCE

Motor Launch

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

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


BAIRD

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH

Trawler

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

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


BAKER

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


BAKER

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. RONALD CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BAKER

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper ARTHUR

Shore Establishment

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

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


BAKER

Panel 11, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. ALAN WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BAKER

Panel 13, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. DONALD ROBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


BAKER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BAKER

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

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


BAKER

Panel 13, Column 3.

P.O. ARTHUR ALBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 222756. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 36. Son of William John and Mary Jane Baker; husband of Ena Victoria Baker, of Chingford, Essex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BAKER

Panel 16, Column 2.

Skipper GEORGE ALFRED EDGAR

Trawler

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

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


BALDOCK

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman RICHARD' SAMUEL

Trawler

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

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


BALFOUR

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. WILLIAM

Motor Minesweeper

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


BALL

Panel 1, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. VICTOR JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BALL

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. AUSTIN

Minelayer

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

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


BALL

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper GEORGE FREDERICK

Drifter

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

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


BALL

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. FRANK LEWIS

Trawler

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

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


BALL

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN EDWARD HARRY

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BALLS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED ARTHUR GEORGE

Drifter

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

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


BALLS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALBERT EDWARD

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


BALLS

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward HEADLEY OWEN

Whaler

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

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


BALLS

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ALBERT

Trawler

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

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


BAMPTON

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman CLlFFORD JOSEPH

Trawler

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

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


BANKS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

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

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


BARBER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman STANLEY CECIL

Motor Launch

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


BARBER

Panel 14, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. ALAN FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BARBER

Panel 13, Column 3.

Skipper CECIL LEONARD

Landing Craft: Tank

RNR. H.M. LCT. 377. 4th October, 1944. Age 36. Son of Arthur and Anna Barber, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Rita Mary Victoria Barber, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: 350/640 tons, length 190, beam 31, carrying 5x 40t or 11x 30t tanks, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


BARCOCK

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ERNEST

Drifter

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

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


BARDON

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. GEORGE

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


BARGEWELL

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. ARTHUR

Trawler

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

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


BARKER

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BARKER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE EDW ARD WILLIAM

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


BARKER

Panel 13,Column 1.

Cook WILFRED GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


BARKER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman HERBERT

Whaler

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

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


BARLOW

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman EDWARD

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


BARNARD

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES EDWARD

Trawler

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


BARNES

Panel 9,Column 3.

Engineman FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


BARNETT

Panel 16,Column 3.

Seaman EDWARD THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


BARNSTON

Panel 11,Column 2.

Seaman STEPHEN GORDON JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 1.

Ord. Sea. REGlNALD GEORGE

Shore Establishment

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 2. 

Engineman GEORGE CLIFFORD

Trawler

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 6,Column 2.

Ord. Sigmn. PATRICK JAMES

Trawler

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. JACK HARDY

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BARRETT

Panel 16,Column 2.

Lieut.-Comdr. ROY, DSC

Trawler

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

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


BARRY

Panel 8,Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


BARTH

Panel 6,Column 2.

Engineman RAGNAR ALSTRUP

Trawler

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

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


BARTLETT

Panel 7,Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ROBERT WILLlAM

Trawler

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

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


BARTLETT

Panel 6,Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JAMES

Shore Establishment

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

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


BASS

Panel 17, Column 3.

Steward FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BASSETT

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


BATCHELOR

Panel 8, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT LEONARD

Trawler

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

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


BATEMAN

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. THOMAS EDWARD

Drifter

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

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


BATER

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman REGINALD FRANCIS LAWRENCE

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BATES

Panel 17, Column 1.

Telegraphist CHARLES HENRY

Whaler

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

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


BATLEY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BAUMANN

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman HENRY ALBERT

Drifter

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

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


BAWDEN

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ARTHUR JELLlCOE

Trawler

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

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


BAXANDALE

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. EDWARD

British Yard Minesweeper

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


BAXTER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman WILFRED HENRY

Trawler

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

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


BAXTER

Panel 13, Column 3.

Skipper JOHN

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BAXTER

Panel 17, Column 2.

Ord. Tel. ERNEST CLAUDE

Trawler

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

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


BAYES

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JACK

Trawler

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

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


BAYNES

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. ANTHONY ERNEST

Trawler

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

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


BEAN

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand LEONARD HERBERT

Trawler

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


BEARD

Panel 4, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. PETER GASCOYN

Trawler

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

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


BEATTIE

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. RICHARD

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


BEESLEY

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman TIMOTHY STIMPSON

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


BELCHER

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman THOMAS CHARLES WILLIAM

Drifter

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

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


BELCHER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman CHARLES ERNEST

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


BELL

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN FOX

Twin Screw Steamship

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

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


BENEDETTO

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman RINALDO

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand BENJAMIN VICTOR

Drifter

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 10, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. STANLEY

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 13, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN GERARD

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ROBERT ELDER

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE UDEN

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. WILLIAM RONALD

Trawler

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

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


BENNETT

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM THOMAS HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 214176. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BERG

Addenda Panel.

Leading Steward PAUL EUGEN

LT/LX 29245. RN Patrol Service. 5th November, 1946. Age 53. Son of Adolf and Pauline Berg, of Tonsberg, Norway; husband of Johanore Berg, of Teire Per, Tonsberg.

Notes or comments: CWGC - no details of attachment to vessel or unit. Native of Norway.


BERRY

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER

Minelayer

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

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


BESSEY

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand EDWARD ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 210627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 35. Son of Robert George and Florence Esther Bessey, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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


BETTS

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


BETTS

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 205304. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 30. Son of Charles J ames William and Annie Elizabeth Beus; husband of Esther Eirwen Bens, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire.

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).


BICKFORD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman LEONARD PRESTON

Trawler

LT/JX. 206382. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 29. Son of Thomas G. and Sophie Bickford; husband of Edith Ellen Bickford, of Brixton, London.

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).


BIELBY

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. MATTHEW

Trawler

LT/KX. 160870. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Son of Tom and Julia Bielby; husband of Mary Priscilla Bielby, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BILLINGS

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman ARTHUR PRIOR

Trawler

LT/KX. 110030. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941.

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


BINGHAM

Panel 13, Column 3.

Midn. AUSTEN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of William Hopworth Bingham and Constance Preston Bingham, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend. (Toghill: Trawlers1)


BIRD

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES

Shore Establishment

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

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


BISHOP

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. THOMAS FRANCIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 211412. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 19. Son of Thomas Bishop, and of Anasthia Bishop, of Placentia, Newfoundland.

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


BLACK

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman HENRY HARRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 101858. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BLACK

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman CHARLES LESLIE

Trawler

LT/SR 50900. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 24. Son of Gavin Thomas Black and Robina Black, of Virkie, Lerwick, Zetland.

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)


BLACK

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. ROBERT

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 163357. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 20. Son of James Layboume Pickersgill Black and Gladys Gertrude Black, of Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

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


BLACKBURN

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. GEORGE TURNER

Trawler

LT/X. 1O11OS. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 27. Son of Joseph and Lavinia Blackbum, of Maryport, Cumberland; husband of Elizabeth Blackbum, of Maryport.

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)


BLACKBURN

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman ROLAND HARRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 111434. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Silicia. 8th May, 1941.

Notes or comments: date for others lost in same incident recorded as 9/5/41 by CWGC; 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)


BLACKMORE

Panel 10, Column 2.

Cook RICHARD JOHN

Whaler

LT/MX. 85405. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 30. Husband of Ethel Rosina Beatrice Blackmore, of Coxside, Plymouth.

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)


BLACKMORE

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ARTHUR ERNEST

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BLACKWELL

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman HENRY ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 263493. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 30. Son of Ernest and Ada Ellen Blackwell, of Goole, Yorkshire.

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


BLADE

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. SAMUEL

Trawler

LT/KX. 106896. RN. Patiol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Husband of Ellen Blade, of Dingle, Liverpool.

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


BLADE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman LESLIE ROBERT

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


BLADES

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ARTHUR ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 179314. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Son of William J. H. and Ada Blades, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.

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)


BLAGDON

Panel 10, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. HUBERT

Whaler

LT/JX. 315743. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 18. Son of Albert John and Myrtle Blagdon, of Boxey, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland:

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)


BLAIR

Panel 13, Column 2.

Steward HENRY

Whaler

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

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


BLAKEMAN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman DENNIS FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BLANCHARD

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. ARTHUR JOHN

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 257634. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of John Blanchard and of Alice Blanchard (nee Le Page), of Guernsey, Channel Islands; husband of Jane Blanchard (nee Le Moigne), of Guernsey.

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


BLANDFORD

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES CRAWFORD

Trawler

LT/KX. 99044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 21. Son of Alexander and Helen Blandford, of Aberdeen.

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


BLOCKWELL

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper Lieut. FREDERICK I GEORGE

Trawler

. RN.R H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943.. Age 31. Son of William and Rhoda Blockwell; husband of Evelyn Blockwell, of Gorleston, 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)


BLOMFIELD

Panel 4, Column 3.

Captain MYLES ALDINGTON, OBE

Yacht

RN. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 56. Son of Major-General Charles James Blomfield, C.B., D.S.O., and Henriette Elizabeth Blomfield; husband of Harriett Blomfield, of Chelsea, London.

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)


BLOXHAM

Panel 4, Column 3.

Midn. JOHN FREDERICK

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


BLUNT

Panel 13, Column 1.

Asst. Cook JAMES

Trawler

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

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


BLYTH

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BOARDLEY

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman FRANCIS FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/X. 1O428B. 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)


BOBY

Panel 16, Column 2.

Lieut. RONALD LEONARD CHARLES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 27. Son of Arthur Leonard and Amelia Boby, of Fetcham, Surrey.

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)


BOGGISS

Panel 13, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward ]OHN FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


BOLAND

Panel 10, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER

Whaler

LT/JX. 277265. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Foster-son of Joseph and Clara Crocker, of Lamaline, 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)


BOLTON

Panel 13, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. GEOFFREY CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BOND

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward HAROLD THTJR

Trawler

LT/JX. 197375. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 26. Son of Arthur and Dorothy Bond; husband of Ellen Julia Bond, of Streatham, London.

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)


BOND

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman SIDNEY GEORGE

Drifter

LT/KX. 101278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 33. Son of Alfred Charles and Charlotte Bond, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk.

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)


BOND

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ]OHN GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 547404. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bond, of Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex.

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).


BONNETT

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ARNOLD TOM

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


BOOTH

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ELDRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 131285. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 34. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Booth, of Preston, Lancashire.

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)


BORMAN

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ARTHUR ROBERT

Shore Establishment

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

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


BOTT

Panel 12, Column 2.

Telegraphist HENRY PETER

Trawler

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

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


BOWEN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman ERNEST GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 190813. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 22. Son of Ernest William and Lilian May Bowen, of Landore, 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).


BOWLES

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. ALBERT JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX., 317336. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 19. Son of Leslie I Albert and Maud Isabella Bowles, of Bermondsey, London.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


BOWMAN

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN DUNCAN

Trawler

LT/KX. 107487. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940.

Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)


BOWNESS

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. RICHARD DAWSON

Drifter

LT/KX. 100322. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowness, of Maryport, Cumberland.

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)


BOWRING

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. WALTER FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 383523. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 18. Son of Lionel Ewart Bowring and Winifred Agnes Bowring, of Romsey, Hampshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BOYCE

Panel 8, Column 3. 

Seaman GEORGE STANLEY RANSOME

Trawler

LT/JX. 286357. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Chalcedony. 13th August, 1942. Age 36. Son of George WilIiam and Rosina Boyce; husband of Winifred Charlotte Boyce, of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1939 (357 tons, 1x 12 pdr) as Auxilliary Patrol Vessel, 1941 converted for minesweeping and attached 19th M/S at Grmsby, sold 1945, renamed Laforey 1946. (Toghill: Trawlers2)


BOYD

Panel 11, Column 1.

Lieut. WILLIAM HUNTER

Trawler

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

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


BOYLAN

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 5923 ES. RNR. (patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 36. Son of George and Mary Boylan, of Aberdeen; husband of Mary Boylan, of Torry, Aberdeen.

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)


BOYNTON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman ALFRED

Drifter

LT/KX. 100330. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940.

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)


BRADBURY

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOSEPH BADEN

Trawler

LT/JX. 174604. RN. 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)


BRADBURY

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 107433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 23. Son of Mary Ann Bradbury, of Miles Planing, Manchester.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


BRADSHAW

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 167000. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Erin. 18th January, 1942. Age 19. Son of John and Charlotte D. Bradshaw, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.


BRAID

Panel 9, Column. 2.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM HENRY

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 257937. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Son of Harold and Nellie Braid; husband of Marie Braid, of New Brighton, Cheshire.

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


BRAILSFORD

Panel 13, Column 1. 

Ldg. Cook HAROLD BELLAMY

Trawler

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

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


BRAINCH

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. NORMAN RONALD

Trawler

LT/KX. 148468. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. . Age 20. Son of Henry and Edith Alice Brainch, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

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


BRAITHWAITE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 228180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941.

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


BRAITHWAITE

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JAMES SIMPSON

Trawler

LT/JX. 221456. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Susarion. 7th May, 1941. Son of Charles and Lillian Braithwaite, of Scarborough, Yorkshire; husband of Elsie Braithwaite, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by air attack off Humber. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BRAND

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman FREDERICK HECTOR

Trawler

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

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


BRANNAN

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 301774. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


BRANTON

Panel 10, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE NORMAN

Whaler

LT/JX. 315668. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 20. Son of Edmund and Mabel Hannah Branton, of Islington, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

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)


BRAY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. KENNETH GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 726262. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 18. Son of Edward George and Dorothy Phyliss Bray, of Warminster, Wiltshire.

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).


BRAYSHAW

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ALBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 278445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 30. Son of John and Annie Brayshaw, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

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).


BREEN

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 104273. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pyrope. 12th August, 1940. Age 52. Son of Thomas and Mary Breen, of Wexford, Republic of Ireland.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 2nd M/S Group at Sheerness, sunk by air attack Thames Estuary (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BREEN

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. PATRICK

Yacht

LT/KX. 99813. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941.

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)


BREEN

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BREMNER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN WILLIAM

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX..170565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 24. Son of Alexander and Catherine Bremner, of Buckie, Banffshire.


BRENNAN

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. DOUGLAS CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BRENNAN

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. CHARLES CUTHBERT

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


BRETTON

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


BREWER

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook JOHN RICHARD GOODWIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 165972. 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)


BREWSTER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 189872. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945.

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


BRIDGE

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman HAROLD

Trawler

LT/JX. 241189. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Son of Arthur and Cathrine Bridge; husband of Edith Bridge, of Seaforth, Lancashire.

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)


BRIGDEN

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. JACK WILTON

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BRILL

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. FREDERICK CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BRINDLEY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/X. 3135U. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 42. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Brindley, of Newcastle­on-Tyne; husband of Elizabeth Jane Brindley, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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)


BRISTOW

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman HAROLD JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BROCKLESBY

Panel 17, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 100583. . RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 31. Son of William Henry and Margaret Elizabeth Brocklesby, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of Lily Brocklesby, of Cleethorpes.

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)


BRODIE

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BRODIE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. NEIL

Trawler

LT/X. 9429 B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 31. Son of Samuel and Catherine Brodie, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire; husband of Isabella Brodie, of Campbeltown.

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)


BROGDEN

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. NORMAN LAWRENCE

Trawler

LT/JX. 185344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 23. Son of Thomas Lawrence and Miriam Ethel Brogden, of Grangetown, Yorkshire.

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)


BROOKES

Panel 7, Column 3.

Asst. Cook ARTHUR

Trawler

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

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


BROOKS

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/JX. 205221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Conquerante. 26th September, 1940. Age 25. Son of Christopher and Elizebeth F. Brooks, of Fleetweed, Lancashire; husband of Marie Brooks, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.


BROOM

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman ALBERT GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 180409. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 28. Son of Albert George and Mary Annie Broom, of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.

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)


BROTHERTON

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman. GEORGE EDWARD

Whaler

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

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


BROUGHTON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Second Hand THOMAS

Whaler

LT/JX. 166235. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 36. Son of George and Mary Broughton, of Hull; husband of Mabel Broughton, of Hull.

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)


BROWN

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook BERTRAM FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 164502. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 20. Son of H nry William and Ethel Maud Brown, of Barsham, Suffolk.

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)


BROWN

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. ARTHUR ERNEST

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 44. Son of Charles and Jane Brown; husband of Jessie Louise Brown, of West Derby, Liverpool.

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)


BROWN

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X. 346 ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940.

Notes and Comments: ex Robert Cundy, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Toghill: Trawlers1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BROWN

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. EDW ARD RI SPIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 177646. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Asama. 21st March, 1941.

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


BROWN

Panel 7, Column 2.

Cook ALBERT EDWARD

Drifter

LT/JX. 213962. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter 1 Thistle. 8th May, 1941.

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)


BROWN

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES FORGAN

Trawler

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

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


BROWN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman BERNARD JAMES

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 167007. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of Bernard and Mary Brown, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Elizabeth Brown, of Preston, Lancashire.

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


BROWN

Panel 9, ­Column 3.

Engineman RONALD ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/KX. 124680. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 26. Son of Henry Ground Brown and Fanny Brown, of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire; husband of Lily Brown, of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

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).


BROWN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS

LT/JX. 231622. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Princess Astrid. 19th August, 1942. Age 26. Son of James and Emma Morris Brown, of Edge Hill, Liver­pool; husband of Lilian Brown, of Edge Hill, Liverpool.


BROWN

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


BROWN

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman LEONARD JOHN

Shore Establishment

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

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


BROWN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman TERENCE PATRICK

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


BROWN

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward GEORGE

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BROWN

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. RAYMOND

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BROWN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ALAN ROY

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 202355. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of Arthur and Dorothy Brown, of Canvey Island, Essex.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


BROWN

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. JOHN THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 106752. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 29. Son of Alice Brown, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Gladys May Brown, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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)


BROWNE

Panel 4, Column 3.

Lieut. JOSEPH GEORGE

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941.

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


BRUCE

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman NORMAN DUNCAN

Trawler

LT/X. 19024 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 23. Son of Alexander and Mary Jane Walls Bruce, of St. Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.

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)


BRUCE

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 10038 S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 30. Son of George and Margaret Jane Bruce, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Rose Bruce, of Buckie.

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)


BRUCE

Panel 3, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman WILLIAM SLATER

Trawler

CT IX. 416 EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 44. Son of John U. Bruce, and of Helen Bruce (nee Henderson); husband of Bessie Moir Bruce (nee Silver), of Aberdeen.

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)


BRUCE

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman FRANCIS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 177039. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940.

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)


BRUCE

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 115986. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cramond Island. 2nd April, 1941. Age 33. Son of James and Helen Jane Bruce, of Portknocke, Banffshire; husband of Mary Bruce, of Portknockie.


BRUCE

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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

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


BRUCE

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. GEORGE STEW ART

Trawler

LT/KX. 160863. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 21. Son of John and Helen Anderson Bruce, of Portree, Isle of Skye.

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)


BRUNSON

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook JAMES ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 222222. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 22. Son of James William and Ellen Alice Brunson, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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


BRUVIK

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook ERLING MARTIN JOHANNESSEN

Whaler

LT/JX. 265200. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Kos XXI. 27th May, 1941. Age 20. Son of Johannes Martin Johannessen Bruvik and of Nikoline Andrina Nilsen Hammersland, of Bruvik, Norway.

Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler hired for anti-submarine duties 1940, renamed Whippet September 1941, sunk by air attack Mediterranean. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Norway


BRYAN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman RAYMOND FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 240935. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Son of Frank and Kate Bryan, of Lyddington, Rutland.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


BRYANT

Panel 2, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. JOHN HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 165967. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 22. Son of Herbert John and Lily Blanche Bryant, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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


BUCHAN

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X.18079 A. 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). Vessel name recorded by CWGC as 'Cayfon Wyke'.


BUCHAN

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. JOHN TAIT

Trawler

LT/KX. 111461. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 25. Son of Gilbert and Christian Buchan, of Caimbulg, Aberdeenshire; husband of Christina Buchan, of Caimbulg.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BUCHAN

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN WILLlAM DUTHIE

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


BUCHAN

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman WILLlAM REID

Whaler

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

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


BUCHANAN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 198948. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 24. Son of Thomas and Margaret Buchanan; hus1:>and of Lily Buchanan, of Dunbar, East Lothian.

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)


BUCKLEY

Panel 13, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. GORDON HENRY.

Trawler

RNVR, H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Fred and Edith Buckley, . of Droylsden, Lancashire; husband of Edith Buckley, of Audenshaw, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BUCKMASTER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 327617. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 20. Son of Henry Charles and Lillian Amy Louise Buckmaster.

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)


BUDDO

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN

LT/JX. 222370. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Kerrera. 28th July, 1943. Age 34. Son of Lawrence and Janet Buddo; husband of Williamina Buddo, of Ladybank, Fife.


BULMER

Panel 7, Column 3.

Lieut. WILLlAM EDW ARD

Whaler

RNR. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 26. Son I of George F. and Annie BuImer, of Wallasey, I Cheshire.

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)


BUNNETT

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ARTHUR GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 220704. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 30. Son of Arthur John and Ethel Bunnett, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Alice Elizabeth Bunnett, of Walthamstow.

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).


BUNTING

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman FREDERICK ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 265179. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 20. Son of Frederick Robert and Hilda Annie Bunting; husband of Eleanor Doreen Bunting, of Gaywood, Norfolk.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


BUNYAN

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. ALEXANDER GILLIES

Trawler

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

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


BURDETT

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN JOSEPH

Trawler

LT!JX. 179413. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 21. Son of Mary F. Burdett, of Belgrave, Leicestershire.

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)


BURGESS

Panel 1, Column 3.

Skipper WALTER HARCOURT

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 34. Son of William and Nellie M. Burgess; husband of Emmie Burgess, of Swansea.

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)


BURGESS

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook LEWIS REGINALD

Drifter

LT/JX. 15795. R.N. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 27. Son of Samuel Charles and Florence Minnie Burgess.

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)


BURGHAM

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ALFRED EDWARD SEPTIMUS

Trawler

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

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


BURGON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman DAVID

Trawler

LT/X. 7388C RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers. 2nd June, 1940. Age 32. Husband of Elizabeth Burgon, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, commissioned in October and based at Dover. June 1940, in company with Westella and Saon, detected submarine and while making approach for depth charge attack struck mine. Westella going to assistance also struck mine and sank. (Toghill: Trawlers1). Anomaly - Location stated variously as North Sea for BR and Dunkirk for W (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


BURGOYNE

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman ROBERT WILLIAM EDWARD GRANT

Trawler

LT/KX. 104261. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Royalo. 1st September, 1940. Age 64. Son of Robert and Sarah Burgoyne; husband of Rosina Burgoyne, of Willington Quay, Northumberland.

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)


BURKE

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 99810. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Asama. 21st March, 1941. Son of William and Mary Burke; husband of Jessie Burke, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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


BURKE

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman DENIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 218232. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Son of Mrs. M. Burke, of Stepps, Lanarkshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


BURNETT

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. RONALD WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 1O321S. RNR. (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)


BURNETT

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. ALFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 109743. 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)


BURNETT

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. DAVID HEPBURN

Trawler

LT/KX. 111489. 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)


BURNS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM EDWARD

Trawler

LT/IX. 185705. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Burns; husband of Ester Burns.

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


BURNS

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman LAWRENCE

Trawler

LT/IX. 207699. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 22. Son of James and Martha Holmes Burns, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.

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)


BURRELL

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/IX. 303688. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Minnie Burrell, of Bewsey, Warrington, Lancashire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


BURRETT

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman SIDNEY

Trawler

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

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


BURROUGHS

Panel 8, Column 2.

Second Hand SIDNEY CHARLES

Whaler

LT/IX. 177061. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 28. Son of Bertie Alfred and Harriet Anna Burroughs, of Aldeby, Norfolk; husband of Ivy 'Blanche Burroughs, of Aldeby, Norfolk.

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)


BURROWS

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. LESLIE

Trawler

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

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


BURWOOD

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/IX. 173603. 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)


BUSH

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward JOHN HENRY

Trawler

LT/LX. 29313. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 22. Son of Iohn Samuel and Ethel Daisy Bush, of Clee­thorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


BUSHEN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman REGINALD CHARLES JAMES

Whaler

LT/IX. 242112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 30. Son of William Edwin and Helen Bushen, of Minehead, Somerset.

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)


BUSSEY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 227388. 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).


BUTLER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman SYDNEY ALBERT

Trawler

LT/IX. 215738. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941.Age 26. Son of George and Hetty Butler; husband of Annie May Butler (nee White), of Boston, Lincolnshire.

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)


BUTLER

Panel 16, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN EDGAR

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 280226. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2154. 3rd October, 1944. Native of Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


BUTT

Panel 13, Column 2.

Seaman ELIJAH CYRIL

Trawler

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

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


BUXTON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman CHARLES HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 98923. 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)


BUXTON

Panel 10, Column 2.

Asst. Cook FREDERICK JOHN

Trawler

LT/MX. 82131. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942.

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)


BYE

Panel 6, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM ROBERT GEORGE

Drifter

LT/KX. 106805. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 42. S.on of William and Rebecca Bye; husband of Eva Charlotte Bye, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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)


BYROM

Panel 13, Column 2.

Second Hand WILLIAM ALEX

Motor Minesweeper

LT/IX..180304. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 37. Son of Iohn William and Annie Byrom, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dods May Byrom, of Grimsby.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


CADLFIELD

Panel 14, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. FREDERICK

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 183819. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 28. Son of Frederick and Agnes Caulfield; husband of Mary Caulfield, of Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


CALVERT

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


CAMBURN

Panel 11, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. ERNEST

Trawler

LT/IX. 241575. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 32. Son of Charles and Davida Camburn, of Whitstable, Kent.

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


CAMDEN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman HUGH YATES

Trawler

LT/JX. 170714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of Hugh Yates Camden and Lucy Rycroft Camden, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

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)


CAMERON

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 144216. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of Angus and Jean Cameron, of Paisley, Renfrew­shire; husband of Jean Cameron, of Paisley.

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)


CAMMISH

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM IRISH

Trawler

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

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


CAMPBELL

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman KEITH MCFADYEN

Trawler

LT/JX. 192157. RN. 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)


CAMPBELL

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 183234. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 24. Son of Alexander and Lena Campbell, of Findochty, Banffshire.

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)


CAMPBELL

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ANGUS

Trawler

LT/JX. 376160. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CAMPBELL

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ANDREW DONALD

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 527201. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Jean Campbell, of Edinburgh.


CAMPBELL

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. DONALD CHARLES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of Charles Donald Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell, of Hove, Sussex.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


CAMSELL

Panel 10, Column 2.

Cook JOHN EDW'IN

Whaler

LT/MX. 87346. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of John Edwin and Martha Ellen Camsell, of Heeley, Sheffield.

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)


CAPEL

Panel 13, Column 1.

Cook ARTHUR JOHN

LT/MX. 105803. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Wildfire. 3rd May, 1943. Age 32. Son of Arthur E. and Charlotte L. Capel, of Botley, Berkshire.


CAPPLEMAN

Panel 13, Column 3.

Second Hand FRANCIS EDWARD

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


CAPPLEMAN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. ROBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 195846. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 24. Son of Robert arid Ethel M. Cappleman, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

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)


CAREN

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. FREDERICK

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 257660. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 35. Son of Charles A. and Mary Elizabeth Caren, of Liverpool.

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


CARGILL

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JAMEs

Trawler

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

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


CARNALL

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. RUEBEN JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 152907. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 20. Son of Reuben and Florence Carnall, of. Lightwood, Longton, Staffordshire.

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)


CARRINGTON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 372556. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 22. Son of William and Doris Elizabeth Carrington, of Cullingworth, Yorkshire.

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


CARRVTHERS

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. EDWARD SYDNEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 286018. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 20. Son of Edward and Elsie Carruthers, of Newtown, Carlisle, Cumberland.

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).


CARTER

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 131452. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Son of John and Alice Maude Carter, of East Ham, Essex; husband of Eliza Carter, of East Ham.

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)


CARTER

Panel 11, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. RONALD SYKES

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Thomas Henry and Olive Carter, of Honley, Yorkshire. B.Sc. (Liverpool).

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)


CARTER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES SUTHERLAND

Shore Establishment

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

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


CARTER

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Sgmn. CYRIL LESLIE

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CARTER

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. ERNEST WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 596374. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 34. Son of Ernest and Lily Carter, of Hull; husban of Freda Carter, of Hull.

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)


CARTWRIGHT

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLlAM CHARLES MELVILLE

Trawler

LT/KX. 106424. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 23. Son of Charles Cartwright, and of Dora Cartwright, of Barrow­in-Furness, Lancashire.

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


CASEY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman CYRIL GEORGE STANLEY

Yacht

LT/JX. 261529. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 18. Son of Richard Henry and Emma Jane Casey, of Colchester, Essex.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CASEY

Panel 15, Column 1.

Telegraphist ERIC ARNOLD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 323086. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of William James Casey and Edith Jenny Casey, of Wolverhampton; husband of Joyce Casey, of Wolverhampton.

Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


CASTLE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ERNEST ALFRED

Minelayer

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

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


CASTLEMAN

Panel 13, Column 2.

Steward LESLlE FRANCIS

Trawler

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

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


CATCHPOLE

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JACK CORNWALL

Trawler

LT/JX. 173610. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 24. Son of Isaac John and Edith Annie Catchpole, of Kessingland, Suffolk.

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


CATO

Panel 10, Column 2.

Asst. Cook WILLIAM ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/MX. 93622. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 20. Son of Ernest and Emily Cato, of Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


CATON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman HENRY EDWARD

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 181775. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1226. 4th October, 1945.


CERRINO

Panel 8, Column 2..

Ldg. Sea. GEORGE WHILEY

Trawler

LT/X. 19504A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 24. Son of Jack and Ruby Cerrino, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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).


CHADWICK

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward GILBERT

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHALLIS

Panel 8, Column 2.

Second Hand WILLIAM CHARLES

Whaler

LT/JX. 185847. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Son of George and Alice Challis; husband of Mabel Vera Challis, of Toft Monks, Norfolk.

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)


CHALMERS

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. ROBERT GILMOUR BUDGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 281991. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. . Age 19. Son of Thomas William and Mary A. B. Chalmers, of Maryhill, Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHALMERS

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. lAMES WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 21225 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Son of William Grant Chalmers and Florence Chalmers; husband of Marjorie Chalmers, of Hull.

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


CHALMERS

Panel 14, Column 1..

Seaman ROBERT WILLlAM

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHAPMAN

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman CHARLES GLEDOE

Trawler

LT/X. 20188A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of John Henry and Georgina Chapman; husband of Gertrude Chapman.

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)


CHAPMAN

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 286660. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 22. Son of Jarvis and Henrietta hapman, of Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire; husband of Ruby Chapman, of Barton upon Humber.

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)


CHAPMAN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman SIDNEY ERNEST AUBREY

Shore Establishment

LT/JX.241527. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Martello. 28th November, 1945.

Notes and Comments: Martello was the local minesweeping base at Lowestoft (described as Auxilliary Patrol base in Warlow: Shore est. RN)


CHAPPELL

Panel 12, Column 2.

Ord. Sgmn. CHARLES MONTAGUE WILLIAM

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


CHAPPLE

Panel 13, Column 3.

Petty Officer DAVID

Trawler

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

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


CHARLES

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


CHARLTON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman LESLIE GUILDFORD

Trawler

LT/JX. 170732. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 19. Son of Robert Spence Charlton and Agnes Ann Charlton, of Norfolk Shields, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, M/S Group Leader based at Aberdeen, in company with Fort Royal and Thomas Altoft when bombed by 2 he111's and sunk 20 miles NE Aberdeen (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHARLTON

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper WILLIAM TODD MATTHEWS

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Fortuna. 2nd April, 1941. Age 37. Son of John and Margaret Charlton, of Torry, Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth A. T. Charlton, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol June 1940, sunk by air attack off St. Abbs Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHARLTON

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. BENJAMIN PETER

Trawler

LT/KX. 120082. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 28. Son of William Henry John and Hannah Celia Charlton, of Croydon, Surrey.

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


CHESNUTT

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman RALPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 222422. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberie. 3rd May, 1941. Age 17. Son of George and Cecilia Maud Chesnutt, of Higher Brimley, Devon.

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


CHESWORTH

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ROY

Trawler

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

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


CHICKEN

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN ROBERT

Trawler

LT/X. 21474A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 21. Son of George and Helen Chicken, of North Shields, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHILD

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. WALTER

Trawler

LT/KX. 104354. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 25. Son of George A. and Hannah Child, of Castleford, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CHILDS

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 264088. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ythan Braes. 10th March, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Alice Childs, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.


CHILDS

Panel 11, . Column 1.

Lieut. JAMES NOEL

Trawler

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

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


CHINN

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. I1 173155. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Son of William I John and Minnie Chinn, of Penzance, Cornwall; I husband of L. Chinn, of Newlyn, Cornwall.

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


CHIPPENDALE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. RICHARD

Trawler

LT/X. 19583A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of William Pearson Chippendale and Elizabeth Ann Chippendale; husband of Mildred J. Chip­pendale, of Ilford, Essex.

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)


CHISHOLM

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES ANDERSON

Drifter

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

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


CHISHOLM

Panel 4, Column 3.

Lieut. WALTER BRUCE

Whaler

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

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


CHRISTIE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM JOHN CRAIG

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 215811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Son of Robert and Elsepet Christie; husband of Jean Christie, of Aberdeen.

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


CLAGUE

Panel 9, Column 2..

Ord. Sea. JOSEPH WILLIAM

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 257763. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Son of Joseph William and Sarah Hannah Clague, of Workington, Cumber­land.

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


CLANACHAN

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/KX. 110424. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Daneman. 9th May, 1943. Son of Mathew and Rosina Clanachan; husband of Louisa Clanachan, of Glasgow.

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, collided with submerged ice and abandoned after being taken in tow, North Atlantic (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CLARK

Panel 1, Column 2.

Skipper Lieut. JOHN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 49. Husband of Mary Clark, of Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, M/S Group Leader based at Aberdeen, in company with Fort Royal and Thomas Altoft when bombed by 2 he111's and sunk 20 miles NE Aberdeen (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CLARK

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman LAURENCE LEVI

Trawler

LT/X. 2161OA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler . Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 25. Son of John and Elizabeth Clark; husband of Margaret J. Clark, of Lerwick, Zetland.

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)


CLARK

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 185294. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Clark, of Scarborough, Yorkshire; husband of Florence Mabel Clark, of Scarborough.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


CLARK

Panel 7, Column 2.

Cook MATTHEW AITKEN

Yacht

LT/JX. 216257. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of John Barry CIark and Agnes Clark; husband of Margaret McL. Clark, of Alva, Clackmannanshire.

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)


CLARK

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman JAMES WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/X. 10109 S. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Unicity. 31st January, 1942. Age 32. Son of William Davidson Clark and Martha Jane Clark, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Dorothy Clark, of South Shields.

Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper December 1939, January 1942 capsized and sank while sweeping off Blyth, North Sea, raised and broken up October 1943. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


CLARK

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. FELIX

Trawler

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

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


CLARK

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. EDWARD MURRAY ALEXANDER

Trawler

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

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


CLARK

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. JOHN GEORGE

Whaler

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

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


CLARK

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman PETER

Trawler

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

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


CLARK

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. HENRY SAMUEL

Tug

LT/KX. 160325. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 20. Son of Henry Samuel and Annie Clark, of Stepney, London.

Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)


CLARKE

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 21741 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Mastiff. 20th November, 1939. Age 27. Son of Frederick and Mary Clarke, of Westhall, Suffolk; husband of Edith Violet Clarke, of Westhall.


CLARKE

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JEREMIAH

Trawler

LT/X. 10302 S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 22. Son of Mary Ellen Clarke, of Tilbury, Essex.

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)


CLARKE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. HAROLD DAVID

Trawler

LT/KX. 137278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 19. Son of John Henry and Ethel Agnes Clarke, of Shering­ham, Norfolk.

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)


CLARKE

Panel 10, Column 3.

Steward RAYMOND

Trawler

LT/LX. 30281.RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 29. Son of Mrs. A. M. Clarke, of Norwich.

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)


CLARKE

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward JOHN WILLIAM WYRETT

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/LX. 575166. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 45. Foster son of Robert Thurston Adams and Emily Flora Adams, of Haughley, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


CLAYDON

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook ALFRED WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 87143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943.. Age 24. Son of C.P.O. Walter Claydon, RN., and Sarah Claydon, of Cambridge; husband of Violet Joan Louisa Claydon, of Cambridge.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CLEMENCE

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 279627. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 21. Son of Frederick Wright Clemence and Alice Frances Clemence, of Sutton, Surrey.

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).


CLEVELAND

Panel 1, Column 2.

Ch. Skipper WILLIAM GARWOOD

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940.

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


CLIFFE

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM

Shore Establishment

LT/X. 19175 A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Europa II. 19th August, 1942. Age 25. Son of George and Lily Cliffe, of Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Pauline Beatrice Cliffe, of Sneyd Green, Hanley, Staffordshire.

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


CLIMPSON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman REGINALD ERNEST

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 210718. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 34. Son of Ernest Stanton Climpson and Louisa Mary Climpson, of Hastings, Sussex; husband of Annie Climpson, of Hastings.

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


CLINE

Panel 4, Column 3.

Lieut. LEONARD HARRY

Trawler

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

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


CLOUGH

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman LEONARD VERNON

Whaler

LT/JX. 196430. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Martin and Ann Clough; husband of Mary Winifred Agnes Joan Clough, of Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.

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)


CLUCAS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN ROBERT

Trawler

LT/X. 10337B. R.N.R (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Argyleshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 26. Son of John James Clucas and Margaret Clucas, of Peel, Isle of Man; husband of Phyllis Margaret Clucas, of Peel.

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)


CLUTTERBUCK

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. HENRY

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 24. Son of WiIIiam and Mabel Gertrude Clutterbuck, of Birming­ham.

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).


CLYDESDALE

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ROBERT EDWIN

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 102900. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 26. Son of Robert and Mary Clydesdale, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


COATES

Panel 13, Column 3.

Elec. Sub-Lieut. NELSON

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


COCHRANE

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook ERIC ASQUITH

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


COCKERILL

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward VICTOR JOSEPH ALBERT

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/LX. 31344. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Joseph. Albert and Olive Mary. CockeriII, of Northampton.


COCKING

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. SIDNEY GARDNER

Trawler

LT/KX. 98229. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 24. Son of WiIIie and Florence E. Cocking, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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


COCKINGS

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman HARRY

LT/IX. 280094. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Tarantella. 6th September, 1942. Age 32. Son of William Edward and Mary Ann Cockings; husband of Ethel Maud Cockings, of Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex.


COCKLE

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Cook VICTOR HENRY WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 83393. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 29. Son of Henry and Olive Cockle; husband of Violet Cockle, of Newhaven, Sussex.

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)


COCKROFT

Addenda Panel.

Seaman JOHN WILLIE

LT/JX 373896. RN. Patrol Service. N.A.B. Whittington. 23rd October, 1944.

Notes or comments: 'N.A.B.' as yet unidentified


COCKSEDGE

Panel 16, Column 1.

Ldg. Steward WILLIAM HENRY

Trawler

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

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


COGGLE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. CHARLES WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/KX. 111917. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942.

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)


COLBOURNE

Panel 1, Column 2.

Seaman RONALD MALCOLM

Trawler

LT/IX. 205000. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943. Age 23. Son of Ma1colm Edward Colbourne, and of Amelia Hill Colbourne, of Stanmore, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: Norwegian fishing vessel Nordhav 1, hired June 1940 after fall of Norway, converted to Aux. Patrol Vessel and renamed Avalon (Sept. 1940). June 1941 renamed Adonis and fitted with RDF, based at Ipswich. Torpedoed by E-boat off Lowestoft 15/4/43 (Toghill)


COLE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WALTER EDWIN

LT/IX. 205395. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Minicoy. 14th May, 1941. Age 20. Son of WaIter George and Agnes Sarah Cole, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.


COLEMAN

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman PATRICK

Trawler

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

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


COLES

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman PHILLIP JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 19979A. RNR. (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)


COLGATE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED CULL

Trawler

LT/IX. 185355. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Son of Alfred Thomas Colgate and Henrietta Daisy Colgate, of Seven Kings, Essex.

Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COLLIER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman VINCENT

Trawler

LT/IX. 193097. 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)


COLLINS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman STANLEY

Trawler

LT/X. 21633 A. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Alalite. 10th November, 1940.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to A/S. joined 9th A/S Group at Devonport, sunk by mine off Plymouth breakwater (Toghill: Trawlers2)


COLLINSON

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/KX. 105213. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartleft. 28th May, 1940. Son of George E. and Martha Collinson; husband of Henrietta Collinson, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

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)


COLLIS

Panel 13, Column 2.

P.O. Stew rd JACK BEAUMONT

Trawler

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

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


COLQUHOUN

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ALEXANDER LYONEL

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


COMMONS

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM DOUGLAS

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


CONNELLY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 205543. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 36. Son of Peter and Grace Connelly, of Dundee; husband of May S. H. Connelly, of Dundee.

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


CONNOLLY

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 285575. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 37. Son of Robert and Alice Ann Connolly, of Manchester.

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)


CONNOLLY

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

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

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


CONWAY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman CHARLES WALTER

Trawler

LT/JX. 224375. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 30. Son of Charles William and Rose Conway; husband of Florence Ada Conway, of Hardwick, Northamp­tonshire.

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)


COOK

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward WALTER JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 173555. 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)


COOK

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman HAROLD

Drifter

LT/177173. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Maida. 16th March, 1940. Age 35. Son of Margaret Cook, of West Gorton, Manchester.

Notes or comments: hired November 1939 as minesweeper and renamed Maida, sunk by mine off east coast Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COOK

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. CHARLES HENRY

Trawler

LT/180339. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940.

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)


COOK

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ERNEST ROYAL

Trawler

LT/JX. 217716. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 29. Son of John Spillman Cook and Emily Jane Cook, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Cook, of King's Lynn.

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


COOK

Addenda Panel.

Second Hand REGINALD PETER LENNOX

LT/JX 203799. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Victory. 27th April, 1941. Age 24.


COOK

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman HORACE WILLIAM FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 280440. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 31. Son of Ernest and Beatrice Cook; husband of Ivy May Cook, of Dagenham, Essex.

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)


COOK

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman FRANCIS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 280991. 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)


COOK

Panel 16, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook FREDERICK

Trawler

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

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


COOK

Panel 13, Column 3.

Second Hand HERBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 19516 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 28. Son of Herbert William and Margaret Cook, of Hull; husband of Peggy Cook, of Hull.

Notes or comments: requisitioned December 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 converted to an 'Esso' and joined Mediterranean Fleet, 1944 left MF to return to UK, foundered on passage in gale in English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


COOK

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman JAMES FREDERICK

Whaler

LT/JX. 317370. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 28. Son of James Alfred and Florence Cook, of Morden, Surrey; husband of May Florence Cook, of Warningcamp, Sussex.

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)


COOMBER

Panel 17, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. ARTHUR FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 637506. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 19. Son of Frederick and Evelyn Coomber, of Romford, Essex.

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)


COOPER

Panel 1, Column 2.

Act. Sub-Lieut. JOHN CAM

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 22. Son of George Morton Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper, of Welland, Worcestershire.

Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COOPER

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 183134. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 34. Son of Jack and Florence Cooper; husband of Violet Cooper, of Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire.

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)


COOPER

Panel 7, Column 2.

Cook DOUGLAS CLIFFORD

Drifter

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


COOPER

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 222684. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jasper. 1st December, 1942. Age 21. Son of William and Annie Cooper, of Bo'ness, West Lothian; husband of Janet Main Cooper, of Bo'ness.

Notes or comments: ex Balthasar, purchased for anti-submarine duties November 1935, sunk by E-boat torpedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COOPER

Panel 12, Column 1.

Sigmn. GERALD JOHN

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


COOPER

Panel 10, Column 3.

Lieut.-Comdr. JOHN HANDLEY

Trawler

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

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


COPLIN

Panel 1, Column 3. 

Second Hand FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/X., 19546 A. 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)


CORDINER

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS BUCHAN

Trawler

LT/X. 10315 S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th, August, 1940. Age 22. Son of Alexander Buchan Cordiner and Jean Cordiner; husband of Margaret Cordiner, of Holyhead, Anglesey.

Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CORK

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. FREDERICK LEONARD

Drifter

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

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


CORNFIELD

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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

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


COSTELLO

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 185969. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1154. 14th May, 1943. Age 21. Son of William and Norah Costello; husband of Sarah Costello, of Harrietsham, Kent.


COTTERELL

Panel 16, Column 2.

Asst. Steward JOHN HENRY

Trawler

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

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


COULL

Panel 1, Column 1.

Engineman JOSEPH

Drifter

LT/X. 350 ET. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Ray of Hope. 10th December, 1939. Age 43. Son of James and Catherine A. Cowl, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Jeannie Coull, of Buckie.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COULL

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper WILLIAM THOMPSON

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 42. Son of Alexander and Jessie Coull, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Jeannie Coull, of Buckie.

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)


COULL

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook BERT

Trawler

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

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


COULTHARD

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. DAVID SNOWDON

Trawler

LT/JX. 226423. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 25. Son of Robert and Mary Coulthard, of Head's Nook, Cumberland.

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)


COUPE

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. NORMAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 236876. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COWELL

Panel 11, Column 2. 

Seaman MARTIN WILKINSON

LT/JX. 281786. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Gavotte. 21st April, 1943. Age 49. Son of Ruth Cowell; husband of Lily Cowell, of Preston, Lancashire.


COWIE

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN

Drifter

LT/1O9821. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Sunlight. 13th June, 1940. Age 35. Son of Alexander and Jane Cowie, of Macduff, Banffshir ; husband of Christina McGregor Cowie, of Macduff.

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


COWIE

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 142 SA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 36. Son of John and Jessie Cowie; husband of Beatrice Ann Cowie, of Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

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)


COWIE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 210634. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 25. Son of William and Elizabeth Cowie, of Buckie, Banff­shie.

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)


COWIE

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman IAN

Whaler

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

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


COWIE

Panel 13, Column 3.

Second Hand JAMES STEWART

Trawler

LT/JX. 280162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Elsie Cowie, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Maggie B. Cowie, of Portessie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


COWLING

Panel 2, Column 1. .

Seaman JAMES BEAN

Trawler

LT/X. 21036 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 21. Son of George and Clarissa Cowling, of Torry, Aberdeen.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, M/S Group Leader based at Aberdeen, in company with Fort Royal and Thomas Altoft when bombed by 2 he111's and sunk 20 miles NE Aberdeen (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COX

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ALAN

Yacht

LT/JX. 185885. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Campeador V. 22nd June, 1940. Age 18. Son of William Robert and Mary Isabel Cox, of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by mine off Portsmouth, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


COX

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward THOMAS GUY

Trawler

LT/LX. 25527. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 21st January, 1942. Age 21. son of Thomas and Edith Cox; husband of Emma Mary Ann Cox, of Lee, London.

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)


COX

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman FRANK LESLIE

Whaler

LT/JX. 179464., RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of Frank and Frances Alice Cox, of Lincoln.

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)


COX

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman CHARLES WILLIAM

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 219617. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1154. 14th May, 1943. Age 27. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Cox; husband of Alice Cox, of Rother­hithe, London.


COX

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ALBERT EDWARD

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 167057. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 30. Son of Albert Edward and Rose Cox, of Maidstone, Kent; husband of Joyce Irene Cox, of Maidstone.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


COX

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ALBERT HENRY

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 281089. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945. Age 22. Son of Alonzo Bernard Cox, and of Annie Louisa Cox, of Southwark, London.

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


CRABBE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 110460. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


CRABTREE

Panel 7, Column 3.

Seaman Steward LESLIE

Drifter

LT/IX. 205735. 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)


CRABTREE

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman GORDON

Trawler

LT/JX. 225731. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 31. Son of George William and Mary Elizabeth Crabtree; husband of Edith Clara Crabtree, of Morecambe, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CRACKNELL

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman LESLIE GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 225639 RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


CRAG

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman LEONARD GORDON

Trawler

LT/X. 20683 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 20. Son of Alexandra Arthur and Kate Elizabeth Crag, of Hull.

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)


CRAG

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. THOMAS HAROLD

Trawler

LT/X. 21661 A. RNR. (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)


CRAGG

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. FBANCIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 265126. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 18. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Cragg, of Liverpool.

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).


CRAIG

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

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

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


CRAIG

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman ROBERT

Trawler

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

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


CRAIG

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. JAMES

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


CRAIG

Panel 13, Column 3.

Skipper GEORGE

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CRAINE

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JOHN HENRY

Trawler

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

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


CRAN

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman GEORGE JAMES

Trawler

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

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


CRANMER

Panel 17, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman HAROLD VERNON

Whaler

LT/KX. 98160. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 42. Son of Bernard and Annie Cranmer; husband of Hilda Jane Cranmer, of Stoneferry, Hull.

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)


CRAWFORD

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand JOHN NEVET

Drifter

LT/JX. 242443. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941.

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


CRAWFORD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman ALEXANDER

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 222236. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 38. Son of William and Else Jane Crawford; husband of Mary Crawford, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

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


CRAWLEY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ERNEST HANSLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 215721. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 30. Son of Thomas Robert and Annie Hansley Crawley, of Boston, Lincolnshire.

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)


CRAWSHAW

Panel 11, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. JOHN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 22. Son of James Alfred Crawshaw, J.P., and Elsie Crawshaw, of Bury, Lancashire.

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)


CRESSEY

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman ARTHUR THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 166253. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939. Age 24. Son of Arthur H. and Hannah Cressey, of Hull; husband of Muriel Cressey, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


CRESSWELL

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman LAWRENCE STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 216200. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 22. Son of Reginald Percy and Jane Mary Cresswell, of Basildon, Berkshire.

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)


CRIBBEN

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 104255. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cribben, of Deal, Kent; husband of Annie Patricia Cribben (nee Bailey), of Mill Hill, Deal.

Notes or comments: Norwegian fishing vessel Nordhav 1, hired June 1940 after fall of Norway, converted to Aux. Patrol Vessel and renamed Avalon (Sept. 1940). June 1941 renamed Adonis and fitted with RDF, based at Ipswich. Torpedoed by E-boat off Lowestoft 15/4/43 (Toghill)


CRICHTON

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X. 7989 C. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler James Ludford. 14th December, 1939. Age 31. Son of Roderick and Margaret Crichton, of Bayble, Isle of Lewis.


CRICKMER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman PERCY MAYES

Trawler

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

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


CRICKMORE

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 184427. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Asama. 21st March, 1941.

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


CRIMLIS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman RONALD

Trawler

LT/X. 21217A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 19. Son of Tom and Una Gladys Crimlis, of Hull.

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)


CRINSON

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. ARTHUR EDWARD

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 160753. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 257. 11th December, 1944. Age 39. Son of Edward T. and Mary C. Crinson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Lilian Crinson; of Newcastle-on-Tyne.


CRITTENDEN

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN LESLIE

Trawler

LT/KX. 103170. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 36. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur Crittenden, of Gravesend, Kent; husband of Bridy Gertrude Crittenden, of Denton, Gravesend.

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


CROCKER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 219631. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 31. Hus­band of Bella Crocker, of Torcross, Devon.'

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)


CROCKETT

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman BENJAMIN

Trawler

LT/X. 19660 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers. 2nd June, 1940. Age 20. Son of Edward and Margrate Crockett, of Nairn.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, commissioned in October and based at Dover. June 1940, in company with Westella and Saon, detected submarine and while making approach for depth charge attack struck mine. Westella going to assistance also struck mine and sank. (Toghill: Trawlers1). Anomaly - Location stated variously as North Sea for BR and Dunkirk for W (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


CROCKETT

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 6002ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940.

Notes and Comments: ex Robert Cundy, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Toghill: Trawlers1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CROOK

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman EDWARD ALBERT HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 99823. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler AloueUe. 19th September, 1942. Age 23. Son of Edward and Dulcie May Crook, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CROSBY

Panel 11, Column 1.

Lieut. JOHN RUTHERFORD

Trawler

Mentioned in Despatches. RNVR. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 25. Son of John C. and Janette Brechin Crosby; husband of Sheila Mary Somerville Crosby, of Troon, Ayrshire.

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


CROSS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman KENNETH ROBERT RUSSELL

Trawler

LT/181828. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 24. Son of Henry George and Mabel Cross, of Mutford, Suffolk.

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


CROSS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman THOMAS JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/167148. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth Cross, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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


CROSS

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. JOSEPH GRANFIELD

Trawler

LT/JX. .RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Son of Frederick Cross, and of Julia Cross, of Grand Falls, New­foundland.

Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CROSTON

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman HARRY

Drifter

LT/IX. 167018. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Sunlight. 13th June, 1940. Age 29. Son of Henry and Edith Annie Croston, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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


CROTTY

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward JAMES

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


CRUDEN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman STEWART CAMERON

Whaler

LT/JX. 222687. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 37. Son of Stewart Cameron Cruden and Isabella Simpson Cruden, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

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)


CRUMP

Panel 2, Column 1.

Seaman JOSEPH RAYMOND

Trawler

LT/JX. 185698. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 19. Son of Richard J aIDes Crump and Florence Matilda Crump, of Hythe, Kent.

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)


CUDWORTH

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 173181. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 36. Son of Cuthbert and Lily Cudworth; husband of Gertrude Annie Cudworth, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

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)


CULLIMORE

Panel 7, Column 3.

Seaman ELIJAH

Shore Establishment

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

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


CULLING

Panel 16, Column 2.

Skipper GEORGE JAMES

Whaler

RNR. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 37. Son of Arthur and Eliza Culling, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Elizabeth Ann Culling, of South Shields.

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)


CUMMINGS

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. WILLIAM THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 124567. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 35. Husband of Olive Gertrude Cummings, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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)


CUMMINS

Panel 12, Column 3.

Ldg. Sto. ALFRED THOMAS

Trawler

LT/X. 4027 T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 36. husband of Eliza Rhoda Cummins, of Gravesend, Kent. ,

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


CUNNINGHAM

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman THOMS

Whaler

LT/KX. 114609. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 36. Son of John and Harriet Cunningham; husband of Doris Cunningham, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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)


CUNNINGTON

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ALFRED LAWRENCE

Trawler

LT/KX. 111046. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 26. Son of Harry and Dorothy Cunnington; husband of Irene Mary Cunnington, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

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)


CUREL

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. WILLIAM HENRY

Yacht

LT/KX. 103616. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 21. Son of William Henry and Agnes Curel, of Madeley, Shropshire; husband of Connie Curel, of Fulham, London.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CURPHEY

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman KENNETH

Trawler

LT/JX. 315098. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 19. Son of Robert Curphey, and of Ivy Curphey, of Cleethorpes, 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)


CURRIE

Panel 10, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 280374. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 29. Son of James and Fanny Currie, of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland; husband of Alice Jane Currie, of Isle aux Morts, 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


CURRIE

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 148979. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 31. Son of Andrew Lauder Currie and Isabella Currie, of Edinburgh; husband of Janet Currie, of Edinburgh.


CURTIS

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman SIDNEY CHARLES

Trawler

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

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


CUTHBERTSON

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand HERBERT, DSM

Yacht

LT/JX, 185854, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 34. Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Cuth­bertson, of Hull; husband of Robina Grace Cuthbertson, of Hull.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


CUTTER

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper JAMES CHARLES

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 45. Son of William and Margaret Cutter; husband of Dora Cutter, of Penzance, Cornwall.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


CUTTING

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 289 SA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Son of Charles and Kate Alice Cutting; husband of Minnie E. R Cutting, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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)


DAFFERN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman ERIC lAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 228694. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jasper. 1st December, 1942. Age 22. Son of I WaIter James Daffem and Elizabeth Daffem, of Chapel End, Warwickshire.

Notes or comments: ex Balthasar, purchased for anti-submarine duties November 1935, sunk by E-boat torpedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DAHLSTROM

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman KARL

Trawler

LT/KX. 114080. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941.

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)


DALEY

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. THOMAS PAUL

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


DALY

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. MAURICEJOSEPH

Trawler

LT/KX. 106306. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 24. Son of Mary Daly.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned April 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted to minesweeper, joined 136th M/S Group at Birkenhead, sunk by mine in Crosby Channel, Liverpool (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DANE

Panel 16, Column 3.

P.O. FREDERICK ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX. 166321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 39. Son of Isaac James Dane and Elizabeth Ann Dane, of Ludham, Norfolk; husband of Vera Gladys Dane, of Ludham, Norfolk.

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)


DANIEL

Panel 12, Column 2.

Lieut. RONALD CAMPBELL BLAIR ARNOLD

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 39. Husband of Dorothy Daniel, of Denham, Buckinghamshire.

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)


DARLOW

Panel 1, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. GEOFFREY ARNOLD RALPH

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Northern Rover. 5th November, 1939. Age 28. Son of Alfred and Agnes Darlow, of Wanstead, Essex.

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)


DASH

Panel 8, Column 3. .

Seaman JACK SIDNEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 261349. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 24. Son of Nellie Dash; husband of Hilda O. Dash, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DAVID

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand WILLlAM DAVIES

Trawler

LT/180316. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 27. Husband of Hilda David, of Fleetwood, Lanca­shire.

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


DAVIDSON

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman IVAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 231573. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of Frederick Rose Davidson and Millicent Davidson, of Prestwood, Buckinghamshire.

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)


DAVIDSON

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 18705 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 25. Son of Daniel and Annie Davidson, of Burghead, Morayshire.

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)


DAVIDSON

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. WILLIAM KEDDIE

Whaler

LT/KX. 103400. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 23. Son of William and Margaret K. Davidson, of Tullibody, Glackmannanshire.

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)


DAVIDSON

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 196068. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 41. Son of Robert and Alice Davidson, of Norham, Northumber­land; husband of Ethel Agnes Davidson, of Norham.

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)


DAVIDSON

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN TURNER

Trawler

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

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


DAVIDSON

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman GEORGE GROAT GANSON

Landing Craft: Infantry (Large)

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

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


DAVIES

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ALFRED HOWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 108811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Son of Mrs. E. M. Davies, of Maerdy, Glamorgan.

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)


DAVIES

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. SIDNEY

Trawler

LT/KX. 111474. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 30. Son of Gwilym and Blodwen Davies, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire; husband of Muriel Davies, of Felinfoel, Carmarthenshire.

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)


DAVIES

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 204989 RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941.

Notes or comments: duplicate entry, real name (and recorded on memorial as) William Thomas Davies, served as Ord. Sigmn. William Thomas. Vessel: 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)


DAVIES

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 207704. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Margaret Davies, of Liverpool; husband of Jessie Davies, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


DAVIES

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. FRANCIS PENNELL STEPHENS

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of Lieut.-Comdr. F. E. C. Davies, RNR, and Ethel Louisa Davies.

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)


DAVIES

Panel 10, Column 2.

Cook LAWRENCE

Whaler

LT/MX. 84456. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 26;

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)


DAVIES

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


DAVIES

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman BARRY DOWNING

Motor Launch

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


DAVIES

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN JAMES

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 373139. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of John James Davies and HannaII Davies, of Liverpool.


DAVIS

Panel 7, Column 3.

Lieut. RUSSELL BRANSBY

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 29. Son of Clement Russell Dixon Davis and Edith Beatrice bixon Davis; husband of Elizabeth Heuliven Davis, of Caldy, Cheshire.

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).


DAVIS

Panel 11, Column 1.

Lieut. LESLIE EDWARD

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


DAWSON

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. GEORGE JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 183781. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 34. Son of George and Margaret Dawson; husband of Mary Dawson, of Barrow-in-Fumess, Lancashire.

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)


DEAL

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman FREDERICK THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


DEAN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman RAYMOND ARTHUR CHARLES, DSM

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 175049, RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Motor Minesweeper 69. 5th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of Charles Richard and Ivy Gertrude Dean, of Worthing, Sussex; husband of Beatrice Kathleen Dean.


DEANS

Panel 13, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. CHARLES STUART IMRIE

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


DEEPROSE

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman FREDERICK THOMAS

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


DELL

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

LT/X. 21103 A. RNR. (PatrolService). H.M. Trawler Marsoma. 4th August, 1940. Age 20. Son of W. F. and Mary A. Dell, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DELL

Panel 11, Column 2.

Seaman DENNIS WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


DENNANT

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward ARTHUR GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 165944. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940.. Age 18. Son. of Harry George and Betsy Sussanah Dennant, of Blundeston, Suffolk.

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)


DENNEY

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. RICHARD PHILLIP

Trawler

LT/KX. 120046. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 25., Son of Edward and Lily Eliza Denney, of Welling, Kent; husband of Ivy May Denney, of Welling.

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


DENT

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman PERCY

Trawler

LT/JX. 225685. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 23. Son of William Charles and Fannie Laurie Dent, of West Wittering, Sussex.

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)


DERAIMO

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. NORMAN PHILIP

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 154703. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 27. Son of Annie Deraimo, of Hendon, Middlesex.


DERRICK

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. FREDERICK LAURENCE

Trawler

LT/JX. 108065. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 23. Son of William George Derrick, and of Florence Mabel Derrick, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

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).


DEVONALD

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN EDWIN

Drifter

LT/KX. 99905. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 25. Son of Edwin and Martha Elizabeth Devonald.

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)


DEVONALD

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM ALLAN

Trawler

LT/X. 6063 ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 27. Son of Edwin and Martha Devonald; hus­band of Gwendoline May Devonald, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DEWAR

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. GEORGE BOTHWICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 124543. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 33. Son of Archibald and Lindsay Dewar, of Crail, Fife; husband of Annie S. Dewar, of Crail.

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)


DEWICK

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ROYSTON REGINALD

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DEXTER

Panel 12, Column 2. .

Engineman JOHN WILLIAM

Special Service Vessel

LT/KX. 108964. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fidelity. 1st January, 1943. Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dexter; husband of Elizabeth A. Dexter, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Notes or comments: Ex French Le Rhin, the 2456 ton merchant vessel was taken into service as an armed decoy ship (at time of loss 4 x 4" guns, 4 x 21" torpedo tubes, two aircraft, one MTB - 105), with identity concealed, to combat surface attack by submarine but was torpedoed 30/12/42 by U-435 and sunk near Azores (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WWII)


DIBB

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. OLIVER

Trawler

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

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


DICK

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN ROWAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 224890. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 32. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Dick, of Girvan, Ayrshire; husband of Mary Ann Dick, of Girvan.

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).


DICK

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN GEORGE MORRISQN NOBLE

Trawler

LT/X. 4069 T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 40. Son of James and Elsie Dick; husband of Elizabeth Dick, of Inverness.


DICKERSON

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ROBERT WILFRED BARR

Minelayer

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

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


DICKS

Panel 10, Column 3. 

Ord. Sea. THOMAS MAXWELL

Trawler

LT/JX. 201998. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 28. Son of Edward and Ida Dicks, of Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, New­foundland.

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


DICKSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman PETER

Drifter

LT/KX. 101616. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Sunlight. 13th June, 1940. Husband of Elizabeth Montgomery Dickson, of Cockenzie, East Lothian..

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


DICKSON

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman DAVID WEBSTER

Trawler

LT/JX. 177074. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 21. Son of J ames and Elizabeth Webster Dickson, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

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)


DICKSON

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


DIGBY

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman HUBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 87956. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941.

Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DIGNAN

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX.­ 120045. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 26. Son of Patrick and Margaret Dignan, of Lochore, Fife.

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)


DIVERS

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. WALLACE

Trawler

LT/X. 1O2705S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Adopted son of WiIIiam and Alice Divers; husband of E. Divers, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.

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)


DIXON

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 299794. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dixon, of Culroy, Ayrshire.

Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DIXON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS WILLIAM

LT/JX. 696596. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Nabaron. 10th October, 1945. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Susanna Dixon, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.


DOBSON

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper CYRIL WILFRED

Shore Establishment

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

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


DOCHERTY

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. HUGH

Trawler

LT/KX. 107509. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940.

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


DOCHERTY

Panel 12, Column 1.

Sigmn. CHARLES CECIL

Whaler

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

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


DOCHERTY

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

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

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


DODD

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. THOMAS JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 21273 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Waiter and Margaret J. Dodd; husband of Mary Dodd, of Fleetwood, Lanca­shire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DODD

Panel 13, Column 3.

Skipper Lieut. HENRY EDWARD

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DODSWORTH

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman HARRY

Trawler

D/JX. 167081. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 27. Son of Henry and Ada Dodsworth, of Hull; husband of Alice Dodsworth, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DOIG

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES

Motor Launch

LT/KX. 154283. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1226. 4th October, 1945. Age 23.


DOLEMAN

Panel 6, Column 1. 

Ord. Sea. JOHN

Drifter

LT/JX. 210951. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 28. Son of James and. Elizabeth Doleman, of Amble, Northumberland.

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)


DONLAN

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman ALBERT

Motor Minesweeper

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


DONN

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 116027. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 38. Son of David and Elizabeth Donn, of Cullen, Banffshire; husband of Jessie P. Donn, of Cullen.

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)


DONNELLY

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JAMES

Trawler

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

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


DONNELLY

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 99831. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of James and Catherine Donnelly, of Possilpark, Glasgow.

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)


DONOVAN

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 107606. RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 28. Son of James and Ellen Donovan, of West Croydon, Surrey.

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


DORES

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman ANDREW HASTIE

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 190083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1154.14th May, 1943. Age 32. Son of Andrew Thomson Dores and Elizabeth Veitch Dores, of Dunbar, East Lothian; husband of Janet Dores, of Dunbar.


DORRAN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN, DSM

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/JX. 207450, RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Frederick John and Annie Dorran, of Bradford, Yorkshi!"e.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


DORRELL

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM ROY STEPHEN

Minelayer

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

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


DOUGAL

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman DAVID

Trawler

LT/JX. 215822. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 26. Son of David and Jessie Dougal; husband of Alice Charlotte Dougal, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)


DOUGAN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 280935. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 47. Son of Bernard and Jane Dougan; husband of Elizabeth Dougan, of Harrison, New Jersey, U.S.A.

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)


DOUTHWAITE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. WALTER HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 100314. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Son of James and Ada Douthwaite; husband of Freda Douthwaite, of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.

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).


DOW

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 242822. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 22. Son of David and Isabella Shepherd Dow, of Dysart, Fife.

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)


DOWNIE

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 215762. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 26. Son of George and Mary Downie, of Rosehearty, Aber­deenshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)


DOWNIE

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 258912. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2210. 11th July, 1945. Age 23. Son of John and Jemima Downie, of Dundee.


DOYLE

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. JOHN PARR

Trawler

LT/JX. 354922. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DRAYTON

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM FREDERICK AUGUSTUS

Trawler

LT/KX. 108062. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 19. Son of Frederick William and Sarah Ann Drayton; husband of Gertrude Drayton, of Gelligaer, Glamorgan.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DRISCOLL

Panel 12, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 103397. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of Daniel and Catherine Driscoll, of Kennington, 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)


DRONFIELD

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ALBERT J0HN

Motor Launch

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

Notes or comments: May have been a friendly fire incident. Medusa Trust website (http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1350-1399.html) records HDML 1380 having founderered in the Aegean in heavy weather 1st May 1944 after the loss of both engines but also that some of the crew died of wounds 2nd May. Uboat.net website (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15347.html) records the loss after being damaged by gunfire from HMS HDML 1398.


DROVER

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. WILLIS

Yacht

LT/JX. 225706. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 19. Son of. George and Susie Drover, of Hodge's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

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). Native of Newfoundland


DRYBURGH

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 277468. 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)


DRYDEN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman THOMAS RUTHERFORD

Trawler

LT/JX. 401929. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of John R and Elizabeth Dryden, of Bolden Colliery, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DUFF

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/KX. 108974. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2210. 11th July, 1945. Age 26. Son of George and Harriet Duff, of Aberdeen; husband of Dolly Duff, of Aberdeen.


DUNCAN

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/X. 7990 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 37. Son of Alexander and Isabella Duncan, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; husband of Isabella Duthie Duncan, of Peterhead.

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


DUNCAN

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/KX. 119953. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Duncan; husband of H. A. Duncan, of Liverpool.

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)


DUNCAN

Panel 9, Column 3.

Ch. Engineman ANDREW WATT

Trawler

LT/X. 412 ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 42. Son of William and Isabella Duncan, of Rosehearty, Aberdeen­shire; husband of Isabella Duncan, of Rose­hearty.

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).


DUNGAR

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. RONALD ALBERT IVOR

Trawler

LT/JX. 163896. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 20.

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)


DUNGEY

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman HARRY ALBERT SIDNEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 226425. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Blackfly. 14th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Dungey, of Sutton Surrey.


DUNHAM

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ARTHUR

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


DUNKS

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


DUNLOP

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 10274S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 21. Son of James and Annie Dunlop, of Belfast.

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)


DUNN

Panel 3, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman HARRY

Trawler

LT/X. 406 EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 39. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Bremner Dunn, of Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth Duncan Dunn, of Aberdeen.

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)


DUNN

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman HUGH

Drifter

LT/JX. 242521. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th MAy, 1941.

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)


DUNNE

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 207706. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941.Son of John and Margaret Dunne, of Glasgow.

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)


DURNO

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. CHARLES EARNS

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940.Age 32. Son of Duncan Meams Dumo and Florence D. Dumo; husband of Emily Doreen Dumo, of Sidcup, Kent. Awarded the Royal Canadian Humane Society's Certificate.

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)


DUTHIE

Panel 13, Column, 1.

Ldg. Cook. BALFOUR DOWNIE

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


DYBALL

Panel 1, Column 1.

Second Hand EDWARD NORTON

Trawler

LT/X. 101 SE. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 32. Son of Mathew and Alice DybalI, of Winterton, Norfolk; husband of Beatrice May Dyball, of Winterton, Norfolk.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


DYBLE

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman LEONARD CHARLES ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 187302. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 19. Son of William George and Eva Clara Dyble, of Gorleston, Norfolk.

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)


DYE

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman EDWARD HARRY

Trawler

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

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


DYKE

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ROBERT ABRAHAM

Drifter

LT/KX. 111447. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941. Age 45. Son of Abraham and Ellen Dyke; husband of Malvena G. V. Dyke, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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


EADE

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook HERBERT LEWIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 164348. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 20. Son of Lewis and Valerie G. Eade, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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)


EAGLE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 108029. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 43. Husband of Florence May Eagle, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


EAMES

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook ERIC WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


EDEN

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand MARTIN CROOK

Trawler

LT/JX. 183154. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 48. Son of Henry and Ruth Eden; husband of Alice M. Eden, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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)


EDGAR

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 114681: RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of WilIiam and Emma Edgar, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


EDINGTON

Panel 15, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/ 311 ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 43. Son of James and Mary Edington; husband of Violet Edington, of Edinburgh.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


EDWARDS

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman ROBERT RICHARDSON AITCHISON

Trawler

LT/KX. 102452. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


EDWARDS

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. ERNEST WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


EDWARDS

Panel 11, Column 1.

Second Hand WILLIAM

Whaler

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

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


EDWARDS

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JACK

Trawler

LT/KX. 124686. 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)


EGAN

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM DENIS

British Yard Minesweeper

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

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


EGGETT

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman EDWARD

Trawler

LT/X. 19408 A. 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)


EGGINTON

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. REGlNALD

Yacht

LT/IX. 225796. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 29. Son of Reginald Foley Egginton and Eleanor Ettrick Egginton, of Northwood, Middlesex.

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)


EKE

Panel 4, Column 2.

Boy Seaman Steward GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/IX. 173415. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 17. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Eke, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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)


ELDEN

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 280696. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1401. 2nd December, 1944.


ELDERS

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman VICTOR JOHN

Motor Launch

LT/IX. 428536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1456. 20th August, 1945. Son of Ephraim Elders, and of Elizabeth Elders, of Cowley, Oxford.


ELDING

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman ALBERT CLIFFORD

Shore Establishment

LT/IX. 193867. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Quebec. 14th June, 1942. Age 28. Son of Arthur and Betsey Elding, of Boston, Lincolnshire; husband of Esther Elding, of Boston, Lincolnshire.

Notes or comments: HMS Quebec - Combined Training Centre at Inverary 1/9/1940-1/7/1946. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN).


ELDRIDGE

Panel 13, Column 1.

Cook JACK WILLIAM HARRY

Trawler

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

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


ELGEY

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman HAROLD

Trawler

LT/X, 21020 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 27. Son of George and Elsie Amelia EIgey; husband of Vera EIgey (nee Lupton), of Hull.

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


ELKS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman MARK

Trawler

LT/IX. 198918. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 37. Son of WilIiam Henry and Margaret Elks; husband of Elsie Elks, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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)


ELLARBY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman STANLEY

Drifter

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

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


ELLIOTT

Panel 7, Column 3.

Lieut. JOHN HARDYMAN

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 26th November, 1942. Age 29. Son of John and Dorothea Hardyman ElIiott, of Exmouth, Devon.

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


ELLIOTT

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ROBERT TAYLOR

Trawler

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

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


ELLIOTT

Panel 17, Column 3.

Steward FERGUS

Trawler

LT/LX. 31780. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Son of Fergus and Annie Early ElIiott; husband of Marion Rodger EIIiott, of Glasgow.

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)


ELLIS

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Shore Establishment

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

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


ELLIS

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman JACK BROOK

Trawler

L T/KX. 116663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 26. Son of John Brook Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis; husband of Eileen Alice Ellis, of Barking, Essex.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ELSON

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. GRANVILLE GEORGE

Trawler

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

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


EMMETT

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. HAROLD

Trawler

LT/KX. 106612. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kennymore. 25th November, 1940.


EMMITT

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. WALTER LEONARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 173084. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 35. Son of Frank and Helen Emmitt, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dorothy Emmitt, of Grimsby.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


EMSLEY

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. WALTER

Trawler

LT/SR 55724. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 24. Son of Job and Lily Emsley, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


EMSLIE

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT MALCOLM

Yacht

LT/X. 1O060S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


ENDEAN

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 303108. R.N. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 23. Son of Ernest and Edith Lavina Endean; husband of W. Endean.

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)


ENGLAND

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM JOHN COLLINS

Drifter

LT/JX. 174438. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 36. Son of Robert and Cordelia Ann England, of Padstow, Cornwall; husband of Mary Jane England, of Padstow.

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


EVANS

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman FRANK ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 217932. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans; husband of Blanche Evelyn Evans, of Fleetwood, Lanca­shire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)


EVANS

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM

LT/JX. 197262. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Paragon. 3rd November, 1940. Age 28. Son of Mark and Robina Livingstone Evans, of Musselburgh, Mid­lothian; husband of Georgina May Louise Reekie Evans, of Musselburgh.


EVANS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. LUTHER. STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 200677. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Keryado. 6th March, 1941.

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


EVANS

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. DAVID JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 120047. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941.

Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


EVANS

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JOHN HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 222264. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 34. Son of Hugh and Catherine Ellen Evans, of Carnarvon; husband of Elizabeth Evans, of Carnarvon.

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


EVANS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED

Yacht

LT/JX. 200725. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 27. Son of James and Elsie May Evans, of Dartniouth, Devon; husband of Cecile Ellen Evans, of Kingswear, Devon.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


EVANS

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN

LT/JX. 198877. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Galatea. 15th December, 1941.


EVANS

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. RUSSAGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 257374. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 19. Son of James Gillison Evans and Ada Evans, of Pendleton, Lancashire.

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)


EVANS

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman DAVID ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 265189. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


EVELEIGH

Panel 13, Column 2.

Seaman MALCOLM YDNEY

Trawler

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

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


EVERETT

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper Lieut. JAMES LESLIE

Whaler

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

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


EVERLEIGH

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 105161. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tourmaline. 5th February, 1941. Husband of E. Everleigh.


EVES

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 198767. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 26. Son of Thomas Wilkinson Eves and Louisa Eves, of Scar­borough, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


EWAN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM ANDERSON

Whaler

LT/JX. 265129. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Son of David and Janet Ewan, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

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)


EWART

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 176352. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 22. Son of Robert and Mary E. Ewart, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

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


FAHEY

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/X. 10269 S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 25. Son of Stephen and Mary Fahey, (:If Kilbarry, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland.

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


FARQUHARSON

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman DOUGLAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 113624. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 26. Son of Alexander and Ann Grey Norie Farquharson, of Aberdeen; husband of Emily Farquharson, of Aberdeen.

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)


FARRALL

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN ERNEST

Trawler

LT/JX., 240547. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 21. Son of Robert. Emest and Caroline Farrall, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.

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)


FARRELL

Panel 12, Column 2.

Telegraphist SYDNEY EDWARD

Trawler

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

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


FARRER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ALBERT

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


FARROW

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Steward STANLEY

Trawler

LT/JX. 193066. RN. 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)


FARROW

Panel 12, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman CYRIL, BEM

Trawler

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

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


FAULKNER

Panel 14, Column 1.

Seaman ALBERT VICTOR

Trawler

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

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


FAULKNER

Panel 17, Column 1.

Sigmn. DENNIS REGlNALD HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 325654. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 21. Son of Reginald Archie and May Victoria Faulkner, of Romford, Essex.

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).


FEARNLEY

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 113697. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Gem. 10th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of William and Alice Ann Feamley, of Tyersall, Bradford, Yorkshire.


FEARNLEY

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. CYRIL FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 221333. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942.

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


FEDARB

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. THOMAS EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 106870. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 40. Son of James Thomas Fedarb and Elize Henrietta Fedarb, of Margate, Kent; husband of E. B. Fedarb.

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


FEENEY

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 116797. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 34. Son. of James and Eliza Feeney, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Edna May Feeney, of Grimsby.

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)


FENTON

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman KENNETH

Trawler

LT/JX. 232918. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th 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)


FENTON

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman JAMES BROOMFIELD ROBINSON

Trawler

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

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


FERRIE

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. DANIEL

Trawler

LT/KX. 104953. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 25. Son of Peter and Euphemia Feme, of Fallside, Uddingston, Lanarkshire.

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


FEWER

Panel 10, Column 3. 

Ord. Sea. EDW ARD

Whaler

LT/JX. 277268. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 25. Son of Martin and Mary G. Fewer, of Woods Island; Newfoundland.

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). Native of Newfoundland


FIELD

Panel 8, Column 2.

P.O. SIDNEY JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 198842. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 34. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Field, of Salcombe, Devon; husband of Elsie Amy Field, of Salcombe.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FIELDSEND

Panel 7, . Column 1.

Sto. GEORGE ROBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 124609. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th December, 1941. Son of Harry and Lillian Fieldsend; husband of Emily Fieldsend, . of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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)


FINDLAY

Panel 4, Column 3.

Lieut. HERCULES SCOTT

Yacht

RNR. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 39. Son of Robert and Jane Rdd Findlay; husband of Isabella Margaret Findlay, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.

Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FINDLAY

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 210700. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to D.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 22. Son of David and Helen Findlay, of Cullen, Banffshire.

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)


FINLAY

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM ARMIT

LT/JX. 303791. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Tumby. 17th July, 1943. Age 20. Son of James and Christina Finlay, of Lochee, Dundee.


FINLAYSON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 9438 B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 35. Son of David and Eliza Finlayson, of Cromarty, Inverness-shire; husband of Elsie Jane Finlayson, of Cromarty.

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).


FINN

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman ALBERT GEORGE

Trawler

LT/.KX. 104833. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940.

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


FIRTH

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. WALTER

Trawler

LT/KX. 104361. RN . Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 24. Son of John Thomas Firth and Lily Firth, of Wainstalls, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FIRTH

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. MAURICE VERDUN

Trawler

LT/JX. 186712. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 25. Son of Joseph and Rosa Miriam Firth, of Hull; husband of Frances Morley Firth.

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)


FISH

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman LAWRENCE

Trawler

LT/X. 23179 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). 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)


FISH

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. ENOCH BROWN, DSM

Whaler

LT/JX. 174588, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 43. Son of John and Hannah Fish, of Barrow­in-Furness, Lancashire; husband of Emma Fish, of Barrow-in-Furness.

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)


FISHER

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM RICHARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 111023. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 23. Son of William Albert and Evelyn Ann Fisher, of Ilfracombe, Devon.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned April 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted to minesweeper, joined 136th M/S Group at Birkenhead, sunk by mine in Crosby Channel, Liverpool (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FISHER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman ARTHUR

Drifter

LT/JX. 173278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of Thomas and Edith Gertrude Fisher, of Llanelly, Car­marthenshire.

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)


FISHER

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman LEWIS HARRY

Trawler

LT/.KX. 125057. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 33. Husband of A. Fisher, of Hartlepool, Co. Dur­ham.

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)


FISHER

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 131433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy)..11th May, 1942.

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).


FISHER

Panel 8, Column 3. 

Seaman GEORGE HENRY

Whaler

LT/JX. 190035. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 28. Son of Frederick and Annie Fisher, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.

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)


FISHER

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook HARRY RANDAL

Trawler

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

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


FISK

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman HAROLD THOMAS

Drifter

LT/JX. 181718. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Shipmates. 14th November, 1940.


FISK

Panel 13, Column 2.

Ldg. Steward JACK WlLLIAM, DSM

Trawler

LT/LX. 27780, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 30. Son of William James Fisk and Beatrice May Fisk, of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FITZGERALD

Panel 13, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. ERNEST BERTRAM

Whaler

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

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


FLATT

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman HENRY GUY

Drifter

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


FLEET

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman RONALD R. B.

Motor Minesweeper

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


FLETCHER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Yacht

LT/JX. 219613. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 29. Son of William Charles and Margaret Ellen Fletcher, of Hull.

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)


FLETCHER

Panel 14, Column 3.

Ord. Sea. BRYANT THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


FLETCHER

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

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


FLINT

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. LESLIE HAZELDINE

Trawler

LT/KX. 148308. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 39. Son of William and Ada Ellen Flint; husband of Alice Irene Flint, of Jacksdale, Notting­hamshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FLUDE

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman STANLEY

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


FORD

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook ARTHUR ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 177726. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940. Age 38. Son of Reuben and Elizabeth Emma Ford, of Southgate, Middlesex.

Notes and Comments: ex Robert Cundy, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Toghill: Trawlers1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FORD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman THOMAS

Whaler

LT/JX. 176361. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of Thomas and Mary Ford, of Birtley, Co. Durham.

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)


FORD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman HERBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 185319. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 34. Son of Samuel and Alice Ford, of Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent.

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).


FORDEN

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/X. 7949 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 31. Son of William and Annie Elizabeth Forden, of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FORDER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman FRED ELIJAH

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX.. 300903. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 22. Son of Fred Elijah and Ethel Mary Forder, of Loddon, Norfolk.

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


FOREBANKS

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. LAWRENCE JACOB

Trawler

LT!JX. 176359. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Wesney. 7th November, 1940. Age 21. Son of Jacob and Sarah Forebanks, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Notes and Comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by mine off Orford Ness (Toghill:Trawlers 2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FORFAR

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES PATERS ON

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. .287367. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2022. 17th August, 1944. Age 22. Son of Andrew Forfar and of Helen Forfar (nee Easton); husband of Elizabeth Forfar (nee Chisholm), of Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.


FORRESTER

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. FREDERICK ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/X. 20199 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 26. Son of F. and Dorothy Forrester, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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


FORSTER

Panel 5, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN CARR

Yacht

LT/JX. 176354. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941.

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)


FOSTER

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman RONALD GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 21614 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 19. Son of John and Elizabeth Jane Foster, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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


FOSTER

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT MATTHEW

Trawler

LT/KX. 106790. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941.

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)


FOSTER

Panel 17, Column 2.

Ldg. Sto. WILLIAM JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 132433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Quercia. 28th April, 1945.


FOSTER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 222817. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945.

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).


FOX

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman FREDERICK CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

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

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


FOY

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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

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


FRADGLEY

Panel 11, Column 1.

Lieut. JOHN REGlNALD

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 37. Son of E. W. Fradgley, and of Edith M. Fradgley, of Yateley, Hampshire; husband of Evelyn A. Mary Fradgley (nee Sellar), of Yateley.

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)


FRANKISH

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman JOSEPH

Trawler

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

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


FRASER

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ldg. Steward JOHN ISLES

Minelayer

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

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


FREEMAN

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman WALTER JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 205738. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Son of Mrs. M. L. Freeman, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


FREETHY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS JOHN

Trawler

LT/KX. 110385. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Thomas John and Edith Freethy, of Penzance, Cornwall; husband of Phyllis Noreen Freethy, of Newlyn, Cornwall.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, 1940 converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine off Portsmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


FRENCH

Panel 4, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. FREDERICK EDWARD, DSC

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of Frederick Edward and Leila French; husband of Hilary French, of Gravesend, 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).


FRENCH

Panel 10, Column 3.

Seaman Steward JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 216203. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to US. Navy). 7th March, 1942.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


FRENCH

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. THOMAS ERNEST GEORGE

Whaler

LT/KX. 100008. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 42. Son of John Philip and Elizabeth French; husband of Giorgina French, of Victoria, Gozo, Malta, G.C.

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)


FROST

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman ALFRED GEORGE

Whaler

LT/X. 21205A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Harry Alfred George and May Frost, of Tollesbury, Essex.

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)


FYFE

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. PETER

Trawler

LT/JX. 195809. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 21. Son of John and Rosina Fyfe, of Reay, Caithness-shire.

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)


GAFFNEY

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman FRANK JARMAN

Whaler

LT/JX. 223308. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of Laurence and Ethel Gaffney; husband of Eunice Ethel Gaffney, of Levenshulme, Manchester.

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)


GALE

Panel 4, Column 3.

Ch. Skipper GEORGE RICHARD

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 45. Son of James George and Margaret Ellen Gale, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire; husband of Elizabeth Ann Gale, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.

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


GALLAGHER

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. PETER JOSEPH

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


GALLIOTT

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman DENNIS WILLIAM

Motor Launch

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

Notes or comments: May have been a friendly fire incident. Medusa Trust website (http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1350-1399.html) records HDML 1380 having founderered in the Aegean in heavy weather 1st May 1944 after the loss of both engines but also that some of the crew died of wounds 2nd May. Uboat.net website (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15347.html) records the loss after being damaged by gunfire from HMS HDML 1398.


GALLOP

Panel 8, Column 1.

Lieut MICHAEL POWELL

Whaler

RNVR. 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)


GALLOWAY

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook WILLIAM HUTTON

Motor Launch

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

Notes or comments: May have been a friendly fire incident. Medusa Trust website (http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1350-1399.html) records HDML 1380 having founderered in the Aegean in heavy weather 1st May 1944 after the loss of both engines but also that some of the crew died of wounds 2nd May. Uboat.net website (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15347.html) records the loss after being damaged by gunfire from HMS HDML 1398.


GALTELAND

Panel 8, Column 1.

Lieut. KRISTIAN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Son of Tellef S. and Marie Galteland, of Sandefjord, Norway.

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


GARBUTT

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman ROBERT SLOAN

Trawler

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

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


GARDNER

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

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


GARDNER

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. JOHN GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 202175. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 35. Son of William and Clara Gardner, of Hull; husband of Florence Irene Gardner, of Hull.

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


GARDYNE

Panel 17, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER GORDON

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 640852. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945. Age 21. Son of Alexander and Isabella Gardyne, of Ballogie, Aberdeenshire.

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


GARNER

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman 'JACK LESLIE

Trawler

LT/JX. 196984. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of Herbert William Garner and of Elsie Clothida Garner, of Sudbury, 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)


GARNHAM

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. RONALD FRANCIS

Trawler

LT/X. 10301 S. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Joseph Button. 22nd October, 1940.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)


GARNHAM

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman IVAN FRANK

Special Service Vessel

LT/KX. 108994. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fidelity. 1st January, 1943. Age 21. Son of Barham and Susan Garnham, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Ex French Le Rhin, the 2456 ton merchant vessel was taken into service as an armed decoy ship (at time of loss 4 x 4" guns, 4 x 21" torpedo tubes, two aircraft, one MTB - 105), with identity concealed, to combat surface attack by submarine but was torpedoed 30/12/42 by U-435 and sunk near Azores (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WWII)


GARNHAM

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman ALAN ALBERT HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 379368. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 20. Son of Albert Edward and Annie Elizabeth Garnham, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

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)


GARRETT

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. GEORGE MCLEERIE

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 358602. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 22. Son of J ames and Agnes Garrett, of Shettleston, Glasgow.

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)


GARRETT

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman HARRY SMITH

Trawler

LT/JX. 299360. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 23. Son of Harry Smith Garrett. and Beatrice Garrett, of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.

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)


GATT

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JAMES MOIR

Trawler

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

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


GAWNE

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 265125. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 20. Son of John and Florence Gawne, of Ramsey, Isle of Man.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GEDDES

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand JOHN SMITH

Drifter

LT/X. 299SA. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Xmas Rose. 21st November, 1940.


GEDDES

Panel 7, Column 2.

Seaman Cook PETER

Trawler

LT/JX. 164579. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 27. Son of Peter and Jane Geddes, of Buckie, Banff­shire; husband of Norma Mary Geddes, of Buckie.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned April 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted to minesweeper, joined 136th M/S Group at Birkenhead, sunk by mine in Crosby Channel, Liverpool (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GEDDES

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper GEORGE GARDEN

Whaler

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

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


GEEVES

Addenda Panel.

Seaman ARTHUR

British Yard Minesweeper

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

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


GELLETT

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. HARRY ALFRED

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 34.

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


GEORGE

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 104599. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Son of Uriah and Mary J ane George, of Llantwit Major, Glamor­gan.

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)


GERRARD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman REGINALD THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 232611. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of Thomas and Lilian M. Gerrard, of Southampton; husband of Gwendoline G. Gerrard, of Highfield, Hampshire.

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)


GERRARD

Panel 17, Column 3.

Seaman JOSEPH

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 530098. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 16th February, 1946. Age 45. Son of Joseph Gerrard and of Francis Gerrard (nee Smith), of Hull; husband of Doris Gerrard, of Hull.

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


GIANNOTTI

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. WILLIAM JAMES

Whaler

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

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


GIBBON

Panel 17, Column 1.

Sigmn. HERBERT NORMAN

Whaler

LT/JX. 185195. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 22. Son of Herbert Wilson Gibbon and Elizabeth Gibbon, of Brid1ington, Yorkshire.

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)


GIBBS

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. CHARLES EDWIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 217735. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 29. Son of Charles and Thurza Gibbs; husband of Nellie Gibbs, of Pill, Somerset.

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


GIBBS

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. THOMAS HENRY

Trawler

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

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


GIBBS

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. CYRIL

Trawler

LT/KX. 103711. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942.

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)


GIBBS

Panel 17, Column 3.

Ldg. Cook HOWELL DENNIS

Drifter

LT/MX. 87435. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter High Tide. 30th March, 1945. Husband of Greta Gibbs, of Holyhead, Anglesey.


GIBSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 98554. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 57. Husband of Sarah Ann Gibson, of Hessle, York­shire.

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


GILBERT

Panel 17, Column 3.

Seaman STEPHEN FREEMAN

Trawler

LT/JX. 216738. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 24. Son of John Henry and Eliza Gilbert, of Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.

Notes or 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). Native of Newfoundland


GILLAM

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman HARRY GEORGE

Minelayer

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

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


GLADWELL

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. STANLEY THOMAS

Trawler

LT/X. 1O363, S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 23. Hus­band of Frances Gladwell, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GLASSCOE

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook THOMAS WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/MX. 84237. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


GLEED

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. ROBERT GEORGE

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 322654. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944.


GLENTON

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand THOMAS ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 170718. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Goran. 1st May, 1940. Age 41. Son of Joseph and Kate Glenton, of Hull; husband of Ethel Rose Glenton, of GipsyviIle, Hull.

Notes or comments: requisitioned in September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the 15th A/S Strike Force based at Aberdeen, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign April/May, at Namsos hit by a bomb which demolished her bridge killing CO and others, 3rd May remaining crew rescued by H. M. Trawler Arab and the wounded transferred to HMS Carlisle, St. Goran scuttled. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Brookes: Prologue to War)


GLENTON

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 170519. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 32. Son of Joseph and Kathleen Glenton, of Hull; husband of Lilian Elizabeth Glenton, of Hull.

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)


GLENTWORTH

Panel 11, Column 1.

Second Hand HENRY

Trawler

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

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


GODBOLD

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOSEPH WALTER

Trawler

LT/JX. 163904. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas George Godbold, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)


GODDARD

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. CLARENCE JESSE

Trawler

LT/JX. 385767. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Mary Goddard, of Goring, Oxfordshire.

Notes or comments: Norwegian fishing vessel Nordhav 1, hired June 1940 after fall of Norway, converted to Aux. Patrol Vessel and renamed Avalon (Sept. 1940). June 1941 renamed Adonis and fitted with RDF, based at Ipswich. Torpedoed by E-boat off Lowestoft 15/4/43 (Toghill)


GODFREY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS RICHARD

Trawler

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

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


GOLDMAN

Panel 16, Column 1.

Ldg. Steward HARRY

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GOLDSMITH

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. JOHN ARTHUR WILLIAM EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 215744. RN. 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)


GOLDSPINK

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman LESLIE FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 100300. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 33. Son of Harold and Clara Goldspink, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ivy Maud Goldspink, of Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.

Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)


GOOCH

Panel 2, Column 2. 

Seaman DOUGLAS DA VID

Trawler

LT/X. 19741A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 22. Son of Robert Philip and Agnes Gooch, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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)


GOODENS

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. KENNETH

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 199386. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 27. Son of Herbert H. and Kate Goodens, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)


GOODING

Panel 10, Column 2.

Asst. Cook ERNEST ALBERT

Trawler

LT/MX. 84180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 30. Son of George and Alice Maria Gooding, of Cricklewood, Middlesex.

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)


GOODING

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WALTER

Trawler

LT/JX. 259040. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Daneman. 9th May, 1943. Age 22. Son of John Henry and Elsie Gooding, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, collided with submerged ice and abandoned after being taken in tow, North Atlantic (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GOODLAD

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand ROBERT ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/JX. 215800. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 30. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Goodlad, of Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire.

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


GOODSELL

Panel 8, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 225046. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 35. Son of John and Mary Goodsel1; husband of Ada Lily Goodsell, of Icklesham, Sussex.

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


GOODWIN

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman FREDERICK JAMES

Drifter

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

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


GOODWIN

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman ROBERT BOWMAN

Drifter

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

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


GORDON

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. , 205399. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 24. Son of William and Sarah Gordon, of Annalong, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned April 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted to minesweeper, joined 136th M/S Group at Birkenhead, sunk by mine in Crosby Channel, Liverpool (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GORDON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 221383. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 23. Son of Ernest Edward and Eva Mabel Gordon, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

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)


GOSLING

Panel 16, Column 2.

Steward PERCY HERBERT

Motor Minesweeper

LT/LX. 30174. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Herbert and Lily May Gosling, of Hopton, Suffolk.

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)


GOULD

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman FREDERICK WILLlAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 205237. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gould; husband of Elsie Gould, of Ilfracombe, Devon.

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).


GOURLAY

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman FRED

Trawler

LT/JX. 210938. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory.. 22nd October, 1940. Age 26. Son of Fred and Ruth Gourlay, of Workington, Cumberland.

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


GOVIS

Panel 11, Column 1.

Second Hand WALTER

Trawler

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

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


GOWEN

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN THOMAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 99040. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, M/S Group Leader based at Aberdeen, in company with Fort Royal and Thomas Altoft when bombed by 2 he111's and sunk 20 miles NE Aberdeen (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GOWER

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 181796. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 38. Son of George and Edith Gower; husband of Mildred Mary Gower, of Geldeston, Norfolk

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


GOWING

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman WILLlAM HENRY

Drifter

LT/KX. 101618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Husband of Annie Gowing, of Budock, Cornwall.

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)


GRACE

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. LAURENCE

Trawler

LT/KX. 105751. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 41. Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Grace, of Selby, Yorkshire; husband of Marjorie Grace (nee Brookes), of Selby.

Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GRAHAM

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman MALCOLM

Trawler

LT/X. 7618C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler James Ludford. 14th December, 1939.

Notes and Comments: Mersey class trawler, minesweeping duites 1939, sunk by mine in Tyne area (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


GRAHAM

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. NORMAN

Trawler

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


GRAHAM

Panel 10, Column 2.

Cook JOSEPH ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/MX. 84965. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 31. Son of John and Mary Graham, of St. Andrews, Fife.

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)


GRAHAM

Panel 15, . Column 2.

Engirieman WILLIAM EDWARD

Trawler

LT/X. 100925. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 37. Son of WiIliam Ecfward and Hannah Mary Graham, of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


GRAINGER

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 103781. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 23. Son of WiIliam James Grainger and Janet Grainger, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

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


GRAINGER

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WALUS MILFORD

Trawler

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

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


GRANT

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 101282. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 41. Son of WiIliam and Fanny Grant; husband of Phyllis May Grant, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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)


GRANT

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 99047. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941.

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)


GRANT

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman LEONARD

Trawler

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

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


GRANT

Panel 14, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. THOMAS SCOTLAND

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


GRANT

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN SIMPSON

Trawler

LT/JX. 232138. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 28. Son of Thomas WiIliam and Lily Grant.

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)


GRANTHAM

Panel 10, Column 2.

Asst. Cook GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

LT/MX. 94755. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tranquil. 16th June, 1942.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


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)


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?)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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.


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)


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.


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)


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)


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.


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)


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)


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)


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).


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)


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


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)


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).


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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).


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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).


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)


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)


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)


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, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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).


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.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


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)


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)


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.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


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)


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, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


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)


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..


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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.


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.


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)


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)


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)


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).


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


HILL

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub - Lieut. FREDERICK WILLlAM

Trawler

Mentioned in Despatches. RNVR. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of Samuel Charles and Clara Jane Hill, of Croxley Green, Hertfordshire; husband of Peggy Hill.

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)


HILL

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. EDWARD JAMES

Trawler

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

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


HILTON

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. STANLEY

Trawler

LTiKX. 106125. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941.

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


HIND

Panel 2, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. WILSON KELSO

Trawler

LT/X 10320 B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 28. Son of Thomas Edward and Hannah Wilson Hind, of Culler coats, 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)


HIND

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. REGINALD

Yacht

LT/JX. 216209. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 24. Adopted son of Mrs. G. S. Brown, of Wingate, Co. Durham.

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)


HINDMARSH

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 98164. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940.

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


HINTON

Panel 16, Column 3.

Seaman SPENCER JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX 317426. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 27. Son of Alfred J ames Hinton and Maude Emily Hinton, of Forest Gate, Essex.

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)


HIPPEY

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN GEOFFREY

Trawler

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


HIRD

Panel 9, Column 3. 

Engineman CECIL

Trawler

LT/KX. 115420. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Warland. 18th February, 1942. Son of William Berriman Hird and Emily Hird; husband of Ethel Hird (nee Howlett), of Hull.


HISCOCK

Addenda Panel.

Petty Officer HAROLD

Shore Establishment

LT/JX 217862. RN Patrol Serice. H.M.S. Quebec. 2nd February, 1945. Native of Newfoundland

Notes or comments: HMS Quebec - Combined Training Centre at Inverary 1/9/1940-1/7/1946. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Native of Newfoundland
PO Harold Hiscock was captured whilst serving with 14 Commando on Operation Checkmate in Norway in May 1943. After transfer to Germany and undergoing forced labour at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, with the approach of the Allied ground forces in early 1945 he was executed.


HISCUTT

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. CHARLES HENRY

Drifter

LT/KX. 120058. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Unicity. 31st January, 1942.

Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper December 1939, January 1942 capsized and sank while sweeping off Blyth, North Sea, raised and broken up October 1943. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


HITCHAM

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ALBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 100957. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 23. Son of Samuel and Annie Hitcham, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Edith Maud Hitcham, of West Harton, South Shields.

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)


HITCHING

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman CHARLES HERBERT EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 231744. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 27. Son of Herbert John Wilfrid and Ada Margaret Hitching, of Le tonstone, Essex.

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)


HOARE

Panel 7, Column 3.

Ord. Seaman Steward JOHN ALFRED

Trawler

LT/JX. 207302. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941. Age 20. Son of John Alfred ami Annie Hoare.

Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HOARE

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman LEWIS GEORGE

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/KX. 120266. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 30. Son of Lewis George and Hellen Hoare; husband of Doris Lilian Hoare, of Holloway, London.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


HOBBS

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman VICTOR FREDERICK WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


HOBSON

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook LORIS

Trawler

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

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


HODDS

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman JOHN WILLIAM

Drifter

LT/JX. 265204. 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)


HODGSHON

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. HENRY BLEBY

Trawler

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

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)


HODGSON

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

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

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


HOGG

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. GEORGE MALLISON

Trawler

LT/KX. 104959. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 25. Son of Alexander and Agnes Hogg; husband of LiIian Hogg, of Dover.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HOLDEN

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ROBERT FRANK

Trawler

LT/JX. 170701. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 19. Son of Thomas John and Edith Holden, of Torquay, Devon.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, M/S Group Leader based at Aberdeen, in company with Fort Royal and Thomas Altoft when bombed by 2 he111's and sunk 20 miles NE Aberdeen (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HOLDEN

Panel 12, Column 1.

Sigmn. GORDON MICHAEL

Trawler

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

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


HOLDER

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman HARRY ALBERT

Yacht

LT/JX. 222282. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 26. Son of Henry Howe Holder and Agnes Gwendoline Holder, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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)


HOLLAND

Panel 16, Column 1.

Cook REGINALD

Trawler

LT/MX. 121580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son' of WilIiam and Daisy Holland, of Sidcup, Kent.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HOLLIS

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. WALTER

Trawler

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


HOLM

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/KX. 130925. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 24. Son of Peder Albert and WiIhelmine Holm, of Porsgrunn, Norway.

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). Native of Norway


HOLT

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand WILLIAM GEORGE

Trawler

LT/X. 20089A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 29. Son of George WilIiam and Jane Holt, of Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ivy Elsie Holt, of Lowestoft.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


HOLTON

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. FREDERIC WILLIAM

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


HOOD

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman SIDNEY ERNEST

Trawler

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

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


HOOKEM

Panel 11, Column 1.

Second Hand ERNEST

Drifter

LT/JX. 166076. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ut Prosim. 2nd March, 1943. Age 31. Son of Ernest and Florence Hookem, of Hull; husband of Hilda Mary Hookem, of Hull.


HOOKEM

Panel 14, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


HOOLE

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman LOUIS

Trawler

LT/KX. 106137. 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)


HOOPER

Panel 17, Column 1.

Ord. Sigmn. JACK

Trawler

LT/JX. 340671. RN. Patrol. Service. H.M. Trawler Haybum Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 20. Son of Frank and Lilian Maud Hooper, of Bideford, Devon.

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


HOPE

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ALBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 111443. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 40. Son of Albert and Ada Hope, of Hull; husband of Elizabeth Hope, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


HOPEWELL

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman GEORGE HERBERT

Trawler

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

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


HOPKINS

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. EDWARD HAROLD

Trawler

LT/JX. 287554. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 20. Son of Henry Francis and Emily Kate Hopkins, of Reading, Berkshire.

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)


HOPPER

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman EDWARD JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 99844. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Asama. 21st March, 1941.

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


HORNE

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. THOMAS

LT/KX. 109638. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Good Design. 23rd November, 1940. Son of William and Joanna Home, of Port Seton, East Lothian.


HORNELL

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. KENNETH VINCENT

LT/JX. 436509. RN. Patrol Service. French Ship Paris II. 14th June, 1943. Age 19. Son of John and Bessie Evelyn Hornell, of Moor Row, Cumberland.


HORTON

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 106667. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 26. Son of Arthur John and Florence Ada Horton, of Sutton, Surrey; husband of Marjorie Irene Horton, of Sutton.

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)


HOSIE

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ALEXANDER CAIE

Whaler

LT/SR 50451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of William McGregor Hosie and Mary Ann Caie Hosie, of Torry, Aberdeen.

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)


HOSIER

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM HENRY

Trawler

LT/JX. 174453. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Son of William Henry and Lily A. Hosier; husband of, Ena Mary Hosier, of Garth, Denbighshire.

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


HOSKING

Panel 2, Column 2. 

Seaman BERTIE

Trawler

LT/SX. 195912. RN. Patrol. Service. H.M. Trawler Joseph Button. 22nd October, 1940. Age 25. Son of James and Mabel Hosking, of Newlyn, Cornwall; husband of Vera Hosking, of Newlyn.

Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)


HOSSACK

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 7895 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 29. Son of Donald and Ann Hossack.

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)


HOUGH

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. PERCY ALBERT

Whaler

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

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


HOUGHTON

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. - Comdr. LEONARD

RNVR. H.M.S. Paragon. 3rd November, 1940. Age 42.


HOUSLEY

Panel 15, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman STEPHEN ARTHUR

Motor Minesweeper

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


HOWARD

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman ALFRED VINCENT

Trawler

LT/JX. 185689. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 37. Son of Vincent Howard and of Alice Maud Mary Howard (nee, Murdock); husband of Mary Agnes Howard (nee Bishop)).

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


HOWE

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. ALFRED

Trawler

LT/JX. 176734. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940.

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


HOWELL

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. GEORGE HENRY

Trawler

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

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


HOWES

Panel 16, Column 2.

Skipper ARTHUR ERNEST WILLIAM

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 36. Son of Ernest George and Clara Miranda Howes, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Doris Mary Howes, of Lowestoft.

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)


HOWLAND

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM JAMES EDWARD

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


HUDSON

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. HAROLD ALFRED

Trawler

LT/LD/X. 5407 RNVR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 19.

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)


HUGGINS

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman DEREK ANTHONY CHARLES

LT/KX. 115901. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Helier. 19th August, 1942.


HUGHES

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. ROBERT

Trawler

LT/288W. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 47. Husband of Alice Hughes, of Bradley, Wrexham, Denbigh­shire.

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


HUGHES

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman EVERETT JOHN

Drifter

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

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


HUGHES

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. MICHAEL

Trawler

LT/KX. 148511. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of Roland and Ellen Hughes; husband of Mary Anne Hughes, of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Republic of Ireland.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


HUGHES

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 257442. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 34. Son of Henry and Sarah Hughes, of Liverpool.

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)


HUGHES

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 206369. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 32. Son of John William and Catherine Mary Hughes, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire; husband of Jane Olwen Hughes, of Aberystwyth.

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)


HUGHES

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman RONALD ERIC

British Yard Minesweeper

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


HUGHES

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman THOMAS

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


HUGHES

Panel 17, Column 2.

Sto. ERIC

Trawler

LT/KX. 114299. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 25. Son of Robert and Mary Elizebeth Hughes, of Parr, St. Helens, Lanca­shire; husband of Marie Hughes.

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)


HUIJER

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand PIET

Trawler

LT/JX. 221454. 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)


HUMBLE

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman BERNARD MCQUE

Trawler

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


HUMBLE-SMITH

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. ROGER RODWELL

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of George and Myldrede Humble-Smith; husband of Stella Nora Humble-Smith, of Southbourne, Hampshire.

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)


HUMPHREY

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman CECIL

Trawler

LT/JX. 180393. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941. Age 41. Son of Arthur Ernest and Elizabeth Humphrey, of Hull; husband of Eveline Humphrey, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HUMPHREY

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/KX. 102448. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Humphrey, of Eastbourne, Sussex.

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)


HUMPHREY

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman ALBERT EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 218339. RN. Parrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 39. Son of Albert Edward and Annie Elizabeth Humphrey, of Kilburn, Middlesex; husband of Rebecca Humphrey, of Hull.

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)


HUMPHREY

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. IORWERTH BRIAN EVAN

Trawler

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

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


HUNTER

Panel 1, Column 2.

Sto. JAMES

Trawler

LT/KX. 99394. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939.

Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


HUNTER

Panel 13, Column 1.

Ldg. Cook EDWARD

Trawler

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

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


HUNTER

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman WILLIAM

Whaler

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

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


HUNTER

Panel 16, Column 1.

P.O. Cook FARQUHARSON SHAW MIDDLETON

Auxilliary A.A. Vessel

LT/MX. 87169. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 50. Husband of Charlotte Burnand Hunter, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


HURNE

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. FREDERICK HENRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 102820. RN. 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)


HURRELL

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman ROY

Trawler

LT/X. 10096 B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940.

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


HUTTON

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman ERNEST FRANCIS

Trawler

LT/JX. 191605. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of James and Clara Hutton, of Hulme, Manchester.

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)


HYNES

Panel 10, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/KX. 144639. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 32. Son of Charles and Mary Hynes, of Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

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)


IFE

Addenda Panel.

Lieutenant STANLEY JOHN

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


INGLIS

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman DAVID FINLAY

Drifter

LT/IX. 180238. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 21. Son of James Liston Inglis and Mary Finlay Inglis.

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


INGRAM

Panel 17, Column 2.

Ord. Tel. MATTHEW

Trawler

LT/JX. 234488. 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)


INKSTER

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN JAMES

Motor Minesweeper

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


INNES

Panel 1, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. JOHN

Trawler

LT/X. 7925 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Innes, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; husband of Mary Innes, of Fraserburgh.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


INNES

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman ARTHUR JOHN

Drifter

LT/SR 51910. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Maida. 16th March, 1940. Age 21. Son of Arthur and Cathrine Innes, of Portknockie, Banffshire.

Notes or comments: hired November 1939 as minesweeper and renamed Maida, sunk by mine off east coast Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


INNES

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ALEXANDER

Trawler

LT/KX. 113607. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 27. Son of George and Jessie Ann Innes; husband of Isabella Innes, of Aberdeen.

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)


INNES

Panel 11, Column 1.

Second Hand JAMES SMITH

Trawler

LT/X. 18345A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 28. Son of George and Jane Anne Innes, of Buckie Banffshire; husband of Helen Innes, of Buckie.

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)


INWOOD

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. ALFRED

Trawler

LT/KX. 105668. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 21. Son of Robert and Ada Emily Inwood, of Northamp­ton.

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)


IZATT

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman LIVINGSTONE

Trawler

LT/KX. 110059. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Son of Alexander and Mary S. Izatt; husband of Sadie Izatt, of Edinburgh.

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


JACKSON

Panel 1, Column 3. 

Skipper SIDNEY

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 29. Husband of Emily Jackson, of Gipsyville, Hull.

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)


JACKSON

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. CHARLES WILLIAM

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 34. Son of Charles and Maude Adelaide Jackson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Kathleen Jackson, of Grimsby.

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


JACKSON

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper PATRICK DONALD

Shore Establishment

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

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


JACKSON

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. ROBERT JAMES

Whaler

LT/KX. 108076. 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)


JACKSON

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. FARROW HOWDEN

Trawler

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

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


JACQUES

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper JOSEPH

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 41.

Notes and Comments: Fleetwood Steam Trawler FD174 built 1913, hired for general duties August 1939, later converted for anti-submarine duties (FY333), sunk by E-boat torpedo in Lyme Bay, English Channel whilst escorting convoy WP183 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2, and http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info)


JAMES

Panel 7, Column 2.

Cook HERBERT

Trawler

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

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


JAMES

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman EDWIN

Drifter

LT/KX. 131175. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Golden Sunbeam. 19th August, 1942.


JAMESON

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. HENRY JOSEPH

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/IX. 344524. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of William and Elizabeth Sarah Jameson, of South Woodford, Essex.


JAMIESON

Panel 7, Column 2.

Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM CRAWFORD

Trawler

LT/KX. 144339. 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)


JAPPY

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 445EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gullfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 41. Husband of Annie Jappy, of Buckie, Banffshire.

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


JAPPY

Panel 11, Column 1.

Skipper ALEXANDER

Trawler

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

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


JAPPY

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM

Barrage Balloon Vessel

LT/X. 441EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Son of William and Elizabeth Jappy; husband of Jessie B. Jappy, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)


JARVIE

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand PHILLIP

Trawler

LT/JX. 192300. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 27. Son of Waiter Liston Jarvie and Annie Murray Jarvie, of Edinburgh.

Notes and Comments: Requisitioned April 1939 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted to minesweeper, joined 136th M/S Group at Birkenhead, sunk by mine in Crosby Channel, Liverpool (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JARVIS

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper HERBERT HENRY

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 36. Son of Thomas Edward and Anna Jarvis; husband of Lily Jarvis, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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)


JASPER

Panel 11, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. EDWARD STEWART

Landing Ship: Tank

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

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


JEFFERIES

Panel 17, Column 1. 

Ord. Sigmn. ERIC HUBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 331105. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 22. Son of Hubert and Betty Jefferies; husband of Frances E. M. Jefferies, of Fairford, Gloucestershire.

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)


JENKINS

Panel 5, Column 1.

P.O. JOHN

Shore Establishment

LT/JX. 218537. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Baldur. 5th February, 1941. Age 37. Son of Thomas and Alice Jenkins, of Liverpool; husband of Marion May Jenkins, of Liverpool.

Notes or comments: HMS Baldur was Iceland shore base (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)


JENKINS

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. EVAN JAMES

Trawler

LT/5806 D. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 36. Husband of Anice Nora Jenkins, of Cardiff.

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)


JENKINSON

Panel 1, Column 1.

Engineman GEORGE NIGHTSCALES

Trawler

LT/KX. 98268. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 36. Son of Arthur and Harriet Jenkinson, of Hull.

Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JENKINSON

Panel 4, Column 1.

Sto. 2nd Cl. HERCULES

Trawler

LT/KX. 103981. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 25. Son of John Henry and Martha Jenkinson, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

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)


JENNER

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper ARTHUR FRANCIS SAMUEL

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 41. Son of William Frederick and Daisy Jenner, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of Philomena Maria Jenner, of Cleethorpes.

Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JENSEN

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman ARVID

Yacht

LT/KX. 114090. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 24. Son of Albert and Borghild Jensen, of Trondheim, Norway.

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). Native of Norway


JENSEN

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman VIGGO EDWARD HALL

Motor Minesweeper

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


JENSEN

Panel 16, Column 2.

Ch. Skipper HANS ALBERT, DSC

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 59. Son of Hans and Sene Jensen; husband of Annie Jensen, of Hull.

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)


JEPSON

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman JOSEPH HARRY VICTOR, DSM

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JEROME

Panel 10, Column 1.

Sto. HENRY JAMES

Trawler

LT/SR 55740. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 23. Son of Henry James Jerome and Ann Jerome; husband of Ethel Jerome, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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).


JEWELL

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman MARCUS EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 202285. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 29. Son of Edward and Laura Jewell, of Minehead, Somerset; husband of Vera Jewell, of Minehead.

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)


JEWSON

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. ROBERT

Trawler

LT/KX. 103793. RN. 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)


JILLINGS

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman HE;NRY ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/JX. 177687. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940.

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)


JOHANSEN

Panel 8, Column 1.

Lieut. (E) KARL JOHAN

Whaler

RNVR. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 40. Son of Johan and Ovidia Johansen; husband of Henny Johansen, of Husoysund, Tonsberg, Norway.

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). Native of Norway


JOHNS

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. HUBERT DANIEL

Drifter

LT/KX. 99388. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Xmas Rose. 21st November, 1940. Age 27. Son of Hubert and Emily Gertrude J ohns, of Hull.


JOHNSON

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman ERIC MENZIES

Trawler

LT/JX. 166255. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 23rd December, 1939. Age 19. Son of Herbert Menzies J ohnson and Eva Gladys Johnson, of Gipsyville, Hull.

Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


JOHNSON

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 19144 A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Benvolio. 23rd February, 1940. Age 26. Son of Albert Edward and Margaret Johnson; husband of Annie Evelyn Johnson, of Aberdeen.

Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties September, 1939, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2).


JOHNSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman HARRY

Trawler

LT/KX. 101775. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cape Passaro. 21st May, 1940. Age 41. Son of Edward Stephen and Annie Elizabeth Johnson, of Hull; husband of Gladys Johnson, of Hull.

Notes and Comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, joined 15th A/S Strike Force as leader based at Aberdeen, took part in Norwegian campaign April/May 1940, lost in air attack off Narvik. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JOHNSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS CHRISTOPHER

Trawler

LT/KX. 99057. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dervish. 9th September, 1940. Age 42. Son of Mary Johnson, of Hull; husband of Minnie Johnson, .of Hull.

Notes or comments: ex Norman, hired June 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine off Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)


JOHNSON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman THOMAS MAVIN, DSM

Trawler

LT/X. ET, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 42. Husband of Emily L. Johnson, of North Shields, Northumberland.

Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JOHNSON

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/KX. 200788. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 26. Son of John William and Mary Jane Johnson, of Filey, Yorkshire; husband of Eileen Johnson, of Filey.

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)


JOHNSON

Panel 4, Column 3.

Skipper ALBERT EDWARD

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 26.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


JOHNSON

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. BASIL

Minelayer

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

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


JOHNSON

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman ROBERT CECIL

Trawler

LT/JX. 241834. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 29. Son of George and Mabel Johnson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Beatrice Mary Johnson, of Grimsby.

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)


JOHNSON

Panel 12, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. DONALD HENRY

Trawler

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

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


JOHNSON

Panel 15, Column 1.

Ord. Tel. ALAN CECIL

Trawler

LT/JX. 405729. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Cecil and Ethel Johnson, of Sheffield.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JOHNSTON

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN

LT/KX. 109616. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Good Design. 23rd November, 1940. Age 31. Son of Peter and Margaret Johnston, of Port Seton, East Lothian.


JOHNSTON

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman ARCHIE

Trawler

LT/JX. 215779. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 31. Son of Peter and Hannah Johnston, of Port Seton, East Lothian.

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).


JOHNSTON

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. ALFRED

Motor Minesweeper

LT/JX. 358955. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. S6n of Alfred and Georgeina Johnston, of Norbury, Surrey.

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)


JONES

Panel 3, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman HUGH VICTOR REUBEN

Trawler

LT/203EV. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 43. Son of Hugh Morris Jones and Augusta Minnie Jones, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire; husband of Martha Evelyn Jones, of Milford Haven.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JONES

Panel 7, Column 3.

Seaman Steward CYRIL MALCOLM

Trawler

LT/JX. 197031. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberie. 3rd May, 1941. Age 24. Son of Wiiliam George and Lilian F. Jones, of Basingstoke, Hampshire; husband of Daisy Jones, of Basingstoke.

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


JONES

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. BERNARD WATTS

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 27th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of B. Watts Jones and Beatrice Jones, of Swansea.

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


JONES

Panel 10, Column 2.

Ldg. Cook CHARLES PALFREY

Trawler

LT/MX. 82331. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jasper. 1st December, 1942. Age 31. Son of Walter Palfrey Jones and EmIy Jones, of Cardiff.

Notes or comments: ex Balthasar, purchased for anti-submarine duties November 1935, sunk by E-boat torpedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JONES

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

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


JONES

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman SAMUEL

Whaler

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

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


JONES

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. GEORGE WILLIAM

Trawler

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

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


JONES

Panel 16, Column 1.

Ldg. Steward EMLYN

Whaler

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

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


JONES

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman ARTHUR RICHARD

Trawler

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

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


JONES

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman ERNEST

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


JONES

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 436549. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944.

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JONES

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman IVOR VERNON

British Yard Minesweeper

LT/JX. 428513. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Son of Alma William and Muriel Christine Jones, of Waking, Surrey.


JONES

Panel 17, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE IORWORTH

Motor Minesweeper

LT/KX. 151604. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 21. Son of John and Charlotte Lucy Jones, of Sambrook, Shropshire.

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


JONES

Panel 17, Column 1.

Seaman KENNETH

Trawler

LT/JX. 222938. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 25. Son of Edwin and Virginia Jones, of Come, 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)


JORDAN

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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


JOSEPH

Panel 13, Column 2.

Steward COLEMAN

Trawler

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

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


JOY

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman RUPERT

Trawler

LT/X. 7899 C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 35. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Joy, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


JOY

Panel 8, Column 1.

Sub-Lieut. ANTHONY CHANNAR

Trawler

RNVR. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 21. Son of Capt. and Mrs. Thomas C. Joy, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

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)


JOYCE

Panel 7, Column 2.

Ord. Seaman Cook MICHAEL

Trawler

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

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


JUDD

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman EDWARD HORACE

Trawler

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

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


JULIER

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. HAROLD

Drifter

LT/X. 21677A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941.

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


KARLSEN

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. ERLING KRISTIAN

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Son of Hugo and Anna Karlsen; husband of Alice Karlsen, of Tonsberg, Norway.

Notes or comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Norway


KAVENEY

Panel 1, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES WILLIAM

Trawler

C/JX. 166248. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 25th December, 1939. Age 29. Son of Patrick Terance and Lilian Kaveney, of Hull; husband of Dorothy Kaveney, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)


KAY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Ord. Sigmn. JAMES ALEXANDER

Trawler

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

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


KEABLE

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman RUSSELL JOHN

Trawler

LT/JX. 179709. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 19. Son of Charles N. and Eva May Keable, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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)


KEEBLE

Panel 6, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. KENNETH WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 241592. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 28. Son of Waiter WilIiam and PhilIis Mary Keeble, of Paglesham, Essex.

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)


KEENAN

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman JOHN

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX. 280220. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 29. Son of Charles and Mary Keenan; husband of Margaret Keenan, of DaIton-in-Furness, Lancashire.

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


KEEPER

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. CYRIL ARTHUR ALFRED

Minelayer

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

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


KELLETT

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/JX. 126766. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Son of WilIiam and E. KeIlett, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.

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


KELLY

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand ANDREW

Yacht

LT/JX. 187268. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Campeador V. 22nd June, 1940.

Notes or comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by mine off Portsmouth, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


KELLY

Panel 4, Column 2.

Seaman Cook PATRICK

LT/JX. 205444. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Black Bear. 28th November, 1940. Age 22.


KELLY

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 253777. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942.

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).


KELLY

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. HORACE LORAINS

Trawler

LT/X. 10187S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Patrie. 1st January, 1943. Age 32. Son of Robert and EIlen Pearson KeIly, of Whitby, Yorkshire.


KELLY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Ord. Tel. TERENCE JOSEPH

Trawler

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

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


KELLY

Panel 15, Column 1.

Sigmn. THOMAS PATRICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 220669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of James and Bridget KeIly, of Blackley, Manchester.

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)


KELSO

Panel 6, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. JOHN SYDNEY

Drifter

LT/JX. 228182. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 18. Son of John Robert and Elizabeth Louise Kelso, of Douglas, Isle of Man.

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


KENDALL

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman WALTER STEPHENSON

Trawler

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

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


KENNEDY

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman MURDO

Trawler

LT/X. 7745C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 30. Son of Murdo and Ann Kennedy, of Lochs, Isle of Lewis.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


KENNEDY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN

Motor Launch

LT/KX. 110659. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1154. 14th May, 1943. Age 36. Son of John and Susan Kennedy; husband of Veronica Theresa Kennedy, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.


KENNY

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. DAVID DOIG

Drifter

LT/JX. 194322. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940.

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)


KENNY

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JAMES WILLIAM

Drifter

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

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


KERR

Panel 10, Column 3.

Asst. Steward ROBERT PATON

Trawler

LT/LX. 28241. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ayrshire. 15th August, 1942. Age 39. Son of David and Mary Kerr; husband of Sarah Wilson Kerr, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire. .

Notes or comments: Ayrshire was hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939 - October 1945 and was in use in the Iceland command on Arctic convoy duties at this time. Vessel returned to owners October 1945. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2)


KERRIDGE

Panel 13, Column 3.

P.O. RALPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 196995. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 26. Son of Walter Herbert and Olga Kathleen Kerridge, of Walsham­le-WilIows, Suffolk; husband of May Amelia Kerridge.


KERRIVAN

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman BERNARD JAMES

LT/JX. 195245. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Elstan. 10th August, 1944. Age 24. Husband of Catherine Rosetta Kerrivan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


KEVIS

Panel 8, Column 1.

Lieut. LESLIE WILLIAM

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 28. Son of William Henry and Margaret Daisy Kevis; husband of Kathleen Helen Kevis, of Romford, Essex.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


KEY

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman STANLEY GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 108562. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 21. Son of George Henry and, Annie Mary Key, of Cadoxton, 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).


KING

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut.-Comdr. EDGAR

Trawler

RN. H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 54. Husband of Cpl. Freda M. King, W.A.A.F., of Docking, Norfolk.

Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


KING

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman GEORGE THOMAS

Trawler

LT/JX. 288961. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 23. Son of Hodger John Robert King and Elizabeth Mary King, of Frostenden, Suffolk.

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)


KIRBY

Panel 14, Column 2.

Seaman SAMUEL

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


KIRK

Panel 1, Column 2.

Lieut. ANTHONY

Motor Launch

RNR. H.M.M.L. 109. 30th October, 1940. Age 26. Son of George Arthur and S. A. Kirk, of Bagley Wood, Berkshire.


KIRKLAND

Panel 7, Column 3.

P.O. Steward JAMES NEIL MACKINNON

Yacht

LT/JX. 242390. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Husband of Rosina Gladys Kirkland, of Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

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)


KLEISER

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman JOSEPH RICHARD

British Yard Minesweeper

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


KNIGHT

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. TOM NORTON

LT/KX. 101207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Dunraven Castle. 2nd March, 1943. Age 38. Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Knight; husband of Dorothy Knight, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.


KNIGHT

Panel 15, Column 1.

Telegraphist DONALD

Motor Launch

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

Notes or comments: May have been a friendly fire incident. Medusa Trust website (http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1350-1399.html) records HDML 1380 having founderered in the Aegean in heavy weather 1st May 1944 after the loss of both engines but also that some of the crew died of wounds 2nd May. Uboat.net website (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15347.html) records the loss after being damaged by gunfire from HMS HDML 1398.


KNOPP

Panel 15, Column 2.

Engineman HARRY

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


KNOX

Panel 17, Column 2.

Telegraphist CHARLES SCOTT

Trawler

LT/JX. 344661. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 22. Son of David H. Knox, and of Helen Knox, of Edin­burgh.

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).


KREBS

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman EMMANUEL

Trawler

LT/JX. 177172. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Son of Henry and Sarah Krebs, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)


KUFAAS

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman LARS JAN

Whaler

LT/IX. 124551. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of Lars and Jakobine Kufaas, of Orkanger, Norway.

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)


KUMM

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman DENNIS WILLIAM

Whaler

LT/JX. 175055. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 22. Son of Charles Ernest and Annie Kumm, of Worthing, Sussex.

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)


LACEY

Panel 11, Column 1.

Act. Sub-Lieut. KENNETH DOUGLAS FRANCIS

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


LAING

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. ARTHUR LIVINGSTON

Trawler

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

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


LAIRD

Panel 5, Column 1.

Second Hand DONALD SHAW

Drifter

LT/IX. 241512. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Son of William and Catherine Laird; husband of Elsie Dinah Laird, of Hull.

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)


LAKER

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN EDW ARD

Drifter

LT/IX. 173522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 23. Son of John Edward and Edith Laker, of Shoreham-by­Sea, Sussex.

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)


LAMB

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. EDWARD

Trawler

LT/X.7057C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Leyland. 27th November, 1942.

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


LAMBERT

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE MURRAY

Trawler

LT/X. 3977T. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 28. Son of Martin J. and Madeline M. Lambert, of Hopeman, Morayshire; husband of Chrise Lambert, of Hopeman, Morayshire.

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


LAMBERT

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman GEOFFREY MICHAEL

Trawler

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

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


LAMBERT

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. DANIEL

Trawler

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

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


LAMBLEY

Panel 12, Column 2.

Engineman GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX 125075. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 33. Son of Arthur and Christiana Lambley; husband of Eileen Lambley, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

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)


LAMPLOUGH

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES

Trawler

LT/JX. 197250. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Son of James Samuel and Beatrice Lamplough; husband of Ann Lamplough, of Hull.

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)


LANCASTER

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman WILFRED SKEAF

Trawler

LT/KX. 111565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 41. Son of George Skeaf Lancaster and Bertha Margaret Lancaster; husband of Neilie Lancaster, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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)


LANDER

Panel 13, Column 3.

Sub-Lieut. CHARLES

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


LANGDON

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman CHARLES VICTOR MATTHEW

Drifter

LT/JX.173367. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 41. Son of Charles and Amy Langdon; husband of Miriam Langdon, of Dagenham, Essex.

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)


LANGFORD

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman RICHARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 241079. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943.

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


LANGRIDGE

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman MAURICE GEORGE

Drifter

LT/JX. 176573. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Harvest Gleaner. 28th October, 1940. Age 22. Son of Frederick George and Gertrude Elizabeth Langridge, of Newhaven, Sussex.


LARDER

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman CHRISTOPHER GEORGE

Trawler

LT/JX. 177544. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943.

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


LARGE

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. 2nd Cl. DOUGLAS

Trawler

LT/KX. 103558. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 23. Son of H. T. and Mary C. Large, of Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

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)


LARK

Panel 13, Column 2.

Steward RONALD ALFRED

Trawler

LT/LX. 27884. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 31. Son of William Alfred and Rose Lark, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Edith Kathleen Lark, of Lowestoft.

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)


LARSEN

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand ARTHUR MARTIN

Trawler

LT/JX. 210907. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 27. Son of Peter and Julia Larsen, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of M. M. Larsen, of Cleethorpes.

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)


LARSON

Panel 16, Column 1.

P.O. Cook STANLEY Hi\ROLD

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


LASLETT

Panel 9, Column 2.

Ord. Sea. ERNEST

Twin Screw Steamship

LT/JX.. 257748. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 38. Son of Ernest Augustine and Lucy Laslett, of Blackley, Manchester.

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


LAVERACK

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman JAMES W.

Trawler

LT/X. 20905A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of William and Maud Laverack, Withernsea, Yorkshire.

Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, February 1942 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), loss also attributed to U-587 (Bosun's Watch website & uboat.net)


LAW

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. GEORGE

Trawler

LT/KX. 106824. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Monteith. 24th September, 1940.

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)


LAWRENCE

Panel 8, Column.

Skipper ALEXANDER

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 32. Husband of Jessie Ann Lawrence, of Aberdeen.

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).


LAWRENCE

Panel 15, Column 3.

Sto. GEORGE

Trawler

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

Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, ordered 1943, completed as A/S vessel 1944, took parrt in Normandy landings as A./S escort, sunk by mine in the Channel (Toghill: RN Trawlers Vol1) and (British Vessels Lost at Sea, HMSO). Alternative cause: sunk by torpedo from U-390 (uboat.net) and (Wikipedia).


LAWSON

Panel 3, Column 3.

Sto. JAMES EDWARD

Trawler

LT/KX. 100837. 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)


LAWSON

Panel 17, Column 2. . .

Sto. GEORGE ALBERT

LT/KX. 141049. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Vervain. 20th February, 1945. Age 28. Son of John Louis and Matilda Fayle Lawson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.


LAYBOURN

Panel 13, Column 2.

Lieut. GERALD VINCENT

Motor Minesweeper

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


LAYCOCK

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman JOHN EDWARD

Trawler

LT/JX. 186683. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 25. Son of John Edward and Martha Laycock, of Brighton, Sussex; husband of Rose Alice Laycock, of Brighton.

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)


LE NORMAND

Panel 9, Column 1.

Seaman EDWARD CHARLES

Drifter

LT/JX. 202160. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Unicity. 31st January, 1942. Age 19. Son of Alfred Joseph and Catherine Le Normand, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper December 1939, January 1942 capsized and sank while sweeping off Blyth, North Sea, raised and broken up October 1943. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)


LE NOURY

Panel 16, Column 3.

Ldg. Sea. JOHN SAMUEL

Motor Launch

LT/JX. 202293. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945. Age 31. Son of John Hubert Vaudin Le Noury and Edith Maud Le Noury, of Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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


LEACH

Panel 10, Column 2.

Cook THOMAS HENRY

Whaler

LT/MX. 83280. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 20. Son of George William and Dorothy Leach; husband of Emily M. Leach, of Notting Hill, London.

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)


LEDGER

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. CYRIL

Yacht

LT/KX. 113598. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941.

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


LEE

Panel 8, Column 2.

Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 18212A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to the U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 30. Son of John and Margaret Lee, of Garrabost, Isle of Lewis.

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).


LEE

Panel 16, Column 1.

Ldg. Steward ARTHUR EDWARD

Motor Minesweeper

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

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


LEE

Panel 15, Column 2.

Ch. Engineman FRANK, DSM

Trawler

LT/KX. 98276, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 33. Son of Frank and Hannah Lee, of Hull; husband of Ada Lee, of Hull.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


LEE

Panel 17, Column 3.

Ldg. Cook EDWARD DOUGLAS

Trawler

LT/MX. 88009. 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)


LEECH

Panel 9, Column 3.

Engineman REGINALD ROBERT MACDONALD

Whaler

LT/KX. 116199. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 33. Son of William Richard and Martha Leech, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Gladys Evelyn Leech, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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)


LEES

Panel 11, Column 3.

Seaman. JAMES SOMERVILLE

Trawler

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

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


LEGG

Panel 12, Column 3.

Sto. JOHN

Trawler

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

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


LEGGETT

Panel 5, Column 3.

Seaman JOSEPH THOMAS

Trawler

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

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


LEIPER

Panel 3, Column 2.

Engineman JOHN JAMES

Trawler

LT/X. 6020ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 35. Son of John James Leiper and of Elizabeth Agnes Leiper (nee Morrison); husband of Christina Royal Leiper (nee McGhee), of Torry, Aberdeen.

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


LEIPER

Panel 8, Column 1.

Skipper THOMAS ORFORD FLETCHER

Trawler

RNR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 29.

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)


LEIRA

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman KNUT SYRRE

Trawler

LT/KX. 114065. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Native of Norway.

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


LEMAN

Panel 5, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. ALBERT CHARLES

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


LEMKEY

Addenda Panel.

Lieutenant CHARLES ALFRED

Trawler

Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. H.M.S. Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 40. Son of Charles and Jessie Lemkey; husband of Lydia Lemkey, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

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


LENNON

Panel 7, Column 1.

Sto. JOHN

Drifter

LT/KX. 106886. 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)


LENNON

Panel 15, Column 1.

Telegraphist ROBERT

Trawler

LT/JX. 401369. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.

Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)


LEONARD

Panel 6, Column 3.

Engineman WALTER

Drifter

LT/KX. 102505. 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)


LESLIE

Panel 1, Column 3.

Second Hand HAROLD

LT/JX. 202118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Paragon. 3rd November, 1940.


LEWIS

Panel 2, Column 2.

Seaman JOSEPH WILLIAM

Trawler

LT/X. 20325A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 24. Son of Joseph and Grace Lewis, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Doris Lewis, of Grimsby.

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)


LEWIS

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. SAMUEL SNELL

Trawler

LT/JX. 170661. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 27. Son of Thomas Snell Lewis and Elizabeth Martha Lewis, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire; husband of Madge Vera Lewis, of Tenby.

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)


LEWIS

Panel 2, Column 1.

Ldg. Sea. ARTHUR

Trawler

LT/X. 19275A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Marsoma. 4th August, 1940. Age 21. Son of A. and Sarah Lewis, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)


LEWIS

Panel 3, Column 1.

Ord. Sea. FREDERICK

Trawler

LT/JX. 221379. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 40. Son of John and Ellen Lewis, of Heswall, Cheshire.

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


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Ord. Sea. JOSEPH

Trawler

LT/JX. 211560. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Capricornus. 7th December, 1940. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lewis, of Baie Verte, White Bay, Newfoundland.

Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland


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