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

1923 - in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Argus, aircraft carrier, lost men to illness in July and December 1923
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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
 
 

 

Tuesday, 2 January 1923

 

Hawkins

 HOOPER, Geoffrey W W, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

Pembroke

 EARL, Ernest, Able Seaman, J 29063, died

 

Royal Marines HQ

 POSSEE, William C N, Corporal, RMLI, 13149 (Ch), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 3 January 1923

 

Curacoa

 CRIBB, Sidney G, Able Seaman, J 91145, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 January 1923

 

Barham

 BOND, Wilfred C, Leading Seaman, J 10428, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 10 January 1923

 

Vivid

 CHAPMAN, Richard H, Stoker Petty Officer, 299203, accidentally killed

 

 

Friday, 12 January 1923

 

Tamar

 KWOK, Kam, Able Seaman, (Chinese), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 16 January 1923

 

Pembroke

 JARVIS, Clifford, Able Seaman, J 61069, accidentally killed 

 

Wednesday, 17 January 1923

 

Clematis

 MARDON, Arthur G, Able Seaman, J 41617, illness

 

Pandora

 MILLS, William H, Warrant Shipwright, illness

 

 

Saturday, 20 January 1923

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 GRAY, Robert E, Paymaster Commander, RNR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 21 January 1923

 

Royal Marines

 PARSONS, Cunliffe Mc N, Major General, RM, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 23 January 1923

 

Marlborough

 SHIELDS, John E, Stoker 1c, SS 118468, illness

 

Vimiera

 KING, Lexie W, Chief Stoker, 308406, illness

 

 

Friday, 26 January 1923

 

Victory

 LILL, Joseph, Stoker 1c, K 30408, illness

 

 

Saturday, 27 January 1923

 

Charlestown Coast Guard Station, Cornwall

 LAMPSHIRE, James H, Coastguardsman 3c, 182845, illness

 

Danae

 HAMMOND, James, Leading Stoker, 300492, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 30 January 1923

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 GREEN, Thomas F, Paymaster Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 31 January 1923

 

Constance

 WOOD, Charles W, Cook, M 15397, died

 

Hood

 BROAD, Thomas M (real name, but served as Thomas Coombes), Petty Officer, 229152, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 February 1923

 

Impregnable

 FINAMORE, John S, Stoker Petty Officer, 308467, illness

 

Marlborough

 CUTMORE, William A, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13536, illness

 

 

Monday, 5 February 1923

 

Dublin

 TRY, Leonard C A, Able Seaman, J 94777, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 7 February 1923

 

Diomede

 SCHOLES, Henry P, Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Friday, 9 February 1923

 

L.18, submarine

 WILLIAMS, John, Warrant Engineer, illness

 

Vivid

 BARTLETT, William H, Stoker 1c, K 19642, railway accident, killed

 

 

Saturday, 10 February 1923

 

Constance

 LEYSHON, Edward G, Paymaster Commander, illness

 

 

Monday, 12 February 1923

 

Malabar

 HARVEY, Harold E, Bugler, RMLI, 12169 (Ch), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 14 February 1923

 

Carlisle

 VESEY-FITZGERALD, William P D, Lieutenant, illness

 

Iroquois

 NORRIS, Allan V, Able Seaman, J 88069, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 February 1923

 

Tarantula

 TREMAYNE, John W L, Act/Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

Tourmaline

 PINDER, Thomas H, Leading Seaman, J 25342, illness

 

 

Friday, 16 February 1923

 

Pembroke

 HAMMOND, Thomas S, Coastguardsman 2c, 172058, illness

 

Royal Navy

 QUINE, William J A, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

Saturday, 17 February 1923

 

Belfast Coast Guard

 BLACKLER, George F, Leading Boatman, 215761, illness

 

Pembroke

 LANE, Henry J, Chief Stoker, 298042, illness

 

 

Sunday, 18 February 1923

 

Pembroke

 COX, Joseph, Chief Stoker, 308749, illness

 

 

Monday, 19 February 1923

 

Vernon

 ROBINSON, Edward J, Electrical Artificer 4c, M 35224, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 20 February 1923

 

Royal Marines HQ

 CALLISTER, George, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 10298, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 February 1923

 

Chatham

 CHINNERY, Herbert C, Officer's Cook 1c, 363502, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 24 February 1923

 

Yarmouth

 PHILLIPS, Iver J, Stoker 1c, SS 118035, illness

 

 

Sunday, 25 February 1923

 

Capetown

 SUMNER, John A, Engine Room Artificer 3C, M 26727, illness

 

ML.291, motor launch

 HINE, William F, Leading Seaman, J 98680, accidentally killed

 

 

Tuesday, 27 February 1923

 

Marlborough

 CLAYDON, Walter, Chief Petty Officer, 222485, accidentally killed

 

 

Friday, 2 March 1923

 

Vivid

 TUNBRIDGE, Harold W, Petty Officer, 209951, illness

 

 

Saturday, 3 March 1923

 

Vivid

 GRAHAM, Edward E, Ordinary Seaman, J 98979, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 March 1923

 

Diomede

 IVES, Sydney J, Leading Seaman, J 24083, illness

 

Warspite

 JANE, James H, Stoker 1c, K 56194, illness

 

 

Thursday, 8 March 1923

 

Coventry, both accidentally killed

 BURT, Fred H J, Chief Stoker, K 10238,

 JACKSON, Garibaldi, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 33565

 

 

Saturday, 10 March 1923

 

Birmingham

 HUTCHINGS, Richard H, Chief Stoker, 302620, drowned

 

Pembroke

 HARRIS, Stanley F, Chief Petty Officer Cook, 347299, illness

 

 

Monday, 12 March 1923

 

Defiance

 EDWARDS, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 305412, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 13 March 1923

 

Cormorant

 WOOD, Harry H J, Ordnance Artificer 4c, M 36276, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 14 March 1923

 

Wivern

 SPENCER, Gerald, Able Seaman, J 69706, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 March 1923

 

Cerberus

 MEACHIN, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, 297045, illness

 

Egmont

 ESPOSITO, Joseph, Officer's Steward 2c, 360075, illness

 

 

Saturday, 17 March 1923

 

Vivid

 SMITH, Albert, Stoker Petty Officer, K 331, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 20 March 1923

 

Ganges

 CRISPIN, Grenville, Boy 2c, J 105978, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 27 March 1923

 

Campbell

 WEIGHILL, Ernest, Signalman, J 64055, train accident in Constantinople, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 28 March 1923

 

Barham

 KILVERT, Robert E, Major, RM, illness

 

 

Saturday, 31 March 1923

 

Southampton

 MITCHELL, David C, Chief Petty Officer Cook, 347257, illness

 

 

Sunday, 1 April 1923

 

Royal Marines HQ

 SNOWLING, Bert, Corporal, RMLI, (no service number listed), died

 

Victory, accident

 PARKER, George E, Able Seaman, SS 10980, accidentally killed

 

 

Monday, 2 April 1923

 

Excellent

 ARNOLD, Charles H, Petty Officer, 236201, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 4 April 1923

 

Centurion

 LIGHT, Walter J, Stoker Petty Officer, 306662, illness

 

 

Sunday, 8 April 1923

 

Blenheim

 MCLEOD, John, Seaman, RNR, C 4847, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 10 April 1923

 

Titania

 SENNETT, George H C, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270992, illness

 

 

Thursday, 12 April 1923

 

Royal Marines HQ

 HOLNESS, Ernest R, Warrant Officer 2c, illness

 

 

Saturday, 14 April 1923

 

Centurion

 PEAT, Arnold, Ordinary Seaman, SS 11386, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 17 April 1923

 

Violent

 DUNROE, John, Able Seaman, 203394, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 18 April 1923

 

Vivid

 HORNSSY, Frederick, Petty Officer, 116222, illness

 

 

Friday, 20 April 1923

 

Moorhen

 YORKE, Arthur L, Stoker 1c, K 22187, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 21 April 1923

 

Vivid

 MATTHEWS, Arthur, Leading Cook, M 1634, illness

 

 

Thursday, 26 April 1923

 

Southampton

 LEWIN, William P, Stoker 1c, K 56891, heat stroke, died

 

 

Sunday, 29 April 1923

 

Dolphin

 WILKINS, Edward, Stoker 1c, K 23283, illness

 

 

Monday, 30 April 1923

 

Centurion

 RAY, Bertram J, Ordinary Seaman, J 96458, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 May 1923

 

Pembroke

 JONES, Frederick J, Officer's Steward 4c, L 13948, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 9 May 1923

 

Brisbane (RAN)

 MARSHALL, George E, Able Seaman, J 99203, illness

 

Espiegle

 SCOTT, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 15386, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 May 1923

 

Lowestoft

 BEAMS, Percy T, Private, RMLI, 15826 (Ch), died

 

Vivid

 GAVAN, William O, Petty Officer, J 4930, illness

 

 

Monday, 21 May 1923

 

RM, 11th Battalion

 COLE, Cyril, Private, RMLI, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 22 May 1923

 

Vivid

 RAWLINGS, Ernest W, Able Seaman, J 16094, drowned

 WATERS, Thomas J, Able Seaman, J 35067, killed

 

Wolfhound

 FULLER, Arthur J, Leading Stoker, 307571, drowned

 

 

Friday, 25 May 1923

 

Gibraltar Dockyard

 BARTER, Frederick, Engineer Captain, illness

 

 

Saturday, 26 May 1923

 

Despatch

 CARTER, George H, Stoker 1c, K 56465, illness

 

 

Monday, 4 June 1923

 

Ganges

 WEIGHTMAN, Leonard, Boy 2c, J 107275, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 6 June 1923

 

Curacoa

 DODNEY, William E F, Private, RMLI, 19817 (Po), illness

 

 

Friday, 8 June 1923

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 STEEGMAN, Edward J, Surgeon Commander, RNVR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 10 June 1923

 

Repulse

 MCBRIDE, John L, Engine Room Artificer 4c, RNVR, Mersey 5/102, illness

 

Warspite

 STACEY, George, Stoker Petty Officer, K 3037, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 12 June 1923

 

Diligence

 STAMPF, Charles W, Plumber, M 805, accidentally, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 13 June 1923

 

Pembroke

 ALLISON, Kenneth, Boy 1c, J 103169, illness

 

 

Friday, 15 June 1923

 

Glorious

 WARE, John T, Gunner, illness

 

 

Sunday, 17 June 1923

 

Centurion

 COX, Thomas H, Stoker 1c, K 58473, burns, died

 

Centurion

 DILLON, Joseph, Stoker 1c, K 15795, accidentally killed

 

 

Monday, 18 June 1923

 

Centurion,

 RACE, George L, Stoker 1c, SS 122289, accidentally killed

 

Diomede

 DYER, George, Ordinary Seaman, J 95962, illness

 

 

Friday, 22 June 1923ggg

 

Excellent

 CALLAWAY, Albert A W, Leading Seaman, J 16817, illness

 

Royal Navy

 DICKSON, John H, Warrant Engineer, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 27 June 1923

 

President

 SAUNDERS, Charles, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, 201032, illness

 

Vivid

 HARTLEY, Horace B, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270515, illness

 

 

Saturday, 30 June 1923

 

Comus

 PRESTON, James A, Stoker 1c, K 23631, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 3 July 1923

 

Wolverine

 BAMSEY, Richard, Leading Stoker, K 1944, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 4 July 1923

 

Pembroke

 COOK, Alfred W J, Stoker Petty Officer, K 15869, illness

 

 

Friday, 6 July 1923

 

Calcutta, light cruiser

 LEGG, Reginald G, Able Seaman, J 99300, drowned

 

Torch

 MCDONNELL, John, Stoker Petty Officer, K 9465, illness

 

 

Sunday, 8 July 1923</