Roll Of Honour
Oxley (P55)
1924 - 1945: Oberon Class
HMS Oxley was torpedoed, in error, by HMS Triton (Lieutenant Commander Hugh Patrick de Crecy Steel, Royal Navy) in the North Sea (off Norway) on Sunday 10th September 1939. HMS Oxley had accidentally strayed into the patrol area allocated to HMS Triton and had failed, for various reasons to respond to challenges. The Submarine Crew included a large proportion of Reservists, some of whom had served in Submarines in WWI, had only just been recalled for further Active Service. There were only two survivors – the Commanding Officer Lt Cdr Harold Godfrey Bowerman and Able Seaman Herbert Gluckes C/J105279
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Roll of Honour
Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
Banks, John Alfred Thomas | Able Seaman | C/J110100 | 31 | |
Bargrove, Richard Ernest John | Chief Petty Officer | C/J41545 | 40 | |
Bishop, John James | Able Seaman | C/SSX 18445 | 24 | |
Bonnett, Harry Douglas | Chief Stoker | P/K62458 | 38 | |
Had 3 service numbers SS121568 (1916), J49198 (1919), K62458 (1925-1939) | ||||
Burgess, Herbert Donald | Electrical Artificer 1st Class | P/M33700 | 39 | |
Butt, George Albert | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 76126 | 33 | |
Coppinger, Robert Patrick | Lieutenant | 29 | ||
Davis, Horace Edward | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 86668 | 22 | |
Dicker, Robert | Petty Officer | P/JX 125939 | 29 | |
Dover, William Alfred | Signalman | C/J113040 | 30 | |
Farbrace, Percy John | Leading Seaman | C/J108523 | 31 | |
Faux, Frederick William | Leading Seaman | C/J112436 | 30 | |
Foster, George | Leading Stoker | P/KX 75831 | 36 | |
Francis, Alfred Richard | Chief Petty Officer | C/J34250 | 40 | |
Fuller, Albert James | Telegraphist | P/J106465 | 32 | |
Ganderton, Robert | Leading Stoker | C/KX 75550 | 31 | |
Graham, William | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | P/MX 49892 | 29 | |
Gregory, Peter Francis | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 83851 | 24 | |
Groom, Ronald Albert | Petty Officer Telegraphist | C/JX 133959 | 25 | |
Gynes, Frank Arthur James | Petty Officer Steward | P/LX 20007 | 32 | |
Henderson, Gordon John | Able Seaman | C/JX 134554 | 24 | |
Hickey, Campbell James | Petty Officer Cook | M38178 | 33 | |
Holt, Harold | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 76324 | 32 | |
Hopkins, William James | Able Seaman | P/J101323 | 34 | |
Hunter, Walter George | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 76701 | 32 | |
Jackson, John Willie | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 76978 | 31 | |
Jenkins, Harold Leslie | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 76754 | 35 | |
Jordan, Michael | Stoker 1st Class | P/K66610 | 34 | |
Launders, Edward William | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 138235 | 23 | |
Livesey, Hezekiah | Leading Stoker | P/KX 78377 | 30 | |
Lound, Reginald Calvert | Stoker 1st Class | P/K61407 | 35 | |
Manley, Frederick Kirk | Lieutenant | 30 | ||
Lieutenant RNR | ||||
Martin, John Herbert | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 76524 | 31 | |
Miller, Cuthbert | Leading Stoker | P/KX 76722 | 33 | |
Mingay, Alfred George | Petty Officer | C/JX 129665 | 28 | |
Mitchell, Cyril Robert | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/MX 45921 | 34 | |
Mockett, Jack | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | C/MX 50823 | 31 | |
Morris, Robert Henry | Leading Stoker | C/KX 76732 | 32 | |
Palmer, Wilfred Hinton | Sub Lieutenant | 22 | ||
Pickering, William | Able Seaman | D/JX 142446 | 21 | |
Robertson, Robert William Crossman | Warrant Engineer | (Ex M37038) | 33 | |
Sanders, Nathaniel | Able Seaman | P/J73151 | 38 | |
Stevenson, Laurence | Able Seaman | P/J100806 | 34 | |
Thomas, Reginald Alfred Sherborne Hammond | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 111595 | 30 | |
Tiley, Frederick James | Leading Seaman | D/J109077 | 32 | |
Underwood, Arthur William | Telegraphist | P/J10048 | 33 | |
Waters, Charles Leslie | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 84422 | 24 | |
Watson, William Bradford | Able Seaman | D/J105736 | 33 | |
Webb, Harold Edward | Able Seaman | P/J 111488 | 30 | |
Wilson, Henry Ronald | Leading Seaman | P/JX 131810 | 26 | |
Woodward, Leslie | Leading Seaman | P/J97242 | 34 | |
Worth, William Norman | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 51189 | 26 | |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
A Tribute To Submariners
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
We Will Remember Them |