Roll Of Honour

Trooper (N 91)

Built By:	Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group:	T 2
Fate:	HMS Trooper sailed from the Base at Beirut on 28th September 1943 for a patrol off the west of the Dodocanese Islands. The Submarine failed to arrive back as expected on 17th October and was assumed to have been sunk by a mine on 10th Oct 1943. There were no survivors.

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C/JX 141406

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 24

Carling, Thomas Matthew

Able Seaman

D/SSX 13575

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Chivers, Ronald Stephen

Able Seaman

C/JX 132724

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 30

Colville, John

Able Seaman

C/LD/X 3601

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Farnell, John Belton (RNVR)

Able Seaman

P/J 40813

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 44

Fisher, Francis Edward

Able Seaman

C/SSX 27113

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Fleming, Samuel

Able Seaman

C/JX 136210

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 35

Furnell, Ernest Clifford

Able Seaman

P/SSX31640

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Greatwood, Kenneth Neil

Able Seaman

P/JX 362387

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Hind, George William

Able Seaman

D/JX 217239

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Jones, Richard

Able Seaman

P/JX 353169

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Lloyd, Henry Roberts

Able Seaman

D/JX 212892

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Smethurst, Frank

Able Seaman

P/JX138428

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 26

Tripp, Frederick Wilfred

Able Seaman

P/JX 237396

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Walker, Douglas Bland

Able Seaman

C/SSX 17762

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Ward, Frederick Alfred Charles Green

Able Seaman

D/SSX 33731

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Whatley, Emrys

Able Seaman

D/JX 215012

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Whittle, William Bartholomew MID

Able Seaman

P/MX 51201

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 30

Fenn, William Charles England DSM

Chief Engine Room Artificer

P/MX 49222

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 27

Fry, William Victor DSM

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

C/MX 77556

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Cornelius, John

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 75371

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Forster, Michael

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 75747

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 41

Mather, James

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 76497

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 29

Peters, Maurice

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 90221

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Stott, Edgar

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 33

Lancaster, Owen Felton DSC

Engineer Lieutenant

C/MX 54947

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Skinner, Horace

Leading Cook

D/SMX 90

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Stillwell, Cecil James

Leading Cook

D/JX 212858

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Charnock, Frank

Leading Seaman

P/J 114584

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 33

Ruston, Benjamin Thomas DSM*

Leading Seaman

C/SSX 29544

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Williams, Leonard

Leading Seaman

C/KX 92887

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Curry, Thomas Arkless

Leading Stoker

C/KX 93672

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Horton, Harold Graham

Leading Stoker

C/KX 133827

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Lawson, Clement Colborne

Leading Stoker

P/KX 78715

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 35

Legg, Alfred Frank

Leading Stoker

C/KX 11697

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Mills, Ronald William

Leading Stoker

C/KX 136890

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Mott, Henry Arthur MID

Leading Stoker

P/KX 88052

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Robinson, Ronald Norman DSM

Leading Stoker

P/JX 153936

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Shoebridge, Septimus Hyde

Leading Telegraphist

D/JX 152099

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Thompson, Leonard

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Grant, Leslie Alexander Stuart DSC

Lieutenant

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 30

Wraith, John Somerton DSO*

Lieutenant

P/SSX 14641

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 29

Gilbert, James Bishop

Petty Officer

D/JX 137048

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 26

Sleep, Ralph Bassett DSM

Petty Officer

P/JX 131355

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 31

Watson, James Alexander DSM**

Petty Officer

P/SSX 18970

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Yeoman, Robert Ainslie

Petty Officer

P/SSX 31787

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Ribbans, Stuart Ernest

Petty Officer Telegraphist

P/JX 157340

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Cope, Henry Charles

Signalman

D/LX 23181

Born: 28th Feb, 1915.

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Mercer, Stanley

Steward

D/KX 144514

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Brotherton, Alan

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 120498

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Carroll, Leonard

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 126725

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Davies, Glanville Yorwerth

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 130584

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Meek, Frank Henry

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 134416

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Sainsbury, George William

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 134176

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Seddon, Denis

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 136041

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Tame, David William Lewis

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 134309

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Taylor, Raymond Edward

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 85676

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 32

Adam, Peter Milne

Stoker Petty Officer

D/KX 85248

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 27

Bengough, Ivor Donald

Stoker Petty Officer

C/KX 88177

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Whiting, Jack Bernard

Stoker Petty Officer

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Anderson, Alexander William

Sub Lieutenant

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Ryder, John Stuart (RANVR)

Sub Lieutenant

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Sumner, Henry Graham (RNVR)

Sub Lieutenant

C/JX 247837

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 27

Crossland, Frank

Telegraphist

P/JX 156516

Died: 10th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Stobbie, James

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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