Ships hit by U-boats

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HMS Polyanthus (K 47)

British corvette




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British corvette HMS Polyanthus (K 47).

Aboard HMS Polyanthus (K 47) when hit on 21 Sep 1943

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAitken, John Gordon, RNR39LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishAntrobus, William, RN22SignalmanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishAsh, William Robert, RN22Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishAtkins, Philip John, RNVRSub-LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBarlow, Vincent, RN19Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBarnes, Henry George, RN22Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBarton, Bernard, RN26Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBlandford, Darius Cluny, RNLeading SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBowles, Benjamin, RNPetty OfficerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBradshaw, Harry, RNR27LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBraithwaite, Dennis William, RNLeading TelegraphistHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBrogan, Bernard, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBryant, William Leonard, RN23Stoker 1st ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishBurrell, John George, RN30Stoker 1st ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishCallaghan, Raymond, RN20Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
FrenchCaule, Jean Louis, RN26Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishClarke, Sidney, RN35Petty OfficerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishCouling, Roy Herbert Frederick, RN26Leading StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishCowle, Ronald, RN19Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishCrabtree, Frederick, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishCroose, Gerald, RN21Petty Officer Radio MechanicHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishDavey, Albert Henry, RN22Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishDews, John Ferdinand, RN34Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishDrake, John Harry, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishEast, Albert John, RN22Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishFaulkner, Frederick, RN33Ordnance Mechanic 4th ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishFraser, William David, RN31Leading SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishFriday, Reginald Henry, RN19Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishGallogley, John, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishGeorge, Victor Henry, RN32SignalmanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishGoulding, Edward Gladstone, RN24Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishGunton, Charles Alexander, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHardware, Leslie Gordon, RN22Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHarridge, John Richard, RNVR32LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHills, Bertram Sidney, RN22Leading Supply AssistantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHirst, Jack, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHockley, Leslie William, RN19Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHolland, George Alfred Hudson, RN24Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHolland, Kenneth James, RN23CoderHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHolmes, John Rayner, RNLeading StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishHughes, Leslie Thomas, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishJohnson, William Alfred, RN23Leading StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishJones, George, RN30Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishJones, William John, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishKent, David, RN38Petty Officer StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishLeach, Ernest, RN20Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishLee, David Sydney, RN22Leading TelegraphistHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishLobb, Graham Olaf, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishLunn, Gerald, RN22Leading Cook (S)HMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMassie, Alexander, RN32SignalmanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMcArdle, Joseph, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMcCall, William, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMcClymont, David, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMcDermid, James, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMorley, Alfred Cecil, RNLeading SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishMurray, William Shields, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishNeal, Edward, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishNorth, Albert, RN35CoderHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishNorton, Leslie, RFR35Stoker 1st ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishPearson, Francis Joseph, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishPenney, Alphaeus, RN26Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishPhillips, George Hewey, RN30Petty Officer StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishPonman, George Melbourne, RNVR31Sub-LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishPratt, Cedric Dennis, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishReid, Gordon Thomas, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishRyan, Henry, RN27Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishRyan, Richard, RN25Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishScattergood, William Frederick, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishShannon, John, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishSharp, Albert James, RN39CoderHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishShepard, Graham Howard, RNVRLieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishSmith, Bernard Frank, RN23Petty Officer Cook (O)HMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishSproat, Joseph, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishSutcliffe, Thomas Richard, RN33Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishTaylor, Jack, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishTidy, Percy, RN37Petty Officer StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishUpstone, Alfred Aubrey, RN20Sick Berth AttendantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishValler, Charles Edward, RNPetty Officer StokerHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWaddingham, Victor Jack, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWaite, Walter Clifford, RN25Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWard, Leonard George, RN27Able SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWatson, Henry James, RN25Leading StewardHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWhitehead, Harry, RNVR26LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWilton, Kenneth, RNSignalmanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishWooldridge, Vivian Arthur, RNAble SeamanHMS Polyanthus (K 47) +
BritishYoung, Frederick John, RNVR22Sub-LieutenantHMS Polyanthus (K 47), HMS Itchen (K 227) +

86 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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