Thought this might help somebody ! WALLASEA, trawler (545t, 31/7/43) sunk by surface craft torpedo off Mounts Bay, Cornwall, January 6, 1944 Penzance Cemetery contains 71 Second World War burials, 2 are unidentified seaman .... the naval casualties include 22 sailors who lost their lives in an attack by German surface craft off Mount's Bay on 6 January 1944, 17 of them being members of the crew of HM Trawler "Wallasea". Remembered with Honour - Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial The RNPS Memorial stands in an imposing position on the cliff top in Belle Vue Park, Lowestoft, overlooking the sea and Sparrow's Nest Gardens. It was erected and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Memorial solely commemorates those members of RNPS who died during 1939-1946 who have no known grave other than the sea and a few others who died on shore but have no known grave. Many others died in RNPS service but their burial places are known and recorded elsewhere and so their names are not amongst those on this Memorial. Wallasea Panel 13, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler BAKER : Sub-Lieut. DONALD ROBERT WILLIAM RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 15, Column 2. H.M. Trawler Trawler BENNETT : Engineman GEORGE UDEN LT/KX. 102492. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 30. Son of George and Lottie Bennett, of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 1. H.M. Trawler Trawler BETTS : Seaman FREDERICK WILLIAM LT/JX. 222682. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 21. Son of William Samuel Thomas Beus and Clara Eliza Beus, of Hastings, Sussex. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 13, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler BOLTON : Sub-Lieut. GEOFFREY CHARLES RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bolton, of Salisbury; husband of Alison M. Bolton (nee Pond), of Burcombe, Salisbury. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 15, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler CLARK : Sto. EDWARD MURRAY ALEXANDER LT/KX. 148616. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 1. H.M. Trawler Trawler CRICKMER : Seaman PERCY MAYES LT/JX. 205728. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 23. Son of Percy Edmund and Gladys Marion Crickmer; husband of Iris Crickmer, of Leyton, Essex. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 15, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler HARDY : Sto. ERNEST LT/KX. 532878. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 22. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 15, Column 2. H.M. Trawler Trawler HARRISON : Ch. Engineman JOHN LT/X. 6139 ES. RNR. (Patrol Service). H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 38. Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Harrison, of Fleetwood, Lancashire; husband of Emily Harrison, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 2. H.M. Trawler Trawler HIBBETT : Seaman GEORGE HENRY LT/JX. 426309. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 19: Son of James Frederick and Annie Elizabeth Hibbett. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 13, Column 2. H.M. Trawler Trawler HILL : Lieut. EDWARD JAMES RNVR. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 41. Son of James Joseph and Alice Rose Hill, of Bournemouth, Hampshire; husband of Constance Esme Hill, of Bournemouth. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 2. H.M. Trawler Trawler HODGSON : Seaman CHRISTOPHER LT/JX. 203812. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 43. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hodgson, of Holyhead, Anglesey; husband of Olga Hodgson, of Holyhead. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler SANDISON : Ord. Sea. LAURENCE BRUCE LT/JX. 281871. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 27. Son of John and Sarah Sandison, of Levenwick, Zetland. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 15, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler STARK : Sto. ARCHIBALD LT/LX. 131710. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 44. Son of Archibald and Jane Baxter Stark; husband of Mary Winifred Stark, of Edinburgh. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 1. H.M. Trawler Trawler TAYLOR : Ldg. Sea. EDWARD CHARLES LT/JX. 281773. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Age 42. Son of William Henry and Margaret Taylor; husband of Dorothy Craney Taylor, of Quinton, Warwickshire. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler WATTS : Seaman FRANK LT/JX. 383010. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45) Wallasea Panel 14, Column 3. H.M. Trawler Trawler WEBB : Seaman KENNETH LT/JX. 197754. RN. Patrol Service. H.M. Trawler Wallasea. 6th January, 1944. Notes or comments: Isles class, launches April 1943, torpedoed by E-boats whilst unbuttoning small convoy from the Bristol Channel to Plymouth, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. (Toghill: Trawlers1; Colledge: Ships RN Vol2; HMSO: BVLS 1939-45)
Many thanks for this. I have recently written a book about the attack on convoy WP457 on 6 January 1944 in which MV Underwood, MV Polperro, SS Solstad and the RNPS Wallasea were sunk by e-boats of 5th Flottilla. The book can be found at http://www.bettsbooks.co.uk/ My grandfather, Frederick Walter William Betts, a DEMS gunner, was killed in this attack.
