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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.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Firedrake (H 79).

Aboard HMS Firedrake (H 79) when hit on 17 Dec 1942

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

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Adams, Arthur William, RNR	35	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Adderley, Edward Robert, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Alexander, J.K., RN		Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Andrews, George Dennis, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Armstrong, James, RN	28	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Armstrong, Peter George, RN	33	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Armstrong, William, RN	22	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Arthur, Michael, RN	22	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Baker, Alexander William, RN	23	Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Baker, Frederick Joshua, RN	36	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Barber, James, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Baxter, James, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Benson, Ernest, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Bingham, J., RN		Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Bluemel, Albert Sydney, RN		Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Boakes, William Henry, RN	20	Ordinary Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Bone, George William, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Brady, Peter Joseph, RN	29	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Brodie, Thomas James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Brown, Bernard Douglas, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Brown, Ernest Edward, RN	35	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Browne, Leonard, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Bruce, John George, RN		Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Buchanan, George, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Bunce, Robert, RFR	36	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Cairns, Howard, RN	21	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Cameron, John, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Campbell, Thomas Jones, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Carey, Francis Henry, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Carnill, Ronald, RN	22	Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Carr, David William, RN	21	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Carside, J.R., RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Cash, Thomas, RN	32	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Chalkley, George Edgar, RN	31	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Chalmers, D., RN		Cook (O)	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Christison, David Black, RN		Leading Steward	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Clark, George Thompson Charles, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Clark, Ronald James, RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Clarke, Blandford Frederick, RN	22	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Clarke, Thomas Henry, RN		Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Collins, Stanley Desmond, RN		Leading Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Conn, R.B., RNVR		Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Coombes, D.J.L., RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Coombs, Herbert George, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Cowen, A., RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Crust, Richard, RN	29	Sick Berth Attendant	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Cuckoo, George Edward, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Dampier, D.J., RN		Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Davey, Peter William, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Davidson, Frederick Ronald, RN	18	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Davies, Alfred John, RN	27	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Davis, Thomas Henry, RN	21	Ordinary Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Davy, Walter Alfred, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Deadman, Harold Alfred, RN	30	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Death, F.S., RN		Petty Officer Steward	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Denny, William Francis, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Dexter, George Ernest, RN	24	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Dunkley, Aubrey, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Eccles, John, RN	31	Petty Officer Cook	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Edgar, Robert, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Edwards, Frederick Charles, RN	41	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Edwards, Norman, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Edwards, Robert John Sidney, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Fallwell, J.A., RN		Gunner (T)	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Farren, Douglass, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Fearon, Ronald Armfield, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Forster, Albert Henry, RN	22	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Gagnon, Omer Jean, RCNVR	23	Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Gandy, Douglas, RNVR		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Garner, Frederick Patrick, RN	24	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Giles, Leslie Henry, RN	19	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Gilmour, Alexander, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Grace, Arthur Thomas, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Grant, Edward John Linden, RN	45	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hall, Ernest John Kenneth, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hall, William Thomas, RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hampton, Reginald B., RNVR		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hania, Martin Thomas, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Harvey, B.S., RN		Lieutenant (E)	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Harwood, Llewellyn, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hayes, Patrick, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hodgson, Arthur, RN	23	Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Holder, Richard Arthur, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hornby, Carl Lyn, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Horwood, H.A., RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Hougham, F.S., RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Howard, Owen Stanley, RN	26	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hudson, Norman James, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Humphries, Stanley Albert, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Hunter, J., RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Hursey, James William, RN	33	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Ireland, Charles Edmund, RN	27	Petty Officer Cook (O)	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Jackson, Joseph Leonard Waite, RN		Yeoman of Signals	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		James, Leslie Geoffrey, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Johnson, Ernest John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Johnston, Albert Edward, RN	21	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Johnstone, Daniel Murray, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Jordan, Walter Ronald, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Kay, William, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Keenan, W., RN		Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Kemp, Stephen Frank, RN	39	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Kingsford, A., RN		Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Latto, Robert Rosie, RNVR	24	Surgeon Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Lawrence, Henry William George, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Legare, A.A., RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Legg, Reginald William, RN	35	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Liberty, Richard William, RN	34	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Lloyd, Kenneth Victor, RN	36	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Logue, William Steele, RCNVR	18	Passenger (Stoker 1st Class)	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Lough, Arthur Frederick, RNR	32	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Lowe, Robert Henry George, RN	26	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Lown, D.R., RN		Torpedo Gunners Mate	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		MacLeod, Malcolm Mackenzie, RNR	27	Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Maher, Charles Joseph, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Main, Gordon Bernard, RN	19	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Mallett, George Edwin, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		McCusker, Sydney Charles, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		McLeod, Donald Frederick, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Miller, Thomas John, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Morris, Reginald Francis, RN	41	Chief Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Murgatroyd, Leslie, RNR	24	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Neilson, Robert Marshall, RN	21	Ordinary Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Newton, William, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Nichols, John William, RN	40	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Noall, David Brodrick, RN	20	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Noble, Thomas George, RN	25	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Nye, Reginald, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		O'Grady, John Joseph, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		O'Loughlin, Louis James, RN	29	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		O'Sullivan, John, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Odell, Stanley Edward, RN	37	Chief Engine Room Artificer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Odell, William John, RN	29	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Ovington, Douglas, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Parfitt, James Lewis, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Parsonage, Thomas Henry Kenneth, RN	31	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Pascall, Keith Malcolm, RN	19	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Pearson, Leslie, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Perrons, Arthur Wells, RN	32	Ordinary Coder	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Petty, Herbert Norman, RN	27	Leading Radio Mechanic	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Pickersgill, Robert, RN	27	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Pike, Harold Collins, RN	40	Electrical Artificer 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Place, Arthur Victor, RN	24	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Polson, Alasdair Lespie Hamilton, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Pope, Frederick Lionel, RFR	41	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Porter, Jack Basil Cutler, RN	31	Passenger (Lieutenant)	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Potter, Herbert Henry, RN	23	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Reid, Barty Reddie, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Reid, Denis, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Roberts, David Lloyd, RN		Leading Supply Assistant	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Robinson, James William, RN	27	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Robinson, Leonard Arthur, RN	22	Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Rooney, Charles, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Rouse, James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Russell, Archie, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Sargent, John Albert, RN	26	Petty Officer	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Scott, Charles, RN	27	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Seddon, G.L.W., RFR		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Sharpe, David, RN	46	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Sharpe, Stanley, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Simpson, George William, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Slack, Ronald, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Smith, Charles Montague, RN	36	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Smith, Edmund Herbert, RN	29	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Smith, Robert Bruce, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Snelling, Arthur, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Speak, C.R., RNVR		Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Spillett, Herbert Henry, RN	36	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Spiro, Henry William, RN	30	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Starrs, J., RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Stevenson, R.T., RNVR		Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Stockbridge, Edward John, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Sullivan, Daniel Joseph, RN	33	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Supple, Sidney, RN	23	Cook (S)	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Sym, Alfred Zeebrugge, RN	24	Petty Officer Supply	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Thomson, Peter Arthur, RN	23	Coder	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Thorpe, Colin Deryk, RNR	20	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Tilden, Eric Henry, RN	37	Commander	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Titchener, Harold Frederick, RN	23	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Totterdell, Gerald Norman, RN	23	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Totterdell, Ronald Gordon, RN	21	Leading Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Townsend, Alfred William Henry, RN	21	Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Trennery, John Halcrow, RN	34	Canteen Manager	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Vint, Robert, RNVR		Signalman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Walker, Duncan Heselton, RN	22	Leading Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Walker, G., RN		Steward	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Wallbank, Jack, RN		Engine Room Artificer 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Ware, Charles Frederick James, RN	38	Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		West, Frederick David, RN	40	Ordnance Artificer 1st Class	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Whale, F.J., RN		Steward	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		White, Alan Frederick, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		White, James William, RN	33	Lieutenant Commander	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Wilmshurt, C.H., RN		Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Firedrake (H 79)
		Wilson, Joseph William Kenneth, RN	21	Coder	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Windsor, Walter Henry, RN	22	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Worsley, William, RN	35	Leading Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79) +
		Wright, G.S., RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Firedrake (H 79)

196 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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