Brass Memorial Plaque in the Senior Rates Mess, HMS Excellent (2002)

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TO THE MEMORY

OF

THE OFFICERS AND MEN

OF THE

ORDNANCE ARTIFICER BRANCH

PORTSMOUTH DIVISION

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

SECOND WORLD WAR

1939 – 1945

Column 1

STANLEY BUCKETT
Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class P/MX 45599 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 .

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, Plot P. Row 1, Grave 16

Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy and Graemsay, is on Hoy, between Mill Bay and Ore Bay.

HARRY CUMMINGS
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 30403 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 40.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cummings

Husband of Elizabeth Cummings, of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3

SAMUEL HILL
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 54584 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 24 .

Son of Samuel and Adelaide Hill, of Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

CHARLES WILLIAM HILLIER
Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class P/M 37686 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 31

Son of Charles Harry and Daisy May Hillier

Husband of Gertrude May Hillier, of Southsea, Hampshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

CECIL HOLLAND
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX53671 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 27

Son of Frank and Annie Holland

Husband of Eveline Gertrude Holland, of Portchester, Hampshire

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, Plot P. Row 1. Grave 15

LEWIS HOLDSWORTH KEMP
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 55921 H.M.S. Royal Oak., Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

THOMAS GEORGE MULLEN
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 51028 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 26

Son of Joshua and Sarah Mullen, of Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, Republic of Ireland

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

GEORGE HENRY PARKINSON
Chief Ordnance Artificer P/M 35427 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

ROBERT CRISWELL MUMFORD
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 50692 H.M.S. Glowworm, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 8 April 1940 . Age 28 .

Son of Augustus Edwin and Amy Mumford, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

ALBERT EDWARD RESTELL

Chief Ordnance Artificer P/M 36685 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 32 .

Son of Alice Restell; husband of Ruby Gertrude Restell, of North End, Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

ROY DONALD WARD
Warrant Ordnance Officer H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939 . Age 32

Son of Henry and Eliza Jane Ward

Husband of Third Officer Phyllis Mary Ward, W.R.N.S., of Southsea, Hampshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 33, Column 1.

LESLIE WILLIAM WIGGINS
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 55597 H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 14 October 1939. Age 23

Son of William Edward and Ada Millicent Wiggins, of Dartford, Kent.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 35, Column 3.

WILLIAM CHARLES FIDDAMAN DENNING
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 7373 H.M.S. Grenville, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 18 January 1940. Age 45

SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk, Sec. N. Coll. grave 16

SAMUEL TURTON
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 53240 H.M.S. Exmouth, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 21 January 1940

Son of Albert and Emily Elizabeth Turton

Husband of Eleanor Turton, of Wombwell, Yorkshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

THOMAS DE RIEMER MOTTRAM
Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class P/MX 54305 H.M.S. Daring, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 18 February 1940 . Age 48 .

Son of Percy Charles and Gertrude Watson Mottram, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Husband of Sarah Lilian Mottram, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1.

ROBERT CRISWELL MUMFORD
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 50692 H.M.S. Glowworm, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 8 April 1940 . Age 28 .

Son of Augustus Edwin and Amy Mumford, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

WILLIAM MOORE
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 57430 H.M.S. Suffolk, Royal Navy
Who died on Wednesday 17 April 1940 . Age 29 .

Son of William and Sarah Moore, of Barrhead, Renfrewshire

Husband of Elizabeth Moore, of Barrhead.

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, Plot P. Row 2. Grave 25.

SIDNEY HERBERT PASSELLS
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 49970 H.M.S. Acasta, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 9 June 1940 . Age 23 .

Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Passells, of Gosport, Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

WILLIAM LEES DAVIDSON
Ordnance Artificer 2nd Class P/MX 48651 H.M.S. Foylebank, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 4 July 1940 . Age 32

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson

Husband of Marjorie Olive Davidson, of Dunoon, Argyllshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

DOUGLAS EDWARD RIDGE Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 60493

H.M.S. Foylebank, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 4 July 1940. Age 21.

Son of Montague F. J. and Kathrine Ridge, of Southall, Middlesex

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 41, Column 1

ARTHUR LEONARD WELLER Chief Ordnance Artificer P/MX 45753

H.M.S. Foylebank, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 4 July 1940. Age 35

Son of Raymond Arthur and Rose Weller, of Portsmouth

Husband of Edith Jane Weller, of Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

JOHN ROBINSON
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX53843 H.M.S. Express, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 2 September 1940 . Age 33 .

Son of George and Amy Robinson

Husband of Cecilia Mary Robinson, of Bedhampton. East of Church.

BEDHAMPTON (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire

GEORGE BENEDICT HOWARD
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 60196 H.M.S. Patroclus, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 3 November 1940 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

GEORGE CUMMING MYLES
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 64323 H.M.S. Patroclus, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 3 November 1940 . Age 21 .

Son of John and Janet Cumming Myles, of Reddingmuirhead, Polmont, Stirlingshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

JOSEPH REGINALD HOLLAND
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 28271 H.M.S. Acheron, Royal Navy
Who died on Tuesday 17 December 1940. Age 50

Son of Samuel and Adeline Holland

Husband of Edith Annie Holland, of Cosham, Hampshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 43, Column 1

JOHN FERRY
Ordnance Artificer 5th Class P/MX 69324 H.M.S. Manistee, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 February 1941, Age 19

Adopted son of Henry S. Ferry, of Harrington, Cumberland

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

COLIN KIDGER
Ordnance Artificer P/MX 70036 H.M.S. Newark, Royal Navy
Who died on Friday 18 April 1941 . Age 22 .

Son of Herbert and Nellie Kidger, of Pilsley, Derbyshire

BELFAST CITY CEMETERY, County Antrim, Glenalina Extension, Sec. D. Grave 127

Column 2

ROOR WEDGEWOOD GOULDIE
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 35981 H.M.S. Greyhound, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 22 May 1941 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

DOUGLAS ARNOLD ROBINSON
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 65265 H.M.S. Kashmir, Royal Navy
Who died on Friday 23 May 1941 . Age 24

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

JOHN SMART
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 36231 H.M.S. Fiji, Royal Navy
Who died on Friday 23 May 1941 . Age 42 .

Son of Willie and Martha Smart, of Newcastle-on-Tyne

Husband of Margaret Jane Smart, of Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

THOMAS ROBIN GEORGE SCUTT
Warrant Ordnance Officer H.M.S. Gloucester., Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 22 May 1941 . Age 28 .

Son of Wilfred Robin and Sabina Scutt

Husband of Marta Anna Scutt, of Ferringon-Sea. Sussex

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon, Panel 45, Column 1

MARTIN THOMAS MICHAEL KEOGH
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 56577 H.M.S. Barham., Royal Navy
Who died on Tuesday 27 May 1941 . Age 25

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Joseph Keogh, of Swindon, Wiltshire.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

KENNETH SCOTT
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 47672 H.M.S. Hereward, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 29 May 1941 .

Son of Alexander and Margaret Ann Scott

Husband of Esther Jane Scott, of Sunderland. Co. Durham.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

ROY BEVERIDGE
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 62732 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941. Age 27

Son of Thomas and Catherine Beveridge, of Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

HERBERT GEORGE ADRIAN BIRD
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 50730 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941. Age 35

Son of Herbert David and Mabel Bird

Husband of Muriel Bird, of Westbury, Wiltshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

HENRY BURGESS BEM
Warrant Ordnance Officer H.M.S. Hood., Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 43 .

Son of William and Mary Ann Burgess;

Husband of Grace Burgess, of Carlisle, Cumberland.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 46, Column 1

RONALD MAURICE FRENCH
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/M 60152 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941. Age 22

Son of David Ernest and Ethel Gertrude French

Husband of Violet French

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

ISAAC GORDON GIBBON
Chief Ordnance Artificer P/M 5439 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 44 .

Son of William and Mary Ann Gibbon

Husband of Annie Gibbon

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

FRANK ROBERT HARRIS
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 51797 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 21 .

Son of William Frank and Edith Mary Harris, of Copnor, Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

WILLIAM NEVILLE HUNT
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/MX 58034 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 47 .

Son of Thomas B. and Susan Hunt, of Sohan, Cambridgeshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

EDWIN ALBERT RUDD
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 60324 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

WILLIAM BERNARD SHUCK
Ordnance Artificer 5th Class P/MX 67960 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 20 .

Son of Bertram and Beatrice Jane Shuck, of Erdington, Birmingham.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

RAYMOND LEONARD SKETT
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 60195 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 22 .

Son of Francis Leonard and Beryl Dulcie Skett, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

NOEL STEVENSON
Ordnance Artificer 5th Class P/MX 67962 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

JOHN CHARLES SULLEY
Commissioned Ordnance Officer H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy

Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 45 .

Husband of Maria Sulley, of Southsea, Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 46, Column 1

ERNEST JAMES SWINSON
Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class P/MX 51029 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 27 .

Son of Ernest James Swinson and Alice Florence Swinson, of Thames Ditton, Surrey

Husband of Lucy Swinson.

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

JOHN KELLY
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 69321 H.M.S. Hood., Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 24 May 1941 . Age 20 .

Son of Thomas James Kelly and Caroline Kelly, of Pelaw, Gateshead, Co. Durham

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

STEPHEN HARROLD RALPH
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 64324 H.M.S. Calcutta, Royal Navy
Who died on Sunday 1 June 1941 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

GEORGE EDWIN PERRYER
Chief Ordnance Artificer P/MX 47093 H.M.S. Cossack, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 23 October 1941 . Age 34 .

Son of Frank and Esther Perryer

Husband of Gladys Vera Edith Perryer, of North End, Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

ARTHUR TAYLOR
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 60329 H.M.S. Cossack, Royal Navy
Who died on Thursday 23 October 1941 . Age 22 .

Son of Arthur and Lucy Taylor, of Darlington, Co. Durham

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

BERNARD BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 63599 H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 November 1941 . Age 22 .

Son of Bernard Benjamin and Ada Armstrong, of Boston, Lincolnshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

GEORGE BOWYER
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 51311 H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 November 1941 . Age 22 .

Son of Alfred John Bowyer and of Mary Bowyer (nee Batty)

Husband of Bessie Wilhelmina Bowyer (nee Dodd), of Wavertree, Liverpool

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

PATRICK KINSELLA
Chief Ordnance Artificer P/MX 48521 H.M. S. Dunedin., Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 November 1941. Age 36

Husband of Daisy Georgina Kinsella, of Wootton, Northamptonshire

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

Column 3

WILLIAM HUGH ARTHUR WEEKS
Ordnance Artificer 1st Class P/M 39040 H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 November 1941 . Age 41

Son of Alfred James Weeks and Florence Weeks

Husband of Millicent Weeks, of Lipson, Devon

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56. Column 3

ALBERT GEORGE HENSON WORSLEY
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 61824 H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy
Who died on Monday 24 November 1941 .

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 56, Column 3

GORDON ERIC JOHNSON
Chief Ordnance Artificer P/MX. 51468 H.M.S. Puckeridge, Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 13 December 1941 . Age 27 .

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson, of Earley, Berkshire

PEMBROKE DOCK (LLANION) CEMETERY, Pembrokeshire, E. Grave 154

JAMES HENRY COMISH
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class P/MX 67966 H.M.S. Belmont., Royal Navy
Who died on Saturday 31 January 1942 . Age 21 .