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. |
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| Beardsley, Albert P/JX 159090 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 21 | ||
| Forsyth, Hugh Gemmell C/SSX 25989 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Green, John P/SSX 24927 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Hallworth, John Bancroft P/JX 361955 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 21 | ||
| Harris, William Charles MID C/SSX 19504 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| O'Carroll, Thomas Christopher D/SSX 28087 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Readman, John Henry P/JX 193267 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Richardson, Arthur D/JX 158363 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 21 | ||
| Steel, Sydney C/JX 193464 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 26 | ||
| Storey, Frederick Arthur P/JX 367602 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 20 | ||
| Wilson, Leslie Edmund P/JX 217680 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Stubbs, George John DSM P/MX 49527 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Chief Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 26 | ||
| Mackenzie, Donald D/J 107897 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Chief Petty Officer | Aged: 36 | ||
| Blackley, James Hamilton C/MX 504341 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 19 | ||
| Goldsmith, Bernard John P/MX 98856 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 20 | ||
| Jamieson, William P/MX 88769 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 21 | ||
| Page, Sidney Edwin C/MX 53249 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 22 | ||
| Willcocks, Arthur Charles Percy P/MX 98380 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 23 | ||
| Hosie, Andrew D/MX 64044 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Cook | Aged: 24 | ||
| Ashton, George Charles D/J 107365 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 36 | ||
| Henshall, Geoffrey D/SSX 22749 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Picknell, William George C/JX 154405 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| Aitken, Robert P/KX 83273 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 29 | ||
| Hill, Royston Henry D/KX 153006 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 20 | ||
| Hull, Leslie P/KX 137032 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 21 | ||
| McAllister, William P/KX 92004 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 27 | ||
| Parker, William Thomas P/SSX 33340 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 23 | ||
| Ainslie, John MacPherson (RNVR) | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 21 | ||
| Blythe, Charles (RNR) | |||
| Died: 7th Feb, 1944. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 33 | ||
| from Berwick-on-Tweed | |||
| 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. |
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| Fyson, Donald Alexander (RNR) | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 23 | ||
| Jupp, Michael Hugh DSC* | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 24 | ||
| Spratt, Frederick Edward | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 22 | ||
| Kay, John Matthew D/JX 564161 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Ordinary Seaman | Aged: 19 | ||
| Shields, Thomas Henry C/JX 407347 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Ordinary Seaman | Aged: 18 | ||
| Allam, Harold Richard C/JX 156270 | Born: 15th Apr, 1918. | ||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 25 | ||
| Fowler, Hugh Messer MID C/JX 152175 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 28 | ||
| Osman, Fred P/JX 130488 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 32 | ||
| Powell, Robert Howard D/JX 145188 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Petty Officer Telegraphist | Aged: 24 | ||
| McCarthy, Ronald Dowler P/JX 161391 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Signalman | Aged: 20 | ||
| Alexander, Percy P/KX 158563 | Born: 10th Mar, 1925. | ||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 19 | ||
| RN DoB 10/03/1924 | |||
| Burgess, George William D/KX 148044 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 21 | ||
| Denne, Bernard Herbert C/KX 97606 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 23 | ||
| Holder, Frank D/KX 159521 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 19 | ||
| Woodards, Frederick Charles C/KX 140770 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 19 | ||
| Young, William P/KX 145666 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 21 | ||
| Malley, Leslie C/KX 82455 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Stoker Petty Officer | Aged: 29 | ||
| Boyd, Richard Loudon C/JX 359213 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 19 | ||
| Hagerty, John Patrick C/JX 224730 | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 21 | ||
| Lynch, Denis Henry DSM (Ex. M45637) | |||
| Died: 28th Mar, 1944. | |||
| Warrant Engineer | Aged: 34 | ||
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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We Will Remember Them |
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