ROYAL NAVY 1916
Remembering the 52 men from Leeds who gave their lives during 1916 whilst serving on board His Majesty's Royal Navy during World War One
17th JANUARY 1916
HM TRAWLER FULMAR
Commanded by Lieutenant James Alexander Cowie and hit a mine and sunk in the Gulf of Sollum in the Mediteranean off Egypt. In all 15 men lost their lives.
BECKWITH Ernest William Boy Telegraphist J/40297 17/01/1916 Aged 17. Born Leeds 04/09/1898 Vol 9b Page 392. Son of Walter and Mary Ann Barwick Married 1882 All Saints Leeds Vol 9b Page 513. CWGC 18 Raincliffe Street York Road. Remembered Plymouth Naval Memorial.
29th FEBRUARY 1916
HMS ALCANTARA
Commanded by Captain Thomas Erskine Wardle and was sunk in a battle with German ship grief around 11.00 am.
GREEN Walter Clifford Electrician 29/02/1916 Aged 27. Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 534. Son of Walter James Ernest and Annie Maria Ellen Sloan Married St Peter Leeds Parish Church 1887 Vol 9b Page 609. CWGC/1911 Residence 53 Albert Avenue Hull Occupation Electrical Engineer. Remembered on Plymouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
Click below to find details of those 39 men who gave their lives during the Battle of Jutland.
31 May 1916
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05th JUNE 1916
HMS HAMPSHIRE
Struck a mine laid by German U Boat 75 at 19.40 hrs between the Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head Scotland. made famous as Lord Kitchiner was onboard. In total 643 men lost their lives. Learn about the Hampshire at Jane Elizabeth Storey excellent website Click Here.
BEVERLEY Robert Able Seaman J/15794 Drowned Aged 20. Born Leeds 31/01/1896. Son of William and Miriam Greenwood Married St Matthew Holbeck 1891. CWGC/1911 Residence 4 Stead Street Domestic Street Holbeck Occupation Bundler of Firewood. PHOTO
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Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
BROWN David Cliff Driver 39661 43rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Drowned Aged Born 23/06/1883 Baptised 11/07/1883 St Jude Hunslet. Son of William and Elizabeth Jane Hanson Married 1869 St Jude Potteryfield Hunslet. 1911 David was in India in the Army. Husband of Lizzie Hewitt Married 1915 Leeds Registered Building. Lizzie was left £4,16 Shilling and 10 pence and 10 guineas. The piece found in the Leeds Mercury explains why David was onboard the HMS Hampshire. (Brigadier General Wilfred Ellershaw)
Remembered Hollybrook Memorial Southampton. PHOTO
FOTHERGILL Edwin Able Seaman 186166 PO Drowned Aged 37. Born 04/12/1888 Middlesbrough. Son of Charles and Mary Elizabeth Naval Records No 18 Wood View Mount Dewsbury Road. Husband of Marie Peach Borrowdale Married 1907 Auckland County Durham. 1911 Edwin was On board HMS Doris in Gibraltar.
Laid to Rest Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Orkney. PHOTO
HARGREAVES Joseph Harold K/27211 Stoker 1st Class Drowned Aged 27. Born Gildersome 10/04/1889 Vol 9b Page 365. Son of Samuel Hedley And Mary Duxbury Married Dewsbury 1888 Vol 9b Page 904. Naval Record/1911 Residence 6 Green Top Wortley Occupation Bath Maker Sanitary. Laid to Rest Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Orkney.
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JEWITT Lewis M/12470 Cooks Mate Drowned Aged 20. Born Leeds 03/06/1896 Vol 9b Page 415. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hill Married Howden 1892 Vol 9d Page 141. No 18 Stratford Street Dewsbury Road Leeds. 1911 Residence 25 Bellbrooke Place Harehills Occupation Butcher Errand Boy.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
KNOWLSON James Wilfred Cook's Mate M/116S9 Drowned Aged 21.Born Leeds 13/07/1894 Vol 9b Page 412. Son of James and Ellen Beckwith Married Holy Trinity Leeds 1889 Vol 9b Page 741. CWGC 14 Clark Mount Clark Lane. 1911 Residence 48 Dent Street Occupation Baker. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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McGOWAN Francis George Ordinary Seaman J/46405 Drowned Aged 27. Born Leeds 12/12/1888. Son of Sarah 11 Barking Terrace Chantrell Street York Road. 1911 Residence a Boarder at 10 Dawlish Avenue Occupation Printer's Packer. Laid to Rest Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Orkney.
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NOWLAND Fred Stoker 1st Class K/28357 Drowned Aged 23. Born Leeds 16/01/1893 Vol 9b Page 326. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Wilson Married 1892 St Luke Beeston Hill Vol 9b Page 508. CWGC/1911 residence 6 Little Town Terrace off Elland Road Holbeck Occupation Printers Labourer.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
ROBERTS Percy Bentley Chief Armourer 344639 Drowned Aged 33. Born Wakefield 05/098/1883. Son of Frederick Arthur and Elizabeth Burdett Married 27/02/1881 St Michael Wakefield 1911 19 Peel St Off Pearson St Hunslet. Husband of Mary Jane CWGC 53 Percy Road Southsea. Laid to Rest Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Orkney. Remembered St Mary Hunslet.
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SMITH Albert Stoker 1st Class SS/114387 Drowned Aged 20. Born Wortley 03/07/1895 Son of William Charles and Mary Ann Thompson Married 1888 Vol 9b Page 386. CWGC 16 Winford Street New Wortley.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
STEAD Edmund
Ordinary Telegraphist J/35189 Drowned Aged 17. Born Otley 23/10/1899 Vol 9a Page 139. Son of Arthur and Rachel Ann Wilson Married Otley 1896 Vol 9a Page 315. CWGC 3 Beamsley Place Burley. 1911 Residence 5 Bank Parade Otley At School Paper Boy. Enlisted into the Navy at the end of 1914 aged 15.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
WILSON Arthur Ordinary Seaman J/32277 Drowned Aged 19. Born Leeds 27/02/1898 Son of James and Eliza Marshall Married Leeds Registered Building 1897 Vol 9b Page CWGC 27 Penn Street Argyle Road. 1911 Residence 3 Burrell Terrace Shannon Street Occupation Combing Pin Manufacturing Engineering.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
WILSON Benjamin James SEE ARMLEY
14th AUGUST 1916
HMS GLASGOW
Took part in the Battle of Coronal November 1914 and again at the Battle of Falklands in early 1915, was also present at Gallipoli.
MITCHELL Horace Stoker 1st Class K/26493 DIED Illness 14/08/1916 Aged 22.Born Bramley 02/12/1893. Son of Fred and Ada Mary Stewart Married Bramley Vol 9b Page 402. CWGC/1911 Residence 14 Cautley Place Bramley Occupation Domestic Gardener. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
11th SEPTEMBER 1916
HM SUBMARINE "D6"
OXLEY Gilbert Engine Room Artificer 1st Class 271718 Drowned 11/09/1916 Aged 35. Born Elsecar Near Barnsley 21/01/1882 Vol 9c Page 223. Son of George and Alethea Hoyland Married 1881 Vol 9c Page 647. Husband of Grace Annie CWGC 3 Francis Grove Beeston Hill. Mentioned in Despatches. Mentioned in Dispatches 01/01/1917.
Remembered on Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
15th SEPTEMBER 1916
Royal India Marine Ship DALHOUSIE
A troop ship and then used off the coast of Basra as troop ship accomadation.
DUNNINGTON George Stoker 1st Class 302957 DIED of Desease 15/09/1916 Aged 34. Born Burley 01/01/1882 Son of George and Emily Greig Married 1881 Vol 9b Page 668. 1911 Residence HMS Exmouth Malta Occupation Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class. Laid to Rest Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery Iraq.
23rd October 1916
HMS GENISTA
A minesweeper launched February 1916. Sunk By U Boat 57 in the Atlantic off the coast of West Ireland with a loss of 79 lives
FOWLER Fred Ordinary Seaman J/47458 23/10/1916 Aged 21. Son of Richard and Ann CWGC St.Bernard's Gildersome.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
26th OCTOBER 1916
HMS FLIRT
Sank at the Battle of Dover Strait when the Germans tried to disturb the minefiled nets in the straits. HMS Flirt Commanded by Lieutenant Richard Pinder Kellett sank immediatly whilst picking up survivors from another ship after being torpedoed by a German Destroyer.
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​FOUNTAIN George
Able Seaman J/58111 Royal Navy KIA 26/10/1916 Aged 30.
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1886: Born Leeds 19th July Vol 9b Page 527 Son of William and Fanny Clapham Married St Mathias Burley 1874 Vol 9b Page 520.
1915: Married Hannah Elizabeth Sowden Married St Peter Leeds Parish Church 03rd July Vol 9b Page 905.
1911: Residence No 62 Aston View Bramley Occupation Printers Assistant at the Yorkshire Post.
1916: Enlisted August into the Royal Navy.
1916: George lost his life on HMS Flint which was Sank at the Battle of Dover Strait when the Germans tried to disturb the minefied nets in the straits. HMS Flirt Commanded by Lieutenant Richard Pinder Kellett sank immediately whilst picking up survivors from another ship after being torpedoed by a German Destroyer.
CWGC Hannah Resident at No 12 Elmfield Avenue Oldfield Lane Wortley.
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Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial & Armley Gotts Park
NEEDHAM Christopher Cooper Stoker 1st Class K/27007 Drowned Aged 20. Born 24/01/1896 Baptised St Simon Leeds. Son of George Dickinson Needham and Sarah Ellen Gray Married 31/08/1895 St Peters Leeds. 1911 No 38 Dawlish Mount York Road Occupation railway Van Boy. Enlisted into the Navy 15/06/1915.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
21st DECEMBER 1916
HMS NEGRO
was sunk after a collision with HMS Hoste in the North Sea.
HOWELL Arthur Officer's Steward 2nd Class L/2054 Drowned 21/12/1916 Aged 21. Born Leeds 27/09/1893. Son of Walter and Annie Elizabeth Holroyd Died Aged 26 1897 Vol 9b Page 396 Married 1891 Leeds Registered Building. CWGC Husband of Louisa Dalgliesh White (formerly Howell) 268 Canongate Edinburgh. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
ROYAL NAVY 1917
Remembering the 17 men from Leeds who gave their lives during 1917 whilst serving on board His Majesty's Royal Navy Ships during World War One
09th MARCH 1917
HMS ALBACORE
Mined and damaged in the North Sea off the Orkneys. Robert lost his life along with 16 other men.
THOMPSON Robert Pannett Leading Seaman 239905 Royal Navy Killed 09/03/1917 Aged 25. Born Cudworth 1891 Vol 9b Page 169. Son of William John W and Annie Calvert Married Whitby 1877 Vol 9d Page 664. Husband of Lily Sutcliffe Married St Stephen's Burmantofts 1916 Vol 9b Page 690. CWGC 19 East Grove Street Burmantofts. Remembered on Chatham Naval Memorial.
17th MARCH 1917
HMS PARAGON
Sunk by a torpedo off Calais at about 2250 with only 2 survivors.
GIBBONS Thomas Ordinary Seaman J/62567 17/03/1917 Aged 19. Born Leeds 09/07/1897. Son of Patrick and Catherine McGinty Married Holbeck District Registered Building 1897. CWGC 39 Water Lane Holbeck. 1911 Residence 41 George Street Old Goole Occupation Bakers Errand Boy. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
17th JUNE 1917
HMS TARTAR
Struck a mine in the Dover straites killing 48 men in total.
CHAPMAN Charles Edward Able Seaman J/43746 KIA Aged 18. Born Holbeck 20/10/1898 Vol 9b Page 316. Son of George and Loiusa Wilcockson Married Burnley 1889. Naval Record 37 Brookfield Avenue Harshills. 1911 Residence 36 Bellbrooke Avenue Harehills at School. Leeds Roll of Honour
PRIESTLEY William Stoker 1st Class K/31827 KIA Aged 32. Born Leeds 17/02/1885. Son of Alice. Husband of Mary Ann Little Married 1910 Vol 9b Page 499 Holy Trinity Armley Hall. Navy Record 9 Cross Cardigan Terrace Off Kirkstall Road. 1911 Residence 5 Redshaw Mount Wortley Occupation Railway Engine Stoker.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
09th JULY 1917
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HMS Vanguard was off Scapa Flow when she suddenly blew up at around midnight, it is thought it was caused by a magazine explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q. 804 men were reported to be lost. MEN
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BOYES Herbert Arthur Ordinary Seaman J/40636 DIED 09/07/1917 Aged 28. Born Hull 03/11/1898 Vol 9d Page 311. Son of Arthur and Annie Seaman Married Sculcoates 1896Vol 9d Page 408. CWGC 10 Sweet Street Holbeck. 1911 Residence 8 Water Street Holbeck at School. Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial.
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COX William Able Seaman J/417266 DIED 09/07/1917 Aged 21. Born 07/05/1895 Jun 1896 Vol 9b Page 375. Son of William and Mary Ellen Craven Married 1885 St John The Baptist New Wortley Vol 9b Page 462. CWGC/1911 Residence 29 Elsworth Street Armley Road Occupation Grocers Assistant. George Frederick his brother lost a son in WW2 whilst serving on HMS Mahratta Able Seaman George Frederick Cox.
Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial. PHOTO
DICKINSON Oliver Ordinary Seaman J/35188 DIED 09/07/1917 Aged 18. Born Armley 14/04/1899 Vol 9b Page 393. Son of James Harrison and Eliza Cotton Married St Peter Leeds Parish Church 1889 Vol 9b Page 673. 1911 Residence 1 Canal Mill Yard of Armley Road at School. Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial.
LORD Walter Boy 1st Class J/48635 DIED 09/07/1917 Aged 17. Born Burley 27/09/1899 Vol 9b Page 526. Son of Benjamin and Ann Elizabeth Whiteley Married St Mathias Burley 1887 Vol 9b Page 599. CWGC 14 Walworth Place Burley. 1911/Naval Record 11 LennoxStreet Milford Place Kirkstall Road at School.
Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial. PHOTO
09th JULY 1917
HMS NYMPHE
Was alongside HMS Vanguard which exploded at Scapa Flow.
PULLAN Arthur Able Seaman SS/5301 09/07/1917 Aged 20. Born Potter Street Jack lane Leeds 19/12/1896 Vol 9b Page 491. Son of James and Ada Burnand Married St John The Baptist New Wortley 1889 Vol 9b Page 566. CWGC/1911 Residence Housekeeper 12 Pitfield Place Hunslet. 1911 Residence 13 Woolwich Street Holbeck Occupation Wood Cutter. He enlisted in 1915 being posted to HMS Burham serving in the Mediteranean before being transfered to HMS Nymphe.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
21st AUGUST 1917
HMS VALA
Sunk by German U Boat 54 West of France with the loss of 43 men.
THOMPSON Leonard Ordinary Telegraphist J/34769 KIA Aged 19. Born Leeds 22/07/1898 Vol 9b Page 462. Son of Arthur and Hannah Batley Married 1891 St Stephen and St Agnes Burmantofts Vol 9b Page 669. Naval Record/CWGC 14 Westbury Terrace off Barnaby Road Hunslet. 1911 Residence 21 Alan Terrace at School.
Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial. PHOTO
23rd SEPTEMBER 1917
HMS VENERABLE
Saw action in 1914 bombarding the Belgium coast, 1915 at Gallipoli and the Adriatic into 1916 sold for scrap in 1920
HALL William Brasier Engineer Commander 23/09/1917 DIED Aged 42. Born Leeds 1875. Baptised 21/03/1875 St George Leeds Son of Joseph and Annie Robinson Married St Mark Church Woodhouse 1874. CWGC Served on the Belgian Coast and in Persian Gulf. 1911 Residence Bombay India Occupation Royal Navy on board HMS Fox Lieutenant Engineer.
Laid to Rest Stonehouse St Cyr Churchyard Extension Gloucestershire. PHOTO
6th NOVEMBER 1917
HMS OSIRIS II
An old P and O ferry used between Italy and Egypt before the war. Used as a Submarine transport ship scrapped in 1922.
LISTER George Able Seaman SS/6623 Unknown Death 26/11/1917 Aged 22. Born Leeds 06/03/1895. Son of William Alfred and Isabella Servant Married St Mark Woodhouse 1887. CWGC 11 Leamington Street Tong Road Armley. Residence 1911 20 Pannington Street Woodhouse Occupation Bricklayer. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
12th DECEMBER 1917
HMS PARTRIDGE
HMS Partridge Captained by Lieutenant Commander Reginald H Ranson left Lerwick with a convoy for Bergen Norway. At 11.45 HMS Partridge was hit by two torpedoes and sank off the Norwegian Coast. The German destroyers sank all six merchant ships and the trawler escorts only HMS Pellow survived. In total 74 men were lost.
WHITELEY Sidney Ordinary Seaman J/61741 12/12/1917 Aged 23. Born Leeds 31/05/1894. Son of Thomas Henry and Lillia Ramsden Married St Mathias Burley 1890 Vol 9b Page 593. CWGC 8 Grange View Chapeltown Road. 1911 Residence 12 New Briggate Occupation Hairdressers Assistant. Brother Private Charles Whiteley 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment gave his life at Fricourt on 01/07/1916. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
13th DECEMBER 1917
HMS STEPHEN FURNESS
Torpedoed by German U Boat 64 between the bridge and the funnel at 16.15 hrs in the Irish sea off Contrary Head West Coast of the Isle of Man. She was on her way to Liverpool for repairs and had left Lerwick at 1400 hrs on Tuesday 11/12/1917. 99 men were lost.
ATKINSON John Ernest Boy 1st Class J/50189 KIA Aged 17. Born at Scarborough 09/02/1900 Vol 9d Page 417. Son of Ada no father name. CWGC 11 Servia Grove Meanwood Road Leeds. 1911 Residence with Grandmother 109 Victoria Road Scarborough at School.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. PHOTO
BUCKROYD John Edwin Able Seaman J/28417 KIA Aged 21 Born Armley 25/09/1896 Vol 9b Page 374. Baptised Holy Trinity Armley Hall 18/04/1897. Son of James Edward and Mary Ann Morgan Married St Saviour Cross Green 1891 Vol 9b Page 823. 1911 Residence 12 Forres Street Meanwood Road. Occupation Cloth finisher. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Leeds Roll of Honour. Remembered St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
HESELTINE Willie Armourer's Crew M/7833 KIA Aged 22. Born Pontefract 21/01/1895 Vol 9c Page 137. Baptised All saints Pontefract 13/03/1895. Son of James Crosby and Ada Asquith Married Pontefract 1893 Vol 9c Page 181. CWGC/1911 Residence 51 Compton Crescent Harehills Occupation Fitters Apprentice. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
23rd DECEMBER 1917
HMS TORRENT
Hit a mine off Rotterdam Holland along with two other destroyers HMS Tornado and HMS Suprise in all 252 men were lost.
SCOTT Clarence Leading Telegraphist J/31016 KIA Aged 20. Born Leeds 28/04/1897 Vol 9b Page 470. Son of Johnathan and Eliza Medd Married St Stephen and St Agnes Burmantofts 1897 Vol 9b Page 458 CWGC/1911 Residence 35 Brownhill Crescent Harehills Lane Occupation Hurrier in a coal mine.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.