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

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

Capt Albert Staughton RMLI, died of injuries, France, 26 December 1916, above as Sergeant (Jack Clegg, click to enlarge)

on to January 1917

 

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

 


 

Friday, 1 December 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 ROBERTS, Alfred J, Chief Petty Officer, 130408, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Anti Aircraft Corps

 KING, Arthur B, Able Seaman, RNVR, AA 2186, DOI

 

SHORE PARTY DURING GREEK INTERVENTION

 

Duncan, pre-Dreadnought battleship, 1 rating died of injuries on 3rd

 BASON, Thomas H, Private, RMLI, 16350 (Ply)

 

Exmouth, pre-Dreadnought battleship, 1 rating died of injuries on 4th

 BRAMMA, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, 16018 (Ply)

 CARTLIDGE, William, Colour Sergeant, RMLI, 10333 (Ply)

 DAVENPORT, Albert, Private, RMLI, 16047 (Ply)

 DRISCOLL, Timothy, Seaman, RNR, A 2412

 FALLOON, Albert, Private, RMLI, 16053 (Po)

 MARTIN, Thomas W, Able Seaman, 170379 (Ch)

 THORPE, Frank, Private, RMLI, 16054 (Ply)

__________

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 BASSETT, Christopher R, Air Mechanic 2c, F 22738, illness

 

RN School of Music

 BUCKLEY, Robert G, Musician, RMB, RMB 1092, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 ABELSON, Edward G, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, DOI

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MORRIS, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1258, DOI

__________

 

RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 MINNIGAN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6932, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 SIMONS, Ernest W, Signal Boy, J 28483, illness

 STEPHENS, Ernest A, Signalman, J 14817 (Dev), illness

 

 

Saturday, 2 December 1916

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 WHITE, Matthew, Officer's Steward 1c, 366374, illness

 

Orvieto, armed merchant cruiser

 SHEPHERD, James, Trimmer, MMR, 863690, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HOLDSWORTH, Robert W, Blacksmith, 345385, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FALKINGHAM, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 61405, illness

 

 

Sunday, 3 December 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 REID, James, Seaman, RNR, A 5483, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Cyclops, repair ship, Grand Fleet

 MCGINTY, John, Gunner, illness

 

Diligence, destroyer depot ship

 BOWEN, Robert, Stoker Petty Officer, 283955 (Po), illness

 

Duncan, pre-Dreadnought battleship, Greek Intervention

 CALLABY, Arthur, Private, RMLI, 19454 (Ch), injured on 1st, DOI

 

King Orry, armed boarding steamer

 GRAY, William C, Fireman, MMR, (none listed), drowned

 

Orvieto, armed merchant cruiser

 WHITE, William J, Fireman, MMR, 691504, illness

 

Perugia (Q.1), collier Q-ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.63 in Mediterranean

 BLAKE, Herbert L, Stoker 2c, K 31710 (Dev)

 CREBER, Arthur M, Stoker 2c, K 31706 (Dev)

 DALY, Peter, Stoker 1c, K 17814 (Dev)

 EVANS, Nelson, Stoker 2c, K 31713 (Dev)

 FLOOD, James A, Leading Stoker, K 2852 (Dev)

 HARRIES, William J, Stoker 2c, K 31623 (Dev)

 SUTTLE, Garnet, Stoker 2c, K 31610 (Dev)

 VINCENT, John S, Stoker 2c, K 31612 (Dev)

 

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

 ANDREWS, George, Petty Officer 1c (RFR B 3087), 179977 (Po)

 BAIN, James M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 743

 BEDFORD, Arthur, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BRANDON, Charles H A, Telegraphist, RNVR, Sussex Z 461

 FEATHER, James E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5666

 GODDARD, Leonard, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1055

 GROVES, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2090

 HARTLEY, Henry, Engineman, RNR, ES 2888

 LEE, George, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 MANOURY, Sydney J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5872

 REDGRAVE, Arthur L, Engineman, RNR, TS 3696

 SHEADER, George W, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 5667

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 COYLE, Patrick, Private, RMLI, 16428 (Ply), illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 MARTIN, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1389, DOI

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BROWN, Gordon T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 418, DOI

 MARPLES, Willie, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5676, DOI

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 HEWITT, Thomas H, Leading Stoker, 311244, illness

 

 

Monday, 4 December 1916

 

E.15, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

 WILLIAMS, George, Petty Officer, 184383, Turkish prisoner of war

 

Edinburgh Castle, armed merchant cruiser

 RAYNOR, John A, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Exmouth, pre-Dreadnought battleship, Greek Intervention

 ELLIS, James, Corporal, RMLI, 15223 (Ply), injured on 1st, DOI

 

Laurentic, armed merchant cruiser

 MATHIAS, John, Commander, RNR,  accident

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 FAULKES, William H, Chief Writer, 167568, illness

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 KINGSTON, Daniel, Private, RMLI, 10330 (Ch), illness in Greenwich

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, No 8 Squadron, France

 CORBETT, Hon. ARTHUR C, Flight Sub Lieutenant, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, attached to 25 Squadron RFC, France air crash

 HEALD, Ivan, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BENNETTS, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, BZ 737, DOI

__________

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in FBA Type A flying boat, on patrol, failed to return

 BRIMER, Charles T, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 5 December 1916

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 EDWARDS, Hugh, Captain, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 DAWSON, Wilfred G, Private, RMA, RMA S 2137, illness

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 THOMSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7920, illness

 

Tervani, hired trawler, mined and sunk in North Sea, one rating DOI on 7th

 BAUMBER, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6573

 BROOKS, George W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7354

 BURGESS, John W, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1067

 COLWELL, James, Engineman, RNR, TS 3843

 EKERS, Alfred, Able Seaman (RFR B 2134), 160208 (Ch)

 GRANT, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3599

 HART, Wallace, Act/Chief Petty Officer (RFR B 4858), 162841 (Ch)

 HARVEY, Richard E, Act/Engineman, RNR, S 3453

 HAYES, Vincent A H, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6713 (Ch)

 LINKLATER, Andrew, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1078

 MOONAN, Michael, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 4810

 PRESTON, George H, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 WELLS, Sydney, Engineman, RNR, ES 213

 WHITE, Arthur, Cook, RNR, TC 140

 

 

Wednesday, 6 December 1916

 

Falcon, old destroyer

 NEWTON, Robinson K, Stoker, RNR, S 4635, drowned

 

RNAS Kingsnorth

 ROBINSON, Herbert E, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5810, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 SMITH, Wilfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5407, DOI

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 ROBINSON, Albert E, Ordinary Seaman, J 31083, illness

 

 

Thursday, 7 December 1916

 

RMA Eastney

 RYAN, Edward J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 7906, illness

 

Tervani, hired trawler, lost on 5th

 PUGH, Charles, Officer's Steward 2c, L 3050 (Ch), DOI

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 KING, Thomas H, Able Seaman, 215033, died

 

 

Friday, 8 December 1916

 

Conch, steam tanker, torpedoed and sunk in English Channel; including:

 MACDONALD, Alexander, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, B 4509

 MACDONALD, John, Seaman, RNR, A 8212

 

Dagon, hired trawler, mined and sunk in English Channel

 BRAY, Robert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3085

 BURGESS, Alfred, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2901

 GREAVES, Richard, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Mersey Z 1447

 O'CONNOR, William T, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Wales Z 3126

 PARTON, George, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1751

 PEARCE, Isaac, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 RAPER, William T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6353

 ROBERTS, Edward E, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 SHEA, Patrick, Seaman, RNR, D 2025

 SMITH, Edward, Engineman, RNR, TS 1952

 SPARKES, Samuel, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, Z 2047

 WALKER, Joseph, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 345

 

Intaba, (Q.2), Q-ship, ex-squadron supply ship

 KINNAIRD, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 51669 (Ch), illness

 

Kent County, hired drifter, patrol boat, mined and sunk in North Sea

 ALLEN, Bertie E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 895

 BARKER, Archibald, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 821

 BURWOOD, Samuel R, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 FLETCHER, John H, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 252

 GALLANT, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 900

 GATES, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 459

 LONDON, Henry R, Engineman, RNR, ES 489

 REMBLANCE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 854

 WARD, James R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1626

 WELLS, William N, Petty Officer 1c (RFR B 969), 163809 (Ch)

 YOUNG, Percival P, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5604

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 THOMPSON, Stephen, Able Seaman, 239054, illness

 

RNAS Killingholme

 COOMBER, Walter E, Air Mechanic 1c, F 13280, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BENNETT, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3115, DOI in UK

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 EMMS, George T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5757, illness

__________

 

Suffolk, cruiser

 MACKENZIE, Allan, Seaman, RNR, A 8305, illness

 

 

Saturday, 9 December 1916

 

Laburnum, fleet sweeping sloop

 GRIGGS, Alma, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4469, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 DENNINGTON, Frederick, Able Seaman, 166583, illness

 

RND, 63rd Regimental Division Recruiting Office

 CHEETHAM, Charles J, Lieutenant Colonel, RMA (ret), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GUYAN, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1141, DOI

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 KNAGGS, Ernest F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1981, DOI

__________

 

Vengeance, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 WOODRUFF, Wilfred, Stoker, RNR, S 6081, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PRESTON, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1280, illness

 SPARKES, Frederick T H, Officer's Cook 1c, 359658, illness

 

 

Sunday, 10 December 1916

 

Actaeon, Torpedo School, Sheerness

 SINCLAIR, John, Petty Officer, 219542, died

 

Anwoth, hired trawler, minesweeper (cause not known, all buried ashore)

 BESSEY, Charles G, Engineman, RNR, ES 4530

 BURWOOD, Samuel R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4472

 HORNE, Charles, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9711

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet, Principal Naval Transport Officer

 CURREY, Edward H, Commander (ret), illness

 

Menapian, steamship

 MCULLA, Arthur, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 3/2165, drowned

 

New Zealand, battlecruiser

 ISITT, Robert, Chief Carpenter, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 WALLER, Henry, Aircraftsman 2c, F 23480, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service crash, flying in Admiralty 184 Type tractor biplane seaplane, dived into sea near Tongue Light Vessel, North Sea

RNAS Westgate

 BRADLEY, Walter E, Chief Petty Officer 2c, F 3646

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 HUME, John D, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, air crash

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS 8th Squadron, attached to 22nd Wing RFC, France

 TRAPP, Stanley V, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant,  accident

__________

 

Victory II, Training Depot, Crystal Palace

 BAINES, Fred W, Stoker 1c, K 24662 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 11 December 1916

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 FARLOW, George, Able Seaman, 199000, illness

 

Gransha, fleet messenger, MFA

 DOUGLAS, Charles, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Lunka, armed boarding steamer

 REMEDIOS, Antonio J, Officer's Chief Cook, 139077, illness

 

RND, Deal Battalion

 BANFORD, Charles, Private, RMLI, 17001 (Ply), discharged, DOI

 

Valiant, Dreadnought battleship

 CATCHPOLE, Ernest, Ordinary Seaman, J 33734 (Dev), drowned

 

Vesuvius, training vessel, Portsmouth

 CLAXTON, John, Stoker 1c, 119766, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 12 December 1916

 

Boy Alex, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 WILKINS, Alfred T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12041, illness

 

Grilse (RCN), patrol yacht/torpedo boat, Canadian waters, all drowned

 ASHWIN, Gilbert, Leading Seaman, RNCVR, VR 4509

 CLEMENT, Ernest, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNCVR, VR 58

 HARRIS, Albert J, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 4506

 MCAULIFFE, Henry W, Signalman, RCN, ONC 226

 TRIMBEE, Walter, Chief Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 1942

 WILKINSON, Robert, Artificer Engineer, RCN, 16065

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Signal Company, Division Engineers, France

 LOVEYS, Arthur, Corporal, RM, S 5151 (Deal), DOI

 

 

Wednesday, 13 December 1916

 

Actaeon, Torpedo School, Sheerness

 GRAY, Robert, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1411, illness

 

Devonshire, cruiser

 WRIGHT, George H, Shipwright 2c, M 15458 (Dev), drowned

 

Highflyer, old light cruiser

 WRIGHT, Arthur, Carpenter, illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 HORNE, Frederick W, Petty Officer 1c, 134203, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MILLS, James G, Leading Stoker, K 9175, illness

 

Racehorse, old destroyer

 WHITE, Sidney, Leading Stoker, K 5602, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 THORPE, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6266, DOI

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BLACK, Leslie G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOI in UK

__________

 

Scarborough, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MOAR, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10858, illness

 

 

Thursday, 14 December 1916

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 PARR, George L, Boy 2c, J 61127, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CARR, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3528, DOI

 

TWO STEAMSHIPS SUNK BY UB.43 IN MEDITERRANEAN

 

Russian, torpedoed; including:

 SUGDEN, William A, Ordinary Seaman, J 55032 (Dev)

 

Westminster, torpedoed; including:

 TESTER, John, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 13021 (Ch)

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HIRST, Norman, Ordinary Seaman, J 55990, illness

 

 

 

Friday, 15 December 1916

 

Daffodil, fleet sweeping sloop, damaged in collision, one man DOI next day

 GALBRAITH, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 26963 (Ch), DOI

 

Minos, destroyer

 BURT, William E, Petty Officer, 194471 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 STEWART, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 4777, DOI in UK

__________

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDULLAH, Karim, Lascar, RIM, 7106, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 TAYLOR, Henry J, Officer's Steward 2c, L 9074, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 TURNER, Herbert H, Plumber, M 4281, illness

 

Zaria, Auxiliary Patrol depot ship, Orkney and Shetlands, MFA

 CLARKE, Charles F, Chief Petty Officer, 131251, illness

 

 

Saturday, 16 December 1916

 

Andes, armed merchant cruiser

 MCKINNEY, William F, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Daffodil, fleet sweeping sloop,  damaged on 15th

 BUURMA, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 311415 (Ch), DOI

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 LANDRIGAN, William, Air Mechanic 1c, F 11268, illness

 

Virginian, armed merchant cruiser

 KENNARD, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 5/171, accident

 

 

Sunday, 17 December 1916

 

Lighter X.64, believed Admiralty X-type motor landing craft

 DREW, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 147257, drowned

 

Radstock, destroyer

 SAMS, Joseph W, Stoker 1c, K 9971 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 YARLETT, Henry, Private, RMLI, 18860 (Ch), DOI

__________

 

Victorian, armed merchant cruiser

 RATTER, Lawrence W, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 666, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BORTHWICK, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 61871, illness

 

Walpole, hired trawler

 SHOTTON, Harold, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 18 December 1916

 

Armadale Castle, armed merchant cruiser

 COURTNEY, William R, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

RNAS Longship Airship Station

 DOUGLAS, James S, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached Howe Battalion, France

 MCFARLANE, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1388, DOI

__________

 

RNR (Shetland Section)

 ROBERTSON, Joseph L, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 226, illness

 

Shemara, hired yacht

 WELLS, Walter T, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

Sokoto, torpedo sub-depot ship, Scapa Flow, MFA

 EDWARDS, George K, Engineer Captain (ret), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 19 December 1916

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 DURRANT, Cecil G L, Aircraftsman 2c, F 14102, illness

 

Scania, hired net drifter

 MACMILLAN, Duncan, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13389, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LOASSY, Charles, Able Seaman, J 5314, illness

 TODHUNTER, Thomas, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 10842, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 20 December 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RFC 18th Squadron, attached to, France

 WHITESIDE, Reginald C, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 MCCUBBIN, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5247, DOI in UK

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 WYPER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2331, DOI in UK

__________

 

Victorian, armed merchant cruiser

 RATTER, John, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 254, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MESSENGER, Harold, Ordinary Seaman, J 61859, killed

 

 

Thursday, 21 December 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 AUSTIN, Henry A, Able Seaman, 140709, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Cambrian, light cruiser

 TYER, Patrick, Boy 1c, J 46246, drowned

 

Coronaria

 LEARMOUTH, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11224, drowned

 

Ganges, hired net drifter

 PARRY, Arthur W J, Boy Telegraphist, J 51931, illness

 

NORTH SEA COLLISION

 

Hoste, flotilla leader, sunk in collision with Negro

 COLLISON, Desper G, Able Seaman, J 20305 (Ch)

 HAMMOND, Kenmure G N, Leading Seaman, 238335 (Ch)

 MARRIOTT, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5019

 POWELL, Alfred F, Signal Boy, J 49256

 

Negro, destroyer, sunk

 ALLARDYCE, William S, Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 AUSTEN, James, Able Seaman (RFR B 3232), 185492 (Ch)

 BAINES, John A, Stoker 1c, K 31373 (Ch)

 BATTLE, Albert F, Able Seaman, SS 3563 (Ch)

 BLOK, Morris, Stoker 1c, 301833 (Ch)

 BORRETT, William J, Leading Seaman, 237348 (Ch)

 BUCKNILL, James R, Lieutenant

 CHARMAN, Edward G, Able Seaman, 185814 (Ch)

 CLARK, William H, Stoker Petty Officer, 303886 (Ch)

 COLLIS, Edward C, Stoker Petty Officer, 296036 (Ch)

 CORNICK, Walter H H, Stoker 2c, K 34990 (Po)

 DE ST LEGIER, Archibald S, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 DICKENS, George J, Stoker 1c, K 25687 (Po)

 DORRINGTON, George, Stoker 1c, K 20762 (Ch)

 ELY, Edward C, Able Seaman, 222304 (Ch)

 FARMER, Edwin H, Stoker 1c, K 11827 (Ch)

 FOREMAN, Harry J, Wireman 2c, M 22752 (Po)

 FRENCH, Frederick J, Leading Seaman, 231606 (Ch)

 GAINES, Thomas L, Able Seaman (RFR B 7334), SS 1308 (Ch)

 GOBLE, Frederick, Stoker 2c, K 31374 (Ch)

 GYE, Alexander H, Lieutenant Commander

 HAINSWORTH, Clarence, Able Seaman, J 44167 (Po)

 HARLE, George, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 272215 (Ch)

 HARMAN, Robert A H, Telegraphist, J 30050 (Ch)

 HARMER, William, Leading Stoker, K 4230 (Dev)

 HERBERT, Charles H, Stoker Petty Officer, 308723 (Ch)

 HERRING, James, Stoker 1c, K 12969 (Ch)

 HOWELL, Arthur, Officer's Steward 2c, L 2054 (Po)

 KERRISON, Horace N, Stoker 2c, K 29711 (Ch)

 KNIGHT, William E B, Able Seaman, J 15904 (Po)

 LARN, Edwin H, Able Seaman, J 77844 (Ch)

 MIELL, Walter J, Stoker 1c, K 8276 (Ch)

 MUNRO, Robert L, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269024 (Ch)

 NEWELL, Daniel C, Act/Ship's Cook, 347970 (Ch)

 PALMER, George C, Ordinary Seaman, J 50975 (Ch)

 RIGGS, Henry, Gunner

 ROBINSON, William A (real name, but served as William Robertson), Ordinary Seaman, J 52478 (Ch)

 SAVAGE, Robert G, Stoker Petty Officer, 298498 (Ch)

 SAWKINS, John, Chief Stoker, 280187 (Ch)

 SMITH, James, Petty Officer, 216737 (Ch)

 SMITH, Teddy J A, Able Seaman, J 18770 (Ch)

 STANLEY, John H, Able Seaman, J 20376 (Po)

 STEWART, Walter J, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 12427 (Ch)

 TAYLOR, Edward H, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4918

 THOMAS, William, Able Seaman, J 10598 (Ch)

 TOUGHILL, Francis R J, Py/Midshipman, RNR

 WELLS, Herbert E, Engine Room Artificer 2c, 272533 (Ch)

 WHENT, Charles H, Signalman, J 23598 (Po)

 WILSON, George A, Leading Seaman, SS 3038 (Ch)

 WILSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 41037 (Po)

 YEARDLEY, John W, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 310030 (Ch)

__________

 

Melbourne (RAN), light cruiser, both drowned

 CAMPAGNOLO, Ernesto, Signalman, RAN, 1873

 WATSON, William J, Able Seaman, RAN, 7348

 

Progress, water tanker, RFA, lost in North Sea, all drowned (no further information; vessel listed as served until 1919)

 BOWES, Ernest W, Officer's Steward, MMR, 906258

 COX, William, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

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

 FULLER, John J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 MCNEE, Thomas, Junior Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MITCHELL, George W, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 NEE, Colman, Boatswain, MMR, (no service number listed)

 SHEARER, Frank S, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

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

 SPREADBOROUGH, Charles, Officer's Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WILLOUGHBY, Percy, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 YOUNG, David, Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 SMITH, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 215, died

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 RAMSAY, William T, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 511, drowned

 

Sorceress, destroyer

 LYON, Samuel, Able Seaman, 218396 (Ch), drowned

 

St Ives, hired trawler, auxiliary patrol, mined and sunk in English Channel

 CARMICHAEL, William A, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 DENTON, Joseph A, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 4834

 FAREY, Horace C, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4058

 GRIMES, George W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8276

 PASCOE, John N, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9285

 PATTERSON, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11020

 PENDER, Sydney, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10865

 PROUT, Albert H, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 620

 ROGERS, Frederick, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2244

 SCOTT, Robert, Engineman, RNR, TS 2245

 STOREY, Arthur, Engineman, RNR, ES 4687

 

Sydney (RAN), light cruiser

 WRIGHT, Ronald R, Boy 1c, RAN, 4459, drowned

 

 

Friday, 22 December 1916

 

Orestes, destroyer

 CLEM, Joseph W, Officer's Steward 3c, L 3671 (Po), illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GEARING, John, Stoker 2c, K 30202, drowned

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 SCANLON, James V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7530, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LAVERICK, Charles E, Ordinary Seaman, J 62740, illness

 

 

Saturday, 23 December 1916

 

Altair, Admiralty trawler, auxiliary patrol

 ARMOUR, Josiah, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4223, illness

 

Arun, old destroyer

 WOOLDRIDGE, Frederick, Petty Officer 1c, 192456 (Po), drowned

 

Australia (RAN), battlecruiser

 LANGDON, Ernest R H, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, RAN, 7681, illness

 

Elcho, hired trawler, minesweeper

 WILSON, Peter, Engineman, RNR, ES 1751, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 REDGRAVE, Edmund, Private, RMLI, 2498 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Gransha, fleet messenger, MFA

 CALDWELL, David, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3481, illness

 

Martial, destroyer

 MEAKIN, George E, Stoker Petty Officer, 309384 (Ch), drowned

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 SINCLAIR, William, Air Mechanic 1c, F 24175, illness

 WAGSTAFF, Philip D, Aircraftsman, F 17848, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 GRIGGS, Alfred, Private, RMLI, 18261 (Po), DOI

__________

 

Scania, hired net drifter

 MACPHIE, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13387, illness

 

 

Sunday, 24 December 1916

 

Crescent, depot ship Grand Fleet, ex-cruiser

 BEACH, William F, Private, RMLI, 12171 (Ch), died in UK

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 DALLING, Horace H C, Boy 2c, J 61063, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 NEWPORT, Reuben, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1838, illness

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 DIGBY, Edward, Air Mechanic 2c, F 23716, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 DALES, William, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 5775, illness

 

Warspite, Dreadnought battleship

 JENKIN, Conrad, Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Monday, 25 December 1916

 

Australia (RAN), battlecruiser

 BOND, Rowland E, Stoker, RAN, 2613, illness

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 SHARP, Alfred, Leading Seaman, 203056 (Po), DOI

 

Osiris II, depot ship, trawlers and drifters, Malta, ex-AMC Osiris

 MILES, Gerard, Ty/Skipper, RNR, died

 

RMA Eastney

 CHAPPELL, Reginald W, Lance Sergeant, RMA, RMA 12324, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GREIG, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7395, DOI

__________

 

Thistle, gunboat

 TORBETO, Jai Bin, Seedie, (no service number listed), illness. Buried at sea in 18° 46S, 37° 17E.

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HASLETT, William G, Stoker 2c, K 36498, illness

 OSMENT, Hubert B, Ordinary Seaman, J 62739, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 26 December 1916

 

Arlanza, armed merchant cruiser

 TOWNER, Arthur, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 3167), 136645, illness

 

Doris, old light cruiser

 EDE, Reuben J, Able Seaman (RFR B 3728), 211149 (Dev), accident

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 BURDEN, Samuel F, Boy 2c, J 59169, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 STAUGHTON, Albert W, Ty/Captain, RMLI, DOI

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PRETTY, Frederick R, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5126, illness

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BOWLING, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 154, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GRAY, John, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2741, illness

 HEPBURN, George, Able Seaman, J 22942, died

 

 

Wednesday, 27 December 1916

 

Ben-My-Chree, seaplane carrier

 BURNINGHAM, William J, Steward, M 3899, illness

 

Canada, Dreadnought battleship

 ANDREWS, Frank, Able Seaman, J 30427 (Po), illness

 

RNAS Wormwood Scrubs

 SHERRY, John W, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 6310, died

 WHITTON, Reuben C, Air Mechanic 1c, F 6426, died

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 PYM, John B, Lieutenant Colonel, RMLI, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 MAWSON, John R L, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 392, DOI

__________

 

Sea Monarch, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MARSH, Henry G, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 9370, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WOOLAWAY, Harold G, Ordinary Seaman, J 61039, illness

 

 

Thursday, 28 December 1916

 

Abelard, hired trawler, minesweeper, wrecked off Plymouth on 24th, lost during salvage

 LAMERTON, Philip S, Hired Labourer, Devonport, Admiralty civilian, drowned

 

Adrian, hired trawler, minesweeper

 JENKING, Henry A, Engineman, RNR, TS 2687, illness

 

Blake, destroyer depot ship, ex-cruiser

 BALL, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 46034 (Dev), drowned

 

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

 MCINNES, Peter, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13395, illness

 

Laforey, destroyer

 KEAR, William, Stoker 1c, 307637, illness

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 RAMSDALE, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 832 (Ply), illness in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 GEORGESON, Magnus, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1289, illness

 

 

Friday, 29 December 1916

 

Chrysolite, hired trawler, minesweeper

 WEST, George, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5942, illness

 

Ludlow, paddle minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea, one rating DOW 11 January 1917

 DOWNS, James W, Engineman, RNR, DA 8593

 FRY, William M, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 MCDOUGALL, Thomas H, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2414

 PARSONS, Henry C, Leading Seaman, 230357 (Ch)

 WELHAM, Harry J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4852

 

Mercury, auxiliary paddle minesweeper

 PAUL, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1206, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 COX, Archie L, Private, RMLI, 18599 (Po), DOI

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FRICKER, Edward, Ordinary Seaman, J 61689, illness

 SMITH, Ernest, Petty Officer Stoker, 276038, illness

 

 

Saturday, 30 December 1916

 

Imber, steamship

 KEENEY, James, Seaman, RNR, B 4155, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 TINDELL, Harold E R, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 24382, illness

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 WHIDDON, John, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350539, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 KIRK, John T, Private, RMLI, 19814 (Ch), DOI in UK

__________

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 MCLAREN, Sidney C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1008, discharged, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WILLIAMS, William H, Seaman, RNR, D 1213, illness

 

 

Sunday, 31 December 1916

 

Cornwallis, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 MANSFIELD, George T, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7377, illness

 

Grenville, destroyer leader

 ROBINS, Stanley C, Ordinary Seaman, J 46013, drowned

 

Iolaire, hired yacht

 DAVISON, Albert J G, Able Seaman, J 25645 (Ch), died in UK

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 WYATT, Frank L, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1827, illness

 

St George, depot ship, ex-cruiser

 GILLIES, William, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1562, drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FLANNERY, Arthur H, Ty/Surgeon, illness in RN Hospital Haslar

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WALLACE, Thomas, Able Seaman, 239651, illness

 

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