Roll Of Honour

Talisman (N 78)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	T 1
Fate:	HMS Talisman left Gibraltar on 10th September 1942 with stores bound for Malta. She reported sighting a U-boat off Philippeville, Algeria on the 14th, but was not heard from again. HMS Talisman is presumed to have been lost on Italian mines in off Sicily. Though Italians claim to have sunk a submarine on the 17/9/1942 to the north west of Malta. Talisman had been due to arrive at Malta on 18th September 1942.

Look up Talisman (N 78) in the Boat Database

P/JX 274845

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 35

Abbott, Herbert William

Able Seaman

D/JX 190290

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Beckett, Joseph

Able Seaman

P/SSX 20192

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 27

Bell, Arthur Robinson

Able Seaman

C/JX 148165

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 28

Bousfield, John

Able Seaman

C/JX 203003

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 24

Carey, Ronald James

Able Seaman

C/KX 101049

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 23

Connolly, Jack

Able Seaman

C/SSX 30938

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Deary, Richard

Able Seaman

D/JX 169386

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 23

Gormley, Francis Joseph

Able Seaman

D/JX 160711

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Hayburn, Andrew Joseph

Able Seaman

C/J 109512

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 35

James, Frank Stanley

Able Seaman

P/SSX 25966

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Mahoney, Patrick

Able Seaman

P/SSX 23361

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

McEdward, John Craig

Able Seaman

P/SSX 32643

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Merritt, Ronald John

Able Seaman

D/JX 198543

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Milligan, James Thomas

Able Seaman

D/JX 202869

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 25

Morse, William George DSM

Able Seaman

C/JX 147371

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 23

Robinson, William

Able Seaman

D/M 34905

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 38

Bullock, Edmund Thomas DSM

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class

P/MX 57727

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 25

Forsyth, Donald Douglas

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

P/MX 54422

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 27

Jackson, Richard DSM

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

D/MX 74704

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Lewis, Arthur Edward

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 77954

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Neilson, Thomas Paterson

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 59052

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Robson, Theophil Robert

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 77710

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Wood, George

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 31

McNally, William John

Engineer Lieutenant

D/JX 137238

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 25

Algar, Albert Edward

Leading Seaman

P/JX 129212

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 31

Coleman, Leonard George DSM

Leading Seaman

D/JX 136787

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 26

Fairfield, James

Leading Seaman

D/JX 127692

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 31

Jancey, Stephen

Leading Seaman

P/SSX 31689

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Tolley, George William

Leading Signalman

D/LX 22224

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 29

Foley, John Thomas

Leading Steward

P/KX 93116

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Aven, Arthur Albert MID

Leading Stoker

C/KX 83617

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 27

Brand, Patrick

Leading Stoker

P/KX 89474

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 24

Kirby, Maurice Willard

Leading Stoker

D/KX 88242

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 27

Sullivan, Patrick John

Leading Stoker

C/JX 157253

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Beaton, John Main

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Brendon, Michael John

Lieutenant

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Waterlow, Oscar Stephen Verity MID

Lieutenant

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 33

Willmott, Michael DSO

Lieutenant Commander

Commanding Officer

C/JX 146230

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Abbott, Kenneth Patrick

Petty Officer

D/JX 136207

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 25

Collins, John Henry

Petty Officer

D/JX 134042

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 28

Flynn, David MID

Petty Officer

P/JX 128030

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 31

Morris, Edward

Petty Officer

C/JX 133119

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 28

Oakes, Harry George MID

Petty Officer

D/MX 50509

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 27

Mack, David William

Petty Officer Cook

P/SKX 220

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Beattie, George

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 122480

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 33

Callaghan, Frank

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 135226

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 19

Calvert, William Henry

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 132725

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Carlisle, Edward Humble

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 92557

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 23

Coulter, Norman George

Stoker 1st Class

P/JX 100519

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Freeman, Stanley

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 114291

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Gall, Carl Edward

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 90653

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 24

Grant, William Job

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 81275

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 32

Haydon, Herbert Sydney

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 117737

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Hazzard, Kenneth

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 135119

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Street, Frederick Charles Alfred

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 117421

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Thornhill, Albert Arthur

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 112598

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Witham, Leslie Ronald

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 144382

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Marshall, Albert Richard

Stoker 2nd Class

C/KX 83317

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 28

Foulger, James MID

Stoker Petty Officer

P/KX 78798

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 33

Wheeler, James William

Stoker Petty Officer

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 21

Eves, William Donald Heath

Sub Lieutenant

C/JX 155109

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 20

Bowers, George James

Telegraphist

P/SSX 29947

Died: 17th Sep, 1942.

Aged: 22

Musgrove, William Charles

Telegraphist

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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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

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