| Historical Information: |
PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL REGISTER. The first part (1914) records
particulars of the loss of 1,917 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 1,524 of whom fell
in H.M.S. "Good Hope" and "Bulwark". The second part (1915) records
particulars of the loss of 972 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 536 of whom fell in
H.M.S. "Viknor", "Bayano", "Goliath", "Princess
Irene", "Lynx", and "Natal", and of four civilians employed by
the Admiralty. The third, fourth and fifth parts (1916, divided alphabetically into three
parts) record particulars of the loss of 4,485 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 567 of
whom fell in H.M.S. "Black Prince", "Defence",
"Indefatigable", "Invincible", "Queen Mary",
"Tipperary", and "Hampshire", and of eight civilians employed by the
Admiralty. The sixth part (1917) records particulars of the loss of 1,269 ranks and
ratings of the Royal Navy, 443 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Ghurka",
"Paragon", "Vanguard", "Begonia", "Partridge", and
"Torrent", and of five civilians employed by the Admiralty. The seventh part
(1918-21) records particulars of the loss of 1,086 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy,
249 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Narborough", "Opal", "Louvain",
and "Glatton", and of four civilians employed by the Admiralty. Each entry in
these Registers represents untimely death, and the bereavement of a family. Together they
represent the price paid by those families and the Empire for keeping our shores
inviolate; for moving here and there, as we would, greater Armies than the Empire had ever
before dreamed of raising; for confining to its harbours, during almost the whole of four
years, the greatest Navy except our own; for annihilating enemy sea borne trade; and for a
decisive share in breaking the aggressive spirit of the German Government and people. |