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H.M.S. SCARAB

Ship’s Complement and Crew Photo

OCTOBER 1943

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H.M.S Scarab. Royal Navy Insect Class River Gunboat W.W.II.
Frank Sutton Taylor, JX324358 Able Seamen, 1st from left 5th row from front.
Alexandria, Egypt, 1943

		Rank / Name / Date / Service
1		Skipper, Lieutenant Ewan Cameron Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve (Men in Des) July 15 1941 to February 1944 From Christchurch New Zealand
2		Lieutenant G.J. Wilson (1st Lieutenant) Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
3		Surgeon Lieutenant. Philip Alfred Allsop (Doc.) Royal Navy January 1^st 1940 to December 1943 From Yorkshire
4		Petty Officer Coxswain
5		Petty Officer Gunner- Gunnery
6		Petty Officer Darby Allen ‘Bosun’
7		Petty Officer Engine Room
8		Chief Petty Officer Engine Room
9		Petty Officer Engine Room
10		Petty Officer Engine Room
11		Petty Officer Engine Room
12		Petty Officer Engine Room
13		Able Seaman Issac (Ike) Law Stoker
14		Able Seaman
15		Able Seaman
16		Able Seaman
17		Able Seaman Bradley
18		Petty Officer James (Jim) McKean Engine room October 24 1943 to August 4 1944 From Blyth, Northumberland
19		Cook Jock
20		Sick Bay Tiff S.B.A
21		Supply Tiff.
22		Petty Officer Engine Room
23		Able Seaman Lazell
24		Able Seaman Goldie
25		Able Seaman Harold Bainbridge
26		Able Seaman Stan Ivers
27		Able Seaman Taffy
28		Able Seaman
29		Able Seaman Stoker
30		Maltese Steward Ward room
31		Maltese Steward Ward room
32		Able Seaman Stoker
33		Able Seaman Stoker
34		Able Seaman
35		Able Seaman
36		Leading Seaman Issacs
37		Able Seaman
38		Able Seaman Ernest (Blondie) Thomas 17 April 1943 - 9 September 1944 Service Number: JX 287130 From: Connah's Quay Flintshire North Wales.
39		Able Seaman
40		Leading Seaman
41		Able Seaman
42		Able Seaman Swanee
43		Able Seaman Stoker
44		Able Seaman Albert Harold Grainger 30^th Sept. 42 – 28^th Feb 44 Service Number: JX259320 From Limehouse, East London
45		Able Seaman
46		Able Seaman Kirkland (Kirky)
47		Able Seaman
48		Able Seaman Evans
49		Able Seaman
50		Able Seaman
51		Able Seaman
52		Able Seaman
53		Able Seaman (South African)
54		Able Seaman Frank (Buck) Taylor April 11 1943 to September 15 1944 From Hamilton, Ontario Canada
55		Able Seaman Timms
56		Able Seaman
57		Stoker
58		Stoker John Murphy
59		Able Seaman Jack Cullen
60		Able Seaman Sparker
61		Able Seaman Sparker
62		Able Seaman
63		Able Seaman
64		Able Seaman
65		Able Seaman
66		Able Seaman Charlie Wells Sparker (Signals)
67		Able Seaman Fred (Kiwi) Lemberg June 6 1943 to May 13 1944 From Palmerston North New Zealand
68		Able Seaman
69		Gyppo
70		Able Sea Dog (Rags) & Ordinary Sea Girl (Jenny The Monkey) With crew member A.B. Lazell (no. 23) “The painter” (responsible for their well-being)

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