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O/N D/JX 184581
Born: 29th Dec, 1923.
Died: 22nd Aug, 1945.
Aged: 21
From: Chester-LeStreet, County Durha
Askew, Norman
Acting Leading Signalman
The son of John Askew and Hannah Jane Askew (née Turnbull). When the 1939 Register was compiled he was at home with his motherand siblings at No. 5, Robinson’s Buildings, Washington, County Durham and Norman Askew was reported to be an Apprentice Blacksmith.

It is not reported when he joined the Royal Navy but he was trained as a Signalman and, in August 1945 he was serving as a Leading Signalman in His Norwegian Majesty’s Submarine Utsira at Ubatatastonen, Bergen in Norway, as a member of the RN Liaison Crew.

It is reported that he died from an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Olympus (N 35)
D/SSX 31775
Died: 8th May, 1942.
Aged: 24
Ashton, Stanley
Leading Signalman
D 3 (I 73)
J 11940
Died: 12th Mar, 1918.
Aged: 23
Aspinall, Paul John
Leading Signalman
Phoenix (N 96)
P/JX 134697
Died: 10th Jul, 1940.
Aged: 25
Barnes, Eric Benjamin
Leading Signalman
P 514
C/JX 145688
Died: 21st Jun, 1942.
Aged: 22
Barron, Thomas
Leading Signalman
Vandal (P 64)
D/JX 151217
Died: 24th Feb, 1943.
Aged: 22
Berry, Walter William Palmer
Leading Signalman
G 8 (I 0C)
J 14924
Died: 14th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 22
Bones, William Charles
Leading Signalman
Tarpon (N 17)
D/JX 139976
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Aged: 22
Cadby, Cyril George
Leading Signalman
K 4
236423
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 28
Carter, Charles DSM
Leading Signalman
Porpoise (N 14)
C/SSX 22808
Died: 11th Jan, 1945.
Aged: 24
Carter, Jack
Leading Signalman
Odin (N 84)
D/J 58120
Died: 14th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 39
Caslin, Michael
Leading Signalman
L 24
J 13882
Died: 10th Jan, 1924.
Aged: 28
Chevis, Harry Fielder
Leading Signalman
Spearfish (N 69)
P/J 39219
Died: 1st Jul, 1940.
Aged: 40
Clifford, Ronald Joseph John
Leading Signalman
P 222
C/JX 155239
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Close, James Edward
Leading Signalman
Stonehenge (P 232)
P/JX 138859
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Colton, Peter Glanville
Leading Signalman
K 17
239571
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Cooper, William Wilcox
Leading Signalman
Sickle (P 224)
C/JX 157097
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Aged: 21
Cuthbert, Alfred William Ernest
Leading Signalman
Swordfish (N 61)
P/JX 127080
Died: 7th Nov, 1940.
Aged: 30
Davies, Harold MID
Leading Signalman
L 55
J 7627
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Davies, Leonard Frank
Leading Signalman
C 34 (I 64)
J 10018
Died: 7th Jul, 1917.
Aged: 22
Dawe, Charles Henry
Leading Signalman
Orpheus (N 46)
C/JX 125744
Died: 27th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 29
Evans, Joseph Durly
Leading Signalman
E 24
239733
Died: 24th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 24
Flack, Arthur James
Leading Signalman
Uredd (P 41)
P/JX 150619
Born: 26th May, 1921.
Died: 23rd Feb, 1943.
Aged: 21
From: Windsor, Berkshire UK
Habgood, Victor Albert Alexander
Leading Signalman
He joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and underwent submarine training, and was eventually posted to HMS P41.

After serving at the submarine base HMS Ambrose at Dundee, he re-joined the same submarine in June 1942.

She had then been transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy and renamed HNoMS Uredd (P41); Uredd meaning Dauntless in Norwegian.
P 32
D/JX 142928
Died: 18th Aug, 1942.
Aged: 22
Hargreaves, Eric
Leading Signalman
H 42
J 10580
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Aged: 27
Harvey, Edward James
Leading Signalman
E 49
J 11022
Died: 12th Mar, 1917.
Aged: 22
Hawkes, George
Leading Signalman
H 49
C/J 95282
Died: 18th Oct, 1904.
Aged: 37
Hills, Frederick George MID
Leading Signalman
H 10
J 6074
Died: 14th Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Howell, George Andrew
Leading Signalman
P 33
D/JX 133419
Died: 18th Aug, 1941.
Aged: 27
Jago, Thomas Ebenezer
Leading Signalman
G 7 (I A9)
J 9147
Died: 1st Nov, 1918.
Aged: 24
Jenkins, Bertram John DSM
Leading Signalman
Umpire (N 82)
D/JX 132675
Born: 8th Apr, 1912.
Died: 19th Jul, 1941.
Aged: 29
From: Manchester, Lancs UK
Jennings, Harold
Leading Signalman
Truculent (P 315)
P/JX 158153
Born: 18th Jun, 1922.
Died: 12th Jan, 1950.
Aged: 27
Johnson, Robert MID
Leading Signalman
Usk (N 65)
D/J 106935
Died: 3rd May, 1941.
Aged: 33
Jones, Euros Bowen
Leading Signalman
Triumph (N 18)
D/JX 138661
Died: 21st Jan, 1942.
Aged: 24
Kilty, Thomas James
Leading Signalman
Thunderbolt (N 25)
C/JX 155965
Died: 14th Mar, 1943.
Aged: 21
King, Reginald Stanley
Leading Signalman
Regulus (N 88)
C/JX 131229
Died: 26th Nov, 1940.
Aged: 29
Kirby, Norman Vincent
Leading Signalman
H 49
D/J 105999
Died: 18th Oct, 1904.
Aged: 33
Knowles, Augustus Chambers
Leading Signalman
Urge (N 17)
C/JX 145120
Died: 29th Apr, 1942.
Aged: 22
Law, Eric Charles MID
Leading Signalman
Urge (N 17)
C/JX 154364
Died: 29th Apr, 1942.
Aged: 20
Leeke, Ronald William
Leading Signalman
Extra personnel carried on passage
H 47
J 64425
Died: 9th Jul, 1929.
Aged: 28
Mann, Cyril James
Leading Signalman
Unbeaten (N 93)
P/JX 158613
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Aged: 20
Mitton, Leonard Henry
Leading Signalman
Perseus (N 36)
C/JX 143914
Died: 6th Dec, 1941.
Aged: 22
Neale, Peter Thomas
Leading Signalman
Snapper (N 39)
C/JX 140123
Died: 11th Feb, 1941.
Aged: 23
Nesling, Reginald Ashton
Leading Signalman
E 6 (I 86)
235842
Died: 26th Dec, 1915.
Aged: 25
Norton, Frederick William
Leading Signalman
E 36
Died: 1st Nov, 1918.
Pearce, Herbert Clay
Leading Signalman
Accidentally drowned
Sturgeon (N 73) / Zeehond (Dutch)
C/JX131595
Died: 16th Nov, 1939.
Aged: 27
Penny, WIlliam Frederick Alexander
Leading Signalman
Accident
Thames (N 71)
P/JX 164967
Died: 3rd Aug, 1940.
Aged: 35
Peterson, Archibald James
Leading Signalman
Ex.J96670
E 30
J 11821
Died: 22nd Nov, 1916.
Aged: 22
Potter, William Charles Leonard
Leading Signalman
Thistle (N 24)
P/JX 12568
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Aged: 29
Richards, Walter George
Leading Signalman
Undaunted (N 55)
C/SSX 17313
Died: 12th May, 1941.
Aged: 23
Roberts, Norman
Leading Signalman
Regent (N 41)
C/JX 151593
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Sawyer, Geoffrey James
Leading Signalman
Upholder (N 99)
P/J 108490
Died: 14th Apr, 1942.
Aged: 34
Simmonds, Rex DSM*
Leading Signalman
Stratagem (P 234)
D/JX 176017
Died: 22nd Nov, 1944.
Aged: 25
Thomas, Harold Powys
Leading Signalman
Sterlet (N 22)
P/JX 134346
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Aged: 25
Thomsett, Henry George
Leading Signalman
Talisman (N 78)
P/SSX 31689
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Aged: 21
Tolley, George William
Leading Signalman
M 1
J 36092
Died: 12th Nov, 1925.
Aged: 26
Turner, Walter Isaac
Leading Signalman
Usurper (P 56)
P/JX 148084
Died: 12th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 23
Upex, Francis Arthur Edwin
Leading Signalman
O/N C/JX 148824
Died: 18th Dec, 1943.
Aged: 21
From: Ramsgate, Kent
Usherwood, John J
Leading Signalman
One of three Royal Navy Liaison personnel who died when the Free French Submarine FFS Protee was lost with all hands in the Mediterranean.

John Usherwood was the son of John Usherwood (a gardener) and Marian Usherwood. He was the twin brother of Marian Alice Usherwood and the husband of Joan Mary Usherwood of Enfield Middlesex.
D 6 (I 76)
J5497
Born: 23rd Sep, 1893.
Died: 28th Jun, 1918.
Aged: 24
From: Alverstoke, Hampshire UK
Walker, Ernest Robert
Leading Signalman
J87260
Died: 18th Feb, 1942.
Warner, Harold Frank
Leading Signalman
Royal Navy Liaison Crew attached to the Free French Submarine Surcouf died when the Submarine was accidentally sunk in a collision with an American Merchant Vessel in the Caribbean.
Salmon (N 65)
D/JX 132459
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Whittaker, Edward DSM
Leading Signalman
Triad (N 53)
P/JX 131816
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 27
Wood, Harry Malcolm Sydney
Leading Signalman
P 48
P/SSX 20694
Died: 25th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 22
Baddeley, Clifford
Signalman
G 2 (I A4)
Died: 6th May, 1918.
Bear, Harold Owen Alfred
Signalman
Accidentally drowned
C 33 (I 63)
J 7122
Died: 4th Aug, 1915.
Aged: 21
Bennett, Ernest Granville
Signalman
E 20 (I 69)
J 7134
Died: 5th Nov, 1916.
Aged: 22
Brown, Henry Wilkinson
Signalman
C 25 (I 55)
J 9244
Died: 6th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 3
Buttle, Charles Arthur
Signalman
M 1
J 39878
Died: 12th Nov, 1925.
Aged: 26
Clough, Nelson Orlando
Signalman
Olympus (N 35)
C/SSX 32667
Died: 8th May, 1942.
Aged: 20
Codral, Ernest John Robert
Signalman
Trooper (N 91)
P/JX 157340
Died: 10th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 21
Cope, Henry Charles
Signalman
230063
Died: 14th Sep, 1914.
Aged: 26
Dance, George
Signalman
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.
Narwhal (N 45)
D/J 70501
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 38
Daw, Walter Sydney
Signalman
Simoom (P 225)
C/JX 207606
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Aged: 26
Day, Horace Charles
Signalman
Oxley (N 55)
C/J113040
Born: 2nd Jun, 1906.
Aged: 30
From: Bath, Somerset UK
Dover, William Alfred
Signalman
D 5 (I 75)
J 8219
Died: 3rd Nov, 1914.
Aged: 20
Dowsett, William Richard Cass
Signalman
Tempest (N 86)
P/JX 154013
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Drew, Frederick
Signalman
Tigris (N 63)
D/JX 232506
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Aged: 22
Farrington, John Richard
Signalman
C 16 (I 46)
J 6782
Died: 16th Apr, 1917.
Aged: 23
Fitzgerald, John Jeremiah
Signalman
Union (N 56)
D/JX 155672
Died: 20th Jul, 1941.
Aged: 19
Fraser, David
Signalman
G 9 (I 1C)
J 13870
Died: 16th Jan, 1917.
Aged: 22
Goodey, Andrew Taylor
Signalman
E 13 (I 93)
J26716
Died: 19th Aug, 1915.
Aged: 18
Goulden, Herbert
Signalman
E 36
J 20410
Died: 19th Jan, 1917.
Aged: 20
Green, George Lewis
Signalman
O 22 (Dutch)
D/J 103085
Born: 20th Sep, 1904.
Died: 19th Nov, 1940.
Aged: 36
From: Sheffield, Yorkshire
Hancock, John Thomas
Signalman
E 10 (I 90)
J5130
Died: 21st Jan, 1915.
Aged: 21
Hayler, William Middleton
Signalman
E 37
J 7114
Died: 1st Dec, 1916.
Aged: 22
Hoodless, Joseph Charlton
Signalman
Sterlet (N 22)
P/JX 134680
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Aged: 25
Hughes, Frank
Signalman
E 16 (I 96)
240077
Died: 22nd Aug, 1912.
Aged: 24
Hughes, James
Signalman
Rainbow (N 16)
P/JX 138138
Died: 4th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Jeffery, Jack
Signalman
H 31
C/SSX 34101
Died: 24th Dec, 1941.
Aged: 19
Jones, Norman Cyril
Signalman
E 5 (I 85)
J 11519
Died: 7th Mar, 1916.
Aged: 20
Kingcome, Howard William
Signalman
M 2
J 94973
Died: 26th Jan, 1932.
Aged: 29
Leavy, Frederick William
Signalman
Splendid (P 228)
C/JX 207619
Died: 21st Apr, 1943.
Aged: 25
Legassick, William
Signalman
E 26
J 2050
Died: 2nd Jul, 1916.
Aged: 23
Mathews, Reginald Thomas Phillips
Signalman
Syrtis (P 241)
P/JX 161391
Died: 28th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
McCarthy, Ronald Dowler
Signalman
H 3
J 30178
Died: 15th Jul, 1916.
Aged: 17
McCormick, Frederick Joseph Anthony
Signalman
E 3 (I 83)
223305
Died: 18th Oct, 1914.
Aged: 27
Morgan, Alfred Lowe
Signalman
E 50
J 21302
Born: 7th Aug, 1897.
Died: 1st Feb, 1918.
Aged: 20
From: Balbriggan, County Dublin Ireland
Mulhall, John Joseph
Signalman
John Mulhall was the son of Patrick and Catherine Mulhall of 11, Sutton Terrace, Sutton, County Dublin.
E 47
J 8441
Died: 20th Jul, 1917.
Aged: 23
Nash, Charles Henry
Signalman
Utmost (N 19)
D/JX 164995
Died: 24th Nov, 1942.
Aged: 35
Newton, Wilfred
Signalman
Ex.J108677
H 5
J 15471
Died: 2nd Mar, 1918.
Aged: 22
Payne, Percy Ernest Edward
Signalman
L 10
J 10926
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Pulman, Edward James
Signalman
E 34
237049
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 27
Richens, Percy Baron MID
Signalman
L 24
J 86413
Died: 10th Jan, 1924.
Aged: 22
Smith, Allan
Signalman
O 13 (Dutch)
D/JX 132466
Born: 31st Jan, 1912.
Died: 18th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 28
From: Warwick Birmingham
Spettigue, James Henry
Signalman
K 5
J 21454
Died: 20th Jan, 1921.
Aged: 23
Tanner, William James
Signalman
B 10 (I 20)
J/4016
Died: 2nd Jan, 1915.
Thomas, Harry
Signalman
Washed overboard when the submarine was charging batteries during a patrol north of the island of Tenedos
E 4 (I 84)
J1071
Died: 15th Aug, 1916.
Aged: 24
Tovey, Maurice William
Signalman
P 615
D/SSX 32984
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Vail, Albert Henry
Signalman
K 4
J19411
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Watkins, Malcolm Poynter
Signalman
C 31 (I 61)
J 4019
Died: 7th Jan, 1915.
Aged: 22
Wearne, William James
Signalman
At birth Wearn, William James Served as Wearne, William James.
P 38
D/SSX 29182
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Weaver, James Thomas
Signalman
K 5
J 31907
Died: 20th Jan, 1921.
Aged: 22
Wiltshire, Richard
Signalman

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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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