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OLIPHANT William, Stoker(1), P/KX.104974: ML 267 (age 24)
ONSORGE Slavoj John, Leading Seaman, C/JX.277938: ML 457 (age 29)
ORMISTON Frederick, Able Seaman, C/SSX.32879: ML 446 (DSM)
O'ROURKE John Edward, Sub-Lieutenant RCNVR: MGB 314
OUTTRIM Leigh, Ordinary Seaman RANVR, PM/V54: ML 457
OVERTON Frederick, Leading Seaman, D/J.99478: ML 447 (DSM)
PARKER Thomas George, Leading Motor Mechanic, C/MX.77799: ML 447 (age 28)
PARSONS A, Leading Telegraphist, D/JX.132332: ML 447
PARSONS Joseph, Able Seaman, C/SSX.12587: ML 457 (age 36)
PATON A, Able Seaman, P/CDX.2666: HMS Campbeltown
PHILLIMORE Harold V, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX.315928: ML 457
PIGGOTT C. T, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, C/MX.76179: ML 341
PIKE Seymour Charles 'Peter', Leading Signalman RNVR, LDX.4732: MGB 314 (DSM)
PIRIE-MEWES William, Sub-Lieutenant RNVR: ML 267
PITT Archie, Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX.75955: HMS Campbeltown
PITT Kenneth Kean Sleeman, Leading Seaman, C/JX.311777: ML 177 (age 26)
PLATT Thomas Douglas Laverick, Lieutenant RNR: ML 447 (DSO)
PORTER Andrew, Stoker(1), C/KX.120186: ML 270
PRITCHARD Frank Edgar, Leading Stoker, P/KX.95273: HMS Campbeltown
PRYDE George John McAskill, Leading Motor Mechanic, C/MX.89992: ML 262
PURVER John William, Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX.82598: HMS Campbeltown
PYKE Daniel Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K.65048: HMS Campbeltown (MiD)
RAFFERTY John, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, C/MX.67422: (att) ML 177 (20th ML Flotilla Base Staff)
RAINBIRD Walter Edward, Cook, P/MX.83853: HMS Campbeltown
RAKUSEN Montague, Leading Seaman, C/JX.278486: ML 268 (age 32)
RAMSAY Robert, Chief Motor Mechanic, C/MX.77462: ML 298
L/Sig. 'Peter' Pike
Crucial to the success of CHARIOT was Ryder's ability to fool the German defences into believing that the strange ships entering the estuary were in fact friendly.
For this he employed both Signals Intelligence (Sigint) and the services of a signalman who could send and receive Morse code in German.
When the puzzled defenders of the port began to signal requests for identification, Leading Signalman Pike, acting alongside Ryder in the gunboat, signalled to both the Port Authority and the Fort de l'Eve Battery position using authentic German ship Morse-names to buy precious time while his claims were verified. By the time the ruse had been discovered it was already too late, and the leading elements of the force had almost reached their targets.
The Naval Charioteers