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Born: 22nd Dec, 1983.
Died: 14th Sep, 1914.
Aged: 69
Besant, Thomas Fleming
Lieutenant Commander
HMAS AE1
HMAS AE1 was an Australian E Class submarine with Royal Navy Officers and a mixed crew of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy Ratings

AE1 was patrolling in the St George Straits off New Britain on 14 September 1914 when she vanished and was lost with all hands.

The son of Mr Edgar Besant, a Naval Storekeeper.
Cyclops (F31) 1905 - 1947
C/SSX 20306
Aged: 33
From: Little Welnetham, Suffolk
Harsant, Peter
Able Seaman
Son of Peter and Annie Harsant and the foster son of Mrs E M Seal of Little Welnetham, Suffolk.

One of Three Submariners are reported to have died in Norway in May 1945. It is unclear why they were in Norway and it is not reported how they died but the Norwegian Navy was operating U Class Submarines on loan but were in the process of being gifted several more submarines and there three may have been on Loan or Liaison duties. The circumstances of their deaths are not yet established.
Porpoise (N 14)
D/KX 155271
Died: 11th Jan, 1945.
Aged: 20
Sant, Albert William James
Leading Stoker

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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MID Mentioned In Dispatches
VC Victoria Cross

This list has been made possible by the hard work of Pam Armstrong in the first instance and has lately been refined by Malcolm Blenkinsopp, Honorary Historian at Espana Levante Submariners

In some cases there are different Names and Dates of Birth mentioned in the notes, especially in the First World War, as many young men told lies in order to join early. Their be variations between birth names and the names the men chose to serve under.

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