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P 615
12
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: Turkish
Fate: The submarine was dispatched to West Africa to provide ASW Training based at Freetown in Liberia. On 18th April 1943 whilst on passage to Takoradi and under escort by MMS 107.

P615 was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-Boat U-123 (Oberleutnant zur Zee Horst von Schroeter). The Submarine was lost with all hands

Look up P 615 in the Boat Database

P/JX 326027
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Edwards, Leonard George
Able Seaman
P/JX 275103
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Gauntley, Stanley
Able Seaman
D/JX 286222
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Lowery, Alfred
Able Seaman
D/JX 268041
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
McGuigan, Eric Joseph
Able Seaman
D/JX 156176
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Ollerenshaw, Daniel
Able Seaman
D/SSX 36071
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Shaw, Gerald Charles Francis
Able Seaman
P/JX 275083
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Sinclair, John
Able Seaman
C/SSX 18084
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 23
Swann, Ernest Edward
Able Seaman
D/JX 192043
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Tovey, Clifford Charles
Able Seaman
D/MX 48345
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 33
Starrett, Edward Thomas MID
Chief Engine Room Artificer
D/JX 135862
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 28
Goulstone, Francis Gerald MID
Chief Petty Officer
P/MX 51370
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 30
O'Hare, John
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
C/MX 77470
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 23
Kent-Smith, Percy James
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
C/MX 77968
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 33
Oxley, John Henry
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
P/K 19594
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 28
McLaughlan, James (RNR)
Leading Seaman
P/JX 139533
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 26
Relly, Maxwell Spicer
Leading Seaman
P/JX 167433
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 24
Smith, Arthur Charles DSM
Leading Seaman
C/K 62522
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 40
Watkins, William
Leading Stoker
D/JX 135912
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 28
McClinton, Robert Walter
Leading Telegraphist
D/SSX 14092
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 29
Price, Harold Reece
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 25
Burnell, Denis (RNR)
Lieutenant
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Davies, Austin Francis
Lieutenant
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 24
Lambert, Charles Walderne St Clair DSC*
Lieutenant
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 31
Schuil, Alphonse Emiel (RNVR)
Lieutenant
C/JX 125311
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 32
Hubbard, Charles Clarence
Petty Officer
D/JX 128319
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 32
James, Walter Roland Frederick MID
Petty Officer
P/JX 136224
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 27
Mackie, James Andrew
Petty Officer
D/J 112139
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 33
Sumby, George William
Petty Officer
P/M 38140
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 36
Taylor, Albert Edward DSM
Petty Officer Cook
C/JX 141901
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 24
Pepper, William Richard
Petty Officer Telegraphist
D/SSX 32984
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Vail, Albert Henry
Signalman
D/SKX 1241
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Griffiths, Samuel James
Stoker
C/KX 117455
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 29
Daft, Arthur Joseph
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 80085
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 32
Dinsdale, George Albert
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 122500
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Hayes, Frederick George
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 126811
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
South, Arthur
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 130392
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Wallace, James
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 85143
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 28
Cunningham, William Nelson
Stoker Petty Officer
P/KX 86406
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 26
Dyson, Arthur
Stoker Petty Officer
D/K 66502
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 41
Fairclough, John Roger DSM
Stoker Petty Officer
P/KX 82883
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 32
Slater, William
Stoker Petty Officer
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Nicholl, Desmond Earle (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Weeks, Henry Herbert (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
C/SSX 34116
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Bigrove, Edward
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


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