Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial

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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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, Lincoln�shire; 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; hus�band 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 West�minster, 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, Glamor�gan.
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, Nottingham�shire.
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; hus�band 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 Newcastle�on-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; hus�band 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, Liver�pool; 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 Clee�thorpes, 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, Renfrew�shire; 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, Caithness�shire.
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 Barrow�in-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. Chip�pendale, 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, Cumber�land.
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 Mussel�burgh.
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 Shering�ham, 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 Birming�ham.
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 Mans�field, 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 Fleet�wood, 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, Northamp�tonshire.
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, Banff�shie.
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 Rother�hithe, 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. Hus�band 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, New�foundland.
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, New�foundland.
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 Cuth�bertson, 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, Lanca�shire.
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, Northumber�land; 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 Bermond�sey, 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. Foster�son 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; hus�band 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 Ponte�fract, 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, New�foundland.
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, Lanca�shire.
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, Aber�deenshire.
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, Aberdeen�shire; husband of Isabella Duncan, of Rose�hearty.
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, Lanca�shire.
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, Lanca�shire.
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, Mid�lothian; 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 Scar�borough, 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, Lincoln�shire. .
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-on�Sea, 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 Barrow�in-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, Car�marthenshire.
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. Dur�ham.
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, Notting�hamshire.
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, Banff�shire; 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, Glamor�gan.
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, York�shire.
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. Hus�band 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 Eliza�beth 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 Har�borough, 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 Bed�ford.
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, Newfound�land.
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; hus�band 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, Notting�hamshire.
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, Derby�shire.
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 Salt�coats, 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 Hardinge�Katon, 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 Glas�gow.
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 Aber�deen.

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; hus�band 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, Middle�sex.
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 Folke�stone.
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 Hap�pisburgh, 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 Lowes�toft, 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, Renfrew�shire..

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, Northum�berland.
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, Denbigh�shire.
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, Lanca�shire; 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 Northamp�ton.
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 Pullox�hill, 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 Walsham�le-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 Edin�burgh.
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-by�Sea, 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)

LEWIS	Panel 4, Column 2.
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

LEWIS	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. PERCY GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 213523. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 33. Son of Ellen Martha Lewis; husband of Bessie Maud Lewis, of Newton Flotman, Norfolk.
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)

LEWIS	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman ALFRED HOWELL	Trawler
LT/X. 392EU. RNR. (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)

LEWIS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Ldg. Cook WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/MX. 83350. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 39. Son of William and Martha Lewis, of Belfast; husband of Sarah Lewis, of Belfast.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

LEWIS	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. FRANK FERGUSON	Trawler
LT/KX. 133043. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 33. Son of Frank Ferguson Lewis and Alexandrina Lewis, of Edinburgh; husband of Mary Lawson Lewis, of Edinburgh.
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)

LEWIS	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman DAVID RICHARD DOUGHTON	Trawler
LT/JX. 205200. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 31. Son of Edward Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Sarah Ann Lewis, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire; husband of Frances Rowlands Lewis, of Aber�ystwyth.
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)

LEWIS	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. BENJAMIN	Trawler
LT/JX. 428399. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 19. Son of Daniel T. and Annie Howell Lewis, of Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

LEWIS	Panel 17, Column 3.
Cook DOUGLAS JOHN	Motor Launch
LT/MX. 109628. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945. Age 22. Son of Ernest William and Ethel Mary Lewis, of Margate, Kent.
Notes or comments: completed December 1942, sunk by torpedo probably from surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic. (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

LIBBY	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand SAMUEL	Yacht
LT/JX. 225658. 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)

LIDDLE	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 109958. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 34. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Valentine Liddle; husband of Dorothy I. Liddle, of Cuckfield, Sussex.
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)

LILLEY	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 102870. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 24. Son of William and Mary Lilley, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

LINDO	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman HUGH	Yacht
LT/X20907A. RNR. (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)

LINES	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. ALBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 116 84. 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)

LINFIELD	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. FREDERICK ROY	Whaler
RNR. Son of Fredrick William and Mary Linfield; H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 31. Husband of Alice Cameron Minter Linfield, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
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)

LING	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman RICHARD SAMUEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 177029. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 30. Son of Samuel and Jessie Ling; husband of Dorothy Irene Ling, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

LINNEY	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman GEORGE SCOTT	Trawler
LT/X. 10099S. RNR. (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)

LINTON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 101342. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 20. Son of Henry and RM. Linton, of Workington, Cumberland.
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)

LISNEY	Panel 17, Column 2.
Sto. RONALD WILLIAM GEORGE
LT/KX. 141693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Vervain. 20th February, 1945. Age 21. Son of William J ames Lisney and Lilian Maud Lisney, of Brockley, Lewisham, London.

LLOYD	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JAMES ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 110660. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 22. Son of Sidney Lloyd, and of Winifred Lloyd, of Erwood, Brecknockshire.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

LLOYD	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 116097. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 38. Husband of Mary Ann Lloyd, of Hull.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

LLOYD	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. ALFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 533017. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lloyd, of Rotherham, Yorkshire; husband of Rosalie Lloyd, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.
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)

LLOYD-JONES	Panel 16, Column 2.
Lieut. THOMAS HENRY	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 35. Son of Llewelyn and Eva Mary Lloyd-Jones, of Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire.
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)

LOADER	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman NEVILLE CECIL	Trawler
LT/JX. 240876. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 26. Son of George and Olive Loader; husband of Evelyn Loader, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
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).

LOADES	Panel 1, Column 3..
Second Hand ROBERT WILSON	Trawler
LT/X 53SC. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 31. Husband of Elsie Loades, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

LOBBAN	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. CHARLES	Trawler
LT/X. 4043T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 29. Son of William and Helen Jane Lobban, of Buckie, Banffshire.
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)

LOCKE	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. RAYMOND	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 230209. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Augustus and Patience Locke, of Trinity, Trinity Bay, New�foundland.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

LOCKERBIE	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES ALFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 300700. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 19. Son of James and Eveline Lockerbie, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
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)

LOCKHART	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman GODFREY MORGAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 228112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Kelt. 5th December, 1942. Age 27. Son of Henry and Muriel Alice Lockhart, of Barry Island, Glamorgan.
Notes or comments: Recorded CWGC as HMS Kelt. Purchased RN August 1939 and converted A/S. Operating off west coast Africa 1942 on escort. Severely damaged alongside in Lagos in December when tanker exploded destroying 3 other trawlers, Bengali, Canna and Spaniard. Sold 1945. (Toghill: Trawlers2)

LONG	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 164330. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 20. Son of Robert Elija and Violet May Long, of Gorleston, Norfolk.
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)

LONGDEN	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Seaman Steward JACK EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 210383. 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)

LONGDEN	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ERNEST
LT/JX. 335890. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Eland. 7th August, 1945. Age 22. Son of Ernest and�Edith Longden, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.

LONGHURST	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ALBERT FREDERICK GEORGE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 255536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 34. Son of WaIter Ernest and Ann Elizabeth Longhurst, of Ipswich, Suffolk; husband of Muriel Vera Longhurst, of Ipswich.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

LOUKES	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman RONALD THOMAS	Whaler
LT/KX. 110041. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 22. Son of Arthur and Gertrude Mary Loukes, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

LOUND	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JESSE EDMUND	Trawler
LT/KX. 120664. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 25. Son of Alfred Milner Lound and Rose Lound, of Martleet, Hull.
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)

LOVE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ERNEST W ALTER	Yacht
LT/JX. 280040. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 38. Son of Walter and Ethel Elizabeth Love, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

LOVIS	Panel 8, Column 1.
Skipper ALFRED MANNING, DSC	Drifter
RNR. H.M. Drifter Golden Sunbeam. 19th August, 1942. Age 52. Son of John Osbome Lovis and Emma Lovis; husband of Gladys Hilda Lovis, of Brixham, Devon.

LOWE	Panel 16, Column 3.
P.O. CYRIL GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 301287. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 22. Son of William Edward and Sarah Winterson Lowe, of Warley, Oldbury, Worcestershire.
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).

LOWES	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. LESLlE	Trawler
LT/JX 279086. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 19. Son of Richard Huntley Lowes and Mary Jane Lowes, of Heaton, Northumberland.
Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)

LOWNIE	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 529345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 19. Son of Charles and Helen Lownie, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

LOWRIE	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand ROBERT	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 174428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 33. 20th July, 1943. Age 31. Son of David and Isabella Lowrie, of St. Monance, Fife.

LOWRY	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. HARRY CARPENTER	Trawler
LT/KX. 105731. 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)

LUMSDEN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ALEXANDER JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 209148. 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).

LUNN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman GEORGE ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/KX. 97921. 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)

LYMAN	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman GORDON BONNER	Trawler
LT/JX. 223321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Son of Percy and Hephzibah Lyman, of Pattishall, Northamptonshire; husband of Lila Lyman.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

LYNCH	Panel 12, Column 2.
Engineman SIDNEY	Trawler
LT/SR 55726. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

LYON	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman BERTRAM OSWALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 264583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 33. Son of John Robert Lyon and of Elizabeth Petrie Lyon (nee Paterson), of Aberdeen; husband of Janet Elizabeth Lyon (nee Hay), of Aberdeen.
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)

LYTTON	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. HENRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 142108. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 41. Son of Robert and Mary Lytton; husband of Doreen Lytton, of Paddington, London.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

MAcANGUS	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 196771. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 20. Son of Alexander and Annie MacAngus, of Hilton, Fearn, Ross and Cromarty.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACAULAY	Panel 5, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 177682. 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).

MACAULAY	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman ALLAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 278852. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 37. Son of Norman and Mary MacAulay, of Grosebay, Harris, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MACAULEY	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman MURDO	Trawler
LT/X. 7770c. 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)

MACBEATH	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. NORMAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 265176. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Son of John and Christina MacBeath, of Strathcarron, Ross and Cromarty.
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)

MACDERMID	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman DONALD ALEXANDER
LT/JX. 242837. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cava. 2nd May, 1943. Age 34. Son of Donald and Mary MacDermid, of Harris, Isle of Lewis.

MACDONALD	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM ANGUS	Trawler
D/X.7749C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers. 2nd June, 1940. Son of George and Margaret Macdonald, of Lochs, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACDONALD	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seamen MURDO DONALD	Trawler
LT/X. 1O896B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 24. Son of Murdo and Jessie Macdonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACDONALD	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman MURDO ANGUS	Trawler
LT/X. 17759A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 26. Son of Murdo and Margaret Macdonald, of Lochs, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACDONALD	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ALLAN	Yacht
LT/JX. 186672. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva Il. 8th May, 1941. Age 20. Son of Allan and Marion MacDonald, of Glasgow.
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)

MACDONALD	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM GRAHAM LOUDON	Trawler
LT/JX. 207672. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941.
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).

MACDONALD	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. KENNETH	Whaler
LT/X. 18031A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942.
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)

MACDONALD	Panel 9, . Column 1.
Seaman ANGUS	Trawler
LT/JX. 225560. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of Donald and Cathrina Macdonald, of Bernera, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACDONALD	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman DONALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 280502. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

MACDONALD	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman ANGUS	Trawler
LT/JX. 252714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 32. Son of Annie Macdonald, of Sanday Island, Inner Hebrides.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MACDONALD	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman NORMAN	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. .RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 7. 18th June, 1944. Age 36. Son of John and Mary Ann Macdonald, of Carloway, Isle of Lewis.

MACDONALD	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman DONALD JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 400447. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 21. Son of Kenneth and Effie Macdonald, of Shader, Isle of Lewis.

MACDONNELL	Panel 8, Column 1.
Sub-Lieut. JACK	Trawler
RNVR. 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)

MacINNES	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 18435A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 36. Son of Bessie MacInnes.
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)

MACIVER	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman DONALD MURDO	Trawler
LT/JX. 400546. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Angus Lewis MacIver and Marion MacIver, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

MACKAY	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman DONALD HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 18129A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 24. Son of George D. and Hughina MacKay, of Balchreck, Sutherlandshire.
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)

MACKAY	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. DONALD	Trawler
LT/X. 7810C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACKAY	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 7540C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 31. Son of Kenneth and Henrietta MacKay, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACKAY	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 101739. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 21. Son of Joseph and Mary Jessie MacKay, of Buckie, Banffshire.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACKAY	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman MALCOLM JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 18047A. 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)

MACKAY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman NORMAN
LT/JX..166031. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Manistee. 24th February, 1941.

MACKAY	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. DAVID	Yacht
LT/KX. 125371. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 40. Son of David and Isabella MacKay, of Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACKAY	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. IAN	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 160796. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of Angus and Jessie Mackay, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MACKENZIE	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 8025C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Daneman. 9th May, 1943. Age 32. Son of John and Annie MacKenzie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACKENZIE	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 281925. . RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Norman MacKenzie, and of Annie MacKenzie, of Pormalong, Isle of Skye.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

MACKENZIE	Panel 17, Column 3.
Steward ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/LX. 30091. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Husband of Elizabeth MacKenzie, of Portpatrick, Wigtown�shire.
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)

MACKIE	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman JAMES	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/KX. 114173. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 37. Son of James and Mary MacKie; husband of Jessie S. MacKie, of St. Andrews, Fife.

MACKINNON	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. NORMAN	Trawler
LT/X. 20517A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 21. Son of Roderick and Marion MacKinnon, of Marvig, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACKRILL	Panel 5, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 19533A. RNR. (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).

MACLEAN	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman ANGUS	Trawler
LT/X. 18204A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 27. Son of. Angus and Catherin, e Maclean, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Ethel Ruby Maclean, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACLEOD	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 17752A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 28. Son of William and Johanna Macleod, of Back, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MACLEOD	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ANGUS	Trawler
LT/X. 18436A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Crestflower. 19th July, 1940. Age 35. Son of Roderick and Christina MacLeod, of Gravir, Isle of Lewis; husband of Margaret MacLeod, of Gravir.

MACLEOD	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman MURDO JOHN	Minelayer
LT/JX. 173143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Son of John and Christy Macleod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
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)

MACLEOD	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 280500. 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)

MACLEOD	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman MALCOLM	Trawler
LT/JX. 192159. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 27. Son of Malcolm and Annie MacLeod, of Gravir, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

MACLEOD	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand DONALD
LT/JX. 177685. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Angelo. 12th August, 1944. Son of Angus and Annie MacLeod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

MACPHERSON	Panel 1, Column 1.
Lieut. MARTIN HUGH.	Trawler
RN. H.M. Trawler Northern Rover. 5th November, 1939. Age 39. Son of Dr. William Hugh Macpherson and Maud Hollick Macpherson; husband of Third Officer Florence Macpherson, WRNS., lost on active service when serving in H.M.S. Cormorant on 19th August, 1941.
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)

MACPHERSON	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 6067ES. 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)

MacQUARRIE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HUGH	Trawler
LT/JX. 202237. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of Lachlan and Margaret MacQuarrie, of Tobermoray, Isle of Mull.
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)

MACRITCHIE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman MURDO	Trawler
LT/X. 7309C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Son of Kenneth and Colina MacRitchie, of Gravir, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MADDERS	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. RICHARD GEORGE	Trawler
RNVR. French Ship Jean Frederic. 2nd May, 1941. Age 26. Son of George and Margery Florence Madders, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
Notes or comments: French trawler, seized July 1940 at Falmouth, auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by aircraft off Prawl Point, English Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MADDOCK	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 264445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 39. Son of Samuel John and Isobella Maddock, of Liverpool; husband of Frances Maddock, of Liverpool.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

MADIN	Panel 16, Column 3.
Ldg. Sea. GEORGE	Shore Establishment
LT/6911C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Europa. 28th November, 1945. Age 44. Husband of Lilian Madin, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

MADSEN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman JAKOB	Whaler
LT/KX. 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)

MAHONEY	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman STANLEY GILBERT	Yacht
LT/JX. 217858. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Son of Alfred Israel Mahoney and Susan Mahoney, of Fogo, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

MAHY	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN
LT/KX. 100577. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941.

MAIN	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER KING	Trawler
LT/X. 18718A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler James Ludford. 14th December, 1939. Age 23. Son of William and Jessie King Main, of Burg�head, Morayshire.
Notes and Comments: Mersey class trawler, minesweeping duites 1939, sunk by mine in Tyne area (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAIN	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand ROBERT MEIN	Trawler
LT/X. 80SB. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Son of Alex M. and C. M. Main.
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)

MAIN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 206411. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941.
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).

MAINS	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ALAN MICHAEL	Motor Launch
LT/JX. 400070. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163. 4th January, 1945.
Notes or comments: completed December 1942, sunk by torpedo probably from surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic. (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

MAIR	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper JOHN DOUGAL	Drifter
RNR. H.M. Drifter Comfort. 29th May, 1940. Age 49. Son of Alexander and Alice Mair; husband of Miriam Mair, of Aberdeen.
Notes or comments: hired as dan layer December 1939, rammed in error by minesweeper Lydd off Dover (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAIR	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 190015. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Emilion. 24th July, 1940. Age 27. Son of Catherine Mair, of Portknockie, Banffshire.

MAIR	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 185770. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAIR	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/X. 463EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 32. Husband of Mary Mair, of Buckie, Banffshire.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAIR	Panel 5, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM	Yacht
LT/JX. 280080. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 20. Son of James and Relen J. Mair, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAIR	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 265236. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 21. Son of Alexander and Annie Jane Mair, of Whitehills 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)

MAIR	Addenda Panel.
Skipper JOSEPH
RNR. H.M.S. Chinthe. 16th August, 1945. Age 30. Son of Joseph and Sarah Mair; husband of Jane Buckley Mair, of Leicester.
Notes or comments: Ambiguity: Chinthe was Naval shore base at Rangoon 01/04/45 to 30/11/45; Chinthe also recorded as 668 ton Tug hired as M/S in WW2 (Warlow: Shore Est. RN; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MALLETT	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES MILTON	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 532617. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 19. Son of Harold James Mallett and Leah Catherine Mallett, of Cardiff.

MALLIBAND	Panel 3, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman FRED	Trawler
LT/332EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940. Age 44. Husband of Rose Annie Malliband, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MALLINDER	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Steward HERBERT	Trawler
LT/LX. 27640. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 25. Son of Herbert and Mary Lillian Mallinder, of Shepperton, Middlesex; husband of Sarah Mallinder.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MALLOY	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman PATRICK JOSEPH	Whaler
LT/JX. 280816. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MALTBY	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman MONTAGUE MARSHALL	Trawler
LT/X. 18781A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MALTBY	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. FREDERICK FRANCIS	Trawler
LT/X. 19197A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 31. Son of John and Beatrice Maltby; husband of Kate Maltby, of Swansea.
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).

MANN	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 116782. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 37. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Mann, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Rose Ella Mann, of Grimsby.
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)

MANN	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman DAVID	Trawler
LT/KX. 125167. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

MANN	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 107460. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of Edward George and Annie Charlotte Mann, of Birmingham.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MANSELL	Panel 16, Column 3.
P.O. FREDERICK WILLlAM
LT/JX. 529689. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Dartmouth. 12th August, 1945. Age 69. Husband of Ethel Mansell, of Bacton, Suffolk.

MANSFIELD	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand GEORGE	Whaler
LT/X. 19593A. RNR. (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)

MANSON	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT	Whaler
LT/X. 20110A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942.
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)

MARCHANT	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 176751. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cape Passaro. 23rd May, 1940. Age 22. Son of John William and Ellen Marchant, of Brighton, Sussex.
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)

MARGINSON	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JAMES RONALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 259871. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 28. Son of James Alfred and May Marginson; husband of Joan Marginson, of Northampton.
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)

MARLOW	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman FREDERICK NAYLOR RICHARD SON	Trawler
LT/JX. 170590. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Goran. 1st May, 1940. Age 39.
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)

MARR	Panel 16, Column 3.
Second Hand ANDREW SCOTT	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 185405. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MARR	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT BATHGATE	Trawler
LT/JX. 375261. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 20. Son of Robert and Margaret Bathgate Marr, of Dunbar, East Lothian.
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)

MARRIOTT	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE WILLlAM	Drifter
LT/JX. 191615. RN. 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)

MARRIOTT	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. DENNIS WILLlAM ARTHUR	Whaler
LT/KX. 135686. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 20. Son of Arthur George and Ena Florence Marriott, of Far Cotton, Northamptonshire.
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)

MARRIOTT	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman DAVID	Trawler
LT/KX. 148971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 29. Son of James Edward and Mary Elisebeth Marriott.
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)

MARSDEN	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. NORMAN TERRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 101743. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of William and Annie Marsden, of Birmingham.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM DOUGLAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 104048. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of Leonard E. and Violet Marshall, of Edinburgh.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman HORACE	Trawler
LT/JX. 170504. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 22. Son of John Thomas Marshall and Gertrude Ethel Marshall, of Hull; husband of Gertrude May Marshall, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MARSHALL	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman DOUGLAS MURRAY	Trawler
LT/JX. 185278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pyrope. 12th August, 1940.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. SAMUEL imWARD	Minelayer
LT/JX. 242460. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of Samuel Edward and Margaret Marshall, of Chadwell St. Mary, Essex.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM	Minelayer
LT/KX. 115352. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 28. Son of Robert Sidney and Hannah Marshall, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WETHERILL	Trawler
LT/JX. 220622. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of Wetherill and Ida Marshall; husband of Jinnie Marshall.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT HUTCHINSON	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 193144. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Quebec. 19th August, 1942. Age 27. Son of George Herdman Marshall and Isabella Marshall; husband of Violet Marshall, of Herne Bay, Kent.
Notes or comments: HMS Quebec - Combined Training Centre at Inverary 1/9/1940-1/7/1946. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN).

MARSHALL	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. WILLIAM BROWN	Trawler
LT/KX. 137243. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of George and Barbara Marshall, of Edinburgh.
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)

MARSHALL	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 534122. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of John and Mary Ann Marshall, of Norton-in-the�Moors, Staffordshire.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

MARSHALL	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES
LT/KX. 160223. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Bonito. 6th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Annie Marshall, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

MARSHALL	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman HENRY HARKER	Trawler
LT/JX. 534094. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MARSTON	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Tel. CLIFFORD EDWIN	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 383396. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Frederick and Alice Florence Marston, of Walthamstow, Essex.
Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MARTIN	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. JOSEPH HENRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 104229. RN. Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 38. Son of Joseph Henry and Susannah Margaret Martin, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Hilda May Martin, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MARTIN	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 251498. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dervish. 9th September, 1940.
Notes or comments: ex Norman, hired June 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine off Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MARTIN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 7274c. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Keryado. 6th March, 1941. Age 31. Son of Donald and Christine Martin, of Shader, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized in July 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MARTIN	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 179427. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 33. Son of George and Elizabeth Ann Martin, of South Normanton, Derbyshire.
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)

MARTIN	Panel 13, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook FREDERICK ALFRED	Trawler
LT/MX. 83882. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Son of James R and Kate Martin; husband of Norah Martin, of Hull.
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)

MARTIN	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman WYNFORD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 197038. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MARTIN	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 1O894B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 29. Son of Alexander and Dolina Martin, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

MARTIN	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 355532. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Son of Joseph Martin, and of Annie Martin, of Bedlington, Northumberland.
Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MARTIN	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. ARTHUR CHARLES WILLIAM	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 175541. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2252. 2nd November, 1944.

MARTLAND	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook JOHN	Trawler
LT/MX. 84970. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 22. Son of John and Clara J. Martland, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MARVEN	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman NINO WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 280063. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Son of Oliver James Marven and Gladys Mabel Marven, of Birmingham.
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)

MARWOOD	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. LEONARD	Drifter
LT/JX. 205447. 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)

MASON	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HARRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 200823. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 27. Husband of Rebecca Mason, of Belfast.
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)

MASON	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. JOHN KEMPTON	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of John Richard and Etheldrede Mason, of Crouch End, Middlesex. .
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)

MASON	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman HAROLD	Trawler
LT/JX. 195744. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

MASON	Panel 12, Column 2.
Engineman ERIC	Shore Establishment
LT/KX. 135829. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 21. Son of James William and Christian Saxton Mason, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)

MASON	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman STANLEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 532715. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 19. Son of Albert and Martha E. Mason, of Hindley, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MASON	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman ROBERT JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 185767. 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).

MASON	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 107942. 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)

MASSEY	Panel 13, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook JAMES EDWARD	Trawler
LT/MX. 83586. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943. Age 33. Son of George and Elizabeth Massey, of Hendon, Middlesex; husband of Florence Massey, of Hendon.
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)

MATHESON	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 7765C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler James Ludford. 14th December, 1939. Age 31. Son of Norman and Kate Matheson, of Barvas, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: Mersey class trawler, minesweeping duites 1939, sunk by mine in Tyne area (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MATHESON	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. NEIL	Shore Establishment
LT/X. 17918A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 27. Son of Peter and Annie Matheson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)

MATHIESON	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 132196. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 34. Son of Robert and Barbara Mathieson, of Juniper Green, Midlothian.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

MATHIESON	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. DUGALD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 533393. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944.
Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MATTHEWS	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Drifter
LT/JX. 174651. 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)

MATTHEWS	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. VALENTINE COLMAN	Trawler
LT/KX. 116578. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 30. Son of Francis William and Alice Matthews; husband of Doris Matthews, of East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MAXTED	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN EDWARD	Trawler
LT/X 21710A. 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)

MAY	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 105381. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 20. Son of John and Rose May; husband of Ethel May, of Bristol.
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)

MAY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman KENDALL JOSEPH HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 203606. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Husband of P. May.
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)

MAYHEW	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 228136. 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)

MAYNARD	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 106811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MAYOR	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM GORDON	Trawler
LT/JX. 574439. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 18. Son of Fred and Ellen Mayor, of Eccleston, ChorIey, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

MAZE	Panel 13, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. DOUGLAS	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

McALLISTER	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 210387. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 25. Son of John and Sarah J. F. McAllister, of Glasgow.
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)

McBURNEY	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Seaman-Steward REGINALD NEWTON	Trawler
LT/LX. 27692. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 29. Son of John Thomas McBurney and Gertrude McBurney; husband of Ada Maud McBurney, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
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)

McCAFFRAY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HUGH FRANCIS	Trawler
LT/JX. 174522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of Hugh and Maisie Fairweather McCaffrflY; husband of Jemima McCaffray.
Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McCALLUM	Panel 5, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN DAVID	Trawler
LT/JX. 167155. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 20. Son of John and Helen McCallum, of Macduff, Banffshire.
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)

McCANN	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 210652. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 26. Son of William J. and Euphemia McCann, of Irvine, Ayrshire.
Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)

McCARTNEY	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. ROBERT	Whaler
LT/X. 1O261S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 27.
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)

McCLOUD	Panel 12, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 103113. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 46. Son of John William and Mary McCloud, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Jane Hannah McCloud, of North Shields.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McCONDACH	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman CHARLES JAMES	Drifter
LT/KX. 100143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Sunlight. 13th June, 1940.
Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties November 1939, sunk by mine off Newhaven (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McCOURT	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 601006. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 19. Son of Patrick andMary J ane McCourt.
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)

McCOY	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN
LT/JX. 242118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Helicon. 17th September, 1945. Age 42. Son of Edward and Mary McCoy, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Lily McCoy, of Fleetwood.

McCRACKEN	Panel 17, Column 2.
Sto. ALEXANDER	Whaler
LT/KX. 112278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 25. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth McCracken, of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
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)

McCREADY	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. IAN ROBERT, DSM	Trawler
LT/KX. 115483, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 30. Son of Thomas and Annie McCready; husband of Theresa McCready, of Lurgan, Ca. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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).

McCREATH	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES	Whaler
LT/KX. 148264. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 19. Son of James and Margaret McCreath, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
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)

McCRINDLE	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN INGRAM	Trawler
LT/7006c. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940.
Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Op. Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk May/June, torpedoed by U-boat/E-boat (references vary: Toghill U-boat, others E-boat) off Dunkirk. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

McCRINDLE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER ALLAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 198997. 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).

McCRORIE	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman HUGHES MCDlNES	Trawler
LT/JX. 212761. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 27. Son of James and Elizabeth McCrorie, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McDONALD	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper ROBERT MACKAY	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 21st October, 1940. Age 29. Son of Robert and Mary MacDonald; husband of Margaret MacDonald, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McDONALD	Panel 10, Column 3.
Steward JAMES	Trawler
LT/LX. 27611. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 22. Son of Adam and Mary Jane McDonald, of Middlesbrough.
Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McDONALD	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 106454. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 34. Son of Martin and Mary McDonald, of Liverpool.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McDONALD	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman RODERICK	Yacht
LT/JX. 222261. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 7th November, 1943.
Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McDONNELL	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 97926. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 38. Husband of Olive Alexandra McDonnell, 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)

McDOUGALL	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. (E) ALLAN	Yacht
RNVR. H.M. Yacht Viva Il. 8th May, 1941. Age 40. Son of Donald Campbell McDougall and Margaret McDougaIl; husband of Frances Ann McDougall, of Bitterne, Hampshire.
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)

McDOUGALL	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 534236. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 20. Son of John and Clara McDougall, of Birdholme, Derbyshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

McEUNE	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JOHN FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 107954. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 46. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McEune; husband of Susan Jane McEune, of Colney Heath, Hertfordshire.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McFARLANE	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman CHARLES MURPHY	Trawler
LT/KX. 125125. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 39. Son of Gabriel McFarlane and of Mary McFarlane (nee Murphy); husband of Fanny McFarlane, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

McGARROL	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Whaler
LT/JX. 280663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Son of Robert McGarrol, and of Jeannie C. McGarrol, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McGINN	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM KERR	Whaler
LT/KX. 145988. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of David and Jean McGinn; husband of Margaret McGinn, of Ardrossan, Ayrshire.
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)

McGINN	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman HUGH	Trawler
LT/JX. 305657. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Rosena McGinn, of Irvine, Ayrshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

McGINTY	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. HUGH	Trawler
LT/KX. 145507. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943. Age 20. Son of Andrew and Jessie McGinty, of Crookedholm, Ayrshire; husband of Susan Campbell McGinty.
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)

McGRATH	Panel 10, Column 2.
Cook STEPHEN	Trawler
LT/MX. 84379. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Son of Patrick and Kate McGrath.
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).

McGUIGAN	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut.-Comdr. WILLIAM CLARKE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler St. Goran. 30th April, 1940. Age 36. Son of John and Isabel McGuigan, of Belfast; husband of Lucy McGuigan, of Belfast.
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)

McGUIRE	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 9436B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 27. Son of John Conning McGuire and Euphamia McGuire, of Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire.
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)

McHAFFIE	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN FORSYTH	Trawler
LT/JX. 166984. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 9th March, 1940. Age 24. Son of James and Ann McHaffie, of Aberdeen.
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)

McHUGH	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman AUGUSTINE LAWRENCE	Trawler
LT/JX. 229210. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

McINERNEY	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. MICHAEL	Whaler
LT/KX. 105449. 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)

McINNES	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman-Steward JOHN	Yacht
LT/JX. 199153. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Janetha IV. 23rd January, 1941. Age 45. Son of Donald and Catherine McInnes.

McINTOSH	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. ALEXANDER	Drifter
LT/KX. 136689. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann McIntosh, of Bridge-of-Dee, Aberdeen�shire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

McINTYRE	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 144240. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 24. Son of John McIntyre, and of Mary McIntyre, of Pumpherston, Midlothian.
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).

McKAY	Panel 1, Column 2.
Ch. Skipper JAMES DONALD	Trawler
RNR. 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)

McKAY	Panel 10, Column 1.
Stoker JOHN WILLIAM
LT/KX. 108975. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Beela. 12th November, 1942. Age 40. Son of John William McKay, and of Beatrice McKay, of Edinburgh.

McKAY	Panel 12, Column 2.
Telegraphist HUGH	Trawler
LT/JX. 341159. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McKEE	Panel 2, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN ALEXANDER	Destroyer (H09)
LT/X. 18253A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Acasta. 9th June, 1940. Age 35. Son of John and Sarah Jane McKee; husband of Elsie Constance McKee, of Charles Town, Todmorden, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Lost in action against the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau when en route from Norway (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

McKENNA	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 241681. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 21. Son of Francis and Mary McKenna, of Dysart, Fife.
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)

McKENZIE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. ANGUS	Trawler
LT/KX. 114362. 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).

McKINNON	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman RODERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 281824. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 20. Son of John and Mary Ann McKinnon, of Leverburgh, Harris, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McKINSLEY	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. ARTHUR GEORGE ROBERTS	Trawler
LT/KX. 149177. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of Patrick and Anne McKinsley, of Portobello, Edinburgh; husband of Margaret McKinsley, of Gilmerton, Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

McLEAN	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. ROBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 160733. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 20. Son of Thomas and Susan McLean, of Glasgow.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

McMATH	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 104536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Harriet Ellen McMath; husband of Phyllis McMath, of New Mill, Yorkshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

McMILLAN	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 272586. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 43. Son of William and Mary McMillan, of Rothesay, Buteshire; husband of Ellen Dyer McMillan, of Rothesay, Buteshire.
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)

McNAIR	Panel 17, Column 2.
Telegraphist JOHN HAMILTON
LT/JX. 258479. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Eland. 7th August, 1945. Age 32. Son of James Wright McNair and Isabella Stenhouse Yuill McNair.

McNEILL	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman DONALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 529927. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944. Age 40. Son of Donald and Margaret McNeill; husband of Sarah McNeill, of Tarbert, Argyllshire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)

McNEILLIE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 207466. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kelt. 5th December, 1942. Age 20. Son of William and Nellie McNeillie, of Kirkcudbright.
Notes or comments: Recorded CWGC as HMS Kelt. Purchased RN August 1939 and converted A/S. Operating off west coast Africa 1942 on escort. Severely damaged alongside in Lagos in December when tanker exploded destroying 3 other trawlers, Bengali, Canna and Spaniard. Sold 1945. (Toghill: Trawlers2)

McNICHOLAS	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES	Minelayer
LT/KX. 103795. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Husband of Freda McNicholas, of South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
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)

McPHERSON	Panel 5, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN THOMAS	Yacht
LT/IX. 192287. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 24. Son of John Thomas McPherson and Emma Johnson McPherson, of Filey, Yorkshire; husband of Doris McPherson, of Filey.
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)

McPHERSON	Panel 10, Column 2.
Asst. Cook ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND	Whaler
LT/MX. 83589. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 21. Son of Daniel and Mary McPherson, of Hopeman, Morayshire.
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)

McQUADE	Panel 17, Column 2.
Telegraphist PATRICK JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/IX. 360701. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 22. Son of Patrick and Catherine McQuade, 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).

McQUILLAN	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 108090. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 23. Son of William and Margaret Sowter McQuillan, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

McRUVIE	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper WILLIAM WOOD	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 27.
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)

McTIERNAN	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 191731. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 19. Son of John and Annie McTieman, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MEADOWS	Panel 1, Column 1.
Engineman RICHARD WILLIAM JAMES	Drifter
LT/KX. 99965. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ray of Hope. 10th December, 1939.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MEADOWS	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. PETER ERIC	Trawler
LT/JX. 172324.RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rifsnes. 20th May, 1940. Age 22. Son of Arthur Thomas and Nora Frances Meadows, of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Yarmouth (unknown Great or IOW), lost in air attack off Ostend. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MEADOWS	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. EDWARDS	Trawler
LT/KX. 108583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 21. Son of Alfred A. and Mary Meadows.
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)

MEADOWS	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper THOMAS	Whaler
RNR. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 29.
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)

MEADS	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 376667. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Son of Thomas Roger and Emma Jane Meads, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MEIRICK	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. RALPH SWINDEN	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper. 3rd February, 1941. Age 29. Son of William and Winifred Margaret Meirick; husband of Eileen Meirick, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
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)

MEMERY	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman SAMUEL GARFIELD	Trawler
LT/X. 19673A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pyrope. 12th August, 1940. Age 25. Son of William Samuel and Gertrude Cathrine Mary Memery, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.
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)

MERCER	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
C/JX. 166254. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 25th 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)

MERCER	Panel 4, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JOHN HARRIS	Trawler
LT/JX. 195265. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 19. Son of John Hayward Mercer and Fannie Violet Mercer, of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

MEREDITH	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman MATTHEW WATSON	Trawler
LT/X. 7313c. 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)

MERIFIELD	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. GORDON JAMES PHILIP	Yacht
RNVR. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 26. Son of John Hugh and Ada Merifield, of Southampton. RA. (Oxon.).
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MERRIMAN	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman CHARLES. SCOTT	Trawler
LT/KX. 110056. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 26. Son of William and Amelia Merriman; husband of Alice Merriman, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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)

MERRIMAN	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook SIDNEY LEONARD	Trawler
LT/MX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ann Merriman, of Castle Donington, Leicestershire.
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)

MESSENGER	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN ALBERT	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 596821. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Henrietta D. Messenger, of Canning Town, Essex.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MEWSE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward JOHN WILLIAM CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 193036. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 39. Son of John Henry and Alice Mewse; husband of. Florence May Mewse, of Harleston, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MILES	Panel 13, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook WILLIAM JOHN	Trawler
LT/MX. 82608. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 37. Son of Morgan and Bessie Miles; husband of Mary Ann Miles, of Cwmbwrla, Swansea.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MILLAR	Panel 10, Column 3.
Steward DANIEL
LT/LX. 27252. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sphinx. 21st November, 1942.

MILLER	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. DAVID	Trawler
LT/X. 4006T. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 29. Son of Matthew Cairns Miller and Emma Amelia Miller, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
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)

MILLER	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. .RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 51. Son of Jethro and Harriet Miller, of Margate; husband of Lilian Mill r, of Margate.
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)

MILLER	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut.-Comdr. MAX ELLIS CHAPLIN	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 35. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller; husband of D. Freda Miller, of Formby, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MILLER	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. SAMUEL	Minelayer
LT/KX. 106729. 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)

MILLER	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM	Whaler
LT/JX. 206455.RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 22. Husband of Ethel May Miller, of Great Yarmouth, 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)

MILLER	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 149028. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943.
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)

MILLER	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ALBERT EDW ARD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 333018. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 23. Son of Albert Edward and Frances Miller; husband of Evelyn Miller, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MILLS	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. .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)

MILLS	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 170531. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of John Henry and Eva Anne Mills, of Hull; husband of Jessie Mills, of Hull.
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)

MILNE	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sto. JAMES	Trawler
LT/X. 10107S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939.
Notes or comments: Duplicate entry, real name (and recorded on memorial as) John Savage but served as Stoker James Milne. Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

MILNE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ALBERT, DSM	Trawler
LT/JX. 241157, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Milne, of Liverpool; husband of Clara Milne, of Liverpool.
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).

MILNE	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman PETER	Trawler
LT/JX. 206505. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Elsie MiIne, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MILNE	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman WILLIAM TAYLOR	Trawler
LT/JX. 287101. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MILNER	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman EDWARD, DSM	Trawler
LT/X. 19990A, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas William MiIner.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MILTON	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. ALFRED HORACE	Trawler
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 35. Son of William and Emma Eliza Milton, of Islington, London.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MINTER	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman HAROLD ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 165981RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 23. Foster�son of Charles and Maud Shipton; husband of Joyce Evelyn Minter, of Salhouse, Norfolk.
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)

MITCHELL	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 181839. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 43. Son of John and Mary Ann Mitchell; husband of Joan Mitchell, of. Amblerthorne, Yorkshire.
Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MITCHELL	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 6065ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler William Wesney. 7th November, 1940.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by mine off Orford Ness (Toghill:Trawlers 2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MITCHELL	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman NORMAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 241380. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 22. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Mitchell, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh.
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).

MITCHELL	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 128871. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Jane Ann Mitchell, of Byker, Newcastle-on�Tyne.
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)

MITCHELL	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HAROLD	Trawler
LT/JX, 258790. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jasper. 1st December, 1942. Age 27. Son of James and Sarah Mitchell, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; husband of Gladys Mitchell, of Barnsley.
Notes or comments: ex Balthasar, purchased for anti-submarine duties November 1935, sunk by E-boat torpedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MITCHELL	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 41. Son of William Mitchell and of Elizabeth Mitchell (nee Edwards); husband of Mary Helen Mitchell, of Buckie, Banffshire.

MITCHELL	Panel 15, Column 1..
Ord. Sigmn. JOHN GILMOUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 403061. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of James and Margaret Mitchell, of Maryhill, Glasgow.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MOBERLY	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEOFFREY WALTER	Trawler
LT/JX. 372630. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 19. Son of the Rt. Revd. Robert Hamilton Moberly, M.A., and Rosamund Vere Moberly, of Islington, London.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MOLLOY	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 198981. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 29. Son of James and Elizabeth Molloy; husband of Margaret Annie Molloy, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MONAGHAN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman. DAVID BELL	Trawler
LT/JX. 180439. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 43. Son of Denis and Sarah Jane Monaghan; husband of Charlotte Monaghan, of Fence Houses, Co. Durham.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MONTAGUE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward CECIL NORMAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 174649. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 34. Son of Charles and Maud Montague; husband of Phyllis Montague, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MONTEITH	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. THOMAS SMITH	Trawler
LT/JX. 550370. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Catherine Dawson Monteith, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

MONTGOMERY	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 639180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Edith Montgomery, of Barrhead, Renfrewshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MOODY	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman TOM	Tug
LT/JX. 288446. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Son of Tom Moody, and of Harriet Moody, of Armley, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)

MOORCROFT	Panel 16, Column 2.
Steward ARTHUR RONALD	Trawler
LT/LX. 28114. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Moor�croft, of Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MOORE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM ARTHUR	Whaler
LT/JX. RN Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942.
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)

MOORE	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES WILLIAM ANDREW
LT/KX. 130992. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Tana. 12th February, 1944.

MOORE	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 409791. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of James and Elizebeth Moore, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

MOORING	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. HAROLD	Minelayer
LT/KX. 111981. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of James William and Lizzie Mooring, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
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)

MORCOM	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. EDWARD JOHN	Motor Minesweeper
LT!JX. 218427. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 32. Son of John and Mina Lily Morcom, of Crantock, Cornwall; husband of Winifred May Morcom, of Crantock.
Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MORDEY	Panel 16, Column 3.
Ldg. Sea. CHRISTOPHER	Motor Launch
LT/JX. 222943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1163 4th January, 1945. Age 25. Son of Christopher and Ruth Alice Mordey; husband of. L. M. Mordey, of Washington, Co. Durham.
Notes or comments: completed December 1942, sunk by torpedo probably from surface craft, Mulat Island, NE Adriatic. (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

MORE	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper JAMES	Trawler
RNR. 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)

MORGAN	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM CLIFFORD	Trawler
D /JX. 167029.RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 23. Son of William and Ethel Morgan, of Padstow, Cornwall.
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)

MORGAN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 170686. RN. Patrol. Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 20. Son of LUke and Ada Morgan, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

MORGAN	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES CRUlCKSHANK	Trawler
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Son of William Cruickshank Morgan and Margaret Morgan; husband of Ellen Morgan, of Dunfermline, 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)

MORRICE	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. ALEXANDER MATHERS	Trawler
LT/KX. 149068. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 37. Son of William and Josephine Morrice, of Aberdeen.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

MORRIS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman MICHAEL	Trawler
LT/X, 20803. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Hugh and Mary Ellen Morris, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MORRIS	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman ALBERT WILLIAM	Drifter
LT/KX. 101800. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941. Age 34. Husband of Nellie Morris, of Bristol.

MORRIS	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HOLLIS LAWRENCE (served as MORRIS, E. K)	Trawler
LT/JX. 280351. RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 16. Son of Avrit Bliss Morris and Hilda Morris.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MORRISON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman NORMAN	Trawler
LT/X. 1O881B. RNR. (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)

MORRISON	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. CHRISTOPHER, DSM	Trawler
LT/KX. 100556, 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)

MORRISON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 17888A. RNR. (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)

MORRISON	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 217792. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 29. Son of Murdo and Mary Morrison, of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MORRISON	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman WILLIAM, DSM	Trawler
LT/317EU, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Wake field. 29th July, 1944. Age 42. Son of Peter and Joanna Morrison, of Leith, Edinburgh; husband of Catherine, Morrison, of Newhaven, Edinburgh.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MORTIMER	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM WHITE BRUCE	Trawler
LT/X. 21330A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Son of David Begg Mortimer and Emily Mortimer, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MORTON	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 103964. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of William Henry and Rose Ann Morton, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
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)

MORTON	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. JAMES LEONARD CARTY	Twin Screw Steamship
LT/JX. 304291. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. St. Briac. 12th March, 1942. Age 19. Son of Thomas and Ann Madeline Morton, of Glasgow.
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)

MORTON	Panel 9, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. ERNEST NEIL	Trawler
LT/JX. 303090. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 20. Son of Albert Morton, and of Ida May Morton, of Truro, Cornwall.
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).

MORTON	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 104372. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 24. Son of John and Annie Morton, of Sheffield.
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)

MOSELEY	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. WILLIAM GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 157294. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 19. Son of William and Alice Moseley, of Dagenham, Essex.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MOSS	Panel 8, Column 1.
Sub-Lieut. THOMAS FREDERICK JOHN	Whaler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942.
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)

MOULDS	Panel 11, Column 3.'
Seaman MAURICE	Trawler
LT/JX. 383092. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 20. Son of Thomas and Elsie Moulds, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MOWAT	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman JOHN ROSS	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 124924. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944.
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)

MOYSE	Panel 12, Column 2.
Engineman RONALD PERCY	Trawler
LT/IX. 1O029S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 34. Son of Harry and Edith (amended by hand to Ena) Moyse; husband of Eva Margaret Moyse, of Sholing, 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)

MOYSE	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook ERNEST BENJAMIN	Motor Minesweeper
LT/MX. 120230. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 29. Son of Ernest and Letitia Moyse, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Irene Violet Moyse, of Lowestoft.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MUDD	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. WILLIAM FREDERICK	Tug
'LT/KX. 148976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)

MUDIE	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman-Steward JOHN	Yacht
LT/JX. 205445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva ll. 8th May, 1941. Age 24. Son of John Fitzgerald Mudie and Mary Mudie; husband of Isabella Mudie, of Islington, 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)

MULROY	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman EDWIN	Whaler
LT/JX. 315227. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 22. Son of James and Annice Mulroy, of Hanley, Staffordshire.
Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

MULVANEY	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE NAPIER	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 222328. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 29. Son of Samuel and Mary Mulvaney, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)

MUNDAY	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman FREDERICK OWEN	Whaler
LT/JX. 280321. 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)

MUNDEN	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 280394. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 26. Son of William and Isabella Munden, of Burnt Islands, Newfound�land.
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)

MUNDIE	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. JOSEPH	Whaler
LT/JX. 277574. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942.
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)

MUNRO	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. DONALD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/X. 18246A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 1019. 2nd July, 1944. Age 36. Son of John and Margaret Munro, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

MURDOCH	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 195804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Murdoch, of Lochore, Fife.
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).

MURDOCH	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook DAVID JOHN	Trawler
LT/MX. 87604. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Faithful Star. 4th April, 1943. Age 29. Son of William and Ada Beatrice Murdoch, of Ash Vale, Surrey.

MURDOCK	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman STEPHEN ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 205122. 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).

MURPHY	Panel 16, Column 1..
Ldg. Cook JOHN WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/MX. 82280. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

MURPHY	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 264478. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 33. Son of William and Annie Murphy, of Liverpool; husband of Ellen Murphy, of Liverpool.
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)

MURRAY	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. GEORGE GRAHAM GRIESON	Trawler
LT/KX. 108091. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Son of Mrs. A. Murray, of Innerlithen, Peeblesshire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MURRAY	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. NORMAN
LT/JX. 210813. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Nemo. 25th January, 1941. Age 28. Son of Donald and Mary Ann Murray, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

MURRAY	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/X. 6039ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 28. Son of James and Helen Murray, of Buckie, Banff�shire; husband of May Murray, 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)

MURRAY	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 177086. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 30. Son of Thomas and Mary Murray, of Glasgow.
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)

MURRAY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ARCHIBALD HAMILTON	Trawler
LT/JX. 203650. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Murray, of Musselburgh, Midlothian.
Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

MURRAY	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. THOMAS MOORE	Trawler
LT/KX. 119591. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 21. Son of Richard and Jane M. Murray, of Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
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)

MURRAY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman CHRISTOPHER	Trawler
LT/JX. 241811. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Nazareth. 9th June, 1941. Age 31. Son of Bernard and Katherine Murray, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

MURRAY	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman BERNARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 117207. 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)

MURRAY	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 113475. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of Thomas and Mary Murray, of Ayr.
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)

MURRAY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 257454. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 34. Son of John and Catherine M. Murray, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MURRAY	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand RODERICK FINLAYSON	Trawler
LT/JX. 219601. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Invertay. 29th December, 1942. Age 32. Son of Andrew and Helen Finlayson Murray; husband of Rose Murray, of Aberdeen.

MURRAY	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand ALEXANDER GEDDES	Trawler
LT/JX. 177015. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 23. Son of William and Jessie Murray, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Margaret Murray.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

MURRAY	Panel 16, Column 2.
Lieut. FRANK CECIL VILLIERS	Motor Minesweeper
RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

MURRAY	Panel 17, Column 3.
Cook GEORGE	Trawler
LT/MX. 87327. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 25. Son of Anthony and Helen Ann Murray, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Andrewina Murray.
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)

MURT	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS	Drifter
LT/JX. 222415. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941. Age 20. Son of Henry M. and Dorothy Murt, of St. Ives, Cornwall.
Notes or comments: Hired as harbour defence patrol craft 1940, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

MUTER	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 243043. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 32. Son of James and Charlotte Muter, of Blyth, Northumberland; husband of Julia Isobel Muter, of Blyth.
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)

MYERS	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 132399. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 34. Son of John Daniel and Isobel Myers; husband of Jessie R E. Myers, of Staines, Middlesex.
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).

MYHRE	Panel 8, Column 1.
Sub-Lieut.(E) HANS KRISTIAN OLSEN	Whaler
RNR. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 47. Son of Ole and Marthine Myhre; husband of G�uvar Marie Myhre, of Tonsberg, 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)

MYLES	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman COLIN BLAIR	Trawler
LT/JX. 361138. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 21. Son of John McCormack Myles and Davina Ann Hogarth Myles, 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)

NASH	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman ALOYSIUS	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 315713. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Age 20. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

NASH	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman NORMAN JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 330715. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Ellen Nash, of Slaugham, Sussex.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

NAULLS	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman JAMES HENRY	Whaler
LT/KX. 110679. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Son of Ernest and Lenorah Naulls; husband of Ada Naulls, of Hull.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NAYLOR	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 207502. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Emma Naylor, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Bertha Joyce Naylor, of Leeds.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NEARS	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. ARTHUR KENNEDY	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942.
Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2).

NEATE	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. JOHN STUART	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Milford Earl. 8th December, 1941. Age 37. Son of Frederick Charles and Edith Anne Neate; husband of Isobel Norah Neate, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.

NEEDHAM	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 111937. 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)

NEIL	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook GEORGE	Yacht
LT/MX. 83741. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 6th November, 1943. Age 39.
Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NEILL	Panel 13, Column 2.
Lieut. JAMES WRIGHT	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright Neill, of Bellshill, Lanarkshire; husband of Elizabeth Hamilton Baxter Neill, of Bellshill. L.R.A.M.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

NELSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM ALFRED	Trawler
LT/X. 21019A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Son of William Alfred and Maude Alice Nelson, of Hull; husband of Sarad Nelson, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NELSON	Panel 3, Column 3.
Sto. BENJAMIN LLOYD	Drifter
LT/KX. 105440. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 23. Son of Benjamin Lloyd Nelson and Jane Nelson, of Workington, 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)

NELSON	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 114705. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Silicia. 9th May, 1941.
Notes or comments: requisitioned in August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, joined 72nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NERISEN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman INGVALD	Whaler
LT/KX. 114079. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 32. Nephew of Olaf Solum, of Larvik, 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

NESLEN	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Drifter
LT/JX. 224876. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 27. Son of Robert and Edith Gertrude Neslen; husband of Emma Caroline Neslen, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.
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)

NEVE	Panel 11, Column 1.
Sub-Lieut. FRANK PERCIVAL WILLIAM	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of Percival Edward and Amy Clara Neve; of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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)

NEWBY	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. ERNEST MARLBOROUGH	Trawler
LT/KX. 106016. RN. Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940. Age 22. Son of WaIter and Clara C. F. Newby, of Burley�in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NEWELL	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 172789. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Son of George and Lizzie Newell.
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)

NEWPORT	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 287476. 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).

NEWSON	Panel 1, Column 3.
Seaman JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN	Trawler
LT/JX. 217783. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of Charles and Kate Newson, of FeIixstowe, Suffolk; husband of Eva Ellen Newson, of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NEWTON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 99836. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940.Age 20.Son of Johnson and Margaret Newton, of Widnes, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NEWTON	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. ALBERT	Minelayer
LT/JX. 197289. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 35. Son of James and Charlotte Annie Newton, of Hull.
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)

NIBLOE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. ROBERT	Whaler
LT/KX. 117860. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942.
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).

NICHOLLS	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman VICTOR CHARLES	Drifter
LT/KX. 99977. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Maida. 16th March, 1940. Age 36. Son of Charles and Harriet Nicholls, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Blanche M. Nicholls, of Lowestoft.
Notes or comments: hired November 1939 as minesweeper and renamed Maida, sunk by mine off east coast Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NICHOLSON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 102468. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers. 2nd June, 1940.
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)

NICHOLSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ANGUS	Trawler
LT/6699C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Crestflower. 19th July, 1940. Age 33.

NICHOLSON	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. JOHN ASTBURY	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 27. Son of Engr. Captain James Bell Nicholson, D.S.O., RN., and Ella Nicholson, of SaItash, Cornwall. B.Sc. (Bristol). Member of scientific staff of RRS. Discovery II.
Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NICHOLSON	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper JOHN WILLIAM
RNR. H.M.S. Nile. 13th March, 1943. Age 34. Son of John and Elizabeth Nicholson, of Aberdeen; husband of Barbra Nicholson, of Aberdeen.

NICKLIN	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. HERBERT JOHN	Yacht
RNVR. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 21. Son of John Herbert Nicklin, and of Joanna Nicklin, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
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)

NICOLSON	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. MURDO	Trawler
LT/X. 18171A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 28. Son of Angus and Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NILSSEN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman NILS WILHELM
LT/KX. 116799. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 27. Son of Nils Joakim Nilssen and Albertine Margrete Nilssen, of Troms, 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

NIXON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES FISHER	Trawler
LT/JX. 185295. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 33. Son of Andrew and Becca Nixon, of Maryport, Cumberland; husband of Rose Ann Nixon, of Maryport, Cumberland.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ch. Skipper DAVID FORBES, DSC	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 48. Husband of Isabella P. Noble, 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)

NOBLE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS RYDER SHERA	Trawler
LT/X. 18629A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NOBLE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 163928. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 32. Son of John and Mary Ann Noble; husband of Mary Bella Noble, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman DAVID FORBES	Trawler
LT/JX. 177050. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 25. Son of Ch. Skipper David Forbes Noble, D.S.C., RNR, and Isabella P. Noble, of Aberdeen.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand DAVID	Drifter
LT/JX. 167142. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter D'Arcy Cooper. 9th April, 1941. Age 29. Son of David Forbes Noble and Annie Noble, of Aberdeen; husband of Jessie Thomson Ritchie Noble, of Aberdeen.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman DUNCAN	Whaler
LT/X. 1O406B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 27. Son of Charles T. and Mary A. Noble, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper JOHN HENDERSON	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 53. Son of James Paterson Noble and Barbara McLean Noble, of Aberdeen; husband of Janet S. Noble, of Aberdeen.
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)

NOBLE	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman JOHN TINLINE	Trawler
LT/KX. 132753. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of William and Mary Jane Noble, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire; husband of Janet Scott Noble, of Galashiels.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NOBLE	Panel 12, Column 2.
Engineman HARRY SPICE	Trawler
LT/KX. 130934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 37. Husband of Helen Noble, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

NOBLE	Panel 16, Column 2.
Steward WILFRED JAMES	Frigate
LT/LX. 27571. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.C.S. Valleyfield. 7th May, 1944. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland, Canadian 'River' class frigate, torpedoed off Cape Race, Newfoundland (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

NOBLE	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE WALKER	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 112673. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944.
Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

NOEL	Panel 4, Column 3.
Comdr. MONTAGUE WRIOTHESLEY	Yacht
Mentioned in Despatches. RN. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 48. Son of Admiral Francis Charles Methuen Noel, and of Wilmot Juliana Noel (nee Snow); husband of Christabel Florence Arthur Noel (nee Startin), of Holford, Somerset. Awarded Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal and Bar.
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)

NORRIS	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ELLIS	Trawler
LT/JX. 203675. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 24. Son of James and M. A. Norris, of Leigh, Lancashire; husband of Edith Norris, of Leigh.
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)

NORTON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN PATRICK	Trawler
LT/X. 1951OA. 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) Said to be brother of Albert Henry Norton, lost at Gibraltar whilst serving in Arctic Ranger, unmarried of Hull, son of Albert Henry and Ellen Norton (ref. family)

NORTON	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ALBERT HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 19402A. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Arctic Ranger. 25th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Albert Henry and Ellen Norton; husband of Elsie Norton, of Hessle, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Purchased August 1939 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, from 1941 based at Gibraltar, 1946 sold back to original owners (Toghill: Trawlers2) Arctic Ranger was leader of 7th A/S Trawler Group (Cdr. J. H. Young) based at Gibraltar. After a Vichy French air attack on Gibraltar another trawler of the group, Stella Sirius, was damaged and LS Norton was one of several who went to their aid. He was killed during a subsequent air attack which resulted in the loss of Stella Sirius. (Brown - Royal Navy and the Mediterranean vol1, naval-history.net and family feedback) Said to be brother of Seaman John Patrick Norton, lost in Kingston Galena 24th July 1940 (ref. amily)

NORTON	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper JAMES CYRIL	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 13th October, 1941.
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: Shore Est. RN)

NORTON	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman HARRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 207733. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ortasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 25. Son of George Alfred and Jessie Elizabeth Flowerday Norton, of Forest Hill, London.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

NORVOCK	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/174729. 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)

NQRTHING	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand EDWARD GRAHAM	Trawler
LT/X. 18338A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 25. Son of Percy Edward and Muriel Northing; husband of Dorothy Northing, of Greengates, Yorkshire.
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)

NUTBEAN	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. JAMES FREDERICK	Trawler
L T/KX. 166742. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Son of Harry and Gladys Maud Nutbean, of Coxside, Plymouth.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

NUTTELL	Panel 5, Column 3.
SeamanFREDERICK	Drifter
LT/JX. 225147. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 26. Son of George Alfred and Blanche Nuttell, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Joan Nuttell, of Grimsby.
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)

OAKLEY	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman DOUGLAS	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 170673. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa (lost in S.S. Mohamed Ali el-Kebir). 7th August, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft. Mohamed Ali el-Kebir, a 7500 ton steamship, was torpedoed by submarine north-west of Ireland (HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

OAKLEY	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 378108. RN. P:rtrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 19. Son of James and Bridget Oakley, of Liverpool.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OATES	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. CARYL ELMSLIE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dates; husband of Phyllis Penelope Dates (nee Maxted), of Paddington, 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)

OATES	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. EDMUND	Trawler
LT/KX. 139849. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 20. Son of Clement and Alice Oates, of Bingley, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

O'BRIEN	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. Thomas	Trawler
LT/X. 1O085S. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Achilleus. 1st June, 1940. Age 26. Son of E. and Mary O'Brien, of Famworth, Lancashire.
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)

O'BRIEN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman VINCENT	Trawler
LT/JX. 217936. 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)

O'DONNELL	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. WALTER
LT/KX. 105221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Drake IV. 7th December, 1942. Age 26. Son of John O'Donnell, and of Sara Ann O'Donnell, of Chatham.

OLDFORD	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman AUGUSTUS ALBERT
LT/IX. 211445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27t!1 August, 1941. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland

OLDMAN	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand WILLIAM JAMES DIXON	Yacht
LT/JX. 400136. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Aelda. 6th November, 1943. Age 42. Son of William J ames Dixon Oldman and Maud Oldman; husband of Nanny aidman, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: 47 ton yacht, hired October 1939, lost 6th November 1943 (no cause, no details of duties) (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

O'LEARY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ROBERT WILLIAM	Yacht
LT/JX. 206579. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva ll. 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)

OLIVER	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. WILL	Trawler
187364. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 42. Son of George and Kate Oliver, of Croydon, Surrey.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OLSEN	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 103807. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartlett. 28th May, 1940. Age 20. Son of Alexander and Beatrice Olsen, of South Shields, 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)

OLSEN	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman PETER ERASMUS YENS	Drifter
LT/KX. 100167. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Xmas Rose. 21st November, 1940. Age 39. Son of Erasmus Hans Peter and Annie Olsen, of Hull; husband of May Muriel Olsen, of Hull.

OLSEN	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. THORBJORN	Whaler
RNR. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 42. Son of Lars Martin Olsen and Mathilde Enersen, of Larvik, Norway; husband of Louise Pemille Olsen, of Larvik.
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

OLSEN	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. CARL EDGAR	Whaler
LT/JX. 228160. 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)

O'NEIL	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. ARTHUR PATRICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 107814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 24. Son of Patrick and Sarah O'Neil, of Glasgow; husband of Margaret O'Neil, of Glasgow.
Notes or comments: ex Lord Dawson, minesweeping trawler purchased February 1939, 1940 joined the 18th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by aircraft attack north of Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1).

O'NEILL	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. EDWARD	Whaler
LT/KX. 145055. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 20. Son of James and Elizabeth 0' Neill, of Blyth, Northumberland.
Notes or comments: recorded by CWGC as a trawler, recorded by Colledge as ex Norwegian whaler Kos XXIX, purchased August 1939 for anti-submarine duties, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Plymouth in English Channel. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; warsailors.com)

O'NEILL	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES AUGUSTINE	Trawler
LT/JX. 176583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Andrew and Alice O'Neill, of Wallsend, Northumberland
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

ORAM	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. ALFRED
LT/JX. 218408. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Skudd Ill. 27th August, 1941. Age 33. Son of Alfred and Francis Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man; husband of Ethel M. Oram, of Ramsey, Isle of Man.

OSBORNE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN BENJAMIN	Trawler
LT/X. 20744A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941. Age 25. Son of Benjamin and Jane Howe Osbome; husband of Pearl Winifred Osbome, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OSBORNE	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. HENRY	Drifter
LT/KX. 115438. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Devon County. 1st July, 1941.

OSBORNE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 106551. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Osbome, of Pontycymmer, Glamorgan.
Notes or comments: Shakespearean class, ordered December 1939, launched October 1940, completed as A/S, 1941 joined 1st M/S-A/S Group at Freetown as convoy escort, torpedoed by U-201 off Freetown (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers1).

OSBORNE	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. DENIS LEONARD ALLAN	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 209118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29Th November, 1944. Age 26. Son of Bertha Grace Osbome; husband of Doris Ivy Osbome, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
Notes and Comments: built by Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

OSGAR	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman WILLIAM EDWARD	Trawler
Lr/X. 418ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OSLER	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. GEORGE WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 173948. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 27. Son of George William and Mary OsIer, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OSMOND	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman PERCY ALFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 105729. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartlett. 27th May, 1940. Age 42.
Notes and Comments: Castle class, requisitioned in November 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by 'friendly' British mine off Calais. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

OSMONDE	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman ISAAC GARFIELD	Trawler
LT/JX. 280376. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942. Age 28. Son of Rubben and Hannah J. Osmonde, of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland

OUTLAW	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman SAMUEL JAMES WEBSTER	Trawler
LT/KX. 100326. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 41. Husband of Elanor Robina Outlaw of Lowestoft, Suffolk
Notes or comments: CWGC recorded as Argyleshire and Argyllshire. Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 11th A/S Striking Group, took part in Norwegian campaign April/May 1940 and evacuation of Dunkirk, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Dunkirk (Toghill: Trawlers2)

OVERTON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. THOMAS HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 180083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Monteith. 24th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Jesse and Eleanor Mary Overton; husband of Grace Overton, of Barton, Devon.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, attacked by bomber off Portland 24th September 1940 and six killed, from 1941 employed as submarine escort and returned to owners November 1945 (Toghill: Trawlers2)

OWEN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 211298. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 21. Son of Charles Edward and Edith Owen, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

OWEN	Panel 11, Column 3.
Seaman JACK	Trawler
LT/JX. 377537. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Louisa Owen, of Atherton, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

OWENS	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. DAVID HARROP	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st January, 1941. Age 26. Son of David and Isabella Owens, of Aberporth, Cardiganshire.
Notes or comments: Belgian fishing vessel, hired August 1940 and converted to A/S, sunk in air attack in Western Approaches, CGWC record date as both 21/1/41 and 21/2/41, all other references record as 13/2/41 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

OXBORODGH	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 183828. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 28. Son of William Frederick and Mary Oxborough, of Wissett, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

PACKWOOD	Panel 16, Column 2.. .
Seaman HAROLD	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 299618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 27. Son of George and Mary Packwood, of Woodstock, White Bay, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Native of Newfoundland

PAGE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN CECIL	Trawler
LT/JX. 175054. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Silicia. 9th May, 1941. Age 23. Son of Edward G. and Amy Page, of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.
Notes or comments: requisitioned in August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, joined 72nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PAGE	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. JACK	Trawler
LT/JX. 183079. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 29. Son of Henry Joseph and Eva Ellen Page, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Kathleen Joyce Page, of Lowestoft.
Notes or comments: Shakespearean class, ordered December 1939, launched October 1940, completed as A/S, 1941 joined 1st M/S-A/S Group at Freetown as convoy escort, torpedoed by U-201 off Freetown (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers1).

PAGE	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman ALFRED GEORGE	Whaler
LT/X. 20789A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 33. Son of William James Page and Daisy May Page.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PAGET	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. FRANK GRAHAM	Drifter
LT/KX. 101890. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Summer Rose. 13th October, 1940. Age 27. Son of Alfred and Kate Paget, of Bristol; husband of Doreen Paget, of Bristol.
Notes or comments: hired for minesweeping duties October 1939, sunk by mine off Sunderland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PALMER	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ALBERT EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 280743. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 22. Son of Thomas Albert James Palmer and Lily Palmer, of Rotherhithe, London.
Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, purchased November 1939, on loan with crew to U.S. Navy March 1942, mined in Chesapeake Bay (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PALMER	Panel 10, Column 3.
Steward NORMAN WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/LX. 27518. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942.
Notes or comments: Shakespearean class, ordered December 1939, launched October 1940, completed as A/S, 1941 joined 1st M/S-A/S Group at Freetown as convoy escort, torpedoed by U-201 off Freetown (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers1).

PALMER	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ERNEST JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 241948. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 31. Son of Cecil and Mabel E. Palmer, of Penryn, Cornwall; husband of Mary Palmer, of Penryn.
Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PARK	Panel 9, Column 3.
Engineman FRANK BELCHER	Trawler
LT/KX. 100292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Son of George William and Annie Elizabeth Park; husband of Elizabeth May Park, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: ex Walpole, requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Kirkwall for sweeping in Scapa Flow, 1941 transferred to Dover and 46th M/S Group, sunk by air attack off Dungenness, English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PARKER	Panel 4, Column 1..
Sto. 2nd Cl. ALBERT DANIEL	Trawler
LT/KX. 107081. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 26. Son of Joseph and Jane Ann Parker, of Middles�brough, Yorkshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PARKER	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. HAROLD JAMES EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 179248. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 33. Son of James and Florence Ethel Parker, of Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PARKER	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 198891. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941.
Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)

PARKER	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 185943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 56. Son of Rufus and Violet Parker; husband of Kathleen Parker, of North Shields, Northumberland.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, November 1940 converted to minesweeper, sunk by air attack off east coast of Scotland Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

PARKER	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 218317. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PARKINSON	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ord. Sigmn. FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 571589. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st, December, 1943. Age 17. Son of Thomas Lunn Parkins on and Lucy Eveline Parkinson, of Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PARNWELL	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. THOMAS	Whaler
LT/KX. 131841. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 29. Son of Horace and Emily Parnwell; husband of Ethel Marjorie Lena Parnwell, of Tavistock, Devon.
Notes or comments: recorded by CWGC as a trawler, recorded by Colledge as ex Norwegian whaler Kos XXIX, purchased August 1939 for anti-submarine duties, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Plymouth in English Channel. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; warsailors.com)

PARRY	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN DANIEL	Whaler
LT/KX. 125170. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 23. Husband of Rhoda Lilian Parry, of Gorleston, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PARSONS	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman WILFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 211451. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

PASCOE	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. VICTOR WALTER	Trawler
LT/KX. 113976. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 31. Son of Waiter and Hannah Catherine Pascoe, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Elizabeth Pascoe, of South Shields.
Notes or comments: 627 ton trawler purchased November 1935 (ex Mavis Rose) and converted for anti-submarine duties. 6th August 1941 escorting convoy FS69, off course, grounded and wrecked on Haisborough (Happisburgh) Sands off Cromer. (Lenton/Colledge; Toghill; Foynes)

PATERSON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 106808. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 30. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Paterson, of Edinburgh; husband of Jessie Paterson, of Granton, Edinburgh.
Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PATERSON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER PURVES	Trawler
LT/JX. 260848. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 34. Son of Alexander Purves Paterson and Jessie Paterson, of Edinburgh; husband of Jean Paterson, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PATON	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 148535. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 29. Son of James and Christina Patan, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire; husband of Margaret Jane Taylor Paton, of Alloa.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PATON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT
LT/X. 1891OA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Beverley. 11th April, 1943. Age 25. Son of Samuel and Susan Paton, of Gourdon, Kincardineshire.

PATTERSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN JERROD	Trawler
LT/JX. 219445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940.
Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PATTERSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ROBERT HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 164693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Inchcape. 25th October, 1940.

PATTERSON	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand ALEXANDER WALTER	Trawler
LT/X. 20270A. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age. 27. Son of Arthur Ernest and Eliza Elizabeth Patterson; husband of Doris Patterson, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

PAYNE	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman HUGH	Trawler
LT/KX. 101262. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Revello. 10th March, 1941.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1940 converted for minesweeping, March 1941 bombed by aircraft and six killed, vessel sank August 1941 (no cause given) and later salvaged and returned to owners. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; naval-history.net)

PAYNTER	Panel 17, Column 3.
Ldg. Steward JAMES STEVENS	Trawler
LT/SR 63705. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945.
Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PEAK	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 20131A. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Northern Spray. 10th May, 1940. Age 24. Son of John Henry and Kate Carlile Peak, of Hull; husband of Lucy Peak, of Hull.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Norwegian campaign as Group Leader, 1941 transferred to Iceland command on Russian and North Atlantic convoys, 1944 Escort Group B3 on Africa-UK run, 1945 northern waters on convoy duties, returned to owners September 1945 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

PEAKE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman RONALD ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 534348. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, 1940 based at Iceland, 1943 134th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by torpedo from U-boat whilst on patrol off Iceland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEARCE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES WILLIAM THOMAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 109477. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 23. Son of Edward and Fanny Pearce; of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEARCE	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. CHARI.	Motor Minesweeper
ES RICHARD, LT/JX. 242878. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 70. 24th September, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Marjorie Irene Pearce, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk believed by mine in Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

PEARSON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. EDWARD AARON	Trawler
LT/KX. 108732. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Joseph Button. 22nd October, 1940. Age 38. Son of John Aaron and Ellen Elizabeth Pearson; husband of Ellen May Pearson, of Finchley, Middlesex.
Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)

PEARSON	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman JOHN WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 124600. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ethel Taylor. 22nd November, 1940. Age 27. Son of John William and Jane Pearson; husband of Charlotte LiliaI1 Pears on, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

PEARSON	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman STANLEY RICHARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 224428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 39 (corrected by hand to 29). Son of Richard and Elizebeth Pearson, of Southend�on-Sea, Essex; husband of May L. Pearson, of Southend-on-Sea.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized at Southampton in July 1940, taken into RN as minesweeper, sunk by U-203 in Atlantic. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEARSON	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 303632. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 20. Son of Charles and Christina Pearson, of Chirton, Tynemouth, Northumberland.
Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)

PEARSON	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman GEORGE CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 228676. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 24. Son of Francis George and Isabella Pearson, of Birmingham; husband of Elizabeth Pearson, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEARSONS	Panel 10, Column 1.
Engineman ALBERT EDWARD	Whaler
LT/KX.116162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Shera. 9th March, 1942. Age 35. Son of Albert and Catherine Pearsons; husband of Edith Florence Pearsons.
Notes or comments: 253 ton whaler hired as minesweeper March 1940, assigned to Russian Navy and lost on passage (capsized in heavy swell and pack ice, Barents Sea) 9th March 1942 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PECK	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. RONALD	Trawler
LT/KX. 111467. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 26. Son of Fredrick and Anne Peck, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Ivy Alice Peck, of Walthamstow, Essex.
Notes or comments: requisitioned for minesweeping duties in August 1939, joined 40th M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by underwater explosion believed mine in Grimsby Roads (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PECK	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES EDWARD	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/JX. 255727. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles and Margaret Peck; husband of Olive Peck, of Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

PECKHAM	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Tel. CECIL CLARENCE	Trawler
LT/JX. 370193. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 17. Son of George Edward and Ellen Matilda Peckham, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEDEN	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 226434. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Keryado. 6th March, 1941. Son of Jean Peden, of West Kilbride, Ayrshire.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized in July 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PEEL	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper JOHN ROWLAND	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 13th October, 1941. Age 39. Son of John William and Mary Peel; husband of Florence Ada Peel, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: Naval shore establishment at Port Said, Egypt, with several satellite bases in the area. (probably the accounting base for seagoing personnel not permanently posted - ed.) (Warlow: Shote Est. RN)

PEERS	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Yacht
LT/JX. 200594. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 26. Son of Edward and Mary Anne Peers; husband of Irene Peers, of Onchan, Isle of Man.
Notes or comments: ex Anna Marie, hired September 1939 for anti-submarine duties and renamed Torrent, 1940 based at Portland, 1941 sunk by mine off Falmouth. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PEGG	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. ERNEST FRANCIS
RNVR H.M.S. Minicoy. 14th, May, 1941. Age 32. Son of Ernest Ebenezer and Alice Maud Pegg, of Hoylake, Cheshire. A.C.A.

PEGG	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 185669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 22. Son of Ethel May Pegg, of Peel, Isle of Man.
Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, purchased November 1939, on loan with crew to U.S. Navy March 1942, mined in Chesapeake Bay (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PEGLER	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand ALBERT, DSM	Trawler
LT/JX. 167143, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of John Henry and Mary Hannah Pegler, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, 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)

PELLOW	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ERNEST	Trawler
LT/IX. 221516. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cloughton Wyke. 2nd February, 1942. Age 32. Son of Mark and Isabel Pellow, of Penryn, Cornwall; husband of Lillian Gilberta Pellow, of Penryn.

PENDLE	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN NORTON HAKEN	Trawler
LT/JX. 206587. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 33. Son of John Haken Pendle and Kate Haken Pendle; husband of Mary Doris Pendle, of Leiston, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PENFOLD	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. FRANK ALFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 199226. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 22. Son of Edwin John and Edith Penfold, of Han�well, Middlesex.
Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

PENISTONE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. HARRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 101772. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PENNELL	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman BERNARD	Drifter
LT/JX. 246628. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 22. Son of James and Katherine Pennell, of Trepassey, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: requisitioned November 1939 and converted for minesweeping duties, converted to auxilliary patrol vessel August 1940, sunk by air attack off Lowestoft. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2). Native of Newfoundland

PENNIE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Engineman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 112034. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 40. Son of John Brown Pennie and Mary Pennie; husband of Margaret Pennie, of Paisley, Refrewshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PENTON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. THOMAS SMITH	Trawler
LT/JX. 176379. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of M.S. and Ethel Penton, of North Shields, Northumberland.
Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PEPPIT	Panel 10, Column 2.
Ldg. Cook ARTHUR EDWARD	Trawler
LT/MX. 88026. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 30. Son of James George and Alice Maud Peppit; husband of Iris Dorothy Violet Peppit, of Waltham�stow, Essex. .
Notes or comments: ex Walpole, requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Kirkwall for sweeping in Scapa Flow, 1941 transferred to Dover and 46th M/S Group, sunk by air attack off Dungenness, English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PERICO	Panel 12, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. PETER WILLIAM
LT/JX. 373812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Claverhouse. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of Peter Henry James Perico and Mary Ann Perico, of Clerkenwell, London.

PERKINS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES KNIGHT	Trawler
LT/JX. 177711. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 30. Son of William Henry and Margaret Perkins, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PERKINS	Panel 13, Column 2.
Lieut. FREDERICK JAMES	Whaler
RNVR H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PERRY	Panel 3, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman JOHN, DSM	Trawler
LT/X. 6089ES, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler William Wesney. 7th November, 1940. Age 30.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by mine off Orford Ness (Toghill:Trawlers 2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). The CWGC register and website record the award of a DSM but Fevyer does not record one. The London Gazette lists a MID 4/10/40.

PERRY	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ARTHUR	Whaler
LT/JX. 280518. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 19. Son of Baxter and Darling Perry, of Gooseberry Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: ex Kos XIX, a Norwegian whaler, hired for anti-submarine duties as Cocker September 1941, torpedoed and sunk by E-boat off Tobruk, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; updated by Norfleet.net)

PETERS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/X. 7499c. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 35. Son of Thomas and Mary Peters, of St. Ives, Cornwall; husband of Janie Peters, of St. Ives.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by mine in North Sea. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

PETRIE	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. JAMES MCGILL
LT/JX. 220684. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. lsis. 20th July, 1944.

PETRIE	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman DAVID	Trawler
LT/KX. 125111. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Arley. 3rd February, 1945. Age 39. Son of George and Jane Perrie; husband of Evelyn Chisholm Petrie, of Torry, Aberdeen.

PETRIE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman KENNETH DUNBAR	Whaler
LT/JX. 205753. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Son of James Dunbar Petrie and Rachel Anderson Petrie, of Bieldside, Aberdeenshire.
Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PETTERSEN	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. ASBJORN STORN	Trawler
LT/JX. 241645. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 24. Son of Sigurd H. and Selma Margrethe Pettersen, of Sandefjord, Norway.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned August 1940 and coverted to minesweeper, joined 152nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

PETTITT	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 593838. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pettitt.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

PHARAOH	Panel 14, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 39. Son of Joseph Henry and Louisa Harriot Pharaoh; husband of Vera Pharaoh, of New MaIden, Surrey.
Notes or comments: requisitioned December 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 converted to an 'Esso' and joined Mediterranean Fleet, 1944 left MF to return to UK, foundered on passage in gale in English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PHEBY	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Tel. HENRY CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 359334. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Henry Charles and Mary Ann Pheby, of Bethnal Green, London.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PHILBIN	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN MEIKLE	Whaler
LT/JX. 543214. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945.
Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PHILLIPS	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. PETER RICHARD STANLEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 183136. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 19. Foster-son of George H. and A. M. Phillips, of Hove, Sussex.
Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PHILLIPS	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman WILLlAM ASHLEY	Trawler
LT/X. 6128ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, 1940 took part in telephone cable cutting operation between Germany and UK in North Sea, December torpedoed by E-boat off Great Yarmouth (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

PHILLIPS	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 283089. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943. Age 37. Son of Richard Henry and Edith Phillips, of. St. Austell, Cornwall; husband of Annie Louisa Phillips, of St. Austell.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PHILLIPSON	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. DRYDEN BYRNE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 28. Son of Dryden and Eva Blanche Phillipson; husband of Eleanor Phillipson, of Fanham, Newcastle-on�Tyne.
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)

PHILLPOTS	Panel 12, Column 3.
Sto. EDWARD STANLEY	Trawler
LT/KX. 533586. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 18. Son of Edward and Dora Kate Phillpots, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PICKEN	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE HENRY	Whaler
LT/KX. 121832. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 28. Son of Ralph and Florence Picken; husband of Mary Ellen Picken, of Leek, Staffordshire.
Notes or comments: 328 ton whaler hired for anti-submarine duties March 1940, torpedoed by U-1022 off Reykjavik, Iceland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PICKERING	Panel 7, Column 2.
Ldg. Cook GEOFFREY	Drifter
LT/MX. 87337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 21. Son of Tom Pickering, and of Elizabeth Ann Pickering, of Bury, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PICKTHALL	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ALBERT	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 403610. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 45. 13th June, 1944. Age 17. Son of Richard Herbert Pickthall and Clara Pickthall, of Grangetown, Yorkshire.

PICTON	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand JOHN HENRY	Motor Minesweeper
LT/X. 21109A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of David Henry and Alice Picton; husband of Dorothy Louise Picton, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: built by Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, sunk by mine off Salonika, Greece (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

PIERCE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman STANLEY CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 183707. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 47. Son of Charles Edward and Jane Charlotte Pierce, of Margate; husband of Flora Elizabeth Pierce, of Margate.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PILE	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper BENJAMIN	Trawler
Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 43. Son of Philip and Sara Ann Pile; husband of Lilian Pile, of Porthleven, Cornwall.
Notes and Comments: 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)

PILTON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. JOHN JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 186652. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 26. Son of James and Ethel Pilton, of Barrow-in-Fumess, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: CWGC recorded as Argyleshire and Argyllshire. Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 11th A/S Striking Group, took part in Norwegian campaign April/May 1940 and evacuation of Dunkirk, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Dunkirk (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PINKNEY	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES EDWARD	Drifter
LT/KX. 102491. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 40. Son of John and Sarah Pinkney; husband of Gladys May Pinkney, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PIRIE	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 346ED. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PIRIE	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 114024. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PIRRIE	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman WILLlAM WOOD	Yacht
LT/JX. 210691. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 28. Son of James and Jane Pirrie, of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
Notes or comments: ex Anna Marie, hired September 1939 for anti-submarine duties and renamed Torrent, 1940 based at Portland, 1941 sunk by mine off Falmouth. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PITT	Panel 13, Column 2.
Asst. Steward. WILLIAM	Landing Ship: Tank
LT/LX. 30345. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. LST. 414. 15th August, 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles and Nora Pitt, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Notes or comments: built under lend/lease for RN at Bathlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore USA, 1625 tons, length 327, beam 50, carrying 18x 30 ton tanks or equivalent, (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PITTS	Panel 3, Column 2.
Engineman JIM WALKER	Trawler
LT/KX. 107552. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Royalo. 1st September, 1940. Age 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pitts; husband of Joan Agnes Norah Pitts, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as Aux. Patrol Vessel. Converted to Minesweeper January 1940, mined whilst sweeping Mounts Bay, Cornwall, 1/9/40 (Toghill: Trawlers2)

PIZZEY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman LESLlE WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 174714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 4th October, 1941. Age 30. Son of Arthur and Alice Pizzey; husband of R. Pizzey, of Whitstable, Kent.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned May 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, Janury 1941 converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 31st A/S Group at Gibraltar, sank U-111 off Teneriffe October, torpedoed U-374 off Gibraltar (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).

PLANT	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman JOHN LEONARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 111536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned June 1940 and coverted for anti-submarine duties, based at Portland, lost in Channel, probably mined (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PLATT	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ROBERT ARM STRONG	Trawler
LT/JX. 170690. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PLATT	Panel 13, Column 2.
Asst. Steward NORMAN TREVOR	Trawler
LT/LX. 31716. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 19. Son of Norman Platt, and of Louisa Platt, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PLATTEN	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ROLAND	Trawler
LT/X. 20111A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PLATTEN	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman OLIVER	Trawler
LT/X. 19580A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940.
Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Op. Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk May/June, torpedoed by U-boat/E-boat (references vary: Toghill U-boat, others E-boat) off Dunkirk. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PLEDGER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ALFRED THOMAS	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 117. 1st September, 1944. Age 35. Son of Hetbert and Florence Pledger, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Winifred Pledger, of Walthamstow.
Notes and Comments: built by J. S. Doig, Grimsby, sunk by mine Savita Vecchia, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

PLUMLEY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman LEONARD PERCY	Whaler
LT/JX. 288273. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 21. Son of Alfred K. and Mary M. Plumley, of Tottenham, Middlesex; husband of Violet Lilian Plumley, of Tottenham.
Notes or comments: recorded by CWGC as a trawler, recorded by Colledge as ex Norwegian whaler Kos XXIX, purchased August 1939 for anti-submarine duties, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Plymouth in English Channel. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; warsailors.com)

PLUMMER	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. CHARLES WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 100298. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 28. Son of Arthur Henry and Beatrice May Plummer, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

POLLARD	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman Cook CYRIL CLAUDE MONTAGUE	Yacht
LT/JX. 212737. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Titan. 2nd December, 1940. Age 32. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Pollard; husband of Audrey Pollard, of Penzance, Cornwall.

POOL	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 110600. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 26. Son of William and Sarah Pool.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

POOLE	Panel 1, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward CHARLES WILLIAM ALFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 163967. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 39. Son of Charles and Ada Poole; husband of Gladys E. E. Poole, of Norwich.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

POPAY	Panel 16, Column 3.
Second Hand HENRY CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 173531. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler La Nantaise. 8th July, 1945. Age 27. Son of Henry and Ethel Popay, of Winterton, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: ex St. Arcadius, purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, transferred to French Navy as Auxilliary Patrol Vessel and renamed La Nantaise, July 1940 seized at Portsmouth (and reverted to original name according to Toghill but CWGC and all others record as La Nantaise), lost in collison with SS Helencrest in English Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2; Toghill: Trawlers2).

PORRITT	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook LEONARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 164492. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 25. Son of Christopher and Martha Annie Porritt, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Georgina Porritt, of Elvington, Kent.
Notes and Comments: Purchased August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 9th A/S Group at Dover, sunk by air attack off Dover (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PORTEOUS	Panel 13, Column 2.
Steward JAMES	Trawler
LT/LX. 30207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Red Gauntlet. 5th August, 1943.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned August 1939 as minesweeper, joined the Harwich M/S Groups, torpedoed by E-boat while sweeping off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PORTER	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES GIBSON	Trawler
LT/X. 10449B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PORTER	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. PHILIP HENRY	Whaler
LT/JX, 299571. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Son of Alice Porter. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: ex Kos XIX, a Norwegian whaler, hired for anti-submarine duties as Cocker September 1941, torpedoed and sunk by E-boat off Tobruk, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; updated by Norfleet.net)

PORTER	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 280358. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942. Age 25. Son of Enos and Thirza Porter, of Victoria Cove, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland

PORTER	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 281198. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

POSTLETHWAITE	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. WILLIAM	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Tranquil. 16th June, 1942. Age 51. Son of John and Emma Postlethwaite; husband of Gertrude Louisa Postlethwaite, of Hurst, Berkshire.

POTTER	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward JOHN EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 163998. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940.
Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to minesweeper, joined 40th M/S Group at Gt. Yarmouth, sunk by mine off East Coast. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

POTTER	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ALAN FRANK	Trawler
LT/JX. 317503. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Potter, of Wortham, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: ex Walpole, requisitioned September 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Kirkwall for sweeping in Scapa Flow, 1941 transferred to Dover and 46th M/S Group, sunk by air attack off Dungenness, English Channel. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

POTTER	Panel 13, Column 2.
Asst. Steward WILLIAM GEORGE	Trawler
LT/LX. 28289. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 21. Son of George William and Alice Maud Potter, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

POTTER	Panel 16, Column 1.
Cook RONALD JOHN	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/MX. 107583. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 32. Son of Vincent and Elizabeth Potter, of Thundersley, Essex; husband of Olive May Potter, of Thundersley.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

POUND	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. PHILIP JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 192130. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 24. Son of Alfred and Maria Emily Pound, of Mile End, Portsmouth.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PRAGNELL	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE ALEXANDER	Whaler
LT/KX. 131793. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 35. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pragnell, of Southampton; husband of F. Pragnell, of Southampton.
Notes or comments: recorded by CWGC as a trawler, recorded by Colledge as ex Norwegian whaler Kos XXIX, purchased August 1939 for anti-submarine duties, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Plymouth in English Channel. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; warsailors.com)

PRATT	Panel 1, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook HARRY WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 163971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 35.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PRATT	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand ROBERT GEORGE	Yacht
LT/JX. 183283. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva Il. 8th May, 1941.
Notes or comments: hired September 1939 as an anti-submarine vessel, sunk by air attack off north coast of Cornwall. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

PRESCOTT	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 241162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 29. Son of Annie Prescott, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Frances Prescott, of Chadderton, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PRESTLY	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES
LT/KX. 115146. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Minicoy. 14th May, 1941. Age 31. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Prestly, of Girvan, Ayrshire.

PRITCHARD	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman CHARLES ERIC	Auxilliary A.A. Vessel
LT/KX. 107083. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944. Age 27. Son of Thomas Robert and Isabella Pritchard, of Aighurth, Liverpool.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PROCTOR	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN ALFRED	Drifter
LT/JX. 183714. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941.
Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

PROFITT	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/186W. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945.
Notes and Comments: 560 ton Lake class, launched June 1939 and purchased August 1939 for minesweeping duties, sunk by torpedo from U-1203 in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PRYCE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. SYDNEY NORMAN	Trawler
LT/KX. 101134. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 20. Son of Sydney Alexander Pryce and Ada Pritchard Pryce, of Porth, Glamorgan.
Notes or comments: purchased in RN in August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, 1940 took part in Op. Dynamo evacuation of Dunkirk May/June, torpedoed by U-boat/E-boat (references vary: Toghill U-boat, others E-boat) off Dunkirk. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

PUGHE	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman HENRY EDGAR	Trawler
LT/KX. 110522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dale Castle. 2nd November, 1941. Husband of . C. Pughe, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.

PUNDAS	Panel 14, Column 1.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 638814. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 31. Son of James and Mary Ann Dundas, of Thurso, Caithness-shire; husband of Barbara Taylor Dundas, of Thurso.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

PURKESS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook STANLEY FRANK	Motor Minesweeper
LT/MX 82112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Frank Albert and Ellen Purkess, of Totton, Hampshire; husband of Joyce Marion Purkess, of Southampton.
Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

PYBUS	Panel 3, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman SAMUEL THOMAS	Trawler
LT/X. 5995ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 33. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas Pybus, of Hull; husband of Beatrice May Pybus, of Hull.
Notes or comments: aka Tilburyness, requisitioned September 1939 as minesweeper, sink by air attack in Thames Estuary. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)

PYLE	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. HENRY GARDINER	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 34.
Notes or comments: from family (Professor Ian Pyle) 18/04/2014: husband of Amy Pyle (n�e Holmes), of South Shields, and father of Ian and Barrie. Rubens was a 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)

PYNE	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. GEORGE EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 242548. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

QUAYLE	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
D/X. 1O145S. 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)

QUINCEY	Panel 14, Co!umn 3.
Seaman THOMAS ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 255843. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Son of Thomas and Maud Ethel Quincey; husband of Marjorie Ellen Quincey, of Syston, Leicestershire.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

QUINLAN	Panel 8, Column 1.
Skipper Lieut. PATRICK JOSEPH, DSC	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 31. Son of Patrick Joseph and Williamina Quinlan, of Aberdeen; husband of Williamina Christina Quinlan, 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).

QUINLAN	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman EDMOND RODGER	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 277321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Quinlan, of Holyrood, Newfoundland.,
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

QUINN	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. ANDREW	Trawler
LT/KX. 151106. RN. Patrol Servce. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 38. Son of Andrew and Sarah Quinn, of Glasgow; husband of Eliza�beth Quinn, of Glasgow.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

QUIRKE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman PATRICK	Whaler
LT/JX. 205662. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 23. Son of Maurice and Hannah Quirke, of Dingle, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
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)

RADFORD	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES
LT/JX. 287774. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hannibal. 21st February, 1944. Age 22. Son of George and Helen Ellis Radford, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

RAINSLEY	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman FRANK THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 193915. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 21. Son of Minnie Rainsley, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)

RALPH	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand RODERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 202286. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 34. Son of Roderick and Elsie Ralph; husband of Eliza�beth Michie Ralph, of Aberdeen.
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)

RANDLE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook PERCY ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 164326. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940. Age 32. Son of Alfred George and Mary Ann Randle, of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk; husband of Eva Louisa Randle.
Notes or comments: aka Tilburyness, requisitioned September 1939 as minesweeper, sink by air attack in Thames Estuary. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)

RANSLEY	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. SAMSON	Trawler
LT/KX. 108832. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 25. Son of Sampson and Betsy Ransley, of Charing, 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).

RANSOM	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman SAMUEL
LT/KX. 114002. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 42. Son of Thomas William and Francise Ransom; husband of Mabel Annie Ransome, of Boston, Lincolnshire.

RANSON	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman EDWARD HENRY FORBES	Trawler
LT/KX. 101590. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 28. Son of Edward Henry and Violet May Ranson; husband of Adolpine Patricia Ranson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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).

RAPP	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. VERDUN	Trawler
LT/KX. 104377. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tourmaline. 5th February, 1941. Age 23. Son of Tom and Amelia Rapp, of Swinton, Mahon, Yorkshire.

RAVEN	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES ARTHUR	Drifter
LT/JX. 242877. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 39. Son of Alfred and Louisa Raven; husband of Ethel May Raven, of Rushmere, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RAVENHILL	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman NORMAN ARTHUR ADDIS	Trawler
LT/JX. 222255. 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)

REA	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman REGINALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 258164. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of John and Amy Rea, of Darlington, Co. Durham, husband of Georgina Rea, of Darlington.
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)

READING	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE ALBERT CHARLES	Trawler
LT/KX. 148657. RN: Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 20. Son of George Albert and Elsie Dorothy Reading, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
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)

READY	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. BERNARD ARNOLD	Trawler
LT/KX. 108956. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940. Age 34. Husband of Edith Ready, of St. Austell, 1Cornwall.
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)

REAICH	Panel 16, Column 3.
Second Hand WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/X. 18850A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Chiltern. 6th March, 1945.

REAL	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman MICHAEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 193922. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Real of Newquay, Cornwall.
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)

REANEY	Panel 5, Column 2.
Engineman DENNIS	Trawler
LT/KX. 104376. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 25. Son of Thomas Arthur and Sarah Ann Reaney, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
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)

REDDY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman FRANCIS JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 185758. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 29. Husband of Violet Helen Reddy, of Clapham, 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)

REDGRAVE	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman WILLlAM STEVENS
LT/KX. 124798. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Gloaming. 20th March, 1941. Age 29. Husband of Annie McLinda Redgrave, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

REDMILE	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN ARTHUR	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 172993. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 25. Son of Edward and Mabel Redmile, of Nottingham.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

REED	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 228124. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 19. Son of Alfred Charles and Rosina Lillian Reed, of Manor Park, Essex.
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)

REEKIE	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman ANDREW	Trawler
LT/KX. 124663. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 30. Son of William and Marion Reekie, of Leith, Edinburgh.
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)

REEMAN	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman ERNEST EDWARD	Yacht
LT/JX. 179659. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 20. Son of Ernest Edward and Maud Eliza Reeman, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

REEVES	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman CHARLES GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 207825. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 40. Son of George Thomas Reeves and Ada Reeves, of Hull; husband of Cissie Reeves, of Hull.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

REID	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 173108. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Benvolio. 23rd February, 1940. Age 25. Son of George and Catherine Reid, of Avoch, Ross and Cromarty.
Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties September, 1939, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2).

REID	Panel 4, Column-1.
Sto. GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 115390. 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)

REID	Panel 4, Column 2.
Cook JOSEPH ANTHONY	Drifter
LT/JX. 173165. 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)

REID	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 109943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kennymore. 25th November, 1940. Age 36. Son of William Campbell Reid and Mary Reid; husband of Isabella Reid.

REID	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ERIC	Drifter
LT/JX. 288354. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Unicity. 31st January, 1942. Age 20. Son of Eleanor Reid, of Liverpool.
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)

REID	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 377ET. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 39. Son of Alexander and Isabella Reid, of Aberdeen; husband of AIice Reid, of Aberdeen.
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)

REID	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper JAMES	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 30. Son of Alexander and Maggie Jean Reid, of Port Gordon, Banffshire.
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).

REID	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN	Whaler
LT/JX. 408903. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 21. Son of WiIliam and Jessie ReiCl, of Parkhead, Glasgow.
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)

REID	Addenda Panel.
Seaman PETER COULL	Tug
LT/JX192204. RN Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Lorraine. 11th April, 1945.
Notes or comments: Details from CWGC. As yet unable to trace a tug 'Lorraine'. A trawler 'Lorraine', 277 tons, was hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, converted to minesweeper February 1941, returned to owner January 1946 (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

REINHARDSEN	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman HAROLD LANGFELDT	Whaler
LT/JX.251761. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 22. Son of Johanne Langfeldt Reinhardsen, of Grimstad, 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

RENDALL	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLlAM JOHN STEWART	Trawler
LT/JX. 185291. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sisapon. 12th June, 1940. Age 27. Son of William Stewart Rendall and Catherine Anderson Rendall; husband of Martha Mildred Rendall, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Requisitioned September 1939 for mine-sweeping duties, based at Grimsby (ungrouped), sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

RENDALL	Panel 5, Column 3.
Seaman JACK	Trawler
LT/JX. 195828. 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)

RENOUF	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 179453. 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).

REYNOLDS	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper GEORGE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 41. Husband of Charlotte Reynolds, of North Shields, Northumberland.
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)

REYNOLDS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. RALPH RONALD	Trawler
LT/KX. 132974. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 34. Son of Ralph and Rose Maude Reynolds, of Battersea, London.
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)

REYNOLDS	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. WILFRED JAMES	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/KX. 666507. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2053. 28th April, 1945. Age 33. Son of Wilfred and Emie Reynolds, of Liverpool; husband of Margaret Reynolds, of Huyton, Lancashire.

RICE	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman FELIX ARTHUR KONISBERG	Trawler
LT/JX. 222311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 30. Son of Ramah Frederick and Lucy Maud Rice; husband of Mary Eliza Rice, of West 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)

RICHARDS	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman EDWARD JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 215748. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 28. Son of Edward John and Myrtle Venning Richards; husband of Harriet Emily Richards, of Porthleven, Cornwall.
Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

RICHARDS	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman FRANCIS VICTOR	Trawler
LT/JX. 242672. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 20. Son of Frank and Kate Richards, of Milford Haven, Pembroke shire.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RICHARSDON	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM ELLIDGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 176588. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of Leonard Barclay Richardson and Jane Richardson; husband of Cpl. Dorothy Richardson, W.A.A.F.
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)

RICHES	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman ARTHUR FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 218527. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 30. Son of Herbert A. and Adelaide A. Riches, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Ethel A. Riches, of Walthamstow.
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)

RICHES	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES LESLIE	Trawler
LT/JX. 281707. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 19. Son of Henry John and Elizabeth A. G. Riches, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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).

RICHES	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Steward ALBERT EDWARD	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/LX. 27771. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 23. 27th December, 1944. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Riches, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; husband of Doris May Riches, of Great Yarmouth.

RICHINGS	Panel 15, Column 1.
Telegraphist LEONARD WILLIAM	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/J. 112908. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 36. Son of Harry Albert Richings and of Charlotte Richings (nee Burgess), of Hove, Sussex.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

RICHMOND	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 253254. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 20. Son of Fred and Eliza Richmond, of Smallbridge, Lancashire.
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)

RICHMOND	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES MAIR	Whaler
LT/JX. 304013. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Son of John Richmond, and of Agnes Richmond, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

RIDDELL	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. DAVID	Trawler
LT/JX. 404471. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of Andrew and Margaret Riddell, of Glasgow.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RIDDLES	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. JOHN JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 192170. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 27. Son of James Charles and Agnes Riddles, of Southampton.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RILATT	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman ERIC STEVEN	Trawler
LT/X. 31313A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 19. Son of Edward Spencer Rilatt and Annie Rilatt, 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)

RINGROSE	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM ERIC	Trawler
LT/JX. 229615. 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)

RINGROSE	Panel 15, Column 3..
Sto. ALFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 160934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 40. Son of Tom and Thorense Ringrose, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RIPLEY	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman RICHARD JAMES	Trawler
LT/X. 19603A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Benvolio. 23rd February, 1940. Age 23. Son of Matthew and Jane Elizabeth Ripley, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties September, 1939, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2).

RITCHIE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 9960S. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 32. Son of Alexander and Mary Ritchie, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Jeannie F. Ritchie, of Buckie.
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)

RITCHIE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN FERGUSON	Trawler
LT/JX. 193967. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RITCHIE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. PETER	Trawler
LT/KX. 130973. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942.
Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)

RITCHIE	Panel 16, Column 3.
Second Hand ANDREW	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 241770. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 38. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Ritchie, of Torry, Aberdeen; husband of Myra B. Ritchie (nee Buchan), of Torry.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

RIX	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward ALBERT ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 164328. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Monteith. 24th September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Albert R and Beatrice E. Rix, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; husband of Ellen C. I. Rix, of Great Yarmouth.
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)

ROACH	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman HENRY ASHLEY	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 148952. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 32. Son of Henry Ashley Roach and Harriet Elizabeth Roach, of Lowestoft, 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)

ROBBINS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Ldg. Steward EDWARD THOMAS HERBERT	Trawler
LT/LX. 30237. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 2nd December, 1942. Age 20. Son of Edward and Lily Robbins, of Falmouth, Cornwall.
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.

ROBERTS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman EDWIN
LT/JX. 174634. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Libra. 22nd December, 1940. Age 25. Son of Edwin Beck Roberts and Elizabeth Eleanor Roberts, of Hoylake, Cheshire.

ROBERTS	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 187470. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Age 25. Son of Joseph and Providence Roberts. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

ROBERTS	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper ALBERT VICTOR	Trawler
RNR. H.M.S. Empyrean. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Charles and Margret Roberts; husband of Georgina Roberts, of Hessle, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Requistioned November 1939 as Armed Patrol Vessel, converted M/S April 1940, converted to an Esso in January 1945, returned to owners in July 1946 (Toghill: Trawlers2)

ROBERTS	Panel 10, Column 3.
Steward CHARLES DAVID	Trawler
LT/LX. 27795. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Charles Alfred and Ada Frances Roberts, of Homerton, London; husband of Irene Roberts (nee Spong).
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)

ROBERTS	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. THOMAS HENRY	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 158757. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

ROBERTSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 18332A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Benvolio. 23rd February, 1940. Age 27. Son of Joseph and Ann Robertson; husband of Margaret Jane Innes Robertson, of Buckie, Banffshire.
Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties September, 1939, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2).

ROBERTSON	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. MAURICE WILLlAM HENRY	Drifter
LT/JX. 272498. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 31. Son of George and Gertrude Robert� son; husband of Beatrice Annie Robertson, of , Radstock, Somerset,
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

ROBERTSON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman FRANK SANGSTER	Parthian class submarine (N36)
LT/X. 1O053B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Submarine Perseus. 19th December, 1941.
Notes or comments: While en route from Malta to Alexandria was patrolling off Greece and variously recorded as lost 1st/6th December 1941 and by CWGC as 19th, variously recorded as mined/torpedoed by Italian submarine Enrico Toti, off Zante Island, Western Greece, four escaped the vessel but only one survived (Young: Dictionary Ships RN WW2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2: naval-history.net; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

ROBERTSON	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 106751. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 47. Son of Alexander and Susan Robertson, of Dundee; husband of Isabella Robertson, of Dundee.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

ROBERTSON	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 115132. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 34. Son of Edward and Jessie Robertson, of Dundee; husband of Catherine Robertson, of Dundee.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

ROBINSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS ERIC	Trawler
LT/IX. 170505. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 18. Son of Skipper Lieut. Thomas Richardson Robinson, RNR, and Ada Martha Vesta Robinson, of Hull.
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)

ROBINSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman HARRY	Trawler
LT/X. 19831A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Robinson, of Hull.
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)

ROBINSON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. WALTER	Trawler
LT/JX. 186594. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 28. Son of WaIter and Margaret Robinson; husband of Isabella Robinson, of Honicknowle, Devon.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

ROBINSON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman CYRIL ST. CLAIR	Trawler
LT/JX. 242771. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Apollo. 22nd November, 1941. Age 35.
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)

ROBINSON	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. BERNARD	Motor Launch
LT/KX. 139465. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1380. 2nd May, 1944.
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.

RODGERS	Panel 17, Column 2.
Ldg. Sto. BEN
LT/KX. 107063. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Vervain. 20th February, 1945. Age 27. Son of John and Hope . Rodgers; husband of Sarah Alice Rodgers, of Bardsley, Lancashire.

ROGERS	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. SAMUEL FREDERICK	Motor Launch
LT/JX. 330191. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 870. 15th October, 1944. Age 22. Son of Samuel and Sarah Catherine Rogers, of Welling, Kent.

ROGERS	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. JAMES JESSE	Trawler
LT/JX. 343398. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 22. Son of John and Daisy May Rogers, of Swanley, Kent.
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)

ROGERS	Panel 17, Column 2.
Telegraphist WALTER ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 341305. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Son of Albert and Emma Rogers; husband of Margaret Ellen Rogers, of Hornchurch, Essex.
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)

ROGERS	Panel 17, Column 3.
Steward JOHN CHARLES	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 29349. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 28. Son of Frederick George and Irene Edith Rogers, of Folkestone.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

ROGERSON	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ARTHUR JOHN OFFER	Trawler
LT/X. 21424A. RNR. (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)

ROGERSON	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 205218. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 26. Son of Thomas Patrick and Louie Rogerson; husband of Irene Rogerson, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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).

ROKAHR	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman EDWARD ERNEST	Trawler
LT/KX. 107965. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 58. Son of John Henry and Eliza Rokahr, of Hull; husband of Rose Rokahr, of Hull.
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)

ROPER	Panel 7, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES LESLIE	Trawler
LT/KX. 121734. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Strathborve. 6th September, 1941. Age 28. Son of Herbert and Margaret Roper; husband of Dorothy Roper, of Skellow, Adwick-Ie-Street, Yorkshire.
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)

ROPER	Panel 11, Column 1.
Lieut. DAVID ROBERT VAUGHAN	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Bennett and Martha Roper, of St. Fagan's, Glamorgan. Chartered Accountant.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

ROSE	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman REGINALD JAMES	Trawler
C/KX. 87537. 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)

ROSENTHALL	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman DANIEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 384506. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Son of William Bair Rosenthall, and of Agnes Rosenthall, of Maryhill, Glasgow.
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)

ROSIE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 278941. 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)

ROSS	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman PETER ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 205401. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 32. Son of Mansfield and Annie Ross, of Aberdeen.
Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)

ROSS	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT GRANDISON	Yacht
LT/JX. 199110. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva Il. 8th May, 1941. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ross, of Port Seton, East Lothian.
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)

ROSS	Panel 7, Column 2.
Ord. Seaman-Cook COLIN	Whaler
LT/JX. 207737. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Colin and Mary Rass, of Glasgow.
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)

ROSS	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. NEIL BLACK CAMERON	Whaler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 29. Son of William and Isobel Ross, of Glasgow.
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)

ROSS	Panel 10, Column 1.
Engineman WILLIAM LIPp	Whaler
LT/KX. 105174. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 43. Son of Martin and Williamina Ross, of Aberdeen; husband of Rose Ann Rae Pirie Ross, of Torry, Aberdeen.
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)

ROUSE	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ldg. Steward WILLIAM HENRY	Whaler
LT/LX. 30069. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 29. Husband of Christina Elizabeth Rouse, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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)

ROUT	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. KENNETH WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 305823. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 19. Son of Reginald Felix and Emmeline Elizabeth Rout, of Earlham, Norwich.
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)

ROWE	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman HEDLEY JOHN	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 204787. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

ROWE	Panel 13, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook ALBERT EDWARD	Trawler
LT/MX. 84869. 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)

ROWE	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. GEORGE THOMAS	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 160247. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 21. Son of Frederick Charles and Doris Rowe, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Ivy Rowe, of Fleetwood.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

ROWLAND	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. FRANK JOSEPH	Minelayer
LT/X. 21432A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 24. Son of Frank Cecil and Ellen Rowland; husband of Gwendoline Mary Rowland, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
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)

ROYER	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 105163. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Thomas Bartlett. 27th May, 1940. Age 34. Son of Mary Edith Royer; husband of Lily Rosa Royer, of Hawkwell, Essex.
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)

RUPPERSBERY	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 263250. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of George and Sarah Ruppersbery; husband of Lilian Ruppersbery, of Herne Hill, London.
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)

RUSHBY	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper LESLIE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 31.
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)

RUSHMORE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook FREDERICK WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 163984. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 19. Son of William Warford Rushmore and Jessie Jean Rushmore, of Pakefield, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: CWGC recorded as Argyleshire and Argyllshire. Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined 11th A/S Striking Group, took part in Norwegian campaign April/May 1940 and evacuation of Dunkirk, sunk by torpedo from E-boat off Dunkirk (Toghill: Trawlers2)

RUSHWORTH	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman JOSEPH	Shore Establishment
LT/KX. 106128. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 34. Son of John and Margaret Ellen Rushworth, of Fleet�wood, Lancashire; husband of Rachel Rushworth, of Fleetwood.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

RUSSELL	Panel 8, Column 2.
P.O. JAMES BEATTY	Trawler
LT/X. 21172A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 21. Son of James and Minnie Russell; husband of Ruby May Russell, of South Fambridge, Essex.
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)

RUSSELL	Panel 13, Column 2.
Lieut. JAMES PERCIVAL	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 24. Son of James and Lily Gladys Russell; husband of Peggy Hetty Russell.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

RUSSELL	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JOHN EDWARD	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 141011. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Edward and Catherine Russell, of Bexhill, Sussex.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

RUTHERFORD	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 354943. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of George and Margaret Rutherford, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

RUTHERFORD	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. 2nd Cl. PETER GODFREY	Trawler
LT/KX. 725488. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 17. Son of John William and Violet Lilian Rutherford, of Acocks Green, Birmingham.
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)

RUTLAND	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. STANLEY WALTER	Yacht
LT/KX. 127489. RN. 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)

RUTLAND	Panel 16, Column 3.
Ldg. Sea. RONALD HARRY	Whaler
LT/JX. 191618. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 25. Son of George Harry and Mabel Frances Rutland; husband of Constance Rutland, of Woolston, Hampshire.
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)

RYAN	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 257710. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

RYE	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand LEONARD, DSM	Trawler
J LT/JX. 185843, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Royalo. 1st September, 1940. Age 26. Son of Charles John and Clara Louise Rye; husband of Florence Lilian Rye, of Hull.
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)

RYLETT	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. WILFRED	Trawler
J LT/X. 19051A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 24. Son of George and Elizabeth Frances Rylett, of Hull; husband of Elizabeth Rylett, of Hull.
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)

S0RENSEN	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. KRISTIAN MONRAD	Trawler
LT/KX. 109626. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Setter. 5th February, 1941. Age 48. Son of Kristian and Maren Sorensen; husband of Anna K. Sorensen, of Tonsberg, Norway.
Notes or comments: Native of Norway

SADLER	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook REGINALD CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 164341. 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)

SALENIUS	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper SAMUEL	Trawler
RNR H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SALES	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman FRANK	Trawler
LT/JX. 533365. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 19. Son of Fred and Eleanor Jane Sales, of Marsh Lane, Derbyshire.
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)

SANDISON	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. LAURENCE BRUCE	Trawler
LT/JX. 281871. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Sarah Sandison, of Levenwick, Zetland.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

SANDVIK	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. SIGFRED	Whaler
LT/KX. 130921. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942.
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

SANGSTER	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Seaman-Steward ALFRED	Minelayer
LT/JX. 226416. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sangster, of Foleshill, Warwickshire.
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)

SANKEY	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 106198. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 23. Son of Joseph Stanley Sankey and Frances Ann Sankey, of Stockton Heath, Cheshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SANSOM	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper CHARLES	Drifter
RNR H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 57. Son of Charles and Harriet Sansom, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Emma Eliza Sansom, 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)

SAUNDERS	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ARTHUR GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 281269. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 20. Son of James Robert and Alice Rose Saunders, of Kessingland, 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)

SAVAGE	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 10107S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939.
Notes or comments: Duplicate entry, real name (and recorded on memorial as) John Savage but served as Stoker James Milne. Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

SAVAGE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES DOUGLAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 106884. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness. 1st November, 1940.
Notes or comments: aka Tilburyness, requisitioned September 1939 as minesweeper, sink by air attack in Thames Estuary. (Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)

SAVAGE	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. ERNEST ARTHUR DONALD	Trawler
LT/KX. 124739. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 34. Son of Thomas A. and Martha E. Savage, of Patchway, Gloucestershire.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SAVAGE	Panel 13, Column 2.
Lieut. ROBERT HENRY FRANK	Motor Minesweeper
RNVR H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 32. Son of Frank and Kate Rosa Savage, of Bristol; husband of Evelyn Mercy Savage, of Bristol.
Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

SAVILLE	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand CHARLES, DSM	Trawler
LT/JX. 173264, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 38. Son of Randolph and Agnes Saville, of Hull; husband of Norah Saville, of Hull.
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)

SAYERS	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand OLIVER TUCKER BURMAN, DSM	Trawler
LT/X. 302SA, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SAYERS	Panel 11, Column 1.
P.O. ALFRED ALLEYN BERNARD
LT/JX. 217879. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Salsette. 25th October, 1943. Age 35. Son of Ernest and Nellie Sayers; husband of Doreen Sayers, of Woodford, Essex.

SAYERS	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman BERNARD	Whaler
LT/JX. 429041. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 25. Son of Robert and Martha Ann Sayers, of Bishop Middleham, Co. Durham.
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)

SAYYAE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman FREDERICK JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 195819. 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)

SCARBOROUGH	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/X. 21452A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kerryado. 6th March, 1941.
Notes or comments: French minesweeper seized in July 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SCARBOROUGH	Panel 7, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook ROBERT	Drifter
LT/JX. 164375. 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)

SCARFE	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN WALTER ANEURIN	Trawler
LT/JX. 218736. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 20. Son of Edward and Margaret M. Scarfe.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SCOTT	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ERNEST JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 167060. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Relonzo. 20th January, 1941. Age 21. Son of Thomas Andrew and Eleanor Scott, of Hull; husband of Doris Scott, of Hull.
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)

SCOTT	Panel 7, Column 3.
Steward ROBERT KEAY	Trawler
LT/LX. 27514. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 25. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Scott, of Dundee.
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).

SCOTT	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. CLIFFORD	Trawler
LT/KX. 105468. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Adonis. 15th April, 1943.
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)

SCOTT	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman RALPH ARM STRONG	Trawler
LT/KX. 104259. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 52. Son of Mathew and Isabella Scott, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Lily Scott, of North Shields.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SCOTT	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ALBERT lAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 532292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

SCOTT	Panel 14, Column 3..
Seaman HERBERT GORDON	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/JX. 328580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 29. Son of Arthur and Alice Scott, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

SCOTT	Panel 16, Column 2.
Lieut. JOHN MOLSEED	Trawler
RNVR H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 36. Son of Joseph and Louisa Scott.
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)

SCRAGG	Panel 15, Column 1.
Telegraphist HENRY DONALD	Trawler
LT/JX. 310428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 22. Son of Henry and Cicely May Scragg, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

SCRATON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 205503. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 29. Son of Charles and Sarah Margaret Scraton; husband of Emmeline Scraton, of Northenden, Lancashire.
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)

SCRIVENER	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman MAX VICTOR	Trawler
LT/JX. 330802. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 19. Son of WaIter Arthur and Gertrude Emily Scrivener, of Houghton, Huntingdonshire.
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)

SCULLEY	Panel 4, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 103824. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 24. Son of Mary Ann Sculley, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
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)

SEALEY	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 427066. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of George and Emma Sealey, of Liverpool.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

SEARLES-WOOD	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. JOHN VALENTINE	Trawler
RN. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Age 20. Son of Comdr. Valentine Searles-Wood, RN., and Sibyl Read Searles�Wood, of West Moor, Dorsetshire.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SEDDON	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM ISAAC	Trawler
LT/JX. 258609. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 36. Son of Charles Edward and Catherine Seddon; husband of Annie Seddon, of Huyton, 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)

SEEX	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman REGINALD DEREK JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 408260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd. August, 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred W.W. and Louisa M. Seex, of Acton, Middlesex.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SELLARS	Panel 13, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. HAROLD WILSON	Trawler
LT/KX. 149059. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2). Native of Newfoundland

SENNETT	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES EDWARD	Trawler
LT/X. 1O279S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 33. Husband of Edith Sennett, of Blyth, Northumberland.
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)

SETTERFIELD	Panel 4, Column 3.
Ch. Skipper WILLIAM RICHARD	Trawler
RNR H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Age 44. Husband of Winifred Setterfield, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SEXTON	Addenda Panel.
Seaman HAROLD JOSEPH	Shore Establishment
LT/JX 315755. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Avalon. 2nd August, 1945. Age 26. Son of Arthur and Isabel Sexton, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Canada; husband of Marjorie Sexton. Native of Newfoundland
Notes or comments: Avalon was shore establishment, RCN base at St. John's, Newfoundland, 31/5/1941-31/7/1946. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Native of Newfoundland

SHAND	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 203658. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Son of William and Jessie Shand; husband of Elizabeth Shand, of Inverness.
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)

SHAND	Panel 17, Column 3.
Ldg. Cook ANDREW CUMMINGS RUTTER	Trawler
LT/MX. 94688. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 24. Son of Alexander Thomson Shand and Jean Shand, of Burntisland, Fife.
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)

SHANLEY	Addenda Panel.
Sto. DANIEL	Shore Establishment
LT/KX 135118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 22nd September, 1945.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

SHARE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman JAMES	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 241514. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 28th November, 1945. Age 43. Son of Frank and Ada Share, of Hull; husband of Emma Share, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

SHARMAN	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. WILLIAM MAURICE	Minelayer
LT/JX. 242495. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of Henry and Sarah A. Sharman, of BrightIingsea, . Essex.
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)

SHARMAN	Panel 17, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman HARRY SPlCER, DSM	Trawler
LT/KX. 105182, RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 46. Son of John and Mary Anne Sharman, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Dorothy Marion Sharman, of Lowestoft.
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)

SHARPIN	Panel 4, Column 2.
SeamaIl-Steward BERNARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 174542. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940. Age 30. Son of Jack and Selina Sharpin, of Cromer, Norfolk.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SHAUL	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman HENRY HERBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 106926. 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)

SHAW	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM FREDERICK	Drifter
LT/KX.. 110027. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Receptive. 3rd July, 1941. Age 45. Son of George Thomas Shaw and Rosanna Shaw, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ellen Victoria Shaw, of Lowestoft.
Notes and Comments: April 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SHAW	Panel 9, Column 1..
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 221467. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of John and Florence Shaw, of Hull; husband of Gwendoline R Shaw, 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)

SHAW	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman WILLIAM EDWARD	Trawler
LT/X. 6117ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 11th March, 1942. Age 34. Son of Edward and Annie Shaw; husband of Doris Lilian Shaw, 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)

SHAW	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman JIM	Whaler
LT/JX. 243053. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Son of Wilfred and Hannah Shaw, of Lockwood, Yorkshire.
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)

SHAW	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 153475. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 20. Son of Harry and Ada Shaw, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
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)

SHAW	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman DANIEL	Whaler
LT/JX. 280498. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 40. Son of Peter and Inez Marshall Shaw, of Rothesay, Buteshire; husband of Williamina Nichol Shaw, of Rothesay.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

SHEAHAN	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. JOSEPH EBENEZER	Drifter
LT/KX. 127894. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Unicity. 31st January, 1942. Age 28.
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)

SHEPHERD	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman HARRY THORP	Trawler
LT/X. 6040ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940.
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)

SHEPHERD	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. EDWARD	Trawler
RNVR H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of Edward J. and Emily Shepherd, of Sheffield; husband of Beatrice Shepherd, of Woodseats, Derbyshire.
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)

SHEPHERD	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman WALTER PERCY	Trawler
LT/JX. 179718. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jasper. 1st December, 1942.
Notes or comments: ex Balthasar, purchased for anti-submarine duties November 1935, sunk by E-boat torpedo in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SHERIDAN	Panel 13, Column 3.
P. O. ALBERT JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 225149. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 36. Son of Michael and Alice May Sheridan, of Hull; husband of Norah Sheridan, of Hull.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

SHERIFF	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman RONALD BERNARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 379840. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pine. 31st January, 1944. Age 26. Son of William and Ethel Sheriff, of Liverpool.
Notes and Comments: Tree class, launched March 1940 and completed as minesweeper, sunk off Selsey Bill, English Channel, whilst under tow after bows blown off in E-boat torpedo attack (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SHIELDS	Panel 7, Column 1.
Ldg. Sto. TIMOTHY GREIG	Trawler
LT/KX. 104292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 36. Son of Matthew and Margaret Greig Shields, of Kirkcaldy, Fife; husband of Jean Simpson Shields, of Kirkcaldy.
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)

SHILLINGS	Panel 4, Column 2. .
Seaman-Steward ERNEST GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 174545. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rinovia. 2nd November, 1940. Age 23. Son of John W.M. and Eva E. Shillings, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: Hired August 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SHORTMAN	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ALFRED JOHN KENNETH	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX.2800i2. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2022. 17th August, 1944. Age 22. Son , of Henry and Hilda Shortman, of LIanelly, Carmarthenshire.

SHREEVE	Panel 9, Column 1.
Seaman STANLEY	Whaler
LT/JX. 218488. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 27. Son of Alfred and Florence Shreeve, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Rose Doris Shreeve, of Lowestoft.
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).

SIM	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. EDWARD BUCHAN	Whaler
LT/JX. 222247. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 24. Son of Andrew Buchan Sim and Margaret Sim, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SIMMONDS	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman-Steward HORACE	Yacht
LT/IX. 232476. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 30. Son of Augustus M.T. and Fanny Simmonds; husband of Elizabeth Florence Simmonds, of Stockwell, London.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SIMPSON	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto.'WILLIAM LEE FE	Trawler
LT/KX. 104106. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Beech. 22nd June, 1941. Age 24. Son of WaIter and Lily Simpson, of Immingham, Lincolnshire.
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).

SIMPSON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ALFRED RONALD	Drifter
LT/JX. 205504. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Aurora II. 30th October, 1943. Age 29. Son of Alfred Robinson Simpson and Louisa Simpson, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

SIMPSON	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE HORNBY	Trawler
LT/JX. 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).

SIMS-HILDITCH	Panel 8, Column 1.
Lieut. TOM	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 29. Son of Edwin and Ada Cyrilla Sims�Hilditch, of Nantwich, Cheshire. A.R.I.B.A.
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)

SINGLETON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman RONALD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 280751. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 89. 12th May, 1943. Age 30. Son of Alfred and Emily Singleton, of Golcar, Huddersfield.

SKARRATT	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ALEC ARTHUR	Trawler
LX/JX. 206619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 22. Son of Florence Alice Skarratt, of Hounslow, Middlesex.
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)

SKAYMAN	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/KX. 139962. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 22. Son of Joseph Thomas Skayman and Isabel Skayman, of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
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)

SKEDGE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Steward RAYMOND ALLAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 203865. 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)

SKIPPER	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE EDWARD	Whaler
LT/JX. 174693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of Elijah and Hannah Skipper, of Marsham, Norfolk; husband of Margaret Emily Skipper, of Marsham.
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)

SLATER	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman ALEXANDER GORDON	Trawler
LT/KX. 131051. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roseden. 23rd October, 1941. Age 37.

SLEEMAN	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES PASCOE	Trawler
LT/KX. 101894. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sea King. 9th October, 1940. Age 33. Son of George and Sarah A. Sleeman, of Mousehole, Cornwall; husband of Victoria Gwendolene Sleeman, of Mousehole.
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)

SMALLEY	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand WILLIAM DUNCANSON	Trawler
LT/X. 20006A. RNR. (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).

SMART	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. IRVINE JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 281129. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy) 7th March, 1942. Age 19. Ward of Mrs. L. Fortune, of Enfield, 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)

SMART	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 304804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfaiy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Robert and Helen A. Smart, of West Wemyss, Fife.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sto. JAMES SIDNEY	Drifter
LT/KX. 99079. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ray of Hope. 10th December, 1939. Age 30. Son of James Thomas Smith and Elisabeth Ann Smith; husband of Hilda Mary Smith, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Requisitioned November 1939 as minesweeper, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 1.
Engineman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 99043. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 33. Son of Angus and Ann Smith, of Aberdeen; husband of Eva R Smith, of Aberdeen.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES	Trawler
LT/X. 5953ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. 5th January, 1940. Age 31. Son of William and Annie Smith; husband of Johan Davidson Allan Smith, of Sandhaven, Aberdeen�shire.
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)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. NEVILLE LESLIE	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of John William and Emily Smith, of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
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)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 230SA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 35. Son of George and Ann Smith, of Findochty, Banffshire; husband of Josephine Smith, of Findochty.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 4, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/KX. 104790. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman DONALD	Trawler
LT/X. 7294C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940. Age 32. Son of Donald and Mary Smith, of North Bragar, Isle of Lewis.
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)

SMITH	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman CHARLES SYDNEY DURIE PATTULLO	Trawler
LT/JX. 202227. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tamarisk. 12th August, 1940. Age 25. Son of James and Margaret B. Smith, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee.
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?)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand GEORGE HERBERT	Trawler
LT/X. 21675A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 23. Son of Herbert Henry and Victoria Mary Leonie Smith; husband of N'ellie E. Smith, of St. Budeaux, South Devon.
Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SMITH	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ADAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 173469. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 20. Son of James and Annie Beattie Smith, of Arbroath, Angus.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ERNEST ORBY	Trawler
LT/X. 7878C. RNR. (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)

SMITH	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/X. 19877A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 23. Son of James and Ethel Smith; husband of Elsie Henrietta Smith, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 1, Column 3. .
Second Hand JOHN	Trawler
LT/X. 315B. RNR (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)

SMITH	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 215771. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 27. Son of George and Ada Mary Smith, of Torry, Aberdeen.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 7, Column 3.
Steward ARTHUR SIDNEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 197371. 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)

SMITH	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 219619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fortuna. 5th April, 1941. Age 42. Husband of Hilda Rose Smith, of Faversham, Kent.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol June 1940, sunk by air attack off St. Abbs Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. MATTHEW DOUGLAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 258139. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tartan. 18th May, 1941. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Smith; husband of Kate Smith, of Blyth, Northumberland.

SMITH	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. GEORGE ERNEST	Minelayer
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 29 Son of John and Harriet Smith; husband of Alice Elizabeth Smith, of Plaistow, Essex.
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)

SMITH	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. JOHN	Minelayer
LT/KX. 107932. 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)

SMITH	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. CHARLES	Yacht
RNVR. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 29. Son of Bernard Smith and of Mary Ellen Smith (nee Rooney); husband of Jane Smith, of Lanchester, Co. Durham.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. JAMES LOW	Trawler
LT/X. 21147A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Cape Barracouta. 19th December, 1941. Age 20. Son of James Low Smith and Jeannie Smith, of Torry, Aberdeen.

SMITH	Panel 10, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 100962. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 23. Son of John and Annie Smith, of Bury, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, 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)

SMITH	Panel 8, Column 1.
Skipper Lieut. WILLIAM MCKENZIE	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 37. Son of James and Jessie Jane Smith, of Portessie, Banffshire; husband of Mary Smith, of Buckie, Banffshire.
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)

SMITH	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/SR 50006. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 24. Son of Arthur and Annie Miller Smith, of Findochty, Banffshire.
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)

SMITH	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper GEORGE ALEXANDER SIMPSON
RNR. H.M.S. Chrysolite. 30th July, 1943. Age 34. Son of Alexander and Mary Helen Smith, of Portessie, Banffshire; husband of Helen Ann Smith, of Portessie.

SMITH	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman SIDNEY WILLIAM	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 383530. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 28. Son of Sidney Benjamin and Mary Ann Eliza Smith, of Brixton, London.
Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)

SMITH	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman ALEXANDER	Whaler
LT/X. 10549S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 23. Son of WaIter John and Margaret Smith, of Findochty, Banffshire.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

SMITH	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman RICHARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 400443. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 19. Son of Percy Sydney and Alice Maud Smith, of Hakin, Pembrokeshire.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SMITH	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN ROBERT	Whaler
LT/JX. 281928: RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 20. Son of John L. and Margaret Ann Smith, of Bridge-End, Lerwick, Zetland.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 377565. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 21. Son of Frederick and Ada Smith, of Liverpool.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. RONALD HENRY JOHN	Auxilliary A.A. Vessel
LT/KX. 124693. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Glen Avon. 2nd September, 1944.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as a Paddle Minesweeper, 509 tons, and converted to Auxilliary Anti-Aircraft vessel in May, 1942, foundered in a gales Seine Bay (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SMITH	Panel 13, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. HORACE COTTON	British Yard Minesweeper
RNVR. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 31. Son of Sam and Edith Smith, of Salendine Nook, Huddersfield.

SMITH	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/MX. 87276. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 34. Son of Alexander and Maggie Smith, of Portessie, Banffshire; husband of Jeannie Smith.
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)

SMITH	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman LAURENCE JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 130091. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 33. Son of Warren Charles and Olive Smith; husband of Hilda Mary Smith, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
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)

SMITH	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman DOUGLAS	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 403619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 20. Son of Joseph and M. A. SmIth, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
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)

SMITH	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ROGER	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 222417. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 257 11th December, 1944. Age 30. Son of Thomas and Emily Smith, of Hull.

SMITH	Panel 16, Column 2.
Skipper EDWARD ROBERT	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 42. Son of Edward Gould Smith and Annabella Smith, of Edinburgh; husband of Helen Gibb Smith, of Edinburgh.
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)

SMITH	Panel 17, Column 3.
Ldg. Cook WILLIAM	Whaler
LT/MX. 85162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 25. Son of George Waiter and Henrietta Maria Smith, of Leyton�stone, Essex.
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)

SMITTEN	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. SIDNEY WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 281103. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 20. Son of Frederick Smitten, and of Evelyn A. Smitten, of Hackney, 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).

SMURTHWAITE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 103822. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 20. Son of William and Elizabeth Smurthwaite, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SNOWDEN	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JOHN	Drifter
LT/JX. 202634. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 34. Son of Jacob and Anna Snowden, of Aycliffe, Co. Durham.
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)

SNOWLING	Panel 16, Column 1.
P.O. Steward VICTOR FREDERICK	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/LX. 27614. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 24. Son of Ernest Victor and Rose Lilian Snowling, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

SOADY	Panel 7, Column 2.
Ldg. Seaman-Cook HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 197364. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 27. Son of Joseph and Mary Soady; husband of Margaret O. Soady, of Lubenham, Leicestershire.
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).

SOANES	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper ALEXANDER ALFRED	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 35. Son of Charles and Harriet Soanes; husband of Ethel Agnes Soanes, of Kessingland, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

SOMERFIELD	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ERIC TOOTLE	Trawler
LT/JX. 226098. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 25. Son of Owen and Eliza Ann TootIe, of Walkley, Sheffield.
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)

SOUTER	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JAMES	Trawler
LT/X. 937IB. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 28. Son of George and Elizabeth Jane Souter, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire; husband of Catherine Souter, of Lossiemouth.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SOUTER	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/JX. 280042. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 21. Son of George and EIsie Souter, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire.
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)

SOUTH	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. OWEN DESMOND	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 378500. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 20. Son of Stanley and Rosetta Hardy South, of Sutton, Cambridgeshire.
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)

SOUTHERN	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES	Drifter
LT/KX. 106112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Summer Rose. 13th October, 1940.
Notes or comments: hired for minesweeping duties October 1939, sunk by mine off Sunderland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SPALDING	Panel 16, Column 2.
Asst. Steward ALFRED WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/LX. 617649. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

SPARKES	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 210967. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Alalite. 10th November, 1940. Age 52. Son of WiIliam and Betsy Sparkes; husband of Betsy Ann Sparkes, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

SPARKES	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman VICTOR MAURICE	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/KX. 124782. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944.

SPEAR	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. WILLIAM JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 121742. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 30. Son of WiIliam and Isabella Spear, of Liverpool.
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)

SPICE	Panel 1, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. LEONARD VICTOR	Trawler
LT/55640. 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)

SPICKERNELL	Panel 1, Column 2.
Comdr. SIDNEY GARLAND	Trawler
Mentioned in Despatches. RN. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 53. Son of Joshua and Alice M. R Spickernell; husband of Ethel Frances Spickernell, of Southgate, Middlesex.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SPOONER	Panel 17, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman EDWIN HAROLD	Trawler
LT/KX. 116784. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945.
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).

SPOUSE	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 211070. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 29. Son of WiIliam and Grace Spouse, of Burnmouth, Berwickshire.
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)

SPRATT	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 209112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 172. 28th December, 1943. Age 27.

STAINES	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. EDWARD LAWRENCE	Trawler
LT/KX. 114128. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of WiIliam J. and Hannah M. Staines, of Hull.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

STANLEY	Panel 13, Column 2.
Asst. Steward HAROLD	Trawler
LT/LX. 31886. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 20. Son of Harold Sidney and Clarice Stanley, of Radcliffe, 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)

STANSFIELD	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand CHARLES WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 242347. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 28. Son of Frederick WiIliam and Emily Stansfield, of Hull; husband of Irene Lavinia Stansfield, of Hull.
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)

STARK	Panel 15, Column 3.
Sto. ARCHIBALD	Trawler
LT/LX. 131710. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 44. Son of Archibald and Jane Baxter Stark; husband of Mary Winifred Stark, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

STATHER	Panel 8, Column 1.
Skipper Lieut. FREDERICK LEONARD	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)

STEAD	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. CLARENCE	Trawler
LT/KX. 148302. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tervani. 7th February, 1943. Age 43. Son of George and Carrie Stead; husband of Ivy Stead, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
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)

STEBBINGS	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman FREDERICK CHARLES	Trawler
LT/X. 392ET. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Joseph Button. 22nd October, 1940. Age 38. Son of Samuel and Emma Eliza Stebbings, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: Castle class, requisitioned August 1939 and converted to minesweeper, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers1)

STEELE	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand HERBERT DAVID	Trawler
LT/X. 18321A. RNR. (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)

STEELE	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN SIDNEY TERRENCE	Trawler
LT/JX. 186637. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 36. Son of Jane Steele, of Brighton, Sussex; husband of Gladice Nora Steele.
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).

STEELE	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. HERBERT EDWARD	Tug
LT/JX. 340219. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 22.
Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)

STEEN	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JAMES STEWART	Trawler
LT/KX. 144114. 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)

STEPHEN	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 100551. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Tilbury Ness.. 1st November, 1940. Age 24. Son of Robert and Barbara Bain Stephen, of Aberdeen; husband of Jane Helen Stephen, 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)

STEPHENS	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman RICHARD	Trawler
LT/6951c. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 40. Son of Richard Henry and Rhoda Stephens, of West Looe, Cornwall; husband of Gladys Stephens, of West Looe.
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)

STEPHENSON	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman ROBERT HENRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 112177. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 33. Husband of Gwendoline Stephenson, of Cardiff.
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).

STEPHENSON	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman FRANCIS HERBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 98620. 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).

STEWART	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman PATRICK	Trawler
LT/X. 1O408S. 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)

STEWART	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Drifter
LT/JX. 241906. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Uberty. 7th May, 1941. Age 35. Son of John and Isabella Stewart; husband of Ann McLeod Stewart, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire.
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)

STEWART	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/X. 5982ES. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 37. Son of William James Stewart and Margaret Ann Stewart; husband of Annie Mary Stewart, of Aberdeen.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STILL	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. THOMAS WALKER	Minelayer
LT/KX. 107940. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 20. Son of Alexander and Isabella Still; husband of Mary Helen Still, of Aberdeen.
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)

STIMSON	Panel 10, Column 2..
Sto. ALEXANDER WILLIAM	Drifter
LT/KX. 113932. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Golden Sunbeam. 19th August, 1942.

STOAKES	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman CHARLES GEORGE	Whaler
LT/X. 270EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Age 43. Husband of Bessie Stoakes, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

STOCKS	Panel 1, Column 1.
Ch. Skipper ROYCE WILLIAM	Trawler
RD. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 48. Son of Charles William and Betsy Stocks, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Louisa Mary S, tocks, of Grimsby.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for ant-submarine duties, sunk by mine of Tyne (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STOCKS	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JOSEPH BARNABY	Trawler
LT/KX. 103323. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Son of William and Elizabeth Stocks; husband of Enis Pauline Stocks, of Hull.
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)

STOCKS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 131519. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of Emily Stocks, of Ladywood, Birmingham.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

STOKER	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE THOMAS	Minelayer
LT/JX. 242494. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 21. Son of George James Stoker and Constance May Stoker, of West Mersea, Essex.
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)

STOLLIDAY	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman EDWARD ALBERT	Trawler
LT/X. 421EU. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Husband of E. D. Stolliday, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STONE	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman FREDERICK HERBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 173216. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Morris Dance. 3rd July, 1941. Age 30. Son of John and Hannah Stone, of Torquay, Devon; husband of Gladys Eleanor Stone, of Torquay.

STONE	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman PERCY ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 185337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 25. Son of Edward and Amelia Stone, of Hallsands, Devon.
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).

STONE	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ch. Enginemim SAMUEL PETER
LT/KX. 115526. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hoxa. 12th July, 1943. Age 39. Husband of Olive Gertrude Stone, of Willerby, Yorkshire.

STONE	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. FRANK	Trawler
LT/KX. 128812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STONE	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS PATRICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 221597. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Charles Edward and Margaret Stone; husband of Rose Doris Stone, of Islington, London.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STORY	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman EDWARD	Trawler
LT/X. 21O69A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939. Age 20. Son of John Edward and Catherine Story, 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)

STORY	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman DENNIS	Trawler
LT/JX. 532310. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Son of Percy Jack and Alice Victoria Story, of Leigh-on-Sea, 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)

STOWELL	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM CHARLES	Trawler
LT/X. 10322B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler James Ludford. 14th December, 1939. Son of William Charles and Susan Stowell, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Notes and Comments: Mersey class trawler, minesweeping duites 1939, sunk by mine in Tyne area (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

STRACHAN	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand PETER RITCHIE	Trawler
LT/JX. 215886. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch lnver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 31. Son of James Ritchie Strachan and of Magdaline Crawford Strachan; husband of Jestina Strachan, of Pennar, Pembrokeshire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

STRANEX	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ALBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 219687. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cobbers. 3rd March, 1941.

STRATTON	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ALBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 186601. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 25. Son of George Frederick and Alice Stratton, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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)

STRICKLAND	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand JAMES WILLIAM HOWARD	Trawler
LT/X. 19586A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 26. Son of James Howard Strickland and Mary Ellen Strickland; husband of Betty Strickland, of Gipsyville, Hull.
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)

STRINGER	Panel 13, Column 2.
Seaman ISIAH	Trawler
LT/JX. 217864. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Son of Josiah and Mary Stringer, of Clarenville, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2). Native of Newfoundland

STROWGER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE HENRY	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/JX. 209260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 23. Son of Leonard and Sophia Strowger, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

STUART	Panel 1, Column 1.
Engineman WILLIAM JOHN CRAWLEY
LT/KX. 98762. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Plumer. 17th December, 1939.

STUBBS	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman SAMUEL LESLIE	Trawler
LT/X. 179EV. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers. 2nd June, 1940. Son of Samuel Shinglar Stubbs and Janey Elizabeth Stubbs; husband of H. Stubbs.
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)

STUBBS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman MICHAEL ARTHUR	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 328911. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Thomas William and Rose Stubbs, of Leigh�on-Sea, Essex.
Notes and Comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

STURTRIDGE	Panel 13, Column 2.
Lieut. WILLIAM HENRY	Motor Minesweeper
RNVR H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Son of Thomas John and Jane Sturtridge; husband of Elizabeth Mary Sturtridge, of Penwithick, Cornwall.
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)

STUTTERS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 378507. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stutters, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SULLIVAN	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman FRANCIS EUGENE	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 125244. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Age 39. Husband of Emma Louisa Sullivan, of Barking, Essex.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

SULLIVAN	Addenda Panel.
Seaman JOHN
LT/JX280963. RN Patrol Service. H.M.T.I.D. 77. 14th July, 1945.
Notes or comments: CWGC recording of vessel identity as 'H.M.T.I.D. 77' which has yet to be identified

SULLOCK	Panel 13, Column 2.
Ldg. Steward ERIC JOHN	Trawler
LT/LX. 29290. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of John Thomas Sullock and Doris Maud Sullock, of Launceston, Cornwall.
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)

SULMAN	Panel 13, Column 3.
Lieut. JOHN HENRY LLOYD, MBE, DSC	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 35. Son of James Hugh and Lilian Elsie Sulman; husband of Zillah Sulman, of Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

SUMMERS	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/X. 3174U. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 31. Son of James and Isabella Summers, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; husband of Margaret Ann Summers, of Fraserburgh.
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)

SUMMERS	Panel 3, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 381EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 32. Son of George Dow Summers and Helen Summers, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; husband of Vina Summers, of Peterhead.
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)

SUTER	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. ALFRED GEORGE	Yacht
LT/JX. 233135. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 29. Son of Alfred George and Ann Norah Suter; husband of Grace Irene Suter, of Bethnal Green, London.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SUTHERLAND	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ANDREW CHARLES	Trawler
LT/X. 7788C. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 31. Son of Alexander and Christina Sutherland; husband of Frances Jane Sutherland, of Burnley, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SUTHERLAND	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper JOHN ALEXANDER, DSC	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 27. Son of Alexander and Nellie Sutherland; husband of Alexandria Sutherland, of Buckie, Banffshire.
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)

SUTHERLAND	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN WILSON	Trawler
LT/X. 18988A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 33. Son of John Wilson Sutherland and Jane Caie Sutherland, of Aberdeen; husband of Catherine Sutherland, of 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)

SUTHERLAND	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman DANIEL	Whaler
LT/JX. 400072. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy. 27th March, 1944. Age 20. Son of John and Maggie Sutherland, of Hopeman, Morayshire.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SUTHERLAND	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook GEORGE	Trawler
LT/MX. 87310. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944.

SUTTON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman CEDRIC HENRY JOSEPH	Yacht
LT/JX. 232855. RN. Patrol Service, H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of William Job Sutton and May Sutton, of Bilston, Staffordshire.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SWABY	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. ARTHUR	Drifter
LT/IX. 213700. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Harvest Gleaner. 28th October, 1940. Age 24. Son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Swaby; husband of Norah Swaby, of Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.

SWALLOW	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman SAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 185417. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 20. Son of Arthur and Margaret Swallow, of Hull.
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)

SWAN	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand CLIFFORD LEWIS	Trawler
LT/IX. 3035A. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940. Age 35. Son of Leonard Victor and Ethel Medora Swan; husband of Kathleen Swan, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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)

SWANN	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES	Trawler
LT/X: 1O294S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 22. Son of Richard and Hannah Swann, of Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SWANN	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook THOMAS ALFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 181844. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 60. Son of Florence Gertrude Swann, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SWANN	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. ERNEST WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 120725. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 27. Son of George and Gertrude Swann; husband of Mary Lilian Swann, of Altrincham, Cheshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SWEENEY	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 299567. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942 Native of 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

SWEENEY	Panel 17, Column 3.
Cook THOMAS	Trawler
LT/MX. 34186. 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)

SWINDELLS	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. GEORGE KENNETH	Trawler
RNVR H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941. Age 29.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SYKES	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook SYDNEY JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 164306. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 29. Son of Sidney Percival and Violena Sykes, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Iris Eileen Sykes, of Grimsby.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

SYMES	Panel 12, Column 1.
Sigmn. FREDERICK DAVID
LT/JX. 223278. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hebe. 22nd November, 1943. Age 26. Son of Frederick Levi Symes and Emily Gertrude Travers Symes, of Uploders, Dorsetshire.

SYMINGTON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 215797. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 27. Son of John and Christina Symington, of Dundee.
Notes or comments: requisitioned October 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, basd at Harwich, sunk by mine off Harwich (Toghill: Trawlers2)

SYMMONDS	Panel 12, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. WILFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 532939. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 18. Son of John Henry and E. A. E. Symmonds, of Eston, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TABERHAM	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JOHN THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 261309. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 31. Son of John Thomas Taberham and Elizabeth Ann Taberham; husband of Emma Taberham, of Stargate, Ryton, Co. Durham.
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)

TAIT	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM KERMACK	Trawler
LT/X. 5999ES. 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)

TAIT	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman ANDREW	Trawler
LT/X. 5958ES. RN. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)

TAIT	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman GEORGE STEPHEN	Trawler
LT/KX. 103140. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Peter and Mary Tait; husband of Isabel Tait, of Harringay, Middlesex.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TALBOT	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 120730. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of Stanley and Ada Talbot; husband of Ivy Talbot, of Widnes, Lancashire.
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).

TALBOT	Panel 12, Column 1.
Sigmn. JOHN GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 340608. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Beryl. 25th December, 1943. Age 31. Son of John W. G. and Nellie Talbot, of Selsdon Garden Village, Surrey; husband of Betty Talbot, of Selsdon Garden Village.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned September 19939 and converted to Armed Boarding Vessel, converted for anti-submarine duties March 1941, sunk by broken free friendly mine north of Ireland (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge Warships WW2)

TAMBLING	Addenda Panel.
Leading Seaman EDWIN	Shore Establishment
LT/7030C. Mentioned in Despatches. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Europa. 22nd July, 1941. Age 34. Son of Edwin and Emily Louisa Tambling, of Looe, Cornwall.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman CHARLES HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 21666A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Pyrope. 12th August, 1940.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. WILFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 87432. 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)

TAYLOR	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. ROBERT	Trawler
LT/ KX. 101204. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 49. Husband of Florence B. Taylor, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TAYLOR	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman STANLEY ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/X. 21635A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lincoln City. 21st February, 1941. Age 24. Son of Alexander and Margaret Taylor, of North Shields, Northumberland; husband of Rosanna Taylor, of North Shields.
Notes or comments: Hired September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, sunk by air attack off Faroes (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TAYLOR	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman HARRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 202311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Remillo. 27th February, 1941. Age 29. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Taylor, of Hull; husband of Elizabeth Taylor, of Hull.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 5, Column 1.
Second Hand JOHN WILLlAM	Drifter
LT/JX. 180450. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Jewel. 18th May, 1941. Age 38. Son of John William and Catherine L. Taylor; husband of Jessie Beatrice Taylor.
Notes or comments: hired as minesweeper January 1940, sunk by mine in Belfast Lough (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TAYLOR	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ERNEST CHARLES	Trawler
LT/IX. 254108. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 19.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 10, Column 3.
Asst. Steward JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/LX. 28187. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 20. Son of Richard Thomas Taylor and Harriet Tay tor, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ALFRED JAMES	Whaler
LT/X. 9331B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Age 34. Son of Charles and Matilda Taylor, of Folkestone; husband of Ada May Taylor, of Folkestone.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES WILLIAM GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. 280872. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ernest Taylor.
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)

TAYLOR	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. LESLlE
LT/JX. 373266. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Haarlem. 24th December, 1942.

TAYLOR	Panel 12, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE HENRY FREDERICK
LT/JX. 377280. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Tower. 5th February, 1943. Age 29. Son of George and Nelly Taylor, of Enfield, Middlesex; husband of Mary Taylor, of Enfield.

TAYLOR	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman GEORGE MITCHELL	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/KX. 108020. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2019. 19th September, 1943. Age 33. Son of George and Betsy Taylor, of Dundee; husband of Helen Taylor, of Dundee.

TAYLOR	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN DENT	Trawler
LT/JX. 265373. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Taylor, of Newbiggin�by-the-Sea, Northumberland; husband of Una Taylor.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

TAYLOR	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. EDWARD CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 281773. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 42. Son of William Henry and Margaret Taylor; husband of Dorothy Craney Taylor, of Quinton, Warwickshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

TAYLOR	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. HUGH	Trawler
LT/KX. 106971. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler lnkpen. 5th April, 1944. Age 24. Son of John R and E. Taylor, of Liverpool.

TAYLOR	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. CLIFFORD	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 158763. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 47. Son of Ernest and Mary Ann Taylor; husband of Mary Elisabeth Taylor, of Bootle, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

TAYLOR	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. BERNARD	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/JX. 269536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton 18th August, 1944. Age 22. Son of George Henry and Theresa Taylor, of Salford, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

TAYLOR	Panel 17, Column 1.
Sigmn. JOHN
LT/JX. 211243. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Nordhay II. 10th March, 1945. Age 30. Son of Archibald and Janet Taylor, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.

TAYLOR	Panel 17, Column 1.
Sigmn. FRANK MORTON	Trawler
LT/IX. 359697. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 31. Son of James and Lilian Taylor, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; husband of Audrey Taylor, of Stockton-on-Tees.
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)

TEAGUE	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman NORMAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 180337. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TEASDALE	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman WILLlAM JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/X. 1O378S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Silicia. 9th May, 1941. Age. 28. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Teasdale, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; husband of Doris Winifred Teasdale, of Middlesbrough.
Notes or comments: requisitioned in August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, joined 72nd M/S Group at Grimsby, sunk by mine off Humber. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TEASDEL	Panel 1, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook LEONARD PERCY	Trawler
LT/JX. 165014. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 25th December, 1939. Son of John William and Florence Edith Teasdel, of Cobholm Island, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

TEBBUTT	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ROLAND ERNEST	Trawler
LT/JX. 696044. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 37. Husband of Edna May Tebbutt, of Little Addington, Northamptonshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TEMPLE	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman ROBERT OWEN	Trawler
LT/KX. 117470. RN. Patrol Service.. H.M. Trawler Dervish.9th September, 1940.Age 36. Husband of Edith Temple, of Hull.
Notes or comments: ex Norman, hired June 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine off Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

TEMPLE	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper EDWARD WILSON	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 40. Son of Harry and Margaret Temple; husband of Minnie Rose Temple, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

TEMPLE	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 257105. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 32. Son of Thomas and Jane Temple, of Widnes, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Temple, of Widnes.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TENNANT	Panel 8, Column 2.
Second Hand JOHN NOBLE RUTHERFORD	Trawler
LT/JX. 210851. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 11th February, 1942. Age 28. Son of James and Christina Noble Rutherford Tennant, of Newhaven, Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar 25/11/42 (Toghill: Trawlers2). No details of any incident 11/02/42.

TESTER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JOSEPH SAMUEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 265021. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wyoming. 20th May, 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles and Lydia Caroline Tester.

THAMES	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman SAMUEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 170513. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Age 28. Son of James William and Agnes Thames; husband of Florence Lilian May Thames, 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)

THOMAS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE HENRY	Trawler
LT/6939C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Benvolio. 23rd February, 1940. Age 35. Son of Jack and Elizabeth Thomas, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire; husband of Annie Elizabeth Thomas, of Milford Haven.
Notes or comments: Hired for minesweeping duties September, 1939, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2).

THOMAS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 173606. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Son of William Benjamin and Alice Thomas, of Great Yarmouth, 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)

THOMAS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 7719C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Thuringia. 28th May, 1940. Age 31. Son of Charles and Anne Thomas; husband of Dorothy Claudina Thomas, of Delabole, Cornwall.
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)

THOMAS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 186620. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940. Age 23. Son of Frederick and Lilian Thomas, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire; husband of Florence May Thomas, of Neyland, Pembrokeshire.
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)

THOMAS	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sigmn. WILLIAM	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)

THOMAS	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman WILLIAM REES	Trawler
LT/JX. 184510. 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)

THOMAS	Panel 10, Column 1.
Engineman SIDNEY	Trawler
LT/KX. 116085. 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)

THOMAS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. FRANK GEORGE	Trawler
LT/X. 1O238S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Alouette. 19th September, 1942. Age 27. Son of George Henry and Agnes Thomas, of Liverpool; husband of Florence Mary Thomas, of Wavertree, Liverpool.
Notes or comments: ex Esquimaux, hired as minesweeping trawler August 1939, sunk by U-552 off Portugal, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THOMAS	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook ROY GRETTON	Trawler
LT/MX. 109804. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943. Age 21. Son of John Gretton Thomas and Eva Thomas, of Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THOMAS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook SIDNEY COLIN	Whaler
LT/MX. 87588. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Maaloy, 27th March, 1944. Age 24. Son of Samuel and Edith Thomas, of Regent's Park, London.
Notes or comments: Norwegian whaler, originally Globe VI, hired April 1941 as a minesweeper, renamed Maaloy, sunk by U-boat off Ceylon (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THOMPSON	Panel 1, Column 1.
Skipper GEORGE HENRY ALEXANDER	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 25th 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)

THOMPSON	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM JASPER	Trawler
LT/JX. 167024. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Argyllshire. 1st June, 1940.
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)

THOMPSON	Panel 7, Column 2. Column 2.
Sto. WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
LT/Kx. 125117. 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)

THOMPSON	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. WALTER MONKHOUSE	Trawler
LT/KX. 103827. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gulfoss. 9th March, 1941.
Notes and Comments: Purchased as minesweeper August 1939, sunk by mine in the Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THOMPSON	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman GEORGE WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 116182. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 32. Son of Horace George and Amelia Thompson; husband of Phyllis Thompson, 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)

THOMPSON	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. MARTIN	Whaler
LT/X. 10211ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 28. Son of James and Mary Thompson, of Liverpool; husband of Mary Thompson, of Liverpool.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

THOMPSON	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES SMITH	Trawler
LT/KX. 114701. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 30. Son of George and Elizabeth Thompson; husband of Isabella Thompson, of Aberdeen.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THOMSON	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Seaman-Steward ROBERT ANDREW	Minelayer
LT/JX. 214213. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Son of Andrew Adam and Ada Thomson, of Cambridge.
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)

THOMSON	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman ALEXANDER YOUNG, DSM	Trawler
LT/X. 5932ES, RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 36. Son of Alexander and Margaret Ann Thomson, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Josephine Thomson, of Buckie.
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)

THOMSON	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper PETER	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Canada. 24th September, 1942. Age 35. Son of Peter and Maggie Thomson, of Buckie, Banffshire; husband of Margaretta Thomson, of Buckie.
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)

THOMSON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 281115. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cypress. 20th January, 1943.

THORNTON	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut. LAWRENCE LYSTER	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Rifsnes. 20th May, 1940. Age 33. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Lyster Thornton; husband of Mary Lillian Thornton, of Heronsgate, Hertfordshire.
Notes and Comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted for minesweeping, based at Yarmouth (unknown Great or IOW), lost in air attack off Ostend. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

THRELFALL	Panel 13, Column 3.
Skipper THOMAS	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 17th November, 1944. Age 45. Son of Thomas and Margaret Threlfall; husband of Florence Alice Threlfall, of Thornton, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned December 1939 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 converted to an 'Esso' and joined Mediterranean Fleet, 1944 left MF to return to UK, foundered on passage in gale in English Channel, CWGC record date as 17/11/44, all other references record 18/11/44 (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ship RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

THUNDERCLIFFE	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper JOHN EDWARD	Whaler
RNR. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 33.
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)

THURSTON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman JAMES DAVID	Minelayer
LT/JX. 242068. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 35. Son of Horace and Sarah Thurston.
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)

TICKNER	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JAMES HENRY GEORGE	Trawler
LT/KX. 99886 RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Charles Boyes. 25th May, 1940. Age 21. Son of John and Annie Tickner, of Crayford, Kent.
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)

TIMMS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman ERNEST STANLEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 180470. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 20. Son of William James Timms and Emily Rose Timms, of Hastings, Sussex.
Notes or comments: Tree class, purchased December 1939, commissioned March 1940 and joined 19th A/S Strike Force in Orkneys, in Norwegian campaign April/May, escorting tanker from Tromso when sighted squadron comprising Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper and four destroyers. Sailed to meet flying battle ensign and lasted incredible 90 minutes before before being sunk by Hipper gunfire, four survivors (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TINSON	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE WILLIAM RONALD	Trawler
LT/KX. 142490. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 18. Son of G. W. and Eleanor Kate Tinson, of Kensington, London.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

TIPPING	Panel 4, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/KX. 108794. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 19. Son of Joseph and Nellie Tipping.
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)

TOBIN	Panel 13, Column 1. .
Sto. HENRY JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 120106. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943. Age 23. Son of Henry James Tobin and Mary Elizabeth Tobin; husband of Vera Mabel Tobin, of Kenton, Middlesex.
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)

TODD	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman CYRIL	Trawler
LT/KX. 101889. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ebor Wyke. 2nd May, 1945. Age 49. Son of Edward and Emily Todd; husband of Ethel Todd, of Sound�well, Gloucestershire.
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)

TOFTE	Addenda Panel.
Engineman HARRY ALBERT	Shore Establishment
LT/KX 107573. RN Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 17th September, 1942.
Notes and Comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft.

TOGNARELLI	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman PAULO LORENZO	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 113546. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 55. 10th July, 1944. Age 43. Son of Isidor Tognarelli and Wilhelmine Marie Tognarelli (n�e J�rgensen), Bergen, Norway.
Notes or comments: built by R. Irvin, Peterhead, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45). Native of Norway

TOON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/IX. 306682. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 22. Son of Mrs. S. Toon, of Great Bridge, Staffordshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

TOPLISS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman CHARLES LUCOCK	Trawler
LT/JX. 173394. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 32. Husband of Doris Maud Topliss, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

TOWERS	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 173260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 47. Son of Ann Towers; husband of Dorothy Towers.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TOWERS	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman SYDNEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 189959. 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)

TREHERNE	Panel 1, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. IAN STANLEY LOFTUS	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Marsona. 4th August, 1940.
Notes and Comments: Hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by mine off Cromarty (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TRIPPASS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 306464. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 22. Son of Thomas Arthur and Alice Trippass, of Coventry.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

TROATH	Panel 13, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. ROBERT WILLIAM HARKER	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Son of Leonard Eustace and Mabel Millicent Troath, of Wellingborough, Northamp�tonshire.
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).

TROWBRIDGE	Panel 15, Column 1.
Telegraphist HENRY THOMAS AUGUSTUS	Trawler
LT/JX. 229180. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 28. Son of Henry Thomas Augustus and Anne Trowbridge, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Elsie Trowbridge, of Grimsby.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

TUCKER	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper FRED JAMES STURDEE	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 20th April, 1941. Age 26. Son of Albert Hendry Tucker and Marion Berry Tucker, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire; husband of Virtue Louise Tucker, of Hakin, Pembroke shire.
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)

TULEY	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 226623. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Hailsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 28. Husband of Gwendoline Winifred Tuley, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire.
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)

TURNER	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. ALBERT WALTER	Trawler
LT/KX. 135071. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 29. Son of Leonard James Turner and May Turner, of Hanley, Staffordshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

TURNER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. LEONARD WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 657260. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 22. Son of Frederick Charles and Millicent Sarah Turner, of Troston, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TURRELL	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand OLLEY	Trawler
LT/X. 156SA. RNR (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Robert Bowen. 9th February, 1940. Age 30. Son of Alfred and Harriet Ann Turrell, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ruth Priscilla Turrell, of Lowestoft.
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)

TURRELL	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman CLEMENT ALAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 190143. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 22. Son of Herbert and Annie Turrell, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Margaret B. Turrell, of Lowestoft.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TWIGG	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. ERIC KNIVETON	Trawler
LT/JX. 240146. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 26. Son of Samuel and Ruth Twigg; husband of Annie Withnell Twigg, of Farnworth, 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)

TWITCHETT	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. ROBERT NOEL	Yacht
LT/KX. 130886. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 19. Son of Robert John and Edith May Twitchett, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TYE	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS STANLEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 259314. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur. 25th September, 1943.
Notes and Comments: hired for auxilliary patrol May 1940, converted for minwsweeping 1941, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Harwich (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

TYRIE	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman EDWIN CYRIL	Yacht
LT/JX. 223282. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 20. Son of Albert Charles Tyrie, and of Mary J ane Tyrie, of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

UNDERWOOD	Panel 3, Column 3.
Engineman ERNEST CHARLES	Trawler
LT/X. 5919ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

UNWIN	Panel 14, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. FREDERICK	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 530161. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 19. Son of Frederick and Mary Unwin, of St. Ives, Cornwall.
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)

UPTON	Panel 13, Column 2.
Steward PHILIP WALTER	Trawler
LT/LX. 28206. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

URE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT	Whaler
LT/JX. 258254. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 31. Son of James and Agnes Ure, of Glasgow. .
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)

USHER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman GEORGE FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 532283. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 19. Son of George Frederick and Anna Mary Usher, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

UTTING	Panel 1, Column 3..
Skipper ROLAND MORT ON	Drifter
RNR. H.M. Drifter Maida. 16th March, 1940. Son of Roland Henry and Helena Letitica Utting, of Kessingland, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: hired November 1939 as minesweeper and renamed Maida, sunk by mine off east coast Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

UTTING	Panel 1, Column 3..
Skipper GEORGE ERNEST	Drifter
RNR. H.M. Drifter Reed. 7th November, 1940. Age 39. Son of John and Clara Utting, of Winterton, Norfolk; husband of Lily Gertrude Utting, of Winterton.
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)

VALERIANI	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman LAWRENCE	Trawler
LT/JX. 280897. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 32. Son of Henri and Harriet Emma Valeriani; husband of Marquerite Valeriani, of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.
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); the original CWGC memorial register erroneously lists mother's name as Dorothy which has been subsequently amended to Harriet Emma (see CWGC website)

VANCE	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. MARSHALL	Trawler
LT/KX. 106924. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Marjorie M. Hastie. 20th February, 1941. Son of William and Jane Vance; husband of Rosetta Vance, of Belfast.

VARDON-PATTON	Panel 8, Column 1.
Sub-Lieut. PETER HENRY DENNIS	Shore Establishment
RNVR. H.M.S. Midge. 28th March, 1942. Age 26.
Notes or comments: HMS Midge was the Coastal Forces base at Great Yarmouth. Recorded as lost in ML 298 in the raid on St. Nazaire. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN; naval-history.net)

VENTRY	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman Cook VINCENT	Trawler
LT/JX. 185635. 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)

VEY	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 225705. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Age 23. Son of James and Rachel Vey, of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

VICKERS	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 129452. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler William Stephen. 25th October, 1943. Age 29. Son of James and Honora Vickers, of Hull; husband of Gertrude Hilda Vickers, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: ex Joseph Annison, requisitioned as William Stephen November 1939 and converted for minesweeping, sunk by E-boat off Cromer (Toghill:Trawlers 1/2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

VINCENT	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. FRANK ERNEST	Yacht
LT/JX. 231504. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Son of Ernest George and Alice Vincent, of Sevenoaks, Kent.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

VORLEY	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JOSEPH CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 232484. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 34. Son of Arthur and Rose Elizabeth Vorley, of Walthamstow, Essex.
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)

WAINWRIGHT	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN HENRY	Trawler
LT/KX. 104302. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Galena. 24th July, 1940. Age 47. Son of John Henry and Susan Wainwright; husband of Isabella Wainwright, of Blyth, Northumberland.
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)

WAITE	Panel 4, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. FRANCIS	Trawler
LT/KX. 103845. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. 14th October, 1940. Age 23. Son of Wilfred and Mary Waite, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WAITE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman HAROLD ROY	Trawler
LT/JX. 299522. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 24. Son of Harry Waite, and of Alice Waite, of Lincoln.
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)

WAITING	Panel 17, Column 3.
Sto. JOSEPH EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 116841. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 28. Son of Joseph and Ethel Waiting, of York.
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)

WAKE	Panel 6, Column 1..
Seaman JOHN
LT/JX. 219597. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Ouzel. 3rd November, 1941. Age 26. Son of John George and Florence May Wake; husband of Annie Wake, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.

WALDRAM	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. ERIC	Trawler
LT/JX. 234242. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 22. Son of Albert and Kate Emily Waldram, of Nottingham; husband of Audrey Waldram.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

WALKER	Panel 2, Column 3.
Seaman CHARLES WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 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)

WALKER	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. ANDREW	Trawler
LT/X. 1O208S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fleming. 24th July, 1940. Age 25. Son of Anthony and Mary Walker, of Aberdeen; husband of Louisa Stuart Walker, of Aberdeen.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, sunk by air attack in the Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WALKER	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut.-Comdr. HERBERT ROWLEY	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 38. Son of Stanley Herbert Walker and Florence Walker; husband of Ada Margaret. Walker, of Ashton, Devon.
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)

WALKER	Panel 6, Column 3.
Engineman HENRY EDMUND	Drifter
LT/KX. 111441. 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)

WALKER	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. ANDREW ROBERTSON	Trawler
LT/KX. 101843. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 36. Son of Andrew and Margaret Walker, of Aberdeen; husband of Isabella R Walker, of 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)

WALKER	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman EDWARD CROSS	Trawler
LT/IX. 223291. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 25. Son of Edward Cross Walker, and of Ettie Mabel Walker, of Bramcote, Nottinghamshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WALKER	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman FELIX	Trawler
LT/JX. 286030. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Daneman. 9th May, 1943. Age 36. Son of John and Flora Walker, of' Buckhaven, Fife: husband of Margaret Walker, of Methil, Fife.
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)

WALKER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ERIC	Trawler
LT/JX. 226118. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 24. Son of George Edwin and Winifred Walker, of Upperthorpe, Sheffield.
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)

WALLACE	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JAMES BRADY	Trawler
LT/JX. 210659. 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)

WALLACE	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman WILLIAM JOHN	Barrage Balloon Vessel
LT/KX. 130197. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Fratton. 18th August, 1944. Son of John and Emily Wallace; husband of Lily Edina Wallace, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
Notes or comments: The 757 ton vessel was attacked and sunk at Normandy by German manned torpedos (Marder - Pine Martin)

WALPOLE	Panel 7, Column 3.
Seaman - Steward FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 218563. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ventose. 20th January, 1941.

WALSH	Panel 13, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. PATRICK JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 40. Son of Nicholas and Ellen Walsh, of Fermeuse, New�foundland.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WALSH	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 286069. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Age 38. Son of James and Maria Walsh, of Liverpool; husband of Agnes Walsh, of Liverpool.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

WALTERS	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. 101709. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cayton Wyke. 8th July, 1940. Age 40. Son of Phillip and Maud Waiters; husband of Winifred May Walters, of Denton, Gravesend, Kent.
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)

WALTERS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Ldg. Cook CECIL HORACE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/MX. 87033. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 105. 12th July, 1944. Age 42. Son of Arthur James Waiters and Lilian Maud Waiters.

WARD	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE CYRIL	Trawler
LT/KX. 117471. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Dervish. 9th September, 1940. Age 25. Husband of Beatrice Ward.
Notes or comments: ex Norman, hired June 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine off Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WARD	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper JAMES SIDNEY ELLIOTT	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Stag. 3rd June, 1941. Age 37.
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)

WARD	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman WILLIAM	Shore Establishment
LT/KX. 148321. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. President III. 11th November, 1943. Age 31. Son of Thomas and Emma Ward, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Ellen Ward, of Tonge Moor, Bolton.
Notes or comments: HMS President III was the shore establishment based at Bristol which was nominally the posting for all Naval personnel serving in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (Warlow: Shore Est. RN)

WARD	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman CYRIL	Trawler
LT/JX. 315980. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D' Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Age 21. Son of William John Harrison Ward and Martha Jane Harrison Ward.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WARD	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman HERBERT DOUGLAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 240311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Transvaal. 18th November, 1944. Age 27. Son of Bert and Emily Maud Ward; husband of E. B. Ward, of Battersea, London.
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)

WARE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman VINCENT	Trawler
LT/JX. 409890. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 20. Son of George and Margaret Ware, of Liverpool.
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).

WAREHAM	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. ARTHUR LAMONT HASTlE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/X. 18289A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Motor Minesweeper 229. 13th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Margaret Wareham, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire; husband of May Wareham, of Campbeltown.

WARLOW	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. THOMAS GEORGE JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. 109957. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Almond. 2nd February, 1941. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Alice Warlow; husband of Sarah Ellen Warlow, of Tier's Cross, Pembrokeshire.
Notes or comments: Tree class admiralty trawler, taken into service May 1940 as minesweeper, sunk by mine off Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WARNER	Panel 16, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. ROBERT SMITH	Motor Minesweeper
RNVR. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 68. 4th February, 1945. Age 21. Son of Alfred M. and Christina Warner, of Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

WARREN	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman FRANCIS	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 280018. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Age 20. Son of William and Phoebe Warren, of Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

WARRENDER	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman BERNARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 115825. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 27. Son of Peter and Anne Warrender, of Manchester; husband of Agnes Warrender, of Levenshulme, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WASHINGTON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 189098. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Olivine. 13th November, 1940.

WATKINS	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. VICTOR ROY	Trawler
LT/JX. 532845. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred Victor and Mabel Kathleen Watkins, of Raynes Park, Surrey.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WATKINSON	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper FRANK	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Selborne. 31st March, 1941. Age 53. Son of Joseph and Rachel Watkinson; husband of Betsy Watkinson, of Tetney, Lincoln�shire.
Notes and Comments: Hired as auxilliary patrol vessel June 1940, sunk by mine in Humber off Spurn Head (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Toghill: Trawlers2)

WATSON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 100311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Fifeshire. 20th February, 1940. Son of Alexander and Barbara Ann Watson, of Peterhead, Aberdeen�shire.
Notes and Comments: 540 ton vessel hired for anti-submarine duties September 1939, sunk by aircraft east of Copinsay, Orkneys (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WATSON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman JAMES THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 177629. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 25. Son of Herbert Edward and Ivy Bertha Watson; husband of Hetty Watson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WATSON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN ROBERTSON	Trawler
LT/X. 7052c. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Rodino. 24th July, 1940.

WATSON	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman REGINALD KENNETH	Trawler
LT/JX. 165984. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Pelton. 23rd December, 1940. Age 26. Son of Robert Thomas Watson and Alice Maud Watson, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
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)

WATSON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ANDREW	Minelayer
LT/JX. 185350. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Van Meerlant. 4th June, 1941. Age 23. Son of Andrew and Margaret Watson, of Pittenweem, 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)

WATSON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS BUTTERS	Drifter
LT/IX. 185351. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Jessie Watson; husband of Johnina R Watson, of Cellardyke, Fife.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

WATSON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman JOSEPH	Yacht
LT/IX. 218221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 23. Son of Joseph and Eliza J. Watson, of Brownsover, Warwickshire.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WATSON	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. ARNOLD ROBERT	Trawler
LT/X. 1O552S. RNR. (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)

WATSON	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 105082. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Avanturine. 1st December, 1943. Age 49. Son of John and Helen Watson; husband of Catherine Bella Watson, of Buckie, Banffshire.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned February 1940 as auxilliary patrol vessel, 1942 coverted to minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat whilst in tow off Beachy Head, English Channel (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WATSON	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 202173. 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)

WATT	Panel 4, Column 2.
Seaman-Cook CHARLES	Drifter
LT/JX. 183230. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Comfort. 29th May, 1940. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Watt; husband of Elizabeth R. S. Watt, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Notes or comments: hired as dan layer December 1939, rammed in error by minesweeper Lydd off Dover (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WATT	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman JOSEPH
LT/JX. 167169. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Waverley. 29th May, 1940.

WATT	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ch. Engineman ANDREW	Trawler
LT/X. 426ET. RNR. (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)

WATT	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman JOHN, DSM	Trawler
LT/X. 466EU. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 38. Son of Charles John and Jeannie Watt and husband of Elizabeth Jane Watt of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
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)

WATTS	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. ALBERT ANDREW	Trawler
LT/KX. 133930. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rysa. 8th December, 1943. Age 35. Son of George Gladwell Watts and Margaret Watts; husband of Nellie Edna Watts, of Holloway, London.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launched March 1941, sunk by mine off Maddelena, Sicily. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WATTS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman FRANK	Trawler
LT/JX. 383010. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

WEAVER	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand EDGAR ALFRED	Trawler
LT/JX. 181715. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Juniper. 18th June, 1940. Age 44. Husband of Harriet Jessie Weaver, of Davington, Kent.
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)

WEAVER	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. THOMAS HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 192295. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Roche Bonne. 7th April, 1941. Age 27. Son of Thomas Henry and Emily Weaver; husband of Kate Weaver, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: February 1940 and converted to minesweeper, sunk in air attack off Lizard (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEAVER	Panel 13, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. CLEMENT REGINALD, DSM	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 31. Son of Robert Thomas and Eleanor Weaver; husband of Catherine Alice Weaver.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEBB	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand HARRY EDWARD	Drifter
LT/JX. 180112. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Comfort. 29th May, 1940.
Notes or comments: hired as dan layer December 1939, rammed in error by minesweeper Lydd off Dover (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEBB	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE ALBERT	Yacht
LT/JX. 231770. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 27. Son of John and Susan Webb, of Forest Gate, Essex.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEBB	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ldg. Steward LEONARD JOHN	Yacht
LT/LX. 27580. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Ethel Webb; husband of Lily Webb, of Caterham, Surrey.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEBB	Panel 13, Column 2.
Ldg. Steward ALFRED HENRY	Trawler
LT/LX. 27536. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 24. Son of Charles and Eliza Violet Webb, of Bracknell, Berkshire.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEBB	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman KENNETH	Trawler
LT/JX. 197754. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944.
Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

WEBB	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. GEOFFREY	Trawler
LT/JX. 453047. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 19. Son of Harold and Bertha May Webb, of Sale, Cheshire.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WEBB	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman MAURICE GUYLEE	Motor Launch
LT/JX. 253526. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.M.L. 1336. 20th March, 1945. Age 30. Son of Frank and Florence Webb; husband of Betty Webb, of London CoIney, Hertfordshire.

WEBSTER	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. PATRICK JAMES TREVOR	Trawler
LT/X. 9901S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Comet. 30th September, 1940. Age 28. Son of Cecil and Elizabeth Anne (Annie) Webster; husband of Susan Carter Webster, of Stoke Newington, London.
Notes or comments: ex Tamura, requisitioned September 1939 and converted to Decoy vessel, sunk by mine aff Falmouth (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WEBSTER	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 219421. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 42. Son of Robert and Margaret Webster, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Mary Webster, of FIeetwood.
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)

WEBSTER	Panel 10, Column 2.
Ldg. Cook HORACE KNOWLES	Drifter
LT/MX. 88016. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Golden Sunbeam. 19th August, 1942. Age 42. Son of Charles MacHardy Webster and Mary Sim Webster, of Aberdeen; husband of Jane Morrison Craig Webster, of Aberdeen.

WEBSTER	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. FREDERICK JAMES	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/KX. 156122. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 20. Son of Ernest Frederick and Emma Alice Webster, of Hull.

WEDDERBURN-OGILVY	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. DONALD STEPHEN	Drifter
RNVR. H.M. Drifter Thistle. 8th May, 1941. Age 40. Son of Thomas and Marion Agnes Wedderbum-Ogilvy; husband of Myra Carolyn Henrietta Wedderbum-Ogilvy, of Ballycarney, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland.
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)

WEEDON	Panel 4, Column 2.
Ord. Seaman-Steward GEORGE ALBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 196265. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hickory. 22nd October, 1940. Age 21. Son of George Alfred and PhyIIis Annie Weedon, of Chelsea, London.
Notes and Comments: Hired as minesweeper February 1940, sunk by mine in Channel (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WEIR	Panel 4, Column 2.
Cook PETER	Trawler
LT/MX. 93648. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip.13th June, 1940. Age 21. Son of John and Agnes Weir, of New Stevenston, Lanarkshire.
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)

WELBURN	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman JOHN HENRY HARDY	Trawler
LT/JX. 124507. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Husband of Florence Welbum, 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)

WELCH	Panel 5, I Column 1.
Second Hand THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 170588. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Topaze. 20th April, 1941. Age 25. Son of Thomas Welch and of Annie Welch (nee Irwin), of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Agnes Warbrick Welch, of Fleetwood.
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)

WELLS	Panel 15, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. ANTHONY MALCOLM	Trawler
LT/JX. 325243. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 21. Son of Harold Roland and Irene Ada Wells, of IBirmingham.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WELTON	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. EDWIN HARVEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 662418. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Vidonia. 7th October, 1944. Age 18. Son of Horace Edwin and Beatrice Maud Welton, of Southdown, Suffolk.

WENHAM	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ARTHUR JAMES AMOS	Trawler
LT/JX. 183131. 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)

WENMAN	Panel 15, Column 1.
Telegraphist HORACE ALVIN
LT/JX. 194189. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Penelope. 18th February, 1944. Age 24. Son of Horace Alvin Wenman and Clara Wenman, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

WEST	Panel 1, Column 1.
Engineman RICHARD	Trawler
LT/X. 5940ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939. Age 33. Son of George and Margaret Jane West; husband of Annie West, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

WESTCOTT	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman EDWIN ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 232950. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WESTCOTT	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman LEONARD
LT/KX. 115433. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Mull. 26th March, 1943. Age 39. Son of William Thomas Westcott and Rosina Westcott, of Wellington, Somerset.

WESTGATE	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman RICHARD EDWARD
LT/JX. 165029. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sambur. 1st April, 1942. Age 36. Son of Samuel George and Martha Elizabeth Westgate; husband of Lily May Westgate, of Southtown, Suffolk.

WESTON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES RICHARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 207518. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 3rd May, 1941. Age 36. Husband of Margaret S. Weston, of Dagenham, Essex.
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)

WESTWOOD	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. STANLEY	Whaler
LT/JX. 228064. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sotra. 29th January, 1942. Age 21. Son of Alice Westwood, of Denbeath, Methil, Fife.
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).

WETHERILL	Panel 15, Column 1.
Telegraphist SAMUEL HENRY	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 269428. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 2077. 25th October, 1944. Age 23. Son of Sam and Elsie Gertrude Wetherill, of Langwith Junction, Derbyshire.

WHALEN	Panel 7, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. JOHN	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 230101. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Europa. 19th August, 1941. Age 21. Son of Hubert and Edith Whalen, of George Town, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: Europa was headquarters and central depot of RNPS at Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft. Native of Newfoundland

WHALL	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman REGINALD ARTHUR FREDERICK	Whaler
LT/JX. 189094. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ullswater. 19th November, 1942. Son of George and Anne May Whall, of Huntingdon.
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)

WHAMOND	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. ALFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 114625. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 30. Son of David and Elizabeth Whamond; husband of Christina Whamond, of Brechin, Angus.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WHARTON	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ADAM ALBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 225078. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kington Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 41. Son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Wharton, of Norham, Northumberland. .
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)

WHEELER	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand WILLIAM JAMES, DSM
LT/JX. 212627, RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Good Design. 23rd November, 1940. Age 57. Son of James and Elizabeth Wheeler; husband of Ethel Daisy Wheeler, of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

WHEELER	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ALFRED	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 205669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 24. Son of William and CIara Wheeler, of Cree, Cheshire.
Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

WHICHELLO	Panel 11, Column 1.
Skipper Lieut. GEORGE ALFRED, DSC	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 36. Son of George and Edie Whichello; husband of Lilian Elizabeth Whichello, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WHITCHER	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook STANLEY REGINALD	Trawler
LT/MX. 94363. 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)

WHITCOMB	Panel 13, Column 3.
Lieut. JOHN HOLMSTEAD	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944. Son of James Henry and Edith Cripps Whitcomb; husband of Joan Whitcomb, of Haslemere, Surrey.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WHITE	Panel 1, Column 1.
Lieut. ALBERT EDWARD	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Northern Rover. 5th November, 1939. Age 36. Son of WaIter and Mary White; husband of Elsie White, of Cheadle, Cheshire.
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)

WHITE	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. EDWIN JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 258630. RN. patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 26. Son of Bernard and Margarite White, of Liver�pool; husband of Irene White, of Kirkdale, Liverpool.
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).

WHITE	Panel 10, Column 2.
Cook DOUGLAS FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/MX. 87267. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 24. Son of Enos and Ade White, of Bridport, Dorsetshire.
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)

WHITE	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman LLEWELLYN OLIVER	Whaler
LT/JX. 202005. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Cocker. 4th June, 1942. Native of Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: ex Kos XIX, a Norwegian whaler, hired for anti-submarine duties as Cocker September 1941, torpedoed and sunk by E-boat off Tobruk, (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; updated by Norfleet.net)

WHITE	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. WILLIAM THOMAS JAMES
LT/SSX. 26487. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sorsra. 12th February, 1944. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry White, of Huddersfield.

WHITE	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman PETER HUBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 400020. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WHITE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman RAYMOND	Trawler
LT/JX. 206563. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Son of Charles and Bessie White; husband of Lorraine White, of Salcott, Essex.
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)

WHITE	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman RONALD JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 284968. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Son of James and Martha White; husband of Bessie White, of BoIton, Lancashire.
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)

WHITEHALL	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman EDWARD FREDERICK JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 240308. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Laertes. 25th July, 1942. Age 25. Son of Edward John and Charlotte Emma Whitehall; husband of Edith May Whitehall, of Camberwell, London.
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).

WHITEHEAD	Panel 4, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. CHARLES SAMUEL	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Alberic. 2nd May, 1941. Age 28.
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). Date shown as recorded by CWGC but all other records show loss of vessel 3/5/1941

WHITEHEAD	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. DANIEL	Trawler
LT/JX. 100817. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 25. Son of George and Ellenor Whitehead; husband of Margaret Whitehead, of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
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).

WHITEHEAD	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman HUGH	Yacht
LT/JX. 223389. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Rosabelle. 11th December, 1941. Age 21. Son of Hugh and Margaret Whitehead.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN September 1939 as armed boarding vessel, sunk by U-374 off Gibraltar. (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WHITESIDE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. THOMAS EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 109942. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 19. Son of Albert and Ada E. Whiteside, of Blackpool, 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)

WHITFORD	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. ALBERT HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 228973. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 27. Son of Alfred and Alice Ellen Whitford; husband of Joan Mary Whitford, of Andover, Hampshire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

WHITLOW	Panel 17, Column 3.
Steward EDWARD JAMES LOUIS	Whaler
LT/LX. 28207. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Southern Flower. 3rd March, 1945. Age 35. Son of James Lewis Whitlow and Edith Emily Whitlow; husband of Edith May Whitlow, of Fishponds, Bristol.
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)

WHITTLETON	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT WILLIAM PERCY	Drifter
LT/JX. 206438. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Bahram. 3rd April, 1941. Age 30. Son of Robert and Margaret Whittleton, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of Ethel Grace Whittleton, of Cleethorpes.
Notes or comments: Hired as harbour defence patrol craft 1940, sunk by mine off the Humber (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WICKS	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman DONALD HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 213945. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 24. Son of Thomas Edward Wicks and of Isabella Ann Wicks (nee Gorbold), of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
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).

WICKS	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. GEORGE FREDERICK HENRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 179721. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 24. Son of Fredric Henry and Annie Wicks; husband of Marjorie Violet Wicks.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

WIDDAS	Panel 16, �Column 1.
Sto. KENNETH AUBREY	Trawler
LT/KX. 147883. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Albert and Jessie Widdas, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WIGG	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman ROBERT HENRY	British Yard Minesweeper
LT/JX. 19221. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.B.Y. Minesweeper 72. 11th November, 1943. Age 29. Son of Henry Gerald and Eleanor Wigg, of Folkestone.
Notes or comments: (original number 72, later renumbered 2072) launched at the Wheeler yard of Whitestone, New York in April 1943, by November was in off Leros in Aegean Sea when attacked by Dornier launched glider bomb causing a number of casualties (Minett: CisC; naval-history.net)

WIGGINS	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman WILLIAM	Whaler
LT/JX. 218217. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Robert and Margaret Liddell Wigging, of Burnbank, Lanarkshire.
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)

WIGGINS	Panel 14, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM	Tug
LT/JX. 278929. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Tug Empire Wold. 10th November, 1944. Age 37. Son of James and Mary Wigging, of Aberdeen.
Notes or comments: Warrior class screw tug based at Rejkavic, Iceland, sent to assist tanker Shirvan in convoy UR142, records listed her as torpedoed and sunk by U.300 at 64.08N 22.38W, however u-boat records do not claim credit and it is thought more likely she foundered in heavy weather (u-boat.net; thames_tugs.net)

WIGGLESWORTH	Panel 6, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES HENRY RICHARD	Yacht
LT/JX. 225127. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Wigglesworth; husband of Alma Wigglesworth, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
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)

WILCOX	Panel 1, Column 2..
Sub-Lieut. KENNETH FREDERICK WOODLAND	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius. 25th September, 1940. Age 27.
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)

WILCOX	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. ALBERT EDWARD	Trawler
LT/KX. 132603. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 32.
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).

WILEMAN	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand SAMUEL ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 203761. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Age 35. Son of George Samuel and Minnie Gertrude Wileman, of Hull; husband of Mary Theresa Wileman, of Hull.
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)

WILKINSON	Panel 9, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. CHARLES CECIL	Trawler
LT/JX. 315994. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 19. Son of Charles Cecil and D. Wilkinson, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.
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)

WILKINSON	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 195928. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 47. Son of Thomas Witty Wilkinson and Flora Beatrice Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Sheffield.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILKINSON	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand CHARLES HARRY	Trawler
LT/JX. 173357. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Cap D'Antifer. 13th February, 1944.
Notes or comments: ex Belgian trawler converted in French minesweeper, seized at Southampton July 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, 1941 converted back to minesweeper and based on Humber, 1943 19th M/S Group at Grimsby, torpedoed by E-boat off the Humber (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WILLIAMS	Panel 2, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. SAMUEL JOHN GARFIELD	Trawler
LT/X. 7506C. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Fort Royal. 9th February, 1940. Age 32. Son of James and Frances Williams; husband of Olive Jane Williams, of Mitchell, Cornwall.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties August 1939, later purchased, sunk by air attack off Aberdeen (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILLIAMS	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman THOMAS	Trawler
LT/JX. 190011. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler River Clyde. 5th August, 1940. Age 39. Son of John and Sarah Williams; husband of Annie Williams, of Bethesda, Caernarvonshire.
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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman IVOR	Trawler
LT/JX. 210815. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Loch Inver. 22nd September, 1940. Age 24. Son of Evan John and Lilian M. S. Williams; husband of Elizabeth W. Williams, 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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. GRIFFITH HARDING	Yacht
RNR. H.M. Yacht Viva II. 8th May, 1941. Age 37. Son of Joseph Harding Williams and Meta Augusta Williams; husband of Mary Clarice Williams, of Penzance, Cornwall.
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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman HAROLD	Trawler
LT/JX. 211292. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Notts County. 8th March, 1942. Age 37. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Williams, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. DOUGLAS	Trawler
LT/KX. 137058. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 18. Son of William Samuel and Kate Williams, of Llangollen, Denbighshire.
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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. LESLIE JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/KX. 130958. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bedfordshire (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th May, 1942. Age 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Williams; husband of Catherine Annie Williams, of Dormanstown, Yorkshire.
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).

WILLIAMS	Panel 9, Column2.
Seaman IVOR	Trawler
LT/IX. 406435. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Leyland. 25th November, 1942.
Notes or comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties September, 1939, sunk in collision with merchantman off Gibraltar (Toghill: Trawlers2).

WILLIAMS	Panel 10, Column 3.
Asst. Steward TUDOR ALEC	Trawler
LT/LX. 28478. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Canna. 5th December, 1942. Age 19. Son of John Williams, and of Tryphena Williams, of Greenfield, Flintshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, ordered April 1940, launched November 1940, 1942 lost in accidental explosion at Lagos, Nigeria (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WILLIAMS	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. HAROLD	Drifter
LT/KX. 125401. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 21. Ward of Margaret Leslie, of Edinburgh.
Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILLIAMS	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman CHARLES PATRICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 100303. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Austin. 24th June, 1944.
Notes or comments: requisitioned September 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, joined the Northern Patrol, 1941 transferred to Iceland command for Russian convoys until December 1943, paid off and refitted, recomissioned May 1944, A/S escort at Op. Neptune, sunk by acoustic mine Seine Bay, Normandy (Toghill: Trawlers2)

WILLIAMS	Panel 13, Column 3.
Sub-Lieut. VALENTINE OSBORNE	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Colsay. 2nd November, 1944. Son of Frederick Thomas Charles and Florence Elizabeth Williams; husband of Margaret Dora Jane Williams, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
Notes or comments: Isles class, Ordered March 1943, launched December, completed March 1944 as A/S, took part in Op. Neptune, as Dan layer to 1st M/S Flotilla at Sword, sunk by Human torpedo off Ostend Toghill: Trawlers1)

WILLIAMS	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman CYRIL CHARLES	Trawler
LT/JX. 304356. 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)

WILLIAMS	Panel 16, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. ERIC GORDON GEORGE	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Ellesmere. 24th February, 1945. Age 23. Son of Frank Herbert Williams and Alice Mary Williams, of Hornsey, 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)

WILLIAMSON	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 154415. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 21. Son of Albert and Maud Williamson, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WILLIAMSON	Panel 15, Column 2.
Engineman JAMES SYDNEY	Trawler
LT/KX. 108389. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILLIS	Panel 14, Column 1.
Ldg. Sea. JOSIAH JULIAN	Trawler
LT/JX. 200930. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Age 41. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Willis, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Elsie May Willis, of Grimsby.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WILLlAMS	Panel 7, Column 2.
Ord. Seaman Cook JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 214264. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Son of Llewelyn and Catherine Williams, of Swansea.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILLlAMS	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman CHARLES EDWARD	Trawler
LT/JX. 205540. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Ceylonite (on loan to U.S. Navy). 15th June, 1942. Age 32. Son of Charles Edwards Williams and Caroline Louise Williams, of Exeter.
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)

WILLSON	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. FRANK	Trawler
LT/KX. 99894. 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)

WILSON	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE ARTHUR	Trawler
LT/JX. 170491. RN. 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)

WILSON	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut. ARTHUR STANLEY	Trawler
RNVR. 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)

WILSON	Panel 1, Column 2.
Lieut. IAN MARTIN	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 27th 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)

WILSON	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand JOHN
LT/JX. 199151. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Good Design. 23rd November, 1940. Age 27. Son of James and Jane Wilson; husband of Ann Thinn Wilson, of Edinburgh.

WILSON	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. STANLEY JOHN SHERAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 225694. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ormonde. 16th February, 1941. Age 19. Son of Arthur Christopher and Eva Blanche Wilson, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
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)

WILSON	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ord. Sea. JOHN AGNEW	Trawler
LT/JX. 241889. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rubens. 21st February, 1941. Age 19. Son of Fergus and Agnes Lymburn Wilson, of Girvan, Ayrshire.
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)

WILSON	Panel 4, Column 3.
Lieut. IAN ALASTAIR DOUGLAS	Yacht
RNVR. H.M. Yacht Torrent. 6th April, 1941. Age 33. Son of David and Kate Wilson, of Glasgow; husband of Vera Doris Wilson, of Pollokshields, Glasgow. Chartered Accountant.
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)

WILSON	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. ARTHUR NELSON	Trawler
LT/KX. 105619. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Force. 27th June, 1941. Age 21. Son. of Arthur Nelson Wilson and Margarret Ann Wilson, of Droylsden, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: hired for minesweeping duties February 1940, sunk by air attack off Norfolk Coast (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILSON	Panel 7, Column 2.
Sto. JAMES WILFRED	Trawler
LT/KX. 113939. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Agate. 6th August, 1941. Age 30. Son of John William and Frances Elizabeth Wilson; husband of Cafoline Wilson, of Hendon, Co. Durham.
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)

WILSON	Addenda Panel.
Lieutenant DUDLEY CYRIL	Whaler
RNVR. H.M.S. Thorbryn. 19th August, 1941. Age 31. Son of Percy Robson Wilson and Edith Julia Wilson.
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)

WILSON	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. WALTER	Whaler
LT/JX. 242336. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Sulla. 25th March, 1942. Age 37. Son of Robert William and Annie Wilson; husband of Elizabeth Agnes Wilson, of Hessle, Yorkshire.
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)

WILSON	Panel 11, Column 1.
Second Hand WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
LT/X. 19859A. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Jura. 7th January, 1943. Age 25. Son of Mrs. H. E. Wilson, of Cleethorpes, Lincoln�shire; husband ofH. Wilson.
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)

WILSON	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 258390. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Jessie Wilson, of Swinster, Zetland (Shetland).
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WILSON	Panel 12, Column 2.
Ord. Tel. LESLIE JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 323669. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Son of Leslie Charles and Beatrice Wilson, of Hall Green, Birmingham.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WILSON	Panel 15, Column 1.
Sigmn. DENNIS WILLlAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 190367. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Son of William Walter and Rose Violet Madeline Wilson, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WILSON	Panel 13, Column 3.
Skipper HAROLD	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Lord Wakefield. 29th July, 1944. Age 27. Son of John Edward and Sophia Wilson, of Hull; husband of Florence Vera Wilson, of Hull.
Notes and Comments: Purchased for anti-submarine duties August 1939, joined 17th A/S Group at Swansea, 1940 transferred to Portsmouth as Group Leader, 1944 Op. Neptune as A/S escort, sunk by air attack off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WILSON	Panel 16, Column 2.
Skipper Lieut. FRANCIS	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Hayburn Wyke. 2nd January, 1945. Age 43. Husband of J. Wilson, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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)

WILTSHIRE	Panel 13, Column 1.
Cook WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/MX. 100046. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WINDLE	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. JOHN WILLIAM	Whaler
LT/JX. 179681. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 25. Son of John William and Sophia Adelina Windle, of Hull.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

WINDSOR	Panel 10, Column 3.
Seaman JOSEPH WILLIAM HENRY	Shore Establishment
LT/JX. 299665. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Asbury (lost in S.S. Caribou). 14th October, 1942. Age 19. Son of Stanley C. Windsor, and of Mary D. Windsor, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Notes or comments: HMS Asbury was the designation of the accommodation barracks on the US Navy Station on Rhode Island, New Jersey, and appears to have been a satellite of HMS Saker/Saker II, which was the nominal posting for personnel standing by for ships under construction and others who were unattached. (Warlow: Shore Est. RN). Caribou was a 2200 ton passenger ferry carrying 118 service personnel and 78 civilian passenger, operating between of the coast of Newfoundland between Labrador and Quebec when it was attacked and sunk by torpedo from U-69 with heavy loss of life. (u-boat.net, u-bootwaffe.net and heritage.nf.ca)

WINDSOR	Panel 15, Column 3.
Seaman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 187287, D.S.M. . RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Birdlip. 13th June, 1944. Son of Frank Windsor, and of Dorothy Windsor, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Notes or comments: Hills class, ordered 1941, completed as Anti-Submarine vessel and commissioned May 1942, one of first trawlers fitted with radar, employed on convoy duties, transferred to West African Escort Force at Freetown and to 2nd A/S Grp based there, in company with Inkpen and Turcoman was escorting French vessel 'St. Bastile' off Lagos when torpedoed and sunk by U-547, 15 survivors. (Toghill: Trawlers1)

WINK	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper HENRY JAMES, DSM	Shore Establishment
RNR. H.M.S. Canada. 24th September, 1942. Age 26. Son of James Henry Wink, and of Helen Emma Wink, of Scartho, Lincolnshire.
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)

WINN	Panel 5, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. GORDON	Drifter
LT/JX. 184486. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Boy Andrew. 9th November, 1941. Age 21. Son of Violet Mary Winn.
Notes or comments: Requisitioned as auxilliary patrol vessel 1940, sunk in collision in Firth of Forth (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

WINN	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman PATRICK	Whaler
LT/JX. 299828. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Santa. 23rd November, 1943. Age 22. Son of Michael Winn, D.C.M., and Mary Winn, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
Notes or comments: 355 ton Whaler requisitioned for minesweeping duties in October 1941 and lost to a mine west of Maddalena, Sardinia (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)

WINNEY	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman GEORGE FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/JX. 170695. RN. 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)

WINNICOTT	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman FREDERICK WALTER JAMES
LT/JX. 166290. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Hornbeam. 21st July, 1944. Age 31. Son of Waiter James Winnicott and Alidia Winnicott; husband of Constance Matilda Beatrice Winnicott, of Wick, Sussex.

WINPENNY	Panel 1, Column 1.
Second Hand CHRISTOPHER	Trawler
LT/X. 219lOA. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Loch Doon. 24th December, 1939. Son of Charles and Rebecca Winpenny; husband of Mary Winpenny, of Aberdeen.
Notes or comments: Hired August 1939 and converted for anti-submarine duties, believed sunk by mine off Blyth (Toghill: Trawlers2; Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2)

WINSPEAR	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. WILLIAM THOMAS	Trawler
LT/X. 10247B. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 29. Son of William Thomas Winspear and Rebecca Harland Winspear, of Whitby, Yorkshire; husband of Florence Irene Winspear, of Whitby.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WINTER	Panel 1, Column 3.
Skipper WILLIAM HENRY	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Myrtle. 14th June, 1940. Age 42. Husband of Lilian May Winter, of Pakefield, Suffolk.
Notes or comments: ex St. Irene, purchased as minesweeper March 1939, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WISE	Panel 7, Column 3.
P.O. Steward GEORGE WILFRED	Yacht
LT/JX. 242080. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Yacht Bunting. 21st January, 1941.

WITHERS	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. WALTER JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 145383. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kingston Jacinth. 12th January, 1943. Son of Walter William and Doris Ethel Withers, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
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)

WOOD	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman ALEXANDER	Drifter
LT/JX. 183156. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Comfort. 29th May, 1940.
Notes or comments: hired as dan layer December 1939, rammed in error by minesweeper Lydd off Dover (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WOOD	Panel 3, Column 1.
Seaman HERBERT
P/JX. 167164. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Waverley. 29th May, 1940. Age 19. Son of John and Mary Wood, of Macduff, Banffshire.

WOOD	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. GEORGE MILBURN	Trawler
LT/JX. 206423. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Recoil. 28th September, 1940. Age 20. Son of Ernest and Beatrice Jane Wood, of Scarborough, 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)

WOOD	Panel 8, Column 2.
Skipper JOHN	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Manor. 9th July, 1942. Age 38. Son of Joseph and Georgina Wood; husband of Jeannie Wood, of Findochty, Banffshire.
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)

WOOD	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. JAMES RICHARD SIDNEY	Trawler
LT/JX. 402269. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Gairsay. 3rd August, 1944. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wood, of Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, minesweeping duties, sunk by explosive motorboat off Normandy (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WOOD	Panel 17, Column 2.
Engineman THOMAS JOHN	Trawler
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Nuffield. 16th April, 1945.

WOODAGE	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. HAROLD JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Husband of Lily Woodage, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned August 1939 and converted to armed boarding vessel based at Kirkwall for contraband patrols, 1942 converted for anti-submarine duties, 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)

WOODEN	Panel 16, Column 2.
Sub-Lieut. RONALD WILLIAM	Trawler
RNVR. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945. Age 31. Son of Charles Edwin Wooden and of Jessie Wooden (nee Triggs); husband of Gladys Clarissa Wooden, of Fareham, Hampshire.
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).

WOODHOUSE	Panel 10, Column 1.
Engineman WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 37 Son of Robert WilIiam and Mary Francis Jane Wood�house; husband of Elsie May Woodhouse, of Withernsea, Yorkshire.
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)

WOODHOUSE	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. ROBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 148742. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Railsham. 27th February, 1943. Age 27. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Woodhouse, of Blackburn, Lancashire; husband of Ivy Woodhouse, of Blackburn.

WOODLEY	Addenda Panel.
Steward PATRICK LAWRENCE
LT/LX29368. RN. Patrol Service. 1st January, 1945.
Notes or comments: CWGC - no details of attachment to vessel or unit.

WOODMAN	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN SCOTT	Trawler
LT/X. 98408. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Lord Lloyd. 25th January, 1943. Son of Thomas and Elisabeth Woodman; husband of J ane Woodman, of Annan, Dumfriesshire.

WOODS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN
LT/X. 1O530S. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M.S. Tana. 12th February, 1944. Husband of Frances Woods, of Liverpool.

WOODS	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman ALFRED WILLIAM	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 221574. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 8. 24th June, 1944. Age 31. Son of John and Louisa Woods.
Notes and Comments: built by Richard Ironworks, Lowestoft, sunk by mine off Normandy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships; WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

WOODS	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. DONALD CHARLES MICHAEL	Motor Fishing Vessel
LT/KX. 160920. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. MFV. 117. 15th October, 1944 Age 21. Son of Charles Henry and Grace Kirby Woods, of Plumstead, London.
Notes or comments: built by John Morris & Co., Gosport, sunk by explosion, probably mine, off Pasha Island, north Aegean (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

WOOLF	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. 2nd Cl. ARTHUR SIDNEY	Trawler
LT/KX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waterfly. 17th September, 1942. Age 22. Son of Arthur William and Gertrude Alice Woolf, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of B. F. Woolf, of Walthamstow.
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)

WORLEDGE	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. CHARLES WILLIAM JOHN
LT/KX. 106830. RN. Patrol Service. H.M.S. Girl Mary. 10th October, 1940. Age 42. Son of Charles and Mary Worledge; husband of Nora Worledge, of Penzance, Cornwall.

WORLEY	Panel 12, Column 1.
Seaman PERCY	Drifter
L/JX. 278934. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever. 22nd September, 1943. Age 23. Son of Percy and Margaret Worley; husband of Dorothy Joan Worley, of Aspley, Nottinghamshire.
Notes or comments: requisitioned April 1940 and converted to auxilliary patrol vessel, sunk by mine in Thames Estuary (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WORRELL	Panel 1, Column 1.
Seaman WILLIAM GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Sedgefly. 14th December, 1939. Son of George Henry and Kate Elizabeth Worrell, 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)

WRAIGHT	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman ALBERT GEORGE	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven. 2nd October, 1942. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wraight, of Whitstable, Kent.
Notes and Comments: Hired for anti-submarine duties August 1939, sunk by E-boat torpedo off Eddystone (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WRAY	Panel 8, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. ALBERT WILLIAM	Trawler
LT/JX. 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)

WRENN	Panel 3, Column 1.
Ord. Sea. RICHARD STANLEY	Trawler
LT/JX. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Waveflower. 22nd October, 1940. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Wrenn, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Notes or comments: purchased into RN and converted to minesweeper 1939, sunk by mine off Aldeburgh October 1940. (Toghill: Trawlers2; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WRIGHT	Panel 4, Column 1.
Sto. GEORGE FREDERICK	Trawler
LT/KX. 101687. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado. 1st June, 1940. Age 40. Son of George and Emily Wright; husband of Rose May Pretoria Wright, of Bethnal Green, London.
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)

WRIGHT	Panel 10, Column 2.
Ldg. Cook FRANK ESPIN	Trawler
LT/MX. 87311. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 30. Son of John and Lena Wright; husband of Emily Rose Amelia Wright (nee Neville), of Sparkhill, Birmingham.
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)

WRIGHT	Panel 13, Column 1.
Sto. JOHN JAMES	Trawler
LT/KX. 148921. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Bredon. 8th February, 1943.
Notes or comments: Hills class, launched November 1941 and completed as escort, joined 2nd A/S Group based at Freetown, torpedoed and sunk while escorting Gibraltar convoy by U-521 off Canary Isles, North Atlantic (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

WRIGHT	Panel 15, Column 1.
Ord. Sigmn. JACK	Trawler
LT/JX. 402642. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Ganilly. 5th July, 1944. Age 20. Son of William and Nancy Ellen Wright, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Notes and Comments: Isles class trawler, 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).

WRIGHT	Panel 16, Column 1.
Sto. 2nd Cl. RONALD GEORGE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/KX. 160995. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 28. Son of John William and Gertrude Annie Wright, of Bulkington, Warwickshire.
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)

WRIGHT	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman JOHN	Trawler
LT/JX. 228620. 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)

WRIGHT	Panel 17, Column 1.
Seaman CHARLES ROWLAND	Trawler
LT/JX. 318499. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Kurd. 10th July, 1945.
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).

WYATT	Panel 6, Column 2.
Ch. Engineman GEORGE ALEXANDER	Trawler
LT/KX. 98155. Mentioned in Despatches. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Lady Shirley. 11th December, 1941. Age 37. Son of George Charles and Alice Mary Wyatt, of Hull; husband of Elizabeth Manuel Wyatt, of Hull.
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).

WYERS	Panel 10, Column 3.
Steward ROBERT	Trawler
LT/LX. 27703. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Stella Capella. 19th March, 1942. Age 32. Son of Frederick William and Dorothy E. Wyers, of Exeter.
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)

WYLIE	Panel 1, Column 3.
Second Hand CLAUDE ROBERT ERNEST	Drifter
LT/JX. 173445. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Drifter Maida. 16th March, 1940. Age 38. Son of Robert and Florence Louisa Wylie, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ruth Evelyn Wylie, of Lowestoft.
Notes or comments: hired November 1939 as minesweeper and renamed Maida, sunk by mine off east coast Scotland (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

WYLIE	Panel 1, Column 3.
Seaman JOHN RITCHIE	Trawler
LT/X. 9485B. 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)

WYLIE	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman JAMES	Trawler
LT/JX. 258212. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler St. Cathan (on loan to U.S. Navy). 11th April, 1942. Age 26. Son of J ames and Sarah Wylie, of Glasgow; husband of Jemima Wylie, of Glasgow.
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)

WYLIE	Panel 11, Column 2.
Ldg. Sea. JAMES ERNEST ROBERT	Trawler
LT/JX. 209272. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Horatio. 7th January, 1943. Age 28. Son of Thomas and Harriet Wylie, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Ellen Wylie, of Lowestoft.
Notes and Comments: built for minesweeping and anti-submarine duties, launched August 1940, sunk by Italian MTB in western Mediterranean (Colledge: Ships RN Vol2)

YEOMAN	Panel 9, Column 2.
Seaman LESLIE	Trawler
LT/JX. 231609., RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). 7th March, 1942. Age 22. Son of Lonsdale and Jane Caroline Yeoman, of Leeds, 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)

YORSTON	Panel 5, Column 1.
Skipper GEORGE WILLIAM	Trawler
RNR. H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard. 8th December, 1941. Age 54.
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)

YOUNG	Panel 10, Column 3.
Ord. Sea. LEO JOSEPH	Trawler
LT/JX. 280375. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Rosemonde. 22nd January, 1942. Age 18. Son of Waiter and Margaret Young, of Fischell's Brook, 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

YOUNG	Panel 10, Column 2.
Sto. JOHN WILLlAM	Whaler
LT/KX. 144201. 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)

YOUNG	Panel 12, Column 3.
Engineman ROBERT	Trawler
LT/KX. 103162. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Orfasy. 22nd October, 1943. Age 33. Son of James and Helen Young, of East Wemyss, Fife.
Notes and Comments: Isles class, launched March 1942, sunk West Africa en route between Lagos and Freetown escorting tanker Litopia, believed by torpedo from U-68 (Toghill: Trawlers1; u-boat.net)

YOUNG	Panel 13, Column 3.
Second Hand JAMES STEELE	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 190165. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 170. 12th October, 1944. Age 37. Son of William and Mary Young; husband of Elizabeth May Young, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Notes or comments: built by Frank Curtis, Par, Cornwall, sunk by mine off Gorgona Island, western Italy (Lenton/Colledge: Warships WW2; HMSO BVLS 1939-45)

YOUNG	Panel 14, Column 3.
Seaman MATTHEW HENRY	Motor Minesweeper
LT/JX. 255931. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Motor Minesweeper 101. 29th November, 1944. Age 33. Son of George and Sarah Jane Young, of Scotswood, Northumberland.
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)

YOUNGS	Panel 7, Column 2.
Cook FREDERICK WILLlAM PETER	Trawler
LT/MX. 83103. 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)

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