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HMS Firedrake (H 79)

British destroyer



Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-10040

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
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Aboard HMS Firedrake (H 79) when hit on 17 Dec 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAdams, Arthur William, RNR35Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishAdderley, Edward Robert, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishAlexander, J.K., RNTelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishAndrews, George Dennis, RN20Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishArmstrong, James, RN28Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishArmstrong, Peter George, RN33Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishArmstrong, William, RN22Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishArthur, Michael, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBaker, Alexander William, RN23TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBaker, Frederick Joshua, RN36Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBarber, James, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBaxter, James, RN26Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBenson, Ernest, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBingham, J., RNPetty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishBluemel, Albert Sydney, RNOrdinary TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBoakes, William Henry, RN20Ordinary SignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBone, George William, RN21Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBrady, Peter Joseph, RN29Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBrodie, Thomas James, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBrown, Bernard Douglas, RN22Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBrown, Ernest Edward, RN35Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBrowne, Leonard, RN22Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBruce, John George, RNLeading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBuchanan, George, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishBunce, Robert, RFR36Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCairns, Howard, RN21Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCameron, John, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCampbell, Thomas Jones, RN22Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCarey, Francis Henry, RN41Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCarnill, Ronald, RN22TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCarr, David William, RN21Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCarside, J.R., RNLeading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishCash, Thomas, RN32Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishChalkley, George Edgar, RN31Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishChalmers, D., RNCook (O)HMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishChristison, David Black, RNLeading StewardHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishClark, George Thompson Charles, RN23Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishClark, Ronald James, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishClarke, Blandford Frederick, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishClarke, Thomas Henry, RNEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCollins, Stanley Desmond, RNLeading TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishConn, R.B., RNVRSub-LieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishCoombes, D.J.L., RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishCoombs, Herbert George, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCowen, A., RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishCrust, Richard, RN29Sick Berth AttendantHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishCuckoo, George Edward, RNPetty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDampier, D.J., RNLieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishDavey, Peter William, RN24Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDavidson, Frederick Ronald, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDavies, Alfred John, RN27Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDavis, Thomas Henry, RN21Ordinary SignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDavy, Walter Alfred, RN28Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDeadman, Harold Alfred, RN30Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDeath, F.S., RNPetty Officer StewardHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishDenny, William Francis, RN24Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDexter, George Ernest, RN24Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishDunkley, Aubrey, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishEccles, John, RN31Petty Officer CookHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishEdgar, Robert, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishEdwards, Frederick Charles, RN41Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishEdwards, Norman, RN21Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishEdwards, Robert John Sidney, RN21Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishFallwell, J.A., RNGunner (T)HMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishFarren, Douglass, RN21Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishFearon, Ronald Armfield, RN25Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishForster, Albert Henry, RN22Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
CanadianGagnon, Omer Jean, RCNVR23LieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGandy, Douglas, RNVRAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGarner, Frederick Patrick, RN24Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGiles, Leslie Henry, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGilmour, Alexander, RN22Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGrace, Arthur Thomas, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishGrant, Edward John Linden, RN45Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHall, Ernest John Kenneth, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHall, William Thomas, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHampton, Reginald B., RNVRAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHania, Martin Thomas, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHarvey, B.S., RNLieutenant (E)HMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishHarwood, Llewellyn, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHayes, Patrick, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHodgson, Arthur, RN23SignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHolder, Richard Arthur, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHornby, Carl Lyn, RN21Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHorwood, H.A., RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishHougham, F.S., RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishHoward, Owen Stanley, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHudson, Norman James, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHumphries, Stanley Albert, RN26Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishHunter, J., RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishHursey, James William, RN33Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishIreland, Charles Edmund, RN27Petty Officer Cook (O)HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJackson, Joseph Leonard Waite, RNYeoman of SignalsHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJames, Leslie Geoffrey, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJohnson, Ernest John, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJohnston, Albert Edward, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJohnstone, Daniel Murray, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishJordan, Walter Ronald, RN22Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishKay, William, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishKeenan, W., RNLeading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishKemp, Stephen Frank, RN39Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishKingsford, A., RNPetty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishLatto, Robert Rosie, RNVR24Surgeon LieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLawrence, Henry William George, RN23Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLegare, A.A., RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishLegg, Reginald William, RN35Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLiberty, Richard William, RN34Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLloyd, Kenneth Victor, RN36Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
CanadianLogue, William Steele, RCNVR18Passenger (Stoker 1st Class)HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLough, Arthur Frederick, RNR32Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLowe, Robert Henry George, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishLown, D.R., RNTorpedo Gunners MateHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishMacLeod, Malcolm Mackenzie, RNR27SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMaher, Charles Joseph, RN23Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMain, Gordon Bernard, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMallett, George Edwin, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMcCusker, Sydney Charles, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMcLeod, Donald Frederick, RN26Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMiller, Thomas John, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMorris, Reginald Francis, RN41Chief StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishMurgatroyd, Leslie, RNR24Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNeilson, Robert Marshall, RN21Ordinary SignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNewton, William, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNichols, John William, RN40Leading TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNoall, David Brodrick, RN20Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNoble, Thomas George, RN25Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishNye, Reginald, RN26Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishO'Grady, John Joseph, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishO'Loughlin, Louis James, RN29Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishO'Sullivan, John, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishOdell, Stanley Edward, RN37Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishOdell, William John, RN29Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishOvington, Douglas, RN19Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishParfitt, James Lewis, RN24Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishParsonage, Thomas Henry Kenneth, RN31Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPascall, Keith Malcolm, RN19Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPearson, Leslie, RN23Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPerrons, Arthur Wells, RN32Ordinary CoderHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPetty, Herbert Norman, RN27Leading Radio MechanicHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPickersgill, Robert, RN27Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPike, Harold Collins, RN40Electrical Artificer 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPlace, Arthur Victor, RN24Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPolson, Alasdair Lespie Hamilton, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPope, Frederick Lionel, RFR41Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPorter, Jack Basil Cutler, RN31Passenger (Lieutenant)HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishPotter, Herbert Henry, RN23Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishReid, Barty Reddie, RN20Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishReid, Denis, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRoberts, David Lloyd, RNLeading Supply AssistantHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRobinson, James William, RN27Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRobinson, Leonard Arthur, RN22TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRooney, Charles, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRouse, James, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishRussell, Archie, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSargent, John Albert, RN26Petty OfficerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishScott, Charles, RN27Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSeddon, G.L.W., RFRAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishSharpe, David, RN46Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSharpe, Stanley, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSimpson, George William, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSlack, Ronald, RN22Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSmith, Charles Montague, RN36Stoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSmith, Edmund Herbert, RN29Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSmith, Robert Bruce, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSnelling, Arthur, RNAble SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSpeak, C.R., RNVRLieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishSpillett, Herbert Henry, RN36Petty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSpiro, Henry William, RN30Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishStarrs, J., RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishStevenson, R.T., RNVRSub-LieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishStockbridge, Edward John, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSullivan, Daniel Joseph, RN33Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSupple, Sidney, RN23Cook (S)HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishSym, Alfred Zeebrugge, RN24Petty Officer SupplyHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishThomson, Peter Arthur, RN23CoderHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishThorpe, Colin Deryk, RNR20Sub-LieutenantHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTilden, Eric Henry, RN37CommanderHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTitchener, Harold Frederick, RN23Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTotterdell, Gerald Norman, RN23Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTotterdell, Ronald Gordon, RN21Leading TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTownsend, Alfred William Henry, RN21SignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishTrennery, John Halcrow, RN34Canteen ManagerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishVint, Robert, RNVRSignalmanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWalker, Duncan Heselton, RN22Leading StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWalker, G., RNStewardHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishWallbank, Jack, RNEngine Room Artificer 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWare, Charles Frederick James, RN38Chief Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWest, Frederick David, RN40Ordnance Artificer 1st ClassHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWhale, F.J., RNStewardHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishWhite, Alan Frederick, RN19Able SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWhite, James William, RN33Lieutenant CommanderHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWilmshurt, C.H., RNPetty Officer StokerHMS Firedrake (H 79)
BritishWilson, Joseph William Kenneth, RN21CoderHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWindsor, Walter Henry, RN22Ordinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWorsley, William, RN35Leading SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79) +
BritishWright, G.S., RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Firedrake (H 79)

196 persons found.

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