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

1st - 28th FEBRUARY 1917
in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Ghurka, destroyer, lost 8 February 1917 (Navy Photos, click  to enlarge)

on to March 1917

 

Notes:

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

(2) Click for abbreviations

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

 


 

Thursday, 1 February 1917

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 EDMONDS, George J, Boy 1c, J 54578, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 DAVIS, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1330, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, attached, France

 SPINNEY, Robert E, Ty/Lieutenant, Army, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ALLBURY, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 351, killed

__________

 

Stratherrick, hired trawler, minesweeper

 AITKEN, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3607, illness

 

 

Friday, 2 February 1917

 

Barham, Dreadnought battleship

 ST VINCENT-RYAN, Edmond St V, Lieutenant, RM, illness in UK

 

Cotsmuir, hired trawler, minesweeper, sailing Tyne for Humber, disappeared in North Sea

 BIRNIE, William A, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1159

 BURNETT, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3789

 BUTLER, James, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BUTLER, James W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3729

 DUFF, Alexander, Seaman, RNR, A 6124

 GALBRAITH, James, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 899

 GIBBS, George W, Engineman, RNR, TS 3708

 HUNTER, William L, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 297

 KIRKPATRICK, Thomas W, Cook, RNR, TC 714

 MCKAY, John K McL, Seaman, RNR, A 8119

 OXENBURY, George E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7529

 ROOK, William H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5610

 STOCKTON, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 3984

 

E.15, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

 BOND, James J, Leading Stoker, 306132 (Po), Turkish prisoner of war

 

G S P, hired net drifter, sunk in collision in English Channel

 AYERS, George H, Deck Hand, RNR (T) – (T abbreviation not known), DA 6377

 BAGE, Fred, Trimmer, RNR (T), TS 822

 MITCHINSON, Robert W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13410

 TAYLOR, Robert C (real name, but served as Robert Stalker), Engineman, RNR, ES 579

 WHARTON, Fred, Engineman, RNR (T), ES 5066

 

Holdene, hired trawler, mined and sunk in North Sea

 BROWN, John L, Boy Cook, RNR, SBC 597

 CLUES, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 3972

 HAIGH, Frank, Engineman, RNR, ES 1114

 HOLLAND, John, Seaman, RNR, C 2166

 LAWRENCE, Alfred W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6025

 MARKWELL, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6710

 WRIGHT, William J, Cook, RNR, TC 131

 

Pebble, fleet messenger

 SHARLAND, William W, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR, died

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GRANSDEN, Wesley, Stoker Petty Officer, 305326, died

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 CROSS, William R, Leading Mechanic, F 3666, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 GOODWIN, Leslie G, Boy Servant, L 7535, died

 

WESTERN FRONT

11 January-13 March operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division

including actions during period 2nd-6th February

 

RNAS, No.8 Squadron, France

 TRAYNOR, Walter E, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 COOPER, Edward, Private, RMLI, 16393 (Po), killed

 DWYER, Dennis, Private, RMLI, 16200 (Ply), killed

 HAMILTON, Matthew, Private, RMLI, S 273 (Po), killed

 HOPKINS, Leonard J, Private, RMLI, S 1288 (Po), killed

 SHAW, Robert, Private, RMLI, S 881 (Ply), killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 FREEMAN, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8508, DOW in UK

__________

 

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 CADWALDER, David, Able Seaman (RFR B 2380), SS 170, illness

 NEWMAN, Christopher J, Stoker 2c, K 39050, illness

 REE, Philip J R, Chief Writer, 172620 (Dev), illness

 

Zealandia, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 ROBERTON, Alexander P, Midshipman, illness

 

 

Saturday, 3 February 1917

 

Queen Elizabeth, Dreadnought battleship

 MITCHELL, Oliver, Stoker Petty Officer, 304279 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, France

 JACKSON, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2905

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 SHARPE, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 1441 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 MACHON, Willie, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8252, DOW

 WEDDERSPOON, Peter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6961, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BOLT, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4301

 BRAMPTON, Thomas E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3981

 BURNS, Edward C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4479

 CRAGGS, Robert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7650

 DAWSON, Alec, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5000

 EDWARDS, Hubert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 697

 ELLIS, Edward W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 GANNON, Matthew A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1629

 GIBSON, Iveson, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1743

 GREAVES, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 411

 GREGG, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 886

 GRIFFITHS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4319

 HAMBLIN, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1354

 HAMILTON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 382

 HUTCHINSON, Joseph M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 980

 JONES, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2548

 KENNEDY, John, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 463

 MCCANN, Hugh M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7460

 MILNE, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1212

 NIXON, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4512

 PYE, Charles H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6705

 RAPER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1298

 RICHARDSON, Harold J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 383

 ROBINSON, Benjamin, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 840

 ROBSON, Thomas T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5942

 SMITH, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3723

 STIRTON, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3814

 SWALLOW, Lawrence, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8873

 WRIGHT, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 365

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 LINTIN, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5253

 THOMPSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8868

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 NEEDHAM, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6680, prisoner of war, died

__________

 

Shannon, cruiser

 LOCKYER, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5945, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MARSHALL, John, Commander (ret), died

 

 

Sunday, 4 February 1917

 

Cormorant, France

 BAKER, Walter J, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed), DOI

 

E.15, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

 WILLIAMS, William T G, Stoker 1c, 233214 (Po), Turkish prisoner of war, died

 

Gladiolus, fleet sweeping sloop

 SYMONS, Gilbert H, Stoker 1c, K 15050 (Dev), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, France

 BROWN, Thomas B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7558, DOW

 

RND, 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 GRAY, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8311

 THRESH, Arthur, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 11, DOW

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 EASTWOOD, Henry H, Colour Sergeant Major, RMLI, 10417 (Ch)

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 GOLBY, Thomas E, Sergeant, RMLI, 15512 (Ply), DOW

 MATTHEWS, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 1154 (Ply)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 JOHNSTON, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 2 2678, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 ALDERSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7594

 ASHWORTH, Robert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 563

 ATKINSON, Herman A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5988

 BROWN, Allan, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4566

 BROWNBRIDGE, Bernard, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 336, DOW

 COLLINS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2001, DOW

 CROFT, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 384

 DICKINSON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3305

 DIDLOCK, Thomas, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 489

 ENGLISH, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 784

 FORD, Bernard, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3208, DOW

 HAMER, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 960

 HODKINSON, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Mersey Z 3778, DOW

 INGRAM, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1881, DOW

 KEELING, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5093

 KERR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4980

 LEEKE, George A J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1744

 LIGHT, Charles S, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 226, DOW

 LUKE, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7931

 MARSHALL, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6996

 MOFFAT, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside 6/214, DOW

 MOLONEY, Thomas, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 231

 NOBLE, John S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6854

 PARSONS, Edward, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KP 450

 RAMSAY, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7007

 SHOPLAND, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2588

 SMITH, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 75, DOW

 SMITH, Thomas L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4580, DOW

 SPARK, Robert K, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1541, DOW

 STARK, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3155, DOW

 TAYLOR, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 775

 TRAVERS, William J, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 WARKMAN, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6677

 WOOD, George E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2836, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BEST, William A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1013

 BOWRING, Alfred R, Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 2323, DOW

 BRADDOCK, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1150

 BRADLEY, Percy G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8442

 CARR, Lancelot, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1955

 CARTER, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 777

 CHAMPNEY, Robert P, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1445

 CHEETHAM, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5431

 COLLINS, Major M, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, prisoner of war, died

 DICKINSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1489

 DONALDSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3460

 FINLAY, Bartholomew S, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2928

 FORREST, Benjamin S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6593

 GRANT, Hugh, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3495

 GRANT, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3512

 HAYWARD, Ernest C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 331, DOW

 KENT, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1293

 LANCELOTT, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 582

 MILLER, Joseph A, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 457

 MORRIS, Davidson, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7165

 RICHARDSON, Guy B, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1329

 ROBERTSON, Gordon, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5050

 ROBERTSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3574

 SCOTT, Robert A G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1203

 SCOTT, William Mc L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4894

 SIMMONS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5042

 SNOW, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 152

 STEWART, Adam, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4531

 TROTT, Leslie, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1662, DOW

 TURNER, Arthur B, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 384

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, attached RM Medical Unit, France

 FENWICK, Thomas, Corporal, RM, S 3528 (Deal)

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BASS, Frank W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2860

 BOND, James E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1283

 BUNTING, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 620

 CAPELIN, William H, Petty Officer, RNVR, Sussex 3/205

 CORNISH, Edmund R, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5188

 DARLING, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7939

 DAWSON, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1781, DOW

 DUNLOP, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3155

 ELLIS, Walter T, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2612

 GARDNER, Joseph W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5215

 GIBSON, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1734

 HISLOP, Archibald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2378

 JACOBS, Trevor, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 JEFFELS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4808

 MAPLES, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6167

 PORTER, Andrew, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 463

 PREDDY, Herbert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 508

 PURCELL, William, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 3738

 PURTON, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3904

 ROBERTSON, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 696

 TAYLOR, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9716

 WILLIAMS, Robert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3241

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GEDDES, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3140

 HIBBERD, William N, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5264

 JOHNSTONE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4191

 MATHEWSON, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2807

 PARKES, Charles J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9048

 PYM, Charles W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1788

 WOLFE, Arthur F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 

Monday, 5 February 1917

 

Beryl III, hired net drifter

 GREEN, William H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11042, illness

 

Chelmsford, paddle minesweeper

 MOORHOUSE, Stephen J, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent

 HELPS, Henry T, Air Mechanic 1c, F 9588, died

 

Johannesburg, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MUDD, Arthur W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3485, died

 

Kent, cruiser

 WADDS, Harry, Canteen Server, Admiralty civilian, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 MORLEY, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 61 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 FOWLER, William A, Colour Sergeant, RMLI, 13261 (Ply)

 GREEN, Albert E, Private, RMLI, S 946 (Po)

 NORMAN, James S, Private, RMLI, 13664 (Ply)

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BRAY, Stanley V, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1447, DOW

 COWIE, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 293, DOW

 DELANEY, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4929, DOW

 HODGINS, Thomas, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2015, DOW

 KENNARD, Jesse H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 50, DOW

 MARTIN, Herbert A, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 420, DOW

 MELLERS, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5092, DOW

 MILLS, Robert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5270, DOW

 PRYOR, Thomas W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5072, DOW

 ROBINSON, Richard A W, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BARRASS, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1582

 DAWSON, George R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4270, DOW

 DAWSON, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Z 8773, DOW

 GREGORY, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6732

 HINCHCLIFF, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5545

 KNIGHT, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 384, DOW

 LINDSAY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7368

 OXLEY, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 448, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 ARCHER, James H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6963

 BAINBRIDGE, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 702

 BROWN, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8539

 BURR, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4767

 CARRIGAN, James, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde 2/147

 CASS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5735, DOW

 CROSSE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7888

 DEAN, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5710

 DIMOND, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5197

 GOSLING, John A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5219

 HARDWICK, Frank A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5226

 HARRISON, Walter A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1499

 JACOBS, Harry, Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 1345

 MURRAY, Donald, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3547

 OLIVER, Egbert C, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR (Assistant Paymaster, RN (Emgcy))

 SIDDONS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8023

 SMITH, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5268

 STILL, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2571

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 DIAL, Joseph S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4227

 HOLLIDAY, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3875

 HUMPHREYS, Arthur I, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 WYLIE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3683

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 CLARK, Harold W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1879

 CONSTABLE, Edwin G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5357

 GREENWOOD, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8189

 PEET, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5359

 ROOKE, Arthur W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2714, DOW

 VICKERS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5370, DOW

 WOOD, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1551

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RND, 3rd RM Battalion

 HELYAR, Walter E, Sergeant, RMLI, 16400 (Ch), illness in Greece

__________

 

Valiant, Dreadnought battleship

 TODD, Herbert L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6985, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 6 February 1917

 

Eclipse, submarine accommodation ship, ex-light cruiser

 SANDS, Ewart C, Stoker 2c, K 39888, illness

 

Longset, hired trawler, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, mine and sunk in Bristol Channel

 BOWDEN, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9272

 BULLOCK, William E, Engineman, RNR, ES 4953

 BUSH, Ronald, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 5703

 HAGUE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5611

 KINRADE, Alfred, Seaman, RNR, A 8047

 MUIR, Thomas F, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 POOLE, Walter F W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13351

 SANDERS, Herbert H, Trimmer, RNR, ST 3088

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 KITE, Henry, Stoker 1c, 169059, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 TREGARTHEN, Henry H, Air Mechanic 1c, F 20869, illness

 WESTERN, Wilfred, Aircraftsman 2c, F 19012, illness

 

RM Deal

 MARRIOTT, Charles E, Private, RMLI, S 2555 (Ply), illness

 

RNAS Wormwood Scrubbs, Repair Depot

 JACKSON, Charles G, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron

 MITCHELL, Forest H, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 188th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 RANSLEY, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 183, illness

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BENNIE, Harold E, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BATES, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5120, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 MORGAN, Llewelyn, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1393, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 MARSH, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 631, DOW

 RILEY, Garrett A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5122, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 COOK, Alfred A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4466, DOW

 

 

Wednesday, 7 February 1917

 

Expectation, hired net drifter

 GRAY, Henry P, Engineman, RNR, ES 2316, illness

 

Flying Fish, old destroyer

 BAXTER, John, Petty Officer, 198024, illness

 

Gravina, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.81, SW of Ireland; naval casualty

 REYNOLDS, Ernest, Ordinary Seaman, J 56689 (Dev)

 

RNAS Killingholme

 CUBBINS, William G, Stoker 1c (Pens), 174355 (Dev), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, No.5 Wing, flying Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter 9400S Type tractor biplane, shot down at Roxem, Belgium by German Josef Wirtz

 BLAGROVE, Cecil R, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 MILNE, John, Air Mechanic 2c, F 5396

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 HOLLIER, Charles B, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5233, DOW

 LAST, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5247

 MEECHAN, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7774

 MORAN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 179, killed

 MURRAY, William G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2728

 THOMAS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6961, DOW

 WINTER, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2857, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 CRIPPS, Albert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2568, DOW

 WILSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4567, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 DENT, John C, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 47, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BRADBURN, Willie D, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 162

 ELLIS, Edward V, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 PETHERICK, Edward, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1338

__________

 

Ruby, destroyer

 RUSCOE, Joseph, Leading Seaman, 224489 (Ch), drowned

 

St. Ninian, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.34 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 DYKE, John W, Act/Leading Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1215

 

Vedamore, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.85, SW of Ireland; naval casualty:

 MCKAY, Alexander, Seaman, RNR, D 2335

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LIFORD, Herbert W J, Stoker 2c, K 39140, illness

 SLEAFORD, John P, Stoker 2c, K 39557, illness

 

 

Thursday, 8 February 1917

 

Canada, Dreadnought battleship

 CARDEW, John St E, Lieutenant, illness

 

Dido, depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 LAWRENCE, Henry W, Chief Gunner, illness

 

E.20, submarine, lost 17 April 1915

 HOWARD, Arthur J, Able Seaman, J 6684 (Po), Turkish POW, died in POW Camp, body relocated and buried at Baghdad Gate, Mesopotamia

 

Euryalus, cruiser

 HANNING, John, Shipwright 1c, 159888, illness

 

Ghurka, destroyer, mined and sunk in English Channel

 BELL, Charles A, Stoker 1c, 308296 (Po)

 BIRMINGHAM, Frederic B, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269413 (Po)

 BONNER, Daniel, Leading Seaman, 236361 (Po)

 BRIGHT, Donovan N, Able Seaman, J 15876 (Po)

 

 BROWN, Edward W, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 14285 (Po) (right, with thanks to James Pasby, North East War Memorials Project; from the house magazine of Smiths Dock Shipbuilding Co, c1922)

 

 BYRNE, Patrick, Stoker, RNR, S 4601

 CALDWELL, Alexander, Stoker 1c, K 32160 (Po)

 CHURCHILL, Fred, Stoker Petty Officer, 276990 (Po)

 CONSTANT, John, Stoker 1c, 287877 (Po)

 COOK, Wilfred, Act/Leading Stoker, K 10075 (Po)

 CORNER, John, Chief Artificer Engineer

 CUTLER, William G, Stoker Petty Officer, 301350 (Po)

 DAVIS, Henry J, Stoker 1c, K 34702

 DENT, James M, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270028 (Po)

 DODDS, Matthew D, Able Seaman, J 29904 (Po)

 DRODGE, Edward J, Able Seaman, J 12122 (Po)

 DUCHART, George, Seaman, RNR, A 9038

 DUMOND, George A, Officers' Steward 3c, L 7395 (Po)

 DYER, Henry W, Leading Cook's Mate, M 57 (Po)

 EBLING, Bertie, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 5739 (Po)

 EDGSON, Ernest W, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 3080

 ELVEN, Arthur R J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 ENGWELL, George V, Leading Stoker, 311315 (Po)

 FORD, George H R, Able Seaman, J 11431 (Po)

 FORTNUM, William G, Leading Seaman, 229295 (Po)

 GOBLE, George E, Stoker Petty Officer, 310398 (Po)

 GOBLE, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 220448 (Po)

 GOLD SMITH, Alfred C, Leading Stoker, 296476 (Po)

 GOODALL, Herbert T, Stoker 1c, K 30789 (Po)

 GREENWOOD, Richard, Leading Telegraphist, J 3383 (Po)

 HAWKER, James H F, Able Seaman, SS 5936 (Po)

 HODGSON, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 305970 (Po)

 HOLLANDS, Arthur E, Able Seaman, J 12051 (Po)

 HOOK, Benjamin W, Stoker 1c, 220009 (Po)

 HOPGOOD, William, Chief Stoker, 278145 (Po)

 HUGHES, Owen, Able Seaman, J 6007 (Po)

 HUNT, John W, Stoker Petty Officer, K 21554 (Po)

 JACKSON, Reuben, Able Seaman, J 6520 (Po)

 JEWELL, Alfred J, Seaman, RNR, A 5591

 KENDLE, William C T, Petty Officer, 183820 (Po)

 LACK, Robert J, Able Seaman, J 17348 (Po)

 LAVENDER, James W, Stoker 2c, SS 117563 (Po)

 LAWRENCE, Wesley M, Stoker 1c, K 30800 (Po)

 LINCOLN, Alick, Able Seaman, SS 5946 (Po)

 LODGE, Francis, Ordinary Seaman, J 56099 (Po)

 LONDON, Peter C, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 37413 (Dev)

 MAHONEY, Edward, Leading Seaman, J 14360 (Po)

 MCANGUS, William, Seaman, RNR, A 5434

 MCLEOD, Simon, Seaman, RNR, A 9003

 MILLS, Cecil P F, Officer's Steward 2c, L 6873 (Po)

 MILLS, John T S, Able Seaman, J 19944 (Po)

 MORT, Paul, Able Seaman, J 41552 (Po)

 NEWLOVE, George R, Able Seaman, J 10445 (Po)

 NEWMAN, Ernest J, Leading Seaman, 203503 (Po)

 PARKER, Lewis, Able Seaman, SS 6184 (Po)

 PHILLIPS, Cyril W, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3806

 PHILLIPS, Frederick, Stoker 1c, 300814 (Po)

 RANDALL, William, Stoker 1c, K 30401 (Po)

 REDDELL, Frederick R, Leading Signalman, 231194 (Po)

 SAVORY, William, Stoker 1c, K 5969 (Po)

 SHERMAN, Wilfred J, Able Seaman, J 9781 (Ch)

 SMALLMAN, Francis J, Stoker Petty Officer, 306929 (Po)

 SOUTHWELL, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer, 291973 (Po)

 STONE, Alfred, Able Seaman, J 25117 (Po)

 TRAVERS, William, Able Seaman, 225435 (Po)

 WAGG, Arthur, Act/Leading Stoker, K 4597 (Po)

 WHITEHOUSE, Rowland, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3306), SS 101037 (Po)

 WILKS, Alfred H, Able Seaman, 215685 (Po)

 WILLOUGHBY, Alfred H, Lieutenant

 WILSON, Henry, Leading Stoker, K 8096 (Po)

 WOOD, Frederick V, Able Seaman, J 46411 (Po)

 WOOD, William, Stoker 1c, K 5936 (Po)

 WOOLLCOMBE-BOYCE, Harold C, Lieutenant

 WRIGHT, William V, Gunner

 YELLOW, John G, Stoker, RNR, S 7725

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 STRATTON, Albert J D, Private, RMLI, 9461 (Ch), died

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 TUCKER, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 2740 (Ply), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BROADHEAD, Willie, Private, RMLI, S 1439 (Po), killed

 GRIGG, John W, Private, RMLI, S 802 (Ply), killed

 JONAS, Stephen S, Private, RMLI, S 1196 (Ply), killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BEVAN, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 692, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 ATHERLEY, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1998, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 AVILL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4251, DOW

__________

 

Royal Navy Depot, Crystal Palace

 FENWICK, Walter C, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10632, illness

  MACK, Frederick G, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5814, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MATTHEWS, Daniel J, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2218, illness

 

 

Friday, 9 February 1917

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Army, South African Heavy Artillery, France

 CHURCHILL, Seth, Act/Bombardier, RMA 4578

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 GUINEY, Robert, Private, RMLI, S 1505 (Ch), illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 REES, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2481, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 EVANS, Luther J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2318, prisoner of war, DOW

 WHITE, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2143, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 GRIFFITHS, Ivor J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2468, DOW

__________

 

Daimler, hired trawler, minesweeper

 COLLINS, Jack W E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14074, illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 CAREY, James F, Boy 2c, J 58606, illness

 

Indus, floating workshop/training ship, Devonport

 KAVANAGH, John, Stoker 1c, 155777, illness

 

Nimrod, flotilla leader

 SMITH, Charles L, Able Seaman, J 843, drowned

 

Queen Elizabeth, Dreadnought battleship

 HOPWOOD, Leslie, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 260, illness in UK

 

Titania, submarine depot ship, Blyth

 JONES, James, Leading Seaman, 124114, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BARNES, Claud H, Ordinary Seaman, J 63372, illness

 CAWTE, Frank G, Stoker 2c, K 40031, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MCALPINE, Archibald C, Ordinary Seaman, J 63779, illness

 

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

 HENDERSON, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11090

 MACLEAN, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 506

 MCKAY, Joseph S D, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3985

 MCLEOD, John, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 440

 MORRISON, David, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1063

 PALMER, Leslie, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 1814

 RENNIE, David, Engineman, RNR, ES 927

 

 

Saturday, 10 February 1917

 

Albion, pre-Dreadnought battleship, guardship Humber

 NICHOLLS, William F, 2nd Writer, M 2704, drowned

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 KAYE, Charles W D, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 17439, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 PAYNE, Archibald J, Stoker 2c, K 39110, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 WILLMOTT, Herbert I, Air Mechanic 2c, F 20524, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 GRANT, William N, Sergeant, RMLI, 12167 (Ply)

 KNOTT, George H, Private, RMLI, S 1226 (Po)

 WILSON, Ernest, Private, RMLI, S 1107 (Po)

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CASSELL, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2319, DOW

 GOFTON, Joseph W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5409, DOW

 SEELEY, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7743, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 ROBSON, George, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4814, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 JONES, Hugh, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1498, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 EVANS, Robert O, Stoker 2c, K 39559, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BLACKFORD, Charles H, Chief Petty Officer, 65434, illness

 MALONEY, Patrick, Officer's Steward 3c, L 8706 (Dev), illness

 

 

Sunday, 11 February 1917

 

Blackwhale, Admiralty whaler

 MAYBEY, Ernest H, Petty Officer 1c, 181868, illness

 

City of London, armed merchant cruiser

 REA, George L, Steward, MMR, 841283, illness

 

Hydra, destroyer

 LANCASTER, William S, Stoker 2c, K 36536 (Dev), drowned

 

RFC, 55 Reserve Squadron, attached, air crash in UK

 LEGGE, Walter H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 SHERRING, Edward C, Private, RMLI, S 1301 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 BROWN, Stephen W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1014, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 CARR, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 3/293, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

JONES, Peter, Trimmer, MMR, 905764, illness

 

 

Monday, 12 February 1917

 

Achilles, cruiser

 HART, Leo J, Stoker, RNR, S 2060, illness

 

Aucuba, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 SYMONS, Herbert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3045, illness

 

Defiance, Devonport

 MCCULLUM, Patrick, Stoker 1c, 141048, illness

 

Endymion, old cruiser

 CUTLER, William, Stoker, RNR, S 3122, illness

 

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

 BEDSON, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 157

 CARTER, Albert E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4409

 CHRISTIAN, William, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 CHRISTIE, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10927

 GOODBRAND, Alexander S, Petty Officer, RNR, C 3796

 GRISENTHWAITE, Arthur E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6373

 MCKENZIE, Kenneth, Seaman, RNR, A 6275

 RILEY, Samuel, Trimmer, RNR, TS 609

 ROBSON, Henry M, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1925

 ROSE, James, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1444

 THOMAS, John E, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1253

 

Ophir, armed merchant cruiser

 THOMAS, David W, Donkeyman, MMR, 799737, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BEETON, James R, Telegraphist, RNVR, Bristol Z 4053, illness

 FROST, Thomas, Fireman, MMR, 900965, illness

 

Pyramus, old light cruiser

 BARRY, James, Stoker, RNR, T 3149, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 LOWRY, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7726, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 RORKE, Alfred J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

__________

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 SPRATT, Christopher T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 485, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 CURTIN, John, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7819, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 13 February 1917

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 COOMBS, Frederick, Sergeant, RMLI, S 2538 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 ATKINSON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1253, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 MOIR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 979, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BAREHAM, Herbert A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5144, killed

__________

 

Sisters Melville, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 DAWSON, Ernest, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2683

 DICKENS, Thomas J B, Engineman, RNR, ES 3560

 LANDELS, Walter, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 18

 LENMAN, Joseph C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1165

 MARTIN, Joseph M, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5003

 MASON, Otto C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1025

 SHOREMAN, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 4294

 

T A Jolliffe, hired screw tug

 MACRAE, Daniel, Seaman, RNR, A 9040, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 POWELL, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 61181, illness

 WILLIAMSON, Robert, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), 489 L, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 14 February 1917

 

Ben Earn, hired trawler, minesweeper

 HOLDEN, Charles, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Blanche, light cruiser

 QUINLAN, Martin F, Stoker 1c, K 23206, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 WADDON, William H, Chief Petty Officer, 97809, illness

 

King George V, Dreadnought battleship

 WHITE, William, Able Seaman, J 25535 (Po), illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 COCKBILL, Albert, Private, RM, S 8963 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS Dunkirk, France, air attack on St Pol Aircraft Depot, 15 air mechanics seriously wounded, one DOW next day

 CAMPBELL, John A, Air Mechanic 2c, F 18244 (President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations), killed, buried at Dunkirk

 DEPPER, George, Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3c, M 4617 (Po), killed, buried at Dunkirk

 GILL, Valentine J A, Air Mechanic 1c, F 13877, killed, buried at Dunkirk

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BALDWIN, William J, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 17259 (Ch)

 HINCHCLIFFE, Irvine, Private, RMLI, S 1481 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 188th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached 1st RM Battalion, France

 FRYER, Joseph J, Private, RMLI, 18453 (Ch)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MCLEOD, Arthur F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3463

 ROBSON, Elijah, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1315

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 FISHER, Roland, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1383, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 AMOS, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2102, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ROLLO, John D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2462, DOW

__________

 

Sabrina, destroyer

 LUCAS, William G, Able Seaman, J 9809 (Ch), drowned

 

Skipjack, minesweeper, ex-torpedo gunboat

 WHITE, Robert, Ordinary Signalman, J 48000 (Ch), accident

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 JOSS, Alexander, Armourer's Mate, 167590, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 February 1917

 

Bonaventure, submarine depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 WARD, Stanley, Leading Stoker, K 1861 (Ch), DOW

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 WINTLE, Cyril, Able Seaman (RFR B 3435), 187381 (Dev)

__________

 

Liverpool, light cruiser

 POTTER, George, Stoker Petty Officer, 312125, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 FORD, William J, Chief Carpenter (ret), illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS Dunkirk, France, air attack on Dunkirk the day before

 COWIN, George L, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5325, DOW, buried at Dunkirk

 

RND, 188th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached 2nd RM Battalion, France

 HERRING, Sidney W, Private, RMLI, 17615 (Ply)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BAKER, Albert W, Private, RMLI, S 1162 (Ply)

 BENNETT, Frederick, Private, RMLI, S 1627 (Ch)

 BOOTHBY, Ernest W, Private, RMLI, S 1470 (Ch)

 BURROWS, Thomas A, Private, RMLI, S 1062 (Po)

 FIELDER, George J, Private, RMLI, 19681 (Ch)

 WATSON, James B, Private, RMLI, S 1512 (Ch)

 WATSON, Walter, Private, RMLI, S 374 (Ply)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 HUTCHINGS, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3089, DOW

 MORRISON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3481

 THOMAS, Leslie M, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 AYRE, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3923, DOW

 MCDONALD, Alexander, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3477, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 CONNELLY, Andrew, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4796, killed

 WAITE, Herbert L, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 268, killed

__________

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 WHITE, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6123, discharged, illness in UK

 

Roberts, monitor

 PULLEN, Arthur J, Private, RMLI, 13902 (Ch), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CLEMENT, George, Chief Ship's Cook, 343217, killed

 

Viola (3) (Q.14), convoy sloop/Q-ship

 WHITE, James, Stoker 1c, K 8199, illness

 

 

Friday, 16 February 1917

 

Potomac, steamship, collision

 GIFFORD, John L J, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, C 3085

 

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

 BAXTER, Gilbert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 672

 CAPPLEMAN, Wilkinson, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 DODDS, Matthew T, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 819

 LUPTON, Stephen, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2688

 MORRIS, Robert, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 147

 PARKER, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 4575

 TAYLOR, William D, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 200, DOW

 WATSON, Charles P, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4107

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 ROUD, Edwin T, Private, RMLI, S 1442 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CUNNINGHAM, Philip S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7728, DOW

__________

 

Ruby Gem, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 MOWAT, Alexander, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Southesk, hired net drifter

 SMITH, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6118, illness

 

Suffolk County, hired net drifter

 LITSTER, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2946, illness

 

 

Saturday, 17 February 1917

 

Achates, destroyer, collision

 BLACK, James, Stoker 1c, 299558 (Ch)

 REGAN, John, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7275 (Ch)

 

Dreel Castle, Auxiliary Patrol base, Falmouth

 SYMONDS, William E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5099, illness

 

Hawk, hired trawler, minesweeper, torpedoed and sunk by U.64 in Mediterranean

 COWAN, William J, Seaman, RNR, B 5266

 GREGSON, Henry, Telegraphist, ZP 1016

 JOHNSON, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 1042

 LEASK, George, Seaman, RNR, C 2601

 PALMER, Michael, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 943

 SOUTAR, James, Engineman, RNR, ES 1041

 TENNANT, John W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1014

 

M.15, monitor

 LOCKYEAR, William E, Officers' Steward 2c, L 3281, illness

 

ML.83, motor launch

 MARNIE, George, Leading Deck Hand, RNR (T), SD 2060, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

11 January-13 March operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division,

17-18 February, Action of Miaumont

 

RND, 188th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 KENNEDY, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4668, DOW

 MOLES, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1382

 WALLACE, James, Private, RMLI, 18495

 WOODEY, Harold, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1192

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 ANDREWS, Edwin S, Private, RMLI, S 1172 (Ply)

 AUSTIN, Charles N, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16935 (Ch)

 BACON, Robert C, Private, RMLI, 12103 (Ch)

 BARNES, George, Private, RMLI, 16858 (Ply)

 BASSETT, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 866 (Po)

 BATE, Charles H, Private, RMLI, S 1164 (Ply)

 BEWLEY, James R, Corporal, RMLI, 17442 (Ch)

 BLACKBURN, Lawrence A, Private, RMLI, S 1223 (Ch)

 BROWN, Harry C, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM

 BRUCE, Harry E, Sergeant, RMLI, 16361 (Ch)

 BURTON, Cecil R, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM

 CLAXTON, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1200 (Ch)

 CLEWS, George J, Private, RMLI, S 602 (Ch)

 CONLAN, Patrick, Private, RMLI, S 1190 (Ch)

 CORNISH, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 1008 (Po)

 COULSON, Harry G C, Ty/Lieutenant, RM

 CROMBIE, Alexander, Private, RMLI, 17027 (Ply)

 DAVIS, Horace W H, Private, RMLI, 19808 (Ch)

 DEXTER, Robert H, Private, RMLI, 19524 (Ch)

 DINGWALL, Robert J T, Corporal, RMLI, 16411 (Ch)

 DOUGHERTY, Tom, Private, RMLI, 16989 (Ply)

 EDEN, George F, Corporal, RMLI, S 1270 (Po)

 EVANS, Charles E, Private, RMLI, S 39 (Ch)

 FELLINGHAM, Harry, Private, RMLI, 19815 (Ch)

 FINCH, Frederick, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16828 (Ch)

 FLANAGAN, Wilson, Private, RMLI, S 420 (Ch)

 FORD, Donald, Private, RMLI, S 1330 (Ch), DOW

 FOSTER, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1228 (Ch)

 GILLINGWATER, Victor, Private, RMLI, S 1473 (Ch)

 GODFREY, Harold, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 17487 (Po)

 GORDON, Walter, Corporal, RMLI, S 1057 (Ply)

 GREEN, Robert C, Corporal, RMLI, 9184 (Ch)

 HALKETT, Alexander, Private, RMLI, 17028 (Ply)

 HALL, Wilfred L, Private, RMLI, 17799 (Ply)

 HALLIDAY, Leonard A, Corporall, RMLI, 16315 (Ch)

 HARBOURNE, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1250 (Ch)

 HARRINGTON, Clifford N, Private, RMLI, 18809 (Ch)

 HOBBS, Reginald, Private, RMLI, 17634 (Ch)

 HOLMES, George J, Private, RMLI, 19838 (Ch)

 HURN, William J, Private, RMLI, 19848 (Ch)

 JANES, Henry, Corporal, RMLI, 17361 (Po)

 JARVIS, Luke, Colour Sergeant, RMLI, 13747 (Ch)

 JOHNSON, Ernest J, Private, RMLI, S 55 (Ch)

 LASHAM, Leslie A V, Private, RMLI, 18727 (Ch)

 LAWTON, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1398 (Po)

 LIGGINS, Reginald J, Private, RMLI, S 1375 (Po)

 LLOYD, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1459 (Ch)

 MAIDEN, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 1029 (Ply)

 MERRELL, David C, Private, RMLI, S 1400 (Po)

 MONKS, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 1513 (Ch)

 NORMANDALE, Robert W, Private, RMLI, S 1007 (Ch)

 OKELL, Alan A, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM

 PARROTT, Albert, Private, RMLI, 17913 (Ply)

 PERRY, Frederick W A, Ty/Lieutenant, RM

 PESSOL, Samuel T, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 362 (Ply)

 PHILLIPS, Douglas A A, Private, RMLI, 18660 (Ch)

 PURCHASE, Douglas H, Private, RMLI, S 237 (Ch)

 PYLE, James, Private, RMLI, 13002 (Ch)

 RICHARDS, William A, Private, RMLI, S 725 (Ch)

 RILEY, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 137 (Ch)

 ROACH, Percy, Private, RMLI, S 979 (Ply)

 ROBINSON, Lawrence W, Ty/Lieutenant, RM

 ROGERS, John G, Private, RMLI, S 1437 (Ply)

 SAVAGE, Frank, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM

 SCOTT, George E, Private, RMLI, S 1244 (Po)

 SELTH, Ernest T, Private, RMLI, 19777 (Ch)

 SHEARER, James, Private, RMLI, 17881 (Ply)

 SIMEONE, Reginald G, Private, RMLI, 19292 (Ch)

 SMITH, Wallace N, Private, RMLI, 18435 (Po)

 SMYTH, Reginald A, Private, RMLI, S 979 (Ch)

 SOPP, Edward, Private, RMLI, S 1498 (Po)

 THOMPSON, Leonard N, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 1277 (Ply)

 TURNER, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 1399 (Po)

 WARD, Alfred J, Private, RMLI, 18685 (Ch)

 WARNER, Alfred, Private, RMLI, 18788 (Ch)

 WATSON, William S, Private, RMLI, S 1207 (Ch)

 WILD, Herbert, Corporal, RMLI, S 1329 (Ch)

 WILKINSON, Wilfred, Private, RMLI, S 970 (Ply)

 WILSON, Rennie, Private, RMLI, S 157 (Ch)

 WOOD, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1246 (Ply)

 WRIGHT, John, Private, RMLI, S 1212 (Ch)

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 ASPINALL, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 350 (Po)

 CURTIS, Michael M, Private, RMLI, S 938 (Po)

 GITTINGS, Joseph, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 421 (Ply)

 KING, Ernest, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 18380 (Po)

 LYALL, Alexander, Private, RMLI, S 638 (Po)

 SHARP, Arthur T N, Private, RMLI, S 986 (Po)

 TAYLOR, Albert E, Private, RMLI, S 1257 (Ply)

 WHITFIELD, Archibald, Private, RMLI, S 502 (Po)

 

RND, 3rd (RN) Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 COOPER, Charles G, Private, RM, S 4143 (Deal), illness

 

RND, 8th Entrenching Battalion Draft for 1st RM Battalion, France

 MARSH, Eustace V, Private, RMLI, S 1667 (Ch), illness

 

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

 CARTER, Sydney, Sapper, RE, 207553

 

RND, 248th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 BARRETT, Walter J, Lance Corporal, RE, 207881

 NIGHTINGALE, George W, Sapper, RE, 207901

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 AITKEN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4353

 DRAPE, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8310

 HAGGERTY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5099, DOW

 JONES, William L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside 6/180

 PEACHEY, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5093

 READE, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3005

 REYNOLDS, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1851

 THOMPSON, Percy C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2186

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 DRAPER, William B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4096

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 COLVIN, Albert E, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 617, illness

 DICK, Harry W F, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3702

 GRAHAM, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4069, DOW

 LAZENBY, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 271

 PETTICAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7190

 SIMPSON, James A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6415

 WEBBER, Arthur W, Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 1908, DOW

 WEBSTER, George, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 747

 YEARDLY, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2734

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 ARCHER, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 34

 ATKINSON, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2477

 BARRY, Thomas M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8423

 BATES, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 979

 BRADSHAW, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 298

 BRIDGET, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2618

 BROADHEAD, Elijah, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6058

 CALDWELL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6131

 CARRINGTON, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4060

 CRAIG, Andrew, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2808

 CREDDY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3780, DOW

 CROMBIE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6807

 CURRIE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2605

 DAMMERELL, Edward W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1096

 DAVIES, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2144, DOW

 DERMODY, William C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2181

 DUKE, William T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6998, DOW

 FERGUSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4575

 GOWIN, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2552

 GREEN, Albert C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4431

 GREGORY, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3298, DOW

 GRIFFITHS, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1198, DOW

 GRIFFITHS, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 40

 HAINES, William R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 HAMILTON, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5600

 HART, John F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4810

 HENDERSON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7050

 HENSTOCK, Horace W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4690

 HOGGINS, Charles G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6904

 HOLTOM, Albert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4848

 JAMIESON, William G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 811, DOW

 JENNINGS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8010

 JOSLIN, Albert E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1405

 KILBY, Clifford G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 382

 LOWRIE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6127

 MOORE, Henry C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4230

 MORGAN, John, Able Seaman,. RNVR, Bristol Z 360, DOW

 MORRICE, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3416

 NEWELL, Leonard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4267

 PESTER, Francis H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 105

 PHILLIPS, Edward M, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 11250

 RIDAL, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8027

 ROSS, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2806, DOW

 ROWE, Edwin, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1005

 SALT, Joseph H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3355

 SHEA, Hubert J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 SMITH, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1282

 STAMMERS, Percy F, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 611

 STUART, Alexander D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 923

 TAYLOR, Stephen W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 135

 THACKER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 178

 TOSSELL, William H, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 338

 WEBB, Arthur C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4633, DOW

 WHEELER, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 127

 WHITE, Norman, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3137

 WILSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4173, DOW

 WILSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4200

 YORKE, Reginald J, Able Seaman, RNVR, ZP 1078

__________

 

Royal Navy Depot, Crystal Palace

 SALE, Herbert, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2601, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 COLERAINE, William, Seaman, RNR, B 4117, illness

 HILL, Thomas J, Ordinary Seaman, 64224, illness

 HUNT, Herbert W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14099, illness

 

Wildfire, Naval Base, Sheerness

 HAMMETT, Leonard, Officers' Steward 2c, L 489, illness

 

 

Sunday, 18 February 1917

 

Andes, armed merchant cruiser

 MCDONALD, Hugh C, Greaser, MMR, 670404, drowned

 

Berrima, steamship, torpedoed and damaged by U.84 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 CRUMPTON, Arthur, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 1012), 13885 (Ply)

 

Clifton, hired trawler, mined and sunk off S Ireland

 BASKCOMB, Harry O, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 747

 COOK, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6451

 FLYNN, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6312

 GARROD, Edward, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 GLAVIN, William, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 1603

 HARRINGTON, Patrick, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14462

 LAMONT, Donald, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1899

 PASK, Reginald G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2462

 RAILTON, John R, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4560

 ROBSON, Thomas A, Engineman, RNR, ES 1540

 ROLLINSON, John R, Engineman, RNR, ES 1579

 TODD, George, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Clyde Z 7656

 WHALLEY, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4749

 

Clyde II, hired net drifter

 COWIE, Alexander, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 372, illness

 

Commonwealth, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 SAYER, Ellis E, Petty Officer, J 7109 (Ch), DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HOGSETT, Gordon, Corporal, RMLI, S 243 (Ch), DOW

 NEAL, John F, Private, RMLI, S 908 (Ch), DOW

 OVER, George J, Private, RMLI, S 1537 (Ch), DOW

 WARREN, John J, Private, RMLI, 15753 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 ARCH, Arthur J, Corporal, RMLI, 13806 (Po)

 GREENHOUGH, George W, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 853 (Ply)

 HAMILTON, Charles R, Private, RMLI, 14848 (Po)

 LAYTE, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1024 (Po), DOW

 LEACH, James A, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 12498 (Ply)

 NUTTYCOMBE, Henry J, Sergeant, RMLI, 13320 (Ply)

 STATE, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 158 (Po)

 SWALE, John, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, DOW

 TURNER, Ernest, Private, RMLI, S 153 (Ply)

 TURNER, Thomas A, Private, RMLI, S 1242 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 CARVER, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8561, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 SMITH, Alexander F, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 900

 STANTON, James F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 9098

 WARDLE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5421

 WILLIAMS, Albert J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3608

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 JAMIESON, Alexander P, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7009, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 YOUNG, George W, Stoker 2c, K 40302, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 LOCKWOOD, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 64621, illness

 

 

Monday, 19 February 1917

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GREEN, James H, Petty Officer (RFR A 1188), 124914, (ex-Britomart), illness

 

Picton Castle, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in English Channel

 BULLENT, James E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5595

 BURNETT, Edward W, Seaman, RNR, A 6773

 CABBLE, Henry O, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1753

 CLAYTON, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6399

 DRISCOLL, James, Petty Officer 2c (RFR A 1622), 121797 (Dev)

 KIPPIN, Alfred G, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 MCDOUGALL, Hugh, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4075

 MILLS, Charles, Engineman, RNR, ES 3249

 MYERS, John H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8348

 PENROSE, Alfred, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4212

 PHILLIPS, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 3250

 VEAL, Thomas C, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10298

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BOULTER, Thomas J W, Private, RMLI, 9702 (Ch), DOW

 WHITE, Arthur G, Sergeatn, RMLI, 16554 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BURKE, Bernard, Private, RMLI, S 186 (Ply)

 CLYDESDALE, Samuel T, Private, RMLI, 17576 (Ply)

 DENTON, John F, Private, RMLI, S 751 (Ply)

 GATES, Harry, Private, RMLI, S 1261 (Po)

 JACKSON, Hubert, Private, RMLI, S 1113 (Ply)

 OGDEN, Fred, Private, RMLI, S 835 (Ply)

 RUSSELL, William, Private, RMLI, 16774 (Ply), DOW

 TROTT, Frank, Private, RMLI, S 1056 (Ply), DOW

 WILKINSON, Robert, Corporal, RMLI, S 818 (Po)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 BRUNYEE, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 221

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BUNCE, John F, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 DIXON, John A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6386, DOW

 DIXON, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3109, DOW

 ROBERTSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4817, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 MCLACHLAN, Gregor MacG, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6430, illness

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BRIMILCOMBE, Harry H, Stoker 2c, K 39671, illness

 

 

 Tuesday, 20 February 1917

 

Fox, old light cruiser

 NYE, Henry W, Ship's Steward's Assistant, M 11456 (Dev), illness

 

Himalaya, armed merchant cruiser

 ELLIOTT, Joseph, Chief Gunner, accident

 

ML.212, motor launch

 MACKAY, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3611, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 NEVILLE, Walter J, Private, RMLI, S 1599 (Ch), illness

 O’LEARY, Michael J, Private, RMLI, 17833 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BAILEY, Denis A, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 172 (Ply)

 CHALKEY, Reginald G, Private, RMLI, S 690 (Ply), DOW

 LEWIS, John H, Private, RMLI, 17563 (Ply)

 

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

 SEDDON, Robert, Sapper, RE, 207487

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ANDERSON, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3686

 AUSTIN, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1269

 BURTON, James E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 778

 HARRIS, Sydney F, Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 1187

 MAILE, Leonard, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4127, killed

 NAYLOR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7457

 PATERSON, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4878

 TURNER, Herbert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7527

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 NESBIT, Adam, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3541, DOW

__________

 

Sea Lion, hired trawler, minesweeper

 HERRIDGE, Frederick C, Seaman, RNR, D 2067, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 21 February 1917

 

Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, lost 29 February 1916

 CORNISH, Stephen, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), DOW

 

Bacchante, cruiser damaged in collision with cruiser Achilles in Irish Sea

 SMITH, William, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR, drowned

 

C.65, fleet messenger

 ASTROP, George W, Able Seaman, MMR, 537084, illness

 

Doris, old light cruiser

 GUDGE, Sydney J, Stoker 1c, K 14890 (Dev), illness

 

Hilary, armed merchant cruiser

 HAM, George F, Able Seaman, 185610, illness

 

Hyacinth, old light cruiser

 HASTINGS, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6139, illness

 

Mendi, troopship, sunk in collision in English Channel, over 650 lives lost. Naval casualty:

 CARROLL, William H, Leading Seaman (RFR B 1716), 156667 (Dev), drowned

 

Princess Alberta, fleet messenger, mined and sunk in Aegean

 APSEY, Clarence E, 2nd Steward, MMR, 624267

 BARTOLO, Guiseppe, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BONETT, Carmelo, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 CASE, Charles W, Able Seaman, 211664 (Po)

 CLUGSTON, Alexander, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 COMBEN, John W, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1239

 COMISH, Stephen, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 COMYN, Frank, Ship's Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 COWAN, Donald, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

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

 FARRUGIA, Guiseppe, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 GERADO, Guiseppe, Fireman, RNR (Maltese), G 26

 GIBNEY, Bernard, Assistant Steward, MMR, 846339

 GREGGOR, Thomas, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HAMILTON, Frank, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HILL, Alexander, Able Seaman, J 21769 (Dev)

 IRVING, David, Seaman, MMR, 844687

 JAMIE, David, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 JONES, Robert, 2nd Mate, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KERRUISH, John, Trimmer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LONERGAN, Matthew, Scullion, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCCARTHY, Henry, Donkeyman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCCARTHY, James S, Armourer, 346503 (Dev)

 MOORE, Reginald, Able Seaman, J 41044 (Po)

 O’DOHERTY, Arthur R, Officer's Cook 2c, L 4035 (Po)

 O’KEEFE, Timothy, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PEARSON, Sidney, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 STOYLE, Arthur J, Private, RMLI, 10410 (Ply)

 SWEET, William J, Able Seaman, J 27077 (Dev)

 TARDITO, Charles, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TILEY, Henry T, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TOTHILL, Rolf F C, Able Seaman, J 22350 (Dev), (Foresight O/P)

 WALKER, Francis, Private, RMLI (RFR Immed Cl 46), 9445 (Ply)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 COOPER, Alfred, Private, RMLI, S 1187 (Ply), DOW

 LAWRENCE, Ralph J, Private, RMLI, S 746 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 PULLEN, Frederick, Private, RMLI, 17743 (Ply)

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 HAMMOND, Frederick, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3635, DOW

 

RND, Benbow Battalion

 HEDGER, Percy E, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3464, interned in Holland, illness

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 PATTERSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5126, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BURTON, Arthur, Stoker 2c, K 38221, illness

 LISSETT, John R, Stoker 1c (RFR B 3450), 287614 (Po), drowned

 

Wathfield, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.39 in Mediterranean; naval casualties:

 BENNETT, Frederick C, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 4336

 WADDINGTON, Edgar, Ordinary Seaman, J 56687 (Dev)

 

Zaida, hired yacht, lost 17 November 1916

 MYALL, Albert, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), Turkish prisoner of war, illness

 

 

Thursday, 22 February 1917

 

Canada, Dreadnought battleship

 CLARK, William, Musician, RMB, RMB 362, died in UK

 

Isonzo, fleet auxiliary

 THOMSON, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2697, drowned

 

Kilpeno, steamship

 FOWLOW, Zebulom, Act/Leading Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 877, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 MORRISON, Thomas, Private, RMLI, 17545 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MIDDLETON, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9094, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 DUNN, Charles E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1138, DOW

 LAMIN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 133, illness

__________

 

Royal Navy Depot, Crystal Palace

 WRIGHT, Stephen, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3587, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 February 1917

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet

 ELLIOTT, Henry, Fleet Paymaster, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 HILTON, William, Boy 1c, J 53775, illness

 

Hibernia, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 DEVLIN, John T, Stoker, RNR, S 2663, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 CHANNING, Arthur W, Corporal, RMLI, 14646 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 WRIGHT, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 200, DOW

__________

 

RND, 3rd Reserve Battalion

 CARTWRIGHT, William R, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, R 613, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 SUTHERLAND, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 65273, illness

 

 

Saturday, 24 February 1917

 

Brisbane (RAN), light cruiser

 EASTABROOK, Thomas S, Stoker 1c, RAN, 5176 (293922 (Po), illness in Malta

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

E.19, submarine, Baltic Flotilla

 BAKER, Thomas, Leading Stoker, K 2171, DOW in Estonia

__________

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 ASH, John F, Signal Boy, J 52812, illness

 

I F S, hired net drifter

 BAKER, John J, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 119, DOI

 

Powerful, harbour training ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser

 YENDALL, Henry, Private, RMLI, 2210 (Ply), died in UK

 

Recepto, hired trawler, minesweeper, lost 16 February

 MACIVER, Donald, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3242, DOW

 

RM Deal

 HILEY, Albert H, Private, RMLI, 21072 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BURTON, Henry, Private, RMLI, 18711 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 BUTLER, Charles E, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 1/286, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 MILES, Gideon, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 352, DOW

__________

 

Verona, hired yacht, mined and sunk in North Sea

 BIBBY, Harold M, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 BRAGG, Reginald A, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DOYLE, Harry T, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 DUCK, Frederick, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 KESSON, William, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LAURENSON, Robert D, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1084

 LOWE, William R, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9579

 MALCOLMSON, William, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 3737

 MARETT, Joseph, Fireman, MMR, 749862

 MCINTOSH, Alister C K, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9578

 MCLAREN, Charles, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 NOBLE, Thomas H, Ty/Assistant Paymaster, RNR

 NOEL, Philip, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PHILLIPS, Edgar G, Assistant Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 POWELL, James S, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 RUTHEN, Samuel, Petty Officer, RNR, C 3586

 SALMON, George, Cook, MMR, 94002

 SHEPARD, Thomas, Assistant Cook, MMR, (no service number listed)

 STEADY, William J, Able Seaman, MMR, 59556

 STEPHEN, Alexander, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed)

 STEWART, George T, 2nd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 THORNE, Ernest, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WILSON, Charles P, Commander, RNR (ret)

 

Sunday, 25 February 1917

 

Army, 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards, attached RN Division

 MURRAY, William R, Captain, Army, former Major, RM, illness in Lisbon

 

Hibernia, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 DAVIES, Richard, Able Seaman, 217202, illness

 

Landrail, destroyer

 MORRIS, Ernest E, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5556 (Dev), drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 WRIGHT, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4122, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 3rd Wing, France, flying Sopwith Strutter tractor biplane, shot down 17 miles SSE of Saarbrucken

 PORTSMOUTH, Richard S, Air Mechanic 2c, F 7815, killed

 SMITH, Lewis E, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, taken prisoner, DOI

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 COUSINS, Roland, Private, RMLI, S 968 (Po), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 LAMBERT, Arthur H, Private, RMLI, S 1319 (Po), DOW

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Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GOULD, Joseph, Stoker 1c, 227633, drowned

 

 

Monday, 26 February 1917

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 GARDINER, Charles J, Able Seaman (RFR B 2317), 179422 (Ch), drowned

 

MESOPOTAMIA

All hit by Turkish shore fire on River Tigris

 

Mantis, river gunboat

 SAUNDERS, William H, Petty Officer, J 5200 (Ch)

 

Moth, river gunboat

 DEAN, Percy W, Able Seaman (RFR B 3959), 209195 (Ch)

 FINNIGAN, John H, Stoker Petty Officer, 306978 (Ch)

 

Tarantula, river gunboat

 MCDOWELL, Edward A, Able Seaman (RFR B 7607), SS 1393 (Ch)

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Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 DONOGHUE, Humphrey, Greaser, MMR, 835632, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BROWN, Charles H, Private, RMLI, 19879 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 8th Entrenching Battalion Draft for Hood Battalion, France

 GRANT, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3993, illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BONNAR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7691, killed

 CURRIE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7080, killed

 DAILEY, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8209, killed

 HAY, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 880, killed

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St Germain, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and damaged in Dover Straits

 KIRK, George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5843, killed

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 DROMGOOL, Joseph, Stoker 1c, SS 111527 (Po), illness

 WERNHAM, Walter E A, Stoker 2c, K 39168, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 27 February 1917

 

Evadne, hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in English Channel

 ASHWORTH, Charles, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2816

 BARRON, John, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BESSEY, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2274

 CONWAY, George H, Engineman, RNR, ES 630

 DICK, James, Seaman, RNR, A 6261

 FAIRLESS, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 4746

 LEASK, James A, Seaman, RNR, B 3165

 MATTHEWS, Martin, Seaman, RNR, C 2199

 MCCALLUM, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4035

 ROSE, Arthur E, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 430

 SCUTT, George, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6296

 SUTHERLAND, William, Seaman, RNR, C 1512

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Mantis, shore gunfire

 WILLS, Herbert W, Armourer's Crew, M 10813 (Ch), DOW

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Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GEE, George, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1140, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RFC, 65 Squadron, air crash, France

 PRIMROSE, William W, Ty/Lieutenant, RM

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 MITCHELL, George H, Private, RMLI, S 797 (Ply), DOW

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RMA Eastney

 GUY, Herbert, Colour Sergeant, RMA, RMA 2741, illness

 

Sandhurst, fleet repair ship, Scapa Flow, boiler explosion, four men killed, two DOI that day, one each on 28th, 5 and 12 March

 BROWN, Alfred, Stoker 2c, K 37251 (Dev)

 CORNER, Stephen T, Engine Room Artificer 5c, M 23215 (Dev)

 LEE, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 305911 (Dev)

 POTE, Reginald J R, Stoker 2c, K 36416 (Dev)

 TUCKER, Frank E, Stoker 2c, K 36371 (Dev), DOI

 UPSTALL, Frederick J, Stoker 1c, K 20211 (Dev), DOI

 

 

Wednesday, 28 February 1917

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 WOODCOCK, William H, Boy 2c, J 53001, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 SANDISON, Alexander M, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RMLI, DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 STOKES, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 470 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 MORGAN, Mostyn A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3260, DOW

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RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 LLOYD, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 517, illness in UK

 

Sandhurst, fleet repair ship, Scapa Flow, boiler explosion on 27th

 JAMES, Joseph G, Stoker 1c, K 25256 (Dev), DOI

 

Topaze, light cruiser

 REEVES, Frederick L, Canteen Manager, Admiralty civilian, illness

 

Vengeance, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 ROWE, William J, Leading Seaman, 203613, illness

 

Venus, old light cruiser

 JAMES, Thomas W, Signalman, 214066 (Po), died in Singapore

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WILLIAMS, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4083, illness

 

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