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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 APRIL 1916 - in date, ship/unit & name order

 

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(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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Saturday, 1 April 1916

 

Hildebrand

 MOORE, Charles E, Private, RMLI, 3802 (Ply), illness in UK

 

Implacable

 OSEMAN, Henry W, Stoker 1c, SS 102137, illness

 

Lighter X.50

 GOULD, Edward, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1530, drowned

 

Pembroke

 CLARIDGE, Allan J, Cook's Mate 2c, M 19361, illness

 

Rowan, both drowned in Greece

 CHALK, Alexander, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 545

 KEY, Alfred T, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 12463 (Ch)

 

Sapphire

 NEIL, Frederick R, Cook's Mate, M 10365 (Ch), died in Italy

 

 

Sunday, 2 April 1916

 

Amalthea

 COX, George, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 249, drowned

 

Commandant, ship lost

 EADIE, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5424

 GAYFER, William J, Engineman, RNR, ES 2717

 MACKIE, John J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 460

 OAKES, Stanley L, Seaman, RNR, A 4268

 WEST, John A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4480

 

RND, 3rd Field Company, Divisional Engineers

 BROWN, Walter W, Sapper, RM, S 1022 (Deal), illness in UK

 

Victory

 PRESCOTT, Henry E, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Vivid

 BARRY, William, Leading Seaman, J 1194, illness

 

 

Monday, 3 April 1916

 

Anchor of Hope

 SMITH, Thomas E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5056, illness

 

HM Coast Guard District Officer

 LOVEGOOD, Thomas E, Hon Lieutenant (ret), illness

 

Pembroke

 PEARCE, William D, Officer's Steward 3c, L 8340, illness

 

Vesuvius

 POOLEY, George W, Chief Stoker, 145467, illness

 

Victory

 ELLIS, Harold W, Boy 1c, J 35770, illness

 NEWMAN, William J, Able Seaman (RFR B 5629), 206703 (Po), illness

 

Vivid

 PLANT, John, Painter 2c, M 18965, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 4 April 1916

 

Briton

 CROSS, William, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1991, drowned

 

Bullwhale

 FERGUSON, John, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 2261, illness

 

Tara

 PRITCHARD, Thomas, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), interned, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 5 April 1916

 

Ben My Chree

 WEIR, Adam, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Kent

 LOVET, Frank W, Chief Ship's Cook, 159802, illness

 

Pembroke

 ALDOUS, Edwin J W, Ordinary Seaman, J 51025, illness

 POWER, Peter H, Painter 2c, 343937, illness

 

Vivid

 MURPHY, Patrick, Stoker 2c, K 31016, illness

 

 

Thursday, 6 April 1916

 

Circe

 WARD, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 297076, illness

 

Comus

 HALL, James, Electrical Artificer 4c, M 14767, illness

 

Hungerford, steamship

 ORMEROD, John R, Ty/Assistant Paymaster, RNR, died

 

Monsoon

 AHERN, Michael, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 204, drowned

 

Pembroke

 DALTON, Albert F, Boy 1c, J 31403, illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 KELLY, James, Private, RMLI, 18288 (Ply), illness in UK

 VOWLES, George J, Sergeant, RMLI, 10259 (Ply), illness in UK

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 GLYNN, Edward T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2791, discharged, illness

 

Vivanti

 BROOKS, Robert J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 808, illness

 

Vivid

 OSBORNE, Thomas A, Able Seaman, 231270, illness

 

 

Friday, 7 April 1916

 

Drake

 ELLIGOT, William, Seaman, RNR, A 3587, drowned

 

E.30, submarine, battery explosion

 HOWARD, Edward A, Able Seaman (RFR B 5711), 230663 (Dev)

 LARCOMBE, Robert, Petty Officer Telegraphist, 309324 (Ch)

 SMITH, John, Stoker 1c, K 9282 (Dev)

 

Gloucestershire

 CAREY, George C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1089, drowned

 

HM Coast Guard Station Bangor

 DUKES, Augustus E, Boatman, HM Coast Guard, 188803, illness

 

RND, 6th (Depot) Battalion, Crystal Palace

 EVANS, George A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8553, illness

 

Royal Naval Australian Bridging Train

 ADDIS-BLACK, Thomas C, Lieutenant, RAN, died in Egypt

 

Sunflower

 BISSETT, William R, Stoker 1c, 283414, illness

 

Titania, battery explosion on E.30

 BONNAMY, Ernest A, Leading Seaman, 234265 (Ch)

 

Victory

 JUPP, Albert, Stoker Petty Officer, 306624, illness

 NIGHTINGALE, William A, Officer's Steward 3c, L 8376, illness

 

 

Saturday, 8 April 1916

 

Avon

 MOORE, John T, Able Seaman, 191741 (Dev), illness

 

Dolphin

 HATCHARD, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 277869, illness

 

Minotaur

 COOPER, Samuel, Chief Stoker, 167174, illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 HANCOX, Edward E, Private, RMLI, 18613 (Po), illness

 

Vivid

 O'CONNELL, David, Stoker 2c, K 31046, illness

 

 

Sunday, 9 April 1916

 

President II

 FASHAM, Wilfred C, Air Mechanic 2c, F 12603, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 JACKSON, George, Gunner, RMA, RMA S 1198, illness

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 BULLEN, Alfred T, Private, RMLI, 14995 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Victory

 ELLIOTT, Leonard J, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 122487, illness

 

 

Monday, 10 April 1916

 

Pembroke

 PLATTS, Joseph H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 743, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 11 April 1916

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Echo

 HAYES, Jeremiah, Seaman, RNR, B 2738

 ROWSE, Colley W, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5458), 299820 (Dev)

 WILLIAMS, Albert, Seaman, RNR, B 5205, DOI

 

Hyacinth

 VINCENT, Frank S, Leading Seaman, 232298 (Po)

 WILKES, Arthur T, Able Seaman, J 7773 (Po)

__________

 

RM Depot Deal

 HISCOCK, Walter E, Private, RMLI, 19145 (Po), illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 DOWN, Frederick F, Private, RMLI, 17712 (Ply), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 12 April 1916

 

City of Oxford

 SAUNDERS, George, Air Mechanic 1c, F 10461, illness

 

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

 

Grafton, armoured cruiser

 GOODWIN, Reginald J, Private, RMLI, 15551 (Ply), killed

 RUSE, Samuel G, Blacksmith (Pens), 147532 (Dev), DOI

__________

 

Victory

 WILLIAMS, Thomas S, Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 690, illness

 

Vivid

 COMLEY, William C, Able Seaman, 206101, illness

 

 

Thursday, 13 April 1916

 

Ganges

 WILKINSON, Charles S, Boy 2c, J 43447, illness

 

 

Friday, 14 April 1916

 

Alberta, ship lost

 BEARD, Robert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 979

 DURRANT, Charles, Cook, RNR, TC 279

 GIBSON, Robert A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9989

 HAMMOND, John A, Engineman, RNR, ES 1345

 HORN, Percy A, Engineman, RNR, ES 308

 STRATFORD, Sidney, Petty Officer (RFR A 1663), 142720 (Ch)

 WRIGHT, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2131

 

Orcades, ship lost

 CAMERON, Duncan, Trimmer, RNR, TS 632

 CULLEY, Benjamin A, Trimmer, RNR, TS 153

 FROST, Robert, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 JOHNSON, Ernest, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 336

 STEER, Harry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3061

 WOOLER, Harry D, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 4346

 

Pactolus

 ROACH, Edward, Stoker, RNR, T 1828, illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 MCKAY, John, Corporal, RMLI, S 1551 (Po), illness

 

RND, Signal School Company, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 PEGG, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5500, illness

 

Vivid

 HERD, Thomas H, Ordinary Seaman, J 50720, illness

 

 

Saturday, 15 April 1916

 

Victory

 WHITHAM, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, J 50878, died

 

Vivid

 BARNES, Frederick, Stoker Petty Officer, 165224, illness

 HURLEY, Patrick, Chief Stoker, 292038, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 April 1916

 

Albacore

 MITTON, Frederick W J, Leading Stoker, 294433, illness

 

Bulldog, mined off Gallipoli

 BARBER, John B, Lieutenant

 BINDING, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 339

 CALDER, William P, Petty Officer, 212173 (Ch)

 COLEMAN, Jabez, Stoker 1c, K 15856 (Ch)

 PEARCE, Thomas G, Able Seaman, 233768 (Ch)

 SCOTT, Albert J, Gunner

 WALSH, Richard, Stoker 1c, SS 116273 (Po)

 

Ganges

 HARWOOD, Thomas J, Petty Officer 1c, 117006, illness

 

 

Monday, 17 April 1916

 

Ceto

 MACKAY, Frederick B, Lieutenant Commander, RNR (ret), drowned

 

Donegal

 REISS-SMITH, Robert E, Chief Gunner, illness

 

Richard Welford

 ANDERSON, Robert, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 HARDY, Guy B, Warrant Officer, 2nd Grade, RNAS, died in UK

 

Suva

 HUGHES, John, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Vivid

 DYER, James M, Able Seaman, 185611, illness

 HULL, Percy H, Stoker 2c, K 31031, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 April 1916

 

Agadir

 CHAMBERLAIN, Jesse W, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 177463, illness

 

HM Coast Guard Station King's Lynn

 VINCENT, Walter, Chief Officer, HM Coast Guard, died

 

Powerful

 BRYANS, Joseph A, Boy 2c, J 49598, illness

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 EUNSON, William S, Leading Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 979, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 BHUSHANDAS, (no service number listed), Rivetter, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 19 April 1916

 

Britomart

 LEWIS, William, Able Seaman, 189097, illness

 

Fusiliser

 MCGOWAN, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3633, illness

 

Osiris

 MCKECHNIE, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Pembroke

 HORNE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, SS 108665, illness

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 ROBERTSON, George, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1049, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahman, Stoker, RIM, 943, illness

 

Victory

 ROBERTSON, Daniel, Stoker 1c, K 26481, illness

 

Vivid

 DAVIS, Thomas, Able Seaman, 162870, illness

 ROLLS, Fred, Chief Stoker, 279243, illness

 

 

Thursday, 20 April 1916

 

HM Coast Guard Station Western Amlwich

 MCGRATH, John, Leading Stoker (RFR A 4148), 165755 (Dev), illness

 

Marlborough

 WIDDICOME, William H, Canteen Manager, Admiralty civilian, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Ghani, Lascar, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

Sutlej

 TRAHAR, William A, Stoker Petty Officer, 226808 (Dev), illness

 

 

Friday, 21 April 1916

 

Monarch

 LANGRIDGE, George, Chief Petty Officer, 179215 (Po), illness

 

Pembroke

 RYAN, Louis A, Shipwright, 346118, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

 BOWEN, Frederick P, Private, RMLI, S 1462 (Po), illness in UK

 

RND, Benbow Battalion

 JOBLING, William B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside 5/182, discharged, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 HOCKING, William, Ty/Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant, accident

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 SAW, Arthur C, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Victory

 BAIRNSON, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR (Shetland Section), L 103, illness

 

Vivid

 HARROLD, Thomas E, Leading Stoker, K 6619, illness

 

 

Saturday, 22 April 1916

 

Army, Anti Aircraft Brigade, serving with

 HOWE, Sidney, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14137, illness in UK

 

Dominion

 MELIA, Hugh, Stoker 1c, SS 108670, illness

 

President, France

 STRANGE, Charles S, Assistant Paymaster (ret)

 

Rinaldo

 WILLIAMS, Alfred J D, Boy 1c, J 30129, accident

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Royal Naval Air Service, Tanganyika

 JONES, Cyril A, Air Mechanic 2c, F 6689

__________

 

Victorious

 WEAVER, George, Quartermaster, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Sunday, 23 April 1916

 

Africa

 MANN, Thomas E S, Ordinary Seaman, J 24153 (Ch), illness

 

Lena Melling, ship lost

 BURTON, John E, Engineman, RNR, ES 4223

 BUTCHART, James R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9354

 COTTON, Charles S, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 9, DOI

 HORNE, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 IRVINE, James R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9385

 JONES, John L, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 1924

 LAMBERT, John W, Engineman, RNR, ES 542

 ROBSON, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4485

 SHERRITT, David A L, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9366

 STEWARDSON, Richard, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9454

 TAYLOR, Alexander C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5298

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 FREDERICK, Stanley O, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 242, illness in Kephalo

 

 

Monday, 24 April 1916

 

Calgarian

 SMYTH, Laurence, Seaman, RNR, A 2614, died in Canada

 

Clover Bank, ship lost

 CAMPBELL, Hugh, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4588

 CHAPMAN, Philip J, Engineman, RNR, ES 1759

 ELLIOTT, Edward J M (real name, but served as Edward Mersey), Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3153

 ELLIOTT, Thomas L, Engineman, RNR, DA 3158

 HARLOW, Thomas W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3067

 HARRIS, Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3156

 LARKE, James H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2688

 LOADES, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5724

 MANSHIP, John W, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 927

 MCRURY, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2564

 NORFOR, George A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3155

 PRIN, William, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 585

 RIVETT, Albert J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3066

 STROWGER, Alonzo, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 THAIN, William S, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 937

 TOOLEY, Alfred J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6189

 URQUHART, Colin, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2402

 WAUGH, Robert W G, Leading Seaman (RFR B 3590), 197535 (Ch)

 

Crocus

 GRIER, Archibald J, Leading Seaman, 230319 (Po), illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Julnar, steamship

 COWLEY, Charles H, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, prisoner of war

 FIRMAN, Humphry O B, Lieutenant, killed

__________

 

Medea

 LYNCH, Alfred, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5526

 ROSE, William, Able Seaman, 231948 (Dev)

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 BLACK, David, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 189, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 25 April 1916

 

Clach-Na-Cudin, mined

 COWIE, Alexander, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1471

 INNES, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 2649

 MCKAY, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5313

 MILLER, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5310

 NAZER, Frederick J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3295

 SINCLAIR, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5992

 

Conquest, surface action

 BALDRY, Arthur F, Able Seaman, J 43124 (Ch)

 BALL, Alfred, Petty Officer 1c, 209945 (Ch)

 BARTON, Joseph, Private, RMLI, 16153 (Ch)

 BATHO, Arthur W, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6439 (Ch)

 BATTER, Frederick E, Private, RMLI, 16282 (Ch)

 BLUNDELL, George H, Boy 1c, J 38330 (Ch)

 BRODRICK, Percy J, Stoker 1c, K 17397 (Ch)

 BULL, Charles, Able Seaman, J 43070 (Ch)

 CURTIS, Ernest H, Officer's Cook 1c, L 7908 (Ch)

 GARDNER, William R, Boy Servant, L 5341 (Ch)

 HENSLEY, Frederick H, Stoker 1c, K 21402