I R.N.Di Copyright© Leonard Sellers, 2000. ISSN. 1368-499X It might not always be possible to trace the copyright holders of all the material I will quote, and I would be pleased to hearfrom any such persons to whom this applies. The picture on the front cover is of recruits at Crystal Palace. From "With The Royal Naval Division On Board HMS.Crystal Palace & Elsewhere." Souvenir No 2. Published by W.H. Smith & Son (Arden Press). I would like to thank Bill Hinchcliffeof Suffolk for making this reproduction possible. The R.N.D. is produced and designed at Honeysuckle House, 17a Bellhouse Road, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. SS9 5NL. (Telephone 01 702 521550) E. Mail:- [email protected] AT THE DUMP Lines to the N.C. 0. in charge By Lieutenant A.P. Herbert. Hawke Battalion. Now is the hour of dusk and mist and midges, Now the tired planes drone homeward Through the haze, And Distant wood-fireswink behind the ridges, And the firstflare some timorous Hun Betrays; Now no shell circulates, but all men brood Over their evening food; The bats flit warily, and owl and rat With muffled cries their shadowy loves pursue, And pleasant, Corporal, it is to chat In this hushed moment with a man like you. How strange a spectacle of human passions Is yours all day beside the Arras road, What mournfulmen concerned about their rations When here at eve the limbers leave their load; What twilight blasphemy, what horses' feet Entangled with the meat, What sudden hush when the machine-gun sweeps, And - flat as possible for men so round - The Quartermasters may be seen in heaps, While you sit still and chuckle, I'll be bound! 1141. Here all men halt awhile and tell their rumours; Here the young runners come to cull your tales, How Generals talked with you, in splendid humours, And how the Worcestershires have gone to Wales; Up yonder trench each lineward regiment swings, saying some shocking things; And here at dark sad diggers stand in hordes Waiting the late elusive Engineer, While glowing pipes illume yon notice-boards That say, ''No LIGHTS. You MUSTNOT LOITER HERE. And you sit ruminant and take no action, But daylong watch the aeroplanes at play, Or comptemplate with secret satisfaction Your fellow-manproceeding towards the fray. Your sole solicitude when men report There is a shovel short, Or, numbering jealously your rusty store, Some mouldering rocket, some wet bomb you miss That was reserved forsome ensuing war, But on no groundsto be employed in this. For Colonels cringe to you, most firmof warders, For sandbagssuppliant, and do no good, And high StaffOfficers and priests in orders In vain beleaguer you forbits of wood, While I, who have no signature nor chit, But badly want a bit, I only talk to you of these high themes, Nor stoop to join the sycophantic choir, Seeing (I trust) my wicked batman, Jeames, Has meanwhile pinched enough to light my fire. Lieutenant A.P. Herbert. Published in 'The Bomber Gipsy.' By Methuen & Co. Ltd of London, in 1919. I would like to thank A.P. Watt on behalf of Crystal Gale & Jocelyn Herbert for permission to reproduce this poem. 1142. (�il1Ll�C)Ll. CASUALTIES OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION WITH NO KNOWN GRAVES. Names appear on the Relles Memorial. From the Database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Farmer, Stoker 1st Class, Richard Samual, 291577. (RFR/CH/B/2687) Howe Bn. Died 4th June 1915. Panel l and 2. Farmer, Private,Samual CI-J/11l( S) Chatham Bn. R,M,L.I. Died 4th May 1915. Panel 2 to 7. Farrier, Corporal, James, CH/16711,Deal Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 26th June 1915. Panel 2 to 7. Fawcett, Leading Seaman, John, Tyneside Zll91 l. CollingwoodBn. RN.V.R Died 4th June 1915. Panel 8 to 15. Fenwick, Leading Seaman, AlfredBry an, KP/805. Anson Bn. RN.V.R Died4 th June 1915. Panel 8 to 15. Ferguson, Able Seaman, Charles, Clyde Z/1967. Collingwood Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 4tl, June 1915. Age 18 years. Son of Mrs ElizabethF. Graham, of 449, Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow. Panel 8 to 15. Ferguson, Able Seaman, James, Clyde Zl4401. Hawke Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 9th November 1915. Panel 8 to 15. Ferguson, Lieutenant, John White, HoodBn. R.N.V.R. Died 4th June 1915. Age 25 years. Son of John Furguson, of 1, Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, London. Panel 8 to 15. Ferguson, Lance Corporal, Peter, PO/477(S) Portsmouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 13th July 1915. Panel 2 to 7. Ferguson, Able Seaman, William, Tyneside Zl2245. Nelson Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 15th July 1915. Panel 8 to 15. Ferguson-Davie, Second Lieutenant,Herbert George, Portsmouth Bn. Royal Marines.Died 9th May 1915. Panel 2 to 7. Fern, Able Seaman, Hugh,Clyde Zl2513. Collingwood Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 4th June 1915. Panel 8 to 15. Fernihough, Stoker 151 Class, Charles Percy, 280652. (RFR/CH/B/4346) HoodBn. Died4 th June 1915. Panel 1 and 2. Ferrar, Able Seaman, Victor, ZX/24. HoodBn. R.N.V.R. Died 17th July 1915. Age 18 years. Son of Mary Auchterlonie Swanson Farrar, of the Wattles, 413, Blackness Rd., Dundee, and thelate William Ferrar,Panel 8 to 15. 1143. Finn, Private, Martin, PLY/361 (S) Plymouth Bu. R.M.L.I. Died 26tl1 April 1915. Panel 2 to 7. th Fisackerly, Private, Thomas Winship, PO/510(S) Portsmouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 13 July 1915. Panel 2 to 7. th Fisher, Private, Francis William, Plymouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 4 September 1915. Age 19. Son of the late James William and Ellen Fisher,of TheGrove, Waterloo, Liverpool. Panel 2 to 7. rd Fisher, Private, Harold, PLY/225(S) Plymouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 3 May 1915. Panel2 to 7. th Fisher, Private, John Walter, CH/18663.Chatham Bu. R.M.L.l. Died 6 June 1915. Panel 2 to 7. rd Fleming, Petty Officer,Evan, Clyde 4/1545. Nelson Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 3 May 1915. Panel 8 to 15. th Fleming, Able Seaman, John, KX/149,Howe Bu. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June 1915. Age 22 years. Son of William and Mary Fleming, of 12, Gladstone Terrace, Windy Nook, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Panel 8 to 15. th Fletcher, Private, GeorgeGranville, PLY/17506. Plymouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 13 July 1915. Panel 2 to 7. Fletcher, Private Jesse, PLY/461(S). Plymouth Bu. R.M.L.l. Died 10th May 1915. Age 24 years. Son of Mary Fletcher,of 430, Manchester Rd., East, Little Hulton, Bolton, and thelate James Fletcher, Panel 2 to 7. th Fleury, Able Seaman, Robert Leopold,Hood Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 6 May 1915. Panel 8 to 15. th Flood, Sub Lieutenant, Cecil Ernest Cloar, Anson Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 10 June 1915. Age 21 years. Son of Engr.Cap t. F.I. Flood (RN.) and Eleanor M. Flood, of 161, Half Moon Lane, HerneHill, London. Panel8 to 15. th Flory, Private, Herbert, CH/218(S). Chatham Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 7 June 1915. Age 23 years. Son of Mrs Sarah Flory, of 43, FitzroySt., Ipswich. Panel 2 to 7. th Forbes, Able Seaman, Charles, Clyde Z/2035. CollingwoodBn. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June 1915. Age 18 years. Son of Charles and ElizabethForbes, of 142, Watt St., Glasgow. Panel 8 to 15. th Forbes, Leading Seaman, Robert Broadbent, Clyde ZJ2738. Collingwood Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June 1915. Age 20 years. Sonof Robert Hay Forbes and Louisa Cave Broadbent Forbes, of 324, Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh. Panel 8 to 15. th Ford, Private, Frederick George, PLY/16287, Plymouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 9 May 1915. Panel2 to 7. th Ford, Able Seaman, Robert, CollingwoodBn. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June 1915. Age 25 years. Son of William and Sarah Ann Ford, of 49, BeatriceSt., Ashington, Northumberland. Panel 8 to 15. th Ford, Private, Thomas, PO/725(S) Portsmouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 24 June 1915. Age 18 years. Son of Mrs S.A. Ford, of 53, Briar Close, Evesham.Panel 2 to 7. th Forrest, Able Seaman, Herbert, Clyde 3/2200. HoodBn. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June1915. Age 20 years. Son of Herbert and Sarah ElizabethForrest, of 8, Campbell St., Greenock. Panel 8 to 15. th Forster, Private, Thomas, PO/260(S) Portsmouth Bn. R.M.L.I. Died 6 May 1915. Age 20 years. Son of AlfredCrathorne Forster, of 16, Lime St., South Moor, Stanley, Co. Durham. Panel2 to 7. th Freer, Able Seaman, George Ernest, KP/418. Hood Bn. R.N.V.R. Died 4 June 1915. Panel 8 to 15. 1144. ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS MACMILLAN. BRIGADE CLERK to 189th BRIGADE. Part 6. Puisieux and River Trenches:­ February 1917 & Gavrelle :- April 1917. PUISIEUX & RIVER TRENCHES :- The object ofthe operation to which we were committed was to gain possession ofPuisieux and River trenches which were perched on the crest of the Beaucourt ridge and dominated our position. Zero hour was fixed for midnight th rd 314 February, 1917. Close to 10 pm on the night of the 3 , the Brigade Major with Cooke, the Brigade Intelligence Officer,and myselfleft forAdvanced Brigade Headquarters. The Major led, I followedand Cooke brought up the rear. As we made our way along a mule track, which was known to the enemy, his artillery let go some searching salvos that passed low over our heads.