Landing Craft Flak 37
The Landing Craft Flak (LCF) was a conversion of the LCT that was intended to give anti-aircraft support to the landing. They were first used in the Dieppe Raid early in 1942. The ramp was welded shut, and a deck built on top of the Tank deck. They were equipped with several light anti-aircraft guns—a typical fitting was eight 20 mm Oerlikons and four QF 2 pdr "pom-poms" and had a crew of 60. On British examples, the operation of the craft was the responsibility of RN crew and the guns were manned by Royal Marines. They carried two naval officers and two marine officers.
Name: Bartlett, Frank William George
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.CH/X 109104
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Evelyn Bartlett.
Son of Frank and Voilet May Bartlett
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Cave, Cyril John
Rank: Sergeant
Age:25
No.CH/X 2157
Unit:Royal Marines
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Caroline Lilian Cave, of Allbrook, Hampshire.
Son of Mrs C.E. Cave
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Cox, Albert George
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.CH/X 109152
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of George and Bassey Cox, of Hursley, Hampshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Dixon, Peter Rutter
Rank: Marine
Age:3``1
No.CH/X 107062
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Eugenie Dixon, of Crookhill, Co Durham.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Fullerton, Robert Denis
Rank: Marine
Age:20
No.PO/X 113217
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William A and Eva A. Fullerton, of Fishergate, Sussex.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Hall, Richard
Rank: Corporal
Age:21
No.PLY/X 106589
Unit:Royal Marine
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Susan Runicman Hall, of Coupland, Northumberland.
Son of Richard and Sarah Hall.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 92-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Honey, Charles William
Rank: Marine
Age:27
No.PLY/X 107131
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of James George and Eva Kate honey, of Westminster, London.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Murray, Tim
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:19
No.P/JX 107131
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Denis and Mary Ellen Murray, of Moss side, Manchester.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 82-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Powell, Edard Roy
Rank: Marine
Age:20
No.CH/X 19041
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Thomas B and Ellen D Powell, of Leagrave, Bedfordshire.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Selfridge, Robert
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.PO/X 108312
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Taylor, Frank
Rank: Corporal
Age:
No.CH/X 104335
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Fred and Martha Taylor, of Farnborough, Kent
Chatham Memorial Panel:79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Whittaker, William
Rank: Marine
Age:20
No.PLY/X 108019
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of George and Emily Whittaker, of Stockport, Cheshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel:92-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Tweddle, Thomas Moffat
Rank: Marine
Age:28
No.CH/X 110876
Unit:Royal Marine
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Robert and Margaret Tweddle, husband of Joyce Winifired Tweddle of Pudsey, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel:79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Brewster, Peter Albert
Rank: Marine
Age:19
No.CH/X 112900
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Albert John and Ruby Valentine Brewster, of Hove, Sussex.
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Chambers, George
Rank: Marine
Age:27
No.CH/X 107065
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William and Mary Chambers, of westport, Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland.
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Crabtree, William
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.CH/X 112368
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Percy and Harrier Crabtree
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Driver, Alexander William Richard
Rank: Marine
Age:22
No.CH/X 110940
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William Alexander and Annie Driver, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Gilson, John William
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.CH/X 109252
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Marjorie Elsie Gilson, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Son of John William and Edith Gilson.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Harman, Athol Ambrose Cornell
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Age:25
No.
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Madge Harman, of Hastings, Sussex.
Son of Rachel Elizabeth Harman.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: McPhail, Stewart William
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.PO/X 109132
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William and Isabella McPhail, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Nayler, Frank Alfred
Rank: Corporal
Age:19
No.CH/X 109530
Unit:Royal Marine
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Charles Arthur and Phyllis Dorothy Nayler, of Colchester, Essex.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Rolfe, Cyril Henry
Rank: Signalman
Age:18
No.P/JX 576893
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Benjamin and May Rolfe, of Hammersmith, London.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 84-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Sharp, Norman Ernest
Rank: Marine
Age:19
No.PO/X 117905
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Ernest S and Gladys H Sharp, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Leage, Donald Alfred
Rank: Lieutenant
Age:20
No.
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Edward Albert and Constance Leage, of Box Hill, Surrey. Captain of the School and Captain of Shooting Eight, Dulwich College.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Taylor, Frank
Rank: Marine
Age:20
No.PLY/X 109477
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Frand and Elizabeth Taylor of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Plymouth Memorial Panel:92-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Whyte, William Russell
Rank: Corporal
Age:40
No.PO/X 104433
Unit:Royal Marine
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Jean Ella Kennedy Whyte, of Glasgow.
Son of Andrew Kerr and Jean Murphy Whyte.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel:87-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Browning, Andrew
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.CH/X 109065
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Coley, Robert Henry
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.CH/X 112212
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Curtis, Kenneth William
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.CH/X 109048
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William Isaac Curtis and Mary Ann Curtis, of Gravesend, Kent.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Eglin, William
Rank: Wireman
Age:32
No.D/MX 104191
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Alice Eglin, of Preston.
Son of George Neilson and Mary Eglin, of Preston, Lancashire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 91-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Grimwade, Fredrick William
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:20
No.D/JX 422876
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Emily Grimwade, of Chelmsford, Essex.
Son of George Neilson and Mary Eglin, of Preston, Lancashire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 86-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Harry, Cephas Nicholas
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:19
No.P/JX 501362
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Robert and Emmeine Florence Harry, of Launceston, Cornwall.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 84-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: McWilliams, Charles
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.PO/X 109133
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Parratt, Dennis Gilbert
Rank: Wireman
Age:19
No.D/MX 567178
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Gilbert Reginald and Clara Parratt, of Bristol.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 91-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Schofield, Thomas
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.DPLY/X 108960
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 92-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Simmonds, Ernest Richard
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.PO/X 110748
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Smith, James
Rank: Sick Berth Attendant
Age: 20
No.P/MX 109605
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of James and Agnes Smith, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 87-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Thorneley, Ernest
Rank: Marine
Age: 20
No.CH/X 108813
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Nevin and Alice Thorneley, of Uppermill, Lancashire.
Chatham Memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.