HDML 1038
Berthon Boat, Lymington 24/1/41
Known Crew
- TLt John Henry Francis Read RNVR HMS King Alfred 1941 TSLt 30/1-/42 TLt 30/10/42 102nd ML Flotilla Based at Alexandria Commanding Officer HDML 1038 11/5/43 Commanding Officer ML 348 and Senior Officer 43rd ML Flotilla 2/1/44, HMS Mosquito 10/44, Commanding Officer ML 114 9/11/44
- SLt James Guest Sissons RANVR HDML 1038 died 11/07/1943 Age 24. Cause unknown. Son of Percy Merrit Sissons and Mary Sissons; husband of Zelma Hannah Sissons, of North Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- TSLt P M Barker RNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 8/6/41 TLt 20/3/42 HMS St Christopher for MLs 8/6/42 TLt 20/3/42 Commanding Officer 102nd ML Flotilla Based at Alexandria HDML 1038 13/11/43 Commanding Officer ML 172 4/11/44 For minesweeping in the Northern Adriatic 4 -5/45 MID
- TLt A E Bickford RNVR TSLt 10/7/42 HMS Forte IV for MLs 13/10/42 24th ML Flotilla ML 299 3/43 TLt 10/7/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1126 13/1/44 HMS Mosquito 102nd ML Flotilla Based at Alexandria Commanding Officer HDML 1038 6/3/45
Wartime Activities
- Mediterranean
- 1/1/42 102nd ML Flotilla
Based at Alexandria, Egypt
ML 1012, ML 1015, ML 1017, ML 1023, ML 1038, ML 1039 and ML 1051 - 22/4/42 Convoy LW 26 (five ships) sailed from Tripoli (Syria) and Beirut escorted by Free French sloop La Moqueuse, naval trawler HMS Romeo, HMS Cumbrae, anti-submarine whaler HMS Southern Maid and HDML 1038.
- 5/42 Anti-submarine whaler HMS Southern Maid and HDML 1038 allocated to escorting merchant ships between Port Said and Alexandria
Post War History
- 2/7/46 War Department
