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  1918-1939 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies
Researched & compiled by Don Kindell

1931 - in date, ship/unit & name order

HM Submarine Perseus, sister to HMS Poseidon, lost 9 June 1931
(Navy Photos/Mark Teadham, click to enlarge)

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Notes:

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

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Thursday, 1 January 1931

 

Dolphin, Gosport

 GIAMBELLI, John E, Leading Seaman, P/J 93139, illness

 LAWRENCE, William H, Writer, P/MX 46828, illness

 

 

Saturday, 3 January 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 GARLAND, Daniel, Stoker 1c, D/K 57373, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 January 1931

 

Admiralty, Plans Division

 JEPSON, Charles F, Commander, illness

 

 

Monday, 5 January 1931

 

Nelson, battleship

 WELCH, George J, Able Seaman, P/J 10850, illness

 

Vivid, Devonport

 SUMMERS, Harry L, Able Seaman, D/SSX 12228, illness

 

 

Saturday, 10 January 1931

 

Delphinium, minesweeping sloop

 HUGGETT, William H, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 62459, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 13 January 1931

 

Calypso, light cruiser

 BOREHAM, Wilfred M, Able Seaman, C/J 112917, drowned

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 BURNBY, Henry J, Chief Petty Officer, P/J 6397, died

 

 

Saturday, 17 January 1931

 

Effingham, cruiser

 MARSHMAN, Kenneth, Stoker 1c, P/KX 80136, accidentally killed

 

 

Tuesday, 20 January 1931

 

Egmont I, Malta

 HAMMOND, Albert V, Able Seaman, P/JX 126023, illness

 

 

Friday, 23 January 1931

 

Courageous, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier

 HABENS, Eric C, Able Seaman, P/J 115394, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 27 January 1931

 

Renown, battlecruiser

 COMSTOCK, William T, Corporal, RM, 21387 (Ply), illness

 

Specialised Torpedo "T" Course

 CARSTAIRS, Cyril R J, Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 28 January 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 MARSH, Arthur E S, Able Seaman, P/J 90381, illness

 

Vivid, Devonport

 GEE, Cecil G, Able Seaman, D/J 27481, illness

 

 

Friday, 30 January 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 MEECH, Stanley E, Able Seaman, P/J 98805, illness

 

 

Saturday, 31 January 1931

 

Champion, light cruiser

 BRISCOE, George, Stoker 1c, P/KX 78217, illness

 

 

Sunday, 1 February 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 HOUGHTON, Charles A H, Able Seaman, D/J 51607, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 3 February 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 GANDERTON, Charles F, Stoker 2c, D/KX 80593, illness

 

 

Saturday, 7 February 1931

 

RN Hospital, Haslar

 LEWTHWAITE, Cecil T M, Sick Berth Attendant, P/MX 47906, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 10 February 1931

 

Caradoc, light cruiser

 WESTWOOD, Thomas H, Supply Petty Officer, D/M 6150, illness

 

Marlborough, battleship

 KITSON, William T O, Boy Telegraphist, P/JX 133604, illness

 

Osiris, submarine

 HUMPHREY, Frank A, Leading Stoker, P/K 65561, illness

 

 

Thursday, 12 February 1931

 

Nelson, battleship

 SAUNDERS, George H, Able Seaman, P/JX 126228, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 SHAW, Harold J, Paymaster Commander, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 16 February 1931

 

Mantis, river gunboat

 BULLER, Gordon, Able Seaman, C/J 111766, illness

 

 

Friday, 20 February 1931

 

Ormonde, ex-minesweeping sloop, survey vessel

 FARAH, Awali, Seaman Seedie, 2/360, illness

 

 

Sunday, 22 February 1931

 

Cairo, light cruiser

 HANDFORD, Isaac J, Chief Stoker, C/K 2154, illness

 

Sandwich, sloop

 GRAY, John J, Leading Cook, P/M 1242, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 3 March 1931

 

Ganges, Shotley/Harwich

 WEBB, Henry G, Boy 1c, JX 134334, illness

 

 

Sunday, 8 March 1931

 

Ganges, Shotley/Harwich

 PARSLEY, Ernest R, Officer's Steward 2c, C/L 14115, illness

 

 

Sunday, 15 March 1931

 

Dolphin, Gosport

 ELLIS, Albert H, Engine Room Artificer 1c, P/M 5868, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 17 March 1931

 

Courageous, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier

 STOWELL, Ernest F, Leading Stoker, P/K 62320, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 18 March 1931

 

Folkestone, sloop

 ISMAIL, Abubakar, Seedie, 2/354, illness

 

 

Sunday, 22 March 1931

 

Portsmouth, training course

 WEBBER, James E C, Sub Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Monday, 23 March 1931

 

Pilot's Course, air accident

 MCDOWELL, Alexander M, Lieutenant, DOI

 

 

Thursday, 26 March 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 HULL, Herbert O, Leading Stoker, P/K 21458, accidentally killed

 

 

Saturday, 28 March 1931

 

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 CAITHNESS, William, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, illness

 

Royal Navy

 CRUIKSHANK, George G, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander (D), illness

 

 

Sunday, 29 March 1931

 

Defiance, Devonport

 HUBBER, Frederick G, Electrical Artificer 3c, D/M 46203, illness

 

St Vincent, Gosport

 DE VOIL, Eric J, Gunner, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 31 March 1931

 

London, heavy cruiser

 KING, Thomas D, Leading Stoker, P/K 21104, accidentally killed

 

 

Wednesday, 1 April 1931

 

Glorious, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, collision

 BICKER, Ernest J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 132011, killed

 

 

Monday, 6 April 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 YEO, Samuel, Officer's Steward 3c, P/L 12209, illness

 

 

Saturday, 11 April 1931

 

Hood, battlecruiser

 WOODWARD, Leslie S, Able Seaman, P/J 3739, illness

 

 

Sunday, 12 April 1931

 

Hood, battlecruiser

 BAVERIDGE, Albert C, Able Seaman, P/J 111587, road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 13 April 1931

 

Valiant, battleship

 OATES, George, Marine, X 218 (Ch), illness

 

 

Tuesday, 14 April 1931

 

Ormonde, ex-minesweeping sloop, survey vessel

 STEPHENS, Reginald A, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

Friday, 17 April 1931

 

Greenwich, destroyer depot ship

 LANDON, Arthur J, Captain, illness

 

 

Sunday, 19 April 1931

 

Lucia, submarine depot ship

 BRACE, Benjamin, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 1987, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve, both accidentally killed

 CHAPMAN, Sydney, Lieutenant, RNR

 HARMAN, Charles G, Lieutenant, RNR 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 April 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 TUTT, Frederick E, Electrical Artificer Apprentice, C/MX 45652, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 22 April 1931

 

Valiant, battleship

 TWIDDY, Ernest F C, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 65944, road accident, killed

 

 

Thursday, 23 April 1931

 

Repulse, battlecruiser

 DAVIES, Harry, Marine, 17756 (Ch), illness

 

 

Friday, 24 April 1931

 

Valiant, battleship

 BRENNAN, Albert, Stoker 1c, C/KX 80311, illness

 

 

Monday, 27 April 1931

 

Coventry, light cruiser

 BLACKMORE, Vernon J, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 132096, illness

 

London, heavy cruiser

 MANNING, Alfred E, Leading Seaman, P/J 98935, accidentally killed

 

 

Saturday, 2 May 1931

 

Emerald, light cruiser

 HAMMETT, Leonard, Able Seaman, D/J 54919, illness

 

 

Sunday, 3 May 1931

 

Resolution, battleship

 GEACH, William D, Leading Cook, D/M 8597, illness

 

 

Monday, 4 May 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 ARMITAGE, Stanley E, Leading Seaman, C/J 71497, road accident, killed

 

 

Wednesday, 6 May 1931

 

Adventure, minelayer

 HALL, Charles F, Stoker 2c, D/KX 80523, illness

 

 

Friday, 8 May 1931

 

Comus, light cruiser

 LEWIS, Harold, Able Seaman, D/J 108180, road accident, killed

 

 

Sunday, 10 May 1931

 

Pangbourne, minesweeper

 MAXWELL, John G, Leading Stoker, P/K 60408, road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 11 May 1931

 

London Division, RNVR

 MARR, Henry G, Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, RNVR, illness

 

 

Sunday, 17 May 1931

 

Royal Oak, battleship

 ASHMORE, Eric H, Able Seaman, C/J 126869, illness

 

 

Monday, 18 May 1931

 

Stormcloud, destroyer

 MORGAN, Thomas D, Stoker 1c, D/KX 78737, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 19 May 1931

 

FAA, 446 Flight, Courageous, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, air crash, both killed

 COLQUHOUN, James A S, Lieutenant

 NANGLE, Henry N M, Lieutenant

 

 

Friday, 22 May 1931

 

Rodney, battleship

 JOHNSTONE, Edward J, Stoker 1c, D/K 17268, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 26 May 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 CLERRY, Cornelius, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 55392, illness

 

 

Friday, 29 May 1931

 

Valiant, battleship

 EGGLETON, John H G, Able Seaman, C/JX 126702, illness

 

 

Saturday, 30 May 1931

 

Tamar, Hong Kong

 REED, William, Stoker 1c, P/K 27125, illness

 

 

Thursday, 4 June 1931

 

Flora, Simonstown, South Africa

 ROSS, William, Leading Stoker, D/K 10811, illness

 

 

Friday, 5 June 1931

 

Curlew, light cruiser

 VELLA, Guiseppe, Officer's Cook 1c, E/LX 20649, illness

 

Vivid, Devonport

 TUCKER, Frank P, Petty Officer, D/J 120, illness

 

 

Monday, 8 June 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 KIRBY, Francis H, Petty Officer, D/J 54543, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 9 June 1931

 

Poseidon, submarine, surfaced, in collision with Japanese SS Yuta in Yellow Sea area, 20 miles north of Wei Hai Wei, China, lost, there were some 34 survivors

 BAGLEY, Arthur J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 75549

 BALSHAW, Robert, Stoker 1c, K 78864

 BEAUMONT, Charles J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 79220

 BOWERS, Robert C, Able Seaman, C/J 104875

 CLIFF, Harold, Leading Stoker, D/K 56978

 COLLINGS, Amos D, Able Seaman, D/J 105478

 DOWLING, Frank, Leading Seaman, C/J 106162

 GAINES, Ernest G, Leading Stoker, P/K 26669

 GRAY, Allan, Stoker 1c, P/K 76663

 GRILLS, Thomas V, Petty Officer, P/J 23507

 HEWS, George C, Able Seaman, D/J 93255

 LOVOCK, Arthur H J, Able Seaman, C/J 100346

 PAINE, Albert V, Engine Room Artificer 2c, P/M 15007

 PIKE, William H H, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/M 34932

 POINTER, Frederick T A, Stoker 1c, C/K 48329

 PYNE, William R, Stoker 1c, C/K 61364

 SHERROCKS, Sydney, Leading Stoker, P/K 59646

   SHUNG, Ho, Officer's Steward

 TOLLIDAY, Frederick C H, Able Seaman, C/J 93958

 WHITLEY, William, Stoker 1c, C/K 60695

 WINTER, Albert R, Stoker 1c, P/K 65926

 

 

Wednesday, 10 June 1931

 

Comus, light cruiser

 ROWE, Thomas, Stoker 1c, D/K 75974, illness

 

 

Saturday, 13 June 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 LANG, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 10159, illness

  

 

Thursday, 18 June 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 GREENWELL, Peter, Stoker 2c, D/KX 80514, illness

 

 

Friday, 19 June 1931

 

Nelson, battleship

 REES, Thomas E, Marine, 22314 (Po), drowned

 

Stuart, flotilla leader

 EVERSHED, Frederick W, Able Seaman, P/J 15722, illness

 

 

Sunday, 21 June 1931

 

RM Chatham Division

 CASELEY, Gordon T, Marine, 24303 (Ch), illness

 

 

Saturday, 27 June 1931

 

Champion, light cruiser

 LEACH, Albert G, Shipwright 1c, P/M 6688, illness

 

 

Sunday, 28 June 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 SYMONS, Samuel E, Stoker 1c, D/K 59472, road accident, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 7 July 1931

 

Folkestone, sloop

 SLASOR, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/K 66205, accidentally killed

 

 

Thursday, 9 July 1931

 

Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Wales

 ABBOTT, Henry N, Lieutenant, RNR, drowned

 

 

Friday, 10 July 1931

 

Kent, heavy cruiser

 TONG, Cyril F P, Writer, C/MX 46352, illness

 

 

Saturday, 18 July 1931

 

Senior Officer’s War Course, Tactical Course

 EGERTON, Wilfred A, Rear Admiral, illness

 

 

Monday, 20 July 1931

 

Anthony, destroyer

 TRAVERS, Leonard G, Signalman, C/J 107114, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 22 July 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 THOMAS, Edward A, Petty Officer, D/J 13291, illness

 

 

Thursday, 23 July 1931

 

Shropshire, heavy cruiser

 SHAW, Norman, Stoker 1c, C/K 64933, accidentally killed

 

Vivid, Devonport

 BEER, Frank E, Able Seaman, D/JX 129720, road accident, killed

 

 

Friday, 24 July 1931

 

St Just, Admiralty rescue tug

 PHILLIPS, Charles F, Commissioned Gunner, illness

 

 

Thursday, 30 July 1931

 

Housatonic, passenger liner

 HAINES, Neville E, Midshipman, RNR, illness

 

 

Saturday, 1 August 1931

 

Curacoa, light cruiser

 GOODBAND, Charles W, Leading Seaman, P/J 81759, illness

 

 

Sunday, 2 August 1931

 

Canterbury, light cruiser

 RACKSTRAW, Frank, Blacksmith 2c, C/M 3669, illness

 

L.23, submarine

 HERRIDGE, William H P, Leading Seaman, P/J 99618, road accident, killed

 

Marshal Soult, monitor

 STRETTON, Albert E, Signalman, C/J 110814, road accident, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 4 August 1931

 

Cumberland, heavy cruiser

 DREW, Herbert G, Warrant Engineer, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 5 August 1931

 

Adventure, minelayer

 SHUTT, Edward P, Able Seaman, D/J 98403, accidentally killed

 

Campbell, flotilla leader

 RANDELL, Alfred, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 29660, road accident, killed

 

 

Thursday, 6 August 1931

 

Fisgard, Portsmouth

 BEYER, Albert F, Petty Officer, P/J 15292, illness

 

 

Sunday, 9 August 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 WALTON, Alfred R, Able Seaman, C/J 100300, died

 

 

Tuesday, 11 August 1931

 

Royal Navy

 HAMILTON, Rowan T, Lieutenant Commander, illness

 

 

Friday, 14 August 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 HANNAFORD, Alfred E, Chief Shipwright 2c, D/M 13711, illness

 

 

Saturday, 15 August 1931

 

Victory, Portsmouth

 KING, Frederick W, Commissioned Supply Officer, illness

 

 

Sunday, 16 August 1931

 

Scarborough, sloop

 CORNISH, John A, Able Seaman, C/J 17871, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 18 August 1931

 

RAF service, practicing for Schneider Trophy in experimental aircraft, air crash

 BRINTON, Gerald L, Lieutenant, killed

 

 

Friday, 21 August 1931

 

Dolphin, Gosport

 SAUNDERS, Henry, Yeoman of Signals, P/J 13571, illness

 

 

Saturday, 22 August 1931

 

Sturdy, destroyer

 TAYLOR, Alfred, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 18808, illness

 

 

Friday, 28 August 1931

 

Courageous, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier

 APPLETON, Wilfred G, Telegraphist, P/J 72284, died

 

Scarab, river gunboat

 HOOPER, Harold W, Leading Stoker, C/K 64549, drowned

 

 

Sunday, 30 August 1931

 

Chrysanthemum, convoy sloop

 HAKE, George, Able Seaman, D/J 16213, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 1 September 1931

 

Mantis, river gunboat

 LEE-DUNCAN, Harry, Surgeon Lieutenant, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 September 1931

 

Medway, submarine depot ship

 ROBERTSON, Alexander, Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 6286, illness

 

 

Friday, 4 September 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 WARNES, William H, Able Seaman, C/J 108521, road accident, killed

 

 

Sunday, 6 September 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 MILES, John G, Engine Room Artificer Apprentice, C/MX 46948, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 MORRISON, Roderick, Honorary Engineer Commander, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 7 September 1931

 

Nelson, battleship

 MCKAY, John, Seaman, RNR, B 7239, accidentally killed

 

Seraph, destroyer

 HALL, Archie, Able Seaman, D/J 114285, died

 

 

Wednesday, 9 September 1931

 

Waterhen, destroyer

 LANG, Ernest G, Leading Seaman, P/J 22361, illness

 

 

Thursday, 10 September 1931

 

Vimiera, destroyer

 AZZOPARDI, Giuseppe, Officer's Cook 2c, LX 20223 (on books of Egmont II, Malta), illness

 

 

Saturday, 12 September 1931

 

Enterprise, light cruiser

 GILLINGHAM, William H, Marine, 23040 (Ch), illness

 

 

Sunday, 13 September 1931

 

Cornwall, heavy cruiser

 JAMIESON, Robert, Able Seaman, P/J 102721, illness

 

Vesper, destroyer

 EVANS, Theophilius, Signalman, D/JX 128708, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 September 1931

 

Vindictive, cruiser

 GREENE, William J, Engine Room Artificer 2c, C/M 38816, accidentally killed

 

Vivid, Devonport

 MEDWAY, Samuel W, Able Seaman, D/J 109647, road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 21 September 1931

 

Dolphin, Gosport

 TOPPING, William J M, Leading Seaman, C/J 24196, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 23 September 1931

 

Calcutta, light cruiser

 NEWLAM, Frank, Petty Officer, C/J 5034, illness

 

 

Saturday, 26 September 1931

 

Berwick, heavy cruiser

 WILDING, Richard H, Able Seaman, D/J 114195, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 30 September 1931

 

Hastings, sloop

 ROBERTS, Henry D, Chief Stoker, D/K 15040, illness

 

Royal Navy

 DAWE, Reginald, Warrant Master at Arms, illness

 

 

Friday, 2 October 1931

 

FAA, 461 Flight, Glorious, ex-battlecruiser, aircraft carrier, air crash, both killed

 BENNEY, Frederick S, Lieutenant Commander

 ELLIOTT, Archibald G, Lieutenant Commander

 

Sussex, heavy cruiser

 LOVELESS, Albert E, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/M 38821, road accident, killed

 

 

Saturday, 3 October 1931

 

Vivid, Devonport

 BEDFORD, Frederick C, Leading Seaman, D/J 77984, illness

 

 

Sunday, 4 October 1931

 

Walrus, destroyer

 GRIFFIN, Stephen, Stoker 1c, D/K 64428, accidentally killed

 

 

Tuesday, 6 October 1931

 

Ballarat, steamship

 MOONEY, James G N P, Chief Stoker, C/K 11764 (Vivid, O/P), drowned

 

RN Shore Signal Station, Beachy Head

 VENING, George, Signalman, J 21276, illness

 

 

Friday, 9 October 1931

 

Sussex, heavy cruiser

 GABRIEL, Charley, Marine, 23167 (Ch), road accident, killed

 

 

Monday, 12 October 1931

 

Boreas, destroyer

 O'LEARY, Patrick B, Able Seaman, P/J 87296, illness

 

 

Tuesday, 13 October 1931

 

RN Hospital, Malta

 MEHIGAN, Sidney L, Sick Berth Attendant, P/M 39307, died

 

 

Wednesday, 14 October 1931

 

L.53, submarine

 JONES, Albert E, Able Seaman, D/J 98728, drowned

 

Vivid, Devonport

 ALLEY, Cyril C, Petty Officer, D/J 62087, road accident, killed

 

 

Thursday, 15 October 1931

 

Coldsnap, drifter

 BARNETT, Fred, Marine, Ply X 515 (Exeter), onboard, drowned

 

 

Saturday, 17 October 1931

 

Revenge, battleship

 ROWE, Ernest T, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, P/M 2254, illness

 

 

Sunday, 18 October 1931

 

Queen Elizabeth, battleship

 DENHAM, William H, Regulating Petty Officer, D/M 39140, illness

 

 

Monday, 19 October 1931

 

Vidette, destroyer

 EMERY, Bertie G, Able Seaman, D/J 107505, drowned

 

 

Monday, 26 October 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 CALDICOTT, Alfred G, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 58055, road accident, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 27 October 1931

 

Cormorant, Gibraltar

 FREEMAN, Henry G, Telegraphist, P/J 105551, killed

 

 

Sunday, 1 November 1931

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 BROWN, Brian M, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 4 November 1931

 

Pangbourne, minesweeper

 HANCOCK, William G, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 7725, illness

 

 

Monday, 9 November 1931

 

Hermes, aircraft carrier

 KIRBY, Frank, Supply Chief Petty Officer, C/M 11104, illness

 

 

Wednesday, 11 November 1931

 

Minesweeper Peterfield grounded in South China Sea and wrecked. There were no casualties

 

 

Thursday, 12 November 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 DEAN, Arthur G, Ordnance Artificer Apprentice, C/MX 46517, illness

 

 

Saturday, 14 November 1931

 

Durban, light cruiser

 GRANT, Ernest H, Marine, X 140 (Po), killed in Brazil

 

 

Tuesday, 17 November 1931

 

Snapdragon, minesweeping sloop

 ELLIOTT, George H, Shipwright 2c, D/M 7213, illness

 

 

Sunday, 22 November 1931

 

Hermes, aircraft carrier

 COWSILL, Richard, Stoker 1c, C/K 60651, illness

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 DURRAN, James E, Stoker 1c, C/K 65768, illness

 

 

Thursday, 26 November 1931

 

Excellent, Portsmouth

 HOYLAND, Frederick A, Leading Seaman, P/J 108745, road accident, killed

 

 

Friday, 27 November 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 DUNN, Joseph C J, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, C/M 2194, illness

 

 

Sunday, 29 November 1931

 

Ganges, Shotley/Harwich

 STEVENSON, Harry B P, Marine, 18767 (Ch), illness

 

 

Wednesday, 2 December 1931

 

Sandhurst, destroyer depot ship

 JONES, Leonard T, Leading Cook, C/M 38155, died

 

Shamrock, destroyer

 COLLYER, William A, Able Seaman, P/J 13580, drowned

 

 

Thursday, 3 December 1931

 

Iron Duke, gunnery training ship

 BROOKSMITH, Eldred S, Captain, illness

 

 

Friday, 4 December 1931

 

Valiant, battleship

 SNOWDEON, Leonard, Able Seaman, C/JX 125048, road accident, killed

 

 

Friday, 11 December 1931

 

Enterprise, light cruiser

 ALLEN, Harry A, Warrant Engineer, drowned

 

 

Tuesday, 15 December 1931

 

Queen Elizabeth, battleship

 SERVICE, John G, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 132024, illness

 

 

Thursday, 17 December 1931

 

Pigmy, submarine depot ship, Gosport

 PRIDMORE, William R, Signalman, C/J 112576, road accident, killed

 

 

Friday, 18 December 1931

 

Pembroke, Chatham

 MARTIN, Henry T, Able Seaman, C/J 106200, illness

 

 

Saturday, 19 December 1931

 

Excellent, Portsmouth

 MERLE, Harold E, Leading Stoker, P/K 7140, illness

 

Royal Naval Reserve

 CALVERT, John J, Skipper, RNR, illness

 

 

Monday, 21 December 1931

 

FAA, 406 Flight, Emerald, light cruiser, air crash

 HEINEMANN, Peter D, Lieutenant, killed

 

 

Tuesday, 22 December 1931

 

M.2, seaplane-carrying submarine

 STILLMAN, Alfred H, Able Seaman, P/JX 128809, illness

 

Vernon, Portsmouth

 PRITCHARD, Thomas A, Petty Officer, P/J 32637, road accident, killed

 

 

Sunday, 27 December 1931

 

Wireless Telegraph Station, Aden

 POULTNEY, Albert D, Leading Telegraphist, C/82640, illness

 

 

Monday, 28 December 1931

 

Cyclamen

 HILLIARD, Harold, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 21428, died

 

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