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HMS Grasshopper
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Sunk 14th February 1942
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With Japan entering the war, the HMS Grasshopper along with two other gunboats, the ‘Scorpion’ and ‘Dragonfly’, sailed from Hong Kong to Singapore.
The crew had a pet dog called Judy, she fell into the Yangtse from the ‘Gnat’ and nearly drowned, survived the sinking of the HMS Grasshopper, torpedoed in SS Van Waerwijck, wounded by Japanese rifle fire in Sumatra and lacerated by an alligator. She survived the camps and was awarded the Dickin Medal - the animal VC.
1942/02/10 - The HMS Grasshopper left Singapore for Batavia.
1942/02/14 - Off Rusuk Buaga Island in the Banka Straights, she was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft at 0800 hours.
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The roll below is of the crew fatalities
As supplied from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Also good reference found in ‘Singapore’s Dunkirk’ by Geoffrey Brooke
Also ‘The Judy Story - The Dog With Six Lives’ by E. Varlry
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Please click below on a name to extend information
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Name
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Service/No
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Rank
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Bakaria Bin Haji Abdul Samat,
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MN.515
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Able Seaman
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Ball, Frederick Walter
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P/JX 127951
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Leading Seaman
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Best, Edwin
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P/LX 611519
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Steward
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Betteridge, Thomas
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C/JX262283
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Ordinary Seaman
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Bittles, Robert Mackie
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D/JX 170087
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Able Seaman
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Blakemore, Daniel
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C/K 37600
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Leading Stoker
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Boyne, David Forbes
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C/JX 262355
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Ordinary Seaman
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Brown, Thomas Barry
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C/SSX 28834
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Able Seaman
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Bryce, Alexander
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P/K.61486
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Stoker 1st Class
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Christopher, William
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P/KX 81363
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Copping, Norman
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P/KX86161
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Leading Stoker
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Deste, Frank Duncombe
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P/K 60218
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Dunford, Alfred Joseph
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P/K 62043
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Dunster, Arthur Frederick
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C/JX 201763
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Able Seaman
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Hopkins, Reginald Horace
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P/KX 78613
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Houghton, Jack
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P/JX 219794
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Able Seaman
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Ingram, Thomas William Robertson
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C/JX 156927
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Leading Seaman
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Ismail Bin Puteh,
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MN 127
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Yeoman of Signals
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Jamal-Ud-Din Bin Haji Abdullah,
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MN 1058
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Telegraphist
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Jantan Bin Mahmud,
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Able Seaman
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Jones, Alfred Victor
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D/MX. 68905
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Jones, Alun Wyn
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P/KX 116335
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Stoker 1st Class
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King, Stanley
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P/J 97030
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Able Seaman
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Lythgoe, John
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D/SSX 32464
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Ordinary Signalman
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MacCue, Rees Morgan
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C/KX 79483
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Macdonald, James
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D/JX 169451
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Able Seaman
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Marshall, Gordon Winston Hall
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D/JX 169960
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Able Seaman
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Monk, Donald John
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D/JX169959
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Darus Bin Umar,
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MN. 778
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Nur Din Bin Ismail,
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MN. 1077
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Able Seaman
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Neep, Adam William
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D/KX 109869
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Stoker 1st Class
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Nurden, Percy Eldon
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P/JX132763
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Petty Officer
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Preston, William G.
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P/UD/X 1509
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Able Seaman
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Rayfield, Alfred
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C/KX 121544
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Renowden, John
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D/JX 168931
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Able Seaman
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Rogers, Frederick
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P/KX 87726
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Leading Stoker
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Slater, Roland
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P/JX 162454
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Signalman
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Smith, William Edward
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P/KX 87116
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Sparrow, Joseph George
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D/JX 172435
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Able Seaman
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Stubbs, Norman
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P/MX 54062
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Wilson, John Stephen
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C/JX 163163
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Telegraphist
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Yusuf Bin Haji Sayid,
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MN/694
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Able Seaman
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