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Index of Deaths in Service of

Royal Naval Medical, Dental, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, Sick Berth Staff and Voluntary Aid

Detachment Staff

World War I

Researched and collated by Eric C Birbeck MVO and Peter J Derby - Haslar Heritage Group.

Ranks and Rate abbreviations can be found at the end of this document

Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and burial / memorial details (where known).

Abbs TW SBA M4398 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. 2Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBSCPO Hester, SBS Foley,

1 Officers’ official numbers are not shown as they were not recorded on the original documents researched. Where found, notes on awards and medals have been added.


Hogan & Johnston and SBS2 Keily.

Addis JW SBSCPO 150412 18/12/1914 HMS Grafton (1892). An Edgar-class cruiser. Died of illness

Allardyce WS P/Surgeon 21/12/1916 HMS Negro. M-class destroyer. Sank from accidental collision with HMS Hoste in the North Sea.3

Allen CE Jnr RNASBR M9277 25/01/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Anderson WE Snr RNASBR M10066 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Austen T Surg Cdr 22/10/1918 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Baker CRM Staff Surgeon 02/05/1918 HMS Ganges. Training establishment, Ipswich. Died of illness.

Barclay ICC T/Surg RNVR 17/10/1917 HMS Mary Rose (1905). M-class destroyer. Sunk 70 miles of Lerwick while escorting a convoy of 12 merchant ships from Norway. 87 men perished.

Barnes CE Jnr RNASBR M9051 29/04/1915 HMHS Garth Castle. Died of illness.

Barras WG Staff Surgeon RNVR

09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox & Rayner, SBAs: Hammond, Jones & Teucher, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

2 At close range, a single torpedo was fired at HMS Aboukir by German submarine U-9. The torpedo broke the ship's back, and she sank within 20 minutes with the loss of

527 men. The captains of HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue thought Aboukir had struck a floating mine and came forward to assist her. They stood by and began to pick up

survivors. At this point, U-9 fired two torpedoes into Hogue, mortally wounding that ship. As Hogue sank, the captain of Cressy realised that the squadron was being attacked

by a submarine, and tried to flee. However, U-9 fired two more torpedoes into Cressy, and sank her as well. The entire battle had lasted less than two hours, and cost the

British three warships, 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.

3 While escorting the Grand Fleet during a sweep, the new flotilla leader HMS Hoste (G90) suffered a steering engine failure. She was ordered back to Scapa escorted by the

destroyer HMS Negro. The weather worsened and when the temporary repairs to her steering failed Hoste sheered to starboard and the Negro, only 400yds astern couldn’t

avoid and ran into her aft, the collision knocked two depth charges off Hoste, the resulting explosions blew in the bottom of Negro, which sank quickly and seriously

damaged Hoste. Negro lost 5 officers (including her Capt and Doctor) and 45 men (Hoste lost 4 men).

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Barrett J Surgeon 18/12/1914 HMS Imperieuse (1869). A former iron-clad battleship launched as HMS Audacious (1869). She became HMS Imperieuse in 1914 whilst serving as a repair ship. Embarked as staff and drowned.

Barry J SBS 351495 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeons Clemens & Johnson, SBSCPO North and SBA Kitchener.

Barter HJ Jnr RNASBR M10069 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Bearblock WJ Fleet Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. 4Along

with Surgeons: Jones & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley, SBS2 Hill

and SBS2 Vine.

Beckwith AE Surg S/Lt RNVR

01/08/1918 HMS Oriole. Died of illness. Buried in Clayhall Naval cemetery.

Bedell-Sivright DR T/Surgeon 05/09/1915 Royal Naval Division, 2nd RM Battalion Medical Unit. Died of illness (acute septicaemia) in HMHS Dunluce Castle.

Bennet A SBS 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway.5 Along with Surgeons: Nix, Miller & Brotchie, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.

Bennett A Snr RNASBR M9059 03/02/1915 HMS Clan MacNaughton. Armed Merchant Cruiser. Sank off Northern Ireland.6 Along with Surgeon Redmond and Jnr RNASBR Smith.

4 During the Battle of Jutland a shell penetrated the front of HMS Invincible's 'Q' turret, blew off the roof and detonated the mid-ships magazines, which blew the ship in half.

The explosion possibly ignited 'A' and 'X' magazines. Of her complement, 1,026 officers and men were killed; there were only 6 survivors.

5 A powerful internal explosion ripped Bulwark apart at 07:50 on 26 November 1914 while she was moored at Number 17 buoy in Keyhole Reach, 4 nautical miles west of

Sheerness in the estuary of the River Medway. Out of her complement of 750, no officers and only 14 sailors survived, two of whom subsequently died of their injuries in

hospital. Most of the survivors were seriously injured. On 29 November 1914 divers sent to find the wreck reported that the ship's port bow as far aft as the sick bay had been

blown off by the explosion and lay 50 ft east of the mooring. The starboard bow lay 30 ft further away. The remainder of the ship had been torn apart so violently that no

other large portions of the wreck could be found.


Bhamgara KJ Surgeon 10/07/1917 SS Seang Choon (1891). Passenger ship converted to a troopship. Sunk by U-87 in Bantry Bay on the south coast of Ireland.7

Biddlecombe JA PSBA RNASBR M6872 17/08/1914 RNH Haslar.

Birtwistle M Snr RNASBR M10068 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Bland P JSBA Res M8633 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with Surg A Taylor, SBS(Pens) Taylor, SBS Davies & Hirst and SBS2 Rudkin.

Bond WC SBSCPO 350523 26/08/1916 HMHS Plassy. Died of illness.

Bortfield GH Snr RNASBR M9819 01/11/1918 HMS Crescent (1892). Edgar-class cruiser converted to a depot ship. Died of illness

Bradburn TS T/Surgeon 08/02/1918 HMS President. Headquarters ship, London.

Brander RW T/Surgeon 01/05/1918 HMS Crescent (1892). Edgar-class cruiser converted to a depot ship. Died in an accident.

Briggs HC SBA M7466 31/05/1916 HMS Barham (04). Queen Elizabeth-class battleship. Died on injuries received.

Brittan A SBS 351180 13/12/1915 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Broad JAS SBS2 M351213 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns &

6 HMS Clan McNaughton was a 4,985 ton passenger cargo vessel, built in 1911 and requisitioned November 1914 from the Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow, becoming an

Armed Merchant Vessel. It is thought that Clan McNaughton foundered in a severe gale off the north coast of Ireland. Last heard from on 3rd February 1915, wreckage was

later found in the area and Clan McNaughton was presumed sunk with the 281 strong crew.

7 Built 1891 as a first class passenger ship named the Cheshire and later used during the Boer War as a troopship. In 1910, the Cheshire was sold renamed Seang Choon. In

1915 the Seang Choon became a British army troopship, afterwards a hospital ship and took part in the Dardanelles campaign. On the 10th July 1917, in Bantry Bay on the

South Coast of Ireland, whilst on a voyage from Sydney to London, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-87. Nineteen lives were lost.


Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Brotchie RT Surg RNVR 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix & Miller, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS Bennet, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.

Brown G T/Surg RNVR 21/10/1917 HMS Marmion. M-class destroyer. Accidentally rammed by HMS Tirade when the two were escorting a convoy across the North Sea. Tirade suffered little damage, but Marmion foundered after attempts to take her under tow faltered; 76 crew died.

Brown WA SBS2 M354015 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Woods & Tonkinson, SBAs Ganderton, Gould & Whitlock and SBS Rice.

Budden AG SBS2 M351627 21/09/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Burnell J Snr RNASBR M10987 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel.8 Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Cadman MD T/Surg RNVR 04/06/1918 HMS Rival. Moon-class destroyer.

Cain C SBA (Res) 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

8 HMS Formidable was sunk by U-24 30miles south of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Following a naval exercise held in bad weather and believed that no U-boats were operating in

the area. She was hit by 2 torpedoes and listing heavily it was impossible to launch the ships boats and a great loss of life ensued; 547 died and 204 survivors including SBA

EA Pearks (rescued by trawler Provident and SBA W Powell (rescued by HMS Topaze, light cruiser).

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Calthrop ES 9 Surgeon 30/07/1917 Royal Naval Division, Sanitary Division, RM Medical Unit, Western Front, France. Died of illness.

Campbell PDM Staff Surgeon 21/03/1915 HMS Sentinel. Died of illness.

Capps FA Fleet Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeons Clemens & Johnson, SBA Kitchener and SBS Barry.

Carlyle T Surg Sub Lt RNVR

21/10/1918 HMS Relentless. Moon-class destroyer. Died of illness.

Carr G Snr RNASBR M22301 04/01/191810 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Center WR Fleet Surgeon 28/04/1916 HMS Russell (1901). Duncan-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sunk off Malta.11 Died of injuries received. Along with Surgeon Pickles.

Chamberlain IW SBSCPO 177463 09/04/1916 HMHS Agadir. Killed.

Chamberlain LC NS QARNNS(R)

03/08/1918 HMHS China. Died when ship's boat hit a mine. Along with Surgeon Martin & Dental Surgeon Marshall.

Chaplin HG Surgeon 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine.12 Along with Surgeons: Williams & McNally, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Pengilly & Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

9 Commissioned Temporary Surgeon RN 24/09/14 ; 1st (RN) Field Ambulance Section 'C' 07/01/15-04/01/16 Neurasthenia, rejoined 1st (RN) Field Ambulance 26/02/16-

14/04/16 attached 2nd (RN) Field Ambulance as Temporary Sanitary Officer & Temporary Assistant to ADMS (Assistant Director Medical Services) vice Surgeon Unthank,

17/05/16 attached Divisional HQ, 31/05/16 posted to Sanitary Section, 15/06/16 to Hospital Progressive Muscular atrophy, Invalided to UK 17/06/16 ; 21/11/16 Re-surveyed

at Admiralty & granted 3 months unemployed time with re-survey at Admiralty 21/02/17. Died from Toxic Neuritis. Was to have joined Shackleton Expedition.

10

Many deaths in this year, 1918, are from illness caused by the epidemic of Spanish influenza.

11

HMS Russell was steaming off Malta early on the morning of 27 April 1916 when she struck two sea mines that had been laid by the German submarine U-73. A fire broke

out in the after part of the ship and the order to abandon ship was passed; after an explosion near the after 12-inch (305-mm) turret, she took on a dangerous list. However,

she sank slowly, allowing most of her crew to escape. A total of 27 officers and 98 ratings were lost.


Charlton W SBS 351054 17/01/1918 HMS Hyacinth (1898). Highflyer-class protected cruiser. Died of illness.

Clemens FWT T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeon Johnson, SBSCPO North, SBA Kitchener and SBS Barry.

Clover A SBSCPO 350475 16/12/1917 HMS Fisguard II. Stoker training ship, Portsmouth.

Cole CC SBA M3457 24/10/1915 HMS Colleen. Naval Depot ship, Queenstown, Ireland.13 Died of injury or illness.

Colwill J SBS2 35133 26/01/1916 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Coneybeer WT SBS 350734 19/03/1917 HMS Devonshire (1904). Armoured cruiser. Died of illness.

Cook FA SBS2 351449 06/08/1914 HMS Amphion (1911). Active-class scout cruiser. Mined and sunk in North Sea. First ship to be sunk in WWI and first SBA to die in WW1. Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Cox E Fleet Surgeon 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly.14 Along with Surgeons: Rayner & Barras, SBAs: Hammond, Jones & Teucher, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

12

HMS Hampshire was present at the Battle of Jutland and a few days later was sailing to Russia with the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, when

she is believed to have struck a mine laid by a German submarine. The detonation had holed the cruiser between bows and bridge, and the lifeboats were smashed against the

side of the ship by the heavy seas when they were lowered. About 15 minutes after the explosion, Hampshire sank by the bows. Of 600 personnel aboard only 12 men on

Carley floats managed to reach the shore. Lord Kitchener and his staff were lost.

13

Originally HMS Royalist a Satellite-class corvette, hulked as a depot ship in 1900 renamed HMS Colleen in 1913 and transferred to the Irish Free State in 1923. She was

scrapped in 1950.

14

HMS Vanguard fought in the battle of Jutland without damage or loss of life. Just before midnight on 9 July 1917 at Scapa Flow, Vanguard suffered an explosion, probably

caused by an unnoticed stokehold fire heating cordite stored against an adjacent bulkhead in one of the two magazines which served the amidships gun turrets 'P' and 'Q'. She

sank almost instantly, killing 842 men; there were only two survivors. In terms of loss of life, the destruction of the Vanguard remains the most catastrophic accidental

explosion in the history of the UK, and one of the worst accidental losses of the Royal Navy.


Craig WM Surgeon General

06/08/1914 Medical Department of the Navy.

Craven FJ SBSCPO 350444 13/05/1915 HMS Goliath (1898). Canopus-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sank during the Dardanelles Campaign.15 Along with Surgeon Waters, SBSCPO Watson, SBS Hooper and Jnr RNASBR Hutchinson.

Crook A Snr RNASBR M26257 21/10/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Cunstance GWM Surgeon 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9.16 Along with Staff Surg Ross, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

Dale SF SBS2 351553 27/09/1918 HMS Birkenhead (1915).17 Town-class light cruiser. Died of illness.

Dale-Richards HN Surgeon 25/04/1918 HMS Cowslip (K196). Sloop. Sunk by U-105 in Straits of Gibraltar.

Dalton RC SBA M3392 01/06/1916 HMS Tipperary (1915). Faulknor-class destroyer. Sunk by fire from German dreadnought SMS Westfalen with the loss of 185 hands from her crew of 197.

Daly WJ Snr RNASBR M10072 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Daniels J SBA M3630 19/05/1916 HMS Odin (1901). Sloop. Serving in Persian Gulf, died of illness.

15

HMS Goliath sank during the Dardanelles Campaign by Turkish torpedo-boat destroyer which was manned by German and Turkish crew, taking 570 of the crew of 700

went to the bottom.

16

HMS Hawke, an old cruiser sunk by U-9 (which had sunk 3 cruisers on 22 September). A torpedo ignited the magazine causing a tremendous explosion which ripped the

ship apart. The Captain, 26 officers and 497 men perished.

17

Saw service at the Battle of Jutland. One of 2 town-class cruisers originally ordered for the Greek Navy but purchased by the British government in 1915. The ships

differed from standard British practice: Main armament was new 5.5 inch gun, which was lighter than the standard 6 inch gun and fired a lighter shell which gave an

increased fire rate with little loss of hitting power. Scrapped in 1921.


Daniels JD SBA M3630 23/02/1916 HMS Odin (1901). Sloop. Serving in Persian Gulf, died of injuries or illness.

Dansie AH SBA M5854 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Davies C SBS 350753 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with Surg A Turnbull, SBS(Pens) Taylor, SBS Hirst, SBS2 Rudkin and JSBS(Res) Bland.

Davies JT SBA M5640 01/09/1916 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport. Died of illness.

De Verteuil FLJM Surgeon 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh & Searle, SBAs Duck & Kain, SBS McEwan and SBS2 Moore.

Dean G SBS Unknown 09/06/1917 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Not substantiated.

Denney W SBSCPO 350771 22/02/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Dingle HJ T/Surg RNVR 31/05/1916 HMS Petard. Admiralty M-class destroyer. Died of injuries received. 18

Down E SBS 350780 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Geoghegan, MacCormac & Wood-Robinson, SBA Stevens and SBA2 Sullivan.

Doyle Snr RNASBR M9463 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Duck S SBA M350302 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh, Searle & De Verteuill, SBA Kain, SBS McEwan and SBS2 Moore.

18

During the Battle of Jutland Petard was one of the ships first into the action and stopped to pick up survivors of HMS Queen Mary.


Dunkley F Jnr RNASBR M10073 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Dunlor P Sen Surgeon 11/02/1915 HMS Suffolk (1903). Monmouth-class armoured cruiser. Either fatally injured or died from illness.

Dyde SH Snr RNASBR M10248 21/01/1918 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Dyott KM T/Surgeon 13/12/1915 HMS Stephen Furness. Armed Boarding Steamer. Torpedoed west of Isle of Man by U-64 with 101 casualties.

Dyott KM T/Surgeon 13/12/1917 HMS Stephen Furness. Armed boarding steamer. Torpedoed and sunk by U-64 in the Irish sea. Loss of 99 lives. Along with SBA Friswell.

Eade A 19 SBA M4062 10/10/1918 RMS Leinster. Passenger ship sunk by U-123 in the Irish Sea with the loss of over 500 lives including 16 RN personnel.

Edmunds WH T/Surgeon 04/10/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Edwards CM NS QARNNS(R)

30/12/1915 HMHS Drinna. Died whilst onboard HMS Natal at anchor at Scarpa Flow. HMS Natal sank from an internal explosion. Also killed were NS Rowlett and Elvens. (See further details at footnote under Surgeon AO Hooper)

Elliott LJ SBSCPO 122487 09/04/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Elsworth AC Snr RNASBR M10074 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Elvens EM NS QARNNS(R)

30/12/1915 HMHS Drinna. Died whilst onboard HMS Natal at anchor at Scarpa Flow. HMS Natal sank from an internal explosion. Also killed were Nursing Sisters Rowlett and Edwards. (See further details at footnote under Surgeon AO Hooper)

19

SBA Eade believed to be the last RN medical branch member to be killed in action in WW1.


Evans EF SBA MA751 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

Farnworth W Snr RNASBR M8995 11/03/1915 HMS Bayano. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank by U-27 10 miles SE Corsewell, Clyde. 20Along with Jnr RNASBRs Waring and Wharton.

Farrar F SBA M4869 20/01/1916 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Fausset RR Surgeon 13/07/1918 HM Trawler Caledonia. Sunk in UK waters.

Fellowes WJ SBS M350884 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks.

Ferris DH T/Surg RNVR 31/05/1916 HMS Broke. Attacked during the Battle of Jutland and Surgeon Ferris was one of the 50 crew killed.

Finch CS SBS 350508 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie. Jekyll & Slough, SBS Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Finlaison HEB Surgeon RN 02/08/1918 Royal Naval Air Service. Died of illness.

Flannery AH T/Surgeon 31/12/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness in RNH Haslar.

Foley TF SBS M5213 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBSCPO Hester, SBA Abbs, SBS Hogan & Johnston and SBS2 Keily.

Fourte SJ SBA M24029 09/07/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

20

HMS Bayano, armed merchant cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U-27 in North Channel; only 4 officers and 22 ratings survived as Rescue ships were chased away by U.27.

Of the officers, Surgeon Batson and Hole were two of them.


Freeman GS T/Surg RNVR 13/08/1916 HMS Lassoo. Laforey-class destroyer. Sunk by U-10 in the North Sea.

Friswell JR SBA M4681 13/12/1917 HMS Stephen Furness. Armed boarding steamer. Torpedoed and sunk by U-64 in the Irish sea. Loss of 99 lives. Along with Surgeon Dyott.

Fryer JW SBS 350655 17/02/1915 HMS Roxburgh. Devonshire-class armed cruiser. Died of illness.

Gabbatt I Snr RNASBR M9807 26/10/1918 HMS Almanzora. Armed merchant cruiser. Died of illness.

Gainsbury WA SBA M6310 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock, Jones & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley, SBS2 Hill and SBS2 Vine.

Gambier KM SBA2 M351604 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix, Miller & Brotchie, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS Bennet and SBS2 Richardson.

Ganderton WCH SBA M4237 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile.21 Along with Surgeons Woods & Tonkinson, SBAs Gould & Whitlock, SBS Rice and SBS2 Brown.

Gear JD T/Surg Sub Lt RNVR

10/11/1918 HMS Melampus. Medea-class destroyer. Died of illness

Geoghegan HL Fleet Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: MacCormac & Wood-Robinson, SBA Stevens, SBS Down and SBA2 Sullivan.

Gilbert CEO SBA (Res) 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

21 HMS Monmouth was attacked by the new light cruiser SMS Nürnberg, which fired seventy-five 10.5 cm (4.1 inch) shells at close range. The German ship then fired a

torpedo which missed and turned off its searchlight. Monmouth then increased speed and turned towards Nürnberg, which caused her to open fire again. Monmouth capsized,

taking her entire crew of 735 men with her as the seas were too rough to attempt any rescue effort. Sank along with HMS Good Hope who lost her entire complement of over

900 hands.


Gillam FH SBA M4581 31/05/1916 HMS Lion. Lion-class battle cruiser. Took part in Battle of Jutland and was hit by shell fire.22 Along with Surgeon Moon and SBA Vanstone.

Goff C SBA M34161 26/10/1918 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Goodhead C SBS 13/01/1915 HMS Viknor. Armed Merchant Cruiser. Along with Surgeon Matthews.

Gould JJ SBA M4970 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Woods & Tonkinson, SBAs Ganderton & Whitlock, SBS Rice and SBS2 Brown.

Gow CH 23 T/Surgeon 13/11/1916 Royal Naval Division, Anson Battalion. Western Front, France. Battle of Ancre (final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division).

Greenwood J Snr RNASBR M14473 14/10/1918 HMS Caesar. Pre-dreadnought battleship. Died of illness at Malta.

Grigson ME NS QARNNS 03/10/1918 HMHS Malta. Died of illness.

Hadley RC SBS 351234 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock, Jones & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS2 Hill and SBS2 Vine.

Hadwen J Surg Lt Cdr 23/10/1918 HMS Lancaster (1905). Monmouth-class armoured cruiser. Died of illness in USA.

Hammond TF SBA M8220 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox, Rayner & Barras, SBA Jones & Teucher, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

Hargreaves H SBA Unknown 02/06/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.

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HMS Lion a battlecruiser, the lead ship of her class which were nicknamed the "Splendid Cats". They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the

Indefatigable class in terms of speed, armament and armour. During the Battle of Jutland was hit 14 times and suffered 99 dead and 51 wounded in battle.

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Draft for Expeditionary Force 25/10/15, joined Anson Battalion as Medical Officer 25/11/15-13/11/16 Discharged Dead.


Harold AB Snr RNASBR M10438 08/11/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Harper MHdeJ T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie. Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Harper WG Jnr RNASBR M33582 16/09/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Harrison FW Snr RNASBR M10080 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Harrison WS Snr RNASBR M26256 05/05/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Hartigan TJ T/Surgeon 30/05/1918 HMS Espiegle (J216). Algerine-class minesweeper. Died of illness in Egypt.

Hassall T SBA M4924 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix, Miller & Brotchie, SBA Wrest, SBS Bennet, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.

Hayter HH RNASBR 350985 13/02/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Hester WH SBSCPO M350550 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBA Abbs, SBS Foley, Hogan & Johnston and SBS2 Keily.

Heyes J Jnr RNASBR M9240 06/10/1918 HMS Otranto. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank after collision with HMS Kashmir off Ireland.24 Along with Surgeon Lewitt.

Hibbert S Surg RNVR 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming &

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HMS Otranto collided with HMS Kashmir, another liner turned troopship, in poor visibility in the rough seas between the North East coast of Ireland and the Western Isles

of Scotland. She was holed on the port side forward and, in the heavy swell, began to list. The stricken ship then hit rocks and became grounded. With the heavy seas

pounding her continually against the rocks the ship eventually broke up and sank with the loss of 431 lives including members of the US Navy and Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kashmir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Isles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(nautical)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_(watercraft)


Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Hill HG SBS2 351649 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock, Jones & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley and SBS2 Vine.

Hirst E SBS M351015 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with Surg A Turnbull, SBS(Pens) Taylor, SBS Davies, SBS2 Rudkin and JSBS(Res) Bland.

Hislop J T/Surg RNVR 31/05/1916 HMS Nessus. M-class destroyer. Killed at the battle of Jutland.

Hodkinson H Snr RNASBR M10079 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Hogan P SBS 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBSCPO Hester, SBA Abbs, SBS Foley & Johnston and SBS2 Keily.

Hogan P SBS2 353851 20/01/1918 HMS Raglan (1915). Abercrombie-class monitor. Sunk during the Battle of Imbros.25 Along with Snr RNASBR Spencer.

Holder W Jnr RNASBR M9887 16/12/1917 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Holdsworth WC P/Surg RNVR 06/10/1917 HMS Begonia. Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 converted to a Q-ship. Disappeared in Atlantic SW of England, possibly torpedoed, declared lost on 6th with the loss of 94 hands.

Holland CH Jnr RNASBR M10034 27/05/1915 HMS Majestic (1895). Majestic-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. During Gallipoli Campaign, sank by U-21.26 Along with shipmate SBS2 Steer.

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On 20 January 1918, while the battleships Agamemmon and Lord Nelson were absent, Raglan and other members of the Detached Squadron of the Aegean Squadron were

attacked by the Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim (formerly German battlecruiser SMS Goeben), the light cruiser Midilli (formerly German light cruiser SMS Breslau)

and four destroyers. Raglan was sunk with the loss of 127 lives. Midilli and Yavuz Sultan Selim ran into a minefield; Midilli sank and Yavuz Sultan Selim was badly damaged.

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HMS Majestic, during the Gallipoli Campaign, participated in bombardments of Turkish forts and supported the Allied landings. Majestic became the third battleship to be

torpedoed off the Gallipoli peninsula in two weeks. Around 0645 hours, the German submarine U-21 fired a single torpedo through the defensive screen of destroyers and


Holloway SE SBS2 M195 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox, Rayner & Barras, SBAs: Hammond, Jones & Teucher and SBS Smith.

Hooper AO Staff Surgeon 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland.27 Along with Surgeon Moody, SBA Rowe, SBA Stafford, SBS Jenkins and SBS2 Imison.

Hooper P SBS 105038 13/05/1915 HMS Goliath (1898). Canopus-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sank during the Dardanelles Campaign. Along with Surgeon Waters, SBSCPO Craven & Watson and Jnr RNASBR Hutchinson.

Hopps H Surgeon 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: SBSCPO Hester, SBA Abbs, SBS Foley, Hogan & Johnston and SBS2 Keily.

Hordern C T/Surg RNVR 21/06/1915 HMS Kale (1905). River Class destroyer. Died of illness.

Horner GH SBA M22837 14/09/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness. Plot R, Row 29, Grave 26, Clayhall Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, UK.

Horsey AM P/Surg RNVR 09/08/1917 HMS Recruit (2). R-class destroyer. Lost in the North Sea either by mine or torpedo from UB-16 and went down with the loss of 54 officers and men.

Horsfield T Jnr RNASBR M10081 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Horsfield W Jnr RNASBR M10098 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other

anti-torpedo nets, striking Majestic and causing a huge explosion. The ship began to list to port and in nine minutes had capsized in 54 feet (16 m) of water, killing 49 men.

Her masts hit the mud of the sea bottom, and her upturned hull remained visible for many months until it was finally submerged when her foremast collapsed during a storm.

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HMS Natal assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet but did not participate in any battles. She sunk by a series of violent explosions which tore through the

rear part of the ship and she capsized in 5 minutes on the afternoon of 30th December. 421 crew, visitors and civilians were killed with some 400 surviving. Three QARNNS

Nursing Sisters also perished (OK Rowlett, EM Elvens & CM Edwards). Some thought at the time she had been torpedoed by a German submarine or detonated a submarine-

laid mine, but later examination of the wreckage revealed that the explosions were internal.


medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Howell JF Surg Lt 06/11/1918 19th Field Ambulance, RAMC, Western Front, France. Died of illness whilst seconded to the Army.

Hudson WH SBA 365260 21/09/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Hughes J Prob Surg RNVR

11/02/1916 HMS Arabis. Minesweeping sloop. Sunk in North Sea on 10 Feb 1916 by German destroyers.28 Taken as POW but died of wounds in Germany the next day.

Humphrys FJ Surgeon 05/09/1915 RNAS, 11th Sqn Armoured Cars. Died of wounds with the Armoured Brigade in the Dardanelles.

Hutchinson AE Jnr RNASBR M13019 13/05/1915 HMS Goliath (1898). Canopus-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sank during the Dardanelles Campaign. Along with Surgeon Waters, SBSCPO Craven & Watson and SBS Hooper.

Imison EH SBS2 M2054 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland. Along with Surgeons Hooper & Moody, SBA Rowe, SBA Stafford and SBS Jenkins.

Jarrat AH SBS2 M6063 01/10/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Jekyll J SBA M3359 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Jenkin JC SBS2 351139 19/10/1918 HMS Blake. Destroyer depot ship. Died of illness.

Jenkins JAW SBS 351211 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland. Along with Surgeons Hooper & Moody, SBA Rowe, SBA Stafford and SBS2 Imison.

Johnson GM T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the

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HMS Arabis was involved in a minesweeping exercise off the Dogger Bank during the night of 10 February 1916, when she was encountered by a flotilla of German

destroyers. A brief action followed which led to the torpedoing and sinking of Arabis with the loss of 54 of her crew and 28 taken as POWs.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotilla

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dogger_Bank_(1916)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo


Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeon Clemens, SBSCPO North, SBA Kitchener and SBS Barry.

Johnston J T/Surg RNVR 29/02/1916 HMS Alcantara. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank in North Sea by German raider Grief.29

Johnston RJ SBS M350469 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBSCPO Hester, SBA Abbs, SBS Foley & Hogan and SBS2 Keily.

Jones COH T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley, SBS2 Hill and SBS2 Vine.

Jones R SBA M5521 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox, Rayner & Barras, SBA Hammond & Teucher, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

Kain S SBA M350914 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh, Searle & De Verteuill, SBAs Duck, SBS McEwan and SBS2 Moore.

Keily DF SBS2 M365756 22/09/1914 HMS Aboukir (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with: Surgeon Hopps, SBSCPO Hester, SBA Abbs, SBS Foley, Hogan & Johnston.

Keily DF SBS2 351220 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie. Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins.

Kershaw P Jnr RNASBR M15752 03/08/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

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HMS Alcantara an ocean liner converted to an armed merchant cruiser in 1914. The German raider Greif was disguised as the Norwegian Rena out of Tonsberg when

intercepted by Alcantara on the morning of 29th February 1916. Alcantara closed to 2,000 yards and slowed to lower a boarding cutter when Grief hoisted the German battle

ensign, increased speed, and opened fire. Alcantara returned fire and the range was never more than 3,000 yards. One of grief's torpedoes detonated amidships against

Alcantara and one of Alcantara's shells exploded the ready ammunition for Grief's after gun. Both ships lost speed. Grief's crew abandoned ship 40 minutes after opening

fire. Alcantara sank first, with the loss of 72 men. The C-class light cruiser HMS Comus and M-class destroyer HMS Munster then arrived to sink the stationary Grief and

rescue 210 German survivors.


Kingston S SBS2 M351152 05/10/1914 HMS Pathfinder (1904). Cruiser and the lead ship of the Pathfinder class, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a torpedo fired by German U-boat 24. Along with shipmate SBA Quigley.30

Kinlay AE Snr RNASBR M10986 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Kitchener JR SBA 350288 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeons Clemens & Johnson, SBSCPO North and SBS Barry.

Kynaston AEF T/Surgeon 13/10/1914 HMS Devonshire (1904). Armoured cruiser. Died in UK.

Lamb WT Snr RNASBR M10974 11/09/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Laming T (shown as Lamb)

SBA M2391 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Lancaster A Jnr RNASBR M8346 12/03/1917 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Lewis CW T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb & Harper, SBAs: Dansie. Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Lewitt B Surgeon 06/10/1918 HMS Otranto. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank after collision with HMS Kashmir off Ireland. Along with Jnr RNASBR Heyes.

Liddle TD Staff Surgeon 02/04/1915 HMS Thames. Submarine depot ship, Sheerness. Died of illness.

Lobb FF Fleet Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie.

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The Surgeon is known to have been rescued.


Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Lord-Flood JJ P/Surg RNVR 16/07/1918 HMS Anchusa (1917). Anchusa-class sloop. Sunk by U-54 off Ireland.

MacCormac T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Geoghegan & Wood-Robinson, SBA Stevens, SBS Down and SBA2 Sullivan.

MacIntyre JE T/Surg RNVR 31/05/1916 HMS Ardent (1913). Acasta-class destroyer. Sunk at the Battle of Jutland by the German dreadnought battleship SMS Westfalen. Along with Surgeon Walker.

Macknight DS Surg Lt 09/11/1918 HMS Britannia (1904). Edward VII-class pre=dreadnought battleship. Sank by U-50 of the west of Spain.31

MacMullen AR DSO* 32

Surgeon 07/09/1918 Royal Naval Division, Hood Battalion. Western Front, France. Died of wounds gunshots to neck and spine received on 03/09/1918) in 2nd Stationary Hospital Abbeville.

MacPherson RM T/Surg RNVR 26/12/1917 HMS Narwhal. M-class destroyer. Died of illness.

Maedell CH SBA 1st Class M3908 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Mansfield CJ, MVO D/Surgeon General

07/05/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Marshall CD Staff Surgeon 14/09/1918 SS Dalhousie. Troopship. Serving with the Indian Army, died of illness.

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Just two days before the end of the war, she was torpedoed by a German submarine off Cape Trafalgar and sank with the loss of 50 men.

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Received the Distinguished Service Cross on 22/02/16 "For his services on the 23/1/16 at Serengeti, in East Africa, when he showed remarkable bravery in searching for

and rescuing a severely wounded officer under heavy machine gun and rifle fire close to concealed enemy entrenchments." On 15/10/18 Awarded Bar to the DSC for services

with the 63rd (RN) Division in France. He worked unceasingly day & night for three days to succour the wounded. Times without number, when the enemy shelling &

machine-gun fire was at its worst, he walked about in the most exposed places attending to the wounded, being utterly indifferent to his own safety. The result was that the

lives of many men were saved, who might otherwise have been blown to pieces where they lay. Throughout the whole of the operations his unflinching bravery won the

admiration of all who saw him


Marshall HM Dental Surgeon 03/08/1918 HMHS China. Died when ship's boat hit a mine. Along with Surgeon Martin & Nursing Sister Chamberlain.

Marshall PG Surgeon 14/08/1918 HM Trawler Trafford Hall. Details not found but many trawlers were sunk in local waters.

Martin HJ SBS2 M2431 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Norris, Punch & Morison, SBAs Shapter & Taylor.

Martin LA Surgeon 03/08/1918 HMHS China. Died when ship's boat hit a mine. Along with Dental Surgeon Marshall & Nursing Sister Chamberlain.

Matthew R SBA M13919 18/09/1917 HMS Stonecrop. A collier named Glenfoyle built in 1913 and converted to a Q-ship, torpedoed and sunk by U-43 off SW Ireland with the loss of 33 men.

Matthews VL Surgeon 13/01/1915 HMS Viknor. Armed Merchant Cruiser.33 Along with SBS Goodhead.

May H Jnr RNASBR M15409 23/02/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness in RNH Haslar.

Mayoh F Jnr RNASBR M10615 23/10/1918 HMS Theseus. Ex-Aegean cruiser converted to a trawler depot ship. Died of illness.

Mazonowicz AWB SBA M5959 22/10/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

McAllister N SBS2 M676 18/05/1916 HMS Ganges. Training establishment, Ipswich.

McEwan R SBS M5850 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh, Searle & De Verteuill, SBAs Duck & Kain and SBS2 Moore.

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On January 13th 1915 Viknor set sail from Londonderry in Ireland, and headed out into the Irish Sea to make for her patrol area. On board her were 22 Officers and 273

Ratings mostly from the Royal Navy Reserve. The weather was bad and the sea was very choppy indeed. HMS Viknor never reached her patrol zone, a search of the area was

made and scattered wreckage was found in the sea. There were no survivors. Mystery surrounds her sinking, it was thought at first that a U Boat had sunk her, however

German records showed that no such craft were in the area until the end of January. It was officially recorded that HMS Viknor has been destroyed by an enemy mine,

somewhere of Tory Island and that no one had survived.


Mcgrievy P Snr RNASBR M10292 25/05/1917 HMS Hilary. Armed merchant cruiser. Torpedoed and sunk by U-88 west of Lerwick, Shetland Islands whilst enroute for refuelling at Scarpa Flow.

McIntosh AF Surgeon 04/03/1918 HMS Perkin. Auxiliary Patrol Base, Grimsby. Died of drowning.

McLeod K Sick Bay Boy Servant

M937445 28/04/1915 HMS Norna. Scottish Fishery Board cruiser. In First Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli Campaign. Died of illness.

McNally HF T/Surgeon 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams & Chaplin, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Pengilly & Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

Mearns W Surgeon 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Mill DR Surg RNVR 11/02/1918 Birkenhead Mersey Division. Died of illness.

Miller W Surgeon 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix & Brotchie, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS Bennet, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.

Milner CWM SBA 1st Class M5060 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Minchin J Snr RNASBR M9706 05/06/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Mitchell JE Snr RNASBR M8439 01/02/1916 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Mitchinson CC Surgeon 04/12/1914 Died of illness; whereabouts unknown.

Moody DWK T/Surgeon 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland. Along with Surgeon Hooper, SBA Rowe, SBA Stafford, SBS Jenkins and SBS2 Imison.

Moon GB T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Lion. Lion-class battle cruiser. Took part in Battle of Jutland and was


hit by shell fire. Along with SBAs Gillam and Vanstone.

Moore J Fleet Surgeon 13/05/1915 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Moore JTW SBS2 M150465 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh, Searle & De Verteuill, SBAs Duck & Kain and SBS McEwan.

Morison AA T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Norris & Punch, SBAs Shapter & Taylor and SBS2 Martin.

Morris S SBS M351357 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Moull WD SBSCPO M350116 22/09/1914 HMS Hogue (1900). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast.34

Mower WH SBS M360442 02/07/1918 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Murphy JF Staff Surgeon 13/09/1916 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Murphy JK Staff Surg RNVR

13/08/1916 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Naylor AGS SBA M6821 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams, Chaplin & McNally, SBA Wickes, SBS Pengilly & Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

Neville MA Snr RNASBR M10087 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

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HMS Hogue, along with HMS Cressy went to the aid of HMS Aboukir who they thought had hit a floating mine, when indeed it had been hit by a German U-boat, U-9. As

they stood by and began to pick up survivors, torpedoes from U-9 struck Hogue and she then sank. The Surgeon and 2 Sick Berth staff were rescued. The entire battle had

lasted less than two hours, and cost the British three warships, 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.


Nix PK Fleet Surgeon 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Miller & Brotchie, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS Bennet, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.

Norris HL Fleet Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Punch & Morison, SBAs Shapter & Taylor and SBS2 Martin.

North GH SBSCPO 175577 31/05/1916 HMS Defence (1907). Minotaur-class armoured cruiser. Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, all crew lost. Along with Surgeons Clemens & Johnson, SBA Kitchener and SBS Barry.

Oakes JW Snr RNASBR M16195 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of wounds.

Oaks J SBA (Res) 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain & Gilbert and SBS Fellowes.

Page A SBS 350882 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Palmby AH PSBA M12821 25/05/1915 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Pamment ET SBA M4344 09/02/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Parsons GE SBA M3515 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Pearce-Gould AL35 Surg Lt 19/05/1918 Royal Naval Division, 1st RM Battalion. Western Front, France. Killed instantly whilst standing outside Sick Bay by a 77mm shell.

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Appointed to RND vice Surgeon Ross RN (sick) ; Draft for BEF 23/01/18, joined 150th (RN) Field Ambulance 25/01/18 & detached to 149th (RN) Field Ambulance (V

Corps Main Dressing Station), joined 148th (RN) Field Ambulance for duty 16/02/18, proceeded to 2nd Royal Marine Battalion for temporary duty for 24 hours to relieve Lt.

DAW RAMC 20/02/18, posted to 2nd Royal Marine Battalion 28/02/18, joined 1st Royal Marine Battalion 28/04/18-19/05/18.


Pearson EA T/Surg Sub Lt RNVR

06/11/1918 HMS Lysander (1911). Acheron-class destroyer. Died of illness.

Pengally CS SBA M10965 15/07/1915 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Pengilly PW SBS 351081 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams, Chaplin & McNally, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

Percival G SBS M341063 09/07/1915 HMS Humber. Humber-class river monitor. Died of illness whilst serving in the Dardanelles.

Petley PWJ Snr RNASBR M9453 23/10/1918 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Petty A Snr RNASBR M10099 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Petty T Snr RNASBR M10088 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Pickles JT Snr RNASBR M10089 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Pickles PD Surg RNVR 28/04/1916 HMS Russell (1901). Duncan-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sunk off Malta. Died of injuries received. Along with Surgeon Centre.

Potter HA T/Surg RNVR 18/09/1917 HMS Contest (1913). Acasta-class destroyer. Sunk by U-106 in the North Sea with the loss of 35 hands and 21 survivors.

Pratt RF T/Surg RNVR 16/05/1917 HMS Tartar (1907), tribal-class destroyer. Mined off Boulogne, France by U-65 with a loss of 45 men.

Punch SE Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Norris & Morison, SBAs Shapter & Taylor and SBS2 Martin.


Quartermain T 36 SBSCPO M350541 13/11/1916 Royal Naval Division, 1st RM Battalion. Western Front, France. Battle of Ancre (final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division).

Quigley HD SBA M5012 05/10/1914 HMS Pathfinder (1904). Cruiser and the lead ship of the Pathfinder class, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a torpedo fired by German U-boat 24. Along with shipmate SBS2 Kingstone.

Quirk FW Surgeon 27/05/1915 HMS Princess Irene. Auxiliary minelayer, exploded off Sheerness, Kent.37 Along with SBS Steer.

Randall C SBS 350844 30/07/1916 HMS Vulcan. Submarine depot ship. Died of illness.

Rayner E T/Surgeon RN 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox & Barras, SBAs: Hammond, Jones & Teucher, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

Reader AR Snr RNASBR M9291 25/04/1917 HMS Diadem. Ex cruiser, Stokers Training Ship, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Reckitt CE T/Surgeon 20/01/1917 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Redmond R O'C T/Surg RNVR 03/02/1915 HMS Clan MacNaughton. Armed Merchant Cruiser. Sank off Northern Ireland. Along with Snr RNASBR Bennett and Jnr RNASBR Smith.

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Deal Battalion at Dunkirk & Defence of Antwerp 1914 ; Deal Battalion Sick Berth Staff in HQ Company 27/02/15-26/02/16 to UK Leave, rejoined 1st Royal Marine

Battalion BEF 06/06/16-13/11/16 Discharged Dead (reported wounded 02/05/15 & injured 20/08/15). 37

HMS Princess Irene, an ocean liner built in 1914 and requisitioned by the RN on completion and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. Moored in Saltpan Reach on the

Medway estuary, whilst being loaded with mines, she exploded and disintegrated. The explosion was larger than that which had destroyed HMS Bulwark six months earlier,

although the loss of life was less. A total of 352 people were killed, including 273 officers and men, and 76 dockyard workers who were on board Princess Irene. The sole

survivor from Princes Irene was a stoker, who suffered severe burns. Three of her crew had a lucky escape as they were ashore at the time.


Rees FH Surgeon 21/06/1915 Royal Naval Division, HMS Drake Battalion. Died of wounds.38

Rice A SBS M350534 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Woods & Tonkinson, SBAs Ganderton, Gould & Whitlock and SBS2 Brown.

Richardson WJ SBS2 M351566 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix, Miller & Brotchie, SBAs Hassall & Wrest, SBS Bennet and SBS2 Gambier.

Robbins JW SBS 351220 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie. Jekyll & Slough, SBS Finch and SBS2 Keily.

Robertson JN Fleet Surgeon 22/12/1914 HMS Blake (1889). Blake-class protected cruiser. Either fatally injured or died from illness.

Robins MJ NS QARNNS 04/11/1918 RNH Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Rock FE Surgeon 25/01/1917 HMS Laurentic. Armed merchant cruiser. Struck 2 mines off Ireland and sank. Along with SBS Southcott.

Rolls RJ SBSPO 350785 10/07/1915 HMS Mersey. Humber-class river monitor. Serving in East Africa, died of wounds received.

Ross GCC Staff Surgeon 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

Ross GI SBS M4881 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other

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CWGC Headstone reads "Drake Battalion". The Globe & Laurel (Royal Marines Journal) July 1915 p.135 & Blumberg's "Britain's Sea Soldiers 1914-19" attached

Portsmouth Battalion ; Surgeon Playne RN (Medical Officer Portsmouth Battalion) was invalided 18/06/15 & Surgeon Bedell-Sivright RN joined as Medical Officer

Portsmouth Battalion 20/6/15. Surgeon Rees replaced Playne as Medical Officer Portsmouth Battalion 15/6/15-20/6/15, so brief a time as to go unrecorded other than by

Colonel Blumberg, the Globe & Laurel & Surgeon Williamson ; The Diary of Surgeon Williamson, Drake Battalion 15/5/15 records:- "About 2pm Rees got orders to go to

the Portsmouth Marines and relieve Playne who was ill." & on 20/06/15: "By the way we heard in the morning that a shell had landed in the Rest Camp of the Portsmouth

Battalion and killed two officers and so seriously wounded Rees that he was beyond recovery. A bit of shell casing had hit him in the abdomen."


medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Rowe JJ SBA M7137 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland. Along with Surgeons Hooper & Moody, SBA Stafford, SBS Jenkins and SBS2 Imison.

Rowlett OK NS QARNNS 30/12/1915 HMHS Drinna. Died whilst onboard HMS Natal at anchor at Scarpa Flow. HMS Natal sank from an internal explosion. Also killed were Nursing Sisters Edwards and Elvens. (See further details at footnote under Surgeon AO Hooper)

Rudkin WG SBS2 M1327 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with Surg A Turnbull, SBS(Pens) Taylor, SBS Davies & Hirst and JSBS(Res) Bland.

Russell AM T/Surgeon 16/05/1917 HMS Macedonia. Armed merchant cruiser. Died on HMHS Highlands from wounds received.

Russell HV Snr RNASBR M10984 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Rutherford JD Surgeon 13/09/1917 HMS Theseus (1892). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Died from injury or illness.

Sargent EJG T/Surgeon 25/06/1918 HMS Topaze. Topaze-class light cruiser. Died of illness in India.

Searle FC Surgeon 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Walsh & De Verteuill, SBAs Duck & Kain, SBS McEwan and SBS2 Moore.

Sellars J Snr RNASBR M10095 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Shapter WH SBA 350660 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Norris, Punch & Morison, SBA Taylor and SBS2 Martin.


Shorland G T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock & Jones, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley, SBS2 Hill and SBS2 Vine.

Shute AE SBS M358759 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow. Along with 22 other medical personnel (see notes at SBA Vine).

Shuttleworth J Sen RNASBA M8749 25/12/1915 HMS Egmont, Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta. Died of illness.

Simpkin CB SBS2 350801 06/07/1918 HMS Kent. Monmouth-class armoured cruiser. Died of illness.

Sinclair A SBA M12036 20/05/1917 HMS Paxton. A Q-ship 39formally the 'Lady Patricia' a cargo ship. Sunk by torpedo from U-46, 100 miles west of Fastnet Rock, southern Ireland.

Slater J Snr RNASBR M9473 19/11/1914 HMS Pembroke. HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Slough AJ SBA M4231 31/05/1916 HMS Queen Mary. Queen Mary-class battlecruiser. Exploded and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along Surgeons: Lobb, Harper & Lewis, SBAs: Dansie & Jekyll, SBS Finch & Robbins and SBS2 Keily.

Smith DWP Jnr RNASBR M9131 03/02/1915 HMS Clan MacNaughton. Armed Merchant Cruiser. Sank off Northern Ireland. Along with Surgeon Redmond and Snr RNASBR Bennett.

Smith E SBS 351258 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox, Rayner & Barras, SBAs: Hammond, Jones & Teucher and SBS2 Holloway.

Southcott HJ SBS 350685 25/01/1917 HMS Laurentic. Armed merchant cruiser. Struck 2 mines off Ireland and sank.40 Along with SBS Southcott.

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Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure

submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them. The basic ethos of every Q-ship was to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. They

were used by the Royal Navy during the First & Second World Wars as a countermeasure against German U-boats and Japanese submarines.

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The White Star liner RMS Laurentic was in Montreal when the Great War began and was immediately commissioned as a troop transport for the Canadian Expeditionary

Force. In 1915 she converted to an armed merchant cruiser. On 25th January 1917 she struck a mine off Lough Swilly on the northern coast of County Donegal, Ireland and


Spencer F Snr RNASBR M16013 20/01/1918 HMS Raglan (1915). Abercrombie-class monitor. Sunk during the Battle of Imbros. Along with SBS2 Hogan.

Spry W Fleet Surgeon 28/11/1914 HMS Alsatian. Armed Merchant Cruiser. Died of illness.

Spurgeon AM SBS2 M2968 07/11/1918 HMS Duke. Patrol paddle vessel. Died of illness.

Stafford WF SBA M5693 30/12/1915 HMS Natal (1905). Warrior-class armoured cruiser. Sunk at anchor by an internal explosion at Scarpa Flow, Cromarty, Scotland. Along with Surgeons Hooper & Moody, SBA Rowe, SBS Jenkins and SBS2 Imison.

Stanley GT SBA M2392 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, T/Surg Watson, SBA Evans, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

Steer WG SBS M351640 27/05/1915 HMS Majestic (1895). Majestic-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. During Gallipoli Campaign, sank by U-21. Along with shipmate Jnr RNASBR Holland.

Steer WG SBS2 351640 HMS Princess Irene. Auxiliary minelayer, exploded off Sheerness, Kent. Along with Surgeon Quirk.

Stevens RA SBA M5841 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Geoghegan, MacCormac & Wood-Robinson, SBS Down and SBA2 Sullivan.

Stevenson J SBS Unknown 30/11/1915 No record can be substantiated.

Stewart TLG T/Surg RNVR 04/06/1915 Royal Naval Division, 1st RN Brigade Headquarters. Died of wounds in HMHS Ascania during Third battle of Krithia.

Stockham GE Jnr RNASBR M9781 31/05/1915 Royal Naval Division, Plymouth Battalion. Died of wounds in Gallipoli

sank with the loss of 350 persons (only 121 survivors). Laurentic was travelling to New York and her cargo included a substantial amount (43 tons)of gold bullion that was

largely recovered by RN divers 1917-1924.


Campaign.

Stone T Jnr RNASBR M9804 05/02/1918 Royal Naval Division, 2nd RM Battalion. Western Front, France. Died of wounds and gas in 3rd Casualty Clearing Station.

Story LJStJ T/Surg RNVR 12/01/1918 HMS Opal. M-class destroyer. Wrecked on the rocks of the Orkneys along with sister ship HMS Narborough.41

Strachan AL T/Surg RNVR 23/10/1916 HMS Genista (1916). Arabis-class minesweeping sloop. Sunk by U-57 in the Atlantic off the west of Ireland with the loss of 79 hands.

Sullivan F SBA2 351514 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Geoghegan, MacCormac & Wood-Robinson, SBA Stevens and SBS Down.

Taylor CJ SBA M5043 31/05/1916 HMS Indefatigable (1909). Indefatigable-class battlecruiser. Sank at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Norris, Punch & Morison, SBA Shapter and SBS2 Martin.

Taylor G Fleet Surgeon 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

Taylor T SBS(Pens) M121820 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast. Along with Surg A Turnbull, SBS Davies & Hirst, SBS2 Rudkin and JSBS(Res) Bland.

Teucher FC SBA M4973 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at Scarpa Flow and sank instantly. Along with Surgeons: Cox, Rayner & Barras, SBAs: Hammond & Jones, SBS Smith and SBS2 Holloway.

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On 12 January 1918, Opal joined her sister ship Narborough and the light cruiser Boadicea in a night patrol to hunt German auxiliary warships suspected to be laying

mines on the Scottish coast. By 17:30, the weather had deteriorated to such an extreme degree that the destroyers were in danger of swamping and foundering and visibility

was near zero. Fearing that her companions might sink, Boadicea ordered Opal and Narborough back to Scarpa Flow while she continued alone. For the next four hours,

Opal regularly sent reports indicating her course and intention to return, but at 21:27, a garbled message stating have run aground was received, followed by silence. The

weather was so atrocious that no vessels could be despatched until the following morning, and it was two days before Opal was found, battered, broken and empty on the

Clett of Crura. Narborough was found in a similar position nearby. Both wrecks were abandoned and broken up by the sea over the next few weeks taking the bodies of both

crews (91 from Narborough and 96 from Opal), bar the single survivor, with them.


Todd JP Jnr RNASBR M23094 19/09/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Tonkinson AJ Surgeon 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeon Woods, SBAs Ganderton, Gould & Whitlock, SBS Rice and SBS2 Brown.

Toulmin SN T/Surgeon 02/08/1917 MFA Ermine. Converted passenger ship to troopship. Sank after hitting a mine in Sallonika. Aegean Sea.42

Treadwell REF SBA M25017 29/09/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Tudor HT SBSCPO 150450 20/04/1918 HMS Powerful. Ex-cruiser (1895) converted to Harbour Training Ship, Devonport. Died of illness.

Turnbull AE Surg RNVR 22/09/1914 HMS Cressy (1899). Cressy-class armoured cruiser. Sank by U-9 off the Dutch coast.43 Along with SBS(Pens) Taylor, SBS Davies & Hirst, SBS2 Rudkin and JSBS(Res) Bland.

Twomey LJ SBS 350860 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams, Chaplin & McNally, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Pengilly SBS2 Wilson.

Vanstone JFE SBA M3458 31/05/1916 HMS Lion. Lion-class battle cruiser. Took part in Battle of Jutland and was hit by shell fire. Along with Surgeon Moon and SBA Gillam.

Vennils RG SBA M8992 01/01/1915 HMS Formidable (1898). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sunk by U-24 in English Channel. Along with Surgeons: Taylor, Mearns & Hibbert, Snr RNASBRs Burnell, Doyle, Kinlay & Russell, SBAs Laming & Lamb and SBS2 Broad.

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MFA Ermine was a steamer which plied between Glasgow and Dublin in pre-war days carrying 300 saloon passengers and 700 cattle. Used as troopship to France and then

carrying troops into Salonika and casualties away (She logged in all about 200,000 passengers and 3,000 horses). She is believed to have struck a mine leaving Salonika

harbour (today called Thessalonika) and sank in two and half minutes with the loss of 60 lives including 23 naval personnel. 43

HMS Cressy, along with HMS Hogue, went to the aid of HMS Aboukir who they thought had hit a floating mine, when indeed it had been hit by a German U-boat, U-9. As

they stood by and began to pick up survivors, two torpedoes from U-9 struck Cressy and she then sank. The entire battle had lasted less than two hours, and cost the British

three warships, 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.


Vine C SBS2 M1710 31/05/1916 HMS Invincible (1907). Battle cruiser. Sank at the battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Bearblock, Jones & Shorland, SBA Gainsbury, SBS Hadley and SBS2 Hill.

Vines SBA unknown 30/10/1914 HMHS Rohilla. Hospital Ship that ran aground and wrecked near Whitby whilst en route from Southampton to Scarpa Flow.44 Along with 22 other medical personnel. No other record found of SBA Vine other that which is on the memorial.

Voysey SJ Jnr RNASBR M15749 16/10/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness. Plot E, Row 34, Grave 1, Clayhall Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, UK.

Walker GA 45 T/Surgeon 14/11/1916 Royal Naval Division, 1st (RN) Field Ambulance. Western Front, France. Capture of Ancre (final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division).

Walker GP T/Surg RNVR 01/03/1917 HMS Pheasant. M-class destroyer. Mined and sunk off Orkneys.

Walker R T/Surg RNVR 31/05/1916 HMS Ardent (1913). Acasta-class destroyer. Sunk at the Battle of Jutland by the German dreadnought battleship SMS Westfalen. Along with Surgeon MacIntyre.

Waller A SBA M24967 27/09/1918 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness. Plot E, Row 31, Grave 14, Clayhall Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, UK.

Walsh JJ Fleet Surgeon 01/11/1914 HMS Good Hope (1901). Drake-class armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Searle & De Verteuill, SBAs Duck & Kain, SBS McEwan and SBS2 Moore.

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HMHS Rohilla, on route to Scarpa Flow, foundered off the coast of Whitby. Being close to shore, a line rescue was attempted but such was the weather conditions many

could not be saved. This was the greatest loss of medical branch personnel on one ship during WWI. There is a Memorial at Haslar St Luke’s Church.

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Joined Medical Unit at Blandford July 1915 ; Draft for MEF 1st (RN) Field Ambulance 25/10/15, attached Anson Battalion as Medical Officer vice Surgeon AC Ballance

11/11/15, rejoined 1st (RN) Field Ambulance 29/11/15-14/11/16.


Ward JS 46 Surgeon 13/11/1916 Royal Naval Division, Hawke Battalion. Western Front, France. Battle of Ancre (final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division).

Waring F Jnr RNASBR M9864 11/03/1915 HMS Bayano. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank by U-27 10 miles SE Corsewell, Clyde. Along with Snr RNASBR Farnworth and Jnr RNASBR Wharton.

Waters GA Fleet Surgeon 13/05/1915 HMS Goliath (1898). Canopus-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sank during the Dardanelles Campaign. Along with SBSCPO Craven & Watson, SBS Hooper and Jnr RNASBR Hutchinson.

Watson F SBSCPO 130640 13/05/1915 HMS Goliath (1898). Canopus-class (pre-Dreadnought) battleship. Sank during the Dardanelles Campaign. Along with Surgeon Waters, SBSCPO Craven, SBS Hooper and Jnr RNASBR Hutchinson.

Watson JHD T/Surgeon 13/10/1914 HMS Hawke (1891). Edgar-class protected cruiser. Sunk in North Sea by German submarine U-9. Along with Staff Surg Ross, Surg Cunstance, SBA Evans & Stanley, SBA (Res) Cain, Gilbert & Oaks and SBS Fellowes.

Wharton H Jnr RNASBR M9696 11/03/1915 HMS Bayano. Armed merchant cruiser. Sank by U-27 10 miles SE Corsewell, Clyde. Along with Snr RNASBR Farnworth and Jnr RNASBR Waring.

Whiddon J SBSCPO M350539 30/12/1917 HMS Powerful. Ex-cruiser (1895) converted to Harbour Training Ship, Devonport. Died of illness.

White GAWF SBS 351135 01/11/1918 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

White H Snr RNASBR M10453 17/06/1918 HMS Orieto. Armed merchant cruiser. Died of illness.

Whiteside WC SBS M3500496

07/08/1915 HMS Princess Royal (1911). Lion-class battle cruiser. Died of illness.

Whitlock E SBA M5448 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeons Woods & Tonkinson, SBAs

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Appointed to Blandford Camp 28/09/15; draft for MEF 16/02/16, appointed Medical Officer to Base Depot, Divisional Engineers & Cyclist Company 28/02/16, posted to

2nd Hood Battalion 2/6/16, appointed Medical Officer Hawke Battalion 8/7/16-13/11/16.


Ganderton & Gould and SBS2 Brown.

Whitton DJ P/Surg RNVR 11/02/1918 HMS Cullist. Cargo steamship. Formerly Westphalia converted to Q-ship. Sank by U-97 in Irish Sea with the loss of 43 hands.

Wicker RA SBA 2559 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams, Chaplin & McNally, SBA Naylor, SBS Pengilly & Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

Williams AT SBA M7462 05/06/1916 HMS Victory. RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Died of illness.

Williams HG Fleet Surgeon 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Chaplin & McNally, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Pengilly & Twomey and SBS2 Wilson.

Willock W SBS2 138753 21/04/1917 RNH Chatham, Kent. Died of illness.

Wilson A NS QARNNS 04/11/1918 Died of illness.

Wilson W SBS2 351619 05/06/1916 HMS Hampshire (1903). Devonshire-class armoured cruiser. Sank after hitting submarine launched mine. Along with Surgeons: Williams, Chaplin & McNally, SBA Naylor & Wickes, SBS Pengilly & Twomey.

Wood-Robinson TM T/Surgeon 31/05/1916 HMS Black Prince (1904). Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser. Sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland. Along with Surgeons: Geoghegan & MacCormac, SBA Stevens, SBS Down and SBA2 Sullivan.

Woods H Staff Surgeon 01/11/1914 HMS Monmouth (1901). Armoured cruiser. Sank in naval Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Along with Surgeon Tonkinson, SBAs Ganderton, Gould & Whitlock, SBS Rice and SBS2 Brown.

Woodward AT SBS2 350238 10/02/1918 HMS Abdiel (1905). Marksman-class destroyer. Died of illness.

Worth A SBSCPO M133437 11/11/1914 HMS Vivid. RN Barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. Died of illness.

Wrest GA SBA M5014 26/11/1914 HMS Bulwark (1899). Formidable-class (pre-Dreadnought) Battleship. Sank after an explosion in the River Medway. Along with Surgeons: Nix, Miller & Brotchie, SBA Hassall, SBS Bennet, SBS2 Gambier & Richardson.


Wright S SBS 351560 17/09/1918 HMS Africa (1905). Pre-Dreadnought battleship. Died of illness in Freetown, South Africa.

Rate / Rank Abbreviation Full Rate / Rank Name

(D) Dental

(O) Operating Theatre

A/ Acting

CPOMA Chief Petty Officer Medical Assistant

CSBA Chief Sick Berth Attendant

CSBS Chief Sick Berth Steward

Dent Off Dental Officer

JSBA Junior Sick Berth Attendant

LMA Leading Medical Assistant

LSBA Leading Sick Berth Attendant

MA Medical Assistant

MT1 Medical Technician First Class

MT2 Medical Technician Second Class

MT3 Medical Technician Third Class

MT4 Medical Technician Forth Class

NN Naval Nurse

NO/NS Nursing Officer / Nursing Sister

P/ Probationary

P/ Probationary

PMA Probationary Medical Assistant

PMT Probationary Medical Technician


POMA Petty Officer Medical Assistant

QARNNS Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service

RNASBR Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

RNR Royal Naval Reserve

RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

SBA Sick Berth Attendant

SBCPO Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer

SBPO Sick Berth Petty Officer

SBS Sick Berth Steward

SBS2 Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class

SBSCPO Sick Berth Steward Chief Petty Officer

SBSPO Sick Berth Steward Petty Officer

Sen Res Attendant RNASBR Senior Reserve Attendant (Reserve Rate)

SNN Senior Naval Nurse

SNO Senior Nursing Officer

SRA Surgeon Rear Admiral

SuptNO Superintending Nursing Officer

Surg Capt Surgeon Captain

Surg Cdr Surgeon Commander

Surg Lt Surgeon Lieutenant

Surg Lt Cdr Surgeon Lieutenant Commander

Surg Sub Lt Surgeon Sub Lieutenant

T/ Temporary

VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment

Warrant WM Warrant Wardmaster WM Wardmaster (Commissioned SBPO or SBCPO)


WOMA Warrant Officer Medical Assistant

Wren SBA Womens' Royal Naval Service SBA

Documents

Royal Naval Medical, Dental, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Navaldocrn.org/images/sbs_dis/ww1_rnmb_dis.pdf · 2 At close range, a single torpedo was fired at HMS Aboukir by German submarine