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ARNOLD, SAMUEL ARTHUR, Peterborough. P/KX 90102, Leading Stoker, HMS KASHMIR, Royal Navy. Died 23rd May 1941, aged 25. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 54, column 2.
This destroyer was sunk by aircraft bombs in the Battle of Crete along with the destroyers Juno, Greyhound and Kelly, (leader).
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BARBER, ANTHONY LEVOIR, 40, Norfolk Street. P/JX. 354529, Able Seaman, H.M.L.C.F. (L) 1, Royal Navy. Died 17th August 1944, aged 21. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 81. Column 3.
His Majesty's Landing Craft Flak (Large) No.1. was taking part in Operation NEPTUNE, the cross-channel operations involved in the D-Day landings (Operation Overlord), when it blew up and sank.
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BEE, RONALD CECIL, 5, The Crescent, Woodston. PO/X3807, Lance Corporal, Royal Marines. Died 18th August 1945, hit by a lorry in England while hitch-hiking. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 6. Grave 366.
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BRADLEY, HERBERT MICHAEL, 12, Tower Street. C/JX.157789, Boy 1st Class, HMS SOUTHAMPTON, Royal Navy. Died 16th October 1939, aged 17. Buried Woodston Cemetery. Grave reference: Section 6. Grave 64.
The cruiser Southampton was bombed by aircraft in the Firth of Forth. Most of the casualties were incurred when the men were running along the open deck to man the anti-aircraft guns.
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Herbert Bradley’s funeral
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BURGESS, GRANVILLE B C F, Whitsed Street. P/JX 214671, Able Seaman, HMS ARROW, Royal Navy. Died 5th August 1943, aged 23, while trying to extinguish a fire on board a merchant ship. Buried in Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. Grave reference: 4. K. 16.
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| COCKS, PERCIVAL ROWLAND, 42, Fulbridge Road. Chief Officer, SS NAVASOTA (Southampton), Merchant Navy. Died 5th December 1939, aged 42, torpedoed in the Atlantic. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 72.At 14.40 hours on 5 Dec, 1939, the Navasota (Master Charles Joseph Goble) in convoy OB-46 was hit by one torpedo from U-47 (Gunther Prien) and sank about 150 miles west of Bishop Rock. The route being Liverpool - Buenos Aires. The master and 36 crew members were lost. 37 crew members were picked up by HMS Escapade (H 17) and eight crew members by the British steam merchant Clan Farquhar and landed at Capetown |
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DAVIES, ANTHONY JOHN, 77, Huntley Grove. P/JX. 148057, Leading Seaman, HMS VOLTAIRE, Royal Navy. Died 9th April 1941, aged 20. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 46. Column 3.
On 4 April 1941 HMS Voltaire, an armed merchant cruiser, was on isolated patrol in the central Atlantic, about 900 nautical miles west of the Cape Verde Islands: at 0615 hrs she was spotted by the lookouts of the German raider Thor and the ships headed for each other. At 0645 hrs the opponents opened fire and by 0649 hrs Voltaire was ablaze, by 0715 hrs only 2 guns remained in action and by 0800 hrs she hoisted a white flag, sinking shortly afterwards by the stern with a heavy port list in position 14º30'N, 40º30'W. There were 75 dead and 197 survivors rescued by the Germans. In the action, Thor expended 724 rounds of 15-cm. As DAVIES died on the 9th April 1941 it can be assumed that it was of wounds received on the 4th.
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DAVIS, FREDERICK JOHN SAMUEL, 45, Taverner`s Road. FAA/FX. 79879, Leading Air Mechanic, HMS AVENGER, Royal Navy. Died 15th November 1942, aged 24. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 3. Panel 4.
After taking part in the Operation Torch landings of North Africa in November 1942, HMS Avenger departed Gibraltar with convoy MKF 1 on 14 November, heading home to the Clyde in the UK. At 0305 on 15 November, Avenger was torpedoed by U-155. Avenger was hit on the port side amidships, which in turn ignited her bomb room, blowing out the centre section of the ship. Her bow and stern sections rose in the air and sunk within 2 minutes in position 36º15'N, 07º45'W, leaving only 12 survivors.
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DILLON, GEORGE, 34, Star Road. P/SSX 23633, Telegraphist, HMS GLOWWORM, Royal Navy. Died 8th April 1940, aged 20. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 40. Column 3.
The destroyer HMS Glowworm deliberately rammed the German cruiser Admiral Hipper off Norway while on convoy protection duties and was sunk due to this and heavy German gunfire.
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ELMER, CHRISTOPHER FRANK, 29, Taverner`s Road. FAA/FX. 607659, Petty Officer, Airman, HMS SHRIKE, Royal Navy. Died 21st July 1944, aged 20. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 5. Panel 2.
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GIBBS, ROBERT ALFRED, 13, Swan`s Place. C/JX. 162567, Petty Officer, HMS WAKEFUL, Royal Navy. Died 29th May 1940, aged 41. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 34, 2.
On 29 May 1940 the destroyer HMS Wakeful was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boat S-30 while participating in the evacuation of French, English, and Belgian troops off Dunkirk.
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GREIG, WILLIAM ALLEN, 14, Craig Street. P/JX 263916, Telegraphist, H.M. Motor Gun Boat 78. Royal Navy. Died 31st January 1945, after a 250 mile forced march as a German prisoner of war. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 92.
Motor Gunboat 78 was attacked on 2/3 October 1942 by enemy surface craft gunfire off Holland, beached by her crew and abandoned.
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HALL, CHARLES WILKINSON, Lincoln Road. C/JX 233636, Ordinary Telegraphist, HMS CURACOA, Royal Navy. Died 2nd October 1942, aged 29. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 59, 3.
The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Curacoa was lost in a collision with the SS Queen Mary while on escort duties off the coast of Donegal in the North Western Approaches.
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HART, JOHN RODNEY, "The Vineyard", Minster Precincts. Lieutenant Commander (E), HMS SOUTHDOWN, Royal Navy. Died 26th August 1944, aged 31, of cardiac failure on board destroyer. Buried in Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery, Suffolk. Grave reference: 2. B. 2.
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HILLS, BERTRAM SIDNEY, 15, Allen Road. P/MX 61120, Leading Supply Assistant, HMS POLYANTHUS, Royal Navy. Died 20th September 1943, aged 22. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 79. Column 1.
At 0022 hours on 21 September 1943 the German U-952 fired a Gnat at an escort of the convoy ON-202 and heard after three minutes a detonation, followed by sinking noises. HMS Polyanthus, a Flower Class Corvette, was hit and sank immediately at position 57º00'N, 31º10'W. The British frigate HMS Itchen picked up one survivor, but he died when the frigate was torpedoed and sunk two days later by U-666.
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HILLSON, GEORGE WILLIAM, Wootton Avenue, Peterborough, C/MX 76798, Engine Room Artificer, 5th Class, HMS VIMIERA, Royal Navy. Died 9th January, 1942. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, memorial reference 60, 2.
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| HODGKINSON, EDWARD, Son of Leonard and Mary Hodgkinson, of Peterborough. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class. C/MX 62562, H.M.S. Partridge, Royal Navy. Died 18th December, 1942, aged 23. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial to the missing. Panel 60, Column 2.At 08.06 hours on 18 Dec, 1942, HMS Partridge on anti-submarine sweep with the Force H was hit by one torpedo from U565 and sank west of Oran, Algeria. Three officers and 35 ratings were lost. The commander, five officers and 167 ratings were picked up by HMS Penn. |
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HORSTEAD, ALAN, 131, Cromwell Road. Sub-Lieutenant (A), Fleet Air Arm, HMS DAEDALUS, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 25th June 1944, aged 21, after a raid on Cherbourg. Buried in Peterborough (Eastfield) Cemetery. Div. 1. Block 17. Grave 7451.
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LAUD, WILLIAM LAWRENCE HENRY, 612, Gladstone Street. P/SSX 31151, Able Seaman, HMS ACHERON, Royal Navy. Died 17th December 1940. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 39. Column 1.
The destroyer HMS Acheron was sunk by a mine off the Isle of Wight.
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LAYTON, SIDNEY GEORGE, 22, Hampden Road. PO/X 3392, Marine, HMS HOOD, Royal Marines. Died 24th May 1941, aged 19, ship sunk in the North Atlantic by Bismarck. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 59. Column 1.
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LEVERETT, IAN DONALD, 83, New England. Lieutenant (E), HMS CHARYBDIS, Royal Navy. Died 23rd October 1943, aged 24. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 78. Column 1.
The cruiser HMS Charybdis was sunk by E-boat torpedoes in the English Channel.
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MARTIN, CYRIL ERNEST, 3, St. Martin`s Road, Fletton. Lieutenant, HMS BYRSA, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 9th July 1945, in an accident in Naples, Italy. Buried in Naples War Cemetery, Italy. Grave reference: IV. J. 17.
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| MEREDITH, GEORGE ALBERT, Star Road. Assistant Steward, SS REYNOLDS (London), Merchant Navy. Died 31st October 1942, aged 19. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 86.At 17.18 hours on 31 Oct, 1942, the unescorted SS Reynolds was hit by two torpedoes from U-504 about 210 miles east of Durban. She was hit amidships and in the stern, capsized and sank within seconds. The ship was en route from Durban to India with general cargo. No survivors were ever found. |
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PEET, GEORGE WILLIAM, 66, Padholme Road. C/JX 317771, Ordinary Seaman, HMS WELSHMAN, Royal Navy. Died 1st February 1943. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 70, 2.
At 17.45 hours on 1 Feb, 1943, U-617 fired a spread of four torpedoes at a vessel identified as cruiser of the Dido class and observed two hits and a boiler explosion. At 17.55 hours, the ship capsized and sank by the stern after two hours. The victim was the minelayer HMS Welshman (M 84) which sank 35 miles east-northeast off Tobruk, Libya. Nine officers and 139 ratings were lost, also an unknown number of military passengers (among them two civilians and four aircrew members that had been badly burnt in a plane crash on Malta). Only a few survivors were rescued by HMS Tetcott (L 99) and HMS Belvoir (L 32).
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PRIDMORE, ALAN HARRY, 40, Tower Street, C/MX 62075, Wireman, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, Royal Navy. Died 3rd September 1940, aged 21. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 39. 1.
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RODGERS, GEORGE ANDREW, 231, Eastfield Road. Fourth Engineer Officer, RFA DARKDALE (Glasgow), Merchant Navy. Died 22nd October 1941, aged 27. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 34.
At 01.42 hours on 22 Oct, 1941, the tanker Darkdale was torpedoed and sunk by U-68 while anchored in Jamestown harbour, St.Helena, as a storage ship. 37 crew members and four gunners were lost. The master and seven crew members were rescued by harbour craft.
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SAMPSON, LEONARD, Orton Waterville. C/JX 145023, Leading Telegraphist, HMS KELLY, Royal Navy. Died 23rd May 1941, aged 22. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Grave reference: 46, 1.
The destroyer HMS Kelly (leader) was sunk by aircraft bombs during the Battle of Crete along with the other destroyers Juno, Greyhound and Kashmir.
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SHARP, WILLIAM ARTHUR, 69, Park Road. Commander (S), Paymaster, HMS PENELOPE, Royal Navy. Died 10th May 1940. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 37. Column 1.
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| STANFORD, RAYMOND DENNIS, 1. North Station Road. PLY/X 3805, Marine, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, Royal Marines. Died 16th February 1942, aged 21. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 103. Column 2. He was a crew member of the ill fated Battleship HMS Prince of Wales that was sunk; along with HMS Repulse, by Japanese dive bombers on the 10th December 1941 with the loss of 327 crew members. Having been rescued he was killed in the area of HMS Sultan, the naval base at Singapore, on the 16th February 1942. |
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STEADMAN, HAROLD FRANCIS, 211, New England. P/JX 210207, Able Seaman, HMS PRESIDENT III, Royal Navy. Died 24th February 1941, aged 24, in SS LINARIA. He was a crew member on the SS LINARIA that was one of 41 ships in Convoy OB288 that was lost in the North Atlantic. The Linaria was sunk as a result of an attack by U96. All 31 crew members died. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 49. Column 3.
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STOCKMAN, DOUGLAS RONALD, 18, Williamson Avenue. P/FX. 80745, Leading Airman, HMS GREBE, Royal Navy. Died19th March 1941, aged 19. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bat 2. Panel 2.
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TOOGOOD, LESLIE BERTRAM, 62, Orton Avenue, Woodston. PO/X 4878, Marine, HMS HOOD, Royal Marines. Died 24th May 1941, when his ship was sunk by the Bismarck.
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Leslie Bertram Toogood
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WARDLE, ARTHUR PERCIVAL, 32, Huntley Road, Woodston. C/JX 376742, Able Seaman, HMS VENGEANCE, Royal Navy. Died 29th January 1945, aged 21. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 7. Joint grave 59.
Died of alcohol poisoning after celebrating his 21st birthday on board ship with his twin brother in a Scottish port.
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WARDLE, EZRA FRANK, 32, Huntley Road, Woodston. C/JX 355408, Able Seaman, HMS VENGEANCE, Royal Navy. Died 29th January 1945, aged 21. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 7. Joint grave 59.
Died of alcohol poisoning after celebrating his 21st birthday on board ship with his twin brother in a Scottish port.
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Ezra Frank Wardle
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WILDERS, EDWARD WILLIAM, Peterborough, Assistant Steward, SS MANCHESTER BRIGADE, Merchant Navy. Died 27th September, 1940, aged 20. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 67.
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WOODS, LESLIE HARRY, 23, Huntley Grove. P/KX158595, Leading Stoker, H.M.L.S.T. 413, Royal Navy. Died 20th October 1944. Buried in Peterborough Old Cemetery (Broadway). Grave 314.
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