Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, Armistice 1918-August 1939 Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved 1938 -  in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Sheffield, light cruiser, lost two of her crew to illness in 1938 (NP, click photographs for enlargements)

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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

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1938 

Royal Navy

LEARY, John H, Act/Cook, MX 56971, illness, day and month not listed in record

Saturday, 1 January 1938

Sheffield

ASHDOWN, Harold H, Shipwright, C/M 19187, illness

Monday, 3 January 1938

Royal Navy

MOORE, Walter, Chief Stoker, P/K 28982, illness

Tuesday, 4 January 1938

Glasgow

MCKENNAN, William D, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 52949, illness

Thursday, 6 January 1938

RM Plymouth Division

HOSKING, Norman V, Marine, X 1743 (Ply), illness

Friday, 14 January 1938

RM Deal

RICKARD, Thomas G, Marine, 16252 (Ply), illness

Saturday, 15 January 1938

Cardiff

DRIVER, Henry W, Leading Seaman, C/J 111730, road accident, killed

Ganges

ATKINSON, Horace W, Boy 2c, JX 152770, illness

Royal Naval Reserve

JOHNSON, William H, Chief Skipper, RNR, illness

Thursday, 20 January 1938

FAA, 716 Flight, Amphion (HMAS Perth in 1939), air crash, both killed

HAMMOND, Leslie V, Able Seaman, P/J 113195

PRICE, John C H, Lieutenant

Friday, 21 January 1938

Wolsey

TAYLOR, Anthony, Able Seaman, D/JX 138966, illness

Sunday, 23 January 1938

Greenwich

CORBEN, Percy M, Commissioned Gunner, illness

Salmon

SOLLITT, Daniel K, Signalman, P/JX 128638, illness

St Vincent

HOTHAM, Robert, Boy 2c, JX 153869, accidentally killed

Monday, 24 January 1938

Nightingale

FILLERY, Stanley E, Able Seaman, P/JX 140643, drowned

Tuesday, 25 January 1938

Victory

SKINNER, Harry C, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 23413, illness

Friday, 28 January 1938

Royal Navy

DAVIS, Franklin H, Chief Engine Room Artificer, P/M 6236, illness

Saturday, 29 January 1938

Portsmouth

FIELD, Staunton A, Major, RM, illness

Royal Marines

SCOTT, S (initial only) A, Major, RM, illness

Wednesday, 2 February 1938

Pembroke

HUBBLE, Walter J H, Able Seaman, C/J 62699, illness

Thursday, 3 February 1938

Caledonia

SIM, James, Stoker 1c, D/KX 80799, road accident, killed

Friday, 4 February 1938

Pembroke

HARMER, Jack, Stoker 2c, C/KX 92050, illness

Sunday, 6 February 1938

Royal Navy

AH, Soo, Steward 2c, (no service number listed), illness

Sunday, 13 February 1938

York

GILBERT, Reginald R, Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, illness

Wednesday, 16 February 1938

Antelope

SCOTT, Victor G, Lieutenant (E), illness

Monday, 28 February 1938

Pembroke

WHEELER, William E, Leading Telegraphist, C/J 28333, illness

Victory

WALL, Francis B, Petty Officer Cook, P/M 34657, illness

Friday, 4 March 1938

Revenge

BELL, Sidney E, Signal Boy, D/JX 148885, accidentally killed

Victory

HALL, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 86083, illness

Saturday, 5 March 1938

Medway

ABBOTT, Edgar G, Petty Officer, J 108344, died

Sunday, 6 March 1938

Boreas, destroyer, Spanish bombing

LONG, George G, Able Seaman, P/JX 129165, DOW

Thursday, 10 March 1938

Royal Navy

PEARN, Joseph, Chief Petty Officer (Pensioner), 118408, illness

Victory

O'SULLIVAN, Frederic D, Assistant Steward, P/LX 22363, accidentally killed

Friday, 11 March 1938

Emerald

MCNEAL, John, Stoker 1c, C/KX 75275, illness

Monday, 14 March 1938

Royal Navy

BRADY, Arthur C, Able Seaman, P/JX 141066, illness

Thursday, 17 March 1938

Drake

DARCH, George, Leading Steward, D/L 9398, accidentally killed

Saturday, 19 March 1938

Victory

CRICK, Alfred R, Chief Petty Officer Writer, P/M 35004, died

Sunday, 20 March 1938

Royal Navy

HOUNSEL, Stephen J P, Able Seaman, P/JX 139937, illness

Tuesday, 22 March 1938

Royal Marines HQ Plymouth

WINZER, Edward A, Colour Sergeant, RM, G 20200 (Ply), illness

Wednesday, 23 March 1938

Revenge

BARKER, Allan, Able Seaman, D/J 98120, drowned

Thursday, 24 March 1938

Dorsetshire

EVANS, Charles, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, D/MX 52413, illness

Pembroke

CLOVER, William G, Leading Signalman, C/J 77754, died

Sunday, 27 March 1938

Drake

YELLAND, Ernest J, Stoker 2c, D/KX 92149, illness

Monday, 28 March 1938

Iron Duke

WREN, Richard E, Petty Officer Steward, P/L 12695, illness

Wednesday, 30 March 1938

Porpoise

RICHARDSON, John J W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 80336, illness

Monday, 4 April 1938

Malaya

BAINES, Michael H, Midshipman, illness

Pembroke

COLBURN, Henry N, Marine, X 2068 (Ply), illness

Thursday, 7 April 1938

Hastings

FARRELL, James N, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 65172, road accident, killed

Saturday, 9 April 1938

Victory

PESTELL, William C A, Petty Officer Steward, P/LX 21914, illness

Tuesday, 12 April 1938

Hawkins

WILSON, Albert H, Chief Petty Officer Steward, P/L 14604, illness

Thursday, 14 April 1938

Royal Navy

HAMPER, William, Chief Blacksmith, P/M 27874, illness

Monday, 18 April 1938

Bee

PEACOCK, Hubert W, Able Seaman, P/J 49260, drowned

Tuesday, 19 April 1938

Hastings

RAY, Samuel H, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 86816, illness

Wednesday, 20 April 1938

Furious

BURGESS, Ewart, Stoker, D/KX 90840, illness

Thursday, 21 April 1938

Hawkins

WHITE, George E, Mechanician, P/M 66566, illness

Friday, 22 April 1938

Braemar

HENDERSON, Andrew, Chief Skipper, RNR, illness

Hawkins

WARREN, Frederick C, Able Seaman, P/J 48212, illness

Sunday, 24 April 1938

Hawkins

WHIFFIN, Arthur C, Shipwright, C/MX 45374, illness

Wednesday, 27 April 1938

Dorsetshire

HALSALL, Frederick N, Act/Warrant Engineer, illness

Thursday, 28 April 1938

Drake

WORTHINGTON, George R, Signalman, D/JX 141740, road accident, killed

Sutton

VERNON, John D, Petty Officer Steward, C/LX 20513, died

Friday, 29 April 1938

Pembroke

REDMAN, Douglas F, Chief Mechanician, C/K 58892, road accident, killed

RM Portsmouth Division

HERRING, George, Marine, X 2103 (Po), illness

Saturday, 30 April 1938

RM Chatham Division

STARKEY, Sydney W, Corporal, RM, X 537 (Ch), illness

Sunday, 1 May 1938

Royal Navy

HIGGINS, Denis, Able Seaman, D/J 44452, illness

Wednesday, 4 May 1938

RN Hospital, Capetown

STEPHENS, Wilfred, Sick Berth Petty Officer, D/M 39527, illness

Thursday, 5 May 1938

Proteus

MOFFATT, Alaister S, Stoker 1c, P/KX 84091, drowned

RM Chatham Division

GODFREY, Benjamin E, Marine, X 515 (Ch), illness

Sunday, 8 May 1938

Diana

BROWNLOW, Frederick, Able Seaman, C/SSX 17721, illness

RM Plymouth Barracks

FORD, Peter H W, Captain, RM, illness

Tuesday, 10 May 1938

Royal Navy

RADCLIFFE, John W, Leading Stoker, P/KX 54557, illness

Warspite

AGIUS, Dominick, Leading Steward, E/L 4478, died

Wednesday, 11 May 1938

Wildfire

CLARK, James W S, Boy 2c, C/SSX 23928, illness

Thursday, 12 May 1938

Robin

TEMME, Francis B, Chief Petty Officer, C/JX 146573, illness

Saturday, 14 May 1938

Royal Navy

SEABROOK, Archibald W, Commissioned Gunner, illness

Sunday, 15 May 1938

Centurion

JENKINS, William J, Stoker 1c, D/K 64793, illness

Gloucester

CURTAIN, Edgar C, Commissioned Gunner, illness

Tuesday, 17 May 1938

Drake

MCELHINNEY, Richard J, Writer, D/MX 56415, illness

Monday, 23 May 1938

Boscawen

CARTER, Alfred E, Chief Skipper, RNR, illness

Tuesday, 24 May 1938

Excellent

PRICE, John E, Petty Officer, P/J 109494, accidentally killed

Thursday, 26 May 1938

Ganges

STRANGE, Philip A, Boy 2c, JX 157782, illness

RM Plymouth Division

GRIFFITHS, Raymond O J, Marine, X 2215 (Ply), illness