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HMS Exeter (68) crew killed in action and missing presumed killed
Surface action February 27, 1942 and Surface action and sinking March 1, 1942

MPK means ‘Missing Presumed Killed"

Surface action February 27, 1942 (13 killed)
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class William H. Allsopp, D/MX 73060 (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 3.
Act/Engine Room Artificer 5c Ronald Beasley, C/MX 76959 (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 4.
Stoker 1c William G. Bowen, D/KX 111176 (KIA) Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. L. 14.
Stoker Petty Officer Thomas S. Bray, D/K 56364 (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 6.
Stoker 1c Clement W. Collins, D/KX 108507 (KIA) Waltham Abbey, Essex buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 14.
Stoker 2c Frederick Copperthwaite, D/KX 113693 (KIA) Portland, Dorsetshire buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. L. 15.
Marine Harry Cox, PLY/X 518 Royal Marines (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 8.
Stoker 2c George E. James, P/KX 130578 (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 1.
Stoker 1c James Kay, D/KX 111152 (KIA) buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 2.
Corporal William Lamb, PLY/X1780 Royal Marines (KIA) Edinburgh buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 10. / mentioned in despatches
Leading Stoker Stanley Lewis Morgan, D/K 65937 (KIA) Marros, Carmarthenshire buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 5.
Chief Stoker Clifford Muldoon, D/K 62627 (KIA) Hoe, Plymouth buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 7.
Boy 1c Leslie George Upton, D/JX 180528, (KIA) Liverpool buried Jakarta War Cemetery 5. K. 11.

References
Naval History Homepage - 1st - 28th FEBRUARY 1942 -  in date, ship/unit & name order (Exeter, surface action - 27 February 1942)
CWGC - William H. Allsopp
CWGC - Ronald Beasley
CWGC - William G. Bowen
CWGC - Thomas S. Bray
CWGC - Clement W. Collins
CWGC - Frederick Copperthwaite
CWGC - Harry Cox
CWGC - George E. James
CWGC - James Kay
CWGC - William Lamb
CWGC - Stanley Lewis Morgan
CWGC - Clifford Muldoon
CWGC - Leslie George Upton

Surface action and sinking March 1, 1942 (1 killed, 40 missing presumed killed)
Stoker 2c Thomas Ainsworth D/KX 129073 (MPK) Bolton, Lancashire memorialized Plymouth Naval Memorial panel 70, column 3
Steward Thomas W. Ayre, D/LX 24503 (MPK) memorialized Plymouth Naval Memorial panel 72, column 1
Marine Gordon James Banthorp, PLY/X 100024 (MPK) Bredfield, Suffolk memorialized Plymouth Naval Memorial panel 74, column 3
Leading Seaman William H. Binns, D/SSX 21350 (MPK) Colwell Green memorialized Plymouth Naval Memorial panel 63, column 3
BINNS, William H, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/SSX 21350, MPK
BIRD, Charles G, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
BRAMHAM, Alfred, Sick Berth Attendant, D/MX 64660, MPK
BURSTON, Stanley J, Marine, PLY/X 100339, MPK
CALLISTER, Alfred, Able Seaman, D/SSX 35799, MPK
CAMERON, William, Ty/Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 139214, MPK
CARNE, Ernest G, Assistant Cook, D/MX 80268, MPK
CARR, Thomas, Act/Shipwright 4c, D/MX 65647, MPK
CURRIE, Hugh, Marine, PLY/X 100023, MPK
ECHLIN, Joshua, Petty Officer Steward, D/LX 20506, MPK
EVANS, Robert G, Leading Supply Assistant, D/MX 66981, MPK
FLEMING, Michael, Able Seaman, D/JX 208838, MPK
GORDON, Arthur, Able Seaman, D/JX 237663, MPK
GORMAN, Nicholas, Stoker 1c, D/KX 107787, MPK
HALLETT, Stuart, Able Seaman, D/JX 237755, MPK
HARGREAVES, Hubert J, Able Seaman, D/JX 172361, MPK
HUNT, Ansell, Able Seaman, D/JX 217128, MPK
JEWELL, Derek B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK
JONES, Thomas J H, Able Seaman, D/JX 227945, MPK
KNAPMAN, Wilfred, Able Seaman, D/JX 146806, MPK
LAXTON, Robert, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, D/K 60926, MPK
MACKIE, William J, Able Seaman, D/JX 221235, MPK
MCGINTY, Francis G, Able Seaman, D/JX 192074, MPK
MEREDITH, James W, Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 81924, MPK
MILLER, Charles E, Chief Petty Officer Cook, D/M 15403, MPK
NICHOLLS, Frank, Corporal, RM, PLY/X 1734, MPK
PALSER, Sydney, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, D/MX 73555, MPK
PARSONS, Arthur C R, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 236316, MPK
SANDERS, Gordon, Petty Officer Cook, D/M 10888, MPK
SCANNELL, David, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 77858, MPK
SMITH, Horatio J, Leading Stoker, D/KX 86013, MPK
SMITH, Ralph, Able Seaman, D/JX 200310, MPK
SPICE, Albert P, Marine, PLY/100022, killed
SUMMERS, Harold H, Ty/Petty Officer Cook, D/MX 49486, MPK
SUTTON, William E, Leading Stoker, D/K 65037, MPK
TRUEMAN, Walter E, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 22979, MPK
WARD, William B, Stoker 1c, D/KX 116641, MPK
WEEKS, William A, Act/Electrical Artificer 4c, D/MX 62594, MPK

References
Naval History Homepage - 1st - 14th MARCH 1942 - in date, ship/unit & name order (Exter, ship loss - 1 March 1942)
CWGC - Thomas Ainsworth
CWGC - Thomas W. Ayre
CWGC - Gordon James Banthorp
CWGC - William Harold Binns
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