Crew List - HMS Venomous, 31 May 1940
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 served in Venomous
when she brought the Guards back from Boulogne and 4,100 troops of the
British Expeditionary Force (BEF) back from Dunkirk in 1940 are given
below. Click on the links for details of their lives and get in touch if a member of your family is on the list.
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| SURNAME | FORENAME(S) | RANK/RATING | SERVICE NUMBER |
| ADDIS | Joseph | Able Seaman | SSX17322 |
| ANGUS | William | Able Seaman | J69603 |
| ANNETT | Charles E | Seaman | 6185D |
| ARTHUR | Sydney F J | Stoker Petty Officer | K61853 |
| BAILEY | William | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | MX46485 |
| BANNERMAN | James W | Acting Leading Seaman | JX139950 |
| BARRY | Thomas P | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | MX52449 |
| BARTLETT | Herbert E | Stoker 1st Class | K30965 |
| BASER | Frederick J | Chief Stoker | K63760 |
| BEATTIE | Hugh A | Seaman | X20582 |
| BELL | Thomas | Seaman | X20685A |
| BIBBINGS | Stanley P | Stoker Petty Officer | K24640 |
| BIRKIN | George A | Able Seaman | J94662 |
| BLATCHFORD | William | Stoker 1st Class | K6217 |
| BOLTON | Edward J | Stoker 1st Class | K57923 |
| BORDISS | Joseph L | Petty Officer | JX133105 |
| BOX | George C | Able Seaman | JX125754 |
| BROWN | Charles L B | Seaman | X20732A |
| BULLIED | James H | Able Seaman | SSX12262 |
| BUSBY | Douglas J | Able Seaman | SSX19188 |
| CARGILL | Isaac | Seaman | X20629A |
| CHARLES | Sydney T | Able Seaman | J104538 |
| CHYNAWETH | Vivian T | Stoker Petty Officer | K21683 |
| CHEARMAN | Henry | Stoker Petty Officer | KX77952 |
| COMPSTON | Sydney | Ordinary Seaman | JX 169001 |
| COOK | George F | Leading Seaman | JX140300 |
| COPE | George | Able Seaman | MDX2141 |
| COXWORTH | Ernest | Stoker 1st Class | KX77758 |
| COYLE | William | Able Seaman | JX103932 |
| CRAVEN | Cyril H | Ordinary Seaman | SSX31768 |
| CUSACK | James | Acting Leading Stoker | KX84633 |
| DAGLEY | Leslie W | Acting Petty Officer | JX127574 |
| DAINES | Henry | Able Seaman | J105561 |
| DAVEY | William T | Leading Stoker | K24528 |
| DEMPSEY | Joseph | Able Seaman | MDX1416 |
| DIXON | Ernest McL | Cook | MX55963 |
| DOUGLAS | James N | Able Seaman | J102991 |
| DOWNING | William H | Able Seaman | J23226 |
| EATON | James | Able Seaman | MDX2440 |
| EDWARDS | William | Able Seaman | J80641 |
| ESSON |
Allan F |
Midshipman RNR |
Not applicable |
| EVANS | James | Able Seaman | MDX2200 |
| FARGHER | Douglas | Able Seaman | MDX1238 |
| FARRELL | Charles | Able Seaman | MDX2026 |
| FARRELL | John | Able Seaman | MDX2025 |
| FICE | Charles T J | Stoker 1st Class | K22981 |
| FISHER | John W | Able Seaman | J29985 |
| FLETCHER | George L | Able Seaman | MDX1780 |
| FORREST | Alexander L | Able Seaman | SSX17407 |
| FREEMAN | William G | Leading Seaman | J32819 |
| FROST | William H | Assistant Steward | LX23233 |
| GARDINER | James Mc D | Ordinary Seaman | SSX30423 |
| GRUNDY | Thomas | Leading Sick Berth Attendant | MX49569 |
| HARLEY | William G | Petty Officer | J104236 |
| HARRIS | Percy C F | Petty Officer | J34292 |
| HENDERSON | James G | Able Seaman | JX149449 |
| HICKS | George K N | Petty Officer | J106579 |
| HORNER | John P | Able Seaman | JX152030 |
| HUGHES | Herbert | Able Seaman | SSX31600 |
| HUMBER | Robert J | Stoker 1st Class | K21300 |
| INGRAM | Henry W | Able Seaman | J107377 |
| IRLAM | James | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | MX60550 |
| IRVINE | Robert J | Able Seaman | SSX24455 |
| JENNINGS | Edward J | Able Seaman | SSX21076 |
| JEWELL | Silvio | Seaman | X20623A |
| JOB | William B | Able Seaman | J84962 |
| JOHNS | Norman S | Stoker Petty Officer | K23010 |
| JOLLY | Harry A | Leading Stoker | K47379 |
| KELLY |
William John |
Able Seaman |
J. 34331 |
| KERSHAW |
Peter |
Prob Temp Sub Lt RNVR |
Not applicable |
| KNAPTON | Harold | Able Seaman | JX151137 |
| KNIGHT | Frederick | Stoker 1st Class | KX80900 |
| LANE | John | Ordinary Seaman | SSX30025 |
| LANGWORTHY | Frank | Leading Steward | J10823 |
| LEAR | Reginald S | Able Seaman | JX165851 |
| LEDGARD | Eric R | Leading Seaman | JX136150 |
| LEWIS | Albert E | Able Seaman | SSX16928 |
| LIDDICOAT | Arthur | Leading Supply Assistant | M39194 |
| LIVINGSTONE | John | Ordinary Seaman | JX169441 |
| LLOYD | Jonathan | Able Seaman | JX152296 |
| LODGE | James W | Leading Stoker | K32862 |
| LODWICK | William | Able Seaman | J17820 |
| LUXTON | Edwin L J | Signalman | JX131901 |
| MAKEY | George F | Ordinary Seaman | JX169742 |
| MANN | William L | Petty Officer | J108010 |
| MANSFIELD | William J | Able Seaman | Not Recorded |
| MAXFIELD | George E | Able Seaman | J94827 |
| MAYLAND | Oscar G | Signalman | J31639 |
| MACKENZIE |
Angus A |
1st Lt RNR |
Not applicable |
| McALISTER | Robert | Petty Officer Steward | L13854 |
| McBEATH | John E H | Lieutenant Commander | Not Applicable |
| McGEENEY | Horace H | Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class | MX47358 |
| McILROY | D | Stoker 2nd Class | Not Recorded |
| McINTYRE | Bernard | Able Seaman | SSX22925 |
| MEARES |
Dennis E |
Prob Temp Surgeon Lt RNVR |
Not applicable |
| MELLING | John L | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | MX60551 |
| MILDREN | Stanley | Seaman | X10293B |
| MUNRO | William | Leading Signalman | JX128928 |
| NICKLESS | William H | Able Seaman | J100855 |
| O'SULLIVAN | Michael J | Petty Officer | J1X32003 |
| OWEN | John S | Stoker 2nd Class | KX103040 |
| PARKES | Albert E | Warrant Engineer | Not Applicable |
| PARTINGTON | George | Ordinary Seaman | SSX23547 |
| PASSMORE | Donald F | Chief Engine Room Artificer | M37920 |
| PHILLIPS | James P | Ordinary Seaman | SSX23805 |
| PHILLIPS | Lionel E D | Sick Berth Attendant | MX48100 |
| POOLE | Thomas H | Stoker 1st Class | K62202 |
| POUTNEY | Eric A | Telegrapher | WRX2064 |
| REID | William | Seaman | 6065D |
| RICHENS | Stanley H | Able Seaman | JX148278 |
| RIEVE | Matthew C | Able Seaman | J50325 |
| ROBINSON | Walter | Stoker 1st Class | KX90732 |
| ROBINSON | Robert J | Able Seaman | SSX17707 |
| RUDGE | Harold H | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | M16334 |
| SAINFIELD | William J | Acting Leading Seaman | J108721 |
| SESTON | Leonard | Able Seaman | J106018 |
| SHENTON | Albert H | Stoker 1st Class | KX81626 |
| SHUTE | Reginald C | Seaman | X21416A |
| SIMCOX | Thomas A | Seaman | X18418A |
| SMITH | James | Able Seaman | J132933 |
| SMITH | Harold | Able Seaman | JX179941/J111088 |
| SOUNESS | John H | Able Seaman | J103670 |
| SPEECHLY | George W | Signalman | J38144 |
| SQUIBB | Bevington | Chief Petty Officer | J93743 |
| STAFFORD | Harold | Able Seaman | SSX14930 |
| STALLARD | Ernest R | Able Seaman | JX142935 |
| STANLEY | Joseph | Stoker 1st Class | KX85959 |
| STONE | Edgar L | Able Seaman | J109761 |
| SWAINSTON | Samuel | Able Seaman | SSX12346 |
| TAPP | Owen A | Leading Telegrapher | JX133755 |
| TAYLOR | Reginald T | Acting Stoker Petty Officer | K63135 |
| TAYLOR | Mark W | Leading Seaman | JX135176 |
| TAYLOR | John | Ordinary Seaman | JX175726 |
| THOMSON | Robert K | Acting Gunner | Not Applicable |
| TILL | Albert C | Telegrapher | J83453 |
| TIVOMEY | Cornelius | Stoker 1st Class | K20534 |
| TROON | Richard J | Stoker Petty Officer | K18909 |
| VAUGHAN-LEWIS | John C M | 1st Lieutenant | Not Applicable |
| WARES | James | Seaman | X9747B |
| WATSON | Alfred | Stoker 1st Class | KX90737 |
| WATTS | Thomas P | Petty Officer Cook | MX48113 |
| WAYTE | Edward | Acting Leading Seaman | JX136685 |
| WEEKES | Charles B | Chief Stoker | K54729 |
| WEEKES | William E R | Able Seaman | J91977 |
| WELLS | Walter Reginald | Sub Lieutenant | Not Applicable |
| WESTLAKE | William J | Stoker 1st Class | K17291 |
| WILTON | William T | Leading Cook | MX50469 |
| YOUNG | Walter P B | Telegrapher | J92743 |
