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

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

RN Division and RMLI officer's shoulder badges (Jack Clegg, click to enlarge)

on to August 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

 


 

Saturday, 1 July 1916

 

1 July-19 November 1916 Battle of the Somme;  RN Division took part in the final phase, the Battle of Ancre in November

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 MORRISON, Murdo, Seaman, RNR, B 3431, died

 ROSS, Andrew, Seaman, RNR, C 1735, died

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUS, Salam, Fireman, RIM, 176, illness

__________

 

Prince of Wales, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 SPRAY, Frederick, Private, RMLI, 7483 (Po), died in Taranto

 

RM Medical Unit

 WHITTAM, Reginald V, Private, RM, S 3600 (Deal), illness in RN Hospital Portland

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 DAYNEY, Emmanuel, Officer's Steward 3c, 147057, illness

 

 

Sunday, 2 July 1916

 

Jupiter, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 LEE, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, SS 101616, drowned

 

Mikasa, hired trawler

 MCGREGOR, Leslie, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9480, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ALI, Imam, Khalasi, RIM, 1606, illness

 

Strathrye, hired trawler, minesweeper

 LEE, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 3608, drowned

 

 

Monday, 3 July 1916

 

Astraea, old light cruiser

 HOWELL, John H, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, motor vehicle accident in street

 

Atherstone, paddle minesweeper

 PLAYFORD, James G, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2658, illness

 

E 26, submarine, lost, cause unknown off German coast around this date

 ATKIN-BERRY, Harold H, Lieutenant

 BURR, William, Leading Seaman, 229915 (Po)

 CAINES, George W, Able Seaman, J 1588 (Ch)

 DALGLEISH, James B, Telegraphist, J 32098 (Po)

 DENWOOD, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 10841 (Po)

 DEVINE, Thomas, Able Seaman, J 10027 (Dev)

 DIXON, Charles, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNR, EA 1172

 DOMAN, George, Stoker 1c, K 19294 (Ch)

 FOX, Herbert J, Able Seaman, RNVR, J 14172 (Po)

 GREEN, William G, Stoker 1c, K 5619 (Dev)

 GRIMSHAW, Harry, Stoker 1c, K 18444 (Dev)

 GUNN, Alexander J, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 HENDRY, John, Stoker 1c, K 15101 (Ch)

 HESLOP, John, Stoker 1c, K 9619 (Dev)

 HODGE, Albert T, Able Seaman, J 6648 (Po)

 LAY, John C, Act/Leading Stoker, K 5605 (Dev)

 LENNON, Peter, Stoker 1c, K 6759 (Po)

 LEY, Edward P, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270586 (Dev)

 MABBERLEY, Henry, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 634 (Dev)

 MANSFIELD, William R, Act/Leading Stoker, K 1257 (Ch)

 MATHEWS, Reginald T P, Signalman, J 2050 (Po)

 MONDY, William, Leading Seaman, 237258 (Dev)

 NICHOLLS, George C, Stoker 1c, K 16673 (Ch)

 PAGE, Arthur W, Able Seaman, J 6798 (Po)

 POWERS, Albert B, Petty Officer, 215132 (Po)

 RYAN, Edward W B, Lieutenant

 SANSFORD, Arthur S S, Petty Officer, 173879 (Po)

 STEVENSON, Frank, Stoker Petty Officer, 286766 (Po)

 THOMPSON, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 22857 (Ch)

 TOOGOOD, Edwin A, Able Seaman, J 8520 (Dev)

 YETMAN, William H, Petty Officer, 215179 (Po)

 

Euryalus, cruiser

 HOFFMAN, William F, Able Seaman, 195940, drowned

 

Melpomene, destroyer

 WILLIS, Harry, Boy Telegraphist, J 33526, DOI

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 WELSH, John, Lieutenant (ret), illness

 

BATTLE OF JUTLAND Casualties

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WHITE, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, K 18490 (Dev), (ex-Lion, battlecruiser), DOI

 

 

Tuesday, 4 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 SLATER, Cyril, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 16250, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahman, Stoker, RIM, 67, illness

__________

 

Astraea, old light cruiser

 SCOTT, Frederick S, Chief Gunner, accident

 

Queen Bee, sailing smack, captured and sunk by UB.23 in North Sea

 PITCHERS, C (initial only), Skipper, Merchant Marine

 

Ringdove, salvage vessel

 ROONEY, Hugh, Stoker Petty Officer, 136695, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HALL, Herbert A, Private, RMLI, S 957 (Ch), illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 MACKENZIE, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5467

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GOMERY, Walter F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4396, DOI

 PROCTER, Thomas H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2161

 THORPE, John F, Petty Officer, RNVR, KW 129

 WILKES, Henderson M, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2495

 WORNER, Walter V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6669

__________

 

Rosemary, fleet sweeping sloop, torpedoed and damaged by U.63 in North Sea

 CURTIS, Ernest A, Leading Seaman, 216869 (Dev)

 KENNEDY, John, Petty Officer, 172952 (Dev)

 WILLIAMS, Walter C, Able Seaman, J 24963 (Dev)

 

Sydney (RAN), light cruiser

 MCGINTY, John J, Carpenter, RAN, 4321, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 SMITH, William, Leading Seaman, 213014, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 5 July 1916

 

Ark Royal, seaplane carrier

 SERGEANT, Herbert M, Able Seaman, RNVR, AA 1864, died

 

Motor Lighter K.52, presumably hired

 MILDREN, George, Chief Stoker, 153032, attached for duty, illness, buried at Salonika

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CHAPMAN, Hezekiah W, Petty Officer 1c, 197307 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahman, Lascar, RIM, (no service number listed), illness

 

Strombus, steamship

 WHITE, A (initial only), Captain, Merchant Marine, illness

 

Tarantula, river gunboat

 TAYLOR, George E, Stoker 1c, K 17503, illness

 

Tiger, battlecruiser

 QUIN, James, Leading Stoker, K 3927, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 WORNELL, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 277522, illness

 

 

Thursday, 6 July 1916

 

E 9, submarine

 LANGRIDGE, Frederick C, Leading Stoker, K 6765, illness in Estonia

 

Europa, old cruiser, flagship and depot ship Aegean

 DICK, Andrew, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 1087, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 SKINNER, David, Seaman, RNR, A 5272, died in France

__________

 

Princeps, hired trawler

 JAMESON, William C, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4165, illness

 

Reliance, hired drifter, boom defence vessel/mooring tender

 DUNCAN, Robert D, Deck Hand, MMR, 3310, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 AZIZ, Akbar, Lascar, RIM, 495, illness

 

 

Friday, 7 July 1916

 

Champion, light cruiser

 MEAL, Percy, Signal Boatswain, illness

 

Lama, armed boarding steamer

 ESSLEMONT, John C, Seaman, RNR, C 3196, died

 

Mantis, river gunboat

 DALY, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 45779, illness

 

Pioneer (RAN), old light cruiser

 BRYANT, William, Stoker, RAN, 3120, illness

 

Tarantula, river gunboat

 FERRER, Percy H, Able Seaman, 201902, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LAIRD, Alexander, Seaman, RNR, A 9046, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WHARTON, John J, Leading Seaman, 157568, illness

 

 

Saturday, 8 July 1916

 

Canterbury, light cruiser

 STUBBS, William J, Able Seaman, 237373 (Ch), drowned

 

Gunner, Admiralty trawler, Q-ship

 CHIDDLE, John J, Stoker 2c, K 23472, illness

 

Newcastle, light cruiser

 STILES, John J, Ship's Steward, 343398, died

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 WESCOMB, Ernest W, Warrant Officer, 2nd Grade, RNAS, accident in UK

 

 

Sunday, 9 July 1916

 

Albion, pre-Dreadnought battleship, guardship Humber

 BLEWETT, Edwin C, Seaman, RNR, C 2204, illness

 

ATTACK BY AUSTRIAN CRUISER ON OTRANTO BARRAGE

 

Ben Bui, hired net drifter, damaged

 MARJORAM, Edgar H, Engineman, RNR, ES 3677, illness

 

Clavis, hired net drifter, sunk

 GEDDES, George M, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 GEDDES, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4044

 HARRISON, William E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4338

 STEWART, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1168

 

Frigate Bird, hired net drifter, damaged, one rating died of injuries next day

 COWIE, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4829

 COWIE, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1392

 MURRAY, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 WILLIAMS, Stanley, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3486

__________

 

Vanguard, Dreadnought battleship

 HITCHINGS, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 171271, illness

 

Waterfly, river gunboat

 MARTIN, Arthur H, Able Seaman, 207620, illness

 

 

Monday, 10 July 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, serving with Howitzer Brigade, France

 STANLEY, John, Ty/Bombardier (RFR B 987), RMA 7068

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 ANDERSON, William M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2789

__________

 

Frigate Bird, damaged on 9th

 REAICH, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 2030, DOI

 

Manzanita, hired net drifter

 PARKER, William P, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 BATTLE OF JUTLAND Casualties

 

Nestor, destroyer

 COX, Bernard, Stoker 1c, SS 114260 (Ch), prisoner of war, died in Germany

__________

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CALLON, Archibald H, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 271986, died

 GOLDIE, Archibald H, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 111, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

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

 

GALLIPOLI AREA

 

RNAS, Short Type C Tractor Biplane Seaplane crash, Ispatho Island

 DAVY, Bernard W, Py/Midshipman, RNR, Ark Royal

 NICHOLSON, Victor, Flight Lieutenant, RNAS, 2nd Wing

 

 

Tuesday, 11 July 1916

 

Elysian Dawn, hired drifter, patrol boat

 HARDIE, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 743, drowned

 

Kylemore, auxiliary paddle minesweeper

 GODFREY, John, Seaman, RNR, C 2595, illness

 

Nellie Nutten, hired trawler, minesweeper, one of three sunk by gunfire of three U-boats in North Sea

 BRUCE, Alfred, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1276

 FRANCIS, Hugh, Engineman, RNR, ES 804

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Divisional Train, France

 BURT, Peter L, Private, RM, S 2360 (Deal), illness

__________

 

Scarab, river gunboat

 BENNETT, Albert G, Stoker Petty Officer, 290419, illness in Egypt

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 HERRIDGE, William H, Stoker Petty Officer, 137390, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 12 July 1916

  

Eridge, paddle minesweeper

 CLARK, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 1350, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 BABA, Miyan S, Khalasi, RIM, 106, illness

 

Scotia, armed boarding steamer

 MARSH, Alfred, Chief Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

St George, depot ship, ex-cruiser

 WESTGATE, William H, Ship's Steward, 343811, illness

 

Wolf, old destroyer

 TOWLER, George H, Stoker 1c, K 25187 (Dev), drowned

 

 

Thursday, 13 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 BOAR, Albert J, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 46, illness

 TURNBULL, William, Stoker, RNR, S 7328, died

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Haq, Seacunny, RIM, 1574, illness

__________

 

Era, hired trawler, minesweeper, sunk by U-boat gunfire in North Sea on 11th

NOEL, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR, POW, died in Germany

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 HUMPHREY, William F, Boy 2c, J 53594, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 DONALD, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 590

__________

 

Yarmouth Belle, auxiliary paddle minesweeper

 DODD, James H, Officer's Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Friday, 14 July 1916

 

Ajax, Dreadnought battleship

 FREARSON, Frank W, Carpenter's Crew, M 11320 (Dev), drowned

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 MCGEE, John, Stoker, RNR, S 1780, illness

 

Proserpine, old light cruiser

 WARRINGER, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 295873, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Maurice Farman S.78 Longhorn pusher biplane, crashed on landing in UK

 FREEMAN, Edmund A, Ty/Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 SHUTE, Percy, Officer's Steward 3c, L 7164, illness

 

 

Saturday, 15 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop, both Turkish prisoners of war

 LINDSAY, John, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 397, illness

 WOOLFORD, Henry R T, Able Seaman, 207406, illness

__________

 

H.3, submarine, mined and sunk in Adriatic

 AYERS, Albert E, Petty Officer, 360559 (Po)

 BERRY, James, Leading Seaman, 221713 (Po)

 BREWER, Arthur, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271187 (Po)

 COOKE, George M, Leading Seaman, 230474 (Po)

 EDWARDS, Edward W B, Leading Seaman, 223194 (Po)

 FINCH, Harry, Act/Leading Stoker, K 2941 (Ch)

 FRAZIER, William F, Leading Stoker, 311526 (Po)

 HART, Ernest, Stoker 1c, K 21928 (Po)

 HOBBS, William H G, Able Seaman (RFR B 6147), 205052 (Po)

 HOWE, Arthur W, Stoker 1c, K 10819 (Dev)

 ISAAC, Clifford P O, Petty Officer, 237286 (Po)

 JELLARD, John, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1780

 JENKINSON, George E, Lieutenant

 LANE, Edward R M, Lieutenant

 MCCORMICK, Frederick, Act/Signalman, J 30178 (Po)

 MORRIS, George, Stoker Petty Officer, 276878 (Po)

 NEWNHAM, William G, Leading Seaman, 239925 (Po)

 OAKWELL, Alfred A E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3934 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, Thomas A, Able Seaman, 239739 (Ch)

 SANFORD, John, Able Seaman (RFR B 5244), 199941 (Po)

 TATHAM, William I, Sub Lieutenant

 WEBB, Sidney H J, Stoker 1c (RFR B 6966), SS 109010 (Po)

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 HARPER, George, Seaman, RNR, A 5211, DOI

__________

 

Moldavia, armed merchant cruiser

 WATT, James H, Engineer Commander, RNR, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BARRON, Patrick, Stoker 1c, 280460, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BROWN, Richard, Stoker 1c, 209052, illness

 

Whitby Abbey, auxiliary screw minesweeper

 MULLEN, Bernard, Stoker, RNR, T 2217, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 July 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Howitzer Brigade, serving with, Belgium

 REDFORD, Peter W, Driver, RMA, RMA S 501, DOI

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BARDWELL, Frederick W, Private, RMLI, 17540 (Ch)

 ELLIOTT, William C A, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, DOI

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 WILD, Fred C J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3596, DOI

__________

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 GOUGH, Alfred E, Petty Officer 1c, 126624, illness

 

ML.31, motor launch

 RICHARDS, Alfred, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2021, illness

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron, Russia

 JOHNSON, Archibald L, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 1996, illness

__________

 

TB.3, torpedo boat

 CREBER, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, 295459 (Dev), illness

 

 

Monday, 17 July 1916

 

MESPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 MORGAN, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 278998, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 BAXTER, Arthur F M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 532, illness

__________

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Anti Aircraft Brigade, serving with, Belgium

 WILSON, George R, Driver, RMA, RMA S 837

 

Army, serving with. France

 ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, Martin, Lieutenant Commander (ret), killed

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 PAYNE, Albert G, Private, RMLI, 17004 (Po)

__________

 

Carnarvon, cruiser

 READ, Herbert J, Seaman, RNR, A 6713, drowned

 

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 BIDWELL, Leonard J, Midshipman. accident in Tube (London underground railway)

 

RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 FOSTER, Fred, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9711, illness in RN Hospital Portland

 

Warspite, Dreadnought battleship

 KEANE, John J, Able Seaman, J 13211, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

Juno, old light cruiser

 MANSER, Charles, Stoker 1c, 297651, illness

__________

 

Kent, cruiser

 MERNIN, Thomas J, Able Seaman (RFR B 1638), 180561 (Po), died in Simonstown

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 WHITE, Lionel J, Private, RMLI, 16412 (Ch)

 

 

Wednesday, 19 July 1916

 

Royal Naval Division renamed 63rd (Royal Naval) Division and reorganised

 

Nottingham, light cruiser

 BASE, Martin, Stoker Petty Officer, 308459 (Dev), drowned

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 SEALEY, John R, Boy 2c, J 51863, illness

 

Queen Elizabeth, Dreadnought battleship

 MCGEACHY, John B, Seaman, RNR, B 3460, died

 

RM Depot Deal

 LANGRIDGE, Charles A, Private, RMLI, 18982 (Po), illness

 

RMA Eastney

 NOYCE, Reginald G, Gunner, RMA, RMA S 1202, illness

 

 

Thursday, 20 July 1916

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 EDWARDS, William, Leading Seaman, 161000, illness

 

Drake II, ex-Drake, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MACKENZIE, John A, Engineman, RNR, ES 1025, drowned

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 SMITH, John G, Shipwright 2c, M 16604 (Po), drowned

 

Greenwich, destroyer depot ship

 COWLEY, William J, Stoker 1c, 306409, drowned

 

Milbrook, destroyer

 BUNKER, Enerest E, Stoker Petty Officer, 290146, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 KNIGHT, Herbert W, Cooper, 344269 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Hamid, Lascar, RIM, 427, illness

 ABDUL, Khaliq, Khalasi, RIM, 260, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in biplane seaplane, landing at Southampton, hit mast of transport ship and crashed on its deck

 CARMICHAEL, Ian N, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, air crash in UK

 WHITTIER, Douglas H, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, died in UK

 

War Signal Station Seacliffe

 BIRD, Harry H, Leading Seaman, 92464, illness

 

 

Friday, 21 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 SILVIE, Alexander, Leading Seaman, 152124, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Almanzora, armed merchant cruiser

 WEBSDALE, Samuel A, Seaman, RNR, A 5973, illness

 

Cyclops II, Scapa Flow

 WALKER, John T, Officer's Cook 2c, L 4521 (Po), illness

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 LOGAN, Robert S, Shipwright 2c, M 16084 (Po), accident

 

ML.20, motor launch

 HEWETT, Leslie D, Able Seaman, J 14508, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 DORAN, John, Sergeant, RMLI, 13550 (Ply)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 SWEENEY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6860

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 CURRIE, John G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6062

__________

 

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

 WALLACE, William R, Ty/Py/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 PRATT, William R, Gunner, killed

 

 

Saturday, 22 July 1916

 

Dwarf, gunboat

 RICHER, Albert, Corporal, RMLI, 12531 (Ch), died in Nigeria

 

Halcyon II, trawler, also Auxiliary Patrol depot ship, Lowestoft, but only commissioned in 1919

 BICKER, William J, Engineman, RNR, ES 433, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HAMMOND, George T, Able Seaman, 235905 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 SHEPPARD, Frederick G, Private, RMLI, 18229 (Po)

 SHILLABEER, Frederick, Private, RMLI, 17538 (Ply)

 SMITH, Frank H, Private, RMLI, S 261 (Ply)

 STEEN, Ralph, Private, RMLI, 17674 (Ply)

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HESP, James C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5946

 

 

Sunday, 23 July 1916

 

Acacia, fleet sweeping sloop

 NORMAN, William H, Stoker 1c, 223101, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Howitzer Brigade, serving with, France

 HAMMONDS, George N, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13941

 

 

Monday, 24 July 1916

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUL, Aziz, Lascar, RIM, C 396, illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Tarantula, river gunboat

 BAILEY, Cecil E, Ordinary Seaman, J 46334

 

 

Tuesday, 25 July 1916

 

Ben My Chree, seaplane carrier

 MARTIN, James E, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 1457), 138281 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ALI, Miyan, Lascar, RIM, 1055, illness

 

Valiant, Dreadnought battleship

 CARMICHAEL, Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 114592, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 26 July 1916

 

Arethusa II, fleet messenger

 WHITTAKER, Theophilus, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached 63rd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, France

 DRYNAN, Albert, Private, RMLI, 11023 (Ch)

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 PLEASANTS, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10038, illness

 

 

Thursday, 27 July 1916

 

BATTLE OF JUTLAND Casualties

 

Chester, light cruiser

 BLAYDON, Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 111854 (Ch), DOI

__________

 

Dolphin, Submarine Depot, Gosport

 YOUNG, William J, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268432, illness

 

Faulknor, flotilla leader

 SMITH, Albert, Artificer Engineer, loss of TB 9, DOI, also shown in Matchless (not known if belonged to Faulknor and was in Matchless or vice versa)

 

George Hay, hired net drifter

 DOWNIE, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3269, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MORLEY, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 199

__________

 

Sawfly, river gunboat

 KEAY, James, Petty Officer 1c, 167367 (Ch), drowned

 

 

Saturday, 29 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 FERGUSON, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, ST 1542, drowned

__________

 

Kent, cruiser

 FALZON, Vincent, Officer's Steward 1c, 158944, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 RUSSELL, Frederick, Petty Officer 1c, 125838, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 THOMPSON, Robert S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside A 5179, DOI

 

 

Sunday, 30 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 PEAD, James D, Stoker, RNR, V 575, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Anchorite, mooring vessel

 YELL, Walter, Rigger, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 CLEVELAND, Thomas, Chief Petty Officer, 145713, illness

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train

 CHURCHILL, Ernest H, Private, RM, S 2465 (Deal), drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 CHAMBERS, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1035

__________

 

Vulcan, submarine depot ship

 RANDALL, Charles, Sick Berth Steward, 350844, died

 

 

Monday, 31 July 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop, all Turkish prisoners of war, illness

 COURTNEY, Joseph, Able Seaman (RFR B 5358), 198974

 DIBBENS, Frank E, Able Seaman, 179100

 MACLEMAN, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 5481

 

Espiegle, sloop

 HANSON, Frederick J, Signalman, J 13904, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Motor Lighter X.10, believed Admiralty X-type landing craft

 BANKS, William G, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6774), 195883 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahman, Lascar, RIM, 806, illness

 ALI, Husain, Lascar, RIM, 1957, illness

 

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