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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 - 30th NOVEMBER 1939  -  in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Adventure, minelayer, mined with casualties, 13 November 1939 (Navy Photos, click to enlarge) on to December 1939 or return to WW2 Contents List

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) Click for lists by Name in the Casualties Homepage (4) Background military and maritime events have been added (in grey boxes). More information may be found in Ship Histories, Navies Day-by-Day and War Diaries. You can also go to Naval History Homepage and type the ship name in Site Search.

NOVEMBER 1939 United States - The Neutrality Act was amended to allow the supply of arms to belligerents on a 'cash and carry' basis. At the same time American shipping was banned from the war zones. German Heavy Warships - Pocket battleship "Graf Spee" sank a small tanker southwest of Madagascar and headed back for the South Atlantic. More Allied hunting groups were formed. Battle of the Atlantic - RAF Coastal Command continued to patrol for U-boats on passage into the Atlantic. Equal priority was now given to attacks, but the crews were not trained and lacked effective anti-submarine bombs. The first success was a joint action with the Royal Navy at the end of January 1940. Merchant Shipping War - The first HN/ON convoys sailed between the Firth of Forth and Norway in November covered by the Home Fleet. The convoys were discontinued in April 1940.  Thursday, 2 November 1939   Asturias, armed merchant cruiser  HANLEY, Patrick, Fireman, T.124 R 171127, illness   Greenfly, trawler  MACKENZIE, Murdock, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 8100, died   Wrestler, destroyer  HEARL, Henry H, Leading Seaman, P/JX 146295, died     Friday, 3 November 1939   Kelly, destroyer  OYLER, Alfred J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 90128, drowned   Mohawk, destroyer  DOWDALL, Felix, Signalman, D/JX 130839, died from fall   Osprey, RN Base, Portland  DAVIS, Charles, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/J 4849, illness   Runswick Bay, minesweeping trawler  BROWNE, Frank E, Seaman Steward, C/JX 165027, illness   Waveflower, minesweeping trawler  FRITH, Charles L, Skipper, RNR, drowned     Saturday, 4 November 1939   Foreness, Margate, Kent PEARCE, William A, Petty Officer Stoker, C/K 65684 (President III, O/P), died   Northern Princess, armed boarding trawler  WALKER, Harold, Cook, T.124, died   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  DOUGLAS, Henry P, Vice Admiral, illness   Sheffield, light cruiser  HOLLEYFIELD, Frederick H A, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 25519, drowned   Wren, destroyer  FLYNN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/CD/X 2102, drowned     Sunday, 5 November 1939   RN Hospital  Chatham  CLARK, Alec L, Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, motor accident, killed     Monday, 6 November 1939   Fraser (RCN), destroyer  WESTCOTT, James H, Able Seaman, 2237 (RCN), died   Leeuwin, RAN Base, Fremantle   GORDON, David, Steward, F 2851 (RANR), illness     Tuesday, 7 November 1939   Computator, minesweeping trawler, overturned motor boat  MARTIN, James, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 16116, died   Emerald, light cruiser  BISHOP, Thomas F, Assistant Steward, C/LX 22866, illness     Wednesday, 8 November 1939   Cossack, destroyer, collision  CLARKE, William H, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 26241, MPK  COWAN, Stanley, Able Seaman, P/JX 152626, killed  HEATHERLEY, Joseph F, Able Seaman, P/SSX 15513, MPK  POPPLE, Roy, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 153831, killed  RICHMOND, Thomas C, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 22987, killed     Friday, 10 November 1939   Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent  GLOVER, Charles H, Able Seaman, C/ 219042, died   St Vincent, RN Training Establishment, Gosport, Portsmouth  HARMSWORTH, Alfred F, Air Gunner, SFX 430, illness     Saturday, 11 November 1939   Eagle, aircraft carrier  MOORE, Harry, Able Seaman, P/J 68989, illness   Salmon, submarine  LAVERY, Wilfred M, Able Seaman, C/JX 149149, died     Sunday, 12 November 1939   Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent  KING, Edgar E H, Chief Petty Officer Airman, FAA/F 55052, MPK   Vernon, RN Training Establishment, Portsmouth  PAIN, Alfred W, Electrical Artificer 1c, P/M 36343, illness     Monday, 13 November 1939   13th - As U-boat and surface ship-laid mines continued to inflict heavy losses on merchant ships and warships alike, cruiser minelayer Adventure and accompanying destroyer BLANCHE were mined in the Thames Estuary. "Blanche" was a total loss. More serious casualties followed a week later. Adventure, minelayer, mined and damaged  ANTLIFFE, Alexander, Act/Chief Petty Officer, D/JX 133709, killed  CARLSON, Charles G, Able Seaman, D/J 33327, killed  CHURCH, Roy T, Electrical Artificer, D/MX 59361, killed  CLARK, Edward T, Petty Officer Writer, D/MX 48304, killed  COCK, William S, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 70505, killed  ELLIS, Reginald G, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/MX 59968, killed  EXALL, Thomas A, Stoker 1c, D/KX 88719, killed  FOURACRE, Ernest G, Joiner, D/MX 52544, killed  GOUGH, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, MD/X 2135, killed  GRAY, Thomas, Chief Petty Officer Cook, D/M 37969, killed  GUILFOYLE, Maurice, Able Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2111, killed  HAY, Samuel, Able Seaman, RNVR, MC/X 1975, killed  HORRELL, Henry H, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/KX 58583, killed  HOWES, Kenneth J, Chief Petty Officer Cook, D/MX 45883, killed  LOWE, Samuel M, Shipwright 3c, D/M 24145, killed  MERRICK, George E, Seaman, RNR, D/X 20119, killed  PASSMORE, William T, Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 10899, killed  PRATER, William C J, Shipwright 2c, D/M 24752, killed  PRYNNE, Thomas W H, Seaman, RNR, D/X 18060 A, killed  PURSSEY, Harry W, Able Seaman, D/J 89369, killed  RISDON, John, Petty Officer Cook, D/M 47609, killed  SALWAY, Henry V, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/K 47133, killed  WOOD, Joseph, Canteen Manager, NAAFI, killed  YANDELL, Thomas C, Shipwright 1c, D/M 6468, killed   Blanche, destroyer, ship loss  BROWN, William G, Leading Seaman, C/JX 128971, MPK  HALL, Frederick G, Able Seaman, C/J 85467 B 21353, MPK   Gloucester, light cruiser  ATTWATER, Edwin D, Chief Petty Officer Supply, D/M 37532, illness   Service Flying Training School No.1, RAF Netheravon, Wilts, air crash  COPSEY, Donald, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed     Tuesday, 14 November 1939   FAA, 758 Sqn, Raven, RNAS Eastleigh, Southampton, air crash  WOODFORD, Edward S, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed   Janus, destroyer  HEARN, Arthur H, Able Seaman, P/JX 139323, illness   Jervis, destroyer, at Chatham  NIXON, Leslie R, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 155547, died   Skipjack, minesweeper  DAVISON, John, Leading Stoker, C/KX 75304, drowned   Victory II, RN Base, Portsmouth  CROPP, Walter, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, P/K 1406, illness   Widgeon, patrol sloop, overturned motor boat  LENNOX, James E, Able Seaman, P/SSX 17830, died  MORGAN, David B, Telegraphist, C/SSX 16333, died  PARRY, William A P, Signalman, C/SSX 14514, died     Wednesday, 15 November 1939   Isis, destroyer  BROMLEY, Stanley, Able Seaman, D/SSX 20490, drowned   Newcastle, light cruiser  CROSBY, Robert A, Boy 1c, D/JX 155661, MPK     Thursday, 16 November 1939   Capetown, light cruiser  TUBMAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNR, D/ 1277 E, illness   Fame, destroyer  CASSELL, Charles J, Able Seaman, D/JX 140749, drowned   Sturgeon, submarine  PENNY, William F A, Leading Signalman, C/JX 131595, drowned     Saturday, 18 November 1939   Barham, battleship  MCLOUGHLIN, William, Plumber 4c, P/MX 54831, died   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  FERRIS, Robert C, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, C/K 9595, died     Sunday, 19 November 1939   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  MOYES, Alfred A, Petty Officer Stoker, C/307921, died   RM Barracks Eastney, Portsmouth  PROCTOR, Henry E, Marine, P/ 15340, illness     Monday, 20 November 1939 20th - British Home Fleet submarines gained their first success in the Heligoland Bight when "Sturgeon" sank German patrol ship "V-209".   Durban, light cruiser  LONG, William, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 65357, accidentally killed   Gunga (RIN), auxiliary patrol paddle vessel  MOHI, Din D, Ordinary Seaman, 70308 (RIN), died   Mastiff, minesweeping trawler, ship loss  CLARKE, William, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21741 A, MPK  DUNCAN, Alexander, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 61891, MPK  ELSON, Charley, Leading Stoker, C/KX 76131, MPK  HORNE, George W, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21728 A, MPK  MAIN, William D, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 9446, MPK   Saltash, minesweeper  NOCK, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 25600, died     Tuesday, 21 November 1939 21st - Recently completed light cruiser "Belfast" was badly damaged in the Firth of Forth on a magnetic mine laid by "U-21". With her back broken and machinery mountings shattered she was out of action for three years. 21st - Destroyer GIPSY was also lost on mines laid by destroyers off the British east coast port of Harwich.   Gipsy, destroyer, mined, ship loss  CALLAN, George C, Able Seaman, RFR, D/JX 165874 B 12117, MPK  CARTER, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX 23886, MPK  CONVIN, Lionel G, Able Seaman, D/JX 134325, MPK  COOK, James, Stoker 1c, RFR, D/KX 98531 B 13307, MPK  DALTON, David, Able Seaman, D/J 87462, MPK  DAVISON, Charles F, Able Seaman, D/SSX 14047, MPK  DOUCE, Sydney, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 80031, MPK  EDWARDS, Arthur W, Stoker 1c, D/KX 93308, MPK  GRECH, Carmelo, Assistant Steward, E/LX 22795, MPK  GREEN, Frederick, Chief Engine Room Artificer, C/M 27289, MPK  HASKELL, John E, Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/MX 46018, MPK  HOLDEN, William, Stoker 1c, RFR, D/SSS 123129 B 12982, MPK  HORN, David E, Able Seaman, D/SSX 17337, MPK  JONES, Richard W H, Able Seaman, D/JX 136785, MPK  LAVIS, Samuel, Able Seaman, D/J 109945, MPK  MAY, William C, Stoker 1c, D/K 61400, MPK  MURE, Sidney J M, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 62408, MPK  NICOL, Leslie L, Able Seaman, D/SSX 17238, MPK  OFFILER, William J, Ordinary Seaman, D/J 74065, MPK  RENSHAW, Daniel, Stoker 1c, RFR, D/SS 119831 B 12907, MPK  SHACKELL, Henry J, Petty Officer, D/JX 126090, MPK  SMART, Gordon L, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX 28242, MPK  SMITH, Albert H, Petty Officer, D/J 108559, MPK  SMITH, Thomas H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 92923, MPK  TOWNSON, John, Leading Stoker, D/KX 79980, MPK  TUTTEN, Albert F, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/K 57099, MPK  UREN, William T, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 77861, MPK  WOOD, David, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX 25033, MPK   Mastiff, minesweeping trawler, ship loss  WHITE, Herbert A, Leading Seaman, C/JX 138664, DOW     Wednesday, 22 November 1939   Imperial, destroyer  HICKMAN, George B, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 91215, drowned, MPK     Thursday, 23 November 1939  23rd - Armed merchant cruiser "RAWALPINDI" (Capt E. C Kennedy) on Northern Patrol was sunk by the 11in battlecruiser "Scharnhorst" as she and sister ship "Gneisenau" tried to break out into the Atlantic. After the action to the southwest of Iceland, they turned back and returned to Germany after avoiding searching ships of the British Home Fleet. Magnetic Mines - German seaplanes also laid the first magnetic mines off the East Coast and dropped one on tidal flats at Shoeburyness in the Thames Estuary. It was defused on the 23rd November and recovered by Lt-Cdr Ouvry, a vital step in the battle against a weapon which was causing heavy losses and long shipping delays. In November alone, 27 ships of 121,000 tons were sunk and for a time the Thames Estuary was virtually closed to shipping. Cyclops, repair ship  GOVE, William, Leading Steward, C/LX 21871, died   Gipsy, destroyer, ship loss  EVERATT, Harold C, Able Seaman, D/J 89612, DOW   Rawalpindi, armed merchant cruiser, ship loss  AKERMAN, William A, Able Seaman, D/J 22728 Pens No 7624, MPK  ANDERS, William A, Seaman, RNR, D/X 9551 B, MPK  ANDERSON, James, Water Tender, NAP 877273, MPK  ANDREWS, Charles, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 99330 D 1008, MPK  ARBIN, Henry J, Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  ATKINSON, Eli, Able Seaman, RFR, D/SSX 12259, MPK  BAGRIDGE, Frederick A, Fireman, NAP 157918, MPK  BARRETT, William H H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/SSX 12196, MPK  BATTERTON, Thomas, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/X 7550 C, MPK  BEAN, Denis W, Py/Midshipman, RNR, MPK  BENZIE, Ronald A, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/SD/X 1132, MPK  BETTONEY, Cyril E, Assistant Steward, NAP, MPK  BEVINGTON, Laurence E, Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  BIRKENSHAW, Alec, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, P/LD/X 4805, MPK  BLACKLEDGE, Joseph A, Py/Midshipman, RNR, MPK  BLAKE, Bernard J J, Petty Officer, D/J 41049 Pens No 29765, MPK  BLAKE, Richard, Assistant Steward, NAP 185238, MPK  BRAZIER, Harry, Able Seaman, C/J 46636 Pens No 29876, MPK  BRIDEN, Arthur W, Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  BROWN, James E, Chief Petty Officer, C/ 222893 Pens No 25971, MPK  BROWN, John E, Leading Seaman, RNR, C/ 5835 D, MPK  BROWN, Ronald W, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, P/LD/X 4872, MPK  BURGE, Allan J, T/Lieutenant Commander (E), RNR, MPK  BURNARD, Edgar S, Leading Seaman, D/J 19610 Pens No 28821, MPK  BURRELL, Robert J, Fireman, NAP 153016, MPK  BUTLER, John, Fireman, NAP, MPK  CARDWELL, Harold G, Seaman, RNR, D/ X 10629 B, MPK  CARPENTER, Jack S, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, P/LD/X 4911, MPK  CAUGHIE, George F, Assistant Steward, NAP 147627, MPK  CHEYNE, Edward, Greaser, NAP 149196, MPK  CHOLERTON, Harold J, T/Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  CLARKE, Arthur E, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 110231 D 58, MPK  CLAXTON, Arthur T, Chief Steward, NAP 628722, MPK  CLIFF, Eric, 2nd Cook, NAP 118219, MPK  CLUE, Russell J, Petty Officer, RFR, D/J 67841 B 14913, MPK  COATES, Charles T, Assistant Steward, NAP 175859, MPK  COKER, William E H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 105354 B 15972, MPK  COLES, Ivor V, Steward, NAP 185823, MPK  COLES, Joseph J, Leading Seaman, D/J 25338Pens No 25003, MPK  COOK, Willliam F, Leading Signalman, D/J 26379Pens No 25008, MPK  COOPER, Edward C T, Chief Petty Officer, D/ 235458 Pens No 22749, MPK  COTTON, Thomas M, Seaman, RNR, D/X 7395 C, MPK  CREWS, Arthur, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 2208 Pens No 23268, MPK  CROCKER, Benjamin B, Petty Officer, RFR, D/JX 165727 B 12191, MPK  DAVENPORT, Arthur V, Able Seaman, RFR, D/SS 11473 B 13585, MPK  DAVEY, John E, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2989, MPK  DESBOROUGH, Clarence, Fireman, NAP 71149, MPK  DEWBERY, Leonard G, 2nd Baker, NAP 118424, MPK  DICK, Andrew G, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2975, MPK  DICKENS, Albert E, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 90716 B 14670, MPK  DICKINSON, John B, T/Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, RNR, MPK  DOCWRA, John A, Butcher, NAP 1112041, MPK  DUNLOP, Herbert W, Winchman, NAP 1108401, MPK  DUNN, Phillip W, Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 6897 Pens No 12956, MPK  EATON, Arthur F, Greaser, NAP 117972, MPK  EMMETT, Allan V D, Leading Seaman, D/J 45986 Pens No 5812, MPK  EMMS, George T, Assistant Steward, NAP 166451, MPK  EMSLIE, Alexander, 2nd Radio Officer, NAP 997799, MPK  EVANS, Charles H, Fireman, NAP 160233, MPK  EVANS, David S B, Able Seaman, D/JX 139470, MPK  FALCONER, Eric, Scullion, NAP, MPK  FARRANT, Douglas S, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 33685 B 14074, MPK  FEE, Thomas H C H, T/Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  FLEET, Harry Q, Able Seaman, C/J 16853 Pens No 10572, MPK  FLETCHER, Bernard T, Writer, NAP 99517, MPK  FLYNN, William H T, Water Tender, NAP 606858, MPK  FOOTE, Wallace L, Joiner, NAP, MPK  FOREMAN, Gilbert, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, C/TD/X 2074, MPK  FRENCH, James A W, Lieutenant, MPK  GILBERT, George, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 102402 23865, MPK  GILDAY, William, Greaser, NAP 13706, MPK  GREATBATCH, John T, Able Seaman, RFR, C/SS 7608 B 17411, MPK  GUIVER, Edward, Fireman, NAP 150261, MPK  HAGGERTY, James, Lamptrimmer, NAP 870607, MPK  HAGGERTY, John, Greaser, NAP 882746, MPK  HALLIDAY, William, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 107737, MPK  HAMBLIN, Reginald G, Assistant Steward, NAP 143012, MPK  HARPER, Reginald G, Greaser, NAP 1118322, MPK  HARRINGTON, Henry, Fireman, NAP 107773, MPK  HEAD, Cecil F, Assistant Steward, NAP 153343, MPK  HIBBERT, Frank, Leading Seaman, D/J 21567 Pens No 24451, MPK  HIDE, George M E, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/ X 7955 C, MPK  HIGGINS, Joseph, Fireman, NAP 77603, MPK  HOLT, Robert L, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2943, MPK  HORAN, John T, Seaman, RNR, D/X 8031 C, MPK  HORE, John J, Seaman, RNR, D/X 18438 A, MPK  HUDSON, Albert V, Greaser, NAP 1040042, MPK  HUME, James, Able Seaman, D/JX 158703 Pens No 24376, MPK  INGATE, Hector, Seaman, RNR, C/6075 D, MPK  JAMES, Arthur H, Master At Arms, D/M 38022 Pens No 8582, MPK  JENKINS, Ernest E, Fireman, NAP 3543962, MPK  JOHNSON, George E, Able Seaman, D/J 598 Pens No 8297, MPK  JOHNSON, Gilbert P, Commissioned Electrician, RNR, MPK  JONES, John E, Seaman, RNR, D/ X 18927 A, MPK  JOYCE, John, Able Seaman, D/J 111765, MPK  KANE, James A, Chief Yeoman of Signals, D/J 23704 Pens No 6296, MPK  KENNEDY, Edward C, Captain, MPK  KNIGHT, Thomas D, Greaser, NAP 77244, MPK  KNIGHTON, Frederick, Able Seaman, D/JX 158718, MPK  LAMBERT, William A, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  LAZZARUS, Douglas, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/ 7028 C, MPK  LE BERN, Ernest, Leading Seaman, RFR, D/J 112058 B 16751, MPK  LEADBETTER, Jack, Assistant Steward, NAP 152398, MPK  LEMON, George, Greaser, NAP 96121, MPK  LIDDY, Henry R, Greaser, NAP 827286, MPK  LIGGETT, Arthur R, Seaman, RNR, D/ 5645 D, MPK  LLOYD, Albert D, Fireman, NAP 141169, MPK  LLOYD, Robert W, Act/Petty Officer, D/J 36615 Pens No 11704, MPK  LUTTMAN, Albert E, Fireman, NAP 141181, MPK  LYNCH, James, Seaman, RNR, D/ X 20407 A, MPK  MACARTHUR, Donald, Seaman, RNR, D/ 2005 A, MPK  MACDONALD, James, Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  MACKAY, Morrison C, Seaman, RNR, D/ 8083 C, MPK  MACKAY, Murdo, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/ 6112 D, MPK  MACKENZIE, John, Seaman, RNR, D/X 10303 B, MPK  MACKIE, Alexander, Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  MACLEOD, Norman, Seaman, RNR, D/X 10610 D, MPK  MACLEOD, William, Seaman, RNR, D/ 5476 D, MPK  MAIN, Robert, Commissioned Electrician, RNR, MPK  MARRON, John J, Greaser, NAP 37826, MPK  MCCARTHY, William, Seaman, RNR, D/ 6897 C, MPK  MCLEOD, Hugh, Seaman, RNR, P/X 6816 C, MPK  MCNEIL, Alexander, Joiner, NAP 123638, MPK  MCSWEENY, Richard, Assistant Chef, NAP 576726, MPK  MEAKINS, Jesse W, Fireman, NAP 164726, MPK  MEREDITH, Eric G, Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  METHERELL, Wiiliam T, Able Seaman, D/JX 152835 Pens No 22627, MPK  MIDDLETON, Wallace, Py/Midshipman, RNR, MPK  MILNE, George D, Assistant Steward, NAP 1086998, MPK  MOLONEY, Charles P, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2966, MPK  MOLSON, Gerald H E, Lieutenant Commander, MPK  MOORE, John J, Seaman, RNR, D/ 6179 D, MPK  MORGAN, John R, Assistant Steward, NAP 122228, MPK  MORGAN, Kenneth D, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, MPK  MORRIS, Reginald D, Signalman, RNVR, D/LD/X 3641, MPK  MOSS, William A, Fireman, NAP 155236, MPK  MUGRIDGE, Reginald H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 91134 D 553, MPK  MULHOLLAND, William, Fireman, NAP 620560, MPK  NEWTON, Frederick, Fireman, NAP 116049, MPK  NICHOLLS, Charles E, Seaman, RNR, D/ 6017 D, MPK  NICOLSON, John M, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/ 5685 D, MPK  O'BRIEN, David, Fireman, NAP 883473, MPK  OLIVER, Albert G, Fireman, NAP 135005, MPK  OLIVER, Anthony, Fireman, NAP, MPK  ORTON, Francis H J, T/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  OSBORN, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 137239, MPK  PALLISTER, Robert L, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  PARKER, Archibald M, Joiner, NAP, MPK  PARKER, Kenneth, Sick Berth Attendant, D/SBR/X 7570, MPK  PARSONS, Albert J, Petty Officer, D/ 238191 Pens No 14806, MPK  PATON, George, Leading Seaman, RFR, D/J 104672 B 15696, MPK  PETTICAN, Wilfred F, Seaman, RNR, C/ 8072 D, MPK  PHILLIPS, William J, Fireman, NAP 1101765, MPK  PICKERING, William T, Carpenter, NAP 99510, MPK  PICKERSGILL, Owen V, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  POLESON, Robert J, Painter, NAP 1102800, MPK  POOLE, Albert E, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 77418 B 14567, MPK  POPE, Harry, Leading Seaman, D/ 234432 Pens No 14370, MPK  POSTLETHWAITE, George A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 3025, MPK  PRICE, Ronald, Joiner, NAP, MPK  PRINGLE, William, Able Seaman, RFR, D/SS 9777 D 13, MPK  QUICK, Cornelius T, Writer, NAP 192266, MPK  QUINN, Thompson B, Py/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  RAYMONT, Harry W, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  RAYNER, George M, Greaser, NAP 1060817, MPK  READ, Harry, Fireman, NAP 68023, MPK  REED, James, Water Tender, NAP 84676, MPK  RICHARDS, Alfred J, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 112778 B 25019, MPK  RICHARDSON, Alfred W, Water Tender, NAP 872881, MPK  ROWDEN, Edward A, 3rd Baker, NAP 108125, MPK  ROWLANDS, Rowland, Able Seaman, D/ 233615 Pens No 12347, MPK  SAGE, Charles, Cooper 1c, D/ 345169 Pens No 24465, MPK  SANGSTER, Charles C, T/Commander (E), RNR, MPK  SCARLETT, Reginald F H, 3rd Cook, NAP 1124253, MPK  SCHOFIELD, Ernest, Sick Berth Petty Officer, D/SBR 1920, MPK  SEABROOK, Anthony D, T/Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  SEATON, David S H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 96334 B 14535, MPK  SEDGEMORE, Charles J, Seaman, RNR, D/X 18702 A, MPK  SERVICE, Henry M, Leading Seaman, D/X 8016 C, MPK  SHARP, Stephen W, 1st Radio Officer, NAP, MPK  SHIELDS, John, T/Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  SHIPLEY, Albert H, Pantryman, NAP 2528, MPK  SHUTE, Maurice F, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  SINCLAIR, David S, Able Seaman, RFR, D/SS 9484 B 12655, MPK  SKINNER, Edward J, Petty Officer, D/ 224064 Pens No 2204, MPK  SLEE, Herbert, Able Seaman, RFR, D/JX 159460, MPK  SMERDON, William H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 43732 B 14507, MPK  SMETHURST, William H, Able Seaman, D/JX 163871, MPK  SMITH, Donald, Seaman, RNR, D/X 20462 A, MPK  SMITH, Frank, Able Seaman, RFR, C/SSX 12898 D 521, MPK  SMITH, Joseph, Able Seaman, D/JX 159460, MPK  SMITH, Sydney E, 2nd Storekeeper, NAP 12450, MPK  SNOW, Cyril A, Able Seaman, D/J 21060 Pens No 25638, MPK  SOUTHERN, Harvey, Seaman, RNR, D/X 9923 B, MPK  SPARKS, Patrick E, T/Paymaster Lieutenant, RNR, MPK  STANISTREET, Cyrus J, Seaman, RNR, D/X 17818 A, MPK  STANWAY, Ralph, Seaman, RNR, D/X 8081 C, MPK  STEVENS, Frederick H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 87996 B 14835, MPK  STINNER, Cornelius, Able Seaman, D/J 11095 Pens No 25366, MPK  STONEMAN, Archie, Leading Seaman, D/ 226637 Pens No 23467, MPK  STURDY, Thomas, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 104848, MPK  STURROCK, Allan G, 2nd Butcher, NAP 24093, MPK  SUTHERLAND, Douglas S, 3rd Radio Officer, NAP, MPK  TANSEY, Michael, Fireman, NAP 846149, MPK  TAYLOR, Albert E, Able Seaman, D/J 2230 Pens No 10662, MPK  TAYLOR, Redvers H, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  TAYLOR, Robert J, Water Tender, NAP 8564, MPK  TEAGUE, Frank, Leading Seaman, D/J 101529 Pens No 11473, MPK  TELFORD, George, Able Seaman, RFR, D/JX 165907 D 969, MPK  THORNTON, Victor G, Fireman, NAP, MPK  THORNTON, Walter S, Fireman, NAP 72847, MPK  TOMS, William, Chief Petty Officer, D/JX 149796 Pens No 10739, MPK  TURNER, Harry, T/Lieutenant (E), RNR, MPK  VEY, George E, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 106330 D 1058, MPK  WALKER, Charles, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 103970 D 244, MPK  WALKER, James, Able Seaman, D/JX 158743, MPK  WALL, Michael, Petty Officer, D/ 230507 Pens No 19746, MPK  WALL, William G, Able Seaman, D/JX 132991, MPK  WARD, James E, 2nd Steward, NAP 1098332, MPK  WATSON, Edmund, Assistant Steward, NAP 139516, MPK  WAYMONT, Herbert A, Able Seaman, D/J 14073 Pens No 21292, MPK  WEBSTER, Robert W, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 3003, MPK  WEIR, John, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, D/MD/X 2755, MPK  WEST, J R, Greaser, NAP, MPK  WESTON, Frederick H J, Py/Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK  WHITBY, Bertram T, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 110812 B 16286, MPK  WHITE, Edward G, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 87826 D 894, MPK  WHITEHEAD, Albert E, Chief Petty Officer, D/JX 155149, MPK  WHITWORTH, George E, Sick Berth Attendant, NAP 177363, MPK  WILCOX, Ernest, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 114684 D 208, MPK  WILLIAMS, Edward J, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, C/LD/X 3766, MPK  WILLIAMS, James H, Joiner, NAP, MPK  WILLIAMS, Mark, Seaman, RNR, D/ 6057 D, MPK  WILSON, William H, Able Seaman, D/ 224102 Pens No 18577, MPK  WINSTONE, James W, Fireman, NAP 1108319, MPK  WINTON, John J C, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 60544 D 890, MPK  WRIGHT, George, Winchman, NAP 1002235, (aka George W Mcknight), MPK  YOUNG, James A, Able Seaman, D/J 11882 Pens No 1206, MPK     Friday, 24 November 1939   Gipsy, destroyer, ship loss  VASSALO, Guiseppe, Leading Steward, E/LX 20820, DOW   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  NEWBERRY, Leonard H, Stoker 1c, C/K 63489, illness     Saturday, 25 November 1939   Birmingham, light cruiser  PEARCE, William H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 81821, drowned   FAA, 810 Sqn, Ark Royal, fleet carrier, flying in Swordfish, air crash  SHAYLER, Edgar H, Leading Airman, FX 76307, killed   Imogen, destroyer  TADGELL, William, Able Seaman, C/JX 151449, killed   Jervis Bay, armed merchant cruiser  HOLMES, Robert, Greaser, T.124, illness   Victory I, RN Base, Portsmouth  FRIEND, Douglas G, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/J 68037, illness     Sunday, 26 November 1939   Afridi, destroyer  PRIVETT, Walter C, Able Seaman, P/JX 51059, drowned  YOUNG, Frederick T, Able Seaman, P/JX 136980, drowned   FAA, 770 Sqn, Argus, aircraft carrier, air crash  PIKE, Malcolm R, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed     Monday, 27 November 1939   Gipsy, destroyer, ship loss  CROSSLEY, Nigel J, Lieutenant Commander, DOW   Kookaburra (RAN), boom defence vessel  SKOTTOWE, Nichola B, Lieutenant, RAN,  accidentally killed     Tuesday, 28 November 1939   Faulknor, destroyer  SPANNER, John W, Able Seaman, P/JX 129498, died   Ganges, RN Training Establishment, Shotley, Harwich  PITTMAN, George E, Boy 2c, JX 171700, died   Victory II, RN Base, Portsmouth  CARPENTER, Thomas E, Stoker Petty Officer, P/ 356237, illness     Wednesday, 29 November 1939 29th - On patrol to the north of Scotland to support the German battlecruiser's attempted breakout, "U-35" was found east of the Shetland Islands and sunk by destroyers "Kashmir", "Kingston" and "Icarus". Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  BRISTER, Albert V, Chief Petty Officer, C/ 235117, illness   Willamette Valley, "freighter"/submarine decoy ship  WILLARD, William, Chief Steward, T.124, illness     Thursday, 30 November 1939 Russo-Finnish War - Negotiations on border changes and control of islands in the Gulf of Finland broke down and Russia invaded on the 30th. Fiercely resisted by the small Finnish army, the war dragged on to March 1940 Abingdon, minesweeping sloop  GIRVAN, John M, Able Seaman, P/SSX 21867, died   Belfast, light cruiser, mining  STANTON, Henry, Painter, P/MX 49123, DOW   Royal Arthur, RN Training Establishment, Skegness, Lincs  THOMAS, Frank R, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 167938, died   Sheaf Crest, steamship, ship loss  LUMSDON, Robert, Leading Signalman, C/JX 132926 (Pembroke IV, O/P), killed Shipping War Loss Summary 6 British, Allied and neutral ships of 18,000 tons in the Atlantic from all causes; 1 British armed merchant cruiser, 1 German U-boat. 43 British, Allied and neutral ships of 156,000 tons in UK waters.

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