The Ship's
Company At Boulogne on 23 May 1940
And when sunk on 19 October 1940
PETER
AGNEW
OD
C/JX 195489
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
FREDERICK
AINDOW
AB
D/JX 145433
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CHARLES
JOHN
ALDRIDGE
AB
D/SSX 10891
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
JAMES
EDWARD
ALEXANDER
OD
D/JX 165241
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
LAUNCELOT
ARTHUR
STOKER
D/SS 125256
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ERROL
BROCK
BABBAGE
AB
D/JX 197501
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
JOHN
KENNETH
BALDWIN
TELEGRAPHIST
D/SSX 16952
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
WALTER
BARLOW
EA
D/MX 90736/47140
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
RONALD
GEORGE
BENNETT
PO
D/JX 133943
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
RONALD
GEORGE
BENNETT
PO
D/JX 133943
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
EDWARD
REGINALD
BEVAN
AB
D/J 26867
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
KILLED
WILLIAM
ALFRED
BICKFORD
AB
D/J 26990
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
JAMES
BISHOP
AB
D/J 20494
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
KILLED
FREDERICK
BOON
AB
D/JX 144535
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
E
BOPE
STOKER PO
KX 80972
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
J
V
BRAINE
OD
JX 201315
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CHARLES
E
BRIDGE
AB
D/JX 139172
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
LEONARD
GEORGE
BROAD
L/SEAMAN
D/SSX 22464
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
G
BROOMBALL
OD
JX 184826
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FRANCIS
BRUEN
LT XO
RN
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JEREMIAH
VINCENT
BURKE
PO
D/J 115014
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
ARTHUR
BURTON
STOKER1C
D/K 64200
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
W
CHARNLEY
O/TELEGRAPHIST
D/JX 186432
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FREDERICK
GEORGE
COLE
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER COOK
D/M 10724
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JAMES
COLE
L/STOKER
K 10346
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HENRY
EDWARD
COMMONS
TELEGRAPHIST
P/JX 125405
25/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
DOW
JAMES
WILLIAM
CONNELL
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
D/J 41470
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
COTTONANY
L/STORES ASSISTANT
MX 52012
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JAMES
JOHN BROWN
COUSINS
L/SEAMAN
D/JX 131673
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
STANLEY
PHILLIP
COWELL
O/TELEGRAPHIST
D/SSX 31346
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
DESMOND
LISBURN CURTIS
CRAIG
LCMDR CO
RN
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
ERNEST
J
CRASKE
STOKER
D/KX 95719
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
G
R
CROUCH
OD
JX 186927
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HENRY
CURRINS
L/SEAMAN
D/J 110130
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
J
R
CURRY
AB
B/DX 1328
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JOHN
GEORGE W
CUTHBERT
OD
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
GEORGE
CHARLES JENNINGS
DALLEY
SUPPLY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
D/M 37465
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
GEORGE
HENRY
DAMSELL
AB
D/J 44814
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
FRANCIS
ROWLAND
DEACON
AB
D/JX 138143
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
T
DEAN
AB
D/JX 13899
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
SYDNEY
DENNE
AB
D/SSX 21950
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JAMES
DIXON
OD
D/JX 188731
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
EDWARD
JOHN CHARLES
DOLMORE
OFFICERS' COOK 1c
D/LX 20967
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
SIDNEY
JAMES
DOWDESWELL
SIGNALMAN
NZD 26
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
DAVID
DREW
S/LT
RNVR
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JOHN
MAURICE
DUNDERDALE
SIGNALMAN
D/SSX 17672
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
EDWARD
THOMAS GEORGE
EDWARDS
L/STEWARD
D/LX 21403
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
GEORGE
HENRY
ELLIS
L/SEAMAN
D/JX 132285
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
GEORGE
HENRY
ELLIS
L/SEAMAN
D/JX 132285
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
GRAHAM
STANLEY EDGAR
EYNON
AB
D/ 229391
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
GEORGE
FREDERICK
FARMER
AB
J 701
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
SAMUEL
PAUL HERBERT
FERGUS
SURGEON LT
RNVR
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
CHARLES
RICHARD
FORD
STOKER1C
D/K 64031
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
EDWARD
FOSTER
STOKER2C
D/KX 104454
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
C
L
FRENCH
SIGNALMAN
B/ 16613
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JOSEPH
EDMUND
GLASSON
STOKER
K 56569
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
GEORGE
MELVILLE
GRANT
AB
J 22444
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
WALTER JOHN
GRIGG
AB
J 4890
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
GRIFFITH
GEORGE
GWYN
OD
D/JX 188714
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
SYDNEY
HAMILTON
OD
D/JX 187754
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
ARTHUR
HERBERT
HAMPSON
YEOMAN OF THE SIGNALS
D/J 112753
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
FREDERICK
D
HARDY
AB
B/DX 1419
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HORACE
REGINALD
HARGRAVE
STOKER PO
D/KX 78779
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
THEODORE
JOHN
HAYMAN
STOKER PO
D/KX 78991
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
J
HENKINS
OD
JX 185229
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
R
HICKS
TELEGRAPHIST
W/RX 209
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
P
HIGGINS
OD
JX 187038
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
H
B
HINCHCLIFFE
PO COOK
C/MX 48026
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
EDWARD
GEORGE
HODGES
AB
D/J 106144
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
ARTHUR
BERTIE
HOLLANDS
STOKER
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
WILLIAM
JOHN
HOLMES
AB
X/20244/A
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
DOUGLAS
HONEY
WO GUNNER
RN
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ERNEST
HORN
L/TELEGRAPHIST
D/J 106419
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
JOHN
ARCHBOLD
HOWARD
AB
D/SSX 23404
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CHARLES
FREDERICK
HUTCHINSON
AB
D/J 77101
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
NORMAN
BOOTH
ISHERWOOD
STOKER
K 56565
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
EDWARD
WILLIAM
JAMES
L/SEAMAN
D/JX 141221
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
G
L
JENKINS
OD
JX 201327
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FREDERICK
JENNINGS
AB
D/J 109280
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
FREDERICK
JENNINGS
AB
D/J 109280
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
EDWARD
TREVOR
JOHN
AB
J 41606
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CHARLES
ARTHUR
JOHNSON
SIGNALMAN
P/J 97198
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
DENIS
HARVEY
JONES
S/LT
RNR
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JAMES
JONES
SEAMAN
D/5824
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
JAMES
JONES
AB
P/JX 203042
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
W
KAY
OD
JX 187043
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JAMES
ERNEST
KERSWELL
L/SEAMAN
D/J 40960
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
STANLEY
KINGS
STEWARD
C/LX 22771
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JOSEPH
ARTHUR
LANGDON
L/STOKER
D/KX 77334
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
D
LANGFORD
OD
SSX 32698
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
SAMUEL
WINTER
LATES
OD
JX 189793
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
HENRY
LEECE
PO
D/JX 134292
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
HENRY
LEECE
PO
D/JX 134292
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
GUY
LITTLEWOOD
AB
J 106946
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FREDERICK
CHARLES
LUCRAFT
STOKER2C
D/KX 104875
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
FRANCIS
EDMUND
MABIN
L/STOKER
K 26369
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HARRY
ARNOLD
MACHIN
AB
X/18997/A
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HARRY
ARNOLD
MACHIN
AB
X/18997/A
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
WILLIAM
SCOTT
MACPHERSON
AB
D/J 12561
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
MARTIN
STOKER
MX 99596
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
MARCUS
EYRE LLOYD
MAUNSELL
S/LT
RN
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
JOSEPH
MCDERMOTT
AB
X/20434/A
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
A
MCNICHOL
ERA
MX 63802
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
BERNULF
HENRY DE CLEGG
MELLOR
LCMDR CO
RN
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
WALLACE
MORDECIA
OD
JX 174283
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
W
MORETON
STOKER
D/KX 90389
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FREDERICK
JOHN
MORRIS
CANTEEN MANAGER
NAAFI
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
HENRY
JAMES
MUGGERIDGE
AB
5450/D
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FRANK
LESLIE
NEEP
CHIEF STOKER
K 58876
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
G
C
NEW
AB
SSX 20991
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CYRIL
NEWMAN
L/STOKER
D/KX 80281
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
S
NEWTON
OD
JX 188288
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JACK
NICKOLLS
LT
RNVR
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
OGDEN
AB
D/J 110856
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
A
OKEEFE
AB
SSX 26666
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
PALFREYMAN
STOKER
KX 91877
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
IVOR
LEONARD
PARRY
AB
D/J 108846
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
WILLIAM
HENRY BRAYLEY
PEARSON
AB
J 43251
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
T
PETERS
AB
JX 152552
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
CHARLES EFFORD
PHYSICK
AB
D/J 22380
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
VIVIAN
OLIVER
POLLARD
L/SEAMAN
JX 136333
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
E
POST
AB
B/DX 1435
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
CLIFFORD
PROSSER
OD
D/JX 173967
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
F
A
PUGSLEY
AB
SSX 22244
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HENRY
GEORGE
PULLEN
AB
J 11199
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ERNEST
ALFRED
RANDALL
YEOMAN OF THE SIGNALS
D/J 110457
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
ROBERT
LEWIS JOHN SYKES
RICHARDS
AB
D/J 74044
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JOSEPH
ROBERTS
STOKER1C
D/KX 97584
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
JOHN
STEPHEN ELLISON
ROGERS
S/LT
RN
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
A
ROOKE
STOKER
KX 104705
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
W
SAINSBURY
SBA
D/X 7829
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ALBERT
EDWARD
SAUNDERS
PO
D/J 109279
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
E
SEYMOUR
OD
JX 187051
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
SAMUEL
SHERGO
AB
D/JX 142746
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
JOSEPH
PATRICK
SHORLIN
STOKER
KX 10549
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
REGINALD
JOSEPH
SIMPSON
AB
D/J 113849
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
THOMAS
ROY
SIMPSON
STEWARD
D/LX 22705
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
RONALD
LEONARD
SINDEN
AB
D/SD/X 1642
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
HENRY
SELWAY
SMART
STOKER
D/K 43462
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
WILLIAM
LESLIE
SMITH
OD
P/JX 191739
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
GEORGE EDWIN
STILES
CERA
D/M 38822
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
LEONARD
FREDERICK
SUFFELL
AB
D/SSX 28393
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WALTER
SYKES
STOKER
KX 94047
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ERNEST
ALBERT
SYMONDS
STOKER PO
KX 78152
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
F
H
TAYLOR
TELEGRAPHIST
JX 148224
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
HAROLD
ARMSTRONG
TAYLOR
OD
D/JX 192957
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
LEONARD
ARTHUR
TAYLOR
STOKER PO
D/K 67067
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
R
T
TAYLOR
AB
JX 135352
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
ERNEST
TORR
AB
D/J 57954
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
D
TRUMPER
L/SIGNALMAN
D/JX 141812
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
JAMES
VENNEY
ERA
D/M 19027
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
STANLEY
SAMUEL
VINCENT
COMMISSIONED ENGINEER
RN
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
STANLEY
VINEY
AB
D/J 99263
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
GRAHAM
KENDALL
WATSON
STOKER2C
D/KX 104579
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
CHARLES
DAVID BEATTY
WATTS
STOKER2C
D/KX 99255
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
MISSING
THOMAS
EDMUND EVERARD
WATTS
AB
D/J 13108
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
DAVID
WELFORD
AB
D/JX 165781
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
WILLIAM
DAVID
WELFORD
AB
D/JX 165871
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
WHITFIELD
ERA
MX 60269
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
S
WILDING
OD
JX 187118
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
JAMES
WILKINS
AB
D/J 103447
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
POW L
WILLIAM
JAMES
WILKINS
AB
D/J 103447
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
POW L
A
R
WILLIAMS
AB
JX 144134
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
WILLIAM
HENRY
WILLIS
OD
D/JX 169041
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
ANDREW
WILSON
PO TELEGRAPHIST
JX 135409
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
SURVIVOR
FREDERICK
HOWARD
WOODCOCK
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
D/J 50298
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
RUDOLF
JOHN MARC
WRATISLAW
LT
RN
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
WIA
ALEXANDER
WRIGHT
STOKER
D/KX 90736
19/10/1940
SHIP LOSS
WIA
HAROLD
WILLIAM
WRIGLEY
AB
D/SSX 17687
23/05/1940
SHORE GUNFIRE
KILLED
This
list of the 169 men aboard HMS Venetia
was compiled by Ian McLeod from official Admiralty
records held by the National Archives at Kew.
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you want to find out more about the wartime service of a member of your
family who served on HMS Venetia
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