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HMS Phoebe
24th June 1942 Visit
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Phoebe during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Baker William Henry. Able Sea. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Brush MID George Carleton. C.E.R.A. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Carruthers Joseph William. Bdmn.
- Clarkson Oswald. Stkr. 2Cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Denton Stanley. L/Stkr. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Henderson George. Ord. Sea. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Lancefield Ronald Vivian. Marine (d.23rd October 1942)
- Lord Douglas William. Ord. Sea. (d.23rd October 1942)
- MacCallum Gordon Blair. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942)
- Mallett Henry Arthur. Marine (d.23rd October 1942)
- Martin Peter Jack. BOY1 (d.23rd October 1942)
- Miatt Geoffrey William Buchanan. BOY1 (d.23rd October 1942)
- Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. L.Sea.
- Murray Isaac. Sto.2 (d.23rd Oct 1942)
- Needham Walter. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942)
- Paul Ernest Sidney. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942)
- Pickett Edward Isaac. Ord.Sea. (d.23 October 1942)
- Platt Joseph. Mrn.
- Rawson Vincent. Ord.Sea. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Sancto Ronald. Stkr. 1cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Sharpe Jack. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Slapp William John. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Swallow William Alfred Charles. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Taylor Harold. Marine (d.23rd October 1942)
- Tribble Ernest William. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Turvey Horace Albert. C.Mech. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Wood Frederick George. Able Sea. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Woodfine Alfred Francis. Stkr. 1cl. (d.23rd October 1942)
- Woodrow Harold Frank. Sgt. (d.23 October 1942)
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Bdmn. Joseph William "Ginge" Carruthers HMS Phoebe My Father joined as a bandboy in 1936 aged 14.
He served on HMS Phoebe, HMS Sussex, HMS Gosling and HMS Queen Elizabeth during the war.
After the war he served on HMS Indefatigable, Implacable, Ceylon, Newfoundland, Triumph, Vernon and Wolfe.
We lived in Singapore at HMS Terror between 1962 and 1967.
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L.Sea. Wilfred Charles Mildenhall Gunner HMS Victory,Excellent,Queen Elizabeth,Phoebe,Seabe  My father, Bill Mildenhall, always wanted to join the Royal Navy. As a school boy at the prestigous Grammar school Tiffins in Kingston, all boys were required to become either Naval or Army cadets, the Navy was his passion.
He left school in 1939 and enlisted as a boy in 1938 and then as an adult. He was one of those who didn't wait for National Service, the Navy was something he always wanted to join.
His service record shows some but not much of the details in service and conduct until 1947. I'm almost sure he was on HMS Kimberley, and HMS Hotspur, but there are pages missing. Not sure after the war but he stayed on a while.
He had a Gunner's manual for training, and someone told me he was actually a Gunnery trainer. The last sheet says enrolled PO RFR B23/96 Lg sea LR2 22 Dec 1947 -16 May 1951 RFR engagement expired. Paid RFR Jan 1948. So I am not certain for sure when he actually left the Royal Navy.
He rarely spoke about his service, but he was a member of the Royal Naval Club where we lived, and he had many friends in the organisation and at the Star & Garter Home in Richmond Surrey. When he died in 1977, his funeral was attended by the RNA, British Legion, Burma Star Association & Rats of Tobruk. I have never seen such a hugely attended funeral for an ordinary person since. He was such a humble man he would have been very proud.
Sadly, his medals went missing. They were on his coffin for his funeral, that was the last time we saw them and never really thought about them until some years later.
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Mrn. Joseph Platt Royal Marines My late father Joseph Platt served with the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He was one of the force that was sent as reinforcements to Crete and was fortunate to escape on HMS Phoebe from Sphakia.
His favourite memory of the war was just before they were shipped overseas and they were on parade. The officer in charge said "Right chaps. This is it. I will be with you, as far as Scotland."
In 1984 he went back to Crete and visited the grave of his friend Francis Liddell at the war cemetery in Suda Bay.
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Sgt. Harold Frank Woodrow HMS Phoebe (d.23 October 1942) Harold Woodrow was the son of James and Caroline Woodrow; husband of Olive Lilian Woodrow, of Rochester, Kent. He was 35 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Stkr. 1cl. Alfred Francis Woodfine HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 1st Class Alfred Woodfine was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Able Sea. Frederick George Wood HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Frederick Wood was the son of William Edward and Charlotte Wood; husband of Dorothy Emily Wood, of Hammersmith, London. He was 37 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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C.Mech. Horace Albert Turvey HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Chief Mechanician Horace Turvey was the son of Harry William and Adelaide Turvey; husband of Annie Elizabeth Pearn Turvey, of Crownhill, Plymouth. He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Boy 1Cl. Ernest William Tribble HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Ernest Tribble was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Marine Harold Taylor HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Harold Taylor was the son of George Arthur and Alice Taylor of Lightcliffe, W. Yorks. He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Boy 1Cl. William Alfred Charles Swallow HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class William Swallow was the son of William and Elizabeth Swallow, of Southend on Sea, Essex. He was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Boy 1Cl. William John Slapp HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class William Slapp was the son of Hannah Slapp of Overstrand, Norfolk. He was 17 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Boy 1Cl. Jack Sharpe HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Jack Sharpe was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Stkr. 1cl. Ronald Sancto HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 1st Class Ronald Sancto was the son of James and Maud Sancto of Middlesborough, Cleveland. He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Ord.Sea. Vincent Rawson HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Rawson was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Ord.Sea. Edward Isaac Pickett HMS Phoebe (d.23 October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Pickett was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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