~ Landing Craft Crew Lists ~
We aim to gather together information on WW2
landing craft crew members from existing websites, annotated photographs,
official records and any other plausible sources. If you possess any
material likely to be of interest, or know where information on landing
craft crews is available, please let us know using
this link. All information, no matter how small, will be gratefully
received. The craft are listed in alphabetical order and then by the
pennant number.
Abbreviations Used [Assume HM craft unless
otherwise stated.]
LCA - Landing Craft Assault;
LCF - Landing Craft Flak;
LCI(L) - Landing Craft
Infantry (Large); LCI (S) - Landing Craft Infantry (Small);
LCS(M) - Landing Craft Support (Medium);
LCQ - Landing Craft Administration;
LCT - Landing Craft
Tank; LCV(P) - Landing Craft Vehicle (Personnel),
LCT (R) -Landing Craft Tank (Rocket);
LST - Landing Ship Tank;
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Craft No |
Date |
Crew |
Notes |
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557 LCA Flotilla |
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Sidney Styles |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCA 589 (RM) |
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Fred Temple |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCA 1026 |
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Don Murray |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCF 1 |
17/08/44 |
The Wreck Website |
More... |
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LCF 15 |
17/06/44 |
The Wreck Website |
More... |
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LCF 20 |
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From Iain Foreman who purchased a sailor's service book off EBay.
More... |
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LCI(L) 113 |
1942/43 |
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From Sandra Ward whose father served on LCI(L) 113. The photo shows the
crew of LCI(L) 113 in Hingham (Boston), Massachusetts. The photo is
very battered, but her dad helpfully listed the crew names on the
reverse! They are: Arnell, Blackwell, Taylor, Muir (?), Garland,
Doherty, McGinnes, Ashdown, Ward, Young, Perkins, Miles, Aston and
Oliver(?).
More... |
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LCI(L) 375 |
1944 |
Alf White (Corby), George Eady (Boston)
on D Day. Roger Ward & Benny Wallace at an earlier time. |
%20375%20CREW_small.jpg) From
correspondence exchanged amongst LCI(L) 375 crew members following the
'D-Day 50' Commemorations in Portsmouth 1994. |
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LCI(S) 519 |
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Rupert Curtis |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCQ 390 |
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Peter Bailey |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. Since LCA was already taken these Landing Craft
Administration were allocated the Q designation. These craft operated
in the Far East post D Day. |
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LCS(M)s 78, 109 and 112 |
June 1944 |
Testimony of Marine HR (Lofty) Whitting
https://www.combinedops.com/524%20LCA.htm |
The crew of ONE of the
Landing Craft Support (Medium)
craft [LCS(M)s] opposite comprised officer, Lt Richard Hill, Corporal
Powell, Coxswain Andrews, Stoker Rowbotham, Marine Martin in charge of
the CSA Smoke-Laying equipment, Gun Loader Jock Smith, Signalman
Crispen, Smoke Mortar men Green and Howe and finally, Lewis gunners
Pugh and Marine HR ‘Lofty’ Whitting - 11 in total. Corporal Powell
manned the twin 0.5 inch Lewis gun in the Boulton Turret. |
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LCS(M) 101 |
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George Lancaster |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 119 |
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Jonny Johnson |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 709 |
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Bill Thwaites |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 731 |
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Hugh Wallace |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 903 |
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Frank Howard |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 940 |
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John Baker |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 964 |
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Ray Tyson |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 979 |
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Phillips Winkley |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 1097 |
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Eric Fitzgerald |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 2011 |
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Bill Denning |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 2130 |
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John Ellis, Leslie Fowler |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 2337 |
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Edward Mills |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 7064 |
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Arthur-Lon Pullen |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT 7086 |
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James Timlin |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT(A)
2052 |
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Samuel Currie |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCT(R)
438 |
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Roger Ward |
The Normandy Wall at the D Day Story,
Portsmouth. |
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LCV(P) 25 (USN) |
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Paul Kilburn |
The Normandy
Wall at the D Day Story, Portsmouth. |
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LST 9 |
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Jack Daniels |
The Normandy
Wall at the D Day Story, Portsmouth. |
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LST 303 |
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Albert Dyason |
The Normandy
Wall at the D Day Story, Portsmouth. |
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LST 535 |
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Ernest Wheeler |
The Normandy
Wall at the D Day Story, Portsmouth. |
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