Crew List - HMS Venomous, 14 May 1945
A
Hard Fought Ship is dedicated to the memory of all those who
served on
HMS Venomous between 1919 and
1946.
The ship's complement of 120-200 changed each time HMS Venomous
was
re-commissioned but the names of very few of the ratings
who served on HMS Venomous from first commissioning at Rosyth in June
1919
to the outbreak of World War II are known. The names of men who served
on Venomous
during World War II have been extracted by TNT Data Services (under
contract to the MOD) from the Pay and Victualing Ledgers, bound volumes
of the returns
completed by ships writers.
The names of the 141 men who were in Venomous
during her third wartime Commission (August 1944 - July 1945) on 14 May 1945 when Venomous arrived at Kristiansand to accept the surrender of German naval forces. In addition to the officers and ratings serving in Venomous
there were five RNR and RNVR officers (including three Lt Cdrs), nine
Marines, four Leading Aircraftsmen (RAF) and four soldiers.
Click on the linksd for details of their lives and get in touch if a member of your family is on this list.
To find out more about HMS Venomous see: http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/A_Hard_Fought_Ship.html
To find out how to obtain service records see: http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/servicerecords.html
| SURNAME | FORENAME(S) | RANK/RATING | SERVICE NUMBER |
| ADAMS | Edward F W | Telegrapher | JX671961 |
| ASKEW | John | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| BACK | Charles A C | Able Seaman | J68827 |
| BAILEY | Jack | Able Seaman | JX306477 |
| BENFIELD | Roy | Chief Engine Room Artificer | MX49175 |
| BLAIR | James | Temporary Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| BLAIR D.S.M. | Duncan C | Temporary Chief Stoker | KX80443 |
| BLAKE | Ellick J G | Able Seaman | J45676 |
| BLAKE | Frederick | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| BLAND | John | Signalman | JX612741 |
| BRADFORD | Frederick | Able Seaman | JX163088 |
| BRADSHAW | Alan | Writer | Not recorded |
| BRADY | William G | Stoker 1st Class | KX138917 |
| BRATHERICK | Arthur E | Stoker 1st Class | KX133175 |
| BROCKETT | Geoffrey P | Temporary Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic | MX575273 |
| BRYANT | William | Temporary Stoker Petty Officer | KX86054 |
| BUSE | Arthur S J | Stoker 1st Class | KX161154 |
| BUSHNELL | R | Corporal (RAF) | Not recorded |
| BUTLER | Benjamin | Able Seaman | SSX33711 |
| CARLING | Alan | Stoker 1st Class | KX728364 |
| CAUDLE | Derek W | Temporary Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| CHAPMAN | Edward | Stoker 1st Class | KX118018 |
| CHESTERTON | Arthur | Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX73533 |
| CHIVERS | Donald | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| COBB | Ronald | Able Seaman | JX556205 |
| COLE | Albert W | Able Seaman | J112739 |
| COLLISTER | William L | Temporary Petty Officer | SSX19837 |
| CONNELL | James D | Petty Officer Steward | LX21187 |
| COWELL | William | Acting Stoker 1st Class | KX666268 |
| CRAIG | Alan | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| CROCKER | Reginald J | Stoker Petty Officer | K65528 |
| CROMBIE | Ronald C | Ordinary Seaman | JX363248 |
| CROUCH | L | Corporal (RM) | Not recorded |
| CULLEN | Peter W C | Cook | MX536733 |
| DALEY | Patrick | Temporary Acting Stoker Petty Officer | KX92135 |
| DAVIES | Gwilym | Temporary Petty Officer | JX143554 |
| DELANEY | Stephen | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| DONAGHUE | William J | Temporary Leading Cook | MX107444 |
| EASTHAM | M | Sergeant (Army) | Not recorded |
| EVENSEN | C P | Lieutenant Commander RNVR | Not applicable |
| FORSTER | William R | Temporary Lieutenant (E) RNR | Not applicable |
| FOSTER | William H | Temporary Leading Cook | LX25484 |
| GARDINER | H | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| GASKIN | David W | Temporary Acting Stoker Petty Officer | KX81551 |
| GIGGAL | Sidney | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX75367 |
| GILLETT | T | Marine | Not recorded |
| GLENNON | James | Stoker 1st Class | KX586551 |
| GOLDSTONE | L | LAC (RAF) | Not recorded |
| GORE | Charles | Signalman | Not recorded |
| GORMAN | Henry | Able Seaman | SSX29586 |
| HANCOX | W | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| HARWELL | William | Able Seaman | J41968 |
| HAWKE | Mervyn | Able Seaman | JX272166 |
| HAYMAN | N A | Lieutenant Commander RNR | Not applicable |
| HOLLYWOOD | James G | Chief Petty Officer | J50305 |
| HOPTON | Clifford | Able Seaman | JX230082 |
| HOWLETT | R | Corporal (RM) | Not recorded |
| HUGHES | Alfred E | Temporary Acting Leading Stoker | KX88987 |
| HUGHES | D | Marine | Not recorded |
| INGRAM | Henry W | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | J107377 |
| INNES | Stephen | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| JACKMAN | B | Signalman | Not recorded |
| JAMIESON | Edward | Electrical Artificer 4th Class | MX74633 |
| JONES | Walter | Acting Able Seaman | JX566500 |
| JONES | C | Marine | Not recorded |
| JONES | A A | Marine | Not recorded |
| KIERNAN | John J | Stoker 1st Class | KX152003 |
| KIRKMAN | Raymond | Officer's Steward | Not recorded |
| LANSKY | Miroslav B | Temporary Acting Sub Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| LYNCH | William | Temporary Acting Leading Stoker | KX104737 |
| MACKIN | T | Telegrapher | Not recorded |
| MARLOW | George | Acting Able Seaman | JX416623 |
| MARSHALL | William | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman | J89586 |
| MARTIN | John N | Temporary Sub Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| MATTHEWS | Fred A | Stoker Petty Officer | KX82193 |
| MERCER | Frederick | Able Seaman | JX180531 |
| MORGAN | John | Leading Sick Berth Attendant | MX69661 |
| MORRIS | Harry W | Stores Assistant | MX610705 |
| MORRISON | William | Cinema Operator | JX692571 |
| MURRAY | Thomas | Ordinary Seaman | JX559273 |
| NOTTON | Francis W A | Stoker 1st Class | KX156264 |
| NUTT | Sidney G | Temporary Acting Petty Officer | JX151236 |
| PAGE | Alfred T | Acting Able Seaman | JX568551 |
| PARSONS | E | Signalman | Not recorded |
| PARTINGTON | D | LAC (RAF) | Not recorded |
| PAYNE | Kenneth | Acting Stoker 1st Class | KX161975 |
| PHELPS | R J | Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| PICKLES | Alan | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | MX75169 |
| POCKETT | Charles | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| PONTIN | V | Sergeant (RM) | Not recorded |
| POOLE | Thomas H | Stoker 1st Class | K62202 |
| PREW | Frank | Able Seaman | JX194481 |
| PRIDEAUX | A G | Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander RNVR | Not applicable |
| PULMAN | O H | Lieutenant Commander RNR | Not applicable |
| RAWLINS | John F | Signalman | JX298143 |
| REES | William | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| ROBERTS | Willie | Acting Able Seaman | JX652522 |
| ROBINSON | Robert | Stoker 1st Class | KX103957 |
| ROBINSON | Victor | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| ROBINSON | John | Able Seaman | JX288392 |
| ROBINSON | C | Corporal (RM) | Not recorded |
| ROSE | James R | Acting Able Seaman | JX566883 |
| ROSS | John A C | Stoker 1st Class | KX109095 |
| RUSSELL | Thomas A | Stoker 1st Class | KX100469 |
| RYDE | George B | Acting Able Seaman | JX707202 |
| SCOTHAN | George W | Temporary Stoker Petty Officer | KX81874 |
| SHINES | Stanley G | Acting Able Seaman | JX393223 |
| SINGLETON | John A C | Temporary Leading Stores Assistant | MX578330 |
| SKINNER | Reginald J | Steward | LX20171 |
| SKUSE | Ernest G | Stoker 1st Class | KX600057 |
| SPRAY | Clifford | Telegrapher | Not recorded |
| STANILAND | D G | Sub Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| STEPHENS | Allan P | Temporary Acting Leading Seaman (RNZN) | 5473 |
| STEWART | Albert | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| STIMPSON | L | LAC (RAF) | Not recorded |
| STROUD | Carlo | Able Seaman | JX135881 |
| TARVER | John H | Acting Able Seaman | JX420428 |
| TAYLOR | Herbert | Temporary Leading Stoker | KX89619 |
| TAYLOR | T | R Sigs (Army) | Not recorded |
| TERRY | G | Corporal (RM) | Not recorded |
| THOMAS | Hugh | Acting Able Seaman | JX566129 |
| THOMPSON | Bernard | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| THORPE | Thomas B | Temporary Sub Lieutenant RNVR | Not applicable |
| TIERNEY | James | Signalman | SSX33025 |
| TODD | William R | Temporary Leading Steward | LX25152 |
| TURNER | J | Sergeant (Army) | Not recorded |
| UPTON | Albert G | Able Seaman | JX206265 |
| WALTON | William | Canteen Manager | Not recorded |
| WEEKES | Charles B | Chief Stoker | K54729 |
| WHEATLEY | W | Gunner RA (Army) | Not recorded |
| WHITEHEAD | Leslie | Temporary Acting Leading Telegrapher | WRX1176 |
| WHITTAKER | Percy J | Able Seaman | SSX12976 |
| WILLBOND | Frederick W | Telegrapher | JX569269 |
| WILLETT | Arthur | Stoker 1st Class | KX596726 |
| WILLIAMS | Lenan | Acting Able Seaman | JX566798 |
| WILLIAMS | Frederick | Able Seaman | J95208 |
| WILLIAMS | R | Able Seaman | Not recorded |
| WILLIAMS | Charles | Stores Assistant | Not recorded |
| WILSON | K | Telegrapher | Not recorded |
| WOOD | Stanley L | Temporary Leading Steward | LX27412 |
| WRIGHT | Norman | Stoker 1st Class | KX137711 |
