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HMS Fidelity HMS Fidelity was a Royal Navy ‘Q’ ship, orgionally a french vessel named "Le Rhin", an armed merchant vessel. She was taken over by The Royal Navy in June 1940, and converted to a Special Service Vessel (SSV). She was sunk on January 1st 1943 ,with the lost of 325 lives, whilst in Convoy ONS-154 disguised as a Merchant Navy ship in Atlantic off Azores. On our 12th Anniversary we would like to thank all those who have contributed to this project. Research your own Family History. June 2011 - Please note we currently have a large 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.        We are aware of the issue with missing images, this is due to the redesign of the website, images will reappear as soon as the new version of the page is completed, thank you for your patience. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great List of those who served on HMS Fidelity during The Second World War First Offcr. Madeline Barclay Read their Story. Thomas Henry Bramley Read their Story. John Victor Goodall Read their Story. Reginald Hemming Hill Read their Story. Albert George Mash Read their Story. Reginald Herbert Metcalf Read their Story. George Ernest Moule Read their Story. Able Sea. Henry Price (d.1st Jan 1943) Read their Story. Yeo. Sig. Albert Edmund Seekins Read their Story. P.O. James "Jacques" Stephens Sick Berth Read their Story. Petty Offcr. Charles A. L. Whitcher Read their Story. Able Seaman. John Thomas Workman Read their Story. P.O. James "Jacques" Stephens Sick Berth HMS Fidelity My Father served on board HMS Fidelity in around 1941 based in and around Barry Docks in South Wales but was not on the ship when it was sunk. He had to change his name on board as most of the French had to. The name he took was James Stephens which was the name on his Marriage Certificate to my Mother Lyne or Lena. We don`t know his real name but most people called him Jacques. They divorced sometime later still not knowing his real name. Some years back I traced a friend, Rene, who served with him but he did not know his French name either. My father was a sick berth Petty Officer. I have tried the Naval authorities Merchant Navy & French Navy to no avail they all said without his real name it's virtually impossible. Someone told me about this site and here I am writing this in the hope someone may just know something. I do have some of his wedding photographs but that's about it. I recently tried the Museum in Caens but as of yet nothing. So will keep my fingers crossed. Able Sea. Henry Price HMS Fidelity (d.1st Jan 1943) My mother's first husband was on board HMS Fidelity when it was sunk on 31st December 1942. His name was Henry Price (Able Seaman). I would love to find a photograph of him and his shipmates, can anyone help? Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. Links Truth is stranger than fiction Memorial to the Seaman and Marines Torpedoed on HMS Fidelity Includes the names of those lost Index of Ships We are currently conducting a survey of users to improve the website, please could you spare a few moments to complete our survey? The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 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