Roll Of Honour

Traveller (N 48)

Built By:	Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group:	T 2
Fate:	Reported overdue on 12th December 1942 and is presumed to have been lost with all hands to Italian mines in the Gulf of Taranto on 4th December 1942.

Look up Traveller (N 48) in the Boat Database

C/SSX 25844

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Bolton, Derrick Richard

Able Seaman

D/JX 198550

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Ellgood, Harry

Able Seaman

D/JX 256009

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 29

Groves, Austin Leonard

Able Seaman

P/JX 237283

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Hedges, Percival

Able Seaman

D/JX 199982

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Hills, Horace Charles

Able Seaman

D/JX 21300

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Hooton, Wilfred Harry

Able Seaman

D/SSX 24353

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Meikle, Alexander

Able Seaman

P/JX 144811

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 27

Newell, Robert James Herbert

Able Seaman

P/JX 24715

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 20

O'Brien, Charles

Able Seaman

D/JX 208331

Born: 27th Apr, 1922.

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 20

Owen, Brinley

Able Seaman

D/JX 237788

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Parkinson, Peter Roscoe

Able Seaman

C/JX 152603

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Reed, Eugene Robert

Able Seaman

D/SSX 33710

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Ross, Murdo

Able Seaman

C/JX 150776

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Rush, William George Horace

Able Seaman

C/JX 215077

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Smith, George Albert

Able Seaman

D/MX 48222

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 28

Bartlett, Victor James Herbert DSM*

Chief Engine Room Artificer

P/JX 129472

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 31

Payne, Charles Edmund Hunkin DSM

Chief Petty Officer

P/K 61482

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 42

Christopher, Thomas William

Chief Stoker

D/MX 49170

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Baker, Charles Henry

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

P/MX 66698

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Ellis, Robert York Dyer

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 72247

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Holman, Albert Roy

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 59040

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Hubbard, Walter Frederick

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 78482

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Robinson, Harold Ernest

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 73359

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Scholes, Joseph

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 30

Verner-Jeffreys, Robert David

Engineer Lieutenant

C/JX 160643

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 20

Deller, William George Alfred

Leading Seaman

C/SSX 25256

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Hutton, Norman William

Leading Seaman

P/SSX 28335

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Moncrieff, Ronald McCulloch

Leading Seaman

D/JX 238458

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Nelson, Louis Cyril

Leading Seaman

P/SSX 19851

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Newbery, Eric

Leading Seaman

D/LX 22897

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 27

Odam, Samuel George

Leading Steward

C/KX 78646

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 36

Byiast, Alfred Charles

Leading Stoker

P/KX 98125

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Dickinson, Richard

Leading Stoker

D/JX 143645

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 24

Pickvance, Samuel Fred Osborne Wood

Leading Stoker

C/KX 93243

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Reid, George William Alfred

Leading Stoker

C/JX 136212

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 26

Nicholson, John Edward

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Hardwick, William Espin (RNVR)

Lieutenant

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Hulbert, Wyndham Bertram

Lieutenant

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 26

Russel, Hugh Dunbar Sutherland

Lieutenant

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Wild, John Russel (RNR)

Lieutenant

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 34

St Clair-Ford, Drummond

Lieutenant Commander

D/JX 135454

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 27

Dean, Arthur Joseph

Petty Officer

D/JX 138627

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Morrow, Thomas Albert Duncan MID

Petty Officer

C/SSX 14418

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 27

Wickenden, Charles Alfred Bernard

Petty Officer

P/MX 53659

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Wilson, Richard Allison

Petty Officer Cook

C/JX 133600

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 29

Finn, Vincent Thomas

Petty Officer Telegraphist

D/KX 122366

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 26

Astley, Stuart

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 136712

Born: 3rd Feb, 1923.

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 19

Berry, John

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 97870

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Brown, Archibald McLean

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 98006

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 23

Groves, William BEM

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 117088

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Hewlett, Frederick

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 126609

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 21

Hunter, Robert

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 137193

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 20

Mills, Edward Percival

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 138052

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 19

Pinkney, Howard

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 138543

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Price, Ronald

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 85854

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 26

Ramsay, Robert Swan

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 93841

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Taylor, William

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 88300

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 28

Davis, Charles Victor

Stoker Petty Officer

C/KX 87895

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 28

McGuire, James

Stoker Petty Officer

D/KX 80440

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 31

Palmer, Samuel MID

Stoker Petty Officer

C/KX 82464

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 29

Paris, Frederick James Stevenson

Stoker Petty Officer

C/JX 166344

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 20

Cooley, Henry

Telegraphist

P/JX 146019

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 22

Hutchings, John James

Telegraphist

D/J 108623

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 34

McBride, William

Telegraphist

P/JX 139762

Died: 4th Dec, 1942.

Aged: 25

Tolson, Sydney

Yeoman of Signals

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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RNR	Royal Navy Reserve
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DSO	Distinguished Service Order
GC	George Coss
GM	George Medal
MBE	Member of the British Empire
MID	Mentioned In Dispatches
VC	Victoria Cross

This list has been made possible by the hard work of Pam Armstrong in the first instance and has lately been refined by Malcolm Blenkinsopp, Honorary Historian at Espana Levante Submariners

The list will continue to evolve as new information comes to light. If you think you can help fill any of the gaps, please use our Contact Us page to get in touch.