MAURICE ROBINSON DENNISON 783 Sqd F.A.A H.M.S. Condor 12th July 1942
Son of Robert and Elsie Dennison, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick. H.M.S Condor was a shore base near Arbroath, Maurice died after an air crash.
WILLIAM DOWLING age 37 Sgt Royal Marines 14th September 1942
Son of Samuel and Annie Dowling; husband of Sarah Jane Dowling, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick
WALTER ROGER MARSHALL-A'DEANE , Cdr. RN D S O, D S C, A M 22nd May 1941
On 22 May 1941 HMS Greyhound (Cdr. Walter Roger Marshall-A'Deane, DSO, DSC, RN) was sunk by bombs from German Stuka (Ju-87) dive bombers in the Kithera Channel about 8 nautical miles north-west of Antikithera island, Greece in position 36º00'N, 23º10'E during the battle for Crete.
H.M.S. Greyhound, built Barrow in Furness, commissioned 31st January 1936
FRANCIS PATRICK age 26 A.B. Royal Navy 7th February 1943
Son of Frank and Jane Patrick; husband of Eleanor Patrick, of Keswick, Cumberland.
H.M.L.C.I.(L) 162 was torpedoed by U-596 en route from Oran to Algiers, exploded and sank with all hands.
THOMAS RUMNEY age 18 Stoker Royal Navy 21st August 1942
Son of William George and Mary Ellen Rumney, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick. Died of wounds received during the DIEPPE raid 19th Aug 1942, he was on the French Ship Chasseur 13 then under Royal Navy command.
NORMAN H. TYSOE age 21 Merchant Navy M.V. Inverlee 19th October 1941
M.V. Inverlee was a tanker, on passage from Trinidad for Gibralter with 14,000-tons of fuel-oil when at 2am on October 19 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-284 some 30-miles from Cape Spartel, Morroco. She carried a crew of 43, of whom 21 were killed
During the night of 15/16 Oct 1941 U-204 put in to Cadiz for refueling by German supply ship Thalia. The boat then went to station near Cape Spartel, Morocco, as part of Breslau group, awaiting the departure of convoy HG-75 from Gibraltar.
On the 19th U-204 is belived to have sunk the tanker MV Inverlee (br 9158t) WSW of Cap Spartel. She was immediately hunted and located by the sloop HMS Rochester (cdr) C B Allen and the corvett HMS Mallow (Lt) W R B Noall. U-204 was sunk in depth charge attacks - with the loss of all hands ( 46 ).