Roll Of Honour

Porpoise (N 14)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	G2
Fate:	Possibly sunk off Penang by Japanese A/S aircraft on or about 11th January 1945. On 3rd January 1945 the Submarine left Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for her 23rd War Patrol (4th in the Far East) with orders to lay a minefield off Penang. On 9th Jan 1945, Lt. Cdr. H B Turner, DSC is understood to have reported by signal that he had successfully laid her mines off Penang. On 13th January 1945, HMS Stygian was sent a signal informing her that Porpoise was in trouble 17 miles northwest of Pulo Perak). This information came from an Ultra decrypt (now in the National Archives in London) reporting that on 11th January a Nakajima B6N2 bomber had attacked a Submarine, dropping two 60kg bombs. Further bombing attacks we made later but there was no further contact. Japanese records show that a submarine was spotted and bombed by aircraft in the vicinity of Penang. Although not destroyed in this attack, the submarine was wounded and leaking oil that left a trail for the Japanese anti-submarine forces to follow as they closed in for the kill. HMS Porpoise was later declared overdue and then as lost with all hands.

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C/SSX 17588

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 27

Ansell, Leonard Basil Albert

Able Seaman

P/JX 275768

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Bolden, Jack

Able Seaman

P/JX 217497

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 27

Chitty, Clement Arthur Charles

Able Seaman

C/JX 544372

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 19

Clarke, Kenneth Ezekiel

Able Seaman

D/JX 365441

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Cooper, Arthur

Able Seaman

P/JX 179071

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Crouchman, Victor Thomas

Able Seaman

D/JX 421908

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Dyall, Walter Frank

Able Seaman

P/JX 384495

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Gascoigne, William

Able Seaman

C/SSX 19866

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 26

Gibson, Adam

Able Seaman

D/JX 399217

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Griffiths, Arthur Edward

Able Seaman

P/JX 177782

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Hood, Alfred Gerald

Able Seaman

C/JX 543451

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 19

Julian, Richard Ernest Bartholomew

Able Seaman

Also as C/JX 543541 in CWGC/FWR

P/KX 145231

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Livingston, Alexander

Able Seaman

P/KX 150619

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Malliband, Guy Gordon

Able Seaman

D/JX 550070

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 19

Nash, John Raymond

Able Seaman

D/J 101353

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 39

Oliffe, John

Able Seaman

P/JX 163327

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Richardson, Thomas Stanley

Able Seaman

P/JX 322506

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Rogers, Phillip

Able Seaman

C/SSX 28164

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Rowlands, George

Able Seaman

P/JX 407094

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 19

Skeoch, James McKay

Able Seaman

P/JX 377637

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Smith, Leslie John

Able Seaman

C/JX 188978

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Tyler, Walter John

Able Seaman

P/JX 385870

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Whittaker, Robert

Able Seaman

P/MX 47948

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 30

Hiscock, Wilfred Jack DSM*

Chief Engine Room Artificer

P/MX 63827

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Fraser, James Norris McKay

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

C/MX 55223

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Vaughan, Frederick John

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

D/MX 101709

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 37

Clark, William Mason

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 97715

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Cowton, Alan Dodsworth

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 75673

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Henderson, Arthur

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 78168

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Lee, Arthur

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 510996

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 31

Smith, John

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

At birth Smith, Jack

D/JX 202891

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Coupe, Trevor

Leading Seaman

P/UD/X 1324

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Proudfoot, Abraham Patterson (RNVR) BEM

Leading Seaman

C/SSX 25692

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Thomas, Ralph

Leading Seaman

C/SSX 22808

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Carter, Jack

Leading Signalman

P/KX 156695

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Henson, Leslie

Leading Stoker

P/KX 86421

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 29

Lucking, Cecil Jeffrey

Leading Stoker

C/KX 135113

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Palliaser, Harry MID

Leading Stoker

D/KX 155271

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Sant, Albert William James

Leading Stoker

P/KX 137051

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Spencer, Edward Ronald

Leading Stoker

P/KX 140877

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Webb, John Herbert Thomas

Leading Stoker

P/KX 147579

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 32

Woodward, Stanley

Leading Stoker

D/JX 141920

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 26

Edwards, Walter Gordon

Leading Telegraphist

O/N P/JX 155610

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

From: New Cross, London

Kerry, Lewis Lloyd

Leading Telegraphist

Lewis Kerry is reported to have died from meningitis in the 42nd General Hospital in Kantara in Egypt.

Joel Blamey, who was the Engineer of Porpoise, reported that Lewis Kerry had not been well for a number of days whilst at sea and died a few days after returning to harbour.

Lewis Kerry was the son of Mr. G V Kerry MM & Mrs N Kerry, and the husband of Doreen Jessie Kerry

D/JX 162760

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Ranken, Terence Alexander

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Drew, Victor Henry Frank (RNVR)

Lieutenant

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Kennedy, Mungo Hamilton McLeod

Lieutenant

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Roberts, Douglas David George MID

Lieutenant

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 28

Taylor, Edward Owen Malvern (RNVR) MID

Lieutenant

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 29

Turner, Hugh Bentley DSC

Lieutenant Commander

D/JX 140144

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 27

Brennan, James

Petty Officer

D/JX 145032

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Martin, Basil Hedley

Petty Officer

C/J 114288

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 36

Rogers, Richard

Petty Officer

P/JX 128626

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 34

Simpkins, George Alexander

Petty Officer

D/JX 156792

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Williams, Arthur Frederick Charles

Petty Officer

C/MX 50326

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 31

Smith, Frank

Petty Officer Cook

D/KX 82866

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 35

Healey, Alfred

Petty Officer Stoker

D/KX 149398

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 24

Passmore, Jack

Petty Officer Telegraphist

C/LX 24620

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 27

Brockbank, Arthur Parker

Steward

C/KX 166023

Born: 3rd Jun, 1924.

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Bullen, Herbert

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 123998

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Hughes, Charles William Thomas

Stoker 1st Class

P/MX 163832

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Oliver, Terance

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 140733

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Smith, Albert George

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 141642

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Weeden, William Henry

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 162600

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Weston, James

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 162377

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Wilkins, Arthur Francis

Stoker 1st Class

C/JX 193551

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 25

Williams, Frederick Sidney

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 141189

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 20

Wimble, Will

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 140927

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Wright, James

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 524286

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 19

Smith, Philip Roy

Stoker 2nd Class

P/KX 89439

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 26

Draper, Arthur Douglas DSM* MID

Stoker Petty Officer

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 21

Trier, Colin Ernest (RNVR)

Sub Lieutenant

P/JX 232707

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Sherrif, John

Telegraphist

P/JX 300198

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 22

Webber, Grahame Mark

Telegraphist

(Ex.M38365)

Died: 11th Jan, 1945.

Aged: 36

Adams, Albert Edney DSC

Warrant Engineer

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

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