Middlebrook - Convoy SC122 and HX229: Climax of the Battle of the Atlantic, March 1943

Before all others I would like to thank the following men and women, both Allied and German, who sailed in the ships of Convoys SC.122, HX.229 and 229A, who flew in the Coastal Command aircraft covering those convoys, who sailed in the U-boats involved in the operation against those convoys or who performed various duties in the shore-based headquarters of both sides. Without their generous and willing help this book would not have been written.

(The contributors are listed ship by ship in alphabetical order of surname. Ranks shown are those held in March 1943.)

CONVOY SC.122, Merchant Ships

Badjestan: Cabin Boy F. Craik. Baron Elgin: Captain J. S. Cameron. Baron Stranraer: Chief Officer M. Maclellan. Carso: Chief Officer A. H. Tarr. Cartago: Cadet W. E. West. Dolius: Able Seaman W. Carmody. English Monarch: Captain T. N. Dobbie, Chief Officer W. D. Morton. Fjallfoss. Chief Engineer B. Jonsson, Captain H. Olafsson, Second Officer G. Sigurdsson. Fort Cedar Lake: Captain C. L. Collings. Glenapp: Chief Engineer R. W. Douglas, Midshipman C. H. F. Hill, Midshipman M. Lees, Second Officer C. G. Ross. Granville: Bosun H. B. Starckx. Gudvor: Able Seaman Karsten Moe. King Gruffydd: Second Officer F. R. Hughes. Kingsbury: Fireman D. E. B. Evans, Able Seaman A. Garriock, Fireman P. Murphy (died May 1974). Livingston: Second Officer W. K. Blackmore. Losada: Chief Electrician J. R. Fortune, Chief Officer G. H. Hobson, Captain W. M. Horsfall. L.S.T .365: Sub-Lieutenant J. H. H. Bayley. McKeesport: Engineer M. P. Linkowich. Parkhaven: Radio Officer P. H. den Engelsen, Fourth Officer H. Meuldijk. Port Auckland: Chief Officer V. G. Battle, Third Officer P. J. Chrisp, Second Officer J. G. A. Dunn, Able Seaman A. N. Johnson, Seventh Engineer W. P. Shevlin, Sergeant J. B. Ware, R.A.A.F. (passenger). Selfoss: First Officer E. Thorgilsson. Zouave: Cook/Baker S. Banda, Cabin Boy J. S. Kelly, Second Officer J. D. Sharp.

CONVOY SC.122, Naval Escorts

WESTERN ATLANTIC LOCAL ESCORTS. H.M.C.S. Blairmore: Lieutenant T. MacDonald. H.M.C.S. Cowichan: Ordinary Seaman J. R. Graham. H.M.C.S. Dunvegan: Signalman G. Nisbet, Leading Telegraphist G. A. Steeves. H.M.S. Leamington: Lieutenant A. D. B. Campbell. H.M.C.S. New Westminster: Lieutenant W. McCombie, Sub-Lieutenant T. C. Marshall. H.M.C.S. Rimouski: Lieutenant R. J. Pickford.

OCEAN ESCORTS. H.M.S. Buttercup: Able Seaman G. Goormachtig, Lieutenant R. Jonck-heere, Lieutenant W. A. M. J. Libert, Able Seaman E. Moeyaert, Sub-Lieutenant P. M. J. van Schoonbeek, Able Seaman L. Vandekerckhove, Lieutenant P. H. V. M. van Waesburghe. H.M.S. Campobello: Lieutenant G. B. Rogers. H.M.S. Godetia: Lieutenant J. C. O. Bting, Able Seaman R. Crudenaire, Lieutenant J. A. Delforge, Sub-Lieutenant C. M. L. De Pierre, Lieutenant M. A. F. Larose. H.M.S. Havelock: Commander R. C. Boyle, Signalman A. H. Dossett, Leading Seaman R. Freatly, Lieutenant A. I. Hughes, Surgeon-Lieutenant C. S. Savage, Lieutenant N. T. M. Yeates. U.S.C.G.C. Ingham: Lieutenant-Commander J. D. Craik, Lieutenant J. M. Waters. H.M.S. Lavender: Sub-Lieutenant E. Walker. H.M.S. Pimpernel: Lieutenant H. D. Hayes, Leading Seaman J. G. Owen. H.M.S. Saxifrage: Lieutenant R. G. Cropp, Lieutenant A. M. Hodge, Lieutenant M. C. C. F. Shaw. H.M.S. Swale: Sub-Lieutenant L. A. Spicer. U.S.S. Upshur: Lieutenant-Commander E. B. Ellsworth, Lieutenant H. Gravely, Ensign D. Lawson, Lieutenant J. G. Prout, Lieutenant J. J. White.

CONVOY HX.229, Merchant Ships

Abraham Lincoln: Radio Officer H. Andersen, Able Seaman A. Ekedal, Chief Cook T. Saga, Refrigeration Engineer E. Solberg. Canadian Star: Second Officer W. A. Clarke-Hunt, Flying Officer and Mrs W. B. Dobree (passengers), Chief Officer P. H. Hunt, Ordinary Seaman J. Jones, Third Officer R. H. Keyworth, Chief Radio Officer A. E. Phillips. City of Agra: Chief Officer W. Howel. Coracero: Engineer J. Crawford, Third Officer R. McRae. Daniel Webster: Ordinary Seaman F. W. Corey. Elin K: Seaman First Class L. T. Engebretsen, Motorman J. A. Johannessen, Second Engineer T. Tobiassen. Fort Anne: Second Officer H. Gravell, Captain S. T. Roach. Irne du Pont: Ensign F. N. Pilling (passenger). James Oglethorpe: Fireman-Watertender W. J. Brantley, Able Seaman T. Napier. Luculus: Captain W. Luckey. Mathew Luckenbach: Ordinary Seaman P. Civitillo, Seaman Third Class J. O. Jackson. Nariva: Engineer D. Anthony, Able Seaman H. J. Brinkworth, Second Engineer H. W. Brophy, Third Officer J. A. P. Matthews, Second Officer G. D. Williams. Nebraska: Second Officer A. G. Maxwell. Pan Rhode Island: Chief Steward R. P. Morgan. Southern Princess: Able Seaman T. Craigie, Chief Engineer C. K. Crockett. Tekoa: Captain A. Hocken, Chief Steward R. L. Keen. Walter Q. Gresham: Wiper H. E. Carmichael, Able Seaman R. J. Smith, Able Seaman E. P. Swift. Zaanland: Chief Officer P. G. van Altveer, Cadet G. H. Baird-Jones, Captain G. J. J. M. Franken, Gunner L. E. French, Steward J. Steenhart, Second Officer J. Wassenaar.

CONVOY HX.229, Naval Escorts

WESTERN ATLANTIC LOCAL ESCORTS. H.M.S. Chelsea: Sub-Lieutenant E. McMillan, Leading Torpedoman C. Nowell, Sub-Lieutenant A. D. Powell, Lieutenant-Commander J. E. R. Wilford.

OCEAN ESCORTS. H.M.S. Abelia: Lieutenant F. N. Salisbury. H.M.S. Anemone: Lieutenant D. C. Christopherson, Lieutenant-Commander P. G. A. King, Stoker R. V. Procter. U.S.S. Babbitt: Chief Watertender J. J. Haddad, Lieutenant H. D. Hirschler, Ensign O. Jensen, Lieutenant-Commander S. F. Quarles. H.M.S. Beverley: Petty Officer C. G. Braillard, Able Seaman G. Truswell. H.M.S. Hightander: Surgeon-Lieutenant W. A. B. Campbell, Commander E. C. L. Day, Lieutenant D. G. M. Gradner, Lieutenant-Commander R. M. Miller, Lieutenant G. E. Milner, Gunner (T) G. H. Page. H.M.S. Mansfield. Able Seaman R. Brett, Leading Seaman A. D. Cornelius, Sub-Lieutenant A. R. Guy, Lieutenant-Commander L. C. Hill, Lieutenant J. K. Laughton, Engineroom Artificer G. T. Smith, Engineroom Artificer C. Wilburn. H.M.S. Pennywort: Sub-Lieutenant L. M. Maude-Roxby, Able Seaman P. W. Maxim, Steward C. A. Mitton, Lieutenant O. G. Stuart, Wireman R. A. White. H.M.C.S. Sherbrooke: Leading Seaman R. Hatfield. H.M.S. Vimy: Petty Officer H. F. Hopcliffe. H.M.S. Volunteer: Ordinary Telegraphist R. T. Brown, Stoker First Class E. C. Claxton, Sub-Lieutenant R. G. Goudy, Ordinary Telegraphist D. Greenhouse, Petty Officer R. V. Jackson, Lieutenant G. C. Leslie, Communication Rating E. Norman, Surgeon-Lieutenant H. F. Osmond, Chief Petty Officer R. H. Potts, Warrant Engineer G. H. Ward, Able Seaman W. R. Wilson. H.M.S. Witherington: Lieutenant Sir William Blunden, Bart, Able Seaman L. W. Davis, Able Seaman W. Ellis.

CONVOY HX.229A, Merchant Ships

Akaroa: Third Radio Officer J. Whiten (died 1975). City of Oran: Third Radio Officer F. C. J. Lockett. Esperance Bay: Assistant Steward F. R. Canham. John Fiske: Captain J. P. Chiles.

CONVOY HX.229A, Naval Escorts

H.M.S. Hastings: Lieutenant-Commander L. B. Philpott. H.M.S. Landguard: Lieutenant-Commander T. S. L. Fox-Pitt. H.M.S. Waveney: Lieutenant-Commander A. E. Wilmott.

CANADIAN EASTERN AIR COMMAND

5 (B.R.) Squadron R.CA.F.: Flying Officer G. E. Fletcher.

COASTAL COMMAND

86 Squadron: Flight Sergeant J. H. Bookless, Sergeant W. H. Bryan, Flying Officer C. W. Burcher, Sergeant C. C. Cooper, Sergeant H. R. Derrick, Sergeant J. Pheasey. 120 Squadron: Sergeant B. H. Harvey, Flight Sergeant T. J. Kempton, Squadron Leader J. R. E. Procter, Flying Officer R. T. F. Turner, Sergeant V. C. S. Wilson. 201 Squadron: Sergeant J. H. Bunton, Flight Lieutenant N. T. Harvey, Flight Lieutenant D. G. T. Hayes. 220 Squadron: Pilot Officer N. Carpenter, Sergeant R. V. Gurnham, Sergeant T. E. Kynnersley. 228 Squadron: Flight Sergeant L. Ledingham. 423 (Canadian) Squadron: Sergeant A. R. Caterham, Flying Officer J. B. Donnett, Flying Officer N. V. Martin, Sergeant M. N. Trowbridge, Sergeant J. H. Wright.