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) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

(4) More information may be found in the Name Lists

 Monday, 1 May 1916

 

C 26, submarine, accidental explosion on board Vulcan

 HORNBY, Hugh S, Lieutenant, DOI

 

Duke of Edinburgh

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

 

Impregnable

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

 

Kylemore, France

 LONGMAN, John, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 1950

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

 

Lennox

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

 

Pactolus

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

 

Pembroke

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

 WALKER, John, Stoker 1c, 310955, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 2 May 1916

 

Benbow

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

 

Buffalo

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

 

Fantome (RAN)

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

 

Pekin

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

Pyramus

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

 

Racer

 POOLE, George, Stoker 1c, 292248, died

 

Staunch

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

 

Unity, steamship, submarine action

 WALSH, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 8200

 

 

Wednesday, 3 May 1916

 

Edgar

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

 

HM Coast Guard Station Western Porthoustock

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

 

Royal Indian Marine

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

 

Trent

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

 

Victory

 MOORE, Henry, Bandsman, 97935, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 May 1916

 

Crownsin, ship lost

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

 BUTCHART, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4788

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

 CULLEN, Richard, Engineman, RNR, ES 4250

 FLETCHER, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9112

 HOLLIS, Albert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1753

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

 LEACH, Alan, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1612

 LEADBETTER, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9073

 MAULKINSON, Harwood, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4407

 NORMAN, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1156

 

Iolaire

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

 

Maori

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

 

Pembroke

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

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

 

RM Depot Deal

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

 

Royal Naval Air Service

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

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 WALMESLEY, Oswald N, Flight Lieutenant, drowned

 

Teutonic

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

 

 

Friday, 5 May 1916

 

Highflyer

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

Royal Naval Air Service

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

 SIMMS, Herbert R, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned in UK

 

Victory

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

 

 

Saturday, 6 May 1916

 

Colleen

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

 

Cormorant

 BLAKE, Francis G, Engineer Lieutenant, illness

 

Laertes

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

 

Sunday, 7 May 1916

 

Ganges

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

 

Pembroke

 MANSFIELD, Cyril J, Deputy Surgeon General, illness

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Monday, 8 May 1916

 

Bellerophon

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

 

Mantua

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

 

Motor Lighter X.74

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

 

Pembroke

 PARKER, Harry J, Able Seaman, 169638, illness

 

Victory

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

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

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

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

 

 

Tuesday, 9 May 1916

 

Boy Roy

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

Thistle

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Wednesday, 10 May 1916

 

Laertes

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

RFC, Recruits Department

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

 

 

Thursday, 11 May 1916

 

Buckler

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

 

Challenger

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

 

Dolphin, Mesopotamia

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

 

Egmont III, Port Said

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

Russell, ship lost on 27 April

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

 

Vivid

 ALLEN, Samuel, Able Seaman, 183390, illness

 

 

Friday, 12 May 1916

 

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

 

Pembroke

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

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

 

River Fisher

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Saturday, 13 May 1916

 

M.30, coastal monitor, ship lost

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

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

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

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

 

Pembroke

 EASSON, Robert M, Leading Seaman, 186115, illness

 

Victory

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Sunday, 14 May 1916

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

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

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

 

 

Monday, 15 May 1916

 

Black Prince

 HOOK, Robert M, Signal Boatswain, died in UK

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie

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

__________

 

Earl of Peterborough

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

 

Lily Melling

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

 

 

Wednesday, 17 May 1916

 

Newmarket

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

 

Pactolus

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

 

Pansy

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

 

Royal Indian Marine

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Thursday, 18 May 1916

 

Amphitrite

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

 

Ganges

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

 

Impregnable

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

 

Redpole

 BUCKTON, Richard, Stoker, RNR, 3736, illness

 

Victory, DOWSE, Henry A, Yeoman of Signals, 192186, illness

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1916

 

Benbow

 ROWLAND, William, Petty Officer, 232404, illness

 

Lighter L.11

 PYNE, William, Chief Stoker, 152079, illness

 

Mera

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

 

Odin

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

 

Royal Indian Marine

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

 

Victory

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

 

 

Saturday, 20 May 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert

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

__________

 

Hindustan

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

 

Holyrood

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

 

Longset

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

 

 

Sunday, 21 May 1916

 

Mallow

 WEAVER, Frederick E, Chief Stoker, 148339, illness

 

Pembroke

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

 

Philomel

 GASKIN, Jabez, Able Seaman, SS 4042, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in Belgium

 VINEY, Taunton E, Flight Lieutenant

 

Tiger

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

 

 

Monday, 22 May 1916

 

Juno

 BRADSHAW, George W, Gunner, died

 

RND, 2nd Drake Battalion, Blandford Camp

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

 

Sirius

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

 

 

Tuesday, 23 May 1916

 

Dolphin

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

 

HM Coast Guard Station Seafield

 MAHONEY, Miles, Chief Petty Officer, 115612, illness

 

Raglan

 GRANT, Dugald, Ordinary Seaman, J 56509, illness

 

Russell, ship lost on 27 April

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

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Wednesday, 24 May 1916

 

E 18, submarine, lost

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

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

 CLACK, Frederick, Petty Officer, 195904 (Po)

 COLSON, Douglas N, Sub Lieutenant, RNR

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

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

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

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

 GABY, George, Telegraphist, J 1764 (Po)

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

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

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

 HALAHAN, Robert C, Lieutenant Commander

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

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

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

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

 LANDALE, Walter L, Lieutenant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Irawadi

 MELLERSHIP, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

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

 

Victory

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

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

 

 

Thursday, 25 May 1916

 

Redoubtable

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

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

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

 

Tarlair

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

 

 

Friday, 26 May 1916

 

Caesar

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

 

Challenger

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

 

Chatham, mined

 BOWDEN, John S F, Boy 1c, J 37021

 TURNER, Walter A, Boy 1c, J 38573

 

Pembroke

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

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

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

 

Royal Indian Marine

 AHMAD, Bashir, Lascar, RIM, 292, illness

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Saturday, 27 May 1916

 

Impregnable

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

Pembroke

 MILLS, Cecil G, Able Seaman, 208904, illness

 

RM Depot Deal

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

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

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

__________

 

Wireless Telegraph Station Stockton

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

 

 

Sunday, 28 May 1916

 

Cyclops II

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

 

J and M Main

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

 

Pembroke

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

 

President

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

 

President II

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

 

RND, RN Depot, Crystal Palace

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

 

Victorian

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

 

 

Monday, 29 May 1916

 

E 15, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

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

 

Egmont

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

 

Lively

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

 

Vivid

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

 

 

Tuesday, 30 May 1916

 

Dreel Castle

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

 

Essex

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

 

Pembroke

 JACKMAN, Robert A, Leading Stoker, 277964, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 31 May 1916

 

link to

BATTLE OF JUTLAND

 

Pembroke

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

 

RM Depot Deal

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

 

Royal Naval Air Service, Mesopotamia

 HODGES, Leonard W, Flight Sub Lieutenant, illness

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