A HARD FOUGHT SHIP
The story of HMS Venomous

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Ratings and Petty Officers

Ship's Crest A Hard Fought Ship is dedicated to the memory of all those who served on HMS Venomous between 1919 and 1946. There are no crew lists for Royal Navy ships and since the ship's complement of 120-70 changed each time HMS Venomous was re-commissioned this is inevitably a very incomplete list largely based on information supplied by the seamen themselves or members of their families.

If a member of your family was a rating or petty officer on Venomous and is not on this list contact the publisher.

Links are provided to information about the rating on this web site. Do you have a story to tell about a member of your family who served on HMS Venomous?

Where a rating was later commissioned there is a link to his service career on the unithistories.com web site.

Click here for information on how to obtain a ratings official record of service.


Many of the men whose names appear below without links are mentioned in:

A Hard Fought Ship: the story of HMS Venomous

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Name Rate (duty) Dates
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Ackerman (twins) Able Seamen 1939-41
Addis, Michael "Mick" Petty Officer (Quartermaster) 1942-3
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B []
Back, Robert AB (Gunner) 1942-3
Ball, Charles Petty Officer (Officers' Cook)
Barlow, Ken
AB
1942-3
Battersby, Arthur M [] 1942-3
Bennett, Arthur Malcolm Chief Engine Room Artificer (CERA) 1944-5
Billings, Fred Petty Officer (Gunnery Instructor) 1939-40
Birkin, George Arnold "Arnie" AB (Gunlayer) 1939-41
Boles, "Paddy" Stoker 1942-3
Bolton, Jack
AB / ST (Seaman Torpedoman)
1942-3
Bordiss, J. P.  Petty Officer (Gunnery Instructor) 1940
Box, "Jan" AB 1940
Brewster AB 1925-6
Brown, T.I. Petty Officer []
Butler, Alf
AB
1942-3
Butt, Wally [] []
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C webimages/blanck.gif []
Campbell AB 1939-40
Campbell, Alexander M. OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Carson, John OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Charles, Sydney Thomas AB (Bosun's Mate) 1939-42
Christian, "Bob" webimages/blanck.gif 1940
Collister, William Leslie Chief Petty Officer (Gunlayer) 1940-5
Compston, Sydney AB (Gunner) 1940-1
Conybear Petty Officer (Engine Room Artificer) 1942-3
Craddock, Robert AB (the "tankie") 1942-3
Crowley, J. F.  Petty Officer 1941
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Dagley, Leslie W. DSM Petty Officer (Electrician) 1939-40
Dean, "Dixie" OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Daily Stoker 1945
Dalton, "Joe" AB 1940
Davies, Tom AB (Gunner) 1942-3
Dodd, John OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Downing, Jan Officers' Steward 1940
Duckworth AB []
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Eaton, James AB 1939-41
Easton, W. S. AB 1921
Edwards, James AB 1940
Eley, Ron AB []
Emery, Charles J. AB 1920
Evans, "Roggy" Petty Officer (Engine Room Artificer) 1942-3
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Fenn, Mike OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Fisher, "Jacky" AB 1940
Foxe, R.D.L. DSM CPO 1942-3
Freeman, Harry Leading Seaman 1940
Fry, Albert Leading Seaman 1941
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Glennon Stoker 1945
Gorman Petty Officer (Quartermaster) []
Grabham, Richard AB 1939-43
Gray, "Dolly" AB (Gunner) 1942-3
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Haddon, Harry "Taff" AB (Gunlayer, GL3) 1942-3
Hargrave, Ron "Ginger" AB 1942-3
Hargreaves, Robert
AB
1942-3
Hatton, Alfred Chief Stoker 1926
Hayes AB []
Hely, Cyril
AB (Starboard Oerlikon)
1942-3
Henderson, James G. AB 1940[]
Hicks, Geoffrey
Petty Officr (Torpedo Instructor)
1939-
Hoggins, David "Jock"
AB (Gun Layer, GL3)
1942-3
Holgate, Tom
AB
1940
Holywood
Chief Petty Officer

Hopwood
AB

Horner, "Jackie" AB 1940
Hyde, Bernie NAAFI Manager []
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Irlam, James Engine Room Artificer 1941
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J [] []
Jamieson, Jimmy Electrical Artificer []
Johns AB []
Johnson Petty Officer (Engine Room Artificer) 1942-3
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Knapton, Harold DSM AB 1940
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L [] []
Ledguard Petty Officer 1940-1?
Liddicoat, Arthur [] 1939-42
Lockerman AB []
Lodwick, William DSM AB 1939-40
Lofthouse, Albert Chief Petty Officer (Yeoman of Signals) []
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M [] []
Mann,  Petty Officer (Seaman) 1939-
Mansell, A.J.M. "Mervyn" OD (CW Candidate) 1942-3
Marshall AB []
McGeeney, H. Hugh DSM Chief Petty Officer (Ordnance Artificer, 3rd Class) 1939-40
McCabe AB []
Mayland, O. Charles Signalman 1940-1
Maxfield, "Maxi" AB 1940
Mercer, Frederick AB 1944-5
Metcalf, Percy AB 1940
Mitchell AB ("Tankie") 1940
Moon AB []
Munro Yeoman of Signals 1940-1
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Newby, "Willie" AB 1940
Newton, J. A. Leading Seaman 1941
Nicholas, "Tubby" Quartermaster 1939-41
Nickless, William H.  Telegraphist 1940
Notton, Francis "Frank" Stoker 1944-5
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Orwell [] []
O'Sullivan, Michael J. DSM Petty Officer (Seaman) 1939-
Overthrow Stoker 1945
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P [] []
Passmore, Don DSM Chief Engine Room Artificer (CERA) 1939-
Payne Yeoman of Signals 1940
Payne, Kenneth Stoker 1945
Pelling, John Stoker 1945
Poole, Thomas Henry Leading Seaman (Ship's Writer) 1939-45
Pountney, Eric Arnold Wireless Telegraphy Operator []1939-43
Prew AB []
Price, Alfred J Leading Stoker 1920
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Q [] []
N/A N/A N/A
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R [] []
Rick, Percy Ordnance Artificer []
Robb, John Cleland Leading Seaman 1942-5
Robinson, Thomas William Stoker 1925
Robinson AB 1940
Russell, Thomas "Yorkie" Stoker 1944-5
Ryan Stoker 1945
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Scargill, "Jock" AB 1939-41
Sefton, Len AB 1940
Sheel, "Gordie" Petty Officer (Telegraphist) []
Shepherd AB 1942-3
Sinclair AB []
Skuse Stoker 1945
Smith, "Jock" AB 1940
Speechley, George Signalman 1940
Sprosson, Henry Rolland Engine Room Artificer 1927
Stafford, H. DSM LS 1942-3
Stallard, E. Roy DSM AB (Gunlayer) 1939-40
Squibb Chief Petty Officer (Coxwain) 1939-
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Thomas, F.N.G. "Freddo" AB (RDF Operator) 1940-3
Tonner, James Andrew Wireless Telergraphy Operator []
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Upton, A.G. "Bert" AB 1944-5
Urquhart, William Craig Dunn
Stoker
1942-3
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Vicary AB (Seaman PO Messman) []
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Walton, William Taylor "Billie" Petty Officer (ship's NAAFI) 1944-5
Ward, "Sharky" Stoker 1942-3
Watts Petty Officer (Cook) 1939-
Weeks, William E. R. "Teddy" AB (Bosun's Mate) 1939-41
Wharton, Fred "Scouse" AB 1942-3
Wilmott, Harry Engine Room Artificer 1942-3
Wilson, Francis George AB (ASDIC Operator) 1942-3
Wright Stoker 1945
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N/A N/A N/A
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Y [] []
Yelland, W. P. AB 1942-3
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Z [] []
N/A N/A N/A

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