Half the crew of HMS/M UNBEATEN mid 1942
"Of all the branches of men in the forces, there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariner. Great deeds are done in the air and on the land; nevertheless, nothing surpasses your exploits." Winston Churchill
Photograph Courtesy of The Royal Navy Submarine Museum
The names of the men (from left to right, starting at the back row) are as follows:
(1) Ldg Seaman G.D. ‘Jock’ Forbes (Ty) 2nd Coxswain (2) Unknown Sailor (3) Local Dignitary (4) ERA 4 L. Tiffin, (5) Ldg Stoker J.E.F.‘Pop’ Stockwell (Ty) (6) Unknown Sailor (7) Telegraphist F.T. Haddon (8) Unknown Sailor (9) Telegraphist F.W. ‘Lofty’ Furr (10) Stoker R. Stokes (11) Stoker D.J. Oliver (12) Able Seaman C.G. Smith (13) CPO R.D. Norris Coxswain (14) Lt. BCG Place 1st-Lt. (15) Lt. Cdr. E.A. Woodward, Commanding Officer (16) Mr A.H. Clarke, Mayor of Hove (17) Lt. C.W. St Clair Lambert (18) PO Stoker G.H.A. Wright.
(1) Ldg Seaman G.D. ‘Jock’ Forbes (Ty) 2nd Coxswain (2) Unknown Sailor (3) Local Dignitary (4) ERA 4 L. Tiffin, (5) Ldg Stoker J.E.F.‘Pop’ Stockwell (Ty) (6) Unknown Sailor (7) Telegraphist F.T. Haddon (8) Unknown Sailor (9) Telegraphist F.W. ‘Lofty’ Furr (10) Stoker R. Stokes (11) Stoker D.J. Oliver (12) Able Seaman C.G. Smith (13) CPO R.D. Norris Coxswain (14) Lt. BCG Place 1st-Lt. (15) Lt. Cdr. E.A. Woodward, Commanding Officer (16) Mr A.H. Clarke, Mayor of Hove (17) Lt. C.W. St Clair Lambert (18) PO Stoker G.H.A. Wright.
