Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—Charles Henry Doy, James Herbert Hobson Hall and John Samuel Neeve at the Battle of Dover Strait.
Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—Charles Henry Doy,
James Herbert Hobson Hall and John Samuel Neeve at the Battle of Dover Strait.
The H.M. Drifter Launch Out was one of a
number of Lowestoft trawlers, in the Dover Patrol, that were attacked by German
destroyers during the night of 26-27 October 1916. The Launch Out stayed
afloat before sinking. Eight crew, including Charles, were killed and the
Skipper, Horace Kemp, died of his wounds two days later. At least three members of the crew are related
in our family tree.
The battle on the seas was one of the deadliest for the
British fleet and the Royal Naval Reserve.
Roughly 55 sailors were killed, wounded or captured by the German naval
force and seven drifters were sunk. Of
the men lost on that fateful night, at least three have been identified in our
family tree, although I suspect more were lost on other drifters. However, the focus of this story is about the
men aboard the drifter Launch Out which was skippered by Horace Kemp. The Kemp name is also heavily used in our
family tree, so I suspect he may also be related in some way to all the other
Kemps we know as our ancestors. The full
story of the Battle of Dover Strait is printed below.
Charles Henry Doy, Sr. RNR, SA 2250. A Second
Hand with H.M. Drifter Launch Out.
Charles was born at Lowestoft on 9 October 1878, a son of Charles
Henry Doy (1853-1928) and Harriett Elizabeth Adams (1855-1913). In
1881 his family lived at 58 Clemence Street.
In 1901 Charles was a seaman on the trawler Rose Bud, LT
594, at Newlyn. Charles was awarded his certificate of competency as a Second
Hand in 1905.
On 26 January 1902 Charles married Emily Matilda Wade (1879-1967)
at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. They had six children, the youngest
being born 4 months after the demise of her father on the H.M. Drifter “Launch
Out”. Their children were:
1.
Florence Maud Matilda Doy (1903-1906)
2.
Charles Henry Doy, Jr. (1905-1978)
3.
Lily Evelyn Doy (1909-1997)
4.
Olive Blanche Doy (1911-1991)
5.
Herbert Alfred Doy (1914-2005)
6.
Violet Irene Doy (1917-1999)
Charles was a fisherman and they both gave their address as
at 31 Stanford Street. By 1911 they were living at 117A Bevan Street and
Charles was a fish monger. For a time, they lived at Yarmouth Road, Heckingham.
Later Emily lived at 73 Sussex Road, Lowestoft.
Charles first enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1895,
in August 1914 his service number was 1258 C. He was awarded the Royal Naval
Reserve Long Service Medal in 1910. Charles was called out for service on 3
August 1914, and he served on the Armed Merchant Cruiser Mantua. As he had
completed his period of service he was discharged, at his own request, on 1
April 1915. Charles re-enrolled with the Royal Naval Reserve on 1 September
1915 and served with the trawler Launch Out.
Charles died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 38.
Awarded Long Service and Good Conduct
Medal. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 18.
See also Lowestoft, Sailors & Fishermen's Bethel and Lowestoft.
Genealogy: Charles
Henry Doy, Sr. was the son of Harriet Elizabeth Adams (1855-1913). Harriet’s father was John Curtis Adams
(1797-1873) and his son was William Frederick Adams (1848-1907) and his son was
George “Pikey” William Welch-Adams (1867-1940).
The Battle of Dover Strait
The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October
1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the
German Empire. Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the
Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to
disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found
in the strait.
The Dover Barrage was an underwater blockade by England of
German submarines attempting to use the English Channel during World War I. The
barrage consisted of explosive mines and indicator nets.
Upon approaching the barrage, the German torpedo boats were
challenged by the British destroyer HMS Flirt and an engagement broke
out. The Germans were able to destroy Flirt and successfully assault the
barrage's drifters, but were once more engaged when a flotilla of British
destroyers was sent to repel them. The Germans were able to fight off the
additional British units before successfully withdrawing. By the end of the night,
the British had lost one destroyer, a transport, and several drifters while the
Germans themselves suffered only minor damage to a single torpedo boat.
The Germans Prepare for the Raid
In October 1916, the Flanders Flotilla was finally
reinforced by the German Admiralty with two full torpedo boat flotillas. The
transfer of the 3rd and 9th Torpedo Boat Flotillas to Flanders had immediate
consequences to the balance of power in the Dover Strait. Whereas before, the
Flanders Flotilla had been equipped with only three large torpedo boats and
several of the smaller inferior A-class torpedo boats, they now possessed 23
large torpedo boats capable of meeting the British Dover Patrol in combat. Due
to the lack of large torpedo boats, the Flanders Flotilla had not sortied
against the Dover Patrol in several months and as a result British defences
were quite lax in the area.
With his newly acquired flotillas, the Flanders Flotilla's
commander - Admiral Ludwig von Schröder - decided to launch a raid in the Dover
Strait against the Dover Barrage as well as any Allied shipping that could be
found in the Channel. Although the British had prohibited transports from being
in the Channel at night in anticipation of a German raid, the Dover Barrage was
not prepared to meet such an attack. Facing Schröder's 23 boats, the Dover
Barrage was guarded by only the old destroyer HMS Flirt, the yacht Ombra,
and the naval trawler H. E. Stroud. The four divisions of drifters
manning the barrage's anti-submarine nets were armed with only a single rifle
each for defence. In addition to the forces guarding the Barrage, there were
six Tribal-class destroyers at Dover that could be called upon in the event of
a raid as well as several units of Harwich Force dispersed at the Downs.
The Battle
The German torpedo boats split into five groups, with each
attacking a different section of the shipping in the channel. The German 5th
Half-Flotilla sailed into the Dover Barrage and soon came into contact with
five drifters of the 10th Drifter Division tending the anti-submarine nets and
attacked. After hearing gunfire, Flirt—the drifters' escort—approached
the unidentified vessels and challenged them. The boats responded to the
British signal with a similar signal. Confused, Flirt's commander decided that
the approaching vessels were Allied destroyers and that drifters had been
attacked by a submarine. An open boat was also launched from Flirt to
rescue survivors from the sinking drifters. The German boats attacked the
destroyer, surprising the crew. Outnumbered, Flirt tried to ram one of
the German boats; after a brief engagement it was sunk by gunfire and
torpedoes. After sinking Flirt, the Germans continued the attack on the
barrage, sinking two drifters each from the 8th and 16th Drifter Divisions. Six
drifters were sunk and three others damaged, as well as the trawler H. E. Stroud,
before the Fifth Half-Flotilla withdrew.
Upon Nubian's contact with the German 17th Half
Flotilla, she made the same error as Flirt and mistook the German boats
for Allied vessels. Surprised with a hail of gunfire, Nubian attempted
to ram the last boat in the German line of battle but was struck by a torpedo
that blew off her bow and reduced her to a drifting hulk. Amazon and Cossack
soon arrived to aid Nubian and engaged the German boats. The Germans
scored several hits on Amazon, knocking out two of her boilers before
withdrawing. Viking's division of boats also clashed with Kaiserliche
Marine torpedo boats. The German 18th Half Flotilla was heading back to
Zeebrugge when it sailed into Oliphant's group of destroyers, engaging them as
they passed. Although Viking escaped unscathed, Mohawk suffered
several hits, before the Germans were able to break away to the safety of the
coast. Near the end of the action, Admiral Bacon dispatched the Dunkirk
Division to intercept the German torpedo boats before they could return to
Flanders but the Germans were able to successfully withdraw before being caught
by these further reinforcements.
Aftermath
The British had failed to stop the raiders from destroying
the drifters and 45 men were killed, four wounded and 10 taken prisoner. Six
ships were sunk in addition to Flirt, the transport Queen and
three destroyers, three drifters and a naval trawler were damaged. Of the
German torpedo boats, only SMS G91 suffered any damage and no German
vessel suffered any casualties. The success of the raid encouraged the Germans
to plan more sorties into the English Channel and the raids continued until the
3rd and 9th Torpedo Boat Flotillas were redeployed to the High Seas Fleet in
November 1916.
From THE DOVER PATROL 1915-1917, VOL. II, by Admiral Sir
Reginald Bacon, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O.
“At the same time the Drifter Patrol commenced a new, and,
as it proved, the hardest of all its endeavours to stop the passage of enemy
submarines. This was no less than an
endeavour to build a continuous line of moored mine-nets, supported by buoys
every 500 yards, across the Channel from the Goodwin Sands to the Snou Bank off
Dunkirk. This work was, of course, the
heaviest when strong winds from south-west or north-east for any length of time
occurred, with spring tides—the strength of tide reaching as much as five
knots; ordinary tides could be expected to be at least two and a half.
… no account of the work of the Drifter Patrol would be
complete without a reference to the part they played in this gigantic task,
involving unceasing work, almost a labour of Sisyphus, but persevered in with
dogged pluck. It was the only possible
means I could devise, in the absence of good mines, for coping with the
submarines passing the Straits. The
new-pattern mines were not available, and were not to be so for another year,
so the herculean task was tackled in the hope of meeting, to some extent, the
situation.
All my officers were of opinion that the attempt would not
succeed; but I was determined not to abandon the project unless experience
proved it to be an impossibility.
This new barrage was patrolled at night by the drifters,
with a very thin destroyer support. …but
some form of look-out was essential to prevent surface vessels attacking the
Barrage or breaking through down Channel.
The drifters were the only craft that I had for the duty. They were, of course, practically unarmed,
and, if seriously raided by destroyers, were bound to suffer considerably. But this is the fate of all videttes; war is
no playtime, and risks must be run by all classes of vessels if conditions
demand their use.
The raid of October 26th-27th, 1916, has been dealt with
from the destroyer point of view; it remains to tell the drifters’ story. Four divisions of drifters were patrolling
the barrage on this night. The eighth
division, consisting of six vessels, was between the Goodwin Sands and a buoy
five miles to the E.S.E. The tenth
division, of five vessels, was between No. 5 Buoy and the tenth mile from the
Goodwins on the same bearing, and the sixteenth division, of six vessels, was
between the 10th Buoy and the buoy marking the end of the Ruytingen Shoal; the
twelfth division, of seven vessels, being between the Ruytingen Buoy and the
Dyck Shoal. The yacht Ombra, and
the armed trawler, H. E. Stroud, were in support of this drifter line,
as well as of the old 30-knotter Flirt.
The Drifter Patrol suffered the loss of the following
vessels, sunk: Roeburn, Spotless
Prince, Ajax II, Gleaner of the Sea, Launch Out, and Datum, with
severe damage to the drifters Waverley II, E.B.C., Pleasant, and the
trawler H.E. Stroud; with the loss of fifty-five officers and men,
killed and missing, believed drowned, and five wounded. One officer and nine men of the killed and
missing were subsequently found to have been taken prisoners and carried to
Germany. The twelfth division was not
attacked, and remained on patrol until daylight next morning.
It was hard luck on the little vessels! I issued the following memorandum at the time
in appreciation of their services:
‘The brunt of the attack fell on the advance patrol of
drifters, whose presence and action signalled the arrival of the vessels and
gave the alarm. It must be a matter of
satisfaction to the Drifter Patrol, that it was through their vessels that the
warning was given. I regret the loss of
so many valuable officers and men, but losses are inseparable from
warfare. The drifters had on this occasion,
and probably again will have, exposed positions in which to carry out important
duties, and I have much pleasure in once more calling the attention of the
Admiralty to the way in which the Drifter Patrol have faced dangers and carried
out their duties.’
…After the raid of October 26th-27th, 1916, they went on
with their duty of watching the nets as steadily as before. They had fought the sea all their lives, and
they fought the enemy with equal confidence.
They continued to patrol with the thinnest of support, since the waters
in the forefront of the Patrol, with their varied vital interests, were too
extensive to admit of real support being given to them; no larger vessels could
be spared, so the brunt of the vidette work fell on the gallant little drifters. This work they cheerfully did, and earned a
reputation of which they may always be proud.
May good luck attend them! No
officer of the Dover Patrol will ever pass a ‘Dover’ drifter in harbour without
going on board and wishing her skipper and crew good luck in remembrance of
their old association in the Great War."
WATCHING THE DOVER STRAITS
It’s dark as hell, and
we cannot see a bare two cables’ length.
The tide’s aflood, the sea
flat calm, and the wind ain’t got no strength.
We’re watching nets out
here alone, just us and our other mates.
The destroyers are well
three miles away as we watch the Dover Straits.
We helped at the
bombardments by shooting our net defence,
The shell fell thick
around the boats, but that made no difference.
We lost the good old Sanda
there by one of them German Eights,
But we’d sooner be ‘er
on a show like that than watching the Dover Straits.
We laid out two
bar-rages right up off the Belgian coast,
We’ve been mined and
bombed and shot at p’raps more than’s fallen to most.
There’s precious little
we havn’t done, ‘least, so we calculated,
And there’s always this
job, my lads, to do of watching the Dover Straits.
We’ve rifles and twenty
rounds or so, and flares to give alarm,
To signal the Hun in
case he comes; ‘twill stop him doing harm.
If their destroyers
come, my lads, we’re booked for the Golden Gates,
But no one shall say
that we funked the job or watching the Dover Straits.
Also killed or wounded on H.M. Drifter “Launch Out”:
·
Horace Kemp
(1878-1916) Royal Navy Skipper, RNR, H.M. Drifter “Launch Out”
Horace was born at Haddiscoe on 8 May 1878, a son of George
and Sarah Kemp. In 1881 his family lived near the church at Haddiscoe and this
was still their address in 1891. Horace went to school at Haddiscoe.
Horace married Charlotte Matilda Short at Saint Peter's
Church, Kirkley, on 27 January 1901. In 1901 Horace was the Master of the
trawler Locler of the Deep at Saint Ives, Cornwall. In 1911 Horace and
Charlotte were visitors at 28 Alverne Buildings, Penzance. By 1915 Horace and
Charlotte were living at 31 Payne Street, Lowestoft.
Horace was awarded his certificate of competency as a
skipper in 1910.
Horace became a Skipper with the Royal Naval Reserve on 1
September 1915 and form that date took charge of the trawler Launch Out and the
trawler served with the Dover Patrol. Horace died on 29th of October 1916 at
the age of 38.
·
Sidney Richard Ayers (1889-1916) RNR, DA 8513.
Deck Hand, - H.M. Drifter "Launch Out." Sidney was born at
Lowestoft on 23 September 1889, the son of Thomas and Bessie H. Ayers. In 1891
his family lived at 132 Saint Peter’s Street and this was still their home in
1901.
In 1911 Sidney was the fourth
hand on the Lowestoft trawler Ivan, at Padstow, Cornwall.
On 25 December 1913 Sidney
married Sarah Alice Whatling at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. Sidney was
a smacksman and they were both living at 132 Saint Peter’s Street. By 1915 they
were living at 25 Till Road. Later Sarah lived at 96 Carlton Road.
Sidney joined the Royal Naval
Reserve on 1 September 1915 and served with the trawler Launch Out. Sidney
died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 26.
·
James Herbert Hobson
Hall (1896-1916) RNR, DA 8525. A Deck Hand with H.M. Drifter Launch Out. 
James was born at
Lowestoft on 4 March 1896, a son of James Thomas Hall (1870-1952) and Harriet Rashbrook
(1863-1906). He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, on 19 April
1896, and his family lived at 96 Wollaston Road. In 1901 his family were living
at Gladstone Cottages, Kessingland. By 1911 James’ mother had died and his
father had remarried. The family lived at Providence House, Field Lane,
Kessingland.
James joined the Royal Naval
Reserve on 2 September 1915 and served with the trawler Launch Out. James
died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 20.
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| William Walter Soanes |
William joined the Royal
Naval Reserve on 16 August 1915. On 17 August 1915 he joined the trawler Orthes
as a Deck Hand. On 2 September 1915 he was promoted to Engineman and joined the
trawler Launch Out. William died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of
18.
·
Frederick Charles Long (1899-1916) RNR, TS 4182.
A Trimmer with H.M. Drifter Launch Out, Frederick was born at Lowestoft
on 30 January 1899, a son of George and Jemima Long. In 1901 his family lived
at Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft. Frederick’s mother died in 1902. Frederick’s
father married Emma page in 1904. In 1911 his family lived at 10 St Aubyns
Road, Lowestoft. Later his parents lived at 31 Saint Peter’s Road,
Lowestoft.
Frederick joined the Royal
Naval Reserve on 1 September 1915, claiming to be two years older than he
really was. From 1 September 1915 he served with the trawler Launch Out. Frederick
died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 17.
·
John Samuel Neeve (1889-1916) RNR, ES 3996.
An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Launch Out. John was born at Lowestoft on
26 March 1889, and was one of fifteen children born to John Neeve (1863-1934)
and Alice Gurney (1867-1946). He was baptised at Christchurch, Lowestoft, on 24
April 1889, and his family lived at Coleman Square, Whapload Road, and this was
still their address in 1901, but John lived with his grandparents, John and
Martha Neeve, also at Coleman Square. In 1911 John was still living with his
grandparents, now at Swatman’s Cottage, Whapload Road, and he worked as a
herring fisherman. By 1911 his parents were living at 38 Whapload Road.
On 30 December 1912 John
married Ethel May Suckling at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. John was a
fisherman and they were both resident at 5 Sussex Road. By 1915 they were
living at 33 Cambridge Road. Later Ethel lived at 29 Nelson Road, Gorleston.
John joined the Royal Naval
Reserve on 1 September 1915 and served with the trawler Launch Out. John
died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 27.
John’s brother George served
with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and died in 1919.
·
Sidney John Freeman (1890-1916) RNR, TS 4181. A Trimmer with H.M. Drifter
Launch Out. Sidney was born at Corton on 21 October 1890, a son of John Isaac
Freeman (1858-1943) and Eliza Gray (1860-1944). He was baptised at Saint
Bartholomew's Church, Corton, on 30 November 1890. In 1891 his family lived at
Mill Lane, Corton, and by 1901 at The Cliff, Corton. In 1911 they lived at 2
Rocket Cottages, Corton, and Sidney worked as a gardener's labourer.
Sidney joined the Royal Naval
Reserve on 2 September 1915 and served with H.M. Drifter Launch Out. Sidney
died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 26.
· Herbert Henry Pratt (1892-1916), RNR, DA 8567. A Deck Hand with H.M. Drifter Launch Out. Herbert was born in Hickling on 22 April 1892. He was the son of William Pratt (1846-1916) and Ann Eliza Ebbs (1850-1935) of Hickling, Norfolk, England. He was the youngest of eight children born to William and Ann Eliza Pratt. Herbert never married. He died 26th of October 1916 at the age of 24.
Herbert Henry
Pratt is commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Here is the complete list of
casualties from the Battle of Dover Strait:
night of 26/27 October
GERMAN DESTROYER RAID ON DOVER STRAITS
Ajax II, hired net drifter, sunk
CHAPMAN,
Albert E, Engineman, RNR, ES 1944
Datum, hired net drifter, sunk
BARNARD,
James T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3243
BRADY,
Charles W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3247
HOWLETT,
James F, Ty/Skipper, RNR
HUNT,
Ephraim, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 968
JENKERSON,
Alfred E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3246
JENKERSON,
Robert W, Engineman, RNR, ES 1785
SAUNDERS,
Frederick J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3245
SMITH,
Francis W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3242
STAINSBY,
John R H, Engineman, RNR, TS 2017
WOOLNOUGH,
Ernest G, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3244
Flirt, old destroyer, sunk by
gunfire (survivor list included)
ALLEN,
John E, Leading Stoker, K 8742 (Po)
ATHERTON,
George, Able Seaman, SS 5985 (Po)
BAILEY,
Alfred, Stoker Petty Officer, 307228 (Po)
BELL,
John G, Stoker 1c, K 33619 (Po)
BELL,
William, Stoker, RNR, S 5906
BRIDGER,
William A, Stoker 1c, K 1472 (Po)
BUCKLE,
Alfred, Leading Stoker, 307363 (Po)
BURDON,
Oliver, Stoker, RNR, S 4348
CAMERON,
Colin C, Officer's Steward 2c, L 9018 (Po)
CARROLL,
James, Stoker Petty Officer, 284276 (Po)
CHAMBERS,
Thomas A, Yeoman of Signals, 211843 (Po)
CHANNON,
Joseph S, Act/Leading Stoker, K 4306 (Po)
CHAPMAN,
Edward J, 2nd Cook's Mate, M 16950
CHASE,
Henry J, Leading Seaman, 186621 (Po)
CLARIDGE,
Leslie A, Able Seaman, J 17581 (Po)
CLEGG,
William S, Stoker 1c, SS 116626 (Po)
COLEBOURNE,
Albert E, Stoker 1c, SS 114735 (Po)
COX,
John R, Stoker 1c, K 9678 (Po)
CREASE,
William T, Stoker 1c, 303819 (Po)
CROFT,
William, Stoker 1c, SS 113963 (Po)
CROOKS,
John A, Stoker 1c, K 16515 (Po)
DITCH,
James W H, Stoker 1c, K 23281 (Po)
DOYLE,
Richard, Stoker, RNR, S 9110
DUCKWORTH,
Charles, Boy Telegraphist, J 37607 (Dev)
FENNELL,
Charles H, Stoker 2c, K 30751 (Po)
FOUNTAIN,
George, Ordinary Seaman, J 56111 (Po)
GRIFFITHS,
Arthur, Stoker 1c, K 30163 (Po)
HAGUE,
Joseph A, Stoker 1c, K 32504 (Po)
HALL,
Albert E, Able Seaman, J 7338 (Po)
HUBBARD,
Edwin T, Signalman, RNVR, Mersey Z 1332
HUGHES,
William, Stoker 2c, K 25378 (Po)
JENKINS,
William C, Chief Petty Officer, 177611 (Po)
KELLETT,
Richard P, Lieutenant
LEE,
Edward M, Stoker 2c, K 29879 (Po)
LYONS,
John, Stoker Petty Officer, 163666 (Po)
MALCOLM,
Fred B, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 22988 (Po)
MATTHEWS,
Arthur, Act/Engine Room Artificer 2c, 271000 (Po)
MCINTOSH,
Hugh, Seaman, RNR, B 3162
MCQUEEN,
William A, Leading Telegraphist, J 6610 (Po)
MURCH,
Livingstone, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 19847 (Po)
NEEDHAM,
Christopher, Stoker 1c, K 27007 (Po)
PARSONS,
Albert, Stoker 1c, K 36051 (Po)
PATIENCE,
William, Seaman, RNR, A 5484
PORTEOUS,
Samuel, Able Seaman (RFR B 6255), SS 878 (Ch)
POVEY,
Austin, Stoker, RNR, S 8095
PRINGLE,
Thomas, Stoker, RNR, S 8260
SEAGER,
Harold A, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 103 (Po)
SHOTT,
Albert H, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 1128 (Po)
SMITH,
Henry, Leading Stoker, K 721 (Po)
STEELE,
Frederick A G, Able Seaman, J 18803 (Po)
STROUD,
Arthur, Able Seaman, J 2277 (Po)
VICKERY,
John R, Artificer Engineer
WALLIS,
Joseph H, Leading Cook's Mate, M 2269 (Po)
WARDHAUGH,
George E, Stoker 1c, M 26184 (Po)
WATSON,
Alfred, Petty Officer, 177741 (Po)
WHITE,
Harry, Leading Seaman, 225895 (Po)
WILSON,
William, Stoker 1c, K 9356
WISE,
Joseph, Leading Signalman, 222824 (Po)
WOOD,
John, Chief Stoker, 170070 (Po)
WOODS,
John J, Stoker 1c, K 3757 (Po)
SURVIVORS
Barter,
John A, Act/Gunner
Chater,
John D G, Sub Lieutenant, RNR
Hankins,
George Edward, Able Seaman, J 25075 (Po)
Higgins,
Frederick Cecil, Able Seaman, SS 4048 (Po)
Innes,
Alexander, Seaman, RNR, 6899 A
Philpott,
Sydney Charles, Signalman, RNVR, London Z/4862
Riggs,
Reginald Owen, Able Seaman, J 22629 (Po)
Smith,
Charles, Able Seaman, J 23424 (Po)
Trevett,
James Frederick, Able Seaman, J 23916 (Po)
H E Stroud, hired trawler, minesweeper, damaged
MCCLORRY,
James R, Ty/Lieutenant, RNR, killed
STOUT,
William, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5303, illness
probably early hours of
27th
Amazon, destroyer, damaged by gunfire (wounded
list included)
CONSTABLE,
John, Ordinary Seaman, J 56085 (Po)
HOWARD,
William, Stoker Petty Officer, 307313 (Po)
KAVANAGH,
John W, Stoker 1c, K 29118 (Po)
PERRY,
Alfred T, Act/Leading Stoker, K 13454 (Po)
WHEATLEY,
George E, Stoker 1c, SS 111948 (Po)
WOUNDED
Barker,
Andrew, Chief Artificer Engineer, RN, survivor
Brown,
Donald Eddie, Surgeon Probationer, RNVR, survivor
Bunyard,
Reginald Harry, Lieutenant, RN, survivor
Oliphant,
Henry Gerald Laurence, Commander, RN, survivor
Purcell,
John Henry Bennett, Mate, RN, survivor
Watts,
William Harold, Gunner, RN, survivor
Gleaner of the Sea, hired net drifter,
sunk
BEAMISH,
Francis W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3239
BUTTON,
Lewis, Engineman, RNR, DA 3225
CHATTERIS,
Benjamin W, Engineman, RNR, ES 1787
DYKE,
Arthur W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3258
HARVEY,
George, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 970
HURREN,
Bertie E, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3237
HURREN,
Robert G, Ty/Skipper, RNR
NUNN,
William A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3238
WESTOBY,
Ernest H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3236
Launch Out, hired net drifter,
sunk, one rating DOI on 29th
AYERS,
Sidney R, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8513
DOY,
Charles H, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2250
FREEMAN,
Sidney J, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4181
HALL,
James H H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8525
LONG,
Frederick C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4182
NEEVE,
John S, Engineman, RNR, ES 3996
PRATT,
Herbert H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8567
SOANES,
William W, Engineman, RNR, TS 4102
Mohawk, destroyer, damaged by gunfire
BRACKEN,
John T, Leading Cook's Mate, M 1143 (Po)
BUTLER,
John S, Able Seaman, J 17910 (Po)
HUMPHRIS,
Charles S, Leading Seaman, 226557 (Po)
STEVENS,
Percy, 2nd Cook's Mate, M 17228 (Po)
Nubian, destroyer, torpedoed and damaged (wounded
list included)
BROOMFIELD, Wilson,
Stoker 1c, K 2521 (Po)
BUSHELL,
James, Able Seaman, RNVR, Tyneside Z 7725, DOI
CLEWLEY,
Alfred, Stoker 1c, K 24506 (Po)
DAVIES,
John, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6038 (Po)
HOUSLEY,
Leonard, Ordinary Seaman, SS 6736 (Po)
KEELING,
William, Stoker 1c, K 29142 (Po)
KNIGHT,
Francis H J, Stoker 1c, K 5971 (Po)
MINORS,
William, Stoker Petty Officer, 284675 (Po)
PRONGER,
Leonard E, Stoker 1c, K 24718 (Po)
RAPSON,
James, Stoker Petty Officer, 299099 (Po)
SAYERS,
Frank, Stoker 2c, SS 117439 (Po)
SHARP,
John, Stoker 1c, K 28461 (Po)
SMITH,
Joseph W, Stoker 2c, SS 117420 (Po)
SMITH,
William, Stoker Petty Officer, 283760 (Po), DOI
WAVELL,
William G, Able Seaman, 208939 (Po)
WOUNDED
Bernard,
Montague Robert, Commander, RN, survivor
Burchell,
William, Stoker Petty Officer, 308032, wounded
Dale,
Henry Edward, Lieutenant, RN, wounded
Edwards,
Walter, Stoker Petty Officer, 309780, wounded
White, Jabez John,
Chief Stoker, 276998, wounded
Yarrow,
William Horace, Cook's Mate, M 5857, wounded
Spotless Prince, hired net drifter,
sunk
CADY,
James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3702
CHAPPELL,
Thomas J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5803
COLLINS,
Henry, Ty/Skipper, RNR
DEAN,
William H, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5697
FISHER,
Herbert F, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 1059
MARSHALL,
Edward A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5725
SAYERS,
Arthur H, Engineman, RNR, ES 1916
SHIPP,
Harry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3698
STRACHAN,
William, Engineman, RNR, ES 4347
THURSTON,
William J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3696
Waveney II, hired net drifter,
damaged, later foundered
CATCHPOLE,
Frederick C, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4276
DOWSING,
Thomas W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 8581
KING,
William R, Engineman, RNR, TS 4251
NESLEN,
Robert, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 2068
WALKER,
John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4714
Sunday, 29 October 1916
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Launch
Out, hired net drifter, lost on 27th
KEMP,
Horace, Ty/Skipper, RNR, DOI
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