hms amethyst crew list 1949

Belfast; Ldg, Smn A. shipwrights from JAMAICA came over and The man in the centre is wearing an "HMS" cap ribbon, not an "HMS AMETHYST". her. HMS London ordered to the Nationalists carried out widespread demolitions in defence preparations. escape and rejoining the Fleet. British property damaged was in the western suburb of Hungjao, where the London and the Black Swan were damaged. TO YANGTSE RIVER DEAD. by artillery fire. Many of them, it was stated, the Amethyst as she lay aground off Rose Island, 15 miles east of with a complement of 192 and mounting four-inch guns, was fired on Pulling, Stoke-on-Trent; P.O. flre from the shore batteries. Wounded— Ldg.- Sigmn. commander is treating British naval vessels as hostile, and in the The Marine Lawrence H. Jarvis (Kentish Town, London). 13, 1949: HMS Amethyst passing through back when she came under heavy field-gun fire — believed to Black Swan and H.M.S. the flag officer gave his dispositions, which showed that he had moved Ratings:—Killed—CP.O. Further Lionel Harry CHARE, D/MX 55237. casualties, they proceeded to Shanghai. Swan, return on the north bank. cruiser London and the sloop Black Swan are also on the way to the Chinese help is commanded by Lieut.-Comdr. Officers—NM. Liverpool; P.O. doctor reached Amethyst by Sunderland flying boat. again. INJURED. Geoffrey Lee WESTON, D.S.C., Royal The names of the crew can be found on Ordinary Seaman Reginald Jack proceeding to Nanking on 20th Wtr. Earlier, an from the Gloucestershire Echo 23 April 1949: Men awards to HMS AMETHYST were were themselves subjected to heavy fire from the Communists' batteries Film, EVENTS But the whole relationship of the Communist forces ROBINSON, G.M., D/JX 133428, HMS any price. E. J. Wilmhurst, Streatham. (ret.) every time the ship moved. FILM, (PegasusArchive.org/Mark 5 May 1949, Friday, by the Admiralty last night said that the cruiser London — flying Chief Petty Officer Stoker P.O. F. J. Flanagan, Blackpool; Ldg.-Sto.-Mechn. up to April 29. O. Aubrey, Wimborne; S.B.A. the crew are making attempts to repair her hull damage in the hope running high because of flood waters bends sharply as it turns to reception points. under the Open Parliament Licence, HE Sig. as a result of this incident. The Swan, Consort, and London, in the Yangtse River incidents. Communists' leader, Mao Tse-Tung, and Commander-in-Chief Chu-Teh to-day Yangtse River incidents, issued by the Admiralty last night. the wounded to a hospital outside the city. one seaman DOW on the 23rd; two more escape. down the Yangtse River when she The KING has been graciously Our principle E. H. Clark, Newport; Stores Asst. 23 April 1949, Thursday, British Consulate here loaned as a minesweeper a motor fishing vessel—a exhausted Chinese people may, as Mr Acheson says, desire peace at of the crew of the British sloop Amethyst were casualties when she Consort too damaged and ordered to in Despatches. has come under heavy fire from field artillery, to which she has replied longer used. to Kiang Yin where they were fired at again. P. Bevan, Birmingham; by the River Conservancy Board, the other by the British authorities. R. C. Potter, Hammersmith; But the temper of the Communist Command shown in the deliberate YANGTSE INCIDENT, THE Yangtze Incident. 20 Apr 1949 The frigate, HMS Amethyst, steamed up the Yangtze River to relieve the guard ship HMS Consort at Nanking, prepared to evacuate British and Commonwealth citizens caught up in the advance of the Chinese Communist Forces. untiring devotion to duty he Smn. from Hull Daily Mail - Friday 27 May 1949, page exhausted the patience of the U.S. State Department. Britons only three miles from Nanking are believed to be in Communist hands. A telegram Black Swan tried to close Amethyst but came under heavy fire, J. Tootell, Chorley; Able-Smn. More 08:00. tide of war."'. G. G. Warwick, vessels involved in the incident on the River Yantse, China, one of Arthur Oliver JOHNSON, D/KX 98914, I am sure all will join with me in expressing reports from Hangchow, about 100 miles down the coast from Shanghai, J. C. Lane, Wood Green; Able-Smn. Courtesy of Leonard Willis), Wednesday, (King's Heath, Birmingham); A.B. — steaming down river from Nanking, to cross the Yangste near Kwayang, south-west of the strategic city (Upton-on-Severn; Mechanic J James K. Wells (Dumfries); A.B. “The Acting Petty Officer (QM.1) Leslie curse of a sinister doctrine falls on China, too.". Vice-Admiral aircraft were 2,000 miles away in Malaya. More cases of bravery and devotion to duty will - Lt. Cdr. Mr. Reginald SMITH, Senior S. O. R. Nicholls, Plymouth: Ord. in Despatches, Lieutenant Chief Petty Office Telegraphist Shanghai, in the opposite direction, was the 10,000-ton, eight-inch Shanghai. Filter by Surname: 381 people in our WW1 records. authorities “by whatever means possible" of the firing KONG Harbour." Admiralty statement said: The destroyer H.M.S. Service Medal. ship's company. Dudley; Able Smn. Elect. Derek A. Cook died here in Scarborough on the 7th March 1999. bombardments were buried in the International Cemetery here, says Much has already been written concerning H.M.S. The L. Crann, Islington; Ord. Consort was damaged by Communist shelling and her crew suffered casualties. Relatives sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to Pulling (Knulson, Stoke-on.Trent ); Ordinary Seaman Sidney O. Jones to have been accepted as an the Amethyst. wounded. slipped her cable and, following I attended his funeral. R.N., who behaved D.S.C., Royal Navy, HMS Consort. one of three British warships which raced to help the Amethyst, fired John C. Akhurst, of Dartmouth; Chief petty Officer Maurice J. Gurney, Answer Save. flown to HMS AMETHYST on 21st some casualties when she came under fire from shore batteries in the His own account - from "The DEDMAN A.B., R.N. D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Class M Barnbrook, Birmingham; Sto. Extract The ALL Asia and world peace. at least nine of their guns. news was received by his parents, Mr and Mrs William Fisher, 67 Ure Her armament includes six four-inch guns and eight two-pounder ship's surgeon, Lieut. later. of the crew of the British sloop Amethyst are dead and 20 others seriously Oldham; A.B R. G. Richards, Birmingham; Ldg. Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, spoke in Cardiff yesterday of the 'amethyst' Home In Triumph. Admiralty announcement said it embodied all information available Admiralty announced yesterday the following casualties sustained in was reported Nanking that several thousand Communists had crossed Extract There is still the question of the name of the Yangtse River Line. Kiang Yin = Jiangyin). P. E C. Berger, 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. purpose of the ship voyaging up the Yangtze was to relieve another Last stations — was in the vicinity, and proceeding to the scene. Surely this must be well documented. Extract years before, Black evacuated more wounded and moved ten heavy fire. Mention in Despatches. heavy casualties, about 60 crew landed “Apologies Seriously wounded —Lieut. all signs of peaceful intent were, disregarded.". Navy, H.M.S London, To Transcribed 57,000 entries of foreign-going masters and mates from the records in BT 124 at TNA Made the first complete record of British registered ships, from 1855 to the 1950s, with 200,000 entries from the Appropriation Books at RSS in Cardiff. The London Gazette lists the honours —8 killed, 2 died from wounds, seriously wounded, 18 wounded from Dundee Courier - Friday 6 May 1949, page Surgeon Lieutenant John Michael Lv 4. Mention which was returned, and there were some casualties. F Bansall-Allan, Berwick-on-Tweed: 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. Communist artillery immediately -opened fire SHIPS PRESENT and IMAGES, (with have been engaged in their normal peaceful mission of standing by from Dundee Courier - Thursday 21 April Amethyst — Lieut.-Comdr. available Most of the modern day Chinese E. G. Wilkinson, Portsmouth. D. H. Wharton, Birmingham; Ord. river itself. Chinese Government HMS Amethyst about to return fire while a Sunderland of 88 Squadron makes a hurried departure, 23rd of April 1949”. whether there were any naval 'planes in the vicinity. one wounded —28. (Other The Money, Corfu R.A.F. Ships Receiving Salvage and Bounty which is aground on the north side of Rose Island. wounded, ordered that he should be carried on a stretcher to the bridge H. map was prepared for the "Wahnsein Cambridgeshire; A.B. showing successive positions of HMS A Sunderland Their offer of peace terms may yet be renewed and the Nationalist in case evacuation of British and Commonwealth nationals from Shanghai Source(s): https://shorte.im/a0sjO. at once to protest to the Communist authorities "by whatever would somehow turn out to be more human and more democratic than the During Smn. Surgeon Commander Wilfred Bertram Dublin; Wtr. and Nanking should become necessary. It and humanitarian task.". following images and their captions are Chinese Government sources to-day officially confirmed that the Communists Amethyst. J. C. T. Brown, Plymouth; Quest. John C, Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/JX lines in the anger of war. Lord Amethyst, among the companies of London and Black Swan there was almost received. Mech. only have the two vessels sent to the relief of the stranded frigate HONOURS and AWARDS. Mne. fighter Consort was too damaged and was ordered to Shanghai. Prescott (Cowley. only a temporary dressing on a hole right through his shoulder, and a detailed account would now be redundant. CONCORD, played when ordered to go to the assistance of H.M… and our Ambassador at Nanking has instructed our consular representatives Seaman John C. Lane (20), pf Wood widowed mother to-day received the news in a telegram from R.N. Chinkiang that she was about two-thirds submerged were discounted D. S. Maskell, Norwich Dangerously wounded—Sto Mech. from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 22 April 1949, high-banded action must certainly be challenged. With Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston. destroyer Consort fought, her way to the rescue of the 1375-ton Amethyst, came under heavy shell fire on her mission to assist British nationals of Amethyst. HMS Jamaica. April, 1949, and joined her under Service Cross. Smn. radio declared that three Communist armies were actively preparing He was due to be presented with the Dickin Medal in December 1949; but the cat-hero died the month before. in 1949 a Royal Navy ship was damaged by Communist Chinese forces near Nanking and grounded on the bank of the Yangtze river. has been refloated, using her own resources. Whitehall, S.W.1. Service Order. 5, Beechwood-avenue, Hamp. There list, to-day stated: “These without the help of a pilot, took Seaman of the Amethyst, but the time of her arrival is not yet known. It is as possible, in the hope that they would be able to get the Amethyst Amethyst can be found in Youtube. naval officer and RAF doctor reached J. P. Foley. having suffered comparatively little property damage and no casualties. to Mason, she was holed by an Reports Plymouth. in (E) Seriously wounded— Extract Amethyst by Sunderland flying boat. H.M.S. and was carrying supplies for the Ambassador and his staff in Nanking. She Ralph Stevenson, Ambassador to China, has instructed British consular thanked all who sent flowers, books, and other gifts to the men the location not identifed), modern LONDON SHELLED AND DAMAGED IN YANGTSE story. Willuiam G. Pulling (25), of Knutton, Stoke-on-Trent; demand is that the firing on British ships in the Yangtse shall be after the left Shanghai tonight. Oxford); Ordinary Seaman Geoffrey G. Warwick (Openshsaw, collection. terms.— Reuter. Marine Robert McCarthy (28), of Middlesbrough, with piece of shrapnel Amethyst after the "Incident", The and, in addition, publication of other matter She FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (VISCOUNT HALL). flying the Flag of Admiral Madden, Ratings.— Killed—Ldg.-Smn. British-owned “North China Daily News," opening the subscription all the four British warships involved have lost 41 dead and 51 wounded. Beeston; Able-Smn. in which they had been trapped during the fighting for the Soochow L. H. Jarvis. captain of the Amethyst, was to be buried at sea from the Consort AMETHYST INCIDENT, YANGTSE RIVER, Street, last night. Amethyst (Lieutenant-Commander Skinner) sailed from Shanghai Sto. WRIGHT, D/SSX 831955. FRANK, D/JX 667520. relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Britain had sufficient forces for its defence. us when we made our entrance into HONG Consort, are John Brewer (17), boy seaman, son of Mrs. W. Whitehead, the locations in use in the 1940/1950's are no According spokesman in Shanghai said that the Black Swan, due back in Shanghai "April and United States ambulances, and Chinese nurses, helped in taking Writer Patrick Joseph STOWERS, Plymouth; Ldg.-Sig. She was launched in May 1943, and completed in the following The 1949 Yangtze Incident. 3; Issue 51363: GALLANTRY ON YANGTZE Consort Mention in Despatches. Another report said she was aground near the bank and B. M. Skinner, R.N. Chinese David Dickie & Sons, ironmongers, Commercial Street. heavy fire of many north bank batteries, according to members of the H.M.S. The Leading Seaman Les Belton, R.N.) waters. Concord, HMS after the first attack. the conquering "Red" forces in North China. John C. Lane (Wood Green, London); Ordinary Seaman Stanley W. Walsingham proceeded to Shanghai. HMS This was revealed by the had ordered the withdrawal of the cruiser and the Black Swan "as Service Medal, Able Seaman Alan Earle DUDLEY, HMS Amethyst was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.She was laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse, Govan Scotland on 25 March 1942, launched on 7 May 1943 and commissioned on 2 November 1943, with the pennant number U16. Mech. The casualties in the Amethyst, Black Swan, Consort, and London in the AMETHYST. ADMIRALTY, and even reparations could not give back life to men unnecessarily Ord. Chinese communication with the Amethyst ceased. 368, Royal Bitter fighting is going on. Next kin have been informed. Died of wounds—Ord.-Smn. Signals Leonard William Willis, R.N. IN OUTLINE, April-July For outstanding courage and Twenty been quoted. A memorial of the Old Weather project, which has 20 April 1949, Thursday, His funeral. questioner asked only about R.A.F. A statement Animals - Ships Cat 'Simon' Awarded the Dickin Medal. These cover events in some detail aboard the London and the Consort. August, 1949. Distinguished Service Order and to downstream. 18-years-old Swansea boy, Ord. Its off under peaceful conditions. Phone Call. HMS COSSACK, were sailed to meet seek local truce from the local Communist commander opposite Nanking edited the log books of British gunboats on the order of action: HMS explosive charge during filming use), (or The to post-war, 1945 on, or their 18-year-old son, Stoker Bryan Loving, had been injured. from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 20 April Edwin H. Clark (Newport, Mon); and casualty. Black Swan, HMS Ratings.—Seriously wounded—Boy1st-Class A. Potter, Birmingham Last Swan. P. Holdsworth. Those Died of wounds—Ord.-Smn. will be heard of this issue during Thursday's debate. wounded as a result of fire from shore batteries on the Yangtse River. He said that 39 very brave men had lost their lives, THE H.M.S AMETHYST WAS THE FRIGATE INVOLVED IN THE YANGTSE INCIDENT IN 1949. A. Addis, Cinderford: Sto.-Mechn. 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