HMS Valentine
After completing work-up, Valentine joined the Nore Command, responsible for East coast convoys, transferring to Dover Command in May.Valentine was one of four destroyers deployed to the Scheldt estuary to support demolition operations and the evacuation of shipping from Antwerp.
While providing AA cover to Allied troops, Valentine was damaged by dive bombers on 15 May 1940, and beached near Terneuzen.
30 of Valentine's crew were killed, 23 of them are still missing. Valentine was partly salvaged and broken up in 1953, but part of the ship's hull remains and is sometimes visible at low tide.
7 Unknowns of the HMS Valentine are buried at Bergen op Zoom British War Cemetery.
Name: Maxwell, James
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:27
No.D.SSX 20090
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of James Maxwell and of Isabella Grainger Maxwell (nee Gordon), of Glasgow.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 38-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Ford, Robert Anthony
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:20
No.C/WRX 9947
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Walter Hubert and Daisy Winifred Ford.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 40-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Atkinson, Colin Sidney Jervis
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:19
No.D/S/SX 32227
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Sidney James Atkinson and Annie Atkinson, of South Elmsall, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 38-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen. Known to have washed up at Borselle on 27-05-1940, buried near sea dyke and grave either still there or buried as one of the unknowns at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery.
Name: Newbert, Daniel
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:21
No.D/SR 8473
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Daniel and Bertha Emily Newbert, of Rawmarsh, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 39-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Clapp, Charles Thomas
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:20
No.D/SSX 32568
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Arthur and Amy Clapp, of Keynsham, Somerset.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 28-1
KIA Information: Known to have died of his wounds in Hospital in Terneuzen.
Name: Fry, Dennis Clifford
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Age:35
No.D/K64708
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of William and Florence Fry; husband of Phyllis Mary Fry, of Brislington, Somerset.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 41-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Bird, Harry
Rank: Petty Officer
Age:39
No.D/J 79564
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Jesse and Martha Bird; husband of Alathea Jane Bird, of Brierley, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 36-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Piercy, George Alexander
Rank: Stoker 1 Class
Age:26
No.D/KX 85462
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Huyton, near Liverpool.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 41-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Kensey, John
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:23
No.D.SSX 17557
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of John and Annie Kensey. Stepson of Lily Kensey, of Hollingworth, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 38-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Norton, Frank
Rank: leading Seaman
Age:37
No.D/94494
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Husband of Rose Norton, of Dagenham, Essex.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 38-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Jarvis, Alfred William John
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:19
No.D/SR 8659
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Alfred J. W. and Ivy Florence Jarvis, of Willesden Green, Middlesex.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 39-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Bawden, Joseph Alfred
Rank: Electrical Artificer 4th Class
Age:23
No.D/MX 62521
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of William and Emily J. Bawden, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 42-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Edwards, Frederick
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:20
No.P/JX 175469
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of William C. and Sarah Ann Edwards, of Reddish, Lancashire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 39-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Henderson, Alfred Robert Branding
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Age:31
No.D/KX 77646
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Joseph and Margaret Henderson; husband of Edith Mary Henderson, of Keyham, Devonport.
Plymouth Memorial Panel 40-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Marlow, Harry Hadfield
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Age:40
No.D/K/59890
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Thomas Albert and Jane Marlow; husband of Constance Marlow, of Davyhulme, Lancashire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel 40-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Potter, Ernest James
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Age:44
No.D/K 22322
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of William John and Susan Ann Potter; husband of Leonora Gwendoline Potter, of Par, Cornwall.
Plymouth Memorial Panel 40-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Livesey, John
Rank: Seaman
Age:24
No.D/X20222A
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Livesey; husband of Blanche Livesey, of Ely, Glamorgan.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 43-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Howard, James Albert
Rank: Petty Officer
Age:
No.P/J114072
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 37-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Howells, Thomas
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:20
No.D/SSX 32255
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of William and Annie Howells, of Crynant, Glamorgan.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 37-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Cotton, Ronald George
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Age:24
No.D/MX 62866
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Orlando George and Ethel Minnie Cotton; husband of Clarice E. Cotton, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 40-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Cutter, Claude Kester Humphreys
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Age:
No.D/MX54818
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Noah and Gladys G. C. Cutter, of Kingsthorne, Herefordshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 40-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Kellaway, Albert
Rank: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Age:24
No.D/KX 86319
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of John Charles and Maud Edith Kellaway, of Egg Buckland, Plymouth.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 40-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.
Name: Morris, James Painter
Rank: Petty Officer Stoke
Age:
No.D/KX 77449
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of J. and Alice Maud Morris; husband of Evelyn Mary Morris, of Oreston, Devon.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 40-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board at Terneuzen.