This section is dedicated to the small band of men who survived this ordeal
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On the afternoon of Monday 10th June, five men from Glorious were rescued by the Norwegian ship Svalbard II, which was forced to return by German forces. One man subsequently died, leaving the remaining four to become POWs.
They were: Ernest Blackwell, Norman Pike, Joseph Brown and William Tabb.
In the late hours of Monday 10th and early hours of Tuesday 11th June, a further 37 men (35 Glorious & 2 Acasta) were rescued by the Norwegian ship Borgund, which had sailed from Tromso on June 8th en route to the Faroes.
Of these, Norman Jagger died on board on June 12th, whilst Leslie Fitzroy Potter and William Craig Smith died in hospital following arrival at the Faroes on June 15th and 16th respectively. Following the death of William Craig Smith, Cyril Carter became the sole survivor of HMS Acasta.
Finally on June 13th, two men from Ardent were rescued by German seaplane and became POWs. Robert Philip Jones subsequently died in hospital in Oslo on July 1st, leaving Roger Hooke as the sole survivor of HMS Ardent.
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Rupert Hill.thumbnail.jpg "Kenneth Cross")
Kenneth Cross.thumbnail.jpg "Patrick Jameson")
Patrick Jameson.thumbnail.jpg "Kenneth Cleave")
Kenneth Cleave.thumbnail.jpg "E.R. Etheridge")
Charles Reginald Etheridge.thumbnail.jpg "Ronald Healiss")
Ronald Healiss.thumbnail.jpg "William Tabb")
William Tabb.thumbnail.jpg "William Smith")
William Smith.thumbnail.jpg "Fred Thornton")
Fred Thornton.thumbnail.jpg "Cyril 'Nick' Carter")
Cyril 'Nick' Carter.thumbnail.jpg "Roger Hooke")
Roger Hooke
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Below is the list of men who survived:
HMS Glorious
Ignatius Ashworth
Eric Baldwin
Fred Bastow
Ernest Blackwell
Joseph Brown
Frederick Cooke
Kenneth Cleave
Kenneth Cross
Vernon.H. Day
Henry A.Donnan
John Alexander Duffy
Ronald George Dowle
Charles Reginald Etheridge
George William Elliott
George Russell Fern
Ronald Healiss
Rupert C. Hill
Cyril Hobbs
Patrick Geraint Jameson
Richard Thomas Leggott
Arthur Lidstone
Martin McPherson Mackie
Ian Murray MacLachlan
Vernon Robert McBride
M. McGuigan
John Millington
Andrew Niccolls
James O'Neill
William Alfred Pascoe
William Edward Phillips
Norman Pike
John Russell
William Smith
G. Spencer
Ernest William Stephens
William Thomas Tabb
Fred Thornton
Robert A.A Wootton
HMS Acasta
Cyril Carter
HMS Ardent
Roger Hooke
