ALL KNOWN CREW OF HMS TETCOTT

All known officers, veterans and identified men mentioned in the archive plus names extracted from contemporary documents, references from veterans etc. 

 By no means a comprehensive list, we will continue to add new names to the list as & when we discover them.

A-C 

 

  • ABRAHAMS Fred (Seconded from South African Navy) 1943
  • ACKRELL Albert Charles - Able Seaman, October 1944 to September 1945
  • ADAMS Arthur "Sykie" - Able Seaman, December 1941 to ?
  • ADAMS James William - Sub Lieutenant, January to June 1944
  • ADAMSON Fred - Stoker1, March 1944 to June 1945
  • ALLEN Raymond Clifford - Petty Officer, P/JX164160, 1941 to 1942
  • ALLEN W F A - T/Sub Lieutenant, Feb 1944 to July 1945
  • AYLWIN John Angus - T/Surgeon Lieutenant, August 1943 to December 1943
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  • BAILEY Tom “Bill” - ERA2, ?1942 to ?1945
  • BALDWIN Danny - Able Seaman
  • BALL Les - Radar Operator, Dec 1941 (Mentioned by poet Harri Webb)
  • BALLINGER B - Leading Stoker, 1944
  • BARTROPP Noel Walter - Surgeon Lieutenant, July to August 1943
  • BELCHER Ken - Coder, April 1943 to June 1945
  • BENNETT ? - Able Seaman
  • BLACKIE John Stuart - Sub Lieutenant, February 1942 to December 1943
  • BLACKWELL William Samuel Reginald DSM - Chief Petty Officer 1943
  • BOLLARD Wilfred - Leading Seaman (In Charge of No 4 Mess Dec 1941)
  • BONDPing
  • BOOSEY ? - Stoker Petty Officer
  • BOYLE John - Able Seaman
  • BRANSBY Hedley Donald - Able Seaman (SA Navy), August 1943 to May 1944
  • BROOKS John - Able Seaman, December 1941 to 1944
  • BROWN Arthur Castle - D/MX61652 (Died 13 October 1946 whilst on Tetcott)
  • BROWNShorty” - Electrician, 1944/45
  • BROWNJock” - ERA4, ?1943 to ?1945
  • BROWN "Lofty" - Petty Officer, 1943
  • BROWNING Peter 
  • BUCKOVSKI Nick - Radar Operator, Dec 1941,  (Mentioned by poet Harri Webb)
  • BURMBY Harold "Jim" - Petty Officer (Cook), (of Maldon, newspaper report March 1944)
  • BURNABY Dave - Officers Steward
  • BURNS Owen Vincent - T/Sub Lieutenant, May to July 1945
  • BUSH Eric - Leading Seaman/QR2, Jan to Aug 1943 and July 1944 to May 1945
  • BUTCHER Roy Norman
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  • CARLSON Albert "Bert" - Able Seaman, December 1941 to Late 1943
  • CARRIER W - Telegraphist
  • CARTER George 
  • CLEMENTS ?
  • COLLINS Dennys Wynne Sylvester - Sub Lt Navigator, June to September 1945
  • COOKE Norbert "Nobbie" - Leading Stoker, December 1941 to 1943
  • COOPER Raymond Gerald - Captain (Royal Artillery) F.O.O., August 1943
  • COOPER Tubby” - Senior Petty Officer
  • COUTTIE Earle - Sub Lieutenant, August 1943 to June 1944
  • COWLING Colin - Leading Wireman, 1942 to 1944/45
  • COWPERTHWAITE James Dowson - Sub Lieutenant RANVR, January to April 1944
  •  D-G

     

  • DANIELS Ronald - Able Seaman/Stoker, 1944 to May 1945
  • DAVENPORT Dudley Lesley - Lieutenant, October 1941 to February 1944
  • DAVIS Ronald Ernest - Lieutenant, November 1941 to August 1943
  • DAW Nigel Selden - T/Surg Lieutenant, December 1942 to August 1943
  • DAWSON Miles Delwaide - Lieutenant, End 1944 to January 1945
  • DAWSONJerry” - Stoker Petty Officer
  • DENNIS Anthony "Tony" Peter David - Telegraphist, 1943 to 1944
  • DENNIS John Alexander Jefferys - Commander, June 1945 to October 1945
  • DEWS Donald "Dinky" - Able Seaman, 1941 to 1943
  • DOCKER Norman Ludford - Leading Wireman, December 1941 to March 1944
  • DOUGLAS Charles Eustace - Chief Petty Officer Coxswain, August 1942
  • DOWD Francis "Dicky" - A/Petty Officer, May 1942 to February 1944
  • DOWNING Frank - Signalman, December 1941 to ?
  • DOWNS Harry
  • DUMPER Les - Chief ERA
  • DUNHAM Jimmy, ?1942 to ?1945
  • DURKIN John “Dicky” - Able Seaman
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  • ELLIS Doug - Leading Steward
  • EMMIT Harry
  • EWERS Sidney - Able Seaman, March 1945 to March 1946
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  • FERRIS Arthur, 1943
  • FIRTH Eric, 1944 to May 1945
  • FLANDERSWillie” DSM - Stoker Petty Officer
  • FOXALLGinger” - Stoker
  • FREEMANTLE Aubrey (Seconded from South African Navy), 1943
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  • GADPAILLE Louis "Jammy" Eric - Able Seaman
  • GARNER Robert William - Lieutenant, January 1945 to ?
  • GIBSON Ivor Robert Deighton - T/Lieutenant, April 1943 to June 1944
  • GILESFarmer” - Coder, Before 1943
  • GORDON Jimmy - Able Seaman
  • GREEN Bill - Stoker
  • GUILFOYLE James "Jimmy" - Telegraphist, 1943 to June 1944
  •  H-L

     

  • HALLOWES ?, 1943
  • HANDCOCK ? - Able Seaman, 1945
  • HARDING Albert
  • HARKNESS Archibald Feguson - Lt Commander, October 1943 to March 1944
  • HARRIS ? - Leading Stoker
  • HARRISON Joe, December 1941 to 1942
  • HARVEY ?
  • HAWKSWORTH Bill "Crash" - ERA3, 1943 to May 1945
  • HICKS Sidney Charles - Able Seaman, August 1942
  • HISCOCK Alfred "Victor
  • HOTCHKISS Richard E - Telegraphist, (Mention in Obits, Navy News May 2008)
  • HUGGETT Arthur - Able Seaman, June to December 1945
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  • IBBS William Ward - Stoker1, December 1941 to April 1944
  • IKIN Les - Radar Operator, December 1941 (Mentioned by poet Harri Webb)
  • IPIN ?, 1943
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  • JACKSON R C  - Petty Officer Telegraphist, 1944
  • JACOBS P H  - ERA, December 1941
  • JEFFRYS A
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  • KEATES Samuel Robert - Petty Officer, December 1944 to October 1945
  • KEMP W “Bill
  • KING John - Telegraphist
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  • LAKEMAN Danny - Able Seaman
  • LANGFORD John Cyril DSM - Chief Petty Officer, December 1941 to 1942
  • LAWS Jack, December 1941 to 1942
  • LAWSONYoung”, 1943
  • LENEGAN ? - ERA3
  • LEWISCasey” - ERA5, ?1944 to ?1945
  • LEWIS Thomas Dickens - Surg Lt (Ship's censor), November 1941 to August 1942 
  • LIDDIARD Charles Henry - Able Seaman, December 1941 to April 1942
  • LITTLEWOOD ? - Leading Stoker
  • LOCKE Stanley "Taffey" - Signalman, September 1944 to May 1945
  •  M-R

     

  • MADDEN Arthur "Tich" - Leading Signalman, 1943 to 1945
  • MANUEL John Stenhouse - (Eng) Lieutenant, April to December 1943
  • MARSHALL H B S - Leading Seaman, (of Romford, newspaper report March 1944)
  • MARTIN Arthur Reginald - Gunner
  • MATTIN Arthur, April 1944
  • MacVAUGHAN ? - Leading Stoker
  • McCALL Francis Lockhart - Sub Lieutenant, December 1941 to February 1943
  • McGREGOR Jim - Writer, May to October 1943
  • McMAHON Michael - Telegraphist
  • McHUGH Bernard - Stoker, December 1941 to ?
  • McREYNOLDS James, 1942 to 1945
  • MERCER Raymond "Lofty" - Ordinary Seaman, March to June 1945
  • MILLIN Percy
  • MILLINGTONOssie
  • MILLS Vincent "Vic" - Able Seaman, 1944 to 1946
  • MILNE Jock - Leading Seaman
  • MOFFATT James (Eng) Lieutenant, March 1944 to July 1945
  • MOORE Jerry
  • MORGAN Ken
  • MORTON Harold Austin - Sub Lieutenant RNZNVR, July to August 1943
  • MOSSEN/MUSSEN George - Radar Operator, 1944
  • MURPHY ? 1943
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  • NAYLOR Guy Everitt Morland - Lieutenant, February 1944 to ?
  • NEEDHAM Edwin Kenneth - Telegraphist, April 1942 to May 1943
  • NEIGHBOUR Henry D - Electrical Artificer, December 1941
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  • PARSONS ? 1943
  • PEACOCK Thomas "Geordie" - Able Seaman, December 1944 to December 1945
  • PHELPS John "Jack" - Telegraphist, 1943 to 1946
  • PONTIN Harry - Leading Seaman, December 1944
  • PUNTINJock” - Petty Officer Stoker
  • PURVIS George Lyle DSM - Stoker Petty Officer, July to October 1943
  • PUSTON ? - Senior Petty Officer, December 1941
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  • RAMSEY Phil - Petty Officer Stoker
  • REDMOND Bill
  • REES Robert Griffiths - Surgeon Lieutenant, June to September 1945
  • REID Bill, April 1944
  • RHODES Ernest, 1942 to 1943
  • RICHIE ? - Stoker Petty Officer
  • RIDGE Len - Coder
  • ROBERTSGinger” - Able Seaman
  • ROCHFORD Joseph Peter - Surgeon Lieutenant, March to June 1944
  • ROLPH George "John" - Stoker1, January 1944 to June 1945
  • ROMAIN Harry - Able Seaman, February 1942 to April 1945
  • ROSE George Albert
  • ROSE T J H - Telegraphist
  • RYCROFT Henry Richard - Lt Commander, October 1941 to October 1943
  •  S-T

     

  • SALE ? - Able Seaman, 1945
  • SANDFORD G M “Sammy” - Chief Petty Officer
  • SANDIE James Paton - Signalman, June to November 1945
  • SAWDON George Emmerson K - T/Sub Lieutenant, May 1944 to July 1945
  • "SCOUSE"
  • SHORT Maurice Seymour - WO/Gunnery Officer, January 1942 to August 1943
  • SHRUBB Edmund James - Chief Stoker, 1942
  • SILVANT Jean Charles Maxine - T/Sub Lieutenant, October 1944 to January 1945
  • SIMPSON Paul, 1943
  • SLOCOMBE "Taffy", 1943
  • SMITH Dennis "Mick" - Able Seaman, December 1941 to 1944
  • SMITH William 
  • SMITH Robert - Sick Berth Attendant, 1941 to August 1945
  • SMITHStripey” - Able Seaman
  • SMITH Sidney Clive Joweth - T/Midshipman, June to July 1945
  • SMITH Alfred George "Smithy" - Stoker, December 1941 to ? 
  • STIRLING-LEE Oliver - T/Lieutenant, March 1945 to March 1946
  • STOWELL Bob - Able Seaman, December 1941 to February 1943
  • SULLIVAN Patrick D - Able Seman, 1944 (Tetcott's only known casualty click HERE)
  • SUMMERLAND Ronald - Petty Officer, December 1943 to 1945
  • SUMMERS ? - Able Seaman, 1945
  • SUTTON Terry - Able Seaman
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  • TARRY Andrew Aitken - T/Sub Lieutenant, June 1944 to September 1945
  • TAYLOR Neill - Signalman, December 1941 to January 1943
  • THOMPSON John Patrick P - A/Lieutenant, November 1941 to August 1942
  • TRAVIS Eric - Able Seaman, August 1944 to 1945
  • TROWBRIDGE Ron, December 1941 to ?
  • TUCKER ?
  • TURNER ? - Able Seaman Bosun’s Mate
  • TYLER John Edward - Ordinary Seaman EMII (JX809067)
  •  W-Y

     

  • WAKEHAMLofty”, December 1941 to 1942
  • WARD Geoffrey Wesley - T/Sub Lieutenant, May to July 1945
  • WATKINS Hubert James - Lt Commander, March 1944 to June 1945
  • WATTS "Dodo" - Leading Seaman, 1943
  • WEBB Harri - Ordinary Seaman, December 1943 to ? (Welsh poet and journalist)
  • WEST John Granville - Gun Layer, 1943 to May 1945
  • WHEELER Cliff
  • WHITAKER Kenneth - Leading Seaman
  • WHITCOMBE John - Able Seaman
  • WHITE Edmund "Knocker" - Able Seaman/Gunner, December 1942 to October 1944
  • WHITTS R E - Able Seaman, December 1941
  • WILKINSON Andrew -Warrant Officer/Comm'd Engineer, July 1941 to February 1943
  • WILLIAMS Ernest James - Stoker1, 1943
  • WILLIAMS ? - Leading Seaman, 1943
  • WILSON Joe - Able Seaman, 1944 to May/June 1945
  • WILSON John “Tug” - Signalman, December 1941 to 1942
  • WILSON George - Petty Officer, December 1941
  • WITTON Ivan - Able Seaman, May to November 1945
  • WYNNE Ernest - Gunnery Officer, December 1941 to February 1942
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  • YORKIE ?
  • YOUNG ? (Seconded from South African Navy) 1943
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