HMS Hazard Crew Halcyon Class Minesweeper

This page contains all the names of crew members that have been found so far. If you can add to the information please contact me.

OBITUARY

ROYAL NAVY

Lieutenant Commander Louis (Peter) Conran Smith DSC RN, who died on August 4 in hospital in the Middle East from injuries sustained in a car accident, was the husband of Mhairi Conran Smith, of Taylors Wynd near Forfar, and nephew of Miss Crossley, of Burnside Cottage, Windermere. He entered Dartmouth in May 1923, and from January 1927 was a cadet and Midshipman in the Benbow and Revenge. Promoted Sub-Lieutenant in 1930, he served in the destroyer Antelope in the Mediterranean and the minesweeper Pangbourne in Home Waters, and while in the latter became a Lieutenant in February 1933. Later he was in the destroyer Beagle, in the Mediterranean, and the aircraft carrier Furious in the Home Fleet. When the war broke out he was second in command of the gunboat Robin in China. The DSC was awarded him in December 1943 for steadfast courage and skill in command of Hazard in a dangerous and important minesweeping operation.

Source: The Times Tuesday August 22 1944

Crewmen of HMS Hazard 1944/5
See below for more photo's
(Source: L/S Mike Carter)

Other Members of the Crew of HMS Hazard
LAST NAME	FIRST NAMES	RANK	SERVICE NUMBER	DATE	AGE	SOURCE
Allan	James	Lt		12.4.37 - 2.38		http://www.unithistories.com/
Baldwin	Ted					HMS Hazard Association
Bedwell	Sid					HMS Hazard Association
Belcher	Barnie					HMS Hazard Association
BETTS	Stanley Walter Cornelius Arthur	Able Seaman	JX/129876	23.1.41 to 29.1.43		Dad was released from service 18 May 1953 after serving for 27 years and sadly died 16 December 1988. He left behind my mother and four very proud sons. Dad went on to be a Petty Officer Gunner and his last sailing was aboard HMS Campania to the A Bomb tests at Monte Bello Islands. Source: Roger Betts (Son)
Bishop	J					HMS Hazard Association
Broad	Sid					HMS Hazard Association
Buller	L St J	Tempy Surgeon Lt		4.5.43		HMS Hazard Association Navy List July 1945
CARTER	Mike W	Ldg seaman	PJX521774	Mid 1944-		My Dad served on HMS Hazard from mid 1944 to the end. Thankfully he is very much alive and well and living in Christchurch, Dorset with our mum after having five children. Both are now in their 80's but still very sharp in the mind if not quite as speedy in the body. Dad says he used to play cricket for the Flotilla. Source: Chris Carter, son. Jan 2007
Case	Frank	AB				HMS Hazard Association
Casley	Arthur Victor	Cd Engineer		15.12.36		Served with the ill-fated HMS REPULSE in the 1930s. He was posted to the HAZARD just before the war and served as engineer officer until about 1944. Then he joined HMS Wilton where he suffered a (non-combat) leg injury after which he was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm base at St. Merryn, Cornwall where he taught engineering to trainee aircrew. His last Navy years were spent in wreck dispersal operations-- based in Sheerness. He died at his home near Watford in 1976. His wife Pearl died three years later. Source: Roger Croft (Nephew). Navy List Dec 1939
Closier	Bill					HMS Hazard Association
Conyers	Raymond	PO		4.4.44 - 6.46		I have heard much about this ship from my father (PO Raymond Conyers) served on HMS Hazard (from 4 April 1944 until after VE day). He is well and living in Buckinghamshire. Source: Paul Conyers, son Feb 2007
Coomber	Tom	Signalman				HMS Hazard Association
Cramphorn	George Percy					My wife's father George Percy Cramphorn served on HMS Hazard. He passed away in May 1981. My wife has a picture of the ship in a card which has Christmas greeting on the front. Craig Messenger
Crates	James			1944/45		My Dad served on HMS Hazard during 1944/45 his name is James Crates he lived in Tilbury and Grays after he left the Navy. I think he might be on one of the pictures on this web site, he said it was him but his memory and eyesight is not as good as it was, he is now 85 and although he can remember some things, dates times and people he cannot, unless someone can jog his memory. Source: Janet Purser, daughter Sadly my father James Edward Crates died last week 3rd March 2008 aged 85, Dad served on HMS Hazard we think during 1944 but have no details, any information would be very welcome. Janet Purser, daughter
Crawford	John C	Tempy Lt Cdr		30.4.43		Navy List July 1945 7.12.43 MID awarded for steadfast courage and skill in a dangerous and important minesweeping operation (Op ANTIDOTE - Galita, Algeria to Sousse, Tunisia). 11.12.45 DSC awarded for wind-up operations Europe 1945 http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/
Crick	T G P	Lt Cdr		24.8.36
Crowden	Ernie	Stoker		1942 -46		My late husband Ernie Crowden served on the HMS Hazard from 1942 - 1946 as a Stoker. Source: Dorothy Crowden
Curtis	W T W	Lt Cdr		28.1.39 - 14.9.40
Dilnutt	Bertram Edward	PO		1943		HMS Hazard Association 7.12.43 MID awarded for steadfast courage and skill in a dangerous and important minesweeping operation. Op ANTIDOTE Galita, Algeria to Sousse, Tunisia May 1943.http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/
Dobner						HMS Hazard Association
Eglington	Henry (Harry)					HMS Hazard Association I have just found this site and wanted to say how much my father enjoyed meeting some of his old ‘shipmates’. Sadly he died on 31/10/2000 and is deeply missed by his family. Keith Eglington Dec 2008
Ellis	Robert Wilson	Ty Lt		1942		ADM116/4544 Award 1942 Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21 August 1942 DSC: London Gazette Issue 36033 published 28 May 1943
Farmiloe	Trevor (Tommy)					HMS Hazard Association
Ferguson	George Alexander M					http://www.curiousfox.com/history/northumberland_11.html
Finch						HMS Hazard Association
Flood	John J					He never spoke to any of the family about what he saw or did in any depth. John died on the 12th of Nov 2002 taking all of his experiences with him. Source:Chris Newman (Nephew) HMS Hazard Association
Foster	A	Tempy Surgeon Lt		1.12.44		Navy List July 1945
Forrest	Albert					HMS Hazard Association
Fraser	C R	Tempy Sub Lt		17.11.39		Navy List Dec 1939
Frewen	Bill					HMS Hazard Association
Gledhill	Jack					HMS Hazard Association
Goff	Roy Cyril	Tempr Sub Lt		19.8.40 -		http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNR_officersG.html
Goldstraw	W (Charlie)					HMS Hazard Association
Gordon	C	Sub Lt		6.10.39		Navy List Dec 1939
Gower	Alfred Samuel	AB		1938-39	19	I was delighted to see that my Dad had been listed on the website. Alf passed away 23 February this year. 44 days before his 88th birthday. Source: Ron Gower Dec 2007 http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpcgi.exe
Graves	Bill					HMS Hazard Association
Gunnell	Jack	CPO				HMS Hazard Association (Died 8.6.84)
Hallford	Cyril Frederick John (Tibbs)		JX350953	11.5.43- 11.2.45	20	HMS Hazard Association
Harris	Gus	PO				HMS Hazard Association
Hill	Joseph Sterndale de Montelar	Sub Lt		23.3.43		Bar to DSC awarded for bravery, skill and resolution while minesweeping in North Russian waters. London Gazette Issue 35950 published 19 March 1943
Hind	J W	Tempy Lt RANVR		2.6.43		HMS Hazard Association Navy List July 1945
Hitchen		Sub Lt		10.12.42		Navy List Feb 43
Hocart	George Callas	Lt		8.8.42 - 5.1.43		ADM 1/14242 Award 1943 London Gazette Issue 35950 published on 19 March 1943
Houghton	Jack Bloor	Ty Surgeon Lt		1942		ADM116/4544 Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21st August 1942
James	Jimmy					HMS Hazard Association
Keeler	Steve					HMS Hazard Association
Lambert	Fred					HMS Hazard Association
Lansberry	A J	Tempy Lt		21.5.43		HMS Hazard Association Navy List July 1945
Laugharne						Source: HMS Hazard Association
Lawson	Cecil Graham	Lt		4.4.38 - 8.38		Son of Captain Bennet Lawson and Minnie Elizabeth Lawson; husband of Edith Mary Connor Lawson, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/
Leveridge	Bill					HMS Hazard Association
Martin	S					HMS Hazard Association
Matthews	Clifford					HMS Hazard Association
Matthews	Don					HMS Hazard Association
Maule	Douggie J					HMS Hazard Association
McCann	Danny					HMS Hazard Association
McKnight	Tom			Apr 44		HMS Hazard Association Navy List July 1945
Middleton	J F	Tempy Lt		11.1.45		Navy List July 1945
Miles		L/S	C SSX23026	1940 -1945		HMS Hazard Association My father l/sm Miles c-ssx23026,served on Hazard from 1940 to 1945. Sadly he died last week, any info you could supply would be very welcome. Source: R Miles (son) Jan 2008
Morland	Ronald Albert	Wireman		1944
Morley	G R					HMS Hazard Association
Pagett	Leslie Victor Reginald	O/S	JX234769		DoB 20.8.16	Mess 4, HMS Hazard HMS Hazard Association
Palin						HMS Hazard Association
Pratt	Mike					HMS Hazard Association
Price	Ronald	O/S Act. AB		1.11.43 - 28.7.44		Before my uncle Ronald Price died in 2004 at the age of 78 I got my dad to ask him what ships he'd served on in the war, and the answer came back that he trained at HMS Collingwood and then was on HMS Hazard. He would have been some kind of ordinary seaman working on deck, I think. I heard he saw some pretty bad accidents (deaths?) when cables used to snap and then whip across the deck. Allan Price (Nephew) August 2008
Record	John William Alfred	CPO	C/J12309	1942		ADM116/4544 Mention in Despatches: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21st August 1942
Retter	Percy					HMS Hazard Association
Rhodda						HMS Hazard Association
Robinson	J S	Tempy Lt		16.12.44		Navy List July 1945
Robson	Norman					HMS Hazard Association
Ross	Douggie					HMS Hazard Association
Rowe	Les					HMS Hazard Association
Rylands	J W	Lt		15.2.37
Sadler	(Shorty)					HMS Hazard Association
Scragg	John	Torpedo Man		1938 - 1946		CLICK for Diary . HMS Hazard Association
Searle	S A	Tempy Lt		8.11.39		Navy List Dec 1939
Senior	Harry					HMS Hazard Association
Seymour	John Richard Arthur	Lt Cdr		14.9.40 - 8.8.42		ADM116/4544 DSC: London Gazette Issue 35679 published 21st August 1942
Smith	L C	Lt Cdr		5.1.43 -
Smith	Norman					HMS Hazard Association
Smith	W D	Lt		12.7.40
Stacey	'Taffy'					HMS Hazard Association
Stannard	Albert (Stan)					HMS Hazard Association
Stoat	E M F	Tempy Act Sub Lt		Sept 44		Navy List July 1945
Strickland	Bill					HMS Hazard Association
Sullivan						HMS Hazard Association
Taylor	Frank					HMS Hazard Association
Valentine						HMS Hazard Association
Whitworth	Jack					HMS Hazard Association
Wood	Charlie					HMS Hazard Association
Yelland	J V	Lt		25.8.38		Navy List Dec 1939

Photos of crewmen from HMS Hazard

This gallery was supplied by Leading Seaman Mike Carter

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