HDML 1456

Blackmore, Bideford, Devon 25/7/44

Known Crew

  • TLt P J Burn RNVR TSLt 17/7/42 HMS Edinburgh Castle (Freetown, Sierra Leone) for MLs 11/9/42 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone) TLt 17/7/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1456 27/6/44
  • TMid J C Lawman RNVR TMid 3/3/44 HDML 1456 16/10/44
  • Sea Victor John Elders LT/JX 428536 HDML 1456. Died 20/08/1945. Cause unknown. Son of Ephraim Elders, and of Elizabeth Elders, of Cowley, Oxford

Wartime Activities

  • 2/5/45 Operation Dracula – Assault on Rangoon

Post War History

  • 8/45 Lent to Burma
  • 1/48 Gift to Burma. COs included SLt K T Lwin BRNVR
  • Burmese Navy = MGB 1456
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