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Officers and Men Killed in Action or Died of Wounds, H.M.S. Lion, Battle of Jutland,  31st May -1st June 1916.

 

 Extract from the Official History; " Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S. Corbett. 1923

 

.........with main and secondary armament in action the German salvoes were being delivered about every twenty seconds, and our ships too were in a forest of waterspouts. It was one of the hottest moments of the action, when every nerve had to be strained to the utmost, and Admiral Beatty, having the enemy well abaft his beam, signalled to the 13th Flotilla that it seemed a good opportunity to attack. Five minutes later, while the fight still raged at its hottest, the Lion received a nearly fatal blow. A heavy shell struck Q-turret, entered the gun-house, burst over the left gun, and killed nearly the whole of the guns' crews, and it was only the presence of mind and devotion of the officer of the turret, Major F. J. W. Harvey, R.M.L.I., when almost incapacitated with a mortal wound, that saved the flagship from sudden destruction.1
 

Footnote1 In spite of both his legs being shot off he was able to pass the word down to close the magazine doors and flood the magazines. He thus prevented the fire which started from reaching the ammunition, and so saved the ship, an action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross after death.

 


Major
Francis John William Harvey, V C. R.M.L.I

Surgeon.
George Bassett Moon

Midshipman
The Hon. Cecil Richard, Molyneux.

Chaplain
The Rev. Cecil Wykeham Lydall.

Warrant Electrician
  Edwin George Goad.

 

Backhouse, George Ernest Percy Gnr. R.M.L.I. Baker, Philip Thomas Arthur, Pte. R.M.L.I. BEER, William Louis, Gnr. R.M.L.I.
Bell,  James Irving, Gnr. R.M.A. Booth, Maurice, Sto. 1. Bowles, Thomas Richard, Off. Std. 1.
Bradford, Charles Edmund, Gnr. R.M.A. Browne, William Edgar, Gnr.  R.M.A. Bulley, William Thomas, Ch. P.O.
Burke,  Thomas, Gnr. R.M.A. Burt, Reginald Peter, Sto. 1. Camp, Horace Frederick, Cook's Mte.
Case, William, Pte. R.M.L.I. Casey,  Nicholas, Pte. R.M.L.I. Chapman, Arthur George, Gnr. R.M.A.
Chapman, Frederick William, Pte. R.M.L.I Coles,  Percy Robert, Pte.  R.M.L.I. Cossey, Samuel James, L/Cpl, R.M.L.I
Crossman, Stanley John, Sh. Std 2. Cunnane, William, Ld. Sto. Da Costa, Isaac, Sto. 1.
  [Served as De Costa, Philip.]
Dade, Frank, Ord. Sea. Dixon, Matthew Gale, Arm. C. Doherty, Patrick Joseph, Sto. 1.
Dorman, Alfred George, Pte. R.M.L.I. Edmonds, Walter Thomas, A.B. Everrett, George, Gnr. R.M.A.
Farley, William Henry, Pte.  R.M.L.I. Fitzgerald,  Jeremiah, Ld. Sea. Foley, Daniel, Sto. 1.
Froome, William Harold, Gnr.  R.M.L.I. Gillham, Frederick Horace, S.B.A. 1. GOSS, John Henry, Gnr. R.M.L.I
Green, Reginald George, Gnr. R.M.A. Green, Pte. Thomas, R.M.L.I. Griffiths, Mansel George, E.R.A. 3.
Harris, Thomas James, Sto. 1.
(04/06/16)
Hayes, John,  Gnr. R.M.A. Hennessy, Murlagh Francis, Gnr.  R.M.A.
Hoad, Joseph Henry, Musician,  R.M.B. Houghton, Tom, Pte. R.M.L.I Howchin, Charles Henry, Sgt, R.M.L.I.
Hutchins, Thomas John, Cpl. R.M.A. Jane, Frederick William, Off. Std. 2. Jones, William, Sto. 1.
Kemp, John Sidney, Gnr. R.M.A Kirkham, William Henry, Ld. Sto. R.N.R.  Lucking, Charles William, Sgt. R.M.A.
Martin, Reginald, Ld. Sto Martin, William Henry, Pte.  R.M.L.I McCall, Alexander, A.B.
McCarthy, Christopher, Sto. 1.  Mears, Walter, Gnr. R.M.A. Mooney, John, Sto. 1.
Moss, John, Off. Std. 2. Muir, William,  Sto. R.N.R.
(03/06/16)
Newland, George, Sto P.O.
 Norris, Victor Ernest, Gnr. R.M.A. Owen, Walter Leonard, Gnr. R.M.A  Pascoe, John Courtenay, Sto. 1.
 Pike,  Joseph, Gnr. R.M.A.  Pope, William, Sgt, R.M.A. Potter,  Robert, Pte. R.M.L.I.
Preece, Douglas Hugh, Ld. Sto. Rafferty,  John Henry, Pte. R.M.L.I. Reeby, Alfred Charles, Sto. 1.
 Rogers, Frederick John, Gnr. R.M.A.  Rule, Frederick James, Cpl, R.M.A. Sales, Thomas, Pte. R.M.L.I.
Scott,  Arnold, Pte. R.M.L.I. Sheppard,  Edward Ernest, Cpl, R.M.L.I. Smith, Francis Michael, Sto. 1.
Smith, Samuel, Sto. 1.  Smyth,  Thomas Matthew, Gnr. R.M.A.  Softley, Walter, Wireman 2.
Stephens, Alfred William, Ch. Elec. Art. 2. Stevens, James Reginald, Ld. Sto. Sullivan, Richard Edward, Off. Cook 2.
Thorpe, Herbert, Sto. 1. Ulyatt, Wilfred Robert, Bombr., R.M.A. Vanstone, John Francis Ernest, S.B.A.
 Wagstaff, William, Gnr. R.M.A. Westcott, William Henry, Elect Art. 4.  Weston, William Henry,  Pte. R.M.L.I.
Wight, Archibald Thom, Pte. R.M.L.I.  Willatts, Vivian George Chambers,
Gnr. R.M.A.
Williams, Frederick John, A.B.
Williams, Thomas Henry, Ld. Sto.  Wynne,  William, Gnr. R.M.A. end

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