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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 - 31st AUGUST 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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Tuesday, 1 August 1916

 

Hermia

 CRESSY, George J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1846, illness

 

Pelorus

 HEATON, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 50817 (Dev), drowned

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 TIMMERMANS, John L, Private, RMLI, 4542 (Po), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 August 1916

 

Indus

 HOBSON, Donald, Boy Artisan, M 11342, drowned

 

Pembroke

 THEIS, John L C, Stoker 1c, 291444, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 4th Wing, air crash in France

 BAUDRY, Royce G A, Flight Lieutenant

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 SCORER, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1510, DOI

 

 

Thursday, 3 August 1916

 

Clacton, ship lost

 ADDISON, David, Seaman, RNR, B 4217

 FRAME, Alexander, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 410

 JAMES, Archibald N, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 13584 (Dev)

 MCKELVEY, Charles J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 MORTIMORE, Francis E, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 

Lively

 COOK, Arthur O, Able Seaman, 224069 (Ch), drowned

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 GRIFFITHS, Samuel, Private, RMLI, 15038 (Ply), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 188th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, France, accidental explosion

 GRAY, Walter, Act/Corporal, RMLI (RFR 956), 14099 (Ply)

 NASH, James H, Private, RMLI, S 18601 (Po)

 POWELL, William, Private, RMLI, S 249 (Ply)

 SIMPSON, John E, Private, RMLI, 18289 (Po)

 STERLING, James, Private, RMLI, 13644 (Ply)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 WILLSON, Albert J, Private, RMLI, S 926 (Ch), DOI

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MAYES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3034, illness

__________

 

Rooke, ship lost

 ALLEN, Frederick, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9948

 BRACE, William J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1479

 DARKINS, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 1510

 GIBSON, Lionel V H, Engineman, RNR, ES 444

 JENNER, Joseph W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1569

 PETTMAN, Harry E, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 6257

 

 

Friday, 4 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, serving in, killed, France

 COOPER, Percy B A, Lieutenant Commander (ret)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 WHENT, Ernest J, Private, RMLI, 14719 (Po)

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HARRISON, Christopher L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4405, DOI

 SWANN, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3640

__________

 

Calgarian

 CONWAY, John, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Cleopatra, mined

 EVELEIGH, John, Sergeant, RMLI, 10944 (Ply)

 MOORE, John, Private, RMLI, 17248 (Ply)

 POINTON, Edward, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 14606 (Ply)

 SHORROCKS, Robert, Private, RMLI, 15376 (Ply)

 

Endymion

 BROOME, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 298227, illness

 

Malaya

 TINDALE, William, Stoker, RNR, S 7734, illness

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 RIDLAND, John T, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1432, illness

 

 

Saturday, 5 August 1916

 

Achilles

 JAMES, Ernest C, Able Seaman, J 19839, drowned

 

Birmingham

 VAILLALARD, John F, Able Seaman, 231087, illness

 

Britomart

 WARD, George W, Stoker, RNR, S 5881, died

 

Ganges

 DENNY, Allan I, Boy 1c, J 45497, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 CONSTABLE, Charles J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2550, killed

__________

 

Victory

 CANAWAY, Walter H, Stoker Petty Officer, 112774, illness

 

Vivid

 NEWLAND, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 3/314, illness

 

 

Sunday, 6 August 1916

 

Endymion

 RICE, Owen, Stoker, RNR, S 7344, illness

 

Excellent

 ROUSE, William, Petty Officer, 193318, illness

 

Manica

 FOY, Hugh F, Leading Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Monday, 7 August 1916

 

Colleen

 SIMPSON, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 4786, illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie

 INGMIRE, Gilbert M, Assistant Paymaster, RNR, illness

 

Juno

 HANSELL, Frederick J, Painter 1c, 165781 (Ch), illness

__________

 

John High, ship lost

 CAMPBELL, John M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8271

 COOK, George S, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3722

 CUSHING, Godfrey L, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6203

 EWING, William G, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5019

 GRAHAM, James R, Petty Officer (RFR A 1835), 140041 (Ch)

 HIGH, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 MCKENZIE, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5018

 NEWSON, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 4397

 PARKS, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1696

 PERRY, Thomas H, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2793

 SANDERSON, George, Engineman, RNR, TS 2733

 SMITH, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1963

 THOMAS, Daniel, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 2028

 WOOD, Reuben W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10410

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 FLINT, George H B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 336, DOI

__________

 

Vivid

 DOUGLAS, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 6263, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 8 August 1916

 

Acasta

 ROBERTS, Charles F, Able Seaman, 195406 (Dev), drowned

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Juno

 BROPHY, Edward, Stoker 1c, K 22418 (Ch), drowned

___________

 

Manzanita

 MURRAY, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6287, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers, France

 WOODING, Samuel, Sapper, RM, S 5199 (Deal), accident

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 CAMERON, David A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4927

__________

 

Sabrina

 HARRIS, William H, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2441, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 9 August 1916

 

Narcissus

 DAVIS, Henry C, Stoker 1c, 303558 (Dev), illness

 

Pembroke

 BALDRY, Arthur, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10474, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 GOODMAN, Ernest R, Private, RMLI, 18510 (Po)

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Signal Company, Divisional Engineers, France

 SULLIVAN, William R, Sapper, RM, S 5415 (Deal), DOI

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France,

 GIBBS, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1069

 HORTON, James E, Act/Chief Petty Officer, K 12263 (Po)

 

 

Thursday, 10 August 1916

 

Psyche (RAN)

 BROWN, Frederick, Stoker, RAN, 5517, died in Hong Kong

 

RMA Eastney

 HUMPHRIES, Alfred, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2798, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 RAFFERTY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6313

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 WEDEL, Albert P, Petty Officer, RNVR, Wales Z 140, DOI

 

 

Friday, 11 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BARBER, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4815

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 KENNEDY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7533

__________

 

RNR (Shetland Section)

 NICOLSON, George, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 493, illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 SMALL, William C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5183

 

 

Sunday, 13 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert

 NYE, Walter, Able Seaman, 193170, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Daedalus

 FINCH-DAWSON, Humphrey, Commander, illness

 

Lassoo, ship lost

 CHIPCHASE, Arthur L, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19581 (Dev)

 FREEMAN, Gerald S, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 GODBEHERE, Herbert, Gunner

 MORSE, Henry G, Stoker 1c, SS 113560 (Dev)

 THOM, George W, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268428 (Dev)

 THORNHILL, Humphrey O' B, Sub Lieutenant

 

Sirius

 KENT, Tom, Private, RMLI, 3132 (Po), died in UK

 

 

Monday, 14 August 1916

 

Birkenhead

 FLINT, James A, Private, RMLI, 8534 (Po), died in UK

 

Egmont

 RENNISON, Harry E, Leading Seaman, 226549, illness

 

Glasgow

 MITCHELL, Horace, Stoker 1c, K 26493 (Po), illness

 

Neath Castle, ship lost

 PRITCHARD, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1363

 

Remembrance (Lameroo), ship lost

 HENZELL, Michael, Stoker, RNR, T 2909

 WILSON, James, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EB 370

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MOON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3438

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 THROSBY, Charles E, Petty Officer (RFR B 10001), SS 107614 (Ch), DOI

__________

 

Tamar

 SUN, Kow, Able Seaman (Chinese), (no service number listed), died

 

Wahine

 PORTER, George C, Stoker, RNR, S 6585, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert

 HALL, Alfred, Leading Seaman, 159327, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahim, Engine Driver, RIM, 2070, illness

__________

 

E 4, submarine, lost

 BACON, Cyril, Stoker 1c, K 15163 (Ch)

 BACON, James, Stoker 1c, K 18571 (Ch)

 BAGWELL, Andrew, Able Seaman, J 9207

 BAKER, Henry, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNVR, Tyneside 5/158

 BALDOCK, Alfred H, Leading Seaman, J 5986 (Ch)

 BENNETT, George H, Stoker 1c, K 14986 (Po)

 BROAD, Alfred H, Able Seaman, J 6514 (Dev)

 CARPENTER, Henry G, Leading Seaman, 228307 (Po)

 COOLEY, Frank E, Able Seaman, J 1314 (Ch)

 DENISON, John, Boy Telegraphist, J 44783

 DUDLEY, Charles H, Act/Leading Stoker, K 6508 (Ch)

 DUNDEE-HOOPER, Steward B, Lieutenant

 FENWICK, William T, Able Seaman, J 3846 (Dev)

 GADSBY, William W, Stoker Petty Officer, 294719 (Ch)

 GIBSON, John W, Act/Leading Stoker, K 7355 (Ch)

 HALLS, William C E, Stoker 1c, K 21378 (Ch)

 HEWLETT, Harry, Act/Leading Stoker, 310896 (Ch)

 HODGSON, Ronald W, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 1500 (Ch)

 HUNTER, William, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 JOLLIFFE, Francis H, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6712), 219416 (Po)

 MATTHEWS, Frank R, Leading Seaman, 229890 (Po)

 MILLARD, Jocelyn A, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3565 (Dev)

 NICHOLS, Frederick N, Able Seaman, 219985 (Dev)

 PRESKETT, Henry, Leading Seaman, J 1004 (Po)

 REPPER, Charles, Petty Officer, 227906 (Dev)

 SALISBURY, James H, Petty Officer, 201219 (Po)

 SMITH, Leonard W, Leading Telegraphist, J 9412 (Po)

 SNOW, Sidney, Stoker 1c, K 2650 (Ch)

 TENISON, Julian T, Lieutenant Commander

 TOVEY, Maurice W, Signalman, J 1071 (Po)

 WARD, John J, Stoker 1c, K 11010 (Po)

 WARWICK, John C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6325 (Ch)

 

E 41, submarine, ship lost

 ASHBY, Christopher J, Petty Officer, 238506 (Po)

 BEAIL, Albert V, Able Seaman, 228842 (Ch)

 CALVO, George, Stoker 1c, K 14055 (Ch)

 DANIELS, Charles C, Stoker 1c, K 22606 (Ch)

 EVANS, Jack, Stoker 1c, K 9478 (Dev)

 FREWER, Walter, Leading Stoker, 312441 (Ch)

 GARLAND, John, Leading Stoker, 310934 (Dev)

 GAUNT, Frederick H, Able Seaman, J 6168 (Dev)

 GRANT, William A, Leading Signalman, 223970 (Po)

 GRIBBLE, Frederick, Stoker 1c, K 2533 (Dev)

 KLEMP, Charles T, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 MONCKTON, Sidney, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 2665 (Dev)

 ROACH, George F, Able Seaman, J 12094 (Ch)

 SAYWELL, Herbert N, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3326 (Ch)

 STEWARD, Alfred G, Able Seaman, J 7784 (Ch)

 WELLS, John, Stoker 1c, K 17402 (Po)

 

Minerva

 AHMAD, Hasan, Stoker, (no service number listed), illness

 HASSAN, Ahmed, Seedie Stoker, (no service number listed), illness

 

Pembroke

 RICHEY, Frederick A, Petty Officer, 199317, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 FRAME, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6370

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Talbot, German East Africa

 THOMAS, Francis H, Captain, RMLI

__________

 

Victory

 COLDREY, William G H, Able Seaman, J 10922, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 16 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert

 BENTON, Harry, Able Seaman, 208598, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Barambah, steamship

 CAMPBELL, John D, Stoker 2c, B 454 (RANR), illness

 

Ganges

 DADSWELL, Jessie G, Boy 2c, J 53152, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 SHAW, James, Private, RMLI, S 436 (Ply), DOI

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PENNEY, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 558

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1916

 

Earnest

 PEARSON, Albert T, Able Seaman, J 43001 (Ch), drowned

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Juno

 TULLETT, Arthur, 2nd Writer, M 2763 (Ch), illness

__________

 

Karina, steamship

 SIMMONS, Albert, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 6351 (Ply), illness in UK

 

Ludlow

 MCLEOD, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1157, illness

 

Pembroke

 JAMIESON, Samuel, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 504, drowned

 

Stadacona

 HOWARD, William M, Able Seaman, RCN, ONC 455, illness

 

Zaida, ship lost

 BURNLEY, Samuel, Assistant Cook, MMR, 696361

 CAWTE, William G, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 CLAXTON, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 2090

 DIXON, Frederick, Carpenter, MMR, 742459

 GRIFFITHS, Edwin, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 JOHNSTON, Edward C, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (none given)

 LAMONT, George, Assistant Steward, MMR, 700964

 MYALL, William, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 NOBLE, James D, Act/Petty Officer, RNR, D 2269

 ROYLE, William, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 SPENCE, Samuel G S, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EC 18

 STONE, Frederick W, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 THIRLWELL, Robert, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

 

Friday, 18 August 1916

 

Macedonia

 HURLEY, Thomas, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1233, illness

 

Moldavaia

 FRENCH, Robert, Petty Officer 1c (RFR B 2332), 138240 (Po), illness

 

President II

 HENDERSON, George W, Air Mechanic 1c, F 9303, illness

 

Queen Victoria

 MCLEOD, John, Seaman, RNR, A 7644, died

 

Victory

 MILES, Ernest A, Stoker 2c, SS 117482, illness

 SAUNDERS, Edwin D, Boy 1c, J 41051, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 August 1916

 

Egmont

 WELSH, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 7687 (Ch), illness

 

Falmouth, ship lost

 COE, Maurice E, Stoker 1c, K 17579 (Ch)