24th October 1918 On this day: Reliefs   At 6pm 9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) Royal Irish Fusiliers. relieved 12th Royal Irish Rifles in support and moved to area I.4.b. War Diaries  Batteries across the Lys German Battle Plan 1918   The Naval Order of 24 October 1918 was a plan by the German Admiralty to provoke a decisive battle between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea. When the order to prepare for the sortie was issued on 29 October, mutiny broke out aboard the German ships. Despite the operation being cancelled, it led to the more serious Kiel mutiny, which was the starting point of the November Revolution and the proclamation of the Weimar Republic. This operation resulted from the exchange of diplomatic notes, beginning on 5 October 1918, between the new German government under Prince Max of Baden and President Woodrow Wilson, in which Germany asked the President to mediate an armistice. One of Wilson's preconditions was the cessation of Germany's submarine war. Despite the objections of Admiral Scheer, the Chief of the German Admiralty Staff, the German Government made this concession on 20 October. The U-boats at sea were recalled on 21 October. In response, on 22 October Scheer ordered Admiral Hipper, commander of the High Seas Fleet, to prepare for an attack on the British fleet, utilizing the main battle fleet, reinforced by the newly available U-boats. Hipper's order was promulgated on 24 October; Scheer approved it on 27 October. The Fleet then began to concentrate at Schillig Roads off Wilhelmshaven to prepare for the battle. The German plan State of the German fleet. The High Seas Fleet in October 1918 was built around the core of 18 battleships and 5 battlecruisers, most of which had been completed before the outbreak of war. Since the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the obsolete pre-Dreadnoughts had been de-commissioned, two new battleships with 15-inch guns (Baden and Bayern) and the new battlecruiser Hindenburg had joined the fleet, but one Dreadnought battleship Rheinland had been damaged beyond repair by running aground in the Baltic. The fleet had undertaken only three sorties into the North Sea at full strength since June 1916. (18,19 August 1916, 18,19 October 1916 and 22,25 April 1918). This prolonged period of relative inactivity, at a time when all other branches of Germany's armed forces were very heavily engaged, did much to undermine the morale of the crews and the self-respect of the officers. Acts tantamount to mutiny took place on various occasions during 1917, the most noteworthy being the arrest of 200 men from the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold in August, resulting in two executions. Full text of the order The order of 24 October for the High Seas Fleet's attack is as follows: Commander of the High Seas Fleet Op. 269/A I SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, 24.10.1918 Very Secret O. Matter O.-Command No.19. A. Information about the enemy It is to be supposed that most of the enemy forces are in Scottish east coast ports, with detachments in the Tyne, the Humber and the Channel. B. Intentions The enemy will be brought to battle under conditions favorable for us. For this purpose, the concentrated High Seas forces will advance by night into the Hoofden to attack combat armed forces and mercantile traffic on the Flanders coast and in the Thames estuary. This strike should induce the enemy to advance immediately with detachments of his fleet toward the line Hoofden/German Bight. Our intention is to engage these detachments on the evening of Day II of the operation or to have them attacked by torpedo-boats during the night of Day II or III. In support of the main task the approach routes of the enemy from east Scottish ports to the sea area of Terschelling will be infested by mines and occupied by submarines. C. Execution i) Departure from the German Bight by day, out of sight of the Dutch coast. ii) Route through the Hoofden so that the attack on the Flanders Coast and the Thames Estuary takes place at dawn on Day II. iii) The Attack: a) against the Flanders coast by the commander of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat Flotilla with Graudenz, Karlsruhe, Nürnberg and the 2nd Torpedo-Boat Flotilla. b) against the Thames estuary by the 2nd Scouting Group with Königsberg, Köln, Dresden, Pillau and the 2nd Torpedo-Boat Half-Flotilla. Covering of a) by the fleet and b) by the C-in-C of the Scouting Forces. iv) Return so as to reach the combat area favorable to us, near Terschelling, one or two hours before nightfall on Day II. v) Protection of the return (Day II) by part of the 8th Flotilla. vi) Mine laying by the leader of 4th Scouting Group with 4th Scouting Group (supported by minelayers by Arkona and Möwe and the 8th Flotilla) on the approaches of the enemy, in accord with plan No. I. vii) Disposition of submarines on the enemy routes in accord with plan No. III viii) Attack by torpedo-boats during the night of Day II to III, in case an encounter has already taken place, from near the Terschelling Light Vessel towards the Firth of Forth, in accordance with the orders of the commander of torpedo-boats. On the meeting of the torpedo-boats with the fleet in the morning of Day III, see the following order; ix) Entrance into the German Bight by departure route or by routes 420, 500 or 750, depending on the situation; x) Air reconnaissance: if possible. U-boat operations The plan called for 25 U-boats to be deployed in six lines in the southern North Sea, in the hope of ambushing British ships sailing to counter-attack the German Fleet raiding forces. Other U-boats were to undertake special operations involving British Naval Bases. On 23 October seven U-boats at large in the North Sea (U-108, UB-86, UB-121, UB-125, UB-96, UC-58 and U-60) were diverted by wireless signals to take up positions off Rosyth. This was in order to give the alarm when the British Fleet sailed and hopefully launch attacks In addition,U-43, also at sea, was directed to take up a watching position near the Tyne. Starting on 24 October, the other U-boats began departing from Heligoland to their patrol areas. Two of these U-boats were lost. The first, U-78 (Oblt. Johann Vollbrecht), sailed on 27 October from Heligoland for a minelaying mission off the Scottish East Coast, but she was torpedoed and sunk the same day by the British submarine G2 in the central North Sea, roughly 280 nautical miles east of the Firth of Forth. All 40 crewmen were lost. The other submarine to be sunk was UB-116, which sailed from Heligoland on 25 October with special orders to attack the British fleet anchorage at Scapa Flow. She was commanded by the 26-year-old Oberleutnant zur See Hans Joachim Emsmann who, since first becoming a U-Boat captain in February 1918, had sunk a total of 26 ships She attempted to enter Scapa Flow submerged by the southern passage, Hoxa Sound, on the evening of 28 October. Hydrophones mounted ashore at Stanger Head, Flotta, alerted the British defenses, and the sea-bed magnetometer loops, designed to detect the magnetic signatures of incoming vessels and thus trigger remote-controlled mines, were activated. Emsmann raised his periscope at 1130 pm, presumably to check his position, and was spotted by look-outs on shore; the mines detonated shortly thereafter, leaving the submarine disabled on the sea bed. There are reports that at least some of the crew survived the initial mine detonation and that tapping could be heard from the disabled vessel. She was finished off by depth-charges from defense trawlers shortly thereafter and all 36 crew members were lost. Two other submarines, UB-98 and UB-118 were damaged in collision with each other on 28 October and had to return to port. Two others, UB-87 and UB-130 also aborted their missions due to breakdowns. British reaction State of the Grand Fleet In late October 1918 the British Grand Fleet, based at Rosyth in the Firth of Forth, had some 35 Dreadnought battleships and 11 battlecruisers (including two of the very lightly armored Courageous class). Twenty of these ships had been completed since the outbreak of war, and a third of them were armed with the highly effective 15-inch gun. The oldest capital ship in the fleet was Indomitable (commissioned in June 1908). Five of these ships were from the United States Navy and one from the Royal Australian Navy. The materiel problems which beset the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland and beyond, (i.e. poor flash-protection in ammunition handling, lack of deck armour over magazines, deficient armour-piercing shells, and too few destroyers) had all been remedied to various extents. In particular, the newly designed "Green Boy" shells for the fleet's heavy guns were thought to be such a great improvement in offensive power that they nullified the advantage of the heavier armour protection of German battleships. Moreover, the fleet possessed new weapons (such as ship-borne torpedo aircraft, and fast steam-driven submarines) for which the German fleet had no match. The Spanish Flu reached its peak in the Grand Fleet in October 1918; for example, sick list of the light cruiser HMS Cardiff peaked at 19 people (6% of her complement) on 23 October 1918. It had returned to its usual level (2 persons) by 31 October. The morale in the British Fleet was high in anticipation of a re-match for Jutland, the personality and leadership of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir David Beatty, being an important reason for this. Admiral Beatty was anticipating action, and warned the fleet to make preparations as early as 14th October 1918. Intelligence In the First World War British Naval Intelligence in general, and code-breaking in particular, was highly efficient. It played a very important role in the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland, in the American entry into the war on the Allied side, and the defeat of the U-boats in 1917-18. By late 1917 improvements in German communications security had made intelligence gathering more difficult, at least as far as the High Seas Fleet was concerned. Between October 1917 and April 1918, the Germans were able to launch three surprise sorties into Norwegian waters against mercantile traffic. On the last occasion (22,25 April 1918) employing their whole fleet. Each time the British did not receive sufficiently timely warning to mount an effective counter-attack. High-power wireless communications were essential for the control of U-boats at sea; but this also allowed efficient triangulation-based location of the U-boats by the Allies. In addition, U-boats employed a simpler cypher system than that used by the surface fleet, which Room 40, the British Admiralty's code-breaking section, could usually read with few difficulties. In October 1918 these methods allowed the Admiralty to track the U-boats sent to blockade Rosyth. As early as the afternoon of 23 October the Admiralty alerted Admiral Beatty that the situation was abnormal and that they would reinforce him by sending destroyers from the anti-submarine Flotillas based at Plymouth and Buncrana. By late on 28 October the situation was reaching a climax, and Vice Admiral Sydney Fremantle, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff and Rear Admiral Reginald Hall, the Director of Naval Intelligence sent Beatty a full appreciation which read, in part: ?Dispositions of enemy submarines combined with positions of their large minefield recently laid and now clear constitutes fairly decisive evidence of his desire to draw the Grand Fleet out. No evidence of how he proposes to achieve this object but evidence that no move of his battlefleet can take place before tomorrow night. No objective of the enemy is apparent that will not involve great risk for him. Therefore he may confine himself to emerging from the Bight and returning after making us aware of his exit by W/T signals. Unlikely the enemy will risk fleet action until the Armistice negotiations are settled one way or another. Press reports of German submarines proceeding home via the Norwegian Coast probably emanate from Germany and are intended to conceal existence of submarine trap.? Throughout the following 48 hours, Fremantle was able to keep Beatty well informed of developments in a timely manner, correctly describing the concentration of the High Seas Fleet at Schillig Roads on the evening of the 29 October, and its intention to sail on the 30 October. Hipper's unexpected postponement of the operation on 30 October was initially ascribed to fog. Assessment Comparison of forces The detailed orders of battle are summarized in the table below. The disparity in forces was roughly 2-to-1 in favour of the British. Had the battle been joined, it would have involved some 69 capital ships (in comparison with 58 involved at Jutland). Ship types Grand Fleet Other British Forces German Fleet Dreadnought Battleships 35 0 18 Battle Cruisers 11 0 5 Armoured Cruisers 4 0 0 Light cruisers 36 8 14 Aircraft Carriers 3 0 0 flotilla leaders, destroyers and torpedo-boats 146 99 60 Submarines 14 58 25 A realistic plan or pointless sacrifice Writing postwar, Admiral Scheer asserted that this plan might have achieved a favorable result for Germany, with any German losses balanced by losses to the British, so that the Germans would retain sufficient surface forces to protect a renewed U-Boat offensive. The High Seas Fleet had undertaken similar diversionary attacks intended to draw British units into a submarine/mine ambush before: the Action of 19 August 1916 was the one occasion when this tactic came closest to succeeding. A surface engagement off Terschelling near dusk on the second day offered some tactical advantages for the Germans and, if surprise were achieved, the Germans would have had a reasonable chance of inflicting more losses than they received before retiring with the bulk of their force intact. On 27 October the German Government had agreed to the surrender of the fleet as part of the armistice, thus in strictly material terms, the German Navy had nothing to lose. Admiral Beatty's specific intentions are not recorded, but there seems no doubt that he would have sailed as soon as the Germans were reported to be at sea, and would have aggressively pursued battle. With the war as good as won, there was no need of the prudence which had characterized Grand Fleet operations until then. Given the distances involved, if the German sortie were reported promptly and the Grand Fleet sailed immediately on receipt of such a report, there was every possibility that they could have cut off the German line of retreat and forced a fight to the finish. Admiral Hipper seemed well aware of the risk in this plan, and expressed a sanguinary attitude about it: "a battle for the honour of the fleet in this war, even if it were a death battle, it would be the foundation for a new German fleet". Henry Newbolt, the official historian of the Royal Navy during the First World War, compared Hipper's planned operation with Michiel de Ruyter's Raid on the Medway in June 1667, when the Dutch Fleet launched a surprise attack on the English naval bases in the Thames estuary, inflicting a serious defeat and in consequence securing a more favorable peace treaty for the Netherlands at the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. More recently, it has been argued that the plan was a deliberate act of counter-revolution by the German Naval High Command against Prince Max of Baden and the peace party: regardless of the outcome of the battle, the launching of the attack would have hopelessly compromised the armistice negotiations and the credibility of Prince Max's government. Cancellation of the plan The High Seas Fleet had assembled in Schillig Roads on the afternoon of 29 October in preparation for sailing the following day, 30 October. A ruse that operation was a training sortie was employed for security, as was usual practice. The raid on the Thames and the Flanders Coast were thus scheduled for dawn, 31 October, and the battle with the British Fleet in the afternoon and evening of the same day. However the evening of 29 October was marked by unrest and serious acts of indiscipline in the German Fleet, as the men became convinced their commanders were intent on sacrificing them in a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Armistice negotiations. A large number of stokers from Derfflinger and Von der Tann failed to return from liberty ashore and were rounded up by the authorities; insubordination was rampant on board Thüringen, Kaiserin, Helgoland and Regensberg; and mutinous demonstrations took place in König, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Markgraf. Even in the fleet flagship Baden the mood of the crew was dangerous. The mutinous behavior was confined to the crews of the larger ships; the crews of torpedo-boats, submarines and minesweepers remained loyal. Bowing to the inevitable, Admiral Hipper cancelled the operation on 30 October and ordered the fleet dispersed in the hope of quelling the insurrection. However, the damage had been done: ships of the III. Battle Squadron, arrived at Kiel via the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal on 1 November, carrying with it the glowing ember of mutiny which would ignite with full force on 3 November. Appendix: Orders of battle Had this operation resulted in a battle between the British and German fleets, it would have been one of the largest Naval Battles in history. The following lists give details of the ships which would potentially have been involved. KLM Ensign German order of battle The German fleet was to be organized into three groups, plus supporting submarines and airships, as follows High Seas Fleet Commander-in-Chief, High Seas Fleet: Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper in battleship Baden Scouting forces Commander, Scouting Forces: RAdm Ludwig von Reuter in battle cruiser HindenburgI. SG (RAdm Reuter) battlecruisers: Hindenburg (F), Derfflinger, Moltke, Von der Tann, SeydlitzII. SG (Cdre Viktor Harder) light cruisers: Königsberg (F), Karlsruhe, Pillau, Nürnberg, Köln, Dresden, GraudenzDeputy Leader of Torpedo-Boats FKpt Hans Quaet-Faslem in light cruiser: FrankfurtII. TBF destroyers: (3. hf) G101, G104, V100, G103, G102; (4. hf) destroyers: B97, B111, B109, B110, B112I. TBF (detachment) torpedo boats: (2. hf) V130, S133, S135, S134, S139VII. TBF (detachment) torpedo boats: (13. hf) S138, V83, S65, V78, S56 Main body (under Commander-in-Chief) III. BS (VAdm Hugo Kraft), battleships: König (F), Bayern, Grosser Kurfürst, Kronprinz Wilhelm, MarkgrafFleet Flagship battleship: Baden (F, Adm Hipper)I. BS (VAdm Friedrich Bödicker) battleships: Ostfriesland (F), Thüringen, Posen, Nassau, Oldenburg, Westfalen[r], HelgolandIV. BS (VAdm Hugo Meurer) battleships: Friedrich der Grosse (F), König Albert, Kaiserin, Prinzregent Luitpold, KaiserLeader of Torpedo-Boats Cdre Paul Heinrich(GE) in light cruiser EmdenI. TBF torpedo boats: (1. hf) V129, G39, G86, G40, G38, S32V. TBF torpedo boats: (9. hf) G11, V6, V3, V2; (10. hf) G8, G10, V5VI. TBF torpedo boats: (11. hf) V128, V127, S132, S131, V126, V125; (12. hf) V43, V45, V44, S49, S50, V46IX. TBF (17. hf) torpedo boats: V80, S52, S51, S60, S36 Minelaying group IV. SG (RAdm Johannes von Karpf(GE)) light cruisers: Regensburg (F), Bremse, Brummer, Strassburg, Stralsund; attached minelayers: Arcona, MöweVIII. TBF torpedo boats: (15. hf) T180, T193, T192, T195, T190, T189; (16. hf) torpedo boats: T178, T179, T176, T186 Airships: L65, L64, L63, L52, L61, L56, SL22 Submarines: thirty U-boats were assigned to this operation, in six patrol lines:[35] U-43, U-52, U-53, U-60, U-62, U-78, U-86, U-91, U-94, U-96, U-100, U-107, U-108, U-113, U-162, UB-64, UB-67, UB-80, UB-86, UB-87, UB-93, UB-96, UB-98, UB-116, UB-118, UB-121, UB-125, UB-126, UB-130, UB-131, UC-58. Royal Navy Ensign British order of battle This is the administrative order of battle of the Grand Fleet and other important commands in Home Waters in late October 1918. We have excluded minesweepers, sloops and older vessels employed on patrol duties, confining ourselves only to forces likely to have been engaged had the German sortie gone ahead. Some of these ships may not in fact have been available to sail on 30 October due to breakdowns or routine maintenance. The Grand Fleet was based at Rosyth, with usually one Squadron detached to Scapa Flow for gunnery training. Grand Fleet Commander-in Chief: Adm Sir David Beatty in battleship Queen Elizabeth (attached light cruiser: Blanche, destroyer: Oak) 1st BS (Adm Sir Charles Madden) battleships: Revenge (F), Resolution, Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Ramillies, Emperor of India, Benbow, Iron Duke, Marlborough, Canada (attached cruiser: Bellona)2nd BS (VAdm Sir John de Robeck) battleships: King George V (F), Ajax, Centurion, Erin, Orion, Thunderer, Monarch, Conqueror, Agincourt (attached cruiser: Boadicea)4th BS (VAdm Sir Montague Browning) battleships: Hercules (F), Neptune, St. Vincent, Colossus, Bellerophon, Collingwood (attached cruiser: Blonde)5th BS (VAdm A C Leveson) battleships: Barham (F), Malaya, Valiant, Warspite6th BS (RAdm H Rodman) battleships: New York(USN) (F), Texas(USN), Arkansas(USN), Wyoming(USN), Florida(USN) Cruisers (with main body) 2nd CS (RAdm E F Bruen) armoured cruisers: Minotaur (F), Achilles, Cochrane, Shannon4th LCS (RAdm A F Everett) light cruisers: Calliope (F), Cambrian, Constance, Comus, Cordelia, Caroline7th LCS (RAdm G H Borrett) light cruisers: Carysfort (F), Cleopatra, Penelope, Aurora, UndauntedFlying Squadron (RAdm R F Phillimore) aircraft carriers: Furious (F), Campania, Argus, Vindictive, Nairana, Pegasus[s] Battlecruiser force Commander-in-Chief: VAdm Sir William Pakenham in battle cruiser Lion1st BCS (RAdm Sir Henry Oliver) battle cruisers: Repulse (F), Renown, Princess Royal, Tiger2nd BCS (RAdm Sir Lionel Halsey) battle cruisers: Australia(RAN) (F), New Zealand, Indomitable, Inflexible1st CS (VAdm T D W Napier) battle cruisers: Courageous, Glorious1st LCS (RAdm W H Cowan): Caledon (F), Inconstant, Galatea, Phaeton, Royalist2nd LCS (RAdm J A Fergusson): Birmingham (F), Dublin, Melbourne(RAN), Sydney(RAN), Yarmouth3rd LCS (RAdm A T Hunt): Chatham (F), Birkenhead, Chester, Southampton6th LCS (RAdm E S Alexander-Sinclair): Cardiff (F), Calypso, Caradoc, Cassandra, Ceres Destroyer flotillas Commodore (Destroyers): Cdre H J Tweedie in light cruiser: Castor3rd DF leaders: Nimrod, Talisman; destroyers: Maenad, Mameluke, Marvel, Menace, Michael, Munster, Napier, Noble, Nonsuch, Onslaught, Petard11th DF leaders: Valorous, Seymour, Kempenfelt; destroyers: Romola, Sarpedon, Tenacious, Tormentor, Tancred, Vivacious, Vittoria, Vortigern, Watchman, Versatile, Walker, Vancouver, Viscount, Walrus, Vanessa, Vanity, Voyager12th DF leaders: Valhalla, Saumarez; destroyers: Simoom, Winchester, Wrestler, Scimitar, Torch, Vivien, Wolsey, Scotsman, Scout, Scythe, Tomahawk, Waterhen, Sepoy, Speedy, Seabear, Sirdar, Trinidad, Tryphon13th DF light cruiser: Champion, leaders: Valentine, Valkyrie; destroyers: Vimiera, Vega, Vectis, Violent; Vendetta, Verulam, Wakeful, Westminster; Verdun, Viceroy, Vesper, Venetia; Wolfhound, Ursa, Ursula, Urchin; Umpire, Ulster, Tower, Tristram; Vidette, Winchelsea, Westcott; Windsor, Whitley, Woolston, Walpole, Wessex, Wryneck14th DF leaders: Vampire, Anzac; destroyers: Ophelia, Relentless, Medina, Nonpareil, Observer, Opportune, Orestes, Pellew, Peyton, Plover, Patriot, Offa, Peregrine, Plucky, Norman, Orford, Pylades, Warwick, Velox, Whirlwind, Paladin, Penn, Octavia, Patrician, Tyrant, Splendid, Tobago, Sabre, Seafire, Seraph15th DF leaders: Parker, Grenville; destroyers: Rapid, Sabrina, Radstock, Rowena, Ready, Raider, Restless, Rocket, Rigorous, Sable, Rob Roy, Salmon, Sorceress, Rosalind, Trenchant, Undine, Tirade21st DF leaders: Botha, Douglas, Swift; destroyers: Miranda, Matchless, Milne, Morris, Murray, Mentor, Mansfield, Moorsom Harwich Force 5 th LCS (RAdm Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt) light cruisers: Curacoa (F), Centaur, Concord, Conquest, Coventry, Curlew, Danae, Dragon10th DF leaders: Montrose, Bruce, Shakespeare, Spenser; destroyers: Starfish, Sybille, Redgauntlet, Satyr, Skate, Stork, Sturgeon, Sylph, Radiant, Redoubt, Skilful, Tempest, Thruster, Retriever, Sharpshooter, Springbok, Truculent, Sceptre, Torrid, Taurus, Tetrarch, Thisbe, Teazer, Sparrowhawk, Swallow, Tactician Minelaying destroyers 20th DF (Immingham) leaders: Abdiel, Gabriel, destroyers: Ferret, Sandfly, Lawford, Legion, Prince, Tarpon, Telemachus, Vanquisher, Vanoc, Venturous Destroyer reinforcements The following are the modern vessels in Buncrana, Devonport and Dover flotillas in October 1918. These flotillas were ordered to provide reinforcements to the Grand Fleet after 23 October. There were 16 L-class/M-class destroyers temporarily attached to the Grand Fleet on 11 November 1918.[36] 2nd DF (Buncrana) destroyers: Mandate, Marne, Martial, Michael, Milbrook, Minos, Moresby, Nicator, Ossory, Pelican, Pigeon, Magic, Manners, Medway, Mindful, Mons, Mounsey, Mystic, Musketeer4th DF (Devonport) leader: Faulknor; destroyers: Nereus, Oberon, Onslow, Oracle, Oriole, Orpheus, Pasley, Laertes, Lance, Laurel, Laverock, Lennox, Leonidas, Liberty, Lochinvar, Loyal, Lysander, Lookout, Minion, Narwhal, Nepean, Nerissa, Morning Star, Nizam, Norseman, Obdurate, Obedient, Oriana, Osiris, Rival6th DF (Dover) leader: Broke; destroyers: Afridi, Amazon, Cossack, Crusader, Saracen, Viking, Zubian, Manly, Myngs, Melpomene, Termagant, Trident, Nugent, Phoebe Submarines operating with the Battle Fleet 12th S/MF: K2, K3, K5, K6, K7, K8, K1513th S/MF: K9, K10, K11, K12, K14, K16, K22 North Sea patrols 8th S/MF (Yarmouth) submarines: H21, H28, H29, H309th S/MF (Harwich) submarines: E29, E31, E41, E43, E45, E51, E52, E53, E56, L9, L15, L14, L17, C23, C2510th S/MF (Tees) submarines: E27, E33, E39, E40, E42, E44, G6, G12, G13, L11, L12, L1611th S/MF (Blyth) submarines: G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G10, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J714th S/MF (Blyth) submarines: H8, H11, H12, H14, H15, H22, H23, H24, H25, H26, L8, R1, R2, R9, R12. 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Remembering those who died this day, 24th of October 1918. Pte. Francis Robert Adkin. 11th Btn. D Coy, Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. A/CSM. Robert Ayre. 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Coal Runner Abdul Aziz. Read their Story. Sgt. Ralph Bagshaw. 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte John Henry Biddis. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Pte Daniel Rufus Bowen. 14th Battalion Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George David Bowers. 11th Btn Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Thomas Broughton. 2/4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Pte. John Thomas Broughton. 2/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Cant. 4th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Capt. Amos Clarkson. MC, MID. 8th Battalion (Leeds Rifles) Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Albert Clennell. 23rd (1st Sportsmans) Battalion Royal Fusiliers Pte. William Porter Cowell. 1st/8th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Gnr Richard Ede. 161st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery L/Cpl. Arthur George Ellis. 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment Sgt. Robert George Evans. MM. 18th (2nd Liverpool Pals) Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Frederick Gardner. 9th Batallion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pte. Sidney James Harding. 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Charles Harris. MM. 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. 2Lt. William Humphrey. MC. 4th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte Sidney Charles Mabbott. 11th Btn Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Carruthers Masterson. 7th Btn. Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers Sgt. William Robert Milton. 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Reginald Muddiman. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Seacunny Abdun Nabi. Read their Story. Pte. Martin O'Neill. 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. John Henry Payne. 13th (1st Barnsley) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte John Robertson Rennie. 8th Bn. Black Watch Albert Edward Riches. 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire L/Cpl. Horace Parker Sawyer. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Christopher Sexton. Army Service Corps Read their Story. Pte. H. Shave. 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte William Frederick Sheers. 3/17th Battalion B Coy London Regiment Pte. Peter Wharry. 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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