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

1st - 31st DECEMBER 1917
in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Attack, destroyer, sinking off Alexandria, 30 December 1917 (Janet Mitchell, click  to enlarge)

on to January 1918

 

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 December 1917

 

Bessie, hired drifter, general service

 MORE, George F, Stoker, accident

 

TWO STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED BY UC.75 IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

 

Euphorbia, sunk; naval casualties:

 MCDONALD, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 5335

 RITCHIE, George C, Seaman, RNR, B 4892

 ROBERTSON, Charles McI, Ordinary Seaman, J 40678

 

Rydal Hall, sunk; naval casualty:

 SYDNEY, Eric F, Ordinary Seaman, J 36120 (Ch)

__________

 

Pembroke II, RNAS Eastchurch, Sheppey

 BOWDERY, William J, Petty Officer Stoker, 279053 (Ch), illness

 

Richard Bennett, Admiralty trawler

 MURRAY, Hugh B, Trimmer, RNR, TS 983, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

20 November-31 December Cambrai Operations, including 63rd (RN) Division

 continued

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 KING, William A E, Corporal, RMLI, 18268 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 HALDANE, Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2643, DOW

__________

 

Sandhurst, fleet repair ship, Scapa Flow

 DUGGAN, Michael, Able Seaman, 220784 (Dev), drowned

 

Tower, destroyer

 BURTON, Joseph H, Gunner, drowned

 MACKESON, Donald F, Act/Lieutenant, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 KIELY, James, Petty Officer Stoker, 139603, illness

 WARD, Alfred J, Yeoman of Signals, 232432, illness

 

 

Sunday, 2 December 1917

 

Benvenue, steamship

 HUNT, Harold E, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1026), 15187 (Ply), drowned

 

Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent

 PORTWINE, Harry, Aircraftsman 2c, F 33652, illness

 

Lord Grey, hired trawler, minesweeper, wrecked on French coast

 BILSBOROUGH, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4356

 

Macedonia, armed merchant cruiser

 SIMS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1330, illness

 

Paladin or Vimiera, destroyers (sources vary)

 DAVIES, Albert O, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 1094, drowned

 

Penn, destroyer

 GILLINGS, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9323, drowned

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 MARLEY, Walter J, Chief Petty Officer, 129009, illness

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS, Ark Royal, seaplane carrier, flying Short Admiralty type tractor biplane, crashed in Greece

 GILLESPIE, Leslie H G, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 ODLE, Harold, Ty/Observer Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 223rd Machine Gun Company, France

 GALLAGHER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 900, killed

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 JAMES, Thomas, Petty Officer 1c, 145244, illness

 WHITESIDE, Peter, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6523, illness

 

 

Monday, 3 December 1917

 

Laverock, destroyer

 ELLISON, Herbert W, Gunner, illness

 

TWO STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED BY UB.35 IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

 

Livonia, sunk; naval casualties:

 BENNING, Sydney E, Private (RMR B 1414), S 17 (Po)

 WALLEY, Harry, Lance Corporal (RMR B 1442), 11112 (Po)

 

Wreathier, sunk; naval casualty:

 HOUSE, Darcy, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1569

__________

 

Niobe (RCN), depot ship Halifax, NS, ex-cruiser

 WRY, Arthur H, Ty/Skipper, RCN, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c tractor biplane, crashed at Cranwell South and burnt out

 DYSON, Eric H, Ty/Py/Flight Officer

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RFC, 22 Squadron, attached, France

 JOHNSTONE, Herbert K, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 4 December 1917

 

Calumsin, ex-German prize, Admiralty trawler

 ROLLINSON, Walter A, Engineman, RNR, ES 143, illness

 

Dowlais, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.48 in Mediterranean; naval casualties:

 KENNELL, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9846

 NICHOLAS, Thomas G, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Mersey Z 2611

 THOMPSON, Thomas, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Bristol Z 9970

 

Fisgard (2), Stoker Training Ship, Portsmouth, ex-cruiser Spartiate

 TAYLOR, George F, Painter 1c, M 6049, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HANMAN, William J, Private, RMLI, S 2162 (Ch), DOW

__________

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 ELLIS, Thomas G, Private, RMLI, 12002 (Ch) (RFR B 1865), discharged, illness

 

Speedwell, minesweeper, ex-torpedo gunboat

 ARCHER, Alfred, Greaser, MMR, 522369, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 5 December 1917

 

Aigburth, torpedoed and sunk by UB.75 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 HARRIS, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2563

 

Braeside, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.71 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 BANGHAM, Frederick W, Leading Seaman (RFR B 1481), 179354 (Dev), untraced

 MORAN, Michael J, Seaman, RNR, B 4763, untraced

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 CUDDY, Ernest J, Lieutenant Commander (ret), interned in Holland, illness

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CLARK, Charles, Ordinary Seaman, J 78063, illness

 MCALISTER, Frederick P, Petty Officer, 132519, illness

 

 

Thursday, 6 December 1917

 

Actaeon, Torpedo School, Sheerness

 MOUATT, Horace H, Shipwright 1c, 347154 (Ch), illness

 

Apley, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in English channel

 BERRYMAN, William W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 208

 CONSTANT, Ernest A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17847

 CRAWFORD, Alexander S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2658

 HADDICAN, Edward, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 LAKE, Charles B, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 602

 LANCASTER, James, Ordinary Seaman (Act/Trimmer), RNCVR, VR 3003

 MATHER, James, Stoker (Act/Trimmer), RNR, S 4470

 MOODY, Frederick W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 PAYNE, William W, Engineman, RNR, ES 331

 WALKER, Frederick J B, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 196

 WATSON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4498

 

Asaba, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.17 in English Channel

 JAMESON, Herbert F, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 121

 JOBLING, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10248

 

AMMUNITION SHIP EXPLOSION AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

 

Curaca, steamship

 ALDERMAN, George E, Bombardier, RMA, RMA 10119

 

Highflyer, old light cruiser

 DOWLING, James, Able Seaman, 222641 (Dev)

 JONES, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270699

 KELLY, Francis, Stoker 1c, K 21331

 MURPHY, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 2808

 PREWER, Samuel D, Able Seaman, 236276 (Dev)

 ROGERS, Edwin B, Stoker 1c, K 33240

 RUFFLES, James R, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 RUSHEN, Claude E, Leading Seaman, 234241 (Dev)

 TRIGGS, Tom K, Commander

 

Margaret (RCN), patrol vessel, Canadian waters

 DUNN, William P, Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 4505

 

Musquash (RCN), tug/patrol vessel

 BREEN, James I, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 274

 BREEN, Samuel G, Stoker 2c, RNCVR, VR (not listed)

 LEMIEUX, Pontleon, 2nd Engineer, RNCVR

 PIEROWAY, Edward, Boy, Newfoundland RNR, (no service number listed)

 ROBERTSON, Donald, Signaller, RNCVR, VR 1366

 

Niobe (RCN), depot ship Halifax, NS, ex-cruiser

 BEARD, Ernest E, Petty Officer Stoker, RNCVR, VR 1731

 BROWN, William, Warrant Officer, RCN

 BURNETT, Rodney O, Carpenter, RCN, 17017

 CARVER, William, Petty Officer, RNCVR, VR 2090

 CHICK, Sidney, Leading Signalman, RNCVR, VR 1786

 GARDNER, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 5091

 KELSEY, Patrick, Stoker, RNCVR, (no service number listed)

 LONELY, William, Able Seaman, RN Canadian Reserve, (no service number listed)

 MATTISON, Albert C, Boatswain

 MCMILLAN, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2496

 MURRAY, James A, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNVR

 NICKERSON, Freeman B, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 1891

 SAUNDERS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 4066

 VEALS, George, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RCN, VR 386

 WILSON, Carl C, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 1561

 YATES, George R, Stoker, RNCVR, VR 5480

 

Stadacona (RCN), base ship, Halifax

 CLEVELAND, George, Boatswain, RCN

 HENDRY, Hugh, Petty Officer 1c, RCN, 20416

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport, at Halifax

 WARE, Silas G, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 3969

__________

 

Florizel, steamship

 MURPHY, Thomas, Seaman, RNR, B 2643, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service, aircraft shot down in Handley Page bomber off Nieuport on 26 April, taken prisoner

 DANZEY, William C, Air Mechanic 2c, F 15990, German prisoner of war, illness

 

Royal Navy

 HAGGER, Thomas F, Able Seaman, 3551 (Ch), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 CLARK, Edwin, Leading Carpenter's Crew, M 5434, accident

 

Wyndhurst, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.71 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 MACDONALD, Alexander J, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 6194

 MOAR, Andrew, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1295

 

 

Friday, 7 December 1917

 

Brighton, paddle fleet messenger, MFA

 GLAZE, Jeffrey, Able Seaman, MMR, 478335, illness

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet

 DAVIES, John H, Trimmer, MMR, 879404, illness

 

Earl of Elgin, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.75 in Irish Sea; naval casualties:

 COUSINS, Percy G, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 5391

 KIRKLAND, James F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5018

 ROBERTSON, William J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1298

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 LONG, Henry O, Stoker 1c, K 1039, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 NASH, William, Stoker 1c, K 15378, illness

 SOMERTON, Arthur A, Stoker 1c, K 23719, illness

 

 

Saturday, 8 December 1917

 

Camellia, steamship

 FITZGERALD, Edward, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2168, untraced

 MARTIN, Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 6347, untraced

 

Nathaniel Cole, Admiralty trawler

 CAMERON, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4097, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 HANDSCOMBE, Frederick, Chief Armourer, 126108 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 RICKARD, Ernest, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1648 (Ch), prisoner of war in Germany, illness

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 HANCOCK, Albert E, Chief Shipwright, 340916, illness

 

 

Sunday, 9 December 1917

 

Niobe (RCN), depot ship Halifax, explosion on 6th

 SADLER, David R, Signalman, RNCVR, VR 229, DOW

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Short Admiralty 184 Type tractor biplane seaplane, on patrol from seaplane carrier Riviera, failed to return

 LARTER, Norman I, Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 ROBINS, Reginald J, Wireless Telegraph Operator, RNR, WTS 442, Riviera, drowned

 

 

Monday, 10 December 1917

 

Amphitrite, minelayer, ex-cruiser

 CLIFFORD, Charles T, Chief Stoker, 301797, illness

 

Cassandra, light cruiser

 GLANVILLE, Frederick J, Petty Officer Stoker, 305277, illness

 

Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent

 SCARLES, Frederick N, Air Mechanic 2c, F 13151, drowned

 

Lizzie M Stanley, schooner, left port, never seen again; naval casualties:

 BILLARD, Simeon, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 BUFFETT, Morgan, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 BUFFETT, Thomas, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 INGRAHAM, Joseph, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 KNOTT, Harold, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 

Llewellyn, destroyer

 WHITE, Francis G, Able Seaman, J 24227 (Po), drowned

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Sopwith Strutter long range day bomber, after combat, crashed in Greece on landing

 DOUGLASS, Percy C D, Act/Ty/Flight Commander, DOI

__________

 

RNAS Killingholme

 WOOD, Richard W, Air Mechanic 2c, F 10371, died in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BUCKLEY, Daniel, Petty Officer, 114821, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 11 December 1917

 

AC.27, airship, loss

 COLLETT, Jack, Air Mechanic 2c, F 20396

 DIXON, John F, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 HALL, Herbert, Flight Lieutenant

 MARTIN, James E, Air Mechanic 1c, J 34195 (Ch)

 WHYTE, Ernest R, Air Mechanic 1c, F 2824

 

Castor, light cruiser

 CAVELL, Jack, Able Seaman, J 30062, illness

 

Frankby, steamship, wrecked off Azores; naval casualty:

 HEY, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10087

 

Minorca, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.64 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 JENKINS, David, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3432

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 FORDER, John, Chief Petty Officer, 126694, illness

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 FIELD, Edward S, Stoker 1c, 296534 (Ch)(RFR B 9286), discharged, illness

 

Sidney Smith, schooner, sailed from Twillingate, Newfoundland on 11th for Gibraltar, disappeared; naval casualties:

 HULL, Hubert, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 HULL, Stewart, Sailor, Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, (no service number listed)

 

 

Wednesday, 12 December 1917

 

Amadavat, was hired trawler, now returned to fishing, mined and sunk off Shetlands; naval casualties:

 PEARCE, George A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2326

 SCARBOROUGH, Robert, Ty/Skipper, RNR also listed by CWGC as Ammadavat

 

Army, No.14 Officer Cadet Battalion

 WILLSON, William J A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1133, discharged, illness

 

Beluga, Admiralty whaler

 HAMILTON, David, Chief Petty Officer, 168971 (Ch), drowned

 

SECOND SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY ATTACK BY GERMAN DESTROYERS

 

Commander Fullerton, hired trawler, auxiliary patrol, sunk

 LONG, John W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 7153

 WHELEN, John W, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Partridge, destroyer, sunk

 ALDEN, Arthur J, Chief Petty Officer, 157357 (Po)

 AUSTIN, Ernest J (real name, but served as Douglas J Austin), Chief Stoker, 282604 (Ch)

 BALDWIN, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, K 12579 (Ch)

 BAMFORTH, Walker, Able Seaman, J 50849 (Po)

 BARTLETT, Harry, Petty Officer, 183006

 BATES, Norman, Ordinary Seaman, J 67199 (Po)

 BOWES, James, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1446

 BOWLES, Charles J, Able Seaman, 227748 (Po)

 BOWN, Herbert, Stoker 2c, K 43292 (Po)

 BRIGGS, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9805

 BUCKLE, George W, Stoker Petty Officer, K 10543 (Ch)

 BULEY, Edward J, Able Seaman (RFR B 5041), 213566 (Po)

 CALVERT, Francis J, Gunner

 CARLILL, Sidney, Leading Telegraphist, J 20215

 CHALK, Edgar, Able Seaman, J 6594 (Po)

 CHARLES, John, Stoker 1c, K 25113 (Po)

 CHATFIELD, George M, Stoker Petty Officer, K 758 (Po)

 COOK, George, Stoker 1c, 309277 (Po)

 COX, Walter J, Stoker Petty Officer, 285190 (Ch)

 CREEK, Albert C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2950

 DIXON, William, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 27527 (Po)

 DRANSFIELD, Fred, Ordinary Seaman, J 61410

 DREWERY, George D, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5032 (Po)

 EMERY, James, Stoker 1c, 302036 (Po)

 FERRIER, Robert E, Act/Sub Lieutenant

 FOLEY, Timothy, Signalman, J 33446 (Po)

 FULFORD, William H, Stoker Petty Officer, K 12243 (Ch)

 GANT, George, Able Seaman, J 7989 (Po)

 GARNER, Reuben S, Able Seaman, J 50848 (Po)

 GLANCEY, William, Stoker 1c, K 15018 (Po)

 HAIGH, Donald, Able Seaman, J 50850 (Po)

 HAMMOND, Herbert, Stoker 1c, 311462 (Po)

 HILL, Frederick, Able Seaman, 219811 (Po)

 HOOPER, William, Stoker 1c, SS 117210 (Po)

 HOWARD, Reginald E, Able Seaman, J 15353 (Po)

 JACKSON, George D, Able Seaman, 215550 (Po)

 JACKSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 25828 (Po)

 JEARY, Thomas G, Able Seaman, 211655 (Po)

 JONES, Frederick T, Leading Stoker, K 10112 (Po)

 LANGTON, William, Able Seaman, 232135 (Po)

 LEWIN, Ernest, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1977 (Po)

 MARKS, Alfred G, Ordinary Seaman, J 60039 (Po)

 MARLBOROUGH, Henry, Able Seaman, J 23184 (Po)

 MARLER, Bertie (real name, but served as Bertie Williams), Able Seaman, J 13049 (Po)

 MCCADDEN, Richard, Able Seaman, J 50798 (Dev)

 MCELMURRAY, Henry A, Stoker 2c, K 42019 (Po)

 MILES, Thomas, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 27055 (Po)

 MITCHELL, Francis R, Able Seaman, 220947 (Po)

 MORIARTY, Albert E, Petty Officer, J 2115 (Po)

 MORLEY, George A, Leading Seaman, J 7846 (Po)

 OADES, Henry W, Stoker 1c, K 31265

 PALMER, Ernest F, Stoker 1c, 305980 (Po)

 PEERS, Thomas, Able Seaman, SS 6149 (Po)

 PLETTS, George, Stoker 1c, K 42259 (Po)

 POOLE, Arthur J, Stoker 1c, 294376 (Ch)

 POOLE, Walter, Able Seaman, J 25606 (Po)

 PRYTHERCH, Brinley, Ordinary Seaman, J 75905

 RANSOME, Reginald H, Lieutenant Commander

 RILEY, Charles H, Able Seaman, J 11225 (Po)

 SMITH, Albert, Stoker 1c, 304253 (Po)

 SMITH, Frank, Yeoman of Signals, 212818

 SPEDDING, William, Officer's Steward 2c, L 4357 (Po)

 STANCLIFFE, John, Able Seaman, SS 4845

 STENSON, Samuel, Stoker 1c, 290421 (Ch)

 STOKES, Edward E, Ordinary Seaman, J 46791 (Po)

 SUNDBORG, Louis G S W, Able Seaman, J 14914 (Po)

 WALTERS, Lancelot J B, Lieutenant

 WHEADON, Albert H, Stoker Petty Officer, 304075 (Po)

 WHITELEY, Sidney, Ordinary Seaman, J 61741 (Po)

 WHITWELL, William, Able Seaman, 221875 (Po)

 WIGMORE, Jessie, Stoker 1c, K 3221 (Po)

 WINDLE, Sheard, Ordinary Seaman, J 75899

 WOOD, George, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268953 (Ch)

 WYATT, Arnold B, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 

Pellew, destroyer, damaged

 BROCKWELL, Albert E, Able Seaman, J 15255 (Po)

 EDE, Ernest G, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 MCCANN, Herbert, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 1391 (Po)

 WHIPP, Robert, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269888 (Ch)

__________

 

Defiance, Devonport

 NEIASS, Harry C, Petty Officer, 218280, illness

 

Emlyndene, steamship, sailed from Cardiff on 11th, went missing, believed torpedoed and sunk by UC.50 in English Channel on 12th; naval casualties:

 GAUL, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 2424, untraced

 PICKLES, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 3508, untraced

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 NICHOLL, William, Aircraftsman 2c, F 39619, drowned in UK

 

RMA Battalion

 THOMAS, George, Gunner, RMA, RMA 5026 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in FBA Type B pusher biplane flying boat trainer, nose-dived into sea at Calshot

 MORAN, Joseph L, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RNAS Dunkirk

 FENSOM, William G, Petty Officer, F 2606, died in UK

 

Tregantle, RNAS Depot

 RAWORTH, Cecil, Air Mechanic 2c, F 42092, illness in UK

 

Wolverine, destroyer, sunk in collision off NW Ireland

 RICHARDS, John, Stoker 1c, K 4667 (Po)

 SMITH, Thomas R, Ordinary Seaman, J 71063 (Po)

 

 

Thursday, 13 December 1917

 

Carysfort, light cruiser, damaged in collision in North Sea

 CHIVERS, Albert E, Private, RMLI, 6874 (Ply)

 WILSON, George, Private, RMLI, 9192 (Ply)

 

Garthwaite, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.22 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 HOUNSDEN, William M, Private, RMLI (RMR B 2068), 10805 (Ch)

 

Ottokar, steamship, probably sunk by UB.38 in North Sea; naval casualties:

 GOODALL, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 10064

 KIRKBY, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10884

 MINCHINTON, Henry G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 4006

 

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

 BEALE, Ernest E, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 

Stephen Furness, armed boarding steamer, ex-squadron supply ship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.64 in Irish Sea

 ATKINSON, John E, Boy 1c, J 50189 (Po)

 BACH, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, 517845

 BARKER, Arthur, Engineer's Storekeeper, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BARLOW, Thomas W, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3863

 BELL, Andrew, Greaser, MMR, 827797

 BLORE, George W, Ship's Steward, 344752 (Ch)

 BOBBINS, William, Petty Officer (RFR B 1453), 118764 (Po)

 BOND, Charles, Fireman, MMR, 851255

 BROWN, John, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 BROWN, John D, Greaser, MMR, 580219

 BUCKETT, Richard H, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919848

 BUCKROYD, John E, Able Seaman, J 28417 (Po)

 BUNTING, John, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BURKE, Joseph, Greaser, MMR, 895673

 BURNS, Thomas, Chief Cook, MMR, 661506

 CAMP, George R, Ship's Cook, MMR, 790965

 CATTERMOLE, Christopher S, Boy 1c, J 56621 (Po)

 CHURCHHOUSE, Arthur F, Telegraphist, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5506

 CLAYTON, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10204

 COX, Valentine, Boy 1c, J 43284 (Ch)

 CRANG, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1486

 DALEY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 344

 DAVIES, Sidney L, Trimmer, MMR, 908669

 DEELEY, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3950

 DUPREY, Alfred F, Signalman, RNVR, London 3/1923

 DYOTT, Kenelm M, Ty/Surgeon

 ETCHELLS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 940

 EVANS, Vernon A M, Trimmer, MMR, 606961

 EVANS, William, Able Seaman, 161370

 FOXON, Harold L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2506

 FRISWELL, John R, Sick Berth Attendant, M 4681 (Po)

 GAHAN, Thomas, Trimmer, MMR, 882873

 GALVIN, Joseph, Trimmer, MMR, 919543

 GEORGE, Alister F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 7118

 GOULD, William H F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 GROVES, Walter W, Fireman, MMR, 803936

 HALL, Joseph W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9158

 HAMMOND, Harry G, Distilling Greaser, MMR, 882495

 HAWORTH, William, Wireman 2c, M 19828 (Po)

 HESELTINE, Willie, Armourer's Crew, M 7833 (Po)

 HODGKINSON, Francis G, Petty Officer 1c (Pens), 154453 (Po)

 HOPKINS, James, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919843

 HOWSE, Thomas J A, Fireman, MMR, 814969

 HUNTER, William T, Messman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KELLY, William J, Cook Steward, MMR, 766986

 LAWES, Harold B, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2614

 LOVEDAY, Henry, Chief Petty Officer (Pens), 144288 (Po)

 MACCALLAM, David C, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 8220

 MACRAE, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7516

 MANSELL, Herbert, Distilling Greaser, MMR, 140295

 MCDONALD, James, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCDONALD, Lawrence, Fireman, MMR, 683636

 MCGREGOR, Alexander T, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 MCINTOSH, Karl, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7550

 MCKENZIE, John, Fireman, MMR, 866084

 MCKENZIE, John Mc D, Greaser, MMR, 912798

 MEEHAN, Henry L, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2598

 MEREDITH, Arthur R, Boy 1c, J 44147 (Po)

 MORRISON, John, Seaman, RNR, A 3486

 MUDIE, John F, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 3591

 MULLANEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4224

 OAKES, Albert, Private, RMLI, 18286 (Po)

 PALMER, George W, Private, RMLI, 15895 (Po)

 PATIENCE, John W, Petty Officer, RNR, C 2923

 RAINFORD, Thomas H, Fireman, MMR, 687088

 RATCLIFFE, Robert F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2756

 REDFORD, Ralph, Trimmer, MMR, 895534

 REED, Cuthbert R, Private, RMLI, 17455 (Po)

 RHODES, Arthur L, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 14236 (Ch)

 RITCHIE, Henry, Seaman, RNR, A 4678

 ROBINSON, John, Fireman, MMR, 708613

 ROBINSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4937

 ROGERS, Henry R, Fireman, MMR, 606957

 ROMANS, William F, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2653

 SHIRLEY, William, Fireman, MMR, 903163

 SKINNER, John, Seaman, RNR, A 5282

 SMITH, Alfred A, Private, RMLI, 18226 (Po)

 SMITH, Francis, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 SOREL-CAMERON, Herbert A, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 SOUTHALL, Sidney, Cook, MMR, 871756

 SOUTHWELL, Alfred, Seaman, MMR, 897024

 STEVENS, George P L, Donkeyman, MMR, 102563

 STEVENS, Sidney J, Private, RMLI, 9089 (Po)

 STONE, Ernest W, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5347

 TALMEY, Walter F, Able Seaman, 170445 (Po) (RFR B 2184)

 TAYLOR, Francis T, Trimmer, MMR, 884286

 TAYLOR, James H, Private, RMLI, 11170 (Po)

 THORPE, James, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TUCKER, Leonard F, Able Seaman, 227581 (Po)

 WALLIS, John E, Assistant Steward, MMR, 919845

 WATT, Robert D, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2532

 WENBORNE, William, Fireman, MMR, 679029

 WHITE, William J, Able Seaman (RFR B 2266), SS 16

 WILLIAMS, Frank D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5982

 WILLIAMSON, Edward T, Sergeant, RMLI, 13798 (Po)

 WINGATE, John W, Ordinary Seaman, J 42198

 WINSLOW, Thomas M, Lieutenant Commander, RNR

 WOODHOUSE, James, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3300

 WYBROW, Thomas J, Private, RMLI, 9917 (Po)

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 JONES, Edward, Boy 1c, J 54391, illness

 

 

Friday, 14 December 1917

 

Brig 1, auxiliary barquentine Q-ship, ex-Emilia C, in action with UC.53 in Straits of Sicily, 3 killed

 AGUTTER, Frederick G, Ordinary Seaman, J 55479, buried in Malta

 BRINKWORTH, Clarence W, Petty Officer, 230785 (Po)

 KERRY, William E R, Able Seaman, J 21787 (Ch)

 

Edgar, old cruiser

 THOMAS, James B, Stoker, RNR, S 6765, died in Greece

 

Galatea, light cruiser

 FISHER, Andrew C, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 4812, drowned

 

Glory, pre-Dreadnought battleship, guardship, Archangel

 CHINN, Alfred J, Ship's Cook, 344047 (Po), illness

 

Hare, passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.62 in Irish Sea; naval casualties:

 TRAVERS, Robert W, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 4127

 WALTERS, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7164

 

Otranto, armed merchant cruiser

 LOWE, Robert, Storekeeper, MMR, 265924, illness in Canada

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MARLEY, Henry, Petty Officer Stoker, 301862 (ex-Botha), illness

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 WATSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 71, discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BROWN, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4470, DOW

 PEAKE, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5175, killed

 

 

Saturday, 15 December 1917

 

Ash Tree, store carrier, RFA

 CANT, Andrew, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Caesar, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 GREEN, Rupert W, 2nd Yeoman of Signals, 183793, illness

 

Conqueror, Dreadnought battleship

 ALDERSON, Dixwell I, Midshipman, accident

 

Eblana, fleet messenger

 LEWSEY, Thomas, Fireman, MMR, 706730, illness

 

Formby, steamship, passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.62 in Irish Sea; naval casualty:

 CONNOR, Christopher, Leading Seaman (RFR B 221), 142561 (Dev)

 COUTTS, Daniel, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1236

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HOPKINS, Joseph, Leading Seaman, 121489, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GREEN, James R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4193, killed

 HAYWARD, Roland G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4365, killed

 ROSE, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1571, DOW

 SIDDALL, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5018, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MORGAN, Edwin F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4015, DOW

 POULTON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3921, killed

__________

 

Rosehearty, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 DUTHIE, Alexander, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1164, illness

 

Sachem, commissioned escort ship, torpedoed and damaged by UB.31 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 GRAY, George C, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

St Olaf, steamship, sailed from Cardiff on 15th, went missing, wreckage came ashore on Scilly Isles on 18th, also claimed sunk by U.24 off S Ireland on 19th

 SPENCER, Rowland T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5171, untraced

 WILLIAMS, John B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3090, untraced

 

Vivid II, Accounting Base, Devonport

 INGHAM, John, Stoker 1c, K 10958, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 December 1917

 

Arbutus, convoy sloop, torpedoed and sunk by UB.65 in St George's Channel

 BUNKER, Samuel, Stoker Petty Officer, K 8481 (Dev)

 CROSKERY, John, Stoker Petty Officer, K 10685 (Po)

 HALLIWELL, Thurston M, Stoker 2c, K 44011 (Dev)

 JONES, George, Stoker 1c, K 37147 (Dev)

 OXLADE, Charles H, Commander, RNR

 PHILLIPS, William L, Stoker 2c, K 41986 (Dev)

 PICKETT, George C, Stoker, RNR, S 8599

 STEWART, Charles, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 

Attentive, light cruiser

 GALE, William I, Chief Gunner (ret), illness

 

Bristol City, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.94 off SW England; naval casualties:

 DAVIES, Arthur T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3581

 MONCRIEFF, James R, Leading Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 641

 

Fisgard (2), Stoker Training Ship, Portsmouth, ex-cruiser Spartiate

 CLOVER, Albert, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350475, illness

 

Gloucestershire, armed merchant cruiser

 PRIESTLEY, Joseph A W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8736, DOI

 

Greenhill, Admiralty-hired collier, sunk in collision in North Sea; naval casualty:

 GOODGAME, Thomas, Private, RMLI (RMR B 1825), 12459 (Ch)

 

Halifax, steamship, sailed from St Michaels, Azores on 11th for Bordeaux, disappeared; naval casualties:

 MILLER, George F, Act/Leading Seaman Newfoundland RNR, X 1727, untraced

 RICH, Jack, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 6/108, untraced

 

Hydrangea, fleet sweeping sloop

 MARCHANT, Ernest S, Stoker 1c, 293250, illness

 

Maggies, hired net drifter

 SUTTON, James W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4226, drowned

 

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

 SANDALLS, Frederick, Chief Petty Officer, 176987, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 GRANT, James, Private, RM, S 8684 (Deal), died

 RUSSELL, Richard, Private, RM, S 10023 (Deal), died

 

RMA Battalion

 HODGES, Arthur J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1631 (RFR B), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Labour Corps, Dunkirk

 HAYES, Joseph D, Private, RM, S 10483 (Deal), died

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GRIFFITHS, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2258, DOW

 

 

Monday, 17 December 1917

 

Arbutus, convoy sloop, lost on 16th

 ROWLEY, Walter W J, Painter 2c, M 20724, DOW

 

Coningbeg, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.62 in Irish Sea; naval casualties:

 BISACRE, Frank, Seaman, RNR, C 1306

 CHAPPELL, John H, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Palace Z 3657

 

Fantome (RAN), sloop

 ROUGET, Samuel J, Able Seaman, RAN, 1367, drowned

 

Janus, Admiralty trawler

 SHEARD, Henry, Seaman, RNR, C 2120, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HOLDER, William, Junior Reserve Attendant, M 9887 (Ch), illness

 MCCANN, Francis H, Engineman, RNR, ES 4777, illness

 

Pembroke II, RNAS Eastchurch, Sheppey

 FOWELL, William, Carpenter's Crew, M 24214, illness

 

Perth, armed boarding steamer

 HASSAN, Alla, 1st Tindal, (no service number listed), illness

 

ITALIAN FRONT

 

RNAS, 6th Wing, flying Sopwith Strutter Type 9700 tractor biplane, crashed near Padua

 GORMAN, Joseph, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 GIBBS, Percy, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4836, killed

 RICHARDS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3072, killed

 STEVENS, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4879, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 DUNSTER, William S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5490, killed

 LEWIS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1019, killed

__________

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 FLEET, Herbert P, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 December 1917

 

Labour, hired rescue tug

 WEBB, John R, Stoker, MMR, 889283, illness

 

Moorsom, destroyer

 HUMPHRIES, Edward, Leading Seaman, 174822 (Ch), drowned

 

Osiris, destroyer

 READ, Frederick J, Able Seaman, J 22290 (Ch), believed wounded in Aegean, returned to UK, DOW, buried at Lydd

 

Prince George, ex-pre-Dreadnought battleship

 BEAN, Charles, Painter 1c, 342901, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 TAYLOR, George H, Private, RM, S 12421 (Deal), illness

 

RNAS Cranwell

 CLIFTON, William, Air Mechanic 1c, F 27994, died

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 DRAGE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5566, DOW

 FOSTER, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4434, killed

 RAYMOND, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4364, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 PHILLIPS, William G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1380, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 19 December 1917

 

Attentive II, parent ship for auxiliary small craft, Dover

 GEE, Frank W, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2592, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 149th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HOUGHTON, Arthur H, Private, RM, S 4392 (Deal), accident, DOI

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BATTLE, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6357, killed

 WARBURTON, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1425, killed

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Airco DH4 tractor biplane bomber, on bombing raid, crashed into sea

 FURBY, Reginald A, Aircraftsman 1c, F 13925, President, Headquarters Ship, London, drowned

 RICHARDSON, Samuel S, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

__________

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train Reserves

 ATKINSON, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 1690 (Deal), illness in UK

 

Superb, Dreadnought battleship

 DAVISON, Thomas, Stoker 1c, SS 116147, illness

 

 

Thursday, 20 December 1917

 

Curaca, steamship, explosion

 SHELL, Arthur J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10054, DOI

 

Diana, old light cruiser

 BANBURY, Thomas, Stoker 1c, 147210, illness

 

Hermione, HQ ship Southampton, motor boats, ex-light cruiser

 SHILLING, Thomas, Motor Boatman, RNVR, MB 298, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 JONES, George H G, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8772, illness

 

Royal Navy

 SHEEHAN, Timothy, Petty Officer Stoker, 304570, died in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MURKETT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5518, illness

__________

 

SSZ.7, airship, lost

 SWALLOW, Richard, Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Warsaw, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.31 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 JOHNSTON, James B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3042

 STRICKLAND, Walter, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 789

 

Waverley, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.35 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 KELLY, Francis, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1700

 

 

Friday, 21 December 1917

 

Cleethorpes, patrol paddle vessel

 RIMMER, Edward P (real name, but served as Edward P Davies), Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4354, illness

 

Dominion, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 LECKIE, William, Stoker 2c, K 42450, illness

 

SSP.4, airship, lost

 ANTHONY, Ernest F, Leading Mechanic, F 4874

 BEHN, Rowland C, Air Mechanic 2c, F 14634

 HORNER, William F, Flight Commander

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 PEACOCK, Ernest C, Private, RMLI, 18930 (Po), illness

 

RND, 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers

 HART, James W, Sapper, RM, S 495 (Deal), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 WEBBER, Robert J, Private, RMLI, S 1992 (Ch), DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HUGHES, Francis S, Trimmer, RNR, ST 965, illness

 

War Signal Station Cushendall

 KENNEDY, James, Chief Petty Officer, 104021, illness

 

 

Saturday, 22 December 1917

 

Acasta, destroyer, damaged in collision in English Channel

 BROKENSHIRE, William J H, Able Seaman, J 30955 (Dev)

 CATTLE, Wyndham E, Able Seaman, J 24374 (Dev)

 SVENDSON, Adolph E, Able Seaman, J 22312 (Dev)

 

Hecla II, Buncrana, northern Ireland

 EYRES, Charles P A, Armourer, 131842, illness

 

Nigella, fleet sweeping sloop

 ANDERSON, Walter L, Able Seaman, SS 6269, died in Egypt

 

Orbita, armed merchant cruiser

 TURNER, William H, Chief Petty Officer (RFR A 4012), 147671 (Dev), illness in California

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 KIMBER, Francis H E, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 33, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Labour Corps, heavy German bombing raid on Boulogne, France, all killed and buried at Boulogne

 BOSWELL, William, Private, RM, S 13057 (Deal)

 BRUCE, Robert G F, Corporal, RM, S 8945 (Deal)

 CONBOY, Peter, Private, RM, S 13364 (Deal)

 CRAIG, Thomas, Private, RM, S 13526 (Deal)

 GREEN, John F, Corporal, RM, S 9033 (Deal)

 MCDONALD, Robert, Private, RM, S 12776 (Deal)

 MCKENZIE, John, Corporal, RM, S 9940 (Deal)

 SUTHERLAND, David B, Private, RM, S 11083 (Deal)

 TEMPERLEY, Frank, Private, RM, S 12791 (Deal)

 WALKER, William N, Private, RM, S 2519 (Deal)

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 LONEY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7386, killed

 LYONS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 320, killed

 MALONE, Thomas A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2820, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 SMITH, John S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4580, illness

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 SMITH, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 934, DOW

 TAYLOR, Ralph, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

__________

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in FBA Type B pusher biplane flying boat trainer, crashed in UK and wrecked

 LITTLEBOY, Vernon H, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

TB.14, torpedo boat

 ADAMS, George, Petty Officer Stoker, 305399, illness

 

Valkyrie, destroyer, mined and damaged off Dutch coast

 ADAMS, James, Petty Officer Stoker, 309198

 BREAKENRIDGE, William MacB, Ordinary Seaman, J 47167

 CLUNES, Alexander, Able Seaman, J 52685 (Dev)

 HIGGINSON, Samuel R, Stoker Petty Officer, 312196 (Dev)

 MACLEOD, Stewart, Leading Seaman, 187756 (Dev)

 MATTHEWS, Walter H D, Boy 1c, J 76047 (Ch)

 MAY, Frederick, Stoker 1c, K 6271

 MURRAY, Nicholas, Leading Stoker, 288452

 SPENCE, David P, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 23146 (Dev)

 THORNE, Thomas S, Stoker 1c, K 37442

 TOWL, John, Stoker 1c, 301983

 WARD, Joseph, Stoker 1c, K 8525

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 APPLEBY, Frank L, Ordinary Seaman, J 31246 (Po), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCCARTHY, John (real name, but served as John Buckley), Leading Stoker, 171299, illness

 

 

 Sunday, 23 December 1917

 

Amethyst, light cruiser

 VEREY, Robert G, Chief Stoker, 284974, illness in Brazil

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 FLYNN, John, Petty Officer Stoker, 161414 (Dev), illness

 

Drake, cruiser

 O’HARE, Patrick, Stoker, RNR, U 1879, illness

 

Orcoma, armed merchant cruiser

 KENNEDY, Peter, Able Seaman, RNR, B 3847, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, both flying in Sopwith F1 Camel tractor biplane scouts

 GREEVES, Thomas M, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, crashed at Petite Synthe, France, killed

 WRIGHT, Douglas R, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, lost control, spun out of clouds, crashed on aerodrome, killed

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 CORMACK, Hugh, Seaman, RNR, A 4905, German prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, Divisional Headquarters, attached Howe Battalion, France

 HUMPHRIES, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2274, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 GILL, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2677, killed

 GOLDSBOROUGH, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7108, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 GRAY-JONES, Frederick A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5214, DOW

 MCKENNA, Matthew N, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 880, DOW

 TODD, Ernest F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4600, DOW

__________

 

DESTROYERS OF 10th FLOTILLA MINED OFF DUTCH COAST

 

Surprise, sunk (survivor list included)

 ABBOTT, Frank MacL, Lieutenant

 ACTON, Charles E, Leading Seaman, J 4297

 BURROWS, Albert E, Chief Petty Officer, 169898

 CARR, Samuel, Ordinary Seaman, J 75513 (Ch)

 CHEESEMAN, Bertie, Stoker Petty Officer, K 1082

 CHRISTIE, Dennis P, Sub Lieutenant

 CUNNINGHAME, David D, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 DAVIS, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, K 4022 (Ch)

 DEMPSTER, William S, Able Seaman, 239207 (Ch)

 DREW, Wilfred E, Cook's Mate, M 21827 (Ch)

 EVANS, Percival F, Able Seaman, J 11309 (Ch)

 FINN, Leonard, Stoker 2c, K 43204 (Ch)

 FLEMING, Andrew S, Stoker 1c, K 26046 (Ch)

 FOWLER, William J, Stoker 1c, K 3870 (Dev)

 GATES, Thomas H, Stoker 1c, K 36916

 GREY, Stephen A (real name, but served as H A Francis), Stoker 1c, K 15429

 HARPER, Sidney L, Telegraphist, J 32274 (Ch)

 HAWKES, Harry W, Leading Stoker, K 12086 (Ch)

 HOWLETT, George, Stoker 1c, K 36909

 JACKSON, Walter, Able Seaman, J 45011 (Ch)

 KEMP, Clifford, Stoker 1c, SS 111192 (Ch)

 KNIGHT, Walter H, Able Seaman, 198839 (Dev)

 MACQUEEN, Neil, Able Seaman, 196893 (Ch)

 MILLARD, Alfred H, Able Seaman, J 56783 (Ch)

 MILTON, Alfred T, Stoker 1c, K 39816

 NICHOLAS, Harold F, Able Seaman, J 25633 (Ch)

 OSWALD, Robert, Leading Seaman, 215818 (Ch)

 PASFIELD, George W, Stoker 1c, K 21887 (Ch)

 PERKINS, Edward J, Boy 1c, J 74847 (Ch)

 PESTELL, Bertie, Stoker Petty Officer, K 646 (Ch)

 POTTER, Walter J, Able Seaman, J 43893 (Ch)

 POTTS, Thomas E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 5170

 PRICE, William, Chief Stoker, 291390, buried in Germany, not known if body picked up or DOW

 RICH, Frederick A, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6569 (Ch)

 ROCKINGHAM, Walter I, Stoker 1c, K 15119 (Ch)

 SAUNDERS, Edward J, Ordinary Seaman, J 66799 (Ch)

 SAUNDERS, Samuel, Ordinary Seaman, J 71793 (Ch)

 SMITH, Charles, Mechanician, 296207

 SMITH, John, Able Seaman, 226380 (Ch)

 SPARKE, Horace F, Stoker 1c, K 30592

 STICKINGS, William T C, Able Seaman, J 25278 (Ch)

 SWINERD, Horace M, Stoker Petty Officer, K 13331 (Ch)

 WEBB, Frederick J, Able Seaman, SS 3673 (Ch)

 WILLIAMS, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9517

 WILLIAMS, Robert, Stoker 1c, 307300 (Dev)

 WILLSON, Joseph P, Officer's Cook 2c, 361226 (Ch)

 WITTS, Montague, Ordinary Seaman, J 57245 (Ch)

 WOOD, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 32357

SURVIVORS

 Ashby, Roy Stuart Austen, Midshipman, RNR

 Gisby, Horace John Robert, Signalman, J 41058

 Hodges, Albert Edward, Chief Engine Room Artificer, 270090

 Hope, John Paton, Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 Jones, Sydney Herbert, Gunner, RN

 Phillips, Arthur George, Chief Petty Officer, 180792

 Thompson, Wilfred Arthur, Commander, RN

 

Tornado, sunk (survivor list included)

 ANDERSON, Robert L, Able Seaman, J 40476

 BAKER, Alfred S, Stoker Petty Officer, 304334 (Dev)

 BALL, Edward R, Leading Stoker, K 8542 (Dev)

 BELL, Thomas, Able Seaman (RFR B 649), 196271 (Dev)

 BENNING, Arthur F, Able Seaman, J 21918 (Dev)

 BOOTON, Joseph T, Able Seaman (RFR B 632), 183679 (Dev)

 BOUCHER, William R, Stoker 1c, K 29924

 BROAD, Isaac T, Leading Cook's Mate, 347775 (Dev)

 BROOKER, Alfred W, Stoker Petty Officer, 282606 (Dev)

 CLARK, George J, Able Seaman, SS 6811 (Dev)

 CLEMO, Reginald, Stoker 2c, K 38321 (Dev)

 CORNES, Joseph G, Ordinary Seaman, J 63192

 COX, Alfred J, Chief Petty Officer, 202221 (Dev)

 DEVENNY, Charles, Officer's Steward 3c, L 9346 (Dev)

 DOBSON, Haco, Able Seaman, J 47978 (Dev)

 EWART, Reginald, Officer's Steward 3c, (no service number listed)

 FONE, William, Able Seaman, J 1075 (Dev)

 FREELAND, James H, Gunner

 GRANGER, Thomas H W, Leading Stoker, 310157 (Dev)

 GRAY, Reginald J, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 38455 (Dev)

 GREEN, Irving E, Able Seaman (RFR B 1291), 213485

 HARRIS, John G, Able Seaman, J 7793 (Dev)

 HEARN, Charles D T, Stoker 1c, K 31606 (Dev)

 HILL, Colonel L, Stoker 1c, K 37467 (Dev)

 HOLMAN, William C V, Able Seaman, 223720 (Dev)

 JAMES, William C, Chief Stoker, 306224 (Dev)

 JEPSON, Charles A, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271081 (Dev)

 JOHNSON, Harry, Able Seaman, J 38483

 KERSWELL, Charles J, Signalman, RNVR, London 2/2459

 KING, Andrew, Wireman 2c, M 18898 (Po)

 KING, Reginald C, Stoker 2c, K 40795 (Dev)

 LAMBELL, Alfred H, Stoker 1c, K 43651 (Dev)

 LANE, Tom W, Able Seaman (RFR B 5128), SS 2472

 LEE, Arthur A, Able Seaman, J 13799 (Dev)

 LEMON, Harold A, Stoker 2c, K 45145 (Dev)

 LIDDLE, Morton R B, Act/Lieutenant

 LOVE, Walter, Leading Seaman, 209960 (Dev)

 LOVELL, William, Able Seaman, SS 7673 (Dev)

 MACK, Ralph M, Lieutenant Commander

 MARCH, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9198

 MARDON, Sidney S B, Able Seaman, J 125 (Dev)

 MARTIN, Arthur F, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6707 (Dev)

 MATHEWS, George J, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 MCCABE, Thomas, Able Seaman (RFR B 2068), 178574 (Dev)

 MCCALLAM, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 61277 (Dev)

 MERCER, David, Able Seaman, J 23618 (Dev)

 MILES, Albert, Able Seaman, J 67147 (Dev)

 MORGAN, Joseph J, Stoker 2c, K 45146 (Dev)

 MORLAND, Arthur, Leading Seaman, J 7671

 NOBLE, Joseph, Stoker Petty Officer, 301503 (Dev)

 O’KEEFE, James, Stoker 1c, K 32657 (Dev)

 OYSTON, John W, Ordinary Seaman, J 70770 (Po)

 PEACOCK, Jonathan, Ordinary Seaman, J 68514 (Po)

 PETTIFER, Samuel W, Ordinary Seaman, J 58890 (Dev)

 PRAVEY, Louis, Ordinary Seaman, J 65249 (Dev)

 PUCKEY, Joseph H, Petty Officer 1, 207727 (Dev)

 QUIGLEY, Patrick, Stoker 1c, K 37434 (Dev)

 RENDLE, Charles J, Leading Stoker, 310437 (Dev)

 ROONEY, William J, Able Seaman, J 36009 (Dev)

 ROWLES, Charles B, Stoker 1c, K 16733

 SANDERCOCK, Samuel, Stoker Petty Officer, K 5293 (Dev)

 SILVESTER, Harold, Leading Telegraphist, J 21000 (Dev)

 SIMMONDS, Harry L, Signalman, J 26410 (Dev)

 SMYTH, Samuel, Ordinary Seaman, J 61607 (Dev)

 SOLOMON, Tom, Stoker 2c, K 36960 (Dev)

 SPITTLE, Frederick W, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6701 (Dev)

 STOCKS, Samuel, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 27051 (Dev)

 TALKINGTON, Norman L, Leading Signalman, J 22884 (Dev)

 THALLON, John B, Ordinary Seaman, J 60865 (Dev)

 THOMPSON, William J, Able Seaman (RFR B 1026), 175096 (Dev)

 TYLER, John L, Able Seaman, J 20335 (Dev)

 WATTS, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, J 58894 (Dev)

 WEARNE, Robert W, Able Seaman, J 35650 (Dev)

 WHITT, Ernest A, Stoker Petty Officer, K 6203 (Dev)

 WILLIAMS, Frederick, Able Seaman, 176317 (Dev)

SURVIVORS

 Day, Horace Trewlawny, Sub Lieutenant, RN

 Grove, Robert Philip, Midshipman, RNR

 

Torrent, sunk (survivor list included)

 ACOTT, Harry M, Petty Officer, 177997 (Ch)

 AYRE, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 41287 (Po)

 BAGSHAW, Alfred W, Able Seaman, 230498 (Po)

 BALL, Leonard, Leading Stoker, SS 110860 (Po)

 BARNES, Alfred, Gunner

 BATT, John B, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 40744 (Po)

 BEDFORD, Asthon P, Stoker 1c, K 4642 (Po)

 BLAINE, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6826

 BONHAM, Edward, Leading Signalman, 230299 (Dev)

 BOTT, Herbert J, Officer's Steward 2c, L 3087 (Po)

 BRANNIGAN, John R, Signal Boy, J 50417

 BROWN, James H, Stoker 1c, 298461 (Po)

 BYRNE, Erl S F, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 COOKIE, Edward S, Signalman, J 25870 (Ch)

 CROSS, Arthur E, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6424 (Ch)

 DAY, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, 291083 (Po)

 DENNIS, William, Stoker 1c, K 25508 (Ch)

 DENNISON, Walter, Able Seaman, SS 6323 (Po)

 EATON, Arthur E, Able Seaman, J 9200 (Po)

 GAY, William E, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1779 (Po)

 HARRISON, Douglas W, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 HEARN, William, Chief Stoker, 290209 (Ch)

 HERBERT, George F, Able Seaman, J 46418 (Po)

 HERRING, Arthur, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 269834

 HIGHET, George, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 21013 (Po)

 HINDE, Ralph S, Able Seaman, J 13297 (Po)

 HOOPER, Charles S, Stoker Petty Officer, K 5975 (Po)

 HUBBARD, Thomas, Leading Seaman, 218982 (Po)

 HULL, Charles W, Able Seaman, J 18301 (Po)

 JAMES, Harry B, Able Seaman, SS 3707 (Po)

 KENNEDY, Alec N, Act/Lieutenant

 LAWRENCE, Arthur S, Boy 1c, J 76044 (Ch)

 LOCK, Alfred, Leading Seaman (Leading Boatman, Coast Guard), 176950 (Po)

 MARSH, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, K 25507 (Ch)

 MARTIN, Herbert G, Stoker 1c, K 39813 (Ch)

 MCLAREN, Harry, Boy 1c, J 76046 (Ch)

 MEAKIN, Ellis, Stoker 1c, 306582 (Po)

 MILLER, Robert H, Ordinary Seaman, J 56044

 MILLEST, Harry, Able Seaman, 202316 (Po)

 MYERS, John R, Leading Seaman, J 11377 (Ch)

 NEALE, Ernest F, Stoker 1c, K 19123 (Po)

 NEAVE, John, Stoker 1c, K 36517 (Po)

 NEWMAN, John W, Able Seaman, J 31823 (Po)

 PAGE, Alfred C, Stoker 1c, SS 114716 (Po)

 PAUL, John, Able Seaman, SS 4022

 PAYNE, Thomas, Able Seaman, 234604 (Dev)

 PHIPPS, Edward J, Officer's Steward 3c, L 7251 (Po)

 PRITCHARD, Stephen, Chief Stoker, 285152 (Ch)

 REID, Joseph, Able Seaman, J 3592 (Ch)

 REYNOLDS, Harry R, Stoker 1c, 301865 (Ch)

 RODDEN, Edward, Stoker Petty Officer, K 11594 (Po)

 RUDGE, John C, Able Seaman, J 15444 (Po)

 SANDERSON, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 3c, 272199 (Po)

 SANDLES, Traytom F, Stoker 1c (RFR B 7250), SS 102182 (Ch)

 SAYER, Alexander G R, Able Seaman, J 21221

 SCOTT, Clarence, Leading Telegraphist, J 31016 (Po)

 SMART, George B, Able Seaman, J 10414 (Po)

 SMITH, Ernest, Ordinary Seaman, J 56045 (Po)

 SPOONER, Albert W, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5290), SS 105144 (Po)

 THOMSON, Lindsay McC S, Sub Lieutenant

 THORNTHWAITE, Harry M, Ordinary Seaman, J 31852 (Po)

 TOYE, Charles, Able Seaman (RFR B 4206), 195742 (Po)

 TREMEUR, William, Stoker Petty Officer, K 6582 (Po)

 TRIGWELL, Ernest J, Able Seaman, J 40932 (Po)

 WARNER, Frederick A, Lieutenant Commander

 WEARN, Alfred E, Ordinary Seaman, J 67872 (Po)

 WELLER, Henry G, Leading Stoker, K 14136 (Po)

 WHITE, Edward A, Able Seaman, J 13301 (Po)

 WILLIAMS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2826

SURVIVORS

 Beason, Charles Robert, Flight Sub Lieutenant, RN

 Brown, Frank Gough, Lieutenant Commander (E), RN

 MacNie, William Randolph, Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

__________

 

Valkyrie, destroyer, damaged on 22nd

 BRAUND, Percy C, Stoker 1c, K 25852, DOW

 BRAY, Thomas T, Stoker 1c, K 17988, DOW

 DUTTON, William, Stoker 1c, K 17319, DOW

 HACKER, Abram, Stoker 1c, K 16789, DOW

 OUGH, Edward F, Leading Stoker, K 5203, DOW

 

 

Monday, 24 December 1917

 

Daybreak, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.87 in Irish Sea; naval casualties:

 SUMNER, Frank, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 10518

 VERNEY, Samuel, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5790

 

Fairy, old destroyer

 STEWART, Edward T, Chief Stoker, 292532, drowned

 

Pintail, hired trawler, minesweeper

 DUNSTON, William J, Engineman, RNR, ST 2352, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Short Admiralty 184 Type (Improved) tractor biplane seaplane, force-landed in sea 12 miles SE of Fifeness

 CRESSMAN, Fred C, Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 SHEARER, Gordon D R, Air Mechanic 2c, F 17782, RNAS Dundee, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 BARKER, Charles R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 AINSCOUGH, James, Chief Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1617, DOW

 BILLING, Ernest W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 167, killed

 BIRD, George H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2439, killed

 BREW, George H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3569, killed

 CHAMBERS, Herbert V, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1088, killed

 DEAN, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4412, killed

 DICKSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7730, killed

 DOIG, Alexander W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2104, killed

 JACKSON, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1097, killed

 MATTHEWS, Charles H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5143, killed

 MCLEAN, Archie, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2139, DOW

 PARTRIDGE, Ronald, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1976, killed

 SPEAR, Charles L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 319, killed

 TODD, Hugh, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7720, killed

 WHITE, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4819, killed

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 PRATT, Thomas A P, Able Seaman, 216623, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 25 December 1917

 

Assistance, fleet repair ship

 ROBINSON, Sidney, Stoker 1c, K 18210, died

 

Cliftondale, steamship,  torpedoed and sunk by U.35 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 BRIDGE, Charles L, Seaman, RNR, A 5799

 

Glory, pre-Dreadnought battleship, guardship, Archangel

 WOODMAN, Ernest R, Bandmaster 2c, RMB, RMB 110, died

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 SALT, Thomas E, Petty Officer 1c, 139531, illness

 

Penshurst, (Q.7), collier Q-ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.110 in St George's Channel (torpedoed on 24th, sank six hours later, from U-boat sources); naval casualties:

 BREWER, Albert, Stoker 1c, K 15525 (Ch)

 MARLTON, Reginald A, Cook's Mate, M 14855 (Dev)

 

Princess Royal, battlecruiser

 MORGAN, Henry J, Stoker 1c, 281305, drowned

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 SMITH, William H, Private, RMLI, S 5074 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 LAYEZELL, Alfred J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4416, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 GODBOLD, Herbert C, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1931, DOW

 MARCHMENT, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3555, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BAZLEY, Reginald, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4354, killed

 CHAPPELL, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4242, DOW

 HILL, Frederick, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 CONNOP, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5179, killed

 DYE, Walter H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 391, killed

JONES, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3896, killed

__________

 

Umballa, steamship, torpedoed and damaged by UB.49 in Mediterranean, total loss; naval casualty:

BINGLEY, William F, Act/Bombardier, RMA, RMA 4970

 

 

Wednesday, 26 December 1917

 

Biarritz, minelayer

 WALSH, Martin, Fireman, MMR, 736701, drowned

 

Narwhal, destroyer

 MACPHERSON, Roderick M, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR, illness

 

Otranto, armed merchant cruiser

 DALY, William, Fireman, MMR, 588609, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 ANSELL, Charles, Lieutenant, illness

 

RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 FOSTER, Jesse A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, R 5047, discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ELLWAY, Frank R M, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4011, killed

 PALMER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5181, killed

__________

 

Satellite, Auxiliary Patrol base ship, Tyne

 RYAN, Joseph, Chief Stoker, 123876, drowned

 

Valkyrie, destroyer, damaged on 22nd

 DEAN, Harry, Able Seaman, 221561, DOW

 PRICE, Octavius W N, Leading Stoker, K 8915, DOW

 

 

Thursday, 27 December 1917

 

Adela, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.100 in Irish Sea; naval casualties:

 DAVEY, Frederick W, Seaman, RNR, A 2635, President III (O/P), DEMS gunner

 PITT, Henry J, Act/Bombardier (RMR B 287), RMA, RMA 4200, President III (O/P), DEMS gunner

 

Arklow, steamship

 NICOLSON, John, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 365, died

 

Otranto, armed merchant cruiser

 CLARKE, John A, Shipwright, MMR, 691853, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Signal Company, RE (Army), France

 MITCHELL, Victor J, Sapper, Army, 207582, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PETCH, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2696, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 FORRETT, Christopher S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7020, killed

 JAFFRAY, William, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2573, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BURRELL, Foster S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 386, killed

 EDWARDS, William G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 484, killed

 GIBBS, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3132, killed

 NELSON, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4073, killed

 PURSER, Frank D, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 AVERY, Thomas, Master at Arms, 179533, illness

 

 

Friday, 28 December 1917

 

Glen Gilder, steamship

 GIBSON, Robert, Seaman, RNR, A 7660, illness

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 DOBSON, Henry S, Private, RMLI, 3492 (Po), died in St Helena

 

Mersey Examination Vessel No.1, mined

 BARNARD, Charles H, Lieutenant, RNVR

 POOLE, Walter C, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 WILLIAMS, Richard, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR (Honorary)

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CARTER, Charles J, Stoker 2c, K 47395, illness

 

Piscatorial II, hired net drifter, disappeared in English Channel

 BOOR, Cecil J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11628

 CATTO, Alexander M, Engineman, RNR, TS 5231

 COLLIN, James, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 11069

 CROMBIE, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11066

 LOUGH, Alexander, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11071

 MCLEOD, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12250

 SARGENT, Samuel B, Engineman, RNR, TS 4474

 SHERRET, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13521

 TUNGATE, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 YOUNG, Alexander C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5425

 

RM Band

 DYKES, Albert J, Musician, RMB, 10210 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Royal Naval Siege Guns

 WITHERS, John H, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 10829, killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 WARNE, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2766, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 FLINT, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6645, DOW

 MACKINNON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3385, killed

 MOORE, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4226, killed

 POPE, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3059, killed

 WARBURTON, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5315, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 RUMBELOW, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5123, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ANDREWS, Thomas E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2584, killed

 BANKS, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5206, killed

 BRERETON, Alfred E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3941, killed

 CAMPBELL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7219, killed

 GALLOWAY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3171, killed

 MURPHY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3381, killed

 STATHAM, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4038, killed

 WHITE, Thomas, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

___________

 

Royal Navy

 GARDNER, John G, Stoker 1c, K 17963, died in UK

 

RND, 3rd Reserve Battalion

  LANG, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5333, discharged, illness

 

Santa Amalia, steam tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U.19 off N Ireland; naval casualties:

 GILFILLIAN, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6938

 MCARTHUR, Donald, Seaman, RNR, 9245 A

 REES, John H, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2346

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 PIGGOT, George W P, Boy 1c, J 78387, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport, salvaging unidentified ship at Salcombe, Devon, ship foundered

 LANYON, James, Lieutenant, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WEBBER, Frederick, Stoker 1c, 303192, illness

 

Vivid II, Accounting Base, Devonport

 BRADBURY, Vincent, Leading Stoker, K 3032 (Dev), illness

 

 

Saturday, 29 December 1917

 

Ennismore, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.58 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 HENDERSON, James J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), B 4428

 

ML.549, motor launch

 MCGEE, Roy J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12469, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 NEALE, Horace J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4713, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 GROSSART, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6041, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 LLOYD, William, Stoker 1c, 295728 (Dev)(RFR B 4474), discharged, illness

 RYAN, Arthur A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5489, DOW

__________

 

Royal Sovereign, Dreadnought battleship

 WEST, Joseph, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 9617 (Po), illness in UK

 

Sapper, Admiralty trawler,  probably mined and sunk in English Channel

 DRY, Tom, Engineman, RNR, ES 590

 EVANS, John C, Able Seaman, RNCVR, VR 3626

 FULCHER, Charles W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4284

 HUGHES, Hugh, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5713

 JONES, Henry, Lieutenant, RNR

 LACE, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10805

 LARDNER, Joseph F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 18165

 LEGGETT, Alfred J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2062

 LUCOCK, John J, Leading Seaman, C 3520

 MOORE, Walter D, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12107

 O’NEILL, John O, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Mersey Z 3659

 O’NEILL, Peter, Trimmer, RNR, ST 908

 PINE, Thomas, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2038

 SKINNER, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 16478

 SUTTON, Thomas W, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 3527

 THOMSON, Charles, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 WARRELL, Frederick A, Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 2577

 WHINCUP, John W H, Engineman, RNR, ES 591

 WILMOT, Alfred E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11029

 

 

Sunday, 30 December 1917

 

TORPEDOED BY UC.34 OFF EGYPTIAN COAST

 

Aragon, HM Transport, sunk, over 600 lives lost: naval casualty:

 VIBERT, Percy H, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6047), 203532 (Po)

 

Attack, destroyer, sunk

 FRANCIS, William C, Leading Stoker, K 4659 (Po)

 FREDERICK, Francis W, Stoker Petty Officer, 293303 (Po)

 HENLEY, Percy, Leading Stoker, K 2369 (Po)

 JACKSON, James W, Stoker 1c, SS 109980

 KENNEDY, Bertram J, Petty Officer 1c, 185704 (Po)

 LANG, Frank T, Officer's Steward 1c, 362653

 MATHESON, George H, Stoker Petty Officer, 290620 (Po)

 PIPE, Walter, Able Seaman, 221088 (Po)

 REED, William A, Able Seaman, J 28490 (Po)

 THORBURN, Robert A, Stoker 1c, K 25646 (Po)

_________

 

Defiance, Devonport

 REDMOND, Peter, Able Seaman, 136512, illness

 

Hercules, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by UB.21 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 BATTYE, Joseph I, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 11314

 

Ooma, collier Q-ship Hyanthes, serving as Ooma, MFA, presumably operating as collier at the time

 GILES, Albert A W S, Greaser, MMR, 540922, died in Brazil

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CLAXTON, John A, Stoker 1c, K 8181, illness

 

Penguin (RAN), base ship, Sydney

TAYLOR, William H, Leading Stoker, RAN, 4395, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

20 November-31 December Cambrai Operations, including:

30th/31st December, The Action of Welch (or Welsh) Ridge

 

RM Labour Corps, France

 CHALMERS, George, Corporal, RM, S 9362 (Deal), killed

 

RM Medical Unit, attached Howe Battalion, France

 NAYLOR, Harry, Corporal, RM, S 3217 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 JAQUES, William, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 NEWMAN, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 2278 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, 150th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 BARNES, Henry, Private, RM, 3832 (Deal), killed

 EDGAR, Reginald, Private, RM, S 3617 (Deal), killed

 

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

 WILLIAMSON, Helton, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1277, killed

 

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

 MCINTOSH, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3661, DOW

 

RND, 190th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, France

 TIPLADY, Stephen, Leading Seaman, RNVR, ZP 1053, killed

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 CLARKE, William A St A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 NUTTER, Harry, Corporal, RMLI, S 1387 (Ch), killed

 WESTBY, Thomas, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 BALE, Egbert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1613, killed

 BERRY, George E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2733, killed

 BROWNHILL, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1681, killed

 CODLING, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5088, killed

 HUGHES, Griffith, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4638, killed

 LEVY, Reginald, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 595, killed

 MARTIN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1870, killed

 MCBRIDE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1580, killed

 O’HARA, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2910, killed

 ROSE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4842, killed

 WINTER, Richard S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4635, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ARMSTRONG, Stanley, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3570, killed

 BARTLETT, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3922, prisoner of war, DOW

 BETHEL, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1943, killed

 BLAIR, Archibald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3856, killed

 CAPEL, William, Petty Officer, RNVR, R 2080, killed

 CARSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4787, killed

 CLARKSON, William H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 COLEMAN, Henry C, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3560, killed

 CRAYTON, Michael, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 103, killed

 CURTIN, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2041, DOW

 DUGGAN, Michael, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3920, killed

 FERRETT, Alan, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 246, killed

 FISHER, Norman, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5950, killed

 GARTON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4543, killed

 GLAYSHER, Sydney R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3718, killed

 GRIFFITHS, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 431, killed

 HUNT, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3755, killed

 IRVING, Ronald, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4814, killed

 JAMES, Bert, Petty Officer, RNVR, KW 577, killed

 JEFFRIES, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4303, killed

 JOHNSON, Alan A, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 JOHNSON, Ernest O, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 42, killed

 JORDAN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4295, killed

 KEAM, Henry A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1446, killed

 KENNEDY, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, R 2107, killed

 LAGAN, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z5457, killed

 LAMBERT, Sidney, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 99, killed

 LANE, Sydney, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1091, killed

 LATHAM, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 103, killed

 LOVE, Edwin, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2039, killed

 MASTERTON, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3970, killed

 MCALLION, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2088, killed

 MERRYLESS, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2144, killed

 MURRAY, John C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1663, killed

 OSBORNE, James A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2085, killed

 PINDER, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 891, killed

 PROBYN, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 475, killed

 RENTON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7737, killed

 ROPER, Enoch, Petty Officer, RNVR, KW 768, killed

 SCOTT, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2961, killed

 SKERN, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2065, killed

 SMITH, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8119, killed

 STEELE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6015, killed

 STRACHAN, Thomas D, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2092, killed

 SWEENEY, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2086, killed

 THOMAS, Arthur B T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1435, killed

 TRICK, Albert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1265, killed

 TRUEMAN, Abraham, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2977, killed

 TURNER, George F, Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 767, killed

 WATSON, Tom, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4807, killed

 WHYTOCK, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2091, killed

 WILKINSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8181, killed

 WILSON, Albert D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3286, killed

 WOODFORD, Charles J, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 AIREY, Percy W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1800, killed

 ATKINSON, John S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1656, DOW

 BROUGH, Bertram, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4697, DOW

 BURNSIDE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1648, killed

 CARVEY, Robert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2557, killed

 CLIFF, Harold de W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4923, killed

 DINGLEY, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 816, killed

 DONNELLEY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2596, killed

 ELY, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4691, killed

 FRANCE, Luke, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6138, killed

 FRYER, James A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4905, killed

 GAMBLE, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4199, killed

 HALL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4904, DOW

 HAWORTH, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4392, killed

 HOWES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 739, killed

 JONES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4942, killed

 LAWRIE, George H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 LEE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1721, killed

 MAXWELL, James H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 732, killed

 MILLS, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1773, killed

 NICHOLSON, John R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1598, killed

 O’BEIRNE, Ernest L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2616, killed

 PHILIPSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1608, killed

 POOLE, Frank L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5591, killed

 SHAW-STEWART, Patrick H, Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, killed

 WAGSTAFF, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4573, killed

 WILLIAMS, Arthur G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4965, DOW

 WILLIAMS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4938, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BOND, Mark T, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3697, killed

 BRADING, Arthur J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 34, killed

 BROWN, Leonard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9011, killed

 CAMPBELL, Alan U, ACT/Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, killed

 DICKINSON, Ernest V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6687, killed

 ELLISON, Richard H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3661, killed

 FURNIVAL, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3465, killed

 GRANT, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1029, killed

 GREEN, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8418, killed

 HARDIE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7137, killed

 HORRIDGE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1964, killed

 JOHNSON, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KX 228, killed

 LORD, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2331, killed

 PARNELL, Frederick R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 164, killed

 PAYNE, Sidney J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1430, killed

 REILLY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5992, killed

 ROBINSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 155, killed

 SCOTT, Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 138, killed

 STEADMAN, John R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2735, killed

 THOMAS, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5323, killed

 WEST, Charles S, Ty/Commander, RNVR, killed

 WISEMAN, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2143, killed

 WOOD, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4862, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 BAILEY, Horace L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5209, killed

 EVANS, Ivor J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4846, killed

 GRAHAM, Thomas N, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 389, killed

 GURNEY, Albert H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1486, killed

 HALL, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1473, killed

 MARTIN, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1380, DOW

 PAGE, William F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3328, DOW

 PINNOCK, Edmund C P, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3221, killed

 PRITCHARD, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3416, killed

 RICHARDSON, Percy W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5215, killed

 SANDERS, Wesley E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1538, killed

 SELBY, Thomas J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3222, killed

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Teutonic, armed merchant cruiser

 GRANT, William, Stoker, RNR, T 2854, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 JACKSON, William, Carpenter's Crew, M 14935 (Dev), (ex-Colossus), illness

 

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

 PORTEOUS, Adam, Stoker 1c, 290039, illness

 

 

Monday, 31 December 1917

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 YUSEF, Mahmud, Seedie, (no service number listed), illness

 

Osmanieh, fleet messenger, mined and sunk off Egyptian coast

 AZZOPARDI, Henry, Messman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BEWLAY, Thomas A, Stoker, MMR, 896904

 BONETT, Paolo, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 CAMPBELL, Alexander R, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 25893 (Dev), (Grafton O/P)

 CAYGILL, Edward, Ordinary Seaman, J 75031, (Victory O/P)

 CIAPPARA, Vincent, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 GEORGE, Harry, Stoker, MMR, 896733

 HARGREAVES, Alfred C L, Leading Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KEEN, Harry, Leading Stoker, K 4399 (Po), (Victory O/P)

 LOWSLEY, Arthur, Stoker 1c, SS 114939, (Victory O/P)

 MASON, David R, Ty/Lieutenant Commander, RNR

 MCHOWELL, William K, Mate, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCLAREN, William, Able Seaman, MMR, 884243

 MCTAMNEY, Robert, Stoker, MMR, 871011

 MERTAUGH, Ernest, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MURPHY, Henry, Stoker, MMR, 896907

 SMYTH, Herbert F, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 VASSALLO, Anthony, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 VASSALLO, Paul, Butcher, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WREN, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 77812 (Ch), (Pembroke O/P)

 ZAMMIT, Paolo, Stoker, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

Otranto, armed merchant cruiser

 EVANS, Henry, Boy, RNCVR, VR 1262, died in British Columbia

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 EVANS, Edgar J, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 4226, killed

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Airco DH6 tractor biplane from Redcar School, crashed

  ANDERSON, Francis M, Ty/Py/Flight Officer

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 ISAAC, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1150 (Ch), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 CHAPMAN, Robert, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 2231 (Ply), DOW

 MENNIE, John A, Sergeant, RMLI, 16327 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company

 LAKE, Sidney, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5257, killed

 

RND, 248th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 BROWN, Stewart P, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, Army, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 BESWICK, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1840, DOW

 SISTERSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1575, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ASTELL, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1920, killed

 HANNAH, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4723, killed

 HEPDEN, William D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 760, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BUCKINGHAM, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1502, killed

 BUSSEY, Sam, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1500, killed

 DAWSON, Jim, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5377, killed

 HARROP, Ellison, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4170, killed

 IRVING, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2163, killed

 PUGH, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1490, killed

 THOMSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4158, killed

 WHITE, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3963, killed

 WILKINSON, John E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1231, killed

 WILLIAMS, Sidney A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4289, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HAZLEWOOD, Francis J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5593, DOW

 HUGHES, Ernest A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4709, killed

 IRONSIDE, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1650, killed

 JACKSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6615, DOW

 LOVEDAY, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4915, killed

 MCEWAN, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 1946, killed

 MILNER, Leonard, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4427, killed

 MUNDEN, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4466, killed

 RAMSAY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3142, killed

 ROBERTS, Norman, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 STEAD, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8551, DOW

 WATKINS, John, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 HARRIS, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3747, DOW

 JAMES, John J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3608, DOW

 YATES, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4832, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ADAMS, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3451, killed

 CHUBB, Frederick G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, R 28, killed

 CLERK, Cecil A, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 DIGHTON, Arthur V, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3209, DOW

 DUDDLESTON, Edward M, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3261, DOW

 EVANS, William S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3420, killed

 FOSTER, Robert G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3176, killed

 GALLOWAY, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 244, killed

 GRAY, Robert A, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5191, killed

 HOLDER, Sidney S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3913, killed

 HYMAN, Abraham L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1533, killed

 KEELING, Sydney C, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3205, killed

 LEARMONT, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7250, killed

 LUTHER, Thomas S, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1030, killed

 MASON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5042, killed

 MYCOCK, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4176, killed

 NOAD, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 567, killed

 NOBLE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2293, killed

 ROSEN, Harris, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4276, DOW

 SAVAGE, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1546, killed

 SHARP, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3915, killed

 SMITH, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4014, killed

 SMITH, Oliver G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9066, DOW

 SURRIDGE, Frank C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4376, killed

 TAPP, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4290, DOW

 THOMSON, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7230, killed

 TODD, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7063, killed

 WHITE, Samuel T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 301, killed

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RND, 3rd Reserve Battalion

 MARRIOTT, Jack A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5276, illness in UK

 

Thunderer, Dreadnought battleship

 CROOKS, Samuel, Able Seaman, 224561, illness

 

Tiger, battlecruiser

 LAMBERT, Percival W, Private, RMLI, 17485 (Ply), illness

 

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