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HMS Matabele (G 26)

British destroyer

Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), A-6591

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Matabele (G 26).

Aboard HMS Matabele (G 26) when hit on 17 Jan 1942

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Adams, John Francis, RN	19	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Aldis, Frank Richard, NAAFI	32	Canteen Manager	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Anderson, Edward, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Ashe, William Roy, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Atkinson, Thomas William, RN	35	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bailey, Kenneth, RN	21	Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bargery, Walter John Frederick George, RN	18	Boy 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bayly, David Charles, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bizsley, Arthur Percy, RN	39	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Blakeman, John, RN	43	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bloxsom, Ernest Albert, RN	21	Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bowers, John Fowler, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bowyer, Alfred Edward, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Boyce, Thomas, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Brackenbury, Frank Albert, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bradbear, Frederick Herbert, RN	22	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Bray, Clifford Percy, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Britten, Richard Philip, RN	27	Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Broadbent, Ned, RN	25	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Brogan, Frank, RN	23	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Brown, Albert Victor, RN	37	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Brown, William, RN		Ordinary Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Buckley, Arthur William, RN	25	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Burns, James Taylor, RN	20	Ordinary Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Burras, , RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26)
		Cameron, John Angus, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Campbell, Stanley, RFR	34	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cann, Alfred Thomas, RN	25	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Carter, Charles Herbert, RN		Coder	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Carter, Clifford William Henry, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Champion, Clifford Frederick, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Champion, Herbert William, RN	30	Chief Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Christie, Bernard Michael, RN		Cook (S)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Clarke, George Herbert, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Collings, Sidney, RN	45	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Constance, John Roskruge, RN	24	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cook, Charles William, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cooper, John James, RN	26	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cotton, Harold Percival John, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Couper, Hugh, RN	34	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Craigan, David, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Crook, Arthur Christopher, RN	25	Steward	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cummins, Edward, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Cundall, Roland, RN	21	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Curnow, Edward Lyndon, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Daly, William Cornelius, RN	22	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Darbyshire, Henry, RN	37	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Dare, Harry Rnowles, RN		Chief Engine Room Artificer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Davies, Harold Frederick, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Davies, John Emlyn, RN	25	Cook (O)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Davies, Myrddin Charles, RN	18	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Day, Arthur George, RN	42	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Dennison, Arthur Michael, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Dewsbury, Wilfred, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Doidge, William Charles, RN	29	Gunner (T)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Donaldson, Thomas Stewart, RN	30	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Duddy, Robert George, RN	37	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Duke, Timothy James Hare, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Dyson, William Harold, RN	43	Chief Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Earle, William John, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Eastwood, Harold, RN	22	Steward	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Eccleston, William, RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Ellson, Ralph William, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Ely, Sydney Roy, RN	23	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Evans, Ivor Ronald, RN	33	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Evans, Thomas Richard, RN	20	Coder	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Fagan, Nicholas William, RN	21	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Falconer, John, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Fitzsimmons, Thomas, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Flint, Harold, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Fowler, John, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Fry, John Edward, RN	31	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Furniss, Thomas William, RN	23	Leading Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Gardner, James, RN	29	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Geater, James Herbert, RN		Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Gibson, Frederick Charles, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Giles, Frank William, RN	21	Passenger (Able Seaman)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Gliddon, Leslie John, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Good, Frederick Peter Leece, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Gordon-Scott, Michael Sydney, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Graham, Alexander, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Graham, Leonard Maurice, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Griffith, James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Gyngell, Herbert Francis Eric, RN	33	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hakesley, John Samuel Thomas Cross, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hall, Benjamin Jack Lochead, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hall, Thomas, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hannah, Hugh Joseph, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Harper, Samuel Vincent, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Harris, Ernest George, RN	25	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Harris, Kenneth William, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hayward, Sidney Gerald, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Head, William Alfred, RN	41	Chief Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Heard, Stanley, NAAFI	33	Canteen Manager	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hext, John Edward, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hickey, Bartholomew, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hickman, Denis Augustine, RN	24	Supply Assistant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Higgins, , RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26)
		Higson, Charles, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hinton, Harold Victor Thomas, RN	23	Petty Officer Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hoare, Bernard, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hookway, James Edgar, RN	38	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hopkins, Frederick William Reynolds, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Horner, Benjamin, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Houlihan, James, RN	21	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Howard, Robert, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hudson, Harold, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Hunt, Harry Frederick Isaac, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Idiens, Edwin Bertram, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Irving, Leslie, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jamieson, John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jefferies, Frank Hector Mcdonald, RN	32	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jeffery, Charles Ethelbert, RN	33	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jeffery, Gilbert Edward, RN	19	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jerram, Edward Frederick Hughes, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		John, Raymond, RN	18	Boy 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Johnson, Richard, RN	27	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jones, John, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jones, John Dilwyn, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jones, Lancelot, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Jones, Melvin Thomas, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Kelly, Charles, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Kennedy, Richard, RN	31	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Kindon, William Charles, RN	33	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Kirby, Frederick Albert, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Knight, Robert William, RN	31	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lane, Bertram Silas, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lee, Donald, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Legge, Albert George, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lewis, Clifford Stanley, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lewis, Ellis Wynne, RN		Yeoman of Signals	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lewis, Harry, RN	28	Petty Officer Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lewis, William Thomas, RN	34	Petty Officer Steward	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lissamore, Harold, RN	21	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lockey, John Gordon, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Long, Percy John, RN	26	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lowe, Norman, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lowndes, Cecil, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Lynas, James, RN	39	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Macdonald, Harold, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		MacDonald, John, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Madden, Godfrey, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Madge, Ernest John, RN	27	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Maloney, Brendon Reginald, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Marshall, Morant, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Martin, James Russell, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Mason, George, RN	28	Ordnance Mechanic	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Massey, William, RN	38	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McCarthy, Bernard Joseph, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McCready, James, RN	35	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McDermott, Jack, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McIlroy, Patrick, RN	27	Petty Officer Cook (O)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McKay, Alexander, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McNally, James, RN	41	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		McNicol, Andrew Murray, RN	20	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Mees, John Ernest, RNVR	25	Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Messenger, Samuel Gilbert, RN	30	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Milne, George Alexander, RN	30	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Milton, Frank Pellowe, RN		Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Minhinnick, James, RN	45	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Montgomery, James, RN	20	Ordnance Artificer 5th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Morgan, Dyfrig George, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Morgan, Harry Edward, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Mort, Thomas, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Murphy, John, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Newcombe, Albert, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Newsome, Herbert Ronald, RN	25	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Noel-Hill, Robert Abercrombie, RN	18	Midshipman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Nolan, James, RN		Ordinary Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Norman, Frederick Thomas, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		O'Malley, Owen, RN	42	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Oldfield, John, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Oliver, Leslie, RN	27	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Orme, George William, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Parker, John Robinson, RN		Electrical Artificer 4th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Partridge, Edward Rex, RNVR	27	Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Pearson, Walter, RN	41	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Phillips, David Vernon, RN	18	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Plumridge, John Awdry, RNVR	28	Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Porter, Baden Robert, RN	41	Petty Officer Sick Berth	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Radley, Wilfred Hey, RN	19	Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Rees, Vivian John, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Revely, Stephen, RN	21	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Reynolds, Walter John, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Riley, Jack, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Roblin, George Frederick Methuen, RN	18	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Roscorla, Douglas, RN	23	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Ryan, Joseph Thomas, RN	35	Chief Petty Officer Cook (S)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Ryan, Patrick William, RN	41	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Salt, Thomas William, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Savage, Frank, RN	41	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Savage, Kenneth George, RN	20	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Schupp, William Adam, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Scobie, William Alexander, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Scott, Mark, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Seeman, Edward William George, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Sellers, Harold William, RN	24	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Shepherd, Randolph, RN	28	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Short, Charles Vincent Joseph, RN	44	Ordnance Artificer 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Shute, Thomas James, RN	30	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Simmonds, Edward Robert, RN	19	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Smallwood, Willis Godfrey, RN	32	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Smith, George Victor, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Smith, Harold, RN	28	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Spence, Frank Christopher, RN	35	Petty Officer Supply	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Spouse, Eric Antony, RNVR	27	Surgeon Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Stanbridge, Dennis, RN		Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Stanford, Arthur Caerlyon, RN	37	Commander	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Stoker, Thomas, RN	33	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Stoneman, William James, RN	34	Chief Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Street, Albert, RN	24	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Taylor, Alexander Will, RN	21	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Taylor, Thomas, RN	23	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Thorne, Richard Eli, RN	34	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Truran, Delmore, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Urquhart, David Frederick, RN		Telegraphist	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wade, Albert John, RN	28	Leading Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Walker, Israel Thomas, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Walsh, William John, RN	35	Cook (S)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Warden, Robert John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Watts, Henry George, RN	21	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Webb, John Edward Kingston, RN	26	Petty Officer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Webb, Peter Cowdery, RN	31	Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Webb, Walter Samuel, RN	26	Leading Writer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Weeks, Kenneth John, RN	22	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wellings, William James, RN	33	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		West, James Frederick Joseph, RN	22	Leading Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		White, William, RN	20	Signalman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		White, William Russell, RNR		Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Whitehead, Laurence, RN	22	Leading Steward	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Williams, Alfred James, RN	29	Chief Electrical Artificer	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Williams, Frank Fifield, RN	22	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Winn, John Theodore, RN	32	Lieutenant Commander (E)	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wiper, James Cummings, RN	26	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wormald, Joseph, RN		Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wright, Geoffrey Roy, RNVR		Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Wynn-Owen, David Emrys, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Matabele (G 26) +
		Yarnell, Alfred Edward, RN	25	Assistant Steward	HMS Matabele (G 26) +

238 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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