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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.

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