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

1st - 30th NOVEMBER 1917
in date, ship/unit & name order

Elco-built Motor Launch, HM ML. 531 (Andy Hunter, click  to enlarge)

on to December 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 November 1917

 

Arabis, fleet sweeping sloop

 FIELD, Jesse, Leading Stoker, K 9864, illness

 

Canterbury, light cruiser

 GUNDRY, Christopher E, Stoker Petty Officer, 227948 (Ch), drowned

 

Dido, depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 MAYLAN, John, Petty Officer 1c, 219372, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

31 July-10 November Battle of Passchendaele or Third Battle of Ypres including:

26 October-10 November Second Battle of Passchendaele - continued

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 PHILLIPS, Ernest H G, Private, RMLI, S 2083 (Po), DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 HANCOCK, Harry R, Private, RMLI, S 582 (Po), DOW

 

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

 BUSHELL, Frederick W, Sapper, Army, 200000, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 GANDY, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2894, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 SIMMONDS, Cecil V, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 990, DOW

 WHITWORTH, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7681, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 GUNN, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1313, killed

 HOWSON, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1379, killed

 PEARCE, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1407, killed

 

 

Friday, 2 November 1917

 

Cape Finisterre, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.17 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 MORRISON, Donald, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3346

 

Orama, armed merchant cruiser, lost on 19 October

 FOX, John D, Greaser, MMR, 552879, DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 148th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HOPPER, Charles, Private, RM, S 3506 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 WOODWARD, Christopher, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6290, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 DAVIDSON, Arthur J, Petty Officer, RNVR, Sussex Z 22, DOW

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 AWCOCK, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3313, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 O’NEIL, John G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5303, DOW

 

Royal Naval Siege Guns (Dunkirk)

 WILTSHIRE, Harry D, Gunner, RMA, RMA 12812, illness in UK

__________

 

Waitemata, steamship

 SHIELDS, Frederick, Leading Seaman (RFR B 3794), 230561, illness

 

 

Saturday, 3 November 1917

 

Beagle, destroyer

 CARROLL, William L, Leading Telegraphist, J 1857 (Ch), illness

 

Birmingham, light cruiser

 PRATTEN, Frederick J, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 4619, illness

 

Deliverer, hired net drifter, probably mined and sunk in Irish Sea

 ANDERSON, Samuel, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4046

 CAMPBELL, Alexander, Engineman, RNR, ES 2093

 FLETT, George, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17259

 GRIMES, Michael, Seaman, RNR, B 4827

 JONES, Richard, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12889

 LEGG, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2094

 MAHER, Henry, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6939

 NOBLE, Andrew, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 5054

 THAIN, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4047

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BROWN, Henry, Electrical Artificer 3c, M 2647, illness

 TARBITTEN, Walter, Ordinary Seaman, J 40144, illness

 

Redoubtable, tender to Victory, Portsmouth, ex-pre-Dreadnought battleship Revenge

 MCLACHLAN, James P, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1874, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 ISAACS, Walter A, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 ST JAMES, Joseph, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 WESTON, Thomas R, Ty/Py/Flight Officer

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 FLOOK, Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2937, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BOLTON, Edward, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 WOOD, Joseph, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 590, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CASSAP, James, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 HANCOCK, Cyril, Able Seaman, 179114, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 November 1917

 

Diligence, hired net drifter

 ANDERSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde 2/2702, drowned

 DEGNAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4880, drowned

 LANE, Michael H, Able Seaman, J 28033 (Ch), drowned

 WYATT, Walter E, Leading Seaman, 236702 (Dev), drowned

 

Irina,  Russian steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.64 in Barents Sea; naval casualty:

 CRAVEN, Harry L D, Lieutenant Commander (Glory O/P)

 

Jason II, hired yacht

 SMYTH, Michael, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 ABRAHAM, Felix, Fleet Paymaster (ret), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 150th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 CASTLE, Henry W, Private, RM, S 4211 (Deal), DOW

 LITTLER, Charles, Private, RM, S 4197 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BELFORD, James, Leading Seaman, RNVR, R 2118, killed

 BRADLEY, Tom R, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KX 57, killed

 CATHCART, Robert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2056, killed

 CONNELLY, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7741, killed

 HARRIS, Eustace C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 8/3200, killed

 JONES, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 967, killed

 MANSON, David, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2098, killed

 MARTIN, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 218, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BENSON, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 648, DOW

 BLAIR, Samuel, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1910, DOW

 WALKER, Arthur J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 646, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 EVANS, Albert B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1752, killed

 ROACH, Tom, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3837, killed

__________

 

Tyrant, destroyer

 BLACK, Ronald G, Act/Lieutenant, drowned

 

 

Monday, 5 November 1917

 

E.46, submarine

 HOLMES, Albert W, Able Seaman, 236548 (Ch), illness

 

Orama, armed merchant cruiser, lost on 19 October

 HUBBARD, Eric H, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 6346, DOW

 

Orotava, armed merchant cruiser

 ROACH, Patrick, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

RMA Eastney

 RILEY, Arthur J, Private, RMA, RMA 14379, died

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 150th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HAMPSON, Sam, Private, RM, S 4245 (Deal), DOW

 KENYON, James W, Private, RM, S 3449 (Deal), killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 KINGSWELL, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3159, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 DITCHBURN, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7876, killed

 PARR, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6107, killed

 SHUTE, William E, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2511, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 ROBERTSON, John A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7241, DOW

__________

 

Trojan, steamship

 EDWARDS, William G, Seaman, RNR, A 6896, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 6 November 1917

 

Attentive III, parent ship for Auxiliary Patrol craft, Dover

 RYDER, William T, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6937, illness

 

Colleen, Naval Base, Queenstown, Ireland

 OLDMAN, Samuel, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4270, illness

 

Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet

 FLAHERTY, Samuel, Fireman, MMR, 933175, illness

 

Puma, cargo steamer Q-ship Peveril serving as Puma, torpedoed and sunk by U.63, W of Gibraltar

 BUNNIDGE, Frederick, Private, RMLI, 11207 (Po)

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 PARGITER, Henry G, Corporal, RMLI, 17152 (Ch), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Fairey Hamble Baby tractor seaplane, wrecked in UK

 HERRIOT, George H, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

31 July-10 November Battle of Passchendaele or Third Battle of Ypres including:

26 October- 6 or 10 November Second Battle of Passchendaele - concluded

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 BOARD, John C, Private, RMLI, S 1788 (Ply), killed

 CLIFFORD, Arthur E, Private, RMLI, S 1918 (Ply), killed

 COPP, Edward, Private, RMLI, S 1813 (Po), killed

 DUNKLEY, Charles, Private, RMLI, S 2208 (Ch), killed

 EMERY, Wilfred C, Private, RMLI, S 2228 (Po), killed

 GODDARD, Arthur, Sergeant, RMLI, S 1461 (Po), DOW

 GREEN, Walter, Private, RMLI, S 2027 (Po), killed

 HEADINGTON, Ernest S, Private, RMLI, S 1847 (Ch), killed

 KEEP, Walter F, Private, RMLI, S 1657 (Po), killed

 MCGUINESS, Owen, Private, RMLI, S 1360 (Ch), killed

 RENDELL, George W, Private, RMLI, S 1993 (Ch), killed

 ROGERS, Edward T, Private, RMLI, S 1957 (Ply), killed

 SAWTELL, Percy, Private, RMLI, S 2106 (Ply), killed

 THOMAS, Roderick, Private, RMLI, S 317 (Ch), killed

 TOWNSEND, Charles G, Private, RMLI, S 1873 (Po), killed

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 ASTLEY, William, Private, RMLI, 16776 (Ply), killed

 BRADDER, Sidney C, Private, RMLI, S 85 (Po), killed

 BRADSHAW, George, Private, RMLI, S 1352 (Po), killed

 BURDEN, Samuel W, Private, RMLI, S 1937 (Po), killed

 HANNAY, Douglas R M, Private, RMLI, S 1400 (Ply), killed

 HASSALL, Harry T W, Private, RMLI, S 1034 (Ply), killed

 HOLLAND, Herbert, Private, RMLI, S 680 (Po), killed

 HOWGILL, Thomas H, Private, RMLI, S 2217 (Ch), killed

 LUDLOW, Gilbert H, Private, RMLI, S 2366 (Ch), killed

 MANNING, Frederick W, Private, RMLI, S 1973 (Ply), killed

 PRITCHARD, John A, Private, RMLI, S 1329 (Po), killed

 TOMBLIN, Frederick A, Private, RMLI, S 1854 (Po), killed

 WOODS, George, Private, RMLI, S 1796 (Ply), killed

 ZEBEDEE, Tom, Private, RMLI, S 2006 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 148th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 TOLSON, George C, Lance Sergeant, RM, S 3246 (Deal), killed

 

RND, 149th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HAYTON, Harry, Private, RM, S 3518 (Deal), killed

 KING, Reginald, Private, RM, S 3942 (Deal), DOW

 LIVESAY, Joseph T, Private, RM, S 3761 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ALLAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 5655, killed

 BEASLEY, Aubrey, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 137, killed

 BRACKEN, Robert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2540, killed

 BURROWS, Bertie, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 627, killed

 GOODISON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2862, DOW

 GOODWIN, Francis H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 862, killed

 HAYWOOD, Clarence, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4140, killed

 MENNELL, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 940, killed

 MICHAEL, David R, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 949, killed

 PRICE, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2883, killed

 SHEARMAN, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1851, killed

 SMITH, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1673, killed

 TODMAN, Archibald B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 114, killed

 TROUGHTON, Ernest J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3853, killed

 WHETTER, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2770, killed

 WILSON, Adam, Able Seaman, RNVR, KX 345, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 ASHLEY, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3148, DOW

 CHAMBERS, Harry, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 15726 (Ply), DOW

 EASDEN, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 340, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 LAURIE, Robert T, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1468, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 CHISHOLM, John M, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2233, killed

 GRIFFITHS, John C H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6953, killed

 

RND, Medical Unit, France

 BARROW, David W, Corporal, RM, S 3164 (Deal), killed

__________

 

Syria, patrol vessel, Home Waters

 HAM, Harry, Boatswain, died

 

 

Wednesday, 7 November 1917

 

Erebus, monitor, damaged on 28 October

 LAWS, Henry W, Stoker 1c, K 25137, DOW

 

New Zealand, battlecruiser

 WHITECHURCH, Arthur F, Able Seaman, J 13518 (Dev), drowned

 

Ombra, hired yacht

 CLORAN, Gerald J, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

SALONIKA FRONT

 

RNAS Aegean Squadron

 PEGLER, John N, Air Mechanic 2c, F 20378, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying Short Admiralty 827 Type tractor biplane, flew into steam barge and wrecked on 13 October

 TOWERS, Grantham, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, DOW in UK

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 DENMAN-DEAN, George W W, Ty/Lieutenant, RM, killed

 HOLDER, Charles H, Private, RMLI, S 1958 (Ply), DOW

 LOAT, Arthur, Private, RMLI, S 2002 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 188th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached Howe Battalion, France

 GILBERT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1053, killed

 

RND, 249th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 GRACE, Charles, Sapper, Army, 235992, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ATKINS, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 12660, DOW

 DENNIS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4188, DOW

 LOCKLEY, Arthur J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3428, killed

 PARNELL, Frederick W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 624, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 STERNDALE-BENNETT, Walter, Ty/Commander, RNVR, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 ABBOTT, Samuel T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4614, DOW

 COLLINS, William J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1188, killed

 CUNLIFFE, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2316, killed

 THOMSON, George B G, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2259, killed

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 STOKES, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 1700, DOW

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WILLIAMS, David T, Stoker 2c, K 44598, illness

 

 

Thursday, 8 November 1917

 

Botha, flotilla leader

 ALDOUS, Ernest S, Able Seaman, J 8989 (Ch), drowned

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 SAMMONS, William, Stoker 1c, K 27357, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BARRETT, Horace F, Chief Petty Officer, 130507, illness

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 MORSE, Albert H G, Private, RMLI, 10435 (Ply), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Short Admiralty 184 Type tractor biplane, caught fire and crashed into sea 15 miles NE of St Abbs Head

 ANDREWS, Eric O A, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 BICKLE, Gilbert W, Act/Air Mechanic 1c, F 9027, RNAS Station Dundee

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 DAKIN, Edmund, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 691, DOW

 HOPKINS, Ivor, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2963, DOW

______

 

Snakefly, river gunboat

 ANDREWS, Lewis C, Able Seaman, J 52115, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BROAD, William E, Chief Stoker, 150757, illness

 STAFFORD, Thomas, Able Seaman, J 35704, illness

 

 

Friday, 9 November 1917

 

Commonwealth, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 ROYDS, Jasper F, Sub Lieutenant, road accident

 

Dalhousie (RIM), troopship

 MOLADUD, (no service number listed), Seedie, (no service number listed), illness

 

Dolphin, Submarine Depot, Gosport

 WRIGHT, William, Leading Stoker, 312036, illness

 

Elk II, hired trawler, minesweeper

 PATTERSON, James R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6753, illness

 

Goeland II, hired trawler, minesweeper

 RENDALL, George, Engineman, RNR, ES 551, drowned

 

Nairana, seaplane carrier

 WEEKS, Walter J, Leading Seaman, 237447 (Po), drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

 COMYNS, Charles W, Ty/Lieutenant, RMA

 HOLLAND, John, Gunner, RMA, RMA 515

 HUTSON, Frederick R, Gunner, RMA, RMA 789, DOW

 JONES, Arnold W, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1910

 KETTERINGHAM, Percy, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 11421

 TAYLOR, Walter, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2247

 WOODWARD, William E, Gunner, RMA, RMA 779

__________

 

Suva, armed boarding steamer

 SABOODEEN, Sheik H, Winchman, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Thalia, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Cromarty

 STEWART, John, Petty Officer, RNR, B 2614, illness

 

Umgeni, armament carrier, MFA, foundered, all drowned

 BECKETT, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 1603

 BRADBURY, Harold, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2149

 WILLMOTT, Clifford, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1102

 

Valentine, destroyer

 MITTEN, William H, Able Seaman, J 43750 (Ch), drowned

 REDSTON, Arthur C, Ordinary Seaman, J 39967 (Ch), drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MERRITT, Alfred G, Leading Seaman, 240074, illness

 

 

Saturday, 10 November 1917

 

Calliope, light cruiser

 LE MESURIER, Charles E, Commodore 2c, illness in UK

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 HARDNEY, William J, Private, RMLI, S 3913 (Ply), illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 CLIVE, Reginald D, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, DOI

 

RNAS Station East Fortune

 REARDON, Thomas C M, Petty Officer Aircraftman, F 14688, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

OGDEN, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 730, DOW

__________

 

Sachem, commissioned escort ship

 HARDING, Norman G, Chief Steward, MMR, 935895, illness

 

T R Ferens, hired trawler, minesweeper

 ROWLAND, Samuel, Ty/Skipper, RNR, accident, DOI

 

 

Sunday, 11 November 1917

 

Basil, steamship, collision, ship lost; naval casualty:

 FLAHERTY, Colman, Seaman, RNR, A 8605

 

Cyclamen, fleet sweeping sloop

 COTTRELL, Robert E, Stoker 1c, SS 111375, died

 

PALESTINE FRONT

Two warships torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 off Palestine

 

M.15, monitor

 ALFIERO, George, Officers' Steward 2c, L 9396

 BENHAM, William E, Stoker Petty Officer, 170048 (Po)

 BIRCH, Norman, Able Seaman, J 12193 (Po)

 CHATEL, Albert C, Shipwright 1c, 344507 (Po)

 CHRISTIE, Oliver W, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1617 (Po)

 COOPER, Arthur P, Private, RMLI, 17820 (Po)

 COOPER, Edgar S, Leading Seaman, 176943 (Po)

 FOOT, Percy E, Armourer's Mate, 343061 (Po)

 FRIZELL, Frank C, Telegraphist, RNVR, Wales Z 1508

 GISPERT, Modesto, Able Seaman, J 35356 (Po)

 GRANT, Ben, Seaman, RNR, C 3766

 HUGHES, William F, Able Seaman, J 4429 (Po)

 LAURIE, Frank H, Stoker 2c, K 34273 (Ch)

 MATTISON, John O, Act/Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 11441 (Po)

 NORCOTT, George H, Leading Seaman, J 9759 (Po)

 NORMAN, Cecil H, Ordinary Seaman, SS 5550 (Po)

 RIDGEWELL, Arthur E, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7332 (Ch)

 SIMPSON, Alfred, Private, RMLI, 9881 (Po)

 STEWART, Ernest G, Able Seaman, J 20707 (Po)

 STRIDE, Henry, Leading Stoker (RFR B 3700), 281781 (Po)

 TALBOT, Albert, Officers' Steward 3c, L 5339 (Po)

 TILLER, Frederick E W, Able Seaman, J 11328 (Po)

 TUTTLE, Robert J, Ordinary Seaman, J 58708 (Po)

 WARWICK, William, Able Seaman, SS 5543 (Po)

 WASS, Tom, Able Seaman, J 35339 (Po)

 WILLIAMSON, Albert V, Able Seaman (RFR B 3474), 234349 (Po)

 

Staunch, destroyer

 BRIDGER, Walter A, Stoker Petty Officer, 304778 (Po)

 BURDON, Adolph, Stoker 1c, 223995 (Ch)

 GOULD, Percy T, Stoker 1c, K 12780 (Po)

 HENSLEY, William G, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270239 (Po), DOW

 PRIOR, David T W, Stoker 1c, K 30930 (Po)

 SHARP, William, Stoker Petty Officer, K 2373 (Ch)

 SPINKS, Leonard A, Stoker 1c, K 5939 (Po)

 SWAIN, Reginald T A, Stoker 1c, SS 117414 (Po)

__________

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Avro 504G (Admiralty 179 Dual Type) tractor biplane, crashed in UK and wrecked (no further information)

 KERR, David R, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

JONES, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2903, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 BURNSIDE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 114, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 EVANS, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3234, DOW

__________

 

Thuringia, hired trawler, minesweeper, torpedoed and sunk by U.95 in St George's Channel

 ALCOCK, William C, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 6819

 AMIS, George A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2056

 ANDERSON, George P, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2869

 BLAKELOCK, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5702

 CANN, William, Engineman, RNR, ES 3057

 GEORGE, Llewellyn, Stoker, RNR, V 500

 GREENACRE, William H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5730

 GREW, Albert E, Deck Boy, RNR, SBD 958

 HARRIS, Charles, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1347

 HURST, Thomas J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2765

 JENKINS, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 16755

 NOEL, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17530

 SANDHAM, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17728

 THORNHAM, Albert W, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

 

Monday, 12 November 1917

 

Enchantress, Royal yacht

 MCCOY, Charles, Chief Gunner (ret), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 223rd Machine Gun Company, France

 PITCHFORTH, Percival C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4791, DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BROMILEY, Jack, Sergeant, RMLI, S 705 (Ply), DOW

 

 

Tuesday, 13 November 1917

 

Ardmore, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.95 in St George's Channel; naval casualty:

 SMITH, Thomas, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, D 1395

 

Oku, hired trawler, minesweeper

 AHERN, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2143, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 10th Squadron, Belgium

 TRAPP, George L, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 MCGRATH, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 1224 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 GUINN, George J A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2273, DOW

 

 

Wednesday, 14 November 1917

 

Morvina, hired trawler, minesweeper

 MACLENNAN, John, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 4003, illness

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 HARTMAN, John, Private, RMLI, S 8529 (Ch), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 JOHNSON, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1794 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 WALLACE, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3371, DOW

__________

 

White Oak, depot ship, net drifters, Poole

 BUCHAN, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2829, illness

 

 

Thursday, 15 November 1917

 

Calumsin, ex-German prize, Admiralty trawler

 BULEY, John W, Ty/Skipper, RNR, illness

 

Ness, old destroyer

 COUSINS, Frederick S, Stoker 1c, K 17437, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 CHRISTIAN, Harold, Captain (ret), air crash, DOI

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, France

 DOLLEY, Bertie F, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5039

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 HILL, Thomas, Private, RMLI, S 2026 (Ply), DOW

__________

 

Scourge, destroyer

 BROOKS, George H, Stoker Petty Officer, 303778 (Po), drowned

 

 

Friday, 16 November 1917

 

Aquarius, submarine depot ship, ex-SS Hampstead, at Mudros

 BRAY, Charles W, Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Garron Head, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.103 in Bay of Biscay; naval casualties:

 GRANDIN, Alfred, Leading Seaman (RFR B 5533), 215759 (Dev)

 TURLINGTON, George B, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5514

 

Kyno, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.63 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 DRAPER, Henry, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1646), 14620 (Ch), DOW

 

RM Labour Corps

 WAY, Harry E, Private, RM, S 9272 (Deal), illness

 

RMA Anti Aircraft Brigade

 VICKERS, Arthur, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2197, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 223rd Machine Gun Company, France

 WRIGHT, Arthur, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 9244, illness

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 HUSSEY, James N, Private, RMLI, S 1974 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 WYARD, Roy, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

 

 

Saturday, 17 November 1917

 

ACTION OFF HELIGOLAND BIGHT

 

Caledon, light cruiser, damaged

 CARLESS, John H, Ordinary Seaman, J 43703 (Po) - awarded posthumous Victoria Cross

 FERRIS, Harry C, Able Seaman, J 14486 (Po), DOW

 GWINNETT, Benjamin J, Boy 1c, J 54679

 MCKENZIE, William, Signal Boy, J 41221

 TURNER, Herbert, Signalman, J 30224 (Po)

 

Calypso, light cruiser, damaged

 BAILEY, Walter A R, Boy 1c, J 49272

 BOND, Alfred W G, Ordinary Seaman, J 32015 (Ch)

 CURRIE, Alexander J, Ordinary Seaman, J 68652 (Ch)

 EDWARDS, Herbert L, Captain

 MOODY, Frederick, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 933

 SCOTT, Herbert H W, Able Seaman, J 18562 (Ch)

 SHRUBSOLE, John A, Boy 1c, J 55424

 SKILLETT, Gerald, Ordinary Signalman, J 36420 (Ch)

 SMISSEN, William J, Leading Signalman, 228472 (Ch), DOW

 TROUSDALE, Jacob, Able Seaman, J 30308 (Ch)

 

Cardiff, light cruiser, damaged

 BEDDOW, William J, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 3772, DOW

 COLE, William J, Leading Signalman, 238009 (Po)

 COLLIS, Cecil H S, Signalman, J 45908 (Po), DOW

 DAVIES, John P, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 2297

 LITTLE, Ernest, Signalman, J 32405 (Po)

 MUNRO, William A, Able Seaman, J 40107 (Po)

 TIMMINS, Charles E, Bugler, RMLI, 19601 (Po)

__________

 

Herring Gull, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 WILSON, John, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 628, drowned

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 BAYLEY, James A T, Boy 2c, J 78741, illness

 

Marsa, auxiliary paddle minesweeper, sunk in collision in North Sea

 HALL, Ernest T, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 249th Field Company, RE (Army), France

 RICHMOND, Albert, Corporal, Army, 208063, DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 BUNN, Charles A, Private, RMLI, S 75 (Po), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 WARD, Walter, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 660, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 BURN, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 541, DOW

__________

 

Thomas Crofton, Admiralty trawler, hydrophone vessel, ship in dry-dock at Dundee

 DAY, Walter G, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8486, accidental fall (corrections with thanks to his great-granddaughter, Darlene in Canada)

 

Western Coast, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.40 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 JONES, Arthur T, Gunner, RMA (RFR B 1273), RMA 12182

 RICHARDSON, Henry A, Act/Bombardier, RMA (RFR B 883), RMA 9272

 

 

Sunday, 18 November 1917

 

Boy Billy, hired net drifter

 RITCHIE, Alexander, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2403, illness

 

Candytuft, convoy sloop, torpedoed and sunk by U.39 in Mediterranean

 BRICE, Francis J, Stoker 1c, K 22007 (Dev)

 CARTER, Thomas E, Officers' Steward 2c, 344442 (Dev)

 ERRINGTON, Albert G, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 FOWLER, Harry V, Able Seaman, J 20343 (Dev)

 KELLY, Alexander, Able Seaman, J 11481 (Dev)

 NOLAN, James J, Ty/Surgeon Probationer, RNVR

 PHILIP, John F, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 WHYMARK, Herbert F, Officers' Steward 3c, L 7355 (Dev)

 WILSON, Robert, Artificer Engineer

 

Dreel Castle, Auxiliary Patrol base, Falmouth

 WALLACE, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2156, illness

 

Illustrious, fitting out as ammunition ship, ex-pre-Dreadnought battleship

 MILLER, John F C, Able Seaman (RFR B 3299), 188565 (Ch), DOI

 

ML.435, motor launch

 HOUSTON, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13056, drowned

 

Motor Lighter K.56, presumably hired

 COWLING, William O, Petty Officer 2nd (RFR A 4197), 136214 (Dev), drowned

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 ELLIOTT, Alfred J, Officers' Steward 3c, MMR, 739241, died

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, Gallipoli

 HAYWARD, Lot, Private, RMLI, 16348 (Ply), discharged, illness

 

RND, Portsmouth Battalion

 WEBB, Frederick J, Private, RMLI, 17272 (Po), discharged, illness

 

Syren, old destroyer, in collision (location not known)

 ELLIOTT, George, Stoker Petty Officer, 299131 (Po)

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 SCALES, John, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7947, illness

 

 

Monday, 19 November 1917

 

Aparima, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.40 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 COWIE, James, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, C 3753

 SMITH, John W, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1300

 

Calvia, hired trawler, minesweeper/hydrophone vessel, gun explosion

 PARKINSON, Stanley, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14487, buried at Cleethorpes

 PETERS, Henry J, Petty Officer 1c, 17112 (Po)

 

Dulcie Doris, hired net drifter

 ALDRED, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 4176, illness

 

Jutland,  torpedoed and sunk by UC.79 off NW France; naval casualty:

 WARNER, William, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 5046

 

Lively, old destroyer

 ELLIS, William J, Chief Stoker, 281438 (Dev), drowned

 

Morococala, hired trawler, mined and sunk off S Ireland

 ALLAN, Alexander, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 ANDERSON, Mitchell, Engineman, RNR, ES 2595

 BELLMAN, William E V, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 3209

 BUTLER, Charles H, Seaman, RNR (Act/2nd Hand), D 1307

 CULLING, Robert H G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9755

 FOXCROFT, John H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5187

 HALL, Clifford E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2573

 KELMAN, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2544

 MCNAUGHT, Robert, Leading Telegraphist, RNVR, Clyde Z 22

 MORRISON, Donald, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 1471

 OLIVER, Archelaus, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6907

 WINGATE, John H, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 1916

 WINGROVE, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2596

 WOODRUFF, Robert, Stoker, RNR, V 315

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 BULL, Philip G, Private, RMLI, S 1729 (Po), prisoner of war, illness

 

Shakespeare, flotilla leader

 BARNES, Albert E, Able Seaman, J 39091 (Po), drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 ELLIOTT, James, Stoker 1c, SS 116610, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 20 November 1917

 

Donegal, cruiser

 SANDERS, Herbert, Stoker 1c, SS 102037, illness

 

Jargoon, steamship, collision; naval casualties:

 FULLICK, Ernest G, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2878

 MOODY, Julius, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex Z 410

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 DAVIES, Edmond T G, Cook's Mate, M 23972, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 21 November 1917

 

Diana, old light cruiser

 SIMS, Leonard A, Act/Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

Holderness, minesweeper

 PARKINSON, Bertram, Fireman, MMR, 847994, drowned

 

Maine, French steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.56 in English Channel; naval casualty:

 SHORT, Pursey F, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1383, (Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth O/P)

 

RM Labour Corps

 JODDRELL, Thomas, Private, RM, S 10644 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

20 November-31 December Cambrai Operations, including 63rd (RN) Division:

30th/31st December The Action of Welch (or Welsh) Ridge

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 JONES, John A B, Private, RMLI, S 1470 (Po), DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BAULF, Andrew C, Chief Stoker, 167129, illness

 

 

Thursday, 22 November 1917

 

Glasgow, light cruiser

 BELL, Francis N, Ordinary Seaman, J 59740, illness

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 SHEA, Michael, Boy 2c, J 78729, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, flying in Short Admiralty 184 Type (Improved) tractor seaplane, crashed in sea N of Longstone

 MACALONEY, Ralph G, Flight Sub Lieutenant, drowned

 SPRULES, Frederick T, Aircraftsman 2c, F 37032, President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Nelson Battalion, France

 ALFORD, John H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1293, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 FEASEY, Henry F, Stoker 1c, SS 116173, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 November 1917

 

Garry Vale, steamship

 BROWN, Harry A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 299, illness

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in UK

 AIREY, Harold F, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RNAS, 8th Squadron, flying in Handley Page 0/100 tractor biplane bomber to bomb Burbach steel works, Saarbrucken, shot down, Flight Sub Lieutenant H G B Linnell taken prisoner

 SMITH, Geoffrey S, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 LENNON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 1481, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 COLLINS, Thomas S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 WARD, Ernest, Stoker 2c, K 46088, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 TRERISE, Joseph L, Chief Petty Officer, 138859 (Dev), illness

 

 

Saturday, 24 November 1917

 

Dunrobin, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.53 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 ALLEN, Sydney, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1909

 FRY, Herbert A, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1828

 LANGRIDGE, Thomas D, Leading Seaman, 173046

 RANDLE, Walter E, Signalman, RNVR, Bristol Z 10112

 RIGG, Henry S, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10802

 

ML.65, motor launch

 GARLAND, Albert V, Chief Motor Mechanic, RNVR, MB 1535, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 WATKINS, Arthur L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 JONES, Edgar, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2341, DOW

__________

 

Star of the Ocean, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 MATHIESON, Frank, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

 

Sunday, 25 November 1917

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 CONNETT, Thomas J, Boy 2c, J 79472, illness

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 SMITH, Harold, Private, RMLI, S 26 (Ply), discharged, illness

 

 

Monday, 26 November 1917

 

Dreel Castle, Auxiliary Patrol base, Falmouth

 NEE, Bartly, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13344, illness

 

Intent, steamship

 STAFFORD, George, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 4651, drowned

 

Motor Lighter K.26, presumably hired

 BARTON, Thomas, Stoker, RNR, S 7689, illness

 

Osiris II, depot ship, trawlers and drifters, Malta, ex-AMC Osiris

 HUNT, Walter, Able Seaman (RFR B 1784), 183413 (Po), drowned

 LISTER, George, Able Seaman, SS 6623 (Po), drowned

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 GOODESS, James F, Ty/Gunner, illness

 

President II, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 ALLEN, Edward, Act/Air Mechanic 1c, F 11827, died in UK

 WILLIAMS, Henry V, Aircraftsman 1c, F 17076, illness

 

RND, 1st Field Company, Divisional Engineers

 FOX, Harold, Sapper, RM, S 1109 (Deal), discharged, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Naval Air Service, air crash in France (no further information)

 BLAKE, Ian H, Ty/Py/Flight Officer, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 WHITTAKER, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 125, killed

__________

 

SSP.2, airship, engine trouble, lost at sea NE of Westry

 DEVEREUX, Edmund R, Flight Lieutenant

 SCOTT, Albert E, Air Mechanic 1c, F 5276

 WILSON, Edgar J, Leading Mechanic, F 4131

 

Tartar, destroyer

 ESTILL, Arthur, Petty Officer, RNVR, Tyneside Z 11731, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 LEGG, Harry, Leading Stoker, 286081, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 27 November 1917

 

Daisy II, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 MCHUGH, Thomas, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1562, illness

 

Donegal, cruiser

 CARVER, Douglas G, Ordinary Signalman, J 53727, illness

 

Legion, destroyer

 GILBEY, Percy, Able Seaman, J 43653 (Ch), drowned

 

President III, Accounting Base, London and other locations

 IVES, Jonah, Leading Seaman (RFR B 6336), 185893 (Ch), illness

 

Queen Elizabeth, Dreadnought battleship

 TAYLOR, Edward J, Able Seaman, J 20143, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RM Labour Corps, France

 JACKSON, Charles, Private, RM, S 12368 (Deal)

 

RM Labour Corps, France

 LEONARD, John, Private, RM, S 11709 (Deal), illness

 

RND, 150th RN Field Ambulance, RM Medical Unit, France

 HASTY, Albert, Private, RM, S 4156 (Deal), DOW

__________

 

Valiant, Dreadnought battleship

 MAGUIRE, John, Boy 1c, J 74727, illness

 

Zinzal, steamship

 HOLLAND, Richard, Petty Officer, J 3385, died

 

 

Wednesday, 28 November 1917

 

Achilles, cruiser

ROWLES, James G, Cooper, 342399 (Po), illness

 

Balfour, hired trawler, minesweeper, accidental explosion, either off Newhaven or Sheerness

GAYLER, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17210

JONES, Edward, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1329

MCDONALD, Finlay, Seaman, RNR, A 7789

 

Portsmouth, hired trawler, minesweeper

COCHRANE, William, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2121, illness

 

RNAS Westgate

WAINWRIGHT, Frederick, Act/Air Mechanic 1c, F 28508, accident, DOI

 

 

Thursday, 29 November 1917

 

Grafton, cruiser

YOUNG, William, Stoker 1c, SS 116786, illness

 

Laurelia, hired drifter, general service

 MACDONALD, John R, Ty/Skipper, RNR, drowned

 

Melita, ex-Coastguard vessel Ringdove, salvage vessel

HARWOOD, John T, Rigger, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 SMITH, Sydney E, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 873 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 223rd Machine Gun Company, France

HOGAN, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8852, DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 PARKER, Charles, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1741, killed

 PRIESTLEY, John C, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2878, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

WEIR, William H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 447, DOW

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

DICKINSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8578, killed

 

 

Friday, 30 November 1917

 

 

Calypso, light cruiser

 MAY, Godfrey J, Able Seaman, J 25663 (Ch), drowned

 

Kalibia, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.80 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 EDWARDS, John F (real name, but served as Frank Moore), Seaman, RNR, A 6699

 MAGUIRE, Robert, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2306

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 SHORT, Henry, Private, RMLI, 11486 (Ply), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

34th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery, France

LISTON-FOULIS, Archibald P, Lieutenant Colonel RMA, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 BROWN, John R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2361, killed

 CONNOLLY, Matthew, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2315, killed

 

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