Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies,  Armistice 1918-August 1939
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved

1920 -  in date, ship/unit & name order

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Notes:

(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

(2) click for abbreviations

 

 

 

Thursday, 1 January 1920

 

Engadine

 BLACKFORD, William J, Ty/Engineer Commander, illness

 

 

Friday, 2 January 1920

 

Caroline

 HARE, Percy A, Leading Seaman, 213902, illness

 

Victory

 CHIPPENDALE, Albert H, Leading Seaman, J 2645, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 January 1920

 

RM Headquarters

 PAMPLIN, Arthur J, Corporal, RMLI, 17060 (Ch), illness

 

 

Monday, 5 January 1920

 

HM Coast Guard Station Tollesbury

 HERBERT, George A, Coastguardsman 2c, 155129, died

 

 

Tuesday, 6 January 1920

 

Lion

 HARDING, Thomas, Yeoman of Signals, 234639, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 7 January 1920

 

Blake

 MILLIGAN, John D, Surgeon Lieutenant, illness

 

Victoria & Albert

 HEATHER, Thomas, Petty Officer Rigger, 169382, illness

 

Vivid

 BACK, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, K 6263, accident

 

 

Thursday, 8 January 1920

 

Australia (RAN)

 MARRINER, Harold, Butcher 3c, RAN, 4908, accident

 ROOTS, James, Able Seaman, RAN, 8510, illness

 

Eaglet

 AITKEN, William, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Handy

 SMITH, George, Quartermaster, MMR, 588305, illness

 

Leonard, ship lost

 BRUCE, Henry, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5423

 COLBY, Charles R, Trimmer, RNR, TS 7240

 FISHER, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 4335

 GILLIES, Roderick, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 20647

 LAWSON, Thomas, Mate, MMR, (no service number listed)  

 MURRAY, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 22055

 

 

Saturday, 10 January 1920

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 HUTCHINSON, Ernest H, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 11 January 1920

 

Excellent

 SCOTT, Henry T, Chief Petty Officer, 212649, died

 

Rigoletto

 MCHUGH, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 1133, illness

 

Royal Marines

 TOOTELL, Edward, Major, RM, illness

 

 

Monday, 12 January 1920

 

Crescent

 GOLDSWORTH, Albert E, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 12665, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 13 January 1920

 

Queen Elizabeth

 WEST, Robert H, Able Seaman, 234747, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 14 January 1920

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 ATKINSON, Charles H F, Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

Triad

 BEVAN, George P, Captain, illness

 

Victory

 CALLEJA, Carmelo, Officer's Cook 1c, 167026, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 January 1920

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 QUIGGAN, Edmund C, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

 

Friday, 16 January 1920

 

Blake

 DIXON, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 298628 (Ch), drowned

 

Botha

 BLINCH, John R, Chief Petty Officer, 187787, accident

 

Excellent

 DALLIMORE, Arthur, Petty Officer, 236802, illness

 

 

Saturday, 17 January 1920

 

Vivid

 PICK, Henry T, Painter 1c, 145746, illness

 

Vivid II

 O'KEEFE, Daniel, Stoker Petty Officer, 305268, illness

 

 

Sunday, 18 January 1920

 

Cheltenham

 WINTER, Thomas J, Leading Stoker, K 8374, drowned

 

 

Monday, 19 January 1920

 

New Zealand

 THORNE, Sydney R, Regulating Petty Officer, 216932, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 20 January 1920

 

Ivy, boat accident, all drowned

 CORBETT, George E, Ordinary Seaman, SS 9760

 MANN, Adam, Ordinary Seaman, J 79193

 WOODCOCK, Frederick C, Able Seaman, J 21383

 

 

Wednesday, 21 January 1920

 

Princess Margaret

 CRICHTON, D. (Initial only), Engineer Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Thursday, 22 January 1920

 

RUSSIAN INTERVENTION

 

Concord, light cruiser, listed as Russia, so presumably in Black Sea

 WEEKS, Ernest H, Leading Stoker, 305276 (Dev), illness, buried near Instanbul

__________

 

Tamar

 LONG, Mok K, Stoker (Chinese), (no service number listed), illness

 

Vivid

 WOOD, Frank L, Stoker 1c, SS 124877, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 January 1920

 

Dolphin

 WILDER, William G, Stoker 1c, K 14837 (Ch), illness in UK

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 MARKEY, Charles A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 MARSHALL, Robert N, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 24 January 1920

 

Ramillies

 MOUNCE, Harold, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 6280, accident

 

Waterhen

 ELLUL, Carmelo, Officer's Cook 2c, L 3784, illness

 

 

Sunday, 25 January 1920

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 MORTEMORE, James A, Private, RMLI, 12302 (Po), died

 

 

Monday, 26 January 1920

 

Europa

 DOWNS, John M, Stoker 1c, K 56695, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 27 January 1920

 

Pembroke

 GILLES, Walter A, Able Seaman, J 26257, ex-Whitshed, illness

 

 

Thursday, 29 January 1920

 

Phaeton

 LILLEY, James, Stoker 1c, K 11769, died

 

 

Friday, 30 January 1920

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 MELVILL, James C D, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 STEADMAN, Lester, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 31 January 1920

 

Vivid

 FITZGERALD, John, Able Seaman, 184643, accident

 

 

Sunday, 1 February 1920

 

Caterham

 ALDRIDGE, Archibald P, Officer's Steward 2c, L 7061, drowned

 

Eaglet

 BRADY, Daniel, Quartermaster, MMR, 997437, illness

 

 

Monday, 2 February 1920

 

Eaglet

 HERON, Michael, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 4 February 1920

 

Caledon

 MANSFIELD, Francis D, Stoker 1c, SS 122132, illness

 

Caroline

 PALMER, Charles (real name, but served as Frederick C Durkin), Stoker Petty Officer, 308482, illness

 

Vivid

 DAY, Charles S, Able Seaman, J 37762, illness

 

 

Thursday, 5 February 1920

 

Colleen

 O'NEILL, Daniel, Stoker Petty Officer, 294586, illness

 

Marlborough

 ASH, Edward G, Chief Stoker, 294823, illness

 

 

Friday, 6 February 1920

 

Royal Navy

 MEARS, Arthur F, Act/Warrant Officer, illness

 

Triad

 BAKER, Henry, Petty Officer, J 2045, illness

 

 

Saturday, 7 February 1920

 

Resolution

 FARTHING, Frank C, Able Seaman, J 20334, drowned

 

 

Sunday, 8 February 1920

 

Eaglet

 HARBOARD, Ernest G, Engineman, RNR, ES 5151, illness

 

 

Monday, 9 February 1920

 

Ganges

 MILLER, Charles F, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271248, illness

 

Marguerite (RAN)

 HOBBS, Wilfred J, Stoker, RAN, 8566 (RN - K 19874), drowned

 

Victory

 THOMAS, Charles F, Leading Cook, M 1724, illness

 

Vivid

 KEOHANE, Daniel, Petty Officer, 211781, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 10 February 1920

 

Gardenia

 CANNON, Andrew J, Chief Stoker, 294688, drowned

 

Pembroke

 SUTTON, Charles, Armourers Mate, M 4207, died

 WEEKS, George W S, Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2c, F 54675, illness

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 BATTEN, Henry C, Private, RMLI, 14067 (Ch), illness

 

Vulcan

 DUNKLING, George W, Private, RMLI, 21068 (Ch), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 11 February 1920

 

Senator

 COLES, Arthur S, Stoker 1c, SS 124891, illness

 

 

Friday, 13 February 1920

 

Birmingham

 GEAREY, William G, Chief Petty Officer, 200304, illness

 

Julius, shore base, Constantinople

 MOORE, William E, Leading Seaman, 235944 (Po), illness, buried near Istanbul

 

Vernon

 KING, William F, Petty Officer, 185277, illness

 

 

Saturday, 14 February 1920

 

Crescent

 TUCKER, Charles R, Chief Stoker, 305252 (Dev), illness in UK

 

Impregnable

 BATCOCK, Frederick G, Boy 2c, J 96140, illness

 

Lucia

 TWITCHETT, Frederick G, Stoker 1c, K 31335, illness in UK

 

 

Sunday, 15 February 1920

 

Julius

 OWEN, Harold W S, Paymaster Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 ARMSTRONG, William L O, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 16 February 1920

 

Pembroke

 ADAMS, John J, Able Seaman, J 52524, ex-Superb, illness

 

Veteran

 SMITH, Sidney G, Able Seaman, J 23246, died

 

 

Thursday, 19 February 1920

 

Valiant

 SLADE, Harry, Able Seaman, 167464 (Dev), drowned

 

 

Friday, 20 February 1920

 

Pembroke

 WALLIS, Henry (real name, but served as Henry Schwartz), Stoker 1c, K 6949, illness

 

 

Saturday, 21 February 1920

 

Bruce

 THOMSON, Frederick W, Able Seaman, J 44418, illness

 

 

Sunday, 22 February 1920

 

Eaglet

 LYNCH, Michael J, 1st Writer, M 1928, illness

 

Vivid

 COLEMAN, Herbert, Petty Officer, 222544, illness

 

 

Monday, 23 February 1920

 

Caledon

 GOULD, Harold P A, Officer's Stewart 1c, L 6443, illness

 

Centaur

 NORMAN, William H, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 2535, died

 

Pembroke

 MUSKETT, Ernest W, Stoker Petty Officer, K 111, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 24 February 1920

 

Cormorant

 BENCH, William J, Petty Officer, 192728, illness in Gibraltar

 

Minotaur

 BOND, John, Chief Warrant Engineer, RNR, illness

 

Vivid

 CROWLEY, Albert, Stoker 1c, K 6200, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 25 February 1920

 

Euryalus

 WHITTENHAM, Alfred J, Stoker Petty Officer, K 2099, illness

 

Impregnable

 FIELDER, Ernest B, Boy 1c, J 94861, illness

 

Women's Royal Naval Service

 DREWRY, Dorothy M, Telephonist, WRNS, G 2091, illness

 

 

Thursday, 26 February 1920

 

Pembroke

 FULCHER, Herbert T, Stoker 1c, K 23502, illness

 

 

Friday, 27 February 1920

 

ship or unit not listed

 GODWIN, James, Chief Stoker, 292626, illness

 

Sturdy

 STARKS, Alfred, Stoker Petty Officer, K 11445, illness

 

Vivid

 FROST, Frank R, Boy Servant, L 13010, illness

 

Warspite

 DAVISON, William J, Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

Saturday, 28 February 1920

 

Eaglet

 HOWELL, Thomas C S, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6651, illness

 

Hermione

 PURSE, Horace F, Officer's Steward 1c, L 4362, drowned

 

Pembroke

 MANNING, Robert, Petty Officer, 229246, illness

 

Turbulent

 AVES, Thomas, Leading Stoker, K 1919, illness

 

 

Sunday, 29 February 1920

 

Victory I

 WALSH, Joseph A, Leading Telegraphist, J 41572, illness

 

 

Monday, 1 March 1920

 

Cordelia

 ADAMS, Percy, Gunner, died

 

Pembroke

 WILLIAMSON, William L, Able Seaman, J 22510, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 2 March 1920

 

Iron Duke

 HEATON, James, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269745, illness

 

Vivid III

 TOFTS, John R, Chief Writer, 347287, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 3 March 1920

 

Assistance

 STEPHENSON, Robert W, Leading Stoker, K 1561, illness

 

HM Coastguard Station Craster

 CAMPBELL, George, Chief Officer, HM Coast Guard, illness

 

Vivid

 MALES, William, Able Seaman, J 29834, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 March 1920

 

Ceres

 HAY, William H, Leading Seaman, 208122, illness

 

Pembroke

 COX, Walter J, Ordinary Seaman, J 44853, ex-Tamatrix, illness

 

Vivid

 DOUGLAS, Arthur J, Boy Servant, L 13021, illness

 SPENDLOVE, Charles E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 2809, illness

 

 

Friday, 5 March 1920

 

Hecla

 BROOKS, Albert W, Stoker 1c, K 12890, illness

 

Victory

 DICKSON, Frederick, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 549, illness

 

Vivid

 GREEN, William C, Able Seaman, J 38408, illness

 

 

Saturday, 6 March 1920

 

Malabar

 EMMERSON, William G, Armourer, 342312, died

 

Victoria & Albert

 SHAWYER, Frederick W, Marine, 18993 (Po), illness

 

Vivid

 LOVE, William, Stoker 1c, K 57930, illness

 

 

Sunday, 7 March 1920

 

Antrim

 BULLEN, Henry C, Stoker 1c, 302962, illness

 

Pembroke

 SACKREE, Albert, Blacksmith 1c, 304140, accident

 

 

Monday, 8 March 1920

 

Ark Royal

 CALLAN, William D, Chief Gunner, illness

 

Ganges

 SANDY, Walter E, Stoker 1c, K 24214, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 March 1920

 

Indus

 REYNOLDS, Francis C, Boy Artisan, M 35356, illness

 

President VI

 REED, William, Fireman, MMR, 917350, illness

 

Tenacious

 DAVIES, Albert G, Able Seaman, J 11457, illness