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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(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 Wednesday, 1 March 1916

 

Botha, flotilla leader, France

 BROWN, Walter J J, Stoker 1c, K 30014

 

Dundee

 ARCUS, Andrew, Seaman, RNR, D 1986, illness

 

Edinburgh Castle

 AINSLEY, Joseph H, Private, RMLI (RMR A 496), 4992 (Ch), illness

 

Krini

 CLISHAM, Thomas A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2319, drowned

 

Orama

 MCWILLIAM, Donald M, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant Commander, RNR, illness

 

Primula, ship lost

 ARCHER, Frederick A, Boy 1c, J 27167

 KEMP, Ernest C, Able Seaman, J 16643 (Ch)

 MINTER, Arthur H, Leading Seaman, J 905 (Ch)

 

RND, Benbow Battalion

 MACLEOD, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 3409, illness in Holland

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 ROBINSON, Charles S, Corporal, RMLI (RFR A 425), 2315 (Ch), illness in UK

 

 

Thursday, 2 March 1916

 

Alcantara, ship lost

 STANLEY, Leonard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, DOI

 

Indus

 ATKINS, Leonard C, Boy Artisan, M 4830, illness

 

Protector

 FARROW, George W, Engineman, RNR, ES 3019, drowned

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 WYMAN, Frederick R, Private, RMLI, 14182 (Po), illness

 

RND, Divisional Train Reserves

 WARREN, William, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1511 (Deal), discharged, illness

 

Wildfire

 MCGHEE, James J, Petty Officer 2c, 116217, illness

 

 

Friday, 3 March 1916

 

Boy Harold, ship lost

 COPP, Thomas J, Engineman, RNR, ES 4075

 EVANS, Phineas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8779

 HARVEY, John C, Cook, RNR, TC 567

 MURDOCH, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8935

 PENNY, Tom, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4378

 THOMAS, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2295

 WOOD, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Daffodil

 KITSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7799, illness

 

Favo

 GRANT, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 3512, drowned

 

Grafton

 RAMSAY, Quinton, Stoker 1c, SS 102688, illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 LANG, William B, Private, RMLI, 4353 (Po), illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 CONN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5170, illness

 

Victory

 BARBER, Walter T, Stoker 1c, K 28978, illness

 WATERHOUSE, Bernard, Leading Carpenter's Crew, M 3229, illness

 

 

Saturday, 4 March 1916

 

Alcantara, ship lost

 KEEFE, James, Sergeant, RMIL (RFR A 719), 4490 (Po), DOI

 

Benbow

 SAMUEL, Arthur G, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 8648, drowned

 

Flicker, ship lost

 BARKHAM, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, DA 8918

 BENTLEY, William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3906

 BESSANT, Percy, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1720

 BROWN, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4635

 GORDON, George W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1256

 GRIFFITHS, Thomas, Engineman, RNR, ES 873

 HUNT, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR (SS), ST 617

 JONES, David, Stoker, RNR, V 547

 LARGE, Nelson V, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4473

 MACKAY, Henry J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1855

 MORRISON, Donald, Seaman, RNR, C 3541

 THOMAS, William H, Able Seaman, 149649 (Po)

 TOD, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR (SS), SD 713

 WEST, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Hasting Castle

 BURGESS, Clifford, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7739, illness

 

President

 BAMSEY, William C, Able Seaman, RNVR, AA 2534, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

 ELLINGHAM, William A, Colour Sergeant, RMLI, 3830 (Ch), illness

 

Sydney (RAN)

 GORDON, David B, Stoker, RAN, 2527, illness

 

Vivid

 DRISCOLL, James, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2109, illness

 MCHUGH, Charles, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6704, illness

 

 

Sunday, 5 March 1916

 

Australia (RAN)

 JUSTICE, Roy C, Stoker, RAN, 3537, accident

 MATTHEWS, Walter J, Petty Officer Stoker, RAN, 7687, accident

 

Calliope II, ship lost

 MACRAE, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7255

 

Drumtochty

 ANTHONY, John E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 546, drowned

 HARWOOD, William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8972, drowned

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 JONES, Theophilus, Sergeant, RMLI, 2619 (Ply), illness

 

Sydney (RAN)

 HUGHES, Thomas, Leading Signalman, RAN, 7910, illness

 

Vivid

 MCCARTHY, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 8269, illness

 

 

Monday, 6 March 1916

 

Dolphin

 WHERRY, Harold R, Stoker 1c, K 20198, illness

 

Isis

 NOTT, Evan P, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Margaret Duncan

 FOOT, Richard, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1947, drowned

 

Nottingham

 SEARLE, Harry A, Boy Telegraphist, J 36358, illness

 

Pembroke

 ESPLIN, David, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness in UK

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in Egypt

 CROCKER, William R, Flight Commander (Lieutenant, RN)

 

St George

 HIGGINS, Owen, Trimmer, RNR, ST 526, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 7 March 1916

 

Coquette, ship lost

 BARTHOLOMEW, Edgar, Act/Leading Stoker, K 12521 (Ch)

 BRADLEY, Sydney, Stoker 2c, K 25566 (Ch)

 BRUNSON, John D, Able Seaman, 199115 (Ch)

 CRITTENDEN, Albert C, Stoker 1c, K 23243 (Ch)

 DUFF, Walter, Stoker 1c, K 9746 (Ch)

 HARKESS, Adam, Seaman, RNR, A 6355

 HOWARD, John, Able Seaman, 212271 (Ch)

 JACKSON, William C, Stoker 1c, K 6295 (Ch)

 JARMAIN, Walter T W, Stoker 1c, K 17588 (Ch)

 KEECH, George H T, Able Seaman, 238544 (Ch)

 MACKINTOSH, Peter, Stoker 1c, K 27820 (Ch)

 PARSONS, William J T, Petty Officer 1c, 171647 (Ch)

 PECKHAM, William H C, Stoker 1c, SS 109152 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, William P, Leading Seaman, 229136 (Ch)

 SALMON, John, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5747), 285126 (Ch)

 SEYMOUR, Vere, Lieutenant, RNR

 SPOONER, Fred, Seaman, RNR, B 3574

 STURGEON, George W, Stoker 1c, K 13774 (Ch)

 TURFERY, Joseph E, Act/Leading Stoker, K 832 (Ch)

 WILKIN, Gordon, Stoker 1c, 297698 (Ch)

 WILLCOX, Thomas C, Leading Signalman, 232188 (Ch)

 

Craigmin

 CATHCART, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4955, illness

 

E 5, submarine, ship lost

 ALDRED, Albert, Stoker 1c, K 12395 (Po)

 ARNOLD, William J, Petty Officer, 197172 (Po)

 ATKINSON, Henry W, Able Seaman, J 12152 (Dev)

 BASSETT, John T, Leading Seaman (RFR B 5359), 203189 (Dev)

 BONNER, William A, Act/Leading Stoker, K 13881 (Po)

 BOR, Thomas H, Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 BUCHANAN, Philip, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1407

 CHINN, Robert L, Stoker 1c, K 14836 (Ch)

 COWBURN, Francis G, Stoker Petty Officer, 309136 (Po)

 DALE, Alan D, Stoker 1c, K 15770 (Po)

 DAVIS, Frederick W, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 496 (Dev)

 EDWARDS, Harrington D, Lieutenant Commander

 GOFF, George, Stoker 1c, K 20958 (Dev)

 KINGCOME, Howard W, Signalman, J 11519 (Dev)

 LANE, Joseph F, Stoker 1c, K 16052 (Dev)

 LEFEVER, James, Able Seaman, J 11476 (Po)

 MCDOWELL, William, Leading Seaman, 211344 (Po)

 MOORE, George F, Stoker 1c, K 14905 (Ch)

 MORRIS, Ernest R, Chief Engine Room Artificer, 268807 (Ch)

 OATES, Charles J, Able Seaman, J 4526 (Ch)

 OWEN, Arthur R, Petty Officer, 199878 (Po)

 PARKER, William, Able Seaman, J 6076 (Dev)

 PARRELL, Charles, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270476 (Dev)

 PENDRED, Alfred J, Petty Officer, J 2418 (Ch)

 POWELL, Robert A, Act/Leading Stoker, K 798 (Po)

 RICE, Cecil F, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7200 (Ch)

 SHEPHERD, William E, Boy Telegraphist, J 35848 (Ch)

 SMITH, Ernest, Stoker 1c, K 17473 (Ch)

 THIRLWELL, Arthur R, Able Seaman, 235171 (Ch)

 WATSON, Sidney F, Lieutenant

 

Internos

 YOUNG, Daniel, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness in Edinburgh Infirmary

 

Melbourne (RAN)

 BAYLEY, Frank O, Leading Signalman, RAN, 7364, died in UK

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron

 DEEHAM, Joseph P, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10001 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

TB.11, torpedo boat, ship lost

 ARCHBOLD, John, Able Seaman, 236349 (Ch)

 BLUNTACK, Ernest, Stoker 1c, SS 110851

 BODKIN, William A L, Able Seaman, J 7798 (Ch)

 BOLT, Alfred, Able Seaman (RFR B 7583), SS 1391 (Ch)

 BRADLEY, Stanley G, Able Seaman, J 10367 (Ch)

 FAGAN, Terence, Stoker 1c, SS 109134 (Ch)

 HODGSON, Herbert R, Stoker 1c, K 14618 (Ch)

 JEFFERS, Percival T E, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 LAYCOCK, Frederick M, Leading Seaman, 360881 (Ch)

 LLOYD, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1294 (Ch)

 MEEKINS, Herbert, Stoker 1c, 280600 (Ch)

 MELLOR, Norman, Boy Telegraphist, J 39687 (Ch)

 MURRAY, John, Engineer Lieutenant

 ORGAN, Ambrose F, Gunner

 RIDGWELL, Henry, Able Seaman, J 2927 (Ch)

 RIPLEY, Charles, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268201 (Ch)

 SCOTT, Frederick C, Able Seaman, 238704 (Ch)

 SINTON, Walter G, Stoker 1c, K 11032 (Ch)

 SMITH, Cornelius, Leading Seaman, 238881 (Ch)

 SOUTHEN, William R, Cook's Mate, M 5222 (Ch)

 TURGOOSE, Frederick B, Petty Officer, 180665 (Ch)

 WILSON, William F, Able Seaman (RFR B 5200), 178139 (Ch)

 YOUNG, John C, Able Seaman (RFR B 8283), 219981 (Ch)

 

Victory

 HORSFIELD, Frank, Stoker 2c, K 30537, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 8 March 1916

 

Enterprise II, ship lost

 DRAPER, Albert, Engineman, RNR, ES 438

 GOODWIN, George F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3621

 HOWLETT, James E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3787

 KIRBY, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3791

 MAIR, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2935

 STANNARD, Reginald C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3788

 THOMAS, Owen S, Deck Hand, RNR (SS) - believed Short Service, SD 2813

 THURSTON, Isaac, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3789

 

Grampus

 PEEL, John T, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271045 (Ch), drowned

 

Lucania II

 COULL, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4684, drowned

 THAIN, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4682, drowned

 

Pembroke

 PLANT, Arthur J, Able Seaman, J 14807, illness

 

Raglan

 CRUSH, Joseph R, Stoker Petty Officer, 305234 (Ch), drowned

 FAGG, George, Ordinary Seaman, SS 5853 (Ch), drowned

 

Victory

 DUNCOMBE, George E, Wireman 2c, M 18682, illness

 

Vivid

 NEWTON, Richard E H, Boy 1c, J 43546, illness

 

 

Thursday, 9 March 1916

 

Arcturus

 WOOD, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8617, died in Gibraltar

 

Fauvette, ship lost

 ACKERMAN, Walter (real name, but served as Arthur W Ackerman), 2nd Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BEALE, William, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 BLACKWOOD, Thomas A, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 COLBERN, Herbert G (real name, but served as Herbert G Elliott), Stoker 1c, SS 106810 (Po)

 COSTA, George, Stoker 1c, K 9414 (Po)

 HAYES, Richard, Assistant Steward, MMR, 516746

 HIGGS, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 7429 (Ch)

 LITTLER, Walter, Stoker, RNR, U 1410

 MCNALLY, Andrew F, Stoker, RNR, S 4047

 O' DONNELL, Hugh, Fireman, MMR, 850508

 O' FARRELL, Patrick J, Fireman, MMR, 791994

 RAINER, Horace, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 ROBERTS, John, Fireman, MMR, 846153

 SMITH, Walter, Yeoman of Signals, 230587 (Ch)

 TRAINOR, John, Able Seaman (RFR B 2590), SS 374 (Dev)

 

RMA HQ Eastney

 HODGSON, Benjamin, Gunner, RMA, S 1805 (Deal), illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 JENKINS, William H, Private, RMLI, 9389 (Po), illness

 

 

Friday, 10 March 1916

 

Defiance

 WINNICOTT, James H, Painter, 158960, illness

 

Dreel Castle

 LIMBRICK, Joseph I, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4670, illness

 

 

Saturday, 11 March 1916

 

Africa

 ALLCOCK, Charles W, Chief Stoker, 288696, illness

 

Teutonic

 HUGHES, Edward, Seaman, RNR, B 3503, drowned

 

Vivid

 RICHARDS, Eli, Stoker 1c, 306827, illness

 

 

Sunday, 12 March 1916

 

Agincourt

 TAYLOR, Morris C, Able Seaman (RFR B 1/2103, 204375, illness

 

Mekong, ship lost

 CHAPLOW, William H J, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DAVIES, John, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PIPER, Roger A, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

RMA, East African Expeditionary Force

 COOKE, Jesse, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10270, illness in Kenya

 

Silanian

 WHINCOP, Philip, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Victory

 BEAZLEY, Sidney, Ordinary Seaman, 49523 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 13 March 1916

 

Amphitrite

 SEVERN, Cecil A, Commander, died

 

Birkenhead

 BURCHELL, Charles, Leading Stoker, 192332, illness

 

Ganges

 WALLER, Arthur M, Boy 2c, J 44756, illness

 

Gibraltar

 SHOTBOLT, Reginald, Boy 1c, J 43452, illness

 

Kent

 MUNRO, Joseph, Seaman, RNR, B 3499, drowned

 

Pembroke

 JARRETT, William H, Leading Telegraphist, 239956, illness

 

TB.11, torpedo boat, ship lost

 MITCHELL, Ernest E, Leading Stoker, K 13729 (Ch), DOI

 

Victory

 STEAD, Robert E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3169, illness

 TURNER, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, 296067, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 14 March 1916

 

Centurion

 PORTER, Angus, Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

Defence

 O'NEIL, Frank, Stoker, RNR, T 3141, illness

 

Gloucester

 O'MAHONY, Patrick, Ship's Cook, 346795, drowned

 

Hampshire

 FRY, Frank T, Stoker 1c, K 27912 (Po), illness

 

Skelwith Force

 PRITCHARD, Charles, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 15 March 1916

 

Donegal

 OWEN, Richard A, Petty Officer 1c, 121776, illness

 

Ganges

 REVELL, Charles L, Boy 2c, J 50282, illness

 

Pembroke

 BEARMAN, George, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 17677, illness

 

Queen Empress

 BOOTH, Frederick J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4659, illness

 

Vivid

 TROTTER, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3614, illness

 

 

Thursday, 16 March 1916

 

RM Depot Deal

 COOKE, Thomas J, Private, RM, S 315 (Deal), illness

 

Vivid

 GILL, William J, Stoker 1c, 296867, illness

 LOHMAN, Edward, Stoker 1c, SS 112921, illness

 OSBORNE, Herbert J, Boy 2c, J 50502, illness

 

 

Friday, 17 March 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Anti Aircraft Brigade, serving with, Belgium

 ABIGAIL, Edward A, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RMA,  accident

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Ganges

 JAMES, William, Petty Officer 1c, 112114, illness

 

Revenge

 CADWALLADER, Percy, Able Seaman, J 17754, died

 

RNAS East Fortune

 BALL, Frank, Leading Mechanic, F 7, illness

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 PAYTON, Josiah H, Private, RMLI, 14595 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 JOHNSON, Colin, Flight Lieutenant, accident

 

Sirius

 FINLAYSON, James, Leading Seaman (RFR B 5875), 182341 (Ch), illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 March 1916

 

Ameer, ship lost

 ANGUS, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 56

 BAILEY, William A, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside 6/171

 BENSON, George W, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 73

 BESSANT, Albert A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 41

 CHRISTIE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3682

 COULTAS, Charles, Engineman, RNR, ES 236

 KEMP, Frederick R, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SHELL, Adam, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6708

 SMITH, Alfred E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1762

 

President

 HAM, Henry R W, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 WHITEHEAD, Leslie E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 4/2861, interned in Holland, died

 

Royal Indian Marine

 BADSHAH, Miyan, Driver, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Sumana

 BURROWS, Allan, Able Seaman, 219730 (Ch), DOI

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Victory

 TAIT-MACRAE, William, Seaman, RNR, 8179 A, illness

 TURNER, Caswell, Petty Officer Stoker, 296067 (Po), illness

 

 

Sunday, 19 March 1916

 

Colleen

 JOHNSTON, Joseph, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3142), 288165, illness

 

Franklin (RAN)

 HEALY, Dominick, Leading Stoker, RAN, 5195 (110780 (Ply)), illness

 HENNIGAN, John, Officer's Cook 2c, RAN, 2576, illness

 

Penrice Castle

 ANGUS, James J T T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4613, illness

 

Valpa, ship lost

 FOWLER, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2036

 GARNHAM, Robert W, Chief Gunner

 GREEP, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, D 2368

 SKINNER, William F, Chief Petty Officer (RFR B 1177), 128054 (Ch)

 

Victory

 SMITH, Lewis, Able Seaman, 93538, illness