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            				 Battle or Action: 
                            HM Submarine E22, Sinking of
                            
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    				 On Tuesday 25th April 1916, E22 was on patrol in the North Sea. The submarine was hit and badly damaged by a single torpedo. This had been fired from the German U-Boat UB-18 (Lieutenant Commander Otto Steinbrinck). E22 sank immediately. There were only two survivors out of the crew of thirty-three. The survivors were: Sig William Thomas George Harrod J10833 (who was the lookout) and ERA Frederick Samuel Buckingham M3549 who had gone onto the bridge to examine the air whistle just before the torpedo hit. Finding himself in the water he attempted (unsuccessfully) to assist Stoker 1st Class Patrick Flynn. He then assisted (also unsuccessfully) Lieutenant Carles. Thomas Harrod and Frederick Buckingham were rescued by UB-18 and became a Prisoners of War for the duration in the Prison Camp at Dulmen in Westphalia. Those who were lost were: 
 
Officers: 
Lt Commander Reginald Thomas Dimsdale, RN 
Lt Alan James Carles, RN 
Lt Edward des Forges Collier, RRN 
Ratings: 
PO Charles Albert Frost 183901 
PO Ernest William Hunt 193302 <-- Freemason 
PO Herbert Albert Victor Puckhaber, DSM 233222 
L/Sea Harry Sabin Bacon 238739 
L/Sea Ernest Samuel Jelf 224881 
AB Charles Robert Hood J406 
AB George Webster Jecock J6004 
AB Harold Frank Norton 239583 
AB Edward Felix Owen Regan J7543 
AB Henry Thomas Skoyles 239694 
AB John Trebble SS3243 
Boy Tel Harold Hazelton J38792 
CERA Class Wilfred Elliott 270779 <-- Freemason 
ERA2 William Robert Woodland M321 
ERA3 Class Frederick John Organ M1694 
ERA4 Class Fred Carter M7328 
Ch Sto William John Cornelius Bewers 280241 
SPO John Cleave Hoskin 300765 
L/Sto Arthur Rayer K4046 
L/Sto William Rook K7179 
L/Sto William Henry Skinner K3851 
Sto 1 James William Brewer K16024 
Sto 1 Charles Herbert Dadford K8711 
Sto 1 William Henry Dumelow K7807 
Sto 1 James Dwyer K22241 
Sto 1 Patrick Flynn K21302 
Sto 1 George John Hayward K16817 
Sto 1 Richard Henry Bassett Hingston K11199 
 
Adapted from Periscope View - RN Subs Newsletter April 2016. 
 
See also: U-Boat Commanders. |  
					 	  
        			
          		  
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