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

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

 

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Background Events - July-August 1940
Fall of France, Battle of Britain, War in Mediterranean

 


 

Thursday, August 1, 1940

 

Drake, illness

 GOULD, Eric L P, Ty/Surgeon Rear Admiral, died

 

Eagle

 GOODGER, Stanley R, Naval Airman 1c, FAA/FX 77505, died

 

FAA, 810 Sqn, Ark Royal, air crash

 ROBINS, John R, Lieutenant (A), MPK

 TARVER, John M M, Lieutenant, MPK

 

Havock

 HARFOOT, Alan J, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 84432, died

 

Mercury

 ACKLING, Albert F, Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/JX 138408, died

 

Oswald, submarine, lost

 CHAFF, William, Engine Room Artificer, D/M 38778, MPK

 WOODFIELD, Leonard N, Leading Steward, D/LX 20563, MPK

 YOUNG, Frederick G, Stoker, P/KX 90501, MPK

 

Pembroke, road accident

 HAFFENDEN, Herbert R, Mechanician 2c, C/KX 77625, killed

 

President, Naval Intelligence Division (NID), air crash

 KINGDON, George B, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

RAF, 145 Squadron, air operations

 KESTIN, Ian H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Righto, illness

 BARKER, Fred E, Lieutenant Skipper, RNR, died

 

Spearfish, submarine, lost

 ARCHER, Henry E, Warrant Engineer, MPK

 BEST, John P, Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 BINNS, Harry E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 88596, MPK

 BIRD, Arthur J T, Electrical Artificer 1c, C/M 39323, MPK

 BIRD, Herbert F, Telegraphist, P/JX 137358, MPK

 BRUCE, Robert W, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 86483, MPK

 CARLTON, Edward C, Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/JX 136385, MPK

 CARPENTER, Robert W, Able Seaman, P/JX 137114, MPK

 CARTER, John A V, Able Seaman, D/JX 136337, MPK

 CLIFFORD, Roland J J, Leading Signalman, RFR, P/J39219, MPK

 DARCH, Edward J, Leading Stoker, RFR, D/K 63910 B 19392, MPK

 DELUSSEY, Arthur, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86125, MPK

 EVANS, Maurice A, Stoker 1c, C/KX 92190, MPK

 FORBES, John H, Lieutenant Commander, MPK

 FOSTER, John W T, Petty Officer, C/J 105134, MPK

 GILLETT, Alec, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21172, MPK

 GIMBLETT, Arthur R, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 GLOVER, Albert J, Leading Seaman, P/JX 143787, MPK

 HAWES, Edward H D, Able Seaman, C/JX 149819, MPK

 HILL, Ronald E, Able Seaman, D/SSX 14854, MPK

 IBBOTSON, William, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 48891, MPK

 IVERSON, William S, Leading Seaman, RFR, C/J 95767 B 18800, MPK

 JAMES, Thomas B, Able Seaman, D/JX 135857, MPK

 LYNCH, Frank, Able Seaman, D/SSX 14231, MPK

 MAXWELL, Maurice J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 81056, MPK

 MORDUE, John W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 82401, MPK

 MOREY, Ernest G, Able Seaman, C/JX 134230, MPK

 O'HAIR, Edward E P, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 51968, MPK

 OLIVER, Oswald, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 53256, MPK

 PEEL, Stanley N, Engine Room Artificer 1c, C/M 27347, MPK

 PIRIE, Donald A, Lieutenant, MPK

 RAWLINGS, Arthur T, Leading Stoker, C/KX 83005, MPK

 ROYLE, Reginald, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 75033, MPK

 SMITH, Arthur G, Petty Officer, D/J 114194, MPK

 SMITH, Ernest, Stoker 1c, C/KX 82894, MPK

 SMITH, Ernest W, Telegraphist, P/JX 141692, MPK

 SMITH, Jack M, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/MX 50827, MPK

 TUSON, George W, Leading Telegraphist, D/JX 136092, MPK

 WALKER, Harold W, Stoker 1c, D/KX 90217, MPK

 WALKER, Philip G, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 141264, MPK

 WILLIAMS, Francis J, Telegraphist, P/SSX 14240, MPK

 

Vernon

 MILLIN, Alfred A, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 10687, died

 

 

Friday, August 2, 1940

 

Cape Finisterre, ship loss

 SMITH, Walter, Trimmer, T.124, killed

 

FAA, 810 Sqn, Ark Royal, air crash

 CLARKE, Jack, Act/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 76313, missing

 

RN Hospital Newton Abbott

 YULE, Joseph W, Sick Berth Attendant, C/SBR/X 7053, died

 

Tenedos

 JENNINGS, James H, Able Seaman, P/JX 142296, killed

 

 

Saturday, August 3, 1940

 

Daedalus II

 BOLTON, Patrick, Regulating Petty Officer, C/MX 39973, died

 

Kestrel

 POTTER, Leslie C, Naval Airman 2c, FAA/FX 78374, died

 

Thames, submarine, lost

 ABRAMS, William J E, Act/Petty Officer, P/J 108293, MPK

 ARNOLD, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 84332, MPK

 BAKER, William J, Engine Room Artificer 2c, C/M 39417, MPK

 BALSHAW, Harold R, Leading Steward, D/LX 21494, MPK

 BANTICK, William C G, Stoker 1c, C/KX 77712, MPK

 BARFORD, William A, Able Seaman, P/J 100888, MPK

 BEACH, Harry R, Leading Seaman, P/JX 134081, MPK

 BELL, Ernest H, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 85441, MPK

 BIRD, Frederick G, Act/Leading Seaman, P/J 131057, MPK

 CLARK, Reginald A W, Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/JX 125057, MPK

 CUMMINGS, Abraham, Stoker 1c, P/KX 89724, MPK

 CUNNINGHAM, Henry, Leading Stoker, D/KX 77606, MPK

 CURTIS, Harold W, Petty Officer, P/J 17423, MPK

 DEAN, Edwin, Leading Stoker, D/KX 81956, MPK

 DENNISON, George, Able Seaman, P/JX 125285, MPK

 DOWLING, Bertie, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 75699, MPK

 DUNKERLEY, William D, Lieutenant Commander, MPK

 DYER, Arthur H, Able Seaman, P/JX 136368, MPK

 EDWARDS, Leonard, Leading Stoker, D/KX 79973, MPK

 FLOWER, Herbert C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/M 34522, MPK

 FORD, Albert J, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/M 47965, MPK

 GEARD, Frederick W J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 86860, MPK

 GODTBILL, Percy W, Stoker 1c, C/KX 88740, MPK

 HALL, Leonard T, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 85850, MPK

 HARBERT, Harry G, Able Seaman, C/J 107261, MPK

 HARKER, James A, Stoker 1c, D/KX 80811, MPK

 HARRIS, Leonard G R, Able Seaman, P/JX 136307, MPK

 HEWETT, John P, Act/Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 134732, MPK

 HINDSON, Joseph, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91139, MPK

 HOWARD, William B, Able Seaman, C/J 87254, MPK

 IRVINE, Douglas, Stoker 1c, D/KX 89066, MPK

 JOHNSON, Andrew H, Stoker 1c, C/KX 93627, MPK

 JOHNSTON, Andrew H, Stoker 1c, C/K 93627, MPK

 KANE, Frederick, Stoker 1c, D/KX 78870, MPK

 KEYZAR, Herbert F, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/M 34527, MPK

 LEE, John E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 49596, MPK

 MARNER, James H, Leading Seaman, P/JX 127383, MPK

 MILLSON, Reginald V, Able Seaman, P/JX 137273, MPK

 MOODY, Eric R, Able Seaman, P/JX 145045, MPK

 MORRIS, Fenton H, Lieutenant, MPK

 MOTT, Herbert E, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 53601, MPK

 MURGATROYD, Stanley E, Petty Officer, D/J 114755, MPK

 NEWELL, Daniel E T, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 O'BRIEN, Brian E, Lieutenant Commander (E), MPK

 OWEN, Robert, Electrical Artificer 1c, C/MX 46269, MPK

 PAINTER, Cyril F M, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 52618, MPK

 PARKER, John K, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 54368, MPK

 PARRATT, Melvyn B, Able Seaman, D/J 134827, MPK

 PETERSON, Archibald J, Leading Signalman, P/JX 164967, MPK

 RYAN, Thomas R, Stoker 1c, C/KX 83436, MPK

 SHEPHERDSON, George R, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 107545 B 18717, MPK

 SOUTHWELL, Albert W, Petty Officer Cook, D/MX 48279, MPK

 STOKES, John, Stoker 1c, P/K 64755, MPK

 STRIBBLING, William A, Telegraphist, RFR, C/J 107755 D 299, MPK

 TALBOT, Francis R C, Lieutenant, MPK

 TAYLOR, Arthur, Stoker 1c, D/KX 89784, MPK

 TAYLOR, Norman, Telegraphist, P/JX 148934, MPK

 TIMMS, Francis J, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 101687 B 19260, MPK

 TINDALL, Ernest J, Act/Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/J 106647, MPK

 TREBILCOCK, Robert C, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 139160, MPK

 WAITE, Frank, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 58562, MPK

 WEEKS, Charles H, Able Seaman, RFR, D/J 115433 B 1862, MPK

 WORRALL, John E W, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 

 

Sunday, August 4, 1940

 

Ark Royal

 ARMSTRONG, Robert, Mechanician, P/K 64084, died

 

Drummer, ship loss

 FORSTER, Albert E, Chief Engineman, NAP, MPK

 WHYKES, Charles W, Ordinary Seaman, C 5476 (RNVR NZ), killed

 

FAA, 812 Sqn, Peregrine, air operations

 EBORN, Ralph C, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), missing

 JOHNSTON, Timothy A, Lieutenant, RM, missing

 

Greyhound, shore gunfire

 PIGOT-MOODIE, John P, Lieutenant, DOW

 

Marsona, ship loss

 CORDINER, Thomas B, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 10315 S, MPK

 DEAN, William J, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 193874, killed

 DELL, Thomas, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21103 A, killed

 ELLIS, Alfred D, Skipper Lieutenant, RNR, killed

 LEWIS, Arthur, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 19275 A, killed

 MAIR, William, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 280080, MPK

 MALLIBAND, Frederick, Chief Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/332 EU, MPK

 NEWBY, Ernest M, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 106016, MPK

 RITCHIE, John F, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 193967, MPK

 SHARPIN, Bernard, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 174542, MPK

 THOMPSON, Thomas L, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 160675, killed

 TREHEARNE, Ian S L, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 

Oswaldian, ship loss

 ALLEN, Henry, Deck Hand, NAP, MPK

 BLACKMORE, Samuel W, Cook, NAP /784810, MPK

 CARTWRIGHT, Thomas H, Deck Hand, NAP, MPK

 DONALD, William, 1st Engineman, NAP, MPK

 FENTY, John, 3rd Hand, NAP, MPK

 FLEMING, John, Trimmer, NAP, MPK

 KEY, George E, Fireman, NAP, MPK

 MILLS, Douglas R, Able Seaman, A 1785 (RNVR NZ), killed

 PRESTON, Frederick W, 2nd Engineman, NAP, MPK

 RICE, Thomas, Deck Hand, NAP, MPK

 SMITH, James, Trimmer, NAP, MPK

 WASS, Peter T, Ordinary Seaman, A 1910 (RNVR NZ), killed

 

 

Monday, August 5, 1940

 

Birmingham

 WEIR, Robert O, Marine, PO/X 718, died

 

Carnarvon Castle, illness

 ELLAM, George, Able Seaman, D/SSX 22333, died

 

River Clyde, ship loss

 BROWN, Alexander, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 346 ET, MPK

 CROCKETT, George, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 6002 ES, MPK

 FORD, Arthur R, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 177726, MPK

 MACKAY, Malcolm J, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 18047 A, MPK

 MILBANK, Chris B, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, C/LD/X 4724, MPK

 PARKER, Alfred H, Able Seaman, P/J 25921, MPK

 READY, Bernard A, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 108956, MPK

 SMITH, Donald, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 18113 A, DOW

 SMITH, Donald, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7294 C, MPK

 SWANN, Clifford L, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 3035 A, MPK

 WARNER, Charles S, Telegraphist, RNW(W)R, P/WRX 69, MPK

 WILLIAMS, Thomas, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 190011, MPK

 

 

Tuesday, August 6, 1940

 

Courbet

 RIOU, Clet, Gunner, Free French, died

 

Delight, ship loss

 DICKINSON, Henry C, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, P/K 62808, DOW

 MORGAN, Richard E, Able Seaman, P/J 99632, DOW

 

Drake, illness

 PEPPER, Frank S C, Engineer Commander, died

 

Vernon

 COOK, Reginald A, Commissioned Gunner (T), explosion, killed

 CROAKE, William B, Able Seaman, P/J 14205, died

 FLETCHER, Cecil H, Petty Officer, P/J 25354, died

 

 

Wednesday, August 7, 1940

 

Ben Bhrachie

 CLARKE, Robert E F, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 189896, died

 

Capetown

 GAY, Alfred C, Leading Stoker, D/KX 78258, died

 

River Clyde

 SMITH, Donald, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 18113 A, died

 

Vernon

 STEVENS, Alfred E, Able Seaman, P/J 11953, died

 

 

Thursday, August 8, 1940

 

Arethusa, drowning

 COMERY, Samuel, Stoker 2c, C/KX 101708, MPK

 

British Fortune, steamship

 GREENWOOD, Edward, Able Seaman, P/J 90402, (President III, O/P), died

 

Cape Palliser, bombing

 BOWLES, Isaac C, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 185812, killed

 PILE, Fred, Engineman, P/KX 98754, killed

 

Empire Crusader, steamship

 TURNER, Peter J, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 172980, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Encounter

 MCNICHOLL, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 169392, died

 

Fife Coast, steamship

 WELLSPRING, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman, D/JR 188250, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Holme Force, steamship

 COMPTON-COOK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 168346, (President III, O/P), MPK

 GORMAN, Charles, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 168354, (President III, O/P), MPK

 IRONMONGER, Maurice, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 174285, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Mohamed Ali El Kebir, steamship, ship loss

 HANRAHAN, John H E, Stoker, C/KX 100891, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK

 NEIGHBOUR, Joseph W, Stoker 2c, C/KX 101979, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK

 OAKLEY, Douglas, Able Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170673, Europa, O/P), MPK

 PARKES, Christopher R, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23969, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK

 PARSONS, Michael, Stoker 2c, C/KX 100759, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK

 STREET, Jack, Stoker 2c, C/KX 103572, (PembrokeII, O/P), killed

 

RAF, 145 Squadron, air crash

 SMITH, Francis A, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), missing

 SMITH, Victor H, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, missing

 

Royal Canadian Navy Reserve

 GAUDREAU, Joseph J P E, Petty Officer, A/300 (RCNR), died

 

Upway Grange, steamship

 WALKER, Charles, Marine, PO/21902, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Wilna, bombing

 BROWN, Edgar, Quartermaster, T.124, killed

 FULLICK, Alfred P, Able Seaman, T.124, killed

 KEAT, Samuel P, Carpenter, T.124, killed

 

 

Friday, August 9, 1940

 

Cape Palliser, bombing

 HINTON, Jeffery W, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 186791, DOW

 

Glasgow, collision of 17 July 1940

 MANSFIELD, Alfred, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 56473, DOW

 

Sussex

 SMITH, Sydney G, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 31164, died

 

 

Saturday, August 10, 1940

 

Anthony, drowning

 COMBES, Frederick, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 

Argus

 ROBERTS, John S F, Stoker 1c, P/KX 96906, died

 

Cape Palliser, bombing

 THORBURN, James A, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 78615, DOW

 

Pembroke, road accident

 CURD, Leonard C, Petty Officer, C/JX 155644, killed

 DAVIS, Jack V, Petty Officer, C/JX 137824, killed

 

Shark, ship loss

 FOSTER, Eric, Stoker, P/KX 82041, DOW

 

Transylvania, ship loss

 BUCKLEY, Harold H, Gunner, MPK

 BURCHETT, Walter V, Leading Seaman, RFR, P/J 104592, killed

 BURGOYNE, Alexander, Carpenter's Mate, T.124, killed

 CALDERWOOD, Arthur T, Junior Engineer, T.124 158034, MPK

 COMISKEY, Michael, Fireman, T.124 161038, MPK

 FORAN, James, Assistant Cook, T.124, killed

 HARVEY, Daniel, Fireman, T.124 15529, MPK

 HARVEY, William, Fireman, T.124 130146, MPK

 HERBERTSON, William, 3rd Steward, T.124 1116021, MPK

 HOSSACK, James, Trimmer, T.124 161158, MPK

 HUGHES, William, Trimmer, T.124 177950, MPK

 JACK, Alexander, Seaman, RNR, P/5838 D, MPK

 JACK, Robert G, Chief Steward, T.124/821207, killed

 JORDAN, Herbert, Able Seaman, RFR, P/J 104264, MPK

 KELLACHER, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/ESD/X 91, MPK

 LAMBERT, Levi G, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 188918, MPK

 LEES, James H M, 6th Engineer, T.124 145823, MPK

 LEFEVRE, John A, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNR, MPK

 MACKENZIE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/ESD/X 1465, killed

 MCFARLAN, Arthur, Chief Storekeeper, T.124 1125979, MPK

 MCFARLANE, William, Trimmer, T.124, MPK

 MCGRATH, Austin, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 188885, MPK

 MCILREE, William, 2nd Baker, T.124 24969, MPK

 MCINTOSH, James, Leading Steward, T.124, killed

 MCNICHOLLS, John T, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 32711 B 20868, killed

 NEVIN, Frank, Trimmer, T.124, killed

 NORGATE, Fred, Chief Petty Officer, P/239946, MPK

 PELETIER, Percy A, Canteen Assistant, NAAFI, MPK

 SKANES, Lemuel, Able Seaman, P/JX 174366, MPK

 STEWART, Robert, Donkeyman, T.124, killed

 THOMSON, Robert, Donkeyman, T.124 91966, MPK

 TINGLEY, Cyril, Act/Leading Seaman, P/J 111094, MPK

 TOWILL, Joseph, Assistant Cook, T.124, killed

 WALLING, Charles E, Able Seaman, P/J 16272, MPK

 WARDROP, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/CD/X/2989, MPK

 WEAR, John G, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, C/TD/X 2134, MPK

 

 

Sunday, August 11, 1940

 

Edwardian

 BOON, Roy W, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 180269, killed

 HONEYWOOD, Seften E, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 337 EG, killed

 PERKINS, William, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 104844, killed

 

FAA, 806 Sqn, Illustrious, air crash

 ISHERWOOD, Henry W, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

Greyhound, bombing

 MOORE, Frederick J, Supply Petty Officer, P/M 39205, DOW

 

President III

 REED, George F, Able Seaman, P/J 12585, killed

 

Scimitar

 GUNN, John B S, Act/Leading Seaman, P/J 114888, died

 

 

Monday, August 12, 1940

 

Bacchante

 PERRY, Samuel, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/6903 C, died

 

Bahadur (RIN)

 GHULAM, Muhammed, Boy, 4740 (RIN), died

 

Mechanical Training Establishment, Rosyth, bombing

 MORETON, Godfrey R, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, MX 5749, killed

 

Orlando, illness

 CAMPBELL, Malcolm B, Py/Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

Pyrope, ship loss

 ANDERSON, Thomas M, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 180420, DOW

 BREEN, Thomas, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 104273, MPK

 MARSHALL, Douglas M, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 185278, MPK

 MEMERY, Samuel G, Seaman, RNPS, LT/X 19673 A, MPK

 MITCHELL, Roger G H, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 165592, MPK

 TAYLOR, Charles H, Seaman, RNPS, LT/X 21666 A, MPK

 

RM Depot Deal, bombing

 BROWN, William McK, Act/Lieutenant, RM, Rtd, DOW

 

RM Exmouth Barracks

 WILTSHIRE, Jack W C, Marine, CH/X 100572, died

 

St Vincent, bombing

 BROWN, Leslie W, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23856, killed

 WADY, George E, Able Seaman, C/SSX 28280, killed

 

Syringa, bombing

 COLLYER, Ernest R, Able Seaman, P/J 95291, killed

 

Tamarisk, ship loss

 BAILEY, Allan C, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 174709, MPK

 DIXON, William, Seaman, RNR, C/X 9376 B, MPK

 GARDINER, James R, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 20739 A, killed

 GREEN, Wesley G, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 180314, killed

 JARMAN, Thomas R H, Stoker 2c, P/KX 102394, MPK

 MILLS, Harold R, Telegraphist, P/WRX 1173, MPK

 SMITH, Charles S D P, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 202227, MPK

 

Vernon, explosion

 STEARNS, William J, Able Seaman, P/JX 150497, DOW

 

 

Tuesday, August 13, 1940

 

Drake

 BARNES, Rufus, Able Seaman, D/SSX 26065, killed

 BROOKS, Alan A, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 186850, killed

 HARDING, William, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/J 55508, killed

 

Elizabeth Angela, ship loss

 FRANCIS, George V C, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 190173, MPK

 

FAA, 758 Sqn, Raven, air crash

 ECKERSLEY, Peter T, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 SNOW, Sidney J, Air Gunner, FAA/SFX 427, killed

 

FAA, 830 Sqn, St Angelo, air crash

 EDMONDSON, Dennis S, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), missing

 

 

Wednesday, August 14, 1940

 

Cormorant

 HILL, Horace, Leading Telegraphist, P/J 54803, died

 

FAA, 821 Sqn, Sparrowhawk, air crash

 FRYER, William A F, Act/Lieutenant, MPK

 MOURILYAN, Alec J, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 TYLER, Alfred T, Act/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 76299, missing

 

FAA, 830 Sqn, St Angelo, air crash

 PEARSON, Robert, Naval Airman, P/JX 145547, missing

 

Kimberley, drowning

 LECKIE, Robert K, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/CD/X 1301, died

 

Rion, bombing

 BIRCH, John K B, Commander, Rtd, DOW

 

Vortigern, drowning

 GILMOUR, Douglas D, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 192398, MPK

 

 

Thursday, August 15, 1940

 

Ceres

 SHERLIKER, Daniel N, Corporal, PLY/X 2, MPK

 

Impregnable

 HOWARD, Philip G, Boy 2c, D/JX 164058, died

 KAMM, Antonio, Seaman, Maltese civilian, killed

 

 

Friday, August 16, 1940

 

Daedalus

 COOKE, Bernard A, Naval Airman, FAA/FX 76323, bombing, DOW

 MANN, Richard F, Leading Air Fitter (A), FAA/FX 76046, died

 

Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-On-Solent, England, Torpedo Training Unit (TTU), air crash

 DRANE, Douglas, Py/Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, DOW

 

Empire Merchant, steamship

 TOOBY, Alan G, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 192633, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Gosport, Hants, England (Location), bombing

 CHARLTON, Quenton N, Aircraftsman 2c, 996363 (RAF), killed

 

Phoenix, ship loss

 ZOPPI, George W, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/M 33244, MPK

 

RAF, 266 Squadron, air operations

 GREENSHIELDS, Henry La F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, missing

 

Regard, bombing

 HUGHES, Harold G, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 192220, killed

 

Vilda

 BARKS, William H, Rigger's Mate, C/JX 180719, died

 

Wallace

 EVANS, Walter T, Stoker 1c, D/KX 97074, DOW

 

 

Saturday, August 17, 1940

 

Daedalus, bombing

 SENTER, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, D/J 107902, killed

 

Leeuwin (RAN), illness

 DENTON, Victor J, Lieutenant, RANVR, died

 

Maloja

 SPICER, David, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 87779, died

 

Naden (RCN)

 MARTYN, Frederick N F, Stoker 2c, 21741 (RCN), died

 

Orlando

 WHITE, Charles L, Able Seaman, C/JX 181437, died

 

Service Flying Training School No 7, Elmdon, air crash

 CULLEY, Edward G, Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 78421, killed

 IRVING, Charles B F, Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 78453, killed

 

 

Sunday, August 18, 1940

 

Calcutta

 CHESNEY, Horace V, Stoker 1c, C/SS 118509, died

 

Gnat

 FINNEY, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX 148295, died

 

Peregrine, bombing

 ASHTON, John I, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/FX 75981, killed

 BAVINGTON, Arthur H, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/SFX 783, killed

 CONNOR, Charles T S, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/SR 8285, killed

 COOK, Harry W S, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/FX 76643, killed

 COUGILL, John R, Air Mechanic (A), FAA/KX 82688, DOW

 DE COURCY, Hon MICHAEL J R, Lieutenant Commander, Rtd, killed

 HEALD, Joseph, Air Mechanic 1c, FAA/FX 75817, killed

 MOVERLEY, Jack G, Aircraftsman 2c, 547322 (RAF), killed

 SPENS, Walter J Mc, Lieutenant Commander, Rtd, killed

 STANTON, Frederick A, Supply Assistant, C/MX 51150, killed

 TREVITHICK, Thomas W, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/FX 77664, killed

 YOUNG, Malcolm H C, Lieutenant Commander, Rtd, killed

 

RN Engineering College Keyham, road accident

 BEVERIDGE, Peter H, Midshipman (E), killed

 

Vernon, bombing

 BRISSENDEN, Arthur A, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 17286, killed

 

 

Monday, August 19, 1940

 

Brock, bombing

 FROST, Gordon A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 165978, killed

 GRAVELLS, Edward A G, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 197178, killed

 HALL, Arthur E, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 165980, killed

 SMITH, Norman, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7713 C, killed

 

Burke, bombing

 FAIRLEY, Alexander, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 109684, killed

 HARRISON, James H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/JX 99384, killed

 MUSTO, Albert E, Signalman, RNVR, C/LD/X 4388, killed

 STEWART, George, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 167014, killed

 

Peregrine, bombing

 DAVIES, Iorwerth L, Leading Air Fitter, FAA/FX 75093, DOW