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HM Submarine E24
HM Submarine E24
This community collects the Life Stories of the 35 crew of HM Submarine E24, which struck a mine in the North Sea. On the morning of 21st March 1916 E24 sailed from Harwich for mine-laying operations in the Heligoland Bight. The submarine failed to return from this operation and was believed to have struck a mine. In 1974 her hull was mistakenly salvaged, inspection of the hull indicated that the submarine had indeed hit a mine. The remains of 26 of the complement of 35 were found in the wreck; only Lt Cmdr Naper was identified, being taller than the others and by the 2 and a half gold rings on his sleeve. They were all interred in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, where there is a memorial stone to the 25 crew and another to the Commander. Artefacts from E24 and her crew are on display at the Wrackmuseum Duhnen Cuxhaven. There is a memorial to Lt Cmdr Naper and the crew of HM Submarine E24 at Sullington in Sussex; please see the community ‘Sullington Memorial and the Naper family’ for further information.
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Born 1891
Died 1916
Royal Navy 239733 Boy 2nd Class Ganges
Royal Navy 239733 Boy 1st Class Impregnable
Royal Navy 239733 Ordinary Signaller Attentive
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More about Arthur James Flack -
Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy J3319
Royal Navy J3319 Boy 2nd Class HMSs Ganges, Impregnable
Royal Navy J3319 Boy 1st Class HMSs Impregnable, Berwick, Bulwark, Dominion
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More about Frederick Arthur Trendell -
Born 1889
Died 1916
Royal Navy 233418 Boy 2nd Class HMSs Boscawen I, Ganges
Royal Navy 233418 Boy 1st Class HMSs Ganges, Euryalus, Royal Oak, Victorious
Royal Navy 233418 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victorious
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More about Thomas Arthur Kirby -
Born 1883
Died 1916
Royal Navy 209295
Royal Navy 209295 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton
Royal Navy 209295 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton
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More about Henry Keat -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Royal Navy K21761 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Victory II, Attentive (Mermaid)
Royal Navy K/21761 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Attentive (Mermaid), Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24
More about Ernest Samuel Brown -
Born 1878
Died 1916
Royal Navy 286552 Stoker HMSs Royal Sovereign, Duke of Wellington, Vernon, Hawke, Exmouth, Victory II, Renown, Victory II
Royal Navy 286552 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Victory II, Dreadnought
Royal Navy Leading Stoker HMSs Dreadnought, Victory II, Mercury
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More about George Oakley -
Born 1888
Died 1916
Royal Navy 235202 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen III
Royal Navy 235202 Boy 1st Class HMSs Boscawen III, Sutlej, Vivid I, Nile, Diana
Royal Navy 235202 Ordinary Seaman HMS Diana
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More about Cuthbert Henry Kerswill -
Born 1885
Died 1916
Royal Navy 310468 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Warrior, Bedford, Pembroke II, Aquarius, Bonaventure, Vulcan, Alecto, Vulcan, Alecto, Forth, Vulcan
Royal Navy 310468 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Acheron, Pembroke II, Edgar, Warrior
Royal Navy 310468 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Vulcan
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More about Albert Edward Ford -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Royal Navy K11064 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Victory II, Renown, Victory II, Ariadne, Victory II, Duke of Edinburgh
Royal Navy K11064 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Duke of Edinburgh, Victory II, Hogue
Royal Navy K11064 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Victory II, Dolphin, Arrogant, Maidstone
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More about William John Watts -
Born 1887
Died 1916
Royal Navy 246 Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 246 Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve -
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
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More about George Alexander Harris -
Born 1891
Died 1916
Royal Navy Cadet Training Establishments
Royal Navy Midshipman HMSs Hibernia, Dido, Ness, Dreadnought, Formidable, Illustrious
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMSs Lancaster, King George V, Blake for Fury, Dolphin
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More about Russell Ernest Birch -
Born 1881
Died 1916
Royal Navy 271517 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Vivid II, Firequeen, Vivid II, Defiance, Vivid II, Excellent, Vivid II
Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Duke of Edinburgh, Vivid II, Mars, Forth
Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMSs Forth, Pactolus, Vivid II, Centurion, Vivid II
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More about Isaac Bastarrechea -
Born 1884
Died 1916
Royal Navy Midshipman HMSs Isis, Endymion, Mars, Martin, Mars
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMSs Mercury, Forth, King Edward VII, Forth
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMSs Swordfish, Halcyon, Blackwater, Bullfinch, Thames
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More about George Wyatt Edgell Naper -
Born 1890
Died 1916
Royal Navy M3333 Acting Engine Room Artificer HMSs Pembroke II, Amethyst
Royal Navy M3333 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Amethyst, Pembroke II, Speedy, Leda
Royal Navy M3333 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Leda, Dolphin, Maidstone
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More about Robert Hopkins Wilson -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Royal Navy J6270
Royal Navy J6270 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J6270 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable
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More about Edwin Wallace Gange -
Born 1881
Died 1916
Royal Navy 271096 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Pembroke II, Wildfire
Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Wildfire
Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Wildfire, Leander, Pembroke II, Irresistible, Pembroke I, Blake, Tyne, St George
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More about Edward Scarlett -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy L547 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMSs Assistance, Hecla
Royal Navy L547 Officers Steward 3rd Class HMS Dominion
Royal Navy L547 Officers Cook 3rd class HMS Britannia
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More about William Luxton Kelley -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy J9416 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J9416 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J9416 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS Shannon
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More about Alec Carpenter -
Born 1887
Died 1916
Royal Navy 12138 Bugler Royal Marines Portsmouth Division
Royal Navy 227577 Boy 2nd Class St Vincent
Royal Navy 227577 Boy 1st Class HMSs St Vincent, Boscawen III, St Vincent, Grafton, Terrible
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More about Walter Henry Sewell -
Born 1888
Died 1916
Royal Navy K11735
Royal Navy SS103955 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Acheron, [unreadable]
Royal Navy SS103955 Stoker 1st Class HMSs [unreadable], Bacchante, Pembroke II, Thames
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More about William Bennett