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HMS Kite (U 87)

British Sloop

HMS Kite (U 87) as completed

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British Sloop HMS Kite (U 87).

Aboard HMS Kite (U 87) when hit on 21 Aug 1944

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		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Addison, Albert Edwin, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Aldred, Thomas, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Allinson, John Robert, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Allison, James McMorrow, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Astle, James, RN	19	Leading Radio Mechanic	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Austen, Norman Sidney, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bailey, Desmond Arthur, RN	18	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bailey, John Shaw, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Balfour, Arthur, RN	37	Coder	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Ball, Alfred Hugh, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Barnes, Edwin, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Barnes, Leonard Morris, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Barton, Ernest, RN	25	Petty Officer Steward	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bateman, Derek Arthur, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Beard, William Henry, RN	39	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Beckett, Frederick, RN	18	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Belbin, Raymond Arthur, RN	21	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bennett, Frederick, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bent, James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Berry, William Albert, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bibby, George, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bickerton, Walter Stephen, RN	21	Leading Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Binnington, Stanley, RN	18	Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bishop, William Henry, RN	44	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bloomfield, Reginald Robert, RNVR	20	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bonsall, Charles, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Booth, Joseph William, RN	29	Shipwright 3rd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Boxall, George William, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Bradley, Ernest Chapman, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Brannigan, Daniel, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Briggs, Thomas Richard, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Buchanan, Norman, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Buffett, Stanley, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Burnett, Gordon, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Campbell, Andrew Neil Gillespie, RN		Lieutenant Commander	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Campbell, Archibald John, RN		Warrant Mechanician	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Cawley, Lester Thomas, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Ceillam, John, RN	43	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Cheney, Ronald Elson, RN		Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Clift, James, RN	21	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Collins, Patrick John, RN	34	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Connell, Robert James Broors, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Connolly, Ernest, RN	30	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Conroy, William Holt, RN		Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Coppack, John William, RN	40	Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Craig, James, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Craig, John, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Craig, John McKee, RN		Engine Room Artificer 5th Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Craig, Sidney, RN	30	Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Crilley, Joseph Thomas, RNVR		Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davenport, Frederick, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davies, Arthur, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davies, Harold, RN	20	Signalman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davies, John Henry, RN	24	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davies, William Clifford Parsonage, RN	29	Steward	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davies, William Douglas, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Davison, Leslie, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Deller, Henry Sidney Roy, RN	19	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Dick, Norman Brian, RN	22	Leading Signalman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Dobbs, Alan Clark, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Dobbs, John Henry, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Ellis, Edward Ralph, RN	38	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Elson, Herbert Henry, RNVR	27	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Erith, Charles Arthur, RN	37	Petty Officer Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Etchells, Leonard, RN	28	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Evans, Ernest, RN	18	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Farr, William John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Foden, Norman Eric, RN	28	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Foster, Henry Edward, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Fox, Cyril, RN	21	Engine Room Artificer 5th Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Fryer, Charles Edgar John, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Garnett, Gordon, RN	31	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Gilbride, John Michael, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Glanfield, Walter James, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Glover, James Paterson, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Goddard, Thomas Charles, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Gould, George, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Greer, John, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Griffiths, John Owen, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Grundy, Albert, RN	42	Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Guest, Arthur, RN	38	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Habbitts, Dennis John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hall, Richard Leslie, RNVR	28	Surgeon Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hall, William, RN	26	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hall, William Henry, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hamlyn, Charles James William, RN	27	Chief Petty Officer Supply	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hart, James Ferguson, RN	24	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hawkins, Gerald Francis, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hawkins, Harold Willie, RN	43	Chief Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Haynes, Albert George, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hayward, Ronald George William, RN	20	Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Healey, Leslie, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Heath, Frederick, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Heslop, George, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hitchman, Leslie Thomas, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hodgson, Victor, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hodson, George Patrick, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hogarth, Edmund William, RN	30	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Holden, Thomas Frederick, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Holland, James Henry, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Holley, Donald Sidney, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Holmes, Reginald, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Horner, Oliver, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hughes, Charles, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hughes, Evan David, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hunt, John, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Huntley, Norman Henry, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hurst, Charles, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hutchinson, Maurice Samuel, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Hyde, Neville, RN	21	Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Ingles, Thomas Raymond, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Irish, Lionel, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Jackson, Eric, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jackson, Lionel Bernard, RN	27	Leading Cook (O)	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		James, Gilbert William, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		James, Stanley Henry, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		John, Kenneth Edward, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Johnson, George Henry, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Jones, Ivor Edward, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jones, John Alfred, RN	24	Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jones, John Emlyn, RN	19	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jones, Rossiter John Richard, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jones, Thomas Sannachan, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Jowett, Norman, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Kellett, Charles, RN	37	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Kelly, William Albert, RNVR	27	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Kendrick, Lawrence Tudor, RNVR		Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Kirk, John, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Kiver, Edward Victor, RN	41	Petty Officer Cook (S)	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Langley, Frederick, RN	17	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Laughland, John, RN	19	Leading Writer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Lee, Derek, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Liddle, Alfred, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Lockett, James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Lunt, George Edward, RN	31	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mabbutt, Kenneth John, RN		Ordinary Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mackie, Harold John, RN	37	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mahony, Denis, RN	27	Leading Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Marshall, George, RN	23	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Martin, William Thomas, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mason, Leslie, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mason, William, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Matthews, Kenneth, RN	19	Signalman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mattson, Bertram Knightley, RN	26	Coder	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		McAreary, Patrick, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		McAvoy, James Antony, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		McGrath, Christopher John, RN	21	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		McKeown, William, RN	20	Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		McParland, James Joseph, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Medhurst, John Kenneth, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Melling, Peter Harold, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mercer, Frederick James, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mercer, Joseph, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Metheun, Henry Gordon, RN	40	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mills, Stephen Arthur, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Milne, David, RNVR	21	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Minhinnick, John Alec George, RN	20	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mitchell, George, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mitchell, John Henry, RN	19	Steward	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Monson, Fred Northcott, RN	32	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Mountford, James Harry, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Nelson, Edward Bullough, RN		Cook (S)	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Nickolls, David William Reginald, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		O'Brien, Harold, RN	19	Leading Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		O'Dea, Eric Warri, RN		Signalman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Oliver, John Desmond, RN	30	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Park, George, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Patterson, Thomas, RN	25	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Payne, John Richard Lewis, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Payne, Thomas, RN		Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Phelan, James, RN	27	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Phillips, Norman, RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Pointer, Edward, RN		Stoker 2nd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Price, Leslie, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Price, Ronald, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Pym, Alfred Charles, RN	39	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Ractliffe, Dennis, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Read, Albert Edward, RN	37	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Reeve, Terrence Charles, RN	31	Electrical Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Regan, Joseph Terrence, RN	30	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Richards, Arthur Sydney, RN	30	Yeoman of Signals	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Richardson, Frank, RN	38	Canteen Manager	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Roberts, George White, RN	19	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Robinson, Billy, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Robinson, George Frederick, RN	19	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Rooney, James, RN		Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Rundle, Walter Charles Edwin, RN		Telegraphist	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Savage, John Falla, RNR		Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Shand, William George, RN	37	Leading Supply Assistant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Sharp, John Oswald Lucius Hird, RN	24	Leading Sick Berth Attendant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Sharples, Arthur Pratt, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Shelley, Harry, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Skelton, Thomas William, RN	26	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Slade, Gerald, RN	19	Engine Room Artificer 5th Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Slater, John Fowler, RN	26	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Smith, Stephen Albert, RN	22	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Smyth, William Henry, RN	25	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Snaith, Harold Robert, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Solomon, Ralph Lancelot, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Somerville, Neil, RN	26	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Spry, Alfred John, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Stevens, Frederick George, RN	25	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Stirling, Robert McFarlane, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Stockton, Joseph, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Stones, Frank, RN	19	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Struthers, John Gardner, RNVR	21	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Sullivan, Patrick, RN		Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Taylor, John Atherton, RN	24	Signalman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Telford, William Foster Woodhouse, RN	20	Coder	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Temple, Lawrence, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Thomas, Ivor, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Tregaskis, James Henry Logan, RN	35	Leading Steward	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Turner, Harold Buchan, RN	21	Leading Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Vincent, Charles William John, RN	25	Petty Officer	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Wakely, James Rupert, RN	43	Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Watts, William Harold, RN	37	Supply Assistant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Webb, Frank, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87)
		Whittaker, Roy, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Williams, Harry, RN	18	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Williams, Watkins Wynne, RN	19	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Williscroft, Aubrey George, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Wishart, George, RNVR		Lieutenant	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Woodward, Norman William, RN	22	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Wright, Richard Henry, RN	21	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Wyllie, Joseph, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Kite (U 87) +
		Young, Louis Charles Septimus, RN		Canteen Manager	HMS Kite (U 87) +

226 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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