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HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)

British special service vessel

West Lynn before her conversion to a Q-ship. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British special service vessel HMS Willamette Valley (X 39).

Aboard HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) when hit on 29 Jun 1940

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Ashton, Nephi, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Balchin, Ronald Frederick, RNR	30	Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Beattie, Robert Pollock, RNR	40	Lieutenant Commander (E)	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Boland, Jack Nevil, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Booth, Sidney Partington, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Brett, Charles Frederick, RFR	33	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Brook, Charles Thomas, RN	40	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Butterworth, Albert Edward, RN	21	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Case, Albert James Newman, RN	42	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Claret, William Edwin, RN	47	Petty Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Clark, James, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Clench, Edward William, RNR		Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Clews, Victor John, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Collins, Douglas George, RNR	26	Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Couchman, William Alfred, RN	36	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Crumpton-Wray, Joseph Henry, RN	31	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Deag, Leonard Richard, RN	43	Petty Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Dixon, Nelson Everard, RNVR	25	Sub-Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Douglass, George Edward, RNVR	27	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Evans, Edward William, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Fleming, Sidney George, RN	35	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Ford, Charles Richard, NAP	40	Assistant Cook	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Gardner, Thomas Leslie, RNVR	29	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Gibbons, Thomas, RN	22	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Gillies, Donald, RNR		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Hamilton, Andrew Graham, RN	41	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Hancock, Sidney, RN	23	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Henderson, John, RNVR	29	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Henty, Christopher George, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Horlick, Joseph Harold, RN		Petty Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Jones, Albert Edwin, RN		Leading Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Joy, Philip Robert Bruce, RN	30	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Kelsey, George Robert, RN		Ordnance Artificer 1st Class	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Keys, Leonard Lewis John, RN	34	Shipwright 4th Class	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Keyse, Walter Alfred, RNR		Leading Sick Berth Attendant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Lax, George Imeson, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Lewis, James Frederick, NAP		Assistant Steward	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Lockwood, Eric N., RN		Petty Officer Stoker	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)
		Lystor, John Cyril, RN	31	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Madden, Arthur Richard, NAP	33	Assistant Steward	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)
		Martin, James Hamilton, RNVR	41	Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Morris, Robert Nicholson, RNVR	47	Chief Petty Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Murphy, Charles Thomas, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Owen, Ralph, RN		Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Pearson, , NAP		First Radio Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)
		Petrie, Archibald Burness, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Pink, Alfred Albert, RN	20	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Platt, William, RN	20	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Pope, John, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Price, Bernard Edgar, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Quince, William, NAP	30	Senior Electrician	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Redsell, Thomas Frederick Charles, RN	21	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Richards, John Walter, RN	42	Petty Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Riley, Thomas, RN	24	Stoker 1st Class	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Riley, Wilfred Sidney Roughly, RN	19	Ordinary Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Roberts, Richard Kenneth, RN		Signalman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Ryder, Robert Edward Dudley, RN	32	Lieutenant Commander	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)
		Seabrook, Alfred, RN	34	Leading Signalman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Seymour, Edward Francis Michael, RN		Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Singleton, William Edward John Ormerod, RN	22	Leading Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Starkey, Peter Richard, NAP	23	Second Radio Officer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Stephens, Richard Wilson, NAP	23	Junior Engineer	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Stevens, George Daniel, RN		Petty Officer Supply	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Stockham, Sidney Thomas, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Suttie, Andrew Mitchell, RN	20	Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Thomson, James, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Thomson, William, RNR	29	Lieutenant Commander	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Walker, William John, RNR	28	Lieutenant (E)	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Wallace, Hamish Alexander, RNVR		Surgeon Lieutenant	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Watson, Joseph William, NAP	27	Assistant Cook	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Whittle, Michael G.A., RNR		Midshipman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39)
		Williams, Frederick, RN		Able Seaman	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +
		Williams, Leslie W., RNR	25	Lieutenant (S)	HMS Willamette Valley (X 39) +

73 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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