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

 

1st - 31st MAY 1918
in date, ship/unit & name order

HMS Chrysanthemum, Anchusa-class convoy sloop, postwar towing target into Malta (Maritime Quest, click  to enlarge)

on to June 1918

 

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

 


 

Wednesday, 1 May 1918

 

Blackmorevale, minesweeper, mined and sunk in North Sea

 BLANCH, William G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 16000

 BODINAR, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11434

 BRIDGWATER, Arthur C, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Bristol Z 10019

 BROWN, Alexander S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6851

 BUTLER, James, Leading Fireman, MMR, 901560

 CANTON, Reginald T, Fireman, MMR, 931532

 CHALK, Wilfred G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15436

 DONNELLY, John J, Fireman, MMR, 914303

 EVANS, Lewis M, Greaser, MMR, 923628

 HALL, George, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 HENDERSON, John, Trimmer, MMR, 951593

 HUGHES, Edward, Leading Fireman, MMR, 771259

 JONES, John, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 JONES, Robert E, Greaser, MMR, 894554

 LEWIS, David M, Greaser, MMR, 912866

 LUSCOMBE, Geoffrey A, Lieutenant Commander

 MARTIN, James, Trimmer, MMR, 924750

 MENELAWS, Robert C, Fireman, MMR, 906680

 NEVILLE, Joseph G, Signalman, J 23561 (Po)

 PEARSON, James, Leading Fireman, MMR, 908199

 PHILLIPS, Arthur, Greaser, MMR, 912860

 PHILLIPS, Edward, Leading Fireman, MMR, 844051

 REDMAN, Edgar, Signalman, RNVR, Mersey Z 4103

 TIMMINS, Edward, Fireman, MMR, 900918

 WILLIAMS, John R, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

 WINDRAM, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5765

 

Crescent, depot ship Grand Fleet, ex-cruiser

 BRANDER, Robert W, Ty/Surgeon, accident in UK

 

Mackays, hired net drifter

 TOUGH, Neil, Skipper, RNR, drowned in UK

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MURRAY, Roderick, Seaman, RNR, D 2398, illness

 WRIGHT, Thomas J, Leading Seaman, 206298, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Siege Guns, Dunkirk, Belgium

 MENHENNET, Albert G, Gunner, RMA, RMA 7076

__________

 

RMLI, Portsmouth Division

 HOPKINS, Edward, Private, RMLI, 20553 (Po), illness

 

Tiger, battlecruiser

 EVANS, Gilbert R, Able Seaman, J 37451 (Dev), drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 HYLAND, Daniel, Leading Seaman, 224387, illness

 

 

Thursday, 2 May 1918

 

Flawyl, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.52 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 ROBINSON, Stewart C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 10483

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 BAKER, Cecil R M, Staff Surgeon, died

 

Queen, pre-Dreadnought battleship, base ship Taranto

 WILLIAMS, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11018, illness

 

Unity, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.57 in Dover Straits; naval casualty:

 WEST, Seth, Able Seaman, RNVR, Z 5758

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 LAVIS, Charles W, Stoker Petty Officer, 309972, illness

 

Willow Branch, Q-ship, lost on 25 April, died in the boats

 BRINKLEY, Frederick W, Ordinary Seaman, J 78131 (Ch)

 DAVIES, John, Assistant Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FREEMAN, Samuel, Donkeyman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 FREEMAN, Tom, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HARRINGTON, Richard, Ordinary Seaman, J 30685 (Dev)

 JOHNS, David, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TAYLOR, Bruno H E, Signalman, 214760 (Po)

 TOBEY, Frank, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TUMBLETY, George E, Petty Officer (RFR B 4732), 204156 (Ch)

 WILLIAMS, Frank, Galley Boy, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WILLIAMS, John, Boatswain, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

 

Friday, 3 May 1918

 

Apollo, destroyer depot ship, ex-minelayer, ex-light cruiser

 DYER, Charles E, Private, RMLI, 8197 (Ply), died in UK

 

Chrysanthemum, convoy sloop

 GOLLOP, Ernest G, Leading Victualling Assistant, 344173 (Dev), died in Gibraltar

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

Iris, assault ship

 WATSON, Harold, Able Seaman, SS 5035, DOW

__________

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 GRIEVES, John R, Seaman, RNR, A 6162, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 CALVERT, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1717, DOW in UK

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MILLER, Percy, Stoker 1c, K 19426 (Po), DOW

 

Willow Branch, Q-ship, lost on 25 April, died in the boats

 CLARKE, George, Chief Steward, MMR, 864060

 COWELL, Norman A, Engine Room Artificer, RNR, EA 1478

 GRAHAM, George, Able Seaman, J 5976

 HARPER, George W, Able Seaman, J 29532

 HENDRY, William, Able Seaman, 237057

 HUTCHINSON, William T, Telegraphist, J 32863 (Po)

 KIBBLE, Samuel S, Able Seaman, J 27667

 KING, John, Able Seaman, 236213

 LLOYD, Edward S, Able Seaman, J 39238

 LLOYD, Herbert H, Able Seaman, J 37022

 PETER, T. (Initial Only), Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TOBEY, William, Seaman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 

 

Saturday, 4 May 1918

 

Army, Command Depot, Aldershot

 STICKLAND, John B, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2701, died in surgery in UK

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 PARROTT, Thomas H, Corporal, RMA, RMA 5076, died in UK

 

Orotava, armed merchant cruiser

 BULL, Frank R, Chief Steward, MMR, (no service number listed), drowned

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 ALDRIDGE, Richard, Private, RMLI, S 1898 (Ply), DOW in UK

__________

 

RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 ARMSTRONG, George, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 12585, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 EVANS, Edward P, Leading Stoker, 289027, illness

 

 

Sunday, 5 May 1918

 

David Gillies, hired screw tug, stranded in Mediterranean

 FLEMING, Alfred T, Greaser, MMR, 709850

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 THOMPSON, Harry, Private, RMLI, 9154 (Ply), illness in Malta

 

Rhododendron, ship lost, convoy sloop, torpedoed and sunk by U.70 in North Sea

 BANHAM, Henry G, Telegraphist, J 27546 (Ch)

 BIRCHALL, Charles J, Able Seaman, J 19236 (Ch)

 BRADLEY, Arthur, Stoker 1c, K 33133 (Ch)

 CRADDOCK, Arthur E, Stoker 1c, K 41377 (Ch)

 CRANFIELD, William, Stoker 1c, K 33038 (Ch)

 DOE, Leonard W, Stoker 1c, K 41405 (Ch)

 DUNCAN, Joseph, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 20113 (Ch)

 HAMMOND, Stanley J, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 HUGHES, Albert H, Stoker Petty Officer, 366197 (Ch)

 JACKSON, Joseph, Leading Stoker, K 8323 (Ch)

 MARSHALL, Henry G, Leading Stoker, K 15877 (Ch)

 PARTINGTON, Reginald C, Officer's Cook 2c, L 9285 (Ch)

 TOPP, Thomas E, Leading Victualling Assistant, M 12941 (Ch)

 WHITE, Ambrose W, Stoker Petty Officer, 281483 (Ch)

 WILDE, Fred, Sub Lieutenant, RNR

  

ZEEBRUGGE RAID

 

RM, 4th Battalion (in Vindictive, assault ship)

 CLARK, Albert G, Private, RMLI, 16838 (Ply), DOW

__________

 

RMLI, Plymouth Division

 TANSLEY, John T, Private, RMLI, S 2648 (Ply), illness in UK

 

Satellite, Auxiliary Patrol base ship, Tyne

 PARMETER, Alfred P, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, died in UK

 

Shetlands RNR

 COUPER, William, Seaman, RNR (Shetland Section), L 673, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 HARRISON, William S, Senior Reserve Attendant, M 26256, illness

 

 

Monday, 6 May 1918

 

Attentive, light cruiser

 MITCHELL, William, Able Seaman (RFR B 1951), 172225 (Po), drowned in UK

 

Eveleen, steamship, sailed from Ayr on 6th for Belfast, disappeared; naval casualties:

 GREENWOOD, Edwin, Able Seaman, RNVR, Mersey Z 2781, untraced

 KEEBLE, Robert, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1911, untraced

 SUTCLIFFE, Arthur J, Able Seaman (RFR B 3176), 175777 (Ch), untraced

 

G.12, submarine

 ALSFORD, John F, Stoker 1c, K 29324, drowned

 BEAR, Harold O A, Signalman, J 21570 (Ch), drowned

 

Lighter X.162, believed Admiralty X-type motor landing craft

 BAILEY, Henry C, Chief Stoker, 151435, illness

 

Orcadia, destroyer

 CLAPSHAW, Alfred, Leading Seaman, J 10010 (Po), killed in UK

 SULLIVAN, James, Able Seaman, 168291 (Dev), died in UK

 

Sandhurst, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.72 in North Channel; naval casualty:

 HEARD, Frederick E, Private, RMLI (RMR B 1445), 8499 (Po)

 

Swift, destroyer, in UK

 NICHOLSON, Whitworth B, Lieutenant, drowned

 ROBSON, George J, Able Seaman, SS 6625 (Po), drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 REAL, William T B, Able Seaman, 160792, illness

 RYAN, George, Stoker 1c, SS 114187, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 7 May 1918

 

Cumberland, cruiser

 WOOD, Clarence, Able Seaman, J 36600, illness

 

Holderness, minesweeper, in collision

 MCKINNON, Norman, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 2207

 

Isonzo, fleet auxiliary, all drowned

 CLARK, Valentine H, Carpenter, MMR, (no service number listed)

 GALE, William G, Senior Writer, MMR, 907622

 HEWSON, William, Chief Steward, MMR, (no service number listed)

 PACKER, Leonard F, Leading Seaman, 209272 (Ch)

 

Saxon, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.105 in North Sea; naval casualties:

 ADAIR, Frederick J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1911

 WHATTON, Harry, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 6026

 

Terrible, accommodation ship Portsmouth, ex-cruiser

 PORTERHOUSE, Joseph, Stoker 2c, K 49061, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 8 May 1918

 

Africa, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 NEWTON, Peter J, Boatswain, illness in UK

 

Colossus, Dreadnought battleship

 HARDING, Edward A, Bugler, RMA, RMA 15303, died in UK

 

Cyclops II, Scapa Flow

 WARE, George H W, Warrant Victualling Officer, illness

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 SPEAKMAN, Solomon E, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, illness in UK

 

Golden Dawn, hired net drifter

 BAILDHAM, William F, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 5930, illness

 

Ingleside, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.38 in Mediterranean; naval casualties:

 DAVIES, Gwilym C, Signalman, RNVR, Wales Z 4616

 HEIN, Robert, Seaman, RNR, A 4261

 

Mimosa, fleet sweeping sloop

 SLOCOMBE, Albert E, Stoker Petty Officer, 277694 (Dev), drowned in Egypt

 

ML.522, motor launch

 HARLOW, Thomas E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13100, died

 

Nexus, hired drifter, minesweeper, lost 13 March

 SMITH, Victor A, Ty/Skipper, RNR, died from illness after ship's loss, in UK

 

Princess Dagmar, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.54 in Bristol Channel; naval casualties:

 ADLINGTON, William, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 6497

 JOHNSON, Charles, Seaman, RNR, B 4136

 MAYHEW, Robert, Seaman, RNR, A 5515

 

Resolution, Dreadnought battleship

 THOMAS, Benjamin, Stoker 1c, K 27643, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 MARTIN, Francis W, Private, RMLI, S 1610 (Ch), killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 COCKERAM, George W, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4514, DOW

 MARSDEN, Charles H, Able Seaman, RNVR, KP 374, killed

 PORTER, Archibald D, Chief Petty Officer, RNVR, London Z 1781, killed

__________

 

Terrible, accommodation ship Portsmouth, ex-cruiser

 KENNEDY, Michael, Leading Stoker, 70858, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GREENING, Wilfred J, Ordinary Seaman, J 86653, illness

 

 

Thursday, 9 May 1918

 

Agamemnon, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 ANDERSON, Leslie, Midshipman, accident in Greece

 

Baron Ailsa, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by UB.72 in St George's Channel; naval casualties:

 MCINTOSH, Leonard V, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7544

 OSBORNE, Percy, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5705

 

Excellent, Gunnery School, Portsmouth

 JAMES, Richard, Leading Seaman, 210641 (Po), accident

 

Goshawk, destroyer

 MURTON, William E K, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 18611 (Dev), drowned in Italy

 

Highflyer, old light cruiser

 GOODCHILD, George, Chief Stoker, 280659, illness

 

Minotaur, cruiser

 ARNOLD, William, Gunner, RMA, RMA 15515, illness in UK

 

RMA Eastney

 DOWLER, William, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2559, died

 

RUSSIAN INTERVENTION

 

Suffolk, cruiser

 FORD, Rev. WILLIAM L, Act/Ty/Chaplain, accidentally shot in Vladivostok

__________

 

TB.45, torpedo boat

 BLAKE, George W, Able Seaman, 211359, died

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 KYTE, Arthur, Petty Officer 1c, 112119, illness

 

Night of 9/10 May

 

RAID ON OSTEND

Casualties are in approximate order of action

 

 

CMB.25BD, coastal motor boat, damaged

 KEEL, George E, Motor Mechanic, RNVR, MB 1988

 THOMAS, John O, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9156

 

Vindictive, assault ship, ex-light cruiser, expended

 GODSAL, Alfred E, Commander

 MACLACHLAN, Angus H, Lieutenant

 MARTIN, Henry W, Petty Officer, 183313 (Marshal Soult, monitor), killed

 

 

ML.254, motor launch, sunk

 ROSS, Gordon F, Ty/Lieutenant, RNVR

  

ML.276, motor launch, damaged

 HAMSHAW, Joseph, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, SD 5006

 HUTCHINSON, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14172

 

Warwick, destroyer, damaged

 TRUMBLE, Frederick H G, Lieutenant

 

ML.128, motor launch, damaged

 GILLETT, Clive I, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14166

 

Broke, flotilla leader, hit by splinters

 MCDONALD, Charles, Stoker Petty Officer (RFR B 3680), 289446 (Po), killed

  

Erebus, monitor, hit by splinters

 FISHER, Charles J, Stoker 1c, K 30188, killed

 

Prince Eugene, monitor, hit by splinters

 LINEGAR, George H, Signalman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3910

 WILSON, Frank T, Able Seaman, J 10611

 

Sir John Moore, monitor, hit by splinters

 GARBUT, Ernest, Able Seaman, 238297

 MORLING, William J, Able Seaman, J 625 (Ch)

 

 

Friday, 10 May 1918

  

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 MORTIMER, William, Able Seaman, SS 1876, illness

 

Lighter C.3, presumably hired motor lighter

 SPENCELEY, Edward, Chief Stoker, 121513, illness

 

Orcoma, armed merchant cruiser

 BENNETT, William, Donkeyman, MMR, 736996, illness

 

P.41, patrol boat

 COLLINS, Sidney C, Ordinary Seaman, J 41979 (Dev), DROWNED

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 HUNNAM, John, Stoker, RNR, S 8682, illness

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 HOLDER, Harry A, Private, RMLI, 19547 (Ch), DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 LOVELOCK, William C, Lance Corporal, RMLI, 16231 (Ch), DOW

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached Howe Battalion

 BRYAN, Joseph, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5006, German prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 FERGUSON, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6666, DOW

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MAJOR, Charles E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15198, illness

 

Wileysike, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.54; naval casualty:

 DAVIES, David T, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3314, died of exposure

 

 

Saturday, 11 May 1918

 

Caesar, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 HORSWELL, Thomas W J, Victualling Petty Officer, M 1446, died

 

Mona's Isle, paddle netlayer

 COLLINS, Michael, Petty Officer, 138152, illness

 

Pekin, Auxiliary Patrol base, Grimsby

 GARWOOD, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, RNCVR, VR 3085, died in UK

 

Portwood, steamship

 WOOD, William, Leading Seaman, RNR, B 5066, illness

 

Repulse, battlecruiser

 WALKER, William, Petty Officer, 178005, illness

 

Resolution, Dreadnought battleship

 TURNER, Edgar W, Able Seaman, J 12966, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion

 DIX, Charles, Private, RMLI, C 2378 (Ch), prisoner of war, DOW

 

RND, 2nd RM Battalion, France

 PLANT, Thomas, Sergeant, RMLI, 12016 (Po), DOW

__________

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train

 HALL, Charles W, Saddler Sergeant, S 2577 (Deal), discharged, illness in UK

 

Willow Branch, Q-ship, sunk by U.153 on 25 April, picked up by U.154, which was sunk by E.35 on this date

 ALLAN, Eric H, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 

 

Sunday, 12 May 1918

 

Colossus, Dreadnought battleship

 DUFFIELD, Charles A, Musician, RMB, RMB 1962, died in UK

 

Haslingden, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.21 IN North Sea; naval casualties:

 TUCKER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol  Z 1819

 

Hindustan, pre-Dreadnought battleship

 RICHARDS, William, Stoker, RNR, S 9111, illness

 

Ibis, steamship, sunk in collision in English Channel; naval casualties:

 BREACKER, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3778, untraced

 SORENSON, Joseph, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 99, untraced

 

Inniscarra, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.86 off S Ireland; naval casualties:

 PAGE, Joseph G, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5062

 TUCKER, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 3713

 

Minotaur, cruiser

 BOLT, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 3161, illness

 

Nonsuch, destroyer

 CALLAGHAN, Peter, Able Seaman, J 56362, died

 

Peony, fleet sweeping sloop

 MITCHELL, Samuel G C, Ordinary Telegraphist, J 41407 (Ch), accident

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 NUNN, Albert, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2369, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment, France

 DAVIES, Harry, Private, Army, 25950, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 LORIMER, Andrew H, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 4388, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, attached from 19th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, France

 EDWARDS, James J, Private, Army, 61254, killed

 FARREN, Thomas E, Private, Army, 29443, killed

 MORRIS, Reginald, Private, Army, 73783, killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, attached to 189th Brigade HQ as Gas Guard

 EDWARDS, Alfred J, Private, Army, 35053, killed

 JOHN, David H, Private, Army, 55563, killed

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 ROBERTSON, Neil, Ordinary Seaman, J 48906, illness

 STEWART, George, Stoker 2c, K 49745, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 JONES, Robert J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 20068, illness

 

 

Monday, 13 May 1918

 

Australia (RAN), battlecruiser

 MAKOVEYEFF, Eugene, Steward, RAN, 4037, illness in UK

 

Loch Naver, hired trawler, mined and sunk in Aegean

 BLEWETT, Richard B, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9905

 BUTLER, Edmund A, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 COOK, William H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6127

 DUNCAN, David, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 4528

 ENGLAND, Alexander F, Engineman, RNR, ES 2405

 FLINN, Robert W, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 10042

 HADDEN, Thomas, Engineman, RNR, ES 2296

 KELMAN, William S, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2317

 MATTHEWS, Cecil, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11107

 RICHARDS, John P, Petty Officer, RNR, C 1695

 SHEARING, Alfred J, Able Seaman (RFR B 634), 134678 (Po)

 THOMAS, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4857

 TRENEARY, Ernest, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13752

 

RMLI, Chatham Division

 MILES, Charles, Colour Sergeant, RMLI, 5361 (Ch), illness in UK

 LOVELOCK, Walter J, Private, RMLI, S 2618 (Ply), illness

 

Victorian, armed merchant cruiser

 KEMP, John R, Trimmer, MMR, 942788, drowned

 

Vienna, armed boarding steamer

 BURNETT, William H, Able Seaman, 202801, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 BROWN, Ernest E, Ordinary Signalman, RNVR, London Z 8207, illness

 NICHOLLS, Charles E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14353, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 14 May 1918

 

Cochrane, cruiser

 NORRIS, William H, Petty Officer, J 7635, illness

 

Endymion, old cruiser

 HODGE, Sidney, Stoker 1c, K 14334, illness

 

Lapwing, destroyer

 ELLEN, James C, Able Seaman, J 52612 (Ch), died in Italy

 

Phoenix, destroyer, torpedoed and sunk by Austrian U.XXVII in Adriatic

 COURTNEY, Thomas R, Leading Stoker, K 1027 (Ch)

 FREEMAN, Charles A, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 3353 (Ch)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 TURNER, William, Private, RMLI, S 1087 (Ply), DOW

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 WOOD, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3467, illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 WHITE, William W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1009, killed

__________

 

RND, Howe Battalion

 MORETON, Alfred R, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3644, illness in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CROUCHER, William, Able Seaman, MMR, 658388, accident, DOI

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 WELLINGTON, Walter J, Able Seaman, J 3363, illness

 

Woolston, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.52 in Mediterranean; naval casualty:

 WITHERS, William C, Private, RMLI (RMR B 1493), 9132 (Ch)

 

 

Wednesday, 15 May 1918

 

Challenger, old light cruiser

 PARRY, William H, Stoker 2c, K 44803, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 MCDERMOTT, Richard, Stoker 1c, 154083, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA, Royal Naval Siege Guns

 WEBB, Arthur H, Gunner, RMA, RMA 9152, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CATLIN, Arthur W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1006, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 RENNIE, Ernest, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion

 WATERS, Terence, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3972, prisoner of war, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment, France

 PUGHE, John, Private, Army, 202931, killed

 

 

Thursday, 16 May 1918

 

Benbow, Dreadnought battleship

 HALSEY, William H, Able Seaman, J 39340, illness

 

Briton, RNR drillship, Newfoundland

 TILLEY, Edward, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 2399, illness

 

Egmont, Naval Base, Malta

 MOON, John, Leading Stoker, 300050, drowned

 

Ganges, Training Establishment, Shotley/Harwich

 BURTENSHAW, John A, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 6510, illness

 

Hannibal, depot ship, Mediterranean, disarmed ex-pre-Dreadnought battleship

 BICKLE, William E J, Leading Cook's Mate, 347920, illness

 

John Cattling, Admiralty trawler, hydrophone vessel

 COOKE, Claude A J, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 7758, illness

 

Reliance, store carrier, RFA, possibly in open boat, all drowned, buried on Lemnos

 ARMES, William E, Inspector of Engine Fitters, Admiralty civilian

 BRIGHT, John C, Plumber, 340247 (Ch)

 WYKES, Francis G, Plumber's Mate, M 22035 (Ch)

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

Royal Air Force, Belgium

 HARRIS, James I, Lieutenant Commander (Major, RAF), killed (no further information)

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 COX, John, Private, RMLI, S 2231 (Po), DOW

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 LEWIS, Sidney J, Private, RMLI, S 1934 (Ply), prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, 63rd Divisional Train, France

 GILSON, Fred, Private, RM, S 2102 (Deal), DOW

__________

 

Sheldrake, destroyer

 RICKARD, Reubenstein E, Leading Stoker, 226096 (Ch), illness

 

Silvery Harvest, hired net drifter, sunk in collision in English Channel

 CARSON, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14959

 CHOWN, James H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 15717

 DUNN, George S, Chief Engineman, RNR, ES 92

 HARDING, William H, Ordinary Seaman, J 72048 (Dev)

 HOLMES, John H, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 14909

 ROODHOUSE, Arthur, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 14802

 WHARAM, Reginald W, Ordinary Seaman, J 79363 (Dev)

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HUNT, Thomas, Stoker Petty Officer, 303355, illness

 

 

Friday, 17 May 1918

 

Mavisbrook, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by UB.50 in Mediterranean; naval casualties:

 DENBY, Arthur, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5502

 MCCULL, John, Seaman, RNR, A 4839

 

Nairn, hired yacht

 GRANT, James, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5032, illness

 

Pebble, fleet messenger

 ALDCROFT, William H, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant, RNR, accident in Mudros, DOW

 

Renown, battlecruiser

 MADGWICK, James H, Officer's Cook 1c, L 3886, illness

 

RM Engineers

 HOUGHTON, Thomas, Private, RME, RME 3376, illness

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 GREEN, Arthur W, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14077, DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

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

 JACOBS, Benjamin W, Private, RM, S 3624 (Deal), killed

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 WALTERS, Llewellyn, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4363, killed

__________

 

Royal Oak, Dreadnought battleship

 WENHAM, Albert E, Stoker 1c, K 30585, illness

 

Theseus, trawler depot ship Aegean, ex-cruiser

 PROBERT, Samuel C, Able Seaman, J 33971, died

 

Woolwich, destroyer depot ship

 BRADBURY, George H, Stoker 1c, K 44298, illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 May 1918

 

Chesterfield, fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.52 in Mediterranean

 ATTARD, Bastia, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 BORG, John, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 HARMOND, John H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2702

 STACEY, William C, Able Seaman, MMR, 527346

 

Defiance, Devonport

 GREEN, Walter W, Petty Officer, 212710, illness

 

Perdita, minelayer

 WALKER, Claude B, Lieutenant, RNR, illness in UK

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 HEWLETT, George H, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13981, DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, attached Drake Battalion, France

 LANGFORD, Henry W, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 2651, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 MCLOUGHLIN, Francis, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5810, DOW

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GINGELL, James H, Leading Seaman, 232793, illness

 

 

Sunday, 19 May 1918

 

Dido, depot ship, ex-light cruiser

 TENNANT, Charles, Stoker 1c, SS 113492, illness

 

Gwenllian, hired trawler, minesweeper

 BENSLEY, Walter, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10134, drowned

 

Leader, hired net drifter/minesweeper

 COOPER, Alexander J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13509, illness

 

President, Headquarters Ship, London

 LITTLE, James S, Staff Paymaster, RNR, illness in UK

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 HORSEFIELD, James, Private, RMLI, S 299 (Ply), killed

 LOVETT, Harry F, Colour Sergeant Major, RMLI, 14482 (Po), DOW

 MARSHALL, Walter, Lance Sergeant, RMLI, S 910 (Ply), killed

 PEARCE GOULD, Alfred L, Surgeon Lieutenant, killed

 SMITH, Frank E, Private, RMLI, S 2407 (Ply), killed

 WHITE, Charles G, Private, RMLI, S 2201 (Ch), killed

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached RM Medical Unit, France

 HENDERSON, Edward, Private, RM, S 3531 (Deal), DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 HEWITT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4199, killed

 JONES, Hugh M, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6465, killed

 KELLAND, Robert S, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, DOW

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 LANDRICOMBLE, Albert, Chief Stoker, 144737, illness

 PEATHEYJOHNS, William, Stoker 1c, K 20914, illness

 

 

Monday, 20 May 1918

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 THOMAS, David, Stoker 2c, K 51445, illness

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 HILDRED, Bertie, Private, RMLI, 19730 (Ch), DOW

 SIMMONS, Thomas, Gunner, RMA, RMA 14066, DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached Howe Battalion, France

 BOSTON, Ernest, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6096, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 WASHINGTON, Albert W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3024, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, attached from 19th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, France

 DAVIES, John, Private, Army, 28947, DOW

__________

 

RND, Divisional Engineers

 MULLIS, Alfred H, Private, RME, RMES 4603, illness in UK

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 COUTTS, John, Leading Stoker, K 8483, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 21 May 1918

 

Impregnable, Boys Training Ship, Devonport

 BOYCE, William F, Boy 2c, J 87743, illness

 

Melbourne (RAN), light cruiser

 STEVENSON, George, Stoker, RAN, 3982, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 EATON, Frederick H, Petty Officer, J 23699, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 422nd Field Company, RE (Army), France

 LOVELL, John H, Sapper, Army, 200099, killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 COLLINGS, Alfred H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4551, DOW

 

RND, Hawke Battalion

 FLOWER, Edward T A, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 261, prisoner of war, DOW

__________

 

Royal Navy (serving with RAF), 5 Group Dover, flying in Avro 504 tractor biplane trainer, crashed

 HYDE-THOMSON, Douglas H, Lieutenant, killed

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 LEWIS, John, Stoker 2c, K 50891, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 22 May 1918

 

Eaglet, ex-Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool

 BELMORE, William J, Painter, MMR, (no service number listed), illness

 

Lightfoot, flotilla leader

 BEER, Leonard P, Electrical Artificer 3c, M 2714 (Ch), died in UK

 

Lock Hourn (may be listed as Lock Houra), hired trawler, minesweeper/hydrophone vessel

 CAMPBELL, Alexander, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 16747, illness

 

Newcastle, light cruiser

 FRYATT, George, Private, RMLI, 17750 (Ch), died in Montevideo

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 ALDERSON, Thomas, Stoker, RNR, U 1565, illness

 

Red Rose, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.57 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 CULLEN, John Mc C, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Mersey 1/30, (President III), DAMS gunner

 MCCORMICK, George, Seaman, RNR, C 3751

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

RM, 4th Battalion

 BIRD, Thomas G, Private, RMLI, 8615 (Ch), DOW

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 189th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, assigned Drake Battalion, France

 WOOD, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5856, DOW

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 GLENNESTER, Reginald L, Private, RMLI, 17960 (Ch), prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 WARD, Alfred, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8976, killed

__________

 

RND, 2nd Reserve Battalion

 PERKS, Gilbert S, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, R 6650, illness in UK

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 CROSS, Henry, Stoker 1c, SS 112270, illness

 INNS, Frederick J, Leading Signalman, J 21720, illness

 

 

Thursday, 23 May 1918

 

Doris, old light cruiser

 FISHER, Ernest F, Private, RMLI, 13854 (Ply), illness

 

Innisfallen, passenger ship, torpedoed and sunk by UB.64 in Irish Sea; naval casualty:

 CRONIN, Daniel, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 2381

 

Jupiter II, hired paddle minesweeper

 GREEN, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 17668

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 63rd Machine Gun Battalion, France

 BLAKEY, George, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 2167, killed

 PAYNE, Bertram, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1000, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 CHIRNSIDE, James S, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 293, killed

 HALL, Fred, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1914, killed

 WRIGHT, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3592, killed

__________

 

Skaraas, steamship, torpedoed and sunk, possibly by UB.31 in English Channel; naval casualties:

 BARTON, Samuel, Seaman, RNR, D 1594

 CALVER, Percy R C, Seaman, RNR, A 3704

 

Thistle, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 CAMP, Frederick, Able Seaman, J 64510, drowned

 

Tyrie, hired drifter

 COULTHARD, Thomas W, Ordinary Seaman, J 81254 (Dev), drowned

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 MORRISON, Archibald, Trimmer, RNR, ST 271, illness

 THOMSON, James, Stoker 2c, K 49756, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 MUTCH, William C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6416, illness

 

 

Friday, 24 May 1918

 

Bacchante, cruiser

 PADBURY, Rutter H, Leading Stoker, 298716, illness

 

TWO HIRED TRAWLERS LOST IN SAME NORTH SEA MINEFIELD

 

Gabir, minesweeper

 JENNER, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9241

 SAYER, Frederick C, Ty/Skipper, RNR

 

Yucca, minesweeper

 HORTON, George H, Engineman, RNR, ES 376

 JOHNSON, Walter A, Deck Hand, RNR, TS 2146

 PINKNEY, Francis J, Engineman, RNR, DA 1408

 RODGERS, Arthur, Stoker 2c, K 48056 (Po)

 SIMPSON, John H, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 1813

 THOMPSON, John W M, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6221

 WATERS, Everett J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5301

__________

 

Morris, destroyer

 DENNING, Charles G, Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

P.37, patrol boat

 SHORT, Alfred G V, Ordinary Seaman, J 46700, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BACON, Lewis C, Leading Seaman, J 20754, illness

 DYER, Charles, Seaman, RNR, C 3428, died

 

RM Engineers

 HANDLEY, Thomas, Private, RME, RME 3574, illness

 

RN Depot, Crystal Palace

 REES, John B, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 4541, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 NICHOLSON, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 4597, prisoner of war, DOW

__________

 

Satellite, Auxiliary Patrol base ship, Tyne

 STANES, Arthur, Chief Motor Mechanic, RNVR, MB 160, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 HUGHES, Hugh, Stoker 1c, SS 115634, illness

 

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - Casualties

 

Vindictive, assault ship

 WEEKS, Reginald, Able Seaman, J 18219 (Ch), DOW

__________

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 HUGHES, John, Ordinary Seaman, J 84143, illness

 TOMS, Alfred H, Petty Officer 1c, 118290, illness

 

 

Saturday, 25 May 1918

 

Briton, RNR drillship, Newfoundland

 BARNES, Herbert B, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 2096, illness

 

M.19, monitor

 BUCHANAN, Charles, Stoker, RNR, S 4362, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 PARRY, Alfred H, Ordinary Seaman, J 85018, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached Nelson Battalion

 NYE, James B, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 4074, German prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ASPINALL, Thomas, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2889

 BRIGGS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6939

 CROWTHER, Johnny, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 EDWARDS, Edgar B, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4347

 GIBBONS, John W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4512

 HARRADENCE, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 615, DOW

 HUGHES, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3603

 HUTTON, James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5333

 JOWETT, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 6264

 KEIGHTLEY, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2837

 MCNEILL, John, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 2148

 ROBINSON, Frank, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6093

 STANLEY, Richard, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2881

 THOMPSION, Bertie, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4032

 VAMPLEW, James W, Able Seaman, RNVR, KW 666, DOW

 WHEELER, James H, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 5608

 WILKINSON, Gordon, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1645

 

RND, Anson Battalion, attached from 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, France

 KEAY, Frank, Private, Army, 28288

 

RND, Drake Battalion

 LEWIS, Henry J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 167

 

RND, Hawke Battalion, France

 FEW, Frederick W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1507

 VANNETT, Alfred, Petty Officer, RNVR, Clyde Z 3136, DOW

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 COOPER, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3397

 COX, Charles W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4457

 DANN, Philip W, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 HAY, David B, Leading Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 3197

 HULBERT, Egbert W L R, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 MALIA, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 5692, DOW

 MCMILLAN, Donald J, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 2063

 STEPHENSON, Reginald L, Ty/Sub Lieutenant, RNVR

 VINALL, Joseph W, Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3701

 WISE, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2783

 WRIGHT, Horace, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3803

 

RND, Hood Battalion, attached 10th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers

 LEWIS, William, Private, Army, 25406

 

RND, Hood Battalion, attached 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment

 MOSES, William J, Private, Army, 35084

 

RND, Hood Battalion, attached 4th Denbighshire Battalion

 ELLIS, John W, 2nd Lieutenant, Army

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth, all illness

 BROWN, Albert E, Leading Stoker, K 5336

 DAVIES, John E, Telegraphist, J 42615

 JONES, John J J, Leading Signalman, 202525

 MENGHAM, Harry W, Chief Stoker, 141557

 

 

Sunday, 26 May 1918

 

Anne, steamship, torpedoed and damaged by U-boat in English Channel; naval casualty:

 TILLIER, Frederick F C, Act/Leading Seaman, RNVR, London Z 3594

 

Collingwood, Dreadnought battleship

 ALLEN, Alpheus, Stoker 1c, K 38316, illness

 

Fisgard (2), Stoker Training Ship, Portsmouth, ex-cruiser Spartiate

 OSBORNE, Thomas J, Painter 2c, M 5414, illness

 

Hercules, Dreadnought battleship

 METHUEN, Paul T G, Lieutenant Commander, illness in UK

 

Monarch, Dreadnought battleship

 REA, Arthur L, Musician, RMB, RMB 490, illness in UK

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BRIGHTON, William, Engine Room Artificer 1c, 269892, illness

 BUURMA, Arthur G, Mechanician, 290159, drowned

 

Princess Royal, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.101 off SW England; naval casualty:

 PATERSON, William, Petty Officer, RNR, A 7424

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion

 HAMON, Frank M, Private, RMLI, S 2564 (Ply) , France, killed

 SOLESBURY, Cyril E, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 2223 (Ply), German prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 GRENVILLE, Raymond F, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 205, killed

 RODGERS, John L, Leading Seaman, RNVR, KW 25, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment, France

 EYRE, Arthur E, Private, Army, 55940, killed

 

RND, Hood Battalion, France

 PHILBY, George A, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6092, killed

__________

 

Thames, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by UC.17 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 WINSER, Richard L, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4673

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 SHAW, Ronald P, Ordinary Signalman, J 40631, illness

 

 

Monday, 27 May 1918

 

Hecla, destroyer depot ship

 PULLEN, Joseph, Stoker 1c, SS 109626, illness

 

King Edward, hired trawler, boom defence vessel

 COATES, William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8429, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, attached Howe Battalion

 BOOTH, James P, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6288, prisoner of war, illness

 

RND, 63rd Machine Gun Battalion, France

 PEARS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 8481, killed

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 COOK, Robert A, Able Seaman, RNVR, Clyde Z 7674, DOW

 JENKINS, William, Able Seaman, RNVR, Wales Z 2215, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 MUNDY, Stanley O, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6067, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment, France

 BUDGE, Harold, Private, Army, 63665, DOW

 CLEGG, Fred, Private, Army, 291409, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached  from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment

 GANNON, George, Private, Army, 61043, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached 19th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers

 MALE, Joseph T, Private, Army, 45723, killed

__________

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 BARNES, Henry, Ordinary Seaman, J 88436, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 28 May 1918

 

Ark Royal, seaplane carrier

 HIGGINBOTTOM, Frank, Leading Signalman, J 25290 (Ch), DOW

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 ROBINSON, William, Trimmer, RNR, ST 667, illness

 

RAF, No.54 Training Depot Station, accidental air crash

 SMITH, Francis B, Lieutenant, RNVR, killed

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 GREEN, John T, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 4895, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 RUSSELL, Geoffrey H F, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 1139, killed

 TRIBE, Charles C, Able Seaman, RNVR, London Z 1292, DOW

 WOODS, Harry, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 1241, killed

 WORTH, Arthur J, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 6131, killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment

 MILWARD, Charles A, Private, Army, 290164, killed

__________

 

Vernon, Torpedo School, Portsmouth

 FAGENCE, Thomas H, Chief Petty Officer, 156206 (Po), experimenting with explosives, accidental explosion , died

 

Vesuvius, training vessel, Portsmouth

 KILLHAM, George F, Chief Gunner, accident

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 TAYLOR, George, Stoker 1c, K 35846, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 29 May 1918

 

Anhui, steamship

 CAMPBELL, Angus, Seaman, RNR, A 2500, died

 

Dirk, hired trawler, patrol vessel, torpedoed and sunk by UC.75 in North Sea

 ACKROYD, Frederick, Ordinary Seaman, J 81678 (Dev)

 BRANT, Francis, Greaser, MMR, (no service number listed)

 CAMMISH, William H, 2nd Hand, RNR, DA 5604

 CHALLEN, George, Boatswain, MMR, 417153

 COOPER, Augustus, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 601

 GREEN, James W, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR

 GRINYER, Arthur C, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed)

 INGREY, Frederick G, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 3748

 MADDEN, John C, 3rd Engineer, MMR, (no service number listed)

 MCCAIG, Samuel G, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR, Clyde Z 9288

 MORRISON, Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 4522

 PEDDLE, Alec, Seaman, Newfoundland RNR, X 389

 PUSEY, Robert W, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 QUARM, Archibald, Ordinary Seaman, J 74700 (Dev)

 REDFORD, William T, Fireman, MMR, (no service number listed)

 STEVENSON, James W, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant, RNR

 TAVNER, Albert E, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed)

 TILLETT, James M, Deck Hand, MMR, (no service number listed)

 WALL, Charles, 2nd Hand, RNR, SD 3152

 WHITNELL, Roland H, Greaser, MMR, 954226

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RMA Siege Guns, Belgium

 HUNT, Harry L, Ty/2nd Lieutenant, RM, killed

  

 

 

Thursday, 30 May 1918

 

Ausonia, steamship, torpedoed and sunk by U.62, W of Ireland; naval casualty:

 HARRIS, Daniel, Seaman, RNR, A 4324

 

Berwick, cruiser

 SMITH, Norman, Stoker 1c, K 44061, drowned

 

Brock, hired trawler

 NESBIT, John G, Act/Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, illness in UK

 

Dungeness, steamship, torpedoed and damaged by UC.17 in North Sea; naval casualty:

 NEWALL, Wilfred T, Gunner, RMA, RMA 13206

 

Espiegle, sloop

 HARTIGAN, Timothy J, Ty/Surgeon, illness in Egypt

 

Indus, floating workshop/training ship, Devonport

 POLLINGTON, Charles J, Able Seaman, 116563, drowned

 

Nurani, steamship

 TRIM, William S, Leading Seaman, RNR, C 3576, illness

 

Pembroke, RN Barracks/Base, Chatham

 BROWN, Albert E, Chief Stoker, 303674, illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 63rd Machine Gun Battalion, France

 JACOBS, Albert, Private, RMLI, S 1251 (Ch), illness

 

RND, Anson Battalion, France

 ASTILL, John, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 4445, DOW

 

RND, Drake Battalion, France

 SOUTHALL, William W, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 2069, killed

 

RND, Howe Battalion, France

 MILES, Sydney, Able Seaman, RNVR, R 3800, DOW

__________

 

Saint Fillans, steamship

 ODAMES, Frederick C, Able Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 5585, illness

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 EVANS, Arthur R, Ordinary Seaman, J 88174, drowned

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 EDWARDS, William R J, Armourer's Crew, M 27690, illness

 

 

Monday, 31 May 1918

 

Doris, old light cruiser

 MANNING, Frederick J, Leading Stoker, 278881 (Dev), illness

 

Eglantine, convoy sloop

 VIVIAN, William J, Stoker 1c, 294115, illness

 

Gambri, hired trawler, minesweeper, lost on 18 January

 TURNER, Walter, Leading Seaman (RFR B 3673), SS 1338 (Dev), post-discharge illness

 

Juno, old light cruiser

 JACKSON, Arthur, Ordinary Seaman, SS 7678, illness

 

RM Labour Corps

 GIBNEY, Patrick, Private, RM, S 10829 (Deal), illness

 

WESTERN FRONT

 

RND, 1st RM Battalion, France

 CROUCH, James H, Private, RMLI, S 1781 (Po), killed

 WALKER, Thomas, Lance Corporal, RMLI, S 906 (Po), killed

 

RND, Drake Battalion, attached from 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment, France

 CRIDGE, Frederick, Private, Army, 63459, DOW

__________

 

Shakespeare, flotilla leader, mined

  MAIN, Charles, Engineer Commander

 

Victory, RN Barracks/Base, Portsmouth

 GRAINGER, Fred, Ordinary Seaman, RNVR, Bristol Z 6531, illness

 

Vivid, RN Barracks/Base, Devonport

 GRICE, Alfred, Ordinary Seaman, J 45947, illness

 

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