Thursday, 1
March 1917
Ceto, hired yacht, later
Ceto II
HEAD,
Solomon, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service
number listed), died
Euterpe,
steamship, torpedoed and
damaged by UB.47 in Mediterranean; naval
casualty:
NOLAN,
William, Act/Leading Seaman, RNR, A 2163
Pheasant,
destroyer, mined and sunk off Orkneys
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, flying in Royal
Aircraft Factory BE2c tractor biplane in
UK, crashed
DAGLISH,
George R G, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
MACEWAN,
John, Ordinary Seaman, J 64917, illness
Friday, 2
March 1917
E.15,
submarine, lost 17 April 1915
BRENNAN,
Patrick, Able Seaman, 226804 (Dev),
Turkish POW, died in POW Camp, body
relocated and buried at Baghdad Gate,
Mesopotamia
Phaeton, light cruiser
HOY,
Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, J 38505, illness
President
II,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
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, flying in Royal
Aircraft Factory BE2c tractor biplane in
UK, looping, broke up
and crashed
NORTHROP,
John E, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant
PULLING,
Edward L, Ty/Flight Lieutenant
Saturday, 3
March 1917
King
George V, Dreadnought
battleship
STONADGE,
Frederick G, Ordinary Signalman, J 39094,
illness
Northumbria, hired trawler,
minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea
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/Base, 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, both drowned
BOYLAND,
Colombo D, Air Mechanic 1c, F 4331
(President II)
GOODE,
Albert E, Air Mechanic 2c, T 29316
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, torpedoed and sunk by
U.49, SW of Ireland; naval casualty:
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/Base, Portsmouth
MYERS,
Alfred G, Stoker 2c, K 40903, illness
Sunday, 4
March 1917
Duncan, pre-Dreadnought
battleship
HUNNINGS,
Robert P, Boatswain, drowned
Minerva, old light cruiser
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, flying in Sopwith Pup
(Admiralty 9901 Type) tractor biplane
scouts over France
WAMBOLT,
Harry R, Ty/Flight Lieutenant, shot down
over Sains Les Marquion by German
Lieutenant Schroder
WHITE,
James P, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, shot
down near Vis en Artois
RND,
190th Brigade Machine Gun Company, France
LLOYD,
William, Private, RMLI, S 1096 (Po), DOW
__________
Strymon, hired trawler,
minesweeper
BAXTER,
Clement, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2733, illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
DONOVAN,
Jeremiah, Able Seaman, J 32136, illness
Monday, 5
March 1917
Campania
II, hired net drifter,
disappeared in gale in North Sea
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,
passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.61
in North Sea; naval casualties, all Benbow
Battalion, RND, interned in Holland in
October 1914, and from 1916 granted two
weeks home leave by the Dutch, sailing for
the UK (thanks to Ian Stockbridge for
raising questions about these casualties,
9 March 2013):
EWINGS,
John D, Able Seaman, RNVR, London 7/2723
GUPPY,
Reginald H, Able Seaman, RNVR, London
4/2750
SELKIRK,
Howard J, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z
2274,
Morning
Star,
destroyer
DAVIES,
Harold, Stoker Petty Officer, 308525
(Dev), illness
President
III,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
MACLEAN,
Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 3109, illness in UK
Sandhurst, fleet repair ship,
Scapa Flow, boiler explosion on 27 February
VAUGHAN,
Horace, Stoker 2c, K 36992 (Dev), DOI
Swan
III,
hired trawler, minesweeper
HYDE,
William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2970, illness
Victory,
RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth
CURRIE,
Alexander, Seaman, RNR, A 7353, illness
SULLIVAN,
Patrick, Shipwright 1c, 127183, illness
Tuesday, 6
March 1917
Bellerophon, Dreadnought
battleship
CRUDDAS,
Seymour, Captain, RMA, illness in UK
Caldergrove, steamship, torpedoed
and sunk by U.44, W of Ireland; naval
casualty:
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/Base, Devonport
BATTERSHILL,
George F N, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2924, illness
WILLIAMS,
William, Stoker 2c, K 40512, illness
Wednesday, 7
March 1917
Drake, cruiser
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, old destroyer
SMITH,
Charles, Stoker 1c, K 19993 (Po), drowned
Malaya, Dreadnought
battleship
WYNN,
Joseph, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14593, illness in
HS Agadir in UK
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, 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,
harbour tender, ex-iron steam gunboat, run
down by sludge vessel in Chatham harbour
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,
hired
trawler, minesweeper, foundered in English
Channel
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, Dreadnought
battleship
PAYNE,
Cyril H, Private, RMLI, 16115 (Po), died
in UK
Dunbarmoor,
steamship, sunk by U.44, SW of
Ireland; naval casualty:
SLAYMAKER,
William T, Private, RMLI (RFR B 1162),
10490 (Po)
Excellent, Gunnery School,
Portsmouth
SUTHERLAND,
Robert, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L
1337, illness
Malaya, Dreadnought
battleship
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/Base, Portsmouth
HOOKER,
Herbert H, Ordinary Seaman, J 63991,
illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
ELLIOT,
Richard P, Petty Officer 1c, 96832,
illness
Friday, 9
March 1917
Albacore,
old destroyer, mined and damaged in North
Sea off Orkneys
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 (2), destroyer depot
ship, Grand Fleet
BENNETT,
James J, Officer's Steward 2c, L 5223
(Ch), illness
Nestor,
destroyer,
lost 31 May 1916
GENOWER,
John P, Able Seaman, J 8361 (Po), German
prisoner of war
President,
Headquarters
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/Base, Portsmouth
HALL,
Wallace, Stoker 2c, K 38714, illness
Saturday, 10
March 1917
Acasta, destroyer, wounded at
Jutland on 31 May 1916
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, paddle minesweeper
DRUMMOND,
John, Trimmer, RNR, ST 2944, illness
Otaki, steamship,
sunk by German raider Möwe in
N Atlantic
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, old light cruiser
COOK,
Reginald J, Private, RMLI, 18460 (Ply),
illness
Glatian, hired trawler,
minesweeper
CHESTERTON,
Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9387, illness
Mantua, armed merchant
cruiser
CHAPPLE,
George, Petty Officer, 182496 (Ch),
illness
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
TOWNSEND,
George R, 2nd Cooper, M 19511, illness
Polandia,
steamship, sailed from Birkenhead on 10th
for Cherbourg, went missing, possibly
mined. Naval casualties:
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/Base, Devonport
GODDEN,
Daniel, Stoker 1c, 277431, illness
Monday, 12
March 1917
E.49,
submarine, mined and sunk off
Shetlands
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/Base, Chatham
LANCASTER,
Anthony, Junior Reserve Attendant, M 8346,
illness
MILLER,
Henry, Petty Officer 1c, 117558, illness
Privet
(Q.19), collier Q-ship, damaged in action
with U.85 (sunk) in English Channel
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, not air-related
Sandhurst, fleet repair ship,
Scapa Flow, boiler explosion on 27th
SHAPTER,
Herbert, Chief Stoker, 289884 (Dev), DOW
Skate, destroyer, torpedoed
and damaged by UC.69 in North Sea
BOLTON,
James H A, Chief Petty Officer, 169563
(Dev),
killed
Victory,
RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth
GILLETT,
Francis J, Leading Seaman, 210748, illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
CLISSETT,
Percy A, Ordinary Seaman, J 64926, illness
MACDONALD,
Malcolm, Ordinary Seaman, J 65578, illness
Zaza, hired yacht
GOODYEAR,
George F, Able Seaman, MMR, (no service
number listed), drowned
Tuesday, 13
March 1917
Canada, Dreadnought
battleship
JEWELL,
Herbert, Officers' Steward 3c, L 8810,
illness
Coronda,
steamship, torpedoed and sunk by
U.81, NW of Ireland; naval casualty:
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, minesweeper,
ex-torpedo gunboat
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, flying in Short
Admiralty 184 Type tractor biplane
seaplane, dived into sea 1 mile off
Cliftonville, Kent
BIRKS,
Rowland, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant
RAWSON,
Ernest A A, Leading Air Mechanic, F 8488,
RNAS Westgate
RND,
Anson Battalion
DAVISON,
Frederick, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 283,
discharged, illness in UK
Trent, fleet messenger
MOSA,
Bin S, Seedie Boy, (no service number
listed), illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
MACASKILL,
John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14752, illness
MACFARLANE,
Lachlan, Ordinary Seaman, J 64660, killed
Warner
(Q.27), cargo steamer, Q-ship, torpedoed and
sunk by U.61 off SW Ireland
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, sunk by U.44, W of
Ireland; naval casualty:
KING,
Percy G, Able Seaman, RNVR, Sussex 5/116
Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol
parent ship, Liverpool, later Eaglet
QUINLAN,
Patrick J, Quartermaster, MMR, 764231,
illness
Eider, hired trawler,
minesweeper
PERRIN,
George A, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 3940, illness
Ganges, Training
Establishment, Shotley/Harwich
BARKER,
Frederick W N, Boy 2c, J 62262, illness
Golden
Crown,
hired screw tug
IRVINE,
Alexander, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 3837,
illness
Governor,
steamship, sunk by auxiliary
cruiser Möwe, W of Ireland
MACIVER,
Angus, Seaman, RNR, C 2311
Research, Auxiliary Patrol
depot ship, Portland
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/Base, Devonport
MCGILL,
Joseph A, Petty Officer 1c, 168630,
illness
Thursday, 15
March 1917
Dido, depot ship, ex-light
cruiser
CAREY,
Andrew, Chief Stoker, 154644, illness
Edlington,
steamship
O’BRIEN,
Michael P, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z
3909, drowned
Foyle, old destroyer, mined
and sunk in English Channel
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, torpedoed and sunk by
UC.21 in Bay of Biscay; naval casualty:
SCHOFIELD,
John, Leading Seaman, RNR, A 5781
Impregnable, Boys Training Ship,
Devonport
TRUEMAN,
Bertram, Boy 2c, J 55599, illness
Kingswood,
steamship, collision
YEARBY,
Frank, Act/Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B
845), 13770 (Ply)
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
ANDERSON,
Thomas, Seaman, Lerwick RNR, L 1006,
illness
President
II,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
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/Base, Portsmouth
WIGG,
Arthur A N, Boy Servant, L 9986, illness
Friday, 16
March 1917
Changuinola, armed merchant
cruiser
PENNINGTON,
John P W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z
1741, illness
Dundee,
armed
boarding steamer, members of boarding party
on disguised German auxiliary cruiser
Leopard, sunk near Faroes
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, torpedoed and sunk by
U.44, SW of Ireland; naval casualty:
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/Base, Chatham
PEMBROKE,
Stephen, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 7661, illness
President
II,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
SPIERS,
Charles H S, Aircraftsman 2c, F 18014,
illness
Protect,
hired
net drifter, mined and sunk in Dover Straits
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, old destroyer
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, light cruiser, both
drowned
GREY-SMITH,
John E, Lieutenant Commander
SHORT,
John E G, Lieutenant Commander
GERMAN
EAST AFRICA
East
African Expeditionary Force
MERRY,
William J, Private, RMLI, 18395 (Po),
illness
__________
Gowan,
hired motor drifter, sunk by UC.50 in
North Sea
MOAT,
George H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14546
Mignonette,
fleet
sweeping sloop, mined and sunk off S Ireland
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/Base, Chatham
LAING-MEASON,
John, Ordinary Seaman, J 56927, died
WESTERN
FRONT
RNAS,
6th Squadron, France
WALKER,
Frederic C, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant
__________
Tasso,
steamship, mined and sunk in Bay
of Biscay; naval casualty:
CURTIS,
Rowland W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z
1992
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
DAVIDGE,
Alfred E, Leading Seaman, 200441, illness
night of 17/18 March
GERMAN
DESTROYER RAID ON DOVER STRAITS
Paragon,
destroyer, sunk
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, hired paddle
minesweeper, mined and sunk in Dover Straits
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,
torpedoed and sunk by
U.70, SW of England; naval casualties:
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/Base, Portsmouth
DAVIES,
Thomas S, Ordinary Seaman, J 59725 (Po),
DOW
Monday, 19
March 1917
GERMAN
EAST AFRICA
Adjutant, tug, ex-German, but
recaptured
DENNETT,
Richard F, Ordinary Seaman, J 24401 (Ch),
still
on books of Adjutant, illness
__________
Alnwick
Castle, passenger ship,
torpedoed and sunk by U.81, SW of England
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, cruiser
CONEYBEER,
Walter T, Sick Berth Steward, 350734,
illness
Hyacinth, old light cruiser
LAITY,
William M, Seaman, RNR, A 3908, illness
Paragon,
destroyer, lost night of 17th/18th
WELLINGS,
Thomas A, Able Seaman, 208679 (Po), DOW
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, 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, hired trawler,
minesweeper
MCINTIRE,
George W, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 137,
illness
Lady Patricia, cargo steamer Q-ship
Paxton (Q.25) serving as Lady Patricia,
damaged in action (note: sunk as Paxton
on 20 May 1917)
DUNN,
Cornelius J, Fireman, MMR, 886630
FIDO,
James, Greaser, MMR, 424947
HERSEE,
Arthur G, Officer's Steward 2c, L 8561
(Dev) ("shot while carrying out a
dangerous duty for the safety of his
comrades")
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
merchant cruiser,
members
of armed guard on Norwegian barque Naiade
(Norwegian - Najade), sunk by U.59 off
Fair Isle, 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, depot ship,
Mediterranean, disarmed ex-pre-Dreadnought
battleship
BUSUTTIL,
Gio B, Officer's Cook 1c, 159795, illness
Manica, kite balloon ship
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/Base, Portsmouth
HOGGARTH,
William J, Ordinary Seaman, J 62141,
illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, 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, Dreadnought
battleship
BAKER,
Tom, Gunner, RMA, RMA 6544, DOW
Victory,
RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth
DAVIES,
Oliver, Stoker 2c, K 41310, illness
FARRELL,
Resta, Chief Stoker, 133039, illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
BRIGHTY,
Charles W, Ordinary Seaman, J 66358,
illness
Friday, 23
March 1917
Anemone, fleet sweeping sloop
MURTON,
William, Able Seaman, J 26036, illness
Laforey,
destroyer, mined and sunk in English Channel
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, paddle minesweeper
O’BRIEN,
Thomas, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6396, drowned
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
THIRKHILL,
Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 115464 (Dev),
illness
Vernon, Torpedo School,
Portsmouth
ANDREWS,
Henry, Chief Petty Officer, 99382, illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, 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, armed merchant
cruiser
TRUSCOTT,
Thomas J, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X
1268, illness
King's
Grey,
hired trawler, minesweeper, mined and damaged in Dover
Straits
GRAVES,
William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2872
MCKAY,
Donald, Seaman, RNR, B 2585
MILLER,
Donald, Seaman, RNR, A 7998
Liverpool, light cruiser
HANCOCK,
William T D, Boatswain, illness
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
CAMPBELL,
James, Able Seaman, 176814, illness
DOUGLAS,
Harry, Leading Boatman (Coast Guard),
167405, illness
Royal
Naval Air Service, both crashed in
separate incidents in UK
HARVEY,
Arthur F, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant, flying
in Royal Aircraft Factory CE20c tractor
biplane, flying to Cranwell, turned,
sideslipped and hit ground at Angmering,
Sussex, DOI
OLIVER,
William S, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant,
flying in Sopwith Triplane scout, diving
from 2,500 feet, wing broke off
RND,
1st RM Battalion
BUTT,
Samuel W V, Private, RMLI, 17013 (Ply),
illness
Violet
II,
hired net drifter
CLARK,
Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4151, illness
Sunday, 25
March 1917
Adenwen,
steamship, torpedoed and sunk by
UC.65 in St George's Channel; naval
casualty:
LOCKIE,
Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7940
Challenger, old light cruiser
SHEPPARD,
William A, Painter 1c, 346764, illness
Evangel,
hired
trawler, minesweeper, mined and sunk in St
George's Channel
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,
Dreadnought battleship
WALKER,
James F, Officer's Cook 2c, 141402,
illness
Pelican, destroyer
FERNIE,
David, Gunner, illness
Queen
Eugenie, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by
UC.67 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:
STONE,
William T, Act/Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B
1499), 13992 (Po)
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
FRIGGENS,
Francis, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Z 3509
(Palace), illness
Monday, 26
March 1917
Attentive
III,
parent ship for Auxiliary Patrol craft,
Dover
GRIMMER,
Cecil V, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1983, illness
Ben
Loyal,
hired trawler, minesweeper
MALONEY,
Daniel, Trimmer, RNR, ST 1356, illness
Heracles, ex-Hercules, hired
screw tug
SULLIVAN,
Thomas, Greaser, MMR, 03679 A, drowned
ML.89,
motor launch
ROBUS,
Frederick J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2716,
illness
Myrmidon,
old
destroyer, sunk in collision in English
Channel
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, destroyer
PARHAM,
George W V, Stoker Petty Officer, 284502,
illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, 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, Dreadnought
battleship
POPE,
William, Stoker Petty Officer, 303926
(Dev), drowned
Imogene, Admiralty-owned yacht
NAZAM,
Paul A, Officers' Steward 2c, L 3289,
illness
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
DAVIES,
George H, Able Seaman, 144163, illness
President
II,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
JENKIN,
John, Air Mechanic 1c, F 25398, illness
Thracia,
steamship, torpedoed and sunk by
UC.69 in Bay of Biscay; naval casualty:
TADD,
Frank, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RFR B 1464),
8831 (Po)
Wednesday, 28
March 1917
Perthshire, water tanker
DAW,
Harold N B, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR,
accident
Thursday, 29
March 1917
Bayard
(Q.20), motor lugger Q-ship, sunk in
collision in English Channel
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, sunk by German
destroyer in North Sea; naval casualty:
GILLIE,
George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7671
Powerful, harbour training
ship, Devonport, ex-cruiser
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, pre-Dreadnought
battleship
PROUT,
William J, Private, RMLI, 19704 (Ch),
drowned
Tanager, hired trawler,
minesweeper
ROBERTSON,
James J, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L
141, died in Suda Bay
Valiant, Dreadnought
battleship
CHAMBERLAIN,
William J, Chief Stoker, 297823, illness
Victory,
RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth
NASH,
Charles E, Able Seaman, 167862, illness
Vivid
II,
Accounting Base, Devonport
OPIE,
William J, Chief Stoker, 277131, illness
Friday, 30
March 1917
Attack, destroyer, both
drowned
HINCHCLIFF,
William P, Ordinary Seaman, J 47636 (Po)
SHARPE,
Patrick, Leading Boatman (Coast Guard),
203841 (Dev)
Christopher, hired trawler,
minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea
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, light cruiser
WARD,
Ernest, Private, RMLI (RFR B 2003), 12298
(Ch), died in Ceylon
Pembroke,
RN Barracks/Base, Chatham
HICKEY,
Christopher, Stoker 1c, K 28793, illness
Penshurst
(Q.7),
collier Q-ship
WILLIAMS,
Walter, Shipwright 1c, 342460 (Dev), drowned
Peveril (Q.36), cargo steamer
Q-ship, damaged in action with UC.65 in
English Channel
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,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
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 Philippopolis (Plovdiv),
Bulgaria
INGHAM,
Joshua M, Ty/Flight Sub Lieutenant
MAXWELL,
John E, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR
SMYRNA OPERATIONS
Royal Naval Air
Service, flying in two-seater, Nieuport 12
tractor biplane, shot down near Smyrna by
Fokker aircraft
MORGAN,
John E, Flight Lieutenant
RND, Howe
Battalion
SANDELL,
Arthur, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, passenger
__________
Victory,
RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth
TATHAM,
James, Stoker 1c, SS 109701, illness
Saturday, 31
March 1917
Attentive
III,
parent ship for Auxiliary Patrol craft,
Dover
RITCHIE,
James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5593, illness
Carnation, fleet sweeping sloop, mined and damaged off
Orkneys
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, hired net drifter,
mined and sunk in North Sea
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, repair ship, Scapa
Flow
CROUCHER,
James, Stoker Petty Officer (Pens), 158061
(Po), illness
Lucia, submarine depot ship
BOYTON,
William A, Able Seaman, J 15938, died in UK
President
II,
Accounting Base, London and other locations
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, Torpedo School,
Portsmouth
CLARKE,
James S, Lieutenant (ret), illness
Vivid,
RN Barracks/Base, Devonport
POLLARD,
Samuel J, Stoker Petty Officer, 148758,
illness
