Ships hit by U-boats

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HMS Holcombe (L 56)

British destroyer



Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-13926

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Holcombe (L 56).

Aboard HMS Holcombe (L 56) when hit on 12 Dec 1943

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAdams, George, RN27Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishAlder, Peter, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishAllsopp, Harry John Jeanes, RN29Petty Officer Cook (S)HMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishAnderton, Thomas Richard, RN32Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishArchibald, James Richard, RN20Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishAtherton, John, RN34Petty Officer Air FitterHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishAvent, Henry, RN30Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBarron, Herbert Cecil David, RN20Engine Room Artificer 5th ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBeckett, Ronald, RN20Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishBell, George Albert, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBlackie, Charles Edward, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBlunt, Austin Kenneth, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBoundy, Alfred Francis, RN24Leading StewardHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBrodie, Denis Peter, RN23Petty OfficerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishBullman, Joseph, RN21Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCampbell, Donald Richardson, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishChampness, Leslie Charles, RN19Crew memberHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishConlon, Stephen, RNLeading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCooper, Edgar Gordon, RNPetty Officer TelegraphistHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCowburgh, William, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCox, Stanley, RN23Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCraig, Thomas Henry, RN20Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishCurrie, John Porter, RNWiremanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
AmericanDavies, Charles Edward, RN42Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishDavis, Richard Geoffrey, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishDeacon, George E., RN23Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishDu Feu, Reginald John, RN31Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishDuffield, David, RN27Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishDumbleton, Frank, RN23Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishEgan, Peter Joseph, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishEllis, Leslie Arthur, RN30Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishFox, Charles, RN19Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishFuller, Frederick Charles, RN20Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishGallop, Charles Reginald, RN31Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishGayfer, John Abba, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishGibson, Albert Edward, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishGraves, Frank Maclear, RNLieutenantHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishHabberfield, Frederick Henry, RN48Canteen ManagerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishHamilton, James Paul Allan, RN28Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishHansell, Percival Austin John, RN21Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishHarris, Anthony George, RN39Petty OfficerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishHarvey, Robert James, RN24Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishHeming, Albert George, RN25Gun LayerHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishKellaway, Victor Edward, RN42Chief StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishLawson, Alexander, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishLoughlin, Hugh, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMackay, Alexander, RN24Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMacleod, Donald, RN20WiremanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMalkin, John William, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishMaunder, Hubert, RN38Warrant EngineerHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishMcDonough, Michael Joseph, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMcLerie, Ronald John, RN23Electrical Mechanic 5th ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMills, Maurice James, RN34Petty OfficerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMorgan, Milton Henry, RN25Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishMurphy, James, RN29Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishNelson, Harold Luke, RNPetty OfficerHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishNewton, David Lloyd, RN26Petty Officer Cook (S)HMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishNixon, Frank Ronald Arthur, RN19Morse Code OperatorHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishOlby, Derek Morley, RNSignalmanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishOwens, Arthur Frederick, RN30Stoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPagett, Ivor Henry, RNLeading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPalmer, Eric Arthur, RNVR24Sub-LieutenantHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishParis, Dennis, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPeat, Albert Francis, RN39Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPennicott, Henry George William, RN32Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPitt, Henry Winchester, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishPledger, Frank William, RN27Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishPonsford, Robert Thomas, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishRansom, Frederick, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishRichards, Jeremiah, RN20Canteen AssistantHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishSanger, Leslie Victor, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishSaul, Herbert William, RN29Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishSmith, Ernest Heywood, RNLeading Sick Berth AttendantHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishStarr, Edward Fredrick, RN44Leading SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishStead, George Arthur, RN36Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishTaylor, Percival, RN38Ordinary SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishThomas, George, RN42Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishThomas, Lewis Cyril, RN20Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishTrent, Eric Walter, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishTynski, Albert Edwin, RNSignalmanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishVick, Richard C F., RN21Able SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishWarwick, William Joseph, RN25Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWaters, Joseph, RN23Leading StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56)
BritishWebb, Leslie Austin, RN40Petty Officer StokerHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWest, Kenneth Hugh, RN21LieutenantHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWhitehead, Stanley Joseph, RNAble SeamanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWilkinson, Thomas James, RN20WiremanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWood, Arthur William, RN33Supply AssistantHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWood, Leslie Francis Waring, RN29Leading WiremanHMS Holcombe (L 56) +
BritishWright, Norman Stanley, RNOrdnance Artificer 4th ClassHMS Holcombe (L 56) +

90 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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