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E 34

Built By: Thornycroft (Southampton)
Build Group: E3ML
Fate: Believed mined on 20th July 1918.

Whilst returning from her twenty-fourth minelaying operation off Vlieland, she probably strayed into a minefield laid in that area by E51 some time earlier.

She was the last E boat to be lost in WWI.
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The officers and men of HMS E34
The officers and men of HMS E34

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Commanders
1917: Lieutenant   R I Pulleyne DSO DSC

8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

Sank UB-16 about May 1918.

Roll of Honour
31
 
Aldridge, Newman William  J 1558
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Allen, John  M 15316
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 24
Amoore, Charles John Newnham  J 21492
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 20
Atkinson, George  DSM J 14020
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 23
Baker, Alfred Edward  K 18233
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 24
Baldwin, Christopher Oliver  K 14537 Born: 12th Sep, 1894. 
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
RN DoB 12/09/1893
Bignell, William Henry  J 44209
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Telegraphist Aged: 18
CWGC has 144209 and not the correct J 44209
Cooke, Charles Harold  (RNVR) Z 10637
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Dixon, George Russell  M 19343
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Edwards, Benjamin Cogan  238694
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 27
Ellis, Charles Edward  DSM 220405
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 33
Fortnum, William  295188
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 37
Hanson, John William  K 25244
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Heale, George  K 21877
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 25
Holmes, John William  J 10315
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 24
Kemp, William George  K 16280
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Lillie, William Philip  DSC
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
Murray, Arthur Logan  M 25535
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 34
Norman, William Thomas  221480
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 31
Painting, James William Kircaldy  K 18622
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 28
Pankhurst, Arthur Richard  212340
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 33
Pulleyne, Richard Ivor  DSO*
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 29
Commanding Officer
Richens, Percy Baron  MID 237049
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Signalman Aged: 27
Sargent, James Alfred  K 18222
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
Scott, Frederick Charles  J 19816
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Smith, Herbert James  J 11913
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 22
Smith, John  K 23820
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 22
Tanner, George Richard  DSM* 196486
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 37
Tatham, Alan  (RNR) DSM EA 1061
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 34
Tofts, Charles James  K 12084
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
Wynne, Hugh Donald  (RNR) DSC
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 28
CWGC has Wynne, Hugh Tom Donald Served as Wynne, Hugh Donald

Events

 27-01-1917   Launched
 01-03-1917   Completed
 20-07-1918   Lost with all hands. The submarine had sailed from Harwich on the morning of 14th July 1918 with orders to lay a minefield off Vlieland and was reported lost on the 20th July 1918. No reason has been discovered for her loss, but it is possible that she was mined. There were no survivors.
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