Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance R.N.V.R. 1939-45 HMS Calliope
Reference
G39.103
Place
GATESHEAD
Present Location
Tyne and Wear Archives.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance in blue leather cover with embossed gold edge. The badge of the RNVR and the dates are embossed on the cover. Each page is calligraphed with the badge of the RNVR in blue at centre top in each. Names are listed in a single column on each page, the name in black and the ship in red.
Materials used
Blue leather cover.
Inscription
In memory of / the officers and men / of the Tyne Division / Royal Naval Volunteer reserve / who have their lives in the / Second World War / 1939-1945
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: James Pasby
External web link
Additional Notes
1. Fred Hodgson Piper was on H.M.S. Hood, he was born at Whorlton, Northumberland. Husband of May Piper of Blackhill Rocks Co Durham. See Every Name A story entry.
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
James Pasby; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance R.N.V.R. 1939-45 HMS Calliope (G39.103)
GATESHEAD H.M.S. Calliope
IN MEMORIAM
[Badge]
1939-1945
In memory of
the Officers & Men
of the Tyne Division
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who gave their lives in the
Second World War
1939-1945
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
John S. Dunn Ibis
Henry Gilroy Walpole
George E. Douglass Williamette
Valley
Robert Burns Ibis
Alfred Morley Orion
Walter Redford Dunvegan
Castle
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Douglas Gandy Firedrake
Joseph Jackson Avenger
Benjamin Bowlt Unique
Robert A.D. Day Pintail
Robert W.P. Scott Ibis
George A. Hall Avenger
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
John T. Keatings Forfar
Stanley Mathison Harvester
Leslie Carr Laconia
John L. Nixon Wakeful
George Hazon Marigold
Thomas W. Robson Boadicea
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Thomas Heron Boadicea
James Learmouth Dunvegan
Castle
Alexander Crammon Avenger
Edward J. Cubitt Dunedin
James T. Gray Pintail
Roger E. Branch Veteran
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Sydney Marchant Curacoa
George Phillips Registan
William Dixon Avenger
Terence Rice Mashona
Ernest Smith Forfar
John F. Morrison Achates
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Stanley M. Thomas Curacoa
William J. Sharp Registan
John Summers Laurentic
John G. Wear Transylvania
Albert E. Forster Dunedin
Charles Cumper M.T.B.316
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NAME SHIP
Henry Ramshaw L.S.T.417
Andrew Ross Dunedin
Frederick Stone Wildfire
Frederick N. Torrance Forfar
Norman Henderson Achates
John G. Charlton Jervis Bay
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NAME SHIP
Robert Vint Firedrake
Joseph V. Stuart Salvia
Alexander Allison Daedalus II
Joseph W. Wright Wakeful
John C. Forster Glorious
William Potter Wakeful
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NAME SHIP
John Lawson Glorious
Ronald W. Johnston Cleopatra
Wilfred McDearmid Neptune
Gilbert Foreman Rawalpindi
William B. Metcalf Wakeful
John R. Metcalfe Wakeful
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
John H. Weatherstone Curacoa
William Green Asphodel
Thomas W. Gibson L.C.M.668
Robert Dolman Achates
Thomas L. Gardner Williamette
Valley
John Henderson Williamette
Valley
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Frederick H. Piper Hood
Ralph B. Lowe Jervis Bay
Joseph A. Weatherstone Killed in
action
William Miller Died in
Hospital
Thomas Foster Died
Patrick McLean Enemy action,
no ship named
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Frederick Shone Wildflower
Jack Mansfield Butler Tynedale
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
April Russell C. Lansberry Affray On Active
1952 Service
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NAME SHIP
Geoffrey Walker Bluebell
Ian B. Souter Hereward
Gerald F. Watson Culver
Ernest T. Hackett Hecla
Hugh A. Lockhart Glorious
Michael T. Edwards Zinnia
------------------------------------------------
NAME SHIP
Richard Fenton Avenger
Robert N. Morris Williamette
Valley
John Gibson Jervis Bay
John A. Stamp Dasher
John S. Walker Blackwood
Thomas J. Hepburn Penzance
NamesG39.103
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