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Trying to trace all the crew that served along with my G Grandfather Alexander Stephenson
The ship was sunk on the 21st Aug 1917
All 43 lives were lost

William John Adams Chief Petty Officer
James Atherton Able seaman
Albert E Beer Petty Officer
Leopold A Bernays Acting Commander
John Burns Engineer Lieut
Brian Harvey Capewell Ship's steward assistant
Raynor H L Charles Able seaman
John James Church Able seaman
David Clark Leading stoker
Vyvian Harcourt Coles Paymaster
Thomas M Cullen Engine room artificer
Charles Duddy Able seaman
William J Dunham Able seaman
Evan J Evans Stoker
James Aunger Foott Carpentes crew
George J Full painter
Samuel Gray Lieut
Walter H Halfyard Able seaman
Richard H Harris Petty Officer
Lawrence J Hodges Able seaman
Thomas Hoy stoker
Percy H HUrrell Signalman
Henry Johnson Lieut
William H Jordan Able seaman
David J Kendrick Officers cook 2nd class
William G Lang Cooks mate
Robert Liggett Stoker
Leonard D Lower Leading seaman
Alfred Manger Ordinary telegraphist
Edward Phenna Stoker Petty Officer
George R Pyne Able seaman and brother Harry Officers steward
Alfred S Radford Leading seaman
Mark Norman Rennie Lieu
Benjamin Sambells Engine room artificer
Robert G Scott Able seaman
Fred Slater Telegraphist
Alexander Stephenson Stoker
Leonard Thompson Ordinary Telegraphist
James Thorburn Officers steward
Frederick W Vinnicombe Acting Petty Officer
William C White Able seaman
John B Wood Chief petty officer telegraphist

All information would be greatly appreciated

Hi Michelle,
As Peter says quite a task.

I have just looked up one on the CWGC site.

Leopold A Bernays awarded CMG & DSO he was 32 yrs old and the son of the late Rev. A E Bernays.

Suggest you start with the more unusual names.

Good luck.

Sylvie

Hello
Thank you for the hints

I have got bits & pieces on some of the crew, it is made harder as some of them died without knowing their ages

found this on Google

JOHNSON
Henry
Sandgarth. - Distinguished Service Cross. Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve. HMS ‘Vala’. Died 21st August 1917, aged 36 years. Son of James Johnson of Delting, Shetland Islands. Husband of Esther Park Johnson of 362 Easter Road, Leith, Scotland. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 27.

B. H. Capewell
(Brian Harvey Capewell)
Service no M/15985
Ship's Steward Assistant, Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Vala."
Died age 23 on 21 August 1917
Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell, of 35 Union Road, Clapham, London. His brother Frederick Harold also fell.
Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS "Vala" was a Q boat, torpedoed on 21 August 1917.

World War One Dead - Blackboy/Bath Road
Private, R G Heaman, Devonshire Regiment. 28 August 1915. Husband of F. J. Heaman, of 1, Spinning Path, Bath Rd.,
Rifleman, J Murch, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 25 June 1917. Age 19. Blackboy Rd
Private, Alfred Partridge, Devonshire Regiment. 12 August 1917. Age 29. Salem Place, Bath Rd
Able Seaman, George Richard Pyne, H.M.S. "Vala.", Royal Navy. 21 August 1917. Age 19. Son of Lucy Pyne, of 14, Bath Rd
Officer's Steward 3rd Class, Harry Pyne, H.M.S. "Vala.", Royal Navy. 21 August 1917. Age 24. Son of Lucy Pyne, of 14, Bath Rd
Quartermaster Serjeant, Henry Siddell, Royal Army Medical Corps. 18 December 1918. Hampton Place, Bath Road

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TREETOPS-NEWS/2001-05/0991175431

this covers W White

You could get the service records for any that you can't find any information on, from the documentsonline site. At £3-50 each you might not want to get all of them!

You'll find a biography pf James Aunger Foott in this book .. http://www.northhillhistory.co.uk/warmemorial.htm#fallen