Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 1922-present
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved

1st - 31st JANUARY 1943 -  in date, ship/unit & name order

 

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(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate

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(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

 

 

Background Events - November 1942-January 1943
Landings in French North Africa ('Torch'), Final battles for Guadalcanal & Stalingrad, 'Cockleshell heroes', Battle of Barents Sea

 


 

 

1 January 1943

 

3/2 Maritime Regt, RA

 FEATHER, Jack, Gunner, RA, 4543690, killed

 FIELD, Montague S, Lance Bombardier, RA, 4754447, killed

 

Achates, ship loss

 BARRETT, Frederick R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

Ajax, bombing

 BENTLEY, John, Stoker 2c, C/KX 151399, MPK

 BURNS, James K, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 80887, MPK

 DEPLEDGE, Dennis S, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/MX 76658, MPK

 MCKENZIE, Benjamin, Stoker 2c, C/KX 153069, MPK

 MCKINNEY, Colin M, Marine, CH/X 106659, DOW

 TAYLER, William A, Ty/Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 78904, MPK

 YORK, Charles E, Lieutenant (E), MPK

 

Edinburgh Castle, road accident

 MANSELL, Frederick R J, Warrant Aircraft Observer, killed

 

Eglinton, lost overboard

 HOWELL, Albert C, Petty Officer, C/JX 145771, killed

 

Empire Panther, steamship

 SANDERSON, Hubert, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 338003, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Europa, illness

 GOSS, Thomas R J, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 28246, died

 

Freesia

 STANNARD, Frank R, Able Seaman, C/JX 294452, died

 

Hecla

 ELLIOTT, Robert, Leading Seaman, D/JX 136704, died

 

Lavender, illness

 CADDICK, Ronald I, Able Seaman, D/JX 285984, died

 

Lucifer, drowning

 THOMAS, Thomas J, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 293349, died

 

Marshall Soult, drowning

 KELLY, Horace L, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 101875, died

 

MNBDO, as POW

 PURVES, George, Ty/Act/Corporal, RM, EX/660, died

 

Nile

 HARRIES, Thomas J, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 306135, DOWS

 

P.311, submarine, ship loss

 ADAMS, Andrew, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/JX 147935, MPK

 ANDERSON, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, RNR, D/X 18907 A, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 AUTY, Leonard, Able Seaman, P/JX 237486, MPK

 BENNETT, Donald B, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 305625, MPK

 BLACKWELL, Harry H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 132332, MPK

 BOND, Leslie J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 136201, MPK

 BONNELL, Charles E, Ty/Lieutenant, RCNVR (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 BROCK, Charles E W, Able Seaman, D/JX 138882, MPK

 BROWN, James M, Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 139969, MPK

 BRUCE, Wilfred, Stoker 1c, C/KX 118719, MPK

 BUCKLEY, Cecil, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 BULFORD, Thomas W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 88120, MPK

 BURTON, William H, Able Seaman, P/SSX 22991, MPK

 CARR, Cecil E, Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 144742, MPK

 CAYLEY, Richard D, Commander, MPK

 CHEESEMAN, Bernard G, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 236264, MPK

 CLARK, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23951, MPK

 CLARKE, Robert W, Able Seaman, P/JX 321879, MPK

 COONEY, William, Able Seaman, D/SSX 28081, MPK

 CROSS, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX 157739, MPK

 DONOHUE, Patrick J, Ty/Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 84220, MPK

 DOWN, Percival L J, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 53618, MPK

 DYE, William E, Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX 126605, MPK

 EVANS, Cecil W, Able Seaman, P/JX 164117, MPK

 FELTHAM, Desmond A J, Able Seaman, P/SSX 32278, MPK

 FOULKES, Richard J, Able Seaman, D/JX 212864, MPK

 FOUNDLING, Wilfred, Stoker 1c, C/KX 132645, MPK

 FOXON, Henry R, Stoker 1c, P/KX 114941, MPK

 FRENCH, Thomas W, Stoker 1c, C/KX 95964, MPK

 GEE, John, Stoker 1c, D/SKX 1266, MPK

 GORDON, John H, Lieutenant (E), MPK

 GOSS, George G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 GRIFFITHS, John N, Stoker 2c, D/KX 144769, MPK

 HILLYARD, Harry, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 60318, MPK

 HUNT, Edmund G, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/MX 77300, MPK

 IDDIOLS, Christopher, Ty/Petty Officer, RFR, C/J 100591, MPK

 JOHNS, Robert W, Able Seaman, D/SSX 21077, MPK

 KERR, Kenneth S, 2nd Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 KEY, Arthur, Able Seaman, P/JX 275312, MPK

 KIMBERLEY, Cyril, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/M 38795, MPK

 KING, James C, Petty Officer Steward, P/LX 22336, MPK

 LEE, Arthur S K, Act/Chief Petty Officer, P/J 113443, MPK

 LORD, George, Able Seaman, D/JX 287256, MPK

 LORD, Jim V, Act/Leading Telegraphist, D/JX 161659, MPK

 LYTH, John L, Electrical Artificer 4c, P/MX 66284, MPK

 MACRAE, Ian N, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 MAPPLEBECK, Paul, Able Seaman, R/JX 180968, MPK

 MARTIN, Reginald C W, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 55884, MPK

 MCCLURE, John, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 80404, MPK

 MCLEAN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 362264, MPK

 MCSHANE, Thomas N, Stoker 1c, P/KX 130669, MPK

 MEYERHUBER, John, Act/Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 155251, MPK

 MILLIGAN, John V, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 86292, MPK

 MOON, Thomas H, Yeoman of Signals, C/JX 133998, MPK

 NESBITT, William F, Able Seaman, C/J 99511, MPK

 NEWTON, Alfred S, Able Seaman, D/SSX 13847, MPK

 PRIDHAM, Ronald W, Stoker 1c, D/KX 145916, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 QUINN, Matthew, Stoker 1c, D/SKX 1238, MPK

 REDMAN, John W, Ty/Leading Seaman, C/JX 132535, MPK

 RIBBANDS, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 338299, MPK

 RICKWOOD, Bertie G S, Leading Seaman, P/SSX 25205, MPK

 RUDGE, Clarence H, Able Seaman, P/JX 276519, MPK

 SARGENT, Jack, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 SHORT, Henry C, Leading Stoker, P/KX 97695, MPK

 SILVER, Richard H S, Lieutenant, MPK

 SKIPPON, Geoffrey L, Ty/Leading Cook (S), D/MX 69037, MPK

 SQUIRE, Arthur J, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/KX 75929, MPK

 STRETTON-SMITH, Guy, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 SUTHERLAND, William F, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23885, MPK

 TREVETHIAN, Bernard, Leading Seaman, P/JX 149522, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 VOKINS, Charles H, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 85119, MPK

 

Patrie

 KELLY, Horace L, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 10187 S, killed

 

Pembroke, illness

 DAGWELL, John F, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/J 98398, died

 

RM Chatham Division, road accident

 HAY, John, Marine, CH/X 103254, killed

 

RN Malay Section

 AHMAD, Bin I, Able Seaman, MN 463 (Malay Section), killed

 

 

2 January 1943

 

Astraea, illness

 RIDLEY, Richard B, Chief Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 124781, DOWS

 

Cerberus (RAN), accident

 STEWART, Lindsay J, Steward, B 3981 (RANR), killed

 

Empire March, steamship

 CLARKE, Jesse, Gunner, RA, 3864586, (4/2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 GOODYEAR, Henry D, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), P/J 47808, (President III, O/P), MPK

 STEVENSON, Charles, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 275082, (President III, O/P), MPK

 WHOAN, Sydney, Gunner, RA, 3864611, (4/2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 

Loyal, lost overboard

 MAUGHAN, Martin, Able Seaman, C/JX 193749, MPK

 

Maidstone, road accident

 ENGLAND, Henry, Able Seaman, P/JX 235922, killed

 

Monique Andree, drowning

 POLLARD, Robert E, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 345670, DOWS

 

Sambre, steamship, drowning

 BRADDING, William H T, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 314652, (President III, O/P), DOWS

 

 

3 January 1943

 

British Vigilance, steamship

 DAWSON, George, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 334601, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MERCHANT, Harry C, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 345032, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Drake, illness

 MAY, Edwin, Leading Stoker, D/K 16760, died

 

RM 2nd Engineer Company, road accident

 BATES, Frank E, Marine, CH/X 102809, DOWS

 

RM Portsmouth Division

 MCCANDLESS, James H, Marine, RME 12597, died

 

South African Naval Force

 PETERS, Norman, Leading Stoker, 66847 (SANF), died

 

Thunderbolt, in harbour during attack

 SIMPSON, Walter R, Able Seaman, D/JX 204233, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), killed

 

Trooper, in harbour during attack

 COOK, Harold F, Lieutenant, RNVR, (Chariot/human torpedo crewman, O/P), MPK

 

 

4 January 1943

 

Bodø, ex-Gos 8, Norwegian patrol craft, ex-whaler, ship loss (click here for Norwegian casualties)

 BUTLER, Robert J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 WATSON, Reginald T, Telegraphist, D/JX 342589, MPK

 

Cerinthus, steamship

 HERBAGE, Sidney G, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 337728, (President III, O/P), DOWS

 

Drake

 NEATE, Cyril F C, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

 

5 January 1943

 

Achilles (RNZN) (right - NavyPhotos), bombing

 COLEMAN, Richard S, Marine, CH/X 627, killed

 FITZGERALD, Richard E, Marine, PO/X 3686, killed

 GRICE, Bernard F, Able Seaman, 1801 (RNZN), MPK

 HALCROW, Robert J, Ordinary Seaman, 4776 (RNZN), MPK

 HONEYFIELD, Henry J, Boy 1c, 2755 (RNZN), MPK

 MENEELY, James, Marine, PO/22451, killed

 PINKNEY, Frank, Marine, CH/X 2717, killed

 ROGERS, William J A, Leading Seaman, 1213 (RNZN), killed

 SAUNDERS, Frank T, Colour Sergeant, RM, PLY/22053, killed

 SHIELDS, Francis H, Corporal, RM, PO/X 653, killed

 SMITH, Frank W, Marine, CH/X 3001, killed

 TOWNLEY, Leonard W H, Marine, PO/X 4470, DOW

 

Drake, illness

 BYGRAVE, Charles W, Act/Steward, D/LX 32106, died

 

Racehorse, lost overboard

 FOTHERGILL, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 380704, MPK

 

Vansittart, lost overboard

 JONES, Robert A, Steward, D/LX 26474, MPK

 PATRICK, Maurice G, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 341695, MPK

 

 

6 January 1943

 

Achilles (RNZN), bombing

 LEVETT, George A, Ordnance Artificer 2c, 1996 (RNZN), DOW

 

Anchusa, illness

 SHERGO, Samuel C, Able Seaman, D/JX 142746, died

 

Avalon

 SHERGO, Samuel C, Able Seaman, D/JX 142746, DOWS

 

Bengali, ship loss

 CROSIER, Dennis, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 119679, DOW

 

Europa, illness

 MURRAY, Alexander, Stoker 1c, RNPS, LT/KX105700, died

 

FAA, 821 Sqn, Grebe, air operations

 BAILEY, Raymond D, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

FAA, 821 Sqn, St Angelo, air operations

 SERGEANT, Eric, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Nile, illness

 MASON, Jack C, Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

 

7 January 1943

 

5/3 Maritime Regt, RA

 PINNER, John C, Gunner, RA, 1776616, killed

 

Benalbanach, steamship

 BORLAND, Albert, Gunner, RA, 2209459, (2/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 CARTER, Henry J, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, (DEMS), C/LD/X 4052, (President III, O/P), MPK

 COLE, Hugh D, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 234034, (President III, O/P), MPK

 COLLARD, Ronald E, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 234035, (President III, O/P), MPK

 COX, John T, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 269612, (President III, O/P), MPK

 CURTIS, Alfred P, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 235854, (President III, O/P), MPK

 EVANS, John T, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 230384, (President III, O/P), MPK

 HENDRY, James H W, Gunner, RA, 2824959, (1/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 HOBBIS, John C, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 306300, (President III, O/P), MPK

 LAW, James F, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 335709, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MATHARS, Henry W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 345008, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MCKENNA, Joseph P/, Gunner, RA, 3319565, (2/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 POLLARD, William, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 333167, (President III, O/P), MPK

 RUDD, James E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 338273, (President III, O/P), MPK

 SIMPSON, William J, Gunner, RA, 4755161, (1/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 SMITH, George, Lance Bombardier, RA, 3456485, (1/1 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 

Claverhouse, lost overboard

 PERICO, Peter W, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 373812, MPK

 

Horatio, ship loss

 ANDREWS, Norman S, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 BLACKWELL, Henry R, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 263493, MPK

 BRAINCH, Norman R, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 148468, MPK

 CHALMERS, James W, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21225 A, MPK

 CLAPHAM, Arthur G B, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, P/LD/X 4413, MPK

 CRITTENDEN, John L, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 103710, MPK

 CROSBY, John R, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 CUMMINS, Alfred T, Leading Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 4027 T, MPK

 GORMLEY, Daniel, Telegraphist, P/JX 298238, MPK

 HEARD, Peter, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 225030, MPK

 KELLETT, William, Engineman, RNPS, LT/JX 126766, MPK

 LANGFORD, Richard, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 241079, MPK

 LARDER, Christopher G, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 177544, MPK

 LEMKEY, Charles A, Lieutenant, RNR, killed

 MCCRAN, John R, Stoker 2c, C/KX 146286, MPK

 MCDONALD, Thomas, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 106454, MPK

 PEARSON, Frederick, Signalman, P/JX 247370, MPK

 PENDLE, John N H, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 206587, MPK

 PLATT, Norman T, Assistant Steward, LT/LX 31716, MPK

 RICHARDS, Francis V, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 242672, MPK

 ROPER, David R V, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 ROWE, Albert E, Leading Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 84869, MPK

 SAVAGE, Ernest A D, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 124739, MPK

 SELLARS, Harold W, Stoker 2c, RNPS+C7692, LT/KX 149059, MPK

 WALSH, Patrick J, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 246657, MPK

 WEBB, Alfred H, Leading Steward, RNPS, LT/LX 27536, MPK

 WELBURN, John H H, Chief Engineman, RNPS, LT/JX 124507, MPK

 WHITCHER, Stanley R, Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 94363, MPK

 WILDMAN, William, Ordinary Telegraphist, P/JX 199742, MPK

 WILKINSON, Thomas, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 195928, MPK

 WYLIE, James E R, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 209272, MPK

 

Jura, ship loss

 ABBOTTS, Harold, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 237414, MPK

 ANDERSON, Alfred E I V, Chief Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 114600, MPK

 CARTER, Ronald S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 COOK, Francis W, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 280991, MPK

 CRAWSHAW, John, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 DRYBURGH, George, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 277468, MPK

 HARTWELL, Stanley J, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 128728, MPK

 HAVERCROFT, Eric, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 MARSHALL, William B, Stoker 2c, RNPS, LT/KX 137243, MPK

 MERRIMAN, Sidney L, Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 100317, MPK

 READING, George A C, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 148657, MPK

 RENYARD, Albert E, Act/Petty Officer, P/JX 149708, MPK

 SKELTON, David T, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 250391, MPK

 SMITH, Alexander, Engineman, RNPS, LT/SR 50006, MPK

 VALERIANI, Lawrence, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 280897, MPK

 WILSON, William H, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 19859 A, MPK

 YOUNG, Albert E, Steward, P/LX 24735, MPK

 

ML.100, drowning

 EVANS, Joshua T D, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, C/MX 72650, DOWS

 

(Nichimei Maru), Japanese steamship, as POW

 MCCREDIE, George H, Stoker 2c, S 5456 (RANR), (Perth), MPK

 SMITH, Robert W, Steward, 21238 (RAN), MPK

 

Onslow, surface action

 HOOPER, Leonard G, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/J 110317, DOW

 KENDALL, Wilfred A, Ty/Act/Petty Officer, D/J 114830, DOW

 

 

8 January 1943

 

Avalon (RCN)

 POULIOT, Joseph D, Engine Room Artificer 4c, A 2901 (RCNR), killed

 

Dalhousie (RIN)

 BABU, Puniakutti M, Cook (O), 75023 (RIN), died

 

FAA, 889 Sqn, Grebe, air crash

 SMITH, Alan R, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, killed

 

Flora, illness

 BRAYNE, Victor H, Stoker 2c, D/KX 150408, died

 

Holdfast

 LINCOLN, Robert G, Py/Electrical Mechanic, C/MX 92565, DOWS

 

King George V, illness

 GIBSON, Samuel M, Supply Assistant, P/MX 83528, died

 

Oltenia II, steamship

 FINCHAM, Robert H, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 209691, (President III, O/P), MPK

 LASHAM, Albert E J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 289405, (President III, O/P), MPK

 SELLORS, John, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 250042, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Vanessa, lost overboard

 BRUCE, Allan F, Seaman, RNR, P/X 19766 A, killed

 

 

9 January 1943

 

 

3/2 Maritime Regt, RA

 CARLISLE, Richard, Lance Bombardier, RA, 4467298, killed

 

Alcantara

 HITCHEN, John A, Able Seaman, D/J 47032, killed

 

Bustler

 FAIRLESS, John R, Seaman, T.124 X, drowning, MPK

 NOLAN, Thomas, Donkeyman, T.124 X, MPK

 

Dunaberg (RAN)

 DILLON, John J, Ordinary Seaman, B 3561 (RANR), killed

 

Empire Lytton, steamship

 DICKENS, William, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 336984, (President III, O/P), MPK

 OUTRED, Charles E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 250069, (President III, O/P), MPK

 PARSONS, Willis H, Marine (DEMS), CH/24425, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Ladybird, illness

 JOYCE, Frederick W, Able Seaman, D/JX 138835, died

 

Tracker, illness

 THOMAS, William H, Assistant Steward, NAP R 206740, died

 

 

10 January 1943

 

4 Maritime Regt, RA

 BELDAM, William J W, Lance Sergeant, RA, 1064834, killed

 

5/3 Maritime Regt, RA

 HARRISON, Harold L, Gunner, RA, 4622833, killed

 

6/3 Maritime Regt, RA

 BALLARD, Alexander, Gunner, RA, 5679155, killed

 STORK, Stanley M, Gunner, RA, 4757830, killed

 

Aggressive, illness

 HOOPER, Brereton R, Commander, died

 

British Dominion, steamship

 JORDAN, Archibald, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 337689, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

FAA, 823 Sqn, Daedalus, air crash

 MCEVOY, Patrick J, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 86555, DOW

 

Pembroke I, illness

 FLETCHER, Clement A, Chief Petty Officer, C/J 3205, died

 

President V

 SKINNER, Herbert L, Py/Writer, D/MX 106852, DOW

 

Rumba

 SILVERSON, Albert, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 200711, DOWS

 

Salsette, illness

 TODD, Frederick T, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

San Cipriano, steamship

 KITTLE, Thomas W J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 249493, (President III, O/P), killed

 MALCOLM, Robert, Ty/Leading Seaman, D/JX 186043, killed

 

Sir Geraint, drowning

 YOUNG, Charles, Ty/Skipper, RNR, killed

 

 

11 January 1943

 

Caribia, steamship

 NORMAN, Henry W G, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 339789, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Daedalus, illness

 FERGUSON, John G, Air Fitter, FAA/FX 88375, died

 

FAA, 821 Sqn, St Angelo, air operations

 DAWSON, Thomas J, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/JX 243176, MPK

 LAMB, Ian, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 MAUND, Michael R, Lieutenant, killed

 

Inglefield, lost overboard

 BATES, John, Able Seaman, D/JX 306112, MPK

 

Pembroke, illness

 HILL, Maurice, Engine Room Artificer 1c, C/272144, died

 

Penguin (RAN), illness

 SHEARER, Harry J, Able Seaman, S 3634 (RANR), died

 

RM 2nd Anti-Tank Battery

 TIDY, George T, Marine, CH/X 106805, DOWS

 

Sultan, as POW

 GRANDIDGE, George K W, Coder, D/JX 218091, died

 

 

12 January 1943

 

Breda, road accident

 HENDERSON, Charles G, Steward, NAP 939076, killed

 

Drake

 TAYLOR, John A, Steward, D/LX 22339, died

 

Faulknor, lost overboard

 GOODGER, Douglas J, Petty Officer, P/SSX 20796, MPK

 

Kilele

 NORTH, Norman E J, Air Mechanic (O) 2c, FAA /FX 81835, DOWS

 

Kingston Jacinth, ship loss

 BATCHELOR, John J, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 253440, killed

 BOWRING, Walter F, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 383523, MPK

 CLAYDON, Alfred W, Leading Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 87143, MPK

 COWELL, Jack, Ordinary Telegraphist, P/JX 341072, killed

 CRABTREE, Gordon, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 225731, MPK

 DODD, Thomas J, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21273 A, MPK

 DUFFELL, Ronald B, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 211170, killed

 ELMS, Leslie A C, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 330704, killed

 EMSLEY, Walter, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/SR 55724, MPK

 FISK, Jack W, Leading Steward, RNPS, LT/LX 27780, MPK

 FREETHY, Thomas J, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 110385, MPK

 GARNER, Cecil G, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 380152, killed

 JORDAN, Henry, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 254442, killed

 MOYSE, Ronald P, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 10029 S, MPK

 MULREIN, Owen, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 121458, killed

 PEARSON, Matthew H, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 227333, killed

 SIMMONS, Dennis J, Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 344260, killed

 WHITLEY, Alfred J, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 210401, killed

 WILEMAN, Samuel A, 2nd Hand, RNPS, LT/JX 203761, MPK

 WITHERS, Walter J, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 145383, MPK

 

RM 101th Brigade, road accident

 HINDE, Philip A, Marine, CH/X 106542, DOWS

 

RM Plymouth Division, illness

 COX, Stanley B, Marine, PLY/X 2819, died

 WILLCOX, William L, Marine, PLY/13022, died

 

RM Portsmouth Division, road accident

 RIGSBY, George H, Marine, PO/X 104987, killed

 

 

13 January 1943

 

Cobalt (RCN)

 GRAHAM, James A, Able Seaman, A 4193 (RCNR), killed

 

Excellent, drowning

 NASH, Ernest H, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 182222, died

 

FAA, 767 Sqn, Condor, air crash

 KEIR, George P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 826 Sqn, Daedalus, air crash

 CUNNINGHAM, John L S, Lieutenant, RCNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 892 Sqn, Battler, air crash

 STEPHENSON, Ivel F B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Illustrious, drowning

 WATERS, William E, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

Leeuwin (RAN), illness

 MUTTON, William H, Lieutenant, RANVR, died

 

Manchester Port, steamship

 ROSTRON, Bernard, Convoy Leading Signalman, C/JX 171087, (President III, O/P), DOWS

 

Victory III, illness

 MCLEAN, Hector, Telegraphist, P/WRX 740, died

 

 

14 January 1943

 

Daedalus, illness

 MAHER, Howard, Air Fitter (A), FAA/FX 86781, died

 

FAA, 795 Sqn, Kilele, air crash

 THOMPSON, Arthur G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, killed

 

Gambia, illness

 RILEY, Harry, Commander, died

 

President, illness

 ROBERTS-WRAY, Whomas H, Captain, RNVR, died

 

Quebec, accident

 SINCLAIR, Joseph W, Lieutenant, RNR, killed

 

RN Hospital Plymouth, illness

 HURFORD, Arthur, Captain, RM, died

 

Stadacona (RCN)

 PATERSON, Charles W, Sub Lieutenant, RCNVR, died

 

 

15 January 1943

 

Harboe Jensen, steamship

 NUDD, George E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 334105, (President III, O/P), MPK

 PREECE, Douglas J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 227270, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Ocean Courage, steamship

 HANDLEY, Arthur, Gunner, RA, 7045828, (4/2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 JEFFERSON, Thomas C, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 335821, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MARTIN, Harry, Lance Bombardier, RA, 6982222, (4/2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 MORGAN, Lewis J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 289580, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MORRISON, James E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 291712, (President III, O/P), MPK

 SMALE, George H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 290720, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Philoctetes, illness

 BALFOUR, William J, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

Roxborough, storm weather

 BRITTAN, Francis A, Able Seaman, C/SSX 32754, MPK lost overboard

 OSBORNE, Gordon, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW after bridge crushed by wave

 PRICE, Alfred C, Lieutenant Commander, killed when bridge crushed by wave

 

Royal Indian Navy

 ALLAKKAT, Sukumaran, Telegraphist, 7891 (RIN), died

 

 

16 January 1943

 

Alca, illness

 WRIGHT, John T F, Wireman, P/JX 220861, died

 

Collingwood, illness

 GILLOTT, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, JX 389244, died

 

Evolution, explosion

 DARRAGH, Herbert, Able Seaman, D/SSX 30785, killed

 

Glendower

 HERRICK, George F, Ordinary Seaman, JX 395151, died

 

Marshall Soult, illness

 CLIFT, John C, Petty Officer, P/J 45270, died

 

Pembroke, accident

 HATHAWAY, Stanley G, Convoy Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 343190, killed

 

 

17 January 1943

 

Drake I, drowning

 HARTLEY, Herbert, Able Seaman, D/JX 288493, died

 

Hannibal

 JOSEPH, Morris, Marine, PO/X 112840, killed

 

Lonsdale (RAN), accident

 PIERCE, Norman A, Stoker, PM 1887 (RANR), killed

 

Northney

 GRIFFITHS, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 256976, killed

 KING, Leonard C, Able Seaman, D/JX 255655, killed

 

Shrapnel

 MASON, Harold J O, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 353714, died

 

Sikh, as POW

 DAVIS, Cyril E, Signalman, C/JX 225344, died

 

St Angelo, illness

 BECKETT, James D, Able Seaman, P/J 102774, (Thunderbolt), died

 

 

18 January 1943

 

Drake, illness

 SWEET, William, Stoker 1c, D/KX 111237, died

 

FAA, 781 Training Sqn, Heron, flying a Fairey Fulmar II from St Merryn, crashed into high ground in low visibility near Okehampton, Devon and burnt out

 TRAFFORD, Richard Randolph W, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 TYRELL, John W, Act/Air Artificer 4c, FAA/FX 77457, killed

 

 

 

Ironclad

 GREEN, Jack A, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 298924, killed

 

Lucifer, accident

 MELHUISH, Marion G, Leading WRNS, WA/WRNS 11848, killed

 

RAF, 614 Sqn, road accident

 CLEAK, Francis C G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

 

19 January 1943

 

Alecto, illness

 HARKNETT, Albert V, Stoker 1c, C/SS 119223, died

 

Moreton (RAN), accident

 WREN, David J, Able Seaman, B 2819 (RANR), killed

 

RAF, 185 Sqn, air crash

 PRATT, Ernest F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, killed

 

Rodney

 REYNOLDS, John A, Stoker 2c, D/KX 123837, killed

 

Titania, as POW, executed

 EVANS, Robert P, Able Seaman, D/JX 283626, killed

 

 

20 January 1943

 

Chelsea, lost overboard

 MORGAN, Robert R, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 305742, MPK

 

Cypress, mining

 COOK, Thomas A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 222777, MPK

 HOLLAND, John R, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 381006, MPK

 SMALE, Arthur C, Steward, RNPS, LT/KX 30264, MPK

 THOMSON, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 281115, MPK

 

FAA, 889 Sqn, Sparrowhawk, air crash

 BARBER, Douglas L F, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Fandango, illness

 HARVEY, Thomas, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 262537, DOWS

 

President, bombing

 CHALMER, Alexander R, Commander, Rtd, killed

 

(Somdong Maru), Japanese steamship, as POW

 VIVIAN, Henry R D, Able Seaman, 22163 (RAN), (Perth), MPK