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| Alford, Henry Robert | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 25/10/1891. | ||||||
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| Alsford, John Francis | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| He was electrocuted when thrown against an open switchboard. The submarine was in the act of surfacing off Hartlepool and the Conning Tower Hatch had been opened when the submarine was pooped. The Submarine took a downward lurch and he lost his footing | ||||||
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| Ashford, Harold George | ||||||
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| Ashford, William George DSM | ||||||
| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
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| Barford, William Alfred | ||||||
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| Bashford, Fred George Sidney James MID | ||||||
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| Bedford, Maurice Arthur | ||||||
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| Bedford, William Robert | ||||||
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| Bickford, Edward Oscar DSO | ||||||
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| Blandford, Ernest James Moorson | ||||||
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| Bulford, Thomas William | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
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| Burford, William Joseph | ||||||
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| Clifford, Raymond Alfred | ||||||
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| Clifford, Ronald Joseph John | ||||||
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| Cuddeford, Frederick William Francis | ||||||
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| Cullingford, George Baker | ||||||
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| Dadford, Charles Herbert | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
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| Dunford, William Ernest | ||||||
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| Ford, Albert Edward | ||||||
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| Ford, Albert Joseph | ||||||
| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
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| Ford, Albert Victor | ||||||
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| Ford, Cyril Davis | ||||||
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| Ford, J R | ||||||
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| Ford, Peter | ||||||
| Yeoman of Signals | ||||||
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| Hansford, James George | ||||||
| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| RN DoB 14/05/1886 | ||||||
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| Lillford, Charles | ||||||
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| Milford, John Rose | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
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| Mockford, Fred | ||||||
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| Paxford, Frank Jim | ||||||
| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
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| Playford, William George | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
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| Sandford, Richard Douglas VC | ||||||
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| Commanding Officer. Died in hospital. He had been taken ill with typhoid fever and died in hospital in Yorkshire. |
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| Sanford, John | ||||||
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| Sansford, Arthur Slade Summers | ||||||
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| RN DoB 02/02/1878 | ||||||
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| St Clair-Ford, Drummond | ||||||
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| Stafford, Frederick Thomas MID | ||||||
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| Stanford, Harry Albert | ||||||
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| Walford, Denis Eustace DSM | ||||||
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| Walford, Lyndon (RNR) | ||||||
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| Wilford, John Francis (RNVR) | ||||||
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| Wingfield-Stratford, Esme John Richard | ||||||
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| Woolford, Frederick Harry Leonard | ||||||
| Leading Seaman | ||||||
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
This unique memoir charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. And it provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union.
Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft.
The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defence procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. And the book sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange.
But it is not all serious content, and he also offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine. The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens.
This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
This unique memoir charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. And it provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union.
Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft.
The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defence procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. And the book sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange.
But it is not all serious content, and he also offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine. The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens.
This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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