Landing Craft Gun 102 (M)
The Landing Craft Gun (LCG) was another LCT conversion intended to give supporting fire to the landing. Apart from the Oerlikon armament of a normal LCT, each LCG(Medium) had two British Army 25 pounder gun-howitzers in armoured mountings, while LCG(L)3 and LCG(L)4 both had two 4.7-inch naval guns (12 cm).
Crewing was similar to the LCF. LCGs played a very important part in the Walcheren operations in October 1944.
Name: Allen, Albert Ronald
Rank: Marine
Age:22
No.CH/X 103791
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Hatty and Eliza Emma Allen, of Sherpherd's Bush, London.
Chatham memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Butcher, Leslie Beattie
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.PO/X 122586
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: Duncan, George
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:19
No.P/JX 674780
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of John and Helen Duncan, of Aberdeen.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 84-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Ford, Cecil
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:19
No.D/JX 419203
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Harold Frank and Florence Isobel Ford, of Clevedon, Somerset
Plymouth memorial Panel: 86-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Holmes, Reginald
Rank: Leading Stoker
Age:29
No.D/KX 86144
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Edith Winifred Holmes, of Dovercourt, Essex.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 89-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Kay, James Roland
Rank: Signalman
Age:23
No.D/JX 270840
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of George and Ethel Kay, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 88-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Luxton, John Samuel
Rank: Marine
Age:22
No.PLY/X 108259
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Waldron John and Nellie Luxton, of Fishponds, Glouchestershire.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 92-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Quinn, Edward
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:
No.C/JX 378470
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Chatham memorial Panel: 76-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Russell, Thomas
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.PO/X 110226
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Mary Russell, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 87-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Tuck, James
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.CH/X 108985
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Chatham memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Audoire, Bernard Thomas
Rank: Wireman
Age:19
No.D/MX 122408
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Bernard and Edith Audoire, Sheffield.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 91-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Caws, William James
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Age:21
No.
Unit:Royal Navy Volunteer Service
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Bernard Silas and Elsie Caws, of Henleaze, Glouchestershire.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 88-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Evans, David
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Age:38
No.P/KX 146120
Unit:Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Jand Jane Evans.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 85-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Hembrow, William Alan
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.PLY/X 105835
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Arthur George and Kate Hembrow, of Bath, Somerset.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 92-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Humphrey, Frederick Spencer
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:19
No.C/JX 407557
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Frederick and lucy May Humphrey, of Upton, Northamptonshire.
Chatham memorial Panel: 75-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Kirkpatrick, Alexander Wilson Craig
Rank: Petty Officer
Age:30
No.C/JX 217959
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Jean Kirkpatrick, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
Chatham memorial Panel: 74-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Mackness, Maurice
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:23
No.P/JX 290721
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William and Esme Mackness, of Leicester.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 82-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Rattenbury, Dennis Humphrey
Rank: Corporal
Age:
No.CH/X 106825
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of James H and Elsie E Rattenbury, of Pettswood, Kent.
Chatham memorial Panel: 79-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Star, Philip
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:20
No.P/JX 387253
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Sydney and Ethel Starr, of Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 83-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Wilkins, Clarence Jesse
Rank: Marine
Age:18
No.PLY/X 113464
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of William and Maud E. Wilkins, of Charlton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 92-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Ball, Arthur
Rank: Leading Wireman
Age:20
No.D/MX 103422
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Doris Ball, of Yeovil, Somerset.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 91-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Downes, Robert Herbert
Rank: Sergeant
Age:
No.PO/X 106306
Unit:Royal Marine
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of K May Downes, of Hall Green, Birmingham.
Son of Clarence William and Anny Downes
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 87-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Flory, Donald Ralph Victor
Rank: Lieutenant (2x MID)
Age:31
No.
Unit:Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Marie Marguerite Norah Flory of Burghclere, Hampshire
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 88-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Hill, Desmond
Rank: Corporal
Age:
No.PLY/X 109781
Unit: Royal Marines
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Jesse Frederick and Louisa Hill of, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 92-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Jefferson, Raymond Lewis
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:20
No.P/JX 676589
Unit: Royal Navy
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Edgar Alfonso amd Isabel Jefferson, of Barnard Castle, Co Durham.
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 84-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Layman, William Walter
Rank: Lieutenant
Age:
No.143207
Unit:HQ 4th Brigade Royal Marine Commando, South Africa Royal Artillery.
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Groesbeek Panel: 11
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Lee, William Frederick
Rank: Marine
Age:
No.CH/X 615
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Husband of Mary Emma Lee, of Gillingham, Kent.
Chatham memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Mara, Jack
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Age:
No.P/KX 152789
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth memorial Panel: 86-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Redwood, Frederick William
Rank: Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
Age:24
No.D/MX 70116
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Edwin Randolph and Elizabeth Redwood, of Shirehampton, Bristol.
Plymouth memorial Panel: 90-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.
Name: Stokes, Frederick George
Rank: Marine
Age:21
No.CH/X 110484
Unit:
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Samuel Albert and Emily Mary Stokes, of Willesden, Middlesex.
Chatham memorial Panel: 79-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in Vlissingen/Walcheren area.