Portraits & documents
Faces of the Fallen
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old…”
In memory of the Service personnel lost aboard HMS Hollyhock following her sinking on 9th April 1942 in the Indian Ocean. Remembered with honour at the Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham Naval Memorials.
DAVIES Thomas Edward
Lt-Commander RNR, OBE
Son of Thomas Edward and Esther Davies.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialSIMPSON Bernard
Ty. Lieutenant RNR
Picture kindly supplied by Philip Griffin-Smith, grandson of Bernard.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCORY Derek John
Ty. Sub-Lieutenant RNR
Son of Herbert William and Agnes Lilian Cory.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialSOUCH Robert H.
31Acting Able Seaman RN
Son of Joseph and Caroline Souch; husband of Edith Rose Souch, of Brixton, London.
Plymouth Naval MemorialHIBELL Richard Jesse
25Leading Cook (S) RN
Son of Richard Frederick and Anne Frances Hibell; husband of Florence C. Hibell, Custom House, Essex.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialSMITH John C.
Able Seaman RNVR
Portsmouth Naval MemorialHOWARD Bernard G.
27Ordinary Seaman RN
Son of Harry and Ellen Howard; husband of Doris Noreen Howard, of Leicester.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialANDERSON H. G.
29Able Seaman SANF
Son of Wallace H. and Susan C. Anderson, of Port Elizabeth; husband of Edith Anderson.
Plymouth Naval MemorialJUBY K. J.
16Ordinary Seaman SANF
Son of Mr and Mrs H. W. B. Juby, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa.
Plymouth Naval MemorialSOUTHALL John A.
21Acting Able Seaman RN
Son of John and Theresa Southall, of Birmingham.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBARLOW William P.
29Leading Steward RN
Son of Mr and Mrs Percy Barlow; husband of Ivy Barlow, Gosport.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialKERR Norman C.
19Orderly, Australian Naval Reserve
Son of Thomas John and Rose Kerr, of Canowindra, NSW, Australia.
Plymouth Naval MemorialSTILL Robert D.
20Telegraphist RN
Son of Hilda Eveline Still.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBASTON Douglas T.
25Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, SANF
Son of William A. and Elizabeth Baston.
Plymouth Naval MemorialLAMB John (“Jack”)
25Able Seaman RN
Son of William M. and Mary A. Lamb.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialWEST Harry F. W.
22Able Seaman, RANR
Son of James and Edith West, of North Curl Curl, NSW, Australia.
Plymouth Naval MemorialBLOOMFIELD Cyril
Stoker 1st Class RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialLEACH Peter A. D. H.
21Stoker 2nd Class, SANF
Son of Harold and Louisa M. A. D. H. Leach.
Plymouth Naval MemorialWICKETT Alfred J.
24Stoker 1st Class RN
Son of Ernest and Ellen Wickett; husband of Gladys May Wickett, of Plymouth. — “Jack”.
Plymouth Naval MemorialBRADLEY Kenneth C.
25Ordinary Seaman RN
Son of Francis Bernard and Minnie Bradley; husband of Eunice Amy Phyllis Bradley, of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialLEITCH Robert A.
34Stoker 2nd Class RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialWOOD Charles
29Stoker 2nd Class RN
Son of William and Jeanette Wood, of Barnsley; husband of Nancy Wood.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCARHART Herbert J.
Steward RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialMITCHELL Donald
22Able Seaman RN
Son of Walter and Margaret Mitchell, of Rockfield, Ross and Cromarty.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBLACKMAN Frederick J.
37Telegraphist RN
Son of Allan and Ellen Blackman; husband of Gladys Mary Blackman.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBOOTH Albert J.
22Stoker 1st Class RN
Son of Albert Edward and Gladys May Booth, of Risca, Monmouthshire.
Chatham Naval MemorialMOONEY Walter A.
24Petty Officer RN
Son of George Victor and Millicent Mooney; husband of Kathleen Mary Charlotte Mooney, of Shirley, Southampton.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCOLLETT Jack A.
Petty Officer Stoker RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCOOPER Henry
36Petty Officer Stoker RN
Son of Nickol and Alice Cooper; husband of Elizabeth Ethel Cooper, of Gateshead.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialNICHOLLS Leslie F.
33Ordinary Seaman RN
Son of Frank and Emma Nicholls; husband of Florence Maud Nicholls, of Manor Park, Essex.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBUITENDACH James M.
22Stoker 2nd Class, SANF
Son of Jacob E. and Dorothea M. Buitendach, of Durban, Natal.
Plymouth Naval MemorialEDMONDS Ernest R.
42Chief Engine Room Artificer
Son of Charles and Emma Edmonds; husband of Polly Maddox Edmonds, of Fareham.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialNIVEN James L.
Ordinary Seaman RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialBURROWS Norman T. J.
Sick Berth Attendant
Portsmouth Naval MemorialELLIS Albert N.
Ordinary Signalman RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialPATTERSON John W.
22Able Seaman RN
Son of J. W. and Iris Isabella Patterson, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCARSON William J.
22Stoker 2nd Class RN
Son of William J. and Mary Carson, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialELLIS Reginald H.
41Leading Stoker RN
Son of George William and Emily Ellis.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialPAYNE Albert E.
31Stoker 2nd Class RN
Son of George and Louise Payne; husband of Kate Frances Payne, of Withdean, Sussex.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialCORMACK Angus
21Able Seaman RN
Son of Adam and Christina Cormack, of Lybster, Caithness-shire.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialGRIMLEY Norman S.
23Leading Coder
Son of Jasper Sylvester Grimley and Mabel Grimley, of Bedworth, Warwickshire.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialPLANT George S. G.
50Leading Stoker RN
Son of Edward William H. and Louisa Plant; husband of Ethel Grace Plant, of Woolavington, Somerset.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialDUCK Leslie S.
33Ordinary Seaman RN
Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Duck, of Westow, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialHARRAT Arthur R.
22Signalman RN
Son of William John and Emily Harratt, of Northampton.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialPRESTON Robert A. F.
Chief Petty Officer RN · Mentioned in Despatches
Pictures courtesy of Robert’s grandson, Mr Brian Snell.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialHILL Allan P.
20Signalman RN
Son of Joseph and Kate Hill, of King’s Heath, Birmingham.
Portsmouth Naval MemorialHARRIS Bertie P.
Able Seaman RN
Portsmouth Naval MemorialSANDHAM David T.
Cook
Portsmouth Naval MemorialPHILLIPS Harry T.
22Supply Assistant
Son of Harry Frank and Elizabeth Sarah Phillips, of Purbrook, Hampshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial