Norwich City Crew

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In case it might help someone here are some notes my father (D. Clark signalman) made on the crew of the Norwich City. These are based on his diaries and later recollections.

Officers -
Captain - Lt. Stammers (RNR)
First Lieutenant – Lt. Vanderbyl (RNVR)
Sub Lt. Smith (RNVR)
Sub Lt. Pratt (RNVR)
Lt. Farmer (Canadian, joined in America)
Sub Lt. Hardy (must have replaced Pratt)

Crew (not all at the same time) –
Beattie
Bingham (stoker)
N. Birch
Blacklaw
Brake (Newfoundland)
S. Brown (gunner)
Butcher (asdics)
Campbell (Stornoway)
Chris (2nd Engineer)
Joe Connor (tel.)
Cornfield (stoker)
Joe Drover (Newfoundland)
Paddy Gaw (coder)
‘Gummy’
Hanson (Chief Engineer)
A. Hill (sig.)
J. Keywood (stoker)
Lawson (tel.)
Linton (stoker)
Taffy Lynch (asdics, ex whalers)
Jim McCormick
Peter McDonald (Newfoundland)
MacLauchlan (asdics)
Matheson (Stornoway)
S. Maxted
Paddy Miller (asdics, Haverfordwest fisherman)
Nixon (stoker)
Jimmy Paterson (stoker)
Osbourne
Taffy Owens
Rooney
Rosie (fisherman Fraserborough)
C. Ruggles
Rutter (cook)
Ryrie (coxswain)
Enoch Sadler
J. Shears (stoker)
G. Speller
Spittlehouse
E. Standing (asdics)
Stitt
Stutheridge
Tate (from Wick)
Di Thomas (tel.)
Geordie Thomas
Tuffin
Wright

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Forgot to mention my father joined the Norwich City 28 May 1941 at Greenock and left it 10 Oct 1942 in the US so this list covers this period.