List of Sailor’s that served and died on HMS Mahratta
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They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.
The 16 Survivor names are marked with ***
Please note: If you see the word maybe it means that I have only done a bit of detective work on FreeBmd site to try and find more information, and it is not 100% right, till I hear from another member of that family.
1943
Thomas, Edward Vivian (Leading Stoker) (Photo No 63)
Service No: D/KX 112355.
Date of Death: 27th September 1943, age 28.
Son of Archibald Clifford and Mary Ellen Thomas, of Cardiff.
Buried or Commemorated at: Torshavn Cemetery, Grave No 204, Faroe Islands.
1944
Ackerman, Robert Joseph (Able Seaman) (Photo No 79).
Service No D/JX 202937.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Albert and Mary Ackerman nee Hallam, from Ardwick, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Allen, Harold (Able Seaman)
Service No D/JX 369463.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, Age 20.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Allen nee Wills, from Redruth, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K
Anderson, James Crombie (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 65)
Service No: D/SR 63417.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of William Crombie and Helen Crombie Anderson, and husband of Alice Elsie May Anderson, of Falmouth, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Andrews, Howard Harry (Leading Cook) (Photo No 64)
Service No: D/MX 106232.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Harry and Margaret Ann Andrews, of Canton, Cardiff.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Annear, David (Able Seaman) (Photo No 12)
Service No: D/JX 345082.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of David and Gladys Annear, of St Day, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Averill, Arthur Edric John (Able Seaman) (Photo No 53, and Group Photo No 3)
Service No: D/JX 178088.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Averill, of Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Bagwell, William Harry (Petty Officer Stoker)
Service No: D/K 64794.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 37.
Son of John and Lillian Bagwell, and husband of Gwendoline Betty Bagwell, of Wincanton, Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Barclay, William Maurice (Midshipman) R.N.V.R. (Photo No 4)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19
Son of Maurice Edward and Margaret Eleanor Barclay, of Brent Pelham, (Buntingford) Hertfordshire.
(Scholar of Eton College and of Trinity College Cambridge).
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 98 Column 1. U.K.
Barnes, William (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 20221.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age Age 28 (26)
Son of George and Susan Barnes, and husband of Catherine Barnes, of Jarrow, Co Durham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Bater, Fred (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 32755.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Frederick and Ellen Bater, of Mapperley Park, Nottingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Bennett, Arthur Raymond (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 568214.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of William and Charlotte Bennett, of Elworth, Cheshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Bickenson, Roy (Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class) (Photo No 22)
Service No: D/MX 59562.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of John Edward and Eliza Jane Bickenson, of Hornsea, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Blackford, James William. (Able Seaman)
Service No D/JX 322083.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of James Peter and Lois Blackford, from Sydenham London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Blaikie, William (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 340444.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Robert T and Beatrice T Blaikie, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
***Bloodworth, Leslie George (Gunner) (Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/JX 416339.
Survivor Died: O/N/D 1996.
From Bristol.
Blundell, Ronald (Able Seaman) (Photo No 44).
Service No D/JX 367153.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Robert and Lilian Blundell, of Fleetwood Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Bond, Stewart (Able Seaman)
Service No D/JX 369465.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of John Stewart and Lena Maud Bond, of Cannon’s Town, Penzance, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Bowen, Evan David (Able Seaman)
Service No D/JX 288424.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 37.
Son of Evan and Mary Bowen, of Aberporth, Cardiganshire, and husband of Stella Bowen, of Pontycymmer Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Bowley, Kenneth Russell (Lieutenant R.N.V.R.) (Photo No 91)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Horace James and Florence May Bowley, of Chiddingly Sussex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 92 Column 3. U.K.
Bracher, John Kenneth (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No D/KX 164454
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of George Edward and Florence Edna Bracher, of Nomansland Wiltshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
***Brameld, Harold (Stoker 1st Class) (Photo No 61 and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/KX 162007.
Survivor Died: 1991
From Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Brown, Cuthbert (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366547.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18 (20).
Son of Robert and Mary Jane Brown, of North Shields, Northumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Brydon, Thomas Small (Able Seaman) (Photo No 69)
Service No D/JX 286031.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 34.
Son of John and Harriett Brydon, and husband of Jean Brydon, of Edinburgh Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Byrne, Thomas Allen (Able Seaman) (Photo No 47)
Service No: D/JX 349871.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 28 (21).
Son of Joseph John and Emily Elizabeth Byrne, of Clayton, Manchester, and husband of Josephine Byrne, of Dundee, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Catchpole, John (Lieutenant). (Photo No 57, Group Photo No 29)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Commander Thomas John (died 16th September 1942 age 66 on active service) and Ethel Sophia Catchpole, of Portsmouth
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1. U.K.
Christopher, Wilfrid (Able Seaman) (Photo No 56)
Service No D/JX 347039.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Fred and Edith Christopher, of Hyde Cheshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Clare, James (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 340441.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of ______ and ______ Clare, of Little Hulton, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
***Collins, Ronald Edward (Stoker 2nd Class) (Photo No 71, and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/KX 595733.
Survivor Died: O/N/D 2013
From Windsor, Berkshire.
Corbett, Horace Samuel (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 165521.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Samuel and Violet May Corbett, of Tipton, Staffordshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Cordiner, Mervyn (Able Seaman) (Photo No 96)
Service No: D/JX 344751.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19/20.
Son of John Johnstone and Mary Cordiner, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Coulthard, Reginald (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 95804.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of George and Elizabeth Ann Coulthard, of Houghton, Co Durham, and husband of Gladys Constance Coulthard, of Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Cox, Arthur Leonard (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/KX 167882.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of _____ and _____, of Southampton.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Cox, George Frederick (Able Seaman) (Photo No 59)
Service No: D/JX. 172184.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of George Frederick and Amy Cox, of Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 68 Column 1. U.K.
Cox, John (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 120020.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Charles and Hettie Cox, of Houghton Cumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Critchlow, Arthur (Able Seaman).
Service No: D/JX 219928.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Albert and Fanny Critchlow, of Moss Side, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Cusack, Joseph (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No D/KX 88717.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of James Cusack and stepson to Mary Cusack, of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Dabell, Harold Herbert (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 6)
Service No: D/JX 566681.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of James William and Emma Dabell, of Bulwell, Nottinghamshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Davidson, Anthony Joseph (Lieutenant)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
Son of Richard Eardley and Mary Honore Davidson, of Hurlingham London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1. U.K.
Davies, David (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 239630.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 29.
Son of Edward and Emily Davies, and husband of Elsie Rose Davies, of Bexleyheath, London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Davies, William (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 136620.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 28.
Son of William Henry and Nellie Davies, of Wrexham, Denbighshire, North Wales.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Davis, John Frederick (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX367673
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Wilfred Thomas and Florence Evelyn Davis, of Woodville, Derbyshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Deans, Alexander (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 345580.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Deans, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Dennerley, Thomas (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 195060.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21 (28).
Son of _____ and _____ Dennerley, of Bury, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Dickinson, Frank (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX. 172128.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 27.
Son of George and Emily Dickinson, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Dootson, Owen (Able Seaman) (Radio Mechanic ?)
Service No: D/JX 250156. (Group Photo No 41)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Josiah and Margaret Dootson, of Astley Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Downing, Harry William Alfred (Buster) (Leading Seaman) (Photo No 82)
Service No: D/JX 155928.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22
Son of Alfred J and Mary E Downing, of Weymouth, Dorset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Drewry, Morrison Percy (Yeoman of Signals)
Service No: D/JX 136598.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 28.
Son of Percy Benjamin and Lily Drewry, and husband of Phyllis Marie Drewry, of Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.
(Manchester Evening News 29th March 1944).
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Drought, Eric Arthur Forbes (Lieut-Commander) DSC (Photo No 41)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 32.
Son of Arthur Edmund and Mabel Drought (nee Forbes), of Parkstone, Dorestshire. (Heathlea Mount Avenue, New Milton, Dorset.)
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1. U.K.
*** Duff, Alexander (May have been a Stoker)
Service No: D/MX 61093.
Survivor Died:
From, Barry, Glamorgan
(Maybe) Alexander R Duff, of Cardiff, mother’s maiden name Copeland, born 1919 bmd website)
Evans, George (Telegraphist) (Photo No 32, and Group Photo No 14)
Service No: D/JX 340335.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age ??
Son of David and Edith Evans, of Flint, North Wales.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 3. U.K.
Evans, Glyn (Able Seaman) (Photo No 72, and Group Photo No 39)
Service No: D/JX 362805.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Ann Jane Evans and stepson of Robert Jones, of Llangynog, Carmarthen.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
Evans, Joseph Edwin (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 250650.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Annie Elizabeth Evans, of Harmondsworth, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
***Fowler, Harry (Able Seaman) (Photo No 95, and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/JX 365863.
Survivor Died:
From Hounslow, Middlesex.
Fox, Frank (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 109779.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 36.
Son of _____ and _______ Fox, of Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel. 85 Column 2. U.K.
Fox, James (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 106354.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Andrew and Ellen Fox, of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Franklin, John (Canteen Manager)
Service No: C/NX 608831.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 33.
Son of Francis Moss and Rose Franklin, and husband of Phyllis May Franklin, of Coventry.
Buried or Commemorated at: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 80.1 U.K.
Fry, Frederick (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 299038.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Albert Victor and Sarah Elizabeth Fry, of Becontree, Essex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Fulton, David (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 148091.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of Hugh and Mary Fulton, of Belfast Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
***Gaines, Frederick, A. (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 101319.
Survivor Died: J/F/M 1967.
From Surrey.
Gallagher, James William (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: P/JX 571050.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of James and Catherine Gallagher, of Kirkham, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 84.2
Galloway, Matthew Fairlie (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 118035.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 27.
Son of James McLean and Ann Fairlie Galloway, and husband of Georgina Galloway, of Dundee Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Gardner, George (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 162554.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of _____ and ______ Gardner, of Custom House, Essex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Gent, Harry (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 409097.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of James Herbert and Nellie Gent, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
George, Malcolm Gwyn (Able Seaman) (Photo No 30)
Service No: D/JX 369855.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Benjamin and Mary Sophia George, of Neath, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
Gibbon, Harry, (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 151897.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of William James and Margaret Emily Gibbon, of Tonyrefail Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Giles, Laurence Ernest Reuben (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 85)
Service No: D/JX 570952.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Ernest S.R and Lily C.E Giles, of Bristol.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Gill, Thimas James William (Stoker 2nd Class)
Service No: D/JX 357439.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Thomas and Jane Gill, of Bethnal Green, London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 2. U.K.
Gladwell, Frederick Norman (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 90855.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of Thomas and Florence Gladwell, of Grimsby Lincolnshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Godfrey, Thomas (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 22691.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Patrick and Ellen Godfrey, of (maybe) Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Goodliffe, Clifford Mervyn Henry (Ordinary Seaman).
Service No: D/JX649445
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 17.
Son of William Albert and Charlotte Louisa Goodliffe, and husband of Norah Eileen Goodliffe, of Bristol.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Gove, Alistair Murray (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 650465.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Andrew C and Catherine M.S Gove, of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Graham, Alexander (Able Seaman) (Photo No 70, and Group Photo No 30)
Service No: D/JX346298.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Richard and Ellen Graham, from Paisley Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
Griffiths, Reginald Percy (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 398026.
Date of Death 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Mr and Mrs Edward Griffiths, and husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Griffiths, of Wolverhampton.
Buried or Commemorated at: PlymouthNaval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 2. U.K.
Griffiths, Roy (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 567391.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of _____ and _______ Griffiths, of Caerphilly Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Hall, Frederick Aubrey (Petty Officer Steward)
Service No: D/LX 20019.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 37.
Son of Mr and Mrs A.H. Hall, of Pontyminster, Risca Newport Gwent.
(Brother Harry Hall, also killed in WW2, on the 8th August 1944).
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
***Hall, Robert (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/SSX. ??? 20232
Survivor Died:
From Doncaster, Yorkshire
Hammond, Stanley (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 129022.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 31.
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Jane Hammond, and husband of Maud Lilian Hammond, of Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Harcus, Robert Randall (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 38)
Service No: D/JX 421814.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Sinclair J and Margaret Harcus, of Kirkwall, Orkney Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Harrison, John (Sick Berth Attendant)
Service No: D/MX 111259.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19
Son of ______ and _______ Harrison, of ____________ Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 1. U.K.
Haskett-Smith, Alastair Carlos (Lieutenant) R.N.V.R. (Photo No 73)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Carlos and Doris Haskett-Smith, of Roehampton London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 92 Column 3. U.K.
Haughton, Kenneth (Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class)
Service No: D/MX 66253.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Edward and Hannah Haughton, of Wigan Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Hicks, George (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 22741.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Robert and Evelyn Hicks, of Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
***Hill, Fred (???????) (Photo No 28, and Group Photo No 11, 40)
Service No: ??????
Survivor Died:
From Liverpool.
(Left Navy and Joined Army and became a Corporal)
Hill, James (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 15)
Service No: D/JX 570912.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Edward and Ellen Hill, of Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Hodgson, Joseph Peter (Telegraphist) (maybe group photo No 14)
Service No: D/JX 380485.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Timothy and Jane Hodgson, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 3. U.K
Hogg, Joseph (Petty Officer Stoker) (Photo No 50).
Service No: D/KX 80680.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 32.
Son of Joseph and Molly Hogg, and husband to Edith May Hogg, of Plymouth.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Holdsworth, Eric Woodthorpe (Telegraphist)
Service No: D/JX 248376. (Maybe in group photo No 14)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Ernest and Ethel Holdsworth, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 3. U.K.
Holland, Charlton (Able Seaman) (Photo No 43, and Group Photo No 20)
Service No: D/JX 81779.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 43.
Son of John and Rose Holland, of Tyneham, Dorset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Holmes, Ernest (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366098.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Mrs I Holmes, of Benwell Towers Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Horne, John (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 559521.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Sarah Horne, of Egremont, Cumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Hotston, Robert Edward Mark (Canteen Manager)
Service No: C/NX 607429.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 31.
Son of Mark and Bertha Maud Hotston, and husband of Gwendoline Muriel Hotston, of Bedfont, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 80.1. U.K.
Howells, Herbert (Able Seaman) (Photo No 76)
Service No: D/JX 390227.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Herbert and Mary Grace Howells, of Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Howes, William Upton (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 368022.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of William and Lily Howes, of Aspley, Nottingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
***Humble, John (Jack) Douglas, (Gunner) (Photo No 2 and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/JX 579590.
Survivor Died: J/F/M 2021.
From Durham.
(Left Navy and join Army, became a Corporal) (Died 2021)
Hyder, Henry (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 563330.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 39.
Son of Edward Richard and Mary Ann Hyder, and husband of D.M. Hyder, of Westfield, Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Hymers, Frank Redford (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366026.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Robert. A. and Alice E. Hymers, of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Jackson, James Albert (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 649726.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of James Albert and Polly Jackson, of Solihull, Warwickshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Jewell, James Josiah (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 186902.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of John and Marion (May) E.O Jewell, and husband of Catherine S.A Jewell, of Carnmenellis, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Jones, Alexander (Nickname: Hawkeye) (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366638.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of John and Margaret Ann Jones, of Stockton on Tees, Co Durham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Jones, Clarence (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 134756.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 29?
Son of Thomas and Louisa Jones, of Birmingham. (HMS TYNE?)
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Jones, Fred (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 570811.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of William Joseph and Priscilla Jones, of West Derby, Liverpool.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Jones, Ronald (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 390225.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Joseph and Clara Jones, of Willenhall, Staffordshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Jones, Samuel Edwin (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 86)
Service No: D/JX 649439.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Samuel Edward and Rebecca Amelia Jones, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Jones, Terence (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 649325.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Nellie Jones, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Jones, Wilfred (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 29580.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of John Henry and Winifred Jones, and husband of Florence M. Jones, of Plymouth.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Keag, Samuel (Steward)
Service No: D/LX 25821.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of David and Annie Keag, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K
Kelly, Albert Joseph (Stoker 2nd Class)
Service No: D/KX 533292.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Peter and Constance Eva Kelly, of West Hartlepool, Co Durham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 2. U.K.
Kelly, John (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 194992.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 33.
Son of _____ and ______ Kelly, and husband of Edna Kelly, from Manchester.
(Manchester Evening Post 17th August 1944)..
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Kelly, Richard (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 364505.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of William and Elizabeth Kelly, of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Kerr, James (Ordinary Coder)
Service No: D/JX 435801.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Edward and Matilda Kerr, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Keyes, Herbert Thomas (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 112299.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Herbert William and Alice Hannah Keyes, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Kingcombe, William Albert Frederick (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 137339.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
(maybe) Son of William S.J and Elsie L Kingcombe, of Plymouth.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Lacey, Kenneth David (Ordnance Artificer 4th Class)
Service No: D/MX 57667.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Lieutenant Commander A.E.Lacey R.N. and Mrs, W.A. Lacey, of West Moors, Dorset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 3. U.K.
Lane, Ronald Joseph (Able Seaman) (Photo No 55)
Service No: D/JX 364666.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of George and Edith Annie Lane, of Leicester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Lauridson, John William (Engine Room Artificer 4th Class) (Photo No 3)
Service No: D/MX 66032.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age
Son of John William and Margaret Phyllis Lauridson, of Cottagers Plot, Laceby, Lincolnshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Laverack, George Richard (Able Seaman)
Service No: P/JX 383140.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 16.
Son of William and Maud Laverack, of Withernsea, Yorkshire.
(Youngest sailor on ship, Born O/N/D 1926 which would make him 17. Older brother James W Laverack also lost his life on active service, died 7/3/1942 age 24, RNR Patrol Service HMS Northern Princess)
Buried or Commemorated at: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 82 Column 3. U.K.
Leach, John (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 148099.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Emily Leach, and husband of Mary Leach, of Ayr, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Leadbetter, Harold (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 288198.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
Son of Harold and Ellen Leadbetter, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Lewis, Thomas Gledwyn (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 214760.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Morgan John and Mary Lewis, of Treorchy, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Lloyd, Hugh (Signalman) (Photo No 68, and Group Photo No’s 33,34,35,36,37)
Service No: D/JX 204621.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Hugh and Jane Lloyd, of Bangor, North Wales.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Loades, Charles Geoffrey (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 567436.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Charles Harold and Ethel Jessie Loades, of Loughborough Leicestershire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Lockhart, James (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 402873.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 41.
Son of David and Janet F, Lockhart, of Gorebridge Midlothian, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 1. U.K.
Maccoy, Brian Campbell (Sub-Lieutenant).
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Harold and Grace Maccoy, of Itchenor, Sussex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 92 Column 2. U.K.
Mainey, Gerald (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 126431.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 41 (34).
Son of James and Elizabeth Mainey, of Seaforth, Lancashire, and husband of Catherine Mary Mainey, of Arklow,Co Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K
Marriott, Walter (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 17621.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Marriott, and husband of Eileen Marriott, of Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Marshall, Walter John (Chief Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 78873.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 39.
Husband of Jean Hay Marshall, of Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Martin, Denys John (Able Seaman). (Photo No 58, and Group Photo No’s 30, 31)
Service No: D/JX 368755.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Thomas and Marie Martin, of Coulsdon, Surrey .
( Martin’s drawing is on the ships page)
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Mason, Ronald Sidney (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 390228.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Sidney Thomas and Maud Mary Mason, of Maisemore, Gloucestershire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Mather, James Stanley (Petty Officer Stoker) (Photo No 10)
Service No: D/KX 87182.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of James and Rhoda Mather, and husband of Vera Grace Elizabeth Mather, of Wembury, Devon.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Matthews, Edward William Richard (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 125194.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 33.
Son of ______ and ______ Matthews, of Stow on the Wold, Gloucester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Matthews, John Leonard (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 570824.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 17.
Son of John Cecil and Lily Rose Matthews, of Mold, Flintshire. North Wales.
(His brother Charles Hadland Matthews, also died on Service, 30/7/44)
Buried or commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Mawdsley, Arthur Thomas (Able Seaman)(Photo No 90)
Service No: D/MD/X 2775.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of Mrs E.M Mawdsley, of Oxford Street, Waterloo, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated ar: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 93 Column 1. U.K.
McAdam, James Smythe (Able Seaman) (Photo No 52, and Group Photo No 26)
Service No: D/JX 393070.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20
Son of John and Annie Gondie McAdam, of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
***McCarthy, Joseph (May have been a Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 19523.
Survivor Died:
from Bolton, Lancashire
McCullagh, William Joseph DSC. (Lieutenant) (E). (Photo No 21)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 41
Son of William and Eva McCullagh, of Plymouth and husband of Marita Winifred McCullagh, of Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1. U.K.
***McDonald, William G. (Able Seaman) (Photo No 94 and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/FX 103544.
Survivor Died:
From Blentyre, Lanarkshire.
McEwan, Donald Farmer (Able Seaman) (Photo No 25)
Service No: D/JX 284313.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 32.
Son of Samuel and Isabella McEwan, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
McIlravie, James Ritchie (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 559673.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of David and C.R. McIlravie, of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K
McIntosh, Hugh (Able Seaman) (Photo No 20)
Service No: D/JX 369628.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Benjamin and Mary McIntosh, of Beith Ayrshire, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
McKinlay, John Fulton (Coder)
Service No: D/JX 435807.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of David and Catherine S.G. McKinlay, of Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
McLaren, Edward (Leading Cook (S)
Service No: D/MX 56602.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of ______ and _________ McLaren, of Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
McMillan, Duncan (Able Seaman) (Photo No 17, and Group Photo No 3)
Service No: D/JX 304533.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20
Son of Duncan and Mary McMillan, of Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
McRae, Dr (Peter) Foster Moverley (Surgeon Lieutenant) R.N.V.R. (Photo No 11)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 28.
Son of Sydney Spencer Redgrave Moverley and Sophie Moverlay McRae, of Somerset, England.
(Dr Foster (Peter) McRae, played 25 matches for Somerset Cricket, between ____________?
Peter Foster Moverley McRae, born Buenos Aires Argentine.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 93 Column 1. U.K.
Meredith, Kenneth (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 46, and Group Photo No 22+23)
Service No: D/JX 612631.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of William James and Violet Meredith, of Abercynon, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Monaghan, John (Able Seaman) (Photo No 51, and Group Photo No 26,27)
Service No: D/JX 184029.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of William and Esther Monaghan, from Stevenston, Ayrshire Scotland, and husband of Mary P. Monaghan, of Aberfan, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Monks, Basil (Leading Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 26670.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of Leonard Miller and Elizabeth Monks, of Lancaster.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Morgan, David Lewis (Stoker 2nd Class) (Photo No 1)
Service No: D/KX 528819.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 37.
Son of Evan and Mary Ann Morgan, and husband of Blodwyn Ann Morgan, from Caerau, Maesteg, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 2. U.K.
Morris, Arthur William (Stoker 1st Class) (Photo No 89)
Service No: D/KX 132400.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
Son of Mrs Alice B Morris, of Cobridge, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Morrison, John (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 135061.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 29.
Son of John and Mary J Morrison, and husband of Mary G Morrison, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Morton, Edward (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/SSX 23393.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Edward and Francis Morton, of Gateshead, Co Durham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Mundy, Alfred Hugh (Able Seaman) (Photo No 75)
Service No: D/JX 390218.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Frank and Elizabeth Mundy, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Murphy, Robert Anthony (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 288185.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Robert and Ellen Murphy, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Neilly, Albert (Petty Officer Telegraphist)
Service No: D/JX 153420. (Maybe be in group photo No 14)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 37 (29 ?).
Son of Joseph B and Martha Neilly, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 3. U.K.
Newberry, Leonard (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 365123.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of William Edwin Percy and Beatrice Newberry, of Leicester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Oakes, George (Able Seaman) (Photo No 27, and Group Photo No 10)
Service No: D/JX 202473.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 26.
Son of Albert Victor and Rebecca Oakes, of Dudley, Worcestershire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Oatley, Robert Charles (Stoker 2nd Class)
Service No: D/KX 528704.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Albert and Nellie E Oatley, of Bath, Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 2. U.K.
O’Carrol, John Lawrence (Electrical Artificer 4th Class) (Photo No 24)
Service No: D/MX 66752.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23
Son of John Henry and Mary Emily O’Carrol, of Stratford.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 3. U.K.
***Old, Charles Alfred (Sub Petty Officer) (Photo No 93 and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/KX 82182. Sub Petty Officer.
Survivor Died: 1980 Blackpool, age 67 ????
From Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire.
O’Rourke, William John (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 146400.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Mr and Mrs Andrew O’Rourke, of Bootle, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Owen, Peter Robert (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 84)
Service No: D/JX 650234.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of _____ and ______, of Bristol.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Parpworth, Edward James (Signalman) (Photo No 5)
Service No: D/JX 251026.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Harold Frederick Parpworth, and husband of Thelma Parpworth, of Redruth, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Pearson, Willie (Steward)
Service No: D/LX 28210.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 35.
Son of Abner and Lily Pearson, and husband of Amy Pearson, from Golcar, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Penton, Phillip Elford (Wireman) (Photo No 33)
Service No: D/JX 569583.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of William Henry and Martha Eliza Penton, of Coalpit Heath, Gloucestershire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 1. U.K.
Perry, Allen Walter (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 565141.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Walter Allen and Margaret Bella Perry, of Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 1. U.K.
Perry, Archibald (Petty Officer) (Photo No 77)
Service No: D/JX 100622.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 39.
Son of William and Alice Perry, and husband of Lilian Perry, of Stoke, Devonport.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Peters, John Thomas (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366084.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 31.
Son of _________ and ________, of Malrewood Clutton, Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 1. U.K.
Phillips, Edward William (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 35)
Service No: D/JX 567177.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of William and Florence Phillips, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Phillips, Walter Henry (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 139791.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of William and Ernestine Phillips, and husband of Joan Louise Phillips, of Stonebridge, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Price, Richard (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 112970.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
Son of ______ and _______, of Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Pring, Richard Humphrey (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 77452.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 36.
Son of Edward Humphrey and Sarah Jane Pring, and husband of Gwendoline Pring, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Prosser, Donald Morgan (Leading Writer)
Service No: D/MX 103134.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Major Frank Prosser and Olive Prosser, of Prescott.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 1. U.K.
Purdom, Robert Alfred (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 567385.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Francis Edgar and Dorothy Edith Purdom, of Carshalton, Surrey.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Ramplin, Horace (Stoker 1st Class) (Photo No 23)
Service No: D/KX 99267.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of Frederick Oliver and Margaret Ellen Ramplin, of Hutton Henry, Co Durham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Randell, Stanley Herbert (Able Seaman) (Photo No 39)
Service No: D/JX 393273.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Frank Durham and Ethel Margaret Randell, of St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Rees, Martin Luther (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 350214.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
Son of Gwyn Thomas and Edlina Rees, of Tumble, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
***Rees, John W.A. (John F Rees) (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 365090.
Survivor Died:
From Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Retallick, Mervyn John (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 368216.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
(Maybe) Son of William S and Claudia Retallick, of Monmouthshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Rice, Frederick George (Able Seaman) (Photo No 62)
Service No: DJX 393279.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Mr and Mrs C.R.Rice, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Richards, Thomas Charles (Leading Seaman) (Photo No 81)
Service No: D/JX 51901.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 43.
Son of Timothy and Ada Richards, and husband of Mary Novello Richards, from Bryncethin, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Rickard, John (Stoker 1st Class) (Photo No 67)
Service No: D/SKX 67.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Cyril and Lillian May Rickard, of Wadebridge, Bodmin, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Rickard, William Hubert (Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class)(Photo No 66)
Service No: D/MX 53424.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 29
(Maybe) Son of William H and Hilda Rickard, of Plymouth or (maybe) William and Jane Rickard, of St Austell, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Rigg, Louis William (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 116500.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 24.
(Maybe) Son of William J.W. and Mary E. Rigg, of Ulverston, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Roberts, Alun (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 366738.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Evan and Henrietta Roberts, from West Kirby, Merseyside.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Roberts, George Glyndwr (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 567420.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of George Oliver and Bessie Roberts, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Robinson, Geoffrey (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 418190.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of James and Dora Robinson, of Stockport, Cheshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: PlymouthNaval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 3. U.K.
Rowan, Eric John (Chief Engine Room Artificer)
Service No: D/MX 46046.
Date of Death: 25 th February 1944, age 32.
Son of Bertram Fraser and Annie Rowan, of Sutton, Surrey.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Roycroft, Frederick (Able Seaman) (Photo No 48)
Service No: D/JX 93960.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 40.
Son of Edward and Sarah Roycroft, of Schull, Cork, Ireland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Sargent, Vincent Joseph (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No D/JX 648400.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Alfred John and Jessie Sargent, from Bloxwich, Staffordshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88, Column 2. UK.
***Scott, Alfred (Leading Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 104230.
Survivor Died:
From West Malling, Kent
Scott, Stanley (Leading Steward) (Photo No 16)
Service No: D/LX 22418.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Scott, and husband of Hilda May Scott, of Lenton, Nottingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Seston, Bert Howard (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 649720.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Charles Joseph and Ellen Annie Seston, of Birmingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Smith, Albert Edward (Ordinary Telegraphist)
Service No: P/JX 572707. (Maybe in group photo No 14)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of Thomas Walter and Phoebe Jane Smith, of Hornchurch, Essex.
Buried or Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval War Memorial, Panel 84.3. U.K.
***Smith, Charles (Sub Petty Officer)
Service No: D/KX 82703.
Survivor Died:
From Transvaal, South Africa ?
Smith, George Edward (SMITHY) (Signalman) (Photo No 74)
Service No: D/JX 199321.
Date of Death: 25th Feb 1944, age 23
Son of George Horace and Florence Smith, of Nottingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Smith, Leonard Stanley (Able Seaman)
Service No D/JX 369200.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Mr and Mrs W.G. Smith, of Bow, London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Speakman, James Ronald (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 396029.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Harry and Elsie Speakman, of Astley, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Starkey, Hugh (Able Seaman) (Photo No 18)
Service No: D/JX 348519.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Hugh and Jane Starkey, of Clydebank, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Stonehouse, Ian Leonard (Canteen Assistant)
Service No: C/NX 607432.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of George K and Christina Stonehouse, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 80.1. U.K.
Sullivan, Albert (Ordnance Mechanic 4th Class)
Service No: D/SMX 703408.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of ________ and __________, of Salford, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 3. U.K.
Talboys, Allan Richard (Gunner). (T) (Photo No 80)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of Richard Edwin and Alice Talboys, and husband of Audrey Lillian Talboys, of Weymouth, Dorset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1. U.K.
Tallis, Douglas Howard (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 562026.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Herbert Henry and Nancy Victoria Tallis, of Stratford-on-Avon.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Taylor, Fred (Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 151359.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 34.
Son of Harry and Gertrude Taylor, and husband of Marjorie Harriet Taylor, of Old Trafford, Lancashire.
(Was picked up alive, but sadly died shortly afterwards and was buried at sea).
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
Taylor, Leonard Albert (Able Seaman) (Photo No 29, and Group Photo No 12,13)
Service No D/JX 214748.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Stanley James and Eliza Alice Taylor, of Bradford-on Avon, Wiltshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Taylor, Raymond. (Leading Seaman)
Service No D/JX 32420.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 45 (oldest sailor on ship).
Son of Ernest Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Taylor, from Kingston, (Middlesex/Surrey).
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 3. U.K.
Thatcher, Richard Ivan (Petty Officer Radio Mechanic)
Service No: P/MX 124831. (Maybe in group photo No 14)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Noel F and Doris A Thatcher, of Bristol.
Buried or Commemorated at: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86 Column 3. U.K.
Thompson, Reginald Arthur (Stoker 1st Class)
Service No: D/KX 96313.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of Charles and Ella Thompson, and husband of Phyllis May Thompson, of Taunton Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 1. U.K.
Thorne, Edward (Able Seaman) (Photo No 83)
Service No: D/JX 364264.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Edward and Lily Thorne, of Knowie, Bristol.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Thornton, Reginald (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 395992.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Harold and Nellie Thornton, of Runcorn, Cheshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 2. U.K.
Thorpe, Jack (Able Seaman) (Photo No 9)
Service No: D/JX 171933.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of George and Florence Thorpe, and husband of Annie Thorpe, of Holborn, London.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Titmus, Desmond George. (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 78)
Service No: D/JX 395060.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Henry James and Irene Titmus, of Wembley, Middlesex.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Tokell, Ronald (Ordinary Telegraphist) (Photo No 54, and Group Photo No 14)
Service No: P/JX 572709. Age 19.
Son of Frederick S and Mary E Tokell, of Whitby Bay, Northumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 84 Column 3. U.K.
*** Tomkins, Thomas Francis (Leading Seaman). (Photo No 19, and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/SSX 27969.
Survivor Died: O/N/D 2009
From Abercregan, Cymmer Nr Port Talbot.
Underwood, Cyril (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 396079.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Harold George and Florence Elizabeth Underwood, of South Yardley, Warwickshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Urmston, Alfred Henry (Able Seaman) (Photo No 13, and Group Photo No 4,5,6)
Service No: D/SSX 21935.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 28.
Son of Thomas and Louisa Urmston, of Leigh, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Waddell, John William (Leading Stoker) (Photo No 45, and Group Photo No 21)
Service No: D/KX 81347.
Date of Death:25th February 1944, age 33.
Son of William and Agnes Smith Waddell, of Gala-shields, Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Wait, Cyril John (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 397706.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Arthur Edgar and Bertha Wait, of Cleeve, Somerset.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Waite, Raymond Samuel (Cook (S).
Service No: D/MX 101441.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of Sidney Herbert and Anne Waite, of Trealaw, Glamorgan.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Wakem, William John Sydney (Cook (O).
Service No: D/MX 93999.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of Sydney and Winifred Wakem, of Liskeard, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Watson, Walter (Petty Officer Stoker) (Photo No 36)
Service No: D/KX 82188.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 30.
Son of William and Mary Watson, of Evenwood Co Durham, and husband of Betty Watson, of Keyham, Devonport.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 2. U.K.
Webb, Greville Frederick (Ordinary Telegraphist)
Service No: D/JX 404670. (Maybe in group photo No 14)
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Archibald William and Elsie Kate Webb, of Dursley, Gloucester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 1. U.K.
Welch, Jack Walter (Leading Stoker) (Photo No 26, and Group Photo No 9)
Service No D/KX 119893.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 22.
Son of George and Gladys S Welch, and husband of Doris Welch, of Moss Side, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Wenham, Roy (Able Seaman) (Photo No 31)
Service No: D/JX 396031.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of George Thomas and Mary Wenham, of Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Manchester.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Wenn, James Ernest (Ordinary Seaman) (Photo No 88)
Service No: D/JX 453539.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 19.
Son of Ernest and Eliza Ann Wenn, of Withernsea, Yorkshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
West, Horace Thomas (Supply Assistant)
Service No: D/MX 103255.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 23.
Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Mary West, of Coventry.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
Wheatley, John (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 420391.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of John and Thirza Wheatley, of Nottingham.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Whyles, Gerald Keith (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 568160.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
Son of William and Nelly Whyles, of Manton Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Wight, John Charles (Able Seaman) (Photo No 40)
Service No: D/JX 208770.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 33.
Son of John Charles and Catherine Wight, and husband of Phoebe Marietta Wight, of Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Williams, Maurice Bennett (Ordinary Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 567526.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 18.
(Maybe) Son to Maurice F and Henrietta Williams, of Devonport.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 88 Column 2. U.K.
Williams, Robert Griffiths (Stoker 2nd Class)
Service No: D/KX 528871.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 40.
Son of Moses and Sarah Williams, (maybe) of Ffestiniog, North Wales.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 90 Column 3. U.K.
Williams, Walter Clarence (Petty Officer Supply)
Service No: D/MX 65862.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of Mr and Mrs W.T. Williams, of Falmouth, Cornwall.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 1. U.K.
Wilson, David Fraser (Able Seaman)
Service No: D/JX 302334.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21.
Son of James and Ann Fraser Wilson, of Newmains, North Lanarkshire Scotland.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Wilson, Joseph (Chief Petty Officer)
Service No: D/JX 139077.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 27.
Son of James and Agnus Wilson, and husband of Margaret E Wilson, of Swilly, Plymouth.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 2. U.K.
***Wolstenholme, Frederick Paul (Able Seaman) (Photo No 7, and Group Photo No 40)
Service No: D/JX 368608. Able Seaman.
Survivor Died: J/F/M 1996.
From Lancashire.
Wolstenholme, James (Leading Stoker)
Service No: D/KX 100477.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 25.
Son of _______ and ________, of Accrington, Lancashire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 89 Column 3. U.K.
Wright, Thomas Leslie (Able Seaman) (Photo No 34, and Group Photo No 15)
Service No: D/JX 304600.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 21
Son of Thomas Frederick and Henrietta Wright, of Kirkdale, Liverpool.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 87 Column 3. U.K.
Wright, William Norman (Gunner).
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 35.
Son of John William and Harriet Wright, and husband of Winifred Blanch Wright, of Swindon, Wiltshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 85 Column 1 U.K.
Wyld, Kenneth (Cook) (S)
Service No: D/MX 110280.
Date of Death: 25th February 1944, age 20.
Son of George Augustus and Phyllis Mary Wyld, of Whaley Bridge, Cheshire.
Buried or Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 91 Column 2. U.K.
(All information about the Sailors and Officers that died while serving on board HMS Mahratta, has been taken off the C.W.G.C. site, and parents have been done, by searching the FREEBMD website. Apologies for any missing or incorrect information).
SURVIVORS WERE PICKED UP BY HMS IMPULSIVE, and 2 sailors from HMS IMPULSIVE were given some sort of award, for helping in the rescue..(ADM1/9624. ADM267/95)
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Sailors that was taken off HMS Mahratta sometime before her last convoy run.
Reginald Raymond Appleton D/JX 306921, from St Helens, Lancashire, Able Seaman. Served on the ship betwen 22-3-43 to 16-2-44.
Edwin Astin D/JX417743, from Bradford, Yorkshire, age 17. Able seaman. (Photo No 14 and Group photo No 1). Served on the ship between 22-3-1943 to 11-2-1944.
Albert Beaumont JX417750 Able Seaman
William (Jock) Brackenridge, Stoker, Scotland.
Jim Gladwin, from Barlborough near Chesterfield, was taken off HMS Mahratta before the last convoy. (Died 2008)
W M Griffiths, D/JX 552062, from Porthmadog North Wales.
John Higgs, from Coventry, served on ship from 22-3-1943 until 27-1-1944. (Photo No 37 and Group Photo No 14, 15 and 16)
Anthony Inderwick, Sub-Lt served on HMS Mahratta, served from March 1943 till Novermber 1943 when he was hospitalised, his replacement did not survive. (Photo No 49)
J Johnstone, from Barrow in Furness. was transfered to Trumpeter for a signals course, just before JW57 sailed.
Samuel Lowe SSX33714 Able Seamen
Walter Marriott SSX17621 Temporary Acting Leading Seaman
George Theobald, DJX396004 Able Seaman from Birkenhead, Merseyside, served on the ship between 22-3-1943 and 11-2-1944, was transferred with two other sailors to do a asdic course (Photo No 42 and group photo 18 and 19)
Alfred Norman Thomas JX552098 Acting Able Seaman, from Pembrokeshire
Evan Glyndwr Thomas MX604491 Probationary Supply Assistant, from Cardiff.
Peredur ? Morgan Thomas JX552098 Ordinary Seaman, from Bangor North Wales.
William Adolphus Keith Thomas JX302347 Able Seaman Maybe born JFM 1924 Llandilofawr Carmarthenshire. Mothers maiden name Perks.
Ron Wheway, from Derby, age 21, Stoker 1st Class, served on HMS Mahratta, but was taken off in Iceland with bad Appendix, during the start of convoy JW-57 in Feb 1944. (Photo No 8).
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Other sailor,s that might have served on HMS Mahratta: these names appear on the drawing, that Denys Martin did and sent home.
JIMMY WA (Panic)