In Memory
Using records within the library and the Naval History website the following is a list of Communicators that "crossed the bar" whilst in service. The current list spans from the end of 1945 to 2008 and further work is being carried out to extend the list to the present day. If you know of a Commmunicator who "crossed the bar" whilst in service and you wish for them to be added then please get in touch with their details.
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| Year | Unit | Rank/Rate | Forename | Surname |
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| Abbotts | William | CPO (TEL) | Mercury | 1954 |
| Adair | John | RO(T) | St Angelo | 1973 |
| Akhurst | John | PO Telegraphist | Consort | 1949 |
| Allen | Michael | Telegraphist | Owen | 1951 |
| Allen | Stephen | RO1(G) | Excellent | 1982 |
| Allison | Sam | OM | Collingwood | 1996 |
| Allsford | Richard | RS | Warrior | 1973 |
| Anderson | John | LRO(G) | Neptune | 1997 |
| Appleton | Samantha | WRO | Raleigh | 2006 |
| Ashmore | Edward | Admiral of the Fleet | Royal Navy | 2016 |
| Atkins | Stephen | LRO(G) | Somerset | 1997 |
| Bacon | Vernon | YoS | Golden Hind | 1946 |
| Baker | John | LTEL | Goldcrest | 1961 |
| Barber | Philip | CRS | Fittleton | 1976 |
| Barnard | Robin | RO1(T) | Jupiter | 1988 |
| Barnes | Derek | Leading Signalman | Mercury | 1951 |
| Barrett | Neville | RO2 | President | 1964 |
| Batten | Wayne | JRO1 | Tiger | 1976 |
| Beeston | Mark | LRO(T) | HQBF Gibraltar | 1997 |
| Birt | Phillip | RO3 | Osprey | 1971 |
| Bramley | John | Telegraphist | Drake | 1945 |
| Bridgeman | Simon | LOM(C) | Sutherland | 2006 |
| Brown | James | RO2 | Dolphin | 1974 |
| Browne | Charles | CPO Telegraphist | Yeoman | 1946 |
| Burnett | George | Commissioned Telegraphist | Afrikander | 1946 |
| Cain | James | Signalman | Cumberland | 1946 |
| Calvert | William | Ordinary Signalman | Scotia | 1947 |
| Calvert | Anthony | RO2 | Terror | 1962 |
| Carlon | Trevor | LRO(T) | Neptune | 2004 |
| Castle-Smith | Montague | RO1 | Maxton | 1972 |
| Charles | Nicholas | LRO | Forest Moor | 1969 |
| Charlesworth | Harry | Telegraphist | 744 SQDN | 1953 |
| Cheetham | Charles | Signalman | Pembroke | 1947 |
| Claridge | David | LRO | Victory | 1969 |
| Clarke | James | Ty/Act/Ldg Telegraphist | Tenby | 1945 |
| Clifford | Joseph | Leading Signalman | RNPS | 1947 |
| Cobb | Philip | RO1(G) | Exeter | 1984 |
| Collins | Francis | RO1 | Afrikander | 1962 |
| Colmer | David | LRO(W) | St Angelo | 1976 |
| Cossey | Richard | RO(T) | Sheba | 1963 |
| Crockett | Henry | Leading Signalman | Valiant | 1946 |
| Crone | Philip | RO1(G) | Daedalus | 1984 |
| Cross | David | LRO(G) | Reclaim | 1973 |
| Crumplin | Carolyn | LT CDR | Collingwood | 2002 |
| Cryan | Henry | Ord. Signalman | Moreta | 1946 |
| Currell | Adrian | RO1(T) | Daedalus | 1986 |
| Dempsey | John | Lt Cdr | Mercury | 1980 |
| Dexter | Andrew | RO2 | Mercury | 1984 |
| Dinning | Malcolm | RO2(G) | Brereton | 1969 |
| Dowson | Brian | LRO | Girdle Ness | 1960 |
| Drake | Elfred | Leading Telegraphist | Drake IV | 1945 |
| Edwards | Ian | LRO(W) | Renown | 1976 |
| Eley | Raymond | A/Ldg Telegraphist | Lanka | 1945 |
| Evans | Peter | RO2 | Daring | 1966 |
| Frampton | David | RO1(T) | Mercury | 1989 |
| Froggatt | Roland | RS | Cumberland | 1990 |
| Frost | Noel | Telegraphist | Cavendish | 1961 |
| Gamble | Gerard | Ty/Leading Signalman | Tenby | 1945 |
| Gamblin | George | CPO Telegraphist | Mercury | 1946 |
| Gates | George | Signalman | Morecombe Bay | 1953 |
| George | N. | Ord. Telegraphist | Talwar | 1946 |
| Gibbons | William | Telegraphist | Eland, illness | 1947 |
| Gibbons | Raymond | LRO | Mercury | 1971 |
| Gittins | Harold | Telegraphist | Affray | 1951 |
| Godfrey | Kenneth | CRS | Walrus | 1983 |
| Goldie | Frederick | Telegraphist | Anderson | 1946 |
| Gough | Anthony | RO2 | Nubian | 1970 |
| Goulbourne | George | Telegraphist | Drake | 1947 |
| Gower | Nigel | RO2 | Mercury | 1971 |
| Graham | Trevor | RO1 | Mercury | 1971 |
| Hailey | Paul | RO1(T) | Arrow | 1979 |
| Hales | Philip | LRO(W) | Nelson | 1977 |
| Hall | Arthur | Signalman | Nimrod | 1945 |
| Harding | Edward D. | CPO (TEL) | Mercury | 1954 |
| Hardingham | Clive | RS(W) | Danae | 1969 |
| Hart | Eric | Ord. Telegraphist | LST 403 | 1946 |
| Hart | Allan | RO1(G) | Cochrane | 1989 |
| Hasan | Bin Y | Leading Signalman | RN (Malay Section) | 1946 |
| Hayward | Clifford | TO | President | 1962 |
| Heys | Harold | Leading Signalman | Pembroke | 1947 |
| Hinchley | Harvey | RO(SM) | Renown | 1993 |
| Hocking | Edward | RO1 | Collingwood | 1993 |
| Holmes | John | RO2(G) | Dolphin | 1973 |
| Holt | William | RO2 | Forest Moor | 1963 |
| Horne | Peter | RO2 | Artful | 1964 |
| Howe | Frederick | CYoS | Orlando | 1946 |
| Howe | George | Signalman | Letitia | 1947 |
| Hutchinson | Robert | Ord. Signalman | Elm | 1946 |
| Ingram | Frederick | CyoS | Golden Hind | 1945 |
| Irven | Alan | Telegraphist | Affray | 1951 |
| Irvine | George W.H. | CPO (TEL) | Mercury | 1954 |
| Jackson | Keith | RO2 | Mercury | 1963 |
| Jackson | Peter | RO1(G) | Tiger | 1976 |
| Jones | Percy | PO Telegraphist | Camperdown | 1949 |
| Keaney | Susan | WRO1 | Neptune | 1981 |
| Kenna | James | RO1(T) | Daedalus | 1984 |
| Knight | Kenneth | Signalman | Braganza | 1946 |
| Lambert | Peter | LRO | Victory | 1961 |
| Landau | Mark | RO2(G) | Sirius | 1984 |
| Leach | Bernard | CPO Telegraphist | Drake | 1949 |
| Lennon | Hugh | Signalman | Royal Navy | 1946 |
| Lister | Donald | LTO | Caunton | 1960 |
| Lomax | Deric | RO(G) | Falmouth | 1983 |
| Long | Alfred | CPO Telegraphist | Belfast | 1946 |
| Maddock | James | PO Telegraphist | President | 1951 |
| Mallett | William Leonard | CPO Telegraphist | - | 1945 |
| Massey | Richard | RO1(G) | Fittleton | 1976 |
| Mathews | David | RS | Neptune | 1983 |
| Maunders | Michael | Telegraphist | Nigeria | 1946 |
| Mawson | Thomas | Lt Cdr | Mercury | 1976 |
| McEwan | James | RO1(T) | Arrow | 1979 |
| McGowan | Andrew | RO1(T) | Lowestoft | 1978 |
| McNally | Peter | LRO | Mercury | 1963 |
| Meagher | Carl | RO1(G) | Fearless | 1998 |
| Melvin | Graham | RO2 | Mercury | 1971 |
| Middleton | Charles | Boy Telegraphist | P5518 | 1951 |
| Morrissey | Martin | LRO(G) | Ark Royal | 1973 |
| Moule | Steven | OM(C) | Illustrious | 2006 |
| Mountbatten | Louis | Admiral of the Fleet | Royal Navy | 1979 |
| Nelmes | David | Telegraphist | Mercury | 1961 |
| Newnham | Frederick | YoS | Royal Navy | 1947 |
| O'Connor | Edward | OM(C) | Neptune | 1997 |
| O'Neill | Harold | Leading Telegraphist | Wallflower | 1947 |
| O'Shea | Michael | RO1(G) | Cardiff | 1986 |
| Pankhurst | George | CYoS | Shrapnel | 1946 |
| Parker | Ian | RO1(G) | Mercury | 1977 |
| Parker | John | RO(W) | Fife | 1979 |
| Parkes | Simon | RO1(G) | Illustrious | 1986 |
| Paul | James | Telegraphist | RIN | 1945 |
| Peacock | Edward | Leading Signalman | Cyclops | 1946 |
| Perrin | Keith | RO(T) | Drake | 1997 |
| Pool | David | CYoS | Mercury | 1962 |
| Potter | Mark | CCY | Brilliant | 1989 |
| Potts | Roger | LRO | Ulster | 1971 |
| Price | Edward | Signalman | LST 3041 | 1945 |
| Quantrill | Ptrick | RO2 | Fittleton | 1976 |
| Race | Neil | RO2(G) | Jupiter | 1974 |
| Redhead | David | JRO1 | Mercury | 1971 |
| Rickard | Paul | RO | Ark Royal | 1972 |
| Ricketts | Bernard | Boy Signalman | P5518 | 1951 |
| Ridout | Michael | LRO(W) | Terror | 1965 |
| Riley | Gary | RO1(T) | Galatea | 1986 |
| Robson | Peter | RS(SM) | Neptune | 1978 |
| Roby | Lawrence | Telegraphist | Wizard | 1947 |
| Roper | Leslie | Signalman | Pembroke | 1947 |
| Sangan | Sidney | CCY | Cambria | 1976 |
| Seaford | William | RO2 | Mercury | 1972 |
| Selman | Cedric | Telegraphist | Tamar | 1946 |
| Seymour | Cecil | CPO Telegraphist | Drake | 1951 |
| Seymour | Ian | OM(C)2 | 148 Bty | 2003 |
| Sheppard | Albert | Ord. Telegraphist | RNVR | 1947 |
| Shiels | Perie | RO1(T) | Britannia | 1994 |
| Simpson | Leslie | RS | Mercury | 1961 |
| Skinner | David | CY | Fittleton | 1976 |
| Smith | Eric | Signalman | Chatham | 1946 |
| Somerville | Stephen | RO1(G) | UKSU Naples | 1993 |
| Stanley | Herbert | Leading Signalman | Pembroke | 1945 |
| Stansfield | Christopher | RS | Invincible | 1990 |
| Steggles | Simon | RO(T) | Nelson | 1992 |
| Stewart | James | YEO of SIGS | Pembroke | 1958 |
| Still | Bernard | LRO | Coventry | 1982 |
| Sugden | John | Signalman | Drake | 1951 |
| Surtees | Robert | YoS | Sultan | 1945 |
| Swann | William | RO3 | Tiger | 1961 |
| Todd | Hugh | RO2 | Cochrane | 1970 |
| Todd | Nigel | RO1(G) | Fife | 1975 |
| Toland | Michael | RS | Raleigh | 1974 |
| Tregarthen | Edward | Ty/Act/PO Telegraphist | Nile | 1945 |
| Tucker | Herbert | CYoS | Pembroke | 1946 |
| Vaughan | Garry | RO(T) | FOF2 | 1986 |
| Vimpany | Stuart | RO1(G) | Cuxton | 1989 |
| Wainwright | Samuel | Ord. Telegraphist | Drake | 1946 |
| Walker | James | Signalman | Urania | 1946 |
| Wallace | George | A/Ldg Telegraphist | Indefatigable | 1945 |
| Webb | Allen | Telegraphist | Blackcap | 1949 |
| White | Edgar | Telegraphist | Collingwood | 1946 |
| Whiting | Frederick | RO2 | Afrikander | 1960 |
| Whittaker | Francis | CRS | Bellerophon | 1961 |
| Wielird | P | PO Telegraphist | Collingwood | 1945 |
| Wilkinson | Peter | RS | Warrior | 1973 |
| Will | James | Signalman | RNVR | 1946 |
| Williams | John | Ord. Signalman | Bermuda | 1951 |
| Williams | Brian | LRO | St Angelo | 1974 |
| Williams | Graham | RO1(T) | President | 1975 |
| Withington | Kevin | JRO1 | Mercury | 1976 |
| Wolstenholme | Mark | RO1(G) | Illustrious | 1984 |
| Wood | John | RO1(G) | Falmouth | 1982 |
| Wood | David | OM(CSM) | Superb | 2004 |
| Woodhead | Jack | RO2(G) | Warrior | 1973 |
| Woods | Frederick | PO Telegraphist | Affray | 1951 |
| Woods | Colin | LRO | Opossum | 1969 |
| Woodward | Norman | LRO | President | 1971 |
| Worsfold | Benjamin | Leading Telegraphist | Affray | 1951 |
| Wright | Arthur | Signalman | Tenby | 1945 |
| Yeomans | Alan | RO1 | Drake | 1990 |