(Listing continued from ADM 137/205/10). Folios 553-572: Volume V, Appendices. Folios...

(Listing continued from ADM 137/205/10).

Folios 553-572: Volume V, Appendices.

Folios 553-567: Volume V, Appendix I – Recapture of Kut.

Folios 554-565: Report addressed “HMS Mantis 21 March 1917” author not stated. Report on the Tigris operations during the months of December 1916 and January, February and March 1917 which led to the capture and occupation of Bagdad by our forces on 11 March 1917. Includes list of HM Ships involved with name of commander and number of officers and men on each, (folios 555-556) – names of ships HMS Tarantula, Commander H G Sherbrooke, 4 officers, 60 men; HMS Mantis, Commander B Buxton, 8 officers, 66 men; HMS Moth, Lieutenant Commander C A Cartwright, 4 officers, 60 men; HMS Gnat, Lieutenant Commander E H B L Scrivener, 4 officers, 60 men; HMS Butterfly, Lieutenant Commander G A Wilson, 3 officers, 20 men; HMS Sawfly, Commander G F A Mulock, 2officers, 20 men; HMS Snakefly, Lieutenant R P D Webster, 3 officers, 20 men; HMS Greenfly, Lieutenant Commander A G Seymour, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Gadfly, Commander (Retired) E K Arbuthnot, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Grayfly, Lieutenant C H Heath-Caldwell, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Stonefly, Lieutenant M Singleton, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Mayfly, Lieutenant R H Lilley, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Waterfly, Acting Commander (Retired) C T Gervers, 2 officers, 20 men; HMS Firefly, Lieutenant Commander C J F Eddis then Sub Lieutenant G St J A Taylor, 2 officers, 10 men; HMS Flycatcher, Lieutenant (Temporary) H Lincoln, RNR, 1 officer, 10 men; HMS Scotstoun, Lieutenant S E Nicolle, 2 officers, 22 men. Mention of Commander Francis R Wrottesley, RN, 14th Kite Balloon Section, RNAS, (folio 555); Commander Ernest K Arbuthnot, HMS Gadfly, (folio 558); Lieutenant Commander C A Cartwright, (folio 559); Lieutenant J P Bradley, RNR, HMS Proserpine, (folio 560); Acting Commander (Retired) Charles T Gervers, RN, (folio 560); Lieutenant Commander C Eddis, (folio 561); and to Lieutenant John H Murdoch, RNR, HMS Mantis, being severely wounded on 25 February 1917, (folio 557).

Noted for special mention, promotion, honours or reward are: Commander H G Sherbrooke, RN, (folio 562); Commander B Buxton, RN, (folio 562); Lieutenant-Commander Charles H A Cartwright, (folio 562); Lieutenant Bradley, RNR, (folio 562); Commander E K Arbuthnot, (folio 562); Surgeon (Temporary) Robert G Elwell, (folio 562); Lieutenant Cecil H Hallett, RIM, (folio 562); Lieutenant Hugh Lincoln, RNR, (folio 562); Lieutenant-Commander Robert P Dennistoun Webster, (folio 562); Sub-Lieutenant G A Feilman, RN, (folio 563); Chief Gunner’s Mate W R Ayres, ON 171045, (folio 563); Chief Engine Room Artificer H Lovell, ON 268831, (folio 563); W Stevenson, Able Seaman, GL2, ON 234863, (folio 563); H M J Thompson, Leading Seaman, GL2, ON 236295, (folio 563); Surgeon J C Kelly, (folio 563); Temporary Surgeon Frederick G E Hill, (folio 563); Telegraphist Herbert William Prior, ON J38080, (folio 563); Able Seaman (RFR) Percy William Dean (killed) ON 209195, (folios 563-564); Able Seaman Alfred Ernest Lucas, ON 15975, (folio 564); Signalman Charles Poulter, RNVR, ON 3247, (folio 564); Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class William John Hollis ON 12130, (folio 564); Stoker Petty Officer George Thomas Haslar ON 11366, (folio 564); Stoker John Pannel, RNR, ON S8533, (folio 564); Lieutenant John A H Wood, MC, RNVR, (folio 564); John William Mallinson, Stoker, PO 303741, (folio 564); Martin Leslie Elliot, Leading Telegraphist, ON J29125, (folio 564); Surgeon James P Shorten, RN, (folio 564); Petty Officer William H Saunders ON J5200, (folios 564-565);Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Alexander Greig ON (not known), (folio 565); Petty Officer James Revell ON 208740, (folio 565); Leading Telegraphist Sydney W Boulter, ON J15349, (folio 565); Stoker Petty Officer Edward S Crossman, ON 287047, (folio 565); Sub-Lieutenant Ernest C W Vane Tempest, RNVR, (folio 565). Folios 565-571: Volume 5, Appendix II – Distribution of troops.

Folios 566-568: Volume 5, Appendix II: Force “D” Distribution of Troops, 17 February 1917.

Folios 569-570: Volume 5, Appendix II (continued): From the second supplement to The London Gazette (No 30298 of Friday the 21 September 1917). Awards listed as follows: Order of the Bath, Military Division, Third Class to Captain Wilfred Nunn, CMG, DSO, RN, (folio 569). Distinguished Service Order (folios 569-570) to Commander Bernard Buxton RN, Commander Henry G Sherbrooke RN; Commander Ernest K Arbuthnot RN, Surgeon Frederick G E Hill RN, Lieutenant Commander C H A Cartwright, specially promoted to rank of Commander 26 February 1917. Distinguished Service Cross (folio 570) to Lieutenant Robert PD Webster RN, Acting Lieutenant John P Bradley RNR, Lieutenant Hugh Lincoln RNR, Lieutenant John H A Wood MC, RNVR, Sub Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant) Ernest C W Vane Tempest RNVR, Sub-Lieutenant Gerald A Feilman RNVR, Lieutenant Cecil G Hallett RIM, Surgeon James Shorten RN, Surgeon Robert G Elwell RN. Distinguished Service Medal (folio 570) to Chief Petty Officer W R Ayre ON 171045 (Ch),Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald G Robinson ON 198809 (Ch), Petty Officer James Revell ON 208740 (Ch),Leading Seaman H M J Thomson ON 236295 (Ch), Able Seaman Alfred E Lucas ON J15975 (Ch), Able Seaman W Stephenson ON 234863 (Ch),Signalman Charles Poulter RNVR, ON London Z/3247 (Ch),Leading Telegraphist Sydney Boulter ON J15349 (Ch),Leading Telegraphist Martin L Elliott ON J29215 (Ch),Telegraphist Herbert W Prior ON J32080 (Ch), Chief Engine Room Artificer H Lovell ON 268831 (Ch); Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class, Alexander Greig ON M17441 (Ch),Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 4th Class William J Holliss ON M12130 (Ch), Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class LE Brown ON 271864 (Po), Stoker Petty Officer Edward S Crossman ON 287047 (Ch), Stoker Petty Officer George T Hasler ON K1366 (Ch),Stoker Petty Officer John W Mallinson ON 303741 (Dev); Stoker John Farrell RNR ON S8533. Mentioned in despatches for service on the Euphrates (folio 570), Lieutenant Commander Alexander R Chalmer RN, Lieutenant Aubrey C Thursfield RN, Lieutenant Richard J A Harding RNVR. Recommended for good services at the base, (folio 570-571) Captain Cathcart R Wason, CMG, RN, Staff Surgeon Thomas W Jeffery RN, HMS Proserpine, Staff Surgeon George G Vickery RN, HMS Dalhousie, Engineer Lieutenant-Commander Stanley W Cooke, lately of HMS Proserpine, Paymaster Herbert G Cavanagh RN, HMS Dalhousie, Lieutenant AHB Gray RIM, HMS Dalhousie, Chief Gunner Patrick J O’Connor RN, HMS Dalhousie, Carpenter William Brown RN, HMS Proserpine.

Folio 571: Volume 5, Appendix II (continued): Extract from General Sir Stanley S Maude’s despatch 10 April 1917.