Wendy Joy (?)
ID# 81, b. about 1930, d. August 1999
Birth:
Wendy Joy (?) was born about 1930
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Marriage:
Wendy Joy (?) married George MacKenzie, son of Donald MacKenzie and Rebecca Paterson, about 1958
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Death:
Wendy Joy (?) died in August 1999
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William Kenneth Creek
ID# 84, b. 15 April 1910, d. April 1986
Birth:
William Kenneth Creek was born on 15 April 1910 at New Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England,
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William Kenneth Creek was the son of William Creek and Annie Beatrice Senior.
Marriage:
William Kenneth Creek married Dorothy Hill about November 1940 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, England,
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Death:
William Kenneth Creek died in April 1986 at Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, at age 75 years and 11 months
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Dorothy Hill
ID# 85, b. 14 July 1911, d. October 1998
Birth:
Dorothy Hill was born on 14 July 1911
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Marriage:
Dorothy Hill married William Kenneth Creek, son of William Creek and Annie Beatrice Senior, about November 1940 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, England,
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Death:
Dorothy Hill died in October 1998 at Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, at age 87 years and 2 months
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Phyllis Creek
ID# 86, b. 3 May 1922, d. about March 1999
Birth:
Phyllis Creek was born on 3 May 1922 at Barnet, Hertfordshire, England,
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Phyllis Creek was the daughter of William Creek and Annie Beatrice Senior.
Marriage:
Phyllis Creek married William Wait about August 1956 at South Shields R.D., County Durham, England,
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about 1980 Phyllis Creek lived at 129 Marcus Avenue, Thorpe Bay, Essex, England,
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Death:
Phyllis Creek died about March 1999 at Southend on Sea R.D., Essex, England,
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Roy Creek
ID# 87, b. 13 May 1917, d. 18 December 1941
Hated the snobbery in the Navy - Couldn't be sent left-wing papers. - family member.
Birth:
Roy Creek was born on 13 May 1917 at New Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England,
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Roy Creek was the son of William Creek and Annie Beatrice Senior.
Death:
Roy Creek died on 18 December 1941 at Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, at age 24 years, 7 months and 5 days
Leading Seaman Roy Creek
Son of William and Annie Beatrice Creek, of New Barnet, Hertfordshire. Died ashore.
Service No. P/JX136996
Commemoration details: PORTSMOUTH Panel 92
Died in Polyarny, where he was 'buried in a bare and outlandish cemetery outside the town on a snowy hillside.'
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HMS Speedy 17 Dec 1941
While on their way to meet PQ6 (8 ships), Hazard (Lt Cdr J R A Seymour) and SPEEDY were attacked by four German destroyers that had been sent out to find PQ6 (Z23, Z24, Z25, Z27) and were laying mines (vicinity 68º 12' N, 41º 00' E). This was the German's first attempt to intercept a convoy. SPEEDY was almost immediately straddled and she managed to fire only one round from her forward 4in gun before its elevating gear was wrecked by a direct hit. The two minesweepers turned and made off, but not before SPEEDY had been hit by three more 5.9in shells which seriously damaged the after 4in and shot away the foremast. The Germans mistook the British ships for much larger Soviet destroyers and did not press home their attack. T the Germans fired star shell the minesweepers managed to escape in the gloom under a smoke-screen. SPEEDY was replaced by HMS Leda. SPEEDY suffered some superficial damage, lost her topmast and had both 4" guns put out of action, but remarkably there were only two casualties, one of whom died of wounds in hospital on 18th December...
20/12 From SO 1st MSF: Vessel (SPEEDY) damaged in action. Half of mast shot away, anti submarine equipment out of action and propeller chipped. Needs docking and survey.
Leading Seaman Roy Creek P/JX 136996 age 24 was the member of the crew killed during this action.
source: HMS Speedy 1941
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Excerpt from: 'Round The World with the RNVR (1940-1946)' by jenkabarnovitch, WW2 People's War
Back to our minesweeping duties, we ran into trouble one dark afternoon in the Arctic smoke, the latter a bank of heavy mist caused by the Gulf Stream waters meeting the icy Arctic air. It lies on the surface, less than mast height, and perhaps it was because our mast stuck up through it that disaster hit us. I was playing chess down below when there was a helluva bang and all the lights went out. Action Stations sounded, and we scrambled up on deck to find an awful shambles of wrecked and twisted gear, and the after gun lying at a drunken angle. There was another bang and we were hit again up for'ard, and the motor boat went on fire. By this time we were making smoke and zigzagging inshore at full speed, and somehow we got away. We discovered later that we had either been sighted or pinpointed on radar by a couple of German destroyers. Their shooting was mighty accurate. Their first salvo from their 5.5's knocked out our after gun, and the second salvo jammed the for'ard gun, besides doing a lot of superficial damage. We had one leading seaman killed and several men injured, but were mighty lucky to get off so lightly. The whole ship's company marched to the dead man's funeral at Polyarnoe, where he was buried in a bare and outlandish cemetery outside the town on a snowy hillside. We had to wait for him outside the base mortuary, and he hadn't even been coffined when we arrived. I remember all of us lined up there in our sheepskin coats and balaclavas staring gloomily at his bare feet visible just inside the doorway. I remember also being startled to learn that his Christian name was Roy. I had never before heard him called anything but Shits.
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Son of William and Annie Beatrice Creek, of New Barnet, Hertfordshire. Died ashore.
Service No. P/JX136996
Commemoration details: PORTSMOUTH Panel 92
Died in Polyarny, where he was 'buried in a bare and outlandish cemetery outside the town on a snowy hillside.'
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HMS Speedy 17 Dec 1941
While on their way to meet PQ6 (8 ships), Hazard (Lt Cdr J R A Seymour) and SPEEDY were attacked by four German destroyers that had been sent out to find PQ6 (Z23, Z24, Z25, Z27) and were laying mines (vicinity 68º 12' N, 41º 00' E). This was the German's first attempt to intercept a convoy. SPEEDY was almost immediately straddled and she managed to fire only one round from her forward 4in gun before its elevating gear was wrecked by a direct hit. The two minesweepers turned and made off, but not before SPEEDY had been hit by three more 5.9in shells which seriously damaged the after 4in and shot away the foremast. The Germans mistook the British ships for much larger Soviet destroyers and did not press home their attack. T the Germans fired star shell the minesweepers managed to escape in the gloom under a smoke-screen. SPEEDY was replaced by HMS Leda. SPEEDY suffered some superficial damage, lost her topmast and had both 4" guns put out of action, but remarkably there were only two casualties, one of whom died of wounds in hospital on 18th December...
20/12 From SO 1st MSF: Vessel (SPEEDY) damaged in action. Half of mast shot away, anti submarine equipment out of action and propeller chipped. Needs docking and survey.
Leading Seaman Roy Creek P/JX 136996 age 24 was the member of the crew killed during this action.
source: HMS Speedy 1941
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Excerpt from: 'Round The World with the RNVR (1940-1946)' by jenkabarnovitch, WW2 People's War
Back to our minesweeping duties, we ran into trouble one dark afternoon in the Arctic smoke, the latter a bank of heavy mist caused by the Gulf Stream waters meeting the icy Arctic air. It lies on the surface, less than mast height, and perhaps it was because our mast stuck up through it that disaster hit us. I was playing chess down below when there was a helluva bang and all the lights went out. Action Stations sounded, and we scrambled up on deck to find an awful shambles of wrecked and twisted gear, and the after gun lying at a drunken angle. There was another bang and we were hit again up for'ard, and the motor boat went on fire. By this time we were making smoke and zigzagging inshore at full speed, and somehow we got away. We discovered later that we had either been sighted or pinpointed on radar by a couple of German destroyers. Their shooting was mighty accurate. Their first salvo from their 5.5's knocked out our after gun, and the second salvo jammed the for'ard gun, besides doing a lot of superficial damage. We had one leading seaman killed and several men injured, but were mighty lucky to get off so lightly. The whole ship's company marched to the dead man's funeral at Polyarnoe, where he was buried in a bare and outlandish cemetery outside the town on a snowy hillside. We had to wait for him outside the base mortuary, and he hadn't even been coffined when we arrived. I remember all of us lined up there in our sheepskin coats and balaclavas staring gloomily at his bare feet visible just inside the doorway. I remember also being startled to learn that his Christian name was Roy. I had never before heard him called anything but Shits.
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William Wait
ID# 88, b. 10 February 1920, d. about May 1996
Birth:
William Wait was born on 10 February 1920 at South Shields R.D., County Durham, England,
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Marriage:
William Wait married Phyllis Creek, daughter of William Creek and Annie Beatrice Senior, about August 1956 at South Shields R.D., County Durham, England,
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about 1980 William Wait lived at 129 Marcus Avenue, Thorpe Bay, Essex, England,
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Death:
William Wait died about May 1996 at Southend on Sea R.D., Essex, England,
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