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

 

1st - 30th APRIL 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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(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

 

 

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


 

 

Sunday, 1 April 1945

 

Bellona, illness

 CHIVERS, Albert E, Leading Seaman, RNVR, C/LD/X 4148, died

 

Bideford

 CAMPBELL, Arthur G, Able Seaman, D/JX 321014, MPK

 

Burma RNVR

 THEIN, Mg R S, Petty Officer, 199 (Burma RNVR), died

 

Escapade

 KELLY, Robert S, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 699472, MPK

 

FAA, 1834 Sqn, Victorious, air operations

 ROBERTS, Harold J H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 894 Sqn, Indefatigable, bombing

 GIBSON, William G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 QUIGLEY, Norman T, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, DOW

 

Indefatigable, bombing

 ALLEN, William J, Able Seaman, P/JX 165138, killed

 ASKEW, Albert E, Steward, P/LX 618933, killed

 BUCKINGHAM, Alfred C, Able Seaman, P/JX 629132, killed

 MUNRO, Alexander J W, Steward, P/LX 578069, DOW

 ONION, Kenneth, Able Seaman, P/JX 380218, DOW

 PEPPER, Arthur C, Act/Photographer (A), FAA/JX 533563, killed

 TEEVAN, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 371594, killed

 TEFF, Leonard A, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 THOMAS, Wallace G, Steward, P/LX 57597, killed

 VAUGHAN, Alan McC, Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, RCNVR, killed

 WHITE, Peter J, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 389851, killed

 WILLIAM, Gordon H, Act/Able Seaman (Radar), P/JX 641562, DOW

 WILLIAMS, Gordon H, Able Seaman, P/JX 641562, MPK

 

Indomitable, aerial strafing

 LYNCH, Walter J, Leading Seaman (Radar), P/JX 198501, killed

 

Lucifer, illness

 KIRKPATRICK-CROCKETT, Ernest, Lieutenant Commander, died

 

Queen

 MCAFEE, Robert, Leading Stoker, V/32579 (RCNVR), died

 

Ulster, bombing

 LYNCH, Robert F, Stoker 1c, C/KX 143622, killed

 MASON, Douglas H, Able Seaman, C/JX 300367, killed

 WELLS, Harold, Act/Stoker 1c, C/KX 699353, killed

 

Zodiac

 BOYLE, John G, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 537884, MPK

 

 

Monday, 2 April 1945

 

Arbiter

 PAGE, Alexander J, Act/Petty Officer Radio Mechanic, P/MX 635012, DOWS

 

FAA, 800 Sqn, Bherunda, air crash

 MITCHELL, Anthony L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed

 

Illustrious

 TAYLOR, William S, Ty/Leading Air Fitter (A), FAA/FX 93106, MPK

 

MFV.640, illness

 ORMSTON, John E G, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 128930, died

 

Nigeria

 MORGAN, Frederick S, Engine Room Artificer 1c, C/M 36167, DOWS

 

Porthos

 KEMP, Rowland, Stoker 1c, R/KX 163873, DOWS

 

President III, illness

 ANDREWS, Thomas W, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 678302, DOWS

 

RM 40 Commando, Italian operations

 COOMBES, Peter L, Marine, CH/X 110269, killed

 GORRIE, William Y, Marine, CH/X 105950, killed

 GRIFFIN, Patrick, Marine, CH/X 112120, killed

 CAMPBELL, John, Marine, CH/X 109403, killed

 KEANE, Leonard H H, Marine, CH/X 111754, killed

 MACLEAN, Alexander, Marine, PO/X 116565, killed

 OLIPHANT, Arthur M, Marine, PLY/X 105615, killed

 POLLARD, William G, Marine, PO/X 115039, killed

 RAVEN, Henry H, Marine, PLY/X 107493, killed

 

RN (Malay Section)

 ISMAIL, Bin H, Ordinary Seaman, MN 1282 (Malay Section), MPK

 

Royal Canadian Naval Reserve

 CAMPBELL, John R, Leading Seaman, A/7986 (RCNR), died

 

Uganda (RCN)

 PHILLIPS, Caswell I, Leading Stoker, V/51352 (RCNVR), MPK

 

Ulster, bombing

 GILBERT, Sidney G, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 97106, DOW

 

Victory, illness

 COYNE, Thomas I, Shipwright 1c, P/M 4325, died

 

 

Tuesday, 3 April 1945

 

Avalon (RCN)

 ELVISH, James, Petty Officer, V/16443 (RCNVR), died

 

Europa, illness

 ABERNETHY, George Y, Skipper Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

Hannibal, illness

 HOLMES, Percy C, Marine, CH/X 109258, died

 

Queen Emma, illness

 BOURNE, Ernest J, Assistant Steward, NAP R 52537, died

 

RM 43 Commando, Italian operations

 CLINTON, Reginald A, Ty/Sergeant, RM, EX/4443, killed

 HUNTER, Thomas P, Ty/Corporal, RM, CH/X 110296, killed, awarded posthumous Victoria Cross

 INGRAM, Richard G, Marine, PLY/X 107498, MPK

 

St George, road accident

 BERESFORD, Frank, Boy 1c, D/JX 581912, killed

 

Valluru

 CORNER, Robert, Ty/Leading Air Fitter (E), FAA/FX 104393, DOWS

 

 

Wednesday, 4 April 1945

 

Exeter, as POW

 BOOTE, Harold, Marine, PLY/X 100930, died

 REYNOLDS, Leonard J, Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 874, (ex-Prince of Wales), died

 

Hannibal, accident

 GIBSON, Gordon W, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 19340 A, killed

 

Hopetoun

 ALEXANDER, Edgar R, Electrical Mechanic 4c, C/MX 95153, DOWS

 

President, illness

 LOVEBAND, Rochfort Y, Commander, died

 

RM 45 Commando, German operations

 CLARKE, Reginald J, Marine, CH/X 114216, killed

 WRIGHT, Trevor D, Ty/Lieutenant, South African Tank Corps, killed

 KEOUGH, Richard J, Marine, PLY/X 112641, killed

 

RN (Malay Section)

 MUHAMMAD, Yusuf B A, Ordinary Seaman, MN 1288 (Malay Section), MPK

 

Women's Royal Naval Service

 PERKINS, Peggy I, Leading WRNS, 60387, DOWS

 

 

Thursday, 5 April 1945

 

Condor, illness

 STONE, Dorothy J, WRNS, N/WRNS 89729, died

 

Coronia, accident

 CROUCH, Frederick J, Ordinary Seaman, CSP R 318886, killed

 

Exeter, as POW

 SHAW, Herbert, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 148031, died

 

Garuda

 TAYLOR, Tom, Air Mechanic (L) 2c, FAA/FX 683688, DOWS

 

Holderness

 BROWN, Edward G, Able Seaman, C/JX 279609, DOWS

 

Lanka, illness

 MEDLAND, Edward J, Leading Writer, P/MX 671653, died

 

LCS(M), 902nd Flotilla

 NICHOLLS, George H, Act/Shipwright 4c, D/MX 509732, DOWS

 

Niobe (RCN), in Belgium

 DOVE, George W, Stoker 1c, V/48174 (RCNVR), died

 

Royal Indian Navy

 OSBORNE-SMITH, George M, Commander, RIN, MPK

 

 

Friday, 6 April 1945

 

Dartmouth, illness

 WEARNE, William T, Stoker 1c, D/K 20911, died

 

Exeter, as POW

 CARR, Charles D, Able Seaman, D/SSX 24465, died

 

FAA, 812 Sqn, St Angelo, air operations

 BIRCH, John S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 ROBINS, David A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 812 Sqn, Vengeance, air crash

 HAMILL, Victor A, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 112752, MPK

 

FAA, 894 Sqn, Indefatigable, air operations

 HEPPENSTALL, Norris V, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 1850 Sqn, Vengeance, air crash

 BARDNER, Edward E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

Indomitable

 MITCHELL, George H, Petty Officer (Radar), P/JX 259002, DOW

 

Lothian

 MCDIARMID, Eric A, Stoker 1c, D/KX 164350, DOWS

 

LST.403

 DWYER, Sidney E, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 631563, MPK

 

RM 28th Battalion, Dutch operations

 ATCHISON, Stanley, Marine, PO/X 122833, MPK

 BLANE, William F, Marine, CH/X 111997, MPK

 CLARKE, John P, Marine, PO/X 114944, MPK

 COOK, Dennis J, Marine, PO/X 114945, MPK

 HERRON, Samuel, Marine, PLY/X 113927, killed

 LUCAS, Arthur C, Marine, PO/X 100788, MPK

 WHITTLE, Joseph, Marine, PLY/X 109843, DOWS

 

RM 45 Commando, German operations

 BAKER, Dennis A A, Marine, PO/X 121504, killed

 CASPER, Peter, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 PEARCE, William H, Marine, PLY/X 112318, killed

 THOMAS, Kenneth E, Marine, PLY/X 111986, killed

 

Slinger

 LIAS, David J, Able Seaman, D/JX 649021, MPK

 

Vernon, illness

 SNARR, Wilfred, Stoker 1c, P/K 21215, died

 

 

Saturday, 7 April 1945

 

412th Landing Craft Flotilla

 BROWN, James, Marine, CH/X 113689, DOWS

 

Ceylon

 RAE, John B, Able Seaman, P/JX 514032, DOWS

 

Exeter, as POW

 MCSHANE, Francis B, Able Seaman, D/JX 184678, died

 

FAA, 1830 Sqn, Illustrious, air operations

 MARRITT, Horace, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 CHURCHILL, Adrian H, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, killed

 

Fox, executed as POW

 MAYOR, Keith, Able Seaman, D/JX 363471, died

 

Givenchy (RCN)

 SWETNAM, Percy, Chief Petty Officer, 2081 (RCN), died

 

Hannibal

 VOOGHT, George W D, Coder, P/JX 356569, DOWS

 

Jupiter, as POW

 WILLIAMS, Ronald, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 170990, died

 

MTB.494, rammed by German S.176 near Smith's Knoll, off Norfolk coast, lost (Links - In Memory of Charles Augustus Holland)

 CHUDLEY, Douglas C, Ordinary Signalman, P/JX 700850, killed

 CROWDER, Fank, Able Seaman, C/JX 354779, killed

 DANDIE, Anthony W, Able Seaman, C/JX 378644, killed

 HOLLAND, Charles A, Able Seaman, P/JX 262015, killed

 JONES, Ralph E, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 349131, MPK

 MACFARLANE, Ian T, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 MAY, Jack, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed  

 NAYLOR, Ian R, Ty/Midshipman, RNVR, MPK

 SHOOSMITH, George R, Able Seaman, C/JX 559374, MPK

 SIMMONS, Charles, Stoker 1c, P/KX 153796, MPK

 SLATER, Jeffrey, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 139149, MPK

 TREECE, Arthur, Telegraphist, P/JX 402999, MPK

 VINE, Leslie F, Able Seaman, P/SSX 35669, killed

 WHEELER, Victor M, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, P/MX 543586, MPK

 

 

MTB.5001, ship loss

 GOUGH, Albert W, Able Seaman, D/JX 306983, DOW

 HOOKER, Robert W, Able Seaman, P/JX 327207, DOW

 JOHNSON, George F, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, P/MX 124965, MPK

 

RM 27th Battalion

 EAMES, Alan, Marine, EX/2722, killed

 

RM 45 Commando, German operations

 CANN, Bernard L, Marine, PLY/X 108734, DOWS

 KNOTT, John T, Ty/Act/Ty/Corporal, RM, PLY/X 2791, DOWS

 WHARTON, James D, Ty/Colour Sergeant, RM, EX/4271, killed

 

Seaborn, illness

 FINBOW, Leonard J R, Canteen Assistant, C/NX 703385, died

 

Sheba

 PERRY, Arthur J, Act/Leading Signalman, P/JX 322741, DOWS

 

Vasna, illness

 WAY, Nancy W E, Nursing Sister, died

 

 

Sunday, 8 April 1945

 

Dunver, steamship

 COLE, Cyril E, Able Seaman, V/72749 (RCNVR), MPK

 

Encounter, as POW

 COLE, Ernest G, Able Seaman, C/SSX 32571, died

 

Exeter, as POW

 DRISCOLL, John F, Writer, D/MX 67653, died

 

FAA, 808 Sqn, Khedive, air crash

 GREGORY, Charles E, Ty/Chief Petty Officer Pilot, FAA/FX 91771, MPK

 

Pembroke III

 KING, Barbara, 3rd Officer, WRNS, died

 

RM 3rd Heavy AA Regt, illness

 LEADBEATER, Fred, Marine, PO/X 104750, died

 

Victory, illness

 FENNER, Cecil R, Able Seaman, P/J 45204, died

 

 

Monday, 9 April 1945

 

Adyar (RIN)

 MAQBUL, Ahmad, Motor Engineer 1c, 78534 (RIN), died

 

Copinsay, illness

 HODSON, William A, Skipper Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

Coulbeg, steamship

 TAYLOR, Arthur S, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 444809, (President III, O/P), killed

 

Daedalus, illness

 HIBBITT, Stanley B, Air Mechanic (L) 1c, FAA/FX 86395, died

 

Encounter, as POW

 GOSSET, Ronald L, Able Seaman, C/SSX 31237, died

 

Fabius, explosion at Bari, Italy, US Liberty ship Charles Henderson, loaded with bombs and ammunition blew up

 DICKINSON, William S, Stores Assistant, D/MX 121854, killed

 ROGERS, Horace, Able Seaman, D/SSX 25719, killed

 ROGERS, James E, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 642299, killed

 STEADMAN, George, Act/Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/JX 341483, killed

 YATES, Leonard E J, Writer, C/MX 698224, killed

 

Fox, executed as POW

 ROE, Alfred J, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, P/MX 98752, died

 

Glenearn, in the Pacific, petrol fumes caused explosion, others DOW

 JACKSON, Lawrence M, Able Seaman, D/JX 554628, killed

 PEARSON, Dunstan A, Able Seaman, D/JX 418600, killed

 

Helicon, illness

 STOCKEN, Margery A, WRNS, WA/WRNS 94049, died

 

Khedive, illness

 DYER, James A C, Leading Air Mechanic (E), FAA/FX 94816, DOWS

 

LCT (number not known), at Bari

 ANSCOMB, Harold P, Able Seaman, P/SSX 17607, killed

 

Odyssey, in UK

 REID, William H N, Act/Stoker 1c, C/KX 663064, DOWS

 

Quebec, at Bari

 BOYCE, William T, Petty Officer Wireman, D/MX 72109, killed

 

St Amstell, steamship, at Bari

 CLOSE, William H, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 312292, (President III, O/P), killed

 

St Angelo, at Bari

 DUDSON, David, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 552119, killed

 

Wedgeport, road accident

 WILLIAMS, Robert G, Able Seaman, D/JX 417782, DOWS

 

 

Tuesday, 10 April 1945

 

Ben Tarbert, illness

 SHEPHERD, William R, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 131642, died

 

Daedalus, illness

 RUSSELL, Samuel G, Chief Petty Officer (Photographer) (A), FAA/M 40150, died

 

Encounter, as POW

 USBORNE, Frank E, Ordnance Artificer 1c, C/MX 45570, died

 

FAA, 808 Sqn, Khedive, air crash

 SHERRY, Peter A, Ty/Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK

 

FAA, 892 Sqn, Gannet, air crash

 HOY, Edmund J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant (A), SANF (V), killed

 

Glenearn, explosion

 AITKEN, Alexander C L, Ty/Lieutenant Commander (E), RNR, DOW

 HEYWOOD, Frederick, Leading Seaman, D/J 115424, DOW

 ROY, Thomas M, Ty/Act/Petty Officer Stoker, D/KX 92531, DOW

 

Khedive

 CATHERALL, Alan, Leading Radio Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX 580487, MPK

 JOHNSON, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/X 9533 B, killed

 MCCLORY, William B, Air Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/FX 101836, MPK

 

MTB.170, ship loss

 CASSELLS, Francis, Able Seaman, D/JX 420407, MPK

 

MTB.633, surface action

 PROCTOR, Harry G, Petty Officer, D/JX 145712, killed

 

MTB.662, surface action

 BEADLE, William F, Able Seaman, P/JX 429137, killed

 MERRILL, John E, Able Seaman, P/JX 371153, killed

 STONE, Arthur, Able Seaman, P/JX 396023, killed

 

MTB.710, ship loss

 ADAMS, William, Able Seaman, P/JX 417544, MPK

 BARLEY, Ronald A, Act/Chief Motor Mechanic, P/MX 117033, MPK

 BENNETT, Harold E, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 420198, killed

 BENT, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 409938, MPK

 BONE, Anthony W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 BROWN, Charles H, Signalman, C/JX 214578, MPK

 CASEY, Dennis E, Telegraphist, P/JX 578986, MPK

 DAVIES, Frank, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 363246, MPK

 HENAGHAN, John, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 659329, MPK

 JACQUES, James E, Able Seaman, P/JX 578919, MPK

 JEAVONS, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 612466, MPK

 LITTLE, Thomas E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 LUSH, Ronald B, Able Seaman, P/JX 425796, MPK

 ORR, George E, Telegraphist, D/JX 217153, MPK

 PALMER, William, Act/Stoker 1c, P/KX 163086, MPK

 

Penguin (RAN), illness

 BALDWIN, Cecil C, Act/Captain, RAN, died

 

President, as POW

 CUMBERLEDGE, Claude M B, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, killed

 

President III, at Bari

 EYRES, Ernest H, Act/Able Seaman, D/JX 267000, DOWS

 

 

Wednesday, 11 April 1945

 

4 Maritime Regt, RA

 HAMMOND, Thomas, Gunner, RA, 893472, MPK

 

6 Maritime Regt, RA

 SOMERVILLE, Neil, Gunner, RA, 1551915, MPK

 

Barfoam

 WALLACE, John K A, Act/Rigger's Mate, R/JX 304042, DOWS

 

Bedouin, as POW

 strafing by British aircraft, SCURFIELD, Bryan B, Commander, DOW

 

Bherunda, train accident

 SILVA, Seerakkodi P, Assistant Steward, G/LCX 3618, killed

 

Exeter , as POW

 COWELL, Stanley P, Telegraphist, D/SSX 31346, died

 DEERE, Denis P, Able Seaman, D/JX 142301, died

 

Fabius, at Bari

 FARMER, Andrew M, Ty/Act/Leading Signalman, D/JX 162418, DOWS

 

Glenearn, explosion

 BARNARD, Albert W, Able Seaman, D/JX 567353, DOW

 JONES, Henry E, Petty Officer (RNR), D/X 7897 C, DOW

 ROWE, Leslie, Able Seaman, D/JX 309728, DOW

 SCHORFIELD, Donald F, Able Seaman, D/JX 648720, DOW

 TRICKETT, Norman L, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 

Hotspur

 PARSONS, Jack R, Leading Seaman, RNR, C/7110 C, MPK

 

Lorraine, drowning

 REID, Peter C, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 192204, DOWS

 

Malayan RNVR, as POW

 ABU, Qasim B U, Ordinary Seaman, (Malayan RNVR), died

 

MTB.710, ship loss

 WILLIAMS, Sidney J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 595816, DOW

 

Panama, steamship

 BOSCOE, Thomas, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 191757, (President III, O/P), MPK

 EATON, Robert, Convoy Signalman, C/JX 558927, (President III, O/P), MPK

 JONES, Herbert P, Convoy Ordinary Signalman, C/JX 528196, (President III, O/P), MPK

 MCNALLY, Hugh, Ty/Act/Petty Officer (DEMS), D/JX 191475, (President III, O/P), MPK

 

Pioneer

 CAMERON, David C, Air Mechanic (A) 2c, FAA/FX 561989, DOWS

 

RM 40 Commando, Italian operations

 BREMNER, Alexander, Marine, CH/X 104278, killed

 BUSTARD, Leslie M, Marine, PO/X 113418, killed

 COLBY, Gordon D, Lance Corporal, RM, CH/X 112755, DOWS

 COOMBER, Arthur W G, Marine, CH/X 113203, killed

 CORCORAN, James E B, Ty/Corporal, RM, CH/X 1679, killed

 DI MARCO, Paul, Ty/Act/Colour Sergeant, RM, PO/X 107388, killed

 FOSTER, Ronald T, Marine, CH/X 2825, killed

 HAMSTEAD, Edward O, Marine, CH/X 104537, killed

 HARVEY, William J A, Ty/Act/Colour Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 2905, killed

 HAYS, Robert, Marine, PO/X 113795, killed

 HILL, Henry W, Ty/Sergeant, RM, EX/5515, DOWS

 HOBBS, Victor F, Marine, CH/X 112644, killed

 LITTLE, William A, Marine, CH/X 113276, killed

 MCGLASHON, Dennis P, Marine, CH/X 111797, killed

 MOODY, Edwin J, Marine, CH/X 112355, killed

 NASH, Alec, Marine, PLY/X 109509, killed

 PAIN, Leonard J, Marine, CH/X 110763, killed

 PEGRUM, John D G, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 PORTER, Norman M, Ty/Act/Major, RM, killed

 SCOTT, William J, Sergeant, RM, CH/X 1327, killed

 SIMPSON, Samuel, Marine, PO/X 3619, killed

 SUTCLIFFE, Kenneth G, Lance Corporal, RM, CH/X 111640, killed

 SWIFT, Harold, Marine, PLY/X 112407, killed

 WEDGWOOD, Paul N, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 WOODALL, John W, Ty/Corporal, RM, CH/X 2684, killed

 

RM 46 Commando, German operations

 KIDWELL, William T, Marine, CH/X 105325, killed

 VARDY, Thomas, Marine, PLY/X 103900, killed

 

RM 48 Commando, German operations

 ALTRINGHAM, Ronald L, Marine, CH/X 112202, killed

 

RM HQ 4th Commando Brigade, German operations

 SUMMERHAYES, Arthur J, Ty/Sergeant, RM, EX/2524, DOWS

 

Sirius

 PURSEY, Ronald B, Able Seaman, P/JX 261704, DOWS

 

Strathadam (RCN), explosion

 COMISH, John C G, Telegraphist, V/56416 (RCNVR), killed

 FRIEND, James T, Telegraphist, V/52131 (RCNVR), killed

 JONES, Harold B, Able Seaman, V/16924 (RCNVR), killed

 MCEWEN, Dennis W A, Leading Telegraphist, V/36117 (RCNVR), killed

 SHIMMIN, Alfred G, Leading Stores Assistant, V/45064 (RCNVR), killed

 

Van Dyck, as POW

 BOGIE, John S, Chief Storekeeper, T.124, died

 

Victory IV, as POW

 KING, Ernest, Sick Berth Attendant, P/MX 83081, died

 

 

Thursday, 12 April 1945

 

Encounter, as POW