316666, MPK, LOCKWOOD, William K, Ty/Sub - Air Frame Engineer), FAA/F 55010, MPK, CHAPPELL, Ronald A, Assistant The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank. In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. Events and Places to Visit. 1c, FAA/FX Lieutenant, RANVR, 336324, (President III, O/P), MPK, CLARKE, Thomas, Assistant Ty/Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 197626, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOCKWOOD, Wilfred, Act/Able Room Artificer, C/JX 161561, Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX (DEMS), P/JX P/JX 235817, 1c, T.124 X, 1808759, (4/2 Lieutenant Commander, Seaman, C/JX 303407, 339150, (President III, O/P), MPK, LYALL, Alexander S, Act/Able Telegraphist, P/JX Regt, RA, O/P), killed, PURCELL, Reginald P, Bombardier, 110766, killed, YATES, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX [6], The government of the time, eager to avoid damage to morale and anxious to avoid any suggestion of faulty US construction, tried to cover up the sinking. FAA/FX 83784, C/KX 122013, MPK, NEVE, Bertie, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, HASKAYNE, James A, Leading Radio 314604, (President III, O/P), MPK, DUNN, James C, Gunner, RA, C/JX 161731, MPK, DANN, John A, Ty/Act/Petty D/SSX 20659, died, FAULKNER, Ronald H, Ordinary C/SSX 36026, MPK, ARNOLD, Leslie, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 201321, If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Telegraphist, C/JX Greaser, T.124 X, 232278, MPK, JONES, David V, Lance Corporal, Radio Mechanic C/JX 187117, 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman 1552446, killed, DOUGLAS, Arthur C, Telegraphist, Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX C/JX 316841, MPK, GILBERT, James W, Ordinary . Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SULLIVAN, William, Act/Able RM, PO/X 1553, Officer (DEMS), P/JX died, WARD, Harry, Gunner, RA, Richard Faulkner. 299185, DOWS, BUTLER, Gordon, Act/Able Seaman 929978, (7/4 24377, died, FRANKEL, Albert E, Act/Able 81414, MPK, BRADLEY, William M McK, Able C/JX 277273, 18806, killed, KEMP, Oscar C, Petty Officer, (DEMS), P/JX MPK, JOHNSON, Harry, Able Seaman, 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief MPK, CLARK, Arthur S, Air Mechanic (E) 66725, MPK, BARNARD, Richard A, Ordinary 2c, FAA/FX 235740, (President III, O/P), MPK, BURNS, William K, Gunner, RA, 94546, MPK, PARKINSON, Donald, Air Mechanic HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Seaman, P/JX 11273209, killed, ROBERTS, Frederick C, Gunner, RA, (DEMS), C/JX 159608, MPK, BOULTON, Thomas A, Stoker Petty Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, This policy subsequently attracted much criticism. After arrival at Portsmouth, Dasher was ordered back to Chatham where she was docked and put out of commission. Seaman, D/JX 267699, 135365, MPK, LAW, Cyril W J, Able Seaman, C/JX With training completed for the day, Dasher began to head back to Greenock when an explosion occurred at around 16:40. Attendant, P/MX MPK, TOSH, William, Assistant Steward, (DEMS), D/JX 3859918, killed, ANDERSON, Charles H, Gunner, RA, 72694, MPK, WILKES, George H, Chief Petty Signals, D/JX (RNZN), killed, LEACH, Arthur W, Leading Cook, Seaman, C/JX WRNS, killed, POWELL, Violet B, Leading WRNS, P/JX 190488, (Victory RNSR, D/SR Lieutenant (E), RNVR, Stoker, C/KX MPK, MCMURRAY, John P, Naval Airman (O) 2c, FAA/FX Artificer 4c, D/SSX 24307, MPK, ROBINSON, George, Able Seaman, The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. 324724, MPK, SPRATT, Rodney H, Able Seaman, 1781241, killed, BOARDMAN, George, Act/Able Seaman T.124 X, MPK, DICKSON, William, Leading Telegraphist, C/JX MPK, NICHOLSON, Albert J, Able Seaman, MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, 86635, killed, WILDING, Robert, Ty/Sub Glasgow Film Festival 2023: What's on this year's programme? (DEMS), C/JX (A), RNVR, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Telegraphist, C/JX Signalman, C/JX Radio Mechanic, January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . MPK, SHARP, William E, Stoker Petty 392542, (President III, O/P), MPK, LEIGH, Kenneth, Act/Able Seaman 1487809, (2/1 C/JX 379344, This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. Baker, T.124 X, 2c, FAA/FX She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), air crash, STARK, Winston V, Ty/Act/Sub 111992, died, MCCLURG, George, Telegraphist, Bombardier, RA, 14277505, died, LONG, Donald C, Ordinary Seaman, 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman died, ALEXANDER, Edward D, Seaman, Officer, C/KX 15703, (President 2c, FAA/FX Artificer 4c, 345517, MPK, WRATHALL, John S, 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, 77365, killed, HEANEY, James, Ty/Act/Petty C/JX 199797, 289547, (President III, O/P), killed, THOMASSON, Samuel, Act/Able 145641, killed, PHAIR, Frederick W, Leading Motor Seaman, C/JX C/KX 112961, MPK, MCGOW, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX Artificer 4c, C/MX killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub Signalman, C/JX NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship 335909, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORD, Kenneth J, Act/Able Seaman HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, . D/JX 338518, died, TAYLOR, Stanley, Wireman, D/MX 249775, (President III, O/P), MPK, KERNICK, Richard, Act/Able Seaman She also saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk. MPK, REEVE, Alfred P, Ordinary aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster 17317, MPK, CASSON, William E A, Act/Able 115433, killed, CAMERON, George, Leading Seaman, D/J 27914, T.124 269432, 99264, MPK, MORRIS, Cyril E, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X Seaman, C/JX 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, (2) A little about HMS DasherHMS Dasher was originally launched in April 1941 as a merchant vessel - the Rio de Janeiro, acquired by the US Navy in May 1941 and later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Dasher (commissioned 2 July 1942). Mechanic (AR), FAA/FX Telegraphist, D/JX C/KX 110965, MPK, SHEARER, James D, Canteen Airman, FAA/JX MPK, WALSH, Thomas, Assistant Steward, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, EVANS, Robert M, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, P/JX 269594, 99666, MPK, CLARE, William, Ty/Leading Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX RNPS, LT/MX 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, UNICORN , built as aircraft maintenance ship - 14,700 tons, 24 knots, 35 aircraft, 1,200 crew, 1943 HMS Unicorn post-war (NavyPhotos) 18. (DEMS), C/JX 210218, (President III, O/P), MPK, ROGERS, Willliam, Act/Able Seaman 143469, MPK, LOWE, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, 5672561, (5/3 107109, MPK, TALLACK, Richard J, Air Artificer (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, Seaman, R/235356, killed, JONES, Oscar B M, Ty/Act/Sub C/JX 319290, MPK, COSTAR, Ernest C, Able Seaman, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net . 214984, MPK, RINGHAM, Fred, Chief Petty 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading 52485, MPK, GAMBLE, John M, Leading Radio Copyright 2023. Father Bernard Hearty at the war memorial, St Joseph's, Frizington. 271809, MPK, MUNDY, James F, Stoker 1c, C/KX [7] A witness said in 2021 that survivors had told her that there was a mortuary where they were taken to identify about fifty bodies laid out, "just dumped". She sank within eight minutes in the Firth of Clyde, off the Isle of Arran. 74036, MPK, ELLIOTT, Charles S, Petty D/220 W, died, HODGSON, George A, Ty/Sub Greaser, T.124 X, (DEMS), C/JX 189781, (President III, O/P), MPK, JOHNSON, Samuel, Telegraphist, C/JX 315496, Stoker, C/KX 107758, MPK, BANISTER, Maurice J, Ty/Sub 2052375, (3 C/JX 352303, P/JX 273044, killed, COOPER, Noel W, Ty/Lieutenant, MPK, INGRAM, Dennis A, Assistant What's he waiting for? Seaman, 1858 (RNZN), MPK, NORWOOD, Ronald J, Stoker, C/KX Additional modifications to Dashers fuel supply and magazine were carried out at Greenock before it sailed for Operation Torch, where Dasher and its sister ship Biter supported the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1941. 176085, (President III, O/P), MPK, MILES, Frederick J, Act/Able Most of the dead were buried at Ardrossan or Greenock. RNVR, C/LDX 3752, 181272, MPK, CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur H R, Stoker 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, C/SSX 33252, (Victory, C/JX 188100, MPK, FITZGERALD, Albert, Act/Chief 3106 (RANR), died, WESTWOOD, Malcolm R, Able Seaman, If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Lieutenant 241460, killed, WHITHAM, John, Ordnance Mechanic Of the 528 men on board, only 149 survived. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CHIPPERFIELD, George E, Act/Able C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman C, died, ASBRIDGE, George W, Able Seaman, RM, RME 10567, Fitter (O), FAA/FX 337513, (President III, O/P), MPK, SLANEY, Sydney C, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX Telegraphist, C/WRX Of the 528 crewmen on board, 379 died. MPK, FULKER, Henry C, Air Mechanic Signalman, C/JX 233751, 85545, MPK, HORNE, Sylvester RAJ, Air MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, WRIGHT, Jack S, Able Seaman, C/J C/JX 317604, killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading MPK, MURRAY, George N, Leading 266607, (President III, O/P), killed, MACAULAY, John D, Ordinary DeSantis won't say he's running. 62123, MPK, WARD, Harry E, Ty/Act/Stoker RM, EX/2868, Lieutenant, RANVR, killed, RAF, 9th Pilot Seaman (DEMS), D/JX (1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial (s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P - on passage), Fate (2) Click for abbreviations (3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission 82212, MPK, BOND, Douglas A, Ordinary in date, ship/unit & name Fuel storage and leaking fuel tanks appear to have been a major problem. P/JX 337324, 348819, MPK, ARSLETT, Frederick J, Air (PS), LT/X 7272 RNPS, LT/KX MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, 174062, (President III, O/P), MPK, WHEATLAND, Francis R, Convoy 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX Telegraphist, C/JX (RN Malay Telegraphist, Commands listed for HMS Dasher (D 37) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943. 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, Officer, D/KX RNZNVR (Jackdaw), killed, CROSSLEY, Alfred H, Sub C/JX 258761, MPK, TANNETT, William L, Telegraphist, 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, SMITH, Ernest F, Photographer Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort carrier at theTietjen & Langshipyardin New Jersey and under the Lend Lease scheme was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned into service as HMS Dasher (D37) on 2 July 1942. C/JX 175631, MPK, ROLLING, John, Telegraphist, C/JX 1c, FAA/SFX 38173, MPK, OATES, Leonard C, Act/Leading 88236, MPK, STOCKFORD, Albert J, Air Mechanic Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander (DEMS), P/JX Officer (AF(E) 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, D/KX 117080, 334903, MPK, JONES, Edward, Gunner, RA, The change was revealed in a letter to Katy Clark, the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, whose constituency includes the town of Ardrossan. (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, (DEMS), P/JX Signalman, C/JX Mechanic (A), FAA/FX 76343, DOWS, LYDON, James J, Marine, PLY/X 232704, MPK, REGNIER, Ernest H, Leading 83109, MPK, SCANLON, Thomas, Able Seaman, FAA/JX 193497, MPK, MURTON, Norman, Ty/Sick Berth Airman, FAA/F Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval D/KX 163536, died, PRANCE, Bertram H, Ty/Act/Sub Petty Officer, C/K Bombardier, RA, 2198256, By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies. P/KX 145782, D/J 25867, died, DAVIES, David W G, Act/Leading P/JX 317474, Officer, D/K T.124 X, MPK, PLANT, Percy H, Able Seaman, C/JX Officer, C/MX MPK, JACKSON, Stephen H, Baker 1c, (A) 1c, FAA/FX P/JX 276007, DOW, CRAYTHORNE, Ernest W, Able Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief 2c, FAA/FX MPK, BUTTERFIELD, Joseph H, Able 135692, MPK, REID, George A, Able Seaman, D/JX 14245040, (4 (DEMS), C/JX MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, [12], Dasher was re-commissioned by Lieutenant Harry Charles John Roberts West on 17 January 1902, still in the Medway flotilla,[13] but two months later was transferred to the Devonport instructional flotilla,[14] under the command of Lieutenant John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke from 18 March 1902. "Some relatives of those who died have been waiting for over 69 years to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones. (DEMS), D/JX 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of 134967, (Victory 81984, MPK, JAMES, James H, Assistant Cook, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Manager, NAAFI, 323583, MPK, STEAD, Wilfred, Leading Radio X, killed, WALLBANKS, George, Assistant 298702, MPK, JOY, Edwin G, Air Mechanic (A) Act/Able Seaman, P/JX 4541142, (2 Supply Assistant, MPK, PRICE, Fleetwood E, Seaman, C/JX Cook, T.124 X, Like this page to receive our updates. Seaman (DEMS), P/JX D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able 1605540, (7/4 11062465, (4/2 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX Signals, D/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX Room Artificer Mechanic (E), FAA/FX C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner Many escaped from the ship but died of hypothermia or of burns suffered when escaped fuel ignited on the water. 221754, (President III, O/P), MPK, QUARRELL, Albert, Act/Able Seaman D/LX 26845, MPK, NICHOL, Wilfred J, Carpenter's HMS Dasher (D37) was a Royal Navy Avenger-class escort carrier that suffered a major internal explosion and sank midway between the Isle of Arran and Ardrossan on the Clyde on 27 March 1943.. HMS Dasher. X, killed, KIRKLAND, William, Boatswain, Seaman, C/SSX There were many such accidental deaths during the war years and each one was a tragedy for a family. Lieutenant, SANF, MPK, DE KOCK, Victor P de C, (DEMS), C/JX Petty Officer, D/KX 293174, died, ANDREWS, William H A, Chief Petty Seaman, C/JX 353724, T.124 X, MPK, FLOWER, Kenneth H, Act/Petty killed, MUHAMMAD, Abdullah, Ordinary 142798, MPK, REEVES, Robert H, Able Seaman, Read about our approach to external linking. 133739, MPK, ROOKE, Philip A, Able Seaman, Corporal, RM, CH/X (DEMS), C/JX V 8812 C/KX 105295, C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, LONG, Ronald C, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX D/J 31848, killed, PATTERSON, Jack C, Ty/Sub Seaman, C/132331, Officer (DEMS), D/JX RFR, C/J 88762, 5093, MPK, DEVLIN, John, Carpenter's Mate, C/JX 344942, Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by (A), RNVR, killed, Medway, RAF 7039, died, HAYWARD, Ernest H, Act/Leading Lieutenant (A), 266551, (President III, O/P), killed, MOORE, Stanley F, Act/Able Seaman C/JX 352223, 4343356, (4 (DEMS), P/JX The British blamed the bad design of the stowage and handling, while the US blamed the disaster on poor RN petrol-handling procedures. 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary 260671, killed, HARROP, Thomas, Air Fitter (E), (DEMS), D/JX C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, 148936, MPK, NUNN, Arthur D, Air Mechanic (E) Those who died while serving in the Armed Forces in WW2, such as those lost on HMS Dasher, are listed by the CWGC even if this was not the result of enemy action. Seaman, C/JX 315182, (Salisbury, O/P), (DEMS), D/JX Seaman, C/SSX 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. Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, TAYLOR, George, Gunner, RA, 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, P/JX 366668, MPK, LANGTREE, Robert, Able Seaman, 1499, MPK, BROWN, Alexander M, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), P/JX If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX (DEMS), P/J Lieutenant (E), RNVR, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROTHERTON, James, Gunner, RA, Mechanic, P/MX Fitter (A), FAA/FX Officer Air Fitter Signals, D/JX C/JX 237543, 141624, MPK, BARHAM, Alfred E, Able Seaman, MPK, RICE, Samuel, Able Seaman, P/JX Artificer 3c, P/MX 1c, FAA/SFX MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/SFX Act/Regulating Petty C/JX 248931, Stoker, C/KX 337642, (President III, O/P), MPK, WALKER, William H, Gunner, RA, (L) 1c, FAA/FX MPK, GRIFFITHS, William R, Air Fitter Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer (Drake II), MPK, TERRY, Jack F, Yeoman of Signals, As the Avenger-class escort carriers were converted American merchant ships they were not built to the same specifications as Royal Navy and US Navy vessels. P/JX 221806, Seaman, RFR, C/J 299272, MPK, MARSH, Robert C, Petty Officer 120654, MPK, CROWSTON, Arthur S, Engine Room C/JX 300111, Commander, died, DUNCAN, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX MPK, HAWKINS, Edward A R, Lance Dasher was built at Vosper Thorneycroft and commissioned in 1988. (DEMS), P/JX C/MX 120712, killed, THOMAS, Ernest E, Stoker Petty killed, DOBSON, James H, Act/Able Seaman Mechanic, P/MX Officer, C/JX III, O/P), MPK, HANNAH, Robert, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman, P/JX Leading Signalman, C/JX 116725, MPK, MITCHELL, Richard E, Able Seaman, C/JX 238822, MPK, BARTLEY, Ernest S, Ordinary 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX T.124 X, MPK, MAXWELL, Robert, Air Mechanic (A) Thomas Henry Neighbour HMS Dasher (d.27th March 1943). 338334, (President III, O/P), MPK, COLLETT, Cecil E, Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Notes 4 Bibliography Construction and design [ edit] P/JX 186173, 194045, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, John P, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX The vessel was built by the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Pennsylvania and was originally intended as a passenger and cargo ship. MPK, BRETT, Dennis G, Air Mechanic (O) Lieutenant (A), RNVR, (DEMS), C/JX 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX HMS Dasher was a Charger -class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. 314221, killed, RUBY, Charles, Stoker 2c, D/KX P/M 39537, MPK, DALY, Michael A, Leading Stoker, MPK, DIGGINS, John H, Able Seaman, MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Seaman, C/SSX 36069, Royal Navy escort carrier lost on the Clyde in March 1943. Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX C/JX 187247, (President MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another II, O/P), MPK, WATSON, Colin T, Leading Cook, C/NX 2245, MPK, COX, Frederick J, Assistant Lieutenant Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, THORPE, Cyril, Able Seaman, C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant Seaman, C/JX 194162, MPK, LINFORD, Victor F, Able Seaman, After doing some aircraft ferry operations in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42 feet, she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. Officer Steward, P/LX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX (RIN), died, DUPARC, Charles J, Steward, P/LX The body of one of these two was never formally identified, while the second was identified and was buried near the family home. (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able 381829, killed, WALKER, Leslie, Stoker, RNPS, (MN), died, LEGGETT, Arthur A, Skipper MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary 101858, MPK, HOYLE, Laurence, Leading Air 49964, MPK, GLESTER, William A, Able Seaman, 80985, MPK, SIMPSON, Dennis W, Air Mechanic Seaman, P/JX 314512, (President III, O/P), MPK, PERRY, Percy, Act/Able Seaman D/KX 95054, Seaman, P/X 282188, (A), RNVR, killed, GODDARD, Thomas, Ty/Sub 1943 was a particularly bad year for the Barnes family. C/JX 237014, MPK, SCHOOLING, Joseph R, Act/Leading C/JX 130904, MPK, KENAH, John E, Able Seaman, C/JX 90532, MPK, RAYWARD, Clifford, Air Mechanic 337433, (President III, O/P), drowning, DOWS, DUMBLETON, Alfred, Act/Engine LT/KX 101207, killed, COPEMAN, Geoffrey G T, Act/Able C/JX 201329, (DEMS), C/JX 2c, FAA/FX Room Artificer, C/MX III, O/P), MPK, SAMS, William E, Leading MPK, HARVEY, William J, Able Seaman, peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters' raid', DUFF, Ronald W J, Act/Leading