Roll Of Honour

Syrtis (P 241)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Syrtis left Lerwick on 16th March 1944 for a patrol off the Norwegian Coast in Latitude 63° 36’ North. On 20th March 1944 the Submarine was ordered to an area in the vicinity of Bödo. records indicate that she carried out attacks on enemy vessels in the area on 22nd March. Syrtis was ordered to leave her Patrol Area on 28th March 1944 but failed to return to Lerwick as expected on 30th March 1944. An air search was carried out but no sign of the Submarine was found. Mines are now known to have been laid in the area in which HMS Syrtis was working and it is almost certain that HMS Syrtis was lost with all hands by striking a mine off Bödo sometime between 22nd and 28th March 1944.

Look up Syrtis (P 241) in the Boat Database

P/JX 159090

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Beardsley, Albert

Able Seaman

C/SSX 25989

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Forsyth, Hugh Gemmell

Able Seaman

P/SSX 24927

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Green, John

Able Seaman

P/JX 361955

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Hallworth, John Bancroft

Able Seaman

C/SSX 19504

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Harris, William Charles MID

Able Seaman

D/SSX 28087

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

O'Carroll, Thomas Christopher

Able Seaman

P/JX 193267

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Readman, John Henry

Able Seaman

D/JX 158363

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Richardson, Arthur

Able Seaman

C/JX 193464

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 26

Steel, Sydney

Able Seaman

P/JX 367602

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 20

Storey, Frederick Arthur

Able Seaman

P/JX 217680

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Wilson, Leslie Edmund

Able Seaman

P/MX 49527

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 26

Stubbs, George John DSM

Chief Engine Room Artificer

D/J 107897

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 36

Mackenzie, Donald

Chief Petty Officer

C/MX 504341

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Blackley, James Hamilton

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 98856

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 20

Goldsmith, Bernard John

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 88769

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Jamieson, William

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

C/MX 53249

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 22

Page, Sidney Edwin

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 98380

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Willcocks, Arthur Charles Percy

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 64044

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Hosie, Andrew

Leading Cook

D/J 107365

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 36

Ashton, George Charles

Leading Seaman

D/SSX 22749

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Henshall, Geoffrey

Leading Seaman

C/JX 154405

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 22

Picknell, William George

Leading Seaman

P/KX 83273

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 29

Aitken, Robert

Leading Stoker

D/KX 153006

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 20

Hill, Royston Henry

Leading Stoker

P/KX 137032

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Hull, Leslie

Leading Stoker

P/KX 92004

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 27

McAllister, William

Leading Stoker

P/SSX 33340

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Parker, William Thomas

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Ainslie, John MacPherson (RNVR)

Lieutenant

Died: 7th Feb, 1944.

Aged: 33

From: Berwick-on-Tweed

Blythe, Charles (RNR)

Lieutenant

HMS Syrtis was towing the X-Craft X22 in the Pentland Firth in bad weather when the Submarine was pooped and the First Lieutenant was washed overboard and was lost.

On 7th July 1941 he was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Medway (1st Submarine Flotilla) at Alexandria, Egypt for Submarines. He returned home with an appointment to HMS Dolphin for Submarines on 25th July 1941.

His next appointment was to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Cyclops for Submarine HMS Otway as Navigating Officer to date 9th March 1942.

This was followed by an appointment to HMS Dolphin for Submarine HMS Shakespeare completing and as Navigating Officer on Commissioning to date 6th June 1942.

On 15th October 1942 he was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Forth at the Holy Loch for Submarine P614 as First Lieutenant and then to HMS Forth for Submarine HMS Syrtis as First Lieutenant.

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Fyson, Donald Alexander (RNR)

Lieutenant

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Jupp, Michael Hugh DSC*

Lieutenant

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 22

Spratt, Frederick Edward

Lieutenant

D/JX 564161

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Kay, John Matthew

Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 407347

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 18

Shields, Thomas Henry

Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 156270

Born: 15th Apr, 1918.

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 25

Allam, Harold Richard

Petty Officer

C/JX 152175

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 28

Fowler, Hugh Messer MID

Petty Officer

P/JX 130488

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 32

Osman, Fred

Petty Officer

D/JX 145188

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 24

Powell, Robert Howard

Petty Officer Telegraphist

P/JX 161391

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 20

McCarthy, Ronald Dowler

Signalman

P/KX 158563

Born: 10th Mar, 1925.

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Alexander, Percy

Stoker 1st Class

RN DoB 10/03/1924

D/KX 148044

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Burgess, George William

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 97606

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 23

Denne, Bernard Herbert

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 159521

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Holder, Frank

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 140770

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Woodards, Frederick Charles

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 145666

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Young, William

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 82455

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 29

Malley, Leslie

Stoker Petty Officer

C/JX 359213

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 19

Boyd, Richard Loudon

Telegraphist

C/JX 224730

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 21

Hagerty, John Patrick

Telegraphist

(Ex. M45637)

Died: 28th Mar, 1944.

Aged: 34

Lynch, Denis Henry DSM

Warrant Engineer

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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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