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HMS Daring (H 16)

British destroyer



HMS Daring (H 16) before the war

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Daring (H 16).

Aboard HMS Daring (H 16) when hit on 18 Feb 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAmor, Frederick Walter, RN37Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishArmstrong, George William, RN22Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishAshfield, Frederick Bertram, RN34Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBarry, David Joseph, RN35Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBeamin, Donald Percy, RN22Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBellis, Albert Edward, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBendon, Arthur Henry, RN36Chief Petty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBerry, Reginald John, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBevan, Anthony George, RNLeading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBlair, Duncan, RN27Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBoggeln, Frederick Albert, RN24Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishBrown, Leslie William, RN21Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishByng, Percy Norman, RN29Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCameron, James Herbert, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCameron, John Cargill, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCampbell, Peter Harvey Whyte, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCard, Frederick George, RN39Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCarroll, Kenneth, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishChampion, Alphonso Timothy George, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCharles, Geoffrey Howard, RNR24Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishClark, Albert John, RNLeading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCleaver, John Stanley, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishClifford, Henry Norman, RN26Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCole, Charles, RN31Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishColeman, John Lionel, RNVR20MidshipmanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCooke, Arthur, RNStewardHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCooper, Sydney Alan, RN38CommanderHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCopperthwaite, Ernest Alfred, RN32Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCouling, William, RN39Electrical Artificer 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCox, Reginald Harvey, RN34Chief Petty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishCoxon, John, RN36Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishDean, Leonard James, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishDriver, John Alfred, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishDrury, Francis William, RN31Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishDunbar, John Patrick, RNLeading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEastman, Thomas Richard, RN35Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEaston, William Harold, RNGunner (T)HMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishElkins, Herbert John, RN31Leading StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEnglish, William, RN22Cook (S)HMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEuerby, Oliver James, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEvans, Albert John Leslie, RN26Leading StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishEvans, Samuel John, RN31SignalmanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFear, Charles Edward Goddard, RN32Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFinlay, Daniel Ernest, RN34Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFitton, Robert, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFood, Edwin William, RN29Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFox, John Thomas, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishFoxon, Albert Sydney, NAAFI26Canteen ManagerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGaffney, Albert, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGale, George Edward Francis, RN39Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGardner, Joseph William, RN34Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGarford, Ronald Charles, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGissing, John, RN46Petty Officer CookHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishGordon, Peter Charles, RNVR30LieutenantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHaggerston, Victor Henry, RN21Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHarper, George William, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHarris, Albert, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHarris, Clifford Edmund, RFR35Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHarrocks, Samuel, RN23Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHatfield, Albert Edward, RN40Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHawkins, George John, RN40Leading StewardHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHealey, Arthur, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHickmott, Arthur Andrew, RN25Leading Supply AssistantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHill, Ronald Frederick, RN24Petty Officer SupplyHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHolman, Ernest Oakes, RN39Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHolman, John George, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHowat, John Murry Ballard, RN29Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHulmes, Frederick, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishHurding, Joseph Eric, NAAFI33Canteen ManagerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishJenkins, Frederick William Sidney, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishJestico, Alfred William, RN30Petty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishJohncock, Ernest George, RN28Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishJones, Thomas Richard, RN39Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishJukes, William George, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishKearney, Gerald John, RN28Surgeon LieutenantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishKeith, John, RN24Leading StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishKennard, William George, RN21SignalmanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishKing, John Charles, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishLamont, Athol Davaar, RN21Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishLee, Albert Henry, RN27Yeoman of SignalsHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishLittle, Leslie George William, RNLeading Cook (O)HMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishLoader, Charles Henry, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMcGhee, James Craig Brown, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMiller, Edward Charles, RN31Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMoon, William, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMoore, Frank Cyril, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMorris, James, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMottram, Thomas De Riemer, RN48Ordnance Artificer 2nd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMurray, Leonard Andrew, RN28Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishMurrison, Alfred, RN39Chief Petty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishNorris, William, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishOverend, William, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPage, Albert Ernest, RN41Leading StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPalmer, Fred Meek, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishParsons, Maurice, RNPetty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPenkethman, Thomas, RN24Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPipes, Henry, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPonter, Norman John Charles, RN29Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPotts, George Herbert, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPotts, Leslie Gordon Maynard, RN23Sub-LieutenantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPullan, Harold, RN39Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPumfrey, Alan Victor, RNR19MidshipmanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishPurves, Reuben Stanley, RN45Petty Officer StewardHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRafter, Sydney Edward, RN19Assistant StewardHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRainey, Thomas Howard, RN28Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRainey, Walter Gerard, RNTelegraphistHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRamsden, William Thomas, RN21Sick Berth AttendantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRiley, Arthur Hanson, RN28Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRoberts, Patrick Leonard, RN28LieutenantHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRobinson, Sydney, RN20Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishRogers, L.A., RNLieutenantHMS Daring (H 16)
BritishRuston, William Stanley Philip, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSanderson, George, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSearle, Ernest Arthur, RN23Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishShaxby, William John Kingsford, RNR30Lieutenant (E)HMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSkipp, Percy Leonard, RN37Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSlade, Maurice George, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSlater, Edward Holroyd, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSmith, Ernest Somerville, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSmith, Frederick Richard Basil, RN38Petty Officer StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSmith, Thomas George, RN31Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSmith, Thomas Harold, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSteele, Thomas, RN27Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishStennings, Reginald Edward, RN37Chief StokerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishStill, Frederick Joseph, RFR32Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishStokes, William George, RN33Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishStraughan, Edward, RN28Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishSturgess, Basil George, RN21Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTabersham, Frederick George Albert, RN19Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTanner, Denis Victor, RNSignalmanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTate, Milton, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTaylor, George Metcalfe, RN17TelegraphistHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTaylor, Sidney Joseph Frank, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishThatcher, Henry Frederick, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTingey, Thomas Alfred, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTompkins, Gordon Robert Ivor, RNLeading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTrott, Douglas George, RN21Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTune, Arthur Charles, RN31Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishTurpitt, Charles Edward, RN32Leading TelegraphistHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishVincent, Walter Scott Telford, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWalsh, Francis, RNR21Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWalter, Frederick Donald, RNROrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWalton, Sidney Raymond, RN18TelegraphistHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWard, Philip Leonard, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWatson, Walter William, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWebster, Charles Henry, RNPetty OfficerHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWells, Albert Edgar, RNR20Ordinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWhite, Charles, RN29Leading SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWhitehead, Robert John Frederick, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWhitelock, Edward George, RN22Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWillcox, Alfred Lionel, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16)
BritishWillis, George Herbert, RFR31Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWillmott, Cyril Arthur, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWilson, James Meldrum, RNEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWilson, Norman Ernest, RNElectrical Artificer 4th ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWoodnut, William Edward, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Daring (H 16)
BritishWoolston, Stanley Robert, RN34Able SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWormald, David, RFR43Stoker 1st ClassHMS Daring (H 16) +
BritishWright, Thomas William, RNAble SeamanHMS Daring (H 16) +

159 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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