Leading Seaman REED, OLIVER WALTER Service Number P/JX 145642 Died 29/11/1940 Aged 26 H.M.S. Javelin Royal Navy Son of Oliver N. and Evelyn C. Reed, of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Casualty Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 24664 Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 38, Column 1.
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: Oliver Walter Reed Event: Death Birth Date: 17 Jul 1914 Birth Place: Brading,Isle of Wight Death Date: 29 Nov 1940 Death Age: 26 TD
29 Nov 1940 The 5th British destroyer flotilla (Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten), HMS Javelin (flag), HMS Jupiter, HMS Kashmir, HMS Jackal and HMS Jersey encounters the German destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody and Richard Beitzen while these were conducting an anti-shipping raid off Plymouth. In the gun/torpedo battle that followed HMS Javelin was hit by two torpedoes, losing both her bow and stern. Only 155 feet of Javelin's original 353 foot length remained afloat and was towed back to harbour. Javelin was out of action for almost a year. (1) HMS Javelin (F 61) of the Royal Navy - British Destroyer of the J class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net Javelin, destroyer, torpedoed BETTANY, William A, Boy 1c, P/JX 157092, MPK BLANEY, William, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/CDX 2723, MPK BONNER, Bernard H, Able Seaman, P/SSX 16601, MPK BOWDRIDGE, Gordon, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 194526, MPK BRADSHAW, Frederick G, Boy 1c, P/JX 162161, MPK BUTLER, Francis, Boy 1c, P/JX 163295, MPK CAMPBELL, Crawford, Petty Officer, RNR, P/X 9507 B, MPK CAMPBELL, Joseph, Stoker 1c, P/KX 79016, MPK CARTWRIGHT, Henry L, Chief Petty Officer Steward, P/L 10161, MPK CHAMBERS, Alfred E, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 215543, MPK CLARKE, William H, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1248, MPK COX, Donald E L, Engine Room Artificer 2c, P/MX 48348, MPK DAVIES, Frederick, Able Seaman, P/JX 132919, MPK FLY, Ronald E W, Steward, P/LX 22859, MPK GANDER, Charles E, Act/Leading Stoker, P/K 61806, MPK GANDER, Ronald V, Leading Steward, P/LX 20037, MPK GOODALL, Roland J, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 29831, killed GOSSIP, Lionel L, Stoker 2c, P/JX 155941, MPK HAVERON, John, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1306, MPK HUNTER, Thomas, Stoker 1c, P/KX 95911, MPK JACK, Lawrence E R, Midshipman, MPK JOHNSON, Kenneth R, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 215524, MPK JOHNSTON, Francis S G, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1608, MPK LARCOMBE, Leslie I, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 152135, MPK LAWRENCE, Francis J, Act/Leading Seaman, P/JX 142351, killed LEVITT, Harold, Able Seaman, P/SSX 16293, MPK LITTLE, Frederick G, Leading Steward, P/LX 22195, MPK LONG, Arthur W, Able Seaman, P/J 52607, MPK MALE, Jack, Able Seaman, P/SSX 21881, MPK MATTHEWS, Alan R, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 215466, MPK MILLER, Geoffrey E, Boy 2c, P/JX 163581, MPK MITCHELL, James I A, Sub Lieutenant, MPK MOORE, Frank W, Boy 1c, P/JX 155989, killed MORROW, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1453, MPK NARRAMORE, Bert D, Leading Cook, P/MX 53821, MPK NEAL, Henry A, Stoker 1c, P/KX 95941, MPK PHILPOTT, William A C, Able Seaman, P/JX 142052, MPK REED, Oliver W, Leading Seaman, P/JX 145642, MPK ROBSON, Thomas, Stoker 1c, P/K 61289, MPK SLATER, Leslie, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 80296, MPK SLOAN, Harold F, Py/Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK SMITH, Thomas, Leading Stoker, P/KX 87610, killed SPEERS, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, P/UD/X 1498, MPK WEBBER, Ernest E, Able Seaman, P/JX 148650, MPK WRIGHT, Bryan H, Able Seaman, P/J 40530, MPK Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, November 1940
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 14 Southfield Terrace , Ryde M.B., Isle of Wight, England NAME DOB OCCUPATION Oliver H Reed 07 Sep 1887 Gardener, Jobbing Evelyn C Reed 28 Jul 1891 Unpaid Domestic Duties Sorry, this record is officially closed Joan B Boucher (Reed) 04 Jul 1903 Waitress Sorry, this record is officially closed Bryan (I) Reed 14 Jun 1930 At School
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 32 The Salvation Army Home, Queen Street, Portsmouth C.B., Hampshire NAME ROLE DOB OCCUPATION Oliver W Reed Visitor 17 Jul 1914 Leading Season [sic] Oliver's marriage to Doris Foster was registered in Middlesborough, March 1940.
