I know very little indeed about the sinking of these two ships but felt compelled to post Rolls of Honour: extracted by using Geoff's search engine, by reason of the following: I spoke to my father this week about his memories, some of which have faded over the years. He couldn't remember the name of the man in question but this is what he recalled about him: "I worked with a bloke [post-war], ex-Royal Navy, can’t remember exactly where, maybe an open-cast mine in England somewhere. He was a young fella about my age and he had no teeth. He had been on one of the two ships sent out by Churchill, you know, to fly the flag in the Far East, The Repulse or The Prince of Wales, don‘t know which one. Well, they had no air cover and dive bombers sunk them... I don’t know now what exactly happened to them after that, but I asked him, “How did you lose your front teeth?” And he said that a Japanese guard had hit him - with the butt of his rifle - and knocked out every single one! It’s things like that I remember."
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Details 2481666 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Telegraphist Charles Hutt | War Casualty Details D/J 108527 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Alec Ireland | War Casualty Details D/KX 114899 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Warrant Shipwright John Edwin Jackson | War Casualty Details 2481850 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Writer Leslie James Jackson | War Casualty Details D/MX 64941 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Commissioned Gunner Albert Edward Jacobs | War Casualty Details 2349532 | CWGC 24/08/1945 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman William Trevor James | War Casualty Details D/SSX 28039 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Robson Scott Jeans | War Casualty Details D/JX 171618 | CWGC 11/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Blacksmith 5Th Class William Glynne Jennings | War Casualty Details D/MX 74457 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Howard Stanley John | War Casualty Details D/SSX 28198 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Leonard Herbert Johns | War Casualty Details D/JX 161822 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Ernest Johnson | War Casualty Details D/KX 118278 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Harry Johnson | War Casualty Details D/KX 91825 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Robert William Johnston | War Casualty Details D/JX 166397 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Edwin Douglas Jones | War Casualty Details D/K 64382 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Herbert Lancelot Jones | War Casualty Details D/KX 75736 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Henry Norman Jones | War Casualty Details D/JX 162959 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Howard Wynn Jones | War Casualty Details D/JX 157215 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Maldwyn Price Jones | War Casualty Details D/JX 184007 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Victor Charles Jones | War Casualty Details D/KX 89348 | CWGC 08/05/1946 ROYAL NAVY Marine George Henry Edgar Joshua | War Casualty Details PLY/X 22603 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Marine Francis William Kane | War Casualty Details CH/24475 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Shipwright 1St Class William James Keast | War Casualty Details D/M 34980 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Dennis Trevor Keat | War Casualty Details D/JX 177454 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (O) Alfred Keeling | War Casualty Details D/MX 58288 | CWGC 08/09/1940 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Raymond George Kent | War Casualty Details D/KX 120060 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Hugh Kerr | War Casualty Details D/JX 184760 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Cornellus Arthur Louvain Kerslake | War Casualty Details D/KX 120930 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Midshipman Richard Kinder | War Casualty Details 2482729 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker William Benjamin James King | War Casualty Details D/KX 90551 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Arthur George Kirkland | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3395 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Leading Seaman Frederick John William Kyte | War Casualty Details D/J 111905 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Ordnance Artificer Clifford Frederick Ladd | War Casualty Details D/M 34957 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Frederick Donald Lagor | War Casualty Details D/K 57481 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engineer Commander Harold Lang | War Casualty Details 2482934 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordnance Artificer Caryl E. P. Lavers | War Casualty Details D/MX51316 | CWGC 11/07/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class John James Leahy | War Casualty Details D/KX 128177 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Clifford Leaver | War Casualty Details D/KX 128173 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Francis Samuel Leaver | War Casualty Details PLY/X2492 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Marine Leslie Walter Ling | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2084 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Alexander Joyce Lisle | War Casualty Details D/SSX 32896 | CWGC 10/12/1941ROYAL NAVY Marine Dennis George Lissaman | War Casualty Details PLY/X 1756 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Marine Francis Donald Little | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2046 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Engine Room Artificer 3Rd Class Bertram Daniel Livingstone | War Casualty Details D/MX 54416 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Ogwyn Llewellyn | War Casualty Details D/KX 82698 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Owen Thomas Dunn Locke | War Casualty Details PLY/X 101541 | CWGC 22/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Ordinary Seaman Norman Long | War Casualty Details D/JX 189193 | CWGC 14/11/1940 ROYAL NAVY Electrical Artificer 4Th Class David William John Llewellyn Loving | War Casualty Details D/MX. 60227 | CWGC 11/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Mechanician Lionel John Lugger | War Casualty Details D/K 54591 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman James Maclean Mackenzie | War Casualty Details D/JX 169450 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Ferries Mackie | War Casualty Details D/KX 102884 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (O) David Makin | War Casualty Details D/MX56604 | CWGC 23/06/1940 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class James Mannion | War Casualty Details D/KX 115611 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman William Mansfield | War Casualty Details P/JX 27436 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Mechanician Albert Walter James Markey | War Casualty Details D/K 61780 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Writer James Willie Marsh | War Casualty Details D/MX 67846 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Ernest Victor Marshall | War Casualty Details P/JX 274267 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Martin | War Casualty Details D/KX 114832 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Norman Leonard Matthews | War Casualty Details D/KX 114901 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman William Edward Matthews | War Casualty Details D/JX 161404 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John McBride | War Casualty Details D/KX 102827 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Kenneth McLaren | War Casualty Details D/MX 71914 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class James Hope McNeill | War Casualty Details D/KX 97555 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman William McQueen | War Casualty Details P/JX 273695 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Patrick John McStravick | War Casualty Details D/JX 150233 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Stanley Frederick Mead | War Casualty Details D/K 63834 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Joseph Megahey | War Casualty Details D/SSX 25810 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Ernest Mellor | War Casualty Details D/KX 120268 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class James Mercer | War Casualty Details D/KX 120524 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Keith Clifford Mill | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3180 | CWGC 26/06/1943 ROYAL MARINES Steward Ronald John Hollinger Miller | War Casualty Details D/LX 24547 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker William James Mills | War Casualty Details D/KX 80322 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Kenneth Gibson Mitchell | War Casualty Details D/JX 150727 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 1St Class George Stanley Mitchell | War Casualty Details D/M. 33164 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alan Moffat | War Casualty Details D/KX 93428 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Mechanician 2Nd Class John Henry Moon | War Casualty Details D/KX 82663 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman George William Morgan | War Casualty Details D/SSX 17994 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Peter John Morse | War Casualty Details D/KX 114838 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John Henry Mowbray | War Casualty Details D/KX 75210 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Tom Murch | War Casualty Details D/J 45553 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John Anthony Murphy | War Casualty Details D/JX 162884 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Arthur Quirk Murphy | War Casualty Details D/KX 102762 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John Neagle | War Casualty Details D/KX 120437 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Charles Robert William Nelson | War Casualty Details D/JX 142400 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Robert Nesbitt | War Casualty Details D/JX 240004 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Fred Nethercot | War Casualty Details C/SSX 28535 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Leading Sick Berth Attendant John Douglass Newall | War Casualty Details D/MX 55625 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Commander Surgeon Douglas Arnold Newbery | War Casualty Details 2485097 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Harold Edward Newby | War Casualty Details D/KX 96291 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class James Reginald Newlan | War Casualty Details D/KX 115045 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Haydn Walter Newman | War Casualty Details D/KX 117640 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Samuel Alexander North | War Casualty Details D/JX 162654 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Philip Charles Henry Nugus | War Casualty Details PLY/X3177 | CWGC 29/10/1943 ROYAL MARINES Leading Stoker Thomas O'Donoghue | War Casualty Details D/KX 89616 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Patrick O'Leary | War Casualty Details D/KX 80195 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alfred Henry Oliver | War Casualty Details D/KX 77556 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman James William Orme | War Casualty Details D/SSX 32168 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Sydney Orme | War Casualty Details D/JX 173962 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Petty Officer Supply Charles Kelynack Osborne | War Casualty Details D/M35157 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Gunner John Birley Page | War Casualty Details 2485545 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Sub-Lieutenant Walter Richard Douglas Page | War Casualty Details 2485550 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE Engine Room Artificer 5Th Class William Howard Paget | War Casualty Details C/MX. 61419 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Charles George Parker | War Casualty Details D/KX 86468 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John Allan Parkes | War Casualty Details D/SSX 28385 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Harry Parsons | War Casualty Details D/KX 83922 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Cecil Davy Pascoe | War Casualty Details D/KX 114428 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Electrical Artificer 4Th Class Donald Pascoe | War Casualty Details D/MX 62520 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Urbane Owen Pascoe | War Casualty Details D/K 66082 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Charles William Paul | War Casualty Details D/J 52328 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Eric Hollings Pearce | War Casualty Details D/JX 144179 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Leslie William Pearce | War Casualty Details D/KX. 94689 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Harry Pearson | War Casualty Details D/MX 59148 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Telegraphist Reginald Cecil Pease | War Casualty Details D/SR 16436 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Robert Arthur Peck | War Casualty Details D/KX 777736 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (S) Maxwell William Hoskin Pengally | War Casualty Details D/MX 61878 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Norman Clyde Perry | War Casualty Details D/JX 177460 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Warrant Engineer Samuel Harvey Perry | War Casualty Details 2485969 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Arthur Pickles | War Casualty Details D/KX 106485 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class William Robert Charles Pitman | War Casualty Details D/KX 127950 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Ronald Pocock | War Casualty Details D/SKX 964 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Thomas Pollock | War Casualty Details P/JX 263587 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Edward Frank Pompey | War Casualty Details D/KX 115047 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John James Pownall | War Casualty Details D/KX 97944 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Telegraphist David Leslie Price | War Casualty Details C/SSX 29337 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Richard Sidney Price | War Casualty Details D/KX 115015 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Corporal Reginald Sam Prue | War Casualty Details PLY/22208 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Gunner Cyril Wyatt Pudifoot | War Casualty Details 2486385 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Samuel Pyne | War Casualty Details D/SSX 35745 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (S) Thomas Edward Quayle | War Casualty Details D/MX 66408 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Rae | War Casualty Details D/KX 115862 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Frederick Charles Randle | War Casualty Details D/JX 156989 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Ernest Ratcliffe | War Casualty Details D/JX171376 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Sidney Ernest Frederick Raysbrook | War Casualty Details C/KX 128707 | CWGC 10/12/1944 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class James Frederick Read | War Casualty Details C/KX 128660 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class John Raymond Rees | War Casualty Details D/JX 164067 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Cook (S) Laurence Regan | War Casualty Details D/MX 48502 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Arthur Richards | War Casualty Details D/KX 84999 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Blacksmith 3Rd Class Howard George Aubrey Riddle | War Casualty Details D/MX 57903 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Henry Robb | War Casualty Details D/KX 107639 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class George Henry Thomas Roberts | War Casualty Details D/MX 52268 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Petty Officer Steward Percy Edwin Robertson | War Casualty Details D/L 13732 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Robert Watt Robertson | War Casualty Details D/JX 187529 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine James Robinson | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3175 | CWGC 12/09/1944 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman James Robinson | War Casualty Details D/SSX 27465 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Ronald Frederick Robinson | War Casualty Details CH/X 2127 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Leading Stoker George Robson | War Casualty Details D/KX 96181 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Engine Room Artificer Cyril James Rowe | War Casualty Details D/MX 52952 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Lieutenant (E) Eric Rowland Rowe | War Casualty Details 2487106 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Joiner 2Nd Class Herbert William Henwood Rowe | War Casualty Details D/MX 52074 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Alfred Rowlands | War Casualty Details D/KX 1280092 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker James Henry Rumble | War Casualty Details D/KX 80247 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Leslie Richard Rundle | War Casualty Details D/KX 106464 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Arthur Charles Russell | War Casualty Details D/K 55546 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Thomas Saiger | War Casualty Details C/JX 160249 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Joiner 2Nd Class William Percy Salisbury | War Casualty Details D/MX 51487 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Benjamin George Charles Sandercock | War Casualty Details D/KX 77925 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Cyril George Cleve Sanders | War Casualty Details D/KX 76709 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alfred William Sargent | War Casualty Details D/K 20544 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Frederic Jeane Scott | War Casualty Details D/KX 102776 | CWGC 09/02/1944 ROYAL NAVY Shipwright 4Th Class Harry Kenneth Screech | War Casualty Details D/MX 50050 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Alexander Semple | War Casualty Details D/KX 107024 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Band Corporal William John Henry Seymour | War Casualty Details RMB/X 227 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINE BAND Petty Officer Stoker William John Sharland | War Casualty Details D/K 57937 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker William Sharples | War Casualty Details D/KX 84835 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Robert Stitt Shaw | War Casualty Details D/SSX 17062 | CWGC 10/12/1941ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Norman Stewart Shears | War Casualty Details D/KX 80093 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class James Frederick Shirley | War Casualty Details D/KX.103576 | CWGC 31/08/1943 ROYAL NAVY Marine Horace Charles Shread | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3334 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Supply Assistant Norman William Sinclair | War Casualty Details D/MX 80226 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Mechanician 2Nd Class William Samuel Slade | War Casualty Details P/KX81106 | CWGC 12/06/1943 ROYAL NAVY Chief Petty Officer Arthur Slater | War Casualty Details D/J 94870 | CWGC 03/06/1947 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker James Slater | War Casualty Details D/K 65960 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Reginald William Slatter | War Casualty Details D/JX 139197 | CWGC + D/JX 139197 Reginald William SLATTER, HMS Repulse, Royal Navy: 10/12/41 Ordinary Seaman Alexander Smith | War Casualty Details D/JX 238345 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (S) Edwin William Smith | War Casualty Details D/MX 68418 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Roy Charles Sidney Smith | War Casualty Details D/KX 88475 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer William Smith | War Casualty Details D/JX 151875 | CWGC 29/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Henry Smitheram | War Casualty Details D/KX 98096 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class James Southwell | War Casualty Details D/KX 114910 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Tom Spink | War Casualty Details D/K 16118 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Harold Frederick Spray | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3079 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Leading Stoker Leonard Leslie Sprigg | War Casualty Details D/K 15633 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Douglas John Stadon | War Casualty Details D/KX 87573 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Albert Stansfield | War Casualty Details D/KX 94757 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Sick Berth George Stevens | War Casualty Details D/MX 47284 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Cook (S) Reginald George Stevens | War Casualty Details D/MX 62183 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Charles David Stewart | War Casualty Details D/JX 153956 | CWGC hms repulse 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class George William Stillwell | War Casualty Details D/KX 120635 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John Ross Strachan | War Casualty Details D/KX 138928 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Supply Assistant Alex Stuart | War Casualty Details D/MX 80225 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Arthur Leonard Stubbings | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3182 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Ordinary Seaman Arthur Ferrier Sturrock | War Casualty Details D/JX 191826 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine S T W Sully | War Casualty Details PLY/X3775 | CWGC 31/03/1942 ROYAL MARINES Stoker 1St Class Walter Edward Swift | War Casualty Details D/KX 121106 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class William James Symonds | War Casualty Details D/JX 166617 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Norman Daniel Tarbuck | War Casualty Details D/KX 128104 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Frank Taylor | War Casualty Details D/KX 83630 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Seaman Robert Teasdale | War Casualty Details D/X 21348A | CWGC 10/12/1941 royal naval reserve Able Seaman Edward John Thomas | War Casualty Details D/JX 171928 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Ernest James Thomas | War Casualty Details D/KX 91816 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine John Richard Thomas | War Casualty Details PLY/X 101363 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Ordnance Artificer 4Th Class John Selwyn Thomas | War Casualty Details D/MX 65301 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Norman George Cameron Thompson | War Casualty Details P/JX 273676 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Robert James Thompson | War Casualty Details D/KX102930 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Marine Cyril Walter Tideswell | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3582 | CWGC 15/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer Stoker Percy Tonkin | War Casualty Details D/K 64313 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Allenby Francis Henry Trigger | War Casualty Details D/JX 166620 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Ernest John Tucker | War Casualty Details D/KX 99499 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Sidney Victor Tucker | War Casualty Details D/MX 51288 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Harold Turner | War Casualty Details D/KX 98203 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Herbert Lewis Turner | War Casualty Details D/JX 153791 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Bandmaster Thomas Burleigh Turner | War Casualty Details RMB/2934 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINE BAND Ordinary Seaman Frederick Levi Tyrrell | War Casualty Details D/SSX 35735 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Musician Frederick William Usher | War Casualty Details RMB/X 448 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINE BAND Leading Seaman William Vaughan | War Casualty Details D/JX 154103 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Walworth Gwyn Jenkin Vaughan | War Casualty Details D/KX 115053 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman James George Wait | War Casualty Details D/SSX 33541 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alfred Joseph Walker | War Casualty Details D/KX 83644 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Henry Jones Walker | War Casualty Details D/KX 89633 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 5Th Class John Walker | War Casualty Details D/MX. 70685 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Peter Edward Wallace | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3702 | CWGC 29/01/1942 ROYAL MARINES Commissioned Ordnance Officer Horace Gerald Ward | War Casualty Details 2489577 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Ernest John Warren | War Casualty Details PLY/X 1866 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer Supply Horace Waters | War Casualty Details D/MX 52769 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Midshipman (S) John Louie Colclough Watson | War Casualty Details 2489681 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Edgar George Watts | War Casualty Details D/MX 47250 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Allan George Webb | War Casualty Details D/JX 154160 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Commander (S) Lancelot Vere Webb | War Casualty Details 2489743 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Edward George Wells | War Casualty Details C/KX 96845 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John Whitear | War Casualty Details D/J 90250 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman William Whitham | War Casualty Details P/JX 264164 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 3Rd Class Francis Wilcock | War Casualty Details D/MX 54512 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John Wilkins | War Casualty Details D/JX 238608 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alfred Williams | War Casualty Details D/KX 104133 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Douglas Victor Williams | War Casualty Details D/JX 227806 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Edgar Thomas Williams | War Casualty Details D/KX 79097 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Francis James Thomas Williams | War Casualty Details D/KX 96147 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Harold John Dunn Williams | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2749 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer John Renfree Williams | War Casualty Details D/JX 251641 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Kenneth Arthur Williamson | War Casualty Details D/SKX 57 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Charles Richard Wills | War Casualty Details D/JX 168945 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 5Th Class Jack Robert Thomas Wilson | War Casualty Details D/MX. 55031 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Thomas Wilson | War Casualty Details D/KX 115058 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Albert Thomas William Withey | War Casualty Details D/KX 120589 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Frank Wood | War Casualty Details D/KX 128106 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Engine Room Artificer Harry Hector Wood | War Casualty Details D/M 18331 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieutenant (E) Leonard Frank Wood | War Casualty Details 2490418 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Eric Raymond Woodier | War Casualty Details D/SSX35721 | CWGC 18/03/1942 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class John Wookey | War Casualty Details D/KX 127967 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Ernest Charles Wright | War Casualty Details D/KX 127968 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Cyril Francis Sydney Young | War Casualty Details D/JX 129537 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Oswald Littlewood Young | War Casualty Details D/SSX 32924 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY
HMS PRINCE OF WALES Writer Francis Herbert Robert Adams | War Casualty Details C/MX 86652 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Telegraphist Jack Ainscough | War Casualty Details D/JX 134179 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Archibald Dickie Anderson | War Casualty Details PLY/X 1565 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Leading Signalman Walter Graham Andrews | War Casualty Details D/JX 147668 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieutenant Benjamin Rhodes Armitage | War Casualty Details 2052944 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE Steward Albert John Ash | War Casualty Details D/LX 26601 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class John Ashton | War Casualty Details D/KX 127078 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class Edwin Charles Ashton | War Casualty Details D/JX 170910 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Percy George Edward Back | War Casualty Details PLY/X 21505 | CWGC 25/10/1943 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Norman Casson Banister | War Casualty Details P/JX 239189 | CWGC P/JX 239189 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class Robert Henry Banks | War Casualty Details D/JX 166666 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Harold Barlow | War Casualty Details P/JX 243001 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Wilfred William Barrett | War Casualty Details D/J 106857 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 5Th Class John Robert Gardiner Barritt | War Casualty Details D/MX. 74373 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class James Barron | War Casualty Details D/KX 95743 | CWGC 01/12/1940 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Claude Bastable | War Casualty Details D/J 107806 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Andrew Thomas Beal | War Casualty Details D/K 19726 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Captain (S) Stanley Thomas Beardsworth | War Casualty Details 2475357 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieutenant Richard Chichester Beckwith | War Casualty Details 2463597 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Chief Engine Room Artificer Cyril Beer | War Casualty Details D/M 37072 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Signal Boy Donald Ridge Berry | War Casualty Details D/JX 175962 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Writer Joseph Bethell | War Casualty Details D/MX 61054 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Alfred Charles Binding | War Casualty Details D/KX 111715 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Joseph Bingham | War Casualty Details D/SSX 24290 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class Donald Craig Birkett | War Casualty Details D/JX 175849 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Cook Frederick Joseph Blatchford | War Casualty Details D/MX 49668 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Robert Henry Blohm | War Casualty Details PLY/X 10030 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman John Irvin Blunt | War Casualty Details D/JX 213708 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman John Robert Bond | War Casualty Details D/J 55341 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Alfred George Bond | War Casualty Details D/J 100810 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman George Booth | War Casualty Details D/SSX 17026 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Douglas Booth | War Casualty Details D/JX 152777 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman George Edward Bootherstone | War Casualty Details D/JX 267916 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Eric Sidney James Bowden | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100188 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer Supply Edgar George Bown | War Casualty Details D/MX 49037 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine David Wilson Boyd | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3052 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Stoker 2Nd Class Joseph Branwood | War Casualty Details D/KX 127033 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Telegraphist John Thomas Brash | War Casualty Details D/JX 162910 | CWGC 21/08/1945 ROYAL NAVY Plumber 1St Class Edwin Ernest Brewer | War Casualty Details D/MX 45024 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman George Brierley | War Casualty Details D/JX 284005 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Ben Brookes | War Casualty Details D/SSX 23510 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Frederick Brooks | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100123 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Leading Seaman John Robert Hernaman Brown | War Casualty Details D/JX 147184 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Corporal John Brown | War Casualty Details PLY/X2140 | CWGC 08/07/1943 ROYAL MARINES Chief Petty Officer Writer Joseph Henry Brown | War Casualty Details C/M 39634 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Signalman Joseph Burn | War Casualty Details D/SSX 17673 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Eric Burrell | War Casualty Details D/JX 153460 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Robert Archibald Bush | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3811 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Stoker 1St Class William George Dunn Butterworth | War Casualty Details D/KX 96317 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Thomas Cecil Cairns | War Casualty Details D/KX 122422 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Cook (O) John Arthur Capp | War Casualty Details C/SR 8649 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Writer John Carruthers | War Casualty Details C/MX 66414 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Charles Carter | War Casualty Details D/KX 109399 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Stanley Carter | War Casualty Details D/KX 121023 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Supply Assistant Kenneth Frederick Casby | War Casualty Details D/MX 63611 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Edward Cassin | War Casualty Details D/K 66840 | CWGC 03/06/1942 ROYAL NAVY Corporal William Robert Chambers | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2212 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Norman Chrimes | War Casualty Details D/JX 213670 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Telegraphist Frederick Victor Clayton | War Casualty Details D/JX 216065 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordnance Artificer 1St Class Thomas Charles Clements | War Casualty Details D/MX 45854 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Arthur Roy Clerke | War Casualty Details D/JX 239035 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Jack Coates | War Casualty Details D/KX 109400 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John Collins | War Casualty Details D/KX 91846 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Samuel Richard Collom | War Casualty Details D/K 16991 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Signalman Kenneth Cooper | War Casualty Details D/JX 170153 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Ronald Henry Cooper | War Casualty Details D/SSX 29776 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John Cox | War Casualty Details D/JX 174256 | CWGC 26/06/1944 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Douglas Craven | War Casualty Details D/JX 148902 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Telegraphist Crawford Annesley Cree | War Casualty Details D/JX 166503 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Douglas James Crombie | War Casualty Details D/JX 269354 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Walter Sydney Cross | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100425 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Harry Gordon Crowder | War Casualty Details D/SSX 13350 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Denis Heathcote Crowder | War Casualty Details D/JX 213701 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine George Alexanda Dalley | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3821 | CWGC 13/05/1943 ROYAL MARINES Signalman Norman Charles Daventry | War Casualty Details P/JX 175984 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Roy Malcolm Davies | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2573 | CWGC 30/11/1942 ROYAL MARINES Marine Sidney John Davis | War Casualty Details PLY/X3902 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Electrical Artificer 4Th Class Kenneth William Dawson | War Casualty Details D/MX 70455 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Steward Norman Marsden Day | War Casualty Details D/LX 25308 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Leslie Maddocks Deeds | War Casualty Details D/SSX 28435 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Steward Ernest Frederick Dehnert | War Casualty Details C/L 14826 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Joseph Dempsey | War Casualty Details D/JX 179621 | CWGC 11/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker John Dennehy | War Casualty Details D/K 14267 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Edward Patrick Diamond | War Casualty Details D/JX 206256 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class George Wolfendale Dodds | War Casualty Details C/MX 73426 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Leonard Stanley Dolphin | War Casualty Details D/KX 107607 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman Harold Leslie Dove | War Casualty Details D/JX 132676 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Midshipman Peter Tuthill Dreyer | War Casualty Details 2478462 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Daniel Driscoll | War Casualty Details D/K 14265 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine John Dunn | War Casualty Details PLY/X101176 | CWGC 22/06/1944 ROYAL MARINES Ordinary Seaman Peter Christopher Dwyer | War Casualty Details D/JX 182009 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Supply Assistant George Eric Easton | War Casualty Details D/MX 82846 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Joseph Raymond Eaves | War Casualty Details P/MX 67992 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class George Edington | War Casualty Details D/JX 162361 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class George Henry Edwards | War Casualty Details P/KX 131901 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Telegraphist Leonard George Ellen | War Casualty Details C/JX/40279 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Frederick Elliott | War Casualty Details D/JX 221089 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class James Ellis | War Casualty Details D/JX 184678 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Shipwright 1St Class Reginald Essery | War Casualty Details D/M 6452 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Frederick Evans | War Casualty Details D/KX 81735 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Signalman Trevor James Eveleigh | War Casualty Details D/JX 140354 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Douglas Exeter | War Casualty Details D/KX 99227 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman William John Fairbairn | War Casualty Details P/JX 228378 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Cook (S) Rowland Fairchild | War Casualty Details D/MX 53413 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Sydney Bracken Fairfoul | War Casualty Details D/SSX 24333 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Stanley Fairhurst | War Casualty Details D/JX 269371 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker William George Farley | War Casualty Details D/JX 65731 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Elba Fenton | War Casualty Details D/J 99965 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieut-Commander George Cuthbert Irwin Ferguson | War Casualty Details 2479083 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE Chief Electrical Artificer Reginald Alfred John Fewings | War Casualty Details D/M 38500 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Neville Fletcher | War Casualty Details D/JX 272231 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Eric Morgan Flint | War Casualty Details D/JX 199935 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Stanley Arnold Forster | War Casualty Details D/JX 184645 | CWGC 22/12/1943 ROYAL NAVY Chief Petty Officer John Park Fortune | War Casualty Details D/J 105049 | CWGC 14/02/1943 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Leonard Nelson Foster | War Casualty Details D/JX 213499 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Jack Fox | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100128 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Leslie Joseph Milne Fulton | War Casualty Details D/JX 143972 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Edward Furness | War Casualty Details D/KX 105995 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Roy Walter Thomson Galbraith | War Casualty Details D/JX 272253 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer George Rosser Gardner | War Casualty Details D/JX 136303 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Walter Ernest Garner | War Casualty Details D/KX 82865 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman Harry John Germaine | War Casualty Details D/JX 175692 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Donald Lewis Gibbons | War Casualty Details D/JX 190989 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Thomas William Gibbons | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100144 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Marine Edward George Gibbs | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2538 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Chief Yeoman Of Signals Alfred Edwin Gilbert | War Casualty Details D/J 99570 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman David Gill | War Casualty Details D/JX 162847 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Stoker Reginald Thomas Glanville | War Casualty Details D/K 61653 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Frederick Thomas Alfred Golby | War Casualty Details PLY/X 3197 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer Stoker Nelson Victor Golledge | War Casualty Details D/K 55366 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker James Gordon | War Casualty Details D/KX 80590 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Arthur Robert Gosham | War Casualty Details D/JX 144646 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Frederick Charles Green | War Casualty Details D/SSX 15896 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Lionel John Baker Greenwood | War Casualty Details D/JX 165917 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Leslie James Haley | War Casualty Details D/J 107310 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Spencer Edwin Halfnight | War Casualty Details P/JX 221845 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 4Th Class Gordon Ernest John Hall | War Casualty Details D/MX 59294 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Harry Hallam | War Casualty Details D/J 112521 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 5Th Class George Alexander Halliday | War Casualty Details P/MX. 79434 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Blacksmith 4Th Class Alfred Albert Ham | War Casualty Details D/MX 61745 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Fredrich Joseph George Hannaford | War Casualty Details PLY/20209 | CWGC 06/07/1943 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman James Bruce Hannah | War Casualty Details D/JX 114595 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Arthur Molyneax Harper | War Casualty Details P/JX 190690 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman James Harris | War Casualty Details D/J 13094 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Stoker Thomas Henry Harris | War Casualty Details D/KX 79095 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Wilfred Harris | War Casualty Details D/KX95750 | CWGC 30/12/1943 ROYAL NAVY Marine Ernest David Harry | War Casualty Details PLY/X3051 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman William Edward Hart | War Casualty Details D/JX 156894 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Fred Haskett | War Casualty Details C/K 66223 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class John Haslam | War Casualty Details D/KX 107348 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Seaman John Everest Hastie | War Casualty Details D/JX 272241 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Signalman Percival George Hatherell | War Casualty Details D/SSX 32982 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Writer Frederick Desmond Hawke | War Casualty Details D/MX 63500 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Steward George Francis Hays | War Casualty Details D/LX 24069 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Thomas Healy | War Casualty Details D/KX 105123 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Francis Mortimer Heath | War Casualty Details D/JX 162251 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Supply Assistant John Herbert Hemingway | War Casualty Details D/MX 67599 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Frank Heveron | War Casualty Details D/JX 213553 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Harry Heywood | War Casualty Details D/SSX 17618 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Robert Frank Heywood | War Casualty Details D/JX143423 | CWGC 10/07/1945 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Jack Hicks | War Casualty Details D/JX 144357 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine James Higginbotham | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100325 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Marine Douglas Ewart Higgins | War Casualty Details PLY/X 2002 | CWGC 28/06/1943 ROYAL MARINES Petty Officer Stoker Arthur Sidney Hinder | War Casualty Details D/K 12467 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Douglas Richard Hitchman | War Casualty Details D/JX 139315 | CWGC 11/07/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class Tom Daniel Hobson | War Casualty Details D/KX 97063 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Kenneth Hockney | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100721 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Boy Telegraphist George Donald Holden | War Casualty Details D/JX 166606 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Telegraphist Donald Mitchell Holloway | War Casualty Details D/JX 162945 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman John William Holmes | War Casualty Details D/JX 213540 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class James Holsgrove | War Casualty Details D/JX 180639 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 1St Class William Homer | War Casualty Details D/KX 111897 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer John George Thomas Horley | War Casualty Details D/J 28514 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Cook (S) Patrick Anthony Horrigan | War Casualty Details C/MX 52076 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman William Horton | War Casualty Details D/JX 200535 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Electrical Artificer William Henry Hotchkiss | War Casualty Details C/MX. 76240 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Chief Yeoman Of Signals Ronald Sheridan Howell | War Casualty Details D/JX 129115 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Petty Officer Verdon Hughes | War Casualty Details D/J 42301 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Coder David William Benjamin Hughes | War Casualty Details D/JX 220474 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Richard Hull | War Casualty Details D/JX196766 | CWGC 22/01/1944 ROYAL NAVY Midshipman Peter Allan Burfield Hunt | War Casualty Details 2481640 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE Leading Signalman Edward James Hunt | War Casualty Details D/JX 141718 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Engine Room Artificer 3Rd Class Arthur Hyder | War Casualty Details D/MX 55013 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Stoker 2Nd Class Rex George Iles | War Casualty Details D/SKX 76 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Midshipman John Bret Ince | War Casualty Details 2481767 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Cook (S) Albert Jacks | War Casualty Details D/MX 60988 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Ernest Valentine Jackson | War Casualty Details D/JX 154726 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Seaman Joseph Jackson | War Casualty Details LT/JX210854 | CWGC 21/08/1941 ROYAL NAVAL PATROL SERVICE Shipwright 4Th Class Leslie May Jago | War Casualty Details D/MX 70132 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Assistant Steward Alwyn Jayes | War Casualty Details D/LX 25182 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Ordinary Signalman Wilfred Charles Jeans | War Casualty Details D/JX 208140 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman William Harry Jeffery | War Casualty Details D/J 22449 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Harold Jenkins | War Casualty Details D/JX 221167 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Stoker Alfred George Johns | War Casualty Details D/KX 87665 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class Joseph Thomas Johnson | War Casualty Details D/JX 175870 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieut-Commander Surgeon Robert Douglas Johnston | War Casualty Details 2482117 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Signal Boy Norman Johnstone | War Casualty Details D/JX 162932 | CWGC 24/05/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Harry Jones | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100118 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Ordinary Signalman John Jones | War Casualty Details D/JX 170295 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Stanley Jones | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100181 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Ordinary Signalman Ronald Arthur Jones | War Casualty Details D/JX 223262 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine Murth Burt Keeler | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100133 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Able Seaman Leonard David Kent | War Casualty Details D/JX 186887 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Wireman John Francis Kershaw | War Casualty Details D/MX 68901 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Able Seaman Arthur Leonard King | War Casualty Details D/JX 213552 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Boy 1St Class Harry Kirk | War Casualty Details D/JX180648 | CWGC 16/02/1942 ROYAL NAVY Leading Seaman David Kirkpatrick | War Casualty Details D/JX 218782 | CWGC 16/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Joiner 3Rd Class Frederick Knight | War Casualty Details D/MX 53342 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Marine William Lacey | War Casualty Details PLY/X 100426 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL MARINES Stoker 2Nd Class Joseph Patrick Lang | War Casualty Details D/KX 115852 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Lieut-Commander Cecil Graham Lawson | War Casualty Details 2483007 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Commander Harold Fergusson Lawson | War Casualty Details 2483012 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Captain John Catterall Leach | War Casualty Details 2483030 | CWGC 10/12/1941 ROYAL NAVY Leading Supply 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D for perhaps the best book on the loss of Force Z see Martin Middlebrook's excellent work "Battleship". BATTLESHIP the loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse: Amazon.co.uk: MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK & PATRICK MAHONEY: Books Reprinted as The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of a Battleship Era?: Amazon.co.uk: Martin Middlebrook, Patrick Mahoney: Books Churchill said that it was he had something "which could catch and sink anything" - sadly the two battlewagons had to sail without any carrier - I have a feeling that had the planned aircraft carrier been with them , she too would have been sunk.
In the August, 1936 issue of “The Fighting Forces” magazine, there is a review of a paper by Lt. Cdr. M. H. C. Young, R.N., in the May 1936 issue of the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute. It was titled “Aircraft Attacks or Gunfire Against Warships”. His “carefully worked out and obviously well-informed calculations” led to the following conclusions. Level bombing: About 1% of hits may be expected, and “with three ships firing at each formation the chances are in favour of 94% of the attacking force being shot down before reaching the dropping position.” Dive-bombing: 4% of hits and 60% shot down. Further, dive bombing “is not a vital (i.e. lethal) method of attack on battleships, since the 500lb bombs will not penetrate their decks. Torpedo bombing: 15% of hits and 85% shot down. The conclusion was that, since each plane can carry only one torpedo, this casualty list of 85% practically rules out their practical utility. Gunfire was regarded as “in every way superior to aircraft attack”. With this kind of assessment, it is not surprising that the “Prince of Wales” and “Repulse” were sent out without air cover. Ironically, Lt. Cdr. Young was killed during a Stuka dive-bombing raid on HMS Peregrine R.N.A.S. station at Ford, Sussex, on 18th August, 1940, aged 37. He is buried with another officer also killed in the raid in St. Mary’s Churchyard, East Preston. Belville
Churchill said that it was he had something "which could catch and sink anything" - sadly the two battlewagons had to sail without any carrier - I have a feeling that had the planned aircraft carrier been with them , she too would have been sunk. Guess you´re right. The FAA, and in fact, all the allied air forces in the Far East in the hectic days after Pearl, didn´t stand a chance against Japanese kites. Outclassed seems to be the right term for such a debacle.
I found out today, courtesy of Mike over on the BMF, that D/M 38500 CEA Reginald Arthur John Fewings’ LSGC medal was recently sold on Ebay, and also his TFWM from WW1 (sadly to separate buyers). Geo V1 Long Service & Good Conduct Medal 38500 RAJ Fewings HMS Curlew C.E.A 2 | eBay A Terrtorial War Medal for voluntary service overseas 1914/1919 1815 R Fewings | eBay His WW1 pair, earned with the Devonshire Regiment (240380 Pte R.A.J. Fewings) are now also currently up for auction by the same seller. A Geo WW1 War Medal & Victory medal 24380 Pte R.A.J. Fewings Devon | eBay I’ve sent a message to the seller today suggesting he/she may want to contact the buyers of the other medals in case they want to reunite them. It would be great if at least some of them could be kept together.
The loss of Force Z was the final step in the much more complex history of British Far East defence policy in the period. To understand that I’d recommend Boyd’s “The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters: Linchpin of Victory 1935-1942”. It could have been much worse if events had taken place a few months later. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=The+Royal+Navy+in+eastern+waters&i=stripbooks&crid=31A7I1W2SQP83&sprefix=the+royal+navy+in+eastern+waters,stripbooks,155&ref=nb_sb_noss There is also this investigative report into the loss of the PoW https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/hms/prince_of_wales/death-of-a-battleship-2012-update.pdf
Hi Ewen, you caught my interest with the bold faced last sentence. Would this be reference to the Royal Navy basing the old R class battleships at Singapore. If so, do you think Phillips would have taken them as well as PoW and Repulse out into the China Sea, or was it suggesting something else?
Yes that is what I had in mind when I wrote that sentence. I would need to go back to Boyd, but IIRC the Admiralty plan around Aug 1941 was to forward base what became the Eastern Fleet at Singapore as a deterrent to Japan and not just a defensive role based on Trincomalee to defend the DEI barrier. That would have involved all 4 R class plus Repulse and PoW. Other reinforcements were discussed including Nelson & Rodney and a carrier (Ark Royal even got a mention after a refit to complete in April 1942). But losses, refits etc got in the way. Revenge arrived in the IO in Sept 1941, Royal Sovereign in Dec, Ramilles in Jan 1942, Resolution in Feb. Indomitable was diverted on the outbreak of war with Japan and arrived in the IO in Jan 1942 with Formidable & Illustrious leaving the U.K. in Feb & March to join her. What seems clear from his research is that there is no evidence that Indomitable was ever designated to join Force Z. Having a carrier with a decent sized air group (i.e. not Hermes) would, I believe, potentially have changed everything. You need only to look at the experience in the Med in 1941 with the ability of placing even Fulmars in the right place to break up attacks and put the enemy off his aim. Britain led the world at that time with controlling carrier fighters using radar. But it’s all speculation as no carrier was available. Whether Phillips would have taken the Rs with him I don’t know. With them at Singapore who knows how the Japanese might have changed their plans. British and US policy was all about deterrence. Both were planning reinforcement of air & naval forces. Historically, Japan deployed 2 of its fast Battleships with the Pearl Harbour task force and the other two as part of the covering forces for the Malayan operations. The other 6 slower BB were together around the Bonin Is (Iwo Jima) able to move east or west. And Yamato completed on 16 Dec 1941. How long for her to work up enough to join them? How would Japan change it’s warship dispositions in response to a strengthened Force Z? Do we end up with a Jutland of the east in 1942? One snippet I came across recently was that the Martin Baltimore aircraft on order from the US were originally destined to reinforce the RAF in Malaya. First deliveries late 1941. They were diverted to the Middle East instead.
I also have Boyd's book, which I think is very good. If we were a few months later, and that least two of the R's were available, I still don't think Phillips would have taken them north, unless he had an aircraft carrier (I agree, not Hermes) with him, and even then I'd say that would be very doubtful, as they were so slow, if nothing else. Having said that most of the time Phillips was cruising at 14-15 knots, so they could have gone. Your quite right to consider Japans response. Phillips decision would have been framed around Japans reaction to the arrival of the R's. Kondo only had two Kongo class fast battleships. What might the Japanese have sent in reply to the R's, as with a quite serious battle line of 4-6 battleships, battlecruisers, the Japanese might have thought more along the lines of a major battle, the Kantai Kessen, or Decisive Battle Doctrine, is a very good question.
I think this is a case of it being announced orally and written orders to that effect being given later, probably when she reached Gibraltar at the end of her work up training. The acceptance that Indomitable had been selected for Singapore is 100% amongst naval historians so I think this is not an issue. It is still not understood by many that HMS Indomitable was never ever going to be at Singapore in time to sail with Force Z in December 1941. She had only just arrived in the Caribbean Sea to begin 3 weeks work up training when she ran aground. She was not en-route to Singapore when she was damaged. David Hamer the Naval Historian and former Naval Officer in his book Bombers Vs Battleships (published by Conway Maritime Press in 1999) states that had she not been damaged HMS Indomitable was due to finish her work up training on 22nd November 1941 and arrive at Gibraltar a week later. So she arrives at Gibraltar on the 29th November, let's say 3 days in harbour to refuel and re provision for the trip east, so she leaves port on 2nd December 1941( The day POW & Repulse arrive at Singapore) heading to the Far East via the Atlantic Ocean, South Africa & the Indian Ocean. She would have to fly not sail to Singapore to get there in time! Except that I do not believe that the orders to proceed to Singapore would have been given anyway, why not? Because on 13th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal the only operational Aircraft Carrier in the British Mediterranean Fleet was sunk by a German U Boat. So we have the Mediterranean Fleet without an Aircraft Carrier in a major war zone, and two weeks later the latest Fleet carrier in the Royal Navy arrives at Gibraltar on her way to still peaceful Singapore, and she is allowed to proceed? I doubt it very much. I believe Indomitable would have been ordered to join the Mediterranean Fleet and Singapore would have had to wait for a replacement. In real history once repaired Indomitable was used in the Indian Ocean and not the Mediterranean Sea, but by that time the Indian Ocean was a new war zone and had priority, at the end of November 1941 it was the Mediterranean Sea which would have had priority for HMS Indomitable.
More recent historians have come to challenge the traditional narrative that Indomitable had been selected for Singapore. Boyd devoted over two pages of his book plus over a page of notes refuting precisely this point. Perhaps the best starting point is Admiral Pound’s letter to Churchill dated 28 August 1941 in which he set out the dispositions of capital ships and carriers that the Admiralty were then working to. In that Indomitable is shown becoming available in November 1941 and was allocated as part of Force H at Gibraltar. It also shows her at Trincomalee “in emergency”. Ark Royal is shown in that same paper at Trincomalee from April 1942. Pound also went on to state that “Ark Royal is not shown in the dispositions, as she has to refit on relief by Indomitable and will not be available until April 1942”. Please note that the RN Mediterranean Fleet was based on Alexandria in the eastern Med. The August plan showed Illustrious and Formidable allocated here from Jan & Feb 1942 respectively. Force H was a separate command based at Gibraltar, at the western end of the Med, and was so placed to be able to cover both the western Med and the Atlantic.Ark Royal was part of Force H prior to her sinking. Boyd is worth quoting in full at this point:- “…Nor did planners view a carrier as essential to operations in the South China Sea. Director of Plans stated at the end of September that, apart from the old light carrier Hermes in the Indian Ocean, no carrier was available for the Far East until April 1942. The new Indomitable could be moved from Force H where she was due on completion of work-up in Nov but he did not recommend it. This allocation of Indomitable to Force H was in line with the Admiralty dispositions agreed in late August, and notified to the prime minister by Pound. However, it was also conceded that Indomitable could be sent east in emergency.” “There is a long standing belief that Indomitable was allocated to Force Z after the 20 October Defence Committee meeting, but was prevented from joining by running aground in Jamaica. The evidence does not support this(*). Indomitable never received orders to join Force Z prior to her grounding, and she could never have reached Singapore by early December, even without the grounding, given the timing of her planned work-up….” (*) See Arthur Nicholson “Hostages to Fortune, Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse” pages 41-44 published 2005. He then uses the same reasoning as yourself in relation to this last point. But he then continues:- “Furthermore, no Admiralty or joint planning staff papers from early October to mid-December show Indomitable allocated to the Eastern Fleet. Phillips gave no indication he anticipated her joining his fleet when he met with Hart on 6 December. The most compelling evidence that Indomitable was never allocated to Force Z is the First Lord’s secret session speech reporting on the loss of the force to Parliament on 19 December. Alexander spoke in place of the prime minister, who was by then en route to the United States. He stated: ‘The question has been raised as to why there was no aircraft carrier with our ships. The simple answer is that none was available.’ He added that Ark Royal had been sunk, Illustrious and Formidable were still under repair, Furious was in refit, Eagle in dock, and Victorious required by the Home Fleet. Indomitable was not mentioned in the speech, but did feature in the accompanying briefing notes. These stated that there were urgent calls to provide two modern carriers in the eastern Mediterranean and one for Force H. A pencil note stated that the only carrier available here was Indomitable, which was working up, but was now (17 December) en route for Durban. The note also stated that (prior to her loss) it was planned to send Ark Royal to the Eastern Fleet after completion of her refit in the United States about April 1942. This was again in accord with Pound’s August minute to the prime minister.” “The most definitive final statement of planned Royal Navy strength in the eastern theatre (the combined Far East, Indian Ocean and Australasia areas) before the outbreak of the Far East war was issued on 7 December, the day before the attack on Malaya. This identified Royal Navy strength by warship category in two columns: planned strength in early 1942, and additional reinforcements that ‘may’ be sent later. Five battleships were listed in the early 1942 column (Prince of Wales and the four ‘R’ class), one battlecruiser (Repulse) and one aircraft carrier (clearly Hermes). One carrier was also listed in the ‘possible reinforcements’ column. This document, approved personally by Pound, confirms that that Indomitable was not yet formally allocated to the eastern theatre as late as 7 December.” “Churchill certainly advocated the inclusion of a fleet carrier with the Force Z package on 17 Ocober, and it is possible that this triggered informal discussion within the Admiralty as to whether Indomitable might be added. Such discussion would be consistent with post-war claims by both Churchill and Alexander that Indomitable was supposed to join Force Z. However, if there was such a discussion, it never translated into firm plans or orders. The Admiralty did inform the prime minister on 17 October that it was intended to allocate Formidable and Illustrious to the Mediterranean once they completed their repairs in the United States at the end of the year. This may have been the result of a prime minister query over carrier allocation with an eye to the forthcoming Defence Committee meeting. However five weeks later, and with the Japanese threat ever more imminent, when the prime minister again asked Pound for thoughts on carrier distribution, there was no reference to Indomitable’s allocation to Force Z. Indeed, the prime minister said he was reluctant to ‘waste’ any modern carrier by sending it round the Cape at this stage, or at least until events in the Mediterranean clarified. It is also significant that the First Sea Lords’s later report on on the loss of Force Z, dated 25 January 1942, made no reference to Indomitable. It merely stated that there was ‘no aircraft carrier available except Victorious which was working up with the Home Fleet’. Given the overwhelming lack of evidence for the formal allocation of Indomitable to Force Z, there must be a suspicion that the story rests on dubious post facto attempts by key participants to suggest they were more proactive in addressing the Japanese air threat than they actually were.” By October 1941 Ark Royal had a growing list of machinery defects and was badly in need of a refit. When she was sunk on 14 November 1941 she had just finished a delivery of badly needed Hurricanes to Malta. Had she not been sunk he next mission would have been another Malta run before the end of the month. The Hurricanes were already at Gibraltar and subsequentky had to be recrated and shipped to Takoradi in West Africa to be flown to Egypt. So her planned replacement by Indomitable at the end of November makes perfect sense. With her loss in November and Indomitable being sent east in December, Eagle had to be reallocated and the Force H carrier on completion of her refit at the end of Jan 1942. (In Pound's Aug 1941 note to Churchill, the plan had been to keep her in home waters in case support was required for the occupation of the Canary Islands, Operation Pilgrim). John Jordan in a review of it in Warship 2018 wrote of Boyd's book:- "This book is a history game-changer in putting the Indian Ocean at the centre of Britain's war strategy as it eveolved from 1939 to 1942. It is well written and well researched". It is now available in paperback and well worth the read. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Royal-Navy...he+royal+navy+in+eastern+waters,aps,82&sr=8-1 For those that don't want to spend the money Boyd's original thesis, on which the book was based, is freely available on the internet. Worthy of better Memory: The Royal Navy and the defence of the Eastern Empire 1935 - 1942 - Buckingham E-Archive of Research
Ewan Scott? Brilliant, Thank you for posting this, I don't have Boyd's book so that will have to change. A real game changer in the Force Z debate, excellent.