Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

HMS Birmingham (19)

British light cruiser



HMS Birmingham (19) in 1943

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British light cruiser HMS Birmingham (19).

Aboard HMS Birmingham (19) when hit on 28 Nov 1943

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAbram, Robert Hugh, RN19Ordinary CoderHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishBadham, Arthur George, RN29Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishBarker, John Colin, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishBird, Kenneth, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
South AfricanBloomfield, Clarence Herbert, RN37SignalmanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishBrooks, Harry, RNCrew memberHMS Birmingham (19)
BritishBuck, Frank Henry, RN22Crew memberHMS Birmingham (19)
BritishCrystall, Leonard Sydney, RN18Ordinary SignalmanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishFarrar, Clifford, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishFenton, Kenneth William, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Birmingham (19)
BritishFewings, Raymond Ernest, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishFlynn, Thomas, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishGilbert, Eric William, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishGleeson, James, RN26Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishGreenhalgh, John, RN22Ordinary SignalmanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishHawken, Geoffrey, RN18Ordinary SignalmanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishHillier, Alfred Arthur Frank, RN20Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishHoptroff, Frank Charles George, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishHughes, Thomas Rees, RN27Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishJames, Leslie John, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishLewis, Richard Albert John, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishLillie, John Stuart, RN21Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishMoore, Frederick, RN28Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishOsborne, Harry, RN20Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishPalmer, Horace Osborne, RN35Cook (S)HMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishPoplar, William Henry, RN27Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishPywell, Francis Edmund James, RN35CoderHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishSchumacher, Douglas Raymond, RN21Leading Cook (S)HMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishSouthwell, Alexander Charles, RN22CoderHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishStrugnell, Harry, RN19Able SeamanHMS Birmingham (19) +
BritishWilliams, Herbert Wyndham, RNCaptainHMS Birmingham (19)

31 persons found.

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

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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