Roll Of Honour

Thorn (N 11)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	T 2
Fate:	Believed to have been sunk 'With All Hands' on 6th August 1942 after an attack on an Italian convoy in the Mediterranean in position 34°25'N, 22°36'E. A Ju-88 aircraft had been seen to make a machine-gun attack ahead of the convoy. The Italian torpedo boat Pegaso then detected a contact and carried out a series of depth charge attacks. After seven attacks, a large air bubble was seen, as was a large oil slick. HMS Thorn had been expected to arrive at Beirut but was declared overdue on 11th August 1942 when she did not arrive.

Look up Thorn (N 11) in the Boat Database

D/SSX 33705

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Barrow, James

Able Seaman

D/JX 196780

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 25

Brodie, Frank Harry

Able Seaman

P/JX 235692

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Chalcraft, Reginald John

Able Seaman

D/JX 212772

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Cockwill, George Edward MID

Able Seaman

D/JX 190274

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Crompton, Thomas

Able Seaman

P/JX 189434

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 20

Gibbons, Frederick Bernard

Able Seaman

P/JX 220357

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 20

Jones, Charles (Johnny)

Able Seaman

C/SSX 20927

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Laird, James Burton

Able Seaman

P/SSX 21743

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Mitchell, Thomas

Able Seaman

P/JX 223838

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Porter, Reginald Edward

Able Seaman

P/SSX 22533

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Upton, Walter William Gilmore MID

Able Seaman

D/JX199782

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Webb, Frederick Albert John

Able Seaman

P/M 22637

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 41

Price, Thomas DSM

Chief Engine Room Artificer

P/MX 51717

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 33

Wood, Eric Albert

Chief Engine Room Artificer

D/J 97357

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 38

Eason, William James MID

Chief Petty Officer

D/K 58034

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 41

Hayes, Patrick DSM

Chief Stoker

P/MX 47791

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 28

Moorcroft, Reginald George MID

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

D/MX 58988

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Webster, George Walter

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

C/MX 73106

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 39

McInnes, Colin

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 60274

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Nuttall, Wilkin

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/MX 50840

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 28

Paul, Charles Neville

Leading Cook

D/MD/X 2547

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 28

Balshaw, Joseph William (RNVR)

Leading Seaman

D/JX 144535

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Boon, Frederick

Leading Seaman

D/SSX 19469

Born: 14th May, 1919.

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Collier, James

Leading Seaman

P/JX 148360

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Dodd, Kenneth

Leading Seaman

C/KX 100265

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Burr, Walter Sidney

Leading Stoker

P/JX 85973

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 27

Detton, Frederick Cyril

Leading Stoker

C/KX 88353

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 25

Newland, John Leonard

Leading Stoker

C/KX 94382

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Reeson, Robert Charles

Leading Stoker

D/KX 92434

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 23

Smithson, John Albert

Leading Stoker

D/JX 150478

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Hayward, Leslie Edward DSM

Leading Telegraphist

P/JX 157413

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Maples, Cyril

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Bell, Arthur Edwin Colin (RNVR)

Lieutenant

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 26

Hawksworth, Arthur St George

Lieutenant

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 26

Parker, Chester James (RNVR)

Lieutenant

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 33

Norfolk, Robert Galliano DSO

Lieutenant Commander

D/JX 199995

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Hayler, Claude Levi

Ordinary Seaman

D/JX 160490

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 20

Yardley, Kenneth James

Ordinary Seaman

CWGC has D/JX 160450

D/JX 145695

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Butcher, Henry Bernard Robert Burns MID

Petty Officer

C/JX 149240

Born: 27th Apr, 1920.

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 23

Gossman, Dennis Herbert

Petty Officer

P/JX 125830

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 31

Hatchard, Arthur James DSM

Petty Officer

C/J 105303

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 36

Henden, Frederick William Henry

Petty Officer

D/JX 137447

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 26

Magness, William Stanley MID

Petty Officer

D/LX 21430

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 29

Milliken, Thomas Eric

Petty Officer Steward

D/KX 85980

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 25

Freese, Joseph MID

Petty Officer Stoker

P/JX 137927

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 25

Elphick, Charles Donald

Petty Officer Telegraphist

P/KX 76158

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 36

Bell, Albert

Stoker 1st Class

D/SKX 910

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Caffery, Patrick

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 113074

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

Flockhart, Peter

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 118044

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 24

Hay, John (RNVR) MID

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 110877

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 22

McCarthy, Dennis

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 129666

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 20

Milburn, John Joseph

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 97396

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Paterson, James Alexander

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 111806

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Pope, John Edmund

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 138477

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 18

Wood, Bernard John

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 83016

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 27

Aitchison, Thomas McMillan DSM*

Stoker Petty Officer

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 21

Incledon, Lewis John

Sub Lieutenant

P/JX 154890

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 20

Bond, Albert Godfrey

Telegraphist

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 39

Davies, Leonard Frederick

Warrant Engineer

P/J 112475

Died: 7th Aug, 1943.

Aged: 33

Torr, Herbert MID

Yeoman of Signals

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

We Will Remember Them

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