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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 DECEMBER 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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(3) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 


 

Saturday, 1 December 1917

 

Bessie

 MORE, George F, Stoker, accident

 

Euphorbia, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 MCDONALD, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 5335

 RITCHIE, George C, Seaman, RNR, B 4892

 ROBERTSON, Charles McI, Ordinary Seaman, J 40678

 

Pembroke II

 BOWDERY, William J, Petty Officer Stoker, 279053 (Ch), illness

 

Richard Bennett

 MURRAY, Hugh B, Trimmer, RNR, TS 983, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

20 November-31 December Cambrai Operations, including 63rd (RN) Division

 continued

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 KING, William A E, Corporal, RMLI, 18268 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 HALDANE, Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2643, DOW

__________

 

Rydal Hall, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 SYDNEY, Eric F, Ordinary Seaman, J 36120 (Ch)

 

Sandhurst

 DUGGAN, Michael, Able Seaman, 220784 (Dev), drowned

 

Tower

 BURTON, Joseph H, Gunner, drowned

 MACKESON, Donald F, Act/Lieutenant, drowned

 

Vivid

 KIELY, James, Petty Officer Stoker, 139603, illness

 WARD, Alfred J, Yeoman of Signals, 232432, illness

 

 

Sunday, 2 December 1917

 

Benvenue, steamship

 HUNT, Harold E, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1026), 15187 (Ply), drowned

 

Daedalus

 PORTWINE, Harry, Aircraftsman 2c, F 33652, illness

 

Lord Grey, ship lost

 BILSBOROUGH, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4356

 

Macedonia

 SIMS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1330, illness

 

Paladin or Vimiera (sources vary)

 DAVIES, Albert O, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 1094, drowned

 

Penn

 GILLINGS, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9323, drowned

 

Powerful

 MARLEY, Walter J, Chief Petty Officer, 129009, illness

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS, Ark Royal, flying Short Admiralty type tractor biplane, crashed in Greece

 GILLESPIE, Leslie H G, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 ODLE, Harold, Ty/Observer Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 223rd Machine Gun Company, France

 GALLAGHER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 900, killed

__________

 

Vivid

 JAMES, Thomas, Petty Officer 1c, 145244, illness

 WHITESIDE, Peter, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6523, illness

 

 

Monday, 3 December 1917

 

Laverock

 ELLISON, Herbert W, Gunner, illness

 

Livonia, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 BENNING, Sydney E, Private (RMR B 1414), S 17 (Po)

 WALLEY, Harry, Lance Corporal (RMR B 1442), 11112 (Po)

 

Niobe (RCN)

 WRY, Arthur H, Ty/Skipper, RCN, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 DYSON, Eric H, Ty/Py/Flight Officer

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RFC, 22 Squadron, attached, France

 JOHNSTONE, Herbert K, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

__________

 

Wreathier, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 HOUSE, Darcy, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1569

 

 

Tuesday, 4 December 1917

 

Calumsin

 ROLLINSON, Walter A, Engineman, RNR, ES 143, illness

 

Dowlais, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 KENNELL, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9846

 NICHOLAS, Thomas G, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Mersey Z 2611

 THOMPSON, Thomas, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Bristol Z 9970

 

Fisgard

 TAYLOR, George F, Painter 1c, M 6049, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HANMAN, William J, Private, RMLI, S 2162 (Ch), DOW

__________

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 ELLIS, Thomas G, Private, RMLI, 12002 (Ch) (RFR B 1865), discharged, illness

 

Speedwell

 ARCHER, Alfred, Greaser, MMR, 522369, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 5 December 1917

 

Aigburth, steamship, submarine action

 HARRIS, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2563

 

Braeside, steamship

 BANGHAM, Frederick W, Leading Seaman (RFR B 1481), 179354 (Dev), untraced

 MORAN, Michael J, Seaman, RNR, B 4763, untraced

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 CUDDY, Ernest J, Lieutenant Commander (ret), interned in Holland, illness

__________

 

Victory

 CLARK, Charles, Ordinary Seaman, J 78063, illness

 MCALISTER, Frederick P, Petty Officer, 132519, illness

 

 

Thursday, 6 December 1917

 

Actaeon

 MOUATT, Horace H, Shipwright 1c, 347154 (Ch), illness

 

Apley, ship lost

 BERRYMAN, William W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 208

 CONSTANT, Ernest A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17847

 CRAWFORD, Alexander S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2658

 HADDICAN, Edward, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 LAKE, Charles B, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 602

 LANCASTER, James, Ordinary Seaman (Act/Trimmer), RNCVR, VR 3003

 MATHER, James, Stoker (Act/Trimmer), RNR, S 4470

 MOODY, Frederick W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 PAYNE, William W, Engineman, RNR, ES 331

 WALKER, Frederick J B, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 196

 WATSON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4498

 

Asaba, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 JAMESON, Herbert F, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 121

 JOBLING, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10248

 

EXPLOSION IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

 

Curaca, steamship,

 ALDERMAN, George E, Bombardier, RMA, RMA 10119

 

Highflyer, explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia

 DOWLING, James, Able Seaman, 222641 (Dev)

 JONES, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270699

 KELLY, Francis, Stoker 1c, K 21331

 MURPHY, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 2808

 PREWER, Samuel D, Able Seaman, 236276 (Dev)

 ROGERS, Edwin B, Stoker 1c, K 33240

 RUFFLES, James R, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 RUSHEN, Claude E, Leading Seaman, 234241 (Dev)

 TRIGGS, Tom K, Commander

 

Margaret (RCN)

 DUNN, William P, Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 4505

 

Musquash (RCN)

 BREEN, James I, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 274

 BREEN, Samuel G, Stoker 2c, RNCVR, VR (not listed)

 LEMIEUX, Pontleon, 2nd Engineer, RNCVR

 PIEROWAY, Edward, Boy, Newfoundland RNR, (no service number listed)

 ROBERTSON, Donald, Signaller, RNCVR, VR 1366

 

Niobe (RCN)

 BEARD, Ernest E, Petty Officer Stoker, RNCVR, VR 1731

 BROWN, William, Warrant Officer, RCN

 BURNETT, Rodney O, Carpenter, RCN, 17017

 CARVER, William, Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 2090

 CHICK, Sidney, Leading Signalman, RNCVR, VR 1786

 GARDNER, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 5091

 KELSEY, Patrick, Stoker, RNCVR, (no service number listed)

 LONELY, William, Able Seaman, RN Canadian Reserve, (no service number listed)

 MATTISON, Albert C, Boatswain

 MCMILLAN, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2496

 MURRAY, James A, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNVR

 NICKERSON, Freeman B, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 1891

 SAUNDERS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 4066

 VEALS, George, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RCN, VR 386

 WILSON, Carl C, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 1561

 YATES, George R, Stoker, RNCVR, VR 5480

 

Stadacona (RCN)

 CLEVELAND, George, Boatswain, RCN

 HENDRY, Hugh, Petty Officer 1c, RCN, 20416

 

Vivid

 WARE, Silas G, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 3969

__________

Florizel, steamship

 MURPHY, Thomas, Seaman, RNR, B 2643, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 DANZEY, William C, Air Mechanic 2c, F 15990, prisoner of war in Germany, illness

 

Royal Navy

 HAGGER, Thomas F, Able Seaman, 3551 (Ch), illness

 

Vivid

 CLARK, Edwin, Leading Carpenter's Crew, M 5434, accident

 

Wyndhurst, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 MACDONALD, Alexander J, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 6194

 MOAR, Andrew, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1295

 

 

Friday, 7 December 1917

 

Brighton, mercantile fleet auxiliary

 GLAZE, Jeffrey, Able Seaman, MMR, 478335, illness

 

Eagle

 DAVIES, John H, Trimmer, MMR, 879404, illness

 

Earl of Elgin, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 COUSINS, Percy G, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 5391

 KIRKLAND, James F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5018

 ROBERTSON, William J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1298

 

Pembroke

 LONG, Henry O, Stoker 1c, K 1039, illness

 

Victory

 NASH, William, Stoker 1c, K 15378, illness

 SOMERTON, Arthur A, Stoker 1c, K 23719, illness

 

 

Saturday, 8 December 1917

 

Camellia, steamship

 FITZGERALD, Edward, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2168, untraced

 MARTIN, Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 6347, untraced

 

Nathaniel Cole

 CAMERON, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4097, illness

 

President

 HANDSCOMBE, Frederick, Chief Armourer, 126108 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 RICKARD, Ernest, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1648 (Ch), prisoner of war in Germany, illness

__________

 

Vivid

 HANCOCK, A (initial only) E, Chief Shipwright, 340916, illness

 

 

Sunday, 9 December 1917

 

Niobe (RCN), explosion

 SADLER, David R, Signalman, RNCVR, VR 229, DOW

 

Riviera

 ROBINS, Reginald J, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 442, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 LARTER, Norman I, Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

 

Monday, 10 December 1917

 

Amphitrite

 CLIFFORD, Charles T, Chief Stoker, 301797, illness

 

Cassandra

 GLANVILLE, Frederick J, Petty Officer Stoker, 305277, illness

 

Daedalus

 SCARLES, Frederick N, Air Mechanic 2c, F 13151, drowned

 

Lizzie M Stanley, schooner, ship lost

 BILLARD, Simeon, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 BUFFETT, Morgan, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 BUFFETT, Thomas, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 INGRAHAM, Joseph, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 KNOTT, Harold, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 

Llewellyn

 WHITE, Francis G, Able Seaman, J 24227 (Po), drowned

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Sopwith Strutter long range day bomber, after combat, crashed in Greece on landing

 DOUGLASS, Percy C D, Act/Ty/Flight Commander, DOI

__________

 

RNAS Killingholme

 WOOD, Richard W, Air Mechanic 2c, F 10371, died in UK

 

Vivid

 BUCKLEY, Daniel, Petty Officer, 114821, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 11 December 1917

 

C.27, airship, loss

 COLLETT, Jack, Air Mechanic 2c, F 20396, illness

 DIXON, John F, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 HALL, Herbert, Flight Lieutenant

 MARTIN, James E, Air Mechanic 1c, J 34195 (Ch), illness

 WHYTE, Ernest R, Air Mechanic 1c, F 2824, illness

 

Castor

 CAVELL, Jack, Able Seaman, J 30062, illness

 

Emlyndene, steamship

 GAUL, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 2424, untraced

 PICKLES, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 3508, untraced

 

Frankby, steamship, ship lost

 HEY, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10087

 

Minorca, steamship, submarine action

 JENKINS, David, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3432

 

President

 FORDER, John, Chief Petty Officer, 126694, illness

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 FIELD, Edward S, Stoker 1c, 296534 (Ch)(RFR B 9286), discharged, illness

 

Sidney Smith

 HULL, Hubert, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed), illness

 HULL, Stewart, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 12 December 1917

 

Amadavat, ship lost

 PEARCE, George A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2326

 SCARBOROUGH, Robert, Ty/Skipper, RNR also listed by CWGC as Ammadavat

 

Army, No.14 Officer Cadet Battalion

 WILLSON, William J A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1133, discharged, illness

 

Beluga

 HAMILTON, David, Chief Petty Officer, 168971 (Ch), drowned

 

Defiance

 NEIASS, Harry C, Petty Officer, 218280, illness

 

SECOND SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY ATTACK

 

Commander Fullerton, ship lost

 LONG, John W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 7153

 WHELEN, John W, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Partridge, ship lost

 ALDEN, Arthur J, Chief Petty Officer, 157357 (Po)

 AUSTIN, Ernest J (real name, but served as Douglas J Austin), Chief Stoker, 282604 (Ch)

 BALDWIN, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, K 12579 (Ch)

 BAMFORTH, Walker, Able Seaman, J 50849 (Po)

 BARTLETT, Harry, Petty Officer, 183006

 BATES, Norman, Ordinary Seaman, J 67199 (Po)

 BOWES, James, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1446

 BOWLES, Charles J, Able Seaman, 227748 (Po)

 BOWN, Herbert, Stoker 2c, K 43292 (Po)

 BRIGGS, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9805

 BUCKLE, George W, Stoker Petty Officer, K 10543 (Ch)

 BULEY, Edward J, Able Seaman (RFR B 5041), 213566 (Po)

 CALVERT, Francis J, Gunner

 CARLILL, Sidney, Leading Telegraphist, J 20215

 CHALK, Edgar, Able Seaman, J 6594 (Po)

 CHARLES, John, Stoker 1c, K 25113 (Po)

 CHATFIELD, George M, Stoker Petty Officer, K 758 (Po)

 COOK, George, Stoker 1c, 309277 (Po)

 COX, Walter J, Stoker Petty Officer, 285190 (Ch)

 CREEK, Albert C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2950

 DIXON, William, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 27527 (Po)

 DRANSFIELD, Fred, Ordinary Seaman, J 61410

 DREWERY, George D, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5032 (Po)

 EMERY, James, Stoker 1c, 302036 (Po)

 FERRIER, Robert E, Act/Sub Lieutenant

 FOLEY, Timothy, Signalman, J 33446 (Po)

 FULFORD, William H, Stoker Petty Officer, K 12243 (Ch)

 GANT, George, Able Seaman, J 7989 (Po)

 GARNER, Reuben S, Able Seaman, J 50848 (Po)

 GLANCEY, William, Stoker 1c, K 15018 (Po)

 HAIGH, Donald, Able Seaman, J 50850 (Po)

 HAMMOND, Herbert, Stoker 1c, 311462 (Po)

 HILL, Frederick, Able Seaman, 219811 (Po)

 HOOPER, William, Stoker 1c, SS 117210 (Po)

 HOWARD, Reginald E, Able Seaman, J 15353 (Po)

 JACKSON, George D, Able Seaman, 215550 (Po)

 JACKSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 25828 (Po)

 JEARY, Thomas G, Able Seaman, 211655 (Po)

 JONES, Frederick T, Leading Stoker, K 10112 (Po)

 LANGTON, William, Able Seaman, 232135 (Po)

 LEWIN, Ernest, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1977 (Po)

 MARKS, Alfred G, Ordinary Seaman, J 60039 (Po)

 MARLBOROUGH, Henry, Able Seaman, J 23184 (Po)

 MARLER, Bertie (real name, but served as Bertie Williams), Able Seaman, J 13049 (Po)

 MCCADDEN, Richard, Able Seaman, J 50798 (Dev)

 MCELMURRAY, Henry A, Stoker 2c, K 42019 (Po)

 MILES, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 27055 (Po)

 MITCHELL, Francis R, Able Seaman, 220947 (Po)

 MORIARTY, Albert E, Petty Officer, J 2115 (Po)

 MORLEY, George A, Leading Seaman, J 7846 (Po)

 OADES, Henry W, Stoker 1c, K 31265

 PALMER, Ernest F, Stoker 1c, 305980 (Po)

 PEERS, Thomas, Able Seaman, SS 6149 (Po)

 PLETTS, George, Stoker 1c, K 42259 (Po)

 POOLE, Arthur J, Stoker 1c, 294376 (Ch)

 POOLE, Walter, Able Seaman, J 25606 (Po)

 PRYTHERCH, Brinley, Ordinary Seaman, J 75905

 RANSOME, Reginald H, Lieutenant Commander

 RILEY, Charles H, Able Seaman, J 11225 (Po)

 SMITH, Albert, Stoker 1c, 304253 (Po)

 SMITH, Frank, Yeoman of Signals, 212818

 SPEDDING, William, Officer's Steward 2c, L 4357 (Po)

 STANCLIFFE, John, Able Seaman, SS 4845

 STENSON, Samuel, Stoker 1c, 290421 (Ch)

 STOKES, Edward E, Ordinary Seaman, J 46791 (Po)

 SUNDBORG, Louis G S W, Able Seaman, J 14914 (Po)

 WALTERS, Lancelot J B, Lieutenant

 WHEADON, Albert H, Stoker Petty Officer, 304075 (Po)

 WHITELEY, Sidney, Ordinary Seaman, J 61741 (Po)

 WHITWELL, William, Able Seaman, 221875 (Po)

 WIGMORE, Jessie, Stoker 1c, K 3221 (Po)

 WINDLE, Sheard, Ordinary Seaman, J 75899

 WOOD, George, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268953 (Ch)

 WYATT, Arnold B, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 

Pellew, surface action

 BROCKWELL, Albert E, Able Seaman, J 15255 (Po)

 EDE, Ernest G, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 MCCANN, Herbert, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 1391 (Po)

 WHIPP, Robert, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269888 (Ch)

__________

 

President II

 NICHOLL, William, Aircraftsman 2c, F 39619, died in UK

 

RMA Battalion

 THOMAS, George, Gunner, RMA, RMA 5026 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in Canada

 MORAN, Joseph L, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RNAS Dunkirk

 FENSOM, William G, Petty Officer, F 2606, died in UK

 

Tregantle

 RAWORTH, Cecil, Air Mechanic 2c, F 42092, illness in UK

 

Wolverine, ship lost

 RICHARDS, John, Stoker 1c, K 4667 (Po)

 SMITH, Thomas R, Ordinary Seaman, J 71063 (Po)

 

 

Thursday, 13 December 1917

 

Carysfort, collision

 CHIVERS, Albert E, Private, RMLI, 6874 (Ply)

 WILSON, George, Private, RMLI, 9192 (Ply)

 

Garthwaite, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 HOUNSDEN, William M, Private, RMLI (RMR B 2068), 10805 (Ch)

 

Ottokar, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 GOODALL, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 10064

 KIRKBY, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10884

 MINCHINTON, Henry G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 4006

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 BEALE, Ernest E, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 

Stephen Furness, ship lost

 ATKINSON, John E, Boy 1c, J 50189 (Po)

 BACH, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, 517845

 BARKER, Arthur, Engineer's Storekeeper, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BARLOW, Thomas W, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3863

 BELL, Andrew, Greaser, MMR, 827797

 BLORE, George W, Ship's Steward, 344752 (Ch)

 BOBBINS, William, Petty Officer (RFR B 1453), 118764 (Po)

 BOND, Charles, Fireman, MMR, 851255

 BROWN, John, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 BROWN, John D, Greaser, MMR, 580219

 BUCKETT, Richard H, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919848

 BUCKROYD, John E, Able Seaman, J 28417 (Po)

 BUNTING, John, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BURKE, Joseph, Greaser, MMR, 895673

 BURNS, Thomas, Chief Cook, MMR, 661506

 CAMP, George R, Ship's Cook, MMR, 790965

 CATTERMOLE, Christopher S, Boy 1c, J 56621 (Po)

 CHURCHHOUSE, Arthur F, Telegraphist, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5506

 CLAYTON, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10204

 COX, Valentine, Boy 1c, J 43284 (Ch)

 CRANG, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1486

 DALEY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 344

 DAVIES, Sidney L, Trimmer, MMR, 908669

 DEELEY, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3950

 DUPREY, Alfred F, Signalman, RNVR, London 3/1923

 DYOTT, Kenelm M, Ty/Surgeon

 ETCHELLS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 940

 EVANS, Vernon A M, Trimmer, MMR, 606961

 EVANS, William, Able Seaman, 161370

 FOXON, Harold L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2506

 FRISWELL, John R, Sick Berth Attendant, M 4681 (Po)

 GAHAN, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, 882873

 GALVIN, Joseph, Trimmer, MMR, 919543

 GEORGE, Alister F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 7118

 GOULD, William H F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 GROVES, Walter W, Fireman, MMR, 803936

 HALL, Joseph W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9158

 HAMMOND, Harry G, Distilling Greaser, MMR, 882495

 HAWORTH, William, Wireman 2c, M 19828 (Po)

 HESELTINE, Willie, Armourer's Crew, M 7833 (Po)

 HODGKINSON, Francis G, Petty Officer 1c (Pens), 154453 (Po)

 HOPKINS, James, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919843

 HOWSE, Thomas J A, Fireman, MMR, 814969

 HUNTER, William T, Messman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KELLY, William J, Cook Steward, MMR, 766986

 LAWES, Harold B, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2614

 LOVEDAY, Henry, Chief Petty Officer (Pens), 144288 (Po)

 MACCALLAM, David C, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 8220

 MACRAE, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7516

 MANSELL, Herbert, Distilling Greaser, MMR, 140295

 MCDONALD, James, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCDONALD, Lawrence, Fireman, MMR, 683636

 MCGREGOR, Alexander T, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 MCINTOSH, Karl, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7550

 MCKENZIE, John, Fireman, MMR, 866084

 MCKENZIE, John Mc D, Greaser, MMR, 912798

 MEEHAN, Henry L, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2598

 MEREDITH, Arthur R, Boy 1c, J 44147 (Po)

 MORRISON, John, Seaman, RNR, A 3486

 MUDIE, John F, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 3591

 MULLANEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4224

 OAKES, Albert, Private, RMLI, 18286 (Po)

 PALMER, George W, Private, RMLI, 15895 (Po)

 PATIENCE, John W, Petty Officer, RNR, C 2923

 RAINFORD, Thomas H, Fireman, MMR, 687088

 RATCLIFFE, Robert F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2756

 REDFORD, Ralph, Trimmer, MMR, 895534

 REED, Cuthbert R, Private, RMLI, 17455 (Po)

 RHODES, Arthur L, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 14236 (Ch)

 RITCHIE, Henry, Seaman, RNR, A 4678

 ROBINSON, John, Fireman, MMR, 708613

 ROBINSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4937

 ROGERS, Henry R, Fireman, MMR, 606957

 ROMANS, William F, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2653

 SHIRLEY, William, Fireman, MMR, 903163

 SKINNER, John, Seaman, RNR, A 5282

 SMITH, Alfred A, Private, RMLI, 18226 (Po)

 SMITH, Francis, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 SOREL-CAMERON, Herbert A, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 SOUTHALL, Sidney, Cook, MMR, 871756

 SOUTHWELL, Alfred, Seaman, MMR, 897024

 STEVENS, George P L, Donkeyman, MMR, 102563

 STEVENS, Sidney J, Private, RMLI, 9089 (Po)

 STONE, Ernest W, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5347

 TALMEY, Walter F, Able Seaman, 170445 (Po) (RFR B 2184)

 TAYLOR, Francis T, Trimmer, MMR, 884286

 TAYLOR, James H, Private, RMLI, 11170 (Po)

 THORPE, James, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TUCKER, Leonard F, Able Seaman, 227581 (Po)

 WALLIS, John E, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919845

 WATT, Robert D, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2532

 WENBORNE, William, Fireman, MMR, 679029

 WHITE, William J, Able Seaman (RFR B 2266), SS 16

 WILLIAMS, Frank D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5982

 WILLIAMSON, Edward T, Sergeant, RMLI, 13798 (Po)

 WINGATE, John W, Ordinary Seaman, J 42198

 WINSLOW, Thomas M, Lieutenant Commander, RNR

 WOODHOUSE, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3300

 WYBROW, Thomas J, Private, RMLI, 9917 (Po)

 

Vivid

 JONES, Edward, Boy 1c, J 54391, illness

 

 

Friday, 14 December 1917

 

Brig No.1, submarine action

 AGUTTER, Frederick G, Ordinary Seaman, J 55479

 BRINKWORTH, Clarence W, Petty Officer, 230785 (Po)

 KERRY, William E R, Able Seaman, J 21787 (Ch)

 

Edgar

 THOMAS, James B, Stoker, RNR, S 6765, died in Greece

 

Galatea

 FISHER, Andrew C, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 4812, drowned

 

Glory

 CHINN, Alfred J, Ship's Cook, 344047 (Po), illness

 

Hare, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 TRAVERS, Robert W, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 4127

 WALTERS, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7164

 

Otranto

 LOWE, Robert, Storekeeper, MMR, 265924, illness in Canada

 

Pembroke

 MARLEY, Henry, Petty Officer Stoker, 301862 (ex-Botha), illness

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 WATSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 71, discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BROWN, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4470, DOW

 PEAKE, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5175, killed

 

 

Saturday, 15 December 1917

 

Ash Tree

 CANT, Andrew, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Caesar

 GREEN, Rupert W, 2nd Yeoman of Signals, 183793, illness

 

Conqueror

 ALDERSON, Dixwell I, Midshipman, accident

 

Eblana

 LEWSEY, Thomas, Fireman, MMR, 706730, illness

 

Formby, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 CONNOR, Christopher, Leading Seaman (RFR B 221), 142561 (Dev)

 COUTTS, Daniel, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1236

 

Pembroke

 HOPKINS, Joseph, Leading Seaman, 121489, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GREEN, James R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4193, killed

 HAYWARD, Roland G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4365, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 ROSE, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1571, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 SIDDALL, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5018, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MORGAN, Edwin F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4015, DOW

 POULTON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3921, killed

__________

 

Rosehearty

 DUTHIE, Alexander, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1164, illness

 

Sachem, submarine attack

 GRAY, George C, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

St Olaf, steamship

 SPENCER, Rowland T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5171, untraced

 WILLIAMS, John B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3090, untraced

 

Vivid II

 INGHAM, John, Stoker 1c, K 10958, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 December 1917

 

Arbutus, ship lost

 BUNKER, Samuel, Stoker Petty Officer, K 8481 (Dev)

 CROSKERY, John, Stoker Petty Officer, K 10685 (Po)

 HALLIWELL, Thurston M, Stoker 2c, K 44011 (Dev)

 JONES, George, Stoker 1c, K 37147 (Dev)

 OXLADE, Charles H, Commander, RNR

 PHILLIPS, William L, Stoker 2c, K 41986 (Dev)

 PICKETT, George C, Stoker, RNR, S 8599

 STEWART, Charles, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 

Attentive

 GALE, William I, Chief Gunner (ret), illness

 

Bristol City, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 DAVIES, Arthur T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3581

 MONCRIEFF, James R, Leading Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 641

 

Fisgard

 CLOVER, Albert, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350475, illness

 

Gloucestershire, steamship

 PRIESTLEY, Joseph A W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8736, DOI

 

Greenhill, steamship, collision

 GOODGAME, Thomas, Private, RMLI (RMR B 1825), 12459 (Ch)

 

Halifax, steamship

 MILLER, George F, Act/Leading Seaman Newfoundland RNR, X 1727, untraced

 RICH, Jack, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 6/108, untraced

 

Hydrangea

 MARCHANT, Ernest S, Stoker 1c, 293250, illness

 

Maggies

 SUTTON, James W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4226, drowned

 

Philomel

 SANDALLS, Frederick, Chief Petty Officer, 176987, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 GRANT, James, Private, RM, S 8684 (Deal), died

 RUSSELL, Richard, Private, RM, S 10023 (Deal), died

 

RMA Battalion

 HODGES, Arthur J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1631 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Labour Corps, Dunkirk

 HAYES, Joseph D, Private, RM, S 10483 (Deal), died

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GRIFFITHS, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2258, DOW

 

 

Monday, 17 December 1917

 

Arbutus, ship lost

 ROWLEY, Walter W J, Painter 2c, M 20724, DOW

 

Coningbeg, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 BISACRE, Frank, Seaman, RNR, C 1306

 CHAPPELL, John H, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 3657

 

Fantome (RAN)

 ROUGET, Samuel J, Able Seaman, RAN, 1367, drowned

 

Janus

 SHEARD, Henry, Seaman, RNR, C 2120, drowned

 

Pembroke

 HOLDER, William, Junior Reserve Attendant, M 9887 (Ch), illness

 MCCANN, Francis H, Engineman, RNR, ES 4777, illness

 

Pembroke II

 FOWELL, William, Carpenter's Crew, M 24214, illness

 

Perth

 HASSAN, Alla, 1st Tindal, (no service number listed), illness

 

ITALIAN FRONT

 

RNAS, 6th Wing, flying Sopwith Strutter Type 9700 tractor biplane, crashed near Padua

 GORMAN, Joseph, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GIBBS, Percy, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4836, killed

 RICHARDS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3072, killed

 STEVENS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4879, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 DUNSTER, William S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5490, killed

 LEWIS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1019, killed

__________

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 FLEET, Herbert P, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 December 1917

 

Labour, tug

 WEBB, John R, Stoker, MMR, 889283, illness

 

Moorsom

 HUMPHRIES, Edward, Leading Seaman, 174822 (Ch), drowned

 

Osiris, France

 READ, Frederick J, Able Seaman, J 22290 (Ch), DOW

 

Prince George

 BEAN, Charles, Painter 1c, 342901, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 TAYLOR, George H, Private, RM, S 12421 (Deal), illness

 

RNAS Cranwell

 CLIFTON, William, Air Mechanic 1c, F 27994, died

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 DRAGE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5566, DOW

 FOSTER, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4434, killed

 RAYMOND, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4364, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 PHILLIPS, William G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1380, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 19 December 1917

 

Attentive II

 GEE, Frank W, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2592, illness

 

President

 FURBY, Reginald A, Aircraftsman 1c, F 13925, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 RICHARDSON, Samuel S, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 149th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HOUGHTON, Arthur H, Private, RM, S 4392 (Deal), accident, DOI

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BATTLE, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6357, killed

 WARBURTON, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1425, killed

__________

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train Reserves

 ATKINSON, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 1690 (Deal), illness in UK

 

Superb

 DAVISON, Thomas, Stoker 1c, SS 116147, illness

 

 

Thursday, 20 December 1917

 

Curaca, steamship, explosion

 SHELL, Arthur J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10054, DOI

 

Diana

 BANBURY, Thomas, Stoker 1c, 147210, illness

 

Hermione

 SHILLING, Thomas, Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 298, illness

 

President II

 JONES, George H G, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8772, illness

 

Royal Navy

 SHEEHAN, Timothy, Petty Officer Stoker, 304570, died in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MURKETT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5518, illness

__________

 

SSZ.7, airship, lost

 SWALLOW, Richard, Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Warsaw, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 JOHNSTON, James B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3042

 STRICKLAND, Walter, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 789

 

Waverley, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 KELLY, Francis, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1700

 

 

Friday, 21 December 1917

 

Cleethorpes

 RIMMER, Edward P (real name, but served as Edward P Davies), Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4354, illness

 

Dominion

 LECKIE, William, Stoker 2c, K 42450, illness

 

P.4, airship, lost

 ANTHONY, Ernest F, Leading Mechanic, F 4874

 BEHN, Rowland C, Air Mechanic 2c, F 14634

 HORNER, William F, Flight Commander

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 PEACOCK, Ernest C, Private, RMLI, 18930 (Po), illness

 

RND, 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers

 HART, James W, Sapper, RM, S 495 (Deal), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 WEBBER, Robert J, Private, RMLI, S 1992 (Ch), DOW