DARK John Philip Crossley, Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR, (No. 1): ML 306

DAVIDGE E, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX.263176: HMS Campbeltown

DAVIDSON George Cossar, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX.224777: ML 192 (DSM)

DAVIDSON Stewart, Able Seaman, C/JX.194377: ML 192

DAWN A, Stoker, P/KX.113129: HMS Campbeltown

DEMELLWEEK Jim W (‘Bill’), Able Seaman, D/J.106182: HMS Campbeltown

DENISON Leonard, Able Seaman, C/SSX.24943: MTB 74

DEXTER Harold, Stoker(1), C/KX.110794: ML 177

DICKSON Leith Scott, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX.287185: ML 457 (age 20)

DODD Edwin, Able Seaman, D/SSX.18169: ML 298 (age 24)

DOIG I, Able Seaman, C/JX.201367: ML 156

DRAPPER Harold Gordon, Able Seaman, C/SSX.18282: ML 447 (age 21)

DREW Sydney E, Telegraphist, PJ.73137: ML 160

DUNCAN Alexander, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX.296242: ML 447

DYER Herbert Reginald (‘Reg’), Able Seaman, D/JX.186938: ML 457

EARL Frank, Able Seaman, D/SSX.27148: ML 270

EAST F, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX.196319: ML 341

EDWARDS E. A, Able Seaman, X.20364A: ML 160

ELDER Steven H, C/JX.259777: ML 446

ELLINGHAM Peter Charles (‘Lofty’), Able Seaman, C/FX.83659: MGB 314

ELLIOTT John Leslie (‘Jack’), Able Seaman, C/JX.193225: ML 270 (DSM)

EVANS Walter (‘Wally’), Able Seaman, C/JX.206670: ML 270

FALCONAR Henry George Richard (‘Dick’), Lieutenant, RNVR: ML 446 (MiD)

FARMER William E, Leading Stoker, P/KX.81596: ML 192

FENTON Leslie Carter, Lieutenant, RNVR: ML 156 (DSC)

FERGUSON R, Able Seaman, D/SSX.22320: HMS Campbeltown

Lt Leslie Fenton DSC*

Liverpool born Leslie Fenton exemplified the often exotic backgrounds brought to the Senior Service by the young men who joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. A movie director and married to a glamorous movie 'star', he had set his career aside in order to 'do his bit'.

As captain of ML 156 during the raid, his job was to carry Captain Dickie Hooper's Commando party into the Old Entrance. Sadly, however, the boat was hit early on, a shell which struck the bridge wounding both Fenton and Hooper.

With both engine and structural damage, ML 156 was eventually forced to turn back and make for the open sea where crew, Commandos and ship's cat were transferred to a destroyer.

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