ROLL OF HONOUR.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15608, 5 June 1916, Page 8

ROLL OF HONOUR.

THE QUEEjN t MARY. SOME OF THE LOST OFFICERS A It is-not possible to give the names of the officers of the lost ships. The official "Navy List" of January, 1915, was the last in which the commissioned ships of the Royal Navy and the offi-r cers serving in them were published. Owing to the numerous new ships which were being brought into service, or were under construction, the Admiralty, in order not to give this information to the enemy, discontinued the publication of this section of the "Navy List." Since then only the daily announcements of naval appointments have been published, and many of these give no indication of the ships to which officers have been appointed for service afloat. Consequently, owing to numerous changes caused by the recommissioning of ships and transfers of officers, the lists of officers of the various ships, as published in the "Navy List" of January, 1915, are in most cases completely out of <:■■■ -te. KNOWN IN ZEALAND. It is known, however, that several officers who had many friends in New Zealand were serving in the Queen Marv, and as four midshipmen were the only* officers saved from that ship, the names of these officers must be added to the Navy's Roll of Honour. The officers referred to were:— Captain Cecil Irby Prowse. Commander Harry Lewin Lee Pennell. Engineer Lieut.-Commander John Matthew Murray. Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Way Robertson. CAPTAIN PROWSE. Captain C. I. Prowse, who will be remembered as flag-captain of H.M.S. Powerful. 1908-11, was born in September, 1866. He was a naval cadet and midshipman in the Agincourt. flagship of the Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron, January, 1882 (including the war, for which he wore the medal and star), and tho Ruby,

senior officer's ship on the South-East Coast of America, April, 1885. As acting-sub-lieutenant he was lent to tho Bouncer for the naval review and manoeuvres of July, 1887, and, ou being confirmed in his rank, was appointed navigator of the Liberty, sailing tender to the training ship Lion at Devonport, March, 1888. From her he passed to the Calypso, in the Training Squadron, September, 1888, and thence to the Beagle, <ui the South-East Coast of America, September, 18S9, to December, 1892. On the latter station bo was promoted to lieutenant (at the beginning of 1890). In February, 1893, he was appointed to the Royal yacht Osborne, comnvuuled by Captain (now Adinirai Sir) Archibald Berkeley Milne, and was lent for command of torpedoboat No. 58 in the manoeuvres of July, 1893. lie Was reappointed to tho Osborne, temporarily, in the following month, but in September, 1893, joined the Roval Sovereign, flagship of ViceAdmiral Fairfax, hi the 'Channel Squadron. He was appointed first -lieutenant of the Racoon, on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa station, in May, 1894, and had the African general service medal, with "Mweli" engraved on rim, for service in the expedition which reduced that place, the stronghold of a rebellious Arab chief, on the East Coast of Africa, in August, 1895. He was also present at the bombardment and capture of the Sultan of Zanzibar's palace bji the squadron under Roar-Admiral Rawson, in August, 189 C.

From November. 1897, to March, 1901, he was first lieutenant of the Venus, commanded successively by Sir A. Berkeley Milne and Captain H. M. T. Tudor, on the Mediterranean station; and in June, 1901, he was advanced to commander. He served in that rank in the Jupiter (Captains Milne and Startin). in the Channel fleet, October, 1901, to *TuDo. 1904, and the Resolution, flagship of Rear-Admirals Graham and Adair, in the Home fleet at the N.ore, January, 1905, to January, 1906. In Jlny ; 1906, he was selected for n course of study at the Military Staff College, which completed, he assumed command of the Nelson, stokers' training-ship at Portsmouth. He was promoted to captain from her in June, 1907, and commanded the Powerful as flag captain to Sir Richard Poore, on the Australian station, from January, 1908. to January, 1911. On returning to England Jie was on halfpay for a timd, follower by a war course (September, 1911). and senior officers' gunnery and torpedo courses (February and March, 1912). In August, 19*12. he was appointed in command of the Suffolk until November. In May. 1913. he took command of the Duke of Edinburgh on the Mediterranean station, and he remained in her until October 13th. 1914, when he was appointed to $o Queen Mary. COMMANDER PEN NELL. Commander H. L. L. Pennell was best known in New Zealand as commander of the Terra .Nova in Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition. He was only 33 years of age, and was a particularly "brilliant officer, having a line record as a navigator, in which branch of the service he had specialised. He joined the Navy as a midshipman as recently as September, ISU9; he was advanced to sub-lieutenant September, 1902; and lieutenant March, 1903, having passed a specially meritorious examination for the latter rank. His service has been: Prince George, Channel Squadron, September, 1899; Goliath, China, September, 1900; Mercury, Portsmouth, for qualifying course in navigation, April, 1904; Drake, flagship of Prinec Louis of Battenberg in the Second Cruiser Squadron, October 1904; Cadmus, China (N.), November, 1905; Ipbigenia, Home fleet, Portsmouth March 1908; Drvad, January, 1909, tor first class 6hip course and later for instructional duties : Cambrian, Australia (N.), September, 1909. Early in 1910 he was appointed navigating officer of the Terra Nova, then fitting out in London for the Antarctic. He served in the expedition in that capacity until Commander Evans landed with Captain Scott, when he took command of the Terra Nova, and brought her back to Lyttelton. He was in charge of the resurvey of the. Three Kings Islands and vicinity during the winter of 1911. On her return to Lyttelton in 1912, after her second voyage to the Antarctic, the Terra Nova was laid up for refit, and Commander Pennell, with Lieut. H. E. de P. Rennick (who was drowned in the Hogue on September 22nd, 1914), took the ship's company to French Pass, and spent the winter making a complete survey of Admiralty Bay. The Terra Nova went back to "the Antarctic, and picked up the landing parties, returning to Lyttelton in February. 1913. Commander (then Lieutenant-Commander) .Pennell was in charge of the Terra Nova for the homeward passage to England via Cape Horn, and after completing his work for the Expedition, he was promoted Commander with seniority of June 30th, 1913. On March 3rd, 1914, he was appointed senior navigating officer of the Duke of Edinburgh, under Captain Prowse. Shortly after the latter transferred to the Queen Mary, Commander Pennell was also appointed to the bi& battle-cruiser as senior navigator. Commander Pennell, who was

married last year, was of a most cheerv disposition, and the news of his death in action will be heard with regret by a wide circle of friends in Christchurch and Lyttelton. In a letter to a member of the staff of "The Press" received last month, Commander Pennell mentioned that nearly every member of Captain Scott's Es^edition" was serving either in the Navy or the Army. SCB-LIEUTENANT ROBERTSON. Sub-Lieutenant T. A. W. Robertson, who "was only 19 years age, was a midshipman in H.M.S. New Zealand when that ship made her famous worldcruise in 1913. He was promoted midshipman on January loth, 1913, the New Zealand being his first active appointment afloat. He was promoted acting sub-lieutenant on January 15th, 1915, and confirmed in that rank about six months later. Sub-Lieutenant Robertson was appointed to the Queen Mary last November. ENGINEER LIEUTENANT-COM-MANDER MURRAY. Yesterday morning Mr W. Murray, manager of the Christchurch Meat Company ? received a cable message from the Admiralty stating that his younger brother, Engineer Lieutenant-Commander John iMatthew Murray, was lost in the Queen Mary. Engineer LieutenantCommander Murray joined the Navy about twenty years ago, and served in a number of ships, including the battleships Resolution and Ramillies, successive flagships of Admiral Lord Beresford, in the Mediterranean. In 1903 ho was appointed to superintend the construction of the battleship King Edward VII., and when that ship was commissioned in 1905 he was appointed to her. Subsequently he served several terms as engineering instructor at Dartmouth Naval College, the present of Wales being one of his pupils. When the war broke out Engineer LieutenantCommander Murray, who attained that rank on December Ist, 1910, was temporarily appointed acting Engineer-Com-mander of the battleship Majestic. He was appointed second in charge of the engine department of the Queen Mary, under Engineer-Commander W. Rattey on October 3rd, 1914

TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL.

| THE SHIPS' COMPLEMENTS. AN APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE. The death roll of both the British and the German Fleets engaged lias been appallingly heavy, and it is probable that upwards of 6000 officers and men of both sides have lost their lives. The enemy's ships were certainly terribly punished, and it is very apparent that, he is disguising his actual losses. The following tables gives the nominal complements of the British ships reported sunk and also the number of commissioned and warrant officers an J midshipmen carried by each ship:— j Total | Officers ! and men | Ship. Officers, (nominal). Queen Mary ... 59 1000 Indefatigable — 58 800 Invincible — 51 800 Defence 51 SOO Warrior ... 46 704 Black Prince ... 35 704 Tipperary ... 8 160 Turbulent ... 8 160 Sin other destroyers (total) ... 36 600 | GERMAN SHIPS. [ Nominal Chew. Three battleships — ... 1073 * 1073 | - 1073 Three battle cruisers ... 1100 ! 1100 1100 Three other battleships ... 1000 (damaged) 1000 1000 Light cruiser (suck) ... 3SO Six destroyers (sunk) ... GOO Two light cruisers (disabled)... 760 Submarine (sunk) ... 35