Memorial 2

Grimsby R.N.P.S.V.

TA276114

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Location of the Memorial            

 

A memorial island has been created at the Queens Steps, Lock Head, Royal Docks, Grimsby, to commemorate the men of "The Royal Naval Patrol Service", popularly know as "Harry Tate's Navy". The memorial site can be visited by obtaining a day visitor’s pass at the Royal Docks office. There is a car park and a narrow road leads onto the dockside, and the memorial is across the lock gates opposite the dock tower. The Royal Naval Patrol Service Veterans have created this memorial.

 

The site is large enough to provide for ceremonies to take place, and is under constant surveillance from the Harbour master’s office and ABP security. It is an appropriate site, as Grimsby was the largest centre for minesweepers in World War 2, and the site would have been passed by every ship leaving and coming into the dock. When passing into the dock, past the dock tower, the men would have felt safe. The Queen’s Steps is the only place where anyone can land at Grimsby without going into the harbour.

 

Inscription

 

The memorial is mainly connected to World War 2. The centre of the 3 stones,   the first to be unveiled on the 2nd September 2001, is to the memory of the 2,385 men of the Royal Naval Patrol Service who went through the lock gates, out to sea, to keep the Humber ports open to shipping between 1914 & 1918, and 1939 to 1945, and who have no grave but the sea. In 2002, 2 other stones were added to the memorial, both on York Stone plinths, and linked to the first stone. A polished granite face was added at the bottom of the centre stone, and an inscription engraved on the stone, listing the names of H.M. trawlers sunk by enemy action during World War 2 in the Grimsby Area.

 

 

 

 

The stone reads

 

 H.M.TRAWLERS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION WORLD WAR II GRIMSBY AREA

            .                                                           

AGATE AKRANES BAHRAM BENVOLIO  
CALVERTON CAP D'ANTIFER CAPE SPARTIL CLOUGHTON WYKE.
CORFIELD CORTINA  DERVISH FAIRPLAY
FARADAY  GAEL GLOAMING HARVEST GLEANER
HENRIETTE LOCH ALSH LORD SELBORNE LORMONT
LUDA LADY   MANN PRINCE M.A.WEST MEROR 
OTHELLO PRINCESS VICTORIA PROFICENT  RED GUANTLET
REMILLO SEA KING SILICIA ST.CYRUS
ST. DONATS STRATHBORVE SUSARION  THORA
VALDORA WILLIAM STEPHEN  SOLOMON  
 
THEY PASSED THIS WAY NEVER TO RETURN

 

The ships below are those listed above, showing where and when they perished.

 

Date Lost

Name

Type

Tonnage/Completed

How Lost

19400112

Valdora

Trawler

R,   251t, 1916

Believed sunk by German aircraft, Cromer

19400223

Benvolio

Trawler

R,   352t, 1930

Mined off Humber

19400302

Fairplay Two

Tug

R,   282t, 1921

Wrecked off Yorkshire coast

19400519

Princess Victoria

Minelayer

R, 2179t, 1939

Mined, entrance to R. Humber, 18th/19th

19400909

Dervish

Trawler

R,   346t, 1911

Mined off Humber

19401009

Sea King

Trawler

R,   321t, 1916

Sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads

19401028

Harvest Gleaner

Drifter

R,     96t, 1918

Sunk by aircraft off E. coast.

19401124

Gael

Yacht

R,   101t, 1904

Mined, entrance to Humber

19401128

Manx Prince

Trawler

R,   221t, 1910

Mined, entrance to Humber

19401129

Calverton

Trawler

R,   214t, 1913

Mined, entrance to Humber

19401207

Cortina

Trawler

R,   213t, 1913

Sunk in collision off Humber

19401207

Lormont

Guardship

R, 1561t, 1927

Sunk in collision off Humber

19401219

Proficient

Drifter

R,     57t,

Grounded Whitby, total loss

19410122

Luda Lady

Trawler

R,   234t, 1914

Mined Humber area

19410122

St.Cyrus

Tug

      810t, 1919

Mined off Humber

19410222

Remillo

Trawler

R,   266t, 1917

Mined Humber

19410301

St.Donats

Trawler

R,   349t, 1924

Collision off Humber

19410320

Gloaming

Drifter

R,     21t, 1928

Mined off Humber

19410331

Lord Selborne

Trawler

R,   247t, 1917

Mined Humber

19410402

Bahram

Drifter

R,     72t, 1924

Mined Humber estuary

19410411

Othello

Boom Defence Vessel

R,   201t, 1907 

Mined Humber

19410507

Susarion

Trawler

R,   260t, 1917

Sunk by aircraft off Humber

19410508

Silicia

Trawler

R,   250t, 1913

Mined off Humber

19410514

M.A.West

Drifter

R,     96t, 1919

Sunk by aircraft off Norfolk coast

19410704

Akranes

Trawler

R,   358t, 1929

Sunk by aircraft Bridlington Bay

19410806

Agate

Trawler

       627t, 1934

Grounded off Cromer, total loss

19410906

Strathborve

Trawler

R,   216t, 1930

Mined off Humber

19410908

Corfield

Mine Destructor vessel

    3000t, 1937

Sunk by mine explosion off Humber

19411226

Henriette

Trawler

R,   261t, 1936

Mined off Humber

19420130

Loch Alsh

Trawler

R,   358t, 1920

Sunk by aircraft Humber area

19420202

Cape Spartil

Trawler

R,   346t, 1929

Sunk by aircraft Humber area

19420202

Cloughton Wyke

Trawler

R,   324t, 1918

Sunk by aircraft Humber area

19420401

Solomon

Trawler

R,   357t, 1923

Mined N of Cromer

19430805

Red Guantlet

Trawler

R,   338t, 1930

Sunk by E-boats North Sea

19430926

Thora

Drifter

R,     37t, 1930

Fouled boom in bad weather, Grimsby

19431003

Meror

Trawler

R,   250t, 1905

Mined Humber area

19431025

William Stephen

Trawler

R,   935t, 1917

Sunk by E-boat off Cromer

19440213

Cap D'Antifer

Trawler

 

Sunk by E-boat off Humber

 

Faraday

 

 

 

Source: British Naval Vessels Lost at Sea 1939 - 45.        R = Requisitioned by Royal Navy

 

 

 On the polished grey granite faces of the 2 flanking stones were written 128 names of men from the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area, a local area as it were, though there is one from Tetney, Croxton and Market Rasen, but for the most part they resided in the North Eastern part of Lincolnshire at the time of their death. They are men who served as members of the Royal Naval Patrol Service and whose bodies were never found, their only grave is the sea. There well be other persons who have died but are not on the list, but the memorial builders feel that they have done their level best to get things right. This means that they may not have died whilst actually minesweeping, but if they were members of R.N.P. S. and local to the area and the only grave was the sea, then their names will be on the memorial.

 

The two stones and their names are as below:


 

 

The names of the men, their ranks, and the ships they sailed on, and when they perished is listed below:-

 

 

ACTON Horace

Seaman Cook

LT/JX180221

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Waveflower"

19401022

57

ALLAN E.A.

 

 

 

 

 

ALLEN Albert George

Chief Engineman

LT/X292EU

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Asama"

19410321

49

ANDERSON Alfred Eric Ivor Valdimar

Chief Engineman

LT/KX114600

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Jura"

19430107

39

ANGEL Luke Turner

Engineman

LT/KX105059

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Hickory"

19401022

49

ASKEW Robert Alfred

Stoker

LY/KX131380

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Notts County"

19420308

 

AUSTRIN John Funny King

Engineman

LT/KX114152

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Lord Selborne"

19410331

52

AUSTWICK Clarence Heaton

Engineman

LT/X5952ES

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Juniper"

19400618

40

BAKER A

 

 

 

 

 

BALDOCK Richard Samuel

Engineman

LT/KX105084

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Cap D'Antifer"

19440213

43

BALLS Alfred Arthur George

Seaman

LT/JX206451

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

26

BARKER John Frederick

Seaman

LT/X21531A

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Recoil"

19400928

19

BARTLETT Robert William

Stoker 2nd Class

LT/SR55719

R.N.P.S. H.M.Trawler "Gulfoss"

19410309

 

BEESLEY Timothy Stimson

Engineman

LT/KX106913

R.N.P.S. H.M.Trawler "Manor"

19420709

42

BELCHER Charles Ernest

Seaman

LT/JX321044

R.N.P.S. H.M.S. "Loch Hope"

19440516

22

BELLAMY Eldwin

Telegraphist

C/JX201136

R.N., H.M.Trawler "Strathborve"

19410906

23

BENNETT Benjamin Victor

Second Hand

LT/JX209192

R.N.P.S. H.M.Drifter "Reed"

19401107

48

BIRD W

 

 

 

 

 

BORMAN Arthur Robert

Engineman

LT/KX106872

R.N.P.S. H.M.S. "Europa"

19410819

25

BROCKLESBY William Alexander

Chief Engineman

LT/KX100583

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Ellesmere"

19450224

31

BROWN John Thomas

Stoker

LT/KX106752

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Ebor Wyke"

19450502

29

BROWN William

Third Hand

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

45

BRUNSON James Arthur

Seaman Cook

LT/JX222222

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Lord Selborne"

19410331

22

BURNETT Ronald William

Stoker

LT/X10321S

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Comet"

19400930

 

BURRETT Sidney

Seaman

LT/JX180304

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Agate"

19410806

20

BUSH John Henry

Leading Steward

LT/LX29313

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Alouette"

19420918

22

BYROM William Alex

Second Hand

LT/JX180304

R.N.P.S., H.M.Motor Minesweeper "117"

19440901

37

CAMPBELL Sidney Wilfred

Skipper

 

R.N.R.., H.M.Trawler "Staunton"

19400927

36

CERRINO George Whiley

Leading Seaman

LT/X19504A

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Bedfordshire" on loan to U.S. Navy

19420511

24

CHAPMAN George Arthur

Seaman

LT/JX286660

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Tervani"

19430207

22

CLEVELAND William Garwood           R.D.

Chief Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Myrtle"

19400614

 

COCKING Sidney Garner

Stoker

LT/KX98229

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Lord Stamp"

19401014

24

CRAWFORD John Neve

Second Hand

LT/JX242443

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

 

CROCKETT George

Engineman

LT/X6002ES

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "River Clyde"

19400805

 

CROOK Edward Albert Henry

Engineman

LT/KX99823

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Alouette"

19420919

23

CUMMINGS William Thomas

Stoker

LT/KX124567

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Ormonde"

19410216

35

CURPHEY Kenneth

Seaman

LT/JX315098

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Bredon"

19430208

19

CUTTING George

Second Hand

LT/X2893A

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Stella Dorado""

19400601

 

DILLON Alfred Sidney

Stoker

C/X3172V

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Myrtle"

19400614

 

DYKE Robert Abraham

Engineman

LT/KX111447

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

45

EDEN Martin Crook

Second Hand

LT/JX183154

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Phineas Beard"

19411208

48

EMMITT Walter Leonard

Leading Seaman

LT/JX173084

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Manor"

19420709

35

EMSLEY Walter

Leading Seaman

LT/SR55724

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Jacinth"

19430112

24

EVERETT James Leslie

Lieutenant Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.S. "Santa"

19431123

41

FARROW Cyril

Chief Engineman

LT/KX116098

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Franc Tireur"

19430925

35

FEENEY James William

Stoker

LT/KX116797

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Remillo"

19410227

34

FENTY John (George)

Third Hand

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Oswaldian"

19400804

43

FLUDE Stanley

Seaman

LT/JX374578

R.N.P.S., H.M. Motor Minesweeper "55"

19440710

20

FORRESTER Frederick Arthur

Leading Seaman

LT/X20199A

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Topaze"

19410420

26

GALVIN John

Second Engineman

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

52

GLADWELL Stanley Thomas

Stoker

LT/X10363S

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Rinovia"

19401102

23

GOOD Leslie

Trimmer

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

34

GOVIS Walter

Second Hand

LT/JX180143

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Red Gauntlet"

19430805

34

GRAINGER Wallis Milford

Seaman

LT/JX317127

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Beryl"

19431225

21

GRANT Leonard

Seaman

LT/JX180103

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Beryl"

19431225

22

GRANT William

Engineman

LT/KX101282

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Charles Boyes"

19400525

41

HARVEY George Martin

Leading Seaman

LT/JX222794

R.N.P.S., H.M.S "President III"

19431111

28

HARWOOD Albert Henry

Chief Engineman

LT/327EV

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Roche Bonne"

10410407

46

HAYLES George Albert

Leading Cook

LT/MX87185

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Bredon"

19430208

25

HAYTER William Henry

Seaman

LT/X19471A

R.N.R. (P.S.), H.M.Trawler "Kingston Cornelian"

19400105

32

HEBDEN Jack

Seaman

LT/JX193895

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Notts County"

19420308

29

HENSON Frederick Alfred

Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Sisapon"

19400612

38

JACKSON Charles William

Lieutenant

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Hickory"

19401022

34

JARVIS Herbert Henry

Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Remillo"

19410227

36

JENNER Arthur Francis Samuel

Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Lord Stonehaven"

19421002

41

JENSEN Viggo Edward Hall

Engineman

LT/KX107991

R.N.P.S., H.M. Motor Minesweeper "39"

19410807

26

JEROME Henry James

Stoker

LT/SR55740

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Laeryes"

19420725

23

JOHNSON Fred Welburn

Temp Skipper

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

58

JOHNSON Robert Cecil

Seaman

LT/JX2421834

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Phineas Beard"

19411208

29

KNIGHT Tom Norton

Stoker

LT/KX101207

R.N.P.S., H.M.S "Dunraven Castle"

19430302

38

LAMBLEY George

Engineman

LT/KX125075

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Tervani"

19430207

33

LANCASTER M

 

 

 

 

 

LANCASTER Wilfred Skeaf

Engineman

LT/KX111565

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Sea King"

19401009

41

LARSEN Aathur Martin

Second Hand

LT/JX210907

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Recoil"

19400928

27

LAWSON George Albert

Stoker

LT/KX141049

R.N.P.S., H.M.S. "Vervain"

19450220

28

LEWIS Joseph William

Seaman

LT/X20325A

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Argyllshire"

19400601

24

LOADES Robert Wilson

Second Hand

LT/X53SC

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Fifeshire"

19400220

31

LOUKES Ronald Thomas

Engineman

LT/KX110041

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Ullswater"

19421119

22

MADIN George

Leading Seaman

LT/6911C

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Europa"

19451128

44

MALLIBAND Fred

Chief Engineman

LT332EU

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Marsona"

19400804

44

MANN James Edward

Engineman

LT/KX116782

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Topaze"

19410420

37

MARSHALL William

Stoker

LT/KX115352

R.N.P.S., H.M.S. "Van Meerlant"

19410604

28

MARWOOD Leonard

Leading Seaman

LT/JX204447

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

 

MILLER Albert Edward

Leading Seaman

LT/JX333018

R.N.P.S., H.M. Motor Minesweeper "55"

19440710

23

MORGAN Frederick

Seaman

LT/JX170686

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "St.Apollo"

19411122

20

NALDER John William

Fireman

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

44

NUTTELL Frederick

Seaman

LT/JX225147

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Thistle"

19410508

26

OSBORNE John Benjamin

Seaman

LT/X20744A

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Lincoln City"

19410221

25

PATTERSON Alexander Walter

Second Hand

LT/X20270A

R.N.R.  (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Beryl"

19431225

27

PEEL John Rowland

Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.S. "Stag"

19411013

39

PENISTONE Harry

Stoker

LT/KX101772

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Rinovia"

19401102

 

PERKINS James Knight

Seaman

LT/JX177711

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Juniper"

19400618

30

PICTON John Henry

Second Hand

LT/X21109A

R.N.R., (P.S)., H.M. Motor Minesweeper "101"

19441124

24

PORRITT Leonard

Seaman Cook

LT/JX164492

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Galena"

19400724

25

RANSON Edward Henry Forbes

Engineman

LT/KX101590

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kurd"

19450710

28

REDGRAVE William Stevens

Engineman

LT/KX124798

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Gloaming"

19410320

29

RENDALL Jack

Seaman

LT/JX195828

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Remillo"

19410227

 

RENDALL William John Stewart

Seaman

LT/JX185291

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Sisapon"

19400612

27

RINGROSE Alfred

Stoker

LTKX160934

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Lord Wakefield

19440729

40

RINGROSE William Eric

Leading Stoker

LT/JX229615

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Notts County"

19420308

 

RUMBELOW Dick

Second Hand

22209

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Valdora"

19400112

38

SHARE James

Seaman

LT/JX241514

R.N.P.S. H.M.S. "Europa"

19451128

43

SIMPSON William Leefe

Stoker

LT/KX104106

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Beech"

19410622

24

SKAYMAN Joseph

Stoker

LT/KX139962

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Transvaal"

19441118

22

SMITH James Sidney

Stoker

LT/KX99079

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Ray of Hope"

19391210

30

SPARKES Ernest

Second Hand

LT/JX210967

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Kingston Alalite"

19401110

52

STOAKES Charles George

Chief Engineman

LT/X270EU

R.N.R., (P.S)., H.M.Trawler "Ullswater"

19421119

43

STOCKS Royce William                       R.D.

Chief Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Sedgely"

19391214

48

STRATTON Albert

Seaman

LT/JX186601

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Notts County"

19420308

25

SYKES Sydney Joseph

Seaman Cook

LT/JX164306

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Fort Royal"

19400209

29

TAYLOR Robert

Stoker

LT/KX101204

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Lord Stamp"

19401014

49

THOMPSON George William

Engineman

LT/KX116182

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Bredon"

19430208

32

TOPLISS Charles Lucock

Seaman

LT/JX173394

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Cap D'Antifer"

19440213

32

TRENCH Walter

Boom Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M. Boom Defence Vessel "Othello"

19410411

35

TROWBRIDGE Henry Thomas Augustus

Telegraphist

LT/JX229180

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Birdlip"

19440613

28

TWITCHETT Robert Noel

Stoker

LT/KX130886

R.N.P.S., H.M. Yacht "Rosabelle"

19411211

19

WALKER Henry Edmund

Engineman

LT/KX111441

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

 

WATKINSON Frank

Skipper

 

R.N.R., H.M.Trawler "Lord Selborne"

19410331

53

WATSON James Thomas

Seaman

LT/JX177629

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Myrtle"

19400614

25

WEBB Alfred

Fireman

 

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (M.N.), H.M. Trawler "Campina"

19400722

38

WEBB Harry Edward

Second Hand

LT/JX180112

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Comfort"

19400529

 

WEBB Kenneth

Seaman

LT/JX197754

R.N.P.S., H.M.Trawler "Wallasea"

19440106

 

WHITTLETON Robert William Percy

Seaman

LT/JX206438

R.N.P.S., H.M.Drifter "Bahram"

19410403

30

WIGGLESWORTH Charles Henry Richard

Seaman

LT/JX225127

R.N.P.S., H.M. Yacht "Viva II"