E 24 |
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| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | E3ML |
| Fate: | E24 sailed from Harwich on Tuesday 21 March 1916 with orders to carry out a Mine Laying Operation in the Heligoland Bight. The Submarine did not return from this operation and is assumed to have been mined on or about Friday 24 March 1916. |
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| Chadwick, Alfred Samuel David | ||||||
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| Egan, Frederick | ||||||
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| Gange, Edwin Wallace | ||||||
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| Kerswill, Cuthbert Henry | ||||||
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| Kirby, Thomas Arthur | ||||||
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| Maeers, Harry | ||||||
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| Sewell, Walter Henry | ||||||
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| Trendell, Frederick Arthur | ||||||
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| Lovell, Victor Harold Campbell | ||||||
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| Scarlett, Edward | ||||||
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| Bastarrechea, Isaac | ||||||
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| At birth Bass, Isaac but served as Basstarrechea, Isaac | ||||||
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| Fitzwater, Samuel David Mitchell | ||||||
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| Wilson, Robert Hopkins | ||||||
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| At birth Wilson, Robert Hopkins but also served as Bullen, Robert Hopkins | ||||||
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| Martin, Norman | ||||||
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| Hawke, Walter Hubert | ||||||
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| Keat, Henry | ||||||
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| Flack, Arthur James | ||||||
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| Bennett, William | ||||||
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| Ford, Albert Edward | ||||||
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| Birch, Russell Ernest | ||||||
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| Greiffenhagen, Rider Maurice Waterhouse | ||||||
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| Naper, George Wyatt Edgell | ||||||
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| Rogers, Richard Henry | ||||||
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| Bibbey, Harry Lace | ||||||
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| Brown, Ernest Samuel | ||||||
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| Connolly, Cornelius | ||||||
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| Deves, George Edward | ||||||
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| At birth Sibley, George Edward, but served as Deves, George Edward. | ||||||
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| Kelley, William Luxton | ||||||
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| RN DoB 01/03/1890 | ||||||
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| Taylor, Stephen Thomas | ||||||
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| RN DoB 21/02/1891 | ||||||
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| Watts, William John | ||||||
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| RN DoB 16/02/1893 | ||||||
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| Willcox, Ernest | ||||||
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| At birth Clark, Ernest Fielding but served as Wilcox, Ernest | ||||||
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| Witchell, Walter | ||||||
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| Oakley, George | ||||||
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| Harris, George Alexander (RNR) | ||||||
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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
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We Will Remember Them |
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ptain J R Phil Wadman died in 2014. In 1966 he was appointed to command the Port Crew of Repulse, the 3rd Polaris submarine to be ordered but the second, behind Resolution, from Vickers Shipbuilders in Barrow-in-Furness. Soon afterwards, Tony Whetstone was appointed to command the Starboard crew. Together they forged an exceptional partnership which had a huge influence on every aspect of the submarine's early history.
"They were the only thing that really frightened me" So said the usually steadfast Winston Churchill of the German Navy's U-Boat fleet - the dreaded Wolf Pack, which stalked the Atlantic depths, bringing instant death to merchantman and warship alike.
Together with a formidable surface fleet, the U-Boats challenged the Royal Navy's traditional supremacy of the oceans, countering Britain's strength in numbers with a reign of silent terror. A decade of secret rebuilding had brought forth capital ships like the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen - names to strike fear into any Allied seafarer.
However, it was from under the water that the biggest threat was to come. Commanded by Admiral Karl Doenitz, the submarines laid waste to shipping, cutting supply lines and striking from within convoys where Allied escorts dare not use guns. The U-Boat captains were the equivalent of Luftwaffe aces - ruthless, cunning and ice-cool under pressure. Enduring harsh conditions for months on end and working in darkness with no chance of escape, this was truly a war of nerves.
"There is no margin for error on a submariner" said one captain. "You are either alive or dead." on May 4 1945, Doenitz issued orders to cease hostilities. "You have fought like lions" he said to his valiant survivors. "You are laying down your arms after a heroic fight which knows no equals."
The story of that light is told hare using rare archive footage, much of which has been unavailable in the West since World War II.
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ptain J R Phil Wadman died in 2014. In 1966 he was appointed to command the Port Crew of Repulse, the 3rd Polaris submarine to be ordered but the second, behind Resolution, from Vickers Shipbuilders in Barrow-in-Furness. Soon afterwards, Tony Whetstone was appointed to command the Starboard crew. Together they forged an exceptional partnership which had a huge influence on every aspect of the submarine's early history.
"They were the only thing that really frightened me" So said the usually steadfast Winston Churchill of the German Navy's U-Boat fleet - the dreaded Wolf Pack, which stalked the Atlantic depths, bringing instant death to merchantman and warship alike.
Together with a formidable surface fleet, the U-Boats challenged the Royal Navy's traditional supremacy of the oceans, countering Britain's strength in numbers with a reign of silent terror. A decade of secret rebuilding had brought forth capital ships like the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen - names to strike fear into any Allied seafarer.
However, it was from under the water that the biggest threat was to come. Commanded by Admiral Karl Doenitz, the submarines laid waste to shipping, cutting supply lines and striking from within convoys where Allied escorts dare not use guns. The U-Boat captains were the equivalent of Luftwaffe aces - ruthless, cunning and ice-cool under pressure. Enduring harsh conditions for months on end and working in darkness with no chance of escape, this was truly a war of nerves.
"There is no margin for error on a submariner" said one captain. "You are either alive or dead." on May 4 1945, Doenitz issued orders to cease hostilities. "You have fought like lions" he said to his valiant survivors. "You are laying down your arms after a heroic fight which knows no equals."
The story of that light is told hare using rare archive footage, much of which has been unavailable in the West since World War II.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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