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Of Deaths in Service of Royal Naval Medical, Dental, Queen Alexandra's 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 Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date 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. Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date burial / memorial details (where known). 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 09/06/1917 HMS Vanguard (1909). St Vincent-class battleship. Magazine explosion at RNVR 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). Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date burial / memorial details (where known). 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 01/08/1918 HMS Oriole. Died of illness. Buried in Clayhall Naval cemetery. RNVR 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. Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date burial / memorial details (where known). 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. Ship, (Pennant No), Type, Reason for loss and other comrades lost and Name Rank / Rate Off No 1 Date burial / memorial details (where known). 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.
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