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1945-2008 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy
Compiled by Don Kindell

 

1951 -  in date, ship/unit & name order

HM Submarine Affray, lost with all hands 16 April 1951
 (Navy Photos, click to enlarge)

on to 1952

 

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 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

 

Thanks to Commander Peter Selfe RN (Rtd) for additional information on Fleet Air Arm casualties

 

 

 

Only some Dominion Navy casualties are included from 1948-on

 

 

1951

 

SUEZ CANAL ZONE, EGYPT, state of emergency declared  on 1 October 1951. Continued until Britain agreed in October 1954 to pull out by 1956 (links - Britain's Small Wars, Palace Barracks Memorial Garden)

 

 

Monday, 1 January 1951

 

President

 BROWN, James F, Leading Writer, SMX 771684, died

 

 

Tuesday, 2 January 1951

 

Drake

 CASEY, Austin, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, KX 82310, died

 

 

Thursday, 4 January 1951

 

Unicorn

 ORD, Doreen C, Wren, 105098, died

 

 

Saturday, 6 January 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korean War, both in POW Camp 10, Kaggye

 HEARD, Lewis A, Marine, RM 9162, died

 HILLS, Stanley E H , Marine, died

 

Pembroke

 TRICKER, Jack A, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Sunday, 7 January 1951

 

Kenya

 AMOS, Peter, Musician, RMB/X 1803, died

 

Tyne

 BREWITT, Leslie V, Petty Officer, JX 161013, died

 

 

Wednesday, 10 January 1951

 

Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Malaya campaign, Cameron Highlands area, ambushed by Communist insurgents

 HENRY, John, Corporal, RM, CH/X 5389, killed

 MILLER, Leslie O, Marine, RM 7305, killed

 WESTWOOD, George, Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 4229, killed

 

 

Saturday, 13 January 1951

 

Mermaid

 DICK, George W, Leading Seaman, JX 383372, illness

 

 

Sunday, 14 January 1951

 

Broadsword

 HOLMAN, John H, Ordinary Seaman, SSX 836941, died

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign

 DOWLING, M G, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Tuesday, 16 January 1951

 

Artful

 BEATTIE, Samuel J, Able Seaman, SSX 661406, died

 

 

Friday, 19 January 1951

 

Osprey

 TORRINGTON, Rex A, Ordinary Seaman, SSX 842500, died

 

 

Sunday, 21 January 1951

 

Seahawk

 GLUYAS, Roland, Able Seaman, SSX 815202, died

 

 

Monday, 22 January 1951

 

FAA, 771 Squadron, Daedalus, air crash

 GRIEVE, James, Lieutenant, killed

 TAPHOUSE, Derek P, Naval Airman 1c, FX 572754, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 23 January 1951

 

Drake

 ASHMORE, Donald, Engine Room Artificer 2c, MX 60258, died

 

 

Thursday, 25 January 1951

 

Minerva

 MILES, George W, Able Seaman, JX 804281, died

 

 

Friday, 26 January 1951

 

Battleaxe

 HAM, James W, Stores Accountant (S.A.), MX 759469, died

 

FAA, 807 Squadron, Theseus, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Sea Fury, damaged by flak, failed to recover from spin and crashed in Yellow Sea, body recovered by destroyer Comus

 BEAVAN, Alan, Lieutenant (P), killed

 

 

Tuesday, 30 January 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 NEEDS, Robert J, Marine, RM 9257, died

 

 

Thursday, 1 February 1951

 

Hornbill

 WILKES, Francis S, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Monday, 5 February 1951

 

Illustrious

 MAWER, Kenneth R, Commissioned Pilot, died

 

 

Tuesday, 6 February 1951

 

Orion

 BRAYFIELD, Harold W, Able Seaman, JX 844022, died

 

 

Wednesday, 7 February 1951

 

Drake

 SEYMOUR, Cecil B, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, JX 150861, died

 

 

Wednesday, 14 February 1951

 

Cochrane

 JOHNSON, Robert, Able Seaman, JX 860019, died

 

Theseus, aircraft carrier, Korean War, Firefly landed back onboard and accidentally fired two 20mm rounds hitting two other Firefly's. PO Wigley was killed and Lieutenant F D B Bailey injured

 WIGLEY, John F, Petty Officer Airman, FX 670537, died

 

 

Friday, 16 February 1951

 

St Angelo

 VELLA, Eduardo, Petty Officer Steward, LX 20997, died

 

 

Monday, 19 February 1951

 

Peregrine

 SHILVOCK, John E, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 5c, FX 670134, died

 

 

Wednesday, 21 February 1951

 

President

 FOWLER, George H, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 79827, died

 

 

Thursday, 22 February 1951

 

Caledonia

 PLUMMER, Patrick I, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, MX 842925, died

 

 

Friday, 23 February 1951

 

Dolphin

 MARSDEN-SMEDLEY, Edward J B, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Monday, 26 February 1951

 

P.5518, fast patrol boat, collision with Danish MTB T.59

 MIDDLETON, Charles G, Boy Telegraphist, JX 882569 (Ganges), missing presumed drowned

 RICKETTS, Bernard E, Signalman Boy, JX 865905 (Ganges), missing presumed drowned

  

Tamar

 DORNAN, James W, Chief Engine Room Artificer, MX 52194, died

 

 

Tuesday, 27 February 1951

 

Drake

 SUGDEN, John A, Signalman, SSX 820034, died

 

 

Friday, 2 March 1951

 

Abercrombie

 WHITTLE, Bertram, Stores Accountant (S.A.) (A), MX 884832, died

 

Orion

 HICKS, Richard P, Senior Commissioned Boatswain, died

 

 

Sunday, 4 March 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 HILL, Christopher R B, Corporal, RM, PO/X 6204, died

 

 

Monday, 5 March 1951

 

Blackcap

 OWEN, Robert J, Naval Airman 1c, SFX 588481, died

 

 

Tuesday, 6 March 1951

 

Leeds Castle

 SMART, Robert G, Steward (O), C/LX 881662, died

 

 

Friday, 9 March 1951

 

Collingwood

 MOORE, Neil A, Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) 1c, SMX 853923, died

 

President

 LAY, Horatio A K, Commander, died

 

 

Tuesday, 13 March 1951

 

FAA, 810 Squadron, Theseus, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Firefly in attack on railway bridge at Haeju, pulled out of dive-bombing run at 600 feet, crashed four miles west of target

 COOLES, Geoffrey H, Lieutenant (P), air crash, MPK

 GUY, Dennis W, Flight Lieutenant, RAF, 154035, air crash, MPK

 

 

Saturday, 17 March 1951

 

Loch Craggie

 WRAGG, Frank L, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 846930, died

 

President

 STUDDERT, Maurice E P, Commander, died

 

 

Wednesday, 21 March 1951

 

Daedalus

 WARD, Stuart, Naval Airman, SFX 816589, died

 

 

Thursday, 29 March 1951

 

Daedalus

 BAKER, Henry V, Naval Airman 1c, FX 847618, died

 

 

Saturday, 31 March 1951

 

Victory

 BALL, Frederick W, Leading Stoker Mechanic, KX 855221, died

 

 

Sunday, 1 April 1951

 

Gamecock

 JONES, Herbert W, Regulating Petty Officer (R.P.O.), MX 714564, died

 

 

Monday, 2 April 1951

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, near Kuala Kangsar, in action with Communist insurgents

 COOP, James B, Lieutenant, RM, killed

 RYDER, Raymond T, Corporal, RM, CH/X 4147, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 3 April 1951

 

Royal Indian Navy

 GOKHALE, Arun, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

 

Friday, 6 April 1951

 

Defiance

 HUGHES, William J, Able Seaman, JX 843224, died

 

Owen

 ALLEN, Michael J, Telegraphist, SSX 835645, died

 

 

Saturday, 7 April 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 MELLING, Harry, Marine, CH/X 3594, died

 

 

Sunday, 8 April 1951

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, in British Military Hospital Meetajam

 CHERRY, R J, Marine, RM9447, died

 

 

Monday, 9 April 1951

 

Bermuda

 WILLIAMS, John A, Ordinary Signalman (A), JX 871333, died

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, drowning

 EAMES, Rex H V, Marine, RM7792, died

 

 

Wednesday, 11 April 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 SKELTON, Stanley, Marine, RM 8648, died

 

 

Friday, 13 April 1951

 

Victory

 HEADLAM, Kenneth, Cook, MX 740103, died

 

 

Monday, 16 April 1951

 

LOSS OF SUBMARINE AFFRAY

 

Affray (image - NavyPhotos), diving accident in English Channel, south of Portland

 ALLEN, Osborn H, Lieutenant (E), killed

 ALSTON, James H, Lieutenant (E), killed

 ANDREWS, Trever J, Sergeant, RM, X 3263 (Ch), killed

 ASHLEY, George T E, Act/Leading Stoker Mechanic, P/KX 134325, killed

 BARLOW, James B, Leading Steward, D/LX 763226, killed

 BARTUP, Denis G, Engineering Mechanic 1c, P/MX 769278, killed

 BEDDOES, David B, Steward, C/SLX 868218, killed

 BENNINGTON, David R, Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/MX 58857, killed

 BILTON, William, Senior Commissioned Engineer, killed

 BLACKBURN, John, Lieutenant, killed

 BRIDGES, Oliver A M, Stoker Mechanic, D/SKX 832096, killed

 BURBERRY, Alfred H, Act/Chief Petty Officer (Submarines) (S/M), C/JX 157156, killed

 CARDNO, Robert J, Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 769554, killed

 COLE-ADAMS, Michael C, Lieutenant (E), killed

 COOK, George D, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 163572, killed

 COOPER, John H, Petty Officer, D/JX 371976, killed

 CURRY, Roy, Stoker Mechanic, D/SKX 790231, killed

 DENNY, Frederick C, Act/Electrician, MX 745978, killed

 DRURY, Frederick, Stoker Mechanic, D/SKX 854592, killed

 FOSTER, Derrick J J, Lieutenant, killed

 FREW, Anthony A, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 GARWOOD, Alan R, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 GITTINS, Harold, Telegraphist, D/SSX 661493, killed

 GOSTLING, Bernard P, Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 832123, killed

 GREEN, Walter J, Ty/Leading Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 162120, killed

 GREENWOOD, Jeffrey L, Lieutenant, killed

 HARKNESS, William R, Petty Officer, P/SSX 15914, killed

 HARRIS, Leonard E S, Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 841775, killed

 HILES, Roy G G, Stoker Mechanic, P/SKX 846398, killed

 HODGES, John E A, Stoker Mechanic, P/SKX 850727, killed

 HOOPER, Alfred H G, Marine, X 6483 (Po), killed

 HORWELL, Eric, Engineering Mechanic 1c, D/SMX 834344, killed

 HOWARD-JOHNSTON, Richard G, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 IRVEN, Alan H, Telegraphist, C/JX 292902, killed

 JARVIS, Dennis W, Marine, X 4883 (Ch), killed

 KIRKWOOD, William J, Lieutenant, killed

 LANSBERRY, Russell C, Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 LARTER, Gordon R, Stoker Mechanic, P/SKX 852151, killed

 LEAKEY, George W, Able Seaman, C/JX 785105, killed

 LEES, Norman C E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 93541, killed

 LEWIS, William D, Stoker Mechanic, D/KX 842311, killed

 LINTON, William F, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 LONGSTAFF, William A C, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 MACKENZIE, Colin I, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 MACKENZIE-EDWARDS, Roderick P, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 MCKENZIE, John L, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/MX 75125, killed

 MILLER, James, Act/Leading Stoker Mechanic, D/SKX 803506, killed

 NICKALLS, Hugh A H, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 NORTH, Richard F, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 PANE, Peter R, Able Seaman, C/JX 819786, killed

 PARKER, George, Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/MX 66713, killed

 PEARSON, Denis H, Act/Petty Officer, P/JX 371671, killed

 PRESTON, Robin J, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 RAMPLIN, Alan, Stoker Mechanic, P/SKX 871876, killed

 REWCASTLE, Anthony G C, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 RUTTER, Jack, Act/Radio Electrician, D/SMX 770424, killed

 SHAW, Frederick M, Lieutenant (E), killed

 SHERGOLD, Edward N, Corporal, RM, X 5874 (Po), killed

 SMITH, Francis R, Cook, C/MX 58198, killed

 SMITH, John D, Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 835006, killed

 SMITH, Ronald B B, Leading Seaman, C/JX 157783, killed

 STEWART, Anthony J, Able Seaman, P/JX 712811, killed

 STRACHAN, John G, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 TAYLOR, Maurice G E C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 715933, killed

 TEMPLE, Norman, Stoker Mechanic, C/KX 527942, killed

 THIRKETTLE, John G, Act/Petty Officer (Submarines) (S/M), C/KX 100698, killed

 TRELEAVEN, John O, Lieutenant (E), killed

 TRIMBY, Victor G, Act/Leading Stoker Mechanic, P/MX 816151, killed

 TUGMAN, Robin T, Sub Lieutenant, killed

 VINCENT, Roy, Steward, C/SLX 771525, killed

 WELCH, Albert G, Lieutenant (E), killed

 WHITBREAD, Reginald A, Chief Petty Officer (Stoker Mechanic), P/KX 82925, killed

 WOOD, Herbert J, Leading Engineering Mechanic, C/MX 745821, killed

 WOODS, Frederick G, Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/JX 136971, killed

 WORSFOLD, Benjamin J, Act/Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 371780, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 18 April 1951

 

Queen Alexander's Royal Naval Nursing Service

 DE ST CROIX-EVELEIGH, Winifred M, Senior Nursing Sister (S.N.S.), died

 

 

Wednesday, 25 April 1951

 

Daedalus

 BUCKLEY, Patrick J, Radio Electrical Artificer (R.E.A.), FX 670920, died

 

 

Thursday, 26 April 1951

 

Carron

 SWAIN, Stanley G, Stoker Mechanic, KX 96101, died

 

Fulmar

 COLLINS, Edmund D, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

 

Saturday, 28 April 1951

 

FAA, 804 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Sea Fury on fighter patrol, crashed in Yellow Sea near Clifford Island

 STEPHENSON, Edward P L, Lieutenant (P), MPK

 

 

Monday, 30 April 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 AHERN, Gerald, Marine, CH/X 5110, died

 

 

Wednesday, 2 May 1951

 

President

 MADDOCK, James, Petty Officer Telegraphist, JX 126882, died

 

 

Saturday, 5 May 1951

 

Royal Marines, 42 Commando, Malaya campaign

 MACKAY, P L, Captain, RM, died, awarded MC

 

 

Tuesday, 8 May 1951

 

Mauritius

 MILLS, Henry J, Master-at-Arms (M.A.A.), MX 59437, died

 

 

Sunday, 13 May 1951

 

FAA, 810 Squadron, Theseus, air crash

 GUY, Dennis W, Flight Lieutenant, RAF, 154035, MPK

 

Loch Tralaig

 BAIGENT, Albert A, Leading Seaman, JX 660657, died

 

Peacock

 KIRK, Robert M R, Able Seaman, SSX 619744, died

 

 

Tuesday, 15 May 1951

 

Seahawk

 BUCHAN-SYDSERFF, Thomas H, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Wednesday, 16 May 1951

 

Cleopatra

 SHIELDS, John D, Marine, RM 128464, died

 

 

Tuesday, 22 May 1951

 

Defiance

 EVA, Alfred, Chief Petty Officer, J 35080, died

 

 

Tuesday, 29 May 1951

 

Raleigh

 GALLAGHER, Joseph, Stoker Mechanic, KX 874584, died

 

 

Wednesday, 30 May 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korean War, as POW

 WYETH, Kenneth, Marine, RM 8784, died

 

Caledonia

 GREEN, Ronald E, Petty Officer, JX 160050, died

 

Victory

 ALLEN, Raymond, Able Seaman, SSX 843467, died

 

 

Thursday, 31 May 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korea, as POW

 NICHOLLS, Reuben, Marine, PO/X 6067, died. The only Royal Marine among a group of mainly US POWs who were told in April 1951 they would be handed over to the UN Command, but he was never heard of again.

 

Starling

 MARTIN, Samuel, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 891046, died

 

Vengeance

 COOKE, Norman R, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Sunday, 3 June 1951

 

Meon

 FRENCH, John C, Petty Officer, JX 146877, died

 

 

Tuesday, 5 June 1951

 

FAA, 812 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Firefly, hit by rifle fire, landing-on, waved off and engine failed, ditched ahead of ship

 FORD, Stanley W E, Pilot 3c, FX 670300, MPK

 

 

Wednesday, 6 June 1951

 

Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Malaya campaign

 BUDGEN, P K, Lieutenant, RM, died

 

 

Thursday, 7 June 1951

 

Bermuda

 BARRETT, Cornelius P, Chief Petty Officer Mechanician, KX 85413, died

 

 

Friday, 8 June 1951

 

Daedalus, flying Wyvern, engine caught fire, ejected but was knocked unconscious and unable to operate parachute, took place one mile west of Amesbury, England

 HANSON, David K, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

Raleigh

 BURNETT, William F, Stoker, SKX 902892, died

 

 

Sunday, 10 June 1951

 

Bermuda

 MACGREGOR, James W, Able Seaman, SSX 861445, died

 

Pembroke

 LEWIS, Douglas G, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 834161, died

 

 

Saturday, 16 June 1951

 

Royal Prince, canoe accident in Germany, both drowned

 BULL, Dennis P, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 838384, died

 DAVISON, Robert R, Able Seaman, SSX 832964, died

 

 

Sunday, 17 June 1951

 

Pembroke

 WILLIAMS, Edward R P, Surgeon Commander, died

 

Rapid

 STACEY, Ernest R, Able Seaman, SSX 872165, died

 

 

Monday, 18 June 1951

 

Pembroke

 DANIELS, Geoffrey L, Able Seaman, SSX 661438, died

 

 

Tuesday, 19 June 1951

 

Pembroke

 GOODIER, Richard D, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Wednesday, 20 June 1951

 

Forth

 PLUMMER, Philip G T, Midshipman, died

 

 

Thursday, 21 June 1951

 

Indomitable

 TUCKER, Peter E, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 4c, FX 100380, died

 

 

Friday, 22 June 1951

 

Jupiter

 CHAPPELL, Charles E, Engine Room Artificer, MX 60537, died

 

 

Tuesday, 26 June 1951

 

FAA, 705 Squadron, Siskin, air crash

 BROWN, Mansfield B A, Lieutenant, RAN, killed

 CAPP, Jeffrey W, Commissioned Pilot, killed

 

 

Thursday, 28 June 1951

 

FAA, 812 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Firefly, hit by flak and crashed near Chinnampo, Korea

 SHARP, John H, Lieutenant (P), MPK

 WELLS, George B, Aircrewman 1c, FX 82746, MPK

 

 

Thursday, 5 July 1951

 

Vulture

 BABER, William M, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

 

Friday, 6 July 1951

 

Vulture

 GAGER, Peter E, Radio Electrical Artificer (R.E.A.), FX 669678, died

 

 

Saturday, 7 July 1951

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, Lenggong Area, road traffic accident

 CHADWICK, James, Marine, PO/X5282, killed

 

 

Sunday, 8 July 1951

 

Scorpion

 ARMOUR, John D, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Monday, 9 July 1951

 

Tamar

 SUN, Che P, Petty Officer Cook, O/ 2394, died

 

 

Wednesday, 11 July 1951

 

Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Malaya campaign, in British Military Hospital Kamukting

 GENGE, T J H, Sergeant, RM, CH/X4107, died of natural causes

 

 

Friday, 13 July 1951

 

Triumph

 WHITE, George D, Chief Airman, FX 670922, died

 

 

Monday, 16 July 1951

 

FAA, 812 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Firefly, air crash

 SHEPLEY, Ian R, Sub Lieutenant (P), probably acting as Observer, killed

 WILLIAMS, Robert, Lieutenant (P), MPK

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign

 LAMB, E, Marine, RM7798, DOW

 

 

Wednesday, 18 July 1951

 

FAA, 804 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, air crash

 SPARKE, Terence W, Commissioned Pilot, MPK

 

Pembroke

 JONES, Peter W P, Lieutenant, died

 

Terror, RN Base, Singapore, Malaya campaign

 GASKIN, Edward, Leading Writer, MX 69839, died

 

 

Friday, 20 July 1951

 

Pembroke

 TOSSELL, David J, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 803530, died

 

 

Sunday, 22 July 1951

 

Daedalus

 KELLETT, Eric S, Leading Electrical Mechanic (L.E.M.), FX 834826, died

 

FAA, 812 Squadron, Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, taking off in Firefly carrying two 500lb bombs, RATOG (rocket-assisted take off gear) failed to fire and aircraft ditched ahead of ship. Commissioned Pilot J P Hack rescued

 DAVEY, Ronald G A, Sub Lieutenant (O), MPK

 

Ganges

 HAWLEY, Bernard, Steward, LX 849633, died

 

 

Friday, 27 July 1951

 

FAA, 815 Squadron, Gannet, air crash

 DAVIES, David F, Midshipman, killed

 WORTHINGTON, Dennys J, Act/Sub Lieutenant, killed

 

 

Saturday, 28 July 1951

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, on Grik Road, in action with Communist insurgents

 TALYOR, Maurice J, Sergeant, RM, CH/X1620, killed

 

Vanguard

 ARTHUR, Frank, Ordnance Artificer 3c, MX 86408, died

 

 

Sunday, 29 July 1951

 

Maenad, Malayan waters

 WARBURTON, Norman, Able Seaman, SSX 591915, died

 

 

Tuesday, 31 July 1951

 

Heron

 TURNER, Graham W, Leading Air Mechanic (A.M.), SFX 816669, died

 

 

Wednesday, 8 August 1951

 

St Angelo

 MAURIN, Carmel, Stoker Mechanic, KX 667560, died

 

 

Tuesday, 14 August 1951

 

Franklin

 RICHARDS, Arthur J, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 849175, died

 

 

Friday, 17 August 1951

 

Saintes

 WILSON, Thomas F, Able Seaman, JX 801106, died

 

 

Sunday, 19 August 1951

 

RN Hospital Hong Kong

 WRIGHT, William G, Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer, MX 49586, died

 

 

Sunday, 26 August 1951

 

Afrikander

 HENRY, Robin M, Leading Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) (B), SMX 850667, died

 

Caesar

 OLDS, John J, Chief Petty Officer, MX 876560, died

 

Pembroke I

 LINE, Claude E H, Commander, died

 

Victory

 RYVES, Raymond J F, Ordinary Seaman (O.D.), KX 856990, died

 

 

Wednesday, 29 August 1951

 

Heron

 STANLEY, Michael E, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Thursday, 30 August 1951

 

Lofoten

 NEAL, Thomas R, Stoker Mechanic, KX 603587 (Tyne), died

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korean War

 BARNES, Charles E, Sergeant, RM, PO/X 4003, killed

 HARWOOD, John G, Lieutenant, RM, killed

 

 

 

Friday, 31 August 1951

 

Dolphin

 KEYSELL, Anthony, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 73879, died

 

Peregrine

 CURTIS, Sam W S, Chief Petty Officer, JX 101985, died

 

 

Sunday, 2 September 1951

 

Victory

 WILLIAMS, Derrick A, Electrical Artificer (E.A.) 4c, MX 667731, died

 

 

Wednesday, 5 September 1951

 

Devonshire

 COE, Geoffrey A, Cadet, died

 

 

Saturday, 8 September 1951

 

Victory

 FORD, William J, Petty Officer, JX 127351, died

 

 

Monday, 10 September 1951

 

Ocean, aircraft carrier

 DUBBER, Ronald E, Lieutenant, MPK, flying Sea Fury of 807 Squadron, torque-stalled on landing, starboard oleo leg collapsed, aircraft hit deck, skidded over side and sank

(no apparent connection with the death of Lieutenant Dubber on the same day) 

 FISHER, Norman, Leading Air Mechanic (A.M.), FX 838239, died

 

 

Wednesday, 12 September 1951

 

Pembroke

 O'HARA, James, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Friday, 14 September 1951

 

Tamar

 LEUNG, Ping K, Able Seaman, O/ 1037, died

 

 

Thursday, 20 September 1951

 

Howe

 HUBBARD, Derek E, Stoker Mechanic, KX 833789, died

 

 

Friday, 21 September 1951

 

President

 SWAYNE, Henry I A, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Monday, 24 September 1951

 

Caledonia

 FAIREY, Albert W, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, MX 855877, died

 

RN Hospital Chatham

 SYLVESTER, William P, Sick Berth Petty Officer, MX 52530, died

 

 

Tuesday, 25 September 1951

 

Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland, flying Firefly, air crash

 EDMONDS, Edward J, Observer 4c, RAN, killed

 SLATER, Donovan J, Pilot 4c, RAN, killed

 

Heron

 BROOKE, Ronald L, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Malaya campaign

 FORDHAM, Peter D, Marine, RM8250, DOW

 

 

Thursday, 27 September 1951

 

Vanguard

 STONE, Jack, Able Seaman, SSX 837891, died

 

Vernon

 HARE, Dennis, Ordinary Seaman, JX 857227, died

 

 

Friday, 28 September 1951

 

Pembroke

 OGDEN, Norman, Petty Officer, FX 768801, died

 

 

Monday, 1 October 1951

 

Agincourt

 BOSTOCK, Norman K, Able Seaman, SSX 818725, died

 

Grenville, destroyer, collision with Italian dry cargo ship Alceo (ex-British Ocean Viking) off Start Point, Devon

 AXFORD, Kenneth J, Act/Commissioned Electrician, killed

 BELCHER, Frederick A, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, KX 86610, killed

 HACKMAN, Valentine C R, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 876105, killed

 MASSON, Donald B, Leading Sick Berth Attendant, SMX 816246, killed

 PRESNELL, Henry A, Able Seaman, SSX 8581854, killed

 

Triumph, aircraft carrier, collision with Italian Alceo

 OLDNALL, Bernard R, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, KX 103242, killed

 STAP, Dirk, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNN, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 2 October 1951

 

Glory

 DIXON, David E I, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 102140, died

 

 

Wednesday, 3 October 1951

 

Merlin

 HARDY, Ian D W, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Thursday, 4 October 1951

 

FAA, 820 Squadron, Gannet, flying Firefly, making wide circuit of airfield and crashed into hill

 COLE, Percival S, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 HUNT, Hugh E, Lieutenant, killed

 

Seahawk

 GOODALL, Willie, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Friday, 5 October 1951

 

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign, in action with Communist insurgents

 DAYES, George A, Marine, RM8330, killed

 

 

Saturday, 6 October 1951

 

Mercury, air crash at Gosport

 GOODENOUGH, Frederick C, Commander, killed

 WILLIAMS, James D, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 10 October 1951

 

Royal Marines, 41 Commando, Korean War, captured near Wonsan in August 1951, in 'Pak’s Palace' POW Camp

 ALDRICH, Arthur J, Marine, RM 9440, died

 

 

Saturday, 13 October 1951

 

Gamecock

 BENSON, Ernest A, Lieutenant, died

 

Hornet

 MARTIN, John J, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Monday, 15 October 1951

 

Gannet

 FYFE, George S, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Thursday, 25 October 1951

 

RNAS Hal Far

 COTTON, William E, Lieutenant Commander (A), (Glory), died

 

 

Sunday, 28 October 1951

 

Aisne

 MUNNION, Frederick M, Radio Electrician, SMX 817782, died

 

Phoenicea

 BARRINGHAM, Derek H, Stoker Mechanic, P/SKX 837911, died

 

 

Wednesday, 31 October 1951

 

Gannet

 EAGELTON, John L, Leading Air Mechanic (A.M.) (A), SFX 814322, died

 

 

Thursday, 1 November 1951

 

Indomitable

 REES, Kenneth C, Naval Airman 1c, SFX 874763, died

 

 

Friday, 2 November 1951

 

Chaplet

 BEECHAM, Herman, Stoker Mechanic, KX 860351, died

 

 

Sunday, 4 November 1951

 

Daedalus

 COLLIER, William H, Electrical Artificer (E.A.) 1c, MX 47572, died

 

Fleetwood

 BRAZIER, Leslie F, Able Seaman (D), SSX 836100, died

 

 

Monday, 5 November 1951

 

FAA, 805 Squadron, Sydney (RAN), aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Sea Fury, strafing enemy transport and failed to pull out of dive

 CLARKSON, Keith E, Lieutenant (P), RAN, killed

 

 

Thursday, 8 November 1951

 

Osprey

 MURRAY, Gilbert D F, Leading Seaman, SSX 819067, died

 

Pembroke

 PEARSALL, Frank W A, Chief Petty Officer, JX 127292, died

 

 

Friday, 9 November 1951

 

Orion

 EARLE, Frederick J, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 79847, died

 

Sirius

 WITHAM, Frank D, Leading Cook, MX 110209, died

 

Victory

 NORRIS, Charles W, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 81034, died

 

 

Saturday, 10 November 1951

 

Victoria and Albert

 NASH, Walter H, Stoker Mechanic, K 58006, died

 

 

Sunday, 11 November 1951

 

Daedalus

 WRIGHT, Geoffrey, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 4c, FX 669628, died

 

Tyne

 SMITH, Derek R, Able Seaman, JX 835667, died

 

 

Monday, 12 November 1951

 

Tamar

 PUN, Tong, Petty Officer, 0/ 61, died

 

 

Sunday, 18 November 1951

 

Jupiter

 SEAWARD, Leslie, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), K 65709, died

 

 

Wednesday, 21 November 1951

 

Vernon

 BINNINGTON, David L, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Thursday, 22 November 1951

 

Magicienne

 BURNS, Denis, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 885999, died

 

 

Monday, 26 November 1951

 

Blackcap

 BARCROFT, Henry, Leading Patrolman, MX 729793, died

 

 

Tuesday, 27 November 1951

 

Merlin

 BROWN, Richard E A, Midshipman, died

 

 

Wednesday, 28 November 1951

 

On Ka Do Island, Korea, without permission, to take press photographs, taken prisoner, as POW (no further details)

 LANKFORD (possibly LANGFORD), Dennis A, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

With thanks to Mick Wyer who - " ... noticed that you had a Sub/Lt Denis LANGFORD missing/deceased. This officer was landed ashore on one of the Islands on the west coast to take photo's of gun emplacements. He was captured doing same and taken to prison camp? He escaped from the camp and made it back to freedom. Sometime after he wrote his memoirs on his escape and had them published in the Daily Mail. I was on (destroyer) HMS Cockade from which he was landed ashore. (Entry retained for information)

Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Malaya campaign

 CLARKE, Robert A, Marine, RM8810, DOW

 

 

night of Friday, 30 November/Saturday, 1 December 1951

 

Cockade, destroyer, shore gunfire, Korean War

 SKELTON, Clifford, Able Seaman, SSX 836037, killed

With thanks to Mick Wyer - "AB Skelton was killed on 30th November/1st December (not Thursday, 6 December as previously recorded) by a direct hit on Y-gun from the gun batteries at Ka Do, west coast of Korea . He was buried at sea with full naval honours at 1226 hours on the 1st of December 1951."

 

Saturday, 1 December 1951

  

Peregrine, air crash at Horley

 JAMESON, John E, Lieutenant, killed

 MUMFORD, Roy E, Lieutenant, killed

 

 

Sunday, 2 December 1951

 

President

 O'RORKE, Christopher R P, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

 

Tuesday, 4 December 1951

 

Sanderling

 BAKER, John W W, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

Wednesday, 5 December 1951

 

Daedalus

 DE CHARMOY, Raymond P L D, Lieutenant, died

 

 

Friday, 7 December 1951

 

FAA, 805 Squadron, Sydney (RAN), aircraft carrier, Korean War, flying Sea Fury, struck by flak, bailed out but hit by tail of own aircraft

 SINCLAIR, Richard R, Sub Lieutenant (P), RAN, killed

 

Victory

 AYERS, Edwin J, Ordinary Seaman, JX 897449, died

 

 

Monday, 10 December 1951

 

Apollo

 FORBES, Edward D S, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

Pembroke

 ELLIS, Frederick G S, Able Seaman, SSX 771550, died

 

 

Friday, 14 December 1951

 

Cheviot

 MICALLEF, Joseph, Steward, LX 25456, died

 

Sheffield

 TOLLEY, William T, Able Seaman, JX 246142, died

 

 

Friday, 21 December 1951

 

Daedalus

 PALMER, Peter C A, Naval Airman 2c, FX 895038, died

 

 

Saturday, 22 December 1951

 

Tyne

 JENKINS, Morgan J, Able Seaman, SSX 869887, died

 

 

Monday, 24 December 1951

 

Victory

 ATKINSON, John G, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, KX 84548, died

 

 

Thursday, 27 December 1951

 

Glory

 WILLIAMS, Thomas J, Naval Airman 1c, SFX 847695, died

 

 

Friday, 28 December 1951

 

Mercury

 BARNES, Derek, Leading Signalman, JX 646492, died

 

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