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Oxley (N 55)

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Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: O1a
Fate: HMS Oxley was torpedoed, in error, by HMS Triton (Lieutenant Commander Hugh Patrick de Crecy Steel, Royal Navy) in the North Sea (off Norway) on Sunday 10th September 1939. HMS Oxley had accidentally strayed into the patrol area allocated to HMS Triton and had failed, for various reasons to respond to challenges.

The Submarine Crew included a large proportion of Reservists, some of whom had served in Submarines in WWI, had only just been recalled for further Active Service.

There were only two survivors – the Commanding Officer Lt Cdr Harold Godfrey Bowerman and Able Seaman Herbert Gluckes C/J105279

Look up Oxley (N 55) in the Boat Database

 
C/J110100
Born: 16th May, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Kandy Ceylon/India
Banks, John Alfred Thomas
Able Seaman
C/SSX 18445
Born: 28th Dec, 1914.
Aged: 24
From: Sunderland, Co. Durham UK
Bishop, John James
Able Seaman
C/JX 134554
Born: 22nd Apr, 1915.
Aged: 24
From: Acton, London UK
Henderson, Gordon John
Able Seaman
P/J101323
Born: 26th Apr, 1905.
Aged: 34
From: West Ham, Essex UK
Hopkins, William James
Able Seaman
D/JX 142446
Born: 9th Feb, 1918.
Aged: 21
From: Ashton Under Lyne, Lancs UK
Pickering, William
Able Seaman
P/J73151
Born: 11th May, 1901.
Aged: 38
From: Islington, London UK
Sanders, Nathaniel
Able Seaman
P/J100806
Born: 31st Jul, 1905.
Aged: 34
From: Hull, Yorkshire UK
Stevenson, Laurence
Able Seaman
D/J105736
Born: 13th May, 1906.
Aged: 33
From: Newcastle, Northumberland UK
Watson, William Bradford
Able Seaman
P/J 111488
Born: 8th Feb, 1909.
Aged: 30
From: Southampton, Hants UK
Webb, Harold Edward
Able Seaman
C/J41545
Born: 31st Jan, 1899.
Aged: 40
From: West Ham, Essex UK
Bargrove, Richard Ernest John
Chief Petty Officer
C/J34250
Born: 9th Nov, 1898.
Aged: 40
From: Rawlapindi, India UK
Francis, Alfred Richard
Chief Petty Officer
P/K62458
Born: 18th Sep, 1900.
Aged: 38
From: Brighton, Sussex UK
Bonnett, Harry Douglas
Chief Stoker
Had 3 service numbers SS121568 (1916), J49198 (1919), K62458 (1925-1939)
P/M33700
Born: 22nd Mar, 1900.
Aged: 39
From: Isle Of Wight, Hants UK
Burgess, Herbert Donald
Electrical Artificer 1st Class
C/MX 45921
Born: 28th Dec, 1904.
Aged: 34
From: Woodbridge, Suffolk UK
Mitchell, Cyril Robert
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
P/MX 49892
Born: 13th Jul, 1910.
Aged: 29
From: Dundee, Angus UK
Graham, William
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
C/MX 50823
Born: 13th Jul, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Lancaster, Lancs UK
Mockett, Jack
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
D/MX 51189
Born: 13th Nov, 1912.
Aged: 26
From: Falmouth, Cornwall UK
Worth, William Norman
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
C/J108523
Born: 8th Apr, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Faversham, Kent UK
Farbrace, Percy John
Leading Seaman
C/J112436
Born: 28th Jan, 1909.
Aged: 30
From: Brixton, London UK
Faux, Frederick William
Leading Seaman
D/J109077
Born: 3rd May, 1907.
Aged: 32
From: Pontyprid, Glamorgan UK
Tiley, Frederick James
Leading Seaman
P/JX 131810
Born: 20th Jan, 1913.
Aged: 26
From: Portsmouth, Hants UK
Wilson, Henry Ronald
Leading Seaman
P/J97242
Born: 14th Nov, 1904.
Aged: 34
From: Portsmouth, Hants UK
Woodward, Leslie
Leading Seaman
P/KX 75831
Born: 22nd Jun, 1903.
Aged: 36
From: Liverpool, Lancs UK
Foster, George
Leading Stoker
C/KX 75550
Born: 5th Jan, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Newport Pagnell, Bucks UK
Ganderton, Robert
Leading Stoker
P/KX 78377
Born: 4th Feb, 1909.
Aged: 30
From: Wigan, Lancs UK
Livesey, Hezekiah
Leading Stoker
P/KX 76722
Born: 13th Jan, 1906.
Aged: 33
From: Blythe, Cumberland UK
Miller, Cuthbert
Leading Stoker
C/KX 76732
Born: 15th Aug, 1907.
Aged: 32
From: Croydon, Surrey UK
Morris, Robert Henry
Leading Stoker
C/JX 138235
Born: 12th Jul, 1916.
Aged: 23
From: Gravesend, Kent UK
Launders, Edward William
Leading Telegraphist
P/JX 111595
Born: 17th Dec, 1908.
Aged: 30
From: Llandilofawr, Carmathenshire UK
Thomas, Reginald Alfred Sherborne Hammond
Leading Telegraphist
Born: 3rd Aug, 1910.
Aged: 29
From: Portsmouth, Hants UK
Coppinger, Robert Patrick
Lieutenant
Born: 15th Jul, 1909.
Aged: 30
From: Novia Scotia Canada
Manley, Frederick Kirk (RNR)
Lieutenant
P/JX 125939
Born: 22nd Oct, 1909.
Aged: 29
From: Christchurch, Hants UK
Dicker, Robert
Petty Officer
C/JX 129665
Born: 4th Jan, 1911.
Aged: 28
From: Southwark, London UK
Mingay, Alfred George
Petty Officer
M38178
Born: 24th Nov, 1905.
Aged: 33
From: Brentford, Middlesex UK
Hickey, Campbell James
Petty Officer Cook
P/LX 20007
Born: 22nd Jan, 1907.
Aged: 32
From: Abingdon, Berks UK
Gynes, Frank Arthur James
Petty Officer Steward
C/JX 133959
Born: 2nd Jun, 1914.
Aged: 25
From: Fulham, London UK
Groom, Ronald Albert
Petty Officer Telegraphist
C/J113040
Born: 2nd Jun, 1906.
Aged: 30
From: Bath, Somerset UK
Dover, William Alfred
Signalman
C/KX 76126
Born: 2nd Jun, 1906.
Aged: 33
From: Bath, Somerset UK
Butt, George Albert
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 86668
Born: 4th Jul, 1917.
Aged: 22
From: Portsmouth, Hants UK
Davis, Horace Edward
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 83851
Born: 27th Aug, 1915.
Aged: 24
From: Southampton, Hants UK
Gregory, Peter Francis
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 76324
Born: 29th Apr, 1907.
Aged: 32
From: Bolton, Lancs UK
Holt, Harold
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 76701
Born: 10th Sep, 1907.
Aged: 32
From: Pontypridd, Glamorgan UK
Hunter, Walter George
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 76978
Born: 22nd Mar, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Bakewell, Derbys UK
Jackson, John Willie
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 76754
Born: 26th Jan, 1904.
Aged: 35
From: Newport, Monmouths UK
Jenkins, Harold Leslie
Stoker 1st Class
P/K66610
Born: 25th Oct, 1904.
Aged: 34
From: Castle Ward, Northumberland UK
Jordan, Michael
Stoker 1st Class
P/K61407
Born: 16th Dec, 1903.
Aged: 35
From: Lincoln, Lincs UK
Lound, Reginald Calvert
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 84422
Born: 28th Oct, 1914.
Aged: 24
From: Maidstone, Kent UK
Waters, Charles Leslie
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 76524
Born: 18th Mar, 1908.
Aged: 31
From: Pontypridd, Glamorgan UK
Martin, John Herbert
Stoker Petty Officer
Aged: 22
From: Hampstead, London UK
Palmer, Wilfred Hinton
Sub Lieutenant
P/J106465
Born: 19th Nov, 1906.
Aged: 32
From: Brighton, Sussex UK
Fuller, Albert James
Telegraphist
P/J10048
Born: 29th Oct, 1905.
Aged: 33
From: Bermondsey, London UK
Underwood, Arthur William
Telegraphist
(Ex M37038)
Born: 9th Mar, 1906.
Aged: 33
From: Berwick, Northumberland UK
Robertson, Robert William Crossman
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

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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

In some cases there are different Names and Dates of Birth mentioned in the notes, especially in the First World War, as many young men told lies in order to join early. Their be variations between birth names and the names the men chose to serve under.

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