Roll Of Honour

Usurper (P 56)

Built By:	Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group:	U2
Fate:	On 24th September 1943 HMS Usurper left Algiers for a patrol off La Spezia, Italy. On 3rd October. Lieutenant Mott was ordered to move north to an area in the Gulf of Genoa in an area later identified as containing Italian Minefield QB192. HMS Usurper was patrolling in the Gulf of Genoa when the German anti-submarine vessel UJ-2208 reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked. In the counterattack which followed UJ-2208 reported sinking a Submarine. It is possible that HMS Usurper was sunk in this attack but, she might also have been lost in a minefield. HMS Usurper did not respond to any signals and failed to arrive back at Algiers on 12th October 1942 and was reported lost with all hands

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C/JX 215054

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 26

Abraham, Cedric Ernest William

Able Seaman

P/JX 358368

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Baker, George William

Able Seaman

D/JX 286982

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Bethell, William John

Able Seaman

P/JX 358192

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Davies, Thomas Barrie

Able Seaman

P/J 112129

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 34

Jackson, Leonard Philips

Able Seaman

P/JX 149714

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Meaker, Eric Knowles

Able Seaman

D/JX 287917

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Render, Oswald

Able Seaman

P/JX 235070

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Rodwell, Richard Herbert

Able Seaman

C/SSX 32296

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Searle, Frederick William

Able Seaman

D/JX 237791

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Smedley, Frank

Able Seaman

P/JX 168050

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 24

Taylor, Clifford

Able Seaman

P/JX 273528

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Taylor, Victor

Able Seaman

P/JX 263859

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 32

White, George

Able Seaman

D/JX 293581

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Wisdom, Robert Edward

Able Seaman

P/MX 48306

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 36

Bird, William Henry

Chief Engine Room Artificer

P/JX 142727

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Charman, John

Chief Petty Officer

P/MX 93368

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Harman, William Parker

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

D/MX 74203

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Little, Arthur

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

P/SSX 22995

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Collins, Michael Higgins

Leading Seaman

C/JX 142915

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 24

Cooper, Sidney George

Leading Seaman

C/SSX 32523

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Smallwood, Thomas Jack

Leading Seaman

P/JX 148084

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Upex, Francis Arthur Edwin

Leading Signalman

P/KX 95906

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Flynn, James Reginald

Leading Stoker

P/JX 155434

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Appleby, Thomas William

Leading Telegraphist

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Jordan, Sidney Lloyd

Lieutenant

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 23

Mott, David Roger Oakley DSC

Lieutenant

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 25

Worth, John Harold

Lieutenant

D/JX 563155

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 18

Allan, Wilfred

Ordinary Seaman

D/JX 366699

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Pike, Robert Francis

Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 151079

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Johnstone, William Plunkett Dunning

Petty Officer

C/JX 130051

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 32

Rayner, Bertie William Fearnley DSM

Petty Officer

P/JX 143196

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 24

Davies, Mervyn Ebenezer DSM

Petty Officer Telegraphist

D/KX 133098

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Hilton, Joshua Herbert

Stoker 1st Class

P/KX 146834

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 35

Quayle, William Horsley

Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 140723

Born: 6th May, 1926.

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 17

Roberts, James William

Stoker 1st Class

RN DoB 06/05/1924

C/KX 152295

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Taaffe, Geoffrey

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 144682

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Whitfield, Leslie George Herbert

Stoker 1st Class

D/KX 159978

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Knowles, Maurice Henry

Stoker 2nd Class

D/KX 86977

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 27

Ballantyne, James Ross

Stoker Petty Officer

P/KX 82494

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Fylan, James Reginald

Stoker Petty Officer

P/KX 88994

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 28

Sutton, Thomas Henry

Stoker Petty Officer

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Anderson, John David Shanks

Sub Lieutenant

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 21

Frost, Patrick Anthony Stirling

Sub Lieutenant

D/JX 158782

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 20

Carson, Edward Henry Sidney

Telegraphist

C/JX180661

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 19

Eldridge, Hubert Arthur

Telegraphist

D/JX 269375

Died: 12th Oct, 1943.

Aged: 22

Griffiths, William John

Telegraphist

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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