Coastal Forces Veterans

There is a previous topic about ML 466 if you go down the list.

I suggest this is combined

There is also a story that there was a survivor which I am investigating.

MTB_730 Woodnut & Co Ltd, St Helens, Isle of Wight 28/4/44 Known Crew TALtCdr George Clifford Fanner RNVR TLt 22/2/41 HMS Minos II (Lowestoft) 6th ML Flotilla 1/8/41 Based on Great Yarmouth Commanding Officer ML 150 1941 HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) for minelayers 5/1/42 Commanding Officer MGB 323...

The simple answer is that I have access to copies of The Navy List and Seedies List which details all Coastal Forces decorations plus around thirty years of investigation.

MGB_663 William Osbourne Ltd, Littlehampton 8/3/43 663.jpg For actions in the Adriatic and off the coast of Italy 1/44 MID TLt Thomas Ellis Ladner RCNVR MID CMtrMch Herbert Booth P/MX117021 DSM LSea Basil Leonard Makri Nash C/JX154490 For actions in the Adriatic 8 - 9/44 DSC* TLt Thomas Ellis Ladner...

MTB_678 Boat Construction Co Ltd, Barracks Ope, Falmouth 7/43 For Operation Hostile - minelaying off the northwest coast of France (Gazette Date - 29/2/44) MID TSLt Kenneth Frederick Creasey RNVR MID AB Robert Crosby C/JX184833 Wind up of the war in Europe (Gazette Date - 11/12/45) MID Tlt Henry Max...

MGB_657 Woodnut & Co Ltd, St Helens, Isle of Wight 9/2/43 For actions in the Adriatic and off the west coast of Italy 1/44 DSC Lt John Douglas Maitland RCNVR MID POMtrMch Thomas Gardner C/MX76083 DSM AB Robert William Charter C/JX354767 MID AB Richard Albert Ratcliffe P/JX366821 For Operation Gu...

ML_527 Brooke Marine Ltd, Oulton Broad, Nr Lowestoft 9/9/42 Known Crew TLt D P R Hunt RNVR HMS St Christopher for MLs 22/8/42 ML 527 22/8/42 TLt 1/11/42 Commanding Officer ML 246 4/9/44 TLt F A P Greenland RNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 28/9/42 65th ML Flotilla Based at HMS Mentor II, Stornowa...

HDML_1123 Sussex Shipbuilding Company, Shoreham, Sussex 2/8/42 Known Crew TLt C J Burningham RNVR TSLt HMS Forte IV (Falmouth) for MLs 27/10/41 HMS St Christopher for MLs 13/4/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1123 8/42 TLt 13/6/43 TLt T C Ivens RNVR TSLt 14/8/42 3rd ML Flotilla HMS St Angelo (Malta) 11/42...

I would like to use the pictures on the Medusa Website www.hmsmedusa.org.uk perhaps you would like to visit. I am attaching our current entries Brian Holmes Coxswain of Medusa (HDML 1387) HDML_1012 R A Newman, Hamworthy, Dorset 10/2/41 Known Crew TLt F G Fuller RNVR TSLt 23/4/42 HMS Victory III HMS ...

MTB_463 British Power Boat Co, Hythe Hampshire 25/3/44 463.png On the bridge, (left to right): Lieut Glenn Creba, RCNVR, of Winnipeg, Commanding Officer, Lieut. Richard Paddon, RCNVR, first Lieutenant, of Labrador, L/S Fred Caselton, RCNVR, of Toronto, Coxswain. Below (From left to right): Sto. (M) ...

MGB 614 Woodnut & Co Ltd, St Helens, Isle of Wight 6/8/42 For an action off Dieppe 28/3/44 DSM AB Alfred Mawson P/JX383886 MID Lt James William Gladwell RCNVR MID PO Thomas Boyle C/JX139471 For Operation Neptune - passage of troops and supplies during the assault on Normandy DSM LSea Leslie Prin...

MGB_17 British Power Boat Co, Hythe Hampshire For an action with E Boats off the Sunk Light Vessel 7/3/43 MID TLt Charles Arthur Burk RCNVR MID ALSea Philip Ratcliffe C/SSX17536 For a series of actions in the Channel over a period of two years (Gazette Date - 21/11/44) DSM APOMtrMch Christopher Dobs...

ML_341 Collins, Lowestoft 27/10/41 For minesweeping between Naples and Livorno 1944 DSC TLt James Granville Dixon RNVR DSM PO George Frederick Cusack P/JX128966 For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece (Gazette Date - 14/8/45) BEM AB Frank Leslie Curtis D/JX287303 Wind up...

I have recently been loaned a copy of a book produced by the North Midland Branch of the CFVA on Members Records of Service. It contains data extracted from Service Certificates and short memories and is a fascinating read as well as being an excellent source of data which is going into my database....

MTB_684 Woodnut & Co Ltd, St Helens, Isle of Wight 28/4/43 For an action off the Dutch coast 9/6/44 DSC TLt David Caldwell Storrie RNVR MID TLt Joseph Anthony Reeves RNVR DSM ACMtrMch Leonard John Terry P/MX99262 MID PO Frederick Jones D/SSx15843 MID LSea George Alfred Kerby D/SSX17953 DSM AB Ja...

LSea George Alfred Kerby D/SSX17963 AB MTB 606 For an action in the Nore area 19/10/43 MID LSea 58th MTB Flotilla Based on Lowestoft MTB 684 For an action off the Dutch coast 9/6/44 MID 1944 MGB_606 Wallasea Bay Yacht Station Ltd, Wallasea Bay, Nr Rochford 7/7/42 For an action in the Nore area 27/3/...

A has been set up in Australia with the aim of restoring ML 1321 and they have opened a website.

MGB_659 Boat Construction Co Ltd, Barracks Ope, Falmouth 5/43 For raids with French commandos in the Tyrrhenian Sea 1943 CdeG TLt Peter Douglas Barlow RNVR For actions in the Adriatic and off the west coast of Italy 1/44 MID TLt Peter Douglas Barlow RNVR DSM POMtrMch George Henry Daley P/MX89675 MID...

ML_253 John Sadd, Maldon, Essex 5/5/41 Known Crew TLt E E Lever RNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 8/9/41 TLt 17/10/41 Commanding Officer ML 253 14/11/43 TSLt L C Harmer RNVR TSLt 27/5/43 ML 253 27/5/43 Sea Charles Philip Christie LT/JX 280682 ML 253 Died 7/2/45 Age 29 Son of Robert and Christina ...

My version Officer data extracted from The Navy List MTB_234 Berthon Boat Co, Lymington 12/4/42 For attacks on enemy shipping off the enemy coast September and November 1942 DSC Lt Peter Gerald Charles Dickens For an action off the Dutch coast 17/4/43 MID Lt Peter Gerald Charles Dickens For an attac...

MTB_208 J S White, Cowes Isle of Wight 13/8/42 For a series of actions in the Channel (Gazette Date - 21/11/44) DSM ACMtrMch Philip Dundas P/MX79030 MID ALSea Kenneth Arthur Charles Childs D/JX186892 DSM AB David Matthew Collin C/JX352622 For Operation Neptune - passage of troops and supplies during...

A few pictures from Medusa's visit to Dunkirk. We were there at the anniversary of the evacuation and the British Consul invited us to the ceremony where we stood on the right of the line as guests watching the official wreath and the Poppy Wreath being laid, and hearing both national anthems being ...

During Medusa's latest trip up channel we met MTB 102 and ran around with her for a few days around the place where she won the decorations.

Docking complete, Medusa heads back to Gosport.

On the way we have a mini fleet review when we go and visit RML 497 at Hythe.

Medusa HDML 1387 is currently at Saxon Wharf in Southampton for her annual slipping and will go back in the water on Friday. Pictures taken on Monday showing what can be achieved in a day. She needs to look particularly good this year as she is being chartered by Warner Brothers to take part in film...

MTB_741 A M Dickie & Sons, Tarbert, Scotland 7/44 For anti E Boat operations in the Nore area 30/11/44 MID TSLt Barry Middleton Simpson RNZNVR MID LSea Edwin Ernest Fisher D/JX133816 MID AB Cyril Edward Hand P/JX326119 Known Crew TLt William Benyon RNVR First Lieutenant 5th MTB Flotilla MTB 43 2...

MGB_630 Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons Ltd, Sandbank, Scotland 5/11/42 For an action off the Dutch coast 30/4/43 DSC TSLt William George Dalziel RNVR DSM PO Harry Currie D/SSX14577 DSM APOMtrMch Eric Ernest Vincent Bailey P/MX98846 DSM ALSea Cyril Frank Churchill D/JX159195 DSM AB Fred Cu...

There has been a requote from my database, but here is the full entry. MGB_607 James A Silver Ltd, Rosneath, Scotland 6/42 For an action with E Boats off Smith’s Knoll 24/10/43 DSC TLt Robert Michael Marshall RNVR "His aggressive spirit was a fine example to all Commanding Officers of Coastal F...

MTB_309 Elco Works, Electric Boat Company, Bayonne, New Jersey 09/02/42 For services during the withdrawal from Tobruk summer 1942 DSC* Lt Denis Jermain DSM Sto1 Ernest Baynes D/KX127770 MID LTel Francis McMahon D/JX149283 Known Crew TLt Robert Varvill RNVR TASLt First Lieutenant MTB 34 14/08/40 TSL...

MTB_265 Elco Works, Electric Boat Company, Bayonne, New Jersey 20/12/40 Known Crew TLt John Alfred Wolfe RNVR TSLt 11/5/40 First Lieutenant MTB 107 19/07/40 – 41 HMS Medway, TLt 23/2/41 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) HMS Mosquito for MTBs 15/2/42 21st MTB Flotilla Commanding Officer MTB 232 19/9/...