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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 OCTOBER 1917 - 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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Monday, 1 October 1917

 

Faulknor

 MURRAY, James, Act/Leading Stoker, K 20706 (Ch), DOW

 

Reliance III

 VINGOE, Arthur, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11237, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

31 July-10 November Battle of Passchendaele or Third Battle of Ypres including operations by 63rd (RN) Division

continued

 

RFC, 7th Squadron, attached Hawke Battalion, Belgium

 LAUGHTON, Bertram D, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 ATKINS, Lawrence A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 196, DOW in UK

__________

 

RM Labour Corps

 WEBSTER, James, Private, RM, S 10175 (Deal), killed

 

 

Tuesday, 2 October 1917

 

Attentive, France

 ENSOR, Henry G, Gunner, RMA, RMA 12067, DOW

 

U-BOAT ATTACK ON ATLANTIC CONVOY HH24

 

Brisk, mined

 ARGENT, William J, Officers' Steward 2c, L 8027 (Dev)

 BUCKINGHAM, John, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 293892 (Dev)

 CARTHY, Adam, Seaman, RNR, A 2647

 COOKE, George, Officers' Steward 2c, L 2066 (Dev)

 COOKSEY, Albert V, Stoker 1c (RFR B 8129), SS 103944 (Ch)

 DALTON, Edwin T, Leading Seaman, 197428 (Dev)

 FAY, Michael, Stoker 1c, 217107 (Dev)

 FLOOD, William, Leading Seaman, 187804 (Dev)

 GODWIN, Hubert J, Stoker 2c, K 36561 (Dev)

 GRAY, Charles H, Leading Telegraphist, J 24711 (Dev)

 GREENHAM, George, Stoker 2c, K 36966 (Dev)

 GRUBB, Albert W, Stoker 1c, SS 115133 (Dev)

 HAND, George J, Leading Stoker, 309608 (Dev)

 HARDY, Herbert, Able Seaman, J 24660 (Dev)

 HOSKING, William, Stoker 1c, K 6661 (Dev)

 KING, Ivor F, Leading Seaman, 235713 (Dev)

 KING, Septimus E, Able Seaman, 230094 (Dev)

 KNIGHT, Charles S, Leading Seaman, J 3557 (Dev)

 LAXTON, Charles E, Able Seaman, J 22946 (Dev)

 LIGHT, George, Able Seaman (RFR B 1109), 176337 (Dev)

 MACDONALD, Donald B, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 8157

 MILLER, John W, Officers' Steward 3c, L 7119 (Dev)

 OWEN, Evan, Stoker 2c, K 43043 (Dev)

 OWENS, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 287155 (Dev)

 PAWLEY, John T, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 279644 (Dev)

 ROGERS, Ben, Able Seaman (RFR B 3073), 185115 (Dev)

 ROWE, Ernest, Able Seaman, J 37733 (Dev)

 SKINGLEY, Ernest, Stoker 1c (RFR B 10605), SS 108634 (Ch)

 WILLIAMS, William E, Able Seaman (RFR B 3851), SS 1514 (Dev)

 WITHEY, Charles H, Able Seaman, 162853 (Dev)

 WOOLLEY, Albert, Able Seaman, J 27197 (Dev)

 

Drake, ship lost

 BROWN, Charles C, Stoker 1c, K 29064 (Dev)

 BROWN, John F, Stoker, RNR, S 4199

 BUTTLE, Walter W, Stoker, RNR, S 1410

 CLARK, John McL, Stoker 1c, K 1872 (Dev)

 GARTLAN, William E, Stoker 1c, SS 114829

 MURDIE, Robert, Stoker, RNR, S 5252

 O’BRIEN, Robert, Stoker Petty Officer, 296670 (Dev)

 OLIVER, John G, Stoker 1c, K 28133 (Po)

 PARK, Godfrey, Stoker 1c, K 27621 (Po)

 PATTERSON, James, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 17773 (Po)

 SHEARD, Bertie, Stoker 1c, SS 117349 (Po)

 STANLEY, William J, Stoker, RNR, S 1699

 STARK, Adolphus E, Artificer Engineer

 THOMPSON, Christopher, Stoker, RNR, S 6519

 TUMBS, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, K 29448 (Dev)

 WHEATLEY, Thomas, Stoker 1c, SS 116149 (Po)

 WILLEY, George F, Leading Stoker, K 1097 (Dev)

 WILLIAMS, Robert J, Act/Leading Stoker, 302211 (Dev)

__________

 

Crescent

 WATERHOUSE, Frank, Stoker 2c, K 41451, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

  O’KELLY, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, ZP 1037, accident, DOI

 

 

Wednesday, 3 October 1917

 

Clydebrae, steamship, submarine action, ship damaged

 WARDLE, James, Act/Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3645

 

Fisher Boy

 WALLACE, Robert, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 6040, illness

 

President II

 JORDAN, Thomas C S, Air Mechanic 2c, F 21206, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 GRANT, James D, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Sharpshooter

 MUNFORD, Frank A, Ordinary Seaman, J 55920 (Ch), DOW

 

TB.67, torpedo boat

 SMITH, Albert E, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268123 (Dev), illness

 

Vivid

 WALSH, Michael J, Gunner, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 October 1917

 

Colleen

 O’HARA, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10217, drowned

 

Commander In Chief, Rosyth

 HAMILTON, Sir Frederick T, Admiral, illness

 

Goshawk

 HARDING, Frank, Stoker 1c, K 36544, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 WILLSON, Oliver E, Private, RMLI, S 12929 (Deal), died

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 YOUNG, James, Private, RMLI, 11655 (Ply), illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 WHITE, Hiram, Private, RMLI, S 2961 (Po), illness

 

Roberts

 JENKINS, Richard H, Stoker 1c, SS 101646, died

 

 

Friday, 5 October 1917

 

Champagne

 BENNETT, George, Private, RMLI, 11509 (Ply), died in UK

 

Forestmoor, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 MAPPLEBECK, Samuel, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 8307

 

Pembroke

 SANDY, Jesse E, Able Seaman, J 20802 (Ch), DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

 PADDLE, John, Act/Bombardier, RMA, RMA 9162, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 ADAMSON, William V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1708, illness

__________

 

Victory

 CLUETT, Henry, Armourer, 161254, illness

 

 

Saturday, 6 October 1917

 

Begonia, ship lost

 ALDRIDGE, William J, Stoker Petty Officer, 311664 (Po)

 ANDERSON, Charles G, Able Seaman, J 12615 (Po)

 ARCHER, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4023

 ARNELL, John H, Stoker Petty Officer, 304192 (Po)

 BAKER, Ernest, Armourer's Mate, M 2842 (Po)

 BALLANCE, John T, Stoker 1c, K 25955 (Po)

 BALLARD, Eli, Stoker Petty Officer, 307400 (Po)

 BARNES, William, Stoker 1c, SS 115896 (Po)

 BATH, Albert E V, Able Seaman, 223714 (Po)

 BECK, George, Stoker 1c, SS 116697 (Po)

 BENTLEY, Hellewell, Leading Stoker, K 15255 (Po)

 BOULD, Albert E, Able Seaman, J 37791 (Po)

 BUDDEN, Victor B, Shipwright 2c, M 9339 (Po)

 BYRNE, Felix, Lieutenant

 CHATFIELD, Walter J H, Stoker Petty Officer, 309113 (Po)

 COOK, Duncan G, Paymaster, RNR

 CUNNINGHAM, Thomas, Able Seaman, J 37843 (Po)

 CURTIS, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 13213 (Po)

 DAVIES, Edwin C B, Able Seaman, J 17165 (Po)

 DAYKIN, Alfred R, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4107

 DEAYTON, William E, Telegraphist, J 29106 (Po)

 DOYLE, James, Stoker 1c, K 25026 (Po)

 EDDLES, Sidney, Stoker Petty Officer, 353557 (Po)

 ELLIOTT, Thomas S, Officers' Cook 2c, L 3122 (Po)

 ELSE, Herbert H, Stoker 1c, K 9318 (Po)

 FERGUSON, Dugald, Lieutenant, RNR

 FIGG, Bertram, Stoker 1c, K 32366 (Po)

 FILBY, William, Leading Signalman, 214658 (Po)

 FISHER, John E, Stoker 1c, SS 110150 (Po)

 FOWLER, Ernest W, Stoker 1c, K 16530 (Po)

 GELDARD, Frank, Stoker 1c, K 34418 (Po)

 GEORGE, Arthur S, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5519

 GILLVRAY, Joseph, Stoker 1c, K 21962 (Po)

 GLAZIER, John R, Chief Petty Officer, 166064 (Po)

 GOATCHER, William, Petty Officer, 211462 (Po)

 HALL, Frederick H, Able Seaman, J 18584 (Po)

 HAM, Joe, Leading Seaman, 238811 (Po)

 HARGREAVES, Albert, Leading Seaman, 219074 (Po)

 HARRIS, George, Able Seaman, J 40122 (Po)

 HILL, James A S, Stoker 1c, K 27221 (Po)

 HOLDSWORTH, Welsey C, Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 HOLT, James, Stoker 1c, K 18729 (Po)

 HUGHES, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2414

 HUTCHINGS, Frederick, Able Seaman, 217650 (Po)

 IRVINE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7578

 JARRETT, Arthur F, Petty Officer Telegraphist, J 6380 (Dev)

 JOHNSON, George W, Leading Seaman, J 10132 (Po)

 JONES, Frederick P, Engineer Lieutenant

 LAING, James R, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1794

 LE-MOAL, Albert F T, Signalman, J 25051 (Po)

 LEWIN, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, K 32361 (Po)

 LEWIS, Herbert R, Leading Stoker, 307358 (Po)

 LOCKWOOD, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, 305178 (Po)

 MADGWICK, William, Cook's Mate, M 7391 (Po)

 MARKS, Robert (real name, but served as Frank Marsh), Stoker Petty Officer, 293282 (Po)

 MARSHALL, Albert, Stoker 1c, 290048 (Po)

 MASSEY, Henry, Able Seaman, J 37721 (Po)

 MONTGOMERY, Reginald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7389

 NEILSON, James B, Chief Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 852

 NOAKE, Basil S, Lieutenant Commander

 NORRIS, Bertie C, Able Seaman, 212468 (Po)

 ORMSBY, John W, Ordinary Seaman, J 40616 (Po)

 ORTON, Charles, Leading Stoker, K 19636

 PAGE, Arthur E, Able Seaman, J 40881 (Po)

 PHELPS, James O, Stoker Petty Officer, 295504 (Po)

 PIPER, Walter W, Able Seaman, J 11444 (Po)

 PRATLEY, Frank, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 15941 (Po)

 PRICE, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 32380 (Po)

 QUILTER, Ernest C, Officers' Steward 2c, L 5506 (Po)

 ROGERS, William G, Leading Seaman, J 15760 (Po)

 RUSH, Joseph, Leading Stoker, 308066 (Po)

 RUTHERFORD, Daniel, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 14014 (Po)

 SAMPSON, Robert, Able Seaman, SS 4950 (Po)

 SCOTT, Richard, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3721), 282701 (Po)

 SEYMOUR, Arthur W, Officers' Steward 1c, L 2282 (Po)

 SEYMOUR, Henry C, Leading Seaman, J 10761 (Po)

 SHAW, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, J 37835 (Po)

 SHORT, Andrew, Stoker Petty Officer, 295645 (Po)

 SLACK, Albert J, Stoker 1c, K 14216 (Po)

 SMELT, Hugh, Stoker 1c, K 34459 (Po)

 SMITH, Guy, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 25856 (Po)

 STRACEY, Charles A B, Boy Telegraphist, J 48228 (Po)

 TATUM, Charles W, Stoker 1c, K 7811 (Po)

 TAYLOR, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9804

 THOMAS, Dimond V, Able Seaman, J 37730 (Po)

 TOMLINSON, Charles A, Painter 2c, M 22471 (Po)

 TREMBETH, George, Lieutenant, RNR

 TURNER, Alexander, Stoker 1c, SS 117012 (Po)

 TURNER, Frederick P, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7399 (Po)

 WHEATLEY, Ernest, Able Seaman, J 37837 (Po)

 WHITE, Percy J, Stoker 1c, K 20862 (Po)

 WILLIAMS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2466

 WILSON, Ralph, Able Seaman, J 37827 (Po)

 WOODHEAD, Walter, Carpenter's Crew, M 18570 (Po)

 

WESTERN FRONT

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

 AVERY, Albert E, Act/Bombardier Quartermaster Sergeant, RMA, RMA 8078, DOW

 WOOLLER, James H, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1638, DOW

 

 

Sunday, 7 October 1917

 

Midge

 BALDWIN, Ernest A, Able Seaman, J 8035 (Ch), drowned

 

Pembroke

 SWAN, George T, Able Seaman, 190869, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

 COOPER, Samuel J, Armourer's Crew, M 18941 (Po), DOW

 HEAP, Joseph, Gunner, RMA, RMA 395, DOW

 JOYCE, Archibald B S, Gunner, RMA (RFR B 813), RMA 5838, DOW

 SUDBURY, Sydney, Gunner, RMA, RMA 693, DOW

 

 

Monday, 8 October 1917

 

Aylevarroo, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 HOLMES, David M, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1248

 SMITH, William T, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1247

 

Balfour

 CUNDY, Louis, Ty/Skipper, RNR, accident

 

Broke

 WALLS, Charles E, Leading Stoker, K 969 (Po), illness

 

Erin

 TURNER, Leslie G B, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5597, illness

 

Greldon, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 BOTTOMLEY, Benjamin, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9317

 SWINDELL, John C, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5053

 

Hind

 SOAN, Herbert W, Leading Seaman, J 11191 (Dev), drowned

 

Marshal Ney

 WATSON, Ernest G, Stoker 1c, K 6534 (Ch), illness

 

Memphian, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 COWARD, Charles G, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1920), 12542 (Ch), President III (O/P), DEMS gunner

 

Richard De Larrinaga, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 JACKSON, Albert, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2913

 MORTIMER, Henry K, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside 1/216

 

RM Labour Corps

 SUTTIE, Robert, Private, RM, S 10226 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 MANNERING, Edward, Private, RMLI, S 1206 (Ch), prisoner of war in Germany, illness

 

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

 COTTRELL, Joseph H, Lance Corporal, Army, 207944, killed

__________

 

Temeraire

 YOUNG, Richard St J, Fleet Paymaster, accidental fall

 

Victory

 DUTTON, Clifford H, Stoker 1c, K 29892, illness

 WALKER, Edmund H, Petty Officer, 173876, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 October 1917

 

Blenheim

 GREEN, Albert E, Chief Petty Officer, 125999, illness

 

Champagne, ship lost

 ALCOCK, William, Trimmer, MMR, 903292

 BAILEY, Frederick M, Ty/Warrant Telegraphist, RNR

 BIRD, George, Fireman, MMR, 900906

 BOYER, George, Stoker 1c (RFR B 4817), SS 117671 (Dev)

 BRADSHAW, Edward, Assistant Baker, MMR, 898669

 BRADY, Joseph, Trimmer, MMR, 900536

 BROWN, James, Trimmer, MMR, 896891

 CLAYTON, Joseph, Trimmer, MMR, 898589

 COHEN, Albert J (real name, but served as Albert J Clarke), Fireman, MMR, 889327

 COMPTON, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, 877686

 COOPER, Joseph, Trimmer, MMR, 883628

 DEAKIN, Albert, Trimmer, MMR, 926588

 DENT, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4641

 EDWARDS, Charles W, Fireman, MMR, 864951

 HARDEN, Walter M, Steward, MMR, 44403

 HEMINGWAY, Wilfred, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Mersey Z 1263

 HENRY, Reginald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8974

 HYSLOP, John W, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 JOHNSON, Alfred, Trimmer, MMR, 891758

 JOURNEAUX, Wilfred R, Boy 1c, J 48373 (Po)

 KING, Stanhope, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 2518), 128561 (Dev)

 LAYDEN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7108

 LEONARD, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4241

 MAHOMED, Nadgo, Assistant Cook, MMR, 898678

 MANGAN, John, Trimmer, MMR, 926592

 MARSHALL, William A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 3326

 MAWHINNEY, James, Trimmer, MMR, 933111

 MCGLASSON, William S, Seaman, RNR, A 6483

 MCLEOD, Arthur, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 PECKHAM, William, Greaser, MMR, 585516

 RYAN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4133

 SHAW, John, Seaman, RNR, A 7469

 SIMS, Horace W, Chief Writer, MMR, 877537

 STANNARD, Charles E, Ty/Warrant Telegraphist, RNR

 STOCK, Albert, Fireman, MMR, 905943

 STOTT, James, Stoker 1c (RFR B 4709), SS 106061 (Dev)

 SUCCASMORE, William, Trimmer, MMR, 931462

 SWEETMAN, Peter, Fireman, MMR, 909968

 THOMAS, William E, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 1948

 THOMPSON, Jacob J, Trimmer, MMR, 914422

 WAKEFORD, Charles, Assistant Paymaster, RNR

 WALTER, Eric D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 957

 WARD, Oliver, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4587

 WATERSON, William B, Chief Cook, MMR, 847681

 WATKINS, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1774

 WEST, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3991

 WHITWAM, Arthur E, Armourer's Crew, M 16731 (Dev)

 

Halcyon

 LEDNOR, Charles H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6988, killed

 

Main, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 MACIVER, John, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 3767

 MACLEOD, John, Seaman, RNR, C 1844

 

Poldown, steamship, mined, ship lost

 ABBOTT, Joseph J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6191

 WILSON, Arthur N, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5990

 

President II

 ANGELL, Robert, Stoker Petty Officer, 276535, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Labour Corps, France

 INNES, James, Private, RM, S 8212 (Deal)

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BIRD, Harold E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3124, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 JAMES, Samuel G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

__________

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash

WOOD, Melville C, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 

RNAS Wireless Telegraph Station Cranwell

 LEYLAND, William E, Air Mechanic 2c, RNAS, F 10529, DOW in UK

 

Strymon, ship lost

 ROWBOTHAM, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 1400

 

Vivid

 HAWKER, Frederick G, Chief Gunner (ret), illness

 

Waikawa, steamship

 MCCOWAT, Robert, Seaman, RNR, A 5068, (President III), DEMS gunner, drowned

 

 

Wednesday, 10 October 1917

 

Attentive

BELLIS, Alfred, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4063, illness

 

Bostonian, ship lost

 EARLE, John T, Fireman, MMR, 899066

 MONTGOMERY, William, Trimmer, MMR, 919297

 PERKINS, Edward, Fireman, MMR, 609530

 SMART, David, Fireman, MMR, 528110

 

Pretoria

 LILLIE, Alexander W H, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

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

 ROWLES, George E, 2nd Corporal, Army, 208070, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 KNIVETT, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3030, killed

 MCCLARON, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6984, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HUMPHREY, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 659, DOW

__________

Waltham, ship lost

 CAMPBELL, Duncan, Seaman, RNR, A 6890

 FEWSTER, Charles F, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4246

 HOLLAND, Michael D, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2788

 MAIR, James, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 MARSH, Robert W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5300

 RICHARDSON, Edmund, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8304

 SMITH, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1923

 STEPHEN, Peter S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4860

 STEWART, James W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4009

 STRACHAN, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 1829

 TOLAN, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2639

 WEBSTER, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 4812

 WILSON, David, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3276

 

 

Thursday, 11 October 1917

 

Aster

 CUDMORE, Albert V, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12866, illness

 

Elve, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 BLISS, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2663

 SINCLAIR, Peter J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1439

 

Kethailes, ship lost

 ABRAHAM, Alfred H, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 AMERY, James, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 1116), 129483 (Ch)

 BENJEYFIELD, Charles J, Assistant Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BURNS, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4574

 BUXTON, Norman C, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 CAST, Thomas C, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed)

 CLARK, George, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 DICKSON, William, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DYER, Frederick, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FLETCHER, Frederick, Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 GRIEVE, James, 2nd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HAMMERTON, Walter, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HAWES, Stanley G, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KEERS, Joseph, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCCULLOCH, James, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 PORCHER, Horace, 2nd Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WARNER, Alfred E, Signalman, 230020 (Dev)

 

ML.211, motor launch

 PETERS, John, Hired Shipwright, Admiralty civilian, drowned

 

President II, Aircraft Depot Dunkirk, France

 RICHARDS, Bertram L, Air Mechanic 1c, F 21542, DOW

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 HORSWELL, Basil W, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 DAWSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4122, killed

 MARAIS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1565, killed

 MEWES, Nicholas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1428, killed

 RICHARDSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6151, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HENDRY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 778, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BUCKLAND, Alfred L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3273, killed

  

 

Friday, 12 October 1917

 

Cape Corso, steamship, submarine action, ship damaged

 REID, Donald B, Seaman, RNR, A 7072

 

Niobe (RCN)

 BOWCOCK, Walter, Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 1027, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 247th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 NICHOLSON, Henry, Sapper, Army, 244215, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ALLISON, Frederick C, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1005, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 FIELDER, Frederick E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 351, killed

 HILL, Albert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2548, killed

 LOCKYEAR, George B, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2561, killed

 NEWELL, Frederick J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 STOAKES, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1534, DOW

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Waterfly

BATTSON, Reginald A, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 13 October 1917

 

Bellerophon II

 BUCHAN, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 3903, DOW

 

Edwardian

 STEWARD, John E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4496, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 247th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 MOYSE, Walter, Sapper, Army, 207724, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 SMITH, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 195, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 STEWART, Donald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6661, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MORGAN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3446, DOW

__________

 

Tahiti

 CREGEEN, Samuel E, Seaman, RNR, A 4942, drowned in New Zealand

 

Wildfire

 ELLIS, George, Lieutenant (ret), illness

 

 

Sunday, 14 October 1917

 

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Attentive, Royal Naval Siege Guns, Belgium

 DAY, Arthur E J, Able Seaman, J 1533 (Ch)

 

Royal Naval Siege Guns (Dunkirk), Belgium

 HOBBS, Ernest A, Able Seaman (RFR B 8236), 224576 (Ch)

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BROWN, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2628, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GAYTON, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4698, killed

 WATSON, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3996, killed

__________

 

Semantha, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 GOODHEAD, William, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 2019), 13237 (Ch)

 OLLERENSHAW, William, Private, RMLI (RFR A 735), 11636 (Ply)

 WATTS, Robert, Private, RMLI (RFR Ic 54), 12074 (Ch)

 

Victory

 MILLER, James D, Master at Arms, 280440, illness

 

Vivid

 MADDOCK, George, Petty Officer, 171795, illness

 

 

Monday, 15 October 1917

 

Active III, ship lost

 BRUCE, Thomas A, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2539

 MACLEOD, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13816

 MATHIAS, Frederick J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1882

 OWENS, Charles P, Engineman, RNR, ES 4846

 PICTON, William R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14850

 SLATER, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2446

 SMITH, Alexander, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SMITH, James, Deck Hand, RNR, TB 375

 TRIBBLE, Joseph T W, Seaman, RNR, C 1997

 TURPIN, Alfred C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6996

 

Challenger

 FRY, John H, Ordinary Seaman, J 41347, illness

 

City of Belfast, ship lost

 DALY, Gerald, Trimmer, MMR, 919521

 PALMER, Harry, Private, RMLI, 621 (Po)

 REID, William, Leading Signalman, 155045 (Po)

 

Ecaterini, steamship

 WRIGHT, George A E, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10928, illness

 

Hartburn, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 NURRISH, Arthur W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3739

 

Hercules

 BOXALL, Lincoln W, Ordinary Seaman, J 48316, illness

 

Pembroke

 BIRKETT, George, Blacksmith's Mate, 165402, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

GREIG, William, Act/Sergeant, RM, S 9448 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 DONEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 269, DOW

__________

 

Victory

 HOBBS, William R P, Chief Schoolmaster (ret), died in RN Hospital Haslar

 

White Head, mercantile fleet auxiliary, ship lost

 BORG, Camillo, Fireman, RNR (Maltese), G 60

 BROWN, John, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 CASSAR, Giuseppi, Fireman, RNR (Maltese), G 16

 FARAGHER, Charles, Seaman, RNR, B 5189

 FORSYTH, John, 3rd Officer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FRASER, Simon L, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 398

 GALVIN, Jeremiah, Seaman, RNR, A 9295

 HAMMET, George, Fireman, RNR (Maltese), F 532

 HAWTHORNE, James, Chief Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LYNCH, Jeremiah, Chief Petty Officer, 168671 (Ch)

 MAGRI, Carmelo, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MORRIS, John H, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 8981 (Ch)

 NEWDICK, Herbert E, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 1160), 129475 (Ch)

 NIXON, Harold J, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 ROBINSON, James, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

 

Tuesday, 16 October 1917

 

Caradoc

 FROST, Percival G, Able Seaman, 239553 (Po), drowned

 

Motor Lighter X.167

 KEILLOR, Robert K M, Able Seaman, 189424 (Ch), died in France

 

RM Labour Corps

 VENNER, William G, Private, RM, S 10499 (Deal), illness

 

RM London

 GIBBETT, William, Staff Clerk Warrant Officer 2c, S 6145 (Ply), illness

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

RMA, Heavy Artillery, Tanganyika

ALLMAN, Fredrick, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 9006, DOW

 

 

Wednesday, 17 October 1917

 

Egmont III

 THOMAS, George, Private, RMLI, 3770 (Ply), drowned in Port Said

 

Jean, ship lost

 ALLIX, John P, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 BUCHAN, Alick, Deck Hand, RNR, TC 397

 CAMPBELL, Peter, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 440

 CAMPBELL, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 3029

 GEDDES, Peter, Engineman, RNR, DA 5171

 REID, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7650

 RICE, Ritchie P, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3458

 STUART, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2007

 WILLIAMS, William, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1537

 

Manchuria, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 GOODWIN, Charles, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3578

 HARRIES, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2081

 WHEELER, Leslie V, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 10173

 

FIRST SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY ATTACK

 

Mary Rose, ship lost

 ASPLAND, William B, Able Seaman, J 27492 (Ch)

 AVERY, Henry, Able Seaman, J 31722 (Ch)

 BARCLAY, Ivan C C, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 BARRACLOUGH, Dennis H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10400

 BASS, Henry W, Signalman, J 20860 (Ch)

 BAVIN, Anthony J, Lieutenant

 BELL, John E, Able Seaman, J 37754 (Dev)

 BLACKWOOD, William J, Able Seaman, 213650 (Ch)

 BOLTON, Arthur S, Petty Officer, 236901 (Ch)

 BOLTON, Thomas W, Stoker 1c, K 28799 (Ch)

 BOWDEN, Henry G, Able Seaman, SS 6094 (Ch)

 BRIGHT, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 15549 (Ch)

 BROWN, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3717 (Ch)

 CAINS, John R, Leading Signalman, J 18944 (Ch)

 CARSE, Daniel E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9276

 CASEMAN, James A, Leading Seaman, 222145 (Ch)

 CHAMBERS, Arthur J A, Stoker 1c, K 33586 (Po)

 CLARK, John, Able Seaman, 207167 (Po)

 CLARKE, Alexander A C, Able Seaman, 199515 (Dev)

 CLARKE, Frank, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9148

 CLARKE, Frederick W, Stoker 1c, 285574 (Ch)

 CLEGHORN, William H, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 CLISSOLD, Henry J, Leading Cook's Mate, M 193 (Ch)

 COLLETT, Frederick J, Able Seaman, J 46313 (Ch)

 COXON, Ernest W, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1693

 CROWHURST, Archie A, Stoker Petty Officer, K 8223 (Ch)

 DANN, Leonard E, Able Seaman, J 26346 (Po)

 DOVER, Henry J, Ordinary Seaman, J 46578 (Ch)

 DUFFY, Alexander T, Stoker Petty Officer, 310731 (Ch)

 DYMOND, Joseph, Ordinary Seaman, J 46344 (Ch)

 ELMER, Albert C, Able Seaman, J 20233 (Ch)

 FAIRWEATHER, Jack R, Stoker 2c, K 40836 (Ch)

 FOX, Charles L, Lieutenant Commander

 FRENCH, Albert E, Able Seaman, 234666 (Ch)

 GILL, Cyril B L, Able Seaman, SS 3263 (Ch)

 GLYN, Herbert C, Able Seaman, J 35641 (Ch)

 GRANT, Charles H, Able Seaman, J 46342 (Ch)

 GRIFFIN, Harry J, Able Seaman, SS 4551 (Ch)

 HANCOCK, Isaac, Gunner

 HAYWARD, William, Leading Telegraphist, J 14394 (Ch)

 HEALDS, Frederick, Leading Seaman, 178988

 HEPWORTH, Joseph A L, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 14881 (Ch)

 HIBBLE, Douglas C, Able Seaman, J 27502 (Ch)

 HILLS, Henry J, Stoker 1c, K 28369 (Ch)

 HOLDEN, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, J 51186 (Po)

 HOLEWELL, James, Able Seaman, 224826 (Ch)

 HONEYSETT, Frederick J, Leading Stoker, K 8193 (Ch)

 HOUSTON, Thomas, Able Seaman (RFR B 4430), 205531 (Ch)

 INGRAM, John, Chief Stoker, 284222 (Ch)

 JANE, Sydney E, Stoker 1c, K 26251 (Ch)

 JONES, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2828

 KING, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, K 29184 (Ch)

 KNIGHT, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, K 12028 (Ch)

 LAINCHBURY, William, Leading Seaman, 225502 (Ch)

 LEVER, Cyril H, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 39633 (Dev)

 LOWE, Bertie, Able Seaman, J 51704 (Ch)

 LUFF, Henry J, Leading Stoker, K 18123 (Po)

 MARKS, Richard, Petty Officer, 195449 (Ch)

 MILLIGAN, Hamilton H, Officer's Cook 2c, L 9804 (Ch)

 MOIR, Archibald D, Midshipman

 MUGGLETON, Reginald S, Able Seaman, J 16169 (Ch)

 O’ NEILL, Harry J, Stoker 1c, K 27373 (Ch)

 OGILVIE, Francis H, Stoker 1c, K 33760 (Po)

 PATON, George T, Leading Seaman, 221513 (Ch)

 PAVITT, Frederick, Stoker 1c, 280876 (Ch)

 PERKINS, Robert E, Chief Petty Officer, 175303 (Ch)

 PERRY, Herbert J, Stoker 1c, SS 116079 (Ch)

 PHILO, Charles J, Able Seaman, 150621 (Ch)

 POLWARTH, William, Act/Artificer Engineer

 POLWARTH, William, Chief Engine Room Artificer 4c, 270696 (Ch)

 PREST, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, J 63240

 REED, Alfred, Able Seaman, 213434 (Ch)

 RICHARDS, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 309587 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, Alfred G, Leading Stoker, 307831 (Po)

 RYAN, Edward C, Able Seaman, J 47790 (Ch)

 SEDGE, William A, Stoker Petty Officer, K 2977 (Ch)

 SIMMONS, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, J 36290 (Po)

 SMALLEY, Harry, Act/Leading Stoker, K 7481 (Ch)

 SPENCER, Alfred H, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 303869 (Ch)

 SUGDEN, Thomas E, Able Seaman, 217373 (Ch)

 SUMMERVILLE, Richard, Able Seaman, J 25733 (Ch)

 TEEAR, Thomas E, Officers' Steward 12c, L 7609 (Dev)

 TOMS, Frederick J, Able Seaman, J 25702 (Dev)

 WALKER, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 28139 (Ch)

 WARD, Charles E, Stoker 1c, K 26128 (Ch)

 WHITING, Arthur S, Stoker 1c, K 26104 (Ch)

 WOOSTER, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 6995 (Ch)

 

Strongbow, ship lost

 ALLEN, George J, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7771 (Ch)

 ALLEN, Harold V, Stoker 1c, K 17882 (Ch)

 ALLISON, Henry W, Leading Cook's Mate, M 4169 (Ch)

 BEADLE, Arthur J, Able Seaman, J 19967 (Ch)

 BLOOMFIELD, James R, Act/Leading Stoker, SS 110769 (Ch)

 BROWN, Stephen, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 CLEMENTS, Victor C, Able Seaman, J 13975 (Ch)

 CLIEVELEY, John, Stoker 1c, SS 113716 (Dev)

 COURT, Leonard C, Ordinary Seaman, J 34212 (Po)

 CREASER, George F, Ordinary Seaman, J 32292 (Po)

 CUST, Arthur J P, Sub Lieutenant

 DUNLOP, Walter G, Able Seaman, J 23132 (Ch)

 EDLER, William H J, Able Seaman, J 22365 (Ch)

 FORTUNE, James, Able Seaman (RFR B 10252), 214738 (Ch)

 FRANKLAND, Arthur, Leading Seaman, 221721 (Ch)

 FREIGHT, Jeffery H V, Officers' Steward 2c, L 6994 (Ch)

 GARWOOD, Reginald E A, Ordinary Seaman, J 38114 (Ch)

 GREENING, Frank K, Able Seaman, J 19974 (Ch)

 HEMBROUGH, Clifford, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 50363 (Dev)

 HOPPER, William C, Leading Telegraphist, J 12182 (Ch)

 HOWLING, John E, Able Seaman, 213268 (Ch)

 JAMES, Matthew H, Ordinary Seaman, J 64565 (Dev)

 JONES, Walter, Able Seaman, 234106 (Ch)

 JORDAN, Harold, Stoker Petty Officer, 309611 (Ch)

 LAYTON, George S (real name, but served as Frederick J P Williams), Stoker Petty Officer, 310748 (Ch)

 LEE, Edward C, Ordinary Seaman, J 38778 (Ch)

 LEWIS, John W, Chief Stoker, 291373 (Ch)

 LONG, Earnest, Leading Stoker, 294375 (Ch)

 LUCAS, Arthur, Stoker 1c, SS 117036 (Ch)

 MATTHEWS, Herbert, Stoker 1c, K 31954 (Po)

 MILLER, Alfred C, Ordinary Seaman, J 72556 (Ch)

 MOORE, Frederick S C, Petty Officer, 186597 (Ch)

 PACKMAN, Thomas L, Stoker Petty Officer, 308401 (Ch)

 PARNHAM, Thomas H, Able Seaman, J 28219 (Ch)

 PATTEN, Joseph, Stoker 2c, K 39111 (Ch)

 PETTIT, George W, Stoker 2c, K 39119 (Ch)

 POLLASTRINI, Michael L, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 PRESTON, Arthur F, Act/Leading Stoker, SS 111039 (Ch)

 RICHARDSON, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1188

 RICHES, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5369

 SADLER, George, Leading Signalman, 237040 (Ch)

 SAVAGE, Charles F, Ordinary Seaman, J 53369 (Ch)

 SHAW, William H, Ordinary Seaman, J 51639 (Ch)

 TUMMAN, Herbert W, Leading Seaman, J 472 (Ch)

 WELLS, Thomas, Air Mechanic 1c, F 3508

 WHY, William E, Stoker 1c, SS 109233 (Ch)

__________

 

Ralco

 DALE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, SA 5729, illness

 

RNAS Felixstowe

 RANKIN, Thomas G, Air Mechanic 1c, F 24306, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 247th Field Company, RE (Army), France