Chapter XXIII: Appendix
A List of Officers serving in the Ships that took part in the Actions recorded in the Narrative.
H.M.S. "CARMANIA"
Armed Merchantman
_Captain_ Noel Grant
_Com. R.N.R._ James Barr
_Lieutenant_ Edmund L. B. Lockyer
_Lieut.-Com. R.N.R._ Wm. J. O'Neill
_Lieut. R.N.R._ Peter A. Murchie
E. B. Dalby
Walter C. Battle
J. Henessey
M. F. Murray
William V. Ogley (_act._)
A. Parnis (_act._)
_Ch. Eng. R.N.R._ Francis Drummond
_Sen. Eng. R.N.R._ James Mcdonald
_Eng. R.N.R._ Robert Craig
Alexander Lindsay
Claude Shore
Robert Wilson
John O. Teare
James Duncan
Harold Kendall
Charles Rennie
Walt Fraser
James McPherson
_Fleet-Surgeon_ A. Cropley (_ret._)
_Tempy. Surgeon_ E. Maynard
Harry Clough
_Ch. Gunner_ Henry Middleton
_Act. Sub-Lieutenant_ G. F. Dickens
_Asst. Eng. R.N.R._ Joseph Verdin
Albert E. Brittlebank
Percival J. Thompson
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ (_in
charge_) Walter H. Ramsden
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Arthur H. Burden
Ernest W. Turney
_Midshipman R.N.R._ William Man
D. N. Colson
E. R. Linger-Burton (_proby._)
J. R. Bane (_proby._)
W. Barr (_proby._)
R. P. Nisbet (_proby._)
J. B. Mein (_proby._)
H.M.S. "GOOD HOPE"
Armoured Cruiser
_Rear-Admiral_ Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock,
K.C.V.O., C.B.
_Personal Staff_
_Secretary_ George B. Owens
_Flag Lieut.-Com._ George E. Cumming
_Lieut. R.M._ Harold S. Walker
_Clerk to Sec._ John Egremont
Edward C. Webber
_Captain_ Philip Francklin, M.V.O.
_Commander_ Arthur T. Darley
Walter Scott
_Lieut.-Commander_ Percival Van Straubenzee
Gerald B. Gaskell
Godfrey B. J. Benyon
_Lieutenant_ Lancelot A. Montgomery
Gordon E. E. Gray
John M. H. Fisher
Douglas C. Tudor
Arthur G. Smith
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Edward J. French
_Eng. Com._ Arthur Brown
_Eng. Lieut.-Com._ Herbert W. Couch
_Major R.M._ Frederick C. Edwards
_Chaplain_ Rev. Arthur H. J. Pitt
_Fleet Surgeon_ James J. Walsh, M.B.
_Fleet Paym._ Alfred H. Veitch
_Surgeon_ Francis C. Searle
_Surgeon_ (_Reserve_) Ferdinand L. J. M. de Verteuil, M.B.
_Sub-Lieutenant_ (_act._) Francis J. A. Cotter
_Asst. Paym._ John E. Tizard
Stuart Watson
_Ch. Gunner_ George F. Organ
_Ch. Sig. Boatswain_ William Penny
_Boatswain_ Franklyn F. Stephens
John W. Bushell
_Warrant Officer_ (_act._) Robert C. T. Roe
_Gunner_ William D. Wright
Francis A. G. Oakley
Robert J. Page (_act._)
William W. Kingdom (_act._)
_Carpenter_ Albert J. Hellyer
_Artif. Eng._ Richard M. Healy
William R. Henon
Joseph Duckworth
_Wt. Mechanician_ William A. Bass
_Mid. R.C.N._ W. A. Palmer
F. V. W. Hathaway
A. W. Silver
M. Cann
_Mid. R.N.R._ Graham Trounson (_proby._)
Henry K. D. Cuthbert (_proby._)
Geoffrey M. Dowding (_proby._)
_Asst. Clerk_ Charles G. Cook (_tempy._)
_Naval Cadet_ G. Coffin
I. M. R. Campbell
S. M. Raw
D. A. Willey
R. A. Macdonald
H.M.S. "MONMOUTH"
Armoured Cruiser
_Captain_ Frank Brandt
_Commander_ Spencer D. Forbes
_Lieut.-Commander_ Bertie W. Bluett
Hugh D. Collins
Hon. Peter R. H. D. Willoughby
_Lieutenant_ John A. Lees
Thomas Stapleton
Harry P. Rogers
Alfred Edgar
Wilfred D. Stirling
Maurice J. H. Bagot
_Eng. Com._ John B. Wilshin
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Bernard C. Child
Lionel B. Wansbrough
_Captain R.M._ Geoffrey M. I. Herford
_Chaplain_ ------
_Staff Surgeon_ Henry Woods
_Fleet Paym._ John Cooper
_Surgeon_ Albert J. Tonkinson
_Sub-Lieutenant_ Hanway Cooper
_Asst. Paym._ Douglas B. Lee
_Ch. Gunner_ Robert T. H. V. Lee
_Ch. Carpenter_ Frederick G. Hartland
_Gunner_ James Bennett
_Boatswain_ William J. Barrett
Thomas B. Ireland (_act._)
_Artif. Eng._ George H. Farebrother
Alfred T. Johns
William Day
_Wt. Mechanician_ Alfred Start
_Wt. Eng. R.N.R._ Charles Driver
_Clerk_ Basil St. M. Cardew
_Asst. Clerk_ Cecil T. Martin (_tempy._)
_Naval Cadet_ K. A. M. Somerville
G. R. Bruce
J. F. Boulton
V. G. E. S. Schreiber
J. R. Le G. Pullen
F. A. Cooper
C. Musgrave
J. M. Pascoe
G. W. Muir
P. S. Candy
H.M.S. "GLASGOW"
Light Cruiser
_Captain_ John Luce
_Lieut.-Commander_ Wilfred A. Thompson
Charles L. Backhouse
Maurice P. B. Portman
_Lieutenant_ Herbert I. N. Lyon
Charles G. Stuart
_Lieut. R.N.R._ Walter M. Knowles
T. W. F. Winter
_Sub-Lieutenant_ Frederick B. Alison
_Eng. Lieut.-Com._ Percy J. Shrubsole
_Eng. Lieut._ John S. Machan
_Fleet Surgeon_ Robert T. Gilmour
_Staff Surgeon_ Alexander T. Wysard (_ret._)
_Staff Paymaster_ Francis E. Adams
_Asst. Paym._ Lloyd Hirst
Norman H. Beall
_Gunner_ Arthur G. Foreman
William R. Heilbroun
George H. Bartlett
_Carpenter_ Sylvester G. Pawley
_Artif. Eng._ Charles A. Palser
James Milne (_act._)
_Midshipman R.N.R._ George W. Wilson
H.M.S. "OTRANTO"
Armed Merchantman
_Captain_ Herbert M. Edwards
_Commander R.N.R._ Walter de M. Baynham, R.D.
_Lieutenant_ Julian M. Ogilvie
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ T. B. Storey
H. W. Woodcock
H. G. Thompson
R. M. Ward
F. R. O'Sullivan
A. W. Clemson
_Ch. Eng. R.N.R._ David Montgomery
_Sen. Eng. R.N.R._ William J. Philip
_Engineer R.N.R._ William Mackersie
Robert Pittendrigh
Andrew Allen
Adam A. I. Kirk
_Tempy. Surgeon_ W. Meikle
S. Robertson
_Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R._ G. F. Willdigg
R. Roscoe
_Asst. Eng. R.N.R._ Alan Cameron
Peter Brown
Thomas R. Blellock
Alexander C. Mearns
John Gemmell
Aymer. R. McDougall
William McL. Allan
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Roland H. Draper
Thomas B. Wildman
_Gunner_ W. J. Drew (_ret._)
_Midshipman R.N.R._ Charles E. F. St. John
Herbert J. Anchor
George D. Scott
George E. D. Billam
D. N. White
C. C. Lawrence
H.M.S. "CANOPUS"
_Captain_ Heathcote S. Grant
_Commander_ Philip J. Stopford
_Lieut.-Commander_ Andrew Kerr (_ret._)
Philip Hordern
_Lieutenant_ Harry T. Bennett
Henry N. Lesley
Owen W. Phillips
_Lieut.-Com. R.N.R._ Arthur H. Bird
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Charles T. Keigwin. R.D.
Clarence Milner
David M. Clarke (_act._)
William A. Williamson (_act._)
Malcolm C. Powell
_Eng. Commander_ William Denbow
_Eng. Lieut.-Com._ Sydney P. Start
_Captain R.M.L.I._ Gerald S. Hobson
_Fleet Paymaster_ Albert Greenwood
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Charles C. Cartwright
William J. Donohue
_Staff Surgeon_ August J. Wernet
_Tempy. Surgeon_ Michael Vlaste
_Surgeon R.N.V.R._ Charles H. F. Atkinson
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Harold E. W. Lutt
_Chaplain_ Rev. James D. de Vitre
_Ch. Boatswain_ John Myers
_Gunner_ James Irish
_Boatswain_ William Evans
William E. T. Honey (_act._)
_Ch. Artificer Eng._ Walter G. Morris
_Art. Eng._ Ernest E. Moorey
_Wt. Eng. R.N.R._ T. W. Greenwood
_Ch. Carpenter_ Albert Hughes
_Midshipman_ C. R. O. Burge
R. T. Young
P. R. Malet de Carteret
J. L. Storey
H. M. L. Durrant
R. H. L. Orde
R. K. Dickson
B. R. Cochrane
L. H. P. Henderson
L. H. V. Booth
_Mate_ R. C. T. Roe (_act._), left by _Good Hope_
on an island at Vallenar Roads, Chile
_Clerk_ Jean le Jeune
_Midshipman, R.N.R._ Lawrence H. Faragher
H.M.S. "CARNARVON"
Armoured Cruiser
_Rear-Admiral_ Archibald P. Stoddart
_Secretary_ Thomas R. Waterhouse
_Flag Lieutenant_ Hon. Humphrey A. Pakington
_Clerk to Sec._ H. Guy Pertwee
_Captain_ Harry L. d'E. Skipwith
_Commander_ Thomas A. Williams
Ronald E. Chilcott
_Lieut.-Commander_ Arthur S. Burt
Arthur G. Leslie
Ralph Leatham
_Lieutenant_ A. M. Donovan
David B. Nicol
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Bertram Shillitoe
Bertram H. Davies
_Eng. Commander_ Alfred T. P. Read
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Edward Iliff
_Maj. R.M._ Edmund Wray
_Captain R.M._ Arthur J. Mellor
_Chaplain_ Rev. John Beatty
_Fleet Surgeon_ Edward Cooper
_Fleet Paym._ Albert E. B. Hosken
_Surgeon_ Arthur G. Valpy French
_Surgeon R.N.V.R._ William H. Condell
_Sub-Lieutenant_ Philip F. Glover
Frederick W. F. Cuddeford
_Asst. Paym._ Herebert E. Symons
_Gunner_ William H. Hunt
Sidney C. Woodriffe
John F. Hannaford
W. H. Ellis
_Boatswain_ Alfred Hill
Albert E. Pearson
_Sig. Boatswain_ Herbert H. Hunwicks
_Carpenter_ Norman O. Staddon
_Artif. Eng._ Harold E. Oyler
Claude B. King
James Telford
Charles Hill
William S. Branson
_Clerk_ Charles H. Doubleday
_Midshipman_ J. R. Warburton
P. M. S. Blackett
P. J. M. Penney
S. P. Broughton
A. C. Jelf
R. M. Dick
R. G. Fowle
C. J. M. Hamilton
J. C. E. A. Johnson
M. S. Graham
R. Mandley
L. H. Peppe
H.M.S. "CORNWALL"
Armoured Cruiser
_Captain_ Walter M. Ellerton
_Commander_ Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston
_Lieut.-Commander_ James Wolfe-Murray
Henry E. H. Spencer-Cooper, M.V.O.
_Lieutenant_ Mansel B. F. Colvile
Edward W. Sinclair
Kenneth B. Millar
Norman Whitehead
John S. Hammill
Robin E. Jeffreys
_Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R._ Desmond A. Stride
William H. Richardson
_Eng. Commander_ Archibald W. Maconochie
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Douglas G. Campbell
Cecil J. Meggs
_Captain R.M._ Herbert R. Brewer
_Chaplain and N.I._ Robert McKew, B.A., B.D.
_Fleet Surgeon_ Malcolm Cameron
_Fleet Paymaster_ Harry G. Wilson
_Naval Inst._ Chas. S. P. Franklin, B.A.
George H. Andrew, M.A.
_Surgeon_ Cecil R. M. Baker
_Asst. Paym._ Henry Rogers
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Joseph H. Wilson
_Ch. Art. Eng._ Thomas R. I. Crabb
Edwin C. Edwards
_Gunner_ Ernest Stone
Richard F. Hall
Edward W. Pearne (_T._)
_Boatswain_ Ernest H. Gearing
_Carpenter_ George H. Egford
_Art. Eng._ Percy S. Walkey
Edwin Foster
_Midshipman_ Philip F. Armstrong
Arthur H. Ashworth
Hugh E. Burnaby
John Bostock
Douglas M. Branson
Lycett Gardiner
Jocelyn S. Bethell
Morice Blood
Richard F. Carter
Willoughby N. Barstow
Nigel D. Bury
William S. Batson
H.M.S. "BRISTOL"
Light Cruiser
_Captain_ Basil H. Fanshawe
_Commander_ Harry L. Boyle
_Lieut.-Commander_ Ernest G. H. Du Boulay
_Lieutenant_ Robert F. U. P. Fitzgerald
Archibald B. Cornabé
Edward G. G. Hastings
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ James A. Hodges
_Eng. Commander_ James D. W. H. F. Cranley
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Edward G. Sanders
_Staff Surgeon_ Leslie M. Morris
_Staff Paym._ Tom Henley
_Sub-Lieutenant_ Cyril A. H. Brooking
Charles H. L. Woodhouse
_Gunner_ Stephen W. Duckett
George W. Callaway
_Boatswain_ Frank Box
_Carpenter_ William L. Harfield
_Artif. Eng._ William Tearle
Joseph L. Wagstaff
_Clerk_ John G. B. Collier
James Hogg
H.M.S. "MACEDONIA"
Armed Merchantman
_Captain_ Bertram S. Evans, M.V.O.
_Commander R.N.R._ Edwin P. Martin
_Lieut.-Commander_ Valentine D. English
_Lieut.-Com. R.N.R._ Henry G. Westmore, R.D.
W. F. Pollard
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ W. C. Young
T. C. W. Thompson
F. Cross
_Ch. Eng. R.N.R._ James G. Crichton
_Sen. Eng. R.N.R._ Thomas S. Ferguson
_Eng. R.N.R._ William C. O. Taylor
Walter J. Hickingbotham
James Finnecy
George R. R. Cushing
Edmund J. Caws
Frederick P. Voisey
_Tempy. Surgeon_ A. M. Russell
_Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R._ Alfred W. Drew
E. F. Hannan
O. Taylor
Jeffery Elliott
_Surg. Prob. R.N.V.R._ Harold Williamson
_Asst. Eng. R.N.R._ Oliver J. R. Pinkney
F. C. Masters
Joseph Neale
William G. Cheeseman
_Asst. Paym. in charge_ Herbert W. Landon
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Percy Selwin
_Gunner_ James W. Drew
_Midshipman R.N.R._ H. J. Miller
G. V. Thomas
F. H. E. Firmstone
Gordon D. Brown
B. V. Rutley
W. G. Hiscock
H.M.S. "ORAMA"
Armed Merchantman
_Captain_ John R. Segrave
_Commander R.N.R._ John F. Healey, R.D.
_Lieut.-Commander_ Joseph W. L. Hunt
_Lieut. R.N.R._ Geoffrey G. Thorne
Edward S. Carver
Henry T. Heale (_ret._)
Allen Fielding
Frederick W. Willsden (_ret._)
T. P. Webb
W. A. Assenheimer
_Ch. Engineer_ John Robertson
_Sen. Engineer_ Donald McL. McWilliam
_Engineer_ J. R. Dowling
James Imrie
H. P. Jack
Alexander S. Hall
_Asst. Engineer_ Alexander Manson
Neil H. T. Hill
Charles W. Howil
Donald Matheson
David A. Sheeby
David M. Johnston
William Turner
William Houston
James Piggott
James McAdam
George Herd
_Tempy. Surgeon_ Herbert E. Scowcroft
Sydney Welham
_Sub-Lieut. R.N.R._ M. W. Cooksey
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Herbert Newman
John F. Cooper
_Ch. Gunner_ Arthur J. Burstow
_Midshipman R.N.R._ Edward Roberts
Stuart F. Pocock
Leonard E. Fordham
Bernard K. Berry
S. S. Adley
H. Schofield
H. C. C. Forsyth
G. E. G. Sandercock
H.M.S. "INVINCIBLE"
Battle-Cruiser
_Vice-Admiral_ Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, K.C.B.,
C.V.O., C.M.G.
_Secretary_ Cyril S. Johnson
_Flag Lieutenant_ Reginald W. Blake
_Clerk to Sec._ Arthur D. Duckworth
_Captain_ Percy T. H. Beamish
_Commander_ Richard H. D. Townsend
_Lieut.-Commander_ Hubert E. Dannreuther
Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham
John C. F. Borrett
Lionel H. Shore
Edward Smyth-Osbourne
_Lieutenant_ Cecil S. Sandford
Cameron St. C. Ingham
Hugh H. G. Begbie
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ George ff. H. Lloyd
_Eng. Commander_ Edward J. Weeks
_Eng. Lieut.-Commander_ James F. Shaw
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Francis L. Mogg
_Major R.M._ Robert C. Colquhoun
_Captain R.M._ Charles H. Malden
_Temp. Lieut. R.M._ John T. Le Seelleur
_Chaplain_ Rev. Arthur C. Moreton, M.A.
_Fleet Paym._ Ernest W. Mainprice
_Fleet Surgeon_ Walter J. Bearblock
_Surgeon_ Ernest MacEwan
Clarence E. Greeson, M.B.
_Sub-Lieutenant_ Alexander P. McMullen
Robert R. Stewart
_Asst. Paym._ Gordon Franklin
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ Clement A. Woodland
_Gunner_ William C. Hunt
Robert Connolly
Mark W. Cameron
Ernest J. Read
Sydney C. Kennell
_Boatswain_ Frederick Luker
Philip J. Warrington
Wilfred Turner
_Sig. Boatswain_ William F. Raper
_Gunner R.M._ Albert E. Nixon
_Carpenter_ Thomas A. Walls
_Artf. Engineer_ Walter H. Bull
John Dews
Frederick C. Fry
_Clerk_ William R. C. Steele
_Midshipman_ Gordon T. Campbell
Edwin T. Hodgson
Douglas A. C. Birch
John M. Shorland
John H. G. Esmonde
Allan G. McEwan
Rupert C. Montagu
Lionel D. Morse
Duncan G. Reid
H.M.S. "INFLEXIBLE"
Battle-Cruiser
_Captain_ Richard F. Phillimore, C.B., M.V.O.
_Commander_ Ernest Wigram
John W. Carrington
_Lieut.-Commander_ Rudolf H. C. Verner
Hon. Patrick G. E. C. Acheson, M.V.O.
Frederic Giffard
Ralph B. Janvrin
_Lieutenant_ Edward C. Denison
Kenneth H. D. Acland
Arthur W. Blaker
Brian L. G. Sebastian
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Herbert J. Giles
_Eng. Commander_ Harry Lashmore
_Eng. Lieut.-Commander_ Arthur E. Lester
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Rey G. Parry
_Major R.M._ John B. Finlaison
_Captain R.M._ Robert Sinclair
_Chaplain_ Rev. Ernest S. Phillips, M.A.
_Fleet Surgeon_ Edward H. Meaden
_Fleet Paym._ Henry Horniman
_Surgeon_ John H. B. Martin, M.B., B.A.
Martyn H. Langford
_Sub-Lieutenant_ (_act._) Thos. H. Welsby
Alexander C. G. Madden
Leicester St. J. Curzon-Howe
Robert D. Oliver
Alfred E. B. Giles
John H. Macnair
George T. Philip
Terence H. Back
_Asst. Paym._ John F. Stephens
_Ch. Gunner_ Edward Fox
_Ch. Boatswain_ Alfred M. Cady
_Ch. Artf. Eng._ George E. Martin
_Gunner_ John H. Moore
Frederick W. Furmadge
_Boatswain_ John A. Brander
_Sig. Boatswain_ Phillip J. Jones
_Gunner R.M._ John Cameron
_Carpenter_ William A. Cawsey
_Artf. Engineer_ Charles A. Richards
_Artf. Eng._ (_act._) William S. Barnes
_Bandmaster R.M._ Herbert Reely
_Midshipman_ Rupert E. Bethune
John D. Chapple
Regd. G. France-Hayhurst
David D. Mercer
_Clerk_ Crichton F. Laborde
H.M.S. "KENT"
Armoured Cruiser
_Captain_ John D. Allen
_Commander_ Arthur E. F. Bedford
_Lieut.-Commander_ Eric L. Wharton
James R. Harvey
_Lieutenant_ Victor H. Danckwerts
_Lieut.-Com. R.N.R._ Charles M. Redhead, R.D.
_Lieutenant R.N.R._ Harold T. Dunn
Frederic C. Howard
William G. B. Jones
Walter R. Tilling
James Marshall
John L. S. G. Lilley
_Eng. Commander_ George E. Andrew
_Eng. Lieutenant_ Victor O. Foreman (_ret._)
_Captain R.M._ Robert W. J. Laing
_Chaplain_ Rev. Norman B. Kent, B.A.
_Fleet Surgeon_ Edward B. Pickthorn (_ret._ )
_Paymaster_ Sydney G. Andrews
_Temp. Surg._ Ronald E. B. Burn
_Surgeon R.N.V.R._ Thomas B. Dixon
_Asst. Paym. R.N.R._ William G. Stewart
_Gunner_ Thomas P. Collins
Claude H. Griffiths
_Boatswain_ William T. Dunning
Walter H. Speed
_Sig. Boatswain_ Leonard C. Croucher
_Carpenter_ William H. Venning
_Artf. Engineer_ William Muirhead
_Wt. Engineer R.N.R_ John Garrow
John W. Scott
Donald Campbell
_Midshipman R.N.R._ Robert L. Burridge
John D. Ross
David T. M. Williams
George C. B. Liley
Cecil B. Hogan
Harold W. S. Wright
_Midshipman R.N.R._ Frederick E. Valentine
George W. Barker
Edgar H. Cowan
_Clerk_ Reginald H. Kitchin
INDEX
Allardyce, the Hon. William, Governor of Falkland Islands, 138
Allen, Captain J. D., of _Kent_, 27
a tribute to crew of _Kent_ by, 131
created a C.B., 191
America (South), apprehension in, 24
Germans in, 16, 68
scenery of, 159
_Asama_ in eastern Pacific, 46
Atlantic (South), battle in, 9, 26, 35, 169
_Australia_ joins North Pacific squadron, 72
_Baden_ sunk by _Bristol_, 92
Barr, Acting-Commander James C., awarded C.B., 171
Battle-cruiser action, a, 96, 181
Beamish, Captain P. H., of _Invincible_, 27
Boarding parties and their work, 29
Brandt, Captain Frank, of _Monmouth_, 21
Brazilian ports, enemy shipping at, 25
Brewer, Stkr. P.O. G. S., a D.S.M. for, 191
_Bristol_, officers of, 211
opens fire on _Karlsruhe_, 9
British casualties in the Falklands, 193-4
men-of-war off South America, 19-27
Canada purchases submarines, 7
_Canopus_, an amusing incident on, 90
converted into a floating fort, 63, 85
fine work of, 58
good shooting by, 90
officers of, 205
skilful navigation of, 58
_Cap Trafalgar_, sinking of, 9, 26, 35
official dispatch on action, 169
_Carmania_, a conflagration on, 38
decorations for officers and men, 171
heroism of crew, 44
officers of, 197-8
sinks _Cap Trafalgar_, 9-10, 26, 35 _et seq._, 169
_Carnarvon_, a German's toast, 108
a valuable capture by, 24
chases the enemy, 93
officers of, 207
Chilean coast, action off the (_see_ Coronel, battle of)
China, German squadron in, 4
Coaling, the "delights" of, 30, 140
Colson, Midshipman D.N., awarded D.S.C., 171
Concentration, necessity of, 61, 64
_Cornwall_ chases enemy, 110
decorations for crew, 121-3
escorts _Carmania_ to base, 42
officers of, 209
opens fire on _Leipzig_, 114
Coronel, battle of, 45 _et seq._
enemy torpedo attack at, 55
official dispatches on, 172-7
outstanding features of, 59
unreliable accounts of, 60
vessels engaged in, 46
visibility conditions advantageous to enemy, 52
von Spee's report on, 52, 174
Cradock, Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher, a tribute to, 58
goes down with his ship, 56
his command reinforced, 23
his objective at Coronel, 50
hoists his flag, 20
sights and chases _Karlsruhe_, 8, 20
_Crown of Galicia_, German prisoners on, 139
Danreuther, Lieut.-Com. H. E., promotion for, 192
_Defence_ essays to join southern command, 27
sails for Cape Town, 79
Dickens, Acting Sub-Lieut. G. F., awarded D.S.C., 171
_Dresden_, a vain search for, 136, 158
arrives at Orange Bay, 7
chase of, 110
eludes her pursuers, 114
hoists the white flag, and sinks, 165, 166
joins von Spee, 8
sinking of: Admiralty announcement on, 194
Dymott, Shpwrt. A. C. H., awarded D.S.M., 191
Easter Island, German squadron at, 6, 45
_Edinburgh Castle_, deck hockey on, 26
Edwards, Captain H. McI., of _Otranto_, 21
Edwards, Mr., of Easter Island, 45
Egford, Carpenter G. H., receives D.S.C., 121, 190
Ellerton, Captain W. M., of _Cornwall_, 21, 113
efficient handling of his ship, 119
_Emden_, exploits and sinking of, 11-12, 15, 63
England, Shpwrt. A. N. E., a D.S.M. for, 191
Evans, Captain B. S., of _Macedonia_, 21
Falkland Islands, battle of, Admiral Sturdee's dispatch on, 178
battle-cruiser action, 96 _et seq._, 181
British casualties in, 138, 193-4
commercial importance of, 151
congratulations on, 138, 186-9
decisive nature of, 135
enemy sighted, 87
light cruiser action, 110, 183
the prize bounty, 139
contemplated seizure of, 74, 75, 89, 119, 152
land and sea defences of, 63, 85
topography of, 81
why chosen as base, 18
Fanning Island, British cable station destroyed at, 6
Fanshawe, Captain B. H., of _Bristol_, 21, 23, 24
Felton, Mrs., her services recognised, 88
Food problem in wartime, 30
Francklin, Captain Philip, of _Good Hope_, 20
French colonies, Germans and, 13
German barbarity, a typical instance of, 108
casualties in the Falklands, 138, 139
4.1-inch gun, range of, 47, 126
light cruisers, chase of, 110
men-of-war in foreign seas, 1 _et seq._
sailors buried at sea, 109
Germans abandon colonies in Polynesia, 14
in South America, 16, 68
Germany, her responsibility for the war, 156, 157
_Glasgow_, a duel with _Leipzig_, 112
casualties in Coronel battle, 56
chases enemy cruisers, 110
officers of, 203
sights enemy, 49
Glover, Signalman Frank, awarded D.S.M., 123, 191
_Gneisenau_, a gallant fight by, 102
accurate shooting by, 53
end of, 104
her commander rescued, 107
_Good Hope_ becomes Admiral Cradock's flagship, 20
loss of, 54-5
officers of, 199-200
Grant, Captain Heathcoat, of _Canopus_, 21, 23
Grant, Captain Noel, of _Carmania_, 26, 37
awarded C.B., 171
Great Britain and German colonies, 14
enters the War, 4
Hague Conference and the law of neutrality, 152
High explosives, curious examples of damage by, 121
Hill, Chief Engine Room Artificer, awarded D.S.M., 122, 191
_Hizen_ in the Pacific, 46, 72
_Idzuma_ in the Pacific, 46, 72
_Inflexible_, a fine run by, 66
first shot in Falkland Islands battle, 93
officers of, 217
_Invincible_ and Falkland Islands battle, 93
damaged, 105, 106
joins Admiral Stoddart's squadron, 66
lost in Jutland battle, 140
officers of, 215
Japan declares war, 13, 14
Japanese cruisers in the eastern Pacific, 46
_Karlsruhe_, chase and escape of, 8
end of, 9, 62
_Kent_, anxiety regarding fate of, 132
casualties on, 132
chases German cruisers, 110
duel with _Nürnberg_, 128
ensign of, 133
officers of, 219
opens fire on _Leipzig_, 114
sights _Dresden_, 164
_Königsberg_ blocked up and destroyed, 12, 63
_Kronprinz Wilhelm_, escape of, 8
internment of, 11
Leatham, Captain E. La T., of _Defence_, 26
Leighton, Chf. P.O. D., a D.S.M. for, 191
_Leipzig_, a running fight by, 115
chase of, 110
eludes her pursuers, 45
end of, 110 _et seq._, 118
joins von Spee's squadron, 7, 45
on fire, 117
stories of survivors, 119
Life at sea in 1914, 28 _et seq._
Lockyer, Lieut.-Commander E. L. B., awarded D.S.O., 171
Luce, Captain John, of _Glasgow_, 21
and Falkland Islands battle, 113, 114
awarded C.B., 191
report on Coronel action, 52, 172
Lyddite shell in warfare, 105, 116, 128
_Macedonia_ conveys German prisoners, 139
officers of, 212
Magellan, Straits of, 161
Maltzhan, Baron von, 155
Martin, Ldg. Smn. F. S., awarded D.S.M., 191
Mas-a-Fuera, temporary headquarters of German squadron, 71
Mayes, Sergt. Charles, brave deed recognised, 129, 130, 190
McCarten, E.-R. Artr. G. H. F., awarded D.S.M., 191
_Mera_, voluntary internment of, 155
Merchant ships, increased enemy sinkings of, 24
_Mersey_ destroys _Königsberg_, 12
Middleton, Chief Gunner Henry, awarded D.S.C., 171
_Monmouth_ in Coronel action, 53
loss of, 56
officers of, 201-2
Murray, Lieut.-Com. J. Wolfe, promotion for, 192
Napier, Captain W. R., of _Edinburgh Castle_, 26
Naval actions, tactics of modern, 50
_Navarro_ sunk by _Orama_, 63
Navy, the, life at sea, 28 _et seq._
postal arrangements of, 32
work in wartime, 28-34
Newbolt, Sir Henry, on Admiral Cradock, 58
on Falkland Islands battle, 135
_Newcastle_ in the North Pacific, 72
_Nürnberg_, chase of, 110
duel with _Kent_, 128
joins von Spee's squadron, 6
sinking of, 131
sinks _Monmouth_, 56
_Orama_, officers of, 213
sinks a German storeship, 63
_Otranto_, officers of, 204
under enemy fire, 57
Pacific (Western), the, German squadron in, 4
Papeete, bombardment of, 21
French gunboat sunk at, 6
_Patagonia_, internment of, 155
_Pegasus_, sinking of, 12
Phillimore, Captain R. F., of _Inflexible_, 27
Port Stanley, arrival of _Canopus_: the scene, 84
description of, 82
Port William, British squadron in, 85
Postal arrangements at sea, 32
_Princess Royal_ in North American waters, 155
_Prinz Eitel Friedrich_, internment of, 10, 164
_Professor Woermann_, capture of, 24
Royal Naval Reserve, efficiency of, 132
Sailors, the psychology of, 141 _et seq._
_Santa Isabel_, sunk by _Bristol_, 92
_Scharnhorst_ badly hit, 99, 100
good marksmanship of, 53
sinking of, 101
Segrave, Captain J. R., of _Orana_, 21
Serajevo tragedy, the, 157
_Severn_ and the end of _Königsberg_, 12
_Seydlitz_, escape of, 123
Shark fishing as a pastime, 31
Shaw, Eng. Lieut.-Com. J. F., promotion for, 192
Skipwith, Captain H. L. d'E., of _Carnarvon_, 24
Smith, Stoker John, a D.S.M. for, 122, 191
Snowdon, Act.-Chf. E.-R. Artr. R., a D.S.M. for, 191
South America (_see_ America, South)
Spee, Vice-Admiral Count von, and his command, 4
aims and hopes of, 151 _et seq._
contemplates seizure of Falklands, 74, 75, 89, 119, 152
death of, 105
movements of his squadron, 67
policy of, considered and analysed, 13-18
refuses to drink a toast, 139
report on Coronel battle, 52
Stoddart, Rear-Admiral and a rescued kinsman, 108
commands British squadron, 159
reinforcements from England for, 65
succeeds Admiral Cradock, 60
transfers his flag, 63
Sturdee, Vice-Admiral F. C. Doveton, 27
a Baronetcy for, 191
dispatch on battle of Falkland Islands, 178 _et seq._
his strategic victory, 135
in command of British squadron, 79, 80
ordered to Gibraltar, 159
Submarines purchased by Canadian Government, 7
_Suffolk_ chases _Karlsruhe_, 8
_Sydney_ in action with _Emden_, 11
Thompson, Lieut.-Com. W. A., promotion for, 192
_Titania_, enemy auxiliary cruiser, 6
Townsend, Stoker P.O. W. A., awarded D.S.M., 122, 191
Tsingtau, German base at, 4
Turner, Maj., commands Falkland Island Volunteers, 86
Venning, Carpenter W. H., awarded D.S.C., 190
Verner, Lieut.-Com. R. H. C., promotion for, 192
Walls, Carpenter T. A., awarded D.S.C., 190
Walton, P.O. M. J., a D.S.M. for, 191
Weeks, Engineer-Com. E. J., promotion for, 191
Wharton, Com., and sinking of _Nürnberg_, 133
promotion for, 192
Wireless stations, German, 16
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Note._--This book was completed in May, 1917, but was withheld from publication on account of the many omissions prescribed by the Naval Censor.
[2] The German Chancellor had publicly declared the intention to capture the French colonies.
[3] _See_ Map, p. 5.
[4] _Carmania_, Cunard S.S. Co.--19,524 tons, 650 feet long, triple screw turbines.
_Cap Trafalgar_, Hamburg-Sud-Amerik S.S. Co.--18,710 tons, 590 feet long, triple screw turbines.
[5] According to "Brassey's Naval Annual."
[6] German wireless system.
[7] "Tales of the Great War" (Longmans).
[8] "Blackwood's Magazine."
[9] The _Seydlitz_--the German auxiliary that escaped--took in the wireless signal announcing the victory and actually heard the firing of the _Cornwall_ and the _Glasgow_ on her beam about four miles off. She managed to escape under cover of the fog by steering to the south, but it was a near thing.
[10] Reporting sinking of three German ships.
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