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World War 1 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell

1st - 30th APRIL1917
in date, ship/unit & name order

P-Boat type patrol craft  HMS P.59. Sister-ship P.26 was lost  10 April 1917 (Maritime Quest, click  to enlarge)

on to May 1917

 

Notes:

(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR, RMLI 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) Click here for lists by Name in the Casualties Homepage

 


 

Sunday, 1 April 1917

 

Devonshire, cruiser

 COUTTS, Lawrence B, Seaman, RNR, L 1368, illness

 

E.32, submarine

 SAUNDERS, Henry G, Petty Officer, 194067 (Po), drowned

 

Grenada, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MURRAY, David, Engineman, RNR, ES 2459, illness

 

RM HQ Deal

 CHESMAN, Sidney, Private, RMLI, S 2089 (Ch), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 WOOD, Charles H P, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

 

Monday, 2 April 1917

 

Courageous, light battlecruiser, converted postwar to aircraft carrier

 HAMILTON, Edward J, Stoker 2c, K 35873, drowned

 

Vivid II, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GREEN, John, Able Seaman, 239496 (Dev), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 3 April 1917

 

Andes, armed merchant cruiser

 CARTER, James, Fireman, MMR, 409817, illness

 

Ascension Island, South Atlantic

 SMITH, John, Krooman, (no service number listed), illness

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

East African Expeditionary Force

 BOLTON, Samuel, Bombardier, RMA, RMA 10352, illness

__________

 

Egyptian Army, attached, Sudan

 HUTTON, Ronald W, Captain, RMA, "killed by outlaws"

 

President, HQ Ship, London

 WHALEY, William, Petty Officer 1c, 102529, illness

 

RMA Battalion

 JOHNSON, Alfred, Gunner, RMA, RMA 6228 (RFR B), discharged, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS Dunkirk

 CARNEY, Richard H, Air Mechanic 1c, M 16452 (Ch), DOW in UK

__________

 

RNAS Kingsnorth

 JENNER, Albert, Aircraftsman 2c, F 22804, illness

 

St Malo, hired trawler

 TIDDY, Samuel J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1637, drowned

 

Thalia, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Cromarty

 PETRIE, Alexander V, Deck Hand, RNR (T), DA 8353, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PATON, Richard, Stoker 1c, 308483, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 4 April 1917

 

City of Paris, passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.35 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 WALKER, Joseph, Private, RMLI, 12929 (Po)

 

Fusilier, Admiralty trawler, minesweeper

 GALE, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8185, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 QUINN, Joseph V, Aircraftsman 2c, F 22451, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 PINKNEY, Aaron, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2400, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 KELLY, Joshua, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9592, illness

 

 

Thursday, 5 April 1917

 

Calliope, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.65 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 DARBY, Walter, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR A 829), 4689 (Ply)

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet

 HOGG, George, Seaman, RNR, A 8682, drowned

 

Iolanda, hired yacht

 TOMBS, Harry, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ATTWOOD, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3156, died

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 DAWE, Henry, Petty Officer, 187537, illness

 ROGERS, David C, Ordinary Seaman, J 67393, illness

 

 

Friday, 6 April 1917

 

Azalea, fleet sweeping sloop

 GAYWOOD, Harry W, Stoker 2c, K 35207 (Ch), DOW in Greece

 

M.27, monitor

 HELLING, Archie J, Able Seaman, J 8779, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 LEMON, Frederick, Leading Telegraphist, 199368, illness

 

Powhatan, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.66, N of Scotland; naval casualty:

 TULLOCH, Magnus, Seaman, RNR, A 7107

 

Presto, steamship, mined and sunk in North Sea; naval casualty:

 CLAYFIELD, Edward H, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1847

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 WILLIAMS, George, Private, RMLI, S 7073 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Flying Corps, attached, shot down by German pilot Paul von Osterroth near Malalow or Malahow (location not known), France

 WEIL, Louis M B, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant.

__________

 

Strathrannoch, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ARLINGTON, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13860

 BAXTER, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6489

 BLACKLEY, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2692

 BOWLES, William G, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BRAMLEY, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 1783

 BUCHAN, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2565

 CROSS, Charles B, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5360

 GOWL, Hutchison C P, 2nd Hand, RNR, V 712

 MARSTON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3434

 MARTIN, Stephen G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14122

 MCKENZIE, Daniel, Seaman, RNR, A 2298

 SMITH, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4063

 TAYLOR, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 70

 

Vine Branch, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.55, SW of Ireland; naval casualty:

 HEARD, William, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2526

 TAYLOR, Richard W J, Seaman, RNR, A 6019

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MACFARLANE, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 67260, illness

 

 

Saturday, 7 April 1917

 

Azalea, fleet sweeping sloop

 RICHINGS, Percy, Stoker 1c, 306006 (Po), died in Suda Bay

 

Cyclops II, Scapa Flow

 RAYSON, Wiiliam, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1929, illness in UK

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

East African Expeditionary Force

 EAVES, Arthur, Private, RMLI, 15977 (Ply), died

__________

 

Jason, minesweeper, ex-torpedo gunboat, mined and sunk off W Scotland

 BICK, William G, Stoker 1c, SS 117500 (Ch)

 BLACKMAN, James E, Stoker 1c, K 2972 (Ch)

 BOOTS, James, Stoker 1c, K 24909 (Ch)

 BRAUND, Charles P, Leading Stoker, K 9965 (Ch)

 BROOKS, Harry E, Stoker Petty Officer, K 9993 (Ch)

 CARROLL, Henry J, Shipwright 1c, 345393 (Ch)

 CASTLEMAN, Frederick G, Leading Stoker, K 3303 (Ch)

 COTTLE, Stephen J, Able Seaman, 224146

 COX, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, SS 115225 (Ch)

 DANIELS, William, Leading Stoker, K 3512 (Dev)

 FOX, William, Stoker 1c, K 23171 (Po)

 GIDLEY, Sydney H, Petty Officer, 191549 (Ch)

 GODWIN, Arthur F, Signalman, J 31060 (Ch)

 GREEN, Daniel E, Stoker 1c, K 6859 (Po)

 HARRIS, Charles E, Able Seaman, J 4281 (Ch)

 HOGAN, Michael, Stoker 1c, K 26064 (Ch)

 HOPE, Donald J, Stoker 1c, SS 115553 (Ch)

 KENNEDY, George A S, Armourer, 343620 (Ch)

 LITTLE, John H, Stoker 1c, 280164 (Ch)

 MCLEOD, George, Able Seaman, J 18146 (Ch)

 MORRISON, Donald, Seaman, RNR, C 1448

 MOSS, John O, Stoker Petty Officer, K 1258 (Ch)

 PIERSON, George, Able Seaman, J 7047 (Ch)

 WILKES, James T, Leading Telegraphist, J 3134 (Ch)

 WORTH, Philip C, Seaman, RNR, C 2246

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 WILKINS, Clifford, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 20, illness

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MACREDSTONE, William G, Ordinary Seaman, J 67113, illness

 

 

Sunday, 8 April 1917

 

Rigorous, destroyer

 CRAWFORD, James, Able Seaman, SS 3752, illness

 

RNAS Redcar

 PAINE, Charles R, Air Mechanic 1c, F 12690, illness

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 MALLAM, William A, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 85, DOW in UK

 

Torrington, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.55, W of France

 OSBORNE, Albert E, Act/Leading Seaman (RFR B 2461), 181209

 SPURRELL, Walter J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 969

 

 

Monday, 9 April 1917

 

Ganslei, Russian steamship, ex-British Hansley, sunk by U.75 in Barents Sea. Naval casualties:

 MITCHELL, Valentine C, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 3176

 PRICE, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9270

 

Hermione, HQ ship Southampton, motor boats, ex-light cruiser

 REYNOLDS, John H, Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 575, illness

 

Orthos, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 STRACHAN, David, Engineman, RNR, ES 575

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GRANT, Edward, Petty Officer 1c, 106597, illness

 NICHOLLS, Horace A W, Boy Shipwright, M 9973, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

9 April-15 May Battle of Arras including operations by 63rd (RN) Division:

23-24 April Second Battle of the Scarpe

28-29 April Battle of Arleux

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying single-seater Nieuport Type 17bis tractor biplane  in France

THORNE, Alfred L, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, killed in storm

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 GRAYSON, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1020 (Po)

 

 

Tuesday, 10 April 1917

 

Bayard (Q.20), motor lugger Q-ship

 MARJORAM, Percy J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8590, DOW

 

Cochrane, cruiser

 JOHNS, William, Carpenter, drowned

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 SUMMERS, Albert E, Petty Officer, J 8847 (Po), illness

 

Island Prince, hired trawler, minesweeper

 CONWAY, Joseph, Leading Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1421, illness

 

Melbourne (RAN), light cruiser

 GRIFFIN, John, Boy Telegraphist, RAN, J 39937, illness

 

MINED AND SUNK IN COMPANY IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

 

P.26, patrol boat

 BLOTHAM, James A W, Stoker Petty Officer, K 7354 (Ch)

 BONNEYWELL, Percy, Act/Gunner

 CLARK, William P, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EB 341

 FINCH, Walter C, Stoker 1c, K 23354 (Ch)

 FLOOD, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 288817 (Ch)

 KELLY, George A J, Stoker 1c, SS 111823 (Ch)

 MCVEIGH, James M, Stoker Petty Officer, K 4161 (Ch)

 MURRAY, William J A, Stoker 1c, SS 115993 (Ch)

 NICHOLS, Archibald G, Ordinary Seaman, 226432 (Ch)

 OWENS, John, Able Seaman, SS 4991 (Ch)

 PRINCE, Alfred E, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8354 (Ch)

 RICHARDS, George W P, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 11118 (Ch)

 ROBSON, John W, Leading Stoker (RFR B 5825), SS 100413 (Ch)

 SCOTT, Harold, Artificer Engineer

 SILK, William T, Chief Stoker, 285383 (Ch)

 SMITH, Herbert F, Ordinary Seaman, J 46566 (Ch)

 SUATT, Christopher J, Cook's Mate, M 19041 (Ch)

 SWALLOW, William H, Stoker 1c, 310498 (Ch)

 TAYLOR, Charles, Stoker 2c, K 32252 (Ch)

 

Salta, hospital ship; naval casualty:

 PHILP, Andrew B, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4081

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, France

 GRAVENOR, Augustus W, Gunner, RMA, S 1943, killed

__________

 

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BINGHAM, Sydney F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14398, illness

 COSTICK, Joseph, Ordinary Seaman, J 27495, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 11 April 1917

 

Amy, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in English Channel

 BLACK, George McK, Engineman, RNR, ES 1231

 BOWLES, James R, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 2372

 DALES, Thomas, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 HARE, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 691

 HARRIS, William T, Engineman, RNR, ES 5054

 HAYES, James, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 250

 SNELL, Condor, Deck Boy, RNR, SBD 359

 SPINK, Arthur J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7693

 STRATFORD, Jacob, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5201

 

Carnarvon, cruiser

 MCGUINESS, John P, Stoker, RNR, S 2201, illness

 

Duchess of Cornwall, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.26 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 HALCROW, Adam, Leading Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 708

 

Jackal, destroyer

 FARRELL, William J, Petty Officer 1c, 162555 (Po), illness

 

RN School of Music

 BATES, William H, Musician, RMB, RMB 315, illness

 

RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 BERRY, Samuel H H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2514, illness in UK

 

Thrush, salvage vessel, ex-gunboat, wrecked in North Channel

 BRIDGEWATER, William J W, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BURNELL, Lionel F, Assistant Motor Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 COOMBES, H (initial only) M, Assistant Motor Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FAIRCLOTH, Frederick W, Motor Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HARVEY, George L, Assistant Motor Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 NEWLANDS, George J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 TAYLOR, Arnold, Wireless Telegraph Operator, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WHITE, Harry A S, Senior Motor Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MANSFIELD, Hugh, Able Seaman, J 13258, illness

 

Viriginian, armed merchant cruiser

 LEASK, Walter, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2360, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 START, Henry J, Stoker 2c, K 37930, illness

 

 

Thursday, 12 April 1917

 

Ben Braec, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BELTON, Henry, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 ALMOND, Hugh, Air Mechanic 2c, F 23899, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HEATH, Charles C, Private, RMLI, S 1475 (Ch), killed

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 RIDDLER, John, Ordinary Seaman, 169197, illness

 

 

Friday, 13 April 1917

 

Bandon, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.33, S of Ireland; naval casualties:

 EDWARDS, Martin, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2632

 PATERSON, John L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9497

 

ML.534, motor launch, destroyed by fire in Mediterranean

 HILL, Samuel, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 

Nodzu, hired trawler

 PENGELLY, William G W, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 5236, illness

 

Pelagos, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MCDONALD, Adam L, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5685, illness

 

Pitstruan, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 AMOS, Joseph H, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 2590

 BRUCE, Matthew G, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12880

 BURWOOD, William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 235

 DIGBY, Ronald R, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 DUTHIE, Charles J, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 2420

 FINDLAY, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 126

 GIBSON, Alfred, Trimmer, RNR, TS 641

 HAYCOCK, Albert E, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3823

 WELCH, Martin, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 551

WILCOCK, Francis, Engineman, RNR, ES 247

WILSON, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 3792

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMLI, 198th Infantry Brigade (Commanding Officer), France

 MATTHEWS, Godfrey E, Colonel, RM (Ty/Brigadier General)

 

Royal Naval Air Service, France

 PETRE, John J, Act/Squadron Commander

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MCINTYRE, Duncan, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, J 66420, illness

 

Zara, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.30 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 KNOWLES, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 868

 

 

Saturday, 14 April 1917

 

Jessamine, fleet sweeping sloop

 HARRIS, Sidney G, Stoker 1c, K 27370, illness

 

M.18, monitor, premature explosion

 UFFEN, Joseph S M, Gunner

 

P.29, patrol boat

 CLARKE, Dawson J, Able Seaman, 225985 (Ch), (ex-Actaeon), illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 ALLAN, William, Private, RM, S 10914 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

(the relationship, if any, between these three casualties is not known, and they were buried in different cemeteries)

 

RNAS, 3rd Wing, France

 LOCKYER, Alfred G, Act/Air Mechanic 1c, F 7129

 

RNAS, 3rd Wing, Luxevil, France

 COGHLAN, Joseph L, Air Mechanic 1c, M 13049

 

RNAS, France

 TURNER, Gilbert V, Air Mechanic 1c, J 11292

__________

 

TB.22, torpedo boat, both drowned

 MASON, Thomas H, Able Seaman, J 17311 (Dev)

 WALLACE, Sydney, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8557 (Dev)

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 JARVIS, William H, Petty Officer 1c, 120807, illness

 

 

Sunday, 15 April 1917

 

Arcadian, troopship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.74 in Aegean; naval casualties:

 CROTHALL, George J, Stoker 2c, K 39194 (Ch), (Hannibal, depot ship, Mediterranean, O/P)

 JELLYMAN, Harry, Stoker 2c, K 39766 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 STONE, Edward W, Stoker 2c, K 37680 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 TAVENDER, Archibald V, Ordinary Seaman, J 67088 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 TOMKIN, Percy, Stoker 2c, K 37875 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 WHYBOURN, George E, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7818 (Ch), (Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham, O/P)

 WILCOX, Walter E H, Ordinary Seaman, J 67102 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 WILTSHIRE, William G, Ordinary Seaman, J 67093 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 WOOD, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, J 67104 (Ch), (Hannibal, O/P)

 

Arctic Prince, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and damaged in Barents Sea

 CHARLES, John H, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 1778

 CRAWFORD, James, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 690

 GIFFORD, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10393

 KEEBLE, Alfred, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1191

 LETLEY, John T, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1077

 MCGLASSON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5692

 

Arlanza, armed merchant cruiser

 MITCHELL, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Gretaston, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.27 off coast of Spain; naval casualties:

 KERSHAW, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 3547 (late J 51035)

 MURRAY, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 2168

 

Nairn, hired yacht

 KERR, Colin, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, both crashed in separate incidents in UK

 LAVIGNE, Joseph L, Ty/Py/Flight Officer, flying in Grahame White XV (Admiralty 1600 type) pusher biplane, force-landed and turned over; Flight Lieutenant F W Merriam was unhurt

 TITCOMB, Francis H Y, Ty/Py/Flight Officer, flying Maurice Farman S.7 Longhorn pusher biplane, on cross-country flight, crashed

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 FENN, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 435, killed

 MARSHALL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 465, killed

 RIVETT, Cecil G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 444, killed

 SCATTERGOOD, George E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3490, killed

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MARNER, William J, Able Seaman, 226270, illness

 

 

Monday, 16 April 1917

 

Arcadian, troopship, lost on 15th

 SCOTT, Thomas R, Stoker 2c, K 39618 (Ch), (Hannibal, depot ship, Mediterranean, O/P)

 

C.16, submarine,sunk in collision in North Sea, raised

 ANDERSON, Samuel, Mate

 BOASE, Harold, Lieutenant

 BROOKS, John, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269639 (Dev)

 BURTON, Ernest, Leading Seaman (RFR B 8349), 193491 (Ch)

 CLARKE, Frederick J, Leading Seaman, J 8229 (Po)

 CLEMETT, Phillip G, Stoker 1c, K 17998 (Dev)

 COPE, George F, Leading Seaman, J 10203 (Ch)

 COWLS, Frederick J, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 11220 (Dev),

 DOWN, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 303178 (Dev)

 FITZGERALD, John J, Signalman, J 6782 (Dev)

 FREESTONE, Francis, Act/Leading Stoker, K 4846 (Dev)

 GAUNT, John, Petty Officer, 222229 (Po)

 HOWIE, John H, Able Seaman, J 11674 (Po)

 HUMPHRYS, Alfred S, Able Seaman, J 11682 (Ch)

 LINTON, Andrew, Stoker 1c, K 8867 (Dev)

 PUDDINGTON, Arthur, Able Seaman, J 14761 (Ch)

 

Cairndhu, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.40 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 MCDONALD, Norman, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2750, drowned

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 AITKEN, William J L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 DARK, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1907, illness

 

Princess Royal, battlecruiser

 CORKING, Thomas, Stoker, RNR, T 2573, illness

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron, Russia

 ANDERSON, Richard C, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 9474

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CAMPBELL, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8283, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 DIXON, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4430, killed

 SCOTT, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3174, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 17 April 1917

 

Ben Holden, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined

 ASHTON, Frederick, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 9739

 

Donegal, ambulance ship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.21 in English Channel: naval casualty;

 MACFADYEN, Peter, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2034

 

Kish, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.67, SW of Ireland: naval casualty;

 GAPPER, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 884

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 3rd Wing, France

 FLEMING, George R S, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 WILSON, Robert G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1531, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 AITKEN, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3242, killed

 HARRIS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5582, killed

 MURRAY, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6855, killed

 SCOTT, Joseph T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 337, DOW

 WILLIAMS, Robert W, Petty Officer, RNVR, Mersey Z 239, killed

__________

 

Thunderer, Dreadnought battleship

 POWER, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 37010, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MACLEOD, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15119, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ROBINSON, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, J 39179, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 18 April 1917

 

El Cordobes, steamship

 HURLEY, James, Seaman, RNR, B 3979, illness

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 DAYSH, Edward G, Chief Ship's Cook, 116675, illness

 

Narval, hired trawler, minesweeper, disappeared November 1916

 RAWNSLEY, Brian, Engineman, RNR, ES 1778, German prisoner of war, illness

 

Revenge (2), Dreadnought battleship

 CULBERT, Victor A P, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3582, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 GILLIES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3038, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 HIBBERD, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 511, killed

 HITCHENS, James E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 510, killed

 JONES, Dennis O, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 343, killed

 RADFORD, Leonard, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 541, killed

 ROGERS, Sidney, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1401, killed

 WHITE, Cecil, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1395, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MARRIOTT, Thomas W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2498, DOW

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Talbot, old light cruiser,

 WALKER, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 5 2347, prisoner of war, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 COOK, Thomas, Leading Stoker, 297160, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ARTHUR, Frank, Stoker 2c, K 41836, illness

 MCROBERT, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 67975, illness

 

 

Thursday, 19 April 1917

 

Anti Aircraft Corps (London), RNVR

 BOALCH, Stanley R, Able Seaman,. RNVR, AA 2359, illness

 

Bombala, collier Q-ship Willow Branch serving as Bombala

 WILKINSON, Herbert, Able Seaman, J 10484 (Ch), drowned

 

HermioneHQ ship Southampton, motor boats, ex-light cruiser

 FOWLER, Henry, Motor Mechanic, RNVR, MB 1938, illness

 

Limeleaf, tanker, RFA, torpedoed and damaged by UB.40 in English Channel, all killed

 DOCKERTY, William. Fireman, RFA
 GRIFFIN, Maurice, Fireman & Trimmer, RFA

 JACK, William, Fireman, RFA
 JENKINS, William, Greaser, RFA
 McCHESNEY, Thomas, Fireman, RFA

 MUIR, John, 6th Engineer Officer, RFA

 O’DONNELL, Hugh, Fireman, RFA

 

Lobelia II, ex-Lobelia, hired trawler, mined and sunk off N Ireland

 BYARD, Walter H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2909

 CARBINES, William H, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1373

 CARROLL, George, Engineman, RNR, TS 1455

 JOHNSON, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9518

 LYNCH, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1845

 MARVELLY, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 1734

 PATERSON, William W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13046

 PRATT, Josiah, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SMITH, Arthur G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4889

 SMITH, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5655

 STRATFORD, Sidney, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2929

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 WILDMAN, George W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, accident in UK, non-flying

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 GENT, Mackenzie, Private, RMLI, S 1180 (Ply), killed

 GRAINGER, John H, Private, RMLI, S 1304 (Po), killed

 SAUNDERS, Samuel J, Private, RMLI, S 1186 (Po), killed

 WINN, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8761, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 HARDIE, James W L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4408, DOW

__________

 

Sowwell, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.35, W of Gibraltar: naval casualty;

 DANIELS, Charles, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 1469), 8400 (Po)

 

Star of Freedom, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk off SW England

 DUTTON, Frederick, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2343

 DYKINS, Joseph, Engineman, RNR, ES 1459

 EDWARDS, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13358

 IVEY, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5215

 JAMES, Reginald N, Engineman, RNR, ES 401

 JEWELL, Edward, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5216

 LACE, George, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1829

 MILLS, Joseph, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2145

 REMPHREY, Joseph C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5939

 WADE, Jack, Ty/Warrant Telegraphist, RNR

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HODGE, William J, Plumber's Mate, M 17760, illness

 

 

Friday, 20 April 1917

 

Caithness, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, NW of Spain: naval casualty;

 MCLEOD, Murdo, Seaman, RNR, A 8086

 

Calgarian, armed merchant cruiser

 LAWRENCE, Roland F, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14856, died in UK

 

Loch Eye, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in St George's Channel

 ANDERSON, Thomas, Engineman, RNR, ES 380

 BAXTER, Albert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5894

 FARQUHAR, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 4918

 KEECH, Reginald, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 3259

 MILNE, Frederick J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5908

 NIGHTINGALE, Willie J, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 3260

 PIRRIE, Robert F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12025

 

Nepaulin, hired paddle minesweeper, mined and sunk in Dover Straits

 ALLEN, Stewart N, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 ARMSTRONG, Harold E, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4976

 CANAVAN, William, Seaman, RNR, A 4845

 CLARK, James, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 HILTON, Ernest, Wireless Telegraph Operator 1c, RNR, WTS 279

 HUTCHINSON, Wilfred, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 39306 (Po)

 JONES, Thomas O, Seaman, RNR, A 4056

 LEWIS, William J, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2214

 MACLEOD, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14736

 MAITLAND, Henry, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 MCDERMOTT, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1706

 MCDOUGALL, Peter, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2035

 MONK, Alfred G, Leading Trimmer, ST 2268

 MYLCHREEST, David, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 3065

 SHAW, John, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 SMITH, George H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6384

 SPILLANE, David, Assistant Steward, MMR, 91696

 WILSON, George, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2664

 WOOTTON, Ernest W, Steward, MMR, 745094

 

Othonna, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ANDERSON, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13645

 BOLSTER, John M, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7702

 DAVIES, Thomas G, Engineman, RNR, ES 1620

 LIGHTLY, Jonathan, Petty Officer 2c (RFR A 2422), 109655 (Po)

 MCDONALD, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4949

 MCKAY, Neil, Engineman, RNR, ES 387

 MCLEAN, Harrison, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14460

 PHILLIPS, Robert, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1441

 PLATTEN, Henry W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1703

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 SPOEL, John, Petty Officer, 236468, illness

 

Portloe, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.67, SW of Ireland: naval casualty;

 NICOLSON, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 3147

 SOMERTON, Herbert, Leading Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 720

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 HUGGINS, Joseph, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5837, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying single-seater, Nieuport Type II tractor biplane scout, crashed and wrecked (believed on 20th)

 MASSON, Donald H, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 3rd RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 WHITEHILL, John M, Private, RM, S 4108 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BELL, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2713, killed

 BROWN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 411, killed

 BURKIMSHER, Thomas H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8440, killed

 DEVON, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KX 346, killed

 DICKINSON, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2564, killed

 GOOCH, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 626, killed

 TARR, Herbert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1640, killed

 WAUGH, Robert A, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 831, killed

____________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ANDERSON, Sidney E, Stoker Petty Officer, 306697, illness

 KELLAND, Arthur F, Stoker 2c, K 42107, illness

 

Weymouth, light cruiser

 WILSON, Arthur R, Leading Signalman, J 10579, illness

 

 

Saturday, 21 April 1917

 

AC.17, airship, destroyed by fire, presumed shot down by German seaplanes

 CHIVERS, Arthur, Chief Petty Officer 3c, F 671

 FARQUHAR, David, Leading Air Mechanic, F 3707

 JACKSON, Edward G O, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 MONRO, John, Air Mechanic 2c, F 21840

 WARLTERS, Raymond A P, Ty/Assistant Paymaster, RNR

 

GERMAN DESTROYER RAID ON DOVER STRAIT

night of 20th/21st

 

Broke, flotilla leader, damaged

 BAGNALL, Joe W, Able Seaman, J 17789 (Po)

 BAILEY, Frederick R, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5324), SS 105171 (Po)

 BANNISTER, Thomas B, Leading Stoker, K 13243 (Po)

 BELLAMY, Epton, Stoker 2c, K 27872 (Po)

 BRIAN, Daniel, Leading Stoker, K 6849 (Po)

 CARDER, Frederick, Stoker 1c, K 34863 (Po)

 DART, Charles E, Leading Stoker, K 14332 (Dev)

 FIELD, Samuel, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3546), SS 101225 (Po)

 FOXHALL, William, Stoker 2c, K 34879 (Po)

 HOSIER, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, J 55065 (Po)

 IVENS, Geofory G, Leading Seaman, 236507 (Po)

 LOCKETT, Walter H, Signalman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1323

 NORFORD, Robert H, Stoker 2c, K 38021 (Ch)

 ORCHARD, Henry G, Stoker Petty Officer, 299634 (Po)

 RAFFERTY, James J, Stoker 1c, K 10591 (Po)

 SAMWAYS, Christopher F, Able Seaman, J 24972 (Po)

 THOMPSON, George W, Stoker 1c, SS 112635 (Po)

 THORPE, William, Stoker 1c, K 34885 (Po)

 TOWERS, Robert V, Ordinary Seaman, J 35442 (Po)

 TUBB, George, Able Seaman, J 17147 (Po)

 WEBB, Alfred, Stoker 1c (RFR B 9363), SS 106631 (Ch)

 

Swift, destroyer, damaged

 DONNELLY, Robert, Stoker, RNR, S 9022

__________

 

 

Emulate, hired net drifter

 WORTH, Silvanius E, Ty/Skipper, RNR, drowned

 

Heather (Q.16), convoy sloop/Q-ship, damaged in action with U.52, W of France

 HALLWRIGHT, William W, Lieutenant Commander

 

Inflexible, battlecruiser

 SHERRINGHAM, William A, Gunner, RMA, RMA 8620, illness in UK

 

Osborne, RN College, Isle of Wight

 SKINNER, Hubert, Able Seaman, 98795, illness

 

RN Hospital Chatham

 WILLOCK, William, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, 138753, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 TIERNEY, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3598, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BALDIE, John H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1936

 CHRISTIE, Henry M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5948, DOW

 ERSKINE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1507

 LEACH, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 548

 SHORT, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6319

 SMITH, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 283

 VARTY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 846

 WILKINSON, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1501

 

RND, Portsmouth Battalion

 CHRISTIE, James A, Private, RMLI, 14868 (Po), prisoner of war in Germany, accident

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PHILLIPS, Alfred F, Able Seaman, 125051, illness

 WHITE, Frederick R, Able Seaman, 195085, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ROBERTSON, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 58870, illness

 

 

Sunday, 22 April 1917

 

Brig 11 (Q.22), ex-Gaelic, barquentine Q-ship, damaged in action with UC.57 in Bristol Channel

 CLARKE, Mark E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 82

 COULET, Leopold, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 13

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 WOOLNOUGH, George R, Aircraftsman 2c, F 21095, died in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 WILLIS, John E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, 2nd Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HARRISON, James T, Private, RM, S 3796 (Deal)

 SNOW, Joseph, Private, RM, S 3638 (Deal)

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 HOWATT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4135, DOW

 LAWS, Matthew, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 299, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 HUGHES, Francis, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6893, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BURTON, Leonard J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 413, DOW

 DIXON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4081, DOW

 HULLEY, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 109, DOW

 MCCLURE, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1357, DOW

 SWEETING, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3517, DOW

 TATE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2721, DOW

 WILSON, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5390, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 HARNETT, Albert J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1869

 PATRICK, Jacob, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1476

 SEARLE, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1367

 SWANSON, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3289

__________

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 FORSTER, Joseph W, Private, RMLI, S 1232 (Ch), illness

 

Ruthin Castle, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea (date from ADM.137/3226; other reliable sources, including Admiralty Ledger also date her loss on 20th and 21st)

 BAMBROUGH, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13526, DOW

 CLARK, Charles T, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6099

 COLE, Richard, Deck Hand, RNR, EA 13506

 FOSTER, Stanley R, Engineman, RNR, ES 3555

 GALBRAITH, James, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 882

 LAUVAUX, John (real name, but served as John Fraser), Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2126

 WILSON, Isaac, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 908

 WOOD, James, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2778

 

 

 

Monday, 23 April 1917

 

Hercules, Dreadnought battleship

 DAVIS, William, Stoker 1c, SS 116045, illness

 

King Alfred, cruiser

 PRICE, John, Able Seaman, J 21560 (Ch), DOW in Sierra Leone

 

Lena, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.61, SW of England: naval casualty; 

 MILLER, William, Seaman, RNR, A 8722

 TOWNSEND, William C, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 5755

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 DIXON, John H, Ordinary Seaman, J 69405, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

9 April-15 May Battle of Arras, including

23-24 April Second Battle of the Scarpe (Second phase of Arras Offensive), 63rd (RN) Division captured Gavrelle

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BIRCH, Charles E, Corporal, RMLI, 19875 (Ch)

 FITZJOHN, Albert, Private, RMLI, 19562 (Ch)

 HOLLAND, William, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 17862 (Ply)

 POVEY, George O, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16867 (Po)

 RYE, Robert W, Private, RMLI, S 1414 (Po)

 

RND, 3rd Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 MATTHEWS, Isaac W, Private, RM, S 4206 (Deal)

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached Drake Battalion, France

 CRAWFORD, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 613

 RICHARDSON, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 693

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 BIDDLE, Richard H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1924

 GRANT, Joseph, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 1648

 MCARTHUR, Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6126

 REES, Francis L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ADAMS, Thomas F, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 8/3134, DOW

 ATKINSON, George J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2602

 BAMFORD, Stanley, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 658

 BANNING, Arthur H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 BARNFATHER, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7032

 BRITTAIN, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 111

 BURT, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6988

 CARROLL, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7724, DOW

 CHRISTIE, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 209

 COWLEY, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3651

 CRONE, Gerard C, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 341

 DACK, Maurice A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4526

 DONEGAN, Joseph, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2029

 DRUMMIE, Henry F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7781

 DYSON, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 549

 EATON, Handel, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2386

 FYFFE, William K, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3967, DOW

 GAWMAN, Henry, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6424

 GILL, Frank E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3980

 GRAY, Gilbert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4304

 HAKIN, George, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 597, DOW

 HAMBLIN, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1353

 HARRISON, James H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4617

 HENDERSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6429

 HENDERSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4156

 HETHERINGTON, Cyril D, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2766

 HILTON, Robert J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7013, DOW

 HOLLOWAY, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5929

 HUNT, Samuel A, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3371

 JOHNSTON, John A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3924

 JUDKINS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5084

 LEE, Charles E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5260

 MANSON, Robert M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3953

 MARGRIE, Albert F T, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1196

 MATHEWS, James J, Petty Officer, RNVR, Mersey Z 158

 MCCRERIE, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5287

 MCDONALD, Angus, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6976

 MEIKLE, James J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5940

 MERRY, Ormonde, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 134

 MILLER, Percy G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 194

 MITCHELL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2413

 MORAN, Patrick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7392

 MORRIS, Bernard, Petty Officer, RNVR, Wales Z 16

 MORRIS, Hubert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 185

 MURCHIE, Archibald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4765

 NEALE, Colin F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 NORRIS, Leonard A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 69

 PARKER, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 143

 PARKES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4998

 PEACOCK, Bert, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4695

 PICKAVANCE, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2910

 PRICE, Walter M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 88

 PURSGLOVE, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 525

 RAE, William R J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5432

 RHODES, Fenton, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 463

 RICHARDSON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 278

 ROSE, Medwell, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4242

 SHEPHERD, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2955

 SIDEY, Andrew M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5191

 SMEETH, Arthur G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 232, DOW

 SMITH, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 268

 STOKOE, William L, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2921

 SYER, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 81

 TAYLOR, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7052

 THOMPSON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5963

 THOMSON, Paul, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4785

 TREVES, Albert F, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3968

 TURNER, Peter C G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 171

 TYTLER, Cecil D F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 185

 WALKER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 440

 WALLIS, Alan B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 WALLWORK, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 215

 WATFORD, Harry E, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 39

 WEBSTER, James, Chief Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2461

 WICKENDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 354

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached RM Medical Unit, France

 ROBINSON, Frederick W, Private, RM, S 3259 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BRANNON, George N, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3241

 BURR, Henry A J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 CAMPBELL, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 551

 GROVES, Frederick G, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1764

 RICHTER, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3919

 WILSON, Edward D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 927

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 ASBURY, Charles P, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 BAILEY, Donald F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 BAKER, Francis J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3225

 BAKEWELL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3636

 BALL, John D, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7184

 BEAUCHAMP, Leonard, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 599

 BIGGS, Reginald H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2389

 BLENKINSOP, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5149

 BOWMAN, William T, Leading Seaman, Clyde Z 3333

 CAMERON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2661

 CLEVES, Reginald V, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 COOKE, Arthur S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 DAWSON, David W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 474

 DICKINSON, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 653

 DILLETT, Arthur St C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 870

 DIXON, Walter J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7927

 DUFF, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2943

 DUMPER, Bertram C, Petty Officer, Bristol Z 270

 EDGE, Lancelot H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3230

 FAIRGRIEVE, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1123

 FARNWORTH, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 638

 FEASBY, George E, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 668

 GOODISON, Percy, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7155

 HARRIOTT, Walter C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 6/21

 HILLS, Wilfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8049

 HINSLEY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 407

 HOPKINS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1291

 HUGHES, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 740

 INGRAM, Joseph T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2378

 KELLY, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1371

 LAWRENCE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 280

 LEITCH, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3580

 MESSER, Edward J, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 750

 MILL, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, ZX 19

 MONAGHAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2558

 MORRISON, James W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 NEWLANDS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2219

 PHILLIPSON, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2269

 RICHARDSON, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1721

 ROLLINS, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7673

 ROUSE, Edward G, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5119

 SAY, Albert T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5113

 SCOTT, Bertie S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9659

 SENNITT, Claude C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 SHERRICK, William F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9005

 SIMPSON, John R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8676

 SMALL, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3164

 SMITH, Andrew C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 1/185

 SMITH, Walter A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5165

 STORRS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9708

 TAMPLIN, Gerald H, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 THOMAS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2339

 TITCHENER, Walter J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 416

 WEBSTER, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4114

 WILKINSON, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2691

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 HUGHES, Michael, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6781

 KELLY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5823

 MCDONALD, Hugh, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5552

 NORTH, John W, Petty Officer, RNVR, KW 284

 RICHARDSON, Mark, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2027

 YAWKINS, Thomas E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3513

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ALDER, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3641

 ARMSTRONG, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3635

 BARKER, Christopher T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3162

 BRADBURN, Charles E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3475

 BROMLEY, Herbert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 638

 BROWN, Thomas B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 540

 CASS, John G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2897

 CHARLTON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2425

 COWING, Matthew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 945

 CRAIG, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4806

 CUNNINGHAM, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 446

 DAVIS, Percy F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 353

 DUNCAN, James, Chief Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 3681

 DUNNETT, Charles W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 381

 EDWARDS, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4398

 FLANNIGAN, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5275

 FOSTER, Ernest W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 356

 FULTON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4603

 GARNER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5270

 GOTT, John W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4306

 GRIMSDALE, Stanley, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4365

 HAMILL, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4286

 HAMILTON, Archibald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4855

 HEWITT, Holt C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 HODGE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7033

 HUBBALL, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 71

 HURST, John, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3150

 HUSBAND, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 3366

 HUTCHINSON, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5320

 IRVINE, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4651

 JOHNSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4147

 LEWINGTON, Albert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 336

 LIGHTOWLER, Gordon, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8940

 LISHMAN, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8168

 LOOSEMORE, Richard M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2485

 MIDDLETON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2937

 MILLION, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3426

 MOIR, Robert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3488

 MORRIS, Henry J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4453

 MORRISON, William T, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4283

 NADIN, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5888

 NEALE, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 836

 O’KEEFFE, Arthur, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 883

 PARKER, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5195

 PERKINS, Harry G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4696

 PUTLAND, Horace E, Petty Officer, RNVR, Sussex Z 59

 SALTERN, George F, Chief Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 128

 SEATON, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7185

 SIDDLE, Herbert A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 SLINN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3374, DOW

 SUGGATE, Eric D, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5085

 THOMPSON, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8915

 THOMPSON, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 228

 TRUSCOTT, Cyril A, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 TURNBULL, George K, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 TYSON, Herbert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5201

 WHITEHEAD, James R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 216

 WILSON, Daniel, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 613

 WILSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2995

__________

 

Rose II, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Channel

 ADAM, Samuel S, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5507

 BUCHAN, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 3955

 BUCHAN, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4975

 MCATEER, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10093

 STEVEN, William, Leading Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 90

 WRIGHT, James, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Ruthin Castle, hired trawler, minesweeper, lost

 POTTER, Albert V, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Tuesday, 24 April 1917

 

Abosso, passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.43, SW of Ireland: naval casualty;

 ALLEN, Thomas J, Leading Seaman (RFR B 4819), 175782 (Ch)

 

Destinn, hired trawler, minesweeper

 GEDGE, Harry, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 349, drowned

 

Devonshire, cruiser

 GAY, Arthur W, Leading Seaman, 208877 (Dev), drowned in Halifax

 

ACTION WITH UC.50 IN NORTH SEA

 

Gaul, hired trawler, minesweeper, damaged

 NIXON, Robert G, Engineman, RNR, ES 1594

 WARD, John, Able Seaman (RFR A 1730), 139837 (Ch)

 WATTS, Henry, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6366

 

Margate, hired trawler, sunk

 ASHLEY, Thomas, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 CARD, George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7625

 DRAPER, Charles J, Engineman, RNR, ES 3630

 FERRIER, John R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2078

 FORD, Arthur H, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2550

 HARRIS, Edward W, Engineman, RNR, ES 2794

 HIGGINBOTTOM, Lawrence, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9513

 HORN, William C, Deck Hand, RNR (Fishing Section), DX 51

 JACKSON, Allen H, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 1548

 JAMES, William G, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 2361

 PLUMTREE, John H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7483

 RIDGWAY, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7547

 ROBINSON, Herbert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1816

__________

 

John Mitchell, hired net drifter

 MCGREGOR, George B, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5979, illness

 

Princess Royal, battlecruiser

 CUSHWAY, Samuel J, Leading Stoker, 311747, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Sopwith Baby tractor biplane seaplane, banked on take-off in UK, hit cliff and two 16 pound bombs exploded

BUSH, Richard E, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, DOI

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron, both died in Roumania

 GRAHAM, Joseph J, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 9892

 SMITH, Percy, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 2913, buried in Slobozia, Roumania

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Medical Unit, attached Nelson Battalion, France

 BARNES, Ernest, Private, RM, S 3888 (Deal), DOW

 

RNAS, No.8 Squadron, France

 WALTER, Eric B J, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 DAWSON, George R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7155

 FALL, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8698

 GALE, Samuel H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 283

 GRAHAM, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3285

 MASTERTON, Forbes, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 654

 RICH, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 47

 SMITH, John J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3364

 SUGDEN, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 58

 WALKER, Herbert S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9046

 

RND, 2nd Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 GOULD, Herbert E, Private, RM, S 3398 (Deal)

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 NELSON, Richmond, Private, RMLI, S 761 (Po)

 ROUSE, Robert, Private, RMLI, S 796 (Po)

 THIRLWAY, Matthew, Private, RMLI, S 532 (Po)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ALLAN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3996

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ARMSTRONG, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6335, DOW

 BARBER, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 181, DOW

 BAXTER, Archibald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3508, DOW

 MOORE, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 145, DOW

 ROBINSON, Thomas W, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 358, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France (cap badge lower right)

 BURDON, Matthew, Leading Seaman, Tyneside Z 235 (right, with thanks to James Pasby, North East War Memorials Project; from the house magazine of Smiths Dock Shipbuilding Co, c1922)

 

 CASSIDY, Manus, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5330

 FROSTICK, Francis H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 543

 HALL, George T, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3208

 HANSON, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8769

 MCDONALD, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4565

 MCKENZIE, Peter H B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4646

 MELLAND, Frederick B, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 NICHOLSON, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4841

 PICKERING, Reginald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5867

 SANDERSON, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 981

 SHEA, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4612

 STANLEY, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8832

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BERESFORD, Samuel A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3993, DOW

 CROSS, Thomas K, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BILLEN, James H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 251

 BOHILL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7924

 BRACK, Robert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3310

 BRAND, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7936

 BROWNE, Clement, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5581

 COLMAN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3775

 COOPER, James M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3453

 GIBB, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4975

 HAGUE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2575

 HALL, Horace D, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4970

 HUKIN, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5914

 INNES, Richard P, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 925

 JARY, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5748

 MCINALL, Forbes, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6192

 MCKEAND, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6937

 MILLS, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3940

 MILLS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4446

 MILNE, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 598, DOW

 MURRAY, Albert V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 536

 PATERSON, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2693

 SAVILL, Leslie S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 SHARP, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6250

 SIKES, Richard H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 STRAIN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7114

 TAYLOR, Arthur, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 92

 TILTMAN, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 438

 TOZER, Thomas L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 161

 WEBB, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1124

 WILSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 510

 WILTSHIRE, Joseph G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 397

 WOOD, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2871

 YEOMAN, William R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BINNEY, John A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4317

 BOTTERILL, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8515

 BROWN, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 183

 CARR, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1883

 CHAPMAN, Urban, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 285

 CLARK, James B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7443

 GOODRICH, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3367

 GOWLAND, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5284

 GUTHRIE, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6365

 HAGGAR, James E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4395

 HOCKIN, Leonard W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 320

 IMRIE, Alexander G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1900

 KELLEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3304

 MARCH, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1359

 MURRAY, Christopher, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 479, DOW

 MUTCH, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1792

 PARKER, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9704

 PENRY, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 205

 PROUD, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 876, DOW

 RELF, Albert S, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4353

 SHARP, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1239

 SMITH, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1260

 SMITH, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2453, DOW

 STEVENS, James T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 484

 TAYLOR, Joseph E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 814

 THOMAS, Albert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1217

 THOMSON, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3101

 TURRELL, Ernest G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 355

 WALKER, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6439

 WEBSTER, John C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9076

 WINSTONE, Herbert W G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1189

 WYATT, Arthur B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1440

 

 

Wednesday, 25 April 1917

 

Diadem, Stoker's Training Ship, Portsmouth, ex-cruiser

 READER, Arthur R, Senior Reserve Attendant, M 9291, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached Drake Battalion, France

 FIELDHOUSE, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8709, DOW

 

RND, 1st RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 ENRIGHT, Jethro N, Private, RM, S 3753 (Deal), killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 CLARKE, Thomas N, Private, RMLI, S 1139 (Ply), killed

 MAJOR, Sidney R, Private, RMLI, S 1709 (Po), killed

 MAULL, Lionel E, Corporal, RMLI, 15942 (Po), killed

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train, attached Howe Battalion, France

 GAYLARD, Alfred T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1664, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BENJAMIN, Nathan H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 BOWLES, Geoffrey C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 CARROLL, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3568, DOW

 MORRIS, John L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1346, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 WARREN, Ernest J W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1132, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 DALTON, Roland, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4055, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 GRAHAM, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2186, DOW

 JOHNSON, Arthur D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1012, killed

 LEDGER, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3995, DOW

 STEEL, John D, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 564, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BROWN, Charles B, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4274, DOW

 CLASPER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4336, DOW

 FRASER, Harry A, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 3135, DOW

 SNELL, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1051, DOW

 WESTON, Alfred J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5069, killed

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 SAUNDERS, Charles, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 2158, illness

 

 

Thursday, 26 April 1917

 

Plantin, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in English Channel

 BURGESS, John N, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5108

 GIBSON, Peter McF, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 2650

 GUTHRIE, George C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7523

 HUNTER, Reubin E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 803

 INNES, George W, Engineman, RNR, ES 2684

 LEIPER, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13875

 WOOD, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR (Note: the two John Woods were father and son)

 WOOD, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2683

 WOOD, William, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 420

 

Repro, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ALLEN, William H, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12929

 GAY, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9126

 INGRAM, Robert T, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6287

 KAVANAGH, Jonathan C, Engineman, RNR, ES 2147

 KEAY, Alexander C, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 811

 LYALL, Charles B, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12520

 PACKER, John E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3183

 PRESCOTT, James, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 18

 ROBINSON, Herbert S, Engineman, RNR, ES 2148

 SYLVESTER, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 212

 THOMPSON, Herbert E, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 UNDERWOOD, George P, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9153

 WEST, William R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3117

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Handley Page 0/100 tractor biplane bomber, bombing German destroyer, shot down over the sea by large German seaplane 3 miles NNW of Nieuport, two crew members taken prisoner, one DOW the same day, the other on 6 December. Fourth crewman, Air Mechanic 1c F C Kirkby rescued by French flying boat

 HOOD, Thomas S, Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 WATSON, Richard H, Leading Mechanic, F 3307, RNAS Dunkirk, prisoner, DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 KING, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1670 (Ply), killed

 TURNER, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 166 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 ALLEN, Nicholas, Private, RMLI, S 944 (Ply), killed

 BATTERBEE, Robert W, Private, RMLI, 17821 (Ply), DOW

 BECKETT, Albert V, Private, RMLI, S 1454 (Po), killed

 BENNETT, Michael J, Private, RMLI, S 803 (Ply), DOW

 CAMPBELL, John, Warrant Officer 2c, RMLI, 10131 (Ply), killed

 CROFTS, Percy J, Private, RMLI, S 1480 (Po), killed

 DAVENPORT, Ernest A, Private, RMLI, 18616 (Po), killed

 DAVIS, John H, Private, RMLI, S 657 (Ply), killed

 FRANCIS, Richard D, Private, RMLI, S 1428 (Po), killed

 LOCKER, Joseph, Private, RMLI, S 1692 (Ply), killed

 MARKHAM, Herbert E, Ty/Lieutenant, RM

 VALENTINE, Andrew, Private, RMLI, S 784 (Po), killed

 

RND, 3rd RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 LIFLEY, Harry, Private, RM, S 4041 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, 248th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 SHAW, Herman, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MONTAGUE, George J, Able Seaman, RNVR, S 1197 (Palace), DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 PARLETT, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6531, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 ANDERSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3636, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 REW, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4704, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 LAUCHLAN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4961, DOW

 ROBERTS, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8853, DOW

 

Royal Naval Siege Guns Dunkirk, Belgium

 BENTON, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8559, killed

 BROOMHEAD, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8601, DOW

 DONOVAN, Edgar C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

__________

 

Thetis, depot ship,  ex-light cruiser

 PENNY, Edward, Act/Boatswain, illness

 

 

Friday, 27 April 1917

 

Agile, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 CREAR, Ernest G, Engineman, RNR, ES 1100

 JEFFERY, Charles G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11927

 RAMPLING, Ambrose H, Engineman, RNR, ES 5145

 

Alfalfa, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by UB.32, SW of England: naval casualty;

 HENRY, William A, Seaman, RNR, A 3136

 SMITHERS, Frederick, Act/Leading Seaman (RFR B 5970), 213596 (Dev)

 

Drake, cruiser

 SAMPSON, Thomas B, Seaman, RNR, D 1568, illness

 

Hermione, HQ ship Southampton, motor boats, ex-light cruiser

 COLENUTT, Charles L, Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 168, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 LIDLOW, Albert A E, Stoker Petty Officer, K 4686, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 DAVIS, William N, Aircraftsman 2c, F 18046, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 CROOK, Edward J T, Private, RMLI, S 1318 (Ch), killed

 DUTTON, Benjamin, Private, RMLI, S 1395 (Ply), killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 GRINSTEAD, Leonard, Private, RMLI, S 156 (Ply), killed

 HOBDAY, Harry E, Private, RMLI, S 1585 (Ply), killed

 MACDONALD, Peter, Private, RMLI, 17511 (Ply), killed

 TRIGWELL, Ernest A, Private, RMLI, A 1165 (Po), killed

 

RND, 249th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 GOWANS, John, Sapper, RE, 235991, killed

 HENRY, Edward J, Sapper, RE, 236006, killed

 MALLOCH, Robert, Sapper, RE, 236028, killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 COULSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 799, DOW

 SMITH, Denis J, Able Seaman, RNVR, ZP 1232, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 DURKIN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3616, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 CHRISTIE, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3257, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 CLAYTON, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7179, DOW

 WOODLEY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 249, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 DENMARK, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 438, DOW

 PALMER, Edmund J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 WILSON, Sidney, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5068, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 ALDRED, Isaac E, Petty Officer 1c, 166279, illness

 HONEYWELL, Albert, Chief Petty Officer, 160913, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 CARTMEL, Arthur, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12525, died

 GEDYE, Richard B, Petty Officer 1c, 178765, illness

 

 

Saturday, 28 April 1917

 

County of Nairn, hired net drifter

 BLACK, Magnus N, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 444, illness

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet

 LYONS, William, Donkeyman, MMR, 804991, illness

 

Himalaya, armed merchant cruiser

 BURNS, Hugh P, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Jose De Larrinaga, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.81, SW of Ireland: naval casualties;

 FORD, William, Private, RMLI (RFR B 499), 7036 (Po)

 SHILLITO, Charles, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR A 869), 13024 (Po)

 

Karonga, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.63 in Mediterranean: naval casualty;

 MACLEOD, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 8488

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 NICHOLLS, Harry, Stoker 1c, K 30487, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 DEAR, Percy, Act/Air Mechanic 1c, F 5426, DOW in UK

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 HAIGH, William E, Air Mechanic 2c, F 26381, illness

 JONES, Cyril J E, Airman 2c, F 26691, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

9 April-15 May Battle of Arras including:

28-29 April Battle of Arleux (Third phase of Arras Offensive)

 

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, France

 HODGKING, Thomas H, Act/Bombardier, RMA, RMA 6217, killed

 

RNAS, 10th Squadron, Belgium

COLLINS, Ronald F, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 ANNETTS, Christopher G, Private, RMLI, S 1616 (Ch), killed

 BARNES, Charles F, Private, RMLI, S 1726 (Ch), killed

 BENNETT, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 1229 (Ply), killed

 BENNETT, Edward, Private, RMLI, 17583 (Po), killed

 BEST, Thomas J, Private, RMLI, 18158 (Ch), killed

 BETTLEY, Albert E, Private, RMLI, S 1048 (Po), killed

 BIDEWELL, Bertie B, Private, RMLI, 19260 (Ch), killed

 BIRD, Ernest, Private, RMLI, S 1618 (Po), killed

 BLAND, Edgar, Private, RMLI, S 1659 (Ch), killed

 BOLLAND, Henry, Private, RMLI, 16794 (Po), killed

 BRADSHAW, Edward, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16976 (Ply), killed

 BRETT, William E, Private, RMLI, 19870 (Ch), killed

 BREWER, William, Private, RMLI, 17471 (Po), killed

 BRIGGS, Ernest E, Private, RMLI, 16972 (Ply), killed

 BRITTON, George, Private, RMLI, S 1651 (Ply), killed

 BROOKE, Peter, Private, RMLI, S 905 (Po), killed

 BROWN, Horace R, Private, RMLI, S 1429 (Po), killed

 BUCKLEY, Basil, Private, RMLI, S 1225 (Ch), killed

 BULCOCK, Joseph, Private, RMLI, S 750 (Ply), killed

 BYGRAVE, Robert J, Private, RMLI, S 1794 (Ch), killed

 BYRNE, Peter S, Private, RMLI, 17016 (Ply), killed

 CARTWRIGHT, John, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16865 (Ply), killed

 CHAMBERS, William T, Private, RMLI, S 838 (Ch), killed

 CHAPMAN, Arthur E, Private, RMLI, 17445 (Ch), killed

 CHARLESWORTH, Edward, Private, RMLI, 18942 (Ch), killed

 CHECKLEY, Tom, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16909 (Ch), killed

 CLARKE, Edward H, Private, RMLI, 17165 (Po), killed

 CLARKE, Ernest V, Private, RMLI, S 1435 (Ch), killed

 CLARKE, George W, Private, RMLI, S 1544 (Ch), killed

 COLLETT, William A, Private, RMLI, S 1902 (Ch), killed

 COLLIVER, Archibald T G, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1440 (Ply), killed

 COMFORT, Joseph, Private, RMLI, S 730 (Ch), killed

 CONNOLLY, Ernest, Private, RMLI, 17631 (Po), killed

 COOKE, Arthur E, Private, RMLI, S 1669 (Ch), killed

 COWAN, John, Private, RMLI, S 507 (Ch), killed

 COX, Frederick W, Private, RMLI, S 410 (Ch), killed

 CRAWFORD, Albert G T, Private, RMLI, S 1621 (Po), killed

 CULVER, Horace, Private, RMLI, S 887 (Ch), killed

 DAINS, Alfred W A K, Private, RMLI, 14635 (Ch), killed

 DANIELS, William F, Private, RMLI, S 1722 (Po), killed

 DAVIES, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 228 (Ch), killed

 DAVIS, George W, Private, RMLI, S 1552 (Po), killed

 DENNETT, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1588 (Po), killed

 DODSON, John, Private, RMLI, 18037 (Ch), killed

 DRURY, William G, Private, RMLI, 17359 (Ch), killed

 EAGLES, William L, Private, RMLI, 16940 (Ply), killed

 EAMES, Alfred J, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1455 (Po), killed

 ELLIOTT, Alfred R, Private, RMLI, S 1793 (Ch), DOW

 ELLIS, Gilbert, Private, RMLI, S 1281 (Ply), killed

 ELLIS, Hubert, Private, RMLI, S 1482 (Ch), killed

 EYRE, John A, Private, RMLI, S 852 (Po), killed

 FIELDING, James, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 FLOWER, Walter, Private, RMLI, S 1259 (Ply), killed

 FORBER, William J, Private, RMLI, S 966 (Ply), killed

 FOREMAN, Gilbert, Private, RMLI, S 1656 (Ply), killed

 FORSTER, William R, Private, RMLI, 17539 (Po), killed

 FORTH, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1547 (Ch), killed

 FOSTER, George, Private, RMLI, S 1194 (Ch), killed

 FOSTER, Robert, Corporal, RMLI, S 1035 (Ch), killed

 FRANKLIN, William J W, Private, RMLI, 18736 (Ch), killed

 FRICKER, Alfred, Private, RMLI, 17915 (Ply), killed

 FURBER, Charles J, Private, RMLI, S 1080 (Ch), killed

 GALE, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1620 (Po), killed

 GANNON, George W, Sergeant, RMLI, 18137 (Ch), killed

 GARDNER, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1684 (Ply), killed

 GLADHILL, John, Private, RMLI, S 1091 (Ch), killed

 GOODACRE, George A, Private, RMLI, 18877 (Ch), killed

 GOODCHILD, William W, Private, RMLI, S 1531 (Ply), killed

 GRAY, Henry, Private, RMLI, 18594 (Po), killed

 GREEN, William J, Private, RMLI, S 1635 (Ch), killed

 GRINNAL, Henry J, Private, RMLI, S 1795 (Ch), killed

 HALL, Henry, Corporal, RMLI, 9638 (Ply), killed

 HAMPSHIRE, Tom, Private, RMLI, S 1298 (Ch), killed

 HARDING, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1564 (Po), killed

 HARRIMAN, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 1021 (Po), killed

 HARRIS, Frederick G, Private, RMLI, S 1758 (Po), killed

 HARTILL, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1392 (Po), killed

 HEATH, Herbert, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1792 (Ch), killed

 HEMBURY, William G, Private, RMLI, S 1744 (Po), killed

 HERDMAN, Walter, Private, RMLI, 16986 (Ply), killed

 HERRICK, John, Private, RMLI, 13186 (Ply), killed

 HIGGINS, Albert E, Private, RMLI, S 1462 (Ch), killed

 HIGGS, Donald W, Private, RMLI, S 1638 (Po), killed

 HIGGS, Thomas H, Private, RMLI, 16054 (Ch), killed

 HILTON, George, Private, RMLI, S 801 (Ply), killed

 HINCHCLIFF, William C, Private, RMLI, S 551 (Ch), killed

 HOBBS, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 1402 (Ply), killed

 HODDER, George F J, Private, RMLI, S 1106 (Po), killed

 HODGETTS, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 1565 (Po), killed

 HOLMES, Henry C, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 HOLT, Clarence E, Private, RMLI, S 294 (Ch), killed

 HUCKVALE, John C, Private, RMLI, S 1539 (Ply), killed

 HUMPHREYS, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1428 (Ply), killed

 HUMPRIES, James, Private, RMLI, S 1674 (Ch), killed

 HUNT, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1638 (Ch), killed

 HUNT, Henry, Private, RMLI, S 468 (Ch), killed

 HUSSEY, Charles F, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 14789 (Ch), killed

 HUTCHINGS, Frederick J, Private, RMLI, S 1415 (Po), killed

 ILLINGWORTH, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1448 (Ch), killed

 JAMES, Ernest G, Private, RMLI, S 1679 (Ply), killed

 JAMESON, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1141 (Ch), killed

 JOHNSON, William J, Private, RMLI, S 1034 (Ch), killed

 JONES, John, Private, RMLI, 16980 (Ply), killed

 JONES, Philip L, Private, RMLI, S 1233 (Ply), killed

 JONES, William, Private, RMLI, S 1335 (Ch), killed

 KEYWOOD, George, Private, RMLI, 19598 (Ch), killed

 KIPPEN, Richard, Private, RMLI, 19497 (Ch), killed

 LATHAM, Percy, Private, RMLI, 1870 (Ch), killed

 LAWRENCE, Sidney C, Private, RMLI, S 1745 (Po), killed

 LEE, John, Private, RMLI, S 1021 (Ply), killed

 LEGGATT, Herbert, Corporal, RMLI, S 297 (Ch), killed

 LEWIS, Sidney, Private, RMLI, S 1518 (Ch), killed

 LEWIS, William C, Private, RMLI, S 1406 (Ch), DOW

 LINDSAY, William E, Private, RMLI, S 1418 (Ply), killed

 LION, Neville I, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 MARSH, Frank S, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 MARTIN, Ernest H, Private, RMLI, S 1401 (Po), killed

 MCALINDEN, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 726 (Ch), killed

 MILNER, Robert V, Private, RMLI, S 1284 (Ch), killed

 MITCHELL, Ernest, Private, RMLI, S 863 (Ply), killed

 MORGAN, James A, Private, RMLI, S 1598 (Ch), killed

 MUSSON, Leonard, Private, RMLI, S 1427 (Ch), killed

 MYERSCOUGH, John, Private, RMLI, S 1361 (Ply), killed

 NAPIER, James T, Private, RMLI, S 1572 (Ply), killed

 NEALE, Victor G, Private, RMLI, S 1678 (Ch), killed

 O’FLAHERTY, William E, Private, RMLI, S 1590 (Ply), killed

 PATERSON, Alexander, Private, RMLI, S 606 (Ch), killed

 PITMAN, George, Private, RMLI, 17041 (Ply), killed

 PLATTS, Edgar L F, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 RANGER, Frederick W (real name, but served as Frederick Waller), Private, RMLI, S 994 (Ch), killed

 RAYBOULD, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 18 (Ch), killed

 ROE, Cyril C, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 ROE, Stanley H, Private, RMLI, S 1599 (Po), killed

 ROLFE, William C, Private, RMLI, 18843 (Ch), killed

 ROWE, George R, Private, RMLI, 16412 (Po), killed

 SANDERSON, William E, Lance Sergeant, RMLI, 19479 (Ch), killed

 SARSON, Percy, Private, RMLI, 19404 (Ch), killed

 SHAW, George, Private, RMLI, 16869 (Ch), killed

 SIMMONDS, Albert B, Private, RMLI, 16139 (Po), killed

 SINCLAIR, Jack W, Private, RMLI, S 1156 (Po), killed

 SMALLWOOD, Benjamin, Private, RMLI, S 1237 (Po), killed

 SMITH, Henry C, Private, RMLI, S 1246 (Ch), killed

 SMITH, Walter C, Private, RMLI, S 1294 (Ch), killed

 SMITH, William H, Private, RMLI, S 1327 (Po), killed

 SMYTH, William, Private, RMLI, S 960 (Ch), killed

 SNELL, Albert J, Private, RMLI, S 1626 (Ch), killed

 SPICER, Frederick T, Private, RMLI, S 839 (Ch), killed

 STAGLES, William E, Private, RMLI, 19846 (Ch), killed

 STAVERS, Robert, Private, RMLI, S 1090 (Ch), killed

 STEER, George W, Private, RMLI, S 230 (Ch), killed

 STEPHENS, Albert E, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 17563 (Po), killed

 STORER, Cyril, Private, RMLI, S 20 (Ch), killed

 STREET, George S, Private, RMLI, S 1285 (Po), killed

 SULLIVAN, Ernest E, Private, RMLI, 17582 (Po), killed

 SULLIVAN, Gilbert E, Private, RMLI, 17035 (Ply), killed

 SURRIDGE, Albert E, Private, RMLI, 18863 (Ch), killed

 SWALWELL, Harold, Private, RMLI, 19242 (Ch), killed

 TEMPLE, George W, Private, RMLI, 17439 (Ch), killed

 TILLEY, William J A, Corporal, RMLI, 13677 (Ch), killed

 TOWNEY, James, Private, RMLI, S 1514 (Ch), killed

 TREVES, Albert L, Private, RMLI, S 1467 (Ch), killed

 TRINDER, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1819 (Ch), killed

 TRUDGEON, Cecil L, Private, RMLI, S 1624 (Ch), killed

 UPSON, Frederick H, Private, RMLI, S 761 (Ch), killed

 WALKER, William, Private, RMLI, S 886 (Ch), killed

 WALTON, Charles, Private, RMLI, 19786 (Ch), killed

 WARD, Benjamin, Private, RMLI, S 131 (Ch), killed

 WHITTAKER, Henry T, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1492 (Ch), killed

 WILTON, Henry E, Private, RMLI, 19262 (Ch), killed

 WINDER, Louis A, Private, RMLI, S 1680 (Ch), killed

 WINTERBOTTOM, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1396 (Po), killed

 YATES, Percy, Private, RMLI, S 1528 (Ply), killed

 YOUNG, Harry C, Private, RMLI, S 1565 (Ply), killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 AGAR, George A, Private, RMLI, S 1307 (Po), killed

 ANDREWS, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1470 (Ply), killed

 ASH, George, Private, RMLI, S 1732 (Ch), killed

 ASLETT, George H, Private, RMLI, S 1662 (Ply), killed

 BALLANCE, Robert, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 605 (Po), killed

 BARFOOT, Alfred B, Act/Sergeant, RMLI, 14384 (Po), killed

 BARLOW, Charles H, Private, RMLI, S 677 (Po), killed

 BATTENSBY, Albany B, Private, RMLI, S 553 (Po), killed

 BEARD, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 1646 (Ply), killed

 BENNETT, Stafford N, Private, RMLI, S 1066 (Ply), killed

 BENSON, Clarence, Private, RMLI, S 1203 (Po), killed

 BRACEY, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1131 (Ply), killed

 BRANSON, William H, Private, RMLI, S 332 (Po), killed

 BROOKS, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 711 (Ply), killed

 BROOM, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 480 (Ply), killed

 BROOMFIELD, Samuel F, Private, RMLI, S 1624 (Ply)`, killed

 BRUCKSHAW, Horace, Private, RMLI, S 229 (Ply), killed

 BURROWS, Ernest H, Private, RMLI, S 1484 (Ply), killed

 BURTON-FANNING, Newel E E, Ty/Captain, RM, killed

 BUTT, Ernest L, Private, RMLI, S 1612 (Ch), killed

 CAMPBELL, John, Ty/Captain, RM, killed

 CARRUTHERS, Bertie, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 632 (Po), killed

 CASTRO, James, Private, RMLI, S 1446 (Po), killed

 CHAMBERS, Robert H G, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16471 (Po), killed

 CHAPPELL, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 807 (Ply), DOW

 CHATTAWAY, Louis, Private, RMLI, 16262 (Ply), killed

 CHAVASSE, Fred, Private, RMLI, 17956 (Ply), killed

 CLARKE, George, Private, RMLI, 18473 (Po), killed

 CLARKSON, Fred, Private, RMLI, S 1057 (Po), killed

 COOPER, Cyril V, Private, RMLI, S 1495 (Po), killed

 COX, William G C, Private, RMLI, S 1604 (Ply), killed

 CROWTHER, Norman, Private, RMLI, S 1340 (Ch), killed

 CULVERWELL, Cecil, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 15984 (Ply), killed

 CURTIS, Alfred D, Sergeant, RMLI, 14805 (Po), killed

 DENISON, Joe M, Private, RMLI, S 1271 (Po), killed

 DEWHURST, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 303 (Ply), killed

 DICKINSON, William J, Private, RMLI, S 1354 (Ch), killed

 DIXON, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 1112 (Po), killed

 DUNN, George H, Private, RMLI, S 1103 (Po), killed

 EASTMAN, Theodore A, Private, RMLI, S 1720 (Ply), killed

 ELMES, James R, Private, RMLI, S 1560 (Po), killed

 EVANS, Thomas F, Private, RMLI, S 1105 (Po), killed

 FARMER, George, Private, RMLI, S 1553 (Po), killed

 FAWCETT, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1280 (Po), killed

 FAWTHROP, George A, Private, RMLI, S 1465 (Po), killed

 FISH, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 706 (Po), killed

 FORRYAN, John E, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 269 (Ply), killed

 FREEMAN, Frank, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 172 (Po), killed

 GANDY, George R, Private, RMLI, S 689 (Po), killed

 GIBSON, George Y, Private, RMLI, S 1016 (Po), killed

 GREEN, John, Private, RMLI, S 1456 (Ply), killed

 GREEN, Sydney, Private, RMLI, S 1455 (Ply), killed

 GREENING, Leonard G, Private, RMLI, S 1258 (Ply), killed

 GREGORY, Victor C, Private, RMLI, 13458 (Po), killed

 GRICE, Henry J, Private, RMLI, S 1304 (Ply), killed

 GRISWOLD, John N, Private, RMLI, 18541 (Po), killed

 GUEST, Asa, Private, RMLI, S 467, killed

 HALTON, William, Private, RMLI, S 1016 (Ply), killed

 HARDING, Ewart F, Private, RMLI, S 1662 (Ch), killed

 HARDY, Philip E R, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 HARRIS, Sydney, Private, RMLI, S 1077 (Ply), killed

 HARROD, John W, Private, RMLI, S 1260 (Ply), killed

 HARTLAND, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 1818 (Ch), killed

 HEARD, Elijah, Private, RMLI, S 867 (Po), killed

 HOLT, Albert R, Private, RMLI, 16274 (Ply), killed

 HORNBY, William A, Private, RMLI, 17593 (Ply), killed

 HORNE, Bramwell, Private, RMLI, S 1437 (Po), killed

 HOWARTH, Fred, Private, RMLI, S 1358 (Po), killed

 HUNTER, George, Private, RMLI, 16036 (Ply), killed

 HUTTON, Charles A, Private, RMLI, S 1898 (Ch), killed

 INCHLEY, Percy C, Private, RMLI, S 1686 (Ply), killed

 JACKSON, Edwin, Private, RMLI, S 1144 (Po), killed

 JENKINS, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 1025 (Po), killed

 JONES, Henry Mc P, Private, RMLI, 17220 (Ply), killed

 JOYCE, Charles W, Corporal, RMLI, S 887 (Po), killed

 KEARNEY, Charles H, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 KING, Arthur R, Private, RMLI, S 1548 (Po), killed

 KNOWLES, David, Private, RMLI, S 456 (Ply), killed

 LAKE, William A, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 LAMBERT, Edward, Private, RMLI, S 396 (Po), killed

 LANDERS, Bruce, Private, RMLI, S 146 (Ply), killed

 LANE, George, Private, RMLI, S 1472 (Po), killed

 LEE, George, Private, RMLI, S 1696 (Ply), killed

 LEWIS, Gilbert, Private, RMLI, S 1051 (Ch), killed

 LINCOLN, Alfred J, Private, RMLI, S 1492 (Po), killed

 LIPTROT, William, Private, RMLI, S 1443 (Ch), killed

 MACKENZIE, Ian, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1425 (Po), killed

 MACNAMARA, John J, Private, RMLI, S 1441 (Ply), killed

 MAIDENS, Robert, Private, RMLI, S 1315 (Po), killed

 MARRINER, Percy, Private, RMLI, 18240 (Po), DOW

 MARSH, William H, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 741 (Ply), killed

 MASTERS, Alfred G P, Private, RMLI, S 1750 (Po), killed

 MASTERTON, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 1122 (Ply), killed

 MATTHEWS, James E, Private, RMLI, S 1612 (Ply), killed

 MAY, Cecil, Private, RMLI, S 1533 (Po), killed

 MAYCOCK, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1611 (Ch), killed

 MCMULLEN, Dennis, Private, RMLI, S 1621 (Ply), killed

 MEACHER, John H, Private, RMLI, 16215 (Po), killed

 MILNE, Richard, Warrant Officer 2c, RMLI, 10828 (Po), killed

 MOORE, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 1422 (Ch), killed

 MORGAN, Percival J, Private, RMLI, S 1643 (Ply), killed

 MOYLE, Conrad, Private, RMLI, S 1554 (Ply), killed

 MYERS, Stanley, Private, RMLI, S 963 (Ply), killed

 NEWMAN, William, Private, RMLI, S 1651 (Po), killed

 NUTTER, Thomas W A, Private, RMLI, 17156 (Ply), killed

 OAKLEY, Walter G, Private, RMLI, S 1256 (Ply), killed

 PARDINGTON, Fred B, Private, RMLI, S 1713 (Ch), killed

 PARVIN, William G, Private, RMLI, S 1718 (Ply), killed

 PAULL, William G, Private, RMLI, S 1704 (Po), killed

 PEACH, William F, Private, RMLI, S 1460 (Ply), killed

 PEARCE, Albert W, Private, RMLI, S 1291 (Po), killed

 PEGG, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 249 (Po), killed

 PETTIFORD, Edward H W, Private, RMLI, S 1811 (Ch), killed

 PLATTEN, Robert T, Private, RMLI, S 911 (Ply), killed

 POLLARD, Alfred P, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 15953 (Po), killed

 PRICE, Sydney, Private, RMLI, S 676 (Po), killed

 PRITCHARD, Frederick S, Private, RMLI, S 1694 (Ply), killed

 PUGH, Albert C, Private, RMLI, S 1643 (Po), killed

 QUINN, John, Sergeant, RMLI, 14226 (Ply), killed

 RICH, Gerald J, Sergeant, RMLI, 14525 (Ply), killed

 ROBINSON, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 116 (Po), killed

 ROSSER, Ernest V, Private, RMLI, 18624 (Po), killed

 ROWLEY, Charles E C, Private, RMLI, S 1377 (Ply), killed

 RUSS, William H, Private, RMLI, S 1710 (Ch), killed

 SALMON, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1209 (Ply), killed

 SAUNDERS, Albert, Private, RMLI, 17274 (Po), killed

 SAUNDERS, James, Private, RMLI, S 332 (Ply), killed

 SCHOFIELD, Tom, Private, RMLI, S 1356 (Po), killed

 SCRATCHARD, Edgar, Lance Sergeant, RMLI, 14374 (Ply), killed

 SEWARD, Leslie, Private, RMLI, S 1661 (Po), killed

 SEXTON, George J, Private, RMLI, S 858 (Ch), killed

 SLADE, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1825 (Ch), killed

 SLADE, George C, Private, RMLI, 17928 (Po), killed

 SPENCER, George, Private, RMLI, A 1568 (Ply), killed

 STAFFORD, Walter E, Private, RMLI, S 1689 (Ply), killed

 STOCKS, Charles E, Private, RMLI, S 1728 (Po), killed

 STONE, Cecil S, Private, RMLI, S 1686 (Po), killed

 SULLIVAN, Thomas, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1211 (Ply), killed

 THOMPSON, Josiah, Private, RMLI, S 1246 (Ply), killed

 THOMPSON, William S, Private, RMLI, S 885 (Ply), killed

 TREMLETT, Christopher C, Private, RMLI, S 1749 (Po), killed

 TUPPEN, Alfred J H, Private, RMLI, S 1221 (Ply), killed

 TYSOE, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 397 (Ply), killed

 VICARS, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1140 (Ply), killed

 VINALL, Arthur B, Private, RMLI, 18223 (Po), killed

 WAGNER, Lawrence B, Sergeant, RMLI, 14151 (Ply), killed

 WAKEHAM, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 7915 (Ply), killed

 WALKER, David H, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

 WALKER, George, Private, RMLI, S 1901 (Ch), killed

 WALTERS, Edwin W, Private, RMLI, S 1746 (Po), killed

 WALTERS, Ivor A, Private, RMLI, S 956 (Po), killed

 WALTERS, Leslie J F, Private, RMLI, S 1723 (Po), killed

 WARDLEWORTH, Joseph, Private, RMLI, S 1733 (Ch), killed

 WEST, Albert J, Private, RMLI, S 1567 (Po), killed

 WEST, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1477 (Po), killed

 WEST, George W, Private, RMLI, S 38 (Ply), killed

 WHALLEY, John, Private, RMLI, S 1348 (Po), killed

 WHEELER, John, Private, RMLI, S 1700 (Ply), killed

 WHITE, Horace L, Private, RMLI, S 822 (Ply), killed

 WILCOCK, Ernest, Private, RMLI, S 1462 (Ply), killed

 WILKINSON, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 826 (Ply), killed

 WILLIAMS, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1325 (Ply), killed

 WILLIAMSON, Stanley, Private, RMLI, S 1389 (Po), killed

 WILLIS, Richard F, Private, RMLI, S 785 (Po), killed

 WOOD, Joseph, Private, RMLI, S 484 (Ply), killed

 WOODS, John E, Private, RMLI, S 1199 (Po), killed

 

RND, 188th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 WATSON, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2756, killed

 

RND, 249th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 BESENT, Edward J, Sapper, RE, 208089, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ARCHER, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 522, killed

 ARMSTRONG, John, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2367, killed

 BLACKLOCK, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6780, killed

 CAYGILL, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1726, killed

 DAVIS, Owen, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1915, killed

 DEWAR, Robert, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1850, killed

 HITCHEN, Ezra, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 45, killed

 HUGHES, George H W, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 HUGHES, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 799, killed

 IRVINE, Andrew T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7043, DOW

 JACKSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3184, killed

 JOHNSTONE, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3011, killed

 LIMB, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3709, DOW

 LOADER, Thomas H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 296, killed

 MCALINDEN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5173, killed

 MCKENZIE, Thomas, Leading Seaman, Clyde Z 1441, killed

 MOSELEY, Lancelot B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7088, killed

 PRYOR, Albert, Petty Officer, RNVR, KW 622, killed

 RAINBOW, Willie E, Petty Officer, RNVR, Oct-30, DOW

 ROBERTSON, James C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1727, DOW

 ROSE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 545, DOW

 SINGLETON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1408, killed

 SLATER, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 944, killed

 TASKER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5133, DOW

 THOMPSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3113, killed

 WILLMER, Walter G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 112, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BURGESS, Leslie, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1436, killed

 EVANS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3263, killed

 MARSHALL, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7335, killed

 RAMSAY, John B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4653, killed

 STEWART, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 56, killed

 WATSON, John F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4084, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 HOPTON, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 357, DOW

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RNAS Dover

WEAVERS, Arthur, Air Mechanic 1c, F 11001, died in UK

 

 

Sunday, 29 April 1917

 

Brisbane (RAN), light cruiser

 ROSS, George, Stoker, RAN, 3757, illness

 

Comedian, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.93, SW of England: naval casualty;

 MUIRHEAD, Duncan, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 2 1710

 

Daleby, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.70, SW of Ireland: naval casualty;

 MILES, Richard, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1673

 

Dartmouth, light cruiser

 ROWE, Joseph J, Able Seaman, 230829, died

 

Orvieto, armed merchant cruiser

 WATERS, William D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 8138, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 3rd Squadron, France

 BENNETT, Samuel L, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 2nd RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 DEAN, Cyril, Private, RM, S 3594 (Deal), DOW

 HARRISON, Henry, Private, RM, S 4205 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 YATES, Henry, Private, RMLI, S 1074 (Po), DOW

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 HIRST, Joe, Private, RMLI, S 1146 (Po), killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 LENNON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4506, killed

 MAHONEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 581, DOW

 MILLS, Frederick S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 91, DOW

 ROBINSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1390, killed

 ROWETT, Edward W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4701, killed

 WILSON, Joseph W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4876, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 SIMPSON, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3323, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 DAVIDSON, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4748, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 ARTHUR, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Z 4689, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GREY, David M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 486, DOW

 WILLIAMS, Enoch, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 844, DOW

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Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PINKNEY, Charles A, Stoker 2c, K 41542, illness

 STONE, Harry, Chief Petty Officer, 121063, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

  MACKENZIE, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15328, illness

 

 

Monday, 30 April 1917

 

Arfon, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in English Channel

 ABRAMS, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BABSTOCK, William T, Qualified Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 477

 BILLAM, James F, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5194

 COX, Frederick J R, Engineman, RNR, ES 151

 DOY, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10310

 GRAY, William, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 750

 GRAYSON, William H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11550

 SMITH, Arthur J, Engineman, RNR, ES 4853

 STEPHENSON, Charles H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5686

 YOUNGS, Edward J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2683

 

Assistance, fleet repair ship

 COLES, Ernest J, Leading Seaman, 234293, illness

 

Horsa, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.93, SW of Ireland: naval casualty;

 BRODIE, William, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 5273

 

RM Labour Corps

 KIRBY, George, Private, RM, S 9903 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 3rd Squadron, France

 MALONE, John J, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RNAS, 8th Squadron, France

 CUZNER, Albert E, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, killed

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 LEVER, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1370 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 CARTWRIGHT, Frederick J W, Major (Ty/Lieutenant Colonel), RM, DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 HUSSEBEE, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1139 (Po), prisoner of war, DOW

 MADDEN, Thomas, Private, RMLI, 15323 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 QUEENAN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4037, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 WILSON, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8013, DOW

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron, serving in Roumania

 HOARE, Frank, Petty Officer Air Mechanic, F 9911, DOW

 IRELAND, Leslie G, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 2936, accident

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Tulip, convoy sloop (Q.12), torpedoed and sunk by U.62, W of Ireland

 BRENCHLEY, Albert E, Stoker 2c, K 33899 (Ch)

 CHAMBERS, John A, Stoker Petty Officer, 300873 (Ch)

 FLATLEY, William, Stoker 1c, SS 114961 (Dev)

 JONES, Albert, Leading Stoker, K 5050 (Ch)

 PEACOCK, Ernest, Chief Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1244

 SIMS, William, Leading Cook's Mate, M 2533 (Ch)

 WALKER, Harold, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 21741 (Ch)

 WARDER, Leonard C, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 WELLARD, Albert, Leading Stoker, K 5746 (Ch)

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 CAPELL, George F, Ordinary Seaman, J 68888, illness

 MCFARLANE, Donald J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15233, illness

 

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