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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 1
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved

1st - 30th NOVEMBER 1914 - in date, ship/unit & name order
separate page for
BATTLE OF CORONEL

 

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Notes:

(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate

(2) Click for abbreviations

(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 


 

 

Sunday, 1 November 1914

 

link to

BATTLE OF CORONEL

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Portia, fleet messenger

 SAVILE, Henry, Captain, illness

 

TB.81, torpedo boat

 NEALE, George, Leading Stoker, 311133, died in UK

 

 

 

Monday, 2 November 1914

 

Challenger

 COURTIS, Arthur, Seaman, RNR, 2875 C, illness in Cameroons

 

 

Tuesday, 3 November 1914

DARDANELLES – Naval bombardment of outer forts

 

Carmania

 CONNOR, Martin J, Fireman, Mercant Marine Reserve, 1878, illness

 

FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF BRITISH COAST - RAID ON GORLESTON

 

D.5, submarine, lost

 BLUNSDON, Frederick D, Petty Officer 1c, 203087 (Po)

 BOARDMAN, Wright, Leading Seaman, 237913 (Dev)

 BRADLEY, Frederick, Act/Leading Stoker, 302220 (Dev)

 BRODIE, Donald F O'C, Lieutenant

 COPLAND, William J, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271454 (Dev)

 CRIMP, George, Leading Seaman, 217450 (Dev)

 DOWSETT, William R C, Signalman, J 8219 (Po)

 DUNNE, Joseph, Able Seaman, L 14000 (Dev)

 HOULCROFT, Edward, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 2924 (Ch)

 INGHAM, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 7494 (Dev)

 KING, George C, Telegraphist, J 5994 (Dev)

 LEAKE, John R, Act/Leading Stoker, 304084 (Po)

 NORRIS, Albert, Leading Seaman, 187835 (Dev)

 PENHALIGON, Richard C, Stoker 1c, 223326 (Dev)

 SIMMONS, Sidney C S, Stoker 1c, K 1975 (Dev)

 SMITH, Arthur C, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270627 (Po)

 SMITH, Timothy, Stoker Petty Officer, 344519 (Po)

 TILLEY, John T P, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 272256 (Dev)

 WHITING, Henry, Stoker 1c, K 7502 (Dev)

 WILCOX, Ernest, Able Seaman, 222115 (Dev)

 WORTH, Ernest, Stoker 1c, K 2292 (Dev)

 

Halcyon, minesweeper, ex-torpedo gunboat

 SCOTNEY, Harry, Able Seaman, SS 3063 (Ch), DOW

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Drake

 WELCH, Robert H, Able Seaman, 216023 (Po), drowned

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 PEARCE, Alfred G, Private, RMLI, 8565 (Ply), ex-Tiger, died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 ROEBUCK, John H, Lieutenant, died in UK

 

Vivid

 RYDER, Robert, Stoker 2c, K 22281 (Dev), ex-Lion, died in RN Hospital Plymouth

 

 

Wednesday, 4 November 1914

 

Forth

 FARR, Arthur, Able Seaman, 224860, died in UK

 

New Zealand

 GOOD, James A, Private, RMLI, 9300 (Ply), illness

 

Pyramus

 WESTALL, Nigel C, Lieutenant, illness in Australia

 

Queen Mary

 MCLOUGHLIN, Henry J, Petty Officer, 192051 (Po), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 MURRAY, Petchell B, Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Royal Navy

 SHILLITOE, Charles, Lieutenant, died in UK

 WRIGHT, Henry, Captain, died in UK

 

Schiehallion

 HORSLEY, Ernest E, Deck Hand, RNR, 624 DA, illness

 

 

Thursday, 5 November 1914

 

Argonaut

 SYMONS, William, Seaman, RNR, 1523 C, illness

 

Defiance

 LEE, Anthony A, Able Seaman, 164750, died in UK

 

Foreness War Signal Station

 JENKINS, Cecil J, Able Seaman, 117085, died in UK

 

Mary, ship lost

 BURTON, William J, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6850), 207072 (Po)

 CARTER, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 173

 COCKSHOTT, Robert, Trimmer, TS 378

 GREENWAY, William S, Skipper, RNR

 HALL, Frank A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1517

 LEVITT, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 510

 MCKIMMIE, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 1020

 PEARSON, Samuel, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 707

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 ANNESLEY, Francis, Earl of, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 BEEVOR, Charles F, Flight Lieutenant

 

Royal Navy

 TUCKWELL, Charles, Honorary Lieutenant, died in UK

 

Wessex, trawler

 WEBB, Charles, Mate, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Friday, 6 November 1914

 

Albatross

 AHERN, Eugene, Stoker 1c, 305902, drowned

 

Cambria

 GRIFFITH, Robert, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), died in UK

 

 

Dwarf

 GREEN, Benjamin, Stoker 1c, K 1021, died in Cameroons

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 FRANKLIN, Melville, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 895, illness in UK

 

Victorian

 HORSCROFT, Horace R, Seaman, RNR, 1765 D, drowned

 

Victorious

 CASTELLANO, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RFR, 203957, died in UK

 

 

Saturday, 7 November 1914

 

Birmingham

 MOODY, James, Chief Petty Officer, 159483, died in UK

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 WHITE, Thomas W, Private, RMLI, 8626 (Ply), died in UK

 

Viola

 CRAVEN, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, 1386 DA, drowned in UK

 

 

Sunday, 8 November 1914

 

Orion

 MEAD, Thomas J, Leading Stoker, K 11678, died in UK

 

Pembroke

 DAWS, Leonard, Able Seaman, J 11730, drowned in UK

 

Pembroke III

 CLARKE, George J, Private, RMLI (RMR B 8/946, 12852 (Ch), illness in UK

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 LEWIS, Charles G, Private, RMLI (RFR Immed Cl 56), 7171 (Ply), ex-Jupiter, died in UK

 

 

Monday, 9 November 1914

 

Challenger (Cumberland)

 MORGAN, George, Able Seaman, 226369 (Dev), drowned

 

Royal Navy

 BEATON, Willoughby, Chief Inspector of Machinery, died in UK

 

Superb

 LEWES, Price V, Captain, died in UK

 

SINKING OF GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN

 

Sydney (RAN)

 BELL, Robert W, Ordinary Seaman, RAN, 1964

 HOY, Albert, Able Seaman, RAN, 7912 (RN 216421)

 LYNCH, Thomas, Petty Officer, RAN, 7902 (RN 17653)

 SHARPE, Reginald A, Able Seaman, RAN, 8003 (RN 239494), DOW

 

 

Tuesday, 10 November 1914

 

Agincourt

 SMITH, Charles L, Able Seaman, 161131, accident

 TENNANT, Sydney C B, Able Seaman, J 11936, accident

 

Albatross

 HENSHALL, William L, Petty Officer Stoker, 302592, drowned

 

Goliath

 MCCARTHY, Timothy, Leading Seaman, 220297 (Dev), died in Kenya

 

Sutlej

 ROBB, Hamilton J, Act/Lieutenant, RM

 drowned

 

Weymouth

 FITZJOHN, Walter G, Leading Seaman, 228785 (Ch), killed

 

 

Wednesday, 11 November 1914

 

Edgar

 ETHERINGTON, Jesse, Able Seaman, 194385, drowned

 

Hornet

 HOUGHTON, Fred, Leading Stoker, 294441, died in UK

 

Niger, ship lost

 BAUGH, John G B, Stoker 1c, SS 109714 (Po)

 BONIFACE, Charles L, Stoker 1c, K 5397 (Po)

 BREWER, William J, Ship's Steward, 151080 (Po)

 BUTLER, Albert E, Stoker 1c, SS 111999 (Po)

 CURRY, John, Stoker 1c, 301425 (Po)

 DRELAND, Walter, Sick Berth Attendant, 351242 (Po)

 DUBBIN, Reginald J, Stoker 1c, K 8609 (Po)

 EVANS, George, Stoker 1c, 297144 (Po)

 LINLEY, Leonard, Stoker 1c, K 6852 (Po)

 LOADER, Charles, Able Seaman, 215202 (Po)

 MARSHALL, William H, Stoker 1c, K 7818 (Po)

 ORCHARD, Albert F, 3rd Writer, M 3927 (Po)

 ROUGHT, Thomas (real name, but served as Thomas Hicks), Stoker 1c, SS 109408 (Po)

 SMITH, Bernard, Stoker 1c, SS 110153 (Po)

 WHITE, Roland A, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 5733 (Po)

 

Revenge

 ATLAY, Harold T, Lieutenant Commander, died in UK

 

TB.117, torpedo boat

 DEVEREUX, John W, Gunner, died in UK

 

Vivid

 WORTH, Amos, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 133437 (Dev), illness

 

 

Thursday, 12 November 1914

 

Edinburgh Castle

 STOKES, Walter, Private, RMLI, 10147 (Ch), illness

 

New Zealand

 FREEMAN, Thomas H, Stoker 1c, K 8956, drowned

 

Zoe

 MCKENZIE, James, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Friday, 13 November 1914

 

Lancaster

 HILLSON, William, Stoker 1c, SS 111362, drowned

 

RMLI, HQ Chatham

 SMITH, Charles, Sergeant, RMLI, 1643 (Ch), died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 COLLES, Richard B, Lieutenant, died in UK

 

Shannon

 HAMSHIRE, George L, Boy 1c, J 25404, died in UK

 

 

Saturday, 14 November 1914

 

Pembroke

 HIGGS, Walter J, Petty Officer 1c, 134873, ex-Brilliant, died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 BRACEY, George W, Chief Boatswain, died in UK

 

Victory

 PARR, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, SS 4543 (Po), ex-Queen, died in UK

 

Vivid

 DALY, John, Able Seaman, 232789 (Dev), ex-Brisk, illness in UK

 

 

Sunday, 15 November 1914

 

Carmania

 HOWARD, John, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number given), died in Gibraltar

 

Empress of Russia

 FAT, Tang, Trimmer, (no service number listed), illness

 

Hannibal

 BRICE, Percy J, Able Seaman, J 10963 (Ch), drowned

 

King Edward VII

 SIMMONS, Ernest, Able Seaman, J 16205 (Ch), drowned

 SOLMAN, Herbert, Able Seaman, J 20090 (Ch), drowned

 SOUTH, Leslie, Boy 1c, J 20638 (Ch), drowned

 

Pembroke

 TANNER, Joseph J B, Petty Officer, 1c 191550. died in UK

 

RM Depot Deal

 WAPLINGTON, John, Private, RMLI, 17535 (Po), illness

 

Royal Navy

 FORD, Robert, Chief Boatswain, died in UK

 

St Vincent

 O'BRIEN, George, Ordinary Seaman, J 26306, died in UK

 

Victory

 NEW, George H, Ordinary Seaman, SS 4838, ex-Irresistible. died in UK

 

Vivid

 HOWE, Arthur R, Leading Seaman, 206051 (Dev), ex-New Zealand, died in UK

 

Zealandia

 BOSLEY, John W, Chief Stoker, 172243, drowned

 

 

Monday, 16 November 1914

 

Highflyer

 WHITECROSS, Peter A, Petty Officer, 137409 (Ply), illness

 

Kharki

 PICOT, George P, Able Seaman, (no service number listed), died in UK

 

Princess Helena

 LAGAN, Andrew, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 15996 (Po), also listed as Victory, died in UK

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 PLANE, J (initial only), Deck Hand, RNR, 60 ST, died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 OARE, James C, Engineer, died in UK

 

Viking

 HARDING, John A, Stoker 1c, K 4666 (Po), died in UK

 

 

Tuesday, 17 November 1914

 

Hyacinth

 JOHNSON, Owen, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14213, died in Simonstown

 

Victory

 SIMS, Alfred W, Stoker 1c, 310563, ex-Queen Mary, died in UK

 

 

Wednesday, 18 November 1914

 

Boxer

 SULLY, Walter J, Stoker 1c, K 3733, died in UK

 

Inflexible

 STUART, Percy B, Boy Telegraphist, J 26668 (Ch), accident

 

Jackal

 TATTERSALL, Thomas, Able Seaman, 229511, illness

 

Motor Boat Reserve

 BURRELL, William, Lieutenant, RNVR, drowned

 ELLIS, Anwyl, Lieutenant, RNVR, drowned

 LONGTON, Eric R D, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, drowned

 

Pembroke

 ROBATHAN, George R, Petty Officer Stoker, 284858, ex-Inflexible, died in UK

 

Rajah

 WALKER, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, 910 TS, died in UK

 

 

Thursday, 19 November 1914

 

Goliath

 WATTERSON, Peter, Seaman, RNR, 1398 D, died in Kenya

 

Pembroke

 SLATER, Joseph, Senior Reserve Attendant, M 9473, died in UK

 

Victory

 RANSOM, Bertie T, Able Seaman, 231140, died in UK

 

Vivid

 GOODMAN, Warwick A, Chief Armourer, 343628 (Dev), ex-Charybdis, died in UK

 

 

Friday, 20 November 1914

 

Minotaur

 SHORT, John D, Able Seaman, 236970, accident

 

Nottingham

 CRYER, Henry G, Able Seaman, J 10372, drowned

 

Wear, mercantile fleet auxiliary

 BURR, Edward A, Chief Petty Officer (Pens), 140367, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 21 November 1914

 

Benbow

 PENNY, William E, Petty Officer 1c, 179420 (Dev), accident

 

Black Prince

 SALKELD, Thomas R, Boy 1c, J 19212, drowned

 

Empress of Asia

 WONG, Quong, Trimmer, (no service number listed), died in UK

 

Pembroke

 HERRIVEN, George W, Seaman, RNR, 5877 A, died in UK

 MOAT, Walter J, Petty Officer 2c, 150687, died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 LIBBY, Samuel, Captain, died in UK

 

Swiftsure

 SHABAN, (no first name listed), Seedie Boy, (no service number listed), died in Egypt

 

 

Sunday, 22 November 1914

 

Boxer

 KING, Frederick, Stoker 1c, 304504, died in UK

 

Humber

 BARKER, Benjamin, Able Seaman, 171167, drowned

 

Royal Navy

 BARROW, Arthur, Admiral, illness

 

TB.08, torpedo boat

 WICKER, Edwin G, Leading Seaman, 232543 (Ch), drowned

 

Victory

 BERRY, Harry, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5129), SS 104743, illness

 

 

Monday, 23 November 1914

 

Conqueror

 HICKS, Wilfred G A, Able Seaman, J 4510, accident

 

D.2, submarine

 JAMESON, Arthur G, Lieutenant Commander, lost overboard

 

Royal Navy

 MARTIN, John, Captain, died in UK

 

Swiftsure

 WARREN, Ernest R, Chief Stoker, 281675, died in Egypt

 

 

Tuesday, 24 November 1914

 

Royal Australian Navy

 HUGHES, George, Stoker, 1566 (RAN), died in Australia

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 MATHEWS, Alfred J, Stoker 1c (RFR B 4971), SS 104526, prisoner of war, DOW in Germany

 

Vivid

 HARRIS, George, Petty Officer Stoker, 115285 (Dev), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 25 November 1914

 

D.2, submarine, lost

 ARTIS, Alfred, Stoker 1c, K 3712 (Po)

 BARNETT, Alfred, Stoker 1c, 310969 (Po)

 BIRD, Herbert C J, Stoker 1c, K 5470

 COPLESTONE, Frederick L, Lieutenant Commander (ret)

 COX, Samuel F, Able Seaman, 239274 (Po)

 DALTON, George, Stoker Petty Officer, 291703 (Po)

 DAWE, Charles H, Leading Seaman, 221373 (Po)

 FISH, Frederick, Act/Leading Stoker, 283286 (Po)

 HEAD, Clement G W, Lieutenant Commander

 HIBBS, Fredrick, Petty Officer, 212178 (Po)

 HISCOCK, Arthur, Petty Officer; 191423 (Po)

 HOBSON, George, Stoker 1c, K 2805 (Po)

 KEMP, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, K 8777 (Po)

 KENNETT, Thomas E, Able Seaman (RFR B 8014), 196592 (Ch)

 KILBURN, Charlie E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 848 (Po)

 KILLHAM, Edgar J, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 776 (Po)

 LOCK, Walter H, Able Seaman, 205253 (Po)

 LUMB, Joseph, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1674 (Po)

 MCDONALD, William, Petty Officer, 210701 (Po)

 NOYCE, William H, Stoker 1c, K 4834 (Po)

 OAKELEY, Francis E, Lieutenant

 PETERS, William T, Leading Seaman, 229227 (Po)

 PETHICK, Eli, Able Seaman, J 1209 (Dev)

 ROLFE, Charles B, Leading Seaman, 226345 (Po)

 SMITH, George W, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271616 (Po)

 WILKINSON, Joseph, Telegraphist, J 9962 (Dev)

 

Hearty

 BELL, Charles E, Stoker 1c, 297792, illness

 

Island Prince

 MORRICE, William, Trimmer, RNR 15 TS, died in UK. advised 3 February 1915

 

Revenge

 MORRIS, Joseph A, Private, RMLI, 4649 (Ch), died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 JESSOP, James, Fleet Engineer, died in UK

 SULWAN, Malcolm W, Assistant Paymaster, died in UK