PETERBOROUGH WAR MEMORIAL

ARNOLD, SAMUEL ARTHUR, Peterborough. P/KX 90102, Leading Stoker, HMS KASHMIR, Royal Navy. Died 23rd May 1941, aged 25. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 54, column 2.
This destroyer was sunk by aircraft bombs in the Battle of Crete along with the destroyers Juno, Greyhound and Kelly, (leader).

BARBER, ANTHONY LEVOIR, 40, Norfolk Street. P/JX. 354529, Able Seaman, H.M.L.C.F. (L) 1, Royal Navy. Died 17th August 1944, aged 21. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 81. Column 3.
His Majesty's Landing Craft Flak (Large) No.1. was taking part in Operation NEPTUNE, the cross-channel operations involved in the D-Day landings (Operation Overlord), when it blew up and sank. 

BEE, RONALD CECIL, 5, The Crescent, Woodston. PO/X3807, Lance Corporal, Royal Marines. Died 18th August 1945, hit by a lorry in England while hitch-hiking. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 6. Grave 366.  

BRADLEY, HERBERT MICHAEL, 12, Tower Street. C/JX.157789, Boy 1st Class, HMS SOUTHAMPTON, Royal Navy. Died 16th October 1939, aged 17. Buried Woodston Cemetery. Grave reference: Section 6. Grave 64.
The cruiser Southampton was bombed by aircraft in the Firth of Forth. Most of the casualties were incurred when the men were running along the open deck to man the anti-aircraft guns.

BURGESS, GRANVILLE B C F, Whitsed Street. P/JX 214671, Able Seaman, HMS ARROW, Royal Navy. Died 5th August 1943, aged 23, while trying to extinguish a fire on board a merchant ship. Buried in Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. Grave reference: 4. K. 16.  

COCKS, PERCIVAL ROWLAND, 42, Fulbridge Road. Chief Officer, SS NAVASOTA (Southampton), Merchant Navy. Died 5th December 1939, aged 42, torpedoed in the Atlantic. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 72.  

DAVIES, ANTHONY JOHN, 77, Huntley Grove. P/JX. 148057, Leading Seaman, HMS VOLTAIRE, Royal Navy. Died 9th April 1941, aged 20. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 46. Column 3.
HMS Voltaire was an armed merchant cruiser and was sunk in the mid-Atlantic by the German auxilliary cruiser Thor.

DAVIS, FREDERICK JOHN SAMUEL, 45, Taverner`s Road. FAA/FX. 79879, Leading Air Mechanic, HMS AVENGER, Royal Navy. Died 15th November 1942, aged 24. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 3. Panel 4.
HMS Avenger was an auxilliary aircraft carrier and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo West of the Gibraltar Straits.

DILLON, GEORGE, 34, Star Road. P/SSX 23633, Telegraphist, HMS GLOWWORM, Royal Navy. Died 8th April 1940, aged 20. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 40. Column 3.
The destroyer HMS Glowworm deliberately rammed the German cruiser Admiral Hipper off Norway while on convoy protection duties and was sunk due to this and heavy German gunfire.

ELMER, CHRISTOPHER FRANK, 29, Taverner`s Road. FAA/FX. 607659, Petty Officer, Airman, HMS SHRIKE, Royal Navy. Died 21st July 1944, aged 20. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 5. Panel 2.  

GIBBS, ROBERT ALFRED, 13, Swan`s Place. C/JX. 162567, Petty Officer, HMS WAKEFUL, Royal Navy. Died 29th May 1940, aged 41. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 34, 2.
The destroyer HMS Wakeful was sunk off Dunkirk by a torpedo fired from a German E-boat.

GREIG, WILLIAM ALLEN, 14, Craig Street. P/JX 263916, Telegraphist, H.M. Motor Gun Boat 78. Royal Navy. Died 31st January 1945, after a 250 mile forced march as a German prisoner of war. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 92.
Motor Gunboat 78 was attacked on 2/3 October 1942 by enemy surface craft gunfire off Holland, beached by her crew and abandoned.

HALL, CHARLES WILKINSON, Lincoln Road. C/JX 233636, Ordinary Telegraphist, HMS CURACOA, Royal Navy. Died 2nd October 1942, aged 29. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 59, 3.
The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Curacoa was lost in a collision with the SS Queen Mary while on escort duties off the coast of Donegal in the North Western Approaches.

HART, JOHN RODNEY, "The Vineyard", Minster Precincts. Lieutenant Commander (E), HMS SOUTHDOWN, Royal Navy. Died 26th August 1944, aged 31, of cardiac failure on board destroyer. Buried in Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery, Suffolk. Grave reference: 2. B. 2.  

HILLS, BERTRAM SIDNEY, 15, Allen Road. P/MX 61120, Leading Supply Assistant, HMS POLYANTHUS, Royal Navy. Died 20th September 1943, aged 22. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 79. Column 1.
HMS Polyanthus was a Flower Class corvette and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in the North Atlantic.

HORSTEAD, ALAN, 131, Cromwell Road. Sub-Lieutenant (A), Fleet Air Arm, HMS DAEDALUS, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 25th June 1944, aged 21, after a raid on Cherbourg. Buried in Peterborough (Eastfield) Cemetery. Div. 1. Block 17. Grave 7451.  

LAUD, WILLIAM LAWRENCE HENRY, 612, Gladstone Street. P/SSX 31151, Able Seaman, HMS ACHERON, Royal Navy. Died 17th December 1940. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 39. Column 1.
The destroyer HMS Acheron was sunk by a mine off the Isle of Wight.

LAYTON, SIDNEY GEORGE, 22, Hampden Road. PO/X 3392, Marine, HMS HOOD, Royal Marines. Died 24th May 1941, aged 19, ship sunk in the North Atlantic by Bismarck. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 59. Column 1.  

LEVERETT, IAN DONALD, 83, New England. Lieutenant (E), HMS CHARYBDIS, Royal Navy. Died 23rd October 1943, aged 24. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 78. Column 1.
The cruiser HMS Charybdis was sunk by E-boat torpedoes in the English Channel.

MARTIN, CYRIL ERNEST, 3, St. Martin`s Road, Fletton. Lieutenant, HMS BYRSA, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 9th July 1945, in an accident in Naples, Italy. Buried in Naples War Cemetery, Italy. Grave reference: IV. J. 17.  

MEREDITH, GEORGE ALBERT, Star Road. Assistant Steward, SS REYNOLDS (London), Merchant Navy. Died 31st October 1942, aged 19, ship sunk by German raider. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 86.  

PEET, GEORGE WILLIAM, 66, Padholme Road. C/JX 317771, Ordinary Seaman, HMS WELSHMAN, Royal Navy. Died 1st February 1943. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 70, 2.
The minelayer HMS Welshman was sunk by a U-boat torpedo off the coast of Libya.

PRIDMORE, ALAN HARRY, 40, Tower Street, C/MX 62075, Wireman, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, Royal Navy. Died 3rd September 1940, aged 21. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. 39. 1.  

RODGERS, GEORGE ANDREW, 231, Eastfield Road. Fourth Engineer Officer, RFA DARKDALE (Glasgow), Merchant Navy. Died 22nd October 1941, aged 27. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial, London. Panel 34.
Darkdale was a tanker and was sunk by an explosion believed to be caused by a U-boat torpedo off the coast of St. Helena.

SAMPSON, LEONARD, Orton Waterville. C/JX 145023, Leading Telegraphist, HMS KELLY, Royal Navy. Died 23rd May 1941, aged 22. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Grave reference: 46, 1.
The destroyer HMS Kelly (leader) was sunk by aircraft bombs during the Battle of Crete along with the other destroyers Juno, Greyhound and Kashmir.

SHARP, WILLIAM ARTHUR, 69, Park Road. Commander (S), Paymaster, HMS PENELOPE, Royal Navy. Died 10th May 1940. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 37. Column 1.  

STANFORD, RAYMOND DENNIS, 1. North Station Road. PLY/X 3805, Marine, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, Royal Marines. Died 16th February 1942, aged 21. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 103. Column 2.
This battleship was sunk by Japanese torpedo-carrying aircraft off the East coast of Malaya.

STEADMAN, HAROLD FRANCIS, 211, New England. P/JX 210207, Able Seaman, HMS PRESIDENT III, Royal Navy. Died 24th February 1941, aged 24, in SS LINARIA (thought to have been sunk by an enemy submarine). Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 49. Column 3.  

STOCKMAN, DOUGLAS RONALD, 18, Williamson Avenue. P/FX. 80745, Leading Airman, HMS GREBE, Royal Navy. Died19th March 1941, aged 19. Commemorated on Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bat 2. Panel 2.  

TOOGOOD, LESLIE BERTRAM, 62, Orton Avenue, Woodston. PO/X 4878, Marine, HMS HOOD, Royal Marines. Died 24th May 1941, when his ship was sunk by the Bismarck.  

WARDLE, ARTHUR PERCIVAL, 32, Huntley Road, Woodston. C/JX 376742, Able Seaman, HMS VENGEANCE, Royal Navy. Died 29th January 1945, aged 21. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 7. Joint grave 59.
Died of alcohol poisoning after celebrating his 21st birthday on board ship with his twin brother in a Scottish port.

WARDLE, EZRA FRANK, 32, Huntley Road, Woodston. C/JX 355408, Able Seaman, HMS VENGEANCE, Royal Navy. Died 29th January 1945, aged 21. Buried in Woodston Cemetery, Section 7. Joint grave 59.
Died of alcohol poisoning after celebrating his 21st birthday on board ship with his twin brother in a Scottish port.

WOODS, LESLIE HARRY, 23, Huntley Grove. P/KX158595, Leading Stoker, H.M.L.S.T. 413, Royal Navy. Died 20th October 1944. Buried in Peterborough Old Cemetery (Broadway). Grave 314.