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World War 1 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell

1st - 29th FEBRUARY 1916
in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Hindustan, pre-dreadnought battleship (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge)

on to March 1916

 

Notes:

(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR, RMLI 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

(3) Click here for lists by Name in the Casualties Homepage

 


 

Tuesday, 1 February 1916

 

Gibraltar, Northern Patrol depot ship, Shetlands, ex-cruiser

 PEBERDY, Thomas, Able Seaman (RFR B 3623), 158193, drowned

 

HM Coast Guard

 CHANDLER, Joseph, Chief Officer, HM Coast Guard, illness

 

Motor Lighter K.10, presumably hired

 COSGROVE, Michael, Stoker, RNR, S 6880, drowned

 

New Zealand, battlecruiser

 HULANCE, Joseph J, Stoker 2c, K 28036, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MITCHELL, James E, Senior Reserve Attendant, M 9439, died

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 HOLMES, Victor, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 96, illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

Silesia, Admiralty whaler

 CRISP, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 480, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LEWIS, William, Able Seaman, 209261, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 February 1916

 

Campania, seaplane carrier

 BROCKWAY, Albert E, Air Mechanic 2c, F 7783, illness

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 CARTER, William F, Ordinary Seaman, J 46419, illness

 

Prince of Wales, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 WHETMAN, Ralph, Able Seaman, 218908, illness

 

Prosperity, hired net drifter

 SWINEY, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2896, drowned

 

RND, Divisional Train Reserves

 MASON, Thomas, Private, RM, S 2606 (Deal), illness in UK

 

Slebech, hired trawler, minesweeper

 HARVEY, John P, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9742, illness

 

 

Thursday, 3 February 1916

 

Blackwhale, Admiralty whaler

 NEWMAN, John B, Stoker 1c, RNR, ST 75, illness

 

Cyclops II, Scapa Flow

 WHEATCROFT, Frederick, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2505, illness in Kirkwall Hospital

 

Dauntless, Motor boat No. 500, Motor Boat Reserve

 LAMBOURNE, Ernest F, Chief Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 275, drowned

 

Hind, destroyer

 NEWTON, John T (real name, but served as John T Dobson), Chief Stoker, 174581 (Po), drowned

 

Hindustan, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 BRIGHTON, Charles W, Stoker, RNR, S 2731, drowned

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 METHERELL, Robert G L, Boy 2c, J 46493, illness

 

Jason II, hired yacht

 GARDINER, John H, Assistant Cook, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Lark, destroyer

 HALLIDAY, Stephen L, Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 NOTTAGE, Henry W, Stoker 2c, K 29211, died

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 DAVIES, Daniel W, Private, RMLI, S 852 (Ply), illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

RND, Anson Battalion

 HART, William W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1760, illness in HS Rewa

 

 

Friday, 4 February 1916

 

Cumberland, cruiser

 SMITH, Charles F, Boy 1c, J 40184, illness

 

De La Pole, hired trawler, minesweeper, wrecked in Dover Straits

 BATTY, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 3218, drowned

 

King Emperor, hired trawler, minesweeper, in collision off Sheerness

 COOK, Thomas A, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 DICKINSON, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 2550

 GILLARD, James, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1610

 GREEN, Arthur F, Engineman, RNR, ES 2811

 NEWBIGGIN, Alexander M, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3722

 STAHL, Henry C, Lieutenant Commander (ret)

 TAYLOR, Frederick J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3034

 WARD, George E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5869

 

Leviathan, cruiser

 HOLT, William T, Leading Stoker (RFR B 3900), SS 101775 (Po), drowned

 

Llewellyn, destroyer

 FROST, Robert S, Able Seaman, 215426, drowned

 

Minto (RIM), troopship

 FINDERLING, Mat, Able Seaman, J 3340, died

 

Moorsom, destroyer

 HANNAFORD, Samuel, Able Seaman, 199233, drowned

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 BOSTOCK, Thomas, Private, RMLI, 10282 (Ply), illness

 

RND, Miscellaneous Battalion

 SHAW, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6830, illness in home

 

Unity, destroyer

 LIMBRICK, Frederick W, Ty/Skipper, RNR, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ELLIOTT, James, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2257, illness

 

Xylopia, Admiralty trawler, minesweeper

 RIGBY, James H S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

 

Saturday, 5 February 1916

 

Cheerful, old destroyer

 CUTHBERT, Frank, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 368 (Ch), drowned

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 TISDALL, John H, Leading Stoker, 311649 (Po), accident

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 TYSON, Thomas, Stoker, RNR, T 2684, drowned

 

RNAS Station Eastchurch

 WYNTER, Edward C, Air Mechanic 1c, RNAS, F 4321, accidentally killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion

 WELLINGTON, William H, Stoker 2c, K 21248, illness in RN Hospital Portland

 

Saumarez, destroyer leader

 HEARN, John H C, Engineer Lieutenant Commander, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 TAYLOR, Henry, Stoker 2c, K 29588, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 RUNDLE, Philip C, Boy Servant, L 7483, illness

 

 

Sunday, 6 February 1916

 

Corona, hired trawler

 NORRIS, George H E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2644, drowned

 

Implacable, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 FORTY, William E, Stoker 1c, K 9003, illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 HARTER, John J E K, Chief Shipwright, 116994, illness

 

Oku, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BROWN, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3469, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HIGGINS, Peter, Stoker, RNR, T 3038, illness

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron

 EVANS, Alfred J, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, RNAS, F 1259, illness

 

Satellite, Auxiliary Patrol base ship, Tyne

 WHITE, William, Stoker, RNR, U 889, illness

 

 

Monday, 7 February 1916

 

Columbella, armed merchant cruiser

 ANDERSON, Andrew, Fireman, MMR, 645893, illness

 

Dartmouth, light cruiser

 JEPHSON, George D, Commander, illness

 

Peel Castle, armed boarding steamer, fire in ship

 STEEL, John, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, buried at Ramsgate

 

Valiant, Dreadnought battleship

 MANN, Thomas, Gunner, RMA, RMA 6276, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FLAXMAN, Albert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2235, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 8 February 1916

 

Earnest, old destroyer

 DENNIS, John H, Chief Stoker, 282504, drowned

 

RND, Anson Battalion

 DAWSON, William T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1584, illness in Southampton

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MILLS, George W, Able Seaman, J 7344, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 9 February 1916

 

Humber, river monitor

 WINSOR, Benjamin, Sergeant, RMLI, 9519 (Ch), illness in Egypt

 

Persistive, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in Dover Straits

 CHURCH, David, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 996

 HAYLOCK, Albert H G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3229

 PINKNEY, Frederick, Engineman, RNR, ES 1790

 POPE, Edwin W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5811

 RODWELL, John M, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SIMPSON, Alexander K, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4777

 WHATLING, Harry J, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 43

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 CHAMBERS, Arthur E, Private, RMLI, S 1024 (Ch), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PAMMENT, Edgar T, Sick Berth Attendant, M 4344, illness

 

Young Kenneth, hired net drifter/patrol boat

 BURNETT, Charles, Engineman, RNR, ES 2675, illness

 

 

Thursday, 10 February 1916

 

Arabis, fleet sweeping sloop, sunk by German destroyers in North Sea, one officer died of injuries next day (POW list included)

 ALLEN, Patrick, Able Seaman (RFR B 1739), 181318 (Dev)

 BENNETT, Clarence, Stoker 2c, SS 117337 (Dev)

 BLAKELEY, James, Stoker 1c, 303196 (Dev)

 BYRNE, Matthew, Seaman, RNR, A 5062

 CHAMMINGS, Ernest, Leading Stoker, 305936 (Dev)

 CHANDLER, John A, Assistant Paymaster, RNR

 CONGDON, Reginald, Able Seaman, J 22211 (Dev)

 COOK, George, Petty Officer Stoker, K 1878 (Dev)

 DAVIES, George, Stoker 1c, SS 110560 (Dev)

 DOCHERTY, John, Able Seaman, J 21680 (Dev)

 EARL, William, Stoker 1c, K 11703 (Dev)

 FRASER, Duncan, Stoker 1c, K 9851 (Dev)

 GARVIE, George R, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 15878 (Dev)

 GOODFELLOW, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNR, EA 1319

 GOODWIN, Matthew D, Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 GRIFFIN, James W, Ordinary Seaman, J 39196 (Dev)

 HENNESSEY, Garrett, Stoker 1c, 309273 (Dev)

 HUNT, Maurice, Seaman, RNR, C 1846

 ILES, Samuel C, Stoker Petty Officer, 304868 (Dev)

 JACKSON, Arthur, Signalman, 228683 (Dev)

 KEAST, William G, Stoker Petty Officer, 294824 (Dev)

 LAND, Daniel, Ordinary Seaman, J 47389 (Dev)

 LEAVER, William J, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 271711 (Dev)

 LEE, Fred G, Officer's Steward 3c, L 5593 (Dev)

 LEIGH, John E, Shipwright 1c, 343496 (Dev)

 LEYLAND, Albert J T, Stoker 1c, K 12839 (Dev)

 MAHONEY, Michael, Seaman, RNR, C 3748

 MCCOLL, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 300563 (Dev)

 MCDIARMID, Robert, Chief Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1116

 MEADWAY, Cecil H E, Stoker 1c, K 10749 (Dev)

 MORRELL, William J, Chief Artificer Engineer

 MOSS, William J, Stoker 2c, K 28669 (Ch)

 MURRAY, Albert E, Officer's Steward 3c, L 7675 (Dev)

 NORMAN, Frederick, Stoker 2c, K 26440 (Dev)

 ORGAN, Evan T, Stoker 2c, SS 117103 (Dev)

 PAVEY, Thomas E, Stoker 2c, K 27306 (Dev)

 PEARSE, Frederick R, Stoker 1c, K 12850 (Dev)

 PHILLIPS, Robert J, Ordinary Seaman, J 40258 (Dev)

 POMERY, William H, Leading Stoker, 303215 (Dev)

 PRIDHAM, William F, Stoker Petty Officer, 311977 (Dev)

 PYNE, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 279235 (Dev)

 RAEBURN, James, Stoker 1c, SS 110962 (Dev)

 RANDALL, James W, Act/Leading Stoker, K 8899 (Dev)

 ROACH, Ernest W, Officer's Cook 2c, 364098 (Dev)

 ROBERTS, Peter, Stoker Petty Officer, 174339 (Dev)

 ROWE, Harry T, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 5349 (Dev)

 SMILEY, Samuel T, Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 SMITH, Charles S, Leading Signalman, 223151 (Dev)

 STONE, Sidney E, Able Seaman, J 46021 (Dev)

 TAYLOR, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 9774 (Dev)

 THOMAS, Joseph N, Stoker 1c, K 8901 (Dev)

 TUCK, William, Stoker 2c, K 26443 (Dev)

 TURLEY, Bertie, Ordinary Seaman, J 40134 (Dev)

 WARRING, James A, Stoker Petty Officer, 288243 (Dev)

TAKEN PRISONER

 Bale, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 297358 (Dev)

 Charlton, Thomas, Stoker 1c, J 37967 (Dev)

 Croke, Albert Edward, Stoker 1c, J 12116 (Dev)

 Dunn, William Joseph, Leading Seaman, 211308 (Dev)

 Field, Jesse, Leading Stoker, K 9864 (Dev)

 Foley, Daniel Joseph, Able Seaman, 234612 (Dev)

 Gandy, Gerard Horace, Sub Lieutenant, RN

 Gartside, Thomas, Stoker 2c, K 26752 (Dev)

 Goulder, Harry, Telegraphist, D/J 25077 (Dev)

 Hallowell-Carew, Robert Raymond, Lieutenant Commander, RN

 Haworth, Albert, Stoker 2c, K 26437 (Dev)

 Hughes, John, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR, DOI in Germany next day

 King, Francis Arthur, Leading Cook's Mate, M 427 (Dev)

 Leru, John Merry, Able Seaman, 219081 (Dev)

 Martin, Percy Reginald, Petty Officer, 211438 (Dev)

 McLoughlin, Francis, Petty Officer, 152190 (Dev)

 Meredith, Edwin Samuel, Stoker 2c, C/K 28226

 Merrett, Herbert George, Able Seaman, 237975 (Dev)

 Mooney, Robert Johnstone, Stoker 2c, C/K 28807

 Nicholson, George Henry, Armourer's Mate, 346905 (Dev)

 Oliver, Alexander William, Ordinary Seaman, C/ 47314

 Owens, John, Stoker 1c, 279626 (Dev)

 Pickford, Edward George, Stoker 1c, K 9875 (Dev)

 Richards, Alfred Francis, Leading Seaman, 188268 (Dev)

 Rowe, Alfred, Leading Stoker, K 9784 (Dev)

 Rusk, Frederick William, Stoker 1c, K 11682 (Dev)

 Tidder, Joseph Frederick, Able Seaman, C/J 18336

 Watt, John, Able Seaman, 218765 (Dev)

 

Canada, Dreadnought battleship

 WOOD, Harold, Boy 1c, J 35433, drowned

 

Carmania, armed merchant cruiser

 MCKENNA, Bartholomew, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Chatham, light cruiser

 BROWN, Robert, Plumber, M 837 (Ch), drowned

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 HICKEY, James, Leading Stoker, RNR, V 748, illness

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 CAMPBELL, William, Seaman, RNR, A 2751, illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 PARLANE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5083, died in Imbros

 

RNR (Shetland Section), Lerwick

 PETERKIN, Thomas, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1074, drowned

 

Swiftsure, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 FRISKEN, Adam, Petty Officer, 173843, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FERGUSON, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 485, illness

 GRICE, Harold, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6838, illness

 

 

Friday, 11 February 1916

 

Arabis, fleet sweeping sloop, sunk on 10th

 HUGHES, John, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR, DOI in Germany

 

Aragon, HM Transport

 TRAIN, John, Trimmer, RNR, ST 137, drowned

 

Arethusa, light cruiser, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ALLEN, Arthur, Stoker 1c, K 23352 (Ch)

 ANDREWS, Henry R, Stoker 1c, K 12672 (Ch)

 BUTCHER, Charles B, Stoker 2c, SS 117133 (Ch)

 CUMMINGS, James, Chief Stoker, 277894 (Ch)

 HARLING, William, Stoker, RNR, S 6934

 NICHOLLS, Ernest W, Stoker 1c, K 20737 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, Richard, Stoker 1c, SS 108881 (Ch)

 SLEATH, Leonard, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, K 85 (Ch)

 TAYLOR, James T A, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 272070 (Ch)

 TURNER, Ethelbert P, Stoker Petty Officer, 290487 (Ch)

 WARNE, William G, Mechanician, 293842 (Ch)

 WIGHTMAN, Henry, Stoker 1c, K 21030 (Ch)

 

Florence Dombey, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 MUTCH, James, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 PENNY, Edwin T, Chief Petty Officer, 118609, illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 February 1916

 

Claire, hired trawler, minesweeper

 JACQUES, Francis H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2764, drowned

 

E 7, submarine, lost 4 September 1915

 REID, William, Able Seaman, 214966, Turkish prisoner of war

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 MCKINNON, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 154, ex-motor launch ML.31, died in Egypt

 

 

Sunday, 13 February 1916

 

Britannia, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 VALENTINE, Vincent H, Able Seaman, RNVR, ZP 1140, illness

 

Columbella, armed merchant cruiser

 EATON, Arthur H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 4/17, drowned

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 SAMPSON, Albert F, Boy 2c, J 49107, illness

 

Inflexible, battlecruiser

 LIND, Albert, Ordinary Seaman, J 26804, died

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 HAYNES, Francis G, Air Mechanic 2c, F 7919, died

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HAYTER, Hugh H, Sick Berth Attendant, 350985, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BURFIELD, Wilfred A, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 18517, illness

 

 

Monday, 14 February 1916

 

Almanzora, armed merchant cruiser

 RIBTON, Reginald H, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Carmania, armed merchant cruiser

 NEATE, William J, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 226), 106246 (Po), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BERRY, William J, Able Seaman, J 11168, ex-Grampus, died

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 HARPER, Joseph, Private, RMLI, 14965 (Ch), illness

 

TB.97, torpedo boat

 BOYLE, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EC 100, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 February 1916

 

RND, 6th (Depot) Battalion

 NORTON, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5363, illness in UK

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 CONNER, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3851, illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Short Admiralty 82Y Type tractor biplane seaplane, on enemy seaplane patrol from Yarmouth, failed to return

 LEE, Bernard R, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 PAGE, Herbert J, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

 

Wednesday, 16 February 1916

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 DUNN, John G, Boy 2c, J 45953, illness

 ELSON, Cecil S, Boy 2c, J 48551, illness

 

Prince of Wales, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 HUGHES, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 16863, illness

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 PAYNE, Edward G, Private, RMLI, 20083 (Ch), illness

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 COX, Andrew T, Private, RMLI, 11732 (Ply), illness in Alexandria

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CORNWALL, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 48249, illness

 WARE, Ernest G, Chief Stoker, 279160, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BROADBEAR, Ernest, Stoker 2c, K 29418, illness

 RAYNER, Mornington, Boy 2c, J 99162, died

 

 

Thursday, 17 February 1916

 

GALLIPOLI Casualty

 

RND, Anson Battalion, Gallipoli

 KEALY, Dominick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1416, DOI in Alexandria

 

 

Friday, 18 February 1916

 

Bellerophon, Dreadnought battleship

 EMERY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2549, drowned

 

Clacton Belle, auxiliary paddle minesweeper

 BROWN, William, Trimmer, RNR, 31 ST, illness

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 BAILEY, Albert E, Ordinary Seaman, J 23519 (Ch), illness

 

Pelican, destroyer

 POWRIE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5376, drowned

 

Queen Elizabeth, Dreadnought battleship

 TWINE, Frederick G, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 9282, drowned in UK

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 RUSSELL, Albert, Private, RMLI, 17637 (Po), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 GARDNER, Alfred J, Petty Officer Stoker, 170049, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 February 1916

 

Defiance, Devonport

 GLOVER, Ernest A, Petty Officer 2c, 132555, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GLOVER, William B, Officer's Steward 3c, L 8169, illness

 

Restless Wave, hired net drifter

 MCNEIL, Richard, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3590, drowned

 

Tara, armed boarding steamer, sunk 5 November 1915

 ROBERTS, Owen H, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed), interned, DOI

 

 

Sunday, 20 February 1916

 

Badger, destroyer

 BELL, George, Stoker 1c, SS 100318, illness

 

Cornwall, cruiser

 COPE, John, Stoker, RNR, S 3661, drowned

 

Gavenwood, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in Adriatic

 BLAIR, Henry S, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 983

 HENDRY, Francis, Engineman, RNR, ES 1832

 KERMACK, William R, Engineman, RNR, ES 3315

 LYALL, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 MCKAY, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3371

 MILNE, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3248

 REID, George, Cook, RNR, TC 423

 RITCHIE, James C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3107

 SIMPSON, Robert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4334

 WATCHMAN, Collingwood, Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 YOUNG, Claud, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1457

 

Hene Castle, hired trawler, minesweeper

 LEASK, William D, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 4589, drowned

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 WESTLAKE, Wilfred G, Boy 2c, J 49392, illness

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 TALBOT, William, Private, RMLI, S 7 (Ch), illness in UK

 

RND, 7th Reserve Battalion

 SMITH, Cecil, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6486, died in UK

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Avro 504C tractor biplane, crashed in UK and caught fire

 TOMS, Francis H, Ty/Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

 

Monday, 21 February 1916

 

AP.1, airship, carrying out trials, release mechanism tangled, airship inverted and crashed to ground

 IRELAND, De Courcy W P, Squadron Commander (Lieutenant Commander, RN)

 USBORNE, Neville F, Wing Commander (Commander, RN)

 

California, Motor Boat No.134, Motor Boat Reserve

 SMART, John G, Chief Motor Boatman, Motor Boat Reserve, MB 68, drowned

 

Carlton, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in Dover Straits

 BROOME, William H (real name, but served as William H Thomas), Engineman, RNR, ES 83

 CHILVERS, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2899

 GRUNNILL, Hira, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10000

 JOYNES, Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9999

 MCKINNON, Colin, Seaman, RNR, A 3949

 NORGATE, Frederick, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2444

 SANDFORD, Joseph H, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 STEVENSON, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, ST 456

 

Quickly, hired trawler, minesweeper/Q-ship

 TRACEY, Robert J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2236, illness

 

RND, Miscellaneous Battalion

 VENTON, William G, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2606, illness in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PAYNE, William H, Leading Seaman, 234310, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 22 February 1916

 

Ark Royal, seaplane carrier

 CURRY, Albert E, Shipwright 1c, 132426 (Ch), illness

 

Barham, Dreadnought battleship, both drowned

 BERRECLOTH, William G (real name, but served as William G Berry), Able Seaman, 216101 (Po)

 HUGHESDON, Harold, Able Seaman, J 10455 (Po)

 

Indefatigable, battlecruiser

 MATHEWS, Frederick, Private, RMLI, 14123 (Po), illness

 

Salvator, hired yacht

 MASON, George, Seaman, RNR, A 7571, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PALMER, Thomas C, Chief Petty Officer, 159117, illness

 TEE, Thomas V, Stoker 2c, K 29237, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 DAVIS, Harry, Chief Petty Officer, 99527, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 23 February 1916

 

Cicala, river gunboat

 HUMPHREYS, Jesse W, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268059, drowned

 

Coquette, old destroyer

 BAILEY, Frederick, Petty Officer, 183465 (Ch), drowned

 

Cynthia, old destroyer

 FIELD, William R, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 1799, drowned

 

Drake, cruiser

 MILLER, George J, Ship's Cook, 132821, illness

 

Fox, old light cruiser

 DOWSETT, Albert John J, Able Seaman, J 3016, illness, died in Government Hospital, Suez

 

ML.27, motor launch

 RIORDAN, James, Able Seaman, J 16622, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MAY, Herbert, Junior Reserve Attendant, M 15409, illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 GORDON, Frank, Sergeant, RMLI (RMR A 861), 4964 (Ply), illness

 

 

Thursday, 24 February 1916

 

Carlton, hired trawler, minesweeper, lost on 21st

 HOWLING, Thomas S, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4743, DOI

 

E 5, submarine

 CRANE, Arthur T, Leading Telegraphist, J 6686, illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Espiegle, sloop

 CARELESS, Frank, Air Mechanic 2c, F 988, illness

__________

 

Otranto, armed merchant cruiser

 HARTY, John, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

RM Depot Deal

 CLANCY, John, Private, RMLI, S 2017 (Ch), illness

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 SUDDES, George E, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 556, illness in Tenedos

 

 

Friday, 25 February 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Howitzer Brigade, serving with, Belgium

 FORMAN, Joseph A, Gunner, RMA (RFR B 1030), RMA 6951

__________

 

Merisia, hired trawler, minesweeper

 FERGUSON, Douglas, Trimmer Cook, TC 562, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 FREEMAN, Horace J, Able Seaman (RFR B 6148), 193150 (Ch), illness

 

Poppy, fleet sweeping sloop

 ODDS, Ernest, Stoker Petty Officer, 132340, drowned

 

RND, 2nd RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit

 CHADWICK, George H, Private, RM, S 3576 (Deal), illness in HS Somali at Lemnos

 

Sabrina, destroyer

 LEES, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4871, drowned

 

St Seiriol, auxiliary screw minesweeper

 SMITH, Thomas, Cook, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 SCADDEN, Albert M, Stoker 1c (RFR B 1958), 283267 (Po), illness

 

 

Saturday, 26 February 1916

 

Attentive, light cruiser

 DAVIES, Thomas, Chief Stoker, 278699, illness

 

Dinas, hired trawler, minesweeper

 GARDEN, Arthur, Petty Officer 1c, 120675, drowned

 

Lily Reaich, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in Adriatic

 BUCHAN, Alexander, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1311

 CLATWORTHY, Joseph H, Engineman, RNR, ES 2529

 CORDINER, David, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5155

 DAVIDSON, Charles, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2535

 DEAKIN, Harold B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 FISHER, George A, Deck Hand, RNR (SS), SD 3249

 GRANT, Robert, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 HOWES, Albert C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2499

 JEFFREY, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8337

 WEIR, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2473

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 HOWELL, Edward J, Private, RMLI, 1430 (Po), illness in UK

 TULLEY, Alban C, Private, RMLI, 14071 (Po), exchanged prisoner of war, illness in Millbank Hospital

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron

 CAMPBELL, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 3/252, died in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CHARLETON, Alfred S, Ordinary Seaman, J 27591, illness

 KELLY, Robert N, Chief Petty Officer, 155642, illness

 

 

Sunday, 27 February 1916

 

Blenheim, destroyer depot ship, ex-cruiser

 BURNS, George, Shipwright 2c, M 14047, illness

 

Falmouth, light cruiser

 ROWE, Seymour F, Commander, illness

 

HM Dockyard Devonport

 TRELIVING, Alfred B, Hired Fitter, Admiralty civilian, killed

 

Maloja, steamship, mined and sunk in Dover Straits, 122 lives lost including dockyard workers and naval ratings

 COLWILL, Samuel, Chief Shipwright, 175985 (Dev)

 COX, Frederick W, Hired Skilled Labourer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

 CRAGG, Richard T, Dockyard Artificer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

 FLAHERTY, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2281

 LANGLEY, Albert W, Hired Skilled Labourer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

 MACDONALD, Angus MacD, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1999

 PERT, George E, Skilled Labourer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

 ROSE, Albert, Hired Skilled Labourer, Admiralty civilian, (O/P)

 

Nymphe, destroyer

 YALLAND, Mark, Able Seaman, 182062, illness

 

Orion, Dreadnought battleship

 EVANS, William F, Private, RMLI, 15849 (Ply), illness in UK

 

RND, 3rd Reserve Battalion

 CHAMBERS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 906, illness in Newcastle

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Bristol Scout Type C tractor biplane in UK, nose-dived into ground from about 250 feet

 ROSHER, Harold, Flight Lieutenant

 

 

Monday, 28 February 1916

 

MINED AND SUNK IN COMPANY IN DOVER STRAITS

 

Angelus, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BOYLE, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 59

 SAUNDERS, Richard, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Weigelia, hired trawler, minesweeper

 THOMPSON, John F, Trimmer, RNR, TS 526

__________

 

Conqueror II, hired yacht

 COMBES, Ted, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Jeannie Leask, hired net drifter

 THOMSON, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, SA 8267, illness

 

Oropesa II, ex-Oropesa, hired trawler, minesweeper

 CAWTHORNE, Joseph, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4463, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Qasim, Lascar, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BUGLASS, Andrew, Ordinary Seaman, J 49524, illness

 GOODHEW, Alfred H, Stoker 1c, K 8737, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCCARTHY, John, Leading Stoker, 176749, illness

 

Wallaroo, harbour service, ex-light cruiser

 MERCER, William R, Stoker 1c, 120715, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 29 February 1916

 

Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, sunk in action with German auxiliary cruiser Greif in North Sea, two more ratings died of wounds on 2 and 4 March

 ANGEL, George F, Private, RMLI (RFR B 552), 7599 (Po)

 BAIN, Duncan, Seaman, RNR, A 8063

 BAKER, Godfrey E, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BATES, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 2/213

 BECKETT, James, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 47

 BELCHER, Edwin, Chief Petty Officer (RFR A 3309), 144589 (Po)

 BETTS, Ernest J W, Armourer's Crew, M 2897 (Po)

 BLOWERS, Albert F, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 3209), 139028 (Po)

 BONE, Thomas J, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BROUGHTON, Joseph, Carpenter's Mate, MMR, 822417

 BROWN, Albert, Trimmer, MMR, 667684

 CAIN, Charles, Seaman, RNR, B 3573

 CASEY, Thomas D, Gunner

 CORNWELL, Albert, Able Seaman (RFR B 2109), 189092 (Po)

 DAWE, William H, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1174

 DICKINSON, Thomas, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DUNDAS, Alexander H, Leading Seaman (RFR B 2011), 199405 (Po)

 EDMONDS, Samuel H, Storekeeper, MMR, (no service number listed)

 EYERS, Bertie, Trimmer, MMR, 766193

 FIELDER, Charles R, Baker, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FOAD, Sidney J, Able Seaman (RFR B 10160), 203313 (Po)

 GEE, Frederick W, Able Seaman (RFR B 7026), SS 2937 (Po)

 GLUE, Alfred, Private, RMLI (RFR B 668), 10138 (Po)

 GREEN, Walter C, Electrician, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HALLETT, Frank, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HARPER, Albert, Assistant Baker, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HARRIS, Archibald, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HEWITT, James, Trimmer, MMR, 761894

 HOOPER, Albert, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HORNE, Leonard, Private, RMLI, 17724 (Po)

 HORNER, Charles, Fireman, MMR, 734530

 HUTLEY, Walter, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 JOHNSTON, James, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 KIRWAN, Thomas, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LAING, Alex, Seaman, RNR, A 8103

 LAMB, George W, Private, RMLI, 16720 (Po)

 LE PAGE, Edward J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 LIGHT, Arthur H, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LLOYD, Albert J, Boy 1c, J 32967

 LOADER, Albert, Able Seaman (RFR B 6022), 203514 (Po)

 LONGMAID, Richard W, Trimmer, MMR, 763081

 LUNNON, Thomas, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LYNSKEY, John, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MIELL, George, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MILLER, Edward, Petty Officer 1c, 196315 (Po)

 MILLS, George H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 90

 MUGFORD, Nathan, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1171

 MURRELL, Percy, Seaman, RNR, A 5248

 NEALE, Ted, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5537), SS 107945 (Po)

 NOBLE, David, Able Seaman (RFR B 2136), 207466 (Po)

 PAGELLA, Francis, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PEARSE, John, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5537), SS 100131 (Dev)

 POOK, Charles H, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 PORTER, Gordon, Boy 1c, J 32962

 PRINCE, William E, Able Seaman (RFR B 979), 196621 (Po)

 READ, John, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 RILEY, Alfred V, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 ROBERTS, Harold F, Boy 1c, J 32841 (Ch)

 ROUTLEDGE, William, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 SANDFORD, John, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 STEVENSON, Jack E, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1022), 12180 (Po)

 STYLE, William C, Able Seaman (RFR B 2538), 290651 (Po)

 SUTHERLAND, Joseph, Seaman, RNR, A 7369

 TANNER, Frederick, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TEMPLE, George F S, Chief Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 THORNHILL, William R, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 UNWIN, James W, Private, RMLI, 17862 (Po)

 WADDINGHAM, James, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1072), 12494 (Po)

 WILLIAMS, Robert, 3rd Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WILTON, Henry, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WINDER, William D H (real name, but served as William D King), Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 6/10

 WYLES, Alfred, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

Caesar, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 WILLIAMS, Nicholas G, Gunner (ret), illness

 

Encounter (RAN), old light cruiser

 JOPE, John C, Petty Officer, RAN, 2456, illness

 

Kingfisher, ex-Adele, hired net drifter

 HILLS, Robert A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1063, drowned

 

Kumu, hired trawler, minesweeper

 PYE, Charles H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3804, illness

 

RND, 1st Field Company, Divisional Engineers

 HARRIS, William, Sapper, RM, S 5337 (Deal), illness in HS Somali

 

RND, Signal School Company, RN Depot

 SMITH, Henry T H, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4920, illness in UK

 

Tugela, hired trawler

 ADCOCK, Edgar J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 538 (Ch), drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 TINSON, George E, Wireman 2c, M 18681, illness

 

Welcome Home, hired net drifter

 MUNNINGS, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4672, drowned

 

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