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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 2
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved

1st - 31st OCTOBER 1940  - in date, ship/unit & name order

Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

HMS Colombo, AA cruiser
(NavyPhotos,
click photographs for enlargements)

on to November 1940

 

Notes:

(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate

(2) Click for abbreviations

(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

(4) More information may be found in the Name Lists

 

 

  

Background Events - September-December 1940
U-boat packs in Atlantic, Blitz on Britain, Attack on Taranto, German raiders at sea

 


 

 

Tuesday, 1 October 1940

 

Dolphin, illness

 DELLER, Kenneth W V, Motor Mechanic, C/MX 67520, died

 

Pembroke

 ABBOTT, George E, Able Seaman, RNR, C/X 19047A, killed

 

Thunderbolt

 MCKEE, Joseph, Stoker, D/KX 79944, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 2 October 1940

 

FAA, 801 Sqn, Furious, air operations

 HARTOCH, Alan, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

FAA, 801 Sqn, Sparrowhawk, air operations

 ADLAM, Eric J, Naval Airman 1c, FAA/FX 77405, missing

 

Kayeson, steamship

 COTTON, Auguste H, Able Seaman, RFR, P/SS 8278, (President III, O/P), missing

 

Leyland

 COGGER, John R, Signalman, P/J 71362, died

 

 

Thursday, 3 October 1940

 

Capetown

 MARTIN, Herbert B, Able Seaman, D/J 102607, killed

 

Colombo

 PERCIVAL, Waler R C, Stoker 1c, D/KX 94204, killed

 

Durban

 SMITH, Robert H, Able Seaman, P/J 39304, died

 

Kingston Sapphire, ship loss

 CAMPBELL, John, Signalman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1224, MPK

 CAMPBELL, Robert G, Able Seaman, P/SSX 21866, MPK

 

Lady of The Isles, cable ship, ship loss

 CAMPBELL, Donald, Seaman, RNR, D/X 20143 A, killed

 HALLER, Elliott P R, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 WARNER, William L, Seaman, RNR, C/X 10218B, killed

 

Osprey

 MACDONALD, Hugh, Seaman, RNR, C/6935 C, killed

 

Pembroke, road accident

 BOND, William J, Engineer Commander, Rtd, died

 

 

Friday, 4 October 1940

 

Forte

 TRAVERS, Morton, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 215612, died

 

RN Hospital, Barrow Gurney, Invergordon Command, illness

 SABIN, Percy R, Wardmaster Lieutenant, Rtd (Warrant SBA), died

 

 

Saturday, 5 October 1940

 

Athlone Castle, illness

 BARTON, William, Chief Mechanician, P/KX 89347, died

 

Derwent (RAN), illness

 COIRAIN, Batholomew F, Ordinary Seaman, H 770 (RANR), died

 

FAA, 810 Sqn, Ark Royal, air crash

 ADAMS, Woodrow G, Sub Lieutenant (A), DOW

 

Gossamer

 OSBORN, Albert J, Able Seaman, P/JX 174185, killed

 

Kingston Sapphire

 WITCHELL, Frederick W, Able Seaman, D/J 26588, MPK

 

Loch Monteith, bombing

 LAVINGTON, Charles M, Signalman, RNVR, C/LD/X 3590, DOW

 

Pembroke

 BIRCH, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 204480, killed

 

 

Sunday, 6 October 1940

 

British General, steamship

 THORRINGTON, William, Able Seaman, P/SS 96088, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

FAA, 826 Sqn, Furious, air crash

 WATT, Dudley A N, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Victory

 COLMAN, Percy W, Leading Signalman, P/JX 135177, road accident, killed

 COOK, Ronald G, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 22657, died

 

 

Monday, 7 October 1940

 

Benlawers, steamship

 GROCOCK, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 204919, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

FAA, 765 Sqn, Daedalus, air crash

 HOSKIN, Michael C, Lieutenant, missing

 ROSE-RICHARDS, Thomas E, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, missing

 

 

Tuesday, 8 October 1940

 

Drake IV

 UREN, Albert R, Leading Writer, D/X 70, died

 

Hambledon, mining

 MESSUM, Joe F B, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 201266, MPK

 

Victory

 FISHER, Horace, Able Seaman, P/SSX 20689, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 9 October 1940

 

Bacchante

 KEEN, George H, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 176570, died

 

Maori

 POOLEY, William G A, Boy 1c, D/JX 155950, MPK

 

RAF, 77 Squadron, air crash

 HADINGHAM, David A C, Midshipman (A), killed

 

Sea King, ship loss

 ATKINSON, George E, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 100345, killed

 BEXFIELD, Thomas M, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 163973, killed

 BRUCE, Francis W, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 177039, killed

 CUDWORTH, Stanley, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 173181, killed

 DICKSON, David W, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 177074, killed

 HUDSON, Harold A, Ordinary Telgraphist, RNVR, LT/LD/X 5407, killed

 LANCASTER, Wilfred S, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 111565, killed

 MONTIER, William C, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 46682, killed

 NOBLE, David F, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 177050, killed

 PECK, Ronald, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 111467, killed

 RUSHBY, Leslie, Ty/Skipper, RNR, killed

 SLEEMAN, James P, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 101894, killed

 SLEETH, Thomas, Ty/Act/Skipper, RNR, killed

 

 

Thursday, 10 October 1940

 

Aquamarine

 MORRISON, Angus, Seaman, RNR, D/X 18700 A, MPK

 

Girl Mary, drifter, ship loss

 HAINES, William, Cook (S), P/MX 57862, MPK

 WORLEDGE, Charles W J, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 106830, MPK

 

Osprey

 JONES, Jesse T, Stoker 1c, D/K 19415, died

 

Pembroke

 QUILLIGAN, Charles P, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 167058, died

 

RM Chatham Division

 DAY, William J, Colour Sergeant, CH/16630, DOW

 

Rodney

 PEDRICK, Maurice J, Electrical Artificer 4c, D/MX 50036, died

 

Silver Cloud, drowning

 DOBSON, Joseph F, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 197322, died

 

 

Friday, 11 October 1940

 

Ambuscade

 SWINN, Dennis P, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 159263, died

 

Barham

 PALMER, Harold J, Marine, PO/X 3997, killed

 

Davanger, steamship

 CONRAD, Nelson U, Able Seaman, A 2279 (RCNR), (President III, O/P), MPK

 

FAA, 760 Sqn, Heron, air crash

 ADIE, Arthur F, Lieutenant (A), killed

 SOULS, William H, Air Mechanic (E), FAA/FX 75439, killed

 

Hornet, accident

 SARGEANT, Anthony N, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

Imperial, mining

 WESTERN, Roy, Able Seaman, D/SSX 17071, MPK

 

Listrac, ship loss

 TEXIER, Lucien, Able Seaman, D/JX 152350, killed

 

Remillo

 ROBERTSON, John W, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 195766, died

 

 

Saturday, 12 October 1940

 

Ajax (right - NavyPhotos) surface action

 BORCHARDT, Roger J, Able Seaman, C/JX 173007, killed

 EDWARDS, Edward W M, Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/JX 128736, killed

 GAMON, Maurice P, Py/Instructor Lieutenant, killed

 HILLS, George W, Boy 1c, C/JX 163325, killed

 HORNETT, Frederick W, Chief Yeoman of Signals, C/J 84409, killed

 KENNEDY, William J, Boy 1c, C/JX 161008, killed

 MEEK, Luther G, Telegraphist, C/JX 149066, killed

 O'DELL, Harold J, Able Seaman, C/JX 157109, killed

 OWENS, Norman D, Bugler, CH/X 1141, killed

 PRESTON, Samuel W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 169020, killed

 REED, Frederick, Corporal, CH/X 1683, killed

 SMITH, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28976, killed

 STRATHY, George H K, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant, RCNVR, killed

 

Chasseur 6, ship loss

 BULLIVANT, Douglas J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 182179, MPK

 CARRE, ROBERT M, Able Seaman, P/JX 214395, MPK

 DUDLEY, Francis G, Motor Mechanic, P/MX 68669, MPK

 FLEMING, Fred J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 188790, MPK

 GALBRAITH, William B G, Lieutenant, killed

 JONES, Merlin, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91150, MPK

 MCEWAN, John F, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/CD/X 2450, MPK

 TROTT, Leslie J, Able Seaman, P/JX 134148, MPK

 WALTON, David B, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

Chasseur 7, ship loss

 ALLEN, William J, Stoker 1c, P/K 61172, killed

 ARNOLD, Kenneth F, Able Seaman, P/JX 147090, MPK

 ASKILL, Josiah W, Telegraphist, RNW(W)R, P/WRX 554, killed

 BROWN, David C, Able Seaman, P/JX 146957, killed

 BRUCE, John, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 169422, MPK

 COUCH, Thomas B, Leading Stoker, P/KX 83270, killed

 GABBETT-MULHALLEN, George A, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 HASSALL, Ronald F H, Ordinary Signalman, P/JX 185202, MPK

 RANDALL, William G, Act/Petty Officer, P/J 91328, MPK

 REEVES, John H, Able Seaman, P/JX 132204, MPK

 STEVENS, Edwin, Stoker 1c, P/K 59347, MPK

 

Churchill

 GILL, William J, Stoker 2c, D/KX 105384, died

 

Cochrane

 MCPHERSON, John, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, MX 59045, died

 

Hornet, accidentally shot by guard

 SERGEANT, Anthony N, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

Ladybird

 BURNS, James, Chief Petty Officer, P/J 84382, died

 

Listrac, ship loss

 ALLEN, John, Mechanician, D/K 52435 Pens No 8087, MPK

 BIGWOOD, Albert, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/K 63816, MPK

 BOOTH, Joseph, Stoker, D/KX 80470, MPK

 FITZGERALD, George, Able Seaman, P/JX 143286, MPK

 HACKETT, Charles W G, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 56850, MPK

 HINE, Leonard F, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 157575, MPK

 KIRKUP, Kenneth P, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 MAGUIRE, Joseph T, Seaman, RNR, D/X 78770, MPK

 PORTIS, Ernest H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 95752, MPK

 PRESTON, William E, Ordinary Seaman, RNSR, D/SR 53137, MPK

 SHARP, Alexander, Stoker, D/KX 122118, killed

 

President III, road accident

 GREEN, William E, Lieutenant, Rtd, died

 

 

Sunday, 13 October 1940

 

Danube III, ship loss

 DOWSON, John W, Able Seaman, RFR, C/SSX 13033, MPK

 FUNNELL, Thomas W, Stoker 1c, RFR, C/K 59009, MPK

 HOWARD, Robert, Able Seaman (Pens), C/J 40159, MPK

 HULLYER, Bertie F, Leading Stoker, RFR, C/KX 19944, MPK

 JAMES, James W, Able Seaman, RFR, C/SS 11253, MPK

 KELLY, Andrew A, Stoker 1c, C/KX 83038, MPK

 NASH, George W, Leading Seaman, RFR, C/J 80653, MPK

 OWEN, James R, Marine, CH/21360, MPK

 PEMBERTON, William C G, Stoker 1c, RFR, C/SSX 116019, MPK

 PROTHERO, Walter W, Chief Mechanician 2c, C/K 13160, MPK

 WRIGHT, Thomas, Leading Stoker, RFR, C/KX 78443, MPK

 

Kingston Olivine

 WASHINGTON, Joseph, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 189098, MPK

 

Ornen III, drowning

 HOTVEDT, Jorgen, Fireman, T.124, died

 

Starling, steamship

HOPE, Peter K, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 194874, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Summer Rose, ship loss

 PAGET, Frank G, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 101890, MPK

 SOUTHERN, James, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 106112, MPK

 

Victory, bombing

 MOORE, William J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNVR, killed

 

 

Monday, 14 October 1940

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 AGUTTER, Arthur G F, Leading Stoker, C/KX 83684, killed

 AUSTIN, Mervyn, Leading Supply Assistant, C/MX 50658, killed

 BARGE, Charles L, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/MX 49172, killed

 BERRETT, Alonzo H, Stoker 1c, C/KX 98175, killed

 BOUCHER, Henry J, Leading Cook, C/MX 51341, killed

 BROWNE, Anthony H, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 CHALK, Ian H, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 136065, killed

 COOK, Raymond E, Sick Berth Attendant, C/MX 53898, killed

 DOWSEY, Stanley W, Petty Officer, C/JX 129817, killed

 EVE, James, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 86843 B 22354, killed

 FLINT, George R, Telegraphist, C/SSX 22254, killed

 HILLS, James D, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, C/K 60192, killed

 HORNE, Cecil W S, Signalman, D/JX 155958, killed

 HUDSON, Douglas F, Telegraphist, C/SSX 18824, killed

 HUTCHINGS, Stanley T, Leading Signalman, C/JX 133220, killed

 LAYDEN, Luke P, Ty/Petty Officer Writer, C/MX 52807, killed

 MACDONALD, John M E, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 179108, killed

 MAIN, Colin D, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 167745, killed

 MCLAUGHLAN, James, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 175603, killed

 NOADES, Roy J, Mechanician, C/K 65423, killed

 NOBLE, William F, Telegraphist, C/SSX 22261, killed

 NORRIS, Ralph C, Midshipman, killed

 ROSS, Peter, Lieutenant Commander (E), killed

 SANDERSON, George H, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23003, killed

 SCOTT, Gilbert F, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 168853, killed

 STYLES, Albert E, Leading Supply Assistant, C/MX 54138, killed

 WARRENER, Wilfred, Leading Supply Assistant, C/MX 55399, killed

 

Lord Stamp, ship loss

 ABIGAIL, Herbert G, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 7366 C, MPK

 ASHTON, Richard G, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 109439, MPK

 BRYANT, John H, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 165967, MPK

 BUCK, Ronald B, Signalman, RNVR, C/LD/X 3951, MPK

 COCKING, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, RNPS, LT/KX 98229, MPK

 ELGEY, Harold, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21020 A, MPK

 GIBSON, John E, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 98554, MPK

 HIGHET, Alexander G, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/CD/X 3052, MPK

 KIRK, William, Assistant Cook, D/MX 59608, MPK

 LEWIS, Frederick, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 221379, MPK

 MCKAY, James D, Chief Skipper, RNR, MPK

 MILLER, Max E C, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, MPK

 MONTAGUE, Cecil N, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 174649, MPK

 NELSON, William A, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21019 A, MPK

 PEARCE, James W T, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 109477, MPK

 RAVENHILL, Norman A A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 222255, MPK

 SCARFE, John, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 218736, MPK

 SMITH, Adam, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 173469, MPK

 SMITH, Ernest O, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7878 C, MPK

 SMITH, William, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 19877 A, MPK

 STEVENS, Alan L, Telegraphist, RNW(W)R, D/WR/X 674, MPK

 STOLLIDAY, Edward A, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 421 EU, MPK

 TAYLOR, Robert, Stoker 1c, RNPS, LT/KX 101204, MPK

 TURRELL, Clement A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 190143, MPK

 WAITE, Francis, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 103845, MPK

 

President, bombing

 TOWER, Ion B B, Rear Admiral, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 15 October 1940

 

Escapade

 WEBSTER, John C, Able Seaman, D/JX 135588, died

 

Hawkins, road accident

 MUNN, Albert H G, Stoker 1c, P/KX 97273, killed

 

Thistlegarth, steamship

 WRATTEN, Sydney, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 2193, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Triad, road accident at Gibraltar

 ECCLES, Jack, Telegraphist, P/JX 151868, DOI

 

Triad, submarine, lost

 ANDERSON, Thomas A C, Leading Seaman, D/JX 136455, MPK

 ANDREWS, John W, Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/JX 132482, MPK

 APPLEBY, James, Leading Steward, D/LX 21374, MPK

 BARLAS, William, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 176316, MPK

 BETTISON, Kenneth W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 89095, MPK

 BEVAN, Sidney T, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 66988, MPK

 BLONDEL, Leonard M, Leading Seaman, P/JX 137444, MPK

 BRADSHAW, Albert P, Leading Seaman, C/JX 139810, MPK

 BROWN, Lionel J, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 BUCHANAN, John G, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/M 21997, MPK

 COLLINGE, William E, Lieutenant (E), MPK

 CULLINGFORD, George B, Leading Seaman, C/JX 140353, MPK

 DEAN, Herbert, Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 DUNFORD, William E, Leading Seaman, P/J 107529, MPK

 DUNLOP, Edward, Act/Petty Officer, D/JX 131180, MPK

 DUNN, Edward J, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15824, MPK

 DUNSTANE, William A C J, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 58294, MPK

 EDDEN, Charles H, Leading Cook, P/M 38715, MPK

 EDNEY, Arthur A, Electrical Artificer 1c, P/MX 47220, MPK

 EVANS, Jack M, Stoker 1c, P/KX 85559, MPK

 FORD, Albert V, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 140903, MPK

 GILES, Frank E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 93071, MPK

 GOOCH, Leonard T, Stoker 1c, P/KX 93122, MPK

 GUY, Henry, Engine Room Artificer 2c, C/MX 49874, MPK

 HARDY, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 51874, MPK

 HARRIS, Cecil A F, Able Seaman, P/JX 134110, MPK

 HAYWARD, Albert E, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer, D/MX 46535, MPK

 HORTON, Robert, Stoker 1c, D/KX 84927, MPK

 HOWELLS, David J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 75860, MPK

 HUME, Thomas W, Able Seaman, P/JX 141266, MPK

 INGRAM, John M F, Stoker 1c, C/KX 90220, MPK

 JOHNSON, Frank W, Act/Chief Petty Officer, C/JX 128294, MPK

 JONES, John H G, Leading Seaman, C/JX 166510, MPK

 JONSSON, Albert F F, Able Seaman, D/JX 147064, MPK

 KEITH-ROACH, Martin, Lieutenant, MPK

 MORGAN, Percy, Act/Petty Officer, P/J 113202, MPK

 MORRIS, Frank E J, Act/Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 145364, MPK

 PORTEOUS, Thomas H, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 76525, MPK

 RICKERBY, Isaac, Stoker 1c, P/KX 84885, MPK

 ROBBINS, Ronald H H, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 86676, MPK

 SALT, George S, Lieutenant Commander, MPK (Note – father of the captain of HMS Sheffield, lost during 1982 Falklands War)

 SHELLEY, George J A, Steward, C/LX 23748, MPK

 SIMCOX, Walter E, Leading Seaman, C/JX 138265, MPK

 SKINNER, Wilfred, Leading Stoker, P/KX 71150, MPK

 SMITH, Jack R, Leading Stoker, C/KX 84445, MPK

 THOMAS, William S, Stoker 1c, C/KX 91768, MPK

 THOMPSON, William R, Leading Stoker, C/KX 84353, MPK

 WESTBROOK, Cyril T, Act/Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 137776, MPK

 WHITBREAD, Albert E, Leading Stoker, P/K 59163, MPK

 WHITE, Charles H, Petty Officer, P/J 101818, MPK

 WILLIAMS, William R, Telegraphist, C/JX 140208, MPK

 WOOD, Harry M S, Leading Signalman, P/JX 131816, MPK

 

Woolwich

 LECKIE, John, Stoker 2c, C/KX 107731, died

 

 

Wednesday, 16 October 1940

 

Europa

 JOHNSON, Mervyn W, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 222378, killed

 

Hilda, ex-coaster, barrage balloon vessel

 HENSHAW, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 201661, killed

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 GLADWELL, Stanley S, Supply Assistant, C/MX 63353, DOW

 

Pembroke

 WATKINS, Henry C, Assistant Steward, C/LX 24668, killed

 

Port Quebec, ship loss

 DUFFIELD, George R, Cook, T.124, killed

 

RM Exmouth Division, road accident

 HILL, Ernest F, Act/Ty/Corporal, EX/3225, killed

 

 

Thursday, 17 October 1940

 

Achilles

 STEPHENSON, John B, Lieutenant, RNZNVR, died

 

Beaver, accident

 HOPPER, Norman, Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander, RNR, died

 

Dundalk, ship loss

 HOGAN, Christopher, Stoker 2c, D/KX 103493, DOW

 MITCHELL, Ronald F, Stoker 2c, D/KX 80197, MPK

 MORRISON, Murdo, Seaman, RNR, D/X 20151 A, MPK

 RYAN, Timothy, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86052, MPK

 

Gasfire, steamship

HOAD, Alfred H, Able Seaman, RFR, P/JX 164978, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Kipling

 WADE, Frederick, Leading Seaman, C/JX 137948, killed

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 BATTIN, Frederick S, Writer, C/MX 64413, DOW

 

Ranchi

 REID, Robert, Ordinary Signalman, P/SSX 31490, MPK

 

 

Friday, 18 October 1940

 

Assyrian, steamship

UPTON, Cyril C, Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/JX 126811, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Creekirk, steamship

COWBURN, Edward, Marine, PO/18401, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Glasgow

 ALLEN, Alfred W, Able Seaman, P/SSX 17466, died

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 COWLEY, Cyril, Signalman, C/JX 152036, DOW

 

 

Saturday, 19 October 1940

 

Assyrian, steamship

 PARKE, Ronald G, Yeoman of Signals, P/JX 129320 (President III, O/P), DOW

 

Bras d'Or (RCN), ship loss

 ARMES, Walter G, Ordinary Seaman, V/8307 (RCNVR), MPK

 BRENTON, George W, Telegraphist, V/25013 (RCNVR), MPK

 BROWN, Walter J, Able Seaman, 3211 (RCN), MPK

 BURTON, Joseph P L, Skipper, RCNR, MPK

 CHADDOCK, Harold G, Stoker, V/25186 (RCNVR), MPK

 CLANCY, Harold G, Able Seaman, A/1137 (RCNR), MPK

 CONRAD, Elward R, Mate, RCNR, MPK

 CUMMING, Malcolm, Lieutenant (E), RCNR, MPK

 D'ENTREMONT, Joseph F, Leading Seaman, A/1088 (RCNR), MPK

 DOHERTY, William J, Able Seaman, V/7365 (RCNVR), MPK

 ELLIS, Gerald K, Cook, V/25057 (RCNVR), MPK

 GORDON, Gilbert B, Steward, V/25119 (RCNVR), MPK

 HACKER, John W, Stoker Petty Officer, 21339 (RCN), MPK

 HILL, Leonard, Engineman, V/7814 (RCNVR), MPK

 HILLIER, Walter W, Able Seaman, A/982 (RCNR), MPK

 HORNSBY, Charles A, Lieutenant, RCNR, MPK

 JONES, Hugh J F, Petty Officer, 2568 (RCN), MPK

 KEATING, William D, Able Seaman, A/1041 (RCNR), MPK

 KORNING, Ib, Telegraphist, V/5582 (RCNVR), MPK

 MAY, Clarence L, Able Seaman, A/1390 (RCNR), MPK

 MURPHY, Harry, Engineman, A/1474 (RCNR), MPK

 PELLETIER, Joseph E R, Able Seaman, A/158 (RCNR), MPK

 PETTIPAS, Guy D, Stoker, A/631 (RCNR), MPK

 RUEL, Herman, Skipper, RCNR, MPK

 STASIN, John J, Ordinary Signalman, V/5604 (RCNVR), MPK

 STEWART, Joseph E, Stoker, A/919 (RCNR), MPK

 WALTERS, Gordon W, Able Seaman, A/1155 (RCNR), MPK

 WATSON, Matthew, Engine Room Artificer, A/1258 (RCNR), MPK

 WEBB, Miles L, Signalman, V/7572 (RCNVR), MPK

 YOUNG, James L, Stoker, A/873 (RCNR), MPK

 

Collingwood

 COOKE, Douglas R, Ordinary Seaman, JX 217487, died

 

Empire Brigade, steamship

SUMMERS, Arthur, Able Seaman, RFR, P/SS 9212, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Pembroke

 DARCY, Henry S, Sick Berth Attendant, C/X 6881, killed

 GUNN, William, Stoker, C/K 67271, killed

 LONG, John B, Sick Berth Attendant, C/SBR/X 7491, killed

 

Rainbow, submarine, lost

 ABBOTT, Cyril A L, Stoker 1c, D/KX 88637, MPK

 ADCOCK, Douglas J, Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 BARRASS, Albert, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86563, MPK

 BLACKETT, Albert H, Petty Officer, P/JX 149924, MPK

 BLACKMORE, George V, Electrical Artificer 2c, D/MX 45992, MPK

 BRIDGE, Stanley R, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 76171, MPK

 BURGANDY, Horace W, Leading Seaman, P/J 112979, MPK

 BUSSEY, Frederick J, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/M 35607, MPK

 CHAPMAN, Patrick, Lieutenant, MPK

 CHICK, James, Able Seaman, D/JX 125293, MPK

 COCKIN, Isaac W, Able Seaman, P/JX 139380, MPK

 CRUMP, Ronald C, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 86160, MPK

 DAVIS, Michael H, Lieutenant, MPK

 DIXON, Thomas, Able Seaman, P/SSX 15879, MPK

 DUNN, John F, Leading Cook, C/MX 53727, MPK

 EARL, George D, Able Seaman, P/SSX 17045, MPK

 EDOM, George A, Petty Officer, P/J 113753, MPK

 EDWARDS, John, Able Seaman, C/SSX 14102, MPK

 ELLIS, Sidney, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 83876, MPK

 FARRINGTON, James P, Telegraphist, P/JX 132295, MPK

 FLETCHER, Thomas R, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 138842, MPK

 FOSTER, Alfred R, Act/Leading Telegraphist, C/JX 133154, MPK

 FRASER, William, Leading Seaman, D/JX 137040, MPK

 GRAHAM, John A W, Leading Seaman, P/JX 151005, MPK

 GREGORY, Charles, Stoker 1c, D/KX 88589, MPK

 GREGORY, John F, Act/Leading Telegraphist, D/SSX 14569, MPK

 GUPPY, Ambrose N C, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/J 68155, MPK

 HAYWARD, Henry J, Leading Stoker, D/KX 80583, MPK

 HODSON, Harold, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/MX 50784, MPK

 HOLROYD, Norman, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86559, MPK

 JEFFREY, Jack, Signalman, P/JX 138138, MPK

 LESLIE-REED, Alexander C, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 103456, MPK

 MCKINSTRY, Charles, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 65391, MPK

 MCMILLAN, Angus, Act/Chief Petty Officer, C/J 114714, MPK

 MOORE, Lewis P, Lieutenant Commander, MPK

 PALMER, Henry J, Engine Room Artificer 1c, C/M 34530, MPK

 PARKER, Joseph W, Act/Leading Telegraphist, C/JX 137578, MPK

 PAULYN, William F J, Leading Stoker, C/KX 83325, MPK

 PHILLIPS, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 88550, MPK

 PILKINGTON, Fred, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 151173, MPK

 ROBINSON, Bernard H G, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/MX 45647, MPK

 SMITH, Thomas H, Leading Seaman, D/JX 136454, MPK

 SMITH, William, Stoker 1c, D/KX 90629, MPK

 STANNARD, Jack L, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 135181, MPK

 STINTON, Frederick A, Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 84208, MPK

 TAYLOR, Victor F, Leading Stoker, D/KX 81049, MPK

 THORNTON, Robert, Stoker 1c, D/KX 89657, MPK

 TWEED, George W, Lieutenant, MPK

 WHITE, James, Able Seaman, P/JX 135734, MPK

 WILKINS, John T H, Able Seaman, C/JX 135126, MPK

 WITHEY, William R, Lieutenant (E), MPK

 WOODCOCK, George H, Able Seaman, D/JX 137844, MPK

 WOODHEAD, Arnold, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 53319, MPK

 WRENNALL, Henry, Leading Stoker, C/KX 83894, MPK

 WRIGHT, Albert A, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 87305, MPK

 YOUNG, Frederick J, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 132831, MPK

 

RM Course Portsmouth, killed by bombing in London possibly while on leave

 HOWARD, Richard E F, Py/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 

Sulaco, steamship

 DICKINSON, Oliver S, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 198290, (President III, O/P), MPK

 EVERS, Andrew F, Leading Seaman, RFR, C/J 53440, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Venetia, ship loss

 AGNEW, Peter, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 195489, MPK

 ALEXANDER, James E, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 165241, MPK

 BEVAN, Edward R, Able Seaman, D/J 26867 Pens No 28722, killed

 BISHOP, James, Able Seaman, D/J 20494 Pens No 28845, MPK

 BURTON, Arthur, Stoker 1c, D/K 64200, MPK

 COUSINS, James J B, Leading Seaman, D/JX 131673, MPK

 CRAIG, Desmond L C, Lieutenant Commander, MPK

 DENNE, Sydney, Able Seaman, D/SSX 21950, MPK

 DIXON, James, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 188731, MPK

 DOLMORE, Edward J C, Officer's Cook 1c, D/LX 20967, MPK

 DREW, David, Py/Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 EDWARDS, Thomas T G, Leading Steward, D/LX 21403, MPK

 FERGUS, Samuel P H, Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 FORD, Charles R, Stoker 1c, D/K 64031, MPK

 FOSTER, Edward, Stoker 2c, D/KX 104454, MPK

 GWYN, Griffith G, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 188714, MPK

 HAMILTON, Sydney, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 187754, MPK

 HAYMAN, Theodore J, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 78991, MPK

 JONES, Denis H, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 KINGS, Stanley, Steward, C/LX 22771, MPK

 LANGDON, Joseph A, Leading Stoker, D/KX 77334, MPK

 LUCRAFT, Frederick C, Stoker 2c, D/KX 104875, MPK

 MORRIS, Frederick J, Canteen Manager, NAAFI, MPK

 PHYSICK, William C E, Able Seaman, D/J 22380 Pens No 22380, MPK

 PROSSER, Clifford, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 173967, MPK

 RICHARDS, Robert L J S, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 74044 B 14925, MPK

 ROBERTS, Joseph, Stoker 1c, D/KX 97584, MPK

 ROGERS, John S E, Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 SIMPSON, Thomas R, Steward, D/LX 22705, MPK

 SINDEN, Ronald L, Able Seaman, D/SD/X 1642, MPK

 STILES, William G E, Chief Engine Room Artificer, D/M 38822, MPK

 TAYLOR, Harold A, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 192957, MPK

 TORR, Ernest, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 57954 B 14772, MPK

 WATSON, Graham K, Stoker 2c, D/KX 104579, MPK

 WATTS, Charles D B, Stoker 2c, D/KX 99255, MPK

 

Watchman

 MARTIN, Frank H, Able Seaman, D/J 107374, killed

 

 

Sunday, 20 October 1940

 

Beagle

 BROWN, Mornington W, Able Seaman, D/JX 109847, MPK

 WRATISLAW, Rudolf J M, Lieutenant, drowning, MPK

 

Edinburgh Castle

 ALLEN, Seth H, Canteen Manager, NAAFI, MPK

 

Whitford Point, steamship

 LESKIW, Anthony, Ordinary Seaman, V 11314 (RCNVR), (President III, O/P), MPK

 MEATYARD, Robert L, Seaman, RNVR, D/LD/X 5345, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Winchelsea, steamship, drowning

 BRUMFIT, John R, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 206971, died

 

 

Monday, 21 October 1940

 

Canton

 PARK, James M, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, Rtd, died

 

Chasseur 7, ship loss as POW,

 BOWYER, Amos, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 729, DOW

 

Clythness

 WHITFIELD, Cornelius, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 199723, killed

 

Waveflower, ship loss

 ACTON, Horace, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 180221, MPK

 BRUMELL, Harold F, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 176257, MPK

 CARTWRIGHT, William C M, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 106424, MPK

 DONOVAN, John, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 107606, MPK

 GOLDSMITH, John A W E, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 215744, MPK

 HAMPSON, Frederick, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 6064 ES, MPK

 HUGHES, Robert, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/288 W, MPK

 MACDONALD, Robert M, Ty/Skipper, RNR, MPK

 NICOLSON, Murdo, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 18171 A, MPK

 OSGAR, William E, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 418 ET, MPK

 ROBERTS, Tom, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 192182, killed

 ROBSON, Thomas W, Able Seaman, P/JX 12960, MPK

 WHITESIDE, Thomas E, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 109942, MPK

 WRENN, Richard S, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 164460, MPK

 

Wildfire

 CARR, Jonathan, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 185283, died

 

 

Tuesday, 22 October 1940

 

Clare

 WILKES, Arnold, Wireman, D/MX 66638, killed

 

Hickory, ship loss

 ANGEL, Luke T, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 105059, MPK

 BURNS, William E, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 185705, MPK

 DAVID, William D, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 180316, MPK

 DIBLEY, Clement, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, P/K 4707, MPK

 DOCHERTY, Hugh, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 107509, MPK

 EWART, George, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 176352, MPK

 GOURLAY, Fred, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 210938, MPK

 HILL, Edward, Able Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21196 A, MPK

 HOWARD, Alfred V, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 185689, MPK

 HOWE, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 176734, MPK

 JACKSON, Charles W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 KARLSEN, Erling K, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 LONGHURST, Reginald A, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 175209, MPK

 PARKER, Albert D, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 107081, MPK

 PARKER, Harold J E, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 179248, MPK

 PIERCE, Stanley C, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 183707, MPK

 REID, George, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 115390, MPK

 RIDDLES, John J, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 192170, MPK

 ROBINSON, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 186594, MPK

 SKEDGE, Raymond A, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 203865, MPK

 SMURTHWAITE, John, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 103822, MPK

 THOMAS, Arthur F R, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 208512, MPK

 WEEDON, George A, Seaman Steward, LT/JX 196265, MPK

 

Joseph Button, ship loss

 BARKER, William, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 3068, MPK

 GARNHAM, Ronald F, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 10301 S, MPK

 HOSKING, Bertie, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/SX 195912, MPK

 PEARSON, Edward A, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 108732, MPK

 STEBBINGS, Frederick C, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 392 ET, MPK

 

Margaree (RCN), ship loss

 AKAM, Thomas, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 21214 (RCN), MPK

 AMYES, Alfred W B, Electrical Artificer 4c, 21606 (RCN), MPK

 ARCHER, George, Chief Petty Officer, 2556 (RCN), MPK

 ARMSTRONG, Arthur W, Telegraphist, 2235 (RCN), MPK

 ARNOTT, Robert S, Leading Seaman, 2639 (RCN), MPK

 AULENBACK, George V, Able Seaman, 2966 (RCN), MPK

 BAKER, Owen C, Able Seaman, A 1795 (RNCR), MPK

 BAKER, Thomas M, Able Seaman, 3265 (RCN), MPK

 BARROW, Israel, Stoker Petty Officer, X 41077 (RCNR), MPK

 BEATTIE, William I, Able Seaman, V 17026 (RCNVR), MPK

 BEAUCAMP, Gerald J C, Able Seaman, 2807 (RCN), MPK

 BINGHAM, Edward J B, Chief Petty Officer, 1998 (RCN), MPK

 BOILEAU, Joseph P L, Ordinary Seaman, 3496 (RCN), MPK

 BOUTET, Charles H, Ordinary Seaman, 3340 (RCN), MPK

 BREBBER, John G, Leading Stoker, 21501 (RCN), MPK

 BROCKWAY, Harold T, Act/Leading Stoker, P/K 66783, MPK

 BURNETT, John H, Stoker, 21619 (RCN), MPK

 CALDER, William A, Leading Seaman, 2482 (RCN), MPK

 CAMPBELL, Donald L, Able Seaman, 3086 (RCN), MPK

 CANDY, Alexander A, Leading Seaman, 2516 (RCN), MPK

 CANN, Malcolm A, Able Seaman, A 1717 (RCNR), MPK

 CARSE, James G, Stoker, 21680 (RCN), MPK

 CARTER, Victor E, Leading Seaman, 2818 (RCN), MPK

 CHEDISTER, Ward D, Leading Seaman, 2661 (RCN), MPK

 CLARKE, Ralph L, Telegraphist, 2824 (RCN), MPK

 COLE, John W, Signalman, 3033 (RCN), MPK

 CONWAY, Leo C, Able Seaman, V 2215 (RCNVR), MPK

 CORBIN, William H, Petty Officer, 2531 (RCN), MPK

 COXON, Thomas, Able Seaman, 2838 (RCN), MPK

 CRANE, Alan C, Engine Room Artificer 4c, 21550 (RCN), MPK

 CUNNINGHAM, Edward A, Able Seaman, 2934 (RCN), MPK

 DAY, Stanley G, Leading Victualling Assistant, 40513 (RCN), MPK

 DICKENS, Alex J W, Ordinary Seaman, V 9575 (RCNVR), MPK

 DOMEIER, Eric C, Able Seaman, 3173 (RCN), MPK

 DONALDSON, William, Leading Seaman, 2816 (RCN), MPK

 EDWARDS, Norman W, Ordinary Seaman, V 6372 (RCNVR), MPK

 ESTABROOKS, Vernon W, Able Seaman, 2870 (RCN), MPK

 FEAREY, Charles E, Ordinary Seaman, 3389 (RCN), MPK

 FENERTY, Morris StG, Petty Officer, 2153 (RCN), MPK

 FERGUSON, Robert S, Ordinary Seaman, 3239 (RCN), MPK

 FLEMING, Ronald J, Victualling Assistant, V 25157 (RCNVR), MPK

 FRANCIS, James A, Cook, A 938 (RCNR), MPK

 FRANKHAM, David G, Able Seaman, 3313 (RCN), MPK

 FRAYER, Donald L, Able Seaman, 2809 (RCN), MPK

 FROST, Lawrence V, Able Seaman, A 1777 (RCNR), MPK

 FULLER, Raymond H, Able Seaman, 3273 (RCN), MPK

 GILL, John H, Ordnance Artificer 4c, 40657 (RCN), MPK

 GOLDSMITH, William E, Able Seaman, 3180 (RCN), MPK

 GRAY, Harold F, Stoker, V 248 (RCNVR), MPK

 GUTTERIDGE, Neville H, Stoker Petty Officer, 21314 (RCN), MPK

 HANCOCK, Sydney C, Petty Officer, 2622 (RCN), MPK

 HARRINGTON, Edgar, Stoker, 21680 (RCN), MPK

 HARTLEY, Ernest O, Stoker, V 5395 (RCNVR), MPK

 HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, 3021 (RCN), MPK

 HEALE, Renfred C, Able Seaman, 2689 (RCN), MPK

 HEAN, John D, Leading Signalman, 2278 (RCN), MPK

 HENDERSON, James M, Signalman, 2939 (RCN), MPK

 HEYCOCK, Selwyn R, Able Seaman, 3283 (RCN), MPK

 HOLLAND, James R, Signalman, 2882 (RCN), MPK

 HOLLOWAY, Arthur G, Cook, 40487 (RCN), MPK

 HOPPER, Jack H, Stoker, V 5469 (RCNVR), MPK

 JAINES, George F, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 88543, MPK

 JONES, Ackland H, Ordinary Seaman, 3421 (RCN), MPK

 JONES, Alfred E, Ordinary Seaman, 3422 (RCN), MPK

 KEEPING, Robert, Able Seaman, A 1178 (RCNR), MPK

 KELLY, James G, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 21390 (RCN), MPK

 KIRKWOOD, Thomas A, Ordinary Seaman, 3499 (RCN), MPK

 KYLE, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 3182 (RCN), MPK

 LAAK, Mike, Leading Seaman, V 13193 (RCNVR), MPK

 LAMB, Thomas H, Engine Room Artificer 4c, 21552 (RCN), MPK

 LANGHAM, Edward M, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 56315, MPK

 LEGAULT, Marcel, Stoker, V 5387 (RCNVR), MPK

 LEMIEUX, Joseph E, Stoker Petty Officer, 21248 (RCN), MPK

 LEWIS, Bernard A, Commissioned Gunner, RCN, MPK

 LINDSAY, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 28289 (RCN), MPK

 MACDOUGALL, Gordon W, Shipwright 4c, 40667 (RCN), MPK

 MACKIE, Ronald, Able Seaman, 3263 (RCN), MPK

 MARA, John J, Petty Officer, 2439 (RCN), MPK

 MARTIN, Jean M, Leading Stoker, 21416 (RCN), MPK

 MARTIN, Merle G, Cook, V 25198 (RCNVR), MPK

 MARTIN, Sidney F, Petty Officer Cook, 40406 (RCN), MPK

 MATTHEWS, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 3136 (RCN), MPK

 MAYNARD, William H, Steward, A 826 (RCNR), MPK

 MCALLISTER, William J, Able Seaman, 3389 (RCN), MPK

 MCCONNELL, James C, Sick Berth Attendant, V 6389 (RCNVR), MPK

 MCILDOON, Edward, Leading Seaman, 2819 (RCN), MPK

 MCKINNON, Desmond S, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, 21202 (RCN), MPK

 MCLUSKIE, William R, Victualling Assistant, V 25209 (RCNVR), MPK

 MCMURTRY, Alexander E, Lieutenant, RCNVR, MPK

 MCTAGGART, David A, Telegraphist, 2710 (RCN), MPK

 MEADOWS, Charles B, Telegraphist, 3012 (RCN), MPK

 MILLAR, James R, Ordinary Seaman, 3475 (RCN), MPK

 MILLER, James B, Able Seaman, 2592 (RCN), MPK

 MILLS, Frederick J, Ordinary Seaman, 3231 (RCN), MPK

 MOORE, Ronald J, Able Seaman, V 273 (RCNVR), MPK

 MUNRO, Gordon W, Leading Seaman, 2995 (RCN), MPK

 MURRAY, Wallace H, Stoker, 21569 (RCN), MPK

 MYLREA, Russell E, Stoker, 21597 (RCN), MPK

 NORRIS, Cyril A, Telegraphist, 2686 (RCN), MPK

 OLSON, Clarence J, Ordinary Seaman, 3326 (RCN), MPK

 OLSON, Ole A, Stoker, 21555 (RCN), MPK

 OVERY, Ernest K, Stoker Petty Officer, 21344 (RCN), MPK

 PEGNEM, John C, Petty Officer Instructor, 3227 (RCN), MPK

 PENNEY, Selby J, Able Seaman, A 991 (RCNR), MPK

 PETTS, Clifford, Leading Seaman, V 7403 (RCNVR), MPK

 PONDER, Harold R, Able Seaman, 3632 (RCN), MPK

 POPE, Rufus C, Lieutenant, RCNVR, MPK

 POWELL, Stephen B, Ordinary Seaman, 3333 (RCN), MPK

 READING, William J, Signalman, 3634 (RCN), MPK

 REID, Robert B, Act/Ordnance Artificer, 21639 (RCN), MPK

 ROBERTSON, William D, Stoker, 21566 (RCN), MPK

 ROWE, Frederick E, Leading Seaman, 2719 (RCN), MPK

 ROWSE, Edward G, Leading Seaman, 2926 (RCN), MPK

 ROY, Joseph W R, Commander, RCN, MPK

 SANDERS, Leslie, Able Seaman, 3494 (RCN), MPK

 SIMPKIN, Donald H, Leading Victualling Assistant, 40525 (RCN), MPK

 SKINNER, Edward L, Able Seaman, 3306 (RCN), MPK

 SMITH, Cedric de H, Leading Signalman, 2533 (RCN), MPK

 SMITH, George B, Electrical Artificer 4c, B 3332 (RCNR), MPK

 SMITH, Gordon E, Able Seaman, V 3220 (RCNVR), MPK

 SMITH, Robert, Able Seaman, 3317 (RCN), MPK

 SMITH, Robert B, Ordinary Seaman, V 266 (RCNVR), MPK

 SMITHSON, David B, Able Seaman, 3279 (RCN), MPK

 SNOWSELL, Ernest W, Able Seaman, 3308 (RCN), MPK

 STANDING, Thomas, Leading Seaman, 2415 (RCN), MPK

 STARK, Horace G, Telegraphist, V 6408 (RCNVR), MPK

 STEPHENS, Richard H, Stoker, 21659 (RCN), MPK

 TODOS, William, Able Seaman, 3398 (RCN), MPK

 UNDERWOOD, John C, Able Seaman, 3072 (RCN), MPK

 VENNE, Joseph R B, Victualling Assistant, 40577 (RCN), MPK

 WALKER, William L, Stoker, 21275 (RCN), MPK

 WATKINS, Harry, Signalman, 3031 (RCN), MPK

 WEBB, Horace M, Leading Seaman, 2822 (RCN), MPK

 WEBB, Valentine G, Stoker Petty Officer, 21195 (RCN), MPK

 WEISER, Lincoln E, Stoker, 21666 (RCN), MPK

 WHEELER, Victor S, Able Seaman, 3268 (RCN), MPK

 WIGHT, Alan E, Stoker, 40555 (RCN), MPK

 WILLIAMS, Robert, Able Seaman, 2805 (RCN), MPK

 WILLIS, Daniel C, Able Seaman, 3175 (RCN), MPK

 WILSON, Charles M, Petty Officer, 2371 (RCN), MPK

 WILSON, George R, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, 25041 (RCN), MPK

 WOODS, Stanley E, Able Seaman, 3094 (RCN), MPK

 YOUNG, Alfred, Able Seaman, 3007 (RCN), MPK

 

Margaret Hampton, drifter, illness

 EDWARDS, Edmond, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 195759, died

 

Melmore Head, steamship

 (President III, O/P), HART, Edward, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 192733, died

 

Waveflower, ship loss

 MACDONALD, Murdo D, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 10896 B, MPK

 

 

Wednesday, 23 October 1940

 

Defiance

 KING, Charles E, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 428 EU, died

 

FAA, 767 Sqn, Condor, air crash

 BRAGG, Gerald A, Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 MEYER, John H, Py/Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Forfar

 FINLAY, John, Steward, T.124, died

 

Girl Winifred

 INGRAM, Richard, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 105710, killed

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 SCOTT, Thomas, Cook, C/MX 63244, DOW

 

Osprey, RAF air crash

 TOOLE, Michael J, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

President, RAF air crash

 MATHIAS, Thomas G J, Lieutenant (E), killed

 

Wildfire

 FRANCIS, Walter R, Chief Petty Officer, C/231988, died

 

 

Thursday, 24 October 1940

 

Matina, steamship

 SCOTT, Sidney J, Corporal, PO/11649, (President III, O/P), missing

 WATTS, Richard, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 204914, (President III, O/P), missing

 

Mendip, mining

 HOLMAN, Douglas N W, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15819, MPK

 HOLMAN, Stanley, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15731, MPK

 HUTCHINS, William P, Able Seaman, C/JX 98898, MPK

 NORMAN, John B P, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 199312, MPK

 SEABROOK, Henry C, Petty Officer Steward, C/L 13329, MPK

 

Royal Arthur

 LAW, William, Act/Steward, LX 24901, died

 

Scalby Wyke, illness

 BASS, Samuel, Chief Skipper, RNR, died

 

 

Friday, 25 October 1940

 

Furious, air crash

 TOOZE, John S, Petty Officer Writer, D/MX 53524, killed

 

Lord Inchcape, mining

 PATTERSON, Robert H, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 164693, killed

 

Orpheus, illness

 WILKINSON, Arthur T, Warrant Engineer, died

 

 

Saturday, 26 October 1940

 

Devonshire, cutter accident

 MCMAHON, John, Boy 1c, D/JX 159280, killed

 

Empress of Britain, steamship

 BOYD, William, Surgeon Lieutenant, (Imperial, O/P), MPK

 MCKEAN, James, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 141886, (Victory, O/P), killed

 

FAA, 821 Sqn, Sparrowhawk, RNAS, Hatston, Orkneys, air crash

 BREWSTER, Basil F A, Naval Airman 1c, FAA/JX 143874, MPK

 CHAMBERS, Richard T, Py/Ty/Midshipman (A), RNVR, killed

 LAYCOCK, Peter B, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), MPK

 SCHOLEFIELD, Lewis E H, Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 ANDREWS, George, Able Seaman, C/JX 153990, DOW

 

President III

 MURRAY, James G, Able Seaman, P/SSX 21429, killed

 

 

Sunday, 27 October 1940

 

Amazon, survivor of Alfred Jones, but listed as died In HM Ship

 LEAH, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, Merchant Navy, died

 

H.49, submarine, lost

 AMERY, Jack, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 53237, MPK

 BOYES, Alexander, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 80080, MPK

 BOYLES, Alexander, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 80080, MPK

 CAIE, Ernest J, Leading Telegraphist, C/J 72837, MPK

 CAREW-HUNT, Adrian, Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 COLEMAN, Frederick G, Able Seaman, P/JX 129345, MPK

 COLTART, Richard E, Lieutenant, MPK

 COTTON, William A, Chief Engine Room Artificer, D/M 37090, MPK

 CRIPPS, Ronald V, Engine Room Artificer 2c, P/MX 45268, MPK

 DAVIDSON, James H, Chief Petty Officer, C/J 108151, MPK

 DEARDEN, Lionel H L, Py/Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 EDMONDS, Charles W, Able Seaman, D/J 108349, MPK

 FEARY, Ernest W, Petty Officer, C/J 114958, MPK

 GASSER, Thomas J, Telegraphist, P/JX 150266, MPK

 GOFFE-WOOD, William F, Stoker 1c, D/K 65955, MPK

 HERRETT, Donald, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91849, MPK

 HILLS, Frederick G, Leading Seaman, C/J 95282, MPK

 HOBBS, Henry T B, Able Seaman, D/J 73247, MPK

 HULL, John, Telegraphist, P/JX 142391, MPK

 KNOWLES, Augustus C, Leading Signalman, D/J 105999, MPK

 MCKAY, Stewart N, Able Seaman, P/SSX 16985, MPK

 PETERKIN, Claude H, Lieutenant, MPK

 SIMPSON, Frank D, Stoker 1c, P/KX 84888, MPK

 SOAR, Patrick J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 89148, MPK

 STEVENS, Robert, Able Seaman, C/JX 138854, MPK

 WEST, Ernest F, Leading Stoker, D/KX 76755, MPK

 WHITE, Clifford W, Able Seaman, C/JX 150050, MPK

 

Liverpool, torpedoed

 MAY, Benjamin P, Leading Sick Berth Attendant, C/MX 51616, DOW

 

 

Monday, 28 October 1940

 

Caldwell

 CHRISTIE, Norman W, Signalman, D/SSX 25504, MPK

 

Elgin

 HARRISON, Albert E, Leading Telegraphist, C/JX 136500, died

 

Galatea

 PEARCE, Ernest E, Able Seaman, C/JX 139247, died

 

Harvest Gleaner, ship loss

 EDWARDS, Charles A L, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 101693, DOW

 LANGRIDGE, Maurice G, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 176573, killed

 STEPHENSON, Seymour, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), P/K 19988, killed

 SWABY, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 213700, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 29 October 1940

 

Badger

 BOOKER, William E, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 192337, killed

 WALKER, John, Chief Petty Officer, C/234868, killed

 

Depot Deal

 DRAKE, Frederick H, Marine, CH 16617, killed

 

Durban, illness

 HOBBS, Albert E, Leading Seaman, P/J 98051, died

 

Edinburgh, accident

 MOWBRAY, Archibald A, Lieutenant, killed

 

Mallow

 WEBB, George, Able Seaman, D/JX 208746, died

 

President, explosion

 ORD, Craven B, Py/Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RAF, 19 Squadron, air crash

 BLAKE, Arthur G, Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

RM Deal Barracks

 CLEMENSON, Henry J, Bugler, PO/X 625, killed

 LEWIS, George F, Marine, CH 16313, killed

 

RM Plymouth Division, with RM Deal Holding Btn

 GIRLING, David, Marine, PLY/15078, killed

 

RM Siege Regiment, Deal, bombing

 NELSON, Robert P, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 

Whitley, accident

CALCOTT, Stanley K, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 201674, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Wolfe, illness

 COLLARD, James H, Ty/Lieutenant (E), RNR, died

 

 

Wednesday, 30 October 1940

 

Cormorant

 CURTIS, Sidney J W, Seaman, RNR, C/X 18026 A, died

 

ML.109, ship loss

 BOSSON, John E B, Motor Mechanic, C/MX 66734, MPK

 CRADDOCK, Bernard, Act/Petty Officer, P/JX 129138, MPK

 KIRK, Anthony, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 

Rutland, steamship

 President III, O/P), MCDERMOTT, Patrick, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 183564, missing

 

Skudd V

 THACKER, Henry S, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 203666, killed

 

Sturdy, ship loss

 CORNFORD, Percy R, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/SD/X 1298, killed

 COWLER, Thomas W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91343, killed

 GREENSHIELDS, Fred, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 80371, killed

 RIVETT, John H, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 165480, killed

 TRAHEARN, Albert T, Leading Stoker, P/KX 75530, killed

 

 

Thursday, 31 October 1940

 

Poulmic, ship loss

 MARSTON, Hugh C, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

President II, illness

 DORSETT, Ernest W, Signal Boatswain, Rtd, died

 

Zulu

 TABONA, Joseph, Petty Officer Steward, E/LX 20744, died

 

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