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

1932 - in date, ship/unit & name order

HM Submarine M.2 lost 26 January 1932
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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

 

 

 

 

Friday, 1 January 1932

 

Royal Sovereign

 WEST, Clement F, Leading Telegraphist, P/J 79168, illness

 

 

Saturday, 2 January 1932

 

Pembroke

 TAYLOR, Walter J C, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 34349, illness

 

 

Monday, 4 January 1932

 

Fisgard

 HARRIS, Charlie, Petty Officer, P/J 7492, illness

 

Malaya

 MONK, William J, Able Seaman, D/J 113852, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 6 January 1932

 

Portsmouth

 GARDINER, Bernard C, Colonel, RM, illness

 

Queen Elizabeth

 BAIN, William A, Chief Petty Officer, D/M 3045, illness

 

Whirlwind

 MURTON, James J, Able Seaman, C/JX 126051, shock after immersion, died

 

 

Saturday, 9 January 1932

 

Cumberland

 WARD, Patrick, Able Seaman, C/JX 131085, died

 

Emerald

 CONLON, Eugene, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 22980, drowned

 

 

Monday, 11 January 1932

 

Cumberland

 TOTTMAN, Alfred G, Stoker 1c, C/K 59486, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 13 January 1932

 

Pembroke

 KNIGHT, Albert W, Engine Room Artificer 5c, C/MX 46545, illness

 

 

Thursday, 14 January 1932

 

Campbell

 ROBERTS, John D, Able Seaman, P/J 113282ally killed

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 SINKINS, James, Chief Skipper, RNR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 16 January 1932

 

Cambrian

 NEWLAND, Harold E, Stoker 1c, C/K 67153, road accident on 15 December 1931, DOI

 

 

Monday, 18 January 1932

 

Pembroke

 HOBMAN, Jack W, Master at Arms, C/M 35729, illness

 

 

Thursday, 21 January 1932

 

Resolution

 LEACH, John E, Able Seaman, D/J 106865, drowned

 

 

Friday, 22 January 1932

 

Pembroke

 RALPH, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 58194, illness

 

 

Saturday, 23 January 1932

 

Medway

 MUNSON, Cecil J, Able Seaman, C/J 110993, illness

 

 

Sunday, 24 January 1932

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 DAVISON, Anthony J, Honorary Engineer Commander, RNR, illness

 LESLIE, Norman, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, illness

 

 

Friday, 26 January 1932

 

M.2, seaplane-carrying submarine (right - NavyPhotos), diving accident in English Channel off Portland, lost. Crew declared dead on the 29th

 ARBUTHNOT, Crofton K, Lieutenant Commander

 BACK, Leonard S, Electrical Artificer 3c, D/M 37056

 BANKS, Sydney W, Petty Officer, C/J 48971

 BLAKE, Frederick J, Petty Officer, P/J 46983

 BROWN, Dougal Mc P, Leading Steward, C/L 12605

 BURRIDGE, Jack, Leading Telegraphist, P/J 60943

 BUTCHER, Harold F, Able Seaman, C/J 91916

 CHAPMAN, Cecil, Able Seaman, C/JX 126505

 CLARKE, Allan, Petty Officer, D/J 43273

 COLESHILL, Charles J, Able Seaman, P/J 102918

 DRUMMOND, James, Stoker 1c, P/K 62886

 EDWARDS, John H, Able Seaman, D/J 106978

 ELLIS, Stanley G, Petty Officer Telegraphist, P/J 29040

 ENGLAND, George, Able Seaman, C/J 58560

 ESTCOURT, George, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 65495

 FERGUSON, Douglas, Stoker 1c, P/KX 79049

 GREGORY, Leslie, Leading Aircraftsman, RAF, 364018

 HARDY, Charles P, Engine Room Artificer 1c, P/M 31105

 HARMAN, Frank J, Leading Aircraftsman, RAF, 364868

 HAYES, William A, Warrant Engineer

 HEAD, Hamilton C W, Lieutenant

 HORN, Stanley C A, Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 21453

 JACKSON, Edward V, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/M 39396

 JACOBS, Albert E, Leading Seaman, C/J 96297

 JARRETT, Sidney R W, Able Seaman, C/J 100140

 KING, James, Act/Chief Petty Officer, C/J 18133

 LAKIN, John W, Leading Stoker, P/K 59059

 LEATHES, John D De M, Lieutenant Commander

 LEAVY, Frederick W, Signalman, D/J 94973

 LEWIS, John W J, Stoker 1c, D/K 63662

 MACDONALD, Louis P, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 16558

 MACDONALD, Somerled, Lieutenant

 MATTHEWS, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/K 64672

 MORRIS, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/J 96156

 O'DWYER, Albert A E, Able Seaman, C/J 102310

 OLIVER, Frank H J, Leading Steward, C/L 12825

 PEPLOW, William, Able Seaman, D/J 101056

 POWELL, Henry, Act/Leading Stoker, P/K 60855

 RAWLINGS, William H, Able Seaman, C/J 108253

 READY, Frank, Able Seaman, P/J 25478

 SHARPE, George, Leading Stoker, P/K 59370

 SIMS, John H, Engine Room Artificer 3c, P/M 35324

 SMALES, Joseph F, Yeoman of Signals, D/J 22885

 SMITH, Reginald, Able Seaman, C/J 99442

 SWEETLAND, Cecil S, Stoker 1c, D/KX 75588

 THOMAS, Ernest J, Telegraphist, P/J 76817

 THORNTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX 128413

 THRELFALL, Charles H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 75873

 TOPPIN, Henry C, Lieutenant (Pilot)

 TOTTERDELL, James H F, Act/Leading Stoker, D/K 61154

 TOWNSEND, Claud R, Lieutenant (Observer)

 TREACY, Philip, Leading Seaman, C/J 105646

 VINCENT, Arthur J, Able Seaman, C/J 24276

 WALKER, Ralph, Stoker 1c, P/KX 78023

 WATSON, William A, Stoker 1c, C/KX 67092

 WHITING, Francis C, Able Seaman, D/JX 127947

 WILLIAMS, Leonard W, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/M 36709

 WINGFIELD, Harold, Able Seaman, C/JX 128093

 WOODHOUSE, Frank L, Stoker 1c, D/K 60100

 WRATHMALL, Charles(real name, but served as John Edward Wrathmall), Able Seaman, P/J 37310

 

 

Wednesday, 27 January 1932

 

Frobisher

 BUSHELL, William J, Petty Officer, P/JX 126659, illness

 

 

Thursday, 28 January 1932

 

Constance

 EATON, George A, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, P/M 2114, died

 

Renown

 HEATH, William H K, Leading Seaman, D/J 100045, accidentally killed

 

 

 

Saturday, 30 January 1932

 

RN Hospital, Chatham

 WYATT, Ernest S, Sick Berth Attendant, C/M 38908, road accident, killed

 

York

 HALLIMAN, Stanley H, Stoker 2c, C/KX 80885, illness

 

 

Sunday, 31 January 1932

 

Ganges

 HOLMES, Alfred J, Boy 1c, JX 136069, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 3 February 1932

 

Moth

 NORRIS, Leslie C, Leading Telegraphist, C/J 101627, illness

 

Victory

 GULLIS, Harold V P, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 133175, illness

 

 

Friday, 5 February 1932

 

Greenwich

 FIGG, Bertram G E, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, P/M 559, illness

 

 

Sunday, 7 February 1932

 

Greenwich

 WYATT, Herbert J, Chief Petty Officer Writer, D/M 7266, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 February 1932

 

Engineer Course

 HARVEY, Desmond, Act/Sub Lieutenant (E), illness

 

Otway

 BUCKLEY, John H, Lieutenant, illness, died in HS Maine

 

 

Thursday, 11 February 1932

 

Cornwall

 SKEET, Henry T, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 59513, illness

 

Victory XI

 MUSSETT, Leslie A, Seaman, RNR, X 8198 B, illness

 

 

Saturday, 13 February 1932

 

Medway

 FELLOWS, John, Petty Officer, D/J 23876, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 17 February 1932

 

Courageous, aircraft crash at sea

 STANLEY, James, Able Seaman, P/SSX 12188, killed

 

Suffolk, heavy cruiser, Japanese shellfire at Shanghai

 FRANCIS, Hubert A, Able Seaman, C/JX 132017, killed

 PRIOR, Herbert G, Leading Seaman, P/J 96430, DOW

 

 

Thursday, 18 February 1932

 

Pembroke

 GOLDSWORTHY, Oliver W, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, MX 47959, illness

 

 

Friday, 19 February 1932

 

Danae

 DAWE, William J T, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 20268, died

 

Pembroke

 LAMB, Albert C, Master at Arms, C/M 35500, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 23 February 1932

 

Resolution

 ATTARD, Joseph, Petty Officer Steward, E/L 7214, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 24 February 1932

 

Danae

 SMITH, Louis A, Supply Petty Officer, D/M 37351, illness

 

 

Thursday, 25 February 1932

 

FAA, 401 Flight, Courageous, air crash

 DITTON, Hugh, Lieutenant Commander, killed

 

 

Friday, 26 February 1932

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 SANDERSON, Harold A, Honorary Captain, RNR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 28 February 1932

 

Frobisher

 MAUNSELL-SMYTH, George H, Commander (E), illness

 

 

Monday, 29 February 1932

 

Cambrian

 BENTHAM, James T, Able Seaman, CH/X 126569, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 1 March 1932

 

Cornwall

 KIRBY, George W, Leading Seaman, P/J 58367, accidentally killed

 

 

Thursday, 3 March 1932

 

Hastings

 AH, Mohamed, Seedie Seaman, Aden 2/386, illness

 

Royal Sovereign

 MAY, Percival C, Able Seaman, P/J 100631, illness

 

 

Friday, 4 March 1932

 

Sandhurst

 WRIGHT, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, C/K 55064, illness

 

Vernon

 BURNETT, John, Leading Telegraphist, P/J 26636, road accident, killed

 

 

Saturday, 5 March 1932

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 WARBURTON, Llewellyn R, Surgeon Commander, illness

 

 

Monday, 7 March 1932

 

Excellent

 ROWE, George, Able Seaman, P/J 105935, illness

 

York

 ADAMS, Alfred H, Stoker 1c, C/K 62450, road accident, killed

 

 

Friday, 11 March 1932

 

Exeter

 COLLINS, Thomas S, Act/Warrant Engineer, illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 March 1932

 

Cumberland

 CUNNINGTON, George E W, Telegraphist, C/JX 132330, illness

 

Kent

 RINTOUL, John G E, Corporal, RM, 19851 (Ch), illness

 

Zest, water carrier

 BOWIE, George N, Able Seaman, Dockyard Employee, drowned

 

 

Wednesday, 16 March 1932

 

Ganges

 AUSTIN, Thomas, Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, L/J 2072, illness

 

Harebell

 WILLIAMS, James M, Assistant Steward, D/LX 21236, illness

 

 

Thursday, 17 March 1932

 

Basilisk alongside Bulldog

 BOARD, Thomas W, Able Seaman, D/J 115271, accidentally killed

 

Royal Australian Navy

 CURRY, Hugh F, Commander, illness

 

 

Friday, 18 March 1932

 

Olympus

 SPOONER, William H, Leading Signalman, D/J 25439, died

 

 

Monday, 21 March 1932

 

Dauntless

 ADLAM, Charles F, Able Seaman, P/JX 126050, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 23 March 1932

 

Diomede

 RIBBINS, Charles J (real name, but served as Charles J Rivvins), Able Seaman, C/J 30155, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 26 March 1932

 

Malaya

 ROBINSON, Robert H, Signal Boy, D/JX 134184, illness

 

 

Monday, 28 March 1932

 

Victory

 ALLEN, Harold V, Supply Assistant, P/MX 45900, illness

 

 

Friday, 1 April 1932

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 BEVIS, Restal R, Honorary Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 3 April 1932

 

Vernon