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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.

E 34

E 34
Credit: IWM
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.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Allen, John
M 15316
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 24
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Amoore, Charles John Newnham
J 21492
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 20
Leading Telegraphist
Atkinson, George DSM
J 14020
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 23
Leading Seaman
Baker, Alfred Edward
K 18233
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 24
Leading Stoker
Baldwin, Christopher Oliver
K 14537
Born: 12th Sep, 1894.
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 23
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 12/09/1893
Bignell, William Henry
J 44209
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 18
Telegraphist
CWGC has 144209 and not the correct J 44209
Cooke, Charles Harold (RNVR)
Z 10637
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 19
Ordinary Seaman
Dixon, George Russell
M 19343
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 28
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Edwards, Benjamin Cogan
238694
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 27
Leading Seaman
Ellis, Charles Edward DSM
220405
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 33
Petty Officer
Fortnum, William
295188
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 37
Stoker Petty Officer
Hanson, John William
K 25244
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Heale, George
K 21877
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 25
Stoker 1st Class
Holmes, John William
J 10315
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 24
Petty Officer
Kemp, William George
K 16280
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Lillie, William Philip DSC
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 22
Lieutenant
Murray, Arthur Logan
M 25535
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 34
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Norman, William Thomas
221480
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 31
Able Seaman
Painting, James William Kircaldy
K 18622
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 28
Leading Stoker
Pankhurst, Arthur Richard
212340
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 33
Leading Seaman
Pulleyne, Richard Ivor DSO*
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 29
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Richens, Percy Baron MID
237049
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 27
Signalman
Sargent, James Alfred
K 18222
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
Scott, Frederick Charles
J 19816
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 22
Able Seaman
Smith, Herbert James
J 11913
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 22
Petty Officer
Smith, John
K 23820
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 22
Leading Stoker
Tanner, George Richard DSM*
196486
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 37
Petty Officer
Tatham, Alan (RNR) DSM
EA 1061
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 34
Chief Engine Room Artificer
Tofts, Charles James
K 12084
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 25
Leading Stoker
Wynne, Hugh Donald (RNR) DSC
Died: 20th Jul, 1918.
Aged: 28
Lieutenant
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.
E3ML Specification
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