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HMS Matabele (G 26)

British destroyer



Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), A-6591

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Matabele (G 26).

Aboard HMS Matabele (G 26) when hit on 17 Jan 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAdams, John Francis, RN19Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishAldis, Frank Richard, NAAFI32Canteen ManagerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishAnderson, Edward, RN26Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishAshe, William Roy, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishAtkinson, Thomas William, RN35Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBailey, Kenneth, RN21TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBargery, Walter John Frederick George, RN18Boy 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBayly, David Charles, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBizsley, Arthur Percy, RN39Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBlakeman, John, RN43Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBloxsom, Ernest Albert, RN21SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBowers, John Fowler, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBowyer, Alfred Edward, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBoyce, Thomas, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBrackenbury, Frank Albert, RNPetty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBradbear, Frederick Herbert, RN22Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBray, Clifford Percy, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBritten, Richard Philip, RN27LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBroadbent, Ned, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBrogan, Frank, RN23Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBrown, Albert Victor, RN37Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBrown, William, RNOrdinary SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBuckley, Arthur William, RN25Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBurns, James Taylor, RN20Ordinary SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishBurras, , RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26)
BritishCameron, John Angus, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCampbell, Stanley, RFR34Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCann, Alfred Thomas, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCarter, Charles Herbert, RNCoderHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCarter, Clifford William Henry, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishChampion, Clifford Frederick, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishChampion, Herbert William, RN30Chief Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishChristie, Bernard Michael, RNCook (S)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishClarke, George Herbert, RN26Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCollings, Sidney, RN45Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishConstance, John Roskruge, RN24Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCook, Charles William, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCooper, John James, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCotton, Harold Percival John, RN41Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCouper, Hugh, RN34Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCraigan, David, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCrook, Arthur Christopher, RN25StewardHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCummins, Edward, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCundall, Roland, RN21Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishCurnow, Edward Lyndon, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDaly, William Cornelius, RN22Leading TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDarbyshire, Henry, RN37Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDare, Harry Rnowles, RNChief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDavies, Harold Frederick, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDavies, John Emlyn, RN25Cook (O)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDavies, Myrddin Charles, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDay, Arthur George, RN42Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDennison, Arthur Michael, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDewsbury, Wilfred, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDoidge, William Charles, RN29Gunner (T)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDonaldson, Thomas Stewart, RN30Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDuddy, Robert George, RN37Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDuke, Timothy James Hare, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishDyson, William Harold, RN43Chief Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEarle, William John, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEastwood, Harold, RN22StewardHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEccleston, William, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEllson, Ralph William, RN22Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEly, Sydney Roy, RN23Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEvans, Ivor Ronald, RN33Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishEvans, Thomas Richard, RN20CoderHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFagan, Nicholas William, RN21Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFalconer, John, RN41Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFitzsimmons, Thomas, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFlint, Harold, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFowler, John, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFry, John Edward, RN31Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishFurniss, Thomas William, RN23Leading SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGardner, James, RN29Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGeater, James Herbert, RNLeading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGibson, Frederick Charles, RNLeading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGiles, Frank William, RN21Passenger (Able Seaman)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGliddon, Leslie John, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGood, Frederick Peter Leece, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGordon-Scott, Michael Sydney, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGraham, Alexander, RN28Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGraham, Leonard Maurice, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGriffith, James, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishGyngell, Herbert Francis Eric, RN33Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHakesley, John Samuel Thomas Cross, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHall, Benjamin Jack Lochead, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHall, Thomas, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHannah, Hugh Joseph, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHarper, Samuel Vincent, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHarris, Ernest George, RN25Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHarris, Kenneth William, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHayward, Sidney Gerald, RNPetty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHead, William Alfred, RN41Chief StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHeard, Stanley, NAAFI33Canteen ManagerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHext, John Edward, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
IrishHickey, Bartholomew, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHickman, Denis Augustine, RN24Supply AssistantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHiggins, , RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26)
BritishHigson, Charles, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHinton, Harold Victor Thomas, RN23Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHoare, Bernard, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHookway, James Edgar, RN38Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHopkins, Frederick William Reynolds, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHorner, Benjamin, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
IrishHoulihan, James, RN21Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHoward, Robert, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHudson, Harold, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishHunt, Harry Frederick Isaac, RNLeading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishIdiens, Edwin Bertram, RN26Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishIrving, Leslie, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJamieson, John, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJefferies, Frank Hector Mcdonald, RN32Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJeffery, Charles Ethelbert, RN33Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJeffery, Gilbert Edward, RN19Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJerram, Edward Frederick Hughes, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJohn, Raymond, RN18Boy 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJohnson, Richard, RN27Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJones, John, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJones, John Dilwyn, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJones, Lancelot, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishJones, Melvin Thomas, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishKelly, Charles, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishKennedy, Richard, RN31Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishKindon, William Charles, RN33Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishKirby, Frederick Albert, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishKnight, Robert William, RN31Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLane, Bertram Silas, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLee, Donald, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLegge, Albert George, RN41Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLewis, Clifford Stanley, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLewis, Ellis Wynne, RNYeoman of SignalsHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLewis, Harry, RN28Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLewis, William Thomas, RN34Petty Officer StewardHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLissamore, Harold, RN21Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLockey, John Gordon, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLong, Percy John, RN26Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLowe, Norman, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLowndes, Cecil, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishLynas, James, RN39Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMacdonald, Harold, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMacDonald, John, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMadden, Godfrey, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMadge, Ernest John, RN27Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMaloney, Brendon Reginald, RN19Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMarshall, Morant, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMartin, James Russell, RN28Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMason, George, RN28Ordnance MechanicHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMassey, William, RN38Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcCarthy, Bernard Joseph, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcCready, James, RN35Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcDermott, Jack, RN26Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcIlroy, Patrick, RN27Petty Officer Cook (O)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcKay, Alexander, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcNally, James, RN41Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMcNicol, Andrew Murray, RN20Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMees, John Ernest, RNVR25LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMessenger, Samuel Gilbert, RN30Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMilne, George Alexander, RN30Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMilton, Frank Pellowe, RNLeading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMinhinnick, James, RN45Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMontgomery, James, RN20Ordnance Artificer 5th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMorgan, Dyfrig George, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMorgan, Harry Edward, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishMort, Thomas, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
IrishMurphy, John, RN41Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishNewcombe, Albert, RN28Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishNewsome, Herbert Ronald, RN25Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishNoel-Hill, Robert Abercrombie, RN18MidshipmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishNolan, James, RNOrdinary SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishNorman, Frederick Thomas, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishO'Malley, Owen, RN42Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishOldfield, John, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishOliver, Leslie, RN27Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishOrme, George William, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishParker, John Robinson, RNElectrical Artificer 4th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishPartridge, Edward Rex, RNVR27LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishPearson, Walter, RN41Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishPhillips, David Vernon, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishPlumridge, John Awdry, RNVR28LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishPorter, Baden Robert, RN41Petty Officer Sick BerthHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRadley, Wilfred Hey, RN19TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRees, Vivian John, RN21Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRevely, Stephen, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishReynolds, Walter John, RN22Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRiley, Jack, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRoblin, George Frederick Methuen, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRoscorla, Douglas, RN23Leading TelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRyan, Joseph Thomas, RN35Chief Petty Officer Cook (S)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishRyan, Patrick William, RN41Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSalt, Thomas William, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSavage, Frank, RN41Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSavage, Kenneth George, RN20Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSchupp, William Adam, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishScobie, William Alexander, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishScott, Mark, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSeeman, Edward William George, RN22Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSellers, Harold William, RN24Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishShepherd, Randolph, RN28Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishShort, Charles Vincent Joseph, RN44Ordnance Artificer 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishShute, Thomas James, RN30Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSimmonds, Edward Robert, RN19Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSmallwood, Willis Godfrey, RN32Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSmith, George Victor, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSmith, Harold, RN28Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSpence, Frank Christopher, RN35Petty Officer SupplyHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishSpouse, Eric Antony, RNVR27Surgeon LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishStanbridge, Dennis, RNEngine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishStanford, Arthur Caerlyon, RN37CommanderHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishStoker, Thomas, RN33Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishStoneman, William James, RN34Chief Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishStreet, Albert, RN24Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishTaylor, Alexander Will, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishTaylor, Thomas, RN23Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishThorne, Richard Eli, RN34Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishTruran, Delmore, RN20Able SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishUrquhart, David Frederick, RNTelegraphistHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWade, Albert John, RN28Leading SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWalker, Israel Thomas, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWalsh, William John, RN35Cook (S)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWarden, Robert John, RNAble SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWatts, Henry George, RN21Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWebb, John Edward Kingston, RN26Petty OfficerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWebb, Peter Cowdery, RN31LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWebb, Walter Samuel, RN26Leading WriterHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWeeks, Kenneth John, RN22Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWellings, William James, RN33Petty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWest, James Frederick Joseph, RN22Leading StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWhite, William, RN20SignalmanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWhite, William Russell, RNRSub-LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWhitehead, Laurence, RN22Leading StewardHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWilliams, Alfred James, RN29Chief Electrical ArtificerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWilliams, Frank Fifield, RN22Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWinn, John Theodore, RN32Lieutenant Commander (E)HMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWiper, James Cummings, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWormald, Joseph, RNPetty Officer StokerHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWright, Geoffrey Roy, RNVRSub-LieutenantHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishWynn-Owen, David Emrys, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Matabele (G 26) +
BritishYarnell, Alfred Edward, RN25Assistant StewardHMS Matabele (G 26) +

238 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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