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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 1
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved

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

Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

HMS Malaya, dreadnought battleship
(Navy Photos, click photographs for enlargements)

on to April 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) Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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

 


 

Thursday, 1 March 1917

 

Ceto

 HEAD, Solomon, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), died

 

Euterpe, steamship, submarine action, ship damaged

 NOLAN, William, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2163

 

Pheasant, ship lost

 ATCHESON, James, Petty Officer 1c, 185519 (Dev)

 BATES, Harry, Stoker 2c, K 32428 (Dev)

 BOURNE, George, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 21465 (Dev)

 BOWEN, William, Chief Stoker, 291526 (Dev)

 BOXER, William T, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 6011 (Dev)

 BRADLEY, Austin, Ordinary Seaman, J 61179 (Po)

 BRENNAN, Alexander, Able Seaman, SS 4773 (Dev)

 BROMING, Edmund S, Stoker 1c, 302199 (Dev)

 CANTRILL, James H, Wireman 2c, M 11612 (Dev)

 CARR, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 213118 (Dev)

 CLAPCOTT, Frederick, Officer's Steward 3c, L 9320 (Dev)

 CONNOLLY, Patrick, Stoker, RNR, U 1394

 CONVIN, Sidney, Officer's Steward 3c, L 5098 (Dev)

 COTTER, Reginald A, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 CRUNDALL, Frederick W M, Stoker 1c, K 18053 (Dev)

 CUNNINGTON, John R, Leading Telegraphist, J 16494 (Dev)

 DAVIES, David, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 3105

 DOLLIGAN, Bernard, Stoker, RNR, S 5132

 EDWORTHY, Frederick W S, Ordinary Seaman, J 47908 (Dev)

 ELDER, George, Able Seaman, J 25754 (Dev)

 EVENS, Joseph R, Stoker Petty Officer, 309864 (Dev)

 FISHER, Arthur M, Ordinary Seaman, J 49742 (Dev)

 FLETCHER, Nelson S, Able Seaman, J 13938 (Dev)

 GIDLEY, Ernest, Stoker Petty Officer, 307503 (Dev)

 GLYNN, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 35679 (Dev)

 GRANTHAM, James N, Able Seaman, J 7765 (Dev)

 GREBBELL, Cyril W, Leading Seaman, 236776 (Dev)

 GRIFFITH, Hubert W D, Lieutenant

 GRIMSHAW, George A, Stoker 1c, K 6642 (Dev)

 GROOM, Horace E, Leading Cook's Mate, 347811 (Dev)

 GYLLENSHIP, Gustavus A, Leading Seaman, 194276 (Dev)

 HAMILTON, James H, Able Seaman, 239262 (Dev)

 HAMILTON, John, Able Seaman, J 29355 (Dev)

 HANDS, Henry L, Stoker 1c, 309300 (Dev)

 HAWORTH, Samuel B, Able Seaman, J 12119 (Dev)

 HEARN, Henry W E, Act/Lieutenant

 HERLIHY, Sidney H, Gunner

 HOLLOWOOD, Harry, Able Seaman, J 5461 (Dev)

 HOLMES, Charley, Petty Officer, 229380 (Dev)

 HOWARTH, Tom, Able Seaman, J 31132 (Dev)

 HUNT, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, J 60695 (Po)

 JOHNSON, Oswald M, Sub Lieutenant

 JOHNSON, William H, Ordinary Seaman, J 61172 (Po)

 JOHNSTONE, George, Stoker 1c, SS 115144 (Dev)

 KAY, William L, Able Seaman, SS 3520 (Dev)

 KAYES, Joseph, Leading Seaman, 220440 (Dev)

 KELLY, Walter, Able Seaman, J 8761 (Dev)

 KITCHEN, Reed B, Ordinary Seaman, J 60687 (Po)

 LACEY, Peter, Able Seaman, J 46017 (Dev)

 LILLIS, Fred, Petty Officer, 182523 (Dev)

 LLOYD, Alfred, Act/Leading Stoker, K 8947 (Dev)

 LOMAS, Henry H, Stoker Petty Officer, K 13883 (Dev)

 MARKS, Ernest G, Leading Stoker, K 5640 (Dev)

 MARTIN, Henry T, Ordinary Seaman, J 43132 (Dev)

 MASKELL, Frederick, Stoker 2c, K 37261 (Dev)

 MCCARTHY, Daniel, Stoker Petty Officer, 176750 (Dev)

 MCDONALD, Angus, Able Seaman, 218050 (Dev)

 MCLOUGHLIN, Michael, Ordinary Seaman, J 42975 (Dev)

 MOONEY, John, Able Seaman, J 20534 (Dev)

 NEAL, Edward J S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1528

 NEALE, Charles H, Stoker 2c, K 32434 (Dev)

 PACEY, Harry, Stoker 2c, K 32430 (Dev)

 PIRRY, William, Able Seaman, J 25237 (Dev)

 PORTER, William, Able Seaman, J 24623 (Dev)

 PRESTON, Matthew (real name, but served as Matthew Mckenzie), Able Seaman, J 45368 (Dev)

 RANDALL, Joseph, Able Seaman, SS 4355 (Dev)

 RICHARDSON, Frederick W, Signalman, 233380 (Dev)

 ROBERTSON, James, Able Seaman, SS 6522 (Dev)

 ROGERS, Cyril S, Signalman, J 25441 (Dev)

 RYAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, J 27836 (Dev)

 SCRIVEN, Frederick J, Able Seaman, J 29501 (Dev)

 SEARLE, Percy W, Able Seaman, J 29551 (Dev)

 SHERWELL, Rowland Z H, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7810 (Dev)

 SIMES, Henry C N, Engineer Lieutenant Commander

 STEWART, William, Able Seaman, SS 4863 (Dev)

 SULTAN, Harry, Leading Seaman, J 9290 (Dev)

 TAYLOR, Edward P, Able Seaman, J 12751 (Dev)

 TERRY, William J, Stoker Petty Officer, K 5121 (Dev)

 TRAYHERN, Benjamin E, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5010), SS 107187 (Dev)

 TWYMAN, Frederick L, Boy Telegraphist, J 48585

 WALKER, Gordon P, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 WATSON, Arthur, Able Seaman, SS 3754 (Dev)

 WEAVER, Ivor T, Ordinary Seaman, J 43133 (Dev)

 WHEALE, Joseph, Stoker, RNR, S 8168

 WHITHAM, Albert, Ordinary Seaman, J 49933 (Dev)

 WIGHT, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 324

 WOODLAND, Walter J, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270702 (Dev)

 WOOLCOCK, Hubert E, Officer's Steward 2c, L 4974 (Dev)

 WRIGHT, Richard, Stoker 1c (RFR B 4698), SS 106052 (Dev)

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 DAGLISH, George R G, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 MACEWAN, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 64917, illness

 

 

Friday, 2 March 1917

 

E.15, submarine, lost 1915

 BRENNAN, Patrick, Able Seaman, 226804 (Dev), Turkish POW, died in POW Camp, body relocated and buried at Baghdad Gate, Mesopotamia

 

Phaeton

 HOY, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 38505, illness

 

President II

 PULLEN, Oliver J, Air Mechanic 1c, F 24817, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

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

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BETTS, Frederick J, Private, RMLI, S 946 (Ch), DOW

 WATERSON, Henry, Private, RMLI, S 1261 (Ch), DOW

__________

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 NORTHROP, John E, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 PULLING, Edward L, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 

 

Saturday, 3 March 1917

 

King George V

 STONADGE, Frederick G, Ordinary Signalman, J 39094, illness

 

Northumbria, ship lost

 BELL, Tom, Trimmer, RNR, TS 515

 COLLINS, George, Trimmer, RNR, TS 177

 HEEPS, Walter H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1381

 MANNING, Richard, Trimmer, RNR, TS 168

 MATTHEWS, Robert, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 323

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 HALL, Alfred W S, Ordinary Seaman, J 20295 (Ch), illness

 

RNAS, Ark Royal, flying Nieuport Type 12, 2-seater fighter reconnaissance aircraft, overturned at Kephalo. Flight Sub Lieutenant A F Marlowe seriously injured

 SNOW, Edward R, Midshipman, killed

 

RNAS Killingholme, accidental explosion

 BOYLAND, Colombo D, Air Mechanic 1c, F 4331 (President II), killed

 GOODE, Albert E, Air Mechanic 2c, T 29316, killed

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 DOYLE, Thomas J, Private, RMLI, 17356 (Ply), DOW

 TUBB, John E, Private, RMLI, 18704 (Po), DOW

__________

 

RND, 4th Reserve Battalion

 STALEY, Joseph A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, R 544, illness in UK

 

Sagamore, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 REED, Alfred H, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 9202

 

TB.94, torpedo boat

 HOLLOWAY, Herbert G, Leading Stoker, K 2081 (Po), died in Gibraltar

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 MYERS, Alfred G, Stoker 2c, K 40903, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 March 1917

 

Duncan

 HUNNINGS, Robert P, Boatswain, drowned

 

Minverva

 ARDLEY, Redvers A, Boy 1c, J 51727, illness

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron, Russia

 TWADDLE, David, Petty Officer Mechanic, F 10153, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, France

 WAMBOLT, Harry R, Ty/Flight Lieutenant

 WHITE, James P, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France

 LLOYD, William, Private, RMLI, S 1096 (Po), DOW

__________

 

Strymon

 BAXTER, Clement, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2733, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 DONOVAN, Jeremiah, Able Seaman, J 32136, illness

 

 

Monday, 5 March 1917

 

Campania II, ship lost

 ANDERSON, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 BOYLE, Fred, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 CABLE, Charles, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4315

 CAREY, Alfred, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2009

 CHRISTIE, George, Engineman, RNR, TS 3601

 DURRAND, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4751

 FIRMAN, Edward J, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 8748

 GERRIE, Arthur, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 366

 INNES, Clare, Engineman, RNR, ES 3592

 MITCHELL, William, Seaman, RNR, A 6037

 SIMPSON, Robert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 3603

 TRUSCOTT, Thomas H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4406

 

Copenhagen, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 EWINGS, John D, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 7/2723, Benbow Battalion, RND, returning to UK

 GUPPY, Reginald H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 4/2750, Benbow Battalion, RND, returning to UK

 SELKIRK, Howard J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2274, Benbow Battalion, RND, returning to UK

 

Morning Star

 DAVIES, Harold, Stoker Petty Officer, 308525 (Dev), illness

 

President III

 MACLEAN, Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 3109, illness in UK

 

Sandhurst

 VAUGHAN, Horace, Stoker 2c, K 36992 (Dev), DOI

 

Swan III

 HYDE, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2970, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 CURRIE, Alexander, Seaman, RNR, A 7353, illness

 SULLIVAN, Patrick, Shipwright 1c, 127183, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 6 March 1917

 

Bellerophon

 CRUDDAS, Seymour, Captain, RMA, illness in UK

 

Caldergrove, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 MARSHALL, Peter P, Able Seaman (RFR B 3727), SS 1370 (Dev)

 

Plassey, hospital ship

 MAHONEY, Michael, Chief Writer, 346787 (Po), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 SMITH, Abraham, Private, RMLI, S 1275 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PERKIN, Percival C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2104, DOW

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 BATTERSHILL, George F N, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2924, illness

 WILLIAMS, William, Stoker 2c, K 40512, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 7 March 1917

 

Drake

 FORD, George, Chief Boatswain, DOI in UK

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

East African Expeditionary Force

 WHITE, William, Bombardier, RMA, RMA 11367, illness

 WILCOX, James, Private, RMA, RMA 1120, illness

 

__________

 

Fawn

 SMITH, Charles, Stoker 1c, K 19993 (Po), drowned

 

Malaya

 WYNN, Joseph, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14593, illness in HS Agadir in UK

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 WOODCOCK, Tom H, Engineman, RNR, ES 1273, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 CLOUTER, William E, Private, RMA, RMA 15466, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 3rd Squadron, France

 POWELL, Leslie A, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 SCOTT, Robert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1676, DOW

__________

 

Spey, collision

 BOORMAN, Albert E, Chief Petty Officer (RFR A 2025), 147658 (Ch)

 BULL, Joseph A, Able Seaman (RFR B 4816), 179032 (Ch)

 HANCOX, George W, Able Seaman (RFR B 6033), 183687 (Ch)

 HARRIS, Alfred, Armourer's Crew, 206312 (Ch)

 HODDER, John F, Stoker 1c (RFR B 5867), SS 100896 (Ch)

 HUMPHREY, Ernest F, Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 ILSTON, John, Petty Officer, 147886 (Ch)

 KEATLEY, John, Stoker 1c (RFR B 7525), 291835 (Ch)

 LAIGHT, William L, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), 152439 (Ch)

 MERRITT, John, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1659), 10581 (Ch)

 MORGAN, Charles C, Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 362), 5097 (Ch)

 REED, Alfred J, Private, RMLI (Pens), 2222 (Ch)

 REYNOLDS, William, Act/Warrant Officer

 RUNACLES, Arthur W, Ordinary Seaman, J 28414 (Ch)

 SEARLE, Frederick, Stoker 1c (RFR B 7769), SS 103252 (Ch)

 SHIPLEE, Frederick J, Officer's Steward 2c, L 4954 (Ch)

 SMITH, Arthur J, Chief Stoker, 154073 (Ch)

 SOULSBY, George, Engine Room Artificer 1c, RNR, EB 426

 WOODWARD, William T, Leading Stoker (RFR B 8722), 289658 (Ch)

 WORNAST, Charles J, Able Seaman (RFR B 4784), 184111 (Ch)

 

Vivanti, ship lost

 BAKER, Robert S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10511

 BURTON, James E, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5029

 DREW, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1553

 EVANS, Charles F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10161

 JAMES, John A, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1869

 KAY, Thomas H, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 LANGMAID, James P, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2399

 NORTON, Frederick, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1551

 SHARMAN, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7414

 SIMPSON, Charles E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10575

 SLEETH, John F, Engineman, RNR, ES 4571

 STAFFORD, Robert E, Engineman, RNR, ES 4589

 TAYLOR, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, A 4901

 

 

Thursday, 8 March 1917

 

Canada

 PAYNE, Cyril H, Private, RMLI, 16115 (Po), died in UK

 

Dunbarmoor, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 SLAYMAKER, William T, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1162), 10490 (Po)

 

Excellent

 SUTHERLAND, Robert, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1337, illness

 

Malaya

 UPWARD, Edgar J, Electrical Artificer 4c, M 13330, illness

 

RND, 3rd Reserve Battalion

 HEMPSON, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, R 749, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 SUTHERLAND, William R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 339, DOW

__________

 

Royal Navy Depot, Crystal Palace

 GAMAGE, Arthur F, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5809, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 HOOKER, Herbert H, Ordinary Seaman, J 63991, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 ELLIOT, Richard P, Petty Officer 1c, 96832, illness

 

 

Friday, 9 March 1917

 

Albacore, mined

 DAVIES, Norman J, Signalman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1194,

 DOWDALL, Patrick J, Able Seaman, 181145 (Ch)

 ELSEY, Lawrence J, Able Seaman, J 5350 (Ch)

 HALFHEAD, Herbert H, Able Seaman (RFR B 10136), SS 2614 (Ch)

 HOWARD, Charles T, Able Seaman, J 5069 (Po)

 KING, Herbert H, Able Seaman, 229243 (Ch)

 MCCULLOCH, William, Chief Stoker, 284877 (Ch)

 MURPHY, William, Signalman, RNVR, London 4/2567

 PATTON, William C, Able Seaman (RFR B 9746), 200320 (Ch)

 PAYNE, Charles P, Leading Signalman, 224936 (Ch)

 PLEDGE, Bruce S, Petty Officer, 192918 (Ch)

 ROBINSON, Bertie T, Able Seaman, J 19682 (Ch)

 SAUNDERS, Alfred E, Stoker 1c (RFR Immed Cl 762), SS 101576 (Ch)

 SEDWELL, John J, Stoker 1c, K 20115 (Ch)

 STEVENS, William H, Able Seaman, J 8831 (Dev)

 THOMPSON, Robert P, Leading Seaman, 239905 (Ch)

 TURNER, William, Able Seaman, 224022 (Ch)

 

Leander

 BENNETT, James J, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5223 (Ch), illness

 

Nestor, ship lost

 GENOWER, John P, Able Seaman, J 8361 (Po), prisoner of war in Germany

 

President, HQ Ship, London

 BARBER, James, Engineer Captain (ret), illness

 

RM Barracks, Chatham

 NOBLE, John B, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, RMLI, illness in UK

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 KESSELL, Percival, Private, RMLI, 18726 (Ply), illness

 

RNAS Seaplane Station, Portland

 GORMAN, Robert E, Air Mechanic 2c, F 11693, drowned

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 FOX, John J de la T, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BROWN, John, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 648, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 HALL, Wallace, Stoker 2c, K 38714, illness

 

 

Saturday, 10 March 1917

 

Acasta

 DOER, William H, Petty Officer, 227413 (Dev), DOW

 

Army, Machine Gun Depot Company, Grantham

 DUNLOP, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 6354, illness in UK

 

Melton

DRUMMOND, John, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2944, illness

 

Otaki, steamship, sunk by German raider Moewe

 SMITH, Archibald Bisset, Lieutenant, RNR, master, killed - awarded posthumous Victoria Cross

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

WINN, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 327, illness in UK

 

 

Sunday, 11 March 1917

 

Challenger

COOK, Reginald J, Private, RMLI, 18460 (Ply), illness

 

Glatian

CHESTERTON, Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9387, illness

 

Mantua

CHAPPLE, George, Petty Officer, 182496 (Ch), illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

TOWNSEND, George R, 2nd Cooper, M 19511, illness

 

Polandia, steamship, mined, ship lost

 AHERN, Richard, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1465

 CRONIN, Patrick, Seaman, RNR, C 2189

 STEELE, Robert G, Lieutenant, RNR

 

RND, Divisional Salvage Company, attached Howe Battalion

 ROBB, Robert D, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4840, discharged, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 GODDEN, Daniel, Stoker 1c, 277431, illness

 

 

Monday, 12 March 1917

 

E.49, submarine, lost

 ARM, Henry V, Boy Telegraphist, J 49157

 BEAL, Basil A, Lieutenant

 BELSEY, Leonard, Petty Officer, 210639 (Ch)

 BRASHIER, Jubilee J, Act/Leading Stoker, K 6635 (Ch)

 BREELEY, Alfred, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 11286 (Dev)

 CARTLAND, Francis, Able Seaman, 366403 (Po)

 COPELAND, Alfred, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1025 (Po)

 COY, Thomas, Leading Telegraphist, J 4768 (Dev)

 EARLE, Edwin, Stoker 1c, SS 115184 (Ch)

 GILLHAM, Edward, Petty Officer, 196012 (Po)

 GROSSE, Frank, Able Seaman, J 2081 (Ch)

 HARRIS, George W, Stoker 1c, K 7235 (Po)

 HARVEY, John S, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 HAWKES, George, Leading Signalman, J 11022 (Ch)

 HOLMES, John, Stoker Petty Officer, 301544 (Po)

 HOPKINS, Herbert, Able Seaman (RFR B 5229), 200283 (Po)

 JONES, Benjamin G, Leading Seaman, J 4968 (Dev)

 KERR, Alexander, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271504 (Po)

 LAMPON, Henry J, Stoker 1c, K 17422 (Ch)

 MORGAN, George A, Petty Officer, 211489 (Dev)

 MORTIMER, Sydney P, Stoker 1c, K 13468 (Po)

 PARKINSON, Reay, Lieutenant

 PEMBROKE, James M, Able Seaman, J 22183 (Ch)

 RANDALL, Herbert H, Leading Seaman, 204195 (Po)

 SIMPSON, Harry G, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3130 (Ch)

 SKELTON, John, Leading Stoker, K 3416 (Po)

 SPELLS, Charles E, Stoker 1c, K 20704 (Ch)

 STEVENS, John H, Leading Seaman, 190271 (Po)

 SULLIVAN, Jeremiah, Stoker 1c, K 21238 (Dev)

 TILLEY, Robert J, Able Seaman, J 11627 (Po)

 WAKEFIELD, Reginald J, Stoker 1c, K 16051 (Dev)

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 LANCASTER, Anthony, Junior Reserve Attendant, M 8346, illness

 MILLER, Henry, Petty Officer 1c, 117558, illness

 

Privet, special service ship Q.19

 FRANKLIN, Sidney W W, Cook's Mate, M 7715 (Po), killed

 HORSCROFT, Alfred, Stoker Petty Officer, 297412 (Po), killed

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 KNIGHT, Ronald V, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, accident in UK

 

Sandhurst

 SHAPTER, Herbert, Chief Stoker, 289884 (Dev), DOW

 

Skate

 BOLTON, James H A, Chief Petty Officer, 169563 (Dev), illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 GILLETT, Francis J, Leading Seaman, 210748, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 CLISSETT, Percy A, Ordinary Seaman, J 64926, illness

 MACDONALD, Malcolm, Ordinary Seaman, J 65578, illness

 

Zaza

 GOODYEAR, George F, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 13 March 1917

 

Canada

 JEWELL, Herbert, Officers' Steward 3c, L 8810, illness

 

Coronda, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 PATERSON, Edward, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4870

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

E.19, submarine

 COE, William G, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 4476, died in Estonia

__________

 

Halcyon

 DAVIDSON, Douglas, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2899, illness

 

HM Coast Guard Station Stockport

 BAILEY, George, Petty Officer 1c (RFR A 3961), 138675 (Dev), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 BIRKS, Rowland, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RNAS Westgate

 RAWSON, Ernest A A, Leading Air Mechanic, F 8488, illness

 

RND, Anson Battalion

 DAVISON, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 283, discharged, illness in UK

 

Trent

 MOSA, Bin S, Seedie Boy, (no service number listed), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 MACASKILL, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14752, illness

 MACFARLANE, Lachlan, Ordinary Seaman, J 64660, killed

 

Warner, special service ship Q.27, ship lost

 BIDDLECOMBE, Thomas W, Commander, RAN

 BRANCH, Charles, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 DENTON, William A, Ordinary Seaman, J 60149 (Dev)

 GRAY, Herbert, Armourer's Crew, M 18621 (Dev)

 JONES, David J, Able Seaman, J 21319 (Dev)

 MILDREN, Jesse, Private, RMLI, 15136 (Ply)

 MILNE, Robert C, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 O’BRIEN, Michael, Ordinary Seaman, J 60124 (Dev)

 RIGBY, Charles A, Ordinary Seaman, J 60875 (Dev)

 ROGERS, Edward, Able Seaman, 239304 (Dev)

 STAFFORD, Albert, Ordinary Seaman, J 60219 (Dev)

 

 

Wednesday, 14 March 1917

 

Bray Head, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 KING, Percy G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 5/116

 

Eagle

 QUINLAN, Patrick J, Quartermaster, MMR, 764231, illness

 

Eider

 PERRIN, George A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3940, illness

 

Ganges

 BARKER, Frederick W N, Boy 2c, J 62262, illness

 

Golden Crown

 IRVINE, Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3837, illness

 

Governor, steamship, surface action, ship lost

 MACIVER, Angus, Seaman, RNR, C 2311

 

Research

 WATERFALL, Benjamin, Chief Petty Officer, 151119, illness

 

RMA Eastney

 GUNN, William N A, Private, RMA, RMA 15467, illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 HAM, Frederick H G, Private, RMLI, 14793 (Ply), illness

 

RND, Nelson Battalion

 WALKER, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 353, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 MCGILL, Joseph A, Petty Officer 1c, 168630, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 March 1917

 

Dido

 CAREY, Andrew, Chief Stoker, 154644, illness

 

Edlington, steamship

 O’BRIEN, Michael P, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3909, drowned

 

Foyle, ship lost

 ALLISON, James S, Signalman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2892

 ARCHER, Ernest, Petty Officer, J 8776 (Ch)

 ARNOLD, James, Stoker 2c, K 39076 (Ch)

 BENNETT, John W, Signalman, 222683 (Dev)

 BIGSBY, Albert E V, Stoker 2c, K 39200 (Ch)

 BLOWES, Frank, Stoker 2c, K 39054 (Ch)

 BUTLER, Arthur W, Stoker 1c, K 25143 (Ch)

 COATES, Frederick J, Able Seaman, 238829 (Dev)

 COLE, Harold G, Stoker 1c, K 22752 (Ch)

 CRITTENDEN, Howard G, Stoker 2c, K 39087 (Ch)

 DANES, Albert V, Leading Stoker, K 15907 (Ch)

 DAVIS, Alexander, Stoker 1c, K 26058 (Ch)

 DAVIS, John H, Stoker 1c, K 17087 (Ch)

 GANDER, George A, Able Seaman (RFR B 8057), 191637 (Ch)

 GOATHAM, Augustus, Leading Stoker, 295977 (Ch)

 HARRIS, Bert, Leading Stoker, K 11503 (Ch)

 HATFIELD, John I, Boy Telegraphist, J 48937

 HERBERT, James J, Leading Seaman, 227334 (Ch)

 HULFORD, Sidney A, Stoker 1c, SS 115470 (Ch)

 MCDONNELL, George F, Fireman, MMR, 905338

 MCKEOWN, Eugene G, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 18497 (Ch)

 MIDDLETON, James W, Stoker 1c, SS 115383 (Ch)

 PEARSON, John A, Able Seaman, J 29658 (Ch)

 PEEK, Samuel, Stoker 1c, 230201 (Ch)

 RICKARBY, Arthur J, Able Seaman, J 29663 (Ch)

 ROAKE, Arthur, Able Seaman (RFR B 8843), SS 1940 (Ch)

 RUSSELL, Alfred, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19746 (Ch)

 SMITH, Henry G, Able Seaman (RFR B 5534), SS 342 (Ch)

 STEARN, Sydney J, Leading Signalman, 194902 (Ch)

 WOODLEY, Edward A, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 2688

 

Frimaire, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 SCHOFIELD, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 5781

 

Impregnable

 TRUEMAN, Bertram, Boy 2c, J 55599, illness

 

Kingswood, steamship, collision

 YEARBY, Frank, Act/Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 845), 13770 (Ply)

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 ANDERSON, Thomas, Seaman, Lerwick RNR, L 1006, illness

 

President II

 HOOKS, George A V, Petty Officer Mechanic, 15885 (Po), illness

 

RMA Eastney

 COLMAN, James, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10778, illness

 

RNAS Kingsnorth

 GEORGE, Sidney J, Air Mechanic 2c, F 5465, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 WIGG, Arthur A N, Boy Servant, L 9986, illness

 

 

Friday, 16 March 1917

 

Changuinola

 PENNINGTON, John P W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1741, illness

 

Dundee, surface action

 ANDERSON, Henry, Seaman, RNR, A 2845

 ANDERSON, Henry J, Seaman, RNR, B 4911

 ANDERSON, Magnus J, Seaman, RNR, B 3936

 ANDERSON, Robert J, Seaman, RNR, C 3717

 BIRCHALL, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 1/150

 LAWSON, Frederick H, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 

Narragansett, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 LEWIS, Howell E (real name, but served as Egbert Howell), Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3381

 MCCARTHY, Timothy, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, B 5463

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 PEMBROKE, Stephen, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 7661, illness

 

President II

 SPIERS, Charles H S, Aircraftsman 2c, F 18014, illness

 

Protect, ship lost

 BUCHAN, David, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4701

 COLLINS, William M, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11124

 DAWSON, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2634

 FINDLAY, George, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 GARDINER, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1431

 LAWRENCE, Francis, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 2631

 RITCHIE, Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5309

 SCOTT, Albert R N, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4807

 WATSON, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5300

 WATT, William L, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5301

 

Teviot

 BRAMWELL, Frederick, Petty Officer, 180042 (Ch), drowned

 

 

Saturday, 17 March 1917

 

Army, 123rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

 GRIFFITHS, Royston S, Act/Major, Army, illness

 

Cambrian

 GREY-SMITH, John E, Lieutenant Commander, drowned

 SHORT, John E G, Lieutenant Commander, drowned

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

East African Expeditionary Force

 MERRY, William J, Private, RMLI, 18395 (Po), illness

__________

 

Gowan, submarine action, ship lost

 MOAT, George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14546

 

Mignonette, ship lost

 ALLAN, Ernest, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 18490 (Ch)

 ASHCROFT, William H, Telegraphist, J 31701 (Ch)

 BRUCE, Richard W, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EB 233

 CARRIAGE, Henry, Stoker 1c (RFR B 7893), SS 103596 (Ch)

 EVANS, Walter, Signalman, 226461 (Ch)

 GOSNELL, Charles A, Ordinary Seaman, J 47358 (Ch)

 HODSON, Fred, Stoker 1c (RFR B 8341), 294199 (Ch)

 HOPPER, George H (real name, but served as Geoffrey Hopper), Act/Leading Stoker, K  1099 (Ch)

 KEMP, Herbert W, Stoker 1c, SS 115237 (Ch)

 LAW, James H, Ordinary Seaman, J 47309 (Ch)

 LILLYS, Cecil B, Act/Leading Stoker, K 9061 (Ch)

 MILLUM, Charles T, Stoker 2c, K 34682 (Ch)

 PERHAM, George, Stoker 1c, K 16624 (Ch)

 SKEWIS, Edwin H, Boy Telegraphist, J 32626 (Ch)

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

LAING-MEASON, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 56927, died

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 6th Squadron, France

 WALKER, Frederic C, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

__________

 

Tasso, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 CURTIS, Rowland W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1992

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 DAVIDGE, Alfred E, Leading Seaman, 200441, illness

 

 

night of 17/18 March

 

GERMAN DESTROYER RAID ON DOVER STRAITS

 

Paragon, ship lost

 ALLWORK, Henry W, Leading Signalman, J 6264 (Po)

 ARCHER, Joseph, Leading Stoker, K 3121 (Po)

 BALLS, Harry A, Signal Boy, J 50170

 BASHFORTH, James W, Able Seaman, J 13821 (Po)

 BLAKEY, John W, Able Seaman, J 13237 (Po)

 BOLINGBROKE, Russell, Sub Lieutenant

 BOWYER, Richard G, Lieutenant

 BRIANT, Gordon W, Stoker Petty Officer, 312100 (Po)

 BROWN, Albert E, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1613 (Po)

 BROWN, Alexander C, Stoker 1c, K 30674 (Po)

 CASEY, Daniel, Able Seaman (Coast Guard), 218047 (Po)

 CHAMBERS, Wilfred, Stoker 2c, K 33191 (Po)

 CLAY, James S, Able Seaman, J 16127 (Po)

 COLTON, Terrence, Ordinary Seaman, J 43709 (Po)

 COTTINGHAM, Victor, Able Seaman, J 26907 (Ch)

 CROWHURST, Edward J, Ordinary Seaman, J 60605 (Po)

 DOUGLAS, Oscar R, Ordinary Seaman, J 47668 (Po)

 DOWNER, William G, Stoker Petty Officer, 309153 (Po)

 ELKINS, George, Able Seaman (Coast Guard), 195760 (Po)

 FARMER, Joe V L, Stoker 1c, K 19105 (Po)

 FARRAR, Joseph, Chief Artificer Engineer

 FEWTRELL, Sydney, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19841 (Po)

 FINNERTY, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 29656 (Po)

 GAMBLIN, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, 285675 (Po)

 GIBBONS, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, J 62567 (Po)

 GOLD SMITH, Frederick K, Leading Seaman, 232324 (Po)

 GREASON, Herbert G, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 21844 (Po)

 GREAVES, Benjamin S, Able Seaman, J 18615 (Po)

 GRIFFITHS, Leonard, Ordinary Seaman, J 40894 (Po)

 HARFIELD, Frederick, Able Seaman, J 13993 (Po)

 HARGREAVES, William, Stoker 1c, K 30148 (Po)

 HAWKER, John, Leading Seaman, 197762 (Po)

 HEENEY, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, K 587 (Po)

 HOLLAND, Arthur, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 40322 (Po)

 HOWELL, Joseph, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269056 (Po)

 JACKMAN, John, Gunner

 JOHNSON, Jack, Stoker 1c, K 26499 (Po)

 KENNETT, George W, Able Seaman, J 23344 (Po)

 KNIGHT, Cyril A, Able Seaman, J 14307 (Po)

 LAMB, Charles, Able Seaman, J 23657 (Po)

 LAMBERT, John S, Stoker 1c, K 32494 (Po)

 LANGRIDGE, Albert V, Chief Petty Officer, 176983 (Po)

 LANGTHORP, Thomas, Stoker 1c, K 30748 (Po)

 LONG, Albert E, Leading Seaman, 225822 (Po)

 LOVERSEDGE, William, Able Seaman, J 14133 (Po)

 MARSH, Edward A, Act/Leading Stoker, K 10705 (Po)

 MAY, Sidney J, Able Seaman, 231029 (Po)

 MAYNARD, John, Officer's Steward 3c, L 5898 (Po)

 MURCHIE, Thomas C, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EC 125

 NEEDLE, Frank, Stoker 1c, K 11100 (Po)

 PACK, Walter, Stoker 1c, K 31130 (Po)

 PADGETT, William F, Ordinary Seaman, J 57342 (Po)

 PYLE, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, J 46438 (Po)

 RICH, Sydney, Able Seaman, J 16391 (Dev)

 RICHARDSON, Herbert F, Cook's Mate, M 14712 (Po)

 SARGENT, James, Stoker Petty Officer, 304553 (Po)

 SCOTT, John R, Leading Stoker, 278039 (Po)

 SHADWELL, William C, Ordinary Seaman, J 53836 (Po)

 SHARP, Stanley R, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, K 12782 (Po)

 SHIRLEY, Henry, Able Seaman, J 25493 (Po)

 SMITH, Robert, Stoker Petty Officer, K 460 (Po)

 SMITH, William H, Officer's Steward 3c, L 9315 (Po)

 STEELL, James, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 21401 (Po)

 TAYLOR, Sydney C, Ordinary Seaman, J 37751 (Po)

 TEW, Charles, Chief Stoker, 283155 (Po)

 TITFORD, William G, Stoker 1c, K 11380 (Po)

 TROKE, William H, Ordinary Seaman, J 49681 (Po)

 TUCKER, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 31135 (Po)

 TULETT, Charles H, Stoker Petty Officer, 213317 (Po)

 TURNS, William B, Leading Telegraphist, J 15860 (Po)

 WALKER, Watson D, Stoker 1c, SS 114441 (Po)

 WALSHE, William H, Leading Signalman, J 13394 (Ch)

 WEBLEY, Herbert J, Lieutenant

 WHITE, William G, Act/Leading Stoker, K 717 (Po)

 WICKERSON, Charles, Leading Seaman (Coast Guard), 170013 (Po)

 

 

Sunday, 18 March 1917

 

Duchess of Montrose, ship lost

 BROWN, William J, 2nd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

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

 GIBBON, Thomas E, Trimmer, RNR, ST 323

 HOUSTON, Robert, Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 LESMOND, Gerald L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 MACDONALD, Norman, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1031

 MACELWEE, Archibald, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 MCLENNAN, Donald J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4527

 MCPHERSON, Alexander, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PANTHER, Cyril H, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 3836

 TUFFIN, Alfred R, Petty Officer (Pens) (Lifeboatman, Coast Guard), 150803 (Po)

 WARDEN, Christopher, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1638

 

Joshua Nicholson, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 DALBY, Edwin B, Lieutenant, RNR

 EDDOLLS, Francis J, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR A 981), 5543 (Ply)

 PAYNE, Henry J, Private, RMLI (RFR A 953), 13653 (Po)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 DAVIDSON, Robert A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5591, DOW

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Royal Marine Artillery, Tanganyika

 PURSER, Hubert R, Ty/Captain, RMA, illness

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 DAVIES, Thomas S, Ordinary Seaman, J 59725 (Po), DOW

 

 

Monday, 19 March 1917

 

GERMAN EAST AFRICA

 

Adjutant, Tanganyika

 DENNETT, Richard F, Ordinary Seaman, J 24401 (Ch), illness

__________

 

Alnwick Castle, steamship, ship lost

 BARRON, Thomas G, Ty/Warrant Telegraphist, RNR (Leviathan O/P)

 BLEWETT, John M, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1488

 THORNE, John, Seaman, RNR, B 3695

 

Devonshire

 CONEYBEER, Walter T, Sick Berth Steward, 350734, illness

 

Hyacinth

 LAITY, William M, Seaman, RNR, A 3908, illness

 

Paragon, ship lost

 WELLINGS, Thomas A, Able Seaman, 208679 (Po), DOW

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 SADLER, Thomas, Leading Seaman, 160344, illness

 

RMA Battalion

 MITCHELL, David J, Gunner, RMA, RMA 10072 (RFR B), discharged, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Divisional Headquarters, attached Hawke Battalion, France

CHAPMAN, Francis, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1184, illness

__________

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 ANDERSON, Thomas, Seaman, Lerwick RNR, L 1256, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 20 March 1917

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

E.19, submarine

 BUSS, James, Leading Seaman, 192472, died in Estonia

__________

 

John Donovan

 MCINTIRE, George W, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 137, illness

 

Lady Patricia, special service ship Q.25, ship lost

 DUNN, Cornelius J, Fireman, MMR, 886630

 FIDO, James, Greaser, MMR, 424947

 HERSEE, Arthur G, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8561 (Dev)

 MILLER, Russel E, Trimmer, MMR, 667142

 ROSS, Andrew S, Greaser, MMR, 854015

 WRIGHT, Ernest R, Officer's Steward 3c, L 8368 (Po)

 

Oristano, steamship

 MCDONAGH, Patrick, Seaman, RNR, A 5050, died in New York

 

 

Wednesday, 21 March 1917

 

Ebro, armed guard on Norwegian barque, sunk on 21st, guard lost

 ALEXANDER, James R, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 8148

 BARBER, John, Ty/Midshipman, RNR

 ROBINSON, Ronald J, Ordinary Seaman, J 55801 (Ch)

 SIMMONDS, John, Able Seaman (RFR B 3779), 183437 (Ch)

 

Hannibal

 BUSUTTIL, Gio B, Officer's Cook 1c, 159795, illness

 

Manica

 WOOLGER, John D, Air Mechanic 1c, F 9739, illness

 

RM Deal

 WOOD, Stanley H, Private, RMLI, 21026 (Ch), illness

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 GRAHAM, Henry D, Flight Lieutenant (Sub Lieutenant, RN), accidentally shot in Greece

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Collingwood Battalion

 ROOTHAM, Philip A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2914, German prisoner of war, died

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 HOGGARTH, William J, Ordinary Seaman, J 62141, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 INNES, John W, Ordinary Seaman, J 65242, illness

 

 

Thursday, 22 March 1917

 

M.31, monitor

 MORGAN, Francis A, Able Seaman, 170722, drowned

 

EASTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, Armoured Car Squadron (Russia)

 CURSON, Joseph H, Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3c, F 2723, prisoner of war, died in Turkey

__________

 

Superb

 BAKER, Tom, Gunner, RMA, RMA 6544, DOW

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 DAVIES, Oliver, Stoker 2c, K 41310, illness

 FARRELL, Resta, Chief Stoker, 133039, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 BRIGHTY, Charles W, Ordinary Seaman, J 66358, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 March 1917

 

Anemone

 MURTON, William, Able Seaman, J 26036, illness

 

Laforey, ship lost

 ABBOTT, Lionel A, Stoker Petty Officer, 300401 (Ch)

 ARCHIBALD, Harry, Stoker 1c, SS 116108 (Ch)

 BARNES, Edwin, Stoker Petty Officer, K 12730 (Ch)

 BIRD, Arthur, Leading Seaman, 208502 (Ch)

 BLAKE, Charles, Ordinary Seaman, J 61479 (Ch)

 BOYLES, Alfred, Leading Seaman, 235130 (Ch)

 BRISTOW, William, Chief Stoker, 280896 (Ch)

 BURT, Montagu F, Ordinary Seaman, J 29234 (Po)

 CRAVEN, Robert, Signalman, J 20345 (Ch)

 DAY, George M, Stoker 2c, K 37983 (Ch)

 DURHAM, Arthur E, Lieutenant

 FARROW, Arthur J, Ordinary Seaman, J 61495 (Ch)

 FLEMING, Ernest E, Leading Seaman, 226961 (Ch)

 FRANCIS, Leslie J M, Boy Telegraphist, J 51527 (Dev)

 GRIMWOOD, Ernest, Ordinary Seaman, J 61499 (Ch)

 HANNA, Arthur E, Able Seaman, 239914 (Ch)

 HARRIS, Arthur D, Cook's Mate, M 15470 (Ch)

 HEWISON, George, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, 312165 (Ch)

 HOLLIBONE, Henry W, Ordinary Seaman, J 57195 (Ch)

 HOWELLS, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 299572 (Ch)

 JOHNSTON, James A, Able Seaman, 235110 (Dev)

 JONES, Albert, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 3064

 JONES, Harold J, Stoker 2c, K 36851 (Ch)

 KIRK, James, Able Seaman, 222472 (Ch)

 LAMBERTON, Edward H, Able Seaman, J 28595 (Ch)

 LOCK, Arthur G, Able Seaman, J 1892 (Ch)

 MCBRIDE, William, Stoker 1c, K 6288 (Ch)

 MILLER, Frederick, Able Seaman, 235021 (Ch)

 MILTON, William A, Stoker 1c, K 14770 (Ch)

 NUNN, Thomas W, Leading Seaman, 236549 (Ch)

 PAGE, Frederick H, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, K 5001 (Ch)

 PARSONS, Harry, Stoker Petty Officer, 296568 (Ch)

 PEYMAN, Frederick W, Able Seaman, J 4115 (Ch)

 PICKERING, Edward C, Stoker 1c, K 12211 (Ch)

 PULFORD, Harold T, Stoker 1c, K 30911 (Ch)

 RABY, William, Stoker 2c, K 30545 (Po)

 REDRUP, Frederick R, Stoker 1c, K 11069 (Po)

 RICHARDS, Frederick A, Leading Signalman, 228925 (Ch)

 ROBERTS, Arthur J, Ordinary Seaman, J 52234 (Ch)

 ROLFE, Mark, Leading Stoker, K 149 (Ch)

 SHERMAN, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6932 (Ch)

 SMITH, George B, Able Seaman, J 18767 (Ch)

 SMITH, Harry D V, Able Seaman, J 36703 (Po)

 SMITH, Hubert, Able Seaman, J 42991 (Ch)

 SMITH, John McD, Stoker 1c, SS 109180 (Ch)

 SMYTH, Richard H, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269002 (Ch)

 SPLEVINS, John W, Act/Leading Stoker, 291565 (Ch)

 SPRATLING, Arthur D, Leading Seaman, J 6908 (Ch)

 STOCKBRIDGE, George J, Stoker 2c, K 35695 (Ch)

 SULLIVAN, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 43884 (Ch)

 TARRANT, James, Ordinary Seaman, J 28925 (Ch)

 TAYLOR, Leonard T, Ordinary Seaman, J 37877 (Ch)

 THOMPSON, Joseph J B, Chief Petty Officer, 174879 (Ch)

 THOROGOOD, Walter C, Able Seaman, J 19154 (Ch)

 TONER, Brodie W, Able Seaman, J 14203 (Ch)

 TREDGETT, William, Ordinary Seaman, J 48435 (Ch)

 VIZER, Harold V E, Leading Telegraphist, J 18237 (Ch)

 WALL, Francis, Able Seaman, 186223 (Ch)

 WESTBROOK, Ernest E, Able Seaman, J 26903 (Ch)

 WIGGINTON, John C, Stoker Petty Officer, 304978 (Ch)

 WILLIAMS, Charles P, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7079 (Ch)

 WOOLFORD, Richard L T, Officer's Steward 3c, L 9555 (Ch)

 WOOTTON, Charles, Petty Officer, 236483 (Ch)

 WYBORN, John F, Able Seaman, 172563 (Ch)

 

Melton

 O’BRIEN, Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6396, drowned

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 THIRKHILL, Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 115464 (Dev), illness

 

Vernon

 ANDREWS, Henry, Chief Petty Officer, 99382, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 BASTARD, Harry, Stoker 2c, K 41202, illness

 JOHNS, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 60151, illness

 TONER, Charles, Stoker, RNR, S 4279, died

 

 

Saturday, 24 March 1917

 

Alsatian

 TRUSCOTT, Thomas J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 1268, illness

 

King's Grey, mined

 GRAVES, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2872

 MCKAY, Donald, Seaman, RNR, B 2585

 MILLER, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 7998

 

Liverpool

 HANCOCK, William T D, Boatswain, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 CAMPBELL, James, Able Seaman, 176814, illness

 DOUGLAS, Harry, Leading Boatman (Coast Guard), 167405, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 HARVEY, Arthur F, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, DOI

 OLIVER, William S, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 BUTT, Samuel W V, Private, RMLI, 17013 (Ply), illness

 

Violet II

 CLARK, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4151, illness

 

 

Sunday, 25 March 1917

 

Adenwen, steamship, submarine action

 LOCKIE, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7940

 

Challenger

 SHEPPARD, William A, Painter 1c, 346764, illness

 

Evangel, ship lost

 CONNOR, Timothy, Leading Seaman, RNR, D 1868

 DAVIES, Albert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6189

 DAVIES, Richard, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9188

 GRICE, James W S, Engineman, RNR, ES 2376

 GRIMSTON, John W, Engineman, RNR, ES 377

 HARDING, Ernest J, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 2958

 KIPPS, Harold E, Telegraphist, RNVR, London Z 4620

 MEDWAY, Peter W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2449

 MERCHANT, Edward, Signal Boy, RNR, SB 201

 NORTHCOTT, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1244

 PEARSON, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2260

 SALISBURY, Wilfred J, Telegraphist, RNVR, Bristol Z 9620

 STANFIELD, Benjamin A J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2767

 WILLSON, Charles, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 336

 WINCHESTER, William J, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Iron Duke

 WALKER, James F, Officer's Cook 2c, 141402, illness

 

Pelican

 FERNIE, David, Gunner, illness

 

Queen Eugenie, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 STONE, William T, Act/Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 1499), 13992 (Po)

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 FRIGGENS, Francis, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Z 3509 (Palace), illness

 

 

Monday, 26 March 1917

 

Attentive III

 GRIMMER, Cecil V, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1983, illness

 

Ben Loyal

 MALONEY, Daniel, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1356, illness

 

Heracles

 SULLIVAN, Thomas, Greaser, MMR, 03679 A, drowned

 

ML.89, motor launch

 ROBUS, Frederick J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2716, illness

 

Myrmidon, ship lost

 NUNN, Henry W G, Leading Stoker, 306552 (Po)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 THOMSON, James, Private, RMLI, 17354 (Po), accident on 28 February 1917, DOI

 

RND, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, France

 FLETCHER, Horace W, Ty/Lieutenant, Army, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 IRELAND, Cedric, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3465, prisoner of war, illness

__________

 

Unity

 PARHAM, George W V, Stoker Petty Officer, 284502, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 GRAHAM, Frederick L, Stoker 2c, K 40547, illness

 MCMASTER, Angus, Ordinary Seaman, J 66517, illness

 O’BRIEN, Jeremiah, Leading Stoker, K 18383, illness

 ROBERTSON, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 66627, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 27 March 1917

 

Colossus

 POPE, William, Stoker Petty Officer, 303926 (Dev), drowned

 

Imogene

 NAZAM, Paul A, Officers' Steward 2c, L 3289, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 DAVIES, George H, Able Seaman, 144163, illness

 

President II

 JENKIN, John, Air Mechanic 1c, F 25398, illness

 

Thracia, steamship, submarine action, ship lost

 TADD, Frank, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 1464), 8831 (Po)

 

 

Wednesday, 28 March 1917

 

Perthshire

 DAW, Harold N B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, accident

 

 

Thursday, 29 March 1917

 

Bayard, special service ship Q.20, ship lost

 BAILEY, Percival R A, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 35282 (Dev)

 COOK, Alfred T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7823

 HAMBLIN, Herbert H, Able Seaman, J 3788 (Po)

 HINTON, William T, Able Seaman, J 14581 (Po)

 KELLY, Joseph H, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 2882

 LOCKEY, Harry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2689

 POWER, John J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 2275

 RANKIN, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 449

 SCOTT, Walter L, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 STEWART, James B, Ordinary Signalman, J 29093 (Po)

 SWAN, Sidney T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4629

 TAYLOR, Alfred (real name, but served as Alfred Willows), Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3081

 TETHER, Luke, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10422

 TURNBULL, Hugh P MacL, Able Seaman, J 13908 (Po)

 WATSON, Henry R H, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19435 (Po)

 

Mascota, steamship, surface action, ship lost

 GILLIE, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7671

 

Powerful

 CLARK, William, Petty Officer, 191749, illness

 

RNAS Cranwell

 KING, Frederic W, Boy Mechanician, F 20397, died

 

RND, Divisional Laundry, attached Drake Battalion

 WILEY, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3607, accident, DOI

 

Swiftsure

 PROUT, William J, Private, RMLI, 19704 (Ch), drowned

 

Tanager

 ROBERTSON, James J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 141, died in Suda Bay

 

Valiant

 CHAMBERLAIN, William J, Chief Stoker, 297823, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 NASH, Charles E, Able Seaman, 167862, illness

 

Vivid II

 OPIE, William J, Chief Stoker, 277131, illness

 

 

Friday, 30 March 1917

 

Attack

 HINCHCLIFF, William P, Ordinary Seaman, J 47636 (Po), drowned

 SHARPE, Patrick, Leading Boatman (Coast Guard), 203841 (Dev), drowned

 

Christopher, ship lost

 BRANDON, James M, Telegraphist, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9554

 CAMPBELL, Robert, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2124

 RUTHERFORD, Robert, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 863

 WELHAM, Louis V, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7505, DOW

 WHITE, John R, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2807

 

Newcastle

 WARD, Ernest, Private, RMLI (RFR B 2003), 12298 (Ch), died in Ceylon

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks, Chatham

 HICKEY, Christopher, Stoker 1c, K 28793, illness

 

Penshurst, special service ship Q.7

 WILLIAMS, Walter, Shipwright 1c, 342460 (Dev), illness

 

Peveril, special service ship Q.36, submarine action

 CAWLEY, George R, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6572 (Po)

 CLARKE, James, Painter 2c, M 13867 (Po)

 CROFT, Thomas C, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 1119

 EMERSON, Francis, Able Seaman, J 9645 (Po)

 FITZGERALD, Edward, Fireman, MMR, 740973

 MASON, Edwin V, Able Seaman, 227918 (Po)

 PORTAS, Joseph H C, Ordinary Seaman, J 27954 (Po)

 SMALLMAN, Frederick, Greaser, MMR, 892904

 WHOLEY, John, Able Seaman, J 39253 (Po)

 

President II

 SKINNER, Cecil D, Aircraftsman 2c, F 25888, illness

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS, A Squadron, No.2 Wing, flying in Sopwith Strutter Type 9700 tractor biplane, shot down near Philloppolis, Greece

 INGHAM, Joshua M, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 MAXWELL, John E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

__________

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 SANDELL, Arthur, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed in Smyrna

 

MESOPOTAMIA

 

Royal Naval Air Service

 MORGAN, John E, Flight Lieutenant

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

 TATHAM, James, Stoker 1c, SS 109701, illness

 

 

Saturday, 31 March 1917

 

Attentive III

 RITCHIE, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5593, illness

 

Carnation, mined

 ERRETT, Walter E R, Able Seaman, J 5820 (Ch)

 EVANS, William, Stoker 1c, K 26248 (Ch)

 MASON, George, Stoker 1c, K 28325 (Ch)

 ROSS, John, Stoker 1c, K 19340 (Ch)

 SKINNER, George, Stoker 1c, SS 115671 (Dev)

 

Forward III, ship lost

 BROOM, Frank H, Deck Boy, RNR, SBD 474

 BURGOYNE, Samuel A, Engineman, RNR, ES 2295

 DITCHBURN, Charles, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1223

 KERRY, Edward, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15279

 MACKENZIE, Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 8275

 MITCHELL, James, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 REID, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2348

 SHOTTON, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 4583

 SMITH, John R, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 765

 WRIGHT, Francis J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11560

 

Imperieuse

 CROUCHER, James, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), 158061 (Po), illness

 

Lucia

 BOYTON, William A, Able Seaman, J 15938, died in UK

 

President II

 HILL, William A, Air Mechanic 2c, F 14580, illness

 

RND, Chatham Battalion

 AMBLER, Edwin B, Private, RMLI, S 235 (Ch), discharged, illness in UK

 

Vernon

 CLARKE, James S, Lieutenant (ret), illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks, Devonport

 POLLARD, Samuel J, Stoker Petty Officer, 148758, illness

 

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