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HMS Scorpion
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Sunk 13th February 1942
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With Japan entering the war, the HMS Scorpion along with two other gunboats, the ‘Grasshopper’ and ‘Dragonfly’, sailed from Hong Kong to Singapore.
The Dragonfly and Scorpion helped rescue a brigade of 2000 men cut off at Batu Pahat.
1942/02/10 - The HMS Scorpion left Singapore for Batavia, commandered by Lieutenant Commander G.C. Ashworth, R.N.V.R.
Damaged by an attack by Japanese Japanese aircraft, the gunboat’s speed had been restricted.
1942/02/13 - After covering about 70 mile to the South of Singapore, off Berhala Island in the Banka Straights, she was attacked and sunk by a Japanese destroyer at 1845 hours in position 01.25'S, 105.00'E.
The Japanese ships which attacked the Scorpion were the Japanese light cruiser ‘Yura’ and the Japanese destroyers ‘Fubuki’ and ‘Asagiri’ after being damaged by Japanese aircraft five days previously. The Scorpion sank enveloped in flame, with not much time to get survival gear into the water. There were believed to be 20 survivors, although reports state 8 were picked up by the Japanese and 6 were picked up by the ‘Mata Hari’, making it a total of 14 survivors.
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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
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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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Abdul Rahman Bin Yaqub,
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MN 713
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Able Seaman
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Abdullah Aziz Bin Sulaiman,
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MN 527
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Leading Signalman
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Abu Bakar Bin Hasan,
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MN 58
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Leading Seaman
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Addison, John Clifford
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D/JX 272103
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Ordinary Coder
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Ahmad Bin Haji Talib,
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MN 734
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Able Seaman
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Anderson, James Melrose Small
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D/JX 365015
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Able Seaman
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Arshad Bin Zainal,
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MN.322
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Leading Telegraphist
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Beech, Charles Alfred
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P/JX 140157
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Yeoman of Signals
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Bratt, Harold Wilfred
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D/KX 105124
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Stoker 1st Class
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Brewer, Eric William
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P/JX 141115
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Petty Officer
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Brown, Hugh
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C/MX72244
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Brown, John
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C/JX 262302
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Ordinary Seaman
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Brown, John Wilson
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D/KX 134340
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Browne, Anthony Mervyn
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C/LD/X 5288
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Able Seaman
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Clarke, Stanley James
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D/JX 151544
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Leading Signalman
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Convery, James
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D/JX 191160
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Able Seaman
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Cottingham, Joseph Tranfield
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D/JX 179369
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Able Seaman
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Cumming, Henry James
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D/JX 191162
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Ordinary Seaman
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Cumming, Robert Dunlop
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D/JX 191163
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Able Seaman
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Cuthbertson, George
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D/JX 419299
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Ordinary Seaman
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Dean, William Henry
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P/SSX 19728
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Able Seaman
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Din Bin Hasan,
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357
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Able Seaman
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Din Bin Yassim,
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MN/398
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Ordinary Seaman
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Dowdy, Harry Ernest
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P/KX 79567
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Leading Stoker
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Eglinton, Percy William James
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C/JX 199374
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Signalman
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Everett, Edward Stanley
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P/KX 79341
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Farr, Alan James
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2041
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Stoker 1st Class
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Faulkner, Joseph William
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P/JX 165144
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Able Seaman
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Francis, Edward Albert Charles
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C/JX 192198
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Signalman
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Goodyear, Charles William
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P/J 109481
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Chief Petty Officer
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Gosden, Alan
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P/MX53953
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Graham, Cyril
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P/KX 77375
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Petty Officer Stoker
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Hemmings, Edward Cyril
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D/SSX 19581
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Able Seaman
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Henderson, David Charles
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D/KX 110366
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Stoker 1st Class
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Hopkins, James
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D/JX 272201
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Ordinary Coder
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Hutler, John
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P/SSX18302
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Able Seaman
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Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Dom,
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MN.1194
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Able Seaman
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Ingram, Daniel Joseph William Henry
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20111
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Leading Signalman
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Jones, David Alun
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D/JX 566130
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Able Seaman
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Keep, Francis William
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C/J 35728
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Leading Signalman
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Lasseter, Sidney Arthur
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P/JX 133045
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Petty Officer
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Letch, Frederick Wallis
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P/JX 140999
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Leading Seaman
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Maidment, Leslie Arthur
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P/KX 84154
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Leading Stoker
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Marchant, Arthur James
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P/JX 151456
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Yeoman of Signals
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Marshall, Cyril
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P/SS 119115
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Stoker 1st Class
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Mat Zin Bin Ujang,
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MN.999
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Able Seaman
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Milton, John
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P/K 18349
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Leading Stoker
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Morgan, Harry Leslie
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P/KX 121724
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Morton, Douglas Haig Lawson
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P/SSX 18197
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Leading Seaman
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Mousley, Ronald Leopold
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C/MX 71402
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Muhammad Ali Bin Umar,
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MN. 407
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Bin Sayid,
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MN. 356
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Leading Signalman
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Muhammad Daud Bin Salim,
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MN. 736
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Husain Bin Penal,
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MN. 873
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Able Seaman
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Muhammad Noh Bin Gamu,
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MN. 672
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Signalman
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Muhammad Saleh Bin Ibrahim,
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MN. 1103
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Able Seaman
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Mutch, Gordon Henry
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P/K 66592
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Leading Stoker
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Othman Bin Haji Muhammad Nur,
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MN. 971
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Telegraphist
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Palmer, Robert Richard
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P/KX 98634
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Stoker 1st Class
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Prince, Robert
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P/KX 121786
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Stoker 2nd Class
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Richards, William Eric
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Sub-Lieutenant
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Rosli Bin Nonche,
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MN.529
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Able Seaman
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Rowe, Frederick Jim
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D/MX 48907
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Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
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Scrimshaw, Mervin Eros Parkin
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P/M 24909
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Chief Engine Room Artificer
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Selby, Ralph Searle
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P/JX 226733
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Signalman
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Smee, Herbert Pennett
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P/JX 218166
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Ordinary Signalman
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Steele, Simeon Cyril
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D/SSX 36098
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Ordinary Seaman
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Sulaiman Bin Pakeh,
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MN.1001
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Able Seaman
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Taj-Ud-Din Bin Ismail,
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MN.748
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Able Seaman
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Taylor, John
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D/J 88030
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Able Seaman
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Taylor, John William
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P/JX 193333
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Able Seaman
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Todd, Richard William
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D/MX 61756
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Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
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Turner, David
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C/KX 84578
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Leading Stoker
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Umar Bin Ahmad,
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MN.1129
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Signalman
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Walton, William Gordon
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P/JX 182197
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Ordinary Seaman
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White, George
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C/J 10374
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Yeoman of Signals
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Williams, Wilfred
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D/KX 108219
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Stoker 1st Class
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Wilson, Victor
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C/JX 250138
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Ordinary Signalman
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Thanks to Keith Andrews for finding information on file ADM 358/4222 it helped with five crew members I couldn’t find as PoWs.
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