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Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (HKRNVR) Officers
1939-1945

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A      
Ashby,
Ronald Robert Willson		 see: RNVR officers' section  

B      
Brewer,
Herbert Ernest
"Tommy"
H.E. Brewer H.E. Brewer
 Son of Herbert Edney Brewer, and of Constance Isabel Brewer, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

1917 ?
-
28.07.1942
(road traffic accident on the A1) [age 25]
[Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Naval Reservation, grave 1447]
S.Lt.
 		02.10.1940
T/S.Lt. RNVR
 		17.07.1942, seniority 02.10.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.10.1942
 Burma 05.42
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed (served with the Ministry of Information & HM MTB 09 (motor torpedo boat) at Hong Kong; escaped)
(05.1942)

HM ML 1104 (motor launch) (Burma)
17.07.1942
  
 		 
 		transferred, RNVR
1942
 -
 		28.07.1942
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Brown,
Arthur Robert
A.R. Brown
 		18.06.1889
Grantham, Lincolnshire
-
07.12.1975
Lagos, Portugal
Wt.Offr.
 		21.10.1938
A/Lt.
 		1942?, seniority 01.10.1940 (reld 23.04.1946)
05.09.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized
(04.1940)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(02.1941)
 -
 		25.12.1941
 		HMS Tamar III (RN base, Hong Kong) * [in charge of mine watching at one of the island stations and surrendered on Christmas Day 1941]
1941
 -
 		1945
 		no appointment listed [probably POW in Japanese captivity]
* indexed, but not listed as such
       

C      
Colls,
John Baxter
J.B. Colls
 		?
-
19.12.1941
(KIA)
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 96, column 3]
A/Lt.
 		02.10.1940
?
 -
 		19.12.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 12 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
       

D      
Divett,
Geoffrey Edward Ross
 G.E.R. Divett
 		(09?).1905
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
1989 ?
[aged 84]
Wt.Offr. 27.04.1940
(12.1941)     no appointment listed (apparently served at APV Stanley)
1941 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
Dulley,
Hugh William Macpherson
H.W.M. Dully
 Husband of T. Dulley, of Tonbridge, Kent.
 		11.07.1903
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
-
19.12.1941
Hong Kong
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 96, column 3]
Lt.
 		02.12.1936
Lt.Cdr.
 		15.06.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.07.1946
 POW at fall of Hong Kong [posthumously]
Rowed for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics at Paris.
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
(02.1941)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Tamar III (RN base, Hong Kong?) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
       

E      
       

F      
Forster,
John Jacob
J.J. Forster
 Son of Capt. John Forster, Victoria House, Armagh, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
 		22.10.1902
[The Netherlands?]
-
25.12.1941
Hong Kong
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 96, column 3]
Prob. Cadet
 		02.12.1938 [37A]
A/S.Lt. (E)
01.10.1940
Education: The Royal School, Armagh (09.1917-12.1918).
(04.1940)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(10.1940)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(02.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		25.12.1941
 		Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force Headquarters [HMS Cornflower (reserve drill ship, Hong Kong)]
       

G      
Gee,
Arthur Edwin 		see: RNVR officers' section  
       

H      
       

 
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J      
       

K      
Kilbee,
Laurence Dudley
T.M. Parsons (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) 
 Son of Dudley Richard Kilbee (1880-...), and Louisa Emma Millson (1882-...).
Married Evelyn Grace Martin (died 08.12.2006); one daughter, one son.

04.06.1914
Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
01.2006
S.Lt.
 		29.11.1934
Lt.
16.11.1937
?
  
 		 
 		joined Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (List II) (later Hong Kong RNVR)
12.02.1940
 -
 		25.12.1941
 		HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong):
?
 -
 		?
 		HM MTB 27 (motor torpedo boat)
?
 -
 		16.12.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 08 (motor torpedo boat) (lost in air bornbardment)
17.12.1941
 -
 		21.12.1941
 		Base MTB Officer, Aberdeen Docks, Hong Kong
22.12.1941
 -
 		25.12.1941
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 10 (motor torpedo boat)
25.12.1941
 -
 		1945
 		POW in Japanese captivity
* indexed, but not listed as such
       

L      
Legge,
David Pauncefoote 		see: RNVR officers' section  
       

M      
Morahan,
Bernard Joseph [B]
H.W.M. Dully 		(03?).1905
Lambeth district, Greater London
-
A/S.Lt.
 		08.11.1938
Lt.
15.06.1940
(04.1940)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		no appointment listed
 
       

 
N      
Nash,
Walter
W. Nash 		?
-
Wt.Offr. (Minewatcher)
25.04.1939
(04.1940)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		no appointment listed [captured; POW in Argyle Street Camp]
       

O      
       

P      
Parsons,
Thomas Maurice		 see: RNVR officers' section  

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W      
Wright,
William Morley
W.M. Wright (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) W.M. Wright (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)

?
-
Wt.Offr. (Minewatcher)
19.07.1939
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 16.06.1942

for skilful and courageous services which enabled a party to make a daring escape from Hong Kong
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		12.1941
 		possibly borne on the book of HMS Robin (river gunboat) (captured at Hong Kong)
12.1941
 -
 		1945?
 		POW in Japanese captivity
       

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