Ordnance Artificer 4th ClassTERRY, DAVID Service Number C/MX 119160 Died 05/11/1944 Aged 22 H.M.L.C.T.(R) 457 Royal Navy Son of David and Catherine Terry, of Castleford, Yorkshire. Casualty
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: David Terry Event: Death Birth Date: 24 Sep 1922 Birth Place: Castleford, Yorks Death Date: 5 Nov 1944 Death Age: 22 UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: Ordnance Artificer 4th Class David D Terry Death Date: 5 Nov 1944 Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial Burial or Cremation Place: Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England Has Bio?: N URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... TD edited to add Also need to remember the others aboard LST 457 Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, November 1944 LCT(R).457, ship loss BATCHFORD, Cyril K, Ordinary Signalman, P/JX 613741, MPK BOEG, Herbert J E, Act/Able Seaman, C/JX 355711, MPK COLLIER, Norman, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, C/MX 573314, killed DAVY, John W Y, Telegraphist, C/JX 361096, MPK FISHER, John E, Ty/Act/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK FOSTER, Harry W, Stoker 1c, D/KX 157635, MPK HAYLES, Eric R, Wireman (L), P/MX 713238, MPK HOLMES, Kenneth L J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK MARTIN, William N, Stoker 1c, D/KX 159462, MPK MCINTOSH, Peter, Able Seaman, P/JX 358917, MPK MCMILLAN, Louis G E, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed MCURICH, Harry, Able Seaman, C/JX 391623, MPK PARSONS, Walter R, Act/Petty Officer Radio Mechanic, P/MX 124814, MPK RAMBRIDGE, Thomas, Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 151471, MPK SARGENT, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 391571, MPK SMITH, Arthur G, Able Seaman, P/JX 444377, MPK SOPER, Cornelius, Ty/Act/Leading Signalman, C/JX 187818, MPK SPRATT, Frederick R, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 422830, MPK TAPSELL, Ernest J, Telegraphist, C/JX 234186, MPK TAYLOR, Douglas P, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 454425, MPK TEDCASTLE, Maurice W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed TERRY, David, Ordnance Artificer 4c, C/MX 119160, MPK THORNBOROUGH, Leslie J, Wireman, D/MX 570369, killed WOOLACOTT, William N, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 357026, killed British naval vessels lost at sea in World War 2 - Europe 1944-1945 November 5 - Landing craft tank (Rocket) LCT(R) No.457 (600t), mined off Ostend, Belgium https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77 LCT(R)457 started life as LCT(3)457 before conversion. LCT (3): 457 Built: 1941-1942. Builders:Redpath Brown (Meadowside). Displacement: 350/640 tons. Dimensions: 175(pp) Length 190ft (oa)xbeam 31ftxdraught 3ft(Light) 7ft (Loaded). Machinery: 2-shaft Davy Paxman diesel motors. B.H.P. 920 at 10 knots Armament: 2x pdr or 2x20mm guns. Complement: 12 crew. Tanks:- 5 at 40 ton or 11 at 30 ton. Lorries:- 10 at 3 ton. Conversions from LCT(3) to LCT (R) could rapidly revert back to LCT (3). These vessels were consequently not numbered. Fitted with false decks on which 5inch rockets (180x6) were electronically fired in 24 salvoes at a fixed range of 3,500 yards saturating a beach area of 750x160 yards with a density of one rocket per 100 sq yards. Either H.E. or C.S.A. , or incendiary heads could b e fitted to the rockets. The only war loss of LCT(R) was 457 in 1944.
