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

1st - 31st MARCH 1916
in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Nottingham, light cruiser (Navy Photos, click to enlarge)

on to April 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

 


 

 Wednesday, 1 March 1916

 

Dundee, armed boarding steamer

 ARCUS, Andrew, Seaman, RNR, D 1986, illness

 

Edinburgh Castle, armed merchant cruiser

 AINSLEY, Joseph H, Private, RMLI (RMR A 496), 4992 (Ch), illness

 

Krini, water vessel, MFA

 CLISHAM, Thomas A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2319, drowned

 

Orama, armed merchant cruiser

 MCWILLIAM, Donald M, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant Commander, RNR, illness

 

Primula, fleet sweeping sloop, torpedoed and sunk by U.35 in Mediterranean

 ARCHER, Frederick A, Boy 1c, J 27167

 KEMP, Ernest C, Able Seaman, J 16643 (Ch)

 MINTER, Arthur H, Leading Seaman, J 905 (Ch)

 

RND, Benbow Battalion

 MACLEOD, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 3409, illness in Holland

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 ROBINSON, Charles S, Corporal, RMLI (RFR A 425), 2315 (Ch), illness in UK

 

 

Thursday, 2 March 1916

 

Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, ship lost 29 February

 STANLEY, Leonard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, DOI

 

Indus, floating workshop/training ship, Devonport

 ATKINS, Leonard C, Boy Artisan, M 4830, illness

 

Protector, hired net drifter

 FARROW, George W, Engineman, RNR, ES 3019, drowned

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 WYMAN, Frederick R, Private, RMLI, 14182 (Po), illness

 

RND, Divisional Train Reserves

 WARREN, William, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1511 (Deal), discharged, illness

 

Wildfire, Naval Base, Sheerness

 MCGHEE, James J, Petty Officer 2c, 116217, illness

 

 

Friday, 3 March 1916

 

Boy Harold, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in Adriatic

 COPP, Thomas J, Engineman, RNR, ES 4075

 EVANS, Phineas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8779

 HARVEY, John C, Cook, RNR, TC 567

 MURDOCH, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8935

 PENNY, Tom, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4378

 THOMAS, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2295

 WOOD, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Daffodil, fleet sweeping sloop

 KITSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7799, illness

 

Favo, hired net drifter

 GRANT, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 3512, drowned

 

Grafton, cruiser

 RAMSAY, Quinton, Stoker 1c, SS 102688, illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 LANG, William B, Private, RMLI, 4353 (Po), illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 CONN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5170, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BARBER, Walter T, Stoker 1c, K 28978, illness

 WATERHOUSE, Bernard, Leading Carpenter's Crew, M 3229, illness

 

 

Saturday, 4 March 1916

 

Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, lost 29 February

 KEEFE, James, Sergeant, RMLI (RFR A 719), 4490 (Po), DOI

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 SAMUEL, Arthur G, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 8648, drowned

 

Flicker, hired trawler, mined and sunk in Dover Straits

 BARKHAM, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, DA 8918

 BENTLEY, William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3906

 BESSANT, Percy, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1720

 BROWN, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4635

 GORDON, George W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1256

 GRIFFITHS, Thomas, Engineman, RNR, ES 873

 HUNT, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR (SS), ST 617

 JONES, David, Stoker, RNR, V 547

 LARGE, Nelson V, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4473

 MACKAY, Henry J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1855

 MORRISON, Donald, Seaman, RNR, C 3541

 THOMAS, William H, Able Seaman, 149649 (Po)

 TOD, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR (SS), SD 713

 WEST, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Hasting Castle, hired net drifter

 BURGESS, Clifford, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7739, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 BAMSEY, William C, Able Seaman, RNVR, AA 2534, illness

 

Sydney (RAN), light cruiser

 GORDON, David B, Stoker, RAN, 2527, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 DRISCOLL, James, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2109, illness

 MCHUGH, Charles, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6704, illness

 

 

Sunday, 5 March 1916

 

Australia (RAN), battlecruiser

 JUSTICE, Roy C, Stoker, RAN, 3537, accident

 MATTHEWS, Walter J, Petty Officer Stoker, RAN, 7687, accident

 

Calliope II, hired trawler, minesweeper, sunk in collision off NW Scotland

 MACRAE, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7255

 

Drumtochty, hired trawler, minesweeper, both drowned

 ANTHONY, John E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 546

 HARWOOD, William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8972

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 JONES, Theophilus, Sergeant, RMLI, 2619 (Ply), illness

 

Sydney (RAN), light cruiser

 HUGHES, Thomas, Leading Signalman, RAN, 7910, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCCARTHY, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 8269, illness

 

 

Monday, 6 March 1916

 

Dolphin, Submarine Depot, Gosport

 WHERRY, Harold R, Stoker 1c, K 20198, illness

 

Isis, old light cruiser

 NOTT, Evan P, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Margaret Duncan, hired trawler

 FOOT, Richard, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1947, drowned

 

Nottingham, light cruiser

 SEARLE, Harry A, Boy Telegraphist, J 36358, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 ESPLIN, David, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness in UK

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in Egypt (no further information)

 CROCKER, William R, Flight Commander (Lieutenant, RN)

 

St George, depot ship, ex-cruiser

 HIGGINS, Owen, Trimmer, RNR, ST 526, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 7 March 1916

 

MINED AND SUNK IN COMPANY IN NORTH SEA

 

Coquette, old destroyer

 BARTHOLOMEW, Edgar, Act/Leading Stoker, K 12521 (Ch)

 BRADLEY, Sydney, Stoker 2c, K 25566 (Ch)

 BRUNSON, John D, Able Seaman, 199115 (Ch)

 CRITTENDEN, Albert C, Stoker 1c, K 23243 (Ch)

 DUFF, Walter, Stoker 1c, K 9746 (Ch)

 HARKESS, Adam, Seaman, RNR, A 6355

 HOWARD, John, Able Seaman, 212271 (Ch)

 JACKSON, William C, Stoker 1c, K 6295 (Ch)

 JARMAIN, Walter T W, Stoker 1c, K 17588 (Ch)

 KEECH, George H T, Able Seaman, 238544 (Ch)

 MACKINTOSH, Peter, Stoker 1c, K 27820 (Ch)

 PARSONS, William J T, Petty Officer 1c, 171647 (Ch)

 PECKHAM, William H C, Stoker 1c, SS 109152 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, William P, Leading Seaman, 229136 (Ch)

 SALMON, John, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5747), 285126 (Ch)

 SEYMOUR, Vere, Lieutenant, RNR

 SPOONER, Fred, Seaman, RNR, B 3574

 STURGEON, George W, Stoker 1c, K 13774 (Ch)

 TURFERY, Joseph E, Act/Leading Stoker, K 832 (Ch)

 WILKIN, Gordon, Stoker 1c, 297698 (Ch)

 WILLCOX, Thomas C, Leading Signalman, 232188 (Ch)

 

TB.11, torpedo boat, one rating died of wounds on 13th

 ARCHBOLD, John, Able Seaman, 236349 (Ch)

 BLUNTACK, Ernest, Stoker 1c, SS 110851

 BODKIN, William A L, Able Seaman, J 7798 (Ch)

 BOLT, Alfred, Able Seaman (RFR B 7583), SS 1391 (Ch)

 BRADLEY, Stanley G, Able Seaman, J 10367 (Ch)

 FAGAN, Terence, Stoker 1c, SS 109134 (Ch)

 HODGSON, Herbert R, Stoker 1c, K 14618 (Ch)

 JEFFERS, Percival T E, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 LAYCOCK, Frederick M, Leading Seaman, 360881 (Ch)

 LLOYD, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1294 (Ch)

 MEEKINS, Herbert, Stoker 1c, 280600 (Ch)

 MELLOR, Norman, Boy Telegraphist, J 39687 (Ch)

 MURRAY, John, Engineer Lieutenant

 ORGAN, Ambrose F, Gunner

 RIDGWELL, Henry, Able Seaman, J 2927 (Ch)

 RIPLEY, Charles, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268201 (Ch)

 SCOTT, Frederick C, Able Seaman, 238704 (Ch)

 SINTON, Walter G, Stoker 1c, K 11032 (Ch)

 SMITH, Cornelius, Leading Seaman, 238881 (Ch)

 SOUTHEN, William R, Cook's Mate, M 5222 (Ch)

 TURGOOSE, Frederick B, Petty Officer, 180665 (Ch)

 WILSON, William F, Able Seaman (RFR B 5200), 178139 (Ch)

 YOUNG, John C, Able Seaman (RFR B 8283), 219981 (Ch)

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Craigmin, hired net drifter

 CATHCART, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4955, illness

 

E 5, submarine, lost, possibly mined off German coast

 ALDRED, Albert, Stoker 1c, K 12395 (Po)

 ARNOLD, William J, Petty Officer, 197172 (Po)

 ATKINSON, Henry W, Able Seaman, J 12152 (Dev)

 BASSETT, John T, Leading Seaman (RFR B 5359), 203189 (Dev)

 BONNER, William A, Act/Leading Stoker, K 13881 (Po)

 BOR, Thomas H, Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 BUCHANAN, Philip, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1407

 CHINN, Robert L, Stoker 1c, K 14836 (Ch)

 COWBURN, Francis G, Stoker Petty Officer, 309136 (Po)

 DALE, Alan D, Stoker 1c, K 15770 (Po)

 DAVIS, Frederick W, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 496 (Dev)

 EDWARDS, Harrington D, Lieutenant Commander

 GOFF, George, Stoker 1c, K 20958 (Dev)

 KINGCOME, Howard W, Signalman, J 11519 (Dev)

 LANE, Joseph F, Stoker 1c, K 16052 (Dev)

 LEFEVER, James, Able Seaman, J 11476 (Po)

 MCDOWELL, William, Leading Seaman, 211344 (Po)

 MOORE, George F, Stoker 1c, K 14005 (Ch)

 MORRIS, Ernest R, Chief Engine Room Artificer, 268807 (Ch)

 OATES, Charles J, Able Seaman, J 4526 (Ch)

 OWEN, Arthur R, Petty Officer, 199878 (Po)

 PARKER, William, Able Seaman, J 6076 (Dev)

 PARRELL, Charles, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270476 (Dev)

 PENDRED, Alfred J, Petty Officer, J 2418 (Ch)

 POWELL, Robert A, Act/Leading Stoker, K 798 (Po)

 RICE, Cecil F, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7200 (Ch)

 SHEPHERD, William E, Boy Telegraphist, J 35848 (Ch)

 SMITH, Ernest, Stoker 1c, K 17473 (Ch)

 THIRLWELL, Arthur R, Able Seaman, 235171 (Ch)

 WATSON, Sidney F, Lieutenant

 

Internos (may be spelt Inter-Nos, former name), hired net drifter

 YOUNG, Daniel, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness in Edinburgh Infirmary

 

Melbourne (RAN), light cruiser

 BAYLEY, Frank O, Leading Signalman, RAN, 7364, died in UK

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron

 DEEHAM, Joseph P, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10001 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HORSFIELD, Frank, Stoker 2c, K 30537, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 8 March 1916

 

Enterprise II, ex-Enterprise, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in Adriatic

 DRAPER, Albert, Engineman, RNR, ES 438

 GOODWIN, George F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3621

 HOWLETT, James E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3787

 KIRBY, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3791

 MAIR, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2935

 STANNARD, Reginald C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3788

 THOMAS, Owen S, Deck Hand, RNR (SS) - believed Short Service, SD 2813

 THURSTON, Isaac, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3789

 

Grampus, destroyer

 PEEL, John T, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271045 (Ch), drowned

 

Lucania II, hired net drifter/minesweeper, both drowned

 COULL, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4684

 THAIN, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4682

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 PLANT, Arthur J, Able Seaman, J 14807, illness

 

Raglan, monitor, both drowned

 CRUSH, Joseph R, Stoker Petty Officer, 305234 (Ch)

 FAGG, George, Ordinary Seaman, SS 5853 (Ch)

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 DUNCOMBE, George E, Wireman 2c, M 18682, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 NEWTON, Richard E H, Boy 1c, J 43546, illness

 

 

Thursday, 9 March 1916

 

Arcturus, Admiralty trawler, auxiliary patrol

 WOOD, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8617, died in Gibraltar

 

Fauvette, armed boarding steamer, mined and sunk in North Sea (survivor list included)

 ACKERMAN, Walter (real name, but served as Arthur W Ackerman), 2nd Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BEALE, William, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 BLACKWOOD, Thomas A, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 COLBERN, Herbert G (real name, but served as Herbert G Elliott), Stoker 1c, SS 106810 (Po)

 COSTA, George, Stoker 1c, K 9414 (Po)

 HAYES, Richard, Assistant Steward, MMR, 516746

 HIGGS, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 7429 (Ch)

 LITTLER, Walter, Stoker, RNR, U 1410

 MCNALLY, Andrew F, Stoker, RNR, S 4047

 O' DONNELL, Hugh, Fireman, MMR, 850508

 O' FARRELL, Patrick J, Fireman, MMR, 791994

 RAINER, Horace, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 ROBERTS, John, Fireman, MMR, 846153

 SMITH, Walter, Yeoman of Signals, 230587 (Ch)

 TRAINOR, John, Able Seaman (RFR B 2590), SS 374 (Dev)

SURVIVORS

 Ames, William Arthur, Deckhand, RNR, 2320 D A

 Anderson, Albert, Fireman, MMR

 Balten, Ernest Charles, Armourer's Crew, M 7222 (Dev)

 Bateman, W, 3rd Assistant Engineer, MMR

 Benzman, Edward, Carpenter, MMR

 Bowden (Bowman?), Arthur, Fireman, MMR

 Bridgewater, William, Assistant Steward, MMR

 Brinnacombe, William Henry, Seaman, RNR, 3342 B

 Brooks, Alfred Edward, Able Seaman, 184312 (Po)

 Butler, A, Apprentice, MMR

 Butler, W, Chief Steward, MMR

 Clark, William Henry, Seaman, RNR, 5187 B

 Cornish, George A, Assistant Steward, MMR

 Dade, Richard, Boatswain's Mate, MMR

 Day, Edwin, Able Seaman, Quartermaster, MMR

 Durr, Edward, Fireman, MMR

 Evans, David, Fireman, MMR

 Fell, Edward Offor, Seaman, RNR, 2469 A

 Gigg, Sidney, Petty Officer 2 c, 129811 (Dev)

 Giltsham, William Henry, Leading Seaman, 203708 (Dev)

 Gowan, Arthur, Boatswain's Mate, MMR

 Hale, George, Able Seaman, MMR

 Henry, Joseph T, Lieutenant Commander, RNR

 Herbert, Percy, Able Seaman, 232240 (Ch)

 Holmes, Herbert Frederick, Private, RMLI, Po 15551

 Hopton, Bertram S, Able Seaman, MMR

 Hunter, Alfred E, 2nd Steward, MMR

 Hurden, Archibald Garland, Able Seaman, 149369 (Dev)

 Jones, Alfred Edward, Wireless Operator, MMR

 Jones, Robert Richard, Leading Stoker, RNR, 349 V

 Masterson, Thomas Charles, Able Seaman, 236477 (Ch)

 Mathieson, Joseph, Fireman, MMR

 McCaskill, John, Able Seaman, Quartermaster, MMR

 McGregor, William, Able Seaman, MMR

 Milner, Arthur, Able Seaman, MMR

 Mogford, James, Assistant Steward, MMR

 Owens, Michael, Able Seaman, Quartermaster, MMR

 Partridge, George, Fireman, MMR

 Pratt, Albert J, Chief Baker, MMR

 Rump, David, Fireman, MMR

 Stocker, Clifford, Able Seaman, MMR

 Stuart, James William, Ordinary Signalman, J 24904 (Po)

 Tincknell, John, Chief Cook, MMR

 White, William Arthur, Able Seaman, 206121 (Dev)

 Winchester, John, Cook's Boy, MMR

 Winchester, Joseph Arthur, Stoker 1c, 300307 (Ch)

 Wyatt, Joseph Henry Crawford, Able Seaman, 193721

 Young, Arthur, Able Seaman, MMR

 

RMA HQ Eastney

 HODGSON, Benjamin, Gunner, RMA, S 1805 (Deal), illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 JENKINS, William H, Private, RMLI, 9389 (Po), illness

 

 

Friday, 10 March 1916

 

Defiance, Devonport

 WINNICOTT, James H, Painter, 158960, illness

 

Dreel Castle, Auxiliary Patrol Base, Falmouth

 LIMBRICK, Joseph I, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4670, illness

 

 

Saturday, 11 March 1916

 

Africa, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 ALLCOCK, Charles W, Chief Stoker, 288696, illness

 

Teutonic, armed merchant cruiser

 HUGHES, Edward, Seaman, RNR, B 3503, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 RICHARDS, Eli, Stoker 1c, 306827, illness

 

 

Sunday, 12 March 1916

 

Agincourt, Dreadnought battleship

 TAYLOR, Morris C, Able Seaman (RFR B 1/2103, 204375, illness

 

Mekong, hired yacht, wrecked on English east coast

 CHAPLOW, William H J, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DAVIES, John, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PIPER, Roger A, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

RMA, East African Expeditionary Force

 COOKE, Jesse, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10270, illness in Kenya

 

Silanion, hired trawler, minesweeper

 WHINCOP, Philip, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BEAZLEY, Sidney, Ordinary Seaman, 49523 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 13 March 1916

 

Amphitrite, old cruiser

 SEVERN, Cecil A, Commander, died

 

Birkenhead, light cruiser

 BURCHELL, Charles, Leading Stoker, 192332, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 WALLER, Arthur M, Boy 2c, J 44756, illness

 

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

 SHOTBOLT, Reginald, Boy 1c, J 43452, illness

 

Kent, cruiser

 MUNRO, Joseph, Seaman, RNR, B 3499, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 JARRETT, William H, Leading Telegraphist, 239956, illness

 

TB.11, torpedo boat, ship lost 7 March

 MITCHELL, Ernest E, Leading Stoker, K 13729 (Ch), DOI

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 STEAD, Robert E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3169, illness

 TURNER, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, 296067, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 14 March 1916

 

Centurion, Dreadnought battleship

 PORTER, Angus, Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

Defence, cruiser

 O'NEIL, Frank, Stoker, RNR, T 3141, illness

 

Gloucester, light cruiser

 O'MAHONY, Patrick, Ship's Cook, 346795, drowned

 

Hampshire, cruiser

 FRY, Frank T, Stoker 1c, K 27912 (Po), illness

 

Skelwith Force, fleet messenger

 PRITCHARD, Charles, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 15 March 1916

 

Donegal, cruiser

 OWEN, Richard A, Petty Officer 1c, 121776, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 REVELL, Charles L, Boy 2c, J 50282, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BEARMAN, George, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 17677, illness

 

Queen Empress, auxiliary paddle minesweeper

 BOOTH, Frederick J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4659, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 TROTTER, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3614, illness

 

 

Thursday, 16 March 1916

 

RM Depot Deal

 COOKE, Thomas J, Private, RM, S 315 (Deal), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GILL, William J, Stoker 1c, 296867, illness

 LOHMAN, Edward, Stoker 1c, SS 112921, illness

 OSBORNE, Herbert J, Boy 2c, J 50502, illness

 

 

Friday, 17 March 1916

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 JAMES, William, Petty Officer 1c, 112114, illness

 

Revenge (2), Dreadnought battleship

 CADWALLADER, Percy, Able Seaman, J 17754, died

 

RNAS East Fortune

 BALL, Frank, Leading Mechanic, F 7, illness

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 PAYTON, Josiah H, Private, RMLI, 14595 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Henry Farman pusher biplane, dived into sea from 100 feet

 JOHNSON, Colin, Flight Lieutenant, body recovered and buried in Kent

Anti Aircraft Brigade, serving with Army

 ABIGAIL, Edward A, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RMA,  passenger, body recovered, buried in Belgium

 

 

Sirius, old light cruiser

 FINLAYSON, James, Leading Seaman (RFR B 5875), 182341 (Ch), illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 March 1916

 

Ameer, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ANGUS, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 56

 BAILEY, William A, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside 6/171

 BENSON, George W, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 73

 BESSANT, Albert A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 41

 CHRISTIE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3682

 COULTAS, Charles, Engineman, RNR, ES 236

 KEMP, Frederick R, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SHELL, Adam, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6708

 SMITH, Alfred E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1762

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 HAM, Henry R W, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 WHITEHEAD, Leslie E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 4/2861, interned in Holland, died

 

Royal Indian Marine

 BADSHAH, Miyan, Driver, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Sumana, armed launch, Persian Gulf, captured by Turks at Kut on 29 April

 BURROWS, Allan, Able Seaman, 219730 (Ch), DOI

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Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 TAIT-MACRAE, William, Seaman, RNR, 8179 A, illness

 TURNER, Caswell, Petty Officer Stoker, 296067 (Po), illness

 

 

Sunday, 19 March 1916

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 JOHNSTON, Joseph, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3142), 288165, illness

 

Franklin (RAN), hired yacht

 HEALY, Dominick, Leading Stoker, RAN, 5195 (110780 (Ply)), illness

 HENNIGAN, John, Officer's Cook 2c, RAN, 2576, illness

 

Penrice Castle, hired trawler

 ANGUS, James J T T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4613, illness

 

Valpa, hired trawler, mined and sunk in North Sea

 FOWLER, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2036

 GARNHAM, Robert W, Chief Gunner

 GREEP, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, D 2368

 SKINNER, William F, Chief Petty Officer (RFR B 1177), 128054 (Ch)

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 SMITH, Lewis, Able Seaman, 93538, illness

 

 

Monday, 20 March 1916

 

Hercules, Dreadnought battleship

 LEWIS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside 1/224, illness

 

Roxburgh, cruiser

 LYNCH, Thomas, Able Seaman, SS 5420 (Po), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 INNES, William, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4230, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 REGAN, Daniel, Seaman, RNR, C 1558, illness

 ROSEVEAR, Thomas, Chief Stoker, 172298, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 21 March 1916

 

Campania II, hired net drifter

 PARKER, John, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Indomitable, battlecruiser

 THOMPSON, Lionel G C, Sub Lieutenant, accident in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HILLS, Rowland, Stoker 2c, K 30385, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 22 March 1916

 

Dahlia II, hired trawler

 WATSON, Charles E, Engineman, RNR, ES 3690, illness

 

Scarron, hired trawler, minesweeper

 CULLEN, Murray, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 264, drowned

 

Strymon, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BORMAN, Charles R, Cook, RNR, TC 529, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BOLLEN, William J, Chief Stoker, 127602, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ROSEWARNE, John, Petty Officer Stoker, 164694, ex-Tiger, battlecruiser, illness

 

 

Thursday, 23 March 1916

 

Brilliant, depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 KNIBBS, Henry G, Chief Stoker, 292484 (Ch), illness

 

Campania, seaplane carrier

 PHILLIPS, James, Act/Cook, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Corona, hired trawler, mined and sunk in Dover Straits

 ALLBONES, George W, Engineman, RNR, ES 1883

 CHANDLER, Reginald A, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 101

 CLIFTON, Thomas, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1025

 COULTER, William J, Trimmer, RNR, ST 723

 CRAWFORD, Alexander, Trimmer, RNR, ST 559

 GILCHRIST, Bertram, Leading Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 142

 HALL, Frederick, Cook, RNR, TC 123

 IRVINE, James, Lieutenant, RNR

 JONES, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 1885

 MCKINNON, Duncan, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1145

 RUSSELL, Alfred H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5615

 SMITH, David B, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3018

 THORNTON, Frank E, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GLOVER, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 168854, illness

 

Revenge (2), Dreadnought battleship

 HEREWYT de BLESS, Gervase A D, Midshipman, illness in Liverpool

 

 

Friday, 24 March 1916

 

Cadmus, sloop

 ROTHERHAM, Donald K, Lieutenant, illness in Hong Kong

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 BURNETT, Forbes R, Engineman, RNR, ES 3228, drowned

 

E 24, submarine, mined and sunk in North Sea

 BASS, Isaac (real name, but served as Isaac Bastarrechea), Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271517 (Dev)

 BENNETT, William, Act/Leading Stoker, K 11735 (Ch)

 BIBBEY, Henry L, Stoker 1c, K 13947 (Po)

 BIRCH, Russell E, Lieutenant

 BROWN, Ernest S, Stoker 1c, K 21761 (Po)

 CARPENTER, Alec, Leading Telegraphist, J 9416 (Ch)

 CHADWICK, Alfred S D, Able Seaman, 231479 (Dev)

 CONNOLLY, Cornelius, Stoker 1c, K 21324 (Dev)

 DEVES, George E, Stoker 1c, K 19163 (Dev)

 EGAN, Frederick, Able Seaman, J 8844 (Ch)

 FITZWATER, Samuel D M, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 271709 (Dev)

 FLACK, Arthur J, Leading Signalman, 239733 (Ch)

 FORD, Albert E, Leading Stoker, 310468 (Ch)

 GANGE, Edwin W, Able Seaman, J 6270 (Po)

 GREIFFENHAGEN, Rider M W, Lieutenant

 HARRIS, George A, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 HAWKE, Walter H, Leading Seaman, 237738 (Dev)

 KEAT, Henry, Leading Seaman, 209295 (Dev)

 KELLEY, William L, Stoker 1c, K 9685 (Ch)

 KERSWILL, Cuthbert H, Able Seaman, 235202 (Dev)

 KIRBY, Thomas A, Able Seaman, 233418 (Ch)

 LOVELL, Victor H C, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270685 (Po)

 MAEERS, Harry, Able Seaman, 236964 (Dev)

 MARTIN, Norman, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 508 (Dev)

 NAPER, George W E, Lieutenant Commander

 OAKLEY, George, Stoker Petty Officer, 286552 (Po)

 ROGERS, Richard H, Petty Officer, 232625 (Dev)

 SCARLETT, Edward, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 271096 (Ch)

 SEWELL, Walter H, Able Seaman, 227577 (Po)

 TAYLOR, Stephen T, Stoker 1c, K 22859 (Ch)

 TRENDELL, Frederick A, Able Seaman, J 3319 (Ch)

 WATTS, William J, Stoker 1c, K 11064 (Po)

 WILLCOX, Ernest, Stoker 1c, K 12550 (Ch)

 WILSON, Robert H (real name, but served as Robert H Bullen), Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3333 (Ch)

 WITCHELL, Walter, Stoker 1c, K 10223 (Po)

 

Flirt, old destroyer

 MOODY, Edward, Stoker 1c, K 13668 (Po), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCPHEE, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DS 4074, illness

 

Welland, old destroyer

 DIPROSE, George, Officer's Steward 2c, L 7498, illness

 

 

Saturday, 25 March 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 FAULKNER, Ernest, Able Seaman (RFR B 1938), 187226 (Ch), drowned

__________

 

Hilary II, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in English Channel

 FALGATE, Samuel C, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 HARVEY, William S, Engineman, RNR, ES 2541

 HOWES, Alfred C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5124

 KING, Charles R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5125

 OVERBURY, Thomas W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5127

 SMITH, Henry M, Engineman, RNR, TS 2508

 TURNER, James, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1421

 TURNER, William T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5123

 

Kosmos, hired trawler, minesweeper, being commissioned

 MAHER, Joseph, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4809, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 SOUTHCOTT, Herbert, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6471, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 PEARCE, Arthur, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13996, illness

 

RND, Divisional Train

 JAMES, John, Act/Sergeant, RM, S 1899 (Deal), illness in RN Hospital Portland

 

Superb, Dreadnought battleship

 JOHNS, Thomas G, Petty Officer 1c, 154241, illness

 

 

Sunday, 26 March 1916

 

Barham, Dreadnought battleship

 WICKS, Jack F, Act/Bombardier, RMA, RMA 7675, drowned

 

Defence, cruiser

 PILGRIM, Charles S, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10728, illness

 

Penelope, light cruiser

 WHITE, Edward L, Petty Officer, 235701 (Ch), drowned

  

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport II

 TAYLOR, John T, Leading Stoker, 308593 (Dev), illness

 

 

Monday, 27 March 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, serving with, Belgium

 TOTHILL, Geoffrey I F, Midshipman, RNVR

__________

 

Lurcher, destroyer

 BEARD, Leonard G, Able Seaman, 222734 (Po), drowned

 

Marksman, flotilla leader

 MONKS, John, Seaman, RNR, A 4496, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 OWEN, William P, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 6132, died

 

RND, 1st Reserve Battalion

 FRASER, Leonard H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 3/178, accident

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 BASON, John J, Chief Yeoman, 124098, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Aziz, Lascar, RIM, 680, illness

 

St Aethens, hired net drifter/minesweeper/patrol boat

 MAIN, Daniel, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4006, illness

 

Venus, old light cruiser

 WILLIAMS, Henry J, Leading Seaman, 236726, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 28 March 1916

 

Astraea, old light cruiser

 ELLIS, Joseph J, Private, RMLI, 8752 (Ply), died in Lagos

 

SHIP'S BOAT FROM HMS CONQUEST LOST OFF HARWICH

 

Cleopatra, light cruiser

 HENSMAN, Ernest, Yeoman of Signals, 203182, drowned (believed to have been aboard)

 

Conquest, light cruiser, aboard ship's boat, (listed as a whaler, although if this was the 27ft version, it seems too small for so many men), returning from shore leave, lost in snow storm and foundered, all drowned

 AUSTIN, Arthur F, Private, RMLI, 15717 (Ch)

 BARLOW, William, Petty Officer, 184935

 BENMORE, Alfred A, Stoker 2c, 28006

 BISHOP, Frank G, Able Seaman, J 6765

 BROOKER, Frederick G, Private, RMLI, 16332 (Ch)

 BROWN, John, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 11921

 BUTTON, Frederick, Cook's Mate 2c, M 13021

 CHITTY, Thomas H, Petty Officer Stoker, 292992

 COLLINS, Thomas, Shipwright 1c, 342481

 CONCANNON, John, Petty Officer Stoker, J 309855

 DADD, Arthur J, Stoker Petty Officer, 286720

 DILLON, George F, Shipwright 2c, 210153

 DOCHERTY, James, Stoker, RNR, 320615

 FRANKHAM, Walter, Stoker 1c (FRF B 9384), SS 106627 (Ch)

 GILLINGHAM, Sidney J (real name, but served as John Cash), Stoker 1c, J 311026

 GRINTON, William J, Ship's Steward, 343414

 HAIR, George, Leading Telegraphist, J 9972 (Po)

 HODGES, Edgar S, Ship's Steward Assistant, M 12088

 HOWE, Frederick H, Petty Officer, 189687

 HUGHES, Edwin, Petty Officer, 219287

 HUNT, Walter J, Private, RMLI, 9468 (Ch)

 LOMAS, Arthur V, Ordinary Seaman, J 46580

 MAYBANK, John T, Ordinary Seaman, J 36368

 MCCLOGHRIE, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 5c, M 3263

 MCGRATH, John R, Stoker 1c, SS 103926

 MOODY, Ernest C, Yeoman of Signals, 227212

 NEWING, Frank A, Chief Petty Officer, 152242 (Ch)

 OFFORD, Charles W, Able Seaman, J 20199 (Ch)

 O'HARA, James, Able Seaman, J 47546

 O'ROURKE, Bernard, Stoker 1c (RFR B 7625), 292020 (Ch)

 PEARTON, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 29736

 PHIPPS, Dudley S M, Able Seaman, J 39759

 PLANT, Vivian G, Leading Signalman, 237621

 RAYNOR, Samuel, Stoker 1c, 297580

 SIMPSON, Ernest K, Stoker 2c, K 27955

 SMITH, William E O, Leading Seaman, 239552

 STICKINGS, William T, Petty Officer Stoker, 279154

 SYNDERCOMBE, William F A, Leading Seaman, 361333

 WATTS, William A, Officer's Steward 1c, L 6853 (Ch)

 

Melpomene, destroyer, both drowned, listed as 29th, but both may have been aboard

 BENNETT, John, Able Seaman (RFR B 4794), SS 2240 (Dev)

 PERROTT, Albert, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 5757 (Dev)

 

__________

 

Diadem II, hired net drifter

 GUILD, Robert W, Ty/Skipper, RNR, drowned

 

Empyrean, hired trawler, minesweeper

 IRELAND, James H, Engineman, RNR, ES 615, illness

 

Ossory, destroyer

 DONNE, Augustus, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 4/2451, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 FOSTER, William H, Stoker 2c, K 31505, illness

 

Recompense, hired net drifter

 BOON, George W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5346, illness

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 MILLER, Henry E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 228, illness in Liverpool

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 LAIRD, Arthur H, Assistant Paymaster, RNR

 accident

 

Saxon Prince, hired trawler, minesweeper, disappeared in storm in Dover Straits

 BROOKS, Charles W, Stoker, RNR, S 4748

 CHARTERS, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1618

 DENNEY, Alfred, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4355

 FORREST, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9220

 LORIMER, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 774

 MCPHAIL, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1690

 PILBEAM, Arthur E, Petty Officer 2c (RFR B 2562), 183240 (Po)

 PROFFIT, Charles M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1615

 ROBERTSON, Peter, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 2542

 ROSE, George A, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 SMAILS, George O, Engineman, RNR, ES 806

 TOMLINSON, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1617

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HAGAN, Thomas, Armourer's Mate, 158876, illness in Gosport Hospital

 TREAYS, John, Officer's Steward 3c, L 7531, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 COCKRAM, Thomas F M, Boy 1c, J 42461, illness

 LEWIS, Frank, Lieutenant Commander (ret), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 29 March 1916

 

Begonia, fleet sweeping sloop, torpedoed and damaged by U.44 off S Irish coast

 ULPH, Frederick T, Stoker 1c, K 1623 (Po)

 WHITE, John A, Shipwright 2c, M 6812 (Po)

 

Goshawk II, hired trawler, minesweeper

 STEPHENSON, John W, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 657, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 LADDS, Leonard, Seaman, RNR, A 5999, illness

 

Stormbird, hired rescue tug

 TRAYNOR, Francis, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

TB.31, torpedo boat

 BULL, Robert E, Stoker Petty Officer, 291175, illness

 

 

Thursday, 30 March 1916

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 BIDDLECOMBE, Frank, Air Mechanic 1c, RNAS, F 4493, in France

 

 

Friday, 31 March 1916

 

Albemarle, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 WEST, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, A 8560, illness

 

Barry, paddle fleet messenger

 BRICE, Charles, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

John Burn, hired drifter

 BAXTER, Forbes S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3070, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 WALTON, Bernard R, Stoker 2c, K 29863, illness

 

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