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HMS Veteran (D 72)

British destroyer



Photo courtesy of Mark Teadham

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Veteran (D 72).

Aboard HMS Veteran (D 72) when hit on 26 Sep 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAdams, James Hogg, RN30Leading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishAger, Arthur Henry, RN24Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishAllen, George Bingley, RN22TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishAllen, William, RFR42Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishAnderson, Alfred John, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishAndrews, Sydney, RN27Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBalderstone, Clifford, RN22Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBanks, Tom, RFR38Petty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBarker, Henry, RN25SignalmanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBath, John Herbert Edward, RN34Petty Officer CookHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBaxter, Joseph, RN45Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBeer, Arthur, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBellchambers, Ronald Bernard, RN27Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBenn, Alfred George, RN30Leading Radio MechanicHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBlackman, William George, RFR39Leading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBradshaw, William, RN39Warrant MechanicianHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBranch, Roger Errington Atkinson, RNVR26Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBreavington, George Edward, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBrennan, Richard, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBright, Patrick Joseph, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBrown, Maurice Walter Dennis, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBrown, Norman Albert, RN22StewardHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBrown, Stewart Leslie, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishBuckenham, Guy, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishButler, Charles William, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishButler, Frederick, RN24TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCahill, Frank Leslie, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
AmericanCarter, Michael John, RNVR21Sub-LieutenantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCassidy, Peter, RN22StewardHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishChatterley, William Frederick, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishClarke, Herbert, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishClegg, Norman Edward, RN32Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishClogstoun, Herbert Anthony Amyas, RN21LieutenantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishClouter, John Charles, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCockrell, Frederick Louis John, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCohen, Maurice Meyer, RNStewardHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCole, Harry William, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishColes, Dennis Alfred, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishConnell, James Richmond, RN29Leading CoderHMS Veteran (D 72) +
CanadianCorrigan, Francis Owen, RCN24Passenger (Petty Officer Supply)HMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCox, Thomas Broderick, RN25Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCraft, Leonard, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCrane, Horace Lloyd, RN33Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCrawford, Walter, RN36Sick Berth AttendantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCross, James Edward, RN24Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishCrumley, James Charles, RN40Petty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDavies, Norman, RN23Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDawson, Ian Morrison, RN21Supply AssistantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDawson, William, RN25Leading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDay, William Herbert, RN30Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDenness, Charles George, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDenton, George Francis, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDixon, George Joseph, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishDurham, Edward Henry, RN38Gunner (T)HMS Veteran (D 72) +
CanadianDwyer, Joseph Cannon, RCNVR35Passenger (Lieutenant)HMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishEdwards, William Frederick John, RFRPetty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFalconer, Arthur McLeod, RN32Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFarish, Charles James, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFarish, Frederick, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFerguson, David Russell Shaw, RN27SignalmanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFilby, Jeffrey Edward, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFreeman, George, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFrench, Reginald Charles, RN28Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFrid, Charles Percy, RN29Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFrost, Albert Edward, RN24Leading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishFrost, William Harry, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGarwood, Trevor Henry, RN31Lieutenant CommanderHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGibson, William Huntley, RN24Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGinger, Victor John, RNVR24Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGoodacre, William Bertie, RN29Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGreenwood, John, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishGriffiths, Leslie Hingston, RN39Leading TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHall, George William, RN30Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHamilton, Robert, RN29Engine Room Artificer 2nd ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHarkness, Alexander Murray, RN23Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHarpham, John Franklin, RN25Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHarris, James Stanley, RN20Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHartnett, William, RN24Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHayes, Francis Mason, RNVRSurgeon LieutenantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHearnden, Reginald Douglas, RN30Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHensher, Harold Charles, RN46Petty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHiggins, Walter, RN20Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHinton, Robert William Herbert, RN20Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHodges, Frank Richard, RN26Leading TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHolness, Herbert George, RN42Chief StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHolt, Gerard, RN20Leading Cook (S)HMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHook, Gordon George, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishHorley, William James, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishJarvis, Walter William, RN28Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishJones, Brian Rosling, RNR21Sub-LieutenantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishJones, Frank Arnold, RNPetty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishKaye, Henry Frederick Whitfield, Merchant Navy25ShipwreckedHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishKeiller, Leonard George, RN26Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishKeith, John, RN33Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishKelloway, Pearce Burry, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishKenney, Geoffrey Frank, RN20Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishLaw, Reginald Thomas Felton, RN48Petty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishLawrence, Jack Frederick Ivor, RN20Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishLock, George Thomas, RN18Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishLocke, John Henry William, RN26Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMavir, James Tracey, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMayers, Chilion, Merchant Navy44ShipwreckedNew York, HMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMcClure, David, RN21Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMcCormick, John, RN38Electrical Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMcDonald, Thomas, RN23Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishMcLeod, George Farquhar, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishNeedham, John Desmond, RN28LieutenantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishNewton, George Henry, RNRPetty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishNowell, Bernard Cecil, RN30Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishOsborne, Ernest James, RN27Leading Cook (O)HMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishOsborne, Ralph Robert, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishParkinson, George William, RNR28SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishParnham, Herbert, RN25Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishPerry, Jack, RN22Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishProbert, Edward Alfred, RN28Leading Supply AssistantHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRandall, Albert Victor, RN32Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishReed, Robert Bernard Clement, RNVR22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishReeves, Arthur Robert, RN23Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishReeves, James Donald, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishReid, Harold William, RN23Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRichardson, William John, RN27Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRimmer, Herbert, RN20Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRobertson, Horace Charles Embeson, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRogers, David Edward, RN27Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishRogers, Robert Henry, RN34Petty Officer StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSaddington, Samuel, RN37Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSanderson, Robert Wilson, RN27Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSchofield, Frederick, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishShaw, Cecil Mourvelin Harvey, RN32Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSheldon, Robert John, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSloggett, Ernest Herbert, RNVR28Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSmith, Charles Edward, RN33Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSmith, Fred, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSmith, Geoffrey Charters, RN22Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSmith, John Preston Thomson, RNLeading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSteele, Harry, RN20Ordinary SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSteventon, John Ashley, RN21Ordnance Artificer 4th ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishStubbs, Leonard, RN25Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSutton, George, RN38Chief Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishSwales, John Errington, RN23Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishTarlton, Frank Mintoft, RNLeading CoderHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishTharratt, George Edwin Owen, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishThompson, Alfred Alexander, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishTingle, Francis, RN22Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishTodd, Joseph, RN26Leading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishVincent, William Alfred, RN30Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishVincon, George, RN26Petty OfficerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWade, Frank Hildred, RNSignalmanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWaite, John George, RN22Leading StokerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWard, John, RN24Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWarman, Leslie Edward, RN37Petty Officer StewardHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWarner, George Herbert, RN20SignalmanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWest, Harold Leslie, RN22Canteen ManagerHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWheeler, John Alfred William, RNLeading SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWhiley, Charles Edward, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWhite, Frederick Robert Victor, RN21Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWhittaker, John, RNAble SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWilliams, Sydney J., RNLeading SignalmanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWiltshire, Bert, RN29Yeoman of SignalsHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWood, John Barclay, RN32StewardHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWoodman, Reginald Herbert, RFR34Stoker 1st ClassHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishWright, Harold, RN19Able SeamanHMS Veteran (D 72) +
BritishYoung, Robert Smith Cook, Merchant Navy42ShipwreckedBoston, HMS Veteran (D 72) +

163 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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