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The list of names includes those who took part in the X-Craft attack on the Tirpitz Adam Last edited by Adam Brown on Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:53 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top Adam Brown Curator Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland) Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:27 pm    Post subject: Here are the names in alphabetical order: ANDERSON , R , Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve BONNELL , G F , Lieutenant, D.S.C. Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve BRAMMER , A J , Leading Stoker BROWNRIGG , P C A , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve CAREY , D , Lieutenant, Royal Navy CARROLL , J J , Able Seaman COOK , H F , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve EZNER , B , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve EVANS , R , Able Seaman GOSS , G G , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve GROGAN , J E , Sub Lieutenant, South African Naval Forces (V) HARRIS , K V F , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve HARTE , A H , Ordinary Seaman HENTY-CREER , H , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve HIGGINS , E W , Stoker HOLLETT , G H , Stoker HUNT , P J , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve KEARON , E W , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve KERR , J , 2nd Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry LOCKE , D H , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve LUDBROOK , C , Engine Room Artificer MALCOLM , A D , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve MAPLEBECK , R , Able Seaman MARSDEN , W J , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve McFARLANE , B M , Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy MORTIBOYS , Ralph J , Engine Room Artificer NELSON , I J , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve PRETTY , J , Able Seaman PRIDHAM , R W , Stoker PURDY , P D , Sub Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve RICKWOOD , M , Leading Seaman SARGENT , J , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve SIMPSON , W J , Able Seaman STAPLES , A , Lieutenant, South African Naval Forces (V) STRETTON-SMITH , S F , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve THOMAS , I M , Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve TREVETHIAN , B , Leading Seaman WHITLEY , W M , Engine Room Artificer WHITTAM , L B C , Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Back to top Adam Brown Curator Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland) Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:15 pm    Post subject: Of the thirty nine men listed on the memorial only seven are buried in cemeteries. The other thirty two have no known grave but the sea. They are commemorated on Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorials in England, Canada and New Zealand. Two of those with no known grave were Charioteers who died in training at Kylesku. Sub-Lt John Grogan died on 8th November 1942 and Sub-Lt Keith Harris died on 26th July 1944. The only soldier listed, Lieutenant Kenneth Kerr of the Royal Scots attached to the Special Boat Squadron, is incorrectly listed on the memorial as 2nd Lt. J Kerr, Highland Light Infantry. Ships Several Royal Navy ships and submarines are mentioned in the following biographies. HMS ‘Bonaventure’ was a submarine depot ship used by the X-Craft. HMS ‘Dolphin’ was the ‘home’ of the Royal Navy Submarines service in Gosport. HMS ‘Titania’ was a submarine depot ship used by the Chariots. HMS ‘Varbel’ was the headquarters of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla. It was based at the Kyles Hydro Hotel, Port Bannatyne, Bute HM Submarine P311 was lost, presumed mined in the Mediterranean near Sardinia on 8th January 1943. Three chariots and nine men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla were lost along with all hands on this submarine. HM Submarine X4 was an X-Craft submarine used for training only. HM Submarine X5 was an X-Craft submarine. Lost on the attack on ‘Tirpitz’, 22nd September 1943 HM Submarine X7 was an X-Craft submarine. Lost on the attack on ‘Tirpitz’, 22nd September 1943 HM Submarine X9 was an X-Craft submarine. Lost on the way to Norway to attack the ‘Scharnhorst’, 16th September 1943 HM Submarine X22 was an X-Craft submarine. Lost in Pentland Firth due to collision on 7th February 1944 HM Submarine X24 was an X-Craft submarine. One passage crew member was lost on Operation ‘Heckle’. The Operation was successful. X24 is now on permanent display in the submarine Museum in Gosport and is a memorial to all X-Craft submariners. HM Submarine XE3 was an X-Craft sub lost on sea trials off Mon Repose Beech, Queensland, Australia on 21st June 1945 HM Submarine XE11 was an X-Craft submarine lost in collision with HM Boom Defence vessel ‘Norina’ in Loch Striven on 6th March 1945 Operations Four Operations are also mentioned Operation ‘Heckle’ – The attack by X24 on the floating dock at Laksvaaag, Norway. She was being towed across the North Sea by HM Submarine ‘Spectre’ when Sub-Lt Purdy was lost overboard. Operation ‘Principle’ – The attacks by chariots on Italian shipping in Sardinia and Sicily. January 1943. The chariots were transported by three submarines. HM Sub P311, HM Sub ‘Trooper’ and HM Sub ‘Thunderbolt’. Eleven Charioteers died on this operation. Operation ‘Source’ - The attack by X-Craft on the 'Scharnhorst' and ‘Tirpitz’ September 1943. Nine X-Craft crew died HM Submarine X5 was lost during the attack on the ‘Tirpitz’, 22nd September 1943 HM Submarine X7 was lost during the attack on the ‘Tirpitz’, 22nd September 1943 HM Submarine X9 was lost en-route to Norway with three passage crew on 16th September 1943. It was being towed by HM Submarine ‘Syrtis’ but slipped its tow and foundered. Its target was the 'Scharnhorst' Operation ‘Title’ - the unsuccessful Chariot attack on the 'Tirpitz' in January 1943. The chariots were transported to Norway by the Shetland Bus vessel ‘Arthur’. One Charioteer was lost Roll of Honour ANDERSON, Robert Seaman, D/X 18907A Royal Navy Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 8th January 1943. Age 26 Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute BONNELL, Charles Ernest, Distinguished Service Cross Lieutenant Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HMS ‘Titania’ Lost on H.M. Sub P311 8th January 1943. Age 33 Husband of Eleanor Bonnell, of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Canada Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, as G.E. Bonnell and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute BRAMMER, Alfred James Leading Stoker (Diver), D/KX 163775 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS ‘Varbel’ Died on 21st November 1944. Age 19 Son of James and Elizabeth Brammer, of Bucknall, Staffordshire Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute BROWNRIGG, Patrick Charles Annesley, Mentioned in Despatches Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HMS ‘Dolphin’ Died on 6th June 1942. Age 26 Son of Annesley Harold and Aileen Maude Brownrigg, of Pirbright, Surrey Buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute CAREY, David Haversham Lieutenant Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS ‘Bonaventure’ - HM Submarine XE3 Died on 21st June 1945, Australia. Age 22 Son of Colonel Peter Dudley Carey and Dorothy Madeleine Carey, of Lymington, Hampshire Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute CARROLL, John Joseph Able Seaman, D/JX 204290 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11 Lost in collision in Loch Striven 6th March 1945 Buried in Rothesay Cemetery, Isle of Bute Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute COOK, Harold Faulkner Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Drowned on Operation ‘Principle’, 2nd January 1943. Age 24 Son of Herbert and Edith Millicent Cook, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute ENZER, Bruce Edward Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS ‘Bonaventure’ - HM Sub XE6 Died on 21st June 1945, Australia. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute EVANS, Robert P Able Seaman, D/JX 283626 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HMS ‘Titania’ Wounded on Operation ‘Title’ then executed whilst a Prisoner-of-War, 19th January 1943. Age 21 Son of Ralph George and Rose Catherine Evans, of Brixton, London Buried in Western Civil Cemetery, Oslo, Norway Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute GOSS, George Gilbert Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943 Son of Arthur Goss, and of Mary Agnes Goss, of Herne Hill, London Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute GROGAN, John Edward Sub-lieutenant, 66643 South African Naval Force, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HMS ‘Titania’ Suffered Fatal Blackout during training, 8th November 1942, Loch Chairn Bhain Age 23 Son of Meridyth G and Gabrielle M A Grogan Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HARRIS, Keith Vivian Frank Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HM Chariot No. VI Died in Training on 26th July 1944, Loch Chairn Bhain. Age 20 Son of Lt.-Col. Frank Harris, O.B.E., and Rosamond Kathleen Harris Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HARTE, Harry Albert Able Seaman, C/JX 207081 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X9 Lost on Operation Source, 16th September 1943. Age 32 Son of Harry Edwin and Mary Ann Harte. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, as A H Harte, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HENTY-CREER, Henty, Mentioned in Dispatches Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X5 Lost on Operation Source, 22nd September 1943 Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HIGGINS, Edward William Stoker 1st Class, D/KX 165317 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE11 Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945. Age 20 Son of Edward and Dorothy Higgins, of Hackney Wick, London; husband of Rose Higgins, of Homerton, London. Buried in Rothesay Cemetery, Isle of Bute Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HOLLETT, George Henry Stoker 1st Class, D/KX 151674 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X9 Lost on Operation Source, 16th September 1943. Age 19 Son of Thomas and Susannah Hollett, of Liverpool. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute HUNT, Peter James Rank: Acting Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS Varbel (Depot) attached HM Drifter Solstice Died on 22nd April 1944 , Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute KEARON, Edward Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, H.M.S. Varbel - HM Submarine X9 Lost on Operation Source, 16th September 1943. Age 22 Son of Edward Kearon, and of Isabella Kearon, of Sandycove, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute KERR, Kenneth Stewart Lieutenant, 156102 Royal Scots attached Special Boat Service, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 8th January 1943 Born Edinburgh Commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey UK Listed in the Royal Scots Roll of Honour, Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland (as 2nd Lt J Kerr, serving with the Highland Light Infantry), and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute LOCKE, David Henry Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X7 Died on 31st May 1943. Age 22 Son of George Sydney and Jeanie Brebber Emslie Locke, of Wandsworth, London Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute LUDBROOK, Cyril Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, P/MX 116413 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X22 Lost in Pentland Firth on 7th February 1944. Age 21 Son of Walter Scott Ludbrook and Jane Ann Ludbrook, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute MALCOLM, Alastair David Acting Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X5 Lost on Operation Source, 22nd September 1943 Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Malcolm, of Southport, Lancashire Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute MAPPLEBECK, Paul Able Seaman, R/JX 180968 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943 Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute MARSDEN, William Jack Lieutenant Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS Varbel - HM Submarine X22 Lost in Pentland Firth on 7th February 1944. Age 26 Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute McFARLANE, Brian Mahoney Lieutenant Royal Australian Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS Varbel - HM Submarine X22 Lost in Pentland Firth on 7th February 1944. Age 24 Son of Comdr. John Clement McFarlane, R.A.N., and Irene McFarlane; husband of Jeanne McFarlane, of Petersham, Surrey Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute MORTIBOYS, Ralph James Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, P/MX 79142 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, H.M.S. Victory III - HM Submarine X5 Lost on Operation Source, 22nd September 1943. Age 22 Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute NELSON, Tom John Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X5 Lost on Operation Source, 22nd September 1943. Age 22 Son of Ralph and Frances Nelson, of Walbottle, Northumberland Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute PRETTY, John Able Seaman, P/J 113298 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X22 Lost in Pentland Firth on 7th February 1944 Son of William and Minnie Pretty Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute PRIDHAM, Ronald William Buller Service Number: Stoker 1st Class, D/KX 145916 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943 Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute PURDY, Derek Norman Sub-Lieutenant Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HMS Varbel - HM Submarine X24 Lost on Operation ‘Heckle’ on 9th September 1944. Age 20 Son of Norman Harry and Elsie Mary Purdy, of Remuera, Auckland, Commemorated on the New Zealand Naval Memorial - Devonport, Auckland NZ Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute RICKWOOD, Bertie George Sidney Leading Seaman, P/SSX 25205 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943. Age 23 Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Rickwood, of Paddington, London. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute SARGENT, Jack Lieutenant Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943. Age 28 Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Harry Bertram and Margaret Sargent, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute SIMPSON, Walter Robert Able Seaman, D/JX 204233 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer, HM Submarine ‘Thunderbolt’ Drowned on Operation ‘Principle’ on 3rd January 1943. Age 22 Son of Walter and May Simpson, of Blackburn, Lancashire Buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute STAPLES, Aubrey Lieutenant, 67415 South African Naval Force, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11, Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945. Age 24 Son of George and Edith L. Staples, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia Buried in Rothesay Cemetery, Isle of Bute Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute STRETTON-SMITH, Guy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943. Age 26 Son of George Frederick and Ada Blanche Stretton-Smith, of Haslemere, Surrey. F.R.P.S Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the Haslemere War Memorial, High Street, Haslemere, Surrey Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute THOMAS, Ivor Morgan Sub-lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X4 Died on 11th December 1942 Son of Albert William Thomas and of Sarah Dora Thomas (nee Harries); husband of Josephine Thomas Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute TREVETHAN, Bernard Able Seaman, P/JX 149522 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - Charioteer Lost on H.M. Sub P311 on 8th January 1943. Age 23 Son of Edward and Fanny Trevethan, of Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the Guildford War Memorial, Surrey Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute WHITLEY, William Marriner, Mentioned in Despatches Engine Room Artificer 4th. Class, D/MX 73499 Royal Navy, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X7 Lost on Operation ‘Source’, 22nd September 1943. Age 28 Son of William and Lilian Whitley, of Birmingham. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute WHITTAM, Lionel Barnett, Mentioned in Despatches Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine X7 Lost on Operation ‘Source’, 22nd September 1943. Age 22 Buried in Tromso Cemetery, Norway Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute Back to top Adam Brown Curator Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland) Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:13 am    Post subject: From the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) website Kylesku, Garbh Eilean Type of Site: War Memorial NMRS Number: NC23SW 24 Map reference: NC 2247 3385 Parish: Eddrachillis Council: Highland Former District: Sutherland Former Region: Highland Archaeology Notes A stone cairn situated in the car park on the N side of the Kylesku Bridge (NC23SW 22). The monument was erected on 10th April 1993 honouring the men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla who had manned the midget submarines (X-craft). Much of the training of the crews of these craft was done in the waters around Kylesku. It was here that the crews were trained for the midget submarine attack on the German battleship Tirpitz which was then based in the Altenfjord, Norway. J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Part.1, 6, Part.3, 4 Back to top Keptie Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 923 Location: near Arbroath Angus Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:31 pm    Post subject: Midget Sub memorial As an additional to this I hear that in 1946 two Midget sub XT Craft were towed to ABERLADY BAY in the Lothians and moored and then used as target practice and gun tests by the RAF aircraft then left to rot . The more southerly vessel of the two is better preserved . Shows the size of these vessels ! Sadly one or both of them were not preserved in a Maritime museum in Scotland patrick w anderson Back to top Adam Brown Curator Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland) Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 5:29 pm    Post subject: There are reports that an Italian diver has found the final resting place of HM Submarine P-311 off Sardinia. As a war grave the submarine will not be disturbed. The XII Flotilla Charioteers will remain on patrol and continue to be commemorated on their respective CWGC memorials. Adam Back to top Naumachos Joined: 08 Nov 2016 Posts: 3 Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:54 pm    Post subject: HMS P311 final video editing. Hi Adam, here is the video, a bit "slow" but it's was shooted for document the state of preservation of the wreck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xgML6zwX8&t=30s Back to top stuartn Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551 Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:45 am    Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number This is WMR record 44489 Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Highlands - Regimental & Unit Memorials All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum General Discussions----------------New members, Help & IntroductionsForum NewsGeneralQueries and RequestsNon-commemorationsResearch LookupsUseful linksOff-Topic Index Section----------------Project IndexesMemorial Discussion Other Discussion----------------What's OnBooksSculptors & Artists Scottish Military Research Group - Members Area----------------About This Section Aberdeenshire----------------Aberdeenshire - 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