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1918-1939 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell

 

JANUARY-2nd SEPTEMBER 1939 -  in date, ship/unit & name order

HM Submarine Thistle, sister to HMS Thetis, lost 3 June 1939

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Notes:

(1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate

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January 1939

 

Decoy, destroyer

 TURK, Albert G, Able Seaman, D/JX 133320, illness, date not listed in record

 

Royal Navy

 RANDALL, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 144652, died, day not listed in record

 

 

Wednesday, 4 January 1939

 

Malaya, battleship

 ROYSE, William J, Marine, 23164 (Ch), illness

 

 

Friday, 6 January 1939

 

Medway, submarine depot ship

 FAKELEY, Sidney J, Chief Stoker, C/K 56436, illness

 

 

Monday, 9 January 1939

 

Royal Navy

 MCCARTHY, Charles J, Signalman, D/SX 86, illness

 

Suffolk, heavy cruiser

 LEGG, Walter J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91808, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 10 January 1939

 

Maidstone, submarine depot ship

 PLATTS, Leonard H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 92289, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 11 January 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 DUMINGHAM, James, Able Seaman, D/SSX 15375, illness

 

 

Thursday, 12 January 1939

 

Medway, submarine depot ship

 RAVEN, John I, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 60365, illness

 

 

Friday, 13 January 1939

 

Campbell, flotilla leader

 WELCH, G (initial only), Petty Officer, JX 158688, illness

 

 

Sunday, 15 January 1939

 

Hussar, minesweeper

 MALONEY, James A, Leading Telegraphist, C/J 100558, boat accident, killed

 

Royal Navy

 DAWES, Arthur D, Electrical Artificer 5c, P/MX 58426, illness

 

 

Monday, 23 January 1939

 

Royal Navy

 WEST, John G, Leading Telegraphist, P/J 53099, illness

 

 

Friday, 27 January 1939

 

Royal Navy

 CLARKE, Nelson, Stoker 2c, C/KX 9543, illness

 

Tamar, Hong Kong

 PANG, Ping, Able Seaman, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Saturday, 28 January 1939

 

Penelope, light cruiser

 BARFF, Edward M, Lieutenant (E), accidentally killed

 

 

Sunday, 29 January 1939

 

Caledonia, Rosyth

 BELL, Harper, Boy 2c, JX 158259, illness

 

 

Monday, 30 January 1939

 

Glorious, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, flying accident, both killed

 COUGHLIN, Bernard A, Leading Seaman, D/JX 137538

 PEERMAN, Robert H, Leading Signalman, D/JX 135816

 

 

Wednesday, 1 February 1939

 

Galatea, light cruiser

 DOHERTY, Henry E, Petty Officer, D/J 90806, drowned

 

 

Friday, 3 February 1939

 

Dunedin, light cruiser

 HYATT, Archibald A, Cook, P/M 38493, illness

 

RM Portsmouth Division

 SMITH, Charles H, Marine, X 3652 (Po), illness

 

Sheldrake, patrol vessel

 HORN, John E, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 88273, accidentally killed

 

 

Saturday, 4 February 1939

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 MITCHELL, Dennis E, Able Seaman Air Mechanic, P/JX 154173, accidentally killed

 

 

Sunday, 5 February 1939

 

Marshal Soult, monitor

 EYRES, Frederick C, Stoker 1c, K 61309, illness

 

 

Monday, 6 February 1939

 

Ganges, Shotley/Harwich

 DABNOR, Frederick H, Boy 2c, JX 159907, illness

 

 

Thursday, 9 February 1939

 

Folkestone, sloop

 HOPKINS, Herbert A, Leading Seaman, C/JX 136803, died

 

 

Saturday, 11 February 1939

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 PINE, Henry C, Chief Yeoman of Signals, P/JX 149535, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 15 February 1939

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 HARRIS, Richard C, Stoker 1c, C/KX 85030, road accident, killed

 

 

Thursday, 16 February 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 ATKINS, Ernest F, Petty Officer, D/J 55586, illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 February 1939

 

RN Hospital, Capetown

 SANDERSON, David, Able Seaman, C/JX 148081, illness

 

 

Thursday, 23 February 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 SHEEHAN, Edric W, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 79775, illness

 

 

Friday, 24 February 1939

 

Aurora, light cruiser

 CARTER, Joseph E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 82927, illness

 

Sheffield, light cruiser

 BROMLEY, James A E, Able Seaman, J 113690, died

 

 

Wednesday, 1 March 1939

 

Rorqual, submarine

 PURKINS, John H, Able Seaman, J 102141, accidentally killed

 

Royal Navy

 RANCE, Harry T, Chief Stoker, P/K 63059, illness

 

 

Thursday, 2 March 1939

 

Ramillies, battleship

 TURNER, Alec T, Lieutenant, RM (Plymouth Barracks), attempting to rescue Sgt Young, drowned

 YOUNG, Charles E, Sergeant, RM, 22052 (Po), drowned

  

 

Friday, 3 March 1939

 

Caledonia, Rosyth, from motor boat

 CAIRNS, David C, Able Seaman, C/SSX 16483, died

 

 

Monday, 6 March 1939

 

Pandora, submarine

 MAYDELL, Stanley A, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 77914, illness

 

 

Thursday, 9 March 1939

 

Barham, battleship

 HOWELL, Aubrey W J, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 58588, illness

 

St Delphine, steam trawler, collision, all killed

 HOSKINS, Alfred, Seaman, RNR, X 17783 A (Boscawen)

 MATHESON, Angus, Seaman, RNR, X 7434 (Boscawen)

 TUCKER, Oliver G, Skipper, RNR (Boscawen)

 

 

Friday, 10 March 1939

 

Dorsetshire, heavy cruiser

 CLEMENTSON, William E, Marine, X 1632 (Ply), died

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 HARTLAND, Frederick G, Leading Seaman, C/JX 134825, died

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 GROUND, Brian K U, Py/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 13 March 1939

 

Curlew, light cruiser

 BULL, Donald S, Boy 1c, C/J 156960, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 15 March 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 JAMES, Sidney F, Act/Warrant Cook, illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 March 1939

 

Royal Navy

 FALKNER, Hubert E S, Act/Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Sunday, 19 March 1939

 

Hermes, aircraft carrier

 LAMBERTH, Charles W, Stoker 1c, D/K 59731, illness

 

Penelope, light cruiser

 SOPP, Wilfred H, Marine, X 1136 (Po), drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 21 March 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 CUMMINGS, Charles W, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX 28928, illness

 

RAF Station Gosport, air crash

 O'BRIEN, Dermod D, Lieutenant, DOI

 

 

Friday, 24 March 1939

 

Neptune, light cruiser

 AFFON, Arthur Mc K, Petty Officer, D/J 62910, illness

 

Royal Navy

 FERGUSON, Robert E, Telegraphist, P/JX 134393, illness

 

 

Sunday, 26 March 1939

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 VAUDIN, George C, Ordnance Artificer Apprentice, C/MX 58919, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 28 March 1939

 

Woolwich, destroyer depot ship

 DREWERY, James E, Stoker 1c, C/KX 87003, illness

 

 

Thursday, 30 March 1939

 

Barham, battleship

 MURPHY, Sidney G, Able Seaman, P/JX 128569, illness

 

 

Friday, 31 March 1939

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 HIGGINS, Alfred G, Act/Cook, C/MX 57607, illness

 

 

Saturday, 1 April 1939

 

Medway, submarine depot ship

 COONEY, Joseph A, Stoker, P/KX 91806, illness

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 KELLY, Charles E, Marine, 18486 (Po), illness

 

 

Monday, 3 April 1939

 

Birmingham, light cruiser

 BOXALL, Cyril H, Able Seaman, P/JX 135148, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 4 April 1939

 

Pembroke II, Chatham

 INGLIS, William H, Officer's Cook, C/MX 59002, illness

 

RM Chatham Division

 SMYTH, Arthur W, Marine, A 21265 (Ch), died

 

 

Sunday, 9 April 1939

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 FENN, Sidney, Chief Petty Officer Cook, P/M 38642, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 11 April 1939

 

Norfolk, heavy cruiser

 JOURDAIN, David C, Paymaster Midshipman, illness

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 MUIR, Robert W R, Chief Ordnance Artificer, C/MX 58260, accidentally killed

 

War Pathan, oiler, RFA

 CONNOR, John, Fireman, RNR, (no service number listed), illness

 

 

Thursday, 13 April 1939

 

Rodney, battleship

 PASCOE, Archibald J, Act/Cook, D/MX 55869, road accident, killed

 

Shropshire, heavy cruiser

 DANNAN, Kenneth P, Paymaster Midshipman, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 April 1939

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 LAIDLAW, Henry M S, Captain, RNR, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 April 1939

 

Belfast, light cruiser

 PORTER, Thomas A, Commissioned Gunner, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 19 April 1939

 

Achilles, light cruiser

 LAMB, James G (rank not listed), New Zealand Division, 1430, illness

 

 

Thursday, 20 April 1939

 

Dwarf, submarine tender, Portsmouth

 BANKS, Jack S, Lieutenant, illness

 

Somali, destroyer

 BEARD, George A, Petty Officer, P/JX 127198, illness

 

 

Friday, 21 April 1939

 

York, heavy cruiser

 ADAMS, Frank D, Midshipman, illness

 

 

Saturday, 22 April 1939

 

Caledonia, Rosyth

 LEICESTER, Ian E, FAA Apprentice, FX 75561, illness

 

 

Sunday, 23 April 1939

 

Royal Navy

 BRICKNELL, Victor J, Able Seaman, P/J 86829, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 25 April 1939

 

RM HQ Chatham

 JONES, Denis J, Corporal, RM, X 765 (Ch), road accident, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 26 April 1939

 

Motor Torpedo Boat MTB.7

 HAYNES, William G, Able Seaman, P/J 103857, illness

 

 

Thursday, 27 April 1939

 

St Angelo, Malta

 ELLUL, Emmanuel, Able Seaman, E/JX 145940, accidentally killed

 

 

Friday, 28 April 1939

 

Merchant Navy Defence Instructional Officer, Cardiff, Wales

 DICKSON, Thomas H, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 2 May 1939

 

Royal Navy

 HENDERSON, Sir Reginald G H, Admiral, illness

 

 

Sunday, 7 May 1939

 

Mersey Division, RNVR

 MCCULLOCH, John, Py/Midshipman, RNVR, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 May 1939

 

Protector, netlayer

 SMITH, Henry R J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 145036, illness

 

 

Friday, 12 May 1939

 

Devonport Dockyard

 CORNOCK, William C, Constable, RM Police, RMP X 355 (Ply), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 17 May 1939

 

Eskimo, destroyer

 PHIMINTER, Alexander, Able Seaman, C/SSX 10873, accidentally killed

 

 

Thursday, 18 May 1939

 

Berwick, heavy cruiser

 HALEY, James, Leading Stoker, P KX 79017, drowned

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1939

 

FAA, 802 Sqn, Glorious, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, air crash

 SYKES, William A, Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

 

Saturday, 20 May 1939

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 GOY, Leslie N, Able Seaman, C/JX 138693, fell overboard, rescued, but suffered from exposure and shock, died

 

Hasty, destroyer

 HUTCHINSON, George M, Able Seaman, D/SSX 16796, illness

 

 

Monday, 22 May 1939

 

Tamar, Hong Kong

 MATTHEWS, Alfred W, Warrant Master at Arms, illness

 

Widgeon, patrol vessel

 MOREY, Reginald G, Petty Officer, P/J 113934, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 24 May 1939

 

Devonshire, heavy cruiser

 HOKINS, Llewellyn J, Stoker 2c, D/KX 95205, accidentally killed

 

 

Friday, 2 June 1939

 

751 Sqn, air crash

 ROBERTSON, Jack, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

Peregrine, Ford, Sussex, aircraft accident

 CHARTERIS, Hugh L, Midshipman (A), killed

 

 

Saturday, 3 June 1939

 

Naval Pilot's Course No.3

 THOM, James M W, Midshipman (A), road accident, killed

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 ROSS, Andrew, Able Seaman, C/J 115702, illness

 

Thetis, submarine, those on board included commanders of other submarines building at Cammell Laird, Admiralty officials, and civilian employees of Cammell Laird and Vickers Armstrong. Diving accident during final diving trials in Liverpool Bay on June 1, finally lost on the 3rd following rescue and salvage attempts. There were four survivors. Salvaged and renamed Thunderbolt, lost in action 14 March 1943

 ALLEN, William E, Leading Telegraphist, D/JX 135513

 ANKERS, Thomas, Civilian Contractor

 ARMSTRONG, James I, Civilian Contractor

 ASLETT, William H, Admiralty Civilian

 BAILEY, Frank, Admiralty Civilian

 BATH, William G, Civilian Contractor

 BATTEN, Francis B, Leading Signalman, D/JX 129058

 BEATTY, William B, Civilian Contractor

 BOLUS, Guy H, Lieutenant Commander

 BRAMBRICK, Thomas, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86324

 BRESNER, Frank R, Civilian Contractor

 BROAD, Samuel, Civilian Contractor

 BROOKE, Robert S, Leading Stoker, D/KX 81583

 BROWN, William, Civilian Contractor

 BYRNE, Alan W, Electrical Artificer 2c, P/MX 47269

 CHAPMAN, Harold, Lieutenant

 CHINN, Arnold G, Civilian Contractor

 CORNISH, George P, Chief Petty Officer, C/J 71379

 COSTLEY, James, Able Seaman, P/J 64330

 CRAGG, Horace T, Civilian Contractor

 CRAIG, James, Stoker 1c, D/KX 77855

 CRAVEN, Archibald, Civilian Contractor

 CREASEY, Jack C, Engine Room Artificer, D/MX 47691

 CROMBLEHOME, Stanley, Able Seaman, D/SSX 14810

 CROUT, Robert W, Civilian Contractor

 CUNNINGHAM, David, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 80547

 DILLON-SHALLAND, Harold J, Chief Stoker, P/K 58669

 DOBELLS, Gilbert H, Civilian Contractor

 DUNCAN, David N, Civilian Contractor

 DUNN, Alfred H, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86322

 ECCLESTON, Harold, Civilian Contractor

 FENNEY, James S, Leading Stoker, C/KX 81255

 FRENCH, Howard W E, Engine Room Artificer, D/MX 49582

 GARNETT, Richard N, Lieutenant Commander (Taku)

 GISBORNE, Edward, Admiralty Civilian

 GLEN, Roy D, Commissioned Engineer

 GOAD, Thomas T, Petty Officer, C/J 108935

 GRAHAM, Graham T W, Telegraphist, P/J 112924

 GREEN, Louis E, Stoker 1c, P/KX 80815

 GRIFFITHS, John, Civilian Contractor

 HAMBROOK, Walter L, Act/Leading Seaman, P/J 115289

 HAMILTON, Clifford J S, Civilian Contractor

 HARWOOD, George A, Act/Petty Officer, C/JX 134789

 HAYTER, Reginald G B, Commander (Naval Engineering Department)

 HENDERSON, Colin M H, Lieutenant (E), (Dolphin)

 HILL, Albert A F, Admiralty Civilian

 HILLS, Albert G, Stoker 1c, P/K 61207

 HOLE, Wilfred T, Stoker 1c, D/KX 80876

 HOMER, Richard, Civilian Contractor

 HOPE, John A, Act/Petty Officer, D/J 81414

 HORNE, Charles W, Admiralty Civilian

 HORSMAN, Harry R, Admiralty Civilian

 HOWELL, Harold G, Engine Room Artificer, D/MX 50785

 HUGHES, Joseph C, Petty Officer Cook, P/MX 48198

 HUNN, Leslie W, Admiralty Civilian

 JACKSON, Peter F O, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer, C/MX 46112

 JACKSON, Stanley, Engineer Captain, (Dolphin)

 JAMISON, Antony G, Lieutenant (E), (Trident)

 KENDRICK, Edward A, Able Seaman, D/JX 157904

 KENNEY, Thomas W, Leading Stoker, C/KX 82462

 KIPLING, Robert, Civilian Contractor

 LEWIS, Edward H, Civilian Contractor

 LLOYD, Thomas C C, Lieutenant Commander (Trident)

 LONGSTAFF, Norman, Able Seaman, P/JX 132478

 LUCK, Walter A, Leading Seaman, C/JX 134188

 MATTHEWS, William A, Stoker 1c, C/KX 87674

 MITCHELL, Ernest, Petty Officer, P/J 102658

 MORGANS, James A, Able Seaman, P/JX 132797

 MORTIMER, Thomas W, Telegraphist, D/JX 138326

 ORMES, William C, Chief Engine Room Artificer, C/M 14525

 ORROCK, William, Stoker 1c, D/KX 85664

 OWEN, Walter, Civilian Contractor

 PAGE, James A, Civilian Contractor

 PENNINGTON, Lionel G, Commander (E), (Engineer in Chief’s Department)

 POLAND, William A W, Lieutenant

 QUINN, Philip L, Civilian Contractor

 READ, John A, Leading Seaman, C/J 107220

 ROBINSON, Arthur B, Civilian Contractor

 ROGERS, Frank, Able Seaman, D/JX 135735

 ROGERSON, Richard, Civilian Contractor

 RYAN, Patrick E J, Lieutenant (Trident)

 SCARTH, George L, Civilian Contractor

 SMITH, Alfred H, Leading Seaman, D/J 80062

 SMITH, Cornelius, Civilian Contractor

 SMITH, William H, Civilian Contractor

 SMITHERS, Cecil E, Act/Petty Officer, C/JX 129326

 STEVENS, Stanley W G, Leading Seaman, P/JX 135921

 STOCK, Francis H, Leading Steward, C/LX 21640

 SUMMERS, George A, Civilian Contractor

 TURNER, John H, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 134566

 TYLER, Donald V, Civilian Contractor

 WATKINSON, Arthur S, Civilian Contractor

 WATTERSON, William, Civilian Contractor

 WELLS, James W, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 81583

 WILCOX, Norman D, Mersey Pilot

 WILSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/JX 138072

 YATES, Albert E, Stoker 1c, D/KX 81352

 YOULES, Edward J, Act/Leading Stoker, D/KX 80198

 YOUNG, James, Civilian Contractor

 

 

Tuesday, 6 June 1939

 

Petrobus, petrol carrier, RFA

 PRATT, John E, Ship's Steward, (neither service number nor cause of death listed)

 

 

Thursday, 15 June 1939

 

Naval Pilot's Course No.3, air crash

 REED, James V, Midshipman (A), killed

 

 

Friday, 16 June 1939

 

Penelope, light cruiser

 GARWOOD, Richard H, Paymaster Lieutenant, illness

 MEEKER, Stanley W, Stoker 1c, KX 91301, died

 

 

Saturday, 17 June 1939

 

Barham, battleship

 HOBBS, John B, Boy 1c, C/JX 154987, accidentally killed

 

 

Sunday, 18 June 1939

 

Caledon, light cruiser

 JOHNSON, Frederick R M, Captain, illness

 

Eskimo, destroyer

 DURRANT, Stanley R, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 153427, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 21 June 1939

 

Caledonia, Rosyth

 WOOD, Henry, Boy 2c, JX 161252, illness

 

 

Sunday, 25 June 1939

 

Seal, minelaying submarine

 KIDD, Frederick J, Leading Steward, D/LX 21491, illness

 

 

Thursday, 29 June 1939

 

Hood, battlecruiser

 WOOD, William H, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

July 1939

 

 

Royal Naval Reserves

 COWAP, Charles R, Captain, RNR, died, day not given in Navy List

 

 

Saturday, 1 July 1939

 

Codrington, destroyer leader

 MASON, Joseph H, Chief Petty Officer, D/JX 160909, illness

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 PALMER, Philip N, Leading Seaman, C/JX 133774, illness

 

 

Sunday, 2 July 1939

 

Ivanhoe, destroyer

 CARR, Robert W, Able Seaman, C/SSX 14782, accidentally killed

 

 

Monday, 3 July 1939

 

Dolphin, Gosport

 DRANSFIELD, Herbert, Able Seaman, D/JX 137532, road accident, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 4 July 1939

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 TOWELL, Thomas, Marine, 216788 (Po), illness

 

 

Thursday, 6 July 1939

 

RN Hospital, Chatham

 BECK, James M, Sergeant, RM, RM Police, illness

 

 

Saturday, 8 July 1939

 

Javelin, destroyer

 CONNELL, James J, Stoker Petty Officer, K 63236, illness

 

 

Sunday, 9 July 1939

 

Afrikander, Simonstown, South Africa

 MALAFANE, Joseph, Bantie, Cape Station B 10, accidentally killed

 

RN Barracks Portsmouth

 JACKMAN, Maurice S, Shipwright Apprentice, MX 53959, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 11 July 1939

 

Kempenfelt, destroyer leader

 BAILEY, Reginald C, Stoker 1c, P/KX 91419, died

 

 

Saturday, 15 July 1939

 

Blanche, destroyer

 CAMERON, Robert F, Seaman, RNR, X 18393 A, road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 17 July 1939

 

Londonderry, sloop

 KELLY, Ernest, Able Seaman, D/J 109116, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 19 July 1939

 

Matabele, destroyer

 BURCH, Ronald E, Leading Seaman, D/JX 130255, accidentally killed

 

 

Friday, 21 July 1939

 

Colombo, light cruiser

 LLOYD, David Marsh, Lieutenant, born 14 February 1914, No.2 Flying Training School, flying 2-seater Hawker Hart K4366, on dive-bombing practise, crashed off Bridlington, killed (thanks to Wendy (Lloyd) Bennett, 8 Oct 2011)

 

 

Tuesday, 25 July 1939

 

Glorious, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, flight deck accident

 LEE, Leonard, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 153690, killed

 

Kent, heavy cruiser

 WALKER, Robert R, Able Seaman, C/JX 138078, illness

 

Victory II, Portsmouth

 GILLIES, Wilfred W, Stoker 1c, P/K 60825, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 26 July 1939

 

Medway, submarine depot ship

 BRUNDLE, Archie L, Able Seaman, C/JX 131734, accidentally killed

 

 

Thursday, 27 July 1939

 

Dainty, destroyer

 WATTS, Albert W L, Leading Stoker, P/KX 83422, illness

 

 

Saturday, 29 July 1939

 

Garland, destroyer

 SMITH, Benjamin, Able Seaman, J 109501, illness

 

 

Sunday, 30 July 1939

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 APPLETON, Ernest, Able Seaman, C/SSX 18858, illness

 

 

Monday, 31 July 1939

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 POULTER, William C, Act/Cook, C/MX 59324, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 2 August 1939

 

FAA, 800 Sqn, Ark Royal, aircraft carrier, air crash, both killed

 NORMAN, William H, Act/Leading Airman, FX 76326

 WATSON, Charles E, Sub Lieutenant (A)

 

 

Friday, 4 August 1939

 

Royal Navy

 DOYLE, Leslie R, Boy, SS 3007, illness

 

 

Monday, 7 August 1939

 

Raven, Eastleigh, Southampton

 ROWLAND, John W, Able Seaman, P/JX 132292, road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 14 August 1939

 

Boadicea, destroyer

 NEW, John E, Able Seaman, C/J 92566, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 1939

 

Warspite, battleship

 BAILEY, Samuel G W, Leading Stoker, C/KX 75436, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 16 August 1939

 

Malaya, battleship

 SWIFT, Stanley, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 21825, illness

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 EVISON, Alfred W, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX 30581, illness

 

Hood, battlecruiser

 WOOD, Frank, Engine Room Artificer, P/MX 58815, illness

 

 

Monday, 21 August 1939

 

Hood, battlecruiser

 PROCTOR, Donald C, Ordinary Signalman, P/JX 156557, illness

 

Whitley, destroyer

 JENNINGS, Thomas J, Stoker 1c, P/KX 77678, drowned

 

 

Wednesday, 23 August 1939

 

Tedworth, minesweeper, diving on submarine Thetis

 PERDUE, Henry O, Petty Officer, P/J 104459, accidentally killed

 

 

Saturday, 26 August 1939

 

Drake, Devonport

 MCCARTHY, William G, Commissioned Supply Officer, illness

 

FAA, 758 Sqn, Raven, Eastleigh, Southampton, air crash

 PEARCE, Henry W G, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed

 

Royal Navy

 HUTT, Reuben J, Chief Yeoman of Signals, P/J 51430, road accident, killed

 

 

Sunday, 27 August 1939

 

Malaya, battleship

 KELLY, Richard R E U, Py/Lieutenant, RM, illness

 

Resolution, battleship

 PULLEN, George E W, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 151891, died from fall

 

 

Tuesday, 29 August 1939

 

Jervis, destroyer

 HUDSON, Dudley J T, Leading Steward, C/LX 20555, died

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 DOWDE, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 3294, died from result of operation

 

 

Thursday, 31 August 1939

 

RN Hospital, Plymouth

 ROBINSON, William H, Able Seaman, 218742, illness

 

Voyager (RAN), destroyer

 MENEREAU, Cecil D, Gunner, illness

 

 

 September

 

 

Friday, 1 September 1939

 

Victory I, Portsmouth

 LENNON, Peter, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 150778, road accident, killed

 

 

Saturday, 2 September 1939

 

Cerberus (RAN), Williamston, Australia

 REILLY, Reginald S, Act/Plumber 4c, 19868 (RAN), illness

 

on to 3 September 1939
or return to inter-war casualties, 1918-1939

revised 16/11/11