Crew List - HMS Venomous, 12 November 1942
A
Hard Fought Ship is dedicated to the memory of all those who
served in
HMS Venomous between 1919 and
1946.
The ship's complement of 120-200 changed each time HMS Venomous
was
re-commissioned but the names of very few of the ratings
who served in HMS Venomous from first commissioning at Rosyth in June
1919
to the outbreak of World War II are known. The names of men who served in Venomous
during World War II have been extracted by TNT Data Services (under
contract to the MOD) from the Pay and Victualing Ledgers, bound volumes
of the returns
completed by ships writers.
This is a list of the names of the 177 men who were in Venomous on the 12 November 1942 during her second wartime Commission (April 1942 - October 1943) when the destroyer depot ship HMS Hecla was torpedoed and sank off the coast of North Africa and HMS Venomous rescued 550 survivors. Click on the linksd for details of their lives and get in touch if a member of your family is on this list.
| SURNAME | FORENAME(S) | RANK/RATING | SERVICE NUMBER |
| ACKERMAN | James | Able Seaman | JX194994 |
| ACKERMAN | Robert J | Able Seaman | JX202937 |
| ADDIS | Joseph | Able Seaman | SSX17322 |
| ALLEN | Harry | Signalman | JX134139 |
| AUDLEY | Walter | Ordinary Seaman | JX349896 |
| BALL | Charles E | Petty Officer Cook (S) | MX48956 |
| BARTLETT | Herbert E | Stoker 1st Class | K30965 |
| BATTERSBY | Arthur | Leading Seaman (RNR) | D/X19952A |
| BEAVEN | Alfred | Able Seaman | SSX18507 |
| BENNETT | John B | Able Seaman | BD/X1651 |
| BOLE | David B | Stoker 2nd Class | KX123634 |
| BOLTON | John "Jack" |
Ordinary Seaman | JX342131 |
| BOLTON | W | Telegraphist | N/A |
| BOWER | David | Able Seaman | MD/X2686 |
| BREWER | Edward | Telegraphist | JX128895 |
| BROWN | Hubert S | Petty Officer | J111173 |
| BURTON | E | Marine | N/A |
| BUSH | John W | Leading Seaman | J93824 |
| BUTTON | Herbert James Brown |
Boswain | N/A |
| CAMPBELL | Alexander McRobie | Ordinary Seaman | JX363135 |
| CANT | Samuel | Acting Stoker 1st Class | KX132288 |
| CARSON | John | Ordinary Seaman | JX363149 |
| CASHMAN | Michael | Lieutenant (RN) | N/A |
| CHEARMAN | Henry | Stoker Petty Officer | KX77952 |
| CLARK | Harry M | Petty Officer | JX138515 |
| COLEMAN | John F | Lieutenant (RNR) | N/A |
| COLLINS | John C | Able Seaman | JX287960 |
| COLLISTER | William L | Temporary Petty Officer | SSX19837 |
| CONABEARE | William G | Stoker Petty Officer | K65851 |
| COONEY | George E | Steward | LX26015 |
| CRADDOCK | Robert A W | Able Seaman | JX136400 |
| CROKER | John C | Ordinary Telegraphist | JX247090 |
| DAIMES | Henry | Able Seaman | J105561 |
| DAKIN | Samuel C | Ordinary Seaman | JX347270 |
| DALTON | Joseph W | Able Seaman | JX186188 |
| DAVIES | Thomas | Able Seaman | JX202865 |
| DAVIS | Arthur | Able Seaman | SSX21446 |
| DAWE | Reginald A G | Temporary Acting Leading Steward | KX78312 |
| DAY | John | Leading Radio Mechanic | MX99810 |
| DEAN | Patrick W | Signalman | LD/X4243 |
| DODD | John | Ordinary Seaman | JX338032 |
| DUCKWORTH | Alfred | Able Seaman | JX202943 |
| EATON | Leslie C | Temporary Acting Lieutenant (RNVR) | N/A |
| EDWARDS | Percival R | Stoker Petty Officer | KX767746 |
| ELEY | Ronald H | Able Seaman | JX161096 |
| ELLIOTT | R C | Midshipman (RNR) | N/A |
| ENGLISH | L W | Able Seaman | N/A |
| EVANS | Evan H | Ordinary Seaman | JX303430 |
| FALCOLN-STEWARD | H W | Commander (RN) | N/A |
| FENN | Michael G | Able Seaman | JX171482 |
| FILDEW | William C J | Stoker Petty Officer | KX84308 |
| FINLAYSON | K | Marine | N/A |
| FOSTER | Robert R | Temporary Leading Sick Berth Attendant | MX80314 |
| FOSTER | G | Leading Seaman | N/A |
| FOXE | Robert D | Chief Petty Officer | J92864 |
| FREEMAN | William G | Leading Seaman | J32819 |
| FUDGE | Harry L | Ordinary Telegraphist | JX300314 |
| FURNESS | W | Able Seaman | N/A |
| GARDNER | William J | Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX75161 |
| GAYLOR | George | Able Seaman | JX169879 |
| GIBSON | Henry K | Acting Engine Room
Artificer 4th Class |
NZPA1848 |
| GILDON | Charles F | Temporary Acting Petty Officer | J107583 |
| GINNS | Cecil G | Ordinary Signalman | JX233484 |
| GRABHAM | Richard | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | JX186210 |
| GRAY | William J | Able Seaman | SSX31287 |
| GREEN | Ernest | Temporary Acting Petty Officer | JX134471 |
| GURNO | Alfred F | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | JX159838 |
| HADDON | Henry L | Able Seaman | JX288908 |
| HARGRAVE | Ronald | Able Seaman | JX302126 |
| HARGREAVES | Robert | Able Seaman | SSX30219 |
| HARRISON | Arthur | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX65742 |
| HAWKE | Ernest G W | Cook (S) | MX57581 |
| HAYES | Samuel | Able Seaman | JX302082 |
| HEALEY | Thomas P | Telegraphist | JX247170 |
| HELY | Cyril | Able Seaman | JX288646 |
| HENDERSON | James G | Temporary Acting Petty Officer | JX149499 |
| HEPBURN | Alfred J | Acting Stoker 1st Class | KX110275 |
| HERDMAN | William E | Able Seaman | JX136309 |
| HEYWOOD | J | Able Seaman | N/A |
| HICKENBOTTOM | Kenneth W | Able Seaman | JX288219 |
| HIGGINS | Peter | Able Seaman | JX288691 |
| HODGE | William C | Able Seaman | J108111 |
| HOGGINS | David "Jock" | Able Seaman | JX288932 |
| HOLLIS | Edward | Stoker 1st Class | KX129217 |
| HOPWOOD | John R | Able Seaman | JX302134 |
| HORWELL | Sidney D | Acting Able Seaman | JX205114 |
| HOWBROOK | John | Able Seaman | JX187905 |
| HUBBARD | Graham | Ordinary Signalman | JX295971 |
| HUGHES | Joseph | Seaman (RNR) | D/X10500B |
| HUGHES | Alfred E | Temporary Acting Leading Stoker | KX88987 |
| HURLEY | Patrick | Able Seaman | JX254778 |
| INGRAM | Henry W | Able Seaman | J107377 |
| JACKSON | Alfred | Able Seaman | JX172588 |
| JEFFRY | William | Temporary Stoker Petty Officer | LX20253 |
| JOHN | Arthur P | Able Seaman | J45272 |
| JOHNS | Norman S | Stoker Petty Officer | K23010 |
| JOHNSON | Mark | Stoker 1st Class | KX105560 |
| JONES | George F | Temporary Leading Stoker | KX89679 |
| KANE | David | Able Seaman | JX302574 |
| KEOUGH | Michael C | Seaman (RNR) | D/X19710A |
| KEWN | George | Able Seaman | JX302508 |
| KNITHOPPER | L | Sergeant Marine | N/A |
| LAMBTON | George | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | JX140246 |
| LANGLEY | Albert E | Seaman (RNR) | D/X7818C |
| LIDDICOAT | Arthur | Temporary Supply Petty Officer | M39194 |
| LITTLE | George | Temporary Acting Leading Signalman | JX160713 |
| LOFTHOUSE | Albert | Temporary Acting Yeoman of Signals | JX135027 |
| LORD | William K | Able Seaman | JX302078 |
| LOXHAM | Wiliam E | Able Seaman | JX186496 |
| LYNCH | William | Stoker 1st Class | KX104737 |
| LYNCH | Augustine | Stoker 1st Class | K60733 |
| MANSELL | Arthur J W | Ordinary Seaman | JX338485 |
| MARSH | Herbert | Stoker 2nd Class | KX147814 |
| MARSHALL | William | Able Seaman | J89586 |
| MARTIN | Thomas | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | SSX23276 |
| MASON | Harry G | Ordinary Seaman | JX290101 |
| MAXWELL | Ian L | Surgeon Lieutenant (RN) | N/A |
| MAY | Leslie | Temporay Acting Leading Seaman | BD/X1637 |
| McARTHUR | William | Able Seaman | JX288167 |
| McCABE | George S | Able Seaman | JX172565 |
| McKEEGHAN | Douglas | Ordinary Coder | JX310298 |
| McKOWN | Leonard | Sick Berth Attendant | SBR/X7213 |
| McMASTERS | Robert | Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX72887 |
| METCALFE | Percy D | Able Seaman | JX186418 |
| MOON | Frederick J F | Able Seaman | J112060 |
| MOORE | F | Able Seaman | N/A |
| MORGAN | Ivan Rhys | Ordinary Seaman | JX302854 |
| MORRIS | F | Able Seaman | N/A |
| MUDGE | Albert L | Stoker 1st Class | KX121374 |
| NELSON | John J | Ordinary Seaman | JX308779 |
| NIBLOCK | George | Acting Able Seaman | D/X253834 |
| NICHOLSON | George G | Signalman | JX176282 |
| OGDEN | John | Stoker 1st Class | KX98358 |
| O'KEEFE | Thomas C | Ordinary Seaman | JX304873 |
| PAGE | G | Able Seaman | N/A |
| PARMENTER | Albert E | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | JX201950 |
| PASSMORE | Donald F | Chief Engine Room Artificer | M37920 |
| PAYNE | Hugh J | Signalman | JX231708 |
| PEAD | Horace R | Temp. Act Warrant Officer Eng. (RN) | N/A |
| PHILP | Thomas J E | Able Seaman | J101367 |
| POOLE | Thomas H | Stoker 1st Class | K62202 |
| POPPLETON | Frederick W | Ordinary Seaman | JX302088 |
| POUNTNEY | Eric A | Temporary Leading Telegraphist | RNWAR 1067 |
| PRUDEN | Edward V | Able Seaman | JX198384 |
| PUTT | George H | Temporary Leading Cook (O) | MX59228 |
| RALPH | John G | Coder | JX310304 |
| REID | Alan F | Able Seaman | MD/X2974 |
| RICH | Percy | Ordinary Artificer 3rd Class | SR16134 |
| ROBB | John C | Able Seaman | JX308182 |
| ROBINSON | Francis | Able Seaman | SSX22722 |
| ROBINSON | Charles | Temporary Stoker Petty Officer | KX80956 |
| SANGSTER | Anthony De T | Lieutenant (RN) | N/A |
| SAUNDERS | J | Able Seaman | N/A |
| SAYLE | Charles D | Leading Steward | LX22221 |
| SCRIVENS | Cyril J | Stoker 1st Class | KX113109 |
| SHEPHERD | Hugh | Able Seaman | SSX30333 |
| SHIELL | Joseph C | Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist | JX134397 |
| SIMMS | Arthur N | Temporary Gunner (RN) | N/A |
| SLADE | Arthur C | Temporary Leading Seaman | JX149238 |
| SMITH | Harold | Able Seaman | JX179941 |
| SMYTH | Thomas J | Signalman | SSX29641 |
| SNELL | Lawrence R | Temporary Acting Leading Stoker | KX943441 |
| SPEAR | Edward | Ordinary Seaman | JX303044 |
| STADDEN | Douglas S | Temporary Leading Steward | LX23000 |
| STAFFORD | Harold | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | SSX14930 |
| STANAWAY | John H A | Temporary Chief Engine Room Artificer | MX47625 |
| STANSWORTH | William | Ordinary Coder | JX341615 |
| SWAINSTON | Samuel | Able Seaman | SSX12346 |
| THOMAS | Frederick N G |
Able Seaman | JX204662 |
| TURNER | Frank A | Able Seaman | JX136004 |
| TURNER | Walter W | Able Seaman | JX204564 |
| URQUHART | William C D | Stoker 1st Class | KX94475 |
| VICARY | Edwin J | Acting Able Seaman | JX208610 |
| WALKER | Herbert D | Able Seaman | J106042 |
| WARD | Arthur | Stoker 1st Class | KX115690 |
| WATERHOUSE | Thomas C | Petty Officer Cook (S) | MX49073 |
| WATERHOUSE-SUTTON | Arthur | Telegraphist | WRX1127 |
| WEEKES | Charles B | Chief Stoker | K54729 |
| WESTLAKE | Philip J | Temporary Petty Officer | JX130014 |
| WHARTON | Frederick H | Able Seaman | MD/X2827 |
| WHITE | Cyril B J | Ordinary Seaman | JX310031 |
| WHITE | John | Acting Stoker 1st Class | SKX918 |
| WILLIAMS | William P | Able Seaman | SSX15772 |
| WILLIAMS | Albert Henry | Ordinary Seaman | JX348240 |
| WILSON | Francis G | Able Seaman | JX302272 |
| WOODS | William | Able Seaman | SSX159742 |
| WORSNUP | Harold | Ordinary Seaman | JX334276 |
| WRIGHT | Herbert O | Able Seaman | JX196708 |
| YELLAND | William P | Able Seaman | JX160524 |
