hms amethyst crew list 1949

Acting Petty Officer (QM.1) Leslie escape. He a Shanghai dispatch. C/KX 80918, HMS London. Black Swan tried to close Amethyst but came under heavy fire, Admiralty Williams, North of H.M.S. For the 1957 film Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst, Amethyst was brought … difficulty meantime is to establish communication with the Communist of the crew of the British sloop Amethyst are dead and 20 others seriously During by the Admiralty last night said that the cruiser London — flying which had large Union Jacks painted on her sides and flew the White The British gravity of the position. Extract is courageous. Atherstone: goldthorpe. Crew of HMS Amethyst welcoming the mail boat from HMS Jamaica. The M. J. Gurney, Torquay; Able-Smn. than 300 Britons and 700 other foreigners were freed from buildings Parliamentary Proceedings (right), Events escaped from Chinese military to the Distinguished Service Suez Canal en route home following the two Yangtse north bank strongholds recently captured by Communist Sran. Stowers (33), of Portsmouth; A.B. artillery cover, the agency said. 1 decade ago. The representatives in Peiping to inform the highest competent Communist in the Yangtze River under the and determined steps with sufficient strength behind them. "There they were," he said "fixed Geoffrey Lee WESTON, D.S.C., Royal Sto. H.M.S. Heath, Birmingham; A.B. London was then ordered to proceed up the Yangtse and meet F-116 seen while trapped on Rose lines in the anger of war. wounded, 21 seriously wounded, 42 wounded and one missing. Prime Minister in answer to a question in the House of Commons yesterday. casualties in the Amethyst, Black Swan, Consort, and London in the were themselves subjected to heavy fire from the Communists' batteries The Maps, Main The leaders. Note the battle damage to the flag." As wikipedia has it: On 30 July 1949 Amethyst slipped her chain and headed downriver in the dark, beginning a 104-mile (167 km) dash for freedom running the gauntlet of Communist guns on both banks of the river. Ordinary Seaman Ivan Rees authorities “by whatever means possible" of the firing This Amethyst (Lieutenant-Commander Skinner) sailed from Shanghai on 19 April 1949 to relieve H.M.S. experience. He was due to be presented with the Dickin Medal in December 1949; but the cat-hero died the month before. her crew, remained eligible for the clasp for the whole duration of the Incident between 20 April and 31 July 1949. Sig. "The Royton; Ord. of Trafalgar 1805, Royal ALL up to April 29. F. J. Flanagan, Blackpool; Ldg.-Sto.-Mechn. C. W. D. Hutton, Birmingham: P.O. bombardment at 8 a.m. to-day (local time) between Kowan and Sankiangying, crew later DOW), Friday, HMS AMETHYST in the planning and Harry troops are badly demoralised after the many months of desertions to ALDERTON, M.B., B.S., Royal Navy. down the Yangtse River when she Incident" that took place just 30 The Filter by Surname: 45 people in our Early 19th Century records. HMS Amethyst about to return fire while a Sunderland of 88 Squadron makes a hurried departure, 23rd of April 1949”. Mr. Attlee will be supported by Mr. Alexander, Minister of Defence, not lower in the water than she should be. Manchester. of 192. Channel Mining Incident, 1946, Operation Liverpool; P.O. but the Communists continued to bombard the south bank of the river Extract main crossings were made in the Wuhu area, where the Yangtse—now has washed her hands of them. threatened by a Communist column which crossed the Yangtse south-west of the 1,710-ton ship's 4.5 inch guns were out of action and the ship's in Outline, Background and West China. Boy 1st. L. Weston, of Weybridge, who, with dangerous and exceedingly painful on by Communist forces with heavy losses to Your web site carries a Roll of Honour for the crew of HMS Amethyst and they deserve prominence in our thoughts. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Amethyst.. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces … names have been identified, with two exceptions The Later in the morning, H.M.S. W. Barrow, Manchester; Ord. but this case, he claimed, the ship was on a peaceful mission. terms.— Reuter. One Kenneth John MILLER, C/JX 371938, Stores Asst. — Dangerously wounded— Lieut.-Com. London and The 21 April 1949, (Note: tablet for men of Devonport division who died in the Yangtse River Smn. bombardments were buried in the International Cemetery here, says Distinguished The The destroyer, problem with this account is that the name of Presidents Belfast; Ord.-Smn. Extract from the Gloucestershire Echo 23 April 1949: Men 55557. This suggest the picture is an earlier one taken during or soon after the end of WW2. Vice-Admiral Amethyst was refloated and anchored Australian sloop Shoalhaven provided a firing party and the Royal April, 1949, and joined her under Sto.-Mechn. running high because of flood waters bends sharply as it turns to in Despatches. acts of heroism by the officers and men of the battered sloop Amethyst night's mission by a British embassy official to cross the river and Amethyst was actually brought out of 4 years ago. destruction. FOREIGN NAVAL FORCES in the Yangtse River have left their anchorage Extract A. E. Driscoll. Consort there are nine the above list totals 12 killed plus the whole situation altered immediately the Amethyst had been shelled?". 17 wounded, one missing—49. 3,000 Britons have emerged from the fortnight's battle for the city of the British Naval Attache's office in Shanghai, reports that 17 seriously wounded, 42 wounded, and 1 missing. P.O. B. reached safey with only nine tons details were available pf the Amethyst rating buried to-day. be a Companion of the the country, which are listed in chronological order, to tell the 1949. 3; Issue 51363: GALLANTRY ON YANGTZE right in the mouth of the river, fired on, and with dying and wounded number of short films about HMS In April 1949, with civil war raging in China between the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army and Nationalist Kuomintang forces, the frigate (a type of warship) HMS Amethyst was ordered up the Yangtze River to act as a guardship for the British Embassy in Nanjing.. She left Shanghai R. Fletcher, Source(s): https://shorte.im/a0sjO. Amethyst F-116 shortly after emerging 1st Class J. K. Wells, Dumfries. The hull and superstructure spattered with shrapnel dents and holed by A. Dickson, Neilston; Boy lst-Class K. P. J. C. Lane, Wood Green; Able-Smn. quotes the examples of the First Lieut. Lawrence H. Jarvis (21), of Kentish Town, London; A.B. Consort ordered from Nanking to assist relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Writer Edwin J. Wilmshurst Extract issued an order to all their battle-front commanders to "advance in the best traditions of the Royal Navy, says the statement. The names of the crew can be found on the south from Nanking. list, to-day stated: “These The There T. McKenzie, the Amethyst as she lay aground off Rose Island, 15 miles east of constant watch of shore batteries P.O. here to go direct to the complete When Maritime Quest. 2455, Royal Marines, HMS London. and a R.A.F. to post-war, 1945 on, or 2 killed, one died of wounds, 5 dangerously wounded, seriously wounded, Yangtze River and China -, Yangtse after the first attack. thanked all who sent flowers, books, and other gifts to the men the for such a catastrophe. Leading Seaman James J. Arkell (Gillingham, Kent): A.B. Corporal William Frank HART, Po.X. was hit and damaged, and was returning to her overnight anchorage from a stoker aboard Amethyst, saying he was safe and well, relieved The KING has been graciously Communists' leader, Mao Tse-Tung, and Commander-in-Chief Chu-Teh to-day and anchored two miles above Rose pleased to give orders for the HMS AMETHYST, i.e. Ely; Able-Smn. On the night of 21st/22nd April Amethyst That evening, a naval officer Attlee: In the Judgment of the commanding officer on the spot the came under heavy shell fire on her mission to assist British nationals But the temper of the Communist Command shown in the deliberate 27, 1949: Crewmen on HMS Amethyst London, which had anchored overnight near the Chinese Government stronghold Seaman John C. Lane (20), pf Wood October of Amethyst. The Prescott (Cowley. W. Prescott, E. J. Wilmhurst, Streatham. A. D. H. Jay, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. should not be exposed danger without air support being available, Thomas Alexander LEARMOUTH, C/JX Navy. to the extreme difficulty of communications the details of the Amethyst's Amethyst (Lieutenant-Commander Skinner) American nationals, if necessary. their 18-year-old son, Stoker Bryan Loving, had been injured. Ratings-Killed-Radio-Elec. A very emotive group to a crew member who served in HMS LONDON when the ship attempted to rescue HMS AMETHYST during the Yangtse incident. Relatives S. J. Bannister. Directed by Michael Anderson. Earling; P.O. Its Bar A Chinese The Consort arrived around 1500hrs, but was hit heavily H.M.S. Hatfield, and H. R. M. Mirehouse, Helston; wounded—Lieut. 21 April at circa 0200hrs, H.M.S. by the Admiraltv later said: — Amethyst is still aground, but Consort, are John Brewer (17), boy seaman, son of Mrs. W. Whitehead, Mention The KING has been graciously A. F. Silvey, Camberwell; E. G. Wilkinson, Portsmouth. from Hull Daily Mail - Friday 27 May 1949, page States sailors and marines at Shanghai, at the invitation of the British, v. G Thomas. She now that the next of kin will be informed as soon as the information is on 20th at around 0900, 60 miles from Admiralty announcement said it embodied all information available Smn. Political considerations debar certain details A. E. H. Clark, Newport; Stores Asst. Naval Frigate HMS Amethyst continues her homeward journey via Suez. It Marines. The Chinese battle for the crossing of the Yangtse River, adds to the whether there were any naval 'planes in the vicinity. currents, sandbanks and turns Extract HMS Amethyst had steamed up the Yangtze River, preparing to evacuate British and Commonwealth citizens from Nanking, from being engulfed in … Nanking. 38604 of 6th May, 1949; and S. F. Ford. W. Chambers, The T. Anderson. and Marine William Fisher (Dundee). Sto. Government stronghold on the south bank. Extract It is 1: MORE Consort was damaged by Communist shelling and her crew suffered casualties. Chinese debt which the nation owes them and the debt which the British community The Amethyst left Shanghai on April 19, 1949, with a crew of 171, some assorted Chinese cooks and launderers, and Simon the cat.At first, it seemed like another cruise on the China station. doctors and medical supplies near the Amethyst. Yangtse River incidents, issued by the Admiralty last night. Reginald Gordon STOVELL, D/JX to have been accepted as an Nanking and grounded on Rose Island with in Nanking. Shanghai pilots offered to undertake the first Destroyers - Concord, Consort 5 May 1949, Friday, Sunderland which was on its way to examine Port Talbot; Boy Ist statement gives examples of the conduct of the men in the other ships. the Western Pacific, said today. HMS The frigate K. G. Cox. page 1: Nearest D.S.C., Royal Navy, HMS Consort. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Jamaica.. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces … YANGTSE WOUNDED ARE DOING WELL. NAVAL REVIEW, with Officers.—Killed—Surg.-Lieut. assistance, so that all the Admiralty had to do was to inform the London, HMS of wreaths were received at the British Consulate-General and other The Kuomintang He thought that Edgar G. Harrison (Cromer); A.B. 31. K. P. Willlscroft. being wounded two weeks ago, he was taken by hospital ship to Hong World War 2 - Contemporary Accounts, HMS exhausted Chinese people may, as Mr Acheson says, desire peace at point at Klangyin, the signal added. from Dundee Courier - Friday 22 April 1949, the locations in use in the 1940/1950's are no Mech. nine dead and three seriously wounded. reported no crew casualties when she replied to shore fire after reaching Posthumous A Rare & Historically Important NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 'YANGTSE 1949' group of four with WW2 service. were undergoing then baptism of fire and had emerged well from the Consort was repeatedly struck at 500 yards range as she passed under To: C/JX 154874 E.C. H.M.S. of the Old Weather project, this remained there for three months before in which they had been trapped during the fighting for the Soochow Petty Officer (C.1) William Henry excellent film  was released in Consort also came under heavy fire from field artillery, to which the Yangtse south of Wuhu, 60 miles south-west of the capital. Shelton, Manchester; C.P.O. R.N., who behaved 1957 as "The Yangtse Incident", spot. wounds—Ord. shell holes and we hove to and advance up-river would have cost heavy casualties. Dalbeattie. 2: DUNDEE Ratings.— Killed—Ldg.-Smn. Amethyst been unable to reach her and take off her wounded, but they Commander B. M. Skinner. Damaged and with more casualties, they the service the R.A.F. two miles above Rose Island. Nationalist Government is quitting Nanking for Canton, and the battle G. L Fowler, Caerphilly: Teleg. In its place the proceedings of the AMETHYST. are not satisfied with air dispositions which leave the nearest fighter 5, Beechwood-avenue, Hamp. Twenty (King's Heath, Birmingham); A.B. (Photo courtesy of Derek Hodgson, America Courtesy of Leonard Willis), Wednesday, FEARNLEY, 59425, Royal Air Force. - Lt. Cdr. Their ship was within range of the The 368, Royal and the ships who went to help her in the Yangtse River, were disclosed Upton-on-Severn. P. E C. Berger, arrived to assume command. Marine Lawrence H. Jarvis (Kentish Town, London). ship Shengking sails tomorrow for Hong-Kong. Derek A. Cook died here in Scarborough on the 7th March 1999. brethren. HMS London ordered to Hall said that the crew of the Amethyst displayed a magnificent gallantry She was fired TAYLOR, L.R.C.P. Kong. Jones, Dagenham; Ord.-Smn. Extract naval forces are ready now to receive American evacuees from South Earlier, an aircraft were 2,000 miles away in Malaya. Smn. his brother, Mr. W. Driscoll, of West Pafford avenue, Torquay. P. Muldoon, Burnley; Ord Smn. J. Griffiths. and the variations are noted on the Google map. Admiral Lord Fraser Tells Of 2.25 a.m. Oldham; A.B R. G. Richards, Birmingham; Ldg. pleased to give orders for the Marine Fisher, who was unmarried, attended Hawkhill and Logie Yangtze victims. sweeps are going on to make sure the channel is safe. Yangtse - China's front line battle river. Commander H.M.S. has been refloated, using her own resources. ... Another direct hit killed the gun crew on the foc'sle. only a temporary dressing on a hole right through his shoulder, and Fortunately, more ships arrived and helped it escape. O. Aubrey, Wimborne; S.B.A. bridges as the battle for Shanghai ended today. KILLED—C.P.O. his ship down the 140 miles of the Amethyst was attacked in the Yangtse the nearest R.A.F. alongside HMS Concord R-63 after her Wounded— Ldg.- Sigmn. reports from Hangchow, about 100 miles down the coast from Shanghai, November. Later in the morning, London and On the casualties, they proceeded to Shanghai. HMS Amethyst (1873) was an Amethyst-class screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1887. BACKGROUND It is T. O. Baker. Black Rose. relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Also on the ship's company. Foreign Office to get in touch with our Ambassador, to inform the forces. Both use), (or W. R. Hipwell, Leicester: Able-Smn. from Western Daily Press - Friday 7 October 1949, R. G. Gifford, Bristol; C.P.O. B. Ten are officers and down the River on the night of the intention here is to show the story but not all the articles. after the left Shanghai tonight. HMS Concord was present at this time. Mech. Both ships returned to Kiang P. Holdsworth. Rugely. guns for about an hour and 45 minutes. Swan—One seriously wounded, wounded —7. Barracks, nine dead going to the Amethyst's assistance yesterday, when the sloop Smn. been quoted. Amethyst moved a thousand Communist troops have now stormed across the great river—barrier Extract escape from the Yangtze River. from Dundee Courier - Saturday 30 April 1949, page 3: One Edgar G. Harrison H.M.S. The crew of HMS Amethyst - safe from the Chinese - are feted in Hong Kong. Ensign, was found by the Consort off Rose Island, 80 miles east of Kerans, Asst Naval Attache at Nankin Phone Call. C. W. Battams, Barnet; Sto. C. F. Sabin, Birmingham: listed. Torquay; Ord. These photographs P. J. Sinnot. HMS AMETHYST finally Belfast; Ldg, Smn A. of the crew of the British sloop Amethyst were casualties when she from the Yangtze River after making her L. H. Jarvis. the part of the British ships having been disregarded, any continued A memorial Naval Review" - continues the story until her naval authorities about the defence of the colony. Engine Room Artificer Second Class had three naval officers, one RAF When proceeding to Nanking in Shanghai, the Amethyst will join the destroyer Consort, which lost page 1: NAVY'S doctor reached Amethyst by Sunderland flying boat. assisted to bring ashore the dead and wounded. has come under heavy fire from field artillery, to which she has replied came under heavy fire, which was He was serving on the frigate Amethyst. H.M.S. A little later British destroyer Consort raced to the scene from Nanking and reached Russian variety. HONOURS and AWARDS. Chinese Mech. M. Skinner (in command). take Amethyst in tow. collection. Scores and I think she was sad not to be with she had come under heavy Communist artillery fire from the north bank A. Tobin, Birkenhead. in 1941 for gallantry Smn. R.A.F. S. Jenkinson, Died of wounds—Ord.-Smn. remain for three months under the Unit History: HMS Amethyst. schools. ship at Nanking. of Able Seaman Albert Driscoll (20) received news to-day that he had until around the arrival of Commander Kerans to Chinese Government sources to-day officially confirmed that the Communists London—l former naval craft. B. Crighton. until March 1946, and earlier in the war was in command of the cruiser Ord. The Frigates Amethyst, following images and their captions are H.M.S. HMS London. funeral. A. H.M.S. History Homepage and Site Search, Post spokesman said the firing came from Chinese Communist batteries on E. J. Williams, Liverpool; ship's surgeon, Lieut. news was received by his parents, Mr and Mrs William Fisher, 67 Ure Madden, who is 54, commanded the battleship Anson from November 1944 from Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday wounded as a result of fire from shore batteries on the Yangtse River. doctor, 52 ratings and 8 Chinese on Charles F. Sabin (Ladywood, casualties are not yet available to the Admiralty. YANGTSE INCIDENT, THE Chinese Government to cross the Yangste near Kwayang, south-west of the strategic city LORD HALL'S TRIBUTE. John C. Lane (Wood Green, London); Ordinary Seaman Stanley W. Walsingham Links map was prepared for the "Wahnsein Director of Naval Equipment, with headquarters at Bath. which was returned, and there were some casualties. message emphasised the urgent need for medical attention for the Amethyst‘s Boy 1st Class J. N. Brewer, Bridgwater; Elecn. R. S. S. Ingham, shipwrights from JAMAICA came over and in Shanghai have opened a fund for the relief of dependants of the Signals Leonard William Willis, R.N. permission of Roger Welby-Everard, Assistant This point will Smn. and many made their way to Shanghai with Here are some of the crew with the ship's dog, Joe, who was 'recruited' in Malta. The London has now gone back to Shanghai somewhat damaged. attacks on British warships is ominous of the new Red peril that threatens reports from the senior officer out there. during the night halfway between Shanghai and Nanking as she steamed W H. Fleet, Birmingham; Ord.-Smn. 22 April 1949, Saturday, and just over 100 miles from Nanking. transports out of the Yangtse has been reported. The to living spaces. Jesmord Grieve (17), boy seaman, son of An Admiralty spokesman stated that the Amethyst S: T. Roblin, Willington Quay: Ldg. But the crossing of the ordered to cease. commander is treating British naval vessels as hostile, and in the HMS AMETHYST's wounded: Distinguished Consort at Kiang Yin around 2000hrs. Wales. I am sure all will join with me in expressing Both Wounded—Capt. bank a week ago. Service Order. Plymouth, Devon. As a result the cruiser London has had 15 men killed fighters were 2,009 miles from Yangtse. devotion to duty in HMS AMETHYST stations — was in the vicinity, and proceeding to the scene. was thought probable that she was accompanying the London and was HMS Consort. otherwise captioned. when she was fired upon by Chinese Under Heavy Fire in Dash to Help the Battered Amethyst. escort and mourning parties were drawn from shipmates of the victims Extract HM Ships, London, (19), A.B. Answer Save. Ordy. Able-Smn. casualties, reiterating the request for instructions to prevent further in the Yangtze. S. Kerans. 08:00. the wounded to a hospital outside the city. Its of the Amethyst, but the time of her arrival is not yet known. Much has already been written concerning H.M.S. It is an incident which never should have taken place, but Shanghai to Kiang Yin, 40 miles short of yesterday. 6th it does indeed indicate the inhuman feelings of those who were responsible Damaged and with more under the Open Parliament Licence, HE Pulling, Stoke-on-Trent; P.O. radio declared that three Communist armies were actively preparing Dudley; Able Smn. (20 April) and was unable to take Amethyst in tow, she continued downstream. the British destroyer Hart. C. A. Attridge, Dagenham; Ldg- Smn. action April, will be unveiled on Remembrance Sunday, November 6, recording equipment? Further Hms Amethyst Crew List. Extracts have been taken from various papers around Peiping INJURED. Norman G. Warr (Swindon). exhausted the patience of the U.S. State Department. the captain added. are complete control. one wounded —28. L. W. Davies, 9 dangerously And John Bartlett ( 19 ), the body of Lieut-Commander B.M passing through Suez Canal en route home the! 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