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

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

Able Seaman George Seed RNVR, killed France 27 August 1916, with his nephew (Jack Clegg, click to enlarge)

on to September 1916

 

Notes:

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

(2) Click for abbreviations

(3) Click here for lists by Name in the Casualties Homepage

 


 

Tuesday, 1 August 1916

 

Hermia, hired trawler, minesweeper

 CRESSY, George J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1846, illness

 

Pelorus, depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 HEATON, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 50817 (Dev), drowned

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 TIMMERMANS, John L, Private, RMLI, 4542 (Po), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 August 1916

 

Indus, floating workshop/training ship, Devonport

 HOBSON, Donald, Boy Artisan, M 11342, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 THEIS, John L C, Stoker 1c, 291444, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 4th Wing, flying single seater, Nieuport Type II tractor biplane scout, hit by AA fire 4 miles N of Ypres, Belgium, failed to return, may have crashed in France

 BAUDRY, Royce G A, Flight Lieutenant

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 SCORER, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1510, DOI

 

 

Thursday, 3 August 1916

 

Clacton, auxiliary screw minesweeper, torpedoed and sunk by U.73 in Aegean

 ADDISON, David, Seaman, RNR, B 4217

 FRAME, Alexander, Leading Trimmer, RNR, ST 410

 JAMES, Archibald N, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 13584 (Dev)

 MCKELVEY, Charles J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 MORTIMORE, Francis E, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR

 

Lively, old destroyer

 COOK, Arthur O, Able Seaman, 224069 (Ch), drowned

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 GRIFFITHS, Samuel, Private, RMLI, 15038 (Ply), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 188th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, France, accidental explosion

 GRAY, Walter, Act/Corporal, RMLI (RFR 956), 14099 (Ply)

 NASH, James H, Private, RMLI, S 18601 (Po)

 POWELL, William, Private, RMLI, S 249 (Ply)

 SIMPSON, John E, Private, RMLI, 18289 (Po)

 STERLING, James, Private, RMLI, 13644 (Ply)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 WILLSON, Albert J, Private, RMLI, S 926 (Ch), DOI

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MAYES, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3034, illness

__________

 

Rooke, hired drifter, patrol boat, sunk in collision in Dover Straits

 ALLEN, Frederick, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9948

 BRACE, William J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1479

 DARKINS, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 1510

 GIBSON, Lionel V H, Engineman, RNR, ES 444

 JENNER, Joseph W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1569

 PETTMAN, Harry E, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 6257

 

 

Friday, 4 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, serving in, killed, France

 COOPER, Percy B A, Lieutenant Commander (ret)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 WHENT, Ernest J, Private, RMLI, 14719 (Po)

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 HARRISON, Christopher L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4405, DOI

 SWANN, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3640

__________

 

Calgarian, armed merchant cruiser

 CONWAY, John, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Cleopatra, light cruiser, mined and damaged in North Sea

 EVELEIGH, John, Sergeant, RMLI, 10944 (Ply)

 MOORE, John, Private, RMLI, 17248 (Ply)

 POINTON, Edward, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 14606 (Ply)

 SHORROCKS, Robert, Private, RMLI, 15376 (Ply)

 

Endymion, old cruiser

 BROOME, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 298227, illness

 

Malaya, Dreadnought battleship

 TINDALE, William, Stoker, RNR, S 7734, illness

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 RIDLAND, John T, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1432, illness

 

 

Saturday, 5 August 1916

 

Achilles, cruiser

 JAMES, Ernest C, Able Seaman, J 19839, drowned

 

Birmingham, light cruiser

 VAILLALARD, John F, Able Seaman, 231087, illness

 

Britomart, gunboat

 WARD, George W, Stoker, RNR, S 5881, died

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 DENNY, Allan I, Boy 1c, J 45497, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 CONSTABLE, Charles J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2550, killed

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CANAWAY, Walter H, Stoker Petty Officer, 112774, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 NEWLAND, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 3/314, illness

 

 

Sunday, 6 August 1916

 

Endymion, old cruiser

 RICE, Owen, Stoker, RNR, S 7344, illness

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 ROUSE, William, Petty Officer, 193318, illness

 

Manica, kite balloon ship

 FOY, Hugh F, Leading Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Monday, 7 August 1916

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 SIMPSON, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 4786, illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 INGMIRE, Gilbert M, Assistant Paymaster, RNR, illness

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 HANSELL, Frederick J, Painter 1c, 165781 (Ch), illness

__________

 

John High, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in Barents Sea

 CAMPBELL, John M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8271

 COOK, George S, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3722

 CUSHING, Godfrey L, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6203

 EWING, William G, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5019

 GRAHAM, James R, Petty Officer (RFR A 1835), 140041 (Ch)

 HIGH, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 MCKENZIE, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5018

 NEWSON, Robert, Engineman, RNR, ES 4397

 PARKS, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1696

 PERRY, Thomas H, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2793

 SANDERSON, George, Engineman, RNR, TS 2733

 SMITH, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1963

 THOMAS, Daniel, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 2028

 WOOD, Reuben W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10410

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 FLINT, George H B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 336, DOI

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 DOUGLAS, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 6263, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 8 August 1916

 

Acasta, destroyer

 ROBERTS, Charles F, Able Seaman, 195406 (Dev), drowned

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 BROPHY, Edward, Stoker 1c, K 22418 (Ch), drowned

___________

 

Manzanita, hired net drifter

 MURRAY, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6287, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers, France

 WOODING, Samuel, Sapper, RM, S 5199 (Deal), accident

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 CAMERON, David A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4927

__________

 

Sabrina II, hired trawler

 HARRIS, William H, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2441, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 9 August 1916

 

Narcissus, fleet sweeping sloop

 DAVIS, Henry C, Stoker 1c, 303558 (Dev), illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BALDRY, Arthur, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10474, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 GOODMAN, Ernest R, Private, RMLI, 18510 (Po)

 

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

 SULLIVAN, William R, Sapper, RM, S 5415 (Deal), DOI

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France,

 GIBBS, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1069

 HORTON, James E, Act/Chief Petty Officer, K 12263 (Po)

 

 

Thursday, 10 August 1916

 

Psyche (RAN), old light cruiser

 BROWN, Frederick, Stoker, RAN, 5517, died in Hong Kong

 

RMA Eastney

 HUMPHRIES, Alfred, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2798, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 RAFFERTY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6313

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 WEDEL, Albert P, Petty Officer, RNVR, Wales Z 140, DOI

 

 

Friday, 11 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BARBER, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4815

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 KENNEDY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7533

__________

 

RNR (Shetland Section)

 NICOLSON, George, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 493, illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 SMALL, William C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5183

 

 

Sunday, 13 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 NYE, Walter, Able Seaman, 193170, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent

 FINCH-DAWSON, Humphrey, Commander, illness

 

Lassoo, destroyer, mined and sunk in North Sea

 CHIPCHASE, Arthur L, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19581 (Dev)

 FREEMAN, Gerald S, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 GODBEHERE, Herbert, Gunner

 MORSE, Henry G, Stoker 1c, SS 113560 (Dev)

 THOM, George W, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268428 (Dev)

 THORNHILL, Humphrey O' B, Sub Lieutenant

 

Sirius, old light cruiser

 KENT, Tom, Private, RMLI, 3132 (Po), died in UK

 

 

Monday, 14 August 1916

 

Birkenhead, light cruiser

 FLINT, James A, Private, RMLI, 8534 (Po), died in UK

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 RENNISON, Harry E, Leading Seaman, 226549, illness

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 MITCHELL, Horace, Stoker 1c, K 26493 (Po), illness

 

Neath Castle, hired trawler, sunk in collision off Orkneys

 PRITCHARD, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1363, drowned

 

Remembrance (also Lameroo), collier Q-ship, torpedoed and sunk by U.38 in Mediterranean

 HENZELL, Michael, Stoker, RNR, T 2909

 WILSON, James, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EB 370

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MOON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3438

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 THROSBY, Charles E, Petty Officer (RFR B 10001), SS 107614 (Ch), DOI

__________

 

Tamar, Hong Kong

 SUN, Kow, Able Seaman (Chinese), (no service number listed), died

 

Wahine, minelayer

 PORTER, George C, Stoker, RNR, S 6585, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 HALL, Alfred, Leading Seaman, 159327, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ABDUR, Rahim, Engine Driver, RIM, 2070, illness

__________

 

SUBMARINES SUNK IN COLLISION IN NORTH SEA

During exercises; both refloated and put back into service

 

E.4, submarine

 BACON, Cyril, Stoker 1c, K 15163 (Ch)

 BACON, James, Stoker 1c, K 18571 (Ch)

 BAGWELL, Andrew, Able Seaman, J 9207

 BAKER, Henry, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNVR, Tyneside 5/158

 BALDOCK, Alfred H, Leading Seaman, J 5986 (Ch)

 BENNETT, George H, Stoker 1c, K 14986 (Po)

 BROAD, Alfred H, Able Seaman, J 6514 (Dev)

 CARPENTER, Henry G, Leading Seaman, 228307 (Po)

 COOLEY, Frank E, Able Seaman, J 1314 (Ch)

 DENISON, John, Boy Telegraphist, J 44783

 DUDLEY, Charles H, Act/Leading Stoker, K 6508 (Ch)

 DUNDEE-HOOPER, Steward B, Lieutenant

 FENWICK, William T, Able Seaman, J 3846 (Dev)

 GADSBY, William W, Stoker Petty Officer, 294719 (Ch)

 GIBSON, John W, Act/Leading Stoker, K 7355 (Ch)

 HALLS, William C E, Stoker 1c, K 21878 (Ch)

 HEWLETT, Harry, Act/Leading Stoker, 310896 (Ch)

 HODGSON, Ronald W, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 1500 (Ch)

 HUNTER, William, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 JOLLIFFE, Francis H, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6712), 219416 (Po)

 MATTHEWS, Frank R, Leading Seaman, 229890 (Po)

 MILLARD, Jocelyn A, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3565 (Dev)

 NICHOLS, Frederick N, Able Seaman, 219985 (Dev)

 PRESKETT, Henry, Leading Seaman, J 1004 (Po)

 REPPER, Charles, Petty Officer, 227906 (Dev)

 SALISBURY, James H, Petty Officer, 201219 (Po)

 SMITH, Leonard W, Leading Telegraphist, J 9412 (Po)

 SNOW, Sidney, Stoker 1c, K 2650 (Ch)

 TENISON, Julian T, Lieutenant Commander

 TOVEY, Maurice W, Signalman, J 1071 (Po)

 WARD, John J, Stoker 1c, K 11010 (Po)

 WARWICK, John C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6325 (Ch)

 

E.41, submarine

 ASHBY, Christopher J, Petty Officer, 238506 (Po)

 BEAIL, Albert V, Able Seaman, 228842 (Ch)

 CALVO, George, Stoker 1c, K 14055 (Ch)

 DANIELS, Charles C, Stoker 1c, K 22606 (Ch)

 EVANS, Jack, Stoker 1c, K 9478 (Dev)

 FREWER, Walter, Leading Stoker, 312441 (Ch)

 GARLAND, John, Leading Stoker, 310934 (Dev)

 GAUNT, Frederick H, Able Seaman, J 6168 (Dev)

 GRANT, William A, Leading Signalman, 223970 (Po)

 GRIBBLE, Frederick, Stoker 1c, K 2533 (Dev)

 KLEMP, Charles T, Ty/Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 MONCKTON, Sidney, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 2665 (Dev)

 ROACH, George F, Able Seaman, J 12094 (Ch)

 SAYWELL, Herbert N, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3326 (Ch)

 STEWARD, Alfred G, Able Seaman, J 7784 (Ch)

 WELLS, John, Stoker 1c, K 17402 (Po)

__________ 

 

Minerva, old light cruiser

 AHMAD, Hasan, Stoker, (no service number listed), illness

 HASSAN, Ahmed, Seedie Stoker, (no service number listed), illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 RICHEY, Frederick A, Petty Officer, 199317, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 FRAME, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6370

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Talbot, old light cruiser

 THOMAS, Francis H, Captain, RMLI

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 COLDREY, William G H, Able Seaman, J 10922, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 16 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 BENTON, Harry, Able Seaman, 208598, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Barambah, steamship, ex-German Hobart

 CAMPBELL, John D, Stoker 2c, B 454 (RANR), illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 DADSWELL, Jessie G, Boy 2c, J 53152, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 SHAW, James, Private, RMLI, S 436 (Ply), DOI

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PENNEY, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 558

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1916

 

Earnest, old destroyer

 PEARSON, Albert T, Able Seaman, J 43001 (Ch), drowned

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 TULLETT, Arthur, 2nd Writer, M 2763 (Ch), illness

__________

 

Karina, steamship

 SIMMONS, Albert, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 6351 (Ply), illness in UK

 

Ludlow, paddle minesweeper

 MCLEOD, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1157, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 JAMIESON, Samuel, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 504, drowned

 

Stadacona (RCN), base ship, Halifax

 HOWARD, William M, Able Seaman, RCN, ONC 455, illness

 

Zaida, hired yacht, mined and sunk off Turkish coast, at least four men died as Turkish POW, one on 30 September and one each on 15, 17, 25 November

 BURNLEY, Samuel, Assistant Cook, MMR, 696361

 CAWTE, William G, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 CLAXTON, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 2090

 DIXON, Frederick, Carpenter, MMR, 742459

 GRIFFITHS, Edwin, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 JOHNSTON, Edward C, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (none given)

 LAMONT, George, Assistant Steward, MMR, 700964

 MYALL, William, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 NOBLE, James D, Act/Petty Officer, RNR, D 2269

 ROYLE, William, Able Seaman, MMR, (none given)

 SPENCE, Samuel G S, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EC 18

 STONE, Frederick W, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 THIRLWELL, Robert, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

 

Friday, 18 August 1916

 

Macedonia, armed merchant cruiser

 HURLEY, Thomas, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1233, illness

 

Moldavia, armed merchant cruiser

 FRENCH, Robert, Petty Officer 1c (RFR B 2332), 138240 (Po), illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 HENDERSON, George W, Air Mechanic 1c, F 9303, illness

 

Queen Victoria, paddle netlayer

 MCLEOD, John, Seaman, RNR, A 7644, died

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MILES, Ernest A, Stoker 2c, SS 117482, illness

 SAUNDERS, Edwin D, Boy 1c, J 41051, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 August 1916

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 WELSH, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 7687 (Ch), illness

 

GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET SORTIE INTO NORTH SEA

 

Falmouth, light cruiser, torpedoed and damaged by U.66, finished off by U.63 (wounded list included)

 COE, Maurice E, Stoker 1c, K 17579 (Ch)

 COLLIER, Andrew R, Chief Stoker, 279168 (Ch)

 FRY, Norman S, Stoker Petty Officer, 299469 (Dev)

 GILL, Joseph W (real name, but served as Henry J James), Stoker 2c, K 30700 (Ch)

 HARNER, William J, Stoker Petty Officer, 208347 (Dev)

 HEWITT, Stephen V, Stoker 2c, K 29724 (Ch)

 HOWELLS, William, Stoker, RNR, S 6983

 JONES, Thomas H, Stoker, RNR, U 1710

 MALLABY, Walter J, Stoker, RNR, S 6203

 MCWALTER, Joseph R, Stoker, RNR, U 1306

 RAWBONE, Albert C, Stoker 1c, 226427 (Ch)

 SANDERSON, Herbert H, Stoker 1c (RFR B 1648), 296163 (Ch)

WOUNDED

 Apps, Edward Thomas, Stoker 1c, 304385

 Cherry, William Henry, Stoker Petty Officer, K 7339

 Clare, Thomas Charles, Leading Stoker, K 947

 Coleman, Edward, Stoker 1c, 308799

 Gordon, Matthew, Able Seaman, RNVR, TYNESIDE Z 6234

 Haynes, William Edward, Able Seaman, J 22085

 Ivory, Rupert Henry, Able Seaman, J 21592

 McCrane, P S, Stoker, RNR, 750V

 Mitchell, George Charles, Able Seaman, J 21485

 Roe, William Herbert, Wireman 2c, M 17586

 Sutton, Percival Sydney, Stoker 1c, SS 116013

 Tedray, Alfred, Chief Petty Officer, 185027

 Whitworth, William, Stoker 1c, SS 112405

 

Nottingham, light cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.52

 BASER, Ernest R, Stoker Petty Officer, K 3509 (Dev)

 BECK, William C, Stoker 1c, K 18017 (Dev)

 BERNARD, Patrick, Stoker 2c, K 28307 (Dev)

 BIBBINGS, Edward J, Stoker 1c, K 20568 (Dev)

 BROTHERHOOD, Ernest, Yeoman of Signals, 193445 (Dev)

 BUCKINGHAM, Edred, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269315 (Dev)

 BUDGE, Kenneth B C, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 3309 (Dev)

 BUNTER, Frederick, Chief Armourer, 155806 (Dev)

 DALEY, William E P, Sergeant, RMLI, 9783 (Ply)

 DAVIS, William, Chief Stoker, 173569 (Dev)

 DODSWORTH, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 5227

 DYER, Robert L, Stoker 1c, K 6249 (Dev)

 ENNIS, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 16955 (Dev)

 FINCH, Bert, Cook's Mate, M 5985 (Dev)

 FLANNERY, William, Stoker, RNR, S 6260

 GARRY, Arthur F, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 268538 (Dev)

 GODFREY, Robert F, Able Seaman, SS 5431 (Dev)

 GRIFFITHS, John, Stoker 1c, SS 111717 (Dev)

 HATCHER, Arthur E, Leading Stoker, K 10562 (Dev)

 HAYES, Michael, Stoker Petty Officer, 290877 (Dev)

 HICKERY, William H, Stoker 1c, SS 114180 (Dev)

 HORWELL, Albert E, Stoker Petty Officer, 288867 (Dev)

 KINSMAN, Jabez, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 914

 KITCHING, Charles R, Stoker, RNR, S 3291

 LARCOMBE, Arthur E, Able Seaman, J 19975 (Dev)

 LLOYD, Percy N, Stoker 1c, SS 114960 (Dev)

 MARKS, Maurice J, Carpenter's Crew, M 12746 (Dev)

 MCILRATH, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 299009 (Dev)

 PEARSE, Alfred C J, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270869 (Dev)

 PERRING, William T, Stoker 1c, K 20557 (Dev)

 POOK, Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 110385 (Dev)

 REED, William H, Leading Stoker, K 9620 (Dev)

 SHANLEY, Peter, Stoker 1c, SS 114954 (Dev)

 SILK, Percival G, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 4884 (Dev)

 SYMONS, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, K 765 (Dev)

 UNDERHILL, John, Canteen Assistant, Admiralty civilian

 WILLIAMS, Ernest C, Stoker 1c, K 24336 (Dev)

 WOOLCOCK, Ernest W, Stoker 2c, K 33269 (Dev)

 WRIGHT, William, Stoker 1c, K 20554 (Dev)

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 FREEMAN, Leonard, Private, RMLI, 16032 (Po), illness

___________

 

Kent, cruiser

 GOMES, Alfred W, Chief Stoker, 151719, died

 

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 CHALMERS, William, Petty Officer, 168326 (Ch), illness

 

 

Sunday, 20 August 1916

 

G 5, submarine

 PHILLPOTTS, Edwin J, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269254 (Dev), illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 RANSCOMBE, George, Musician, RMB, RMB 179, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying biplane seaplane, spotting for monitor General Crauford off Belgian coast, shot down by gunfire; Flight Lieutenant B C Tooke made POW

 CROWTHER, Oswald H, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 

 

Monday, 21 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Bramble, gunboat

 THOMPSON, George E, Ordinary Seaman, J 40898 (Po), accidentally drowned at Abadan.

__________

 

Clyde Examination Service

 EASTON, Thomas H, Lieutenant, RNVR Fort Matilda, Greenock illness

 

Ebro, armed merchant cruiser

 SIVER, Henry, Sergeant, RMLI (Pens), 2147 (Ch), illness in Almanzora

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 DAVEY, Robert J G, Boy 2c, J 51593, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 REEVES, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 872 (Ply)

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 NORCOTT, Charles, Able Seaman, 141468, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 22 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 VEALE, Alfred L, Able Seaman, 215734, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

E.16, submarine, mined and sunk off German coast

 ANFIELD, John W W, Leading Seaman, J 1302 (Ch)

 BEARD, Frederick J, Leading Seaman, 222602 (Dev)

 BEVAN, Edward W R, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1189 (Dev)

 BOAGEY, Robert, Act/Leading Stoker, K 1409 (Po)

 BOWLER, Arthur, Able Seaman, 234252 (Dev)

 BULBECK, William H, Able Seaman, J 4675 (Po)

 BUTCHER, Mark, Able Seaman, J 10234 (Po)

 CAMERON, Alistair G, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 CARPENTER, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 12154 (Ch)

 CASTLE, William G, Petty Officer, 194895 (Ch)

 CLARIDGE, Sidney A, Telegraphist, J 24632 (Ch)

 DUFF-DUNBAR, Kenneth J, Lieutenant Commander

 EDKINS, Frank, Stoker 1c, K 17671 (Po)

 FRAMPTON, Peter J, Able Seaman, 210057 (Po)

 GIBSON-CARMICHAEL, Alexander D, Sub Lieutenant

 GRICE, Herbert H, Stoker 1c, K 17216 (Dev)

 HEGARTY, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 17241 (Dev)

 HORGAN, Patrick, Stoker Petty Officer, 295011 (Po)

 HUGHES, James, Signalman, 240077 (Dev)

 LAKE, Charles, Petty Officer, 206229 (Dev)

 MORGAN, George E, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7310 (Ch)

 O'NEILL, John, Stoker 1c, K 16227 (Po)

 PAGE, Edwin J, Able Seaman, J 6829 (Ch)

 PEERLESS, Herbert W, Able Seaman, J 4887 (Ch)

 PICKERING, William G, Leading Stoker, 221754 (Po)

 PRIOR, John S, Stoker 1c, K 8930 (Dev)

 REID, William S, Chief Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1355

 SHARPE, Percy W, Stoker 1c, K 20183 (Dev)

 THORNTON, Alfred, Leading Seaman, 228151 (Ch)

 WADE, Arthur E, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270991 (Po)

 WILBRAHAM, George, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 11731 (Ch)

 

Garry, old destroyer

 SHARP, Frederick T, Leading Stoker, K 9940 (Ch), illness in UK

 

Lancaster, cruiser

 WEBB, William, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), 155212 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BROWN, Harold, Private, RMLI, 18606 (Po)

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached 3rd Field Company, Divisional Engineers, Dug Out Platoon, France

 GREEN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 760

_________

 

RNR (Shetland Section), HQ

 NICOLSON, Walter, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 234, illness

 

Waterfly, river gunboat

 RIGBY, Thomas, Stoker 1c, SS 110045, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 23 August 1916

 

Andes, armed merchant cruiser

 HALL, Percy, Butcher, MMR, 518371, illness

 

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

 BROWN, Charles V, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8263

 MILLER, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1229

 WRIGHT, Frank S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10921

 

Centurion, Dreadnought battleship

 MOYLAND, Michael, Able Seaman, 238143, illness

 

Columbella, armed merchant cruiser

 GIBB, John, Shipwright, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, serving with, France

 WILLIAMS, Montgomery, Captain, RMA

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 AYERS, Norman G, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 275 (Po)

 JONES, Joseph W, Private, RMLI, S 794 (Ply), DOI

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 SLESSOR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2400

___________

 

Royal Indian Marine

 ANWAR, Ali, Serang, RIM, 2338, illness

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 ROBINSON, Robert C, Petty Officer, 179971, illness

 

 

Thursday, 24 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 REDDING, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1711

__________

 

Royal Indian Marine

 AMINULLA, (no service number listed), Lascar, RIM, C 2106, illness

 AMJAD, Ali, Lascar, RIM, 2153, illness

 

 

Friday, 25 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, Howitzer Brigade, serving with, France

 PITT, George, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13227

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, attached 63rd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, France

 MCQUILKEN, Andrew, Private, RMLI, S 845 (Po)

__________

 

CU.11, tug

 MACLEAN, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4618, drowned Salonika, Greece

 

Duke of Albany, armed boarding steamer, torpedoed and sunk by UB.27 in North Sea

 ARMSTRONG, John, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 ATHERTON, George, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 ATKINSON, John C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 4/159

 BEARDOE, Herbert W, Donkeyman, MMR, (none given)

 BIRNIE, John, Greaser, MMR, (none given)

 CAREY, Ralph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 4/189

 CARSON, Thomas, Greaser, MMR, (none given)

 CASTLES, Joseph, Greaser, MMR, (none given)

 COOK, Arthur J, Seaman, RNR, C 2841

 COOPER, John E, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 COUCH, Henry C, Petty Officer 1c (Pens), 115631 (Dev)

 GLASS, Sam, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 GRAHAM, James, Fireman, MMR, 418536

 MACAULAY, Donald, Seaman, RNR, C 3060

 MASKELL, Albert G G, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 MCDONALD, John, Seaman, RNR, A 3322

 PHILLIPS, Edward, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 PORTER, Walter D, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 PRIOR, Charles H, Leading Signalman (RFR B 531), 160252 (Dev)

 RAMAGE, George N, Commander, RNR

 ROONEY, Joseph, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 SMITH, Charles, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 SMITH, Edward, Fireman, MMR, (none given)

 WALKER, John D, Seaman, RNR, A 2194

 WESTWOOD, William, Fireman, MMR, 54146

 

Royal Oak, Dreadnought battleship

 LEWIS, Herbert, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 2836, illness

 

Syria, patrol vessel

 HOLBECH, Gilbert S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 26 August 1916

 

Dover, hired trawler, minesweeper

 TUCKER, Denis, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1326, illness

 

Hurst, paddle minesweeper

 HENDRY, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2377, illness

 

Plassy, hospital ship

 BOND, William C, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350523, illness

 

 

Sunday, 27 August 1916

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Naval Siege Guns (France), Belgium

 ASLETT, Edmund C, Able Seaman, 236458 (Po)

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 SEED, George E, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 592, killed

__________

 

Ocean Plough, hired drifter, patrol boat, mined and sunk in North Sea

 BRABBEN, Richard N, Engineman, RNR, ES 532

 BROWN, Augustine R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4680

 EAGLE, Herbert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1079

 STUDD, George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6735

 WIGG, William J, Engineman, RNR, ES 531

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BAKER, Walter A B, Able Seaman, 189328, prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MACE, George, Able Seaman, J 12026, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 KILLEN, David (real name, but served as Thomas Ford), Stoker 2c, K 31082, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BREWER, Henry H, Able Seaman, 208281, illness

 

 

Monday, 28 August 1916

 

Iron Duke, Dreadnought battleship

 MITCHELL, Thomas, Stoker 1c, 303329, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 HORNBY, Samuel, Air Mechanic 1c, F 3236, died

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 KNIGHT, John, Schoolmaster, M 12121, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 29 August 1916

 

Nemesis, destroyer, both drowned

 SPOORS, Edward, Able Seaman, J 29064 (Po)

 WRIGHT, William H, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6472 (Po)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion

CHARLTON, Louis, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 101, killed

INGLIS, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1963, killed

WRIGHT, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2819, DOI

__________

 

Royal Indian Marine

 BACHCHU, Miyan, Trimmer, RIM, 5150, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 30 August 1916

 

Oracle, destroyer

 MATTHEW, William H H, Stoker 2c, K 33984 (Po), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 IMMS, Thomas L, Officer's Steward 1c, L 8764, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 HUME, Ward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 615, DOI

__________

 

RNR (Shetland Section)

 ANDERSON, R (initial only) L, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1070, illness

 

Warspite, Dreadnought battleship

 KEARNEY, William A, Warrant Mechanician, accident

 

 

Thursday, 31 August 1916

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Alert, depot ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop

 STEEL, John W, Able Seaman, 205907, Turkish prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Donegal, cruiser

 MCMANN, John, Stoker 1c, 359925 (Po), illness

 

Dryad, minesweeper, ex-torpedo gunboat

 BRADY, Charles, Private, RMLI, 7666 (Po), illness

 

HM Coast Guard Station Keel

 DAVEY, Walter, Leading Boatman, HM Coast Guard, 173723, illness

 

Moth, river gunboat

 FILBY, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 285403, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BALL, George J, Petty Officer 2c, 114883, illness

 DORMAN, Charles C, Able Seaman, SS 3434, illness

 

RM Deal

 POWELL, Bertie F, Private, RMLI, 19121 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 NORMAN, James R, Private, RMLI, S 694 (Ply), killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 MCDOUGALL, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3497, DOI

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 STIRLING, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4302, killed

_____

 

Tuberose, hired net drifter, mined and sunk in North Sea

 GRANT, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 HALL, Percy G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11597

 HUNT, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7824

 OSBORNE, Leonard, Boy Cook, RNR, SBC 453

 RISING, James C, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 7144

 SHEPHERD, Alexander, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3859

 WATT, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 4226

 WEST, Christopher, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10184

 

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