Halcyon Class Minesweepers HMS Hussar - Crew
 
Home
Up
W F H Lind
R J Anthony
Family & Friends

 


This page contains all the names of crew members that have been found so far. If you can add to the information please contact me.

COMMANDING OFFICERS FROM TO
     
Lt.Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, RN 8 July 1939 ?
Capt J J Youngs    
Lt.Cdr. Alfred F. L. Evans, RN   July 1940
Lt.Cdr. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner, RN
DSC awarded on 16 August 1940		 July 1940 13 January 1942
Lt. Reginald Charles Biggs, DSO, DSC, RN
DSO awarded on 30 July 1942
Bar to DSC awarded on 7 December 1943		 13 January 1942 March 43
     
Lt.Cdr. John Robert Nash, MBE, RNR ? 27 August 1944

HMS Hussar admiralty regrets

 

T Davies & W Merrigan of HMS Hussar  
South Wales Evening Post Dated Wednesday October 4 1944
Source: Steve Moult & Leighton Davies

Crew Members who lost their lives while serving on HMS Hussar

LAST NAME

 FIRST NAMES RANK SERVICE NUMBER DATE OF DEATH AGE FAMILY DETAILS COMMEMORATION DETAILS

ANTHONY

  Raymond Joseph  Stoker 1st Class DSM  D/KX133001 27th August 1944 32

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 89, Column 3

BEECHING

  Norman Matthew  Lieutenant (E)  - 27th August 1944 40  Son of Capt. John William Beeching and Jane Isabella Beeching; husband of Catherine Alderdice Beeching of Woolton, Liverpool.  PLYMOUTH Panel 92, Column 2.

BUTCHER

  Roland  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 527071 27th August 1944 18 Son of Harry Butcher, and of Ada Butcher, of Highcliffe, Christchurch, Hampshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 3

CAWKER

  Robert Richard  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 524390 27th August 1944 - Son of Richard and Violet, Swansea in South Wales, Glamorgan.
Family Tree		 PLYMOUTH Panel 89, Column 3

CHALMERS

  William Wilson  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 559243 27th August 1944 -

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 87, Column 3

CLARKE

  James Frederick  Able Seaman  D/SSX 27247 27th August 1944 23  Son of Frederick and Elsie Clarke, of Manchester; nephew of Miss A Maguire, of Manchester PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 1

COATES

  Robert  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 607673 27th August 1944 37

 Son of Robert and Norah Coates; husband of Evelyn Coates, of Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire

 PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 3

CONEY

  William Harold  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 179080 27th August 1944 19  Son of Albert and Betsy Ann Coney, of Southport, Lancashire PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 3

CONWAY

  Cornelius  Stoker 2nd Class  D/KX 663962 27th August 1944 19

Son of Michael and Sarah Conway of Liverpool

 PLYMOUTH Panel 90, Column 2

COUNSELL

  Stanley Seward  Able Seaman  D/JX 421782 27th August 1944 18  Son of Seward Stanley Counsell and Alice M Counsell, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 1

CROSS

  Hedley  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 707881 27th August 1944 18  Son of Edward Cross, and of Olive A E Cross, of Withernsea, Yorkshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 1

COX

  Robert Arthur Neville  Lieutenant DSC - 27th August 1944 27  Son of Dr. Arthur Neville Cox M.D. and Winifred Alice Neville Cox of Brighton, Sussex. Awarded the King's Gold Medal, H.M.S. Worcester 1935. PLYMOUTHPanel 92, Column 2.

CULLETON

  William Charles  Ordinary Signalman  D/JX 612079 27th August 1944 19  Son of Elizabeth Culleton, of Liverpool PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 3

CUSHION

  Patrick  Steward  D/LX 576162 27th August 1944 18  Son of Patrick and Mary Ann Cushion, of Liverpool PLYMOUTH  Panel 91, Column 2

DARE

  Kenneth Stanley  Leading Supply Assistant  D/MX 64714 27th August 1944 27  Son of Robert John and Mabel Dare; husband of Doris Vera Dare, of Brucefield Dunfermline, Fife PLYMOUTH  Panel 91, Column 1

DAVIES

  Trevor James  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 107333 27th August 1944 27

Son of William & Matha Davies of 111 Neath Road, Hafod Swansea.
Married to Mrs H Davies of 33 Mysydd Terrace, Landore.
 

 Trevor James Davies HMS Hussar

 

PLYMOUTH Panel 89, Column 3

Photo: Steve Moult

DENHAM

  Douglas James  Steward  D/LX 24988 27th August 1944 27

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 91, Column 2

DIXON

  Arthur Edward  Stoker 2nd Class  D/KX 598449 27th August 1944 33

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 90, Column 2

DIXON

  Geoffrey Francis  Able Seaman  D/JX 419894 27th August 1944 19  Son of Harold and Renee Nancy Dixon, of Sheffield PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 1

DODWELL

  Thomas  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 649965 27th August 1944 29  Son of William John and Jane Dodwell; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Dodwell (nee Pollard), of Bomere Heath, Shropshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 1

EATON

  Leslie  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 649587 27th August 1944 18  Son of Lillian Eaton, of Harpurhey, Lancashire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 1

EDWARDS

  Arthur  Petty Officer Stoker  D/KX 77218 27th August 1944 36  Son of Robert and Elizabeth Edwards; husband of Ann Allan Edwards, of Rosyth, Fife PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

EDWARDS

  George  Leading Stoker  D/KX 96319 27th August 1944 29

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 89, Column 2

GREY

  Oliver  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 165535 27th August 1944 38  Son of George and Olive Grey PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 3

GRIFFITHS

  Daniel  Assistant Steward  D/LX 614673 27th August 1944 -

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 91, Column 2

HAGGER

  Howard Brian  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 649583 27th August 1944 17  Son of Arthur Frederick and May Beatrice Hagger, of Broughton, Salford, Lancashire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 1

HAND

  Frederick Leonard  Petty Officer  Mentioned in Despatches  D/JX187648 27th August 1944 23  Son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Leonard Hand; husband of B Anne Hand, of Acomb, Yorkshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 85, Column 2

HIBBERT

  Roy  Able Seaman  D/JX 553951 27th August 1944 19  Son of Herbert Hibbert, and of Martha Hibbert, of Harpurhey, Lancashire PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 2

HIGHCOCK

  Harold  Signalman  D/JX 216027 5th February 1944 32

-

 MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM Lancs. Panel 14

HILLS

  Charles  Stoker 2nd Class  D/KX 598469 27th August 1944 19  Son of Alfred and Ada Hills, of Brasted, Kent PLYMOUTH  Panel 90, Column 2

HOWARD

  Joseph Leslie  Able Seaman  Mentioned in Despatches  D/JX256404 27th August 1944 33  Son of Joseph Howard, and of Olive Gertrude Howard, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 3

HUMPHREY

  Ronald Sylvester Mutford  Lieutenant - 7th April 1941 34  Son of Prederick George and Hilda Humphrey; husband of Joan Mary Humphrey, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.  B.Sc. PORTSMOUTH  Panel 60, Column 2

JOLLIFFE

  George Henry  Leading Stoker  D/KX 93520 27th August 1944 29  Son of Thomas Henry and Annie Jolliffe; husband of Winifred Jolliffe, of Heavitree, Exeter PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

KENNEDY

  John  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 649525 27th August 1944 19  Son of George and Robina Kennedy, of Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 1

LATHAM

  Stanley Herbert Charles  Able Seaman  D/JX 182621 27th August 1944 26  Son of Henry George and Rebecca Florence Latham, of Stratford, Essex PLYMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 3

LIND

  William Fenny Hird  Shipwright 2nd Class  D/MX 54511 27th August 1944 31  Son of John and Jane Lind; husband of Irene Hilda Gertrude Lind, of Hull PLYMOUTH  Panel 90, Column 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/
stories/65/a7736565.shtm

LOWDEN

  Alfred Reginald  Petty Officer Stoker  D/KX 85165 27th August 1944 28 Husband of Dorothy May Lowden, of Ivybridge, Devon PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

MacDONALD

  John Mackenzie  Leading Supply Assistant  D/MX 72596 14th September 1943 33 Son of John Malcolm and Margaret MacKenzie MacDonald, of Glasgow SEYDISFJORDUR CEMETERY Iceland Back Row, Grave 5

MADDEN

  Dominic  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 525986 27th August 1944 41  Son of John and Kate Madden; husband of Jessie Madden, of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 90, Column 1

MASSEY-MOBBERLEY

  Jack  Petty Officer Motor Mechanic  P/M 99019 27th August 1944 21  Son of George and Hannah Massey-Mobberley, of Brereton, Staffordshire PORTSMOUTH  Panel 86, Column 2

MATTHEWS

  Wilfred J  Petty Officer  D/J 39143 15th May 1940 41  Son of William John and Susan Ann Matthews, of Plymouth; husband of Winifred May Matthews, of Cattedown, Plymouth SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk Section M, Grave 15

McDONALD

  David  Leading Stoker  D/K 66470 15th May 1940 -  Son of David and Ann Jane McDonald; husband of Isabella Runciman McDonald, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk Section L, Grave 14

MERRIGAN

  William (Bill) Joseph  Leading Seaman  D/JX 285658 27th August 1944 37

Son of Mrs and the late Mr W Merrigan of 6 Vivian Street, Haford.
Married to Mrs P Merrigan, 6 Vivian Street, Hafod, Swansea. One daughter

 Seaman W Merrigan HMS Hussar
PLYMOUTH Panel 85, Column 3
Photo: South Wales Evening Post

MOORE

  Horace  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 525369 27th August 1944 19  Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Moore, of Great Wyrley, Staffordshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 90, Column 1

MORRIS

  Frank  Petty Officer Stoker  D/KX 89560 27th August 1944 36  Son of William and Margaret Ann Morris; husband of Rose Irene Morris, of Ernesettle, Plymouth PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 3

MURPHY

  Thomas Patrick  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 161119 27th August 1944 -

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 90, Column 1

O'BRIEN

  Jeremiah  Chief Stoker DSM  D/K 65710 27th August 1944 37  Son of James and Mary O'Brien; husband of Anne O'Brien, of Heston, Middlesex PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

OLIVER

  Robert Nutter  Stoker 2nd Class  D/KX 564600 27th August 1944 20  Son of John George and Jane Oliver, of Meadowfield, Co.Durham PLYMOUTH  Panel 90, Column 2

PALMER

  Andrew  Able Seaman  D/JX 284770 27th August 1944 -

-

 PLYMOUTH Panel 87, Column 1

PATEY

  Sydney Tuckerman  Petty Officer Stoker  D/KX 88010 27th August 1944 27  Son of John and Rosetta Patey; husband of Lillian Violet Patey, of Enfield, Middlesex PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

PLUMBLEY

  Ronald  Leading Cook (S)  D/MX 94262 27th August 1944 -

-

 PLYMOUTH  Panel 91, Column 2

RAMSEY

  James Carrie  Leading Wireman  C/KX 97991 27th August 1944 -  Son of James Carrie and Margaret Ramsey; husband of Irene Dorothy Ramsey CHATHAM Panel 78, Column 3

RENTELL

  Donald Alec James  Leading Steward  D/LX 24228 27th August 1944 24  Son of Frederick Charles and Bertha Rentell, of Walworth, London PLYMOUTH  Panel 91, Column 2

ROBERTS

  Harold  Lieutenant - 27th August 1944 41  Son of J B Roberts, and of Elizabeth Roberts, of Withington, Manchester.  B.Sc. PLYMOUTH  Panel 92, Column 3

SANDELL

  William George Frederick  Able Seaman  D/JX 207129 27th August 1944 42  Son of William George and Agnes Melita Sandell; husband of Helen Lydia Sandell, of Dagenham, Essex PLYMOUTH  Panel 87, Column 2

SPEIGHT

  William  Able Seaman  D/JX 565496 27th August 1944 26  Son of William and Florence Speight, of Swinton, Yorkshire
www.roll-of-honour.com 		PLYMOUTH  Panel 87, Column 2
 STEVENS E R Canteen Manager   27th August 1944      

TALBOT

  Jack  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 671790 27th August 1944 18  Son of Edith Talbot, of Radcliffe, Lancashire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 2

VOWDEN

  Gerald Bertram  Ordinary Signalman  D/JX 424271 27th August 1944 19  Son of Joseph William and Alice May Vowden, of Shirley, Southampton PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 3

WALKER
Frank
(Mick)
  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 570763 27th August 1944 19  Son of Arnold and Edith Walker, of Rotherham, Yorkshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 88, Column 2

WOOD

  Albert John Edward  Petty Officer Stoker  Mentioned in Despatches  D/KX79665 27th August 1944 35  Son of Albert and Frances Alice Wood; husband of Dorothy Freda Wood, of Ipplepen, Devon PLYMOUTH  Panel 89, Column 2

WYND

  David Lornie  Able Seaman  D/JX 395374 27th August 1944 20  Son of John and Agnes Lornie Wynd, of Auchenblae, Kincardineshire PLYMOUTH  Panel 87, Column 3

WHEELER

  Francis Ferdinand  Lieutenant  - 15th May 1940 35  Son of Francis C. Wheeler and Annie K. Wheeler; husband of Edith Wheeler of St. Ives, Cornwall.  SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Suffolk, Sec. M. Grave 14.

Stoker Trevor James Davies HMS Hussar & unknown sailor
Stoker Trevor James Davies (on left) and unknown sailor
Source: Steve Moult

Other Members of the Crew of HMS Hussar
LAST NAME FIRST NAMES RANK SERVICE NUMBER DATE AGE

SOURCE
Anthony Raymond Joseph Sto 1 D/KX133001 1942   ADM116/4544
Awarded DSM: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Barklie Robert Henry Douglas Lt       30th May 1944 MID awarded for courage and skill in dangerous minesweeping operations. (Op ANTIDOTE - Galita, Algeria to Sousse, Tunisia)
1st Jan 1945 MID awarded New Year Honours 1945
http://www.mcdoa.org.uk
Barton Frederick George CERA 2 D/MX46505 1942   ADM116/4544
Awarded DSM: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Booth Hal Ldg Sto   1944   'Out Sweeps' by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam
Brooks Richard         My dad Richard brooks died Sept 23 1998 was on HMS Hussar on savage Sunday the day it sunk
Source: Brian Brooks
Biggs Reginald Charles Lt   13.1.42 - Mar 43   ADM116/4544
Awarded DSO: London Gazette Issue 35648 published 28 July 1942
Bar to DSC awarded on 7 December 1943
Churchill R A F Sub Lt   22.4.39   Navy List for Dec 1939
Clark James Ernest Lt   12.4.38 - 10.38   http://www.unithistories.com/
Clarke       1944   'Out Sweeps' by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam
Crick Trevor George Payne Lt Cdr   5.7.39 -   Navy List for Dec 1939
Davies R W Lt   10.1.39   Navy List for Dec 1939 (CO from 14.12.39)
Dennis John Andrews Lt   5.4.37 - 2.38   (CO) http://www.unithistories.com
Dougherty Patrick Daniel ERA 3 D/MX59556 1942   ADM116/4544 Award 1942
Ellis George Richard CPO SSX 27550     I remember him telling me about the friendly fire incident and I'm sure that it was whilst he was in the water following the damage to HMS Hussar that a young 17 year old rating died in his arms. This man was the first thing he thought about at the 11th hour of the 11th day every year since. He would have a glass of Rum he would quietly relive this experience.
Andrew Foster (Grandson) July 2008
Evans Alfred F L Lt Cdr   - 7.40    
Frederick R Lt Cdr   2.8.34   (First CO)
Gardiner Denis Harold Palmer Lt Cdr   24.7.40 - 13.1.42   DSC awarded on 16 August 1940
Gross R A A Tempy Sub Lt   1944   Wounded 27.8.44
Hodson A H Tempy Sub Lt   1944   Wounded 27.8.44
Hogg William Douglas Sub Lt   1942   ADM116/4544
Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Johnson Frederick     15.6.39 - 23.7.40   My father then served with VANITY 24th July 1940 - 11th Dec. 1944.
Source: Patricia Yates
Leech P H Cd Eng   20.6.39   Navy List for Dec 1939
Mead Cecil Baden Hamilton     15.6.39 - 13.7.40   Info from Dawn Mead-MacGregor (daughter)
Melbourne M E Tempy Lt   27.6.40   (In command)
Merrigan Tommy Ldg Seaman   1944   'Out Sweeps' by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam
Morrice Alexander Lt   1942   ADM116/4544 Award 1942
Morriss Dennis Bert (Red) Petty Officer       My late father - Denis Bert Morriss (nicknamed Red), then a Petty Officer from Walsall, was one of the survivors of the Hussar after the friendly fire incident. He had previously served on HMS Onslow and was on board during the 'Hipper' attack.

He didn't speak about the horror of the war much - and my mother is adamant he had been sunk once before being on Hussar (which he never told me about) though I have not been able to check out the details of which ship.  He served mainly on the Atlantic and Russian convoys after joining up in 1941 aged 18. 

After the Hussar was sunk I do know that he held up his best friend in the water for a long time only to find out that he had been killed by the shrapnel when the rescue boat arrived.  He himself suffered all the rest of his life from cramps caused by shrapnel in his legs.

Like the other survivors he was told to shut up and was quickly transferred to Australia travelling there on HMS Ranee, one of the MAC carriers.  He spent the rest of the war there, was offered a commission in the RAN but turned it down and returned home.

He trained in catering and in 1952 became the catering manager at Alton Towers, where we lived until 1970. He died in Spain in 1996, aged 73, and despite being fit all his life, the doctors thought that the blood clot he died of was directly related to his war wounds all those years later.

I am naturally biased, but he was a fine man, much loved - but I know he never forgot the events of that day in June 1944 or the loss of his mates.

Source: Richard K Morriss (son)
Nash (MBE) John Robert Cmdr   1944   'Out Sweeps' by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam
Wounded 27.8.44
Pickup T Tempy Sub Lt   1944   Wounded 27.8.44
Pullen Thomas William AB D/J103477 1942   ADM116/4544
Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Rogers Don     1944    
Stone William Sto 1 D/KX126935 1942   ADM116/4544
Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Timothy Stan Coder       'Out Sweeps' by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam
Turner Ernest John Donaldson Lt   28.2.39 - 4.39    
Varman Gordon Reginald AB D/JX284265 1942   ADM116/4544
DSM: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942
Wadell Robert Devon         Source: David Poole (Grandson)
             
             
     

Home | Hussar Pre-War | Hussar 1939 | Hussar 1940 | Hussar 1941 | Hussar 1942 | Hussar 1943 | Hussar 1944 | Hussar - Crew

This site was last updated 17 Januar 2012