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HMS Veteran (D 72)

British destroyer

Photo courtesy of Mark Teadham

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Veteran (D 72).

Aboard HMS Veteran (D 72) when hit on 26 Sep 1942

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

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Adams, James Hogg, RN	30	Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Ager, Arthur Henry, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Allen, George Bingley, RN	22	Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Allen, William, RFR	42	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Anderson, Alfred John, RN	21	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Andrews, Sydney, RN	27	Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Balderstone, Clifford, RN	22	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Banks, Tom, RFR	38	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Barker, Henry, RN	25	Signalman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Bath, John Herbert Edward, RN	34	Petty Officer Cook	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Baxter, Joseph, RN	45	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Beer, Arthur, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Bellchambers, Ronald Bernard, RN	27	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Benn, Alfred George, RN	30	Leading Radio Mechanic	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Blackman, William George, RFR	39	Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Bradshaw, William, RN	39	Warrant Mechanician	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Branch, Roger Errington Atkinson, RNVR	26	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Breavington, George Edward, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Brennan, Richard, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Bright, Patrick Joseph, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Brown, Maurice Walter Dennis, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Brown, Norman Albert, RN	22	Steward	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Brown, Stewart Leslie, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Buckenham, Guy, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Butler, Charles William, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Butler, Frederick, RN	24	Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cahill, Frank Leslie, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Carter, Michael John, RNVR	21	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cassidy, Peter, RN	22	Steward	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Chatterley, William Frederick, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Clarke, Herbert, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Clegg, Norman Edward, RN	32	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Clogstoun, Herbert Anthony Amyas, RN	21	Lieutenant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Clouter, John Charles, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cockrell, Frederick Louis John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cohen, Maurice Meyer, RN		Steward	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cole, Harry William, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Coles, Dennis Alfred, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Connell, James Richmond, RN	29	Leading Coder	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Corrigan, Francis Owen, RCN	24	Passenger (Petty Officer Supply)	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cox, Thomas Broderick, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Craft, Leonard, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Crane, Horace Lloyd, RN	33	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Crawford, Walter, RN	36	Sick Berth Attendant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Cross, James Edward, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Crumley, James Charles, RN	40	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Davies, Norman, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Dawson, Ian Morrison, RN	21	Supply Assistant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Dawson, William, RN	25	Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Day, William Herbert, RN	30	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Denness, Charles George, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Denton, George Francis, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Dixon, George Joseph, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Durham, Edward Henry, RN	38	Gunner (T)	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Dwyer, Joseph Cannon, RCNVR	35	Passenger (Lieutenant)	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Edwards, William Frederick John, RFR		Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Falconer, Arthur McLeod, RN	32	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Farish, Charles James, RN	26	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Farish, Frederick, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Ferguson, David Russell Shaw, RN	27	Signalman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Filby, Jeffrey Edward, RN	21	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Freeman, George, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		French, Reginald Charles, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Frid, Charles Percy, RN	29	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Frost, Albert Edward, RN	24	Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Frost, William Harry, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Garwood, Trevor Henry, RN	31	Lieutenant Commander	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Gibson, William Huntley, RN	24	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Ginger, Victor John, RNVR	24	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Goodacre, William Bertie, RN	29	Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Greenwood, John, RN	21	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Griffiths, Leslie Hingston, RN	39	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hall, George William, RN	30	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hamilton, Robert, RN	29	Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Harkness, Alexander Murray, RN	23	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Harpham, John Franklin, RN	25	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Harris, James Stanley, RN	20	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hartnett, William, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hayes, Francis Mason, RNVR		Surgeon Lieutenant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hearnden, Reginald Douglas, RN	30	Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hensher, Harold Charles, RN	46	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Higgins, Walter, RN	20	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hinton, Robert William Herbert, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hodges, Frank Richard, RN	26	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Holness, Herbert George, RN	42	Chief Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Holt, Gerard, RN	20	Leading Cook (S)	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Hook, Gordon George, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Horley, William James, RN	19	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Jarvis, Walter William, RN	28	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Jones, Brian Rosling, RNR	21	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Jones, Frank Arnold, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Kaye, Henry Frederick Whitfield, Merchant Navy	25	Shipwrecked	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Keiller, Leonard George, RN	26	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Keith, John, RN	33	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Kelloway, Pearce Burry, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Kenney, Geoffrey Frank, RN	20	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Law, Reginald Thomas Felton, RN	48	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Lawrence, Jack Frederick Ivor, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Lock, George Thomas, RN	18	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Locke, John Henry William, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Mavir, James Tracey, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Mayers, Chilion, Merchant Navy	44	Shipwrecked	New York, HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		McClure, David, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		McCormick, John, RN	38	Electrical Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		McDonald, Thomas, RN	23	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		McLeod, George Farquhar, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Needham, John Desmond, RN	28	Lieutenant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Newton, George Henry, RNR		Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Nowell, Bernard Cecil, RN	30	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Osborne, Ernest James, RN	27	Leading Cook (O)	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Osborne, Ralph Robert, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Parkinson, George William, RNR	28	Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Parnham, Herbert, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Perry, Jack, RN	22	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Probert, Edward Alfred, RN	28	Leading Supply Assistant	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Randall, Albert Victor, RN	32	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Reed, Robert Bernard Clement, RNVR	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Reeves, Arthur Robert, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Reeves, James Donald, RN	21	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Reid, Harold William, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Richardson, William John, RN	27	Petty Officer Telegraphist	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Rimmer, Herbert, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Robertson, Horace Charles Embeson, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Rogers, David Edward, RN	27	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Rogers, Robert Henry, RN	34	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Saddington, Samuel, RN	37	Chief Engine Room Artificer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Sanderson, Robert Wilson, RN	27	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Schofield, Frederick, RN	25	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Shaw, Cecil Mourvelin Harvey, RN	32	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Sheldon, Robert John, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Sloggett, Ernest Herbert, RNVR	28	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Smith, Charles Edward, RN	33	Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Smith, Fred, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Smith, Geoffrey Charters, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Smith, John Preston Thomson, RN		Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Steele, Harry, RN	20	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Steventon, John Ashley, RN	21	Ordnance Artificer 4th Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Stubbs, Leonard, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Sutton, George, RN	38	Chief Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Swales, John Errington, RN	23	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Tarlton, Frank Mintoft, RN		Leading Coder	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Tharratt, George Edwin Owen, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Thompson, Alfred Alexander, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Tingle, Francis, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Todd, Joseph, RN	26	Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Vincent, William Alfred, RN	30	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Vincon, George, RN	26	Petty Officer	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Wade, Frank Hildred, RN		Signalman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Waite, John George, RN	22	Leading Stoker	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Ward, John, RN	24	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Warman, Leslie Edward, RN	37	Petty Officer Steward	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Warner, George Herbert, RN	20	Signalman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		West, Harold Leslie, RN	22	Canteen Manager	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Wheeler, John Alfred William, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Whiley, Charles Edward, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		White, Frederick Robert Victor, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Whittaker, John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Williams, Sydney J., RN		Leading Signalman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Wiltshire, Bert, RN	29	Yeoman of Signals	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Wood, John Barclay, RN	32	Steward	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Woodman, Reginald Herbert, RFR	34	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Wright, Harold, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Veteran (D 72) +
		Young, Robert Smith Cook, Merchant Navy	42	Shipwrecked	Boston, HMS Veteran (D 72) +

163 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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