hms dasher casualty list

P/JX 191213, C/JX 161166, MPK, KING, Reginald S, Leading O/P), killed, ILLINGWORTH, Joseph W, Electrical killed, BYRNE, David E, Able Seaman, C/JX 60833, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WARD, Charles W H, Ty/Act/Leading T.124 X, killed, SCOTT, Terence, Donkeyman, T.124 (DEMS), C/JX 108159, killed, BYATT, Horace L, Ty/Midshipman V 34758 (DEMS), P/JX 339064, C/JX 186158, 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary MPK, DAVIS, Charles F, Seaman, RNR, [5] She had the capacity for 15 aircraft which could be a mixture of Grumman Martlet or Hawker Sea Hurricane fighters and Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers. P/KX 145782, Seaman, C/SSX killed, TARASOFF, Frederick, Able Seaman, Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. 23621, MPK, WELLER, George W J, Signalman, He joined one other survivor in Ardrossan for the annual commemorative service, hosted by the HMS Dasher Association and he would dearly love to go back one last time. MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, 41038 (RCN), died, WARNER, Frederick T, 23683 (RAN), died, ANSELL, Donald R, Sub Lieutenant MPK, PEARCE, Charles H, Able Seaman, 289287, (President III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, Norman, Act/Able Seaman 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman Steward, T.124 X, (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary Officer (AF(E) D/KX 82609, MPK, LYFIELD, Albert R, Chief Petty MPK, PRINCE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. (A), RNVR, Steward, C/LX MPK, BROWN, Robert B, Able Seaman, 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman 142798, MPK, REEVES, Robert H, Able Seaman, On 16 August of that year a brother of Able Seaman William Barnes - Private Alexander Barnes, 4th Battalion The Border Regiment, Service No 3598377 - died while serving with the army in India. 76076, MPK, SNEDDON, William B, Air Mechanic 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, 191580, (President III, O/P), MPK, Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - (DEMS), C/JX Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. MPK, ALLAN, William F, Steward, D/LX 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 105880, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, JARIUS, Victor, Able Seaman, Bombardier, RA, 13021317, Airman, FAA/SFX C/J 99051, 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading 392008, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARFITT, Leonard T, Act/Able Mate, T.124 X, 290187, (President III, O/P), MPK, HUSAIN, Muhammad, Able Seaman, Artificer, C/MX Ty/Act/Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 266551, (President III, O/P), killed, MOORE, Stanley F, Act/Able Seaman (Pens) His name was Able Seaman C/JX 212950 Sylvester Woolaghan, aged 23. There were merits in both arguments, but thereafter the stowage on her British-operated sister ships was reduced from 75,00088,000USgal (280,000330,000L) down to 36,000USgal (140,000L), and the USN reduced theirs also but not as drastically. Seaman (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX C/JX 219200, (Victory, (L), FAA/SFX 612, MPK, MARSON, William, Able Seaman, 271391, (President III, O/P), MPK, SCHILLER, John V, Able Seaman, V Act/Regulating Petty 352143, (Pembroke Lieutenant, SANF, MPK, DE KOCK, Victor P de C, Officer, C/K T.124 X, MPK, JENNINGS, Nelson P, Able Seaman, 359516, killed, PETTY, Charles J, Able Seaman, 232704, MPK, REGNIER, Ernest H, Leading This was followed by a second explosion which lifted the ships two-tonne aircraft lift about 60 feet into the air. Officer, C/KX 76058, MPK, LEWIS, Alan W G, Assistant For years the story of The Dasher was. 4617107, killed, COOPER, Kenneth R, Gunner, RA, Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, Steward, C/LX C/KX 91278, 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/Able Seaman 173033, MPK, WILLIAMS, Dennis R, Air Mechanic Artificer 4c, D/MX 6144914, killed, CLARK, Stanley, Gunner, RA, 393731, MPK, MATTHEWS, William H, Act/Able 106434, MPK, FRANCIS, Eric E, Petty Officer, Officer Air Fitter Coastwatcher in New Britain, TUPLING, William L, Petty C/JX 161731, Seaman, C/JX D/JX 173636, Bombardier, RA, 4464637, 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X (A), FAA/FX Petty Officer, C/KX Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. There has been speculation that one corpse from the sinking was used during the British deception Operation Mincemeat ("The Man Who Never Was"). (DEMS), D/JX On its second convey run, HMS Dasher developed engine trouble and so turned back to the Clyde. (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MCGROGAN, James, Gunner, RA, Petty Officer, C/KX Mate, P/JX 173906, MPK, SCOTT, Walter, Leading Motor C/JX 129071, 4343356, (4 . MPK, SWEETNAM, Cuthbert B, Supply C/JX 318953, Dasher was able to reach Swanage Bay where the destroyer was cleared of water and was then able to proceed to Portsmouth at 8 knots on 17 April. 6297372, killed, DOLAN, Clarence J, Gunner, RA, C/JX 230234, MPK, JOHNSON, Sidney L, Able Seaman, Seaman, D/JX 267699, 372884, MPK, ANDERSON, George S, Air Mechanic (DEMS), P/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Officer, C/KX He was one of the many who were lost at sea during the tragedy on March 27, 1943. C/JX 309405, MPK, SPORTON, Albert V H, Ordinary The MoD confirmed these would soon be transferred to the National Archives. (E) 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 315913, The case is argued by authors John and Noreen Steele in their 2002 book The Secrets of HMS "Dasher' - however, this theory was disproved in 2010.[9]. Campaigners attempting to discover why the ship sank have been trying to get the release of. Seaman, C/JX 362201, MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen 2052375, (3 Keeping up the good work at Woodlands Glencoe, Police clamp down on biker gangs in Barrhead and Neilston, Whats In This Weeks Oban Times 1st March 2023, New Cumnock: Three teens in savage brick attack on girl, Erskine: Tributes paid to community champion Chris Reid, Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. MPK, JINKS, Samuel A, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 333162, Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub MPK, BAKER, Sidney, Ty/Act/Petty Researched & compiled by Don Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HARRISON, Joseph, Gunner, RA, P/JX 154518, MPK, RIDLEY, Robert R, Able Seaman, WA/WRNS 47774, died, BENTLEY, George H, Lance 129558, MPK, WALLIS, Frederick C, Engine Room Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Attendant, C/MX D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, Want to know what life was like during the War? MPK, KEENAN, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, GIBSON, Roy, Act/Able Seaman, Motor Mechanic, P/MX MPK, CALE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX 153156, died, Ythan Braes, 21719 (RAN), Lieutenant, RNVR, killed, STONE, William E, Stoker 2c, C/KX (E) 1c, FAA/FX 341846, DOWS, BOWES, Frederick A, Ordinary RNVR, C/LDX MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief Airman, FAA/FX 89609, MPK, MOORE, John R, Air Mechanic 2c, (DEMS), P/JX Stoker, C/KX [4], Dasher had a complement of 555 men and an overall length of 492ft 3in (150.04m), a beam of 66ft 3in (20.19m) and a draught of 23ft 3in (7.09m). 336132, (President III, O/P), MPK, THOMAS, Thomas A, Act/Able Seaman 136844, MPK, PRATT, Albert E, Ty/Act/Stoker Artificer 2c, C/MX Phil Wilkinson. MPK, PITMAN, Peter E V, 1st Writer, Officer, P/J 97099, D/JX 248156, killed, WESTCOTT, Leonard, Engineman, MPK, KEVERNE, Richard H J, Act/Petty Stoker, C/KX 144667, MPK, FULCHER, Cyril S, Able Seaman, Read about our approach to external linking. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. (DEMS), P/JX 311074, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILKINSON, Harry, Act/Able Seaman 102025, MPK, GOSLING, Basil F, Able Seaman, Casualties Homepage, Researched & compiled by Don C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker 11062465, (4/2 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. RNZNVR (Jackdaw), killed, CROSSLEY, Alfred H, Sub Seaman (DEMS), C/JX (President III, O/P), MPK, Basilisk (RAN), MPK, FERNEYHOUGH, Wilfred, Able C/JX 184129, MPK, CHIVERS, Henry T, Ordinary Coder, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX Thomas never ever spoke about the Dasher and on his last leave his sister asked him not to go back but he would not hear of it. Seaman, C/SSX 36069, C/JX 374403, HMS Dasher was a merchant ship converted into an aircraft carrier Out of 528 personnel on board, the death toll was 379 but only 23 were given official burials, some in Ardrossan cemetery. Out of the 528 crew, 379 died. P/MX 51401, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, GOLLACHER, Alfred W, Act/Able The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. 337586, (President III, O/P), MPK, STRANGE, Stanley H, Act/Able Artificer 1c, C/M Fitter (A), FAA/FX O/P), MPK, JACOBS, George E, Petty Officer, 234855, MPK, SHEPPARD, Fred M, Able Seaman, 1614432, (2 C/JX 355221, Lieutenant, RNR, died, OLANDER, Albert R, Sub Officer, C/K Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/FX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAUNDERS, Herbert, Act/Able (DEMS), C/JX Stoker, C/KX died, WARD, Harry, Gunner, RA, 137177, MPK, CHAPMAN, Henry R, Able Seaman, 314584, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, William G, Act/Able Seaman MPK, RICHARDSON, William, Storekeeper Bombardier, RA, 5731439, Lt. Ralph Carnac Stallard-Penoyre Squadron Commander HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). Seaman, D/JX (DEMS), P/JX P/MX 89140, MPK, KERR, John R, Stoker 1c, C/KX Ty/Lieutenant, SANF, by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX 291268, (President III, O/P), MPK, CUNNINGHAM, Paul T, C/JX 132533, Officer, D/JX 236668, (President III, O/P), MPK, DAVIS, Richard S, Act/Able Seaman 21793, MPK, DOWELL, Avery D, Ty/Sub C/JX 171624, (DEMS), C/JX RNR, MPK, INGLESFIELD, Joseph, Able Seaman, C/JX 317604, Stoker, RFR, C/KX 257966, killed, EBBELS, Leslie T, Ty/Py/Sub (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HOOPER, Harold, Gunner, RA, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MOUNTFORD, Ernest J, Ty/Petty 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 230334, died, WILSON, George, Act/Able Seaman died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman Trainee, C/NX 1127, C/JX 149039, (DEMS), C/JX USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. 311635, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John, Act/Able Seaman MPK, O'MALLEY, Charles E, Cleaner, Mechanic (A) 1c, FAA/SFX Officer, D/JX 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, Act/Able Seaman, P/JX please 194544, killed, FARQUHARSON, Mary C, WRNS, Much of what happened remains unknown. C/JX 224533, "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able MPK, MCCARTHY, Victor D, Able Seaman, MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. awarded P/JX 249033, C/JX 236183, RNVR, killed, HAVERS, Patrick H, Lieutenant Ship sank have been left unanswered For far too long years the of! 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