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Members who served with HMS Defender

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We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members!

We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Defender and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site.

Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Defender.

David Tompson

CMEM Served from 1954 - 1991 Served in HMS Defender

Ray Glen

CPO WTR Served from 1964 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Terry Smith

LEADING MECHANICAL ENGINEER Served from 1959 - 1960 Served in HMS Defender

William Johnston

EM 1 Served from 1960 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Richardson

LEADING STEWARD Served from 1967 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Norman Hall

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1963 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Peter Hayward

CPO-EL Served from 1954 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Peter Hayward

CPO Served from 1954 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Jim Cragg

CPO Served from 1957 - 1986 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Dobson

ME1 Served from 1953 - 1965 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Elliott

SCPO(S) Served from 1949 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

John Johnson

LEADING STEWARD Served from 1955 - 1965 Served in HMS Defender

Tony Fleming

M(E)1 Served from 1962 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Chris Judges

CCY Served from 1958 - 1983 Served in HMS Defender

David Green

L/S Served from 1954 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Calver

LRO (T) Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Goldsmith

CT1 Served from 1966 - 1979 Served in HMS Defender

William Peate

LEADING COOK (S) Served from 1949 - 1956 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Heselden

CHIEF Served from 1964 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Ian Hurst

LME Served from 1960 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Bill Clifton

CPO Served from 1963 - 1983 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Poole

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1995 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Cliff Pantrey

WEA1 Served from 1956 - 1980 Served in HMS Defender

Robin Batley

CPO GI Served from 1951 - 1975 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Vockins

POREL Served from 1963 - 1975 Served in HMS Defender

Stuart Pearce

ABLESEAMEN Served from 1958 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

Alec Wallington

RO2 Served from 1957 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Tom Smith

LOEM Served from 1965 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Arthur Howard

LRO(G) Served from 1957 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Wassall

MEM1 Served from 1967 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

David Vass

LAM A/E Served from 1964 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Trevor Watts

CPOMEMN(P)1 Served from 1959 - 1982 Served in HMS Defender

Fred Hutchinson

LREM Served from 1953 - 1960 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Parkin

M(E)1 Served from 1960 - 1965 Served in HMS Defender

William Lloyd

CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS YEOMAN Served from 1959 - 1983 Served in HMS Defender

Roy Allix

EM1 Served from 1952 - 1964 Served in HMS Defender

Malcolm Wilkie

CPO Served from 1966 - 1997 Served in HMS Defender

Colin Stott

OD STOKER Served from 1966 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Roger Culverhouse

RPO Served from 1965 - 2013 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Teall

LSA/S Served from 1949 - 1958 Served in HMS Defender

Tony Fleming

MEM1 Served from 1962 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Bill Cape

PETTY OFFICER(FC1) Served from 1957 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Bill Mclean

CPO(CAT) Served from 1953 - 1976 Served in HMS Defender

Dave Roberts

LCEM Served from 1963 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Roger James Brook

CPO ELECTRICAL MECHANICIAN Served from 1957 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Christopher Mcgrady

A/B Served from 1964 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Tom Smith

LOEM Served from 1965 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

David G. Brooks

LT CDR Served from 1962 - 1983 Served in HMS Defender

Victor Gorham

ME1 Served from 1965 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Chris Sims

CPO MEA (L) Served from 1966 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

Jim Pallister

A/B Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Derrick Dain

CCY(TCI) Served from 1955 - 1979 Served in HMS Defender

Malcolm Bernhardt

CPO Served from 1961 - 1984 Served in HMS Defender

John Phelan

P.O.M.E. Served from 1958 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Mike Anderson

L/SEA Served from 1954 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

David Bradshaw

CPO L MECH1 Served from 1954 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Cockburn

CHEIF PETTY OFFICER Served from 1954 - 1978 Served in HMS Defender

Ronald Garrett

CREA Served from 1952 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Taylor

A/B Served from 1956 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

James Jones

AB Served from 1965 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Peter Dennis Burren

ERA 4TH CLASS Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Defender

Raymond Lewis

LRO(G) Served from 1957 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

David Killelay

L/SEA RP1 Served from 1959 - 1970 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Reeve

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1952 - 1964 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Reeve

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1952 - 1964 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Williams

A/B QA** Served from 1958 - 1965 Served in HMS Defender

Ron Blanchard

CHIEF YEOMAN Served from 1953 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Glen(George) Beck

A/B QR(A)2 Served from 1960 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Malcolm Wilkie

CPO.OPS(M) Served from 1966 - 1985 Served in HMS Defender

David Elwell

ME1 Served from 1962 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Leonardo Barry Brown

SA(V) Served from 1963 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Chris Sims

CPOMEA[L] Served from 1966 - 1990 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Egginton

LMEM Served from 1964 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

John Davies

POREL Served from 1957 - 1979 Served in HMS Defender

David Jennings

LRO (G) Served from 1964 - 1976 Served in HMS Defender

Kevan Owen

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1951 - 1959 Served in HMS Defender

Don Mckechnie

R.P.O. Served from 1963 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Don Mckechnie

RPO Served from 1963 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Bob Hufflett

SHIPWRIGHT 1ST CLASS Served from 1955 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Leonard East

L/S Served from 1958 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Roy Thornhill

C.P.O. T.A.S.I. Served from 1949 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

David W Rodgers

CPO Served from 1954 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Christopher Schofield

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1960 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Ian Holden

MEM 1 Served from 1966 - 1975 Served in HMS Defender

Graham Cooper

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1952 - 1958 Served in HMS Defender

John Moore

CERA Served from 1947 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

Terry Watts

A/B Served from 1955 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

Dave Roberts

LCEM Served from 1963 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Poole

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1965 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Terence Frank Matthews

L/SEAMAN Served from 1950 - 1960 Served in HMS Defender

Norman Muncer

ME1 Served from 1954 - 1959 Served in HMS Defender

John Carrington

L.M.E. Served from 1954 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

Raymond Wood

CPO Served from 1952 - 1976 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Parry

ACTING LOCAL UNPAID L/S Served from 1955 - 1964 Served in HMS Defender

Terry Smith

LME Served from 1957 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Frank Cooper

A/B Served from 1964 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

George Dixon

Served from 1956 - 2008 Served in HMS Defender

George Edward Bennett

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1954 - 1960 Served in HMS Defender

Mrs Parker

LDG/CK Served from 1949 - 1957 Served in HMS Defender

Bill [Spud] Murphy

CPOMEA[P] Served from 1964 - 1998 Served in HMS Defender

Tony Wigzell (Wiggy)

ALMEM Served from 1964 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Maher

AB Served from 1957 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

David Hartley

CPO Served from 1963 - 1976 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Calver

LRO (T) Served from 1965 - 2013 Served in HMS Defender

John (Mick Paddy Ginge) Phelan

POM(E) Served from 1958 - 2011 Served in HMS Defender

Charlie Plant

LEADING WRITER Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Les West

PETTY OFFICER (ENGINEERING) Served from 1954 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

David Cockings

MEM1 Served from 1965 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Andy Anderson

CMEM{L} Served from 1961 - 1980 Served in HMS Defender

Edward Tumber

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1953 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Ashley Hanmer

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (CE MECH1) Served from 1960 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Philip Penkethman

CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Served from 1962 - 1985 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Wakeley

LT CDR Served from 1946 - 1978 Served in HMS Defender

James A Attenborough

POMA Served from 1967 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Bernard Berry

MECH1 Served from 1957 - 1981 Served in HMS Defender

Bill Bailey

L/SEAMAN Served from 1955 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Christopher Shuttleworth

Served from 1956 - 1958 Served in HMS Defender

Derek Rowland

LT CDR ON RETIREMENT Served from 1954 - 1995 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Martin

POMA Served from 1958 - 2001 Served in HMS Defender

Ned Nelson

RADIO OPERATOR 2ND CLASS Served from 1960 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

William Wood

R.E.M1ST CLASS Served from 1953 - 1958 Served in HMS Defender

Stan Thompson

A B Served from 1963 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

Barry Evans

Served from 1956 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Andrew Peel

CY Served from 1966 - 1984 Served in HMS Defender

John Courtenay

EM2 Served from 1964 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Edward Tumber

L/SEA.(M)(Q.R.1(A) Served from 1953 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Keith Henley

OEMN1 Served from 1965 - 1979 Served in HMS Defender

John Forster

PO REL Served from 1954 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

J. B. Jones

C.P.O. Served from 1959 - 1976 Served in HMS Defender

Terry Williamson

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1953 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

Stephen George Turner

Served from 1955 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Patrick (Jimmy) Green

A/POME Served from 1964 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Herbert

A/B Served from 1959 - 1970 Served in HMS Defender

John Macdonald

EM1 Served from 1963 - 1970 Served in HMS Defender

Mick (Mike) Cook

RO2(G) Served from 1960 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Roger Willmott

CPO Served from 1962 - 1979 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Richardson

LEADING STEWARD Served from 1967 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Ian Hurst

Served from 1965 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Dave Hunt

Served from 1967 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

David Bessey

FLEET CHIEF Served from 1954 - 1986 Served in HMS Defender

Ron Charman

C P O Served from 1952 - 1975 Served in HMS Defender

Alan Elliott

SCPO(S) Served from 1949 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

David Wilkins

EM1 Served from 1953 - 1962 Served in HMS Defender

David Cockings

Served from 1965 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Rooms

Served from 1954 - 1954 Served in HMS Defender

Edward Nunn

CPO WEA (AD,C,EW) Served from 1963 - 1987 Served in HMS Defender

Alex Gollop

COEL Served from 1957 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

Roy Mace

REA/A Served from 1920 - 2009 Served in HMS Defender

Derek Austin

CEM 1 Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Desmond Lamble

A/B Served from 1965 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

Bob Latimer

A/B SONAR 2 Served from 1958 - 1968 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Martin

POMA Served from 1958 - 1981 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Price

MEM TO CMEM Served from 1966 - 1986 Served in HMS Defender

David Stiles

Served from 1950 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

David Jakeman

LEM Served from 1954 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Martin Holden

LRO Served from 1965 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Derek Smith

Served from 1920 - 2012 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Milne

LEADING SEAMAN UC/2 Served from 1957 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Leonard East

L/S Served from 1958 - 2015 Served in HMS Defender

Christopher Mcgrady

Served from 1966 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Brian Smith

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1963 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

William Wood

Served from 1953 - 1958 Served in HMS Defender

John Martin

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1951 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

Philip Alldred

Served from 1959 - 1970 Served in HMS Defender

George Mcloughlin

LMEM Served from 1957 - 1977 Served in HMS Defender

John Macdonald

CPO Served from 1964 - 1996 Served in HMS Defender

John Courtenay

Served from 1963 - 1967 Served in HMS Defender

Scott Dickson

LRO (T) Served from 1965 - 1982 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Blake

Served from 1952 - 2021 Served in HMS Defender

Gerald Saunders

A/B NAVIGATORS YEOMAN Served from 1955 - 1965 Served in HMS Defender

Steve Banks

Served from 1952 - 1960 Served in HMS Defender

Mike Fitzgerald

LIEUTENANT Served from 1962 - 1970 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Poole

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1965 - 1971 Served in HMS Defender

Peter Steers

PETTY OFFICER Served from 1949 - 1969 Served in HMS Defender

Donald Patience

CHIEF MECHANICIAN Served from 1957 - 1981 Served in HMS Defender

Jim (Geordie) Gill

MEM Served from 1964 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Richard Bragg

Served from 1964 - 1988 Served in HMS Defender

Jo Thurston

Served from 1920 - 2014 Served in HMS Defender

John Ferguson

Served from 1949 - 1957 Served in HMS Defender

Dennis Eastop

ME1 & LME Served from 1959 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Jim Pallister

Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Ray Marshall

CRS(SM) Served from 1964 - 1990 Served in HMS Defender

Robert Page

PETTY OFFICER COOK Served from 1963 - 1983 Served in HMS Defender

John Bancroft

LSA Served from 1965 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Martin Holden

LRO(G) Served from 1965 - 1973 Served in HMS Defender

Clifford Pantrey

ARTIFICER Served from 1956 - 1980 Served in HMS Defender

Les West

POMTP Served from 1954 - 1966 Served in HMS Defender

Michael Mcilroy

LREM Served from 1961 - 1972 Served in HMS Defender

Max Collins

LS Served from 1966 - 1974 Served in HMS Defender

Dave Wilkins

Served from 1953 - 1962 Served in HMS Defender

Lee Agutter

Served from 1990 - 2023 Served in HMS Defender

Chris Salmon

Served from 1962 - 2005 Served in HMS Defender

John Orr

Served from 1955 - 1961 Served in HMS Defender

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Members who served with HMS Defender