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

1st - 31st JANUARY 1945 -  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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Background Events - January-April 1945

Russians reach Germany, Indian Ocean operations, British inshore & Russian convoy battles continue, US takes Iwo Jima, British Pacific Fleet in action, Okinawa invaded, Defeat of Germany


 

 

Monday, 1 January 1945

 

Affleck, torpedoed

 JEFFERY, Denis A, Leading Wireman, P/MX 78867, DOW

 

Amethyst, drowning

 EVANS, Sidney, Able Seaman, D/JX 396742, died

 

Baldur, illness

 DORRINGTON, William G, Able Seaman, C/J 17946, died

 

Bihar (RIN)

 SULTAN, Ahmad, Driver 1c, 75635 (RIN), died

 

City of Exeter, steamship

 MCNULTY, Joseph, Able Seaman, D/JX 266775, (President III, O/P), DOWS

 

Drake, illness

 BURNELL, Ernest H, Able Seaman, D/JX 168234, died

 

FAA, 747 Sqn, Peewit, air crash

 WARNER, Archibald C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 784 Sqn, Daedalus, air crash

 FRENCH, Harry W, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 784 Sqn, Merlin, air crash

 TEUTEN, Reginald H, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

Fortitude, illness

 PETTY-MAYOR, Reginald L, Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

Lucifer, illness

 SIVYER, William J, Stoker 1c, D/309223, died

 

Naden, illness

 WILSON, John E, Able Seaman, D/JX 140946, died

 

Penguin (RAN), illness

 AIREY, Maxwell, Telegraphist, S 7762 (RANR), died

 

RN (Malay Section), as POW

 BAHROM, Bin P, Able Seaman, MN 223 (Malay Section), died

 

Rooke

 ROGERS, William J, Rigger's Mate, R/J 103976, killed

 

Royal Eagle

 HAYWARD, William J W, Petty Officer Steward, RNPS, LT/LX 27767, DOWS

 

Royal Naval Patrol Service

 WOODLEY, Patrick L, Steward, RNPS, LT/LX 29368, killed

 

Victory III, illness

 SWALLOW, Daphne L R, 3rd Officer WRNS, died

 

Western Isles

 PRESCOTT, Albert, Leading Stoker, D/K 55796, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 2 January 1945

 

FAA, 718x Sqn, Dipper, air crash

 HENDERSON, Derek M, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR (Odyssey), killed

 LEWIS, Sir George J E, Act/Lieutenant Commander (A), RNVR (FAA, 815 Sqn, Daedalus), killed

 MORGAN, David L, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 81830, DOI

 RAMSAY, Sir Bertram H, Admiral (Odyssey, Allied Naval Commander In Chief), killed

 ROWELL, George W, Commander (Odyssey), killed

 

FAA, 815 Sqn, Landrail, air crash

 GURDEN, Leslie W, Ty/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 115084, MPK

 MONCRIEFF, William M, Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 NORCOCK, Desmond, Act/Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

Hayburn Wyke, ship loss

 BASS, Frederick, Steward, RNPS, LT/LX 571979, MPK

 BREWSTER, Arthur, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 189872, MPK

 CARRINGTON, George W, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 372907, MPK

 CHARLTON, Benjamin P, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 120082, MPK

 FERRIE, Daniel, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 104953, MPK

 GARDNER, John G, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 202175, MPK

 HOOPER, Jack, Ordinary Signalman, LT/JX 340671, MPK

 HOWELL, James P, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 199947, killed

 MARRIOTT, David, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 148971, MPK

 MCMILLAN, Robert A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 272586, MPK

 MURPHY, Thomas, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 264478, MPK

 REEKIE, Andrew, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 124663, MPK

 ROGERS, Walter A, Telegraphist, RNPS, LT/JX 341305, MPK

 SHARMAN, Harry S, Chief Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 105182, MPK

 SMITH, Edward R, Ty/Skipper, RNR, MPK

 SPEARS, William J, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 121742, MPK

 SWEENEY, Thomas, Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 34186, MPK

 WAITE, Harold R, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 299522, MPK

 WHITE, Raymond, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 206563, MPK

 WHITE, Ronald J, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 284968, MPK

 WILSON, Francis, Ty/Act/Skipper Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 WRIGHT, John, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 228620, MPK

 

Pembroke, illness

 COVENEY, Mollie M, WRNS, C/WRNS 3473, died

 

Perth (RAN), as POW

 BLACK, Malcolm D, Stoker, W 778 (RANR), died

 

 

Wednesday, 3 January 1945

 

FAA, 757 Sqn, Rajaliya, air crash

 DYER, Douglas J, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Pilot, FAA/FX 82074, killed

 

FAA, 785 Sqn, Jackdaw, air crash

 ALADIN, Alexis A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 BROOKS, James E, Ty/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 567668, MPK

 YOUNG-JAMIESON, James H, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

Lynx

 HUGHES, Alfred A, Regulating Petty Officer, C/224719, DOWS

 

Royal Indian Navy

 KHUSHI, Muhammad, Able Seaman, 101809 (RIN), died

 

Shakespeare, surface action

 MOTTERAM, Thomas G, Able Seaman, C/JX 300991, killed

 TAYLOR, George, Able Seaman, D/JX 394962, killed

 

Speaker

 PEEL, Robert, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 226824, MPK

 

Strait Fisher, steamship

 SMITH, Denis W A, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 550664, (President III, O/P), killed

 

 

Thursday, 4 January 1945

 

Campbell

 WOOLLER, William E, Leading Stores Assistant, C/MX 121006, killed

 

Drake, illness

 MITCHELMORE, William R, Stoker 1c, D/KX 78455, died

 

FAA, 1845 Sqn, Slinger, deck accident

 URE, Frank E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

FAA, 851 Sqn, Shah, air crash

 YATES, Albert L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Fabius, road accident

 PHILLIPS, Reginald R, Marine, CH/X 2364, died

 

Killegray, illness

 HURT, Frederick N, Engineer, T.124 X, died

 

MGB.646, surface action

 ROBERTS, Michael G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

ML.1163, ship loss

 BAILEY, Martin C, Stoker 1c, RNPS, LT/KX 153050, MPK

 BUNKER, Alfred G, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNPS, LT/JX 360121, killed

 COX, Albert H, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 281089, MPK

 GARDYNE, Alexander G, Ordinary Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 640852, MPK

 HAWKSFIELD, William H, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 131150, killed

 HOLWAY, Louis, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 HOWDEN, Russell K, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, SANF, MPK

 LE NOURY, John S, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 202293, MPK

 LEWIS, Douglas J, Cook, RNPS, LT/MX 109628, MPK

 MAINS, Allan M, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 400070, MPK

 MORDEY, Christopher, Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 222943, MPK

 

Zest, lost overboard

 WOOD, James, Able Seaman, C/JX 377321, MPK

 

 

Friday, 5 January 1945

 

Australia (RAN), Kamikaze attack

 ANDERSEN, Norman W, Able Seaman, S 7260 (RANR), MPK

 ANNEAR, Jack, Able Seaman, PA 3954 (RANR), killed

 AVERY, Clarence R, Able Seaman, 21491 (RAN), killed

 BEAKE, Frederick, Able Seaman, S 3757 (RANR), MPK

 BOURKE, James T H, Able Seaman, PM 5896 (RANR), killed

 BROWN, Malcolm G, Able Seaman, S 8183 (RANR), MPK

 BROWN, William G, Ordinary Seaman, PM 7221 (RANR), MPK

 CLIFFORD, Royston, Ordinary Seaman, S 8976 (RANR), MPK

 DE VERE, Alfred A, Able Seaman, S 8161 (RANR), MPK

 DONNELLY, Charles D, Able Seaman, PM 3081 (RANR), killed

 EAMES, Frank W, Able Seaman, PM 2779 (RANR), killed

 EVERSON, Neville J, Ordinary Seaman, S 9335 (RANR), killed

 EZARD, Edward J, Leading Seaman, 23703 (RAN), MPK

 FISHER, William R, Able Seaman, PM 5357 (RANR), MPK

 FORD, Harold D, Ordinary Seaman, B 4766 (RANR), MPK

 FRAWLEY, George, Able Seaman, B 4237 (RANR), killed

 GANNON, Ronald J, Ordinary Seaman 2c, S 9424 (RANR), killed

 GUMMOW, William G, Able Seaman, F 4927 (RANR), killed

 HARDEMAN, Edwin L, Able Seaman, F 4684 (RANR), killed

 HART, Leslie L, Able Seaman, S 8831 (RANR), killed

 HEARNE, Vivian W, Able Seaman, S 5690 (RANR), MPK

 HERDMAN, Lindsay I, Able Seaman, PM 5836 (RANR), MPK

 HUGHES, Charles M, Able Seaman, 21902 (RAN), MPK

 KENNEDY, Harry, Able Seaman, 25788 (RAN), killed

 KIRCHNER, Maurice D, Able Seaman, PM 7240 (RANR), killed

 LADE, Alan W, Able Seaman, H 2336 (RANR), MPK

 LEVY, Keith, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RANR, DOW

 LOUD, Merton S, Able Seaman, 24343 (RAN), killed

 MARSH, Max H, Lieutenant (S), RAN, DOW

 MEDDINGS, Ronald, Able Seaman, PM 4709 (RANR), killed

 MOORE, Claude, Able Seaman, PM 6721 (RANR), killed

 MOORE, Joseph J J, Leading Seaman, F 2553 (RANR), killed

 MUNDAY, William T, Able Seaman, 26363 (RAN), killed

 O'NEILL, Henry E, Act/Leading Seaman, 18942 (RAN), killed

 PRINGLE, Neal, Able Seaman, S 8816 (RANR), killed

 REEVE, Geoffrey C, Able Seaman, B 4088 (RANR), killed

 RILEY, Gordon W, Able Seaman, S 7926 (RANR), killed

 ROWLEY, Sidney C, Leading Seaman, H 1258 (RANR), killed

 RUSSELL, Colin N, Lieutenant, RANR, MPK

 SHARMAN, Ivan S, Able Seaman, H 2208 (RANR), MPK

 UTTING, Peter S, Able Seaman, F 3485 (RANR), killed

 VERDON, Ronald A, Able Seaman, S 5555 (RANR), killed

 WARD, Charles R, Able Seaman, S 7795 (RANR), MPK

 WHITTAKER, Harold R, Able Seaman, S 7376 (RANR), MPK

 

Dalhousie (RIN)

 DAUD, Yaqub, Yeoman of Signals, 131 (RIN), died

 

Hamla (RIN)

 BERI, Lakshmanan R, Electrical Artificer, 20891 (RIN), died

 

Pelandok, as POW

 AHMAD, Bin A, Able Seaman, MN 495 (Malay Section), died

 

RM 30th Assault Unit, accident

 CONNOLLY, John S F G, Lance Corporal, RM, PLY/X 3944, killed

 

Shelburne (RCN)

 DOHERTY, Wilfred J, Electrical Artificer, V/92563 (RCNVR), died

 

 

Saturday, 6 January 1945

 

Arunta (RAN), Kamikaze attack

 HAND, Richard A, Act/Stores Petty Officer, 24357 (RAN), DOW

 SELLICK, Henry L, Able Seaman, 6092 (RAN), DOW

 

FAA, 815 Sqn, Landrail, air crash

 NEWBERY, Peter R, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 WARD, George K, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 PRITCHETT, William, Ty/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 611435, MPK

 

Formidable

 ORSBORN, John A, Stoker 1c, P/KX 165618, MPK

 

Forte

 HILL, George H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 163634, DOWS

 

Lucifer, illness

 KENNEDY, Marjorie E, 2nd Officer, WRNS, died

 

Maidstone

 SMITH, James, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 420702, DOWS

 

ML.439 (RIN), air attack

 GHOSH, S (initial only), Able Seaman, 17626 (RIN), DOW

 

New Mexico (US Navy), battleship, Kamikaze attack

 MORTON, Bryan S, Sub Lieutenant (S), (Howe, O/P), MPK

 

RM 3rd Heavy AA Regt, illness

 TOMLINSON, Frank, Marine, PO/X 103337, died

 

RM 44 Commando, Burma operations

 HAW, Charles W, Marine, PLY/X107394, killed

 

RM 47 Commando

 GARDENER, Michael C, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 

Walpole, mining

 EMMETT, Robert P, Stoker 2c, C/KX 603469, killed

 REYNOLDS, Herbert J, Ty/Petty Officer Stoker, C/K 66673, killed

 

 

Sunday, 7 January 1945

 

Adventure, illness

 ELLEBY, Cecil R, Sick Berth Attendant, D/MX 50535, died

 

Arpha, illness

 JEFFREY, Albert, Able Seaman, C/JX 278593, died

 

Daedalus III

 FLATMAN, John, Air Fitter (E), FAA/FX 651520, DOWS

 

FAA, 761 Sqn, Dipper, air crash

 BENSON, Joseph A L, Midshipman (A), RNVR, killed

 

RM Plymouth Division

 JENKINS, Joseph H, Sergeant, RM (Pens), PLY/X 14403, DOWS

 

Vulture, illness

 LEE, Frederick, Leading Air Mechanic, FAA/FX 92743, died

 

 

Monday, 8 January 1945

 

Ashbury, steamship

 AYRES, Ernest H, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 239936, (President III, O/P), killed

 FLETCHER, John, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 443735, (President III, O/P), killed

 HELLER, James D, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 444297, (President III, O/P), MPK

 KERR, John I, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 550497, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Monarra, accident

 PUSSEPITIYA, Loku B D, Ordinary Seaman, G/FCX 150, died

 

RM 48 Commando

 TAYLOR, Robert W, Marine, CH/X 107296, DOWS

 

Victory, illness

 CORNISH, Harold W, Regulating Petty Officer, P/222101, died

 

 

Tuesday, 9 January1945

 

Algerian

 DAWSON, Harold, Leading Telegraphist, NAP R 300395, killed

 

Discovery (RCN)

 HOUSE, Robert A L, Leading Writer, V/30412 (RCNVR), died

 

Foula

 SCREEN, Douglas A, Seaman, LT/JX 240855, DOWS

 

Proserpine

 BLOOMAN, Andrew, Able Seaman, R/JX 555197, DOWS

 

Pyramus, illness

 MORRICE, Thomas, Marine, CH/17124, died

 

Victory, illness

 DAVIES, Albert, Able Seaman, P/JX 219095, died

 

 

Wednesday, 10 January 1945

 

British Dominion, steamship

 JORDAN, Archibald, Able Seaman, P/JX 337689, MPK

 

Daedalus

 LONGMUIR, William, Air Mechanic (O) 2c, FAA/FX 682453, DOWS

 

Drake, illness

 CHILTON, Charles H, Petty Officer Stoker, D/K 56399, died

 

General Birdwood

 HOWARTH, James, Stoker, LT/KX 120751, DOWS

 

LCS(M).72

 HANNAM, Wesley G, Ty/Corporal, RM, PO/X 117546, DOWS

 

Pembroke, illness

 SYME, John Q T, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, died

 

Saker, air crash

 WAGLAND, Edward G, Ty/Act/Ty/Leading Airman, FAA/FX 605591, killed

 

Torrens (RAN), illness

 GRANT, Keith W, Stores Assistant, PA 4231 (RANR), died

 

 

Thursday, 11 January 1945

 

BYMS.2016, drowning

 MACLEOD, Murdo, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 17763 A, died

 

Exeter, as POW

 BREWER, William G H, Stoker 1c, D/K 63608, died

 

Jupiter, as POW

 LOVESEY, William, Ty/Petty Officer, D/JX 140918, died

 

Normandy Coast, steamship

 HAND, William E, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 248789, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Pembroke, illness

 COCKS, Eric MacF, Petty Officer Writer, C/MX 65075, died

 

Renown

 JOSLIN, Eric B, Able Seaman, D/JX 246261, DOWS

 

South African Naval Force

 DIXON, Robert, Able Seaman, CN/584276 (SANF), died

 

Suffolk

 FITZPATRICK, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 141303, killed

 

Valiant

 HENRY, John B, Able Seaman, P/SSX 13693, DOWS

 

 

Friday, 12 January 1945

 

Akbar (RIN)

 SARDAR, Singh, Ordinary Seaman, 35144 (RIN), died

 

Bazeley

 GRAHAM, David, Able Seaman, C/JX 543106, DOWS

 

Brontes

 SALISBURY, John, Chief Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 103370, died

 

FAA, 757 Sqn, Rayalija, air crash

 GOLDSACK, Thomas W, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Hamla I (RIN)

 NURATI, Nam D, Topass, 78012 (RIN), died

 

LCT.1295, drowning

 PADDEN, Joseph, Stoker 1c, D/KX 146835, died

 

Regulus, ship loss

 SMITH, Robert, Shipwright 3c, D/SR 8303, MPK

 

RM 42 Commando

 SCOTT, Thomas V, Marine, PLY/X 100758, killed

 

Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Burma operations

 KETTLE, Raymond V, Lieutenant Commander, RINVR, killed

 

Royal Indian Navy, Burma operations

 SHER, Muhammad, Able Seaman, 100678 (RIN), killed

 WILAYAT, Khan, Able Seaman, 101729 (RIN), killed

 

Sheldrake, illness

 SUMPTER, Charles W, Sick Berth Attendant, C/MX 95798, died

 

Treern (SANF), ship loss

 ANDERSON, Robert D, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 71067 V (SANF), MPK

 BARKER, Ronald E, Sub Lieutenant, SANF, MPK

 BLAKE, Robert E, Petty Officer, P 6572 (SANF), MPK

 BROWN, Ian H, Able Seaman, 71719 V (SANF), MPK

 BYRNE, Patrick, Lieutenant, SANF, MPK

 DAVIE, William, Stoker 1c, 70681 V (SANF), MPK

 ENGELBEEN, Leslie C, Able Seaman, 562235 V (SANF), MPK

 JACOBZ, Frank H, Stoker 1c, 70374 V (SANF), MPK

 MATTHEWS, George A, Stoker 1c, 70728 V (SANF), MPK

 MCINTYRE, William G, Cook (S), 585360 (SANF), MPK

 MCLARTY, William D, Leading Stoker, 562246 V (SANF), MPK

 MCLEAN, Godfrey, Able Seaman, 562455 V (SANF), MPK

 NILAND, St John E, Able Seaman, 209905 (SANF), MPK

 PERRY, Desmond A, Petty Officer, 71211 (SANF), MPK

 REID, Kenneth H, Signalman, 562143 V (SANF), MPK

 SALCOMBE, Francis R, Stoker 1c, 58589 V (SANF), MPK

 STAPELBERG, Willem J, Steward, 562221 V (SANF), MPK

 SUTTON, Donald A, Able Seaman, 70426 (SANF), MPK

 SUTTON, George A M, Leading Seaman, 586403 V (SANF), MPK

 TRAFFORD, William O, Able Seaman, 71222 V (SANF), MPK

 VILJOEN, Dennis A, Telegraphist, 70984 V (SANF), MPK

 WHITE, Charles W, Petty Officer, 562200 V (SANF), MPK

 WULFF, Emil F, Leading Seaman, 562466 V (SANF), MPK

 

Victory

 CHAPMAN, Joyce M A, WRNS, P/WRNS 11463, DOWS

 

Wolverstone

 LEAHY, Joseph, Marine, PO/X 120521, DOWS

 

 

Saturday, 13 January 1945

 

Cotillian, illness

 OLIVER, John, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 286375, died

 

FAA, 820 Sqn, Indefatigable, air crash

 COLE, Lewis E, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 87167, killed

 

FAA, 879 Sqn, Attacker, air crash

 MACLEOD, Norman I, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, killed

 

FAA, 1830 Sqn, Illustrious, air crash

 GRAHAM-CANN, Anthony P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

FAA, 1833 Sqn, Illustrious, air crash

 ROGERS, Eric A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

Impregnable, illness

 POPLE, George F, Petty Officer, D/J 5322, died

 

Nabbington

 BROWN, William, Able Seaman, P/JX 631286, DOWS

 

Niobe (RCN)

 CHAYCHUK, John, Leading Seaman, V/35434 (RCNVR), died

 

Pembroke, illness

 HARPER, Norman S, Able Seaman, C/JX 182035, died

 

RM 41 Commando

 NICHOLSON, Robert F, Marine, PO/X 100815, DOWS

 

Rooke, illness

 FRENCH, John McK, Chief Rigger, R/JX 166896, died

 

Stadacona (RCN)

 EASTMAN, Garnett R, Telegraphist, V/11766 (RCNVR), died

 

 

Sunday, 14 January 1945

 

Adamant

 DOCKRELL, Robert, Able Seaman, P/JX 272746, DOWS

 

Devonshire, accident

 EDWARDS, Eric R, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 537324, died

 

Isle of Sark

 KILCOYNE, Percival W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 540255, killed

 

Pembroke

 PENNY, Peter, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 312052, DOWS

 

RM 42 Commando

 SHERMAN, George, Marine, EX/3566, DOWS

 

RM 47 Commando, Dutch operations

 ADAM, Ian W, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 DYKE, Frederick J, Ty/Corporal, RM, CH/X 103842, killed

 EVANS, Cyril, Marine, PLY/X 113855, killed

 GREENHALGH, Samuel, Marine, PO/X 112375, killed

 STICKINGS, Brian J, Ty/Act/Captain, RM, killed

 STOVELL, William C, Marine, PLY/X 110734, MPK

 WILLIAMS, Raymond, Marine, PLY/X 108521, killed

 

RM Engineer Commando

 THOMSON, Donald, Ty/Act/Ty/Corporal, RM, PO/X 110320, killed

 

Vulture

 PINNEY, Donald F, Air Mechanic (O) 2c, FAA/FX 684635, DOWS

 

 

Monday, 15 January 1945

 

Allington Castle

 LAWRENCE, Charles M, Ty/Petty Officer, C/SSX 23690, MPK

 

Dalhousie (RIN)

 KELAN, Narayanan, Able Seaman, 9615 (RIN), died

 

Kestrel

 VEALE, Roy W, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 566082, DOWS

 

Maja, steamship

 HARRIS, Jack P, Act/Petty Officer (DEMS), RFR, P/SS 9421, (President III, O/P), killed

 IBBOTSON, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 313307, (President III, O/P), killed

 ILES, Joseph W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 551424, (President III, O/P), MPK

 NEWTON, Austin A, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 304918, (President III, O/P), killed

 PARISH, Alfred E L, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 640706, (President III, O/P), MPK

 WOOD, Henry, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 267420, (President III, O/P), killed

 

ML.350

 CROSSEY, Patrick F, Petty Officer, P/JX 126527, DOWS

 

ML.386

 DOYLE, Duncan B, Able Seaman, C/JX 196688, killed

 

Narva, steamship

 DWIGHT, Robert W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 396922, (President III, O/P), MPK

 HIPSLEY, John, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 239150, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

RM 47 Commando

 PRY, Benjamin C H, Marine, CH/X 111971, DOWS

 

Sierra Leone NVF

 JABERTY, J (Initial Only), Leading Seaman, SL/F 2540 (Sierra Leone NVF), MPK

 

Thane, torpedoed

 ALMON, Ralph E, Engine Room Artificer 4c, V 36506 (RCNVR), killed