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

 

1st - 30th SEPTEMBER 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 - June-September 1943

Invasion of Sicily ('Husky'), Battle of Kursk, Italy surrenders, Salerno landings ('Avalanche'), U-boat packs return to Atlantic, X-craft attack 'Tirpitz'

 


 

 

1 September 1943

 

Cabot

 WILD, Mary J, WRNS Writer, N/WRNS 52745, died

 

Drumheller (RCN)

 BURNS, Francis C, Stoker 1c, V 37387 (RCNVR), killed

 

FAA, 824 Sqn, Landrail, air crash

 ADAMS, Russell B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, MPK

 

Ganges, illness

 FRICKES, Frederick G, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 408113, died

 

LCI(L).107

 HAZLE, Oliver B, Stoker 1c, V 41401 (RCNVR), DOWS

 

RM 40 Commando, explosion

 DENMARK, Robert M, Marine, PO/X 109616, killed

 MULVEY, Thomas, Marine, PO/X 105260, killed

 PORTER, Ernest, Marine, PLY/X 104940, killed

 SPENCER, Frank, Marine, PLY/X 109442, killed

 WISE, Albert, Marine, CH/X 111182, killed

 

Shapinsay, illness

 FOLEY, Charles W, Stoker 1c, RNPS, LT/KX 119637, died

 

Tana, illness

 HALLIWELL, James, Wireman, P/JX 252210, DOWS

 

 

2 September 1943

 

Adamant, illness

 JONES, Cyril H, Ordnance Artificer 4c, D/MX 60095, died

 

Coity Castle, steamship

 ROGERS, James H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 443555, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Elementary Flight Training School, No.14, Elsdom, crashed at Cliff Farm, Staffordshire

 ELLIS, Leonard J, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 96953, killed

 

Europa, road accident

 MURRAY, Alexander, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 112663, killed

 

Exeter, as POW

 PARKYN, Leslie W, Able Seaman, D/JX 166413, died

 SAUNDERS, Albert E, Petty Officer, D/J 109279, died

 

Hursley, illness

 COLES, Frederick D, Canteen Manager, C/NX 2348, DOWS

 

MNBDO II, road accident

 MITCHELL, Dennis W, Marine, PO/X 113185, killed

 

Perth (RAN), as POW

 HODGE, John C, Ordinary Seaman, PM 3504 (RANR), died

 

RM Portsmouth Division, illness

 MILLETT, Ernest F, Marine, PO/X 103643, DOWS

 

 

3 September 1943

 

Dolphin, illness

 DORRELL, Marjorie E, WRNS, N/WRNS 36540, died

 

Exeter, as POW

 BUCKLE, John T, Band Corporal, RMB/X 693, died

 

Howe

 MILLS, Charles, Able Seaman, P/SSX 16394, DOWS

 

India, steamship

 ALLAN, William, Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 190454, (President III, O/P), MPK

 ALLAN, William P, Petty Officer, P/JX 190454, (President III, O/P), MPK

 GRAHAM, John, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 345814, (President III, O/P), MPK

 HARKNETT, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 334488, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

LCT.862

 COLLIER, Frederick H C, Wireman, D/JX 426920, MPK

 

Northney

 GRIFFITHS, Ronald R, Able Seaman, D/JX 288672, killed

 

Thruster, illness

 HENDERSON, James, Donkeyman, NAP 605834, died

 

 

4 September 1943

 

Bahadur (RIN)

 KULKARI, N (initial only) B, Boy, 8456 (RIN), died

 

Daedalus, illness

 CROSS, James A, Air Mechanic 2c, FAA/FX 109221, died

 

LCT.684, illness

 BALAAM, Denis T, Wireman, D/MX 107047, died

 

Saker II, air crash

 BOOCOCK, Kenneth, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

 

5 September 1943

 

Copra

 JACKSON, Peter D W, Motor Mechanic, D/MX 74746, DOWS

 

Dalhousie (RIN)

 ABDUL, Rahman, Able Seaman, 10194 (RIN), died

 

Ellad

 SMITH, R (initial only), Krooman, SL/F 3611 (Sierra Leone NVF), killed

 

Exeter, as POW

 TURNER, Lewis A, Ty/Act/Petty Officer, D/J 106618, died

 

FAA, 824 Sqn, Unicorn, air crash

 WILKINSON, Paul McQ, Lieutenant (A), killed

 

Grey Goose, surface action

 MCLEOD, Thomas L, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 396937, DOW

 

Nevasa, steamship, illness

 WESTWOOD, Douglas T, Steward, P/LX 32255, died

 

Proserpine, accident

 WORBOYS, Raymond G, Marine, CH/X 111153, DOWS

 

Raleigh, drowning

 DAVIDSON, James N, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 568712, died

 

RM 44th Commando, road accident

 OWEN, Alan R, Marine, CH/X 105692, killed

 

RM Portsmouth Division, drowning

 WIRDMAN, Geoffrey B, Marine, PO/X 112780, died

 

Shropshire, drowning

 MURPHY, Patrick D, Ty/Warrant Shipwright, died

 

Victory, illness

 MEE, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX 105273, died

 

Wasp

 MORPHET, Kenneth, Able Seaman, P/JX 295548, killed

 

Wildfire, illness

 TATE, Alban E T, Captain, died

 

 

6 September 1943

 

Benbow, illness

 RISBY, William G A, Able Seaman, P/JX 273715, died

 

Exeter, as POW

 HENSON, Arthur P, Able Seaman, D/JX 198553, died

 WILKIN, Douglas H, Musician, RMB/X 1152, died

 

Hamilcar, Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria and Messina, Sicily

 ELLIS, George, Able Seaman, C/JX 278121, DOWS

 

Marit, steamship

 KEENE, Herbert E, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 265693, (President III, O/P), DOWS

 

Newfoundland,, accident

 ADAMS, Raymond G, Able Seaman, D/SSX 29409, killed

 

Puckeridge, ship loss

 BARBER, James F, Petty Officer, P/X 139912, MPK

 BARKER, William, Petty Officer, P/J 48955, MPK

 BARTON, Jack, Petty Officer, P/JX 125952, killed

 BEALE, Joseph A, Electrical Artificer 3c, P/MX 59888, MPK

 BEEBY, Terence J, Engine Room Artificer 5c, C/MX 97867, MPK

 BLACK, Thomas W, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 399668, MPK

 BROGAN, Thomas C, Stoker 1c, P/KX 150226, MPK

 BROOKS, Leslie G, Able Seaman, P/JX 235416, MPK

 BROUGHTON, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX 351941, MPK

 BURGON, Andrew A, Canteen Assistant, C/NX 2342, MPK

 BUSKELL, Frederick J, Canteen Manager, C/NX 1589, MPK

 CARR, Thomas F, Able Seaman, P/JX 262611, MPK

 CLARKE, Thomas A, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/MX 89139, MPK

 CLASBY, Charles E, Petty Officer, P/J 114207, MPK

 CLAYTON, Frank, Able Seaman, P/JX 187739, MPK

 COLE, Walter D, Able Seaman, P/J 93007, MPK

 COLES, Frederick A, Able Seaman, P/JX 324086, MPK

 CONDE, Louis S, Able Seaman, P/JX 204940, MPK

 CRYMBLE, George, Able Seaman, P/JX 262544, MPK

 DAY, Eric, Able Seaman, P/JX 380322, MPK

 FIELD, Michael J, Petty Officer, P/J 101964, MPK

 FOREMAN, Laurence, Stoker 1c, P/KX 134752, MPK

 FORT, Douglas A, Able Seaman, D/JX 347417, MPK

 FOX, William, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 383840, MPK

 GALLAGHER, Patrick, Leading Seaman, P/JX 201459, MPK

 GEMMELL, Alexander, Able Seaman, P/JX 239289, MPK

 GILHAM, James H, Able Seaman, P/JX 274225, MPK

 GOODCHILD, Francis W, Petty Officer, RNR, P/X 9504 B, MPK

 GUEST, James G, Able Seaman, P/JX 348587, MPK

 HARTLEY, William, Able Seaman, P/SSX 26191, MPK

 HAWKES, Leonard H, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 273761, MPK

 HOGGETT, Joseph H, Able Seaman, P/JX 327157, MPK

 KATELEY, Arthur L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 106628, MPK

 KELLY, James D, Able Seaman, P/JX 203240, MPK

 KNIGHTS, Harold G, Able Seaman, P/JX 327419, MPK

 LEE, George, Able Seaman, P/JX 326968, MPK

 LING, Claude A, Able Seaman, P/JX 347168, MPK

 LLOYD, Derek G, Able Seaman, P/JX 327262, MPK

 LOWE, Ronald, Leading Seaman, P/JX 168716, MPK

 LUDLOW, George C R, Able Seaman, P/JX 327487, MPK

 MAWHINNEY, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, P/ESD/X 1690, MPK

 MCGUIRE, Peter, Leading Seaman, D/JX 143434, MPK

 MILLINGTON, Dennis S, Able Seaman, D/JX 310466, MPK

 MORRIS, John E, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 426442, MPK

 NAIL, Frederick A, Petty Officer Cook, P/MX 49625, MPK

 OSBORNE, Robert W, Petty Officer, P/JX 129950, MPK

 OXLEY, James C, Ordnance Artificer 4c, P/MX 89599, MPK

 POTTER, Rhubert H, Able Seaman, P/JX 327417, MPK

 PROBERT, Frank C H, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 327509, MPK

 RAVENHILL, Francis T, Stoker 1c, P/KX 152660, MPK

 REDFERN, William, Supply Petty Officer, P/MX 57921, MPK

 SAVAGE, Alan K, Able Seaman, P/JX 326338, MPK

 SCOTT, William A, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/MX 51383, MPK

 SHAW, Gordon, Engine Room Artificer 4c, D/SR 16061, MPK

 SHIELS, James, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, P/K 64354, MPK

 STREET, Godfrey W, Able Seaman, P/JX 157048, MPK

 TAWN, Claud, Ordnance Artificer 1c, P/MX 59186, MPK

 WHITE, Samuel, Petty Officer, P/SSX 13216, MPK

 WILSON, Albert H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, C/LD/X 4794, MPK

 WILSON, Eric A, Able Seaman, P/JX 329084, MPK

 WOTTON, Leslie A, Able Seaman, P/JX 144829, MPK

 

RM Plymouth Division

 RICHARDS, John P, Marine, PLY/X 112593, DOWS

 

Safeguard, illness

 AITCHISON, Gerald G, Petty Officer WRNS, N/WRNS 34005, died

 

 

7 September 1943

 

FAA, 752 Sqn, Goshawk, air crash

 KIRKPATRICK, Wilfred H, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 STAPLES, Frederick E, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 95653, killed

 STEPHENSON, John G J, Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 90673, killed

 

LST.417

 GAMMON, Sidney A, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 355278, killed

 JOHNSON, Walter R, Act/Stoker 1c, C/KX 146158, killed

 LORD, Rowland, Ordnance Mechanic, P/MX 98956, killed

 WALTER, Eric, Able Seaman, D/JX 284535, killed

 WHEELER, Frederick, Ty/Leading Steward, D/LX 23005, killed

 

Primrose, drowning

 HILL, Francis, Able Seaman, C/JX 202902, died

 

Puckeridge, ship loss

 LEDGER, Samuel C W, Able Seaman, P/JX 327159, DOW

 

Qualicum

 DALY, John J, Steward, P/LX 31754, killed

 

 

8 September 1943

 

Berry, drowning

 ASHDOWN, Edgar E, Able Seaman, D/SR 8339, died

 

Dalhousie (RIN)

 ANTHONY, X (initial only), Ordinary Seaman, 18665 (RIN), died

 

Dinosaur, at Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy

  BINGHAM, Kenneth, Ty/Act/Corporal, PO/X 109827, DOW

 

Exeter, as POW

 CLAMP, Joseph W, Act/Leading Signalman, D/JX 144510, died

 

LCF(L).4

 MACHIN, Ernest, Marine, PLY/X 105939, killed

 PENFORD, Alan, Marine, CH/X 106833, killed

 ROBERTS, Hugh, Marine, PLY/X 105941, DOWS

 TIGHE, John, Marine, PO/X 106270, DOWS

 

LCG(L).12

 BRINDLE, William, Able Seaman, D/JX 345711, killed

 GRIFFITHS, Kenneth O, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 HAMMOND, Eric, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 374140, killed

 HAWKINS, Walter G, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 HODGE, Albert E, Able Seaman, P/J 90168, killed

 MIDDLETON, George, Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 333213, killed

 PIDGEON, Robert, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 WOOD, Alan, Able Seaman, D/JX 305982, killed

 

LST.65

 BRITTON, William W, Supply Assistant, C/MX 106808, DOWS

 

Machlimar (RIN)

 GOVINDA, Rajan, Writer, 15347 (RIN), died

 

Malagas, accident

 STEPHENSON, Robert G, Leading Stoker, D/KX 89994, DOI

 

Offa

 TOWNSEND, Walter, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 137573, killed

 

Quebec, Operation Landing Party Gearbox

  RAE, David, Coder, P/JX 359972, killed

 

RM 40 Commando

 CHIVERALL, Richard S, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 HUBBARD, Geoffrey R, Marine, PO/X 116193, DOWS

 

 

9 September 1943

 

Abdiel (right - NavyPhotos/Bob Hanley), ship loss

 ALINGTON, Rupert H, Act/Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, MPK

 BARFIELD, John F, Ordinary Coder, D/JX 356564, killed

 BARNACLE, John G, Ty/Gunner, MPK

 BIDDER, Walter T, Act/Stoker 1c, D/KX 144896, MPK

 BOOTH, Michael, Paymaster Sub Lieutenant, MPK

 BOVARD, William J, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 355227, MPK

 BROWN, Anthony H, Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander (E), MPK

 BUTTERWORTH, Kenneth, Able Seaman, D/JX 193660, MPK

 CROMIE, David, Stoker 1c, D/KX 152720, MPK

 DABB, Robert, Stoker 1c, D/KX 152382, MPK

 DEAN, Peter J A, Stoker 2c, D/KX 157990, MPK

 DENT, Digby MacA, Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 DOOLEY, Andrew, Ty/Petty Officer Steward, D/LX 21235, MPK

 EDWARDS, Alec, Stoker 1c, D/KX 84482, killed

 FISHER, William H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 119571, MPK

 FLETCHER, Joseph C, Stoker 1c, D/KX 147788, MPK

 FORSYTH, James J, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNR, D/X 425 EC, MPK

 GLEN, Robertson G, Ty/Petty Officer Cook (O), D/MX 52682, MPK

 HARRIS, Norman, Able Seaman, D/SSX 17237, MPK

 HARRISON, Joseph, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 348123, MPK

 HUMPHRIES, Cyril H A, Ty/Leading Writer, D/MX 86612, MPK

 HUTCHINSON, Hugh, Able Seaman, D/J 83090, killed

 KIDD, Ernest W, Stoker 1c, D/KX 83519, MPK

 KNIGHT, Norman W, Ty/Petty Officer Writer, D/MX 74548, MPK

 LE MAITRE, Percy J W, Able Seaman, D/JX 356117, MPK

 MCDONALD, William, Able Seaman, D/JX 303393, MPK

 MEEK, John H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 123562, MPK

 MELTHAM, William E, Able Seaman, D/JX 168455, MPK

 MILLER, George, Ty/Leading Steward, D/LX 24096, MPK

 MITCHELL, David, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 348150, MPK

 OAKFORD, Eric L, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 348092, MPK

 OATES, William H C K, Ty/Petty Officer, D/JX 148880, MPK

 PARRY, Owen, Stoker 1c, D/KX 138899, MPK

 PRINCE, Leonard H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 108178, MPK

 RICHARDS, Christopher N, Ty/Leading Steward, D/LX 25070, MPK

 SEDDON, Edward, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 416186, MPK

 SHEPHERD, Donald, Able Seaman, D/JX 303831, MPK

 SKINNER, Raymond A, Act/Petty Officer, D/JX 143479, MPK

 SPARKS, William C, Stoker 1c, D/SSX 125129, MPK

 STEVENS, John G H, Able Seaman, D/J 75131, MPK

 TERWILLEGAR, Norman A, Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, RCNVR, MPK

 THOMAS, George E, Steward, D/LX 25373, MPK

 THOMAS, Myrddyn J, Coder, P/JX 293881, MPK

 TOMS, Stanley H, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 61468, MPK

 TRAVIS, David A S, Act/Leading Signalman, D/JX 136008, MPK

 TRUMBLE, James R, Act/Petty Officer Radio Mechanic, P/MX 116328, MPK

 WESTRAY, James W, Ty/Act/Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 80843, MPK

 WIGHT, Harry C, Able Seaman, D/JX 187694, MPK

 

Alynbank

 WILSON, William, Stoker 1c, P/KX 158771, killed

 

Assegai, accident

 RUSE, William W, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 444146, killed

 

Copra/Naval Party 803

 SOALL, John J, Able Seaman, P/JX 329518, killed

 

Cormorant

 HOWELLS, Joseph, Leading Cook (S), P/MX 86106, DOWS

 

Donibristle

 CROSS, James H, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/311850, died

 

FAA, 809 Sqn, Unicorn, air operations

 MCKENZIE, Malcolm A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

FAA, 886 Sqn, Attacker, air crash

 PRENTICE, Peter B N, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

FAA, 897 Sqn, Unicorn , air operations

 URLICH, Joseph J, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, killed

 

Formidable

 FOLEY, Bernard, Supply Assistant, C/MX 118681, killed

 

Hasdrubal

 WARDLE, John T, Act/Shipwright 4c, C/MX 119379, DOWS

 

Jupiter, as POW

 HAYBALL, William G, Telegraphist, D/J 84578, died

 

Laforey, shore gunfire

 GALE, Cecil L F, Stoker 1c, P/KX 151036, DOW

 HECKLES, Robert L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 147095, DOW

 LEMMON, Stanley E, Able Seaman, P/JX 130183, DOW

 

Larchbank, steamship

 COX, John, Gunner, RA, 3717647, (2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 DAVIS, Phillip T, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 339864, (President III, O/P), MPK

 JONES, George B, Gunner, RA, 4925369, (2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 LEAN, Leonard A J, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 334636, (President III, O/P), MPK

 PHILLIPS, Sidney L, Chief Motor Mechanic 4c, P/MX 90455, (President III, O/P), MPK

 STEWART, William B, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 398129, (President III, O/P), MPK

 THOMSON, John C, Lance Bombardier, RA, 812549, (2 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed

 

LCG(L).8

 BULLOCK, James J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 387428, DOWS

 

LCS(M).49

 HALLIDAY, Frank, Marine, PLY/X 105730, (Quebec, O/P), DOWS

 

Quebec, illness

 HOLT, George W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

Ranpura, lost overboard

 JEEVES, Lewis F, Pantryman, T.124 606740, MPK

 

RM 40 Commando

 JAGGARD, Peter, Marine, CH/X 111786, killed

 

RM 41 Commando

 BROTTON, Henry, Marine, PO/X 107381, killed

 

Safeguard, illness

 DIMMICK, Herbert H, Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

 

10 September 1943

 

Attacker, accident

 KERSHAW, Edwin, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 399986, killed

 

Braganza, illness

 LUND, Kenneth W, Sick Berth Attendant, P/MX 109245, died

 

FAA, 737 Sqn, Merlin, air crash

 LIFFEN, Maurice R, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

LCT.551

 BAILEY, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 376497, killed

 

LCT.581

 ATHERTON, Alan, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 368308, killed

 

LST.357

 PLANT, Anthony J, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

ML.585, collision with Havelock

 HAMMOND, John H, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

Nile, accident

 KILSHON, Zeev, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, Haifa/MX 594550, killed

 

Perth (RAN), as POW

 NEAL, Lionel, Ordinary Seaman, 24402 (RAN), died

 

RM 41 Commando

 BALL, Robert M, Marine, CH/X 111845, killed

 BOWERING, George H, Lance Corporal, RM, EX/1011, killed

 CUFF, Patrick J, Marine, CH/X 104599, MPK

 DREW, Kenneth H, Marine, PLY/X 111244, DOWS

 FAULKNER, John W, Lance Corporal, RM, PO/X 105886, killed

 FELSTEAD, Robert W, Marine, PO/X 108004, killed

 HAWKARD, John S, Lieutenant, RM, killed

 KENNEDY, Alexander, Marine, PO/X 105922, killed

 LEES, William, Marine, PO/X 105877, killed

 LLOYD, David C, Lieutenant, RM, killed

 PROCTOR, John W, Marine, PO/X 106796, killed

 STOTT, Ronald M, Captain, RM, killed

 TWIGGER, James T, Ty/Colour Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 972, MPK

 

Unicorn, air operations

 RAZZALL, Brian, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

 

11 September 1943

 

Alynbank

 LOUGHLAND, Robert H, Telegraphist, P/JX 207165, DOW

 

Bacchante, illness

 WHEELER, Sir William I De C, Ty/Surgeon Rear Admiral, died

 

Canopus

 RING, Siegried, Engine Room Artificer 5c, Haifa/MX 595127, died

 

Copra

 OSBOURN, Frank, Electrical Artificer 5c, D/KX 130237, DOW

 

FAA, 833 Sqn, Stalker, air crash

 MERCER, Geoffrey C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Prins Albert, accident

 LAPPIN, Alfred L, Stoker 1c, D/KX 145106, killed

 

Ramillies, illness

 COTTINGHAM, Peter E, Able Seaman, P/JX 175891, died

 

RM 41 Commando

 HOWARD, Alan D, Marine, PO/X 105934, DOWS

 SMITH, Henry D, Lance Corporal, RM, PO/X 111098, killed

 

 

12 September 1943

 

Caledonia, accident

 REID, Andrew J, Able Seaman, R/JX 243523, DOWS

 

Enterprise, illness

 SMITH, Ronald J, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 120719, died

 

Europa, accident

 BEVANS, Percy, Chief Skipper, RNR, killed

 

Helicon, illness

 RENSHAW, Derek A, Signalman, D/JX 246200, died

 

Lynx, illness

 LUCAS, Lillian A, Leading WRNS, C/WRNS 15766, died

 

Malabar, illness

 GRIGG, Alfred J, Commissioned Signal Boatswain, died

 

Marnix van St Aldegonde

  SMALL, John, Able Seaman, P/JX 296636, (Hamilcar) DOWS

 

RM 41 Commando

 CHRISTIAN, Thomas E, Ty/Act/Sergeant, PLY/X 3870, killed

 FINCH, Ernest W, Lance Corporal, RM, PO/X 108592, killed

 GARLICK, Horace, Marine, CH/X 105862, killed

 GILBERT, Kenneth W, Marine, CH/X 104417, killed

 NUNNEY, Ronald H, Marine, PO/X 105243, killed

 O'BRIEN, Kenneth W J C, Marine, CH/X 104568, killed

 READER, Ronald, Marine, PO/X 111108, killed

 WHITMAN, Edward T J, Marine, PLY/X 109373, killed

 

Stalker

 ROSS, Malcolm P, Stoker 1c, D/KX 118038, killed

 

 

13 September 1943

 

Copra

 JACKSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, P/JX 325448, killed

 

Edinburgh Castle, drowning

 PRICE, Arthur L, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 516396, died

 

Fort Babine, steamship

 CAMPBELL, Edward H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 266879, (President III, O/P), killed

 DIGGINS, Henry W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 289151, (President III, O/P), killed

 DYSON, Walter, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 265823, (President III, O/P), killed

 EASTWOOD, Ernest, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 268397, (President III, O/P), killed

 HORROCKS, Richard, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 339796, (President III, O/P), killed

 JARVIS, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 333957, (President III, O/P), killed

 KIRBY, Kenneth, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 346036, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Lonsdale (RAN), illness

 HALL, Trevor A, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander (D), RAN, died

 

Mercury, illness

 WILLIAMS, Ivan C, Ordinary Telegraphist, P/JX 299248, died

 

Pantallon

 SMITH, Reginald J, Ty/Act/Leading Signalman, C/SSX 33212, DOWS

 

RM 41 Commando

 BETTS, Joseph, Marine, CH/X 104632, MPK

 BULLOCK, Donald C, Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, CH/X 3346, MPK

 SCOTT, Lawrence R, Lieutenant, RM, killed

 TIERNEY, Norman, Act/Regimental Sergeant Major, PO/22609, MPK

 

Uganda (right - NavyPhotos), bombing

 BOYCE, David G, Musician, RMB/X 1060, killed

 CRANE, William H, Able Seaman, C/JX 185095, killed

 FRIEND, Charles E, Petty Officer, C/J 114048, killed

 HALL, Septimus S, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 373346, killed

 HAWKINS, Philip, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 374382, killed

 HIRST, Geoffrey W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 374145, killed

 HUDSON, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 84082, MPK

 ILIFFE, Peter W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 246428, killed

 JAMES, William K, Musician, RMB/X 1220, killed

 MARKS, Frederick J, Musician, RMB/X 74, killed

 MCCORMICK, John W, Stoker 1c, C/KX 95186, killed

 MELVIN, James, Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 152571, killed

 PARKER, Robert J, Able Seaman, C/JX 213501, killed

 THRIPPLETON, Samuel W A, Lieutenant, DOW

 UMPLEBY, Thomas G, Musician, RMB/1145, killed

 

 

14 September 1943

 

Byrsa, illness

 HARTWELL, Diana V, WRNS, N/WRNS 45123, died

 

Frobisher, illness

 MILLS, Stanley I, Leading Seaman, P/SSX 33133, died

 

Hereward, as POW

 BATEMAN, Peter P C, Sub Lieutenant, died

 

Hussar, illness

 MACDONALD, John MacK, Leading Supply Assistant, D/MX 72596, died

 

LCM.110, drowning

 HUDSON, George T, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 367553, killed

 

RM 4th Light AA Regt

 RYALL, Clifford, Marine, PLY/X 107461, DOWS

 

 

15 September 1943

 

6 Maritime Regt, RA

 HUXTABLE, William C, Gunner, RA, 1814524, killed

 

FAA, 794 Sqn, Goldcrest, air crash

 HOLLYWOOD, David F A, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Minona, illness

 HUNTER, James W, Leading Stoker, NAP R/105161, died

 

Nightjar, illness

 CUMMINGS, Grace A, WRNS Steward, N/WRNS 72105, died

 

Oakley, lost overboard

 WEBB, Ernest F A, Able Seaman, P/JX 325021, killed

 

Perth (RAN), as POW

 WILLIS, Geoffrey G, Able Seaman, 21894 (RAN), died

 

RM School of Music, illness

 PERKINS, Stephen R, Musician, RMB/X 1009, died

 

Rooke

 KENNEDY, Richard J, Ordinary Seaman, R/JX 533029, died

 

Uganda, bombing

 LAMBERT, Stanley C, Ty/Petty Officer Cook, C/LX 26200, DOW

 

Warwick, lost overboard

 MCLEAN, William, Able Seaman, D/JX 287085, MPK

 

 

16 September 1943

 

Cabbala, illness

 ROBERTSON, Violet, WRNS, WA/WRNS 85305, died

 

FAA, 759 Sqn, Heron, air crash

 FERRERS-GUY, John H, Ty/Midshipman (A), RNVR, killed

 

Pathfinder

 NEWELL, Harold, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 286088, killed

 

Petard, bombing

 HUGGINS, George E, Able Seaman, P/JX 272766, killed

 JEROME, Albert E, Able Seaman, P/SSX 18355, killed

 

RM 41 Commando

 FISHER, Edward, Marine, PO/X 105076, killed

 

RM 41 Commando

 ROBINSON, John, Marine, PO/X 105512, DOWS

 

Warspite (right, off Normandy in 1944 - Maritime Quest), bombing

 BALDWIN, Robert C, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 82959, MPK

 BOORE, Charles E, Stoker 1c, C/KX 151398, DOW

 EVANS, Rupert H, Ty/Leading Seaman, C/JX 150615, DOW

 FLETCHER, Herbert E, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 65297, killed

 FRANCIS, Donald V, Stoker 1c, D/KX 135296, killed

 FRANCIS, Peter H, Able Seaman, P/JX 321282, DOW

 HAM, Albert, Leading Stoker, D/KX 92500, MPK

 MCCORMICK, David H, Stoker 1c, C/KX 115043, MPK

 

X.9, midget submarine, attack on German big ship including Tirpitz, operation Source, lost

 HARTE, Harry A, Able Seaman, C/JX 207081, MPK

 HOLLETT, George H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 151674, MPK

 KEARON, Edward, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 

 

17 September 1943

 

Anson, accident

 HILLYARD, Ralph T, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 267988, DOWS

 

Asbury, illness