WWI Roll of Honour

Training Ship Mercury Rolls of Honour

Roll of Honour World War I

No.	Surname	Forenames	Comments
0296	Pope	Walter G H	Left Mercury in 1892 to join the Royal Navy at HMS St Vincent. Later joined the Regulating Branch and was Master-at-Arms in the cruiser HMS Good Hope when she was sunk with all hands at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile, 1st November 1914. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0333	Bradford	John	Probably John Bradford , a regular soldier serving as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st Division. One of the 'Old Contemptibles' of the BEF, he was killed in action on 12th October 1914 during the retreat from Mons. Has no known grave and is commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial on the River Marne in France.
0335	Willmer	Charles Archibald	Royal Marines. Took part in the Benin Expedition of 1897. Band Sergeant in the cruiser HMS Monmouth. Went down with his ship at the Battle of Coronel 1st November 1914. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0667	Kibblewhite	Thomas Charles	Left Mercury in 1900 to join the Merchant Service. Was a Royal Naval Reserve Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Euryalus when he was one of 63 of the ship's crew killed while landing the 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers from open boats at 'W' Beach, Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915. At the storming of this well defended open beach the Lancashire's famously won their 'six VCs before breakfast'. His name is on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
0691	Griffin	Walter	According to Mercury Magazines he was a Corporal with the 4th Battalion Manchester Regiment and was killed in action in France on 16th June 1915 but no Walter Griffin is listed as a casualty with that regiment during WW1. However, it is known that he rejoined the Army in 1914 and it is more likely he is the Walter Griffin listed as dying of wounds on 20th June 1915 while serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment. Further research required.
0692	Matthews	Harold	Bandsman with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action in France 12th July 1915. Buried in the Military Extension to the Churchyard of the village of Erquinghem-Lys near Armentieres.
0700	Doherty	Joseph Patrick	A Platoon Sergeant with the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment who had also served in the South African campaign. Declined a field commission and was killed in France while leading his men in an attack on enemy positions on the 29th April 1916. Buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery near Arras.
0707	Buxey	Ernest G	Was at Mercury for nine years. Served with an Army band but unable to trace military records.
0729	Sheppard	William James	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in April 1905 and was an Able Seaman in the destroyer HMS Shark sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0732	Tring	Edward	Joined the Royal Marines as a Bandsman in 1904 and was in the St. Vincent Class battleship HMS Vanguard when she sank at Scapa Flow following an explosion from an unknown cause 9th July 1917. 843 men went down with the ship making it the Royal Navy's biggest single loss of life. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0762	Selway	Upton	Joined the Royal Navy in 1903 at HMS Impregnable and was a Petty Officer in the battleship HMS Neptune when he died on 30th November 1918. Buried in the Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery in Scotland.
0771	Riley	Arthur	After he left Mercury in 1903 he worked ashore but on the outbreak of war joined the Mercantile Marine Reserve. He was a steward in the armed merchant cruiser HMS Alcantara torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak during an action with the German raider Greif on 29th February 1916. 73 of the crew were lost including Arthur Riley. His name is on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
0893	Hubie-Axe	William Cecil	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Ganges in August 1906 and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Hawke, one of the oldest vessels in the fleet, when she was torpedoed 60 miles off Aberdeen by U9 on 15th October 1914. Over 500 men, including William Hubie-Axe, went down with their ship. His name is on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
0898	Ennever	Samuel Francis	Left Mercury in 1909 to join the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment as a Band Boy. At the end of April 1916 he was serving as a Private with the regiment when he was captured by the Turks after the siege and eventual fall of Kut. Of the 261 survivors from the Norfolks taken prisoner at Kut only 78 came home. Samuel was not one of them. He was interned at Angora and died of dysentery on 22nd February 1918 at the Maltepe Hospital. He is buried in the Ferikoy Protestant Cemetery in Istanbul and commemorated at the East London Cemetery, Plaistow, London.
0922	Head	William Frederick	Joined the Norfolk Regiment as a Band Boy in 1909. Was serving as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment when he died during the Mesopotamia (now Iraq) Campaign date uncertain but between 29th April 1916 and 31st March 1917. His name is on the Basra Memorial.
0987	Doick	Charles Frank	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in August 1910 and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Black Prince sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the war memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cuckfield, Sussex and the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0988	Baggs	Reginald George	Joined Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in August 1910 and was a Leading Seaman in the destroyer HMS Ardent sunk at the Battle of Jutland 1st June 1916. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
0992	Driver	Arthur Maurice	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in October 1911 and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Good Hope when she was sunk with all hands at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile, 1st November 1914. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1014	Steere	Archibald George	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in August 1910 and was an Able Seaman Torpedoman in the 'K' Class destroyer HMS Lynx when she struck a mine in the Moray Firth on 9th August 1915. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval War Memorial. Brother of Eric Edward Steere (1362) who became a Mechanic with the Royal Naval Air Service and won an Albert Medal in Gold in December 1917. He was killed on 24th August 1921 in the R38 airship disaster.
1015	Wall	George Norman	Joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in 1913 and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Black Prince sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1023	May	John Edwin	Drummer with 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 6th Division. Killed in action France 2nd November 1914. Buried in Pont du Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorge, Nord, France.
1029	Leonard	Harold	Joined the Royal Navy in 1912 at HMS Impregnable and was serving as an Able Seaman in the Invincible Class battle cruiser HMS Indomitable when he drowned on 17th July 1915. Buried in Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Scotland.
1031	Macfarlane	George	Joined the Royal Navy in 1910 at HMS Impregnable and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Black Prince when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1068	Cox	Dudley	Originally joined the Royal Navy but later became a Gunner with the Berkshire Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery. Died in Palestine 14th November 1917. His name is on the Jerusalem Memorial.
1071	Dale	William Charles	Joined the Royal Navy in 1912 and was an Able Seaman in the battlecruiser HMS Invincible, flagship of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron ,when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1088	Leverington	Philip Edward	Joined the Royal Navy in 1913 at HMS Impregnable and was a Signaller and was serving as a signaller in the destroyer HMS Torch when he died of illness on the 31st October 1918. He is buried in Dunfermline Cemetery.
1107	Brooks-Ball	Julian	After leaving Mercury he joined his father in Australia and during WWI he became a Sergeant with the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion. He was killed in action on the 29th July 1916 during the Battle of Poziéres, part of the Somme offensive. He is buried in the Poziéres British Cemetery.
1108	Pilcher	Harry George	Joined the Royal Navy in 1912 at HMS Impregnable and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Black Prince when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight War Memorial and on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1167	Gadd	Victor Henry	Joined the Royal Navy in 1913 at HMS Impregnable and was a Boy 1st Class in the Canopus Class pre-Dreadnought battleship HMS Goliath when she was sunk by a German commanded and Turkish crewed torpedo-boat destroyer off Cape Helles, Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign 15th May 1915. His name is on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
1225	Powell	Victor	Joined the Royal Navy in 1914 at HMS Impregnable and was an Able Seaman in the cruiser HMS Defence, flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron when she was Sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
1230	Clark	Thomas Stephen "Kruger"	Joined the Royal Navy in 1913 at HMS Impregnable and was a Boy 1st Class in the pre-Dreadnought battleship HMS Formidable sunk by a U-24 off Start Point on the Devon coast 1st January 1915. his name is on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
1232	Distance	Francis	Joined the Royal Navy in 1914 at HMS Impregnable and was an Ordinary Seaman in the cruiser HMS Defence, flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the First World War Memorial Panel in St Mary Bishophill Church, York and the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
1238	Cornelius	Leonard James	Joined the Royal Navy in 1914 at HMS Impregnable and was an Ordinary Seaman in the cruiser HMS Defence flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
1273	Cane	Harold	Joined the Royal Navy in 1914 at HMS Impregnable and was an Ordinary Seaman in the battleship HMS Iron Duke when he died 14th November 1917. Buried in Minehead Cemetery.
1311	Gutteridge	Herbert John	Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 at HMS Impregnable and was serving as a Boy 1st Class in the minesweeper HMS Dryad when he died of an illness on the 28th August 1917. Buried in Hertford Cemetery.
1317	Reed	William Thomas	Royal Navy. Ordinary Seaman at HMS Vivid, the Devonport Naval Barracks. Died of pneumonia 18th October 1918. Buried in All Saints Churchyard, Steep, Hampshire.
1321	Curtis	James Ernest	Royal Navy. Boy Telegraphist in the St. Vincent Class battleship HMS Vanguard that sank at Scapa Flow following an explosion from an unknown cause 9th July 1917. 843 men went down with the ship making it the Royal Navy's biggest single loss of life. His name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1328	Dunn	John Gordon	Royal Navy. Boy 2nd Class. Died three months after leaving Mercury at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth 16th February 1916 while under training at HMS Impregnable. Buried in Chipping Camden Churchyard.
1344	Smythe	Robert Robinson	Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 at HMS Impregnable and was a Boy 1st Class in the battle cruiser HMS Queen Mary when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916. His name is on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
1395	Woofindin	Longley Evans Martin	Note: Surname could be 'Woffinden'. Left Mercury in May 1917 to join the ship owner R S Dalgleish and Co. His name is on the Mercury 1914-18 War Memorial but we are unable to find any reference to his death in available records. He is linked to the vessel Farnworth that is known to have had a gun engagement with an enemy submarine in February 1918. Further research required.
1417	Wallace	Donald Craig	Joined the Royal Navy in 1917 at HMS Impregnable and was serving as an Able Seaman in the battleship HMS Revenge when he died of an illness on the 19th July 1920. He is buried in the Haidar Pasha Cemetery in a suburb of Istanbul on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. It is unclear why, at the time, the Mercury management included his name on the Mercury 1914-18 War Memorial plate.
1457	Curtis	Edward	Joined the Royal Navy in 1916 at HMS Impregnable and was a Boy 1st Class in the armed merchant cruiser HMS Arlanza when he died 23rd July 1918 following an explosion on the vessel. He was buried at sea and his name is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
1490	Rankine	John Henry	Merchant Navy. 16 year old Deck Boy in the hospital ship Glenart Castle sunk by U-boat UC56 20 miles off Hartland Point, Devon on 26th February 1918. A memorial to the 162 crew and military personnel who were lost was dedicated at Hartland Point in February 2002. John was one of three brothers who were at Mercury together in 1915. His name is on the Merchant Navy Memorial, Tower Hill, London.
1504	Odd	Sidney Charles	Merchant Navy. Apprentice in the British flag SS Kut Sang torpedoed 40 miles ESE of Cape Palos, Spain on 29th April 1918. His name is on the Merchant Navy Memorial, Tower Hill, London.
1511	Jenkins	David	Joined the Royal Navy in 1917 at HMS Ganges. His name is on the Mercury 1914-18 War Memorial but not in naval records. According to Mercury records he died of consumption on 14th February 1919.
1007	Moore	Dudley	Dudley Moore is not currently listed on the war memorial in Hamble Churchyard. He attended TS Mercury from 1907 until 1909 According to Mercury records he went to Canada after leaving Mercury and was killed in action in France while serving with the Canadian forces. Probably the D. Moore ,a Private with the 4th Battalion Central Ontario Regiment killed on 19th September 1916 during the assault by the Canadian Corps that had commenced on the 15th September as part of the Somme offensive. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension north-east of Amiens. However his name is not on the Mercury WW1 Memorial.
1030	Lucie	Sidney	Sidney Lucie is not currently listed on the war memorial in Hamble Churchyard. He attended TS Mercury from 1909 until 1911. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman at HMS Impregnable but later was reported in the Mercury Magazine of September 1922 as being killed in action in France while serving with the Canadian forces. However no Lucie is listed as a WW1 KIA with the Canadian forces and his name is not on the Mercury WW1 Memorial. Further research required.
1151	Dwyer	Edward	Although listed on the war memorial in Hamble Churchyard, Edward Dwyer is believed to have survived WWI. He joined the Royal Navy at HMS Impregnable in June 1914. According to contemporary Mercury magazines he was killed at the Battle of Jutland on 1st June 1916 while serving as a Boy Telegraphist in the cruiser HMS Warrior. However, according to his Naval Record, he was one of the 743 crew members who survived the sinking of Warrior and he continued to serve in the Royal Navy until December 1919 when he was invalided out of the service in the rank of Leading Telegraphist. He later enlisted with the Royal Corps of Signals and served with them until 1934.