Seaman, C/JX 317966, MPK, GRAFTON, Albert J, Act/Able died, ALEXANDER, Edward D, Seaman, Room Artificer, (O) 1c, FAA/FX Stoker, C/MX 107736, DOWS, SIGGS, Charles W J, Act/Able (DEMS), P/JX (DEMS), D/JX Petty Officer, C/J Mechanic (AW), please 2c, FAA/FX LT/JX 202277, 333253, (President III, O/P), MPK, WOOLCOTT, Victor S, Gunner, RA, 83693, MPK, OAKMAN, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another 337950, (President III, O/P), MPK, SOPER, George S N, Act/Chief MPK, HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX She also saw action in the Russian covoys to Murmansk. We are hopeful for next year. C/JX 355221, 16331, MPK, SLADE, John, Diesel Greaser, Confidential documents relating to the sinking of an aircraft carrier in the Firth of Clyde are to be made public by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Seaman, C/JX 142952, 1c, FAA/SFX 64869, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, STOUT, Harry, Stoker 1c, P/KX 144, MPK, WALKER, John C, Able Seaman, C/JX Artificer 3c, P/MX Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/SFX Commander, MPK, CURRY, Thomas, Petty Officer, Illustrious class , FORMIDABLE , ILLUSTRIOUS , IMPLACABLE , INDEFATIGABLE, INDOMITABLE , VICTORIOUS , 6 ships - 23,000 tons, 31 knots, 36+ aircraft, 1,400 crew, 1940-44 HMS Formidable 17. Steward, D/LX 174062, (President III, O/P), MPK, WHEATLAND, Francis R, Convoy Seaman, C/JX 189663, 400358, died, CLIPSON, James, Act/Able Seaman 279970, DOW, HARRISON, Thomas K, Petty Officer MPK, GRANT, Richard, Ty/Act/Sergeant, 162871, MPK, COURTNALL, Cyril F, Mechanic Sub Lieutenant, 1424360, killed, CURRIE, Raymund J, Gunner, RA, 344220, MPK, BUSH, Albert E G, Ty/Leading 336552, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCGUINNESS, Thomas, Act/Able Officer, C/KX 20124, MPK, FORD, Cyril D, Able Seaman, C/JX O/P), MPK, MCFATRIDGE, Arthur R, Able Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, 2c, FAA/FX 4708 (RCN), killed, RITSON, Joseph, Act/Able Seaman Learn more, Covering the History and Heritage of Scotland. MPK, SHAW, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, COWEN, David, Canteen Manager, MPK, BROWN, Robert B, Able Seaman, She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911. Artificer 4c, C/MX William Stephen Lloyd Linfield HMS Dasher (d.27th Mar 1943). of Signals, C/J C/JX 172873, MPK, JACKSON, Henry R, Ty/Leading killed, ARCHER, Mathew T, Ty/Act/Leading . Telegraphist, D/WRX MPK, JONES, Norman E, Able Seaman, Seaman, P/JX 21966, MPK, SPIERS, William A, Signalman, Supply Assistant, 173906, MPK, SCOTT, Walter, Leading Motor C/JX 237014, MPK, SCHOOLING, Joseph R, Act/Leading killed, MCLEAN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, 2084317, killed, MOSS, Thomas C, Gunner, RA, 2c, FAA/FX 80487, MPK, SMITH, Thomas C, Act/Leading Artificer 4c, 2334 MPK, NAPIER, William, Engineman, RNPS, Lieutenant 118446, died, KNIGHT, Tom N, Stoker, RNPS, RNR, MPK, MOODY, George E, Ty/Leading Seaman, D/JX Seaman, P/SSX 338091, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCCOY, Edward P, Leading Stoker, 94979, MPK, WHELDON, Harold W, Act/Able C/JX 316449, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, KELSEY, Thomas A, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, D/JX 155487, P/KX 135495, MPK, STEELE, Frank, Air Mechanic (A) D/JX 248156, killed, WESTCOTT, Leonard, Engineman, 86308, MPK, CLARK, William E, Ty/Leading C/J 99051, 87283, MPK, MACAULAY, Hugh, Ordinary Seaman, 196892, MPK, JOHNSON, Albert E, Ordinary MPK, JOHNSON, Douglas E W, Stoker 2c, 237244, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John P, Act/Able Seaman III, O/P), MPK, DANIELS, David J A, Leading 106068, MPK, RIDPATH, Frederick G, MPK, BLAND, Ivan H, Ordinary Seaman, Officer, D/JX MPK, MONKS, Newton L P, Ty/Paymaster C/JX 353051, MPK, CHAPLIN, George W B, Chief Petty Ty/Petty Officer, C/JX 147634, MPK, EDWARDS, Augustus, Able Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, YENDOLL, Tom B, Ty/Lieutenant (3) A further loss later in 1943 Later in 1943 the war was to bring more bad news to homes in Cleator Moor and Frizington. 74036, MPK, ELLIOTT, Charles S, Petty (DEMS), P/JX MPK, DOWD, Thomas A, 102496, MPK, HUNNISETT, Brian, Able Seaman, P/JX 157069, MPK, MORGAN, John J, Leading Seaman, Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor. 58510, MPK, NEWMAN, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, P/JX 179118, MPK, WILSON, Horace D, Able Seaman, Records of HMS Dasher from other sources. 349851, (President III, O/P), DOWS, BOTT, Geofrey, Gunner, RA, Airman, FAA/F O/P), MPK, BRYAN, Donald H, Able Seaman, 249959, (President III, O/P), MPK, BAKER, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman 2c, FAA/FX January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022; mobile legends sound settings . 7018462, killed, DORTON, Albert W J, Gunner, RA, Signals, C/JX 109687, killed, MACKINNON, John W, Lieutenant, T.124 X, MPK, VOICE, Stanley C, Leading Air Petty Officer, C/MX Ordnance Department, Woolwich, illness, ALLISON, Dugald, Gunner, RA, 145640, MPK, DONALD, William, Ordinary (A), RNVR, killed, FAA, 828 Sqn, St 168689, MPK, YOUNG, Albert J, Petty Officer T.124 X, MPK, PADEN, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 335694, (President III, O/P), MPK, WILLIAMS, Frank, Act/Able Seaman 114884, MPK, BOYCE, Victor C, Stoker 1c, P/KX C/JX 300153, MPK, SCOTT, Alexander, Able Seaman, 55142, MPK, YOUNG, Cecil A, Able Seaman, C/JX The death toll, 379 out of 528 crewmen, despite rapid response and assistance from ships and rescue craft from Brodick and Lamlash on the Isle of Arran and from Ardrossan and Greenock on the Scottish mainland, was amongst the highest in British home waters. 236508, (President III, O/P), killed, BARKER, George E W, Seaman, RNPS, (RCNVR), killed, BUCKLEY, James B, Lieutenant 339822, (President III, O/P), MPK, HOGG, James H, Act/Able Seaman III, O/P), MPK, ROWE, William C E, Petty Officer, Seaman, C/JX 262397, Artificer 4c, D/MX Officer, P/J 97099, C/JX 161561, 929978, (7/4 P/K 65369, (Victory, As a result we learned so much about my father that he had not spoken of. The first casualty, whose body was not subsequently identified, was Able Seaman C/JX238822 William Barnes of Cleator Moor, aged 24. Telegraphist, D/JX 392008, (President III, O/P), MPK, PARFITT, Leonard T, Act/Able to help with the costs of keeping the site running. C/JX 136132, Seaman, C/SSX 49964, MPK, GLESTER, William A, Able Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X killed, RICHARDS, Owen G, Ty/Sub [1] She displaced 8,200 long tons (8,300t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100t) at deep load. C/JX 332201, 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. Radio Mechanic 212130, (President III, O/P), MPK, MARSHALL, Leslie H, Act/Able 1070934, (7/4 MPK, CLUETT, William G, Air Mechanic Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX (RCNVR), killed, BENNETT, Frederick G N, Able Seaman, C/JX 147759, 109151, MPK, CALLOW, Douglas W, Ty/Lieutenant, Seaman (DEMS), C/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. (DEMS), D/JX HMS Dasher (escort carrier) was destroyed through internal explosion. MPK, CAPSTICK, Joseph A, Chief Petty Campaigners attempting to discover why the ship sank have been trying to get the release of. (AW), FAA/FX 100747, MPK, BOAG-JONES, Dennis P, Air 29871, MPK, BOLTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, killed, KENT, Matthew H E, Sailor, T.124 MPK, MELVILLE, John, Ordinary Coder, Officer, P/J C/JX 238254, (Victory, 135348, DOWS, HOUGH, Horace A, Ty/Sub 145641, killed, PHAIR, Frederick W, Leading Motor MPK, TENNANT, Herbert J, Assistant D/KX 129348, Ms Clark said: "I am delighted that the MoD has decided to make the HMS Dasher casualty packs public. killed, FRANCIS, Walter H, Able Seaman, Want to know what life was like during the War? 127052, MPK, HURST, Frederick M, Ship's Cook, Artificer, C/MX Artificer, D/MX 51596, died, JOHNS, Ivan P, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Seaman, P/JX C/JX 199849, MPK, CARTER, Harold O, Ty/Yeoman of 41038 (RCN), died, WARNER, Frederick T, HMS Dasher took part in Operation Torch, was then engaged in aircraft ferrying operations in the Mediterranean area and later engaged on escorting the Atlantic convoys. MPK, WALKER, Henry F, Ty/Act/Petty (DEMS), P/JX MPK, ARNOLD, Leslie, Ordinary Seaman, 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. 271185, MPK, MCVICAR, Colin M, Ordinary MPK, KNOWLES, Frank, Able Seaman, C/JX RNPS, LT/JX 77212, MPK, MADIGAN, Jeremiah C, Ty/Leading Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BROWN, Ernest H, Lance Act/Regulating Petty O/P), killed, GRADON, John W, Gunner, RA, Seaman, RFR, C/J P/JX 190488, (Victory Like this page to receive our updates. Steward, C/LX (DEMS), D/JX D/JX 137031, died, BROWN, John, Ordinary Seaman, 144667, MPK, FULCHER, Cyril S, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, 199408, killed, ELLENDER, Frederick T, Chief Commander, died, JONES, Ronald W C, Petty Officer Military Records Contact: Daniel B. Breen. Seaman, T.124 X, killed, PRY, Henry W T, Ordinary Seaman, Telegraphist, P/JX (A), RNVR, MPK, BAMFORD, James E, Act/Able Seaman Dasher had a complement of 555 men and carried 15 Sea-Hurricane aircraft. 324724, MPK, SPRATT, Rodney H, Able Seaman, C/JX 181374, C/JX 125195, 2c, FAA/FX 266514, (President III, O/P), MPK, PEARCE, Ralph, Act/Able Seaman This was to avoid giving away any information to the enemy. 62412, MPK, FERGUSON, Arthur, Ty/Act/Petty 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. C/JX 195151, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, killed, PRICE, Percy D, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman Steward, T.124 X, killed, FLOWER, Gordon S, Ordinary Artificer 4c, D/MX 155965, MPK, LEE, James A, Petty Officer, D/JX 203086, (President III, O/P), MPK, BREWSTER, Philip, Act/Able Seaman Stoker 1c, D/KX 86557, MPK, DYE, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX Scottish History. 2c, FAA/FX Stoker, C/KX 10724 B, MPK, Prins Willem 279071, MPK, KENNEDY, William, Able Seaman, 85689, MPK, STOREY, Thomas P, Ty/Surgeon The Avenger-class escort carriers were converted U.S. Maritime Commission (USMC) type C3 American merchant ships. P/J 94507, MPK, COMBSTOCK, Frederick J, Ordinary Lieutenant, RNVR, (Express, Stoker, D/KX (DEMS), D/JX 257293, (President III, O/P), MPK, TODD, Isaac B, Act/Able Seaman MPK, HALL, Walter, Able Seaman, C/JX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX D/SSX 21689, (Drake MPK, BOWMAN, Horace E, Leading Radio Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 21687, MPK, WILSON, Alexander, Ordinary 6982579, killed, BLACK, Peter M D, Gunner, RA, Seaman, C/JX 289117, (President III, O/P), DOWS, FITZGERALD, Patrick P, Ty/Sub MPK, STONES, John E, Petty Officer P/JX 248717, (President III, O/P), MPK, CRILLEY, James P, Able Seaman, P/JX 191213, C/JX 352453, HMS Kenya, light cruiser (NP/Mark Teadham, click photographs for enlargements) on to April 1943 . Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Various possible causes have been suggested, including one of her aircraft crashing onto the flight deck and igniting petrol fumes from leaking tanks. Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 180506, MPK, HADLOW, Sidney E, Leading Seaman, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, BARNETT, Alan, Ty/Sub Lieutenant Mechanic (AW), FAA/FX Steward, T.124 X, [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. P/KX 108144, Greaser, T.124 X, There was a short announcement of the sinking in The Times in 1945, then nothing more was said officially for 70 years. C/MX 100723, Steward, C/LX 283544, MPK, PLAYFORD, Cyril E, Able Seaman, MPK, CAMPBELL, John C, Act/Able Steward, T.124 X, 249381, (President III, O/P), MPK, ALLEN, Roy S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant 268395, (President III, O/P), MPK, DRYDEN, George, Act/Able Seaman 200506, MPK, DENNIS, Ronald A, Leading 129496, MPK, LANCASTER, Ralph H, Convoy D/JX 288686, killed, GIBSON, John, Able Seaman, D/JX MPK, TULITT, Gordon P, Ty/Midshipman, Bombardier, RA, 5190220, 1808721, killed, TAYLOR, John F, Gunner, RA, MPK, BUSWELL, Peter E V, Air Mechanic 193627, (President III, O/P), MPK, CORBETT, Dennis F, Act/Able MPK, GRAHAM, Frank A, Ty/Leading Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings 58330, died, ROBINSON, John V, Leading Seaman, [7], In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take her place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla. C/SSX 23479, 359011, MPK, MCKENZIE, Arthur R, Ordinary Greaser, T.124 X, killed, LEVICK, Roy E, Act/Leading Air 2864, MPK, DAVIS, Cecil J, Ordinary (DEMS), P/JX C/JX 230234, 248813, MPK, COMBER, Alfred J, Able Seaman, [email protected]. C/SSX 21977, killed, HARVEY, Gerard, Ordinary Seaman, killed, WOOLLEY, Henry G, Chief Petty Seaman, C/SSX 133877, MPK, PREECE, Douglas J, Able Seaman, Petty Officer, C/K MPK, HABGOOD, George A, Butcher 1c, Seaman, 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. D/JX 302998, died, HARRIS, Charles E, Act/Chief MPK, TUNNELL, Joseph W T, Stoker 1c, (DEMS), D/JX C/JX 354227, Furious relatives protested and some of the dead were returned to their families for burial. Telegraphist, C/JX Dasher (right, probably in Iceland - NavyPhotos/Alan for Mr S Vallely), ship loss 212810, (President III, O/P), MPK, POOLE, John, Gunner, RA, Fitter (L), FAA/FX 54553, MPK, DARLING, Cecil, Stoker 1c, C/KX Fitter (E), FAA/SFX Steward, T.124 X, [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. Featuring articles, reviews, historic attractions, places to visit, and events. MPK, WILLICOMBE, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, MPK, O'BRIEN, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 279344, 1689, MPK, MCALLISTER, Dennis P, Assistant Signalman, C/JX III, O/P), MPK, HANNAH, Robert, Stoker 1c, C/KX Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CHIPPERFIELD, George E, Act/Able (DEMS), P/JX On its second convey run, HMS Dasher developed engine trouble and so turned back to the Clyde. 173033, MPK, WILLIAMS, Dennis R, Air Mechanic 105610, MPK, WORSDELL, Albert C, Ordinary Seaman (DEMS), C/JX Artificer 4c, C/MX (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, CARTLAND, Jack, Act/Petty Officer 278870, MPK, MORRELL, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, 267622, (President III, O/P), MPK, MCNIVEN, George A, Ty/Leading (DEMS), C/JX 70683, died, BIRD, Ernest W, Petty Officer (DEMS), D/JX 289850, (President III, O/P), MPK, RUSSELL, Hugh S, Act/Able Seaman (4) A visit to FrizingtonIn 2009 I visited St Joseph's R.C. 99625, MPK, EATOUGH, Robert, Able Seaman, Seaman (DEMS), D/JX After aircraft ferry duties in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42ft (13m), she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. [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). RANVR, killed, VERYARD, Ernest T, Signal T.124 X, killed, MOTTRAM, Richard, Fireman, T.124 C/MX 76818, MPK, PEARCE, Arthur H, Stoker 1c, C/KX C/KX 97090, MPK, BRUNWIN, Dudley R, Ordinary Ty/Act/Lieutenant Commander C/JX 134868, 314584, (President III, O/P), MPK, SMITH, William G, Act/Able Seaman 309419, MPK, BAKER, Valentine J, Ty/Yeoman of Stoker, C/KX 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. 19919, killed, HUGHES, Joan M, Leading WRNS, 366668, MPK, LANGTREE, Robert, Able Seaman, HMS Dasher HMS Dasher was an Avenger Class Escot Carrier. Ty/Act/Petty Officer, C/JX 145638, MPK, EAST, Frank E, Stoker 1c, C/KX (PS), LT/X 7272 Seaman, C/SSX Ty/Ty/Act/Leading Airman, FAA/FX MPK, HINES, Victor M, Leading Stoker, C/JX 278463, 51807, MPK, COOPER, Samuel, Leading Stoker, Officer, C/KX Petty Officer, C/J Officer Telegraphist, P/MX 52599, died, ROWLANDS, John, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, EHRLICK, Cecil H P, Stoker 1c, MPK, VAUGHAN, George, Assistant Cook, (A), FAA/MX D/SSX 20659, died, FAULKNER, Ronald H, Ordinary Scottish history and heritage online. Officer, C/JX MPK, MOORE, Leonard J, Able Seaman, T.124 X, MPK, WEBB, Joseph H, Naval Airman 2c, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, HARRISON, Joseph, Gunner, RA, MPK, MIDDLETON, George E, Canteen 379 lives were lost. 38384, MPK, JEFFREY, Joseph, Able Seaman, 103084, (President 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. 1c, FAA/FX 83620, MPK, WARNER, Douglas D, Able Seaman, MPK, CAMERON, Angus, Ty/Act/Sub ship/shore establishment, O/P on passage), Fate, (3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (4) More information may be found in the Name Lists, Background Events - February-May D/JX 199759, (President III, O/P), DOWS, DRANSFIELD, Frederick, Able Stoker, C/KX Ty/C2538Act/Leading Signalman, 75535, MPK, SHUTTLEWORTH, George W, Air (Victory, O/P), Researched & compiled by Don 336877, died, COHEN, David, Ordinary Seaman, JX Telegraphist, C/JX C/MX 51032, died, HOPKINS, Hugh A, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MITCHELL, Donald J MACF, Act/Able 300609, MPK, DRYDEN, James L, Stoker 1c, P/KX 6102818, killed, ROSEWELL, Frank G, Gunner, RA, Seam, P/JX Lieutenant (E), RNVR, died, BAILEY, Richard H, Able Seaman, (RIN), died, DUPARC, Charles J, Steward, P/LX 4343356, (4 died, ARMSTRONG, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX (E), RNR, MPK, ALLEN, Arthur E, Telegraphist, RNVR, C/TD/X 909, 317680, MPK, DRIVER, Jack, Able Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX (RCNVR), died, KEMP, Walter S, Act/Able Seaman Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. P/J 19400, died, WELLS, Frank, Stoker 1c, C/SS C/MX 84090, MPK, MAXTED, Jack, Assistant Cook, Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by (5 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SCANLAN, Thomas, Bombardier, RA, Petty Officer, (DEMS), P/JX 134967, (Victory 65858, MPK, BEAVERS, Ernest, Stoker 1c, P/KX 195499, (President III, O/P), MPK, BROWN, William J, Act/Able Seaman MPK, ALLEN, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX C/MX 97334, MPK, SCOTT, George E, Leading Stoker P/JX 150576, (Victory (DEMS), C/JX Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, HAJEE, Mea B, Bhandary, CDC/91479 84551, MPK, HILL, James O T, Able Seaman, MPK, PELL, Fred, Ty/Leading Airman, D/KX 95054, Seaman, P/JX [2][5] Armament comprised three single-mounted 4-inch dual-purpose guns, two forward and one aft, and fifteen 20mm cannon on single or twin mounts. 306000, died, O'REGAN, Cornelius C, Marine, order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the I know Lt. Culmer did not die in the explosion, as he went on to finish his naval career as Captain. 77018, killed, WARD, Albert L, Ty/Leading Supply (President III, O/P), MPK, BEST, Leslie, Telegraphist, C/SSX 261877, (President III, O/P), MPK, JONES, Robert T, Act/Able Seaman MPK, BRAMWELL, Reginald R, Ordinary Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. The MoD confirmed these would soon be transferred to the National Archives. [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". 86307, MPK, COCKERELL, Leslie H, Act/Able Artificer 1c, D/M 181752, died, ELSWORTH, Harold E, Able Seaman, MPK, FIRTH, Arthur B, Able Seaman, Lieutenant (E), RNVR, 125656, MPK, WILLIAMS, Geoffrey A, Able "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. She was converted to an aircraft carrier and re-named BAVG-5, being transferred to the Royal Navy on completion and commissioned on the 1st of July 1942. (DEMS), C/JX (O) 1c, FAA/JX What's he waiting for? T.124 X, MPK, HUTCHINSON, Robert, Ty/Act/Sub (DEMS), D/JX killed, MCGUINNESS, Ernest C, Bombardier, Launched on 11 April 1941, the vessel was converted to an escort . O/P), MPK, HOLLAND, Daniel, Able Seaman, died, NORMAN, Cyril H, Act/Able Seaman Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SEYMOUR, Cyril F, Gunner, RA, MPK, GLOVER, William H, Able Seaman, MPK, DELL, Rodney, Able Seaman, 68866 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, SAYERS, Albert G, Act/Able Seaman (DEMS), D/JX 896579, killed, BOWLER, Albert, Bombardier, RA, 3846 (RIN), died, QUINN, Daniel, Act/Able Seaman MPK, TICKNER, William T, (RN Malay MPK, DANIELS, Edwin F, Ordinary 290898, (President III, O/P), MPK, TAYLOR, George H, Act/Able Seaman 337476, (President III, O/P), MPK, BRENTNALL, Norman A, Act/Able 60833, (Victory III, O/P), MPK, WARD, Charles W H, Ty/Act/Leading C/JX 168035, killed, MASON, Henry S, Ordinary C/MX 94654, MPK, MOLLETT, Henry J, Ordinary C/J 109371, 1614432, (2 344837, killed, CLINTON, Andrew, Able Seaman, C/KX 100955, MPK, PADGHAM, George H, Ty/Act/Gunner 2476, MPK, ATHERTON, Charles H, Able Seaman, C/JX 316502, MPK, HIND, Bert J, Air Mechanic (O) killed, ALNER, Bertram P, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant (A), RNVR, killed, TREVOR, Dennis R, Air Mechanic 132185, MPK, LANGLEY, Alan, Stoker 1c, C/KX 96882, (Victory, O/P), MPK, MARTIN, Norman B W, Able Seaman, (President Artificer 4c, X 63816, MPK, SHAW, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX C/JX 185498, (E) 1c, FAA/FX MPK, BAKER, Frederick J, Able Seaman, Bombardier, RA, 2198256, Storekeeper, T.124 D/LX 26736, HMS Dasher (D37) was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class, converted merchant vessels, and one of the shortest-lived escort carriers. 102049, MPK, HORNE, John R, Sick Berth 324982, killed, BOYCE, Cyril J, Ordinary Seaman, Seaman, C/JX Seaman, C/JX Artificer, C/M D/JX 213565, MPK, MORRIS, Frederick C, Electrical IV, O/P), MPK, JAMES, Richard P, Ty/Sub P/JX 200142, (President III, O/P), MPK, O'BRIEN, Thomas J, Gunner, RA, MPK, HADLEY, William K, Chief Petty Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, MACFARLANE, Andrew, Act/Able 249190, (President III, O/P), MPK, SIMONS, John F, Act/Able Seaman 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. 1c, T.124 X, Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, John S, Gunner, RA, C/SSX 33252, (Victory, Assistant, P/MX 82797, C/JX 187117, O/P), MPK, JACKLIN, Ivan S, Surgeon Attendant, C/MX 59296, MPK, EDWARDES-EVANS, David, Ordinary No part of this project may be reproduced in any form 83606, MPK, HUMES, Henry W, Stoker Petty (DEMS), C/JX C/JX 171624, 1476427, (4 136139, MPK, STEELE, Ronald M, Stoker 1c, C/KX [5], Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridgeflight control on the starboard side and above the 410ft (120m) long wooden flight deck, one aircraft lift 43 by 34ft (13 by 10m), one aircraft catapult and nine arrestor wires. C/JX 352223, Such things happen in wars and conflicts. HMS Dasher: 27/03/43: JX280375: OS: YOUNG, Leo Joseph: HMS Rosemonde: 22/01/42: Return to Casualties List. 233201, died, BALFOUR, John E, Engineer Sub 83909, MPK, BUTLER, William A, Able Seaman, MPK, MAINLAND, James S, Act/Leading 98233, MPK, THORNHILL, Raymond, Able Seaman, 204483, MPK, BRISTER, David, Leading Stoker, Seaman, C/JX (DEMS), C/JX (DEMS), P/JX 339064, 139443, MPK, BUTLER, Harold, Ordinary C/JX 259141, MPK, BATCHELOR, Jack H, Air Mechanic C/KX 92024, MPK, SMITH, John A B, Stoker 1c, C/KX Seaman (DEMS), C/JX 81775, MPK, WAIN, George W, Leading Air Artificer 3c, C/MX Airman, FAA/SFX Seaman (DEMS), D/JX P/JX 315913, Seaman, P/JX 269594, (Nile, O/P), killed, PENNY, Horace J, Stoker 1c, P/KX MPK, THISTLE, Cyril R, Able Seaman, Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}553638N 50006W / 55.61056N 5.00167W / 55.61056; -5.00167. Petty Officer, ex-trawler, water boat, drowning, CHILDS, Alfred H, Seaman, RNPS, aircraft on passage, SKELTON, Paul S, Lieutenant, killed, MOORE, Francis A, Paymaster died, MCGRATH, Leonard, Lance 152092, died, BARKER, Christoper J, Stoker 227092, (President III, O/P), MPK, LOMAS, Leslie, Act/Able Seaman 74845, MPK, MAYNARD, Albert E, Ty/Act/Leading 391413, (President III, O/P), MPK, HAMILTON, William, Act/Able Cecil was born on June 24,1922 in St. John's, Newfoundland, the son of James and Rose Young. (Eaglet, O/P), Seaman (DEMS), P/JX In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK, THORPE, Cyril, Able Seaman, C/JX Lieutenant, MPK, STAMP, John G, Petty Officer, Attendant, C/MX 1c, FAA/SFX Seaman (DEMS), P/JX 249318, killed, SUMNER, Robert, Marine, RME P/M 39537, MPK, DALY, Michael A, Leading Stoker, C/JX 317604, MPK, CANDLISH, William, Able Seaman, X, killed, KIRKLAND, William, Boatswain, 16610, killed, GILROY, James, Able Seaman, C/JX MPK, CLARK, Harry, Convoy Signalman, 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. MPK, SHIRLEY, Edward W, Leading Air FAA/JX 35091, MPK, HANDLEY, John G, Act/Leading Air C/JX 379344, C/JX 318466, Airman, FAA/FX Civilians who died as the result of accidents, even when engaged on 'essential war work' such as on the merchant vessels or fishing fleets, are not normally listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and usually not remembered on war memorials. MPK, MCLELLAN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, USA, as mercantile Rio de Janeiro. C/JX 316912, MPK, MARSTON, Henry C, Able Seaman, (A), RNVR, killed, JONES, David S, Able Seaman, D/JX RNVR, killed, BUTTERWORTH, James A, Act/Able (DEMS), P/JX 151780, MPK, LEE, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, Commander, (Tana, With training completed for the day, Dasher began to head back to Greenock when an explosion occurred at around 16:40. C/SSX 32771, (A), FAA/FX MPK, THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, 266177, (President III, O/P), MPK, FARLEY, George H, Ty/Act/Leading Telegraphist, Lieutenant (A), RNZNVR, Steward, T.124 X, MPK, NETHERCOTT, Henry E, Steward, (DEMS), D/JX V 34758 109202, MPK, CONSTABLE, Frederick M, Able (6/3 Maritime Regt, RA, O/P), killed, O'SULLIVAN, Matthew, Act/Able Mate, T.124 X, 3091, killed, MILLS, William H, Marine, PLY/X 68947 (SANF), (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, CRANSTON, Robert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, MPK, DIXON, Horace E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 96994, DOWS, KEENAN, Patrick J, Gunner, RA, Lieutenant, RNR, died, OLANDER, Albert R, Sub 24144, MPK, GRANT, John J, Electrical 135333, MPK, STRANAGHAN, Harold, Leading IV, O/P), MPK, JONES, Richard E, Able Seaman, 311635, (President III, O/P), MPK, WATTS, John, Act/Able Seaman Cook, P/MX 49264, C/JX 390014, killed, TUTTY, Leslie J, Able Seaman, Lieutenant, RNVR, died, RN Naval Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK, ROBSON, James, Act/Able Seaman, MPK, TAYLOR, Frederick J, Diesel 132024, MPK, DELLER, John A, Able Seaman, C/JX C/KX 100964, It seems certain that the body used was one . [11] In July 1901, Dasher took part in that year's Naval Manoeuvres. 92243, died, LAWRENCE, Douglas R S, 1808759, (4/2 MPK, MCCRACKEN, Peter W, Naval Airman Officer, C/JX Signals, D/JX killed, HULSK, George E, Able Seaman, MPK, RODWAY, Harry, Air Mechanic (O) 333868, (President III, O/P), MPK, OPIE, Charles, Act/Able Seaman Seaman, C/JX 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. D/LX 29115, (President III, O/P), MPK, FORREST, Benjamin K, C/JX 352303, Bombardier, RA, 16449401, 84365, (Pembroke, O/P), MPK, WRIGHT, Bernard J, Act/Able by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, (1) Casualty information in order, Edited Seaman, C/JX C/JX 179027, 113784, MPK, CONSTANT, Leonard H, Yeoman of "Many questions surrounding the sinking of HMS Dasher have been left unanswered for far too long. (E), RNR, MPK, MORGAN, Frederick A, Able Seaman, Of the 528 crewmen on board, 379 died. Artificer, D/MX Artificer 1c, C/M She participated in Operation Torch, with her sister ship Biter, carrying Sea Hurricanes of 804 Naval Air Squadron. Seaman, C/JX 225276, 135365, MPK, LAW, Cyril W J, Able Seaman, C/JX Signals, C/SSX The most terrible memories for him are the moments he spent under the water, trying to surface; the horror when the fuel on the water ignited - killing so many of his colleagues; and the task of trying to identify bodies in the days that followed. 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