HMS Royal Oak

by Peter Rowlands

On the night of Friday 13thOctober 1939, HMS Royal Oak, a 600foot long 29,000 ton Dreadnoughtbattleship, was sunk by torpedoes from aGerman U boat which had penetrated theBritish Navy’s main anchorage at ScapaFlow in Orkney. 833 men lost their livesand the 2nd World War was just sixweeks old.

Fortunately there were survivors,thanks mainly to the heroic work of theskipper and crew of the tiny tenderDaisy2. No more than 100 feet long andjust 15 feet wide, she managed to rescue386 men from the icy, oil covered watersof Scapa Flow in total darkness in theearly hours of Saturday morning.

Some of the 833 escaped only todie of their wounds and they are buriedin the Naval cemetery at Lyness on thenearby island of Hoy and a remembranceplaque was placed on the wall of StMagnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, thecapital of Orkney. Royal Oak’s bell wasadded to this display when it was foundby Navy divers in the 1970’s. Recently acopper plate book has been added whichlists the names of all those who lost theirlives and every Monday a page is turnedin remembrance.

A display of photographs and theships nameplate in thick brass letters ison display at the Lyness Museumtogether with one of the battle ensignflags raised on the wreck of the RoyalOak each year by navy divers. The brassletters were removed illegally by anamateur diver in the 1970’s. It appearsthat in 1994 the diver’s conscience gotthe better of him and they were handedover to the Navy who mounted them andpresented them to Orkney IslandsCouncil in 1995.

HMS Royal Oak now lies in 30metres of water, almost upside down withher upturned keel reaching to just 5metres of the surface. A wreck buoymarks her hazard to shiping.

Each year Navy divers, survivorsand members of the British Legion goout to the buoy on Friday 13th andconduct a moving ceremony over thewater. Wreaths are laid and navy diversdescend to the wreck to remove the oldflag and raise a new one in remembranceof those who lost their lives.

HMS Royal Oak was built in theNaval dockyards at Devonport, Plymouthduring World War 1. She was fitted withan awesome array of firepower startingwith eight 15" guns - the largest gunsever fitted on a British Naval vessel.They each weighed 100 tons(102 tonnes)and were capable of hurling 17cwt(876kg) shells onto targets up to 18 miles(29km) away. Supporting her mainarmament were 6 and 4 inch side gunstogether with anti aircraft guns and evenfour submarine torpedo tubes althoughthese were later removed.

HMS Royal Oak served at Jutlandin World War 1 when her 40,000 horse-power engines could achieve speeds inexcess of 20 knots but by 1939 she haddifficulty keeping up with the moremodern ships built between the wars andwas posted to the north east corner ofScapa Flow to provide anti-aircraft cover.

Shortly after midnight, GuntherPrien, Commander of German U boat U-

47, was lying off the east coast ofOrkney. Leading into the British Navy’smain anchorage at Scapa Flow were fournarrow channels between islands whichhad been further restricted by sinkingblockships. Prien chose Kirk Soundwhere, on a fast incoming tide, he wasable to navigate though a gap and intothe calm waters of Scapa Flow.

Royal Oak was the last battleship to be built at devonport dockyard, Plymouth

Gunther Prien, commander of U-47

Once inside the Flow Priensurveyed the scene and found only onecapital ship. Fortunately all but the RoyalOak had left just a few days beforefearing possible air attacks. Had they not,Gunther Prien could have drasticallyaltered the course of World War 2.

Shortly before 1am Prien fired hisfirst salvo of torpedoes which scored aminor hit on the bows of Royal Oak.Those on board thought there must havebeen a small internal explosion and noalarms were raised. Being in the harbourof Scapa Flow, the furthest thought fromtheir minds was that this could have beena torpedo attack. Twenty minutes laterPrien had reloaded and fired his secondsalvo which scored three perfect hits

amidships.Despite being fitted with extra

thick sides to her hull, Royal Oak listedheavily to starboard as explosions rippedher open, seawater rushed in and balls ofignited cordite raced through the shipincinerating most of the crew. Within tenminutes she turned over and sank, her15" guns adding to the momentum asthey swivelled in their turrets. Theirbarrels hit the seabed first followed bythe flying bridge which was crushed asthe rolling hull came to a rest. A small 50foot Admirals barge, moored alongside,was also dragged down in the disaster.

As skillfully as he had entered,Gunther Prien left Scapa Flow throughKirk Sound again and returned to

Germany for a heroes welcome. The warwas just six seeks old and Britain hadsuffered a major loss. Rumours spreadthat she might have been sunk bysabotage but local salvage diver SandyRobertson was hired to dive on the wreckthe day after she sank. The scenes thisyoung 30 year old hard hat diver sawhaunt him to this day. Hundreds of bodieslay around the ship but his job was tofind out why she had sunk. On his firstdiver he found the main torpedo holesand on his second he recovered thepropellors of two electric driven Germantorpedoes.

In the 1950’s the large bronzepropellors were removed by the Navyand a small amount of plundering wascarried out by amateur divers in the 70’sand 80’s but HMS Royal Oak is anofficial war grave and off limits to divers.

In 2000 I was granted a specialpermission to work with the Navy divingteam to document the wreck on bothstills and video so have been fortunate tospend many hours on this wreck whichmust be the largest, most intact navalwreck in shallow water in the northernhemisphere. Having produced an earliervideo to mark the 50th anniversary of hersinking I was familiar with her layoutand detail so was able to complete theproject diving twice a day for two weeksin September followed by a shorter tripon the 61st anniversary.

Dives were no decompression,twenty minutes maximum so time was ofthe essence to capture the wreck on film.

Despite the job in hand, a dive onthe Royal Oak never diminishes the aweyou have as you swim over the growthencrusted hull towards the main railswhere the hull meets the deck. What wasa rolling slope ends abruptly at the railsas the deck slopes back under the shipleaving you hanging over a steep dropinto the cold, dark green water. Visibilityis rarely more than 10 metres so it issome time before you glide down into thegloom before the seabed becomes

An artists impression of how Royal Oak lies on the seabed of Scapa Flow in 100 feet ofwater

Identical 15” guns from her sister ships Ramilles and Resolution are on display outsidethe Imperial War Museum in London

Sandy Robertson was the first diver to godown and establish the cause of thesinking

visible. All the time you are concious of adark shape one way and the lighter greenof open water the other.

At the bows the damage from thefirst torpedo attack is immediatelyevident but the graceful line of the bowbeckons you down to the huge links ofanchor chain which loop down from theship to the seabed at 30 metres. On agood day you can look up and make outthe dark upturned hull silhouetted againstthe lighter green background.

Swimming on the seabed towardsamidships you come across the first ofthe twin 15" gun breaches. Unfortunatelythe barrels are buried in sand under thewreck but the breaches are visible despitebeing under the wreck at 30 metres. Themain control wheels are still intact andthe overall scale is most impressive.These breaches are over 8 feet in diam-eter and identical guns are on displayoutside the Imperial War Museumtogether with the shells they fired.

Finning towards the second turretsyou pass crushed carly rafts which couldhave saved so many lives but now lie onthe seabed, some of their airtight com-partments crushed by the pressure ofwater. Slightly further aft is the Admiral’sbarge which would have been used totransfer officers to and from the ship.This timber hulled vessel has deterioratedconsiderably over the years and herengine block has become exposed as thetimbers rotted away.

From here the main superstructurelooms out and stretches to your left. Themetal of the main funnel and fighting toplie distorted and crushed. In her floatingstate, the roof of the fighting top wouldhave been about 30 metres from the deckand would have hit the water at analarming rate as the ship heeled over andsank so quickly.

Finning further aft, the breachesof the rear 15" guns lie on the seabedhaving ripped themselves away from thedeck which runs towards the stern rails.These are now covered in a thick marinegrowth of plumose anemones and deadmen’s fingers. They provide a riot ofcolour to this sombre watery grave.

Rising up to about 20 metres andfinning back along the ship you can seethe huge single rudder silhouetted againstthe Scapa Flow daylight and a row of 6inch side armament guns lie above themain companionway. There are severallarge doors still tightly bolted shut andone can only imagine the panic theremust have been to try and open these intime to escape. Most portholes are openand several survivors have described howthey managed to squeeze out of them to

Royal Oak had twelve 6” guns - 6 on each side

The remains of the timber hulled Admirals barge which was tied alongside

An artists impression of the starboard side showing the three main torpedo holes

safety as the water rushed in. In pitchdarkness they took the decision to swimout through the porthole in the hope ofrising to the surface where the cold nightair must have smelled its sweetest despitethe oil covered freezing cold water. Someswam as far as the nearest cliffs nearly amile away but many perished in theattempt as the water sapped their energy.

Rising up and over the huge,whale-like hull around amidships youcan drop down onto the starboard sidewhich seems to be a vast expanse ofsmooth metal until the gaping torpedoholes appear and explain why such alarge ship sank so quickly. There are infact three holes but so accurate was

Gunther Prien that they are hard toseperate and so large that you can swiminto them and only just be able to see thesides. Nothing is recognisable insideexcept mangled, distorted and flattenedmetal and there is an eerie lack of marinegrowth compared to the rich growth atthe stern.

Small amounts of fuel oil havealways seeped from the upturned hull.As it emerges from minute holes andcracks, it forms into perfect blackdroplets which rise slowly from thewreck meandering and weaving theirway to the surface, where, on calm days,they dissipate in a rainbow of colours.

The oil provides a poignant visualreminder to the Orcadians that RoyalOak was providing anti aircraft cover forthe capital Kirkwall but in recent yearsthis seepage has increased as the hulldeteriorates. The Ministry of Defencehave placed a cage over the wreck tocontain the escaping oil and in 2001 theyplan to tap into the hull and pump the oilout. This is a complicated project in aunique situation. There are severalunknown factors such as the variablecondition of the hull and the preciselocation and amount of the oil. RoyalOak remains a war grave but the neces-sary work will not disturb the inside ofthe wreck and the oil must be removed toavoid a major spillage.

Once the oil is removed, Orkneywill no longer have a visual reminder butRoyal Oak will always be rememberedby the Orcadians, the survivors and thosefamilies who lost fathers, brothers, sonsand relatives on the night of Friday 13thOctober 1939.

The tragic loss of Royal Oakbrought a long term benefit to Orkney asthe decision was made by the Admiraltyin 1940 to build permanent barriersacross the Eastern entrances to secure theNaval Base of Scapa Flow. These

Oil which seeps from the upturned hull is collected in a cage and emptied every week

A diver inspects one of the torpedo holes

Anti-aircraft guns protected the bridgearea

The Churchill Barrier across Kirk Sound

became known as the Churchill Barriers which took over fouryears to build. Most of the hard work was done by Italianprisoners of war who completed the task with pride. As amemorial of their time in Orkney they converted a Nissen hutinto a moving tribute using only discarded materials. Paper waspainted to resemble solid stone, old metal was reformed into analtar screen and brass turned into candle holders. The result isone of Orkney’s most popular tourist attractions and a specialMass is celebrated in the chapel on the nearest Sunday to the

Christopher Kilford, grandson of Dorothy Golding (right) places her casket in the wreck to reunite her with her husband, BandsmanArthur Golding, who went down with the ship.

anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Oak.The 61st anniversary of Royal Oak’s sinking saw a

unique event in naval history when the Ministry of Defencegranted a special permission for the ashes of Dorothy Golding,wife of Bandsman Arthur Golding who went down with theship, to be taken down and placed in the wreck. There have beenseveral instances where ashes have been scattered on the waterover the wreck but this was the first time the MoD had allowedsuch a burial on a recognised war grave anywhere in the world.

Dorothy’s nephew, Brian Otway, carried his aunts casketduring a service of remembrance over the wreck attended byover 50 people.

After the service the specially weighted casket wastransfered down to a small diving boat in which Dorothy’sgrandson, Christopher Kilford, a qualified scuba diver, waswaiting to take his grandmothers casket down to the wreck.They passed a Naval salute as they made their way to the siteand prepared to take the ashes on their final journey.

Dorothy never remarried after the tradgedy and mournedher husband for 61 years. She died aged 94 on RemembranceDay 1999, and her family requested permission to reunite thecouple once again. Christopher took his grandmothers casketdown to a part of the wreck at 20 metres and laid her to rest withher beloved husband.

The 50 minute video includes underwater images of thewreck which have never been seen before and there are inter-views with survivors and Orcadian Sandy Robertson who wasthe first diver to go on the wreck the day after she sank. Alsoincluded is coverage of the ashes of Dorothy Golding beingtaken down by her grandson, Christopher Kilford, and placed inthe wreck to reunite the couple once again.

The finale is the unfurling of a battle ensign on theupturned hull by a Royal Navy diver on the anniversary of hersinking and the final credits include the names of all those whodied in the tradgedy.

Royal Oak may be sunk, buried and invisible to those onthe surface but for the time being the oil provides a permanentreminder of all of those brave men who paid the ultimatesacrifice in the name of peace. May they continue to rest inpeace.

Peter Rowlands ©2001Navy divers raise an ensign on the upturned hull every year onthe anniversary of her sinking

The following men lost their lives:Abbott, S.E.Ackerman, A.G.Adams, W.P.Agnew, C.W.Alberry, J.Allen, A.F.Allen, P.L.Amos, E.J.Anderson, E.Anderson, H.L.Anderson, R.F.Anderson, W.B.Anderson, W.T.Andrews, E.H.Andrews, G.C.Andrews, W.E.Annell, F.W.Armfield, L.Armitage, F.C.Armstrong, G.H.Arnd, R.Ashby, K.Ashwin, A.W.Atherton, J.Atherton, N.Atkinson, J.Atkinson, T.E.Attard, FAttard, L.Attfield, H.G.Azzopardi, A.Baigent, G.H.Bailey, C.W.Bailey, E.R.Bain, R.Baker, A.E.Baker, A.W.Baker, W.G.M.Baldwin, A.S.Ball, R.J.Ballard, E.F.Balls, H.E.Barber, A.S.Barber, F.Bargery, A.E.Barker, E.H.Barnes-Moss, H.W.Barnfather, R.N.Bartlett, A.Bartolo, J.Bealing, F.C.Beange, J.Beddall, H.Bedwell, H.Beechey, A.C.Beer, A.E.Bell, R.W.Bendall, R.F.J.Bennett, W.Benney, C.E.Beswick, H.W.J.Betts, H.J.Betts, W.T.Billyard, N.Binnington, A.Binns, F.B.Binsley, G.F.Birtchnell, C.E.Black, J.

Blackborough, J.W.Blagrove, H.E.CBlenkiron, N.Blood, S.Blyth, H.B.Boening, J.Bold, P.W.Bonello, S.Bonner, W.C.Borland, D.A.Bottomley, R.J.Bowden, R.C.Bowen, J.Bowhay, W.J.R.Boyd, T.A.Boyes, L.S.Boyle, W.Brading, C.E.Bradwick, A.H.Bramley, R.J.Branch, H.Bridges, J.G.C.Bright, H.Brightman, G.R.Briscoe, E.Britton, T.F.Brookin, J.F.Broughton, A.E.Brown, A.G.Brown, D.A.J.Brown, H.Brown, H.W.Brown, J.Brymer, E.A.Buckett, S.V.Bucknall, A.G.Budge, J.Bull, A.N.Burden, A.E.Burnham, P.Burns, A.Burns, J.E.Burrows, R.W.Burt, E.H.Burtenshaw, C.H.Burton, J.W.Butler, A.A.Butler, A.E.Butler, A.E.Bydawell, L.R.J.Cachia, J.Cairns, J.Campbell, C.H.Campbell, D.Campsie, C.Cannon, R.J.Capel, C.W.Card, A.R.W.Carnegie, A.K.Carpenter, E.G.Carr, F.C.Carter, G.W.Carter, J.Carter, R.W.H.Carter, W.F.Cartwright, W.Cass, L.Cast, R.I.Chadwick, J.C.

Chadwick, T.Chalk, R.G.Challenger, A.L.Chappell, W.G.Cheesley, W.H.G.Chesman, W.E.Chick, A.Church, O.Clacher, W.H.Clackson, R.G.Clark, A.H.Clark, A.J.Clark, F.H.Clark, J.Clark, R.L.W.Clarke, F.H.Clarke, R.E.Clements, E.F.J.Clementson, J.Cloute, E.C.Cock, C.H.Coffin, L.J.Colbourne, F.E.Colbourne, J.W.F.Colbran, P.B.Coleman, E.W.Coleman, J.A.Coleman, M.G.N.Collins, G.A.Collins, R.Comber, A.E.B.Connor, F.Connor, R.J.Conroy, F.Cook, G.J.Cooke, F.A.Cooper, L.L.Cooper, N.Cope, J.R.Coreschi E.Cornelious, K.T.Cornelius, H.J.Cornish, C.F.Cousins, H.J.Cox, E.Cragg, W.Craven, A.Cree, J.D.B.Crockett, J.S.Crofts, E.A.Cross, E.V.A.Crosswell, W.H.Cumbes, R.W.Cumming, L.T.J.Cummings, H.Cunningham, E.W.Curtin, C.Curtis, H.H.W.Cutler, J.A.Daniels, G.Darnell, G.T.Daughtrey, A.Davey, C.B.Davie, R.C.Davies, H.R.Davies, M.C.Davis, J.F.Davis, R.E.Daysh, A.

Deacon, W.J.Dear, A.J.Deighton, E.C.Derbyshire, R.Derry, J.O.H.Diaper, S.T.Dickie, W.A.Doe, S.P.Doggett, I.E.Dowding, P.W.G.Downes, A.F.Draper, B.H.Druce, A.Duncalf, T.Dunk, C.A.Dunk, W.W.Dyer, H.Eade, J.H.Easton, F.Ede, F.Edwards, A.Edwards, J.F.Edwards, R.G.Edwards, W.R.A.Efemey, R.B.Elliott, R.Eltringham, N.Emery, A.Emery, F.C.Evans, B.Evans, J.E.Eyers, C.E.Fairbrother, J.W.Farr, E.W.Farrell, R.Fenn, T.R.P.Finlay, M.B.Fisher, B.L.Fisher, J.B.Fitch, C.E.Flogdell, A.E.Flounders, A.Ford, W.J.Forsey, H.S.Foster, D.C.Foster, G.W.Foulger, A.Fowler, J.W.Foyle, A.A.Francis, H.A.Franckeiss, E.L.French, C.Fuller, C.W.Furbear, T.G.Furby, E.A.Furlong, J.Furnell, L.T.Gallagher, J.W.Gibbons, J.A.Gibson, G.Gibson, S.J.Gile, W.H.Gill, G.E.Gill, H.W.Gillis, G.W.Glasspool, H.Godley, S.G.Godwin, T.G.Godwin, W.

Golding, A.Goodyear, J.C.Goorlay, J.R.G.Gorsuch, E.D.Gough, E.J.Gough, T.E.Gowan, J.D.Grace, V.M.Graham, G.M.Graham, P.W.C.Graham, S.Graham-Brown, J.L.T.Gray, A.Gray, EGray, H.W.Grech, J.Green, F.Green, F.A.Green, R.Greenwood, L.Griffin, H.Griffiths, E.J.Griffiths, J.R.Grindey, A.E.Grogan, J.Giusti, I.Gutteridge, R.G.N.Guy, R.Hales, J.Hall, H.J.Hall, J.Hall, K.E.Hall, W.R.Hamblin, G.A.Hamblin, H.J.Hammond, J.S.Hammond, W.L.Hance, T.R.Harkin, P.R.Harle, G.Harley, J.A.H.Harper, R.R.J.Harris, G.J.Harris, K.J.Harris, N.H.Harris, P.W.Hawkins, K.R.J.Hawkins, W.J.Hayes, T.Hayward, J.G.Heather, C.W.Helmore, W.L.Hemestretch, C.W.Hemsley, C.F.Henstridge, C.Heslop, C.Hicks, A.E.Higgins, J.J.Higgs, H.H.Highfield, J.E.Hill, A.Hill, DHill, D.Hill, E.F.Hill, S.Hillier, C.W.Hingston, E.Hiscock, F.J.Hixson, H.H.

Hocking, J.R.Hodgson, A.R.Hodgson, J.S.Hodson, F.H.J.Holland, C.Holyoak, E.Hotton, L.W.T.Hudson, J.C.Huggins, H.S.Hughes, F.E.Hughes, T.Hughes-Rowlands, R.Hull, E.C.Hull, R.G.Humber, J.F.Hunt, A.V.Hunt, E.G.Hunter, F.Hunter, J.Hurst, F.Huscroft, R.W.Hussey-Yeo, A.J.Hutchcocks, T.Hyde, A.J.Hyde, G.M.Ing, R.Jack, J.D.Jackman, J.J.Jackson, L.T.D.Jackson, T.W.Jacobs, W.A.C.Jago, L.James, L.J.James, R.James, V.L.Jay, V.G.U.Jelley, L.J.Jenkins, E.J.A.Jenkins, T.S.Jennings, R.E.Jewell, A.Jewer, S.A.Jobson, J.B.Johns, P.H.M.Johnson, F.W.P.Johnson, T.W.Johnston, A.J.Jones, C.E.Jones, H.Jones, H.G.Jones, S.Jones, T.J.Jordon, F.Jordon, H.D.Judge, P.R.Kane, R.C.Kearey, A.Keel, J.Keel, W.Kemp, L.H.Kempster, A.Kennedy, R.H.Kennedy, W.T.Kennett, E.H.Kent, H.A.J.Kenworthy, J.Kersey, H.A.Kidby, W.F.King, C.E.M.

King, F.W.King, W.L.Kirkby, D.E.Knight, G.E.W.Laban, K.G.Lardner, F.M.Lawrence, J.E.Leach, E.C.Lenz, B.H.Lester, R.Lewis, C.E.Lewis, D.J.Liddell, R.Lilley, H.G.Liptrot, FLister, H.G.Littlejohn, J.B.M.Lloyd, R.G.Lloyds, S.R.Loats, T.R.Lock, L.F.Lockwood, W.Logan, F.Long, A.Lowery, D.Lynch, H.C.Lyons, J.MacAngus, D.MacDermott, A.D.MacGibbon, T.H.Mackinnon, D.MacReady, J.A.Magion, J.P.Maher, C.Malyon, S.H.Mamo, F.Manning, J.Mansfield, W.H.Manwaring, D.Manwaring, W.Marlow, A.J.Marsh, J.W.Marsh, O.F.Marshall, F.Martin, E.J.Martin, H.J.Martin, L.G.Matfield, A.H.Mather, G.Matthews, F.H.Matthews-Sheen, T.McArthur, A.McBain, D.McBrown, R.S.McDonald, A.McGregor, G.D.McGregor, R.McLaren, W.McLennan, A.J.McMilland, G.A.McPherson, C.J.McTaggart, D.Meaden, F.E.B.Medley, B.Mellor, S.Merifield, W.J.Middleton, A.F.C.Milborn, P.Miles, A.Miles, A.W.S.Miles, E.H.Miles, P.Milford, A.E.

Miller, A.E.Miller, J.H.Milligan, J.M.Millis, R.Millmore, F.Milness, R.W.Minns, F.A.Mirfin, G.D.Mitchell, J.H.Mitchell, J.S.Moar, J.W.Moffat, J.B.Mooney, P.Moore, I.Moore, J.E.Moore, L.G.Moore, W.J.Morey, F.J.M.Morris, C.H.Morrison, J.Morrison, J.Morse, D.L.G.Moses, L.D.Mosley, J.H.Mould, R.W.Mountain, F.Mountfield, N.C.L.Moyland, T.Mullen, T.G.Mullin, C.T.Munro, J.Murphy, P.Murphy, T.Murray, W.R.Mutlow, L.C.Myers, G.E.Naisby, T.F.Needham, E.Newman, W.H.Newnham, E.Newnham, K.G.Newsham, H.Newsome, G.Niblett, C.H.Nichol, GNicholls, A.H.Nicholson, W.D.Nixon, H.Nuttall, F.R.M.O'Brien, A.E.O'Shea, M.Offer, C.H.Ogden, G.R.Osbourne, T.G.Overton, J.J.Oxley, G.R.Oxley, H.Paice, H.F.Palfreyman, J.Palmer, C.J.Palmer, G.J.Pape, E.W.A.S.Park, A.A.Parker, A.G.Parker, J.Parker, R.T.Parkinson, G.H.Parr, W.A.Parrish, W.H.Parry, G.J.Parsons, G.E.Partlett, E.G.Patch, D.G.

Paterson, W.D.Patterson, N.M.Paul, L.W.C.Pearson, A.R.Pennel, J.A.Pennycord, J.A.Percy, K.B.Perkins, E.E.G.Perkins, R.J.Perry, D.W.Pesci, E.Peters, E.R.Peters, G.Phelps, C.E.Phipps, C.P.Pickard, S.E.Piddington, P.G.Pierson, A.J.Pike, A.C.Pilkington, H.Pine, B.Pitkin, F.Pollard, G.E.Pollard, G.R.Pope, G.A.Porter, E.R.Porter, H.W.Porter, J.S.Potter, A.Potter, S.Pottle, R.V.T.Poulter, R.Powell, A.Powell, D.W.Powles, W.Pragnell, S.L.Pratt, C.Preston, F.H.Priest, W.C.H.Priestley, A.J.Prince, G.A.Pryor, R.A.Puddy, R.G.Pye, P.K.Quantrell, O.Quigley, A.Quinn, H.Quinney, G.Radford, R.Raine, G.H.Ramsay, W.D.Rann, F.Razey, A.E.Read, R.V.Reed, W.G.F.Reid, D.Restell, A.E.Reynolds, D.A.Richards, W.M.Ridsdale, G.H.Riley, J.Ritchie, R.C.Roberts, A.Roberts, F.W.Roberts, T.O.Robertson, N.G.Robertson, R.U.Robins, C.F.Rollo, D.Roper, S.D.Ross, G.I.McL.Ross, T.W.Roupell, M.P.

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