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Rank equals: Sub Lieutenant

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Saracen (P 247)
Died: 15th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
From: Tynemouth, Northumberland
Elliott, Roy Charlton
Acting Sub Lieutenant
A Prisoner of War in Italy from Submarine HMS Saracen, he had been sent to Rome with the other Officers from Saracen but he escaped and made his way to the Vatican City but, unfortunately, he died after a fall from a window at the Vatican.

The son of Christopher Charlton Elliot and his wife Margaret of Woodlands, Station Road, Benton, Northumberland.
X 24 (Expeditious)
Died: 22nd Apr, 1944.
Hunt, Peter James (RNVR)
Acting Sub Lieutenant
‘X’ Craft submariner reported to have been lost overboard.
X 5 (Platypus)
Died: 22nd Sep, 1943.
Aged: 20
Malcolm, Alastair David (RNVR) MID
Acting Sub Lieutenant
Lost in Operation Source, raid on Tirpitz
Untamed / Vitality (P 58)
1Q/1923
Died: 30th May, 1943.
Aged: 20
Acworth, Peter Carr Glyn
Sub Lieutenant
Rainbow (N 16)
Died: 4th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Adcock, Douglas John
Sub Lieutenant
Snapper (N 39)
Died: 11th Feb, 1941.
Aged: 22
Alston, George Michael Hamilton
Sub Lieutenant
Trooper (N 91)
Died: 10th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 21
Anderson, Alexander William
Sub Lieutenant
Usurper (P 56)
Died: 12th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 19
Anderson, John David Shanks
Sub Lieutenant
Undaunted (N 55)
Died: 12th May, 1941.
Aged: 24
Anthony, James Wilson
Sub Lieutenant
G 8 (I 0C)
Died: 14th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 20
Armstrong, Philip Furlong
Sub Lieutenant
E 3 (I 83)
Died: 18th Oct, 1914.
Aged: 20
Barrow, John Gerald
Sub Lieutenant
Undaunted (N 55)
Died: 12th May, 1941.
Aged: 21
Bate, Jack Coode (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
J 6
Died: 15th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 22
Brierley, James Roger Ingham
Sub Lieutenant
Unbeaten (N 93)
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Aged: 20
Brougham, James Jeremy
Sub Lieutenant
C 33 (I 63)
Died: 4th Aug, 1915.
Aged: 24
Buchanan, Colin James (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
E 16 (I 96)
Died: 22nd Aug, 1912.
Aged: 25
Cameron, Alistair Gordon (RNR) DSC*
Sub Lieutenant
C 31 (I 61)
Died: 7th Jan, 1915.
Aged: 22
Campbell, Keith Morehead Gunning
Sub Lieutenant
H 31
Died: 24th Dec, 1941.
Aged: 28
Campbell, Peter Donald Nathaniel (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
H 49
Died: 18th Oct, 1904.
Aged: 20
Carew-Hunt, Adrian
Sub Lieutenant
330689
Died: 28th Nov, 1942.
From: Durban, Natal South Africa
Carter, Alfred Samuel (SANF(V))
Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy Liaison Crew member who died when the Greek Submarine Triton was sunk in the Aegean Sea east off Kafirea, Euboia Island by the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ-2102.
A 1
Died: 18th Mar, 1904.
Aged: 21
Churchill, John Preston
Sub Lieutenant
Stonehenge (P 232)
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Clayton, Patrick Gerald Maturin (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Untamed / Vitality (P 58)
3Q/1923
Died: 30th May, 1943.
Aged: 19
Clayton, Peter Lambert (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
E 18 (I 98)
Died: 1st Jun, 1916.
Aged: 25
Colson, Douglas Nowell (RNR) DSC
Sub Lieutenant
Uredd (P 41)
Born: 16th Nov, 1922.
Died: 23rd Feb, 1943.
Aged: 20
From: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Cond, Wilfred John (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
G 9 (I 1C)
Died: 16th Jan, 1917.
Aged: 20
Cottrell, Clement Fraser
Sub Lieutenant
P 222
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 21
Cousins, Michael Anthony (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Tigris (N 63)
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Aged: 21
Crawley-Boevey, Thomas Roger
Sub Lieutenant
Narwhal (N 45)
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Cringle, John (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Simoom (P 225)
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Aged: 22
Cross, Charles Michael (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Unrivalled (P 45)
Died: 8th Mar, 1943.
Aged: 23
From: Durban, Natal South Africa
Crossley, Alfred Harvey (SANF)
Sub Lieutenant
He was a member of Combined Operations Pilotage Parties. On 7 March 1943 he was launched in a Folbot together with Lieutenant Victor De Kock, to carry out reconnaissance of beaches in Sicily ahead of Operation Husky. Nothing was seen of them again, despite a search for them the following night; they disappeared without trace and are assumed to have drowned.
Died: 18th Dec, 1943.
From: Cockfosters, Hertfordshire
De Wael, Adrian Norman (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
One of three Royal Navy Liaison personnel who died when the Free French Submarine FFS Protee was lost with all hands in the Mediterranean.

Adrian De Wael was the son of Alfred Francois de Wael and Bertha Elizabeth
Triad (N 53)
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Dean, Herbert
Sub Lieutenant
H 49
Died: 18th Oct, 1904.
Aged: 23
Dearden, Lionel Humphrey Lucas
Sub Lieutenant
Stonehenge (P 232)
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Drake, Ronald Francis MID
Sub Lieutenant
C 29 (I 59)
Died: 29th Aug, 1915.
Aged: 21
Evans, Tim Evelyn
Sub Lieutenant
Tetrarch (N 77)
Died: 27th Nov, 1941.
Aged: 21
Evans, Wilfred Edgar (RNR) MID
Sub Lieutenant
Talisman (N 78)
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Aged: 21
Eves, William Donald Heath
Sub Lieutenant
Regent (N 41)
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 20
Fernie, Robert Russell
Sub Lieutenant
A 8 (I 18)
Died: 8th May, 1905.
Aged: 21
Fletcher, Edward Travers
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 5th Aug, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Frew, Anthony Arthur
Sub Lieutenant
Usurper (P 56)
Died: 12th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 21
Frost, Patrick Anthony Stirling
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 6th Mar, 1930.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Garwood, Alan Robert
Sub Lieutenant
E 16 (I 96)
Died: 22nd Aug, 1912.
Aged: 21
Gibson-Carmichael, Alexander David
Sub Lieutenant
Umpire (N 82)
Died: 19th Jul, 1941.
Aged: 25
From: Reigate, Surrey UK
Godden, Stephen Anthony Golder DSC
Sub Lieutenant
Parthian (N 75)
Died: 6th Aug, 1943.
Aged: 24
Goodwin, John Frederick (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
P311 (Tutankhamen)
Died: 2nd Jan, 1943.
Aged: 29
Goss, George Gilbert (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Charioteer on passage
G 8 (I 0C)
Died: 22nd Jun, 1917.
Graham, Malise Stewart
Sub Lieutenant
Died after accidentally falling overboard while on patrol in the North Sea
P 38
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Gray, Alan Moir
Sub Lieutenant
Titania (F32) 1915 - 1949
66643
Died: 8th Nov, 1942.
Aged: 23
From: South Africa
Grogan, John Edward
Sub Lieutenant
Charioteer
Died during a practice attack on the 35,000-ton Battleship HMS Howe, the No. 1 of the Chariot passed out and, although his No. 2 (Able Seaman Worthy) took control and returned to the surface, the No. 1 was found to be dead. It is understood that he died of oxygen poisoning.

The 23-year-old son of Meredyth Grogan and Gabrielle M A Grogan.
O/N P/JX 394427
Died: 26th Jul, 1944.
Aged: 24
From: Landi Kotal, Peshawar, Bengal India
Harris, Keith Vivian Frank
Sub Lieutenant
Charioteer
A volunteer for special service based at HMS Varbel he was the No1 Crewman of Chariot No. LXXVII when he was killed, having hit the keel of the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Bonaventure whilst making a dived approach during a training exercise in Loch Cairnbawn.

The No. 2 of the Chariot (Able Seaman Hutton) managed to bring the Chariot to the surface but the was already dead.

He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Harris and Rosamund Kathleen Harris.
Olympus (N 35)
Died: 8th May, 1942.
Aged: 24
Hawkyard, Douglas (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
From P.39
Vandal (P 64)
Died: 24th Feb, 1943.
Aged: 22
Hickley, James Henry (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Untamed / Vitality (P 58)
1Q/1922
Died: 30th May, 1943.
Aged: 21
Higgins, Geoffrey Thomas Charles (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Tetrarch (N 77)
Died: 27th Nov, 1941.
Houston, Robert Bell
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 23rd Sep, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Howard-Johnston, Richard Geoffrey
Sub Lieutenant
Stonehenge (P 232)
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Howes, Reginald Edward Noble
Sub Lieutenant
Thorn (N 11)
Died: 7th Aug, 1943.
Aged: 21
Incledon, Lewis John
Sub Lieutenant
H 10
Died: 14th Jan, 1918.
Aged: 21
Ives, Derrick
Sub Lieutenant
O 22 (Dutch)
Born: 20th Apr, 1919.
Died: 19th Nov, 1940.
Aged: 21
From: Marleybone London
Jackson, Michael Rae
Sub Lieutenant
X 9 (Pluto)
Died: 16th Sep, 1946.
Aged: 22
Kearon, Edward
Sub Lieutenant
Lost in Operation Source, raid on Tirpitz
Talbot / Medway II 1951 - 1946
Died: 27th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
From: Ealing, Middlesex
Kelsey, Vyvyan Howard
Sub Lieutenant
The full circumstances of his death have not yet been established but it is likely that he was killed in a bombing raid on Malta on that date.

Son of Capt. V C M Kelsey, formerly of the Royal Marines, and Mrs Kelsey
Odin (N 84)
Died: 14th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 21
Lee, Peter Lauriston Charles Melville
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 17th Feb, 1930.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Linton, William Francis
Sub Lieutenant
X 7 (Pdinicchthys)
Died: 31st May, 1943.
Aged: 22
Locke, David Henry
Sub Lieutenant
Lost in on board accident
Affray (P 421)
Born: 18th Dec, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Longstaff, William Anthony Comben
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 5th Jun, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Mackenzie, Colin Ian
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 31st Mar, 1930.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Mackenzie-Edwards, Roderick Petvin
Sub Lieutenant
P 32
Died: 18th Aug, 1942.
Aged: 20
Millar, Michael Fitzadam
Sub Lieutenant
C 34 (I 64)
Died: 7th Jul, 1917.
Aged: 19
Moore, Thomas Stone
Sub Lieutenant
A 7 (I 17)
Died: 6th Jan, 1914.
Aged: 22
Morrison, Robert Herman Grant
Sub Lieutenant
X 5 (Platypus)
Died: 22nd Sep, 1943.
Aged: 22
Nelson, Tom John (RNVR) MID
Sub Lieutenant
Lost in Operation Source, raid on Tirpitz
P 615
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 22
Nicholl, Desmond Earle (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 24th Jul, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Nickalls, Hugh Antony Hylton
Sub Lieutenant
Upholder (N 99)
Died: 14th Apr, 1942.
Aged: 23
Norman, John Harsant (RNVR) MID
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 23rd Jun, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
North, Richard Frank
Sub Lieutenant
P 48
Died: 25th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 23
Orton, Michael Swaffield
Sub Lieutenant
Oxley (N 55)
Aged: 22
From: Hampstead, London UK
Palmer, Wilfred Hinton
Sub Lieutenant
Stratagem (P 234)
Died: 22nd Nov, 1944.
Aged: 24
Prentice, Cyril Ernest (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 3rd Dec, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Preston, Robin Jocelyn
Sub Lieutenant
X 24 (Expeditious)
Died: 9th Sep, 1944.
Aged: 22
From: Remuera, Auckland New Zealand
Purdy, Derek Norman (RNZNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
He was the son of Norman Henry and Elsie Mary Purdy. Whilst on tow, by HM Submarine Sceptre, for the attack on shipping at Bergen (Operation Heckle) one Officer of the Operational Crew was lost overboard from the X Craft X-24. He was replaced by one of the Passage Crew to allow the attack to go ahead.
Unique (N 95)
Died: 10th Oct, 1942.
Aged: 20
Reed, Charles Ian
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 21st Mar, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 22
Rewcastle, Antony Giles Candon
Sub Lieutenant
Perseus (N 36)
Died: 6th Dec, 1941.
Aged: 23
Robertson, Andrew Spence
Sub Lieutenant
Trooper (N 91)
Died: 10th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 22
Ryder, John Stuart (RANVR)
Sub Lieutenant
P311 (Tutankhamen)
Died: 2nd Jan, 1943.
Aged: 28
Sargent, Jack (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Charioteer on passage
Simoom (P 225)
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Aged: 24
Shanks, Thomas Scott (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
P 32
Died: 18th Aug, 1942.
Aged: 21
Smithard, Richard MacLean
Sub Lieutenant
L 24
Died: 10th Jan, 1924.
Aged: 22
Stedall, Eric Alfred
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 11th Aug, 1929.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 21
Strachan, John Gordon
Sub Lieutenant
Trooper (N 91)
Died: 10th Oct, 1943.
Aged: 21
Sumner, Henry Graham (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Orpheus (N 46)
Died: 27th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 21
Symonds, John Davey
Sub Lieutenant
H 3
Died: 15th Jul, 1916.
Aged: 19
Tatham, William Inglis
Sub Lieutenant
P 222
Died: 12th Dec, 1942.
Aged: 20
Taylor, Anthony John Dalzell
Sub Lieutenant
Porpoise (N 14)
Died: 11th Jan, 1945.
Aged: 21
Trier, Colin Ernest (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Affray (P 421)
Born: 15th Dec, 1928.
Died: 16th Apr, 1951.
Aged: 22
Tugman, Robin Terry
Sub Lieutenant
Unbeaten (N 93)
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Aged: 20
Tweedy, Timothy Christopher
Sub Lieutenant
Parthian (N 75)
Died: 6th Aug, 1943.
Aged: 23
Walker, John Timothy Ryder
Sub Lieutenant
Sickle (P 224)
Died: 16th Jun, 1944.
Aged: 22
Walker, Victor Paul (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Sterlet (N 22)
Died: 18th Apr, 1840.
Aged: 22
Wardle, Gilbert
Sub Lieutenant
Tarpon (N 17)
Died: 10th Apr, 1940.
Aged: 21
Weatherall, Hugh Derek Andre
Sub Lieutenant
P 615
Died: 18th Apr, 1943.
Aged: 21
Weeks, Henry Herbert (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
X 7 (Pdinicchthys)
Aged: 22
Whittam, Lionel Barnett (RNVR) MID
Sub Lieutenant
Lost in Operation Source, raid on Tirpitz. At birth Barnett, Lionel. Served as Whittam, Lionel Barnett
Olympus (N 35)
Died: 8th May, 1942.
Aged: 22
Wilford, John Francis (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
Grampus (N 56)
Died: 16th Jun, 1940.
Aged: 24
Wilson, Charles Cornelius (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant
Died: 18th Feb, 1942.
Burney, Rodger John Gilbert (RNVR)
Temporary Sub Lieutenant
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.

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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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

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