IN MEMORY OF THE ROYAL MARINES

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND  

31st May 1916

The Battle of Jutland took place between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet on the 31st May 1916 in the North Sea, off the mainland of Denmark. It was the only major naval battle of World War I and was the largest sea battle in naval warfare history in terms of the numbers of battleships and battlecruisers engaged, bringing together the two most powerful naval forces in existence at that time. The British losses were heavier but whereas post the battle, the British continued to dominate the seas, the German fleet did not sortie out again  

The British Fleet consisted of Admiral Jellicoe's fleet of 28 Dreadnaught battleships and 3 battle cruisers and Admiral Beatty's force of 6 battle cruisers and 4 fast battleships and the German main fleet consisted of 16 Dreadnaught Battleships and 6 pre dreadnaught battleships, 11 Light Cruisers and 72 destroyers. 

The Germans had planned to sail from the Baltic to the north sea with the plan to engage the British Battle Cruisers in Norwegian waters, but due to German radio messages being intercepted by the British,  the British Grand Fleet were alerted. 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER FLEET 

THE FIRST SHIPS IN ACTION 

Royal Marine Casualties listed in order: 

HMS Lion, HMS Queen Mary, HMS Princess Royal, HMS Tiger, HMS Indefatigable 

FIRST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON (1BCS), Rosyth 

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral Osmond de (Beauvior) Brock, C.B. 

Battle cruiser HMS “Princess Royal” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1BCS): Captain Walter (Henry) Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N. 

Battle cruiser HMS “Queen Mary”: Captain Cecil (Irby) Prowse, R.N. 

Battle cruiser HMS “Tiger”: Captain Henry (Bertram) Pelly, M.V.O., R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) 

HMS Lion, battle cruiser, Fleet Flagship 

She was damaged, five ratings each died of injuries on 3, 4, 7, 23 June and 3 July 

As the two squadrons closed, the Germans found the range better and faster than the British, who were silhouetted against the sun. As a result, German shells pounded the British ships while the German ships remained untouched for the first 10 minutes of the engagement During this stage of the battle Lion was hit by nine shells from SMS Lützow One shell at 16:00 struck the right upper corner of the left hand gun port at the junction of the face plate and the roof, and punched a piece of the 9-inch face plate into the turret before detonating, blowing off the armoured roof of the turret and starting a fire, which a damage control party working from outside the turret fought to put out. In all HMS Lion was hit by 13 12 inch and 1 5.9 inch shell with99 killed and 51 injured.  She herself fired 326 13.4 inch shells 

The initial explosion killed or wounded everyone stationed in the gun house itself Major Harvey, despite severe wounds and burns, realised that the shell hoist leading to the ship's main forward magazine was jammed open. With the hatch open, the flash fire would rapidly travel down to the main magazine resulting in an explosion that would tear the ship in two and kill everyone on board Staggering across the wreckage of the turret, Harvey gave orders down the voice pipe for the magazine doors to be closed and the magazine compartments to be flooded, an action which would prevent the cordite in the magazines detonating Turning to his sergeant, the one man still standing, Harvey instructed him to proceed to the bridge and give a full report to the ship's captain Ernle Chatfield (a standard drill in damage exercises). Seconds later, Harvey collapsed and died from his wounds The sergeant went immediately to the bridge and notified the captain of Harvey's actions before being taken below to have his wounds dressed. 

BACKHOUSE,  GEORGE ERNEST PERCY Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 36 Born 04 February 1879 Date of Enlistment: 03 May 1898 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7532 Additional information: Son of George and Rosetta, Backhouse, of London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BAKER, PHILIP THOMAS ARTHUR Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Born 26 March 1891 Date of Enlistment: 12 May 1909 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/16416 Additional information: Son of James Oliver Baker and Alice Baker, of Chatham. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BEER, WILLIAM  LOUIS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 32 Born 01 March 1885 Date of Enlistment: 28 February 1903 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10417 Additional information: Son of Mary J. Beer, of Elms Cottage, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BELL, JAMES IRVING  Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 11 May 1887 Date of Enlistment: 02 February 1906 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/11670 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BRADFORD, CHARLES EDMUND Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 28 Born 27 October 1894 Date of Enlistment: 07 February 1912 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12849 Additional information: Son of Edmund and Harriett Ann Bradford, of 60, Dewstow St., Corporation Rd., Newport, Mon. Native of Exmouth. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BROWNE, WILLIAM EDGAR Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 06 October 1881 Date of Enlistment: 02 October 1899 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8409 Additional information: Son of William Edmund and Delia Marion Browne, of "Heathfield," Pinewood Rd., Abbey Wood, London. Born at Exeter, Devon. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BURKE, THOMAS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 38 Born 27 May 1880 Date of Enlistment: 27 October 1899 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8487 Additional information: Son of Patrick and Priscilla Burke, of Oxford. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 

CASE, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Born 02 September 1897 Date of Enlistment: 15 September 1914 Killed in action. Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/19125 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

CASEY, NICHOLAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 20 Born 10 February 1895 Date of Enlistment: 18 May 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16326 Additional information: Son of Nicholas and Sarah Casey. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

CHAPMAN, ARTHUR GEORGE  Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 12 September 1878 Date of Enlistment: 12 September 1896 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/6254 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

CHAPMAN, FREDERICK WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 23 Born 19 November 1892 Date of Enlistment: 24 October 1910 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/15131 Additional information: Son of William and S. A. Chapman, of Hewlett's Cottage, Galhampton, Bath, Somerset. Native of North Cadbury, Bath. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

COLES, PERCY ROBERT Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 26 Born 11 October 1887 Date of Enlistment: 11 September 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/11291 Additional information: Son of Charlotte Coles, of No. 1, Adas Crescent, Morte Hoe, Devon, and of the late Sergt. C. Coles,. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

COSSEY, SAMUEL  JAMES Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 39 Born 03 March 1877 Date of Enlistment: 06 November 1895 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/7784 Additional information: Son of Robert Cossey of Ellingham, Bungay, Norfolk, and the late Susannah Cossey. Served 21 years in the Navy. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

DORMAN, ALFRED GEORGE  Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 26 Born 26 June 1890 Date of Enlistment: 20 May 1908 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/14493 Additional information: Son of Caroline Mary Dorman, of 24, Goldsmith St., Heavitree, Exeter, and the late Frank Dorman. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

EVERRETT, GEORGE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 37 Born 23 November 1880 Date of Enlistment: 23 October 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10620 Additional information: Son of Alfred E. and Selina Everrett, of Bedingham, Bungay, Suffolk. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FARLEY, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 27 Born 25 December 1889 Date of Enlistment: 30 December 1909 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/14957 Additional information: Son of Catherine Farley, of 7, Edgecombe Place, West Hoe Rd., Millbay, Plymouth. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FROOME, WILLIAM HAROLD Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 23 Born 25 May 1893 Date of Enlistment: 10 November 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13780 Additional information: Son of Charles and Mrs. H. B. Froome, of Portsmouth. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GREEN, REGINALD GEORGE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 33 Born 25 March 1882 Date of Enlistment: 18 March 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/9415 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Ellen Green, of East Pennard, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GREEN , THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 24 Born 01 January 1891 Date of Enlistment: 30 December 1909 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/14920 Additional information: Brother of F. Cox, of 23, Zetland Rd., Gosport, Portsmouth. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

HARVEY, FRANCIS JOHN WILLIAM Major Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 43 Born 29 April 1873 Harvey fought at the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland. Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Awards: V C Additional information: Native of Sydenham, Surrey. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Citation: An extract from "The London Gazette," No. 29751, dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "Whilst mortally wounded and almost the only survivor after the explosion of an enemy shell in "Q" gunhouse, with great presence of mind and devotion to duty ordered the magazine to be flooded, thereby saving the ship. He died shortly afterwards."  HARVEY, Francis J W, Major, RM - awarded posthumous Victoria Cross

HAYES, JOHN Gunner Service: Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 27 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1914 Killed in actionDate of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/14204 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HENNESSY, MURLAGH FRANCIS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 27 Born 28 January 1889 Date of Enlistment: 11 May 1908 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12255 Additional information: Son of Arthur Hennessy and Margeret Connors his wife, of Turbotstown, Coole, Co. Westmeath. Native of Newtown, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HOAD, JOSEPH HENRY Musician Royal Marine Band H.M.S. "Lion." Born 26 September 1899 Date of Enlistment: 17 December 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMB/2195 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HOUGHTON, TOM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 21 Born 02 May 1895 Date of Enlistment: 15 May 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/15683 Additional information: Son of Sarah J. Houghton, of 64, Wood St., Stockport, and the late George Houghton. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HOWCHIN, CHARLES HENRY Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 32 Born 28 March 1885 Date of Enlistment: 22 September 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/13518 Additional information: Son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Howchin, of 72, St. Andrew's Rd., Higham Hill Rd., Walthamstow, London. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HUTCHINS, THOMAS JOHN  Corporal Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 12 October 1886 Date of Enlistment: 16 September 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/11535 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

KEMP, JOHN SIDNEY Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 23 Born 25 September 1894 Date of Enlistment: 17 August 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/14169 Additional information: Son of John and Rose Kemp, of 14, Park Rd. East, Bedford. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MARTIN, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 28 Born 26 January 1884 Date of Enlistment: 16 August 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/13501 Additional information: Son of the late Stewart Martin, of 24, Ballymena St., Belfast; husband of Edith Maud Martin, of 71, Wellfield Rd., Streatham, London. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MEARS, WALTER (Service record spells name KEARS) Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 29 Born 12 May 1887 Date of Enlistment: 31 August 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/11505 Additional information: Husband of Diana Mears, of Valetta Cottage, The Chase, Bishop's Waltham, Hants. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

NORRIS, VICTOR ERNEST Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 01 June 1881 Date of Enlistment: 02 June 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7482 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

OWEN, WALTER LEONARD Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 11 December 1894 Date of Enlistment: 13 October 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13739 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

PIKE, JOSEPH Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 23 Born 12 March 1893 Date of Enlistment: 04 August 1911 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13315 Additional information: Son of Edward and Annie Sarah Pike, of Marnhull, Dorset. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

POPE, WILLIAM Serjeant Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 30 June 1878 Date of Enlistment: 13 January 1897 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/6497 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

POTTER, ROBERT Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 30 Born 29 August 1886 Date of Enlistment: 24 August 1904 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/13118 Additional information: Son of George and Phaebe Potter, of 28, Bradford Rd., Trowbridge, Wilts. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

RAFFERTY, JOHN HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 27 Born 14 December 1891 Date of Enlistment: 09 December 1909 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/14910 Additional information: Son of Annie Rafferty, of 25, Radford Rd., Exeter, and the late Stephen Henry Rafferty. Native of Devonport. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

ROGERS, FREDERICK JOHN  Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 30 Born 20 January 1886 Date of Enlistment: 20 July 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10896 Additional information: Son of Annie Rogers, of Portsmouth, and the late George Rogers; husband of Vera Rose Rogers. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

RULE, FREDERICK JAMES  Corporal Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 40 Born 01 July 1876 Date of Enlistment: 13 February 1896 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/5820 Additional information: Husband of Mary Louisa Rule, of 53, Methuen Rd., Eastney, Portsmouth. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SALES, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Born 28 May 1890 Date of Enlistment: 23 July 1907 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/14074 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SCOTT, ARNOLD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Born 31 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 07 January 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/15989 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SHEPPARD, EDWARD ERNEST Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Born 29 December 1888 Date of Enlistment: 25 April 1906  Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/13731 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

ULYATT, WILFRED ROBERT Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Born 28 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 02 December 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13204 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WAGSTAFF, WILLIAM Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 34 Born 09 September 1881 Date of Enlistment: 27 November 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8544 Additional information: Son of George and Harriet Wagstaff, of 36, Manchester St., Newport, Mon. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WESTON, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 23 Born 30 May 1892 Date of Enlistment: 25 August 1910 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/15076 Additional information: Husband of Elsie May Weston. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WIGHT, ARCHIBALD THOM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 19 Born 23 June 1896 Date of Enlistment: 14 September 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/19121 Additional information: Son of James and Janet Wight, of 16, Taylor St., Ayr. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WILLATTS, VIVIAN GEORGE CHAMBERS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 20 Born 23 January 1896 Date of Enlistment: 14 October 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13741 Additional information: Son of Walter and Eliza Willatts, of The Beeches, Wilbury Hill, Letchworth, Herts. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WYNNE, WILLIAM Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Lion." Age: 21 Born 08 January 1891Date of Enlistment: 11 October 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13127 Additional information: Son of Annie Hirons (formerly Wynne), of 4, Windsor Terrace, Banbury, Oxon, and the late Tom Frederick Wynne. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

THE 13 ROYAL MARINE SURVIVORS posted by a grandson on a forum

  
HMS  Queen Mary sunk during Battle of Jutland.  

At 4.10, being then eleven miles away abaft the beam of the Lion, he inclined inwards a couple of points, and as Admiral Beatty simultaneously altered still more to port to press his van, he was able at 4.17 to re-open fire at extreme range. The Lion had not yet been able entirely to master the fire that was smothering her. To the Germans she must have been invisible, for the Derfflinger, mistaking the Princess Royal for the flagship, began firing on the next astern, which the Seydlitz was also engaging. Thus the Queen Mary, at from 15,800 to 14,500 yards, became the target of both these ships. For about five minutes she stood it gallantly. She was fighting splendidly. The Germans say full salvoes were coming from her with fabulous rapidity. Twice already she had been straddled by the Derfflinger, when at 4.26 a plunging salvo crashed upon her deck forward. In a moment there was a dazzling flash of red flame where the salvo fell, and then a much heavier explosion rent her amidships. Her bows plunged down, and as the Tiger and New Zealand raced by her to port and starboard, her propellers were still slowly revolving high in the air. In another moment, as her two consorts were smothered in a shower of black debris, there was nothing of her left but a dark pillar of smoke rising stemlike till it spread hundreds of feet high in the likeness of a vast palm tree. Extract from the Official History; " Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S. Corbett. 1923 

ALLEN, WILLIAM Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born  18 March 1880 Date of Enlistment: 13 January 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8650 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

ARGENT, CHARLES WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry  (RMR/B/1258). H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 34 Born 04 October 1882 Date of Enlistment: 08 January 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/11232 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Jeffery (formerly Argent), of Southend-on-Sea. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BAILEY, JOHN THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry  (RMR/PO/B/1015). H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 36 Born 18 September 1879 Date of Enlistment: 23 August 1897 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/9305 Additional information: Husband of Beatrice Bailey, of 15, Henry St., Leicester. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BAKER, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 31 Born 09 May 1884 Date of Enlistment: 10 November 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/12745 Additional information: Husband of May Frances Baker, of 12, Trafalgar Square, Forton, Gosport. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BARBER, ALPHONSO Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 11 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 04 November 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13163 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BARFOOT, EDWIN ALBERT Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 26 Born 20 October 1889 Date of Enlistment: 05 September 1907 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/14966 Additional information: Son of the late Edward and Emma Barfoot, of Bishop's Waltham, Hants. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BARTON, RICHARD PETER Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 18 August 1894 Date of Enlistment: 29 July 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12982 Additional information: Son of Richard Peter and Maria Barton, of 65, Rensburg Rd., Walthamstow, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BATCHELOR, GILBERT HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 18 Born 10 April 1898 Date of Enlistment: 15 April 1915 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/18569 Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor, of Knapp Road School, Bromley-by-Bow, London. Native of Gosport, Hants. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BAYLIS, ALBERT DOUGLAS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 09 October 1890 Date of Enlistment: 09 October 1907 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12065 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BILLING, JAMES ERNEST Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 28 January 1884 Date of Enlistment: 11 July 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/11694 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BOND, ANDREW Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 24 February 1898 Date of Enlistment: 02 March 1915 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/18504 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BROWN, ARTHUR DOUGLAS Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 11 January 1885 Date of Enlistment: 06 July 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/13014 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BROWN, THOMAS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born  05 July 1892 Date of Enlistment: 02 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13044 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

BURRY, ALBERT CHARLES FREDERICK Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 14 March 1895 Date of Enlistment: 20 January 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13285 Additional information: Son of Charles and Alice Burry, of Neacroft, Bransgore, Christchurch, Hants. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

BUTCHER, CHARLES GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 18 May 1876 Date of Enlistment: 12 June 1894 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/7503 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

BWYE, WILLIAM GEORGE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery : H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 29 March 1895 Date of Enlistment: 06 November 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/14462 Additional information: Son of Robert George Bwye, of 28, King St., Penarth, Cardiff. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

BYATT, ALFRED WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 35 Born 02 July 1880 Date of Enlistment: 21 February 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/10746 Additional information: Son of Alfred and Jane Byatt, of 40, Archel Rd., Fulham, London. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

BYSOUTH, HENRY ALBERT Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age shown on records: 20 Born 27 December 1894 However he apparently lied about his age to enlist. Date of birth 27 December 1896 confirmed by parish register Date of Enlistment: 09 October 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13116 Additional information: Son of Frederick and Florence Bysouth, of 2, Beaufoy Rd., Tottenham, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

CARTWRIGHT, JOSEPH CAREY Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 29 April 1895 Date of Enlistment: 09 August 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12994 Additional information: Son of Mary S. Cartwright, of 80, Harbottle St, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the late Joseph Cartwright. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

CATLEY, CHARLES Commissioned Royal Marine Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 08 October 1877 enlisted 22 October 1895 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

COLLINS, GEORGE  Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 38 Born 01 April 1877 Date of Enlistment: 15 February 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/9525 Additional information: Son of George and Margaret Collins, of Haslemere, Surrey; husband of Charlotte Mary Collins, of Doris Cottage, Middlecroft Lane, Gosport. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

COLSON, VICTOR HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 18 Born 06 March 1896 Date of Enlistment: 09 December 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/19503 Additional information: Son of Walter John and Ellen Colson, of 132, Lorrimore Rd., Walworth, London. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

COOPER, HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 08 May 1893 Date of Enlistment: 22 April 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16321 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

COPE, SAMUEL Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 26 May 1872 Date of Enlistment: 29 August 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/16958 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

DAVIS, FREDERICK Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 11 October 1879 Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/9828 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

ELLIOTT, GIDEON Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 01 June 1880 Date of Enlistment: 20 June 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/9721 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

ESCOTT, ALBERT Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 26 June 1888 Date of Enlistment: 21 September 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/14322 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

EXFORD, GEORGE OSMAN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 23 November 1884 Date of Enlistment: 05 January 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/12829 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FELTON, ISAAC Lance Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 28 September 1876 Date of Enlistment: 15 October 1895 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/8250 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FERGUSON, JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry  H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 19 Born 16 January 1897 Date of Enlistment: 07 January 1915 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/17859 Additional information: Son of John and S. C. Ferguson, of 157, Farme Loan Rd., Rutherglen, Glasgow. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FERGUSSON, ALLAN Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 10 September 1884 Date of Enlistment: 29 September 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10254 Additional information: Husband of A. Esther Fergusson, of 504. West Park St., Ontario, California, U.S.A. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FITZWILLIAM, JOSEPH  Gunner  Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 38 Born 12 May 1878 Date of Enlistment: 16 January 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8660 Additional information: Husband of Rose E. Fitzwilliam, of 23, Staunton Rd., Havant, Hants. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

FRANKS, WALTER HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 06 September 1888 Date of Enlistment: 06 April 1907 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/14738 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GARDNER, ROBERT LOWE Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 20 March 1892 Date of Enlistment: 16 April 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12907 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GEARY, ARCHIBALD ISLES Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 23 Born 11 October 1892 Date of Enlistment: 15 June 1910 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/15692 Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Geary, of 1, Seafield Terrace, Gosport. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GROVES, PHILIP (Service record spells name GRAVES) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 17 Born 01 September 1897 Date of Enlistment: 15 September 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/17844 Additional information: Son of John E. A. and Ann M. Groves, of the "Cotswold" Arms, High St., Burford, Oxon. Native of Farhill, Fairford, Glos. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HAWORTH, FIELDEN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 14 October 1884 Date of Enlistment: 02 September 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/12584 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HAYDEN, EDWARD JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 27 Born 02 May 1890 Date of Enlistment: 10 June 1907 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/14838 Additional information: Son of Ada Ann Sothcott (formerly Hayden), of Ryde, Isle of Wight, and the late William Hayden. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HEAD, HENRY GEORGE Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 06 May 1893 Date of Enlistment: 02 May 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16317 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HERBERT, CHARLES JOHN Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 11 November 1881 Date of Enlistment: 16 December 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/11139 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HERBERT, HENRY Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 40 Born 04 January 1879 Date of Enlistment: 04 February 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7938 Additional information: Son of Uriah H. and Alice Pride, of Gloucester St., Stroud, Glos. Native of Woodchester, Glos. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HEWITT, WILLIAM ERNEST Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 22 Born 16 January 1894 Date of Enlistment: 06 October 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13722 Additional information: Son of William and Elizabeth Buxton Hewitt, of 239, Creswell Rd., Clown, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HOWARD, WILLIAM FREDERICK Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 10 October 1879 Date of Enlistment: 09 June 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/10389 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HOWIE, THOMAS Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 32 Born 14 November 1883 Date of Enlistment: 10 November 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/12716 Additional information: Son of John Howie, of Dark Close, Bo'ness, West Lothian. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HUMPHRYS, ARTHUR Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 15 January 1895 Date of Enlistment: 26 August 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13028 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HUNT, WALTER Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 27 Born 29 October 1890 Date of Enlistment: 14 January 1909 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/15164 Additional information: Husband of Agnes Ellen Seymour (formerly Hunt), of Triton Villa, Elson, Gosport. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

JACKSON, HARRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 27 February 1895 Date of Enlistment: 20 October 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/17263 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

JAGO, WILLIAM EDWARD  Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 17 May 1893 Date of Enlistment: 30 April 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16310 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

JONES, ALBERT FREDERICK Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 28 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 17 April 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/14035 Additional information: Son of Cornelius Jones, of Linleys, Corsham, Wilts. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

JONES, GEORGE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 35 Born 22 November 1881 Date of Enlistment: 09 March 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/9385 Additional information: Son of George and Charlotte Sandy, of Lady Land, Shorwell, Newport, Isle of Wight. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

KELLY, THOMAS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 39 Born 12 October 1876 Date of Enlistment: 22 February 1896 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/5837 Additional information: Husband of Elizabeth Kelly, of 5, Nelson's Cottages, Acomb, York. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

KENEALY, JOHN MAURICE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery  H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 27 Born 19 March 1888 Date of Enlistment: 27 April 1906 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/11730 Additional information: Son of James and Frances Kenealy, of 51, Watford Rd., Canning Town, London. Born at West Ham, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

LANDRAY, WILLIAM HENRY HUBERT (Service record offers alternative spelling LAUDRAY) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 24 Born 16 December 1892 Date of Enlistment: 22 April 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16319 Additional information: Son of William and Florence Landray, of 6, Pound St., Poole, Dorset. Native of Eastleigh, Hants. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

LE MANQUAIS, ERNEST GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 29 September 1886 Date of Enlistment: 16 November 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/13223 /Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

LOTHIAN, WILLIAM JOHN Serjeant : Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 14 November 1879 Date of Enlistment: 04 April 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7384 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

LYNN, ROBERT Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 30 October 1879 Date of Enlistment: 07 July 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8897 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

McDONALD, THOMAS (Service record spells name MACDONALD) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Black Prince." Though listed amongst the casualties of HMS “Queen Mary” Age: 22 Born 28 September 1894Date of Enlistment: 23 October 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16562 Additional information: Son of James McDonald, of 6F, Ship St., Barrow-in-Furness. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 

MARR, ANDREW HUNTER Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S "Queen Mary." Age: 39 Born 03 October 1878 Date of Enlistment: 01 August 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8298 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hunter Marr, of Larkhall, Lanarkshire; husband of Isabella Gordon Marr, of 238, Springburn Rd., Glasgow. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MARTIN, HORATIO Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 34 Born 12 August 1880 Date of Enlistment: 06 March 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7992 Additional information: Son of John Alexander and Annie Martin, of Edmonton; husband of Florence Lucy Martin, of 25, Nelson Rd., Lower Edmonton, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MASON, ALEXANDER Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 43 Born 05 December 1872 Date of Enlistment: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/16963 Additional information: Son of Alexander and Emily Mason, of Boxmoor, Herts; husband of Rebecca Mason, of 3, Manor Avenue, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MASON, THOMAS WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 42 Born 23 November 1875 Date of Enlistment: 31 August 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/16962 Additional information: Son of the late Alexander Mason; husband of Mary I. Mason, of 7, Manor Avenue, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

McKAY, DONALD Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 39 Born 28 February 1879 Date of Enlistment: 07 September 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8371 Additional information: Son of Donald and Jessie McKay, of Lairg, Sutherlandshire. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

McLAUGHLIN, FREDERICK Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 19 Born 23 September 1896 Date of Enlistment: 24 September 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13706 Additional information: Son of William and Ellen McLaughlin, of 50, Lower Nassau St., Londonderry. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MERCER, ALBERT WINTON Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 19 Born 14 July 1894 Date of Enlistment: 12 April 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16316 Additional information: Son of William and Emma Mercer, of 12, Buckingham Rd., Worthing. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MILLS, HARRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 28 Born 05 June 1888 Date of Enlistment: 14 August 1905 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/15099 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Broadhurst, of act., 3 Row, Johnson St., Wicher, Sheffield. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MOORE, FREDERICK Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 10 December 1894 Date of Enlistment: 24 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13096 Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. J. Hagley, of 56, St. Andrew's St., Tiverton. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MOORE, JOHN JAMES Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 12 May 1889 Date of Enlistment: 24 May 1904 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10866 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MORAN, ALBERT EDWARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 23 October 1889 Date of Enlistment: 28 December 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/12908 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MUTTERS, WILLIAM HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 47 Born 15 February 1870 Date of Enlistment: 31 August 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/16964 Additional information: Son of James and Jane Mutters, of 41, The Strand, Teignmouth, Devon. Native of Dawlish, Devon. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

NEIL, WILLIAM McKAY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 19 Born 12 October 1897 Date of Enlistment: 04 January 1915 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/19585 Additional information: Son of Andrew and Helen Neil, of 54, South Hamilton St., Kilmarnock. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

NOTTINGHAM, LESLIE Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 20 Born 09 October 1895 Date of Enlistment: 13 September 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13806 Additional information: Son of Ernest and Louie J. Nottingham, of 80, East Hill, Wandsworth, London. Native of Wimbledon, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

NUNN, ALBERT CECIL Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 20 March 1893 Date of Enlistment: 06 February 1911 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/12579 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

PARKER, ARTHUR Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 21 Born 24 January 1894 Date of Enlistment: 03 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13053 Additional information: Son of George Parker, of 2, Grange Row, Waterside, Winsford, Cheshire. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

PICKFORD, GEORGE Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary."  Age: 25 29 December 1893 Date of Enlistment: 23 April 1912 Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16315 Additional information: Son of George and Ellen Pickford. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

POOLEY, JOHN ALFRED Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 30 Born 04 May 1885 Date of Enlistment: 12 May 1903 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10473 Additional information: Husband of Florence Walsh (formerly Pooley), of 8, Spurgeon St., Everton, Liverpool. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

RUBICK, ARTHUR Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 35 Born 26 April 1880 Date of Enlistment: 31 March 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/7378 Additional information: George and Mary Ann Rubick, of 19, Queen St., Emsworth, Hants; husband of Ethel Kate Rubick, of 4, North St., Wilton, Wilts. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

RULE, FREDERICK HENRY Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 22 Born 31 May 1894 Date of Enlistment: 14 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16484 Additional information: Son of the late Thompson Rule and Jane E. Rule, of Liverpool. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SELWAY, SIDNEY JAMES Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 05 May 1894 Date of Enlistment: 02 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13045 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SIMMONDS, ARTHUR JAMES Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 39 Born 12 February 1880 Date of Enlistment: 11 August 1899 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/8313 Additional information: Son of Charles and Sophia Simmonds, of Hackney Wick, London; husband of Kate Simmonds, of 11, Aragon Rd., East Ham, London. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

SMALLMAN, LEWIS GEORGE ERNEST Lance Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 30 Born 12 December 1885 Date of Enlistment: 30 August 1904 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/13895 Additional information: Son of John Smallman, of Portsmouth; husband of Harriet Smallman, of 39, Landport St., Portsmouth. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

STEVENS , WALTER JAMES  Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 24 Born 11 December 1891 Date of Enlistment: 21 April 1910 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/15688 Additional information: Son of Mary Jane Stevens, of 5, Church Walk, Bishop's Cannings. Devizes, Wilts. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

SWAIN, ERNEST EDMUND Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Born 24 June 1884 Date of Enlistment: 26 August 1904 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10953 Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

THOROGOOD, EDMUND JOHN Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 24 Born 27 September 1892 Date of Enlistment: 25 September 1912 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13095 Additional information: Son of John and Martha Thorogood, of 95, Faircross Avenue, Barking, Essex. Native of Dagenham. His brother Ernest Samuel Thorogood also fell. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

TIZZARD, WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 29 Born 09 September 1886 Date of Enlistment: 03 February 1906 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/18440 Additional information: Son of James and Caroline Tizzard, of Rose Cottage, Findon, Worthing, Sussex. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL  

TULETT, HENRY WILLIAM Private Royal Marine Light Infantry  (RMR/B/667). H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 36 Born 03 February 1880 Date of Enlistment: 25 July 1898 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/9854 Additional information: Son of Henry and Emily Tulett; husband of Rose Anna Tulett, of 3, College Rd., Haywards Heath, Sussex. Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WALLINGTON, JOHN HENRY Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 19 Born 07 September 1896 Date of Enlistment: 22 October 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13748 Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wallington, of Pike Cottage, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wilts. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WEBB, ERNEST Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 32 Born 12 September 1882 Date of Enlistment: 17 June 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/9611 Additional information: Son of John Gregory and Harriett Webb; husband of Edith Jane Webb, of 56, Henderson Rd., Eastney, Portsmouth. Native of Southampton. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WOOLLACOTT , HERBERT ARTHUR Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Queen Mary." Age: 34 Born 30 July 1882 Date of Enlistment: 04 September 1914 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: CH/18928 Additional information: Son of Arthur and Eva Woollacott, of Warrington; husband of the late F. L. Woollacott, of 336, Canterbury Rd., Gillingham, Kent. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

This ship sustained considerable damage, chiefly from gun-fire, the majority of hits received being on the Port side, while fire breaking out in several compartments forward was responsible for the destruction of all fittings, etc. in the vicinity of the Sick Bay. 

A shell pierced the Forecastle Deck abreast the Deck pipe on the Port side at 38 Station, making a hole 2ft. × 2ft., and fracturing and distorting three beams and two longitudinal girders beneath. The deck planking was torn up and the chafing plate for the plating distorted and holed by splinters of shell. The Upper Deck was also pierced at 31 Station the whole being 2ft. 6in × 1ft. 4in. in extent. The deck in the vicinity was riddled by splinters and generally indented, while the bulkheads to Carpenters' and Inflammable Stores at 31 and 39 Stations were badly holed. The watertight doors on these bulkheads were wrecked. The perforation extended downwards through the Main Deck which was pierced in two places, whilst on this deck the bulkheads to the Paint and Lamp Rooms were pierced, a Main Deck beam at 31 Station fractured, and a 7½in. fan, vertical ventilation pipes and trunks, air escapes, etc., practically demolished. Reference Narrative of the Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Tiger 

NEWNHAM, JOHN FRANCIS Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Tiger." Age: 19 Born 10 June 1896 Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1913 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/13608 Additional information: Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Newnham, of "Erlsmere," Compton Rd., Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

HMS Princess Royal, damaged. 

Hit by 8 x 12 inch and 1 x 11 inch hits causing 22 killed and 81 injured.  Fired 230 x 13.5 inch rounds. 

ANDREWS,  FREDERICK CHARLES Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Age: 35 Born 03 December 1881 Date of Enlistment: 10 November 1902 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/10303 Additional information: Son of Jane Andrews, of 4, New Rd., Beeches Hill, Bishop's Waltham, Hants. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

BODELY, HENRY JOHN Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Age: 41 Born 02 December 1877 Date of Enlistment: 14 December 1900 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/9217 Additional information: Son of the late George Bodely. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GAMBLIN, ERNEST ALFRED Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Age: 36 Born 19 February 1880 Date of Enlistment: 19 February 1897 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/6580 Additional information: Son of Richard Gamblin, of Portsmouth; husband of Mary Allan Gamblin, of 180, Victoria Rd., Torry. Aberdeen. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

GOMER, WILLIAM RICHARD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Age: 36 Born 06 December 1880 Date of Enlistment: 21 January 1895 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/7085 Additional information: Son of the late Sergt. H. Gomer (R.M.L.I.) and Mrs. E. Gomer. Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

HODGES, PERCY ARCHIBALD Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Born 23 March 1893 Date of Enlistment: 17 July 1911 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PO/16046 Memorial Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

MOORES, HENRY ARTHUR Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Born 11 December 1880 Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1894 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: PLY/6861 Memorial Reference: 18. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL  

WOOD, GABRIEL RICHARD Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Princess Royal." Age: 31 Born 08 April 1883 Date of Enlistment: 16 October 1901 Killed in action Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: RMA/9761 Additional information: Son of Horace Gabriel and Hephzibah Wood, of Langrish; husband of Christina Maud Wood, of "Ramsdean," Langrish, Petersfield, Hants. Memorial Reference: 21. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL