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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy, 1945-present Compiled by Don Kindell   1953 -  in date, ship/unit & name order   Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

Engine Room Artificer Ronald F May, HMS Cumberland, died Malta, 15 August 1953 (Kathryn Jackson, click photographs for enlargements) on to 1954

Notes: (1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate (2) Click for abbreviations (3) More information may be found in the Name Lists

Only some Dominion Navy casualties are included from 1948-on     1953   KOREAN WAR, started 25 June 1950, ceasefire 27 July 1953 (links – Britains Small Wars)     Monday, 5 January 1953   FAA, 801 Squadron,  Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, air crash  RAYNER, Brian E, Sub Lieutenant (P), MPK  SIMONDS, James M, Sub Lieutenant (A), RNVR, MPK     Tuesday, 6 January 1953   Armada  HORTON, Thomas F S, Able Seaman, SSX 869436, died     Monday, 12 January 1953   Pembroke  HINE, John F, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 93441, died     Wednesday, 14 January 1953   FAA, 807 Squadron, Ocean, deck crash  HICKS, Bryan F, Lieutenant, DOW     Thursday, 15 January 1953   Drake  PACK, Leslie W C, Engine Room Artificer 2c, MX 64359, died     Friday, 16 January 1953   Fulmar  WADHAM, Nicholas C, Midshipman, died     Tuesday, 20 January 1953   Seahawk  BARKER, Frank, Commissioned Pilot, died     Wednesday, 21 January 1953   Fulmar  EARL, Geoffrey H, Lieutenant, died     Friday, 23 January 1953   Raleigh  PARRY, John R I, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 80957, died     Sunday, 25 January 1953   Defiance  SANDFORD, Michael G, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 875672, died   carbon monoxide poisoning at Painswick Hotel, Gloucestershire  HARDWICK, Francis, Mechanic 3c, KX 770400, Royal Arthur, died  SALTER, John D, Electrical Artificer (E.A.) 4c, MX 919756, Drake, died     Monday, 26 January 1953   Duchess, explosion  Dockyard Worker killed, no further information     Tuesday, 27 January 1953   Cheviot  BELL, Joseph C S, Senior Commissioned Engineering Officer (President), died     Wednesday, 28 January 1953   Curlew  EYRES, Cyril, Shipwright 1c, MX 54291, died     Saturday, 31 January 1953   Princess Victoria, MV, Stranraer, Scotland to Larne, Northern Ireland ferry, foundered in storm in North Channel  BILNEY, Douglas A N, Lieutenant Commander (P), (Victory I, O/P) died  CHILDS, Leslie G, Electrical Artificer (E.A.) (A) 3c, FX 82457, (Centaur, O/P), died  DINGLE, Violet M, Ordinary Wren, WRNS, 109727, (Sea Eagle, O/P), died  PRENTICE, Eileen S, Ordinary Wren, WRNS, 110001, (Dauntless, O/P), died  SHANKLAND, James G, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 3c, FX 607134, (Gannet, O/P), died  WILTON, John A, Leading Telegraphist, SSX 795623, (Sea Eagle, O/P), died  WRIGHT, Gordon T, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 4c, FX 669155, (Gannet, O/P), died     Sunday, 1 February 1953   Modeste  BAIN, Robert J C, Able Seaman, SSX 843458, died   Simbang  TAYLOR, Arthur, Lieutenant, died     Monday, 2 February 1953   Terror  RHODES, Arnold G, Lieutenant Commander, died     Tuesday, 3 February 1953   Indomitable (right - Maritime Quest), aircraft carrier, cigarette ignited petrol vapour below the island in hangar deck, followed by explosion. Ten gallantry medals including two George Medals awarded for rescue operations. More men died of injuries in succeeding days  HARMAN, Derek J T, Petty Officer Telegraphist, JX 184648, killed  PETCHELL, Ivan, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, SKX 787826, killed  SMITH, Terence, Leading Seaman, JX 890493, died     Wednesday, 4 February 1953   Indomitable, explosion  PUGH, Brian H C, Engine Room Artificer, MX 909118, DOW     Thursday, 5 February 1953   Blackcap  COLLINGWOOD, Roy E, Commissioned Pilot, died   Mercury  CARTER, Peter W, Leading Signalman, JX 581257, died   Seahawk  BLAKE, George P, Commander, died     Saturday, 7 February 1953   Indomitable, explosion  HUMPHRIES, Kenneth S, Boy 1c, JX 899584, DOW     Monday, 9 February 1953   Indomitable, explosion  CANNON, Ronald, Electrician's Mate, SMX 903650, DOW   Jupiter  MCFARLANE, William A, Chief Electrician, MX 893067, died     Tuesday, 10 February 1953   Pembroke  HOWARD, Andrew E, Lieutenant, died     Wednesday, 11 February 1953   FAA, 801 Squadron,  Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, air crash  BRADLEY, Richard D, Sub Lieutenant (P), MPK  MACPHERSON, Cedric A, Lieutenant (O), MPK   Indomitable, explosion  ROWLEY, Albert G W, Leading Electrical Mechanic (E.M.), SMX 833584, DOW   Siskin  MAGGS, Alfred W, Chief Airman, FX 882021, died     Thursday, 12 February 1953   Indomitable, explosion  LAWSON, John H, Boy 1c, JX 905127, DOW     Saturday, 14 February 1953   Eagle  DRUMMOND, Thomas S, Leading Stoker Mechanic, KX 832331, died     Wednesday, 18 February 1953   Drake  WARRISS, Peter, Able Seaman, SSX 661569, died   Indomitable, explosion  WALTHAM, John R, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, SKX 816094, DOW     Wednesday, 25 February 1953   Diamond  MEEKS, Frank F, Midshipman, died     Thursday, 26 February 1953   FAA, 719 Squadron, Gannet, air crash  TEIRNEY, Edward A S, Aircrewman 1c (O), FX 78433, killed  WREN, Brian D A, Act/Sub Lieutenant, RAN, killed     Monday, 2 March 1953   Modeste  WHITTLE, Robert, Able Seaman, SSX 862122, died   Tyne  STRETTON, Alan E, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 877122, died     Tuesday, 3 March 1953   Curlew  MILLWARD, Ernest J, Leading Seaman, SSX 839509, died     Friday, 6 March 1953   Excellent  BRIDGEMAN, William G, Senior Commissioned Gunner, died   Nereide  COLDWELL, James C, Lieutenant Commander, died     Wednesday, 11 March 1953   Eagle, piloting Attacker, fuel cap panel not replaced, fuel running out, caught fire and aircraft exploded  REE, Peter G, Lieutenant, died   FAA, 809 Squadron, Eagle, two Sea Hornets in collision  Hornet 1 hit by 2  RANKIN, John W, Lieutenant, pilot, killed (Aircraftsman E J Dingley baled out and was rescued)  Hornet 2 collided with 1, pilot lost control and crashed in sea  MARTIN, Dennis, Commissioned Pilot, baled out but parachute tangled with tailplane, killed  WAYGOOD, Bernard M, Lieutenant, killed    Seahawk, flying Attacker, No.3 in order for take-off, caught in slipstream of plane ahead, flicked to port and hit runway  BARCLAY, Christopher J M, Lieutenant, died .     Thursday, 12 March 1953   Fulmar  O'DONNELL, Brian, Midshipman, died   Seahawk, night flight in Meteor over Mount's Bay, Cornwall, flew into the sea off Loe Bar, Porthleven  LELAND, Anthony J, Lieutenant, killed      Sunday, 15 March 1953   Gamecock  HALSTEAD, Donald R, Lieutenant, died     Monday, 16 March 1953   Pembroke  HOUGH, Henry, Able Seaman (D), JX 176616, died     Tuesday, 17 March 1953   Excellent  SCOTT, Geoffrey, Able Seaman, SSX 889057, died     Tuesday, 24 March 1953   Dolphin  POTTER, Dennis D, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 870894, died   Falcon  THOMPSON, Edward E, Chief Aircraft Artificer (A.A.), FX 75190, died     Monday, 2 April 1953   Terror, RN Base, Singapore, Malaya campaign  RHODES, Arthur G, Lieutenant Commander, died     Saturday, 4 April 1953   Ganges  WYNNE, Douglas B, Boy 1c, JX 912033, died     Sunday, 5 April 1953   Royal Australian Navy  SHARP, Peter J, Sub Lieutenant, died     Monday, 6 April 1953   Dolphin  BURRELL, Peter L, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 637809, died     Saturday, 11 April 1953   Gambia, light cruiser  DONEGAN, Charles E, Able Seaman, SSX 865677, died     Sunday, 12 April 1953   Tamar  KWONG, Cheung S, Cook, O/ 2808, died     Tuesday, 14 April 1953   Skua  THOMPSON, Andrew, Petty Officer, JX 147268, died     Saturday, 18 April 1953   Albatross  RUSSELL, John M, Radio Electrical Artificer (R.E.A.) 3c, FX 697489, died     Monday, 20 April 1953   FAA, 769 Squadron, Vulture, air crash  ENEVER, David B, Midshipman, killed  PRICE-OWEN, David R, Lieutenant, killed     Wednesday, 22 April 1953   President  LAMPEN, John, Major, RM, died     Thursday, 23 April 1953   Ceylon  PALMER, William R G F, Leading Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) (B), MX 852597, died    Indomitable  VERRECCHIA, Anthony M, Sub Lieutenant, died     Friday, 24 April 1953   Alaunia  THOMPSON, Gerald, Stoker Mechanic, KX 902761, died   Ranpura  HOWE, Joseph C, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 859541, died     Saturday, 25 April 1953   FAA, 801 Squadron,  Glory, aircraft carrier, Korean War, air crash  KEATES, Walter J B, Sub Lieutenant (P), MPK  MCGREGOR, John T, Lieutenant (P), MPK     Monday, 27 April 1953   Gambia, light cruiser  FORSYTH, James A, Leading Seaman, JX 712 611, died     Friday, 1 May 1953   RN Hospital Chatham  MCBURNEY, John K, Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer, MX 49285, died     Monday, 4 May 1953   Fulmar  FORRESTER, Vincent J, Sub Lieutenant, died     Thursday, 7 May 1953   Victory  MANLEY, James B, Petty Officer, JX 371797, died     Sunday, 10 May 1953   Montclare  HAILEY, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, JX 889611, died   Unicorn, aircraft carrier, Malaya campaign  MCTAGGART, Thomas J, Stoker Mechanic, KSX 867554, died     Monday, 11 May 1953   Dolphin  JOHNSON, Victor M, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 770331, died   Ocean  MILLAR, James, Naval Airman 1c, FX 882356, died     Wednesday, 13 May 1953   Cleopatra  CHESHIRE, Leonard H, Able Seaman, SSX 839181, died   Seahawk  RICHARDS, Peter O, Commissioned Pilot, died     Friday, 15 May 1953   Ariel  ERRIDGE, Brian M, Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) (A) 1c, SFX 885807, died   Victory  LEARY, Harry, Able Seaman, SSX 864846, died     Saturday, 16 May 1953   Barmond  TSUI, Wing C, Able Seaman, O/ 2914, died     Sunday, 17 May 1953   Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Suez Canal Zone campaign, training in Malta, air crash (second Royal Marine DOI on 23rd)  BURTENSHAW, Derek E, Marine, PO X/ 6136, killed     Monday, 18 May 1953   Protector  CAMERON, Orford G, Captain, died     Tuesday, 19 May 1953   FAA, 803 Squadron, Eagle, air crash  BAILEY, Francis D, Lieutenant, killed  GLASER, John M, Lieutenant Commander, killed   RAF Station Valley, air crash  STATIUS-MULLER, Hans, Lieutenant, RNethN, killed  VAN DER OORT, Johan P, Sub Lieutenant, RNethN, killed   Sentinel  OWENS, Henry T, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 770045, died     Wednesday, 20 May 1953   Victory  HADDOW, Peter, Petty Officer, JX 646233, died     Thursday, 21 May 1953   Terror, RN Base, Singapore, Malaya campaign  GALIPEAU, Leon M, Able Seaman, SSX 835744, diedt   Victory  MURDOCH, Jean M, Leading Wren, 12266, died     Saturday, 23 May 1953   Royal Marines, 40 Commando, Suez Canal Zone campaign, training in Malta, air crash on 17th  DON, Ronald, Lance Corporal, RM, RM 9835, DOI     Sunday, 24 May 1953   Chevron, destroyer, Suez Canal Zone campaign  GAISH, Edward R, Electrical Mechanic 1c, SMX 864324, killed     Thursday, 28 May 1953   Excellent  MCMAHON, John M H, Ordnance Artificer (O.A.) 4c, MX 855602, died     Saturday, 30 May 1953   Vanguard  JAMIESON, Christopher, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 907496, died     Sunday, 31 May 1953   Lochinvar  BERRY, Victor R, Able Seaman, JX 171693, died     Tuesday, 2 June 1953   Victory  HOCKEY, Sydney G, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 769781, died     Thursday, 4 June 1953   Illustrious  DOUGLAS, John C, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 903133, died     Saturday, 6 June 1953   Excellent  ARNOLD, John F, Ordnance Artificer, MX 919823, died     Sunday, 7 June 1953   Kenya  STREATFIELD, Richard A, Shipwright 2c, MX 634166, died     Tuesday, 9 June 1953   Ceylon  BARKER, Michael, Ordinary Seaman, SSX 890115, died     Wednesday, 10 June 1953   Adamant  BRADY, Robert B, Chief Petty Officer, J 39217, died     Tuesday, 16 June 1953   Siskin  ELWORTHY, George M, Midshipman, died   Tamar  WAI, Wing C, Leading Stores Accountant (S.A.), 0/ 1041, died     Wednesday, 24 June 1953   Newcastle  LEONARD, Rowland F, Captain, died     Thursday, 25 June 1953   Falcon  CORNELIUS, Albert E, Cook, MX 766168, died     Friday, 26 June 1953   Indefatigable  SELLERS, Rodger, Able Seaman, JX 904083, died     Saturday, 27 June 1953   Tamar  LATTEY, Michael C, Lieutenant, died   Victory  WHITE, Barry J, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 903365, died     Monday, 29 June 1953   Pembroke  YATES, Kenneth A R, Chief Petty Officer, JX 143006, died   St Angelo  GILL, Carmel G J M R, Ordinary Seaman, JX 917172, died   Victory  PAULEY, Anthony W, Assistant Cook, MX 923373, died     Thursday, 2 July 1953   Fulmar  PFAFF, Peter R G, Sub Lieutenant, died     Friday, 3 July 1953   Curlew  SHAW, Kenneth, Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) 1c, SFX 893301, died   Heron  BOYCE, Richard A, Naval Air Mechanic (N.A.M.) 1c (E), SFX 862838, died   Pembroke  BROWN, Eric E, Ordnance Artificer (O.A.) 4c, SMX 904751, died     Sunday, 5 July 1953   Sanderling, air crash at Douglas  HUNT, Albert C, Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) 2c, FX 835450, killed  STEWART, Ian C, Act/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed     Monday, 6 July 1953   Royal Marines, 45 Commando, Suez Canal Zone campaign, Egypt, road accident  DAVIS, Donald, Sergeant, RM, PLY/X 5022, killed  MASTERS, William M, Marine, PO/X 1118, killed   Victory  MAGEE, Albert S T, Act/Electrician, MX 759055 (Chevron), died     Tuesday, 7 July 1953   Blackcap  COUCH, Edward F, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 3c, FX 100208, died     Wednesday, 8 July 1953   Daedalus  TALBOT, Edmund T, Leading Airman (L.A.) (P.M.), SFX 868330, died     Thursday, 9 July 1953   Centaur  BEAN, Thomas E, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 862503, died   Eagle  SMITH, Andrew, Naval Airman 1c, FX 906674, died   Jupiter  CHURCHILL, Joseph, Able Seaman, SSX 840359, died     Friday, 10 July 1953   Forth, fire in RFA Sea Salvour at Malta  GAVED, Percy J M, Engine Room Artificer, MX 101601, died  PRAGNELL, John E, Able Seaman, JX 723215, died  SLATTER, Edward J D, Leading Seaman, JX 292983, died  THOMAS, Benjamin J, Ship's Artificer, MX 693891, died     Tuesday, 14 July 1953   Widemouth Bay  TURNBULL, Andrew A, Chief Engine Room Artificer, MX 56209, died     Wednesday, 15 July 1953   FAA, 810 Squadron, Ocean, aircraft carrier, Korean War, air crash  EVANS, Albert J D, Lieutenant (P), MPK  THOMAS, Kenneth M, Lieutenant (P), MPK   Nuthatch  ATKINSON, Howard C, Naval Airman 1c, SFX 877014, died     Saturday, 18 July 1953   Euryalus  WESTAWAY, Roy T, Ordnance Artificer (O.A.) 1c, MX 48249, died   Nuthatch  RUTTER, William J, Lieutenant, died   Pembroke  YATES, Derrick G, Able Seaman, SSX 771003, died     Tuesday, 21 July 1953   Daedalus  SMITH, William T R, Lieutenant Commander, died     Thursday, 23 July 1953   Dunkirk  BURDETT, Robert A, Junior Stoker, KX 914994, died     Sunday, 26 July 1953   Eagle  GORDON, John H, Stoker Mechanic, KX 97588, died   Kempenfelt  DOUGHERTY, Kenneth P P, Petty Officer Radio Electrician (R.E.), MX 709137, died     Saturday, 1 August 1953   Siskin  BUTLER, Thomas G, Senior Commissioned Engineer, died   Swiftsure  AVILA, John S R, Midshipman, died     Wednesday, 12 August 1953   Tamar  WATKINS, Charles S, Instructor Lieutenant, died     Saturday, 15 August 1953   Cumberland   MAY, Ronald F, Engine Room Artificer 2c, MX 70546, died Royal Navy Hospital, Malta, aged 29, buried at Kalkara Naval Cemetery, Malta (photographs courtesy Kathryn Jackson, Ronald's daughter)     Wednesday, 19 August 1953   Gambia  LANE, Derek F W, Engine Room Artificer 2c, MX 93417, died     Thursday, 20 August 1953   Cochrane  MCLACHLAN, Archibald G, Lieutenant Commander, died     Saturday, 22 August 1953   Victory  GRAY, Douglas A, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 853886, died     Sunday, 23 August 1953   Devonshire  WEEKES, Robert R H, Cadet, RN 206897, died   Seahawk  COSGRAVE, John A, Petty Officer Air Fitter (A.F.) (A), SFX 772131, died     Thursday, 27 August 1953   Triumph  HAMMOND, Mark, Cadet, died     Friday, 28 August 1953   Burghead Bay, road accident Jamaica  ELLISON, Thomas J, Able Seaman, SSX 867012, killed  EWERS, John G, Leading Seaman, SSX 848117 (Drake), killed  MCNIVEN, John, Petty Officer, JX 155557, killed  SMITH, Richard O, Able Seaman, SSX 889853, killed    Glasgow, light cruiser, Suez Canal Zone campaign  UNDERWOOD, Gerald L, Marine, PO/X 6234, killed     Tuesday, 1 September 1953   Newfoundland  HARTLEBURY, Joseph, Able Seaman, JX 904683, died     Wednesday, 2 September 1953   Drake  BROCKBANK, Thomas S, Able Seaman, JX 305586, died     Thursday, 3 September 1953   Diamond  CUSHION, Michael J, Boy 1c, JX 905886, died     Sunday, 6 September 1953   Simbang, RNAS, Singapore, Malaya campaign  NOAKES, Ronald N, Leading Air Mechanic (A.M.) (E), FX 837113, died     Monday, 7 September 1953   Condor  LADD, John C, Lieutenant, died   Glasgow, light cruiser, Suez Canal Zone campaign  HILL, Frederick A, Leading Seaman, P/JX 292525, killed     Tuesday, 8 September 1953   Falcon  WILSON, Robert H, Aircraft Artificer (A.A.) 2c, FX 75971, died     Wednesday, 9 September 1953   FAA, 744 Squadron, Gannet, air crash  CHARLESWORTH, Harry L, Telegraphist (A), JX 581280, killed   FAA, 820 Squadron, Theseus, air crash  PARKES, John A, Lieutenant, killed  WALKER, Joliffe F, Sub Lieutenant, killed   Harrier  WRIGHT, Elizabeth J, Wren, died   ML.1323, motor launch (Tamar), on patrol in Pearl River off Hong Kong, fired on by Chinese gunboat  KEYTE, Raymond, Petty Officer, JX 795885, killed  KNIGHT, Albert C, Able Seaman, SSX 879526, killed  MERRIMAN, Geoffrey C X, Lieutenant, killed  MORRIS, Reginald G, Able Seaman, SSX 835915, killed  PARNELL, Wilfred D, Able Seaman, SSX 836292, killed  SHEARMAN, Ralph, Able Seaman, JX 842871, killed     Friday, 11 September 1953   Modeste  ROOM, Herbert F, Petty Officer, JX 136876, died     Monday, 14 September 1953   Montclare  WILSON, Ronald B J, Able Seaman, JX 857054, died   Peregrine  BRIERS, Adrian E, Naval Airman 1c, FX 901953, died   Tamar  TSUI, Kong W, Stoker Mechanic, O/ 2918, died     Wednesday, 16 September 1953   Condor  BEARDSALL, Frederick D, Sub Lieutenant, died     Monday, 21 September 1953   St Angelo  SHEAD, Leonard S, Able Seaman, JX 390148, died   Vernon  BRINKLEY, John C, Able Seaman, JX 889988, died     Thursday, 22 September 1953   Pembroke  HEDGES, Harry StG P, Chief Petty Officer, JX 146038, died     Thursday, 24 September 1953   Eagle  KEOGH, Raymond P, Lieutenant Commander, died     Monday, 28 September 1953   Drake  STINTON, John, Leading Seaman, JX 835727, died   Peregrine  FARTHING, Desmond S, Lieutenant, died     Friday, 2 October 1953   Drake  VINING, Philip R D, Leading Electrical Mechanic (E.M.), MX 890975, died     Sunday, 4 October 1953   Condor  CLARK, Douglas W, Chief Aircraft Artificer (C.A.A.), FX 75094, died     Tuesday, 6 October 1953   Eagle  BOUGH, Stanley, Lieutenant, died     Wednesday, 7 October 1953   Marvel  WARD, Leslie A, Able Seaman, SSX 847062, died     Friday, 9 October 1953   Condor  THOMAS, Martin V, Radio Electrical Mechanician (R.E.M.) (A) 1c, FX 878742, died   Goldcrest  MACKAY, Norman R, Lieutenant, died     Saturday, 10 October 1953   Merlin  ESSON, George, Commander, died     Monday, 12 October 1953   Drake  ADAMS, Thomas, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 849646, died   Siskin  DRAPER, Brian A J, Leading Airman (L.A.) (A), SFX 795879, died     Sunday, 18 October 1953   Excellent  PALMER, David F, Sub Lieutenant, died     Wednesday, 21 October 1953   Peregrine  THEOBALD, Alfred W, Lieutenant Commander, died     Thursday, 22 October 1953   Ceylon  RICHARDSON, Stephen N, Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 84336, died   Eagle, aircraft carrier, walked into spinning propeller on flight deck  WAINWRIGHT, Alan A, Leading Air Mechanic (A.M.) (O), SFX 859312, died   St Angelo, on board motor fishing vessel MFV.2, sank off Malta  AZZOPARDI, Joseph M, Stoker Mechanic, KX 117682, drowned  XERRI, Spiro J R, Stoker Mechanic, KX 95603, drowned     Friday, 23 October 1953   Excellent  DEAN, Samuel T, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 852872, died     Sunday, 25 October 1953   Bermuda, accident  DAVIE, Donald M, Electrical Mechanic (E.M.) 1c, D/SMX 895785, killed     Thursday, 29 October 1953   Eagle  KIRBY, John A, Petty Officer Airman, FX 670703, died     Friday, 30 October 1953   Seahawk  YATES, Leslie E, Sub Lieutenant, died     Saturday, 31 October 1953   Ariel  BLOTT, George H, Radio Electrician (R.E.L.) (A), FX 848657, died   Forth  ARCHER, Cyril F, Leading Seaman, JX 646019, died     Sunday, 1 November 1953   Euryalus  HUGHES, Charles M, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic (S.M.), KX 82679, died     Thursday, 5 November 1953   Dolphin II  WOOD, Ivan C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 667751, died     Thursday, 12 November 1953   Royal Marines, drowned in Plymouth Sound  GRIBBLE, Norman A, Marine, CH/X 5093, RM Barracks Plymouth, killed  MORAN, Roy R, Marine, RM 12904, RM Commando School, killed     Saturday, 14 November 1953   Curlew  THAINE, Jack B, Radio Electrical Artificer (R.E.A.) 4c, FX 803773, died     Tuesday, 17 November 1953   Eagle  ROUTLEDGE, Francis J, Naval Airman 1c, FX 910467, died   Glory  WATERS, Albert B, Leading Cook, SMX 869655, died     Thursday, 19 November 1953   RN Hospital Haslar  NORTH, David B, Sick Berth Petty Officer, MX 111536, died     Saturday, 21 November 1953   Glory  BRADBROOK, Francis G, Commissioned Engineer (A), died     Wednesday, 25 November 1953   Seahawk, road accident at Falmouth  GUNNER, Donald G, Naval Airman 1c, FX 901866, killed  STICKLAND, David F, Naval Airman 1c, FX 910748, killed     Thursday, 3 December 1953   Saintes, Suez Canal Zone  JOHNSON, Terence J, Stoker Mechanic, SKX 867322, killed     Friday, 4 December 1953   Condor  MORETON, Alan P, Sub Lieutenant, died   Fulmar  CRACKNELL, Albert W, Chief Electrician (A), FX 77057, died   Morecombe Bay  GATES, George C, Signalman, JX 712088, died     Monday, 7 December 1953   Carisbrooke Castle  SHANNON, Richard J, Ordinary Seaman, JX 924832, died     Wednesday, 9 December 1953   Neptune  JOHNSON, Horace W, Leading Stoker Mechanic, SKX 846639, died     Thursday, 10 December 1953   Drake  AXFORD, Richard W, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, K 62739, died     Friday, 11 December 1953   FAA, 815 Squadron, Gannet, air crash  CHALLIS, Traiton F J, Chief Radio Electrician (R.E.L.) (A), FX 110395, killed  COCKS, John, Act/Sub Lieutenant, killed  NEWSTEAD, Brian W, Act/Sub Lieutenant, killed     Monday, 14 December 1953   Dolphin  CORBETT, John, Engine Room Artificer 2c, SMX 476, died     Thursday, 17 December 1953   Fulmar  ALLATT, Cyril H, Sub Lieutenant, died     Saturday, 19 December 1953   Hartland Point  HUGHES, John F, Leading Stores Accountant (S.A.), SMX 885261, died     Monday, 21 December 1953   Welfare  SILLS, Graham G, Able Seaman, SSX 865748, died     Tuesday, 29 December 1953   Sydney (RAN)  BEARDSALL, Michael J, Sub Lieutenant, died

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