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Members who served with HMS Defiance

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

Ricki Barnes

WRITER Served from 1981 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Tony Mcquaid

LWEMO Served from 1970 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Frank Danks

MEA(P)1 Served from 1961 - 1975 Served in HMS Defiance

Gary Cronin

POMEA (EL) Served from 1981 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Andy Smith

MEM1 Served from 1972 - 1977 Served in HMS Defiance

Blank Blank

Served from 1989 - 1920 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Cheshire

POMEM(M) Served from 1974 - 2014 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Timmins

PETTY OFFICER Served from 1946 - 1954 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Wardle

LSA Served from 1979 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Anthony Evill

LSA Served from 1977 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Starkey

LWEM(R)(SM) Served from 1975 - 1991 Served in HMS Defiance

Alan Liddell

CERA Served from 1964 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Simon Lovett

SA Served from 1985 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

Matt Dawe

LWEM Served from 1989 - 1999 Served in HMS Defiance

Bob Wright

LMEM Served from 1971 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Barry Woodgate

LEADING REGULATOR Served from 1964 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

David Harrold

LIEUTENANT Served from 1968 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Colin Craven

CPOWEA Served from 1980 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Leatham

MEM1 Served from 1973 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Simon Buckley

POWEM(R) Served from 1982 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Allan Lighfoot

LMEM[L] / EX LOEM Served from 1969 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

David Pate

LSA Served from 1966 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Stephen Lashmar

LIEUTENANT Served from 1969 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

Neil Price

CPOSA Served from 1963 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Tim Potts

MEM(M)1 Served from 1976 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

Keneth Evans

L.M.E Served from 1946 - 1953 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Critchley

LSA Served from 1990 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Ian Burke

CPOWTR Served from 1984 - 2002 Served in HMS Defiance

Ray Grant

CPOSA Served from 1969 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Godley

POWEA (WD) Served from 1981 - 1991 Served in HMS Defiance

George Roy

LMEM(SM) Served from 1971 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Laurence Gilbert

POMEM(L) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Gary Hayes

RO1(T) Served from 1971 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Tony Geheran

A/POWEM O Served from 1979 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Graeme Hall

MEM(L) Served from 1989 - 1998 Served in HMS Defiance

Shaun Hicks

WEM O Served from 1983 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Maurice Thorpe

CMEM Served from 1953 - 1975 Served in HMS Defiance

Dean Fells

MEM (M)1 Served from 1980 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

Ted Wade

LMA Served from 1955 - 1969 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Owens

LT CDR Served from 1945 - 1972 Served in HMS Defiance

Alison Richardson (Nee Holliday)

LWREN WTR G Served from 1974 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

Trevor Potter

LWEM(R) Served from 1974 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

Douglas Trevett

CPOWEA(OC) Served from 1971 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Chad Reynolds

WEM O 1 Served from 1989 - 1995 Served in HMS Defiance

Mike Drinkwater

LOEM Served from 1969 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Gerald Lafferty

LWEM(O) Served from 1980 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul Offer

LT. Served from 1979 - 2021 Served in HMS Defiance

Jon Sparks

CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Peter Richmond

PETTY OFFICER, STORES ACCOUNTANT Served from 1958 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Ivor Baxter

AB Served from 1949 - 1958 Served in HMS Defiance

Keith Duffin

CPO WEA(AD & CEW) Served from 1963 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

Steven Jones

CPOSA Served from 1978 - 2001 Served in HMS Defiance

Mitchell Sneddon

LMA Served from 1973 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Liz Hayes

WREN WRITER Served from 1988 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

John Stewart

CPOMEA(M) Served from 1975 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Glyn Hickman

POMEM(M) Served from 1981 - 2003 Served in HMS Defiance

Euan Tolcher

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1954 - 1963 Served in HMS Defiance

David Minchinton

MEM(M)1 Served from 1974 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Gill Coulson (Nee Bradford, Suter)

POWTR Served from 1981 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Gary Watson

PO/LSA Served from 1975 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Neil Walsh

CPOMA Served from 1987 - 2008 Served in HMS Defiance

John Dornan

REM 1 Served from 1975 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Andrew Hill

MEM M(1) Served from 1987 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Geoff Cotter

LREM Served from 1967 - 1982 Served in HMS Defiance

Brian Wiltshire

LMEM Served from 1970 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul England

LREM Served from 1948 - 1956 Served in HMS Defiance

David Hood

RO1(SM) Served from 1978 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

John Lowles

LME DVR 3 Served from 1952 - 1959 Served in HMS Defiance

Norman Muir

PO REL Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Deeprose

REM 1 Served from 1949 - 1951 Served in HMS Defiance

Philip Watson

REM1 Served from 1972 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Glynn Fisher

Served from 1972 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

William Morris

LMEM Served from 1963 - 1974 Served in HMS Defiance

John Brown

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MEA Served from 1975 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Thomas R Walker

STO.MECH Served from 1947 - 1949 Served in HMS Defiance

James Brockie

LEM Served from 1948 - 1953 Served in HMS Defiance

Shaun Pickles

MEM(M)1 Served from 1985 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Christopher Phillips

A/B RP2 Served from 1961 - 1973 Served in HMS Defiance

Ray Clarke

Served from 1981 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Kevin Batten

AB SEAMAN GUNNER Served from 1971 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Bailey

POWEA(WD) Served from 1989 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Pete Dyer

REM1 Served from 1972 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

Keith Osborne

LCEM Served from 1964 - 1975 Served in HMS Defiance

Roy Bourne

CPOWEA1 Served from 1967 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Steven Beeston

CPOMEA Served from 1989 - 2003 Served in HMS Defiance

John Wright

CHIEF ARTIFICER Served from 1964 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Keith Peters

CPOMEA(EL) Served from 1977 - 1999 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Owens

LT.CDR Served from 1945 - 1972 Served in HMS Defiance

Andrew Meacham

MEM Served from 1983 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Nick Kinrade

MEM(M)1 Served from 1982 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Percy Fleming

CPO Served from 1942 - 1970 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Foster

SA Served from 1983 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Nicholas Costello

CPO Served from 1976 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Elphick

LMEM(M) Served from 1979 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

David Blackburn

WOMEA(H) Served from 1961 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Donald Hodgson

WEAPONS ELECTRICAL Served from 1971 - 2021 Served in HMS Defiance

Tony Gale

CPO WEA Served from 1975 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Anna Nabbing

123 Served from 1941 - 1945 Served in HMS Defiance

Michelle Nash (Nee Stanley)

WSA Served from 1991 - 1998 Served in HMS Defiance

Russell Beadsmore

A/B GUNNER Served from 1978 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Andrew Seville

AB Served from 1983 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

Cecil Albert (&Quot;Mick&Quot;) Smyth

LEADING ELECTRICAL MECHANIC Served from 1941 - 1952 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Thorpe

CPOWEA(AD) Served from 1979 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

David Chivers

EM1 Served from 1952 - 1954 Served in HMS Defiance

Keith Burrage

AB RP2 Served from 1968 - 1974 Served in HMS Defiance

Alan Chick

MEM1 Served from 1965 - 1972 Served in HMS Defiance

Norman Muir

PO REL Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Defiance

Roy Caven

LMEM Served from 1966 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Tom Boddington

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1950 - 1960 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Way Mbe

CPOMA Served from 1973 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Temple

LMEM Served from 1976 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Dave Vaughan

CWEA Served from 1970 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Gary Corfield

CPOMEA(EL) Served from 1976 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

David Howe

CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Served from 1960 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Lawrence Thomas

L.E.M Served from 1947 - 1954 Served in HMS Defiance

Neil Price

CPOSA Served from 1963 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Ian Watson

CPO WEA (OC) SSM Served from 1975 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Simon Tidmarsh

AB(TAS) Served from 1974 - 1981 Served in HMS Defiance

Martin Barnes

MEM(M)1 Served from 1983 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Alice20 Diop

DAKAR Served from 2000 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Richard Luff

WTR Served from 1984 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

Stephanie Holman

WMEM(L) Served from 1990 - 1997 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Williams

WEM 0 Served from 1992 - 2021 Served in HMS Defiance

David Ernest

CCMEA Served from 1973 - 2001 Served in HMS Defiance

Neil Wogan

WEM (O) 1 Served from 1991 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Allan Park

A.B DIVER 2 Served from 1947 - 1957 Served in HMS Defiance

Ken Lewis

OFFICERS COOK Served from 1949 - 1957 Served in HMS Defiance

J Ptolomey

AB Served from 1989 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Ron Merrilees

MED TECH 1 Served from 1959 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Frank Martin

EA4 Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Ketley (Aka Tuzzio)

LMEM(M) Served from 1973 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Richards

LM(E) Served from 1948 - 1956 Served in HMS Defiance

Ian Herdman

CPOMEA(M) Served from 1973 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Alastair Mccalman

CPOWEA ( CEW ) Served from 1973 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Graham Jones

A.B. Served from 1966 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

Stephen Rodgers

CCWEA Served from 1976 - 1999 Served in HMS Defiance

Len Appleton

LIEUTENANT Served from 1968 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Alistair Smith

CPO WEA (SM) Served from 1964 - 1991 Served in HMS Defiance

Peter Tilley

REA Served from 1972 - 1995 Served in HMS Defiance

Bridget Smith

ABWEM(O) Served from 1990 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Gilbraith

SA Served from 1987 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

John Wilton

LWEM(R) Served from 1989 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

Tony Roberts

WARRANT OFFICER Served from 1961 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Lynn Docherty

WSA Served from 1989 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Gibbons

LREM Served from 1970 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Colin Gow

MEM 1 Served from 1988 - 1993 Served in HMS Defiance

Sian Gillespie Nee Phillips

WREN Served from 1985 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Rita May Sanders

SACW Served from 1958 - 1961 Served in HMS Defiance

David Harrold

LIEUTENANT Served from 1968 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Green

LSA Served from 1980 - 2021 Served in HMS Defiance

Bryn Jones

LOEM Served from 1968 - 1977 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Clarkson

CCMEA(EL) Served from 1972 - 1996 Served in HMS Defiance

John Caldicott

CPO Served from 1964 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Roger Knight

LEADING HAND Served from 1972 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Stuart Luscombe

REA Served from 1975 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Dee Morris

LWREN Served from 1980 - 1991 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Rowe

POWTR Served from 1977 - 2000 Served in HMS Defiance

Patrick Griffiths

JUNIOR RATE Served from 1985 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

George Bool

EM 1 Served from 1947 - 1949 Served in HMS Defiance

Keith Rawling

CPOMEA Served from 1973 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

John Kelly

CPO Served from 1970 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Brian Case

MEM(M)1 Served from 1981 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Cecil Machin

PO Served from 1947 - 1953 Served in HMS Defiance

Peter Richardson

AB MW Served from 1973 - 1977 Served in HMS Defiance

John Stancombe

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1951 - 1958 Served in HMS Defiance

Terry Malpass

ABLE SEAMAN CD 2 Served from 1947 - 1957 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Stowe

MEM(M)1 Served from 1983 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Mike Betts

WREM Served from 1971 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Graham Woolsey

CPOMEA(L) Served from 1976 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

John Ward

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1942 - 2006 Served in HMS Defiance

Martin Limburn

LOM Served from 1986 - 2000 Served in HMS Defiance

John Dowding

EM1 Served from 1953 - 1955 Served in HMS Defiance

Stuart Platts

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

Glenn Norfolk

POWEA(OC)(SM) Served from 1983 - 2001 Served in HMS Defiance

Steven Fisher

A/B[GUNNER] Served from 1978 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

Norman Mclaren

LT CDR (MS) Served from 1964 - 1983 Served in HMS Defiance

Donald Logie

POMA(S/M) Served from 1970 - 2010 Served in HMS Defiance

Simon Empson

WEA1 Served from 1973 - 1982 Served in HMS Defiance

Mac Mcdonald

WO1 (SA) Served from 1987 - 2010 Served in HMS Defiance

Colin Saysell

LS Served from 1978 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

Cathy Lodge

WO(1)SA Served from 1980 - 2008 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul Howard

CPOMEA Served from 1988 - 2000 Served in HMS Defiance

Colin Sidey

CWEM (R) Served from 1967 - 1995 Served in HMS Defiance

Simon Buckley

POWEM(R) Served from 1982 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Taylor

LMEM(M) Served from 1979 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Geoffrey Phillips

ELECTRICIAN Served from 1940 - 1960 Served in HMS Defiance

David Hole

WRITER Served from 1971 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Gordon Solomon

LMEM(L) Served from 1986 - 2001 Served in HMS Defiance

Larry Lloyd

LWEM(R) Served from 1977 - 1987 Served in HMS Defiance

David Hills

ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1953 - 1962 Served in HMS Defiance

Bill Mcgrath

MEM(L) Served from 1984 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Andrea Cook (Nee Mcilhiney, Unsworth)

MASTER AT ARMS Served from 1983 - 2006 Served in HMS Defiance

Francis Fletcher

LSA Served from 1976 - 1982 Served in HMS Defiance

Howard Best

Served from 1966 - 2011 Served in HMS Defiance

Joseph Whelan

RO1 (SM) Served from 1973 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Sean Allman

Served from 1980 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

William Moran

L/SEA MW2 Served from 1965 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Edward Butcher

CPO Served from 1979 - 2009 Served in HMS Defiance

Ronald Kirby

MEM1 Served from 1972 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Wardle

LSA Served from 1979 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Kevin Phillipson

LWEM(O) Served from 1983 - 1989 Served in HMS Defiance

Lawrence Parker

CPO GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR Served from 1945 - 1969 Served in HMS Defiance

Martin Jack

PO SC (POSA) Served from 1991 - 2011 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark John

LRO(SM) Served from 1987 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Arthur Davies

Served from 1948 - 1958 Served in HMS Defiance

Tony Armstrong

OEMN1 Served from 1966 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Thomas Armstrong

AB Served from 1943 - 1946 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Pye

MEM 1 Served from 1981 - 1988 Served in HMS Defiance

Bruce Deal

POMEM(M) Served from 1968 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Tom Cunningham

CPOMEM Served from 1968 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Robert Haynes

LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1980 - 2004 Served in HMS Defiance

James Pearson

PETTY OFFICR ELECTRICAL MECHANIC Served from 1942 - 1946 Served in HMS Defiance

David Blackburn

WOMEA(H) Served from 1961 - 1994 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Greenwood

ABLE SEAMAN GUNNERY Served from 1977 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Trevor Knight

POSA Served from 1971 - 1995 Served in HMS Defiance

Andrew Martin

CWEM(R) Served from 1988 - 2008 Served in HMS Defiance

Steve Chiverton

SA Served from 1980 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

David Jones

LEADING SEAMAN U/W2 Served from 1962 - 1974 Served in HMS Defiance

Alan Clements

E.A. 1ST CLASS Served from 1937 - 1961 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Stoker

CPOMEA Served from 1973 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Dave Edwards

LEM Served from 1953 - 1965 Served in HMS Defiance

Robert Appleton

LMEM Served from 1974 - 1984 Served in HMS Defiance

Robert Brotherston

CMEM(M) Served from 1968 - 1992 Served in HMS Defiance

Ian Potter

CPOSA Served from 1970 - 2000 Served in HMS Defiance

Stuart Platts

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

Ken Booth

P.O. ELECTRICIAN. Served from 1948 - 1956 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul Lansdell

CWEA(OC)SM Served from 1983 - 2007 Served in HMS Defiance

Peter Hanlon

EM1 Served from 1952 - 1956 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Butler

CPO TASI Served from 1946 - 1970 Served in HMS Defiance

Julie Singleton (Nee Walker)

AB WREN Served from 1976 - 1978 Served in HMS Defiance

Robert Benns

SUPPLY ASSISTANT Served from 1948 - 1950 Served in HMS Defiance

Michael Mason

POSA Served from 1966 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Jimmy Donegan

MEM Served from 1974 - 2021 Served in HMS Defiance

Ellis Miles

Served from 1969 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Jim Baxter

MASTER AT ARMS Served from 1965 - 1990 Served in HMS Defiance

Allan Hall

P.O. RE Served from 1948 - 1955 Served in HMS Defiance

Allan Lightfoot

LMEM(L) Served from 1969 - 1981 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul Cummins

CPOWEA(AD) Served from 1979 - 2003 Served in HMS Defiance

David Holt

SURG CDR Served from 1967 - 1999 Served in HMS Defiance

Philip Boyle

FCREMN Served from 1958 - 1980 Served in HMS Defiance

Barry Long

WO2 Served from 1971 - 2009 Served in HMS Defiance

John Collins

LOEM Served from 1972 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

John Hardwick

CPOCA Served from 1964 - 1986 Served in HMS Defiance

Mark Shepherd

LMEM Served from 1989 - 1998 Served in HMS Defiance

Stephen Castledine

ACPOWTR Served from 1961 - 1979 Served in HMS Defiance

Jon Carroll

LEADING HAND Served from 1990 - 2002 Served in HMS Defiance

Jeffrey Waterfield

LEADING HAND Served from 1970 - 1976 Served in HMS Defiance

George William Caton

LOCA ACT L/SEA Served from 1948 - 1958 Served in HMS Defiance

Dave Locker

Served from 1961 - 1985 Served in HMS Defiance

Paul Hillyard

CPOET(WE) Served from 1971 - 2007 Served in HMS Defiance

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