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E 10 (I 90)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: E2
Fate: Submarine E10 had been sent to patrol off the North-North West of Heligoland on 18th January 1915. The submarine parted company with the sister submarine E5 in the early evening of 18th January and was not seen again.

It was thought at the time that E10 was mined on or about 18th January, the recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she did hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that the loss took place on 21 January 1915 which, it is assumed, is the day the submarine should have arrived back at Harwich.

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Commanders

8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

Roll of Honour

31
Died: 21-01-1915
Ayling, Frank Stuart  236228
Able Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 24
Barby, Alexander Henry  237567
Able Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 25
Bathard, Alfred William  271401
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 34
Blackburn, Layton  217575
Leading Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 30
Briggs, Henry Sydney  219065
Able Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 28
Collins, Charles Frederick  226346
Able Seaman Born: 17-10-1885 Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 29
RN DoB 17/10/1886
Cross, Frederick James  305745
Acting Leading Stoker Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 29
Driscoll, Henry James Thomas  J823
Able Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 23
Dyer, Arthur Edward  (RNR) 188723
Petty Officer Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 33
Falconer, Percy Albert Gordon 
Acting Lieutenant Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 26
Fraser, William St John 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 31
Commanding Officer
Gray, Edward William  M 1333
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 30
Hannen, Frederick  K 7930
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 25
Hanson, Robert  270112
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 36
Hayler, William Middleton  J5130
Signalman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 21
Hopkinson, Ernest  304121
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 29
Irish, Cranston John Henry   216724
Able Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 28
Keene, Alfred  K 6628
Stoker 1st Class Born: 10-01-1887 Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 28
RN DoB 10/01/1888
Lampard, Ernest William  K14536
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 20
Lawrence, Percy Herbert George   K 9196
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 24
McBain, William  K16457
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 22
Page, William  271400
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 32
Phillips, Charles  282526
Chief Stoker Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 38
Rowan, Thomas  181381
Petty Officer Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 35
Thompson, Richard  195613
Petty Officer Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 33
Upton, Edward Ernest Llewelyn  224723
Leading Seaman Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 28
Walker, Percy  K 379
Leading Stoker Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 29
Weller, Sidney Herbert  K10135
Stoker 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 23
Whitaker, Trevor  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 23
White, Philip William  J3618
Leading Telegraphist Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 22
Wright, Albert Edward  270556
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 21-01-1915 Aged: 36

Events

10-07-1912 Laid Down
29-11-1913 Launched
10-08-1914 Completed
18-01-1915 HMS E10 sailed from Harwich for operations NNW of Heligoland. No further contact was made with the submarine after parting company with HMS E5 at 1950 on the evening of the 18th.

The recent discovery of the wreck of the submarine confirmed that she hit a mine.

All hands were lost in this incident.
Comments

Comment by: David Falconer on July 13, 2018

The finding of the E10 was a great surprise to our family. Decades wondering what happened to PAG Falconer; my great-uncle. Percy Albert Gordon had only been married a couple of weeks before the E10 sank.

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