Royal Naval Division
The Royal Naval Division was formed in 1914 at Crystal Palace and originally comprised seamen reservists who were surplus to the requirements of the Navy’s ships. As the war progressed Marine and New Army battalions were added to the original sailors.
Men with Lewisham connections who died while serving with the Royal Naval Division:
- Ansell, Alfred
- Beal, Augustus Herbert
- Coulson, Henry Guy Chaplin
- Dadd,Stephen Gabriel
- Flint, Eric
- Hammerston, Frederick
- Hobgen, Cyril Frederick
- Napper, Frederick William Henry
- Nops, John George Scudamore
- Ridler, George John
- Smith, Frank Louis
- Smyth, Basil Wilson
- Stoessiger, Herbert North
- Swinyard, Edward Henry
- Troughton, Harold Willis
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