Historical Information:PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL REGISTER. The first part
(1914) records particulars of the loss of 1,917 ranks and ratings of the
Royal Navy, 1,524 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Good Hope" and "Bulwark". The
second part (1915) records particulars of the loss of 972 ranks and ratings
of the Royal Navy, 536 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Viknor", "Bayano", "Goliath",
"Princess Irene", "Lynx", and "Natal", and of four civilians employed by
the Admiralty. The third, fourth and fifth parts (1916, divided alphabetically
into three parts) record particulars of the loss of 4,485 ranks and ratings
of the Royal Navy, 567 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Black Prince", "Defence",
"Indefatigable", "Invincible", "Queen Mary", "Tipperary", and "Hampshire",
and of eight civilians employed by the Admiralty. The sixth part (1917)
records particulars of the loss of 1,269 ranks and ratings of the Royal
Navy, 443 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Ghurka", "Paragon", "Vanguard", "Begonia",
"Partridge", and "Torrent", and of five civilians employed by the Admiralty.
The seventh part (1918-21) records particulars of the loss of 1,086 ranks
and ratings of the Royal Navy, 249 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Narborough",
"Opal", "Louvain", and "Glatton", and of four civilians employed by the
Admiralty. Each entry in these Registers represents untimely death, and
the bereavement of a family. Together they represent the price paid by
those families and the Empire for keeping our shores inviolate; for moving
here and there, as we would, greater Armies than the Empire had ever before
dreamed of raising; for confining to its harbours, during almost the whole
of four years, the greatest Navy except our own; for annihilating enemy
sea borne trade; and for a decisive share in breaking the aggressive spirit
of the German Government and people.