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Cheltenham and Gloucester Royal Navy Personnel Who Died at the Battle of Jutland 31-May-1916 and Their Ships Rank/Name. Ship Cheltenham and Gloucester Royal Navy Personnel Who Died At The Battle Of Jutland 31-May-1916 and their ships Rank/Name. Ship. Age. HMS Fortune Destroyer. 67 of 73 complement lost. Went down still firing its guns. Lt Cdr TERRY was in command. Lieutenant Commander Frank Goodrich TERRY R.N HMS Fortune. Sunk. 33. Son of Henry Warwick Terry and Edith Mary of Truro. Husband of Isabel Terry, 3 Evelyn Court, Cheltenham. Name on Charlton Kings War Memorial. Also on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial HMS Queen Mary Battlecruiser. Sunk on evening of 31 May when ammunition magazine blew up after hit on gun turret. Only 18 survivors of which 6 wounded and 2 taken as POW. Loss of 1266 officers and men. Midshipman George Paul HOPCRAFT R.N HMS Queen Mary. Sunk. 16. Son of George P and M F Hopcraft, Old Gable House. Southam Village Nr Cheltenham. Name on Bishops Cleeve & Southam War Memorials. Also on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial (His elder brother Lieutenant Peter Hopcraft died 28 Oct 1918 aged 19 whilst flying with 97 Sqn RAF) Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, Arthur CASTLE RN HMS Queen Mary 39. Son of William and Annie Castle, of 89, Ryecroft St., Gloucester; husband of Lydia Gwyther (formerly Castle), of 180, Queen's Rd., Buckland, Portsmouth. On the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Bombardier, Henry HERBERT, Royal Marine Artillery HMS Queen Mary 40. Son of Uriah H. and Alice Pride, of Gloucester St., Stroud, Glos. Native of Woodchester, Glos. On the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Able Seaman, Birt LONG RN HMS Queen Mary 30. Son of Edward James Long, of 39, Granville St., Bristol Rd., Gloucester. On the Portsmouth Naval Memorial HMS Defence Cruiser. Ammunition magazine blew up after hit on gun turret. No survivors of 893 officers and men. Midshipman Meynell Osbourne HANWELL. R.N HMS Defence. Sunk. 16. Orchard Lane. Battledown. Cheltenham. Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Petty Officer Stoker 1st Class Thomas LANGLEY R.N HMS Defence. 27. 15 Grosvenor Street. Cheltenham. Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Able Seaman Robert FRENCH R.N HMS Defence. 26. Horsefair Street. Charlton Kings Cheltenham. Son of the late John James and Elizabeth French, 1 Church Place,Charlton Kings, Cheltenham Name on Charlton Kings War Memorial. Also on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Able Seaman Sidney DOWDING R.N HMS Defence. 20 Address unknown. Nephew of Mrs E Wicksey, 8 Park Place, Cheltenham Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Also on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Able Seaman, William MORGAN RN HMS Defence 22. Son of Charles Morgan, of Gloucester. 12. On the Plymouth Naval Memorial Able Seaman, Nathaniel Percy PHELPS RN HMS Defence 20. Son of David Augustus Phelps, of 130, Cecil Rd., Gloucester. On the Plymouth Naval Memorial HMS Indefatigable Battlecruiser. Only 2 of 1019 crew survived Petty Officer 1st Class Walter Laveridge JONES R.N HMS Indefatigable. Sunk 34. 17 Northfield Terrace. Cheltenham. Son of Eliza Jones. Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Also on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Leading Seaman William George BEACH R.N HMS Indefatigable. 29. 7 Abbotts Cottages. Cheltenham. Name on Cheltenham Memorial. Able Seaman Sidney Hoard PRICE R.N HMS Indefatigable. 26. 36 Victoria Street. St Pauls. Cheltenham. Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Stoker 1st Class Frederick Mark CLUTTERBUCK RN HMS Indefatigable. 22. Son of Alfred and Ellen Clutterbuck, of 1, St. Mary's Square, Gloucester. On the Plymouth Naval Memorial Able Seaman Henry SAVAGE RN HMS Indefatigable. 23. Son of William Savage, of Church Cottage, Sandhurst, Gloucester. On the Plymouth Naval Memorial HMS Invincible Battlecruiser. Had sunk the famous German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Battle Of the Falklands, Dec 1914. At Jutland, 1026 lost when shell penetrated gun turret and ammunition magazine blew up. Sunk in 90 seconds. Only 6 survivors. Royal Marine Major Robert Crosthwaite COLQUHOUN R.M.L.I HMS Invincible. Sunk. 43. Had fought on Invincible at the Battle of Falklands. In command of Q Turret at Jutland. 12 Clarence Square. Cheltenham. Husband of Robina Colquhoun, 4 The Fosseway, Clifton, Bristol. They had a son Alexander Robert Colquhoun born 3 Feb 1912. Major Robert was son of Rev Robert Colquhoun and Henrietta Frances Crosthwaite. Also remembered on the Fareham War Memorial Name on Cheltenham Memorial. Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class Herbert George HILL R.N HMS Invincible. 28. Address unknown. Husband of Gertrude Hill, 34 St Thomas Road, Hardway, Gosport Son of George Hill of Camarthen Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. HMS Lion Battlecruiser. Total of 99 dead and 51 wounded of complement of 1092. Hit 14 times. Fire damaged and reached port of Rosyth for repairs. Survived the war on Home Seas duties and was scrapped in 1924. Leading Stoker Douglas Hugh PREECE R.N HMS Lion. 24. 8 Victoria Terrace. Cheltenham. Husband of E J Preece, “Avalon”, Milton Road, Weston-Super-Mare Name on Cheltenham War Memorial. Ship damaged but not sunk. TOTAL OF 12 CHELTONIANS (INCLUDING BISHOPS CLEEVE/SOUTHAM AND CHARLTON KINGS) TOTAL OF 7 FROM GLOUCESTER AREA (INCLUDING STROUD, WOODCHESTER) .
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