Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

HMS Asphodel (K 56)

British corvette



Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-1109

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British corvette HMS Asphodel (K 56).

Aboard HMS Asphodel (K 56) when hit on 10 Mar 1944

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAllison, Claude Robert James, RN24SignalmanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishAlsop, Thomas Richard, RN27Leading StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishAshmore, Leslie Herbert, RN20Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishAtkinson, Charles Edward, RN24Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBarber, Sidney William, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBarringer, George Ronald, RN22Ordinary SignalmanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBatten, Douglas Francis, RN23CoderHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBell, John Russell Stewart, RNVR20Sub-LieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBinsted, Peter B., RN23LieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56)
BritishBirch, Charles Duncan, RN36Petty OfficerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBlack, Andrew, RN27Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBlackwell, Percy Leonard, RNEngine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBorthwick, Alexander Heaford, RN23Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBoyd, Joseph John, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBradley, David, RN22Stoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishBrookes, Leslie Thomas, RN24Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
New ZealandBruorton, Henry Francis Wynn, RNZNVR31LieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishCannings, Arthur Herbert, RNLeading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishChanin, Ronald Sidney, RN24Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishChapman, Geoffrey Robert, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishCleburne, Michael Richard Royston T., RNVRLieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishCoe, Kenneth Benjamin, RN21Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishCowan, James Duncan, RN32Sick Berth AttendantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishCrummey, Edwin Wilson, RN25Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDaly, Brian Leslie, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDavie, Frederick George, RN25Petty Officer StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDenness, Basil William Kennett, RM24MusicianHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDickson, Malcolm McIntyre, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDonovan, Frederick James, RN22TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishDownes, Joseph Albert, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishEdwards, Douglas Humphrey, RN17Boy TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishElder, Arthur Henry, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishElliott, Henry George, RN42Chief MechanicianHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishFeatherstone, Patrick Francis, RN31Petty Officer StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
IrishFlynn, Edward, RN26Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishFoggin, John, RN36CoderHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishFrankland, Alfred Benjamin, RN29Leading StewardHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishGreen, William, RNVRLeading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
New ZealandHalliday, Michael Albert, RNZNR30LieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHawkey, Norman William, RN33SignalmanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHead, Leonard Edwin James, RN26Leading StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHeggie, Hugh Waugh, RN23Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHibberd, Charles William George, RN24Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHolgate, Deryk, RN21Petty Officer Radio MechanicHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHolmes, Arthur, RN30Leading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHoward, Kenneth James, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHudson, Frank Holmes, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishHunter, Alan, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishIveson, James, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishJoseph, George, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishKent, Harold William, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishKenward, Bertie, RN44Leading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishKing, Walter Thomas, RNTelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishLeary, William, RN24Leading Cook (S)HMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishLeppard, Frank Gordon, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishLilley, Jack, RN29Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMacLeod, George, RN26Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMalone, John, RN27StewardHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMalone, Michael, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMashford, William Robert, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMole, Arnold James, RN20Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMurphy, James Joseph, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishMurray, Thomas Francis, RNLeading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishNicholson, Sidney Horace, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishOllerton, John, RN33Ordnance Mechanic 5th ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishOwens, Francis William, RN24Cook (O)HMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPayne, Arthur William, RNAble SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPerry, James, RN41Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPerry, Sidney, RN25Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPollock, Francis William, RN29Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPoole, Francis Kevin, RN20SignalmanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPorter, William Thomas, RN20Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPowell, Ronald Arthur, RN23Leading Supply AssistantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishPowls, Cyril, RN27Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishQuinlan, Daniel, RN25Leading TelegraphistHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishQuinn, John Patrick, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishRaw, Kenneth, RN33Leading CoderHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishReader, Leonard Ernest, RN19Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishRiches, Peter William, RN19StewardHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishShallis, Victor Albert Leslie, RNVRLeading SignalmanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishShort, John, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishSlack, Thomas, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishSmith, Frank Leonard, RN20Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishStapleton, Kitchener, RN26Leading StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishStrayton, Gerald Hastings, RN21Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishTonkin, Louis John, RN20Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishTunnicliffe, Ronald, RN21Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishWalter, Jack Vernon, RNR36Chief Petty OfficerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishWhetstone, William, RN44Petty Officer StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishWhitehead, Arthur, RN21Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishWillett, Anthony Peter, RNVR22Sub-LieutenantHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishWood, George Henry, RN23Able SeamanHMS Asphodel (K 56) +
BritishYoung, James, RNPetty Officer StokerHMS Asphodel (K 56) +

93 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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