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Rank equals: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

K 17
Adams, Albert Victor M 632
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
H 49
Amery, Jack P/MX 53237
Died: 18th Oct, 1904.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 31
Tarpon (N 17)
Andrew, Walter D/MX 51926
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
L 55
Angus, Donald Meiklejohn 272470
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
J 6
Armstrong, Ernest William M 12905
Died: 15th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Orpheus (N 46)
Armstrong, Joseph Durly P/MX 46926
Died: 27th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Traveller (N 48)
Baker, Charles Henry D/MX 49170
Died: 4th Dec, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
A 8 (I 18)
Beedham, George 269605
Died: 8th May, 1905.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
M 1
Bell, William McDonald M 7020
Died: 12th Nov, 1925.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
E 16 (I 96)
Bevan, Edward William Reginald DSM M 1189
Died: 22nd Aug, 1912.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
P 222
Bird, Ernest Frank D/MX 54216
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
L 10
Bird, Percy Henry M 10934
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
E 3 (I 83)
Blake, Charley Ellman M 280
Died: 18th Oct, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
H 5
Bluett, Sydney Francis M 2161
Died: 2nd Mar, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 22
Upholder (N 99)
Board, Norman Douglas DSM P/MX 55599
Died: 14th Apr, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
E 14 (I 94)
Bond, Martin Robert M 4677
Died: 28th Jan, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
K 13 (K 22)
Bradley, Tom 272472
Died: 26th Jan, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
G 8 (I 0C)
Brown, Henry Samuel M 5743
Died: 14th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
A 8 (I 18)
Bruckland, William George 270254
Died: 8th May, 1905.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
D 6 (I 76)
Bryan, Frank M 491 Born: 2nd Feb, 1893.
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
from Holloway, London UK
Regulus (N 88)
Bulger, Cecil C/MX 48563
Died: 26th Nov, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
D 6 (I 76)
Cary, Harold William M 9937 Born: 16th Feb, 1892.
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
from Bridgewater, Somerset UK
G 7 (I A9)
Clements, Charles Sproule 272451
Died: 1st Nov, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
E 1 (I 81)
Coe, William Greenall
Died: 13th Mar, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Died of influenza/pneumonia although TB had also been diagnosed.
P 32
Cooper, Sidney Wesley P/MX 54526
Died: 18th Aug, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
E 49
Copeland, Alfred M 1025
Died: 12th Mar, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Turbulent (N 98)
Crowston, Arthur Stanley MID P/MX 54553
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Usk (N 65)
Cruickshank, Joseph Armstrong P/MX 55809
Died: 3rd May, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
Grampus (N 56)
Cryle, Alfred Main P/MX 49809
Died: 16th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Tigris (N 63)
Culbert, William Dudley D/MX 58232
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
E 34
Dixon, George Russell M 19343
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
P311 (Tutankhamen)
Down, Percival Leo James D/MX 53618
Died: 2nd Jan, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
G 9 (I 1C)
Dowsett, Stanley George M5481 Born: 5th Sep, 1890.
Died: 16th Jan, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
RN DoB 05/09/1891
L 55
Ebling, Francis John M 2182
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
M 1
Edden, Thomas Henry M 14517
Died: 12th Nov, 1925.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Sahib (P 212)
England, Eric Gordon P/MX 61345
Died: 3rd May, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 23
from Lewisham
Was fatally wounded when survivors from Sahib, which had been sunk by a Italian corvette, were strafed by enemy aircraft. He succumbed to his wounds on 3 May while a prisoner-of-war.
Sterlet (N 22)
Evans, William Edward Haslewood P/MX 50815
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Fettes, James Alexander (RAN) 7290
Died: 14th Sep, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
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.
E 24
Fitzwater, Samuel David Mitchell 271709
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Tigris (N 63)
Florence, Alfred James DSM P/MX 56191
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Thames (N 71)
Ford, Albert Joseph C.M 47965
Died: 3rd Aug, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Talisman (N 78)
Forsyth, Donald Douglas P/MX 57727
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Porpoise (N 14)
Fraser, James Norris McKay P/MX 63827
Died: 11th Jan, 1945.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Truculent (P 315)
Frost, Ronald Arthur Crawford D/MX 70161 Born: 20th Jul, 1924.
Died: 12th Jan, 1950.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Trooper (N 91)
Fry, William Victor DSM P/MX 49222
Died: 10th Oct, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Snapper (N 39)
Furlong, James William C/MX 52491
Died: 11th Feb, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Orpheus (N 46)
Gill, Robert Victor P/MX 51228
Died: 27th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
D 6 (I 76)
Gill, Samuel M 12963 Born: 3rd Mar, 1894.
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
from Kerglley, Yorkshire UK
Oxley (N 55)
Graham, William P/MX 49892 Born: 13th Jul, 1910.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
from Dundee, Angus UK
E 10 (I 90)
Gray, Edward William M 1333
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
Grampus (N 56)
Groves, Roy Ronald P/MX 51371
Died: 16th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Sickle (P 224)
Hamilton, David P/MX 62015
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Sickle (P 224)
Hancock, George Raymond C/MX 64427
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Triad (N 53)
Hardy, Thomas D/MX 51874
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Narwhal (N 45)
Henderson, George Murdoch D/MX 54091
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 33
K 5
Hester, William James M 1516
Died: 20th Jan, 1921.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
P311 (Tutankhamen)
Hillyard, Harry P/MX 60318
Died: 2nd Jan, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Rainbow (N 16)
Hodson, Harold C/MX 50784
Died: 4th Oct, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
E 18 (I 98)
Holland, Charles William 271983
Died: 1st Jun, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Salmon (N 65)
Holmes, James P/MX 47758
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
D 5 (I 75)
Houlcroft, Edward M 2924
Died: 3rd Nov, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Phoenix (N 96)
Howell, Norman Leslie Edgar P/MX 47609
Died: 10th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Perseus (N 36)
Hull, William P/MX 53813
Died: 6th Dec, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
C 33 (I 63)
Hunt, Alfred M 411
Died: 4th Aug, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Thistle (N 24)
I`Anson, John Hustler P/MX 51242
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
Talisman (N 78)
Jackson, Richard DSM P/MX 54422
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
E 36
Jenkins, Sidney Royston M 104
Died: 19th Jan, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Snapper (N 39)
Jones, Kenneth Watkins D/MX 52698
Died: 11th Feb, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Tarpon (N 17)
Kellond, Reginald D/M 38362
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 31
H 10
Keys, Frank M 5105 Born: 10th Jan, 1891.
Died: 14th Jan, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
RN DoB 10/01/1890
D 2 (I 72)
Kilburn, Charlie Edwards M 848
Died: 25th Nov, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
J 6
Lamont, Athol Davaan M 14927
Died: 15th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Triton (N 15)
Lavers, Edgar James Boyce MID P/MX 48545
Died: 8th Dec, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Thames (N 71)
Lee, John Edwin D/MX 49596
Died: 3rd Aug, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 35
Affray (P 421)
Lees, Norman Charles Edwin P/MX 93541 Born: 21st Sep, 1925.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Undaunted (N 55)
Lewer, James Markwick P/MX 50604
Died: 12th May, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 32
E 20 (I 69)
Lonergan, Arthur 271886
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
D 2 (I 72)
Lumb, Joseph M 1674
Died: 25th Nov, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 20 (I 69)
Male, Harold Douglas 271885
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Grampus (N 56)
Marshall, William Agnew D/MX 53015
Died: 16th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Usk (N 65)
Martin, William John Arthur James D/MX 55521
Died: 3rd May, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Sterlet (N 22)
Mercer, Norman Wilfred C/MX 47755
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Messenger, John (RAN) 7291
Died: 14th Sep, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
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.
Oxley (N 55)
Mockett, Jack C/MX 50823 Born: 13th Jul, 1908.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 31
from Lancaster, Lancs UK
Thorn (N 11)
Moorcroft, Reginald George MID P/MX 47791
Died: 7th Aug, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
P 222
Murray, Norman Bagwell D/MX 58058
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Thistle (N 24)
Murray, Thomas Hodgson P/MX 50725
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
K 17
Myott, Dominick M 7565
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
H 5
Newman, Percy James M 11997
Died: 2nd Mar, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Tetrarch (N 77)
Norris, Walter Thomas MID C/MX 52906
Died: 27th Nov, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Sterlet (N 22)
Nuttall, John Henry D/MX 47689
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Spearfish (N 69)
O'Hair, Edward Ernest Peacock P/MX 51968
Died: 1st Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Simoom (P 225)
O'Leary, Michael Thomas D/MX 49539
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
H 3
Oakwell, Alfred Arthur Ernest M 3934
Died: 15th Jul, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
E 36
Olden, Charles Richard Thomas 272471
Died: 19th Jan, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Phoenix (N 96)
Oliver, Aubrey George D/MX 52638
Died: 10th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Spearfish (N 69)
Oliver, Oswald D/MX 53256
Died: 1st Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 22 (I 79)
Organ, Frederick John M 1694
Died: 25th Apr, 1906.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Swordfish (N 61)
Owen, Amos John D/MX 52169
Died: 7th Nov, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 31
Seahorse (S 98)
Packer, William Martin Henry D/MX 46952
Died: 26th Dec, 1939.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Thames (N 71)
Painter, Cyril Frederick Maguer D/MX 52618
Died: 3rd Aug, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 32
Thames (N 71)
Parker, John Kelson P/MX 54368
Died: 3rd Aug, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Grampus (N 56)
Pashley, Paul Wattam C/MX 49883
Died: 16th Jun, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 31
Truculent (P 315)
Phillips, Terence Paul C/MX 64343 Born: 23rd Jun, 1924.
Died: 12th Jan, 1950.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Poseidon (N 99)
Pike, William Herbert Henry D/M 34932
Died: 9th Jun, 1931.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Olympus (N 35)
Plant, Samuel D/MX 56532
Died: 8th May, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
K 5
Pollard, George M 10901
Died: 20th Jan, 1921.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Stonehenge (P 232)
Robertson, John Millar DSM P/MX 54597
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 35
C 34 (I 64)
Roser, Walter Michael Joseph M 12906
Died: 7th Jul, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Regent (N 41)
Russell, Ernest Roy Wright D/MX 57434
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
Tetrarch (N 77)
Shinn, Victor Thomas P/MX 49544
Died: 27th Nov, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
E 49
Simpson, Harry Jarlick M 3130
Died: 12th Mar, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Actual name Simpson, Harry Garlick, Navy records show Simpson, Harry Jarlick.
M 2
Sims, John Harold M 35324
Died: 26th Jan, 1932.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Seahorse (S 98)
Smith, Archibald Cyril Sayer C/MX 47764
Died: 26th Dec, 1939.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Spearfish (N 69)
Smith, Jack Maunder MID C/MX 50827
Died: 1st Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Stratagem (P 234)
Snell, Norman Ernest P/MX 55037
Died: 22nd Nov, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 23
Sickle (P 224)
Stark, Thomas Allenby C/MX 77329
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 6 (I 86)
Stewart, Robert 271900
Died: 26th Dec, 1915.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 3 (I 83)
Stothard, Joseph M 987
Died: 18th Oct, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Seahorse (S 98)
Summers, Ernest Rae Sevier D/MX 46567
Died: 26th Dec, 1939.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Salmon (N 65)
Summers, Owen Jack P/MX 54082
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Parthian (N 75)
Sykes, John Cleveland D/MX 56722
Died: 6th Aug, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 30
J 5
Taylor, David
Died: 29th Nov, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Died of pneumonia
C 11 (I 41)
Taylor, Ernest 271211 Born: 19th Nov, 1881.
Died: 14th Jul, 1909.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Affray (P 421)
Taylor, Maurice George Edwin C. P/MX 715933 Born: 30th Jul, 1925.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
D 5 (I 75)
Tilley, John Thomas Percival 272256
Died: 3rd Nov, 1914.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 23
Sterlet (N 22)
Toombs, Roy C/MX 47640
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 30
Travers, William Richard M 3709 Born: 5th Aug, 1890.
Died: 22nd Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
RN DoB 05/08/1889
Urge (N 17)
Varley, Eric MID D/MX 52497
Died: 29th Apr, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Porpoise (N 14)
Vaughan, Frederick John C/MX 55223
Died: 11th Jan, 1945.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 22
A 8 (I 18)
Vickers, Frederick 269707
Died: 8th May, 1905.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
D 3 (I 73)
Ward, Arnold Robert M 10906
Died: 12th Mar, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Thorn (N 11)
Webster, George Walter D/MX 58988
Died: 7th Aug, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Perseus (N 36)
Whalley, John D/MX 48772
Died: 6th Dec, 1941.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 32
Parthian (N 75)
Wheble, Roy De la Force MID D/MX 56474
Died: 6th Aug, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
E 47
Wilkinson, Lewis Hallam M 4474
Died: 20th Jul, 1917.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 20 (I 69)
Williams, Frank Edgar M 3935
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Thule (P 325)
Williams, Harold Victor D/MX 102756 Born: 3rd Jul, 1920.
Died: 14th Aug, 1945.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
from Bristol, Gloucestershire
The son of Henry Randall David Williams and Phoebe Helen Williams. In September 1939 he was listed as an Improver Turner at the Over Engineering Works in Bristol and he was living at home with his widowed mother at 12, Narroways Road, Bristol.

After the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy as a Direct Entry Engine Room Artificer and trained as a Submariner. By August 1945 he had been advanced to Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class and he was serving in Submarine HMS Thule under Lt Commander A C G Mars at Fremantle in Western Australia.

Harold Williams is reported to have died having committed suicide by drowning himself ‘whilst in a depressed state of mind’ whilst HMS Thule was at Fremantle.
M 2
Williams, Leonard Walter M 36709
Died: 26th Jan, 1932.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
E 24
Wilson, Robert Hopkins M 3333
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
At birth Wilson, Robert Hopkins but also served as Bullen, Robert Hopkins
Parthian (N 75)
Wolfe, George Alex C/MX 76034
Died: 6th Aug, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 23
Rainbow (N 16)
Woodhead, Arnold D/MX 53319
Died: 4th Oct, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Oxley (N 55)
Worth, William Norman D/MX 51189 Born: 13th Nov, 1912.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
from Falmouth, Cornwall UK
Triton (N 15)
Wyatt, Herbert P/MX 52150
Died: 8th Dec, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 26
G 8 (I 0C)
Young, Charles William M 3109
Died: 14th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28

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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