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

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Tuesday, 1 December 1914

 

Berwick

 FRENCH, George, Petty Officer 1c, 168030 (Ply), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 December 1914

 

Angler

 ALLEN, John F, Able Seaman, J 9650 (Po), drowned

 BAKER, Frederick, Able Seaman, 88070 (Po), drowned

 HAYATT, Sydney, Leading Cook's Mate, 347699 (Po), drowned

 

Fiona

 POWERS, Richard, Private, RMLI (RFR A 655), 5223 (Po), illness

 

RM, HQ Chatham

 CURTIS, John M, Sergeant, RMLI, 7889 (Ch), illness

 

Ruby

 RUNDLE, Henry, Leading Stoker, 174357, illness

 

 

Thursday, 3 December 1914

 

Bellerophon

 HORBURY, Arthur, Chief Gunner, drowned

 WITHYCOMBE, William, Chief Stoker, 278260 (Dev), drowned

 

Fisgard

 BELSON, George L, Boy Artificer, M 3799, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Portsmouth Battalion,

 BRANT, Ernest H, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1161), 10511 (Po), prisoner of war, died in Belgium

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Vivid

 BAKER, Hamilton R, Chief Ship's Cook, 353207 (Dev), illness

 

 

Friday, 4 December 1914

 

Royal Navy

 MITCHINSON, Charles C, Surgeon, illness

 

 

Saturday, 5 December 1914

 

Caesar

 FRY, Alfred, Stoker 1c, K 5816, illness

 

Carrigan Head, supply ship

 REYNOLDS, John J, Chief Gunner (ret), illness in Malta

 

Glory

 BURTON, Henry C, Able Seaman (RFR B 2843), 180541, illness

 

Onyx

 HAYDON, Albert E, Officer's Steward 1c, 146068, illness

 

Vivid

 ENDALL, Albert S R, Boy 1c, J 27116, illness

 

 

Sunday, 6 December 1914

 

Argyll

 WELSBY, Alexander, Private, RMLI, 16311 (Ply), illness

 

RND, 4th (Depot) Battalion,

 TOUGH, Alexander, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2100, illness in Crystal Palace

 

Severn

 NEILL, John H, Able Seaman, J 10584 (Ply), drowned

 

Star

 PROCTOR, Daniel, Stoker 2c, K 20061 (Ch), drowned

 

Vivid

 WOOD, Herbert T, Petty Officer 1c, 155865, illness

 

 

Monday, 7 December 1914

 

Ladysmith

 COOKE, Thomas, Engineman, RNR, ES 217, illness

 

Pembroke

 MCKENZIE, Murdock, Artificer Engineer, died in UK

 

Royal Navy

 PELLY, Frederick S, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

Shaitan, shore gunfire

 ELKES, Frederick J G M, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, on books of battleship Ocean

 

Wildfire

 NEWSAM, William B B, 2nd Yeoman of Signals, 171881, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 8 December 1914

 

Bracklyn

 NETTLETON, James, Trimmer (RFR B 5497), TS 850, illness

 

BATTLE OF THE FALKLANDS

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 MARTELL, Edwin H, Stoker Petty Officer, 310682 (Po)

 

Inflexible, battlecruiser

 LIVINGSTONE, Neil, Able Seaman (RFR B 3593) (O.N.), 190790 (Ch)

 

Kent, armoured cruiser

 KELLEY, Samuel, Private, RMLI (RFR A 566), 3793 (Po)

 KIND, Walter J, Private, RMLI, 15049 (Po)

 TITHERIDGE, Arthur C, Private, RMLI, 11220 (Po)

 WOOD, Walter, Private, RMLI, 16920 (Po)

 YOUNG, Walter, Seaman, RNR, 2543 (Ch)

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Severn

 GRAY, Robert, Private RMLI, (RFR B 768) 12773 (Ply), wounded 20 October 1914, DOW

 

Victory

 HOPCROFT, George, Able Seaman, 115712, illness

 

Vivid

 COBURN, Peter, Stoker 2c, K 23035, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 9 December 1914

 

Kent, Battle of the Falklands

 DUCKETT, George A, Officer's Steward 1c, L 2428 (Po), DOW

 

Pembroke III

 BIDDLE, George W H, Leading Mechanic, F 20, illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division,

 OUGH, William, Corporal, RMLI, 1729 (Ply), illness

 

RND, 4th (Depot) Battalion

 WALKER, George E, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1675, illness in UK

 

Shaitan

 GIBSON, Edward. Ordinary Seaman, (RFR B 768) J 3180. on books of Ocean, wounded 7 December 1914, DOW

 

 

Thursday, 10 December 1914

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 DUKE, Gordon E, Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant, killed in accident

 

Tagalie

 MORAN, John T, Trimmer, RNR, TS 587, illness

 

Victorious

 HOBBINS, William S, Private, RMLI, 8720 (Ch), illness

 

Vivid

 DRISCOLL, Daniel, Petty Officer, 113165, illness

 

 

Friday, 11 December 1914

 

Drake, trawler

 THOMPSON, William R, Engineman, RNR, 1211 ES, illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 December 1914

 

Bradford

 DAWSON, Frank, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1219, drowned

 

Empress of Asia

 LEE, Tuk, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Hampshire

 BURROW, Bertram T, Ordinary Seaman, J 15818, drowned in Gibraltar

 

Nemesis

 MULLER, Reginald, Able Seaman, 214860, drowned, presumed dead on 5 May 15

 

RMA, Hoxa Battery, Plaistow

 COURT, John, Gunner, RMA, RMA B 1094, accident

 

Royal Navy

 STUBBS, William B, Captain, illness

 

Semiramis

 WALKER, Arthur, Able Seaman, (RFR B 983) 191525. illness

 

 

Sunday, 13 December 1914

 

Actaeon

 THORNTON, Robert M, Trimmer, RNR, 1130 TS, illness

 

Mackenzie

 WOODHOUSE, William R, Trimmer, RNR, 369 TS, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 TOON, Frank, Lance Sergeant, RMA, 10820 (Po), died in UK

 

Vale of Clyde

 THOMSON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 127, illness

 

 

Monday, 14 December 1914

 

Egmont

 SCICLUNA, Lorenzo, Carpenter's Mate (Maltese), 343632, illness

 

Mars

 SUTTON, Charles, Able Seaman (RFR B 5956), 185901 (Ch), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 December 1914

 

Benbow

 CHIPCHASE, William G, Musician, RMB, RMB 999, illness in UK

 

Conqueror

 BROWN, Ernest H, Gunner, RMA, RMA 5825, drowned

 LEEWORTHY, Tom, Private, RMLI, 9183 (Ply), drowned

 NOTT, Albert W, Private, RMLI, 13626 (Dev), drowned

 

Doris

 BREW, George, Stoker 1c, SS 105528, illness in Egypt

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 STEVENSON, William, Staff Paymaster, RNR, illness

 

Royal Navy

 ADAMS, Horace A, Captain, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 16 December 1914

 

GERMAN RAID ON ENGLISH COASTAL TOWNS OF HARTLEPOOL, SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY

 

Doon, surface action

 FRASER, James, Stoker 1c, SS 109383 (Ch)

 

Hardy, surface action

 RIGSBY, Harold H, Leading Seaman, 212189 (Po), DOW

 WOOLGAR, George W, Able Seaman, J 5689 (Po)

 

Patrol, surface action

 CUMMINGS, Ernest C, Able Seaman, J 8662 (Ch)

 FLYNN, George M (real name, but served as George M Martin), Armourer's Crew, 345449 (Ch)

 HOOK, Ralph W, Leading Seaman, 224557 (Ch)

 SHERIDAN, Patrick J, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 280091 (Ch)

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HM Coast Guard Station Whitby

 RANDELL, Frederick, Boatman (Coast Guard), 301408 (Po), died in UK

 

Pembroke II

 RAINSFORD, Lionel, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 1334, illness

 

Vivid

 BUTLER, David, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1167, illness

 

 

Thursday, 17 December 1914

 

Doon, surface action

 CREDLAND, Harold, Able Seaman, 177695 (Ch), DOW

 

Dove

 O'SHEA, Michael, Stoker 2c, K 20963 (Ply), ex-Leander, drowned

 

Natal, trawler

 JARVIS, John, Trimmer, RNR, ST 221, illness

 

Pembroke

 WYATT, Walter J, Petty Officer, 184159, illness

 

 

Friday, 18 December 1914

 

Cochrane

 STEPHENSON, John J, Stoker Petty Officer, 303364, died in UK

 

Grafton

 ADDIS, John W, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 150412, illness

 

Imperieuse

 BARRETT, James, Surgeon, drowned

 

Pembroke

 CASEY, Alfred E S, Leading Seaman, 215727, ex-Black Prince, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 December 1914

 

Orianda, ship lost

 WILSON, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 546

 

Victory

 SHOVE, Harry, Leading Stoker, 281919, died in UK

 

 

Sunday, 20 December 1914

 

Garmo, ship lost

 BERRY, Thomas W, Able Seaman (RFR B 8968), SS 2084 (Ch)

 GILBERT, Thaddeus, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 HARE, John R, Cook, RNR, TC 146

 HARRIS, Thomas G, Able Seaman (RFR B 10043), SS 2550 (Ch)

 SPARROW, Walter R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1999

 THORNTON, Joseph W, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 58

 

Kent, Battle of the Falklands

 SNOW, George, Private, RMLI, 16958 (Po), DOW

 

Murray

 ACRES, Samson H, Stoker 1c, 301412, illness

 

Vernon

 HOBBS, Thomas, Chief Petty Officer, 114754, illness

 

 

Monday, 21 December 1914

 

Gabrielle

 MASON, William, Chief Petty Officer, 156272, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 22 December 1914

 

Berwick

 CROOK, Albert T, Stoker Petty Officer, K 1502, illness

 

Blake

 ROBERTSON, John N, Fleet Surgeon, died in UK

 

California, motor boat

 BOYD, Malcolm, Motor Boatman, RNVR, M B 244, illness

 

Encounter (RAN), detached to Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

 GARDNER, Charles H F, Able Seaman, RAN, 2673, died in Rabaul

 

 

Wednesday, 23 December 1914

 

Alsatian

 WILLIAMSON, Andrew, Carpenter's Crew, MMR, (none given), illness

 

Eagle

 NORTHCOTT, Albert, Petty Officer 1c, 147864, illness

 

Fox

 HARBRON, Robert A, Private, RMLI, 15138 (Ply), DOW

 

Pelorus

 HOSKING, Cecil, Ordinary Seaman, J 11550, illness

 

 

Thursday, 24 December 1914

 

Challenger

 CORLETT, Philip J, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, 240 EB, drowned

 

Cleopatra

 POPPLEWELL, Joseph, Engineman, RNR, 1011 ES, drowned

 

Kent

 SPENCE, Tom, Sergeant, RMLI (RFR), 5674 (Po), DOW

 

Royal Naval Air Service, UK air crash

 FFIELD, Bernard O, Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Benbow Battalion

 PHILLIPS, William G E, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3557, prisoner of war, died in Germany

__________ 

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 BRYNES, James W, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Touraco

 BYRNES, James W, Skipper, RNR, died in UK

 

GERMAN NEW GUINEA

 

Una (RAN)

 WILLANS, Herbert C, Able Seaman, 369 (RAN), died in New Guinea

__________ 

 

Vivid

 RADFORD, Albert L, Stoker 2c, K 23340 (Dev), illness

 

Wildfire

 DRAY, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, 282361, illness

 

 

Friday, 25 December 1914

 

Active

 DYKINS, Charles A, Leading Stoker, 285085 (Ply), illness

 

Aquarius

 FLATMAN, Clarence H, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5805, drowned

 

Ben Ardna

 WILSON, William J, Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Inflexible

 WILD, Matthew, Stoker 1c, K 12175 (Ch), drowned

 

Night Hawk, ship lost

 CHAPPLE, Alfred W J, Engineman, RNR, ES 25

 CHURCH, Joseph, Trimmer, RNR, TS 198

 HEARNE, Arthur H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 43

 HUBBARD, George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 324

 ROWBOTHAM, William H, Engineman, RNR, ES 42

 SHEARSMITH, Thomas H, Cook, RNR, TC 108

 

Pelorus

 ALCOCK, Guy W, Able Seaman, J 12621, illness

 

Pembroke

 ADAMS, Charles H, Armourer's Crew (Pens), 341094, illness

 

Raven

 BEER, Charles W, 2nd Hand, RNR, 512 SA, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 26 December 1914

 

Acorn

 LYONS, Michael, Able Seaman, 210583 (Ply), drowned

 PREECE, Henry, Able Seaman, 199794 (Ply), drowned

 

Arrogant

 BENNETT, Alexander, Stoker 1c, 299156, died

 

Lunan Bay, boom trawler

 WILSON, James, Skipper, illness

 

Caroline

 MORRIS, Edward J, Private, RMLI, 12127 (Po), drowned

 

Dwarf

 JOE, (no first name listed), Officer's Steward 2c, MMR, (no service number listed), died in India

 

Edinburgh Castle

 MACAULAY, John, Seaman, RNR, 1652 C, drowned

 

Hilary

 WAUGH, Andrew, Private, RMLI, 16649 (Ply), drowned

 

Portland Boom Defence, Victory

 BAGGS, Frederick W, Petty Officer 1c, 117207, illness

 

Rifleman

 CLATWORTHY, Harold E, Able Seaman, 236966 (Ply), drowned

 

Severn

 WINTER, Charles H, Able Seaman (RFR B 3969), 199141, illness

 

 

Sunday, 27 December 1914

 

Hope

 ARCHIBALD, James H, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, 1418 EA, drowned

 

Indomitable

 MITCHELL, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 16358, illness

 

Invincible

 LANEY, William, Stoker 1c, K 19409 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 28 December 1914

 

Doris

 ROGERS, William H, Stoker 1c, K 4807, died in Egypt

 

Victory

 HUGHES, William, Seaman, RNR, B 2822, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 29 December 1914

 

GERMAN NEW GUINEA

 

Australian Naval and Military Force

 TIBBEY, Frank A, Sergeant, 437, died in New Guinea

__________ 

 

Empress of Asia

 YEE, Yeong, Able Seaman, (no service number listed), illness

 

Empress of Russia

 BUCHAN, James, Seaman, RNR, 2646 A, illness

 

Pembroke

 FINN, Frank, Able Seaman (RFR B 1078), 97447, illness

 

Rinaldo

 LANGHAM, Henry A, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 483, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 30 December 1914

 

Cornwallis

 BARTON, Ronald J, Ordinary Seaman, J 20462 (Ch), drowned

 

 

Thursday, 31 December 1914

 

C.23, submarine

 SMITH, James A, Telegraphist, J 7022 (Ch), drowned

 

Marlborough

 CLAPP, Alfred J, Stoker 2c, K 20497, illness

 

Minerva

 WARD, Frank, Private, RMLI, 12786 (Po), enemy action

 

Talbot

 CHARD, John T, Private, RMLI (RMR A 1027), 5971 (Ply), illness in UK

 added 2/4/08