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Sickle (P 224)
Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Fate: Believed lost when she struck a mine in the Kythera Channel. Sickle was the last British submarine to be lost in the Mediterranean during WW2

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Grounds, Arthur Frank D/JX 287352
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Aged: 22
Crook, Frederick Charles MID* P/JX 132095 Born: 1st Nov, 1912.
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 31
Green, Cyril Charles D/JX 27969
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Hallett, Edward Ernest MID P/JX 388577
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 19
Harratt, George Herbert P/JX 274024
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Hockless, George William P/JX 235902
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
 
MacKay, David D/JX 304833
Died: 4th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Reported to have died from wounds received in a surface gun action in which two others were wounded and AB Richard Blake was lost overboard.

AB Blake was rescued by German Forces and, accidentally and very luckily, became the only survivor of HMS Sickle which was ‘sunk with all hands’ twelve days later on 16th June. He did however spend the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War!
 
Marshall, Richard P/JX 350158
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
McNeill, William Bonner D/JX 346302
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Stevens, Nicholas Charles P/JX 358538
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Stewart, John Raymond P/JX 324209
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Yielding, Harry Arthur C/JX 334182
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Able Seaman Aged: 32
Nettleton, John DSM D/MX 54330
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 30
Mitchell, Cecil John P/J 114226 Born: 4th Mar, 1910.
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 34
from Pontypridd, Glamorgan
One of seven children, the son of John Mitchell (1882 to 1947) and Hagar nee Collins (1882 to 1961)

Cecil joined the Royal Navy in 1925 as a Boy II Class, whilst employed as a “colliery boy”. He trained at HMS Impregnable, a 106 gun “wooden wall” warship launched in 1810 and used from 1862 as a training ship. He was here from June 1925 to October 1926, by which time he had been promoted to Boy I Class.

Once trained, he went aboard the battleship HMS Benbow until the 25th of August 1927 and then the light cruiser HMS Cambrian upon which he was promoted from Boy to Ordinary and then Able Seaman and also signed up for twelve years on the 4th of May 1928.

Having signed up, he was posted to the destroyer HMS Blanche, followed by the battleship, HMS Revenge from 1932 to 1934.

Cecil continued to serve alternatively on ships and shore stations. His next ship was the battleship Iron Duke; battleship Repulse, 1936 (in which he was promoted to Acting Petty Officer); cruiser HMS Belfast 1939 four months; He was awarded the Naval General Service Medal (Palestine claps) on the 11th of March 1941, then on the 23rd of September 1941 he transferred to HMS Dolphin, HQ for the submarine service and thence to the submarine depot ship Cyclops on the 11th of November.

His service record does not record his ships served on after the Cyclops. However, he is known to have have been a torpedo instructor and to have served on the submarine Seraph during Operation Torch, the North African landings in 1942.
Rolph, David C/JX 135449
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 28
Hamilton, David P/MX 62015
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Hancock, George Raymond C/MX 64427
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Stark, Thomas Allenby C/MX 77329
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Jones, Leslie P/MX 88530
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 22
Learmouth, Duncan Henry C/MX 102529
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Lee, Cyril Thomas George P/MX 109654
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Cook Aged: 31
Jack, Thomas P/JX 175589
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Seaman Aged: 26
Mobbs, Stanley Norman C/SSX 32208
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Seaman Aged: 22
Roose, Gordon Walter D/JX 305124
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Seaman Aged: 22
Cuthbert, Alfred William Ernest C/JX 157097
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Signalman Aged: 21
Davies, Edward William C/KX 97357
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Stoker Aged: 26
Evans, Alfred Edward P/KX 97034
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Stoker Aged: 28
Gilmore, Roy P/SKX 278
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Stoker Aged: 22
Martin, Sidney P/KX 139537
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Stoker Aged: 20
Seymour, Raymond Norman George D/SKX 1253
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Stoker Aged: 21
Bigglestone, Harry Dudley C/SSX 21035
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 24
Brookes, George Owen C/JX 233276
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 30
Drummond, James Ralph DSO*
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Lieutenant Aged: 26
Goodman, Percival David (RNVR)
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Lieutenant Aged: 25
Jakeman, Patrick Baddeley (RNVR)
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Lieutenant Aged: 28
Sinclair, Anthony Douglas DSC
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Lieutenant Aged: 21
Edwards, Ernest Ronald P/JX 149577
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Petty Officer Aged: 23
Pope, Frederick Ellis D/JX 152043
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Petty Officer Aged: 23
Tugwell, Arthur Edward P/JX 152374
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Petty Officer Aged: 23
Davidson, Walter MID D/JX 141071
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Petty Officer Telegraphist Aged: 26
Cooke, John James D/SKX 988
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Duncan, Alexander Durham McGregor D/KX 101132
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Pearson, John Telfer P/KX 138006
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Sturgess, Major Victor P/KX 95156
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
Willcocks, Henry Alfred C/KX 145585 Born: 23rd Sep, 1921.
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Bowen, Harry Wilfred MID* P/KX 85960
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 31
Woollatt, Arthur Albert P/KX 83280
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 30
Walker, Victor Paul (RNVR)
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 22
Dunstone, David Hughes C/JX 194734
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Telegraphist Aged: 20
Francis, George
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Warrant Engineer Aged: 42

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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