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23rd October 1942 On this day:  Convoy Assembles  On the Move  Guns in Action  El Alamein  Orders  Ditched off Eastbourne  Move to new base  Embarkation leave  In Action  Tank R/T jamming operations begin  In Action  In Action  Led by the Pipers  Test flight with bombs  Units Move Through  Action  In battle  Battle Begins  Operational Order No. 1.  Orders for Drivers  Role in Offensive  Reports  Move  Battle of El Alamein  On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Baker William Henry. Able Sea. (d.23rd October 1942) Barty Thomas Rooney. Pte (d.23 October 1942) Bell Ewart John Charles Henry. EM (d.23rd October 1942) Brush George Carleton. C.E.R.A. (d.23rd October 1942) Clarkson Oswald. Stkr. 2Cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Denton Stanley. L/Stkr. (d.23rd October 1942) Elliott William Albert. PO Stkr. (d.23rd October 1942) Henderson George. Ord. Sea. (d.23rd October 1942) Lancefield Ronald Vivian. Marine (d.23rd October 1942) Lord Douglas William. Ord. Sea. (d.23rd October 1942) MacCallum Gordon Blair. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Mallett Henry Arthur. Marine (d.23rd October 1942) Martin Peter Jack. BOY1 (d.23rd October 1942) Murray Isaac. Sto.2 (d.23rd Oct 1942) Needham Walter. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Paul Ernest Sidney. Able Sea. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Pickett Edward Isaac. Ord.Sea. (d.23 October 1942) Rawson Vincent. Ord.Sea. (d.23rd October 1942) Sancto Ronald. Stkr. 1cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Sharpe Jack. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Slapp William John. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Sloan John. Pte. (d.22nd-23rd October 1942) Swallow William Alfred Charles. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Taylor Harold. Marine (d.23rd October 1942) Tribble Ernest William. Boy 1Cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Turvey Horace Albert. C.Mech. (d.23rd October 1942) Whitmore Kenneth Hughes. Flt.Sgt. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Wood Frederick George. Able Sea. (d.23rd October 1942) Woodfine Alfred Francis. Stkr. 1cl. (d.23rd October 1942) Woodrow Harold Frank. Sgt. (d.23 October 1942) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:25 items tagged 23rd of October 1942 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 23rd October 1942 Flt.Sgt. Kenneth Hughes Whitmore. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 462 Squadron. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Kenneth Hughes Whitmore died aged 22, he was the son of Joseph Hughes Whitmore and Emily Whitmore. He is remembered on the Alemein Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Able Sea. William Henry Baker. Royal Navy, HMS Pheobe. (d.23rd October 1942) Able Seaman Baker was the Son of William Henry and Sybil Dorothy Baker, of Chatham. He was 21 when the Phoebe was torpedoed by the German submarine U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa. He is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2626790/BAKER,%20WILLIAM%20HENRY s flynn Add to this record. Sgt. Harold Frank Woodrow. Royal Marines, HMS Phoebe. (d.23 October 1942) Harold Woodrow was the son of James and Caroline Woodrow; husband of Olive Lilian Woodrow, of Rochester, Kent. He was 35 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Able Sea. Frederick George Wood. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Frederick Wood was the son of William Edward and Charlotte Wood; husband of Dorothy Emily Wood, of Hammersmith, London. He was 37 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Stkr. 1cl. Alfred Francis Woodfine. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 1st Class Alfred Woodfine was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. C.Mech. Horace Albert Turvey. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Chief Mechanician Horace Turvey was the son of Harry William and Adelaide Turvey; husband of Annie Elizabeth Pearn Turvey, of Crownhill, Plymouth. He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Marine Harold Taylor. Royal Marines, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Harold Taylor was the son of George Arthur and Alice Taylor of Lightcliffe, W. Yorks. He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Boy 1Cl. Ernest William Tribble. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Ernest Tribble was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Boy 1Cl. William Alfred Charles Swallow. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class William Swallow was the son of William and Elizabeth Swallow, of Southend on Sea, Essex. He was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Boy 1Cl. William John Slapp. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class William Slapp was the son of Hannah Slapp of Overstrand, Norfolk. He was 17 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Boy 1Cl. Jack Sharpe. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Jack Sharpe was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Stkr. 1cl. Ronald Sancto. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 1st Class Ronald Sancto was the son of James and Maud Sancto of Middlesborough, Cleveland. He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Ord.Sea. Vincent Rawson. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Rawson was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. Ord.Sea. Edward Isaac Pickett. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23 October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Pickett was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. Able Sea. Ernest Sidney Paul. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Ernest Paul was 25 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. Able Sea. Walter Needham. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Walter Needham was 21 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. Able Sea. Gordon Blair MacCallum. Royal Navy, HMS Pheobe. (d.23rd Oct 1942) Gordon MacCallum was the Son of Robert S. and Isabella MacCullum of Broomhill, S'clyde. He was 23 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. Sto.2 Isaac Murray. Royal Navy, H.M.S. Phoebe . (d.23rd Oct 1942) Stoker 2nd Class Murray was 20 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. s flynn Add to this record. BOY1 Peter Jack Martin. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Peter Martin was the son of Charles Herbert and Beatrice Martin of Cumnor, Oxon. He was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Marine Henry Arthur Mallett. Royal Marines, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Henry Mallett was the son of Arthur Ernest and Bertha Mallett; husband of Muriel Maud Mallett, of Thorneywood, Nottingham. He was 28 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Ord. Sea. Douglas William Lord. South African National Defence Force, HMS Phoebe South African Naval Forces. (d.23rd October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Douglas Lord was the son of H. V. and Maggie Lord of Durban, South Africa. He was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Marine Ronald Vivian Lancefield. Royal Marines, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Marine Ronald Lancefield was 23 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. p>On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Ord. Sea. George Henderson. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Ordinary Seaman George Henderson was 17 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. PO Stkr. William Albert Elliott. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Petty Officer Stoker William Elliott was 27 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. C.E.R.A. George Carleton Brush. MID Royal Navy, HMS Pheobe. (d.23rd October 1942) Chief Engine Room Artificer George Brush was the son of Hiram Crane and Edith Emma Brush of Sanderstead. London. He was 45 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Stkr. 2Cl. Oswald Clarkson. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 2nd Class Oswald Clarkson was the son of Ralph and Margaret Anne Clarkson, of Burnhope, Durham. He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. L/Stkr. Stanley Denton. Royal Navy, HMS Phoebe. (d.23rd October 1942) Leading Stoker Stanley Denton was the son of Bertram Charles and Hannah Denton of Kempston, Bedfordshire. He was 22 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire Euorpean Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. EM Ewart John Charles Henry Bell. Royal Navy, H.M.S. Phoebe . (d.23rd October 1942) Electrical Mechanic Ewart Bell was 22 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte Thomas Rooney Barty. Black Watch, Victoria BC. (d.23 October 1942) I saw his name on the Honour Roll in the Black Watch Museum in Perth when I visited in 2016. I can only find that he was buried at El Alamein War Cemetery XXii. H. 16 Thank you Wendi Donaldson Laird Add to this record.

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