HMS Gleaner Crew Halcyon Class Minesweeper

HMS Gleaner - Crew

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.

Crew of HMS Gleaner - date unknown

COMMANDING OFFICERS	FROM	TO

Lt.Cdr. Hugh Percival Price, RN DSO awarded on 24 April 1940	7 May 1937	February 1941
Lt.Cdr. Karl Eric Oom, RAN	February 1941	December 1941
Lt.Cdr. Evelyn David John Abbot, RN	December 1941	?
Lt. J.O.L. Shelton, RN	?	10 April 1942
Lt.Cdr. Frank Joseph George Hewitt, DSC, RN Bar to DSC awarded on 15 June 1943	10 April 1942	29 September 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harold Graham King, RNVR DSC awarded on 22 December 1944	29 September 1944	16 July 1945
A/Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Pearson, DSC and Bar, RNR	16 July 1945	-

HMS Gleaner messdeck Lt Commander F J T Hewitt, HMS Gleaner

CPO's Messdeck - HMS Gleaner (IWM A18564) & Lt Commander F J T Hewitt 6th August 1943 (IWM 18559)

Coxswain S J Vingoe - HMS Gleaner

Coxswain S J Vingoe, Up Spirits. 6.8.43 (IWM A18563)

Members of the Crew of HMS Gleaner
SURNAME	FIRST NAMES	RANK	SERVICE NO.	DATES	SOURCE
Abbot	Evelyn David John	Lt Cdr		12.41 -
Bailey	Fred			1940
Bartlett	R H	Tempy Lt		20.11.43	Navy List July 1945
Barton	Robert William	Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist	JX144902	1942	ADM 1/ 12427
Birch	Roger	First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer		30.3.38 - 4.39	http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersB.html
Brabrook	Reginald Henry	Petty Officer	J114656	1942	ADM 1/ 12427
Brimmell	R A	Tempy Lt RNVR		11.6.45	Navy List July 1945
Dodd	C A	Tempy Elect Sub-Lt		19.3.45	Navy List July 1945
Girgan	Leo	P O	D/JX140531	1942	ADM 1/ 12427 Passed away on 10^th September 2008 in Kirkcudbright Hospital (Source: Gregor McKinlay, grandson)
Harrison	W A	Boatswain		1.7.37	Navy List Dec 1939
Henderson	J	Tempy Lt RNR		20.2.43	Navy List July 1945
Hewitt	Frank Joseph George	Lt Commander		7.5.37 10.4.42 - 29.9.44	Navy List Dec 1939 Commanding Officer IWM Photo, ADM 1/14347 http://www.unithistories.com/
Hunt	H G	Sub Lt (act)		11.9.39	Navy List Dec 1939
Jack	W B	Tempy Surg Lt RNVR		28.5.45	Navy List July 1945
King	Harold Graham	Tempy Lt Com RNVR		28.9.44 - 16.7.45	Navy List July 1945
Lansdown	Charles Savage Ewbank	Lt Commander		22.5.39 - 8.39	Navy List Dec 1939 http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersL.html
Law	Walter George	OS AB Acting Leading Seaman(Temporary)	JX185016	23.7.40 - 25.11.45	As a result of a conversation in a pub with a friend who’s granddad was also on minesweepers during ww2 I decided to start looking for my granddad’s war records. From what I’ve found out so far he served for most of the war (1940 -1946) on the Gleaner before being de-mobbed in Jan ’46. His name was Walter George Law (d.o.b. 05/11/1919) and his number was jx185016. I have a photo of the Gleaner at sea as well as one of him drinking tea on deck with a few other blokes. The quality is poor but it clearly says “HMS Gleaner” on the back of the photos. An entry in the 1942 section caught my eye. There is a section covering 19/20^th November that mentions the ship was taking an injured man to hospital. That was my granddad. I have a certificate of wounding dated 19/11/1942 (CLICK HERE to see Certificate). He was (accidentally!!) shot when working below decks by another crew member who was cleaning a Lewis gun. He spent some time in a Russian hospital recovering. This was something that came to light initially when my Mum took him for an X-ray some years ago and bullet fragments showed up. He said the man – a friend – was disciplined over the incident but wasn’t sure what happened then. He was also mentioned in dispatches on 14/06/45 which I think was when he was still on the Gleaner but obviously after the war in Europe was over. I don’t know if you want a copy of the pictures (my brothers have a couple too) but the quality is, as I said, a bit poor. I could forward you a paper copy of the wounding certificate as well if you would like, it details the incident, injuries etc. Thanks for running this site – it’s been pretty special to see the photos and read some of the places and events the Gleaner was at. Andy Barrett (maternal grandson)
Martin	Albert				I first met Albert Martin in 1954 when I was an apprentice fitter and he was working as a fitter at Falmouth Docks. These days I spend time with him at Falmouth Day Centre (Age Concern). He has told me that he spent 8 years and 5 months on the Gleaner. Born in 1916, he is now 92 years old and fully compos mentis. David Tregenza, friend of Albert Feb 2008
Milne	G L	Tempy Act Sub-Lt		12.6.44	Navy List July 1945
O'Keefe	Daniel Reginald	Sto P O	D/KX81512	1942	ADM 1/ 12427
OOM	Karl Eric	Lt Cdr (RAN)		2.41 - 12.41	http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150626b.htm
Pearson	John Andrew	Lt Commander		16.7.45 -
Phillips	Edmund Harman (Taff)	Act. Leading Coder (Ty)		21.6.42 - 16.10.43	I found my father's service record, at the bottom of a drawer, when I was selling my parent's house, some years ago. He served on the Gleaner from 21, June 1942 - 16,Oct 1943 as Act. Leading Coder (Ty). His name was Edmund Harman PHILLIPS, and was known in the navy as Taff, as he was from Cardiff. He did not talk about his war, but I knew about his trips to Russia with the Arctic Convoys. David Philips Oct 2008
Poorte	William (Charley)	Petty Officer	J101896	23.2.40 - 3.8.41	DoB 30.11.05 - 25.02.67 http://www.pwsts.org.uk/RNrecord.htm
Price	Hugh Perceval	Lt Commander		7.5.37 - 2.41	Surveys
Rankin	Robert William	First Lieutenant		1939	Lieutenant Commander Robert William Rankin was born at Cobar, New South Wales on 3 June 1907 and entered the RANC in 1921 and graduated in 1925 with prizes for both engineering and mathematics. After service in HMA Ships Brisbane and Melbourne, Sub Lieutenant Rankin was posted to the United Kingdom for service in a number of Royal Navy Ships. He attended the Junior Officers' War Course and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1929, specialising in surveying When World War II broke out he was serving as a Lieutenant Commander in the minesweeper HMS Gleaner, but was posted soon after to the repair ship HMS Resource as First Lieutenant. He returned to Australia in 1941 and was appointed in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra in January 1942. On 4 March 1942, while escorting a small convoy to Australia, Yarra was attacked by a Japanese force of three cruisers and two destroyers and the convoy was overwhelmed. Yarra fought to the very last and Lieutenant Commander Rankin was killed by a salvo of shells which struck the bridge shortly after he had given the order to abandon ship http://www.navy.gov.au/general/subnames.html http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160067b.htm
Reade	E P	Sub Lt Lt		17.10.39 1940	Navy List Dec 1939 Report of Proceedings
Sandvid	Leonard George			4.46	http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNVR_officersS.html
Saul	W E	Tempy Lt RNVR		29.11.43
Scott	W W	Tempy Lt RNCVR		14.3.45	Navy List July 1945
Shelton	J O L			- 10.4.42
Slee	Leonard Frederick	Stoker		8.12.43 - 27.2.46	My father was a crew member of the HMS Gleaner (J83) from 8th December '43 to 27th February '46. Leonard Fredrick Slee - Stoker. Sadly, dad died this year on 16th July. Phil Slee (son)
Small	James William	Yeoman of Signals	JX132902	1942	ADM 1/14347
Southern	R M	Commander		30.3.38	Surveys. http://www.canfoh.org/People/Q%20to%20T.htm
Stafford	Eric	Ldg Stoker			Eric Stafford who was a leading stoker of the Gleaner during the activities, including the Russian Convoy and the Dunkirk landings, I know he would be very pleased to have his name included on the list of sailors, he is now 83 and very much alive. Peter Stafford (son)
Vingoe	Sidney Gordon	Coxswain, Chief Petty Officer	J27092	6.8.43	IWM Photo, ADM 1/14347
Walton	Edward	Stoker First Class	KX98485	1942	ADM 1/ 12427. Mention in despatches for zeal, efficiency and cheerful devotion to duty. Third supplement to London Gazette of 11th June 1943 dated 15th June 1943, No. 36055
Warren	George	SPO	K47383	1.4.38 - 24.2.43	George Warren (K47383) my father according to his certificate of service served on H.M.S. Gleaner from 01-04-1938 until 24-02-1943 as S.P.O. He passed away Jan 1970. B.G.Warren Aug 2007
Williams	Samuel John Kent	Chief Engine Room Artificer	MX47733	1942	ADM 1/ 12427
White	Albert Henry	Commissioned Engineer		27.6.39 1942	Navy List Dec 1939 ADM 1/ 12427

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