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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.
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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.
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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. |
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