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

1st - 31st MAY 1916
in date, ship/unit & name order
separate pages for BATTLE OF JUTLAND

RNAS Sopwith Pup scout hoisted from battleship HMS Malaya (Navy Photos/Graham Lewis, click to enlarge)

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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, 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

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 Monday, 1 May 1916

 

C 26, submarine, accidental explosion on board Vulcan, depot ship

 HORNBY, Hugh S, Lieutenant, DOI

 

Duke of Edinburgh, cruiser

 TRUSLER, George T, Able Seaman, J 23263, illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 HANCOCK, Charles H, Boy 2c, J 52064, illness

 

Kylemore, auxiliary paddle minesweeper,  hit by fragments from exploding mine off French coast

 LONGMAN, John, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 1950

 MURPHY, James, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2743, DOI

 

Lennox, destroyer

 BOOTH, William H, Able Seaman, 232699 (Po), illness

 

Pactolus, submarine depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 JAFFRAY, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3146, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CAMPBELL, Thomas J, Able Seaman, J 20756 (Ch), DOI

 WALKER, John, Stoker 1c, 310955, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 2 May 1916

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 TIPPETT, William H, Electrical Artificer 3c, M 3056, illness

 

Buffalo, dockyard mooring vessel

 MCWALTER, John, Leading Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), accident

 

Fantome (RAN), sloop

 LETFORD, James, Stoker, RAN, SS 110480, died in North Borneo

 

Pekin, Auxiliary Patrol base, Grimsby

 CRADDY, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 832, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CLARK, James, Stoker, RNR, V 608, illness

 

Pyramus, old light cruiser

 MUIR, Archibald M, Able Seaman, SS 3443, illness

 

Racer, old sloop, tender to Britannia, Dartmouth, later salvage vessel

 POOLE, George, Stoker 1c, 292248, died

 

Staunch, destroyer

 LITTLE, John T B, Able Seaman, J 26757 (Po), drowned

 

Unity, steamship, submarine action (no further information)

 WALSH, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 8200

 

 

Wednesday, 3 May 1916

 

Edgar, old cruiser

 FUTCHER, George H, Stoker 1c, K 20913 (Ply), illness

 

HM Coast Guard Station Western Porthoustock

 SMITH, Charles W J, Petty Officer, 130048, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Hakim, Lascar, RIM, C 1114, illness

 

Trent, fleet messenger

 HARDY, Gustavus, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MOORE, Henry, Bandsman, 97935, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 May 1916

 

Crownsin, German prize, Admiralty trawler, mined and sunk off Malta

 BREEZE, Ernest H, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 8326

 BUTCHART, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4788

 BUTLER, Stanley L C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9117

 CULLEN, Richard, Engineman, RNR, ES 4250

 FLETCHER, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9112

 HOLLIS, Albert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1753

 JONES, Albert V, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9110

 LEACH, Alan, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1612

 LEADBETTER, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9073

 MAULKINSON, Harwood, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4407

 NORMAN, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1156

 

Iolaire, hired yacht

 ALLISTON, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 3523, illness

 

Maori, destroyer, lost 7 May 1915

 GARRETT, David, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270942, German prisoner of war, died

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 FISHER, Thomas, Stoker 2c, K 32088, illness in UK

 POLLARD, Samuel S, Private, RMLI, 11667 (Ch), illness in UK

 

RM Depot Deal

 OLIVER, William A, Private, RMLI, 18784 (Po), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Sopwith Baby (Admiralty 8200 Type) tractor biplane seaplane, crashed into mast of destroyer Goshawk in North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein

 WALMESLEY, Oswald N, Flight Lieutenant, drowned

 

Teutonic, armed merchant cruiser

 MAGINNIS, John, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Friday, 5 May 1916

 

Highflyer, old light cruiser

 MACSWEENY, John, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6607 (Dev), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 JONES, Bertie J, Able Seaman, J 9282, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in 2-seater Nieuport Type 12 fighter reconnaissance tractor biplane, shot down at sea, both drowned

 MULLENS, Cyril J A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 SIMMS, Herbert R, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HOPKINSON, David, Stoker 1c, SS 114495, illness

 

 

Saturday, 6 May 1916

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 KEABLE, George, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1799, drowned

 

Cormorant, Naval Base, Gibraltar

 BLAKE, Francis G, Engineer Lieutenant, illness

 

Laertes, destroyer

 PUNT, William T, Stoker Petty Officer, 302295 (Ch), illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HOWARD, John A C, Stoker 2c, K 30476, illness

 

 

Sunday, 7 May 1916

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 FRANCIS, Henry, Boy 1c, J 45936, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MANSFIELD, Cyril J, Deputy Surgeon General, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BRAY, Joe, Carpenter's Crew, M 19615, illness

 

 

Monday, 8 May 1916

 

Bellerophon, Dreadnought battleship

 LUSHINGTON, Guye W, Captain, RMA, illness in UK

 

Mantua, armed merchant cruiser

 O'NEIL, Bernard, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5329, illness

 

Motor Lighter X.74, believed Admiralty X-type landing craft

 OGBURN, Henry, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), 153810 (Po), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 PARKER, Harry J, Able Seaman, 169638, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 COLEMAN, John, Stoker 1c, SS 112033, illness

 FAIRNIE, John, Stoker 1c, SS 116553, illness

 PINK, Charles R, Officer's Cook 3c, L 4257, illness

 SUTER, Frederick G, Petty Officer 2c, 194232, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 May 1916

 

Boy Roy, hired drifter, patrol boat

 BRINDED, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9242, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BALMAN, Peter J, Private, RMLI, 12844 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Thistle, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 BURRIDGE, John R, Private, RMLI, 13608 (Ply), died in Simonstown

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BARNES, William J, Stoker 1c, SS 113871, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 10 May 1916

 

Laertes, destroyer

 CLARKE, Ernest J W, Stoker 1c, 288420 (Ch), DOI

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 FIELD, Gerald H, Stoker 1c, K 20039, illness

 

Royal Flying Corps, Recruits Department

 BEYNON, Thomas C, Air Mechanic 2c, 27905, died

 

 

Thursday, 11 May 1916

 

Buckler, hired drifter, patrol boat/minesweeper

 LEATHERS, Frederick W, Engineman, RNR, ES 1515, illness

 

Challenger, old light cruiser

 WALTER, William, Private, RMLI, 7997 (Po), illness

 

Dolphin, Submarine Depot, Gosport (E.15, lost 17 April 1915)

 BARTER, Henry J, Able Seaman, 230790 (Po), Turkish prisoner of war (date from CWGC, also given as 2 May 1916), died in Mesopotamia

 

Egmont II, Malta for Port Said

 WANLESS, Peter, Seaman, RNR, A 5235, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MCKINNON, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DS 884, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Caudron G IV tractor biplane, shot down in air raid on Mariakerk Aerodrome on 4 May

 VAN ALLEN, Kenneth M, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, German prisoner of war in Belgium, DOI

 

Russell, ship lost on 27 April

 MACCUTCHEON, William, Leading Carpenter's Crew, M 3198 (Ch), DOI

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ALLEN, Samuel, Able Seaman, 183390, illness

 

 

Friday, 12 May 1916

 

12th-23rd  Royal Naval Division  arrived at Marseilles and transferred to Western Front

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 COWELL, William H, Stoker 1c, 278335, illness

 PRATT, Archibald McL, Able Seaman, 220644 (Ch), DOI

 

River Fisher, fleet messenger

 NOLAN, Martin, Able Seaman, MMR, 771751, illness in Egypt

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 NICHOLLS, Frank E, Stoker 2c, K 30333, illness

 

 

Saturday, 13 May 1916

 

SMYRNA BLOCKADE

 

M.30, coastal monitor, hit by Turkish artillery and beached

 COLLINS, Albert, Stoker Petty Officer, 289299 (Dev)

 GILLARD, Walter, Stoker 1c, K 16746 (Dev)

 MADGE, William H R, Stoker Petty Officer, 387299 (Dev), DOI

 MCKENNA, Robert, Stoker, RNR, U 1742, DOI

__________

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 EASSON, Robert M, Leading Seaman, 186115, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 ROBERTS, Lawrence, Stoker 1c, SS 112964, died

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCINNES, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4492, illness

 

 

Sunday, 14 May 1916

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 GOUGH, Albert E, Corporal, RMLI, 10965 (Po), illness

 TATTERSELL, Harry S, Private, RMLI, S 1223 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 15 May 1916

 

Black Prince, cruiser

 HOOK, Robert M, Signal Boatswain, died in UK

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 FENWICK, Septimus, Seaman, RNR, ST 955, illness

__________

 

Earl of Peterborough, monitor

 URE, Henry, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 13163 (Ch), drowned

 

Lily Melling, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BUTLER, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 917, drowned

 

 

Wednesday, 17 May 1916

 

Newmarket, auxiliary screw minesweeper

 CUNNINGHAM, Henry, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Pactolus, submarine depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 WOOD, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9466, illness

 

Pansy, fleet sweeping sloop

 MATTHEWS, George W, Officer's Steward 2c, L 3624, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 MUHAMMAD, Baba, Seacunny, RIM, 48 (RIM), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 RUNDLE, Richard J, Ordinary Seaman, J 47146, illness

 

 

Thursday, 18 May 1916

 

Amphitrite, old cruiser

 LANDER, Charles, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 173574, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 MCALLISTER, Neil, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M 676, died

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 HOCKADAY, John, Private, RMLI (RFR A 976), 5595 (Ply), illness

 

Redpole, destroyer

 BUCKTON, Richard, Stoker, RNR, 3736, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth, DOWSE, Henry A, Yeoman of Signals, 192186, illness

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1916

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 ROWLAND, William, Petty Officer, 232404, illness

 

Lighter L.11, presumably hired motor lighter

 PYNE, William, Chief Stoker, 152079, illness

 

Mera, hired yacht

 CAMPBELL, Matthew, Seaman, RNR, C 2607, illness

 

Odin, sloop

 DANIELS, James D, Sick Berth Attendant, M 3630 (Po), illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 AMIN, (no other name listed), Hammerman, RIM, 1079, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 DUNNETT, David, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4693, illness

 

 

Saturday, 20 May 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 BRAY, Frederick W, Petty Officer 1c, 136300, illness

__________

 

Hindustan, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 MELSON, Frederick W, 3rd Writer, M 8482, died

 

Holyrood, hired trawler, minesweeper

 GALBRAITH, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 960, illness

 

Longset, hired trawler, minesweeper

 WILSON, John N, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

 

Sunday, 21 May 1916

 

Mallow, fleet sweeping sloop

 WEAVER, Frederick E, Chief Stoker, 148339, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 ARNALL, Thomas J, Officer's Steward 1c, L 8535, illness

 

Philomel (New Zealand Division of RN), old light cruiser

 GASKIN, Jabez, Able Seaman, SS 4042, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter (Admiralty 9400S Type) tractor biplane, failed to return from raid on Mariakerke Aerodrome, Belgium

 VINEY, Taunton E, Flight Lieutenant

 

Tiger, battlecruiser

 QUANCE, Frederick G, Canteen Assistant, Admiralty civilian, illness

 

 

Monday, 22 May 1916

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 BRADSHAW, George W, Gunner, died

 

RND, 2nd Drake Battalion, Blandford Camp

 KRIKORIAN, Charles F, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

Sirius, old light cruiser

 HALL, George, Stoker 1c (RFR B 4202), 277578 (Ch), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 23 May 1916

 

Dolphin, Submarine Depot, Gosport

 LEWIS, Victor V, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 272399, illness

 

HM Coast Guard Station Seafield

 MAHONEY, Miles, Chief Petty Officer, 115612, illness

 

Russell, ship lost on 27 April

 AYLARD, William F G, Officer's Steward 3c, L 2280 (Po), DOI

 FOSTER, Edgar, Able Seaman, SS 5290 (Po), DOI

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 GRANT, Dugald, Deckhand, RNR, (Po) 4060, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 PROUT, Albert J, Stoker 1c, K 24627, (ex-Temeraire), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 24 May 1916

 

E 18, submarine, lost, cause unknown in Baltic around this date

 BAGG, Edwin A, Act/Chief Petty Officer, 177854 (Po)

 BASS, William G, Leading Seaman, 201300 (Ch)

 CLACK, Frederick, Petty Officer, 195904 (Po)

 COLSON, Douglas N, Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 DUFFIELD, Percy, Stoker 1c, K 18506 (Dev)

 EDWARDS, Clement H, Leading Telegraphist, J 8503 (Po)

 FOX, Ernest A, Stoker 1c, K 9171 (Ch)

 FULLER, Maurice H, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271261 (Po)

 GABY, George, Telegraphist, J 1764 (Po)

 GALLOWAY, James K, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNR, EA 1085

 GODWARD, Cyril F, Able Seaman, J 7415 (Ch)

 GUEST, Thomas E, Stoker 1c, K 4295 (Po)

 HALAHAN, Robert C, Lieutenant Commander

 HALL, Albert G, Stoker 1c, K 14150 (Ch)

 HARRIS, Herbert T, Leading Stoker, 302072 (Po)

 HOLLAND, Charles W, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 271983 (Ch)

 HUNT, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 13248 (Po)

 LANDALE, Walter L, Lieutenant

 MADDOX, Frank L, Able Seaman, 224189 (Po)

 NYE, Percy J P, Stoker 1c, K 9941 (Ch)

 PERCY, James R, Act/Leading Stoker, K 6463 (Ch)

 PHILLIPS, Arthur P, Leading Stoker, 309511 (Po)

 POWELL, William G, Able Seaman, 182354 (Po)

 PRITCHETT, Horace E, Able Seaman, J 4417 (Ch)

 RUAUX, Ernest W, Leading Seaman, 205600 (Po)

 SHEPPARD, Samuel A, Stoker Petty Officer, 289749 (Po)

 SPENCER, William C, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 271190 (Po)

 TURRALL, Charles W, Petty Officer, 204563 (Po)

 WELSH, Sydney A, Able Seaman, 224767 (Dev)

 WHITE, Frederick, Leading Seaman, J 3791 (Ch)

 

Irawadi, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MELLERSHIP, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

 BEASLEY, Samuel, Private, RMLI, 9527 (Ch), died in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BELL, George D, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7002 (Po), illness

 CAMPBELL, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 8950, illness

 

 

Thursday, 25 May 1916

 

Redoubtable, tender to Victory, Portsmouth, ex-pre-Dreadnought battleship Revenge

 BELL, Hugh E, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2351, illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 HUDMAN, Francis, Private, RMLI, 9728 (Ply), illness

 

Tarlair, hired drifter, later nameship for hydrophone base

 DICKSON, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 1592, illness

 

 

Friday, 26 May 1916

 

Caesar, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 JOHN, Thomas, Stoker 1c, SS 102366, illness

 

Challenger, old light cruiser

 SPRINGHALL, Herbert H, Canteen Assistant, Admiralty civilian, illness

 

Chatham, light cruiser, mined and damaged in North Sea

 BOWDEN, John S F, Boy 1c, J 37021

 TURNER, Walter A, Boy 1c, J 38573

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BOND, Leslie T, Stoker 2c, K 32727, illness

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 DAWSON, Thomas, Sergeant, RMLI (RFR A 829), 5853 (Po), illness in UK

 

Royal Indian Marine

 AHMAD, Bashir, Lascar, RIM, 292, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MORRISON, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2218, illness

 

 

Saturday, 27 May 1916

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 STRATTON, Ronald E, Boy 2c, J 43018, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 DUNWELL, Thomas W, Stoker, RNR, S 7118, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MILLS, Cecil G, Able Seaman, 208904, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

 WHEELER, George, Private, RMLI, 8652 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ROSE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6348, died

__________

 

Wireless Telegraph Station Stockton

 HALL, Edwin T, Leading Boatman, HM Coast Guard, 148462, illness

 

 

Sunday, 28 May 1916

 

Cyclops II, Scapa Flow

 ROGERS, Ernest H, Gunner, RMA, RMA 8054, accident in UK

 

J & M Main, hired net drifter

 POWER, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1176, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GARDINER, Nigel J, Stoker 2c, K 26926, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 SIMS, Edmund, Chief Gunner (ret), illness in UK

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 LEGGETT, Sidney L, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5961, died

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 CLEGG, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1169, illness

 

Victorian, armed merchant cruiser

 RENSHAW, George R, Fireman, MMR, 763045, illness

 

 

Monday, 29 May 1916

 

E 15, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

 SHEPARD, John, Petty Officer, 160388, Turkish prisoner of war

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 CHURCHILL, Cecil A, Air Mechanic 1c, F 12371, died

 

Lively, old destroyer

 SCAWN, Albert, Leading Stoker, 311032 (Ch), drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 STONE, James, Officer's Steward 3c, L 4554, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 30 May 1916

 

Dreel Castle, Auxiliary Patrol base. Falmouth

 ANDERSON, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6887, illness

 

Essex, cruiser

 BURBAGE, Frederick J, Ordinary Seaman, SS 5481 (Dev), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 JACKMAN, Robert A, Leading Stoker, 277964, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 31 May 1916

 

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Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HARRIS, George, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 331333 (Ch), (ex-Russell, ship lost), DOI

 

RM Depot Deal

 PALMER, Jabez J, Private, RMLI, 4097 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, Mesopotamia

 HODGES, Leonard W, Flight Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

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