Pope was killed in a crash, the plane wasn't shot down. Suspected engine failure on take off.
Brigadier Russell also killed on the same plane.
Major-General Dan Pienaar was also killed in an air crash on his way to South Africa on 19 December 1942.
British Casualties of Generals
Re: British Casualties of Generals
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
Re: British Casualties of Generals
I am surprised to learn that no list of British Royal Navy admirals lost in World War II has yet been published. Without claiming to be exhaustive, I will try to fill the gap.
Admiral Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips, KCB (19 February 1888 – 10 December 1941).
Commander of the Eastern Fleet.
Sank with her flagship battleship HMS Prince of Wales along with the ship's commander and 327 crew members as a result of an attack by Japanese bombers and torpedo carriers, South China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaya.
Admiral Sir Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, KBE, CB, DSO (3 September 1882 – 24 January 1943).
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
He sailed as Commodore of Convoy ON 16 on the SS Ville de Tamatave (a ship captured from the Vichy French in 1941), departing Liverpool on 12 January 1943 en route to New York . On the evening of January 23, the convoy was caught in a severe storm in the North Atlantic. Reports were received from the Ville de Tamatave that she had lost her rudder and was sinking an hour later. Other ships were unable to provide assistance, and on January 24, 1943. Ville de Tamatave sank.
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 – 2 January 1945).
Commander of the Naval Forces of the Eastern Task Force.
He was on his way to a conference with General Bernard Montgomery in Brussels when Ramsay was killed in a plane crash near Paris on January 2, 1945.
Vice-Admiral Lancelot Ernest Holland, CB (13 September 1887 – 24 May 1941).
Commander of a squadron of battle cruisers.
Died on the battleship "Hood" sunk by the fire of the German battleship "Bismarck", Danish Strait.
Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse CB (18 May 1887 – 4 July 1941).
Commodore of the Convoy in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Died aboard the merchant ship "Robert L. Holt" which was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Canary Islands by the submarine U-69.
On July 4, 1941, after he ordered the OB-337 convoy bound for South Africa, which he commanded, to leave due to German submarine attacks, the U-69 sank the "Robert L. Holt" in combat.
Vice Admiral Ernest John Spooner, DSO (22 August 1887 – 15 April 1942).
Senior Naval Officer in Singapore.
While evacuating from Japanese-encircled Singapore on ML 310, which had been attacked by Japanese aircraft, he and his passengers found themselves on a small island called Tjibia, Tjebia. Chibia was part of the Juju group north of Bangka Island and was uninhabited. Worse, there was almost no fresh water. Despite British search efforts, stranded refugees remained on the island for two months before disease and starvation forced the survivors to surrender to the Japanese. By then he and Air Vice Marshal Conway Pulford had died of exhaustion and malaria.
Vice-Admiral Dashwood Fowler Moir DSO (16 August 1880 – 8 August 1942).
Commodore of the SC 94 Convoy.
Died while escorting an SC 94 convoy.
Convoy SC 94 set out from Sydney, Nova Scotia, in July 1942. Moir was acting commodore of the merchant fleet and was stationed on the Trehat. The convoy was discovered by the "wolf pack" and destroyed. "Trehata" was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-176 on August 8, 1942, near Cape Farewell on the coast of Greenland. Moir was declared "missing presumed dead" the next day.
Vice Admiral Wion de Malpas Egerton, DSO (16 April 1879 – 1 January 1943).
Commander of a North Atlantic convoy.
Killed on 1 January 1943, while on board a ship that was torpedoed by a U-boats during World War II. He was convoy commodore of Convoy ON 154 aboard Empire Shackleton and picked up by HMS Fidelity after his ship was torpedoed, but died when the rescue vessel was also torpedoed.
Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (26 April 1887 – 14 October 1939).
Commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Metropolitan Fleet.
Died when his flagship HMS Royal Oak was destroyed by the German submarine U-47.
Rear Admiral Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower, DSC, SGM (14 March 1889 – 14 October 1940).
Chief liaison officer of the Navy.
Killed during an air raid on London on October 14, 1940.
Rear Admiral Philip John Mack DSO (6 October 1892 – 29 April 1943).
Commander of the battleship "King George V".
Died in a plane crash on April 29, 1943.
Admiral Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips, KCB (19 February 1888 – 10 December 1941).
Commander of the Eastern Fleet.
Sank with her flagship battleship HMS Prince of Wales along with the ship's commander and 327 crew members as a result of an attack by Japanese bombers and torpedo carriers, South China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaya.
Admiral Sir Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, KBE, CB, DSO (3 September 1882 – 24 January 1943).
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
He sailed as Commodore of Convoy ON 16 on the SS Ville de Tamatave (a ship captured from the Vichy French in 1941), departing Liverpool on 12 January 1943 en route to New York . On the evening of January 23, the convoy was caught in a severe storm in the North Atlantic. Reports were received from the Ville de Tamatave that she had lost her rudder and was sinking an hour later. Other ships were unable to provide assistance, and on January 24, 1943. Ville de Tamatave sank.
Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 – 2 January 1945).
Commander of the Naval Forces of the Eastern Task Force.
He was on his way to a conference with General Bernard Montgomery in Brussels when Ramsay was killed in a plane crash near Paris on January 2, 1945.
Vice-Admiral Lancelot Ernest Holland, CB (13 September 1887 – 24 May 1941).
Commander of a squadron of battle cruisers.
Died on the battleship "Hood" sunk by the fire of the German battleship "Bismarck", Danish Strait.
Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse CB (18 May 1887 – 4 July 1941).
Commodore of the Convoy in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Died aboard the merchant ship "Robert L. Holt" which was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Canary Islands by the submarine U-69.
On July 4, 1941, after he ordered the OB-337 convoy bound for South Africa, which he commanded, to leave due to German submarine attacks, the U-69 sank the "Robert L. Holt" in combat.
Vice Admiral Ernest John Spooner, DSO (22 August 1887 – 15 April 1942).
Senior Naval Officer in Singapore.
While evacuating from Japanese-encircled Singapore on ML 310, which had been attacked by Japanese aircraft, he and his passengers found themselves on a small island called Tjibia, Tjebia. Chibia was part of the Juju group north of Bangka Island and was uninhabited. Worse, there was almost no fresh water. Despite British search efforts, stranded refugees remained on the island for two months before disease and starvation forced the survivors to surrender to the Japanese. By then he and Air Vice Marshal Conway Pulford had died of exhaustion and malaria.
Vice-Admiral Dashwood Fowler Moir DSO (16 August 1880 – 8 August 1942).
Commodore of the SC 94 Convoy.
Died while escorting an SC 94 convoy.
Convoy SC 94 set out from Sydney, Nova Scotia, in July 1942. Moir was acting commodore of the merchant fleet and was stationed on the Trehat. The convoy was discovered by the "wolf pack" and destroyed. "Trehata" was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-176 on August 8, 1942, near Cape Farewell on the coast of Greenland. Moir was declared "missing presumed dead" the next day.
Vice Admiral Wion de Malpas Egerton, DSO (16 April 1879 – 1 January 1943).
Commander of a North Atlantic convoy.
Killed on 1 January 1943, while on board a ship that was torpedoed by a U-boats during World War II. He was convoy commodore of Convoy ON 154 aboard Empire Shackleton and picked up by HMS Fidelity after his ship was torpedoed, but died when the rescue vessel was also torpedoed.
Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (26 April 1887 – 14 October 1939).
Commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Metropolitan Fleet.
Died when his flagship HMS Royal Oak was destroyed by the German submarine U-47.
Rear Admiral Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower, DSC, SGM (14 March 1889 – 14 October 1940).
Chief liaison officer of the Navy.
Killed during an air raid on London on October 14, 1940.
Rear Admiral Philip John Mack DSO (6 October 1892 – 29 April 1943).
Commander of the battleship "King George V".
Died in a plane crash on April 29, 1943.
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Re: British Casualties of Generals
Not combat losses:
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound (29 August 1877 - 21 October 1943).
First Sea Lord.
illness.
Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough (2 June 1867 - 30 January 1945).
Retired.
Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Percy Douglas (1 November 1876 – 4 November 1939).
Commodore superintendent of Dover.
Rear Admiral Wilfred Neville Custance (25 June 1884 - 13 December 1939).
He was appointed commander of the Australian squadron of Her Majesty on April 22, 1938, however, due to the poor state of health, he was forced to abandon the command on September 2, 1939.
Rear Admiral Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942).
Ded in a plane crash.
Rear Admiral Hubert Lynes, (27 November 1874 – 10 November 1942).
Retired.
Rear Admiral Victor Hilary Danckwers (1890–1944).
Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound (29 August 1877 - 21 October 1943).
First Sea Lord.
illness.
Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough (2 June 1867 - 30 January 1945).
Retired.
Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Percy Douglas (1 November 1876 – 4 November 1939).
Commodore superintendent of Dover.
Rear Admiral Wilfred Neville Custance (25 June 1884 - 13 December 1939).
He was appointed commander of the Australian squadron of Her Majesty on April 22, 1938, however, due to the poor state of health, he was forced to abandon the command on September 2, 1939.
Rear Admiral Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942).
Ded in a plane crash.
Rear Admiral Hubert Lynes, (27 November 1874 – 10 November 1942).
Retired.
Rear Admiral Victor Hilary Danckwers (1890–1944).
Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet.
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