My War at Sea 1914–1916 by Heathcoat Grant

I am hoping that the back-up papers for the OH at Kew might have the full transcript of this diary. Just looking at the Naval Staff Monograph on Coronel (free from the Australians online)- with this intriguing entry on 'sources' One of the casualties at Coronel-flagged up by you- was the surgeon, F.L.de Verteuil. Jane- something you may know the answer to. The National Archives - Admiralty, Navy, Royal Marines, and CoastguardĪrmed Forces (General Administration) | Medals | Navy | Race relations Lucia men were signed up as Mercantile Marine Reserve? Just a thoughtĪdmiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Medal Rolls. Thought so- Do we know what medal roll Cherriban Joseph was on? Because the following looks to be of interest: Is it possible that the St. Lucia men describe them as 'Native'-rather than Lascar, which suggests to me that their status has some official paperwork buried further down in the records.

were at Castries on 23rd August, that narrows down the stop at Trinidad as wellĪnd just a note on terminology- the ADM references to the St.

Still intrigued as to whether Canopus picked up any of these stokers- the usual accounts of Coronel and Falklands suggest strongly that she needed some. Reminds me of the tragedy of the Polish middies lost with Hood in 1941. Thanks Jane- I had picked up the Canadians from the loss file- enquiries were made before the list was issued on 1.December.1914.

My War at Sea 1914–1916 by Heathcoat Grant