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P 222
12
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Submarine P222 failed to arrive at Algiers and was reported overdue on 21st December 1942.

It was claimed that she was sunk by a depth charge attack from the Italian torpedo boat De Fortunale on 12th December, south-east of Isola di Capri in position 40°29'N, 14°20'E.

This is assumed to be the reason for the submarine's loss with all hands on 12th December 1942.

Look up P 222 in the Boat Database

 
D/JX 237672
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 22
Bibbs, Jack
Able Seaman
C/J 203926
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Evans, Leslie Gordon
Able Seaman
C/SSX 28172
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 24
Finn, John Stephen
Able Seaman
P/JX 157042
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Fylan, Arthur Patrick
Able Seaman
D/JX 145607
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 22
George, Alfred Douglas
Able Seaman
D/JX 212988
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Gillard, Stanley Edward
Able Seaman
D/J 106630
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 36
Jones, Frederick Henry
Able Seaman
P/JX 156418
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Knox, William James
Able Seaman
D/JX 144228
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 23
Manson, Alexander
Able Seaman
D/JX 208452
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 22
Tancock, Sidney James
Able Seaman
C/JX 290035
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 34
Wilcock, Thomas
Able Seaman
C/J 106898
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 35
Brooks, Bertram Alfred
Chief Petty Officer
D/KX 85352
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 27
Hartley, William
Chief Petty Officer
D/M 34913
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 39
Cusack, Stanley John George
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
P/MX 45394
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 38
Wilkinson, Leonard
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
D/MX 46580
Born: 2nd Jun, 1911.
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 31
Windham, John Otto
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
D/MX 54216
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 30
Bird, Ernest Frank
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
D/MX 58058
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 29
Murray, Norman Bagwell
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
C/MX 77055
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Newman, Robert Thompson
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class
C/JX 140820
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 24
Staines, Albert Frank
Leading Seaman
C/JX 155239
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Close, James Edward
Leading Signalman
D/KX 85886
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 25
Gowing, Frederick Basil
Leading Stoker
P/KX 93701
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 26
Morton, John Richard
Leading Stoker
P/KX 90114
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 26
Salter, Albert John
Leading Stoker
P/KX 120189
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 27
Saunders, Horace Edward
Leading Stoker
P/KX 84238
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 29
Scanlan, John
Leading Stoker
P/J 102709
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 36
Absolom, Richard William
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Hemelryk, Anthony
Lieutenant
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 32
Mackenzie, Alexander James
Lieutenant Commander
C/JX 319322
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 19
Everett, Robin Leslie
Ordinary Seaman
C/JX 327418
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Stanley, Victor Alexander
Ordinary Seaman
P/SSX 20876
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 24
Dunkinson, Frederick Walter Gates
Petty Officer
C/JX 134896
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 27
Morgan, John Edwin William
Petty Officer
P/J 100705
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 37
Parfitt, William Frederick
Petty Officer
P/JX 128667
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 32
Kerry, Alick
Petty Officer Telegraphist
P/JX 49736
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 42
Storr, James Wilfred
Petty Officer Telegraphist
D/KX 86682
Born: 8th Oct, 1915.
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 27
Arkley, George William
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 86320
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 25
Giles, Fitzroy Andrew
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 139300
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 19
Paxton, Ronald William
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 93968
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 23
Rogers, Bernard Vivian
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 148140
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Clarkson, George
Stoker 2nd Class
P/KX 82717
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 28
Deakin, Ronald
Stoker Petty Officer
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Cousins, Michael Anthony (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Taylor, Anthony John Dalzell
Sub Lieutenant
P/JX 154232
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Herbert, Donald Victor
Telegraphist
P/JX 157504
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Ricks, Peter Albert
Telegraphist
(Ex M38743)
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 34
Taylor, Leonard Frederick DSC
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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