The Roll of Honour
Of those men of the Birkenhead who perished

ROYAL NAVY

  1. Robert Salmond - Master Commanding
  2. William Brodie - Acting Master
  3. Jeremiah O'Dwyer Davis - Second Master
  4. Robert David Speer - Second master
  5. William Whyham - Chief Engineer
  6. Edward Deely - Assistant Engineer (1st class)
  7. George Kitchingham - Assistant Engineer (2nd Class)
  8. James McClymont - Assistant Engineer (2nd Class)
  9. William C. Hare - Masters Assistant
  10. Thomas Harris - Boatswain (3rd Class)
  11. James Roberts- Carpenter (3rd Class)
  12. James G. Heming - Quarter-Master
  13. Roger Reed - Quarter-Master

Able Seaman
  1. Francis Aldridge
  2. John Alterton
  3. Richard Blake
  4. John Butcher
  5. Henry Gilbert
  6. Joseph Hall
  7. Joshua Harrison
  8. Peter Thomas
  9. John Wallace

Ordinary Seaman

  1. James Burton
  2. William M.Butler
  3. Charles Carter
  4. Charles Lane
  5. John Patterson
  6. Charles Pratt

Leading Stokers
  1. John Kinsdale
  2. Samuel Stoodley
  3. James Tapscott

Stokers
  1. Daniel Brien
  2. James Darkinman
  3. Isaac Dibble
  4. John Dopson
  5. William Fiford
  6. Thomas George
  7. Alfred Hawkins
  8. James Hobbs
  9. John Jarvis
  10. William Lovell
  11. John J. Mayers
  12. William Monck
  13. Charles Scott
  14. James Wilkins

Captain's Cook
  1. Benjamin Gerrard

Gun Room Cook
  1. Ritchard Howard

Ship's Cook
  1. James White

Boys (1st Class)
  1. Charles Dortnell
  2. John Duffy
  3. Joshua Hodgskin
  4. Henry Lowry
  5. James Watts

Boys (2nd Class)
  1. John Haylock
  2. John Kelly
  3. Samuel Stone

Plus 9 additional members of the ship's crew who, through lack of records, must regretfully remain unidentified

 

ROYAL MARINES

Corporal
  1. Jonathan Luff

Privates
  1. William Allen
  2. William Cinnamond
  3. Robert Doble
  4. James Major
  5. John Martin
  6. Henry Miner
  7. John Miner
  8. Isaac Payne
  9. Sidney Piper
  10. William Stone
  11. James Wittock
  12. John Woods

Fifer
  1. Thomas Saxton

THE MILITARY

12TH LANCERS - NOW "THE 9TH / 12TH ROYAL LANCERS"

Cornet
  1. John Rolt
  2. Sergant
  3. 297 - John Abraham Straw

Privates
  1. 1059 - John Englison
  2. 1061 - George Hutchins
  3. no regimental number given - Charles Colbey

2ND REGIMENT - NOW "THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT"

Ensign
  1. George Augustus Boylan

Bandmaster
  1. Zwyker

Corporal
  1. 1539 - Peter McManus

Privates
  1. 2381 - Edward Burke
  2. 2474 - William Clay
  3. 2672- James Coe
  4. 1894 - Richard Coleman
  5. 2428 - Charles Cornell
  6. 2106 - Henry Cull
  7. 2189 - William Day
  8. 2376 - William Forbes
  9. 2666 - James Green
  10. 2657 - John Greenleaf
  11. 1598 - John Howard
  12. 2502 - George Knight
  13. 2670 - Patrick Lavery
  14. 1536 - Thomas McKenzie
  15. 1411 - George Marsh
  16. 2661 - John Martin
  17. 1697 - John Mills
  18. 1438 - Christopher Morney
  19. 868 - James Nason
  20. 2662 - Michael O'Connell
  21. 1196 - James Oxley
  22. 2668 - George Price
  23. 1910 - John Quinn
  24. 2653 - James Rowley
  25. 1307 - Francis Shaughnessey
  26. 2678 - George Simmons
  27. 1254 - Nathaniel Thomas
  28. 2266 - Samuel Vesse
  29. 1950 - James Walker
  30. 2188 - Benjamin Webster
  31. 2144 - George Weller
  32. 1990 - William Henry Wheeler
  33. 1864 - Thomas Woolfall

THE 6TH REGIMENT - NOW "THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS"

Ensign
  1. Lawrence Growden Nickleson Metford

Privates
  1. 3302 - Abraham Bark
  2. 3272 - Michael Beckett
  3. 2129 - Joseph Bromley
  4. 1880 - William Brown
  5. 3290 - John Bryan
  6. 3137 - Patrick Bryan
  7. 3318 - William Bryan
  8. 3296 - Dennis Caulfield
  9. 1484 - Alfred Clifford
  10. 3282 - Patrick Corrigan
  11. 3311 - John C.Croker
  12. 3212 - Hugh Dickson
  13. 3300 - Richard Finn
  14. 3332 - William Fletcher
  15. 3279 - John Grady
  16. 3303 - James Handley
  17. 1429 - Joseph Harris
  18. 1916 - Joseph Hudson
  19. 1677 - Henry Jacob
  20. 2410 - Henry Keane
  21. 3295 - Michael Kelly
  22. 1269 - William Kitching
  23. 1117 - Henry Limbrest
  24. 3271 - John Lewis
  25. 2162 - Patrick McCann
  26. 3306 - John Mayn
  27. 3275 - Hugh Meara
  28. 1884 - James Millam
  29. 3293 - Cornelius Maloney
  30. 3315 - Patrick Maloney
  31. 3291 - Thomas Maloney
  32. 3274 - Michael Morgan
  33. 3298 - John Olorenshaw
  34. 2306 - Charles Prince
  35. 3313 - John Rennington
  36. 2124 - John Rider
  37. 3270 - Patrick Ryan
  38. 3308 - James Smith
  39. 3307 - Thomas Spicer
  40. 3280 - Michael Starr
  41. 3319 - Mark Summerton
  42. 3285 - John Tierney
  43. 2249 - Edward Torpey
  44. 3321 - George Tully
  45. 3327 - James West
  46. 3062 - Thomas White
  47. 1881 - George Worth

12TH REGIMENT - NOW "THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT"

Privates
  1. 2748 Thomas Archer
  2. 2668 James Armstrong
  3. 2628 Charles Barrett
  4. 2659 Thomas Bellingham
  5. 2746 William Boswell
  6. 2653 George Bradley
  7. 2695 James Byrne
  8. 2747 Moses Carrington
  9. 2749 Michael Cellars
  10. 2750 Mathias Clince
  11. 2647 Bernard Commins
  12. 2646 John Costello
  13. 2679 John Cragg
  14. 2656 William Demmack
  15. 2698 Joseph Durkin
  16. 2713 John England
  17. 2691 Thomas Field
  18. 2837 Thomas Fitzgerald
  19. 2708 Patrick Flanagan
  20. 2686 Thomas Flanley
  21. 2688 Owen Freeman
  22. 2739 William Fynn
  23. 2728 Ambrose Grimshaw
  24. 2717 Francis Hart
  25. 2680 Samuel Hayward
  26. 2735 Samuel Johnstone
  27. 2674 Thomas Kelcher
  28. 2716 John Kelly
  29. 2726 Charles Lambden
  30. 2744 Michael Lawler
  31. 2744 Edward Lee
  32. 2655 William Matravis
  33. 2697 John McDermott
  34. 2700 James McDonnell
  35. 2642 Timothy McMorrow
  36. 2743 Austin Meally
  37. 2707 John Moran
  38. 2696 Robert Morrison
  39. 2705 John Mullany
  40. 2644 Robert Munns
  41. 2687 Dennis O'Connor
  42. 2736 Jeremiah Owen
  43. 2692 William Palmer
  44. 2678 John Pettifer
  45. 2758 Thomas Purcell
  46. 2711 George Reynolds
  47. 2535 John Roche
  48. 2693 Robert Sheppard
  49. 2714 William Smith
  50. 2710 William Spriggs
  51. 2676 John Thompson
  52. 2685 William Tigue
  53. 2732 Thomas Wales
  54. 2664 William Wilson
  55. 2690 Joseph Wootton

43RD & 60TH REGIMENTS - NOW COMBINED AS "THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS"

43RD

Sergeant
  1. 1195 William Higgs

Corporals
  1. 1121 Benjamin Cozens
  2. 1037 Joseph Harrison

Privates
  1. 2706 John Anderson
  2. 2582 Daniel Brennan
  3. 1557 William Bullen
  4. 2620 John Butler
  5. 960 John Byrne
  6. 1674 Thomas Cave
  7. 978 John Cosgrave
  8. 1055 William Debank
  9. 2736 Thomas Dews
  10. 1067 William Donnell
  11. 2703 George Gillham
  12. 1969 Lackey McPartlan
  13. 1029 John McQuaid
  14. 2724 Edward Outing
  15. 1063 Joseph Penning
  16. 2710 Edmund Quinn
  17. 2705 Charles Ranshaw
  18. 934 John Riddlesden
  19. 2716 Daniel Riordan
  20. 2611 Timothy Sheehan
  21. 2720 George Sheppard
  22. 2721 Timothy Sullivan
  23. 2296 Henry Tucker
  24. 2719 Edward Vickerey
  25. 2713 Morris Walsh

60TH

Corporal
  • 2630 Francis Curtis

Privates
  1. 1795 James Brookland
  2. 2876 James William Brown
  3. 1743 James Callaghan
  4. 2866 Henry Chapman
  5. 934 Daniel Conlan
  6. 614 Eli Elliot
  7. 2545 Thomas Frost
  8. 1379 Arthur Hamilton
  9. 2870 Simon Jacob
  10. 974 Michael Keheler
  11. 2805 William Kelly
  12. 2394 Joseph Ladd
  13. 2852 Charles Edward Lucas
  14. 2872 Michael McAcy
  15. 2810 Daniel McQuade
  16. 2855 James Moore
  17. 2716 Patrick O'Brien
  18. 2863 Thomas Peacock
  19. 2875 John Rees
  20. 2859 William Russell
  21. 2862 Horace Scutts
  22. 2826 Patrick Stokes
  23. 2887 James Storey
  24. 1893 James Thompson
  25. 2874 John William James Wallis
  26. 2698 William Wilkins
  27. 2629 Samuel Wilkinson
  28. 2790 John Wilson
  29. 2703 William Woodward

45TH REGIMENT - NOW "THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FORRESTERS "

Privates

  1. 3237 George Cocker
  2. 3204 William Connell
  3. 2316 Martin Dockery

73RD REGIMENT - NOW "THE BLACK WATCH"

Lieutenants
  1. Audley Henry Booth
  2. Charles William Robinson

Privates
  1. 2305 James Bernard
  2. 2761 James Biggam
  3. 2827 Henry Birmingham
  4. 2208 Edward Brennan
  5. 2204 Edward Bryan
  6. 2699 William Buckley
  7. 2716 Daniel Buckley
  8. 2240 William Burton
  9. 2811 John Byrne
  10. 2809 Michael Caffery
  11. 2836 John Clements
  12. 2640 Martin Collins
  13. 2419 Patrick Cooney
  14. 2728 George Darsey
  15. 2830 Charles Dawson
  16. 2835 Hugh Deegan
  17. 2750 Patrick Doyle
  18. 2825 John Dudley
  19. 1830 Hugh Feely
  20. 2580 Mathew Fitzpatrick
  21. 2754 Michael Flanagan
  22. 2813 William Flynn
  23. 1231 Michael French
  24. 2787 Michael Gavin
  25. 2802 Maleck Gavin
  26. 2816 Lawrence Giles
  27. 2818 James Grant
  28. 1716 William Hall
  29. 2756 Patrick Hanley
  30. 2726 John Hannen
  31. 2822 Henry Holmes
  32. 2789 Robert Houchen
  33. 2396 Michael Hurley
  34. 1169 William Kearns
  35. 2365 Timothy Kelly
  36. 2782 Thomas Larkin
  37. 2817 George Lawrence
  38. 2780 John Maher
  39. 2849 Michael Maher
  40. 2399 James McMurray
  41. 2727 John Murphy
  42. 2804 Thetford Murray
  43. 2485 Patrick O'Brien
  44. 2837 William O'Connell
  45. 1922 George Randall
  46. 2701 Michael Ronen
  47. 2732 Phillip Scott
  48. 2718 Dennis Shea
  49. 2327 Timothy Sheehan
  50. 2823 Robert Shephard
  51. 2815 George Smith
  52. 2285 James Sullivan
  53. 2246 Charles Wells
  54. 2819 Joseph Wilson

74TH HIGHLANDERS - NOW "THE ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIERS"

Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Alexander Seton

Ensign
  • Alexander Russell

Corporals
  1. 2141 William Laird
  2. 2726 Murdoch Matheson

Privates
  1. 3174 George Anderson
  2. 3195 Archibald Baxter
  3. 3150 John Bennie
  4. 3197 Robert Blackie
  5. 3207 Walter Bruce
  6. 1567 John Cattanach
  7. 3194 David Cousin
  8. 3196 John Cowan
  9. 3157 William Donald
  10. 3178 David Donaldson
  11. 3206 James Gibson
  12. 3164 David R.Gorman
  13. 3193 Charles Gowan
  14. 3199 James H.Graham
  15. 3169 Peter Hamilton
  16. 2862 Thomas Harrison
  17. 3177 Alexander Hendry
  18. 3211 David Hunter
  19. 3183 James Kirkwood
  20. 2926 John Lowrie
  21. 3203 Alexander Matheson
  22. 3190 Thomas Maxwell
  23. 3167 William McAuley
  24. 1057 John McElarney
  25. 3127 James McKinnon
  26. 3215 Edward McLeod
  27. 3180 David Miller
  28. 3218 George Miller
  29. 3217 Alexander Miller
  30. 3116 James Morton
  31. 3185 Alexander Murdock
  32. 3113 John Neilson
  33. 3201 Thomas Pride
  34. 3094 Thomas Robertson
  35. 2980 Ebenezer Rutherford
  36. 2564 John Sharp
  37. 3208 Duncan Shaw
  38. 3165 Robert Smith
  39. 3189 William Smith
  40. 3126 William Steward
  41. 3212 Robert Steward
  42. 2769 Adam Thompson
  43. 3182 John Thompson
  44. 2999 Francis Turner
  45. 3204 Robert S.Walker
  46. 3184 George Watson

 

91ST HIGHLANDERS - NOW "THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS"

Sergeant
  • 2137 William Butler

Corporal
  • 2572 Arthur Webber

Privates
  1. 2669 Joseph Birt
  2. 2727 James Brian
  3. 2740 Charles Buckingham
  4. 2374 James Cavanagh
  5. 2702 William Clarke
  6. 2641 Daniel Daley
  7. 2747 James Delaney
  8. 2720 James Drury
  9. 2890 James Evans
  10. 2726 Hugh Ford
  11. 2685 William Foster
  12. 2722 Patrick Gaffey
  13. 2289 Joseph Grant
  14. 2831 Francis Hackenley
  15. 2760 Patrick Hagen
  16. 2717 Stephen Hagen
  17. 2672 John Harper
  18. 2662 Henry Hayward
  19. 2721 Patrick Hussey
  20. 2682 Thomas Jays
  21. 2728 George Justice
  22. 2753 James Kelly
  23. 2671 George Kemp
  24. 2087 Alexander Ledgerwood
  25. 2648 William Mathieson
  26. 2716 Anthony McFadden
  27. 2643 John McGuyre
  28. 2683 William Measure
  29. 2491 Alexander Montgomery
  30. 3104 James Moon
  31. 2694 James Moore
  32. 2698 David Pratt
  33. 2705 John Smith
  34. 2659 Luke Smith
  35. 2635 Patrick Smith
  36. 2714 William E.Smith
  37. 2493 John Sweeny
  38. 2709 James Tarney
  39. 2490 James Walsh
  40. 2729 Alexander Winnington
  41. 3011 William Woodman
  42. 2466 William Wybrow
  43. 2171 Christopher Wyer

 

  1. Staff Surgeon Laing
  2. Staff Assistant Surgeon Robertson
  3. Andrew White, Civilian Servant
 

A print inside the Birkenhead Brewery near Stanfrod (RSA)