Memorial in Haslar Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery commemorating officers and men of submarines A1, A3, A5 and A8

Location

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

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[Side 1] ‘THIS OBELISK HAS / BEEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE / OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / H.M. SUBMARINE A.1. / ON THE OCCASION OF HER FOUNDERING / AFTER COLLISION ON 18TH MARCH 1904 / OFF NAB LIGHT VESSEL / LIEUT. LOFTUS CHARLES OGILVY MANSERGH. / SUB. LIEUT. JOHN PRESTON CHURCHILL / P.O. 1ST CL. WILLIAM DUDGEON / P.O. 1ST CL. VIVIAN W.L. ROBERTS / P.O. 1ST CL. GEORGE G. BAKER / CH. E.R.A. 2ND CL. WILLIAM J. PARKINSON / E.R.A. CLINTON BALY. / CH. STOKER ALBERT B. FLEMING / AB. SEA. PETER S. WALLACE / AB. SEA. CHARLES W. KING / STOKER ALBERT B. ELLIS. /’ [Side 2] ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OFFICERS AND MEN / WHO WERE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION / ON BOARD H.M. SUBMARINE A.5. / AT QUEENSTOWN 16TH FEBRUARY 1905 / LIEUT. FREDERICK J. SKINNER / P.O. 1ST CL. ARTHUR MANLEY / ACT. C.H. E.R.A. 2ND CL. CHARLES E. SINDEN / LDG. STO. 1ST CL. ERNEST GOLDTHORPE / STOKER HENRY DAVIS.’ [Side 3] ‘ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES IN H.M. SUBMARINE A.8. WHICH / [ACC]IDENTALLY FOUNDERED OFF PLYMOUTH / ON 8TH JUNE 1905 / SUB. LIEUT. EDWARD T. FLETCHER. / P.O. 1ST CL. WILLIAM G. AYLOFF. / P.O. 1ST CL. ARTHUR B. CREW. / LDG. SEA. JOSEPH THOMAS. / LDG. SEA THOMAS COSICK. / LDG. SEA. JOHN KERSWELL. / LDG. SEA. JAMES W. SIMPSON. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. GEORGE BEEDHAM. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. FREDERICK VICKERS. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. WILLIAM G. BRUCKLAND. / CH. STOKER THOMAS S. REEVE. / AB. SEA. STEPHEN BIRCH. / AB. SEA. ARCHUR RYLINDS [Arthur Rylands]. / STOKER EDMOND GREEN. [Side 4] ‘ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN H.M. SUBMARINE BOAT A.3. WHICH FOUNDERED AFTER COLLISION / OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT / FEBRUARY 2ND 1912 / LIEUT. FRANK THOMPSON ORMAND / LIEUT. ERNEST JAMES VERNON THORNTON / LIEUT. DONARD PATRICK COLIN CAMPBELL / LIEUT. LEONARD FABER RICHARDSON / CHIEF E.R.A. 2ND CL. ARTHUR ERNEST GOOD / CHIEF E.R.A. 2ND CL. CHARLES E ARMSTRONG / P.O. 1ST CL. GEORGE WILDER / LEADING SEAMAN CHARLES FARR / ABLE SEAMAN WILLIAM THOMAS BARDEN / ABLE SEAMAN CHARLES GEORGE PAGE / ABLE SEAMAN EDWIN FREDERICK COMPTON / ABLE SEAMAN PATRICK KELLEY / LEADING STOKER ALFRED WILLIAM GENT / STOKER 1ST. CL. GEORGE HERBERT FOWLER’

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