Able Seaman P/JX 204526 Harry Brereton LOWE.
Royal Navy H.M.S. Barham (04).
25 Nov 1941 aged 26.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 48, Column 3.
Son of Jesse and Clara Lowe.
Husband of Minnie Lowe, of Stockport, Cheshire.
Joiner 4th Class P/MX 78488 Charles RIDGWAY.
Royal Navy H.M.S. Barham (04).
25 Nov 1941 aged 28.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 56, Column 3.
Son of Fred and Martha Ridgway, of Stockport, Cheshire.
Corporal PO/X 1694 Stanley Isherwood SELBY.
Royal Marines H.M.S. Barham (04).
25 Nov 1941 aged 34.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 58, Column 3.
Son of Lilian Selby; husband of Doris Maud Selby (Young nee STILWELL) 1940, and had a son.
H.M.S. Barham (Captain G.C. Cooke) was sailing with the Mediterranean Fleet (Force A) from Alexandria to cover sorties by Malta and Alexandria-based cruiser forces against Italian convoys heading for Libya. At 16:29 hours on 25 Nov 1941, H.M.S. Barham was hit on the port side by three torpedoes from Type VIIC U-331 (Oberleutnant Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen) north of Sidi Barrani. As the ship rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and she quickly sank, with the loss of approximately two-thirds of her crew.
H.M.S. Barham (photo from Uboat.net)
