Background Events - February-May
1943
Battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of Atlantic
peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid'
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1 February
1943
Despatch, illness
DAWSON, Arthur D, Leading Stoker,
P/KX 76620, DOWS
FAA, 898 Sqn, Victorious,
air crash
DAVIS, Robert U, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR,
killed
WARNER, Desmond H, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR,
killed
Kingston Beryl,
illness
WHARTON, Benjamin A E, Engineman,
RNPS, LT/KX
115442, died
MTB.264
MCMURRAY, Robert,
Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/SSX
28211, killed
President, illness
WORSLEY, Frank A, Commander, RNR,
died
Tamar, as POW
SMART, Stanley G, Stoker Petty
Officer, D/KX
81418, died
Welshman (right - NavyPhotos/David Downey), ship
loss
ALLEN, Albert C, Leading
Signalman, C/JX
144533, killed
ALLEN, Francis J C, Commander,
killed
ARRINDELL, Joseph E, Able Seaman,
C/JX 258247,
killed
ATKINS, Bernard J, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
373492, killed
BACK, Charles P, Act/Leading
Stoker, C/K 58578,
killed
BADLAND, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/KX
100359, killed
BARHAM, Leonard R, Act/Chief
Engine Room
Artificer, C/MX 47298, killed
BAXTER, Leslie D, Able Seaman,
RNVR, C/LD/X
5637, killed
BEATT, Alexander, Able Seaman,
C/JX 262348, killed
BELL, James H, Stoker 1c, C/KX
137605, killed
BLAKE, Charles R, Leading Stoker,
C/KX 89165, killed
BODY, Robert F, Chief Petty
Officer
Telegraphist, C/J 26209, killed
BOOTH, Douglas, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/SSX
25574, killed
BOWES, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/SSX
18554, killed
BOWKER, Samuel, Act/Ordnance
Artificer 4c, C/MX
77200, killed
BOWLES, James A, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/SSX
16062, killed
BRADLEY, John A, Coder, C/JX
272089, killed
BRADSHAW, Henry W S, Able Seaman,
C/JX 294100,
killed
BRITTON, Arthur J, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 102778, killed
BROOMAN, Frederick W C, Joiner
4c, C/MX 76623,
killed
BROWNLOW, Ralph, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 373112,
killed
BROWNSON, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX
137610, killed
CALLOW, Walter S, Chief Petty
Officer, C/J
44659, killed
CANE, David J, Leading Radio
Mechanic, P/MX
99132, killed
CANN, George, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
92855, killed
CANNON, William D, Chief Engine
Room Artificer,
C/M 35083, killed
CARTER, Ronald, Act/Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
73439, killed
CAVANAGH, William, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
318138, killed
CHERRY, John C, Lieutenant, RNVR,
killed
CLIFFORD, Patrick, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
351217, killed
COLCLOUGH, Clarence, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 107133, killed
COLLINGS, William, Act/Engine
Room Artificer
4c, C/MX 61763, MPK
COOK, Leonard F G, Gunner (T),
killed
COOK, William, Leading Steward,
C/LX 26180, killed
CORCORAN, John T, Act/Petty
Officer, C/SSX
18398, killed
CORMACK, Cyril W B, Able Seaman,
C/JX 236405, killed
CORNELIUS, Thomas J, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/JX
140635, killed
CULLEN, Bernard J, Act/Leading
Stoker, C/KX
91138, killed
DAVIS, Ernest E, Lieutenant,
RNVR, (ML.135, O/P),
killed
DENNIS, George B, Able Seaman,
C/JX 234143, killed
DIXON, Bertram G, Supply
Assistant, C/MX 95110,
killed
DOWNIE, John, Ordinary Signalman,
C/JX 341336,
killed
DRAPER, William F J, Able Seaman,
C/JX 171613,
killed
EAGLE, Ernest W, Petty Officer
Steward, C/LX
20516, killed
EARL, George E, Act/Petty
Officer, C/JX 150061,
killed
EAVIS, Harry O, Supply Assistant,
C/MX 81283, killed
EDWARDS, Peter B, Sub Lieutenant,
killed
ELGEE, John, Stoker 1c, C/KX
129607, killed
ELWOOD, Tom S, Stoker 1c, D/KX
80522, MPK
ERSKINE, William, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX 351504,
killed
EVENNETT, John N, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
65804, MPK
FINNERTY, Patrick, Sick Berth
Attendant, C/MX
81789, killed
FITCH, Cyril I, Engine Room
Artificer 3c, C/MX
50378, killed
FLAVELL, Alexander J, Stoker
Petty Officer, C/KX
75432, killed
FOKER, Frank T, Cook (S), C/MX
86047, killed
FOOT, Thomas A, Chief Petty
Officer, C/J 96113,
killed
FREEDMAN, Basil K, Paymaster
Lieutenant, killed
GILLIES, Angus, Able Seaman, C/X
10658 B, killed
HAINES, Thomas, Act/Steward, C/LX
26141, killed
HALL, Reginald T, Leading Stoker,
D/K 57436, killed
HARLOW, Thomas, Act/Petty
Officer, C/SSX 18872,
killed
HART, Ewart J, Chief Engine Room
Artificer, C/M
24922, killed
HEAVER, Geoffrey N, Able Seaman,
C/JX 234359, killed
HEPWORTH, Gilbert B, Able Seaman,
C/JX 224098,
killed
HOLLINGWORTH, Eric, Stoker 2c,
C/KX 147456, killed
HOLMAN, Bruce W, Paymaster
Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
HOLMES, Frank, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 175837, killed
HOUGHTON, Jack B, Surgeon
Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
JARVIS, Sidney, Stoker 1c, C/KX
99334, killed
JEEVES, Stephen R, Able Seaman,
P/JX 257401, killed
JEFFERY, Raymond M, Leading
Supply Assistant, C/MX
67565, killed
JEWELL, Richard D, Ordinary
Telegraphist, C/JX
271334, killed
JOHNSTON, Douglas V J, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
319944, killed
JONES, Leslie O, Able Seaman,
C/JX 226816, killed
KETT, Arthur F, Petty Officer
Steward, C/LX
20233, killed
KIRTON, James M B, Act/Stoker
Petty Officer, C/KX
89766, killed
LAMB, Edward, Able Seaman, C/JX
191192, killed
LAMBERT, Dennis J, Stoker 2c,
C/KX 156856, killed
LAVERTY, James E, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 24787, killed
LEE, Arthur, Electrical Artificer
4c, C/MX
65789, killed
LEE, Cyril T, Act/Leading Seaman,
C/SSX 29988,
killed
LESTER, Eric J, Chief Petty
Officer Stoker, P/KX
75295, killed
LINDSAY, David C, Coder, C/JX
199680, killed
LIVELY, Edward L, Able Seaman,
C/J 171025, killed
LUNNON, Arthur H, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 27318, killed
MACKENZIE, Alan, Lieutenant (E),
killed
MACKENZIE, Edward M, Shipwright
4c, C/MX 76403,
killed
MAIDENS, Frank, Writer, C/MX
80828, killed
MANTLE, William A, Able Seaman,
C/JX 257958, killed
MAPSON, George W E, Supply Petty
Officer, C/MX
52486, killed
MARSHALL, Samuel T, Able Seaman,
P/JX 260562, killed
MARTIN, Robert R, Steward, C/LX
22660, killed
MASON, Arthur H, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/JX
138651, killed
MCDONALD, William H, Able Seaman,
C/JX 318157,
killed
MCMENEMY, Ian A J, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 111224, killed
MILLAR, John, Able Seaman, C/SSX
26454, killed
MILLIS, William H, Stoker 2c,
C/KX 156863, killed
MOLYNEUX, Clifford, Able Seaman,
C/JX 352294, killed
MONK, Sidney, Ordnance Artificer
5c, C/MX
96032, killed
MOORE, Frank N, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 318856, killed
MORTON, Reginald E A, Sick Berth
Petty Officer,
C/MX 51182, killed
NEWMAN, John W, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 316935, killed
NOLAN, Arthur E, Able Seaman,
C/JX 317763, MPK
NUNN, Arthur L, Act/Leading
Stoker, C/K 61513,
MPK
OSBORNE, Frederick, Able Seaman,
C/JX 214631, killed
O'SULLIVAN, Michael P, Able
Seaman, C/JX
234174, killed
PAGE, Joseph P, Stoker 1c, RNSR,
C/SR 8324, killed
PEARSON, John, Act/Cook (S), C/MX
109454, killed
PEET, George W, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 317771, killed
PERREN, Henry R, Leading Cook
(S), C/MX 56502,
killed
PHILLIPS, Henry J, Able Seaman,
C/JX 294096, killed
PINHORN, Marcus D, Ordinary
Signalman, C/JX
357344, killed
POOLEY, Edward E, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX 317773,
killed
PUTNAM, Leonard B, Act/Petty
Officer
Telegraphist, C/J 106868, killed
REEVE, Ernest E, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/JX
136165, killed
RITCH, William E B, Ordnance
Artificer 5c, C/MX
96031, killed
ROBINSON, Herbert, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
318523, killed
ROPER, Norman R, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 319168,
killed
ROSS, Frederick, Cook, C/MX
94263, killed
RYE, Ernest W, Leading Cook (S),
C/MX 62715, killed
SHAW, Albert C, Stoker 2c, C/KX
156873, killed
SKINNER, Edward J, Petty Officer,
C/JX 153653,
killed
SLOAN, Martin S B, Act/Stoker
Petty Officer, C/K
62511, killed
SMALL, Andrew L, Able Seaman,
C/JX 178877, killed
SMITH, David A, Stoker 1c, C/KX
85863, killed
SMITH, Francis H, Leading Writer,
C/MX 68509, killed
SMITH, Frank S, Able Seaman RNVR,
C/LD/X 3392,
killed
SMITH, Philip R, Shipwright 4c,
C/MX 76788, killed
SPEIGHT, James, Able Seaman, C/JX
184916, killed
STAMP, Frederick A, Able Seaman,
C/JX 209701, killed
SULLIVAN, Timothy, Chief Petty
Officer, P/MX
45003, killed
SUTTON, Leonard S, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 108673, killed
TALL, Richard H, Dockyard
Foreman, (O/P), killed
TERRILL, Stanley R, Marine, CH/X
1197, killed
THIRKHILL, Roy, Steward, C/LX
28211, killed
TINDLE, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX
217096, killed
TOFIELD, Jack, Able Seaman, C/SSX
18441, killed
TOWSEY, William J, Regulating
Petty Officer, C/MX
70398, killed
TRANTER, Thomas R, Supply Chief
Petty Officer,
C/MX 47025, killed
TURNER, Robert M, Stoker Petty
Officer, C/KX
83399, killed
TWIGG, James S, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/JX
152604, killed
WALBY, Andrew S, Signalman, C/JX
247746, killed
WALKER, Arthur C, Leading
Steward, P/LX 22958,
killed
WALKER, John, Able Seaman, R/JX
181173, killed
WALKER, Norman, Able Seaman, C/JX
212028, killed
WALKER, Ralph B, Stoker Petty
Officer, C/KX
83792, killed
WARMAN, Ronald W, Act/Stoker
Petty Officer, C/KX
92801, killed
WATKIN, John T, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
65799, killed
WEBB, Harold E, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 318485, killed
WELCH, Frederick P, Stoker 1c,
D/KX 98895, killed
WHITE, Thomas H, Able Seaman,
C/JX 176797, killed
WILKINSON, Trevor E G, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
354732, killed
WILSON, Adam, Able Seaman, C/SSX
15926, killed
WILSON, Donald, Steward, C/LX
26115, killed
2 February
1943
Beehive, illness
DOWNING, William N, Petty Officer
Motor
Mechanic, P/MX 74647, died
Claverhouse
RUSH, Henry C, Stoker Petty
Officer (Pens), C/K
10295, DOWS
Exeter, as POW
MCGOWAN, Edward, Stoker 1c, D/KX
111367, died
WEST, Albert E, Chief Engine Room
Artificer 2c,
D/M 37662, died
FAA, 700 Sqn, Condor,
air crash
BLACKLAWS, Edward P, Air Fitter
(A), FAA/FX
89636, MPK
FAA, 776 Sqn, Blackcap,
air crash
NEWTON, Anthony J, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
LCT.326, ship
loss
ANDOW, James P, Motor Mechanic,
C/MX 116860,
MPK
CARTER, Clifford, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX 364717,
MPK
GALLSWORTHY, Frederick W,
Ordinary Seaman, D/JX
363755, MPK
GASKELL, William, Able Seaman,
D/SSX 29830,
MPK
GRAHAM, Ernest, Motor Mechanic,
C/MX 116802,
MPK
GRIFFITHS, William N, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR,
killed
HARRIS, Walter, Engine Room
Artificer 5c, P/MX
116161, MPK
HEAP, George W, Ordinary Seaman,
D/JX 348236,
MPK
LINDOP, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman,
D/JX 303389,
MPK
MERSON, George, Stoker 2c, P/KX
154297, MPK
PARKIN, Leonard F T, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR,
MPK
ROUSE, Geoffrey A, Stoker 2c,
P/KX 151003, MPK
SIMPSON, James, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 32298, MPK
STEHR, Douglas F, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX 326369,
MPK
Nigella, illness
GIBBONS, Herbert W, Leading Cook,
D/MX 69016, died
Service Flying
Training School, No.31, Kingston, Ontario, air crash
BEACHCROFT, Michael M,
Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX
90853, killed
Speke
AISTON, Leo M, Able Seaman, C/JX
223893, killed
3 February
1943
3/2 Maritime
Regt, RA
REDMAN, William Charles, Bombardier, RA, 1481034, died,
buried in Dely Ibrahim Warf Cemetery, Algeria (added with thanks to
his grandson, Gary Headland)
Attacker
MORGAN, Sidney C D, Able Seaman,
D/JX 288228, DOW
Cordelia or
Inverilen, steamship
CORFIELD, Frederick, Gunner, RA,
3535756, (4
Maritime Regt, RA), killed
EDGAR, Stanley, Gunner, RA,
1064686, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
LORD, Herbert, Gunner, RA,
3777790, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
REAST, Frank, Lance Bombardier,
RA, 4623998, (4
Maritime Regt, RA), killed
Cordelia, steamship
BAKER, Frederick J, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
267747, (President III, O/P), MPK
FOX, Peter, Act/Petty Officer,
RFR (DEMS), P/SS
10241, (President III, O/P), MPK
HAYES, Douglas A, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
347069, (President III, O/P), MPK
OWEN, William J, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
353737, (President III, O/P), MPK
WILTSHIRE, Jack, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
337759, (President III, O/P), MPK
JONES, Maldwyn, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
345834, (President III, O/P), MPK
FAA, 801 Sqn, Sparrowhawk,
air crash
SMALLEY, Anthony C A, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
FAA, 880 Sqn, Argus,
air crash
JOHNSON, Lloyd H, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR,
MPK
Ferret, illness
COLEMAN, Jeremiah, Petty Officer,
D/229504, died
Inverilen, steamship
HARRISON, Eric, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
391264, (President III, O/P), MPK
LAWDAY, Leslie T, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
223557, (President III, O/P), MPK
TAYLOR, Fred, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
266598, (President III, O/P), MPK
THOMPSON, Edward A, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
391270, (President III, O/P), MPK
Kongoni
PIGOTT, Victor L G, Able Seaman,
C/JX 197498, DOWS
Londonderry, explosion
DRIVER, George E, Stoker 1c, D/KX
104008, MPK
MCCORMACK, Hugh, Stoker 2c, D/KX
126975, MPK
NEILD, Robert, Stoker 1c, D/KX
114408, MPK
TAYLOR, Rendle, Able Seaman, D/JX
150130, MPK
Tamar, as POW
PRICE, Ernest T, Leading Stoker,
C/KX 81053, died
4 February
1943
Assegai, drowning
CREASEY, George, Leading Stoker,
P/KX 98958, killed
Dextrous
DEYES, William H, Sailor, NAP R
269461, died
Duke, illness
BROWN, William, Chief Petty
Officer, D/J 98424,
died
Heron, illness
BEACON, James F, Leading Air
Fitter (L), FAA/FX
89494, died
King Alfred
CROMIE, Arthur M, Signalman, D/JX
262906, DOW
RM 2nd Battalion,
Ryde, Isle of White
COOK, Charles H, Marine, PLY/X
104190, killed
DAWSON, James, Marine, CH/X
109451, killed
JUDE, Charles F, Marine, EX/978,
killed
OUNSWORTH, James A, Marine,
EX/3697, killed
Saunders
MAYHEW, Alec A, Leading Seaman,
C/JX 230880, died
Victory, illness
BADDELEY, Allan, Lieutenant
Commander, died
5 February
1943
Bonaventure
RENVOIZE, Clifford B, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
317517, DOWS
Carlisle
WILSON, James, Marine, PLY/X
2588, killed
Claverhouse, drowning
REID, Alexander S, Skipper, RNR,
died
Exeter, as POW
ANDREWS, William L, Engine Room
Artificer 1c, D/M
34376, died
Miaoulis, drowning
BELL, Robert W, Signalman, C/JX
270180, died
Tower
TAYLOR, George H F, Ordinary
Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
377280, DOWS
Worcester, illness
KIDGELL, Albert V, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX
362869, died
6 February
1943
7/4 Maritime
Regt, RA
HORNE, Phillip, Gunner, RA,
14222807, killed
Canadian Star, steamship,
accident
CLEMINSON, Harold, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
346035, (President III, O/P), killed
Dolphin
DUNCAN, James, Ordinary Seaman,
D/JX 283261, killed
Drake, illness
SMITH, John L, Stoker Petty
Officer, D/K 12000,
died
FAA, 766 Sqn, Daedalus,
air crash
THOMAS, Graham E, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR,
killed
WILLCOCK, Reginald N,
Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/JX
309030, killed
FAA, 825 Sqn, Blackcap,
air operations
BATES, Reginald P H, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant (A),
RNVR, killed
SMITH, Kenneth E, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
FAA, 833 Sqn, Daedalus,
air crash
WATTS, Norman, Ty/Leading Airman,
FAA/FX 82908,
MPK
Glengyle, drowning
BIRDS, James R, Stoker Petty
Officer, P/MX
63641, DOWS
Lanka, illness
MACLEOD, Norman, Leading Seaman,
RNR (PS), LT/X
7863 C, died
Louisburg (RCN),
corvette, ship loss
ADAMS, Charles J, Able Seaman, C/JX 155111,
MPK
ALDRED, Leslie, Able Seaman, V
22924 (RCNVR), killed
ANDERSON, Archibald F, Stoker, V
14692 (RCNVR),
killed
ANNABLE, Grant C, Ordinary
Seaman, V 33367
(RCNVR), killed
BANKS, Merl A, Able Seaman, A
4891 (RNCR), killed
BENJAMIN, Stanley, Able Seaman, V
2320 (RCNVR),
killed
BETTESS, Edward, Able Seaman, V
24438 (RCNVR),
killed
CAMPBELL, William F, Lieutenant
Commander, RCNVR,
killed
CARTWRIGHT, Kenneth, Ordinary
Seaman, RDF, P/JX
334566, MPK
COURNOYER, Roland, Stoker, V 4453
(RCNVR), killed
DUNCAN, James, Ordinary Seaman,
D/FX 83112, (Dolphin,
O/P), MPK
FORREST, George A C, Engine Room
Artificer, V
33125 (RCNVR), killed
GARDEN, Rayburn V, Engine Room
Artificer, V
25691 (RCNVR), killed
GAUVIN, Joseph M R, Ordinary
Seaman, V 35564
(RCNVR), killed
GILBERT, William M, Telegraphist,
V 13821
(RCNVR), killed
GRAVES, Carleton S, Able Seaman,
A 1369 (RCNR),
killed
GRIFFIN, Earle F, Able Seaman, V
22559 (RCNVR),
killed
HALL, James, Able Seaman, V 18600
(RCNVR), killed
HANCOCK, Archibald, Leading Radio
Mechanic, P/MX
117624, MPK
LEWIS, William E, Able Seaman, V
1595 (RCNVR),
killed
LIDDLE, Eric, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 334632,
MPK
MACGREGOR, Duncan, Stoker, V
19596 (RCNVR), killed
MACLEOD, Gordon I, Signalman, V
319 (RCNVR), killed
MACPHAIL, John A, Coder, V 1588
(RCNVR), killed
MACPHAIL, Sidney J, Stoker, V 456
(RCNVR), killed
MCCLELLAN, John F, Able Seaman,
4612 (RCN), killed
MCDONALD, Ronald J, Able Seaman,
V 11491
(RCNVR), killed
MCNEILL, Donald, Chief Engine
Room Artificer, V
23718 (RCNVR), killed
MERRYWEATHER, Hugh, Coder, V
12751 (RCNVR), killed
MORIN, Joseph G E V, Ordinary
Seaman, V 3985
(RCNVR), killed
NINIAN, Thomas M, Ordinary
Telegraphist, V
13776 (RCNVR), killed
PATERSON, Robert L, Signalman, V
24617 (RCNVR),
killed
RICE, Stanley N, Stoker, V 31943
(RCNVR), killed
ROBINSON, Elwin, Telegraphist, V
22987 (RCNVR),
killed
SHEPPARD, Thomas W, Able Seaman,
D/JX 147250,
MPK
SMITH, Arthur J, Petty Officer
Telegraphist, V
9368 (RCNVR), killed
STEVENSON, James C R, Leading
Seaman, V 5282
(RCNVR), killed
TANNER, James A, Able Seaman, V
22913 (RCNVR),
killed
VIKSTROM, Jack R, Able Seaman, V
33099 (RCNVR),
killed
WATSON, Norman R, Stoker, V 9654
(RCNVR), killed
WILSON, Ernest, Lieutenant, RCNR,
killed
MGB.605, drowning
PENNY, Eric J, Stoker 1c, C/KX
99633, DOWS
MTB.108, illness
SIMPKINS, Leslie, Stoker 1c, C/KX
135259, died
Orwell, lost overboard
BUCKINGHAM, Marcel A, Able
Seaman, C/JX 162619,
MPK
Quebec, road accident
LAFFERTY, James, Act/Able Seaman,
P/JX 324307,
killed
Ranchi
SHADDICK, Jack, Able Seaman, D/JX
175641, killed
Royal Navy
JAN, Dass, Cook, 307 (Burma
RNVR), killed
St Angelo
CUSCHIERI, Joseph, Leading
Steward, E/362115, killed
7 February
1943
4/2 Maritime
Regt, RA
DOWD, Norman, Gunner, RA,
3716592, killed
HARNETT, Thomas, Gunner, RA,
3779737, killed
HOLT, Robert C, Gunner, RA,
3382754, killed
STARKIE, Charles G, Bombardier,
RA, 3716864, killed
5/3 Maritime
Regt, RA
BAMFORD, Frederick, Gunner, RA,
5889202, killed
7/4 Maritime
Regt, RA
BRANCH, Kenneth C, Lance
Bombardier, RA, 1681730,
killed
JONES, Reginald, Gunner, RA,
4462094, killed
SANDS, Ernest, Lance Bombardier,
RA, 2566095, killed
Afrika, steamship
ROWLEY, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
291739, (President III, O/P), MPK
SHEDDEN, William M, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
220232, (President III, O/P), MPK
Badger, illness
MORSLEY, Joan P, WRNS, N/WRNS
8847, died
Baltonia, steamship
BIRRELL, Thomas, Canteen
Assistant, C/NX 876, (President
III, O/P), MPK
FLETT, James S M, Canteen
Manager, C/NX 1212, (President
III, O/P), MPK
HENNESSEY, Charles H, Chief
Canteen Manager, C/NX
1229, (President III, O/P), MPK
REHLING, James, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
311733, (President III, O/P), MPK
Bherunda, illness
KUNJI-RAMAN, Kunjichan, Assistant
Steward, G/LCX
2501 (Ghana), died
Dalhousie (RIN)
GANAPRAGASAM, G (initial only),
Leading Cook, 15864
(RIN), died
Devonshire,
accident
GOSS, Kenneth J, Able Seaman,
P/JX 345507, killed
Empire Mordred,
steamship
GLENDENNING, Edward G C, Act/Able
Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX 336584, (President III, O/P), MPK
MCKENNAN, Robert M, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
336667, (President III, O/P), MPK
FAA, 813 Sqn, Cormorant,
air operations
HANKEY, Richard S, Lieutenant,
killed
HENSMAN, Frederick E, Petty
Officer Airman, FAA/FX
76519, MPK
HUTCHINSON, Cyril, Lieutenant,
killed
Ganges, accident
CHALMERS, John F, Ordinary
Seaman, JX 376817, DOWS
Harmala, steamship
BROWN, Albert H, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
314239, (President III, O/P), MPK
HEARSON, Horace A, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
314233, (President III, O/P), MPK
Kalliopi, steamship
GRIMSHAW, Joseph, Act/Leading
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
209739, (President III, O/P), MPK
LCI(L).162, ship
loss
BELCHER, Donald R J, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX
326979, killed
BOON, Charles E, Able Seaman,
C/JX 316019, killed
CARTER, Vincent, Ordinary Seaman,
D/JX 347400,
killed
DOVEY, Albert J E, Wireman, P/MX
99355, killed
ESSEX, Ernest C W, Ordinary
Signalman, P/JX
326729, killed
FIELDING, Fred, Motor Mechanic,
D/MX 98197, killed
HANLEY, Robert H, Ty/Lieutenant,
RNVR, killed
HAZELL, William J, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 120607, killed
JONES, Idris, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 353006, killed
LEE, Ernest A, Cook, C/MX 77474,
killed
LOWE, Harry, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, D/JX
243104, killed
MCGUIGAN, Edward J, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX
346727, killed
PATRICK, Francis, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 19700, killed
PHILLIPS, Percy T, Motor
Mechanic, D/MX 102195,
killed
RAWLINGS, Jack, Motor Mechanic,
C/MX 99596, killed
ROGERS, Frederick J, Ordinary
Telegraphist, D/JX
309271, killed
THOMPSON, Rupert D, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
WRIGHT, Alfred J, Ty/Act/Leading
Stoker, C/KX
100644, killed
Mary Slessor, steamship
AITKEN, John, Convoy Signalman,
C/JX 186236, (President
III, O/P), killed
BLACKBURN, Robert, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
338200, (President III, O/P), MPK
STRANDBERG, Arthur S, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
266427, (President III, O/P), MPK
Mentor, drowning
KILBY, Percy E, Sick Berth
Attendant, C/MX
85711, DOWS
MGB.109, mining
GRAINGER, William H, Able Seaman,
P/JX 326120,
MPK
Tervani, ship
loss
BLOCKWELL, Frederick G,
Act/Skipper, RNR, MPK
BUCKMASTER, James H, Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
327617, MPK
CHAPMAN, George A, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 286660,
MPK
CONNOLLY, Joseph, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 285575, MPK
DAVIDSON, John, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 196068,
MPK
DOW, William, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
242822, MPK
FYFE, Peter, Leading Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
195809, MPK
GWILLIAM, William J, Engineman,
RNPS, LT/KX
99971, MPK
HARVEY, Cannon W, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 242437,
MPK
LAMBLEY, George, Engineman, RNPS,
LT/KX 125075,
MPK
LARK, Ronald A, Steward, RNPS,
LT/LX 27884,
MPK
LYON, Bertram O, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 264583,
MPK
MARTIN, Frederick A, Leading
Cook, RNPS, LT/MX
83882, MPK
MILLER, John, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX
149028, MPK
MORGAN, James C, Stoker, RNPS,
LT/KX 134054,
MPK
NOBLE, John H, Ty/Skipper, RNR,
MPK
RICHMOND, Ernest, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 253254,
MPK
SOUTER, Alexander, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 280042,
MPK
STANSFIELD, Charles W, 2nd Hand,
RNPS, LT/JX
242347, MPK
STEAD, Clarence, Stoker, RNPS,
LT/KX 148302,
MPK
WITHEY, George C, Signalman, D/JX
250672, MPK
WORSLEY, Leslie H, Telegraphist,
D/JX 308133,
MPK
Toward, steamship
BENSON, Reginald, Gunner, RA,
1558670, (2/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
CATCHPOLE, James, Sick Berth
Attendant DEMS, P/MX
83956, (President III, O/P), MPK
COUSINS, David G N, Gunner, RA,
19809025, (2/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
CUNNINGHAM, George, Gunner, RA,
1774806, (1/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
GLENNIE, George C, Ty/Surgeon
Lieutenant, RNVR,
(President III, O/P), MPK
MACFARLANE, Thomas S, Bombardier,
RA, 1478905,
(1/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
MACPHEE, Ian, Bombardier, RA,
3314633, (1/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
MURRAY, George, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
313755, (President III, O/P), MPK
PLATT, Frederick J, Gunner, RA,
3393148, (1/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
ROLFE, Sidney, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
291237, (President III, O/P), MPK
SCOTT, Duncan, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
238204, (President III, O/P), MPK
WELLS, Alexander, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
221671, (President III, O/P), MPK
WHITTAKER, Stanley, Gunner, RA,
3252677, (1/1
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
YOUNG, Charles, Convoy Signalman,
C/JX 269288,
(President III, O/P), MPK
8 February
1943
1/1 Maritime
Regt, RA
JOHNSON, William, Gunner, RA,
1774628, killed
3/2 Maritime
Regt, RA
SCHOFIELD, William, Bombardier,
RA, 2569366, killed
Bredon, ship
loss
BIRCH, James L, Ordinary
Telegraphist, C/JX
199354, MPK
BLACK, Charles L, Signalman,
RNPS, LT/SR 50900,
MPK
BLADES, Arthur R, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 179314,
MPK
BOYCE, William E H, Ordinary
Signalman, C/JX
321919, MPK
BRIDGE, Harold, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 241189,
MPK
CABLE, Ronald G, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 363801,
MPK
CLARK, Stanley W, Ordinary
Signalman, P/JX
321914, MPK
CLIFFE, Cecil, Telegraphist, C/JX
191767, MPK
CURPHEY, Kenneth, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 315098,
MPK
DAWSON, George J, Leading Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
183781, MPK
DRISCOLL, James, Engineman, RNPS,
LT/KX 103397,
MPK
FIELD, Arthur D, Signalman, RNVR,
P/LD/X 4414,
MPK
FIRTH, Maurice V, Leading Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
186712, MPK
FRADGLEY, John R, Ty/Lieutenant,
RNVR, MPK
GARNER, Jack L, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 196984,
MPK
GOOD, Patrick J, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, (Beaver,
O/P), MPK
HANNAN, Charles, Stoker 1c, RNPS,
LT/KX 132117,
MPK
HARVEY, Arthur E C, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 179773,
MPK
HARVEY, Wilfred C, Stoker, RNPS,
LT/KX 126412,
MPK
HAYLES, George A, Leading Cook,
RNPS, LT/MX
87185, MPK
HUGHES, William J, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 206369,
MPK
INNES, James S, 2nd Hand, RNR
(PS), LT/X 18345
A, MPK
KIRKHAM, Joseph O, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX
364109, MPK
LOCKERBIE, James A, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 300700,
MPK
LYNCH, Sidney, Engineman, RNPS,
LT/SR 55726,
MPK
MACDONALD, Donald, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 280502,
MPK
MCHUGH, Augustine L, Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
229210, MPK
NEVE, Frank P W, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK
OXBOROUGH, George W, Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
183828, MPK
PORTER, Thomas, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 281198,
MPK
RICHARDSON, William E, Leading
Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
176588, MPK
SAUNDERS, Arthur G, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 281269,
MPK
SCRIVENER, Max V, Ordinary
Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
330802, MPK
SENNETT, James E, Stoker, RNR
(PS), LT/X 10279
S, MPK
STANLEY, Harold, Assistant
Steward, RNPS, LT/LX
31886, MPK
STEVENSON, Alfred T, Ordinary
Telegraphist, C/JX
327396, MPK
STONE, Leonard V, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX 364114,
MPK
SULLOCK, Eric J, Leading Steward,
RNPS, LT/LX
29290, MPK
THOMPSON, George W, Engineman,
RNPS, LT/KX
116182, MPK
TOBIN, Henry J, Stoker 1c, LT/KX
120106, MPK
WESTCOTT, Edwin A, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 232950,
MPK
WILTSHIRE, William, Cook, RNPS,
LT/MX 100046,
MPK
WRIGHT, John J, Stoker 1c, RNPS,
LT/KX 148921,
MPK
Canada, air crash
MCNIECE, Hugh, Ty/Act/Leading
Airman, FAA/JX
298544, killed
Euphrates, illness
GALVIN, Richard, Leading Stoker,
D/K 60250, died
FAA, 700 Sqn, Devonshire,
air crash
MCWHAE, John H, Lieutenant (A),
killed
Louisburg (RCN),
ship loss
MACDONALD, Donald M, Leading
Seaman, V 6251
(RCNVR), DOW
Newton Ash, steamship
GARROD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman (DEMS),
C/JX 210608, (President III, O/P), MPK
LAWRENCE, Leonard, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
219133, (President III, O/P), MPK
MCCORMICK, George H, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
290084, (President III, O/P), MPK
President, illness
TIPPET, Arthur G, Captain, died
Ranchi
HOLLOWAY, Frank, Petty Officer,
P/J 97788, killed
RM, 9th Battalion,
road accident
THORPE, John R, Marine, CH/X
104468, killed
Seabelle II, accident
FREAKES, Philip A, Leading Coder,
C/JX 251975,
DOI
Sikh, as POW
BARNES, Arthur R, Able Seaman
(Pens), C/J
62812, died
Stalker
MCRAE, Gordon W, Ordinary
Signalman, D/JX
250211, DOW
9 February
1943
3/2 Maritime
Regt, RA
GAIGER, Alexander P, Lance
Bombardier, RA, 11422728,
killed
4 Maritime Regt,
RA
MCILHAGGA, James, Gunner, RA,
7018808, killed
Audun, steamship
FERON, John F, Sergeant, RM
(DEMS), PLY/21395,
(President III, O/P), killed
Avalon III, illness
COOMBS, Albert, Able Seaman, C/JX
185988, died
Badger, lost overboard
BECKETT, Ronald, Marine, PO/X
107676, MPK
Baldur
DUNCAN, Walter G, Marine, CH/X
110440, died
Drake, illness
ORME, James, Chief Petty Officer
Stoker, D/K
1304, died
Erica, ship
loss
RUMP, Ronald D, Stoker 1c, D/KX
114411, MPK
Lonsdale (RAN),
drowning
GRAY, Reginald M D, Able Seaman,
291 NAP (RAN),
died
Milne, lost overboard
SHEPHERD, Reginald V, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
353497, MPK
Pacific, steamship
FINLAYSON, Fred K, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
248826, (President III, O/P), MPK
HARRAHILL, Ernest, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, RNVR,
D/MD/X 2237, (President III, O/P), MPK
WESTPEEL, Ronald E, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
314962, (President III, O/P), MPK
Polyktor, steamship
MCMURCHIE, Edmund, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
338600, (President III, O/P), MPK
MILLER, William J, Act/Leading
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
234897, (President III, O/P), MPK
President III
ALLENBY, George T, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
339242, killed
RM Field Regt, in
Christchurch, New Zealand
CLARK, Kenneth R, Marine, PLY/X
105928, DOWS
Scawfell, illness
LAW, Charles T, Able Seaman, P/JX
239474, died
Victory, illness
NEWELL, Frederick W, Able Seaman,
P/235523, died
Warrego (RAN), illness
MILES, Robert D, Sick Berth
Attendant, PM 2731
(RANR), died
Zagloba, steamship
BAYNHAM, Kenneth V, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
338568, (President III, O/P), MPK
KINGSCOTT, Leslie A, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
267152, MPK
READ, Charles A V, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
335032, (President III, O/P), MPK
STOTT, William, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
266042, (President III, O/P), MPK
10 February
1943
Ceres, illness
BUCHANAN, James, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 26378, died
Erica, ship
loss
HOUGHTON, William C, Stoker Petty
Officer, P/K
59507, DOW
FAA, 759/760
Sqn, Heron, air crash
COSSILL, Royce I, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR,
DOI
FAA, 896 Sqn, Victorious,
air crash
HUTCHINSON, Robert C E, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A),
RNVR, killed
Howe, illness
HALLIDAY, William, Marine, PO/X
1397, died
Jackdaw, road accident
ADAMS, Bertie C T, Petty Officer,
C/J 97026, killed
RM Chatham
Division
WATERS, Albert W, Marine,
CH/15420, died
Spartiate, illness
HUNTLEY, John R, Able Seaman,
P/JX 284127, died
Victory
HORSBURGH, Joseph A, Leading
Seaman, P/JX
133467, died
11 February
1943
Clacton, accident
BROWN, Cornelius, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
65536, killed
Daedalus, illness
HANDY, Colin F, Air Mechanic (A)
2c, FAA/FX
86784, died
Jackdaw, road accident
HOSIE, Annie C, Leading WRNS,
R/WRNS 8776, killed
Nile, accident
BRAY, James R, Sailor, NAP R
179922, killed
RM Portsmouth
Division
PINNER, Arthur W, Marine, PO/X
109327, DOWS
Sondra, illness
JOHN, William C, Steward, D/LX
26656, died
Victory I, illness
PENNEY, George, Leading Seaman,
P/233793, died
12 February
1943
Sherwood, lost overboard
HUCKSTER, Frederick T B, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
319935, MPK
PALMER, Edward W, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX 318727,
MPK
Wasp, illness
STEED, Henry, Signalman, C/JX
194821, died
13 February
1943
Echo
EASTER, Sidney M, Petty Officer,
D/J 109587, died
Glowworm, ship
loss, as POW
BAMBERY, Charles, Able Seaman,
RFR, P/JX
164838, died
RM Siege Regt
HADDRICK, Thomas, Marine, CH/X
112822, killed
14 February
1943
Chevreuil, drowning
CAMPBELL, George L, Signalman,
RNVR, P/UD/X
1519, died
Claverhouse, road
accident
HEYWOOD, Robert H, Leading Cook,
RNPS, LT/MX
87182, killed
Daedalus, drowning
TAYLOR, Reginald P, Air Mechanic
(A) 2c, FAA/FX
98359, died
Drake, illness
PALMER, Edward J, Chief Petty
Officer, D/235255,
died
Glowworm, ship
loss, as POW
MARKS, John O, Act/Leading
Seaman, P/J 102116,
died
Gosling, illness
MEAL-HARRIS, Leonard A, Air
Mechanic 2C, FAA/FX
108195, died
Illustrious
HALE, Ronald F, Wireman, D/MX
75473, killed
Sanda (RNZN)
ROY, James H R, Ordinary Seaman,
4852 (RNZN), killed
Sultan, as POW
FORTUNE, John P, Chief Petty
Officer, D/J
105049, (ex-Prince of Wales), died
15 February
1943
FAA, 782 Sqn, Merlin,
air crash
HOWEY, Anthony J E, Ty/Lieutenant
(A), RNVR, killed
TILBURY, Cyril A, Ty/Act/Leading
Airman, FAA/FX
80764, MPK
FAA, 782 Sqn, Sparrowhawk,
air crash
BURTON, Frederick J, Leading Air
Fitter (A), FAA/FX
86180, MPK
Highland
Chieftan, steamship
MITCHELL, Horace J, Marine, PLY/X
100362, (President
III, O/P), died
Maidstone, illness
HILL, Joseph H, Wireman, P/MX
72107, DOWS
Mona's Isle, accident
WILLOWS, Charles W, Petty
Officer, P/J 12477, killed
MTB.77, surface
action
NAPIER, David M W, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
Pelican, lost overboard
DEWHURST, Thomas, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX 258639,
MPK
FAULKNER, Edwin T, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX
353893, MPK
President II
ISTED, Stanley H E, Ordinary
Signalman, P/JX
233687, MPK
President III
FAULKNER, John N, Ordinary
Signalman, P/JX
330130, MPK
SAMBROOK, Stanley A, Ordinary
Signalman, P/JX
326745, MPK
Pyramus
FROST, Jack, Stoker 2c, C/KX
157034, MPK
HOLT, John, Ordinary Signalman,
C/JX 358202,
MPK
SMITH, Catherine P, WRNS, 40183,
MPK
RM Portsmouth
Division
COLES, Arthur G E, Marine, PO/X
110637, died
Stadacona (RCN)
KELLOCK, Robert W, Leading Cook
(S), V 25374
(RCNVR), died
16 February
1943
Kongoni, illness
FILMER, Thomas H, Marine, CH/X
1037, died
MMS.38
HENNESSY, Michael J, Leading
Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
224445, killed
17 February
1943
Brontosaurus, illness
DYER, Frederick J, Leading Supply
Assistant, D/M
25636, died
FAA, 752 Sqn, Goshawk,
air crash
SINSTADT, Richard A,
Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX
88469, killed
FAA, 754 Sqn, Condor,
air crash
BAYNE, Allen M C, Act/Petty
Officer Airman, FAA/FX
76845, killed
RAVEY, William, Ty/Sub Lieutenant
(A), RNVR, killed
Llanshe, steamship
HUNTINGTON, Harry, Act/Able
Seaman, P/JX
261523, (President III, O/P), MPK
Paladin, surface
action
BURTENSHAW, William, Leading
Stoker, P/KX
96657, killed
JONES, Meirson M, Act/Leading
Seaman, C/SSX
23899, killed
NICHOLLS, Richard, Able Seaman,
P/JX 275525, killed
WILLIAMS, Stanley, Stoker 1c,
P/KX 136357, killed
Pegasus, illness
MCWHIRTER, Robert S, Stoker 1c,
P/KX 147725, died
St Monance, illness
BRETTER, William, Able Seaman,
C/JX 153623, died
18 February
1943
Bacchante, illness
HENDRY, Donald, Engineman, RNPS,
LT/KX 101826,
died
Cicala, as POW
YARWOOD, Colin, Act/Leading
Telegraphist, R/WRX
617, died
King Alfred
WYNNE, Frank G, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 311111, DOW
Puckeridge, lost
overboard
LUSH, Charles E, Able Seaman,
P/JX 326956, MPK
Quiberon (RAN),
illness
AKES, Hector R, Able Seaman, B
3286 (RANR), died
19 February
1943
Boadicea, lost overboard
WELCH, Henry G, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 32586, MPK
Chitral, accident
WATSON, Arthur, Carpenter, NAP R
118905, killed
Drake, illness
BROGAN, Michael, Able Seaman,
D/JX 303423, died
Matchless, lost
overboard
SNOWDEN, Arthur, Able Seaman,
P/JX 316572, MPK
Meteor, lost overboard
ANDREWES, Michael J, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX
304338, MPK
Raleigh, illness
PAUL, William J, Sailmaker,
D/237666, died
20 February
1943
3/2 Maritime
Regt, RA
AUSTIN, Laurence C, Lance
Bombardier, RA, 11264749,
killed
CANNAN, William, Gunner, RA,
11419691, killed
MORGAN, John, Gunner, RA,
1744296, killed
Bittersweet
(RCN)
MILLER, Lloyd K, Able Seaman, V
353 (RCNVR), killed
Gosling, illness
STEPHENSON, John H, Air Mechanic
2c, FAA/FX
108585, died
Zeus, steamship
CATER, Jack F, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
391187, (President III, O/P), MPK
DUFFILL, Harold, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
313254, (President III, O/P), MPK
O'CONNOR, John, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
249401, (President III, O/P), MPK
21 February
1943
Engadine, accident
JOHNSON, Henry J, Fireman, NAP
R/204756, killed
FAA, 785/786
Sqn, Jackdaw, air crash
HIGH, James A B, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed
Radhurst, steamship
BEAGLEY, Gerald W, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
336320, (President III, O/P), MPK
COLLINS, William M, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
266291, (President III, O/P), MPK
FRENCH, Henry T, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
258282, (President III, O/P), MPK
NEWSOME, Arnold, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
333863, (President III, O/P), MPK
Valiant
BRAMLEY, Sydney, Sub Lieutenant
(E), killed
Victory I, illness
HOBBS, Clarence A, Able Seaman,
P/JX 159529, died
22 February
1943
Elissa, accident
DOBSON, Leonard G, Able Seaman,
R/JX 346082, killed
Malaya, lost overboard
BIRD, Dennis A, Able Seaman,
P/SSX 35557, MPK
Moti (RIN)
ABDUL, Ghafur, Ordinary Seaman,
10195 (RIN), died
Victorious
BENNETTS, Norman L, Electrical
Artificer 4c, D/MX
69129, killed
Victory II, illness
SMITH, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, P/KX
101380, died
Weyburn (RCN), ship
loss
BARK, Wilfred, Sub Lieutenant,
RCNVR, killed
COLLINS, Joseph, Able Seaman,
P/JX 182689, MPK
EISNER, Eric E, Steward, 40756
(RCN), killed
GOLBY, Thomas M W, Lieutenant
Commander, RCNR,
killed
HALL, Richard S, Leading Stoker,
V 5298
(RCNVR), killed
LYDEKKER, John R W, Sub
Lieutenant, RNR, (Quentin,
O/P), MPK
MCGAW, Dorn M, Able Seaman, A
4318 (RCNR), DOW
MORRISON, Melvin C, Stoker, V
27470 (RCNVR), killed
SAOIE, Maurice A, Stoker, V 32119
(RCNVR), killed
SHELLEY, William H, Able Seaman,
V 35255
(RCNVR), DOW
TANZEY, Daniel, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 358923,
MPK
Wivern, alongside
Weyburn rescuing survivors when the latter’s depth charges
exploded
DAY, Sydney F, Stoker Petty
Officer, P/KX
76572, DOW after being injured helping the wounded on board Weyburn
23 February
1943
Canopus
RAMSAY, James, Able Seaman, D/JX
286875, DOWS
Eulima, steamship
BATTERSBY, Thomas S, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), P/JX
290892, (President III, O/P), MPK
BUSTIN, John T, Gunner, RA,
5608949, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
CLARK, William, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
393791, (President III, O/P), MPK
DAVIDSON, Allen H, Gunner, RA,
2048037, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
JONES, Edward G, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
339551, (President III, O/P), MPK
MARTIN, Cyril W, Bombardier, RA,
4039614, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
STREET, Albert H, Gunner, RA,
11417510, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
WALKER, Percy, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
336441, (President III, O/P), MPK
WILSON, Albert E, Act/Petty
Officer (DEMS), P/J
105480, (President III, O/P), MPK
Fintra, steamship
BAWDEN, Frank H, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
248511, (President III, O/P), MPK
LAVENDER, James W, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
312258, (President III, O/P), MPK
Phoenix, illness
ASHWELL, Richard T, Marine, PO/X
108180, died
Royal Navy
MUHAMMAD, Yusuf B A, Able Seaman,
MN 1145
(Malay Section), killed
Saker, illness
WALKER, John, Commissioned
Engineer, died
Tyne, illness
MCALLISTER, William, Act/Able
Seaman, P/JX
261487, died
Valesca, illness
BIRCH, Roger, Commander, died
24 February
1943
1/1 Maritime
Regt, RA
KERR, William, Gunner, RA,
6980756, killed
PHILLIPS, Eric, Gunner, RA,
3455918, killed
5/3 Maritime
Regt, RA
WOODROW, Leslie, Gunner, RA,
909276, killed
Coronatia, lost
overboard
NEWMAN, Arthur, Able Seaman, R/JX
210510, DOWS
FAA, 766 Sqn, Landrail,
air crash
STUBBS, Thomas, Act/Leading
Airman, FAA/JX
314067, MPK
WADDELL, James M, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
WEBB, Bernard F, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed
Gosling, illness
CREASEY, Cecil S, Petty Officer,
P/J 1534, died
Hurworth, road accident
MULLINS, Amos S, Lieutenant, RNR,
killed
Madoera, steamship
HANNAFORD, Alfred G, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
391236, (President III, O/P), MPK
REES, Eilir, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
392995, (President III, O/P), MPK
MTB.262, ship
loss
BOOTH, Alfred, Able Seaman, D/JX
257452, MPK
DACRE, John H, Leading
Telegraphist, D/JX
199369, killed
MILNE, John, Petty Officer Motor
Mechanic, P/MX
78933, MPK
WEBB, William F G, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 96568, MPK
WOOLLARD, James W H, Able Seaman,
RNVR, C/LD/X
4398, MPK
Saunders, accident
BEAMENT, Albert J B, Stoker 1c,
P/KX 113776, killed
Stag
FIRTH, Dennis, Able Seaman, P/JX
276107, killed
Tamar, as POW
IRELAND, Michael N, Writer, P/MX
70045, died
Vandal, submarine,
lost
ALLERTON, Kenneth, Able Seaman,
P/JX 157650,
MPK
ALLINSON, Joseph W, Able Seaman,
C/JX 156964,
MPK
ANDREWS, William C, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
92171, MPK
ARIES, William R, Able Seaman,
C/JX 159515,
MPK
BERRY, Walter W, Signalman, D/JX
151217, MPK
BETTANY, Abraham, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX 287881,
MPK
BRIDGER, John S, Lieutenant, MPK
COFFEE, Joseph W, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 30251,
MPK
COULTHARD, Robert G,
Telegraphist, C/JX 166429,
MPK
COWLAM, Geoffrey V, Ty/Petty
Officer, C/JX
125316, MPK
DODSON, Thomas, Act/Leading
Stoker, RFR, P/KX
76011, MPK
DOWDE, Thomas G, Ty/Leading
Stoker, C/KX 94284,
MPK
EARLES, Ronald S, Act/Leading
Seaman, P/SSX
20868, MPK
EBEL, Mark V, Ty/Lieutenant,
RNVR, MPK
FIRTH, James, Leading
Telegraphist, D/JX
146758, MPK
FOX, Aubrey F, Ty/Leading Seaman,
C/SSX 21369,
MPK
FRAPPELL, Leonard G, Stoker 2c,
C/KX 147941,
MPK
HICKLEY, James H, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK
HIGGS, John W, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 330618,
MPK
HINDS, Alfred C, Chief Petty
Officer
Telegraphist, C/J 104901, MPK
HUTCHISON, Joseph, Able Seaman,
P/JX 153045,
MPK
JACOBS, Leslie D, Act/Petty
Officer
Telegraphist, D/JX 145214, MPK
JAKINS, Thomas, Stoker 1c, P/KX
110871, MPK
JONES, Cyril E, Ty/Act/Stoker
Petty Officer, C/KX
85368, MPK
MENZIES, Charles J, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX
305275, MPK
MILLER, Ernest F, Act/Able
Seaman, D/JX 212983,
MPK
MOSS, Stanley, Act/Engine Room
Artificer 4c, P/MX
79667, MPK
OXLEY, George, Telegraphist, D/JX
230037, MPK
PHILLIPS, John H P, Petty
Officer, P/JX 146334,
MPK
PORTMAN, John W B, Lieutenant, MPK
REVINGTON, Frank, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX 355125,
MPK
SHEPHERD, Harold, Able Seaman,
C/JX 187092,
MPK
SHEPHERD, Herbert W J, Engine
Room Artificer
3c, D/M 37021, MPK
STANTON, William H, Stoker 2c,
D/KX 136901,
MPK
STAPLETON, Ronald R, Ordinary
Seaman, P/JX
337763, MPK
WILLIAMS, William, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX
291212, MPK
WOOD, David J, Stoker 2c, D/KX
137365, MPK
25 February
1943
Drake, illness
HAYWARD, Charles, Stoker 1c, D/KX
79195, died
Eaglet, illness
BEATTIE, John H, Ty/Act/Warrant
Writer, died
Manchester
Merchant, steamship
BULL, George W, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
249822, (President III, O/P), MPK
CLARKE, Robert, Gunner, RA,
3660261, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
FARMER, Alfred, Bombardier, RA,
5054809, (4/2
Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed
GREEN, Roy J, Ty/Act/Petty
Officer (DEMS), P/JX
165665, (President III, O/P), MPK
MCCANN, John, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
337587, (President III, O/P), MPK
SWEENEY, Edward, Gunner, RA,
1725116, (4/2 Maritime
Regt, RA, O/P), killed
RAF, 106 Sqn, air
operations
MCGRATH, Patrick M, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
RM Engineers, road
accident
MCRAE, Ernest, Marine, CH/X
102067, DOWS
Stockport, steamship
ANGUS, James, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
335608, (President III, O/P), MPK
ASHTON, Colin, Act/Able Seaman,
C/JX 255376, (President
III, O/P), MPK
CATON, Charles, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), P/JX
249527, (President III, O/P), MPK
CRAWFORD, Hugh H, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), D/JX
334028, (President III, O/P), MPK
DOUGLAS, Neil A, Ty/Surgeon
Lieutenant, RNVR, (Spartiate,
O/P), killed
ECCLES, Stanley, Sick Berth
Attendant (DEMS), D/MX
84592, (President III, O/P), MPK
FAIRBAIRN, Joseph L,
Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX
217994, (President III, O/P), MPK
HELME, Ernest, Sick Berth
Attendant, RNASBR
(DEMS), D/SBR/X 7405, (President III, O/P), MPK
LAWSON, William P, Convoy
Signalman, C/JX
186262, (President III, O/P), MPK
MARSTON, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
393628, (President III, O/P), MPK
STAPLES, Joseph N, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), C/JX
247874, (President III, O/P), MPK
STILL, William H, Act/Able Seaman
(DEMS), C/JX
393605, (President III, O/P), MPK
WASTELL, Thomas A, Convoy
Ordinary Signalman, C/JX
269909, (President III, O/P), MPK
Walwyns Castle,
accident
LANDLES, Charles K, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 299105,
killed
26 February
1943
BV.41, barrage
vessel,, drowning
DRAPER, Albert E, Able Seaman,
P/J 100250, killed
Bunting, road accident
KIRBY, Patrick L, Assistant
Steward, RNPS, LT/LX
28612, killed
FAA, 772 Sqn, Landrail,
air crash
COOK, Henry B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant
(A), RNVR, killed
FAA, 832 Sqn, Victorious,
air crash
BROWNE, William H G, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
DOI
EYRE, Harold, Ty/Lieutenant (A),
RNVR, DOI
Furious, illness
BULTEEL, Tom O, Captain, died
LCT.381
GREEN, John, Ordinary Seaman,
C/JX 372798, DOWS
Mackay, illness
COLVILLE, George T, Able Seaman,
D/J 91674, died
Orlando, illness
HORSEY, Harry, Chief Petty
Officer, P/JX
143778, died
President III, accident
PLATT, Ronald M, Petty Officer,
67160 V (SANF),
killed
Raleigh, illness
CORNWALL, Leslie, Engine Room
Artificer
Apprentice, MX 120450, died
Saskatoon (RCN)
OLIVER, Robert, Engine Room
Artificer, V 30100
(RCNVR), killed
27 February
1943
Bideford
WINDLE, Edmund H, Able Seaman,
D/JX 256335, DOWS
City of
Guildford, steamship
HENDERSON, John J, Act/Able
Seaman (DEMS), D/JX
268252, (President III, O/P), MPK
FAA, 767/769
Sqn, Condor, air crash
HONEYBUN, Brian R, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
WATERHOUSE, Arnold, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant (A), RNVR,
killed
Gypsy
ROBERTSON, Andrew M, Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
259197, DOW
Harstad (No), ship
loss
LANE, Norman, Ordinary Signalman,
D/JX 234296,
MPK
LINDLEY, Duncan S, Telegraphist,
P/JX 252679,
MPK
MACKENZIE, Ian W, Telegraphist,
RNSR, D/SR
8441, MPK
SEGGIE, George C, Signalman, C/JX
205716, MPK
UNSTEAD, Dennis G, Wireman, C/MX
77248, killed
LCT.363
JONES, Peter H, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 329996, died
Lord Hailsham, ship
loss
ATKINS, James, Cook, RNPS, LT/MX
94739, MPK
BOWER, Walter, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 261272, killed
BUXTON, Sydney F, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 303722,
MPK
CANT, John S, Ordinary
Telegraphist, C/JX
262224, killed
DWYER, Thomas, Leading Steward,
RNPS, LT/LX
29489, killed
HARRIS, John, Stoker 1c, RNPS,
LT/KX 125438,
MPK
HORTON, Frederick, Stoker, RNPS,
LT/KX 106667,
MPK
LARGE, Albert S, Ordinary Seaman,
RNPS, LT/JX
210428, killed
LEWIS, Frank F, Stoker 1c, RNPS,
LT/KX 133043,
MPK
LOUT, John A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX
287582, killed
MCGUIRE, Jack F, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 253746,
MPK
SHAW, John, Stoker 1c, RNPS,
LT/KX 153475, MPK
STEVENS, Frank M, Cook, RNPS,
LT/MX 94358, killed
TULEY, Joseph, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 226623, MPK
WATSON, James, Chief Engineman,
RNR (PS), LT/X
462, killed
WILSON, William S, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 253266,
MPK
WINGROVE, Albert G, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 330769,
killed
WOODHOUSE, Robert, Stoker 1c,
RNPS, LT/KX
148742, MPK
Pembroke, illness
HARBORD, Charles S, Commissioned
Gunner, died
Regent
PICKERS, Albert E, Able Seaman,
C/JX 266322,
MPK
RM Portsmouth
Division, road accident
FRAMPTON, James S, Marine, PO/X
110680, killed
RN Auxiliary
Hospital, illness
STEPHENSON, John D, Chief Petty
Officer Sick
Berth, P/M 417, died
Tigris, submarine,
lost
ABRAHAMS, Herbert, Able Seaman,
D/JX 135969,
MPK
ADAMS, William F, Able Seaman,
P/JX 217652,
MPK
ALLBRIGHTON, John L, Stoker 1c,
RFR, P/KX
78057, MPK
ALLEN, Leonard S, Able Seaman,
P/SSX 17575,
MPK
ANDREWS, Eric A, Able Seaman,
C/JX 157400, MPK
ANDREWS, William J, Ordinary
Seaman, C/JX 327133,
MPK
BAKER, Cyril H, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, C/JX
158465, MPK
BATTEN, Charles D, Act/Leading
Seaman, P/JX
134220, MPK
BENNETT, Harry C, Ty/Leading
Stoker, C/KX
91515, MPK
BOVINGTON, Jack, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 357310,
MPK
BROWN, Arthur R T, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 132389, MPK
BROWN, William, Stoker Petty
Officer, C/KX
81221, MPK
CASSIDY, Michael, Stoker 1c, C/KX
118554, MPK
CHALK, Ronald C, Ty/Act/Petty
Officer, C/SSX
28179, MPK
CLARK, Daniel, Stoker 1c, C/KX
115875, MPK
COLVIN, George R, Lieutenant
Commander, MPK
COULSON, Francis L, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 117084,
MPK
CRAWLEY-BOEVEY, Thomas R, Sub
Lieutenant, MPK
CULBERT, William D, Chief Petty
Officer, D/MX
58232, MPK
DEMPSTER, David, Stoker 1c, C/KX
93086, MPK
DONACHY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX
204200, MPK
DOUGLAS, Woodrow C, Ty/Leading
Steward, D/LX
24527, MPK
DUFTY, Mervyn B J, Ty/Petty
Officer
Telegraphist, P/JX 139269, MPK
EATON, Richard M P, Lieutenant,
MPK
FARRINGTON, John R, Signalman,
D/JX 232506,
MPK
FLORENCE, Alfred J, Engine Room
Artificer 3c, P/MX
56191, MPK
FORSEY, Samuel F, Petty Officer
Cook (S), D/MX
50299, MPK
HALL, Jack D, Ordinary Seaman,
P/JX 350069,
MPK
HILL, James A, Able Seaman, P/J
96009, MPK
HURST, Percy, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, D/JX
165403, MPK
HYDE, Charles, Stoker 1c, D/KX
118388, MPK
KING, William E, Act/Petty
Officer, P/SSX
14893, MPK
LEA, Ralph H, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
76004, MPK
LEES, Harry, Engine Room
Artificer 4c, C/MX
92123, MPK
LINCOLN, William G, Electrical
Artificer 1c, C/MX
47423, MPK
LOCK, George L, Stoker 1c, D/KX
134195, MPK
MCCARRON, James A, Able Seaman,
C/SSX 21711,
MPK
MOON, William H, Act/Leading
Stoker, P/KX
90370, MPK
NICHOLSON, Gordon S, Lieutenant
(E), RNR, MPK
NICHOLSON, Lawrence F, Stoker 1c,
C/KX 121329,
MPK
NUTT, Wilfred, Stoker 1c, C/KX
93871, MPK
O'CONNOR, James, Able Seaman,
P/JX 104085, MPK
OUTHWAITE, Ernest, Stoker 1c,
P/KX 139396, MPK
PYM, William J, Able Seaman, C/JX
187612, MPK
QUARRELL, William H, Petty
Officer, P/JX
134174, MPK
RAYNOR, Leonard J, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, D/JX
153422, MPK
RENNIE, Charles M, Ordinary
Seaman, D/JX
303875, MPK
RICHMAN, Scott L, Act/Chief Petty
Officer, C/JX
130103, MPK
ROBERTS, Frederick, Telegraphist,
P/SSX 28265,
MPK
ROUSE, Lawrence J A, Able Seaman,
C/JX 129612,
MPK
ROWLETT, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX
279122, MPK
RUNDLE, Norman J, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, D/JX
150670, MPK
SABBE-ST LEGER, Anthony R,
Lieutenant, MPK
SAMPSON, Roderick G, Lieutenant,
MPK
SMITH, George, Act/Engine Room
Artificer 4c, D/MX
74893, MPK
SOANES, James W, Able Seaman,
P/JX 217643, MPK
TANNER, Frederick M, Stoker Petty
Officer, P/KX
81529, MPK
THOMAS, James F, Act/Leading
Telegraphist, P/JX
161281, MPK
TOOKE, Donald P, Ty/Act/Leading
Stoker, C/KX
86106, MPK
TUCKER, Owen M, Ty/Leading
Telegraphist, D/JX
159152, MPK
VINES, Robert S, Ty/Act/Leading
Stoker, D/KX
90328, MPK
WELLS, Leonard H, Able Seaman,
P/JX 261993,
MPK
WILES, Maurice C W, Able Seaman,
C/JX 149469,
MPK
28 February
1943
Artegal, accident
CHEESMAN, Sidney G, Seaman, RNPS,
LT/JX 327623,
DOWS
Chrysanthemum, illness
PARKER, Percival R, Sergeant, RM,
CH/15986, died
FAA, 832 Sqn, Victorious,
air crash
LOVELL, William F, Ty/Leading
Airman, RNVR, FAA/LD/X
5299, DOW
Formidable
WILSON, Lambert, Air Mechanic (L)
1c, FAA/SFX
668, killed
Guardian, accident
HOBIN, Herbert, Leading Stoker,
D/KX 101551, killed
Highlander, lost
overboard
MAKEPEACE, Cecil W, Able Seaman,
P/JX 197461,
MPK
MGB.79, ship
loss
EACHUS, George T, Motor Mechanic,
P/MX 79497, killed
MCINTYRE, Hector, Sub Lieutenant,
RNVR, killed
WALSH, Michael J, Ty/Act/Leading
Seaman, D/JX
150895, MPK
MTB.72
PRICE, Godfrey R, Ty/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
Quebec
TEACHER, Norman J MacD,
Act/Lieutenant
Commander, killed
Uredd, Norwegian submarine, believed mined about the 10th,
Royal Norwegian Navy officially declared her lost on the 20th, the
Royal Navy on the 28th (click
here for 39 Norwegian casualties)
BARKER, Jack, Leading
Telegraphist, P/JX
140054, MPK
COND, Wilfred J, Ty/Act/Sub
Lieutenant, RNVR,
MPK
HABGOOD, Victor A A, Leading
Signalman, P/JX
150619, MPK
