HMS Prince of Wales
Roll of Honour

In memory of those who lost their lives in HMS Prince of Wales
"As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us"

Battle of the Denmark Strait May 24, 1941

Walter G. Andrews
Leading Signalman

Harold Barlow
Ordinary Seaman

Leslie M. Deeds
Able Seaman

Edward P. Diamond
Ordinary Seaman

Peter T. Dreyer
Midshipman

William J. Fairbairn
Ordinary Seaman

Harry Hallam
Able Seaman

Arthur M. Harper
Able Seaman

Edward J. Hunt
Leading Signalman

John B. Ince
Midshipman

Norman Johnstone
Signal Boy

Thomas R. Slater D.S.M.
Able Seaman

Thornton Smith
Ordinary Seaman

Mervyn R. Tucker
Leading Seaman



Loss of HMS Prince of Wales Dec. 10, 1941

John C. Leach, D.S.O., M.V.O.
Captain RN

Sir Tom S. V. Phillips, K.C.B.
Admiral RN

Francis H. R. Adams
Writer

Jack Ainscough
Leading Telegraphist

Benjamin R. Armitage
Lieutenant RNVR

Albert J. Ash
Steward

Edwin C. Ashton
Boy 1st Class

John Ashton
Stoker 2nd Class

Norman C. Banister
Able Seaman

Robert H. Banks
Boy 1st Class

Wilfred W. Barrett
Petty Officer

John R. G. Barritt
Engine Room Artificer

Claude Bastable
Able Seaman

Andrew T. Beal
Petty Officer Stoker

Stanley T. Beardsworth
Captain RN

Cyril Beer
Chief Engine Room Artificer

Donald R. Berry
Signal Boy

Joseph Bethell
Leading Writer

Alfred C. Binding
Stoker 1st Class

Donald C. Birkett
Boy 1st Class

Frederick J. Blatchford
Petty Officer Cook

John I. Blunt
Able Seaman

Alfred G. Bond
Able Seaman

John R. Bond
Leading Seaman

Douglas Booth
Able Seaman

George Booth
Able Seaman

George E. Bootherstone
Ordinary Seaman

Edgar G. Bown
Petty Officer Supply

Joseph Branwood
Stoker 2nd Class

Edwin E. Brewer
Plumber 1st Class

George Brierley
Ordinary Seaman

Ben Brookes
Leading Seaman

Joseph H. Brown
Chief Petty Officer Writer

John R. H. Brown
Leading Seaman

Joseph Burn
Leading Signalman

Eric Burrell
Leading Seaman

William G. D. Butterworth
Stoker 1st Class

Thomas C. Cairns
Stoker 2nd Class

Kenneth F. Casby
Leading Supply Assistant

John A. Capp
Leading Cook

John Carruthers
Leading Writer

Charles Carter
Stoker 1st Class

Stanley Carter
Stoker 2nd Class

Norman Chrimes
Able Seaman

Frederick V. Clayton
Telegraphist

Thomas C. Clements
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class

Arthur R. Clerke
Ordinary Seaman

Jack Coates
Stoker 1st Class

John Collins
Stoker 1st Class

Samuel R. Collom
Leading Stoker

Kenneth Cooper
Ordinary Signalman

Ronald H. Cooper
Able Seaman

Douglas Craven
Leading Seaman

Crawford A. Cree
Ordinary Telegraphist

Douglas J. Crombie
Ordinary

Denis H. Crowder
Able Seaman

Harry G. Crowder
Able Seaman

Norman C. Daventry
Signalman

Kenneth W. Dawson
Electrical Artificer 4th Class

Norman M. Day
Steward

Ernest F. Dehnert
Petty Officer Steward

Joseph Dempsey
Able Seaman

John Dennehy
Leading Stoker

George W. Dodds
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Leonard S. Dolphin
Stoker 1st Class

Harold L. Dove
Leading Seaman

Daniel Driscoll
Leading Stoker

Peter C. Dwyer
Ordinary Seaman

George E. Easton
Supply Assistant

Joseph R. Eaves
Engine Room Artificer

George Edington
Boy 1st Class

George H. Edwards
Stoker 2nd Class

Leonard G. Ellen
Petty Officer Telegraphist

Frederick Elliott
Able Seaman

James Ellis
Boy 1st Class

Reginald Essery
Shipwright 1st Class

Frederick Evans
Leading Stoker

Douglas Exeter
Stoker 1st Class

Rowland Fairchild
Leading Cook

Sydney B. Fairfoul
Able Seaman

Stanley Fairhurst
Ordinary Seaman

William G. Farley
Petty Officer Stoker

Elba Fenton
Petty Officer

George C. I. Ferguson
Lt. Cmdr. RNVR

Reginald A. J. Fewings
Chief Electrical Artificer

Neville Fletcher
Ordinary Seaman

Eric M. Flint
Able Seaman

Leonard N. Foster
Able Seaman

Leslie J. M. Fulton
Able Seaman

Edward Furness
Stoker 1st Class

Roy W. T. Galbraith
Ordinary Seaman

George R. Gardner
Petty Officer

Walter E. Garner
Leading Stoker

Harry J. Germaine
Ordinary Seaman

Donald L. Gibbons
Able Seaman

Alfred E. Gilbert DSM
Chief Yeoman of Signals

David Gill
Able Seaman

Reginald T. Glanville
Chief Stoker

Nelson V. Golledge
Petty Officer Stoker

James Gordon
Leading Stoker

Arthur R. Gosham
Petty Officer

Frederick C. Green
Able Seaman

Lionel J. B. Greenwood
Able Seaman

Leslie J. Haley
Petty Officer

Spencer E. Halfnight
Able Seaman

Gordon E. J. Hall
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

George A. Halliday
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class

Alfred A. Ham
Blacksmith 4th Class

James Harris
Able Seaman

Thomas H. Harris
Petty Officer Stoker

William E. Hart
Able Seaman

Fred Haskett
Stoker 1st Class

John Haslam
Stoker 1st Class

John E. Hastie
Ordinary Seaman

Percival G. Hatherell
Signalman

Frederick D. Hawke
Leading Writer

George F. Hays
Steward

Francis M. Heath
Petty Officer

John H. Hemingway
Supply Assistant

Frank Heveron
Able Seaman

Harry Heywood
Able Seaman

Jack Hicks
Able Seaman

Arthur S. Hinder
Petty Officer Stoker

Tom D. Hobson
Stoker 1st Class

George D. Holden
Boy Telegraphist

Donald M. Holloway
Telegraphist

John W. Holmes
Able Seaman

James Holsgrove
Boy 1st Class

William Homer
Stoker 1st Class

John G. T. Horley
Petty Officer

William Horton
Able Seaman

Patrick A. Horrigan
Cook

William H. Hotchkiss
Electrical Artificer

Ronald S. Howell
Chief Yeoman of Signals

David W. B. Hughes
Coder

Verdon Hughes
Petty Officer

Peter A. B. Hunt
Midshipman RNR

Arthur Hyder
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

Rex G. Iles
Stoker 2nd Class

Albert Jacks
Leading Cook

Ernest V. Jackson
Able Seaman

Leslie M. Jago
Shipwright 4th Class

Alwyn Jayes
Assistant Steward

Wilfred C. Jeans
Ordinary Signalman

William H. Jeffery
Able Seaman

Harold Jenkins
Able Seaman

Alfred G. Johns
Leading Stoker

Joseph T. Johnson
Boy 1st Class

Robert D. Johnston
Lt. Commander Surgeon

John Jones
Ordinary Signalman

Ronald A. Jones
Ordinary Signalman

Leonard D. Kent
Able Seaman

John F. Kershaw
Wireman

Arthur L. King
Able Seaman

David Kirkpatrick
Leading Seaman

Frederick Knight DSM
Joiner 3rd Class

Joseph P. Lang
Stoker 2nd Class

Cecil G. Lawson
Lt. Commander

Harold F. Lawson
Commander

George R. Lear
Leading Supply Assistant RNVR

Frederick T. Libby
Stoker 1st Class

Andrew Long
Stoker 2nd Class

James Lowther
Shipwright 1st Class

Michael F. Lynch
Ordinary Seaman

Thomas J. Magahy
Petty Officer

Michael J. H. Major
Lieutenant

Jeremiah Manley
Stoker 1st Class

Eric H. Marchant
Commissioned Electrician

George Marshall
Stoker 2nd Class

Leslie Marshall
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Francis J. Martin
Ordinary Seaman

Victor Martlew
Able Seaman

William F. C. Masters
Ordinary Seaman

Robert Matthews
Chief Sailmaker

Patrick J. McBride
Ordinary Seaman

William C. McCameron
Steward

Robert McClintock
Boy 1st Class

John A. McCullagh
Ordinary Signalman

Robert McGregor
Leading Steward

James E. McGuinness
Boy 1st Class

John McKenzie
Boy 1st Class

John B. McKenzie
Able Seaman

James McNelis DSM
Able Seaman RNVR

John R. McSparron
Petty Officer

John M. D. McVean
Leading Telegraphist

Jack Mettrick
Able Seaman

Arthur Mills
Stoker 2nd Class

John Mitchell
Able Seaman

Thomas C. Moffat
Ordinary Seaman

Thomas Monk
Leading Stoker

Kenneth H. W. Morgan
Joiner 4th Class

Arthur A. Mundy
Able Seaman

Cecil D. Nankivell
Stoker 1st Class

John E. Noon
Ordinary Seaman

John T. Norsworthy
Stoker 1st Class

Joseph A. Nye
Leading Steward

James O'Grady
Stoker 1st Class

Ernest R. Offen
Assistant Steward

Edward Owen
Ordinary Seaman

Goronwy W. Owen
Petty Officer

Frederick C. Paget
Petty Officer

John H. Paley DSM
Petty Officer

John S. Parker
Leading Steward

Wilfred G. Parker
Chaplain

Eric H. Parkinson
Ordinary Seaman

Colin Parry
Able Seaman

William Parsonage
Stoker 2nd Class

Kenneth J. Parsons
Air Mechanic 1st Class

Frank Partridge
Warrant Officer Writer

James Passman
Ordinance Artificer 4th Class

Rupert H. Peters
Electrical RNVR

Norman Pilkington
Able Seaman

Kenneth Platt
Boy 1st Class

Sydney H. J. Pope
Petty Officer Stoker

Henry W. Porter
Telegraphist

James W. Potter
Able Seaman

William H. Poxon
Coder

Maurice Price
Commander

Herbert Procter
Able Seaman

Henry G. Proctor
Assistant Steward

Charles L. Randles
Petty Officer Supply

Albert Rankin
Stoker 2nd Class

Jack Rayner
Stoker 1st Class

Ronald W. Reed
Steward

Henry N. Reid
Lt. Commander

Alexander R. Reynolds
Boy 1st Class

John F. Rice
Able Seaman

Frederick H. Richards
Leading Steward

Thomas J. R. Richards DSM
Shipwright 1st Class

Samuel J. Ridgway
Chief Stoker

John L. Roberts
Stoker 1st Class

William L. Roberts
Stoker 2nd Class

Albert Robinson
Able Seaman

Walter E. Rope
Assistant Steward

Percy J. Rowe
Able Seaman

William E. Rutherford
Steward

Howard Scott
Engine Room Artificer

Richard W. J. Searle
Engine Room Artificer

Alexander Shaw
Boy 1st Class

William J. Sheen
Petty Officer

Stephen Sheridan
Able Seaman RNVR

Richard Shimmin
Stoker 1st Class

Robert Shore
Able Seaman

Peter J. A. Slade
Lieutenant

Frederick J. Sly
Leading Cook

John Smith
Boy 1st Class

Samuel Smith
Able Seaman

Samuel Smith
Able Seaman

Walter Smith
Stoker 1st Class

Victor Southard
Able Seaman

Marvyn C. Spence
Stoker 1st Class

John S. Spencer
Petty Officer

Stanley Price
Boy 1st Class

John Steele
Engine Room Artificer

Arthur J. Stevens
Stoker 2nd Class

Dudley C. Steward
Assistant Steward

William Stewart
Stoker 2nd Class

William F. Stockbridge
Stoker 2nd Class

Horace T. J. Sugden
Stoker 1st Class

Harry R. Symons
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class

Walter F. Tames
Stoker 1st Class

Christopher Tatton
Ordinary Seaman

George E. Taylor
Leading Stoker

Roy C. Taylor
Sub-Lieutenant RNVR

Eric Thompson
Wireman

Edward J. Thornhill
Electrical Artificer 4th Class

Leslie M. R. Thyer
Chief Mechanician

William E. Traynor
Stoker 2nd Class

David R. W. Tribe
Midshipman

Charles E. Truscott
Stoker 2nd Class

Leonard A. Vincent
Stoker 1st Class

Thomas A. Walkley
Stoker 2nd Class
(Died of wounds Dec. 13)

Ernest M. Wallace
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class

Roy M. Walters
Able Seaman

James K. Walton
Stoker 1st Class

John H. Weaver
Boy 1st Class

Henry T. C. Weeks
Stoker 1st Class

William H. F. Westlake
Chief Ordnance Artificer

Horace V. Wheaton
Painter 1st Class

Jack Widdecombe
Shipwright 4th Class

Leonard C. Widdecombe
Engine Room Aritifcer 1st Class

Paul L. Wilkinson
Able Seaman

Sydney Wilkinson
Chief Stoker

Ernest R. Williams
Cook

James H. Williams
Leading Stoker

Robert Williams
Able Seaman

William C. Williams
Assistant Steward

William G. H. Williams
Leading Stoker

Ernest Wilson
Able Seaman

Basil F. P. Wingfield
Chief Electrical Artificer

John C. Winstanley
Leading Stoker

Stanley C. Withers
Able Seaman

John B. Womersley
Sub-Lieutenant RNVR

Leonard J. Woollons
Chief Shipwright

William Wood
Leading Stoker

Stanley Wright
Stoker 1st Class

Harold W. W. Wyatt
Musician

Colin Yarwood
Ordinary Seaman

James Young
Boy 1st Class
(Twin brother of Robert)

Robert E. Young
Boy 1st Class
(Twin brother of James)

William G. Young
Able Seaman


Royal Marines

Eric S. J. Bowden
Marine

Frederick Brooks
Marine

Robert A. Bush
Marine

William R. Chambers
Corporal

Walter S. Cross
Marine

Jack Fox
Marine

Edward G. Gibbs
Marine

Frederick T. A. Golby
Marine

James Higginbotham
Marine

Kenneth Hockney
Marine

Harry Jones
Marine

Stanley Jones
Marine

Murth B. Keeler
Marine

William Lacey
Marine

Walter Maden
Marine

Charles G. McGrath
Marine

Leonard McGregor
Corporal

David E. Price
Marine

Bert Proffitt
Marine

Herbert Ray
Corporal

William J. H. Rice
Marine

Herbert G. S. Scott
Marine

Thomas S. Sherherd
Marine

Alezander H. Smith
Marine

Gilbert Stapleton
Boy Bugler

Douglas Winter
Marine

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