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Anderson, Eric Hatfield Son of William H. Anderson, and Nellie L. Schroder.	16.04.1921 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Yorkshire - 01.04.2004 Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire	Indian Army:   Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 RINVR:   S.Lt. (E) 18.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946) AERO:   Lt. 17.05.1957 [452993] 20.08.1957, seniority 03.05.1957 Capt. 03.01.1958, seniority 17.05.1957	01.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army 1943?     transferred, RINVR 20.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay, India) 17.05.1957     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers [501 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Bulk Petroleum)] Mechanical and Petroleum Engineer/Oil Refinery (worked as an Area Engineer with the Esso petroleum company).
Audi, Sidhavaram Seshaya * Married; one son, two daughters. * Officially: Audi, Siddavaram Audiseshiah	06.12.1913 -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.08.1944	10.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam)
Avey, Edward William James Son of Ernest Avey, and Winifred Richards. Married (23.12.1943, Madras) an American-born missionary nurse from Assam. Probably the same as: E.W.J. Avery, Indian Army	27.12.1915 Swanmore, Droxford district, Hampshire -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 17.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Comdn ? ? Battle of Britain 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star with Burma clasp; Defence Medal; 1939-1945 War Medal with Oak Leaves	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Khanjar * * indexed, but not listed as such

    
 

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Bartley, John James Chatterton "Jack" Married Renira Cherry, from Karachi; two sons, one daughter.	28.12.1917 Maymio, Burma - (09?).1965 Lambeth district, Greater London	Prob. T/S.Lt. 07.08.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941/42?, seniority 07.08.1940 T/Lt. 28.12.1942 Bur St - -	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMIS Monze (RIN base, Karachi) 14.07.1944 - 06.1945 HMIS Jumna (sloop) 09.06.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi)
Bentley, Allan Roger Youngest of seven children of ... Bentley, and ... Stafford. Married; one son, two daughters.	06.05.1913 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 04.09.1994 Yeovil, Somerset	T/S.Lt. 30.03.1941 T/Lt. ? T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 MID 25.05.1943 actions with light forces against the Japanese in Burmese waters * * The Leicester Mercury dated Thursday April 22nd 1943 says: "He was badly burned when in one of our latest corvettes which caught fire at a home base, and he has now been wounded in action with the Japanese when his ship rammed and sank their vessel."	already in the navy before the war 07.03.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant [= Executive Officer], HMIS Cheetah (RIN coastal forces base, Bombay) 10.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Akbar (RIN training establishment, Bombay) For some years after leaving the RINVR he worked for Heinz, often travelling around Europe and then he went into the hotel trade.
Best, Arthur Ernest Greenwood Married; ... children (one son?).	(06?).1906 Lewisham district, London -	T/Paym.Lt. 11.06.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 11.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMIS Kalavati (auxiliary minesweeper) 30.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Venduruthi (RIN base, Cochin) 01.1946? - 03.1946? Commanding Officer, HMIS Jumna ?
Beytagh, Dennis Arthur Leo ffrench Son of Leo Michael ffrench Beytagh, and Lily Florence Goodfellow. Married ((03?).1948, Hendon district, Middlesex) Brenda M. Merrick.	1924 Shanghai, China - New Zealand	T/A/S.Lt. 1943/44? T/S.Lt. 17.08.1944	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 24.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Shillong (trawler) Poster artist, China, UK & from 1955 New Zealand.
Brierley, Christopher Eustace Desmond Son of Eustace Carhill Brierley (1872-1964).	05.10.1903 - 09.1984 Newton Abbot district, Devon	Prob. T/Lt. 18.09.1939 T/Lt. ?, seniority 18.09.1939 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Dartmouth College (?) WW II on vessel examination duties on the Quoin at the entrance of the Persian Gulf: 18.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMIS Hiravati 05.03.1941 - 09.1941 HMIS Dalhousie (additional) * 27.09.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMIS Barq 01.12.1942 - (06.1944) HMIS Sonavati ** (04.1946) HMIS Feroze *** * in the index of 12.1941 under HMIS Cornwallis ** in 07.1945 still indexed as such, but no longer listed *** indexed, but not listed as such Gained his second Mates certificate at age 52. Went on to gain his Masters certificate and gained his command with London and Overseas Freighters Ltd. Master of the London Majesty in 1962. Retired to the Paignton area.
Brossard, Philippe Andrew Francis Son of ... Brossard, and ... Duborgel. Married 1st ((03?).1946, St Marylebone district, London) Sylvia J.H. Wilkinson. Married 2nd ((12?).1963, Paddington district, London) Matilde Redondo Tellez.	15.02.1918 St Marylebone district, London - 11.2005 Reading district, Berkshire	Indian Army:   Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 17.08.1941 (reld 1942?) RINVR:   Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) 26.04.1943 T/Lt. (E) 26.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	17.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 29.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Ian Peter	24.02.1926 - 06.2003 Southampton district, Hampshire	Prob. T/Midsh. 03.04.1943 T/A/S.Lt. > 01.1945, < 07.1945, seniority 03.04.1943	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN local naval defense & Coastal Forces base, Vizagapatam) * HMI ML 844 (motor launch) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bruce, Reginald Clement	? -	T/El.Lt. 06.08.1943	(1943?)     HMIS Circars (RIN local naval defense & Coastal Forces base, Vizagapatam) ? (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Carston, William Albert Son of Lt. A.C. Carston, RNR.	c. 1926 ? -	Prob. T/Midsh. 28.01.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 1946?, seniority 25.08.1941 MID 01.08.1944 for courage, enterprise and leadership in Light Coastal Forces of the Royal Indian Navy in hazardous operations Arakan 11.43-03.44	(11.1943?) - (03.1944?) HMI ML 476 (motor launch) (10.1944) HMIS Mahseer * (07.1945) HMIS Mahseer * / ** (04.1946) HMI ML 421 (motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such ** ship no longer listed
Chandler, Charles Philip Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.04.1918 - 12.2011 still alive at Bristol	T/S.Lt. RNVR 26.06.1941 T/S.Lt. 1942, seniority 26.06.1941 T/Lt. 21.04.1943	(08.1941)     no appointment listed 25.08.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (06.1942) - (03.1943) no appointment listed 30.03.1943 - (04.)1944 HMIS Oudh (Bangor class minesweeper) 10.04.1944 - 09.04.1945 HMIS Machlimar (anti-submarine school, Versova, nr Bombay) 10.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Narbada (sloop)
Chill, Leslie Richard Churchill Married (London) ... Monsos.	? -	T/Midsh. 27.07.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 28.05.1945	(07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Venduruthi (naval base, Cochin) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cobban, John Ross Son of William J. Cobban, and Ellen B. Shearer. Married (1945?, Bombay, India) Sister Marjorie Olive Morant, QAIMNSR (1919-1989); one daughter, one son.	(09?).1921 West Derby district, Lancashire -	T/S.Lt. 12.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HM HDML 1286 (harbour defence motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Cooke, Arthur Lionel Kitchner Married (10.12.1942, Christ Church Byculla) Edith Nash.	15.10.1917 India - 03.06.2001 Gold Coast, Qeensland, Australia	T/A/Lt. 10.08.1943	HMIS Cornwallis (sloop) 11.03.1943 - (04.1946) HMIS Yingchow (training ship) * Emigrated to Australia, 1947. * (07.1945) indexed as HMIS Madura & (04.1946) as HMIS Dalhousie, but both times listed under HMIS Yingchow

    
 

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Donaldson, Allan Anderson	? -	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 29.10.1941	stationed at Bombay for most of the war: (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed

 

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Edwards, Richard Henry Son of Leslie William Edwards, and Matilda Rodhouse.	(12?).1923 Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire -	T/S.Lt. 14.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Wellingborough Grammar School (1930-1932). (12.1942)     Officer Cadet, No. 1 Company, Officer Training School, Bangalore (India) 14.04.1943     transferred, RINVR (01.1944) - (07.1945) HMI ML 441 (motor launch) (55th ML Flotilla) * (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN demobilisation centre, Bombay) ** * According to letters written by him in Oct 1944 & Apr 1945 by then in command of HMI HDML 1113 (harbour defence motor launch). ** indexed, but not listed as such
Elliott, Edward Victor Son of Victor Elliott, and Florence M. Oldham. Married; ... children (one son?).	16.12.1920 Jacksdale, Basford district, Nottinghamshire - 01.09.2003 Stafford Hospital, Staffordshire (heart attack)	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 17.09.1944 T/S.Lt. (E) 17.03.1945 T/Lt. (E) 1946?	11.1942 torpedoed on the SS City of Cairo off St Helena, returning home 5 months later, en route from India to UK (07.1945)     no appointment listed 18.06.1945 - (04.1947) HMIS Investigator (surveying ship) (surveying the Baluchi coast and the Shatt al Arab area) 1947? - 1948? instructor, Indian Navy
Elliott, Neville John	? -	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1942	26.12.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) * (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN demobilisation centre, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Elshaw, John Gerald Son of J.A. Elshaw, and ... Shaw. Married Nancy E. Elshaw of Elton, Derbyshire.	(09?).1915 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 02.03.1946 [age 31] [Kirkee War Cemetery near Bombay, India, 6.E.1]	T/Lt. (E) 09.05.1944	(07.1945) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * ? - 02.03.1946 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (04.1946) indexed as HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt), but not listed as such

 

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Farthing, Benjamin Clifford Married; at least one son.	16.09.1915 Ipswich district, Suffolk - (09?).1979 Ipswich district, Suffolk	T/A/Lt. 28.06.1944 T/Lt. 1945?, seniority 28.06.1944 T/2nd Lt. RM 1945? T/Lt. RM 29.12.1945 MID 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 11.44-03.45	(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) * 1944 - 1945 "A" RN Beach Commando (Arakan) late 1945 transferred, Royal Marines (04.1946) both listed under RINVR (HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) & RM (HCO (Lt.) [= Holding Company O.... (Light) ??]) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Foster, Jortin Guy Married; ... children (one daughter?).	1910 - 2000	T/Lt. 17.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945	01.12.1942 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMIS Investigator (survey vessel) 01.12.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMIS Monze (naval base, Karachi)

    
 

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Garriock, Ronald John	? - 1960s ? Adeldaide, Australia ?	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1944	13.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for depot) (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (04.1946) HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * Accountant in government service. * indexed, but not listed as such
Goldie, Frank Wood	1905 ? - 1974	Prob. T/Lt. 30.08.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?, seniority 30.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 01.1945, < 07.1945	(04.1942) - (08.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (12.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     [HMIS?] India * * indexed, but not listed as such
Gough, Frederick Arthur "John" Married Gladys Irene "Mollie" Bloxham; one son, one daughter.	20.10.1907 Hanwell, Brentford - 24.01.2004 Melbourne, Australia [age 96]	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	24.11.1941 - 01.12.1942 Physical and Recreational Training Officer, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) 01.12.1942 - (12.1943) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (for depot) 21.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam) Worked as Industrial Chemist in Bombay until 1955, after which he emigrated to Australia. Developement Manager for perfume and food flavouring company. Keen sailor, designed, built and sailed ocean racers. His son writes: "During one of his last talks he mentioned his involvment in secret communications out posts down the Burma coastline with an Intelligence unit. He said they were similar size to MTB's [but Indian built]."
Grove, Charles Osborne	? - 10.2011 Eccles, Manchester	T/Midsh. 23.11.1942 T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 15.03.1944	11.10.1943 - (04.1946) HMIS Irrawadi (auxiliary patrol vessel)
Gulston, Ralph Alan [Stepney-] Son of Horatio Stepney Gulston (1886-1932), and Evelyn Stone (1888?-1967). Married (31.07.1967, Totnes district, Devon) Gertrude Joy Habgood, daughter of Henry George Habgood (1889-), and Gwendoline V.D.R. Hill; no children. Of Derwydd Mansion, Derwydd, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire.	10.03.1919 St Marylebone district, London - 03.1998 Derwydd, Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire	T/A/Lt. 10.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Kelly College, Tavistock; Birmingham University. 15.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Carnatic (Bangor class minesweeper)

    
 

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Hamnett, John Lahaye Son of Herbert Hamnett (1887-1934), and Ely Kempster Lahaye (1893-1958). Married Birthe Wendleboe Christiansen; one son, three daughters.	1918 - 07.12.2008 St Richard's Hospital, Chichester	T/S.Lt. 20.05.1943 T/Lt. 20.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	07.09.1943     qualified at HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay) in Seamanship, etc. 14.03.1944 - 04.09.1944 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Marve, Bombay) (as Boat Officer, 6th LCA Flotilla) (10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Heather, St John Hewitt Son of ... Heather, and ... Brooks. Married 1st ((09?).1934, New Forest district, Hampshire) Charlotte U.M. Kirk. Married 2nd ((09?).1952, Westminster district, London) Phyllis M. Austin.	20.04.1912 Alresford district, Hampshire - 02.1988 Littlehampton, Worthing district, West Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. RNVR 08.12.1939 T/S.Lt. RNVR 06.1940, seniority 08.12.1939 T/Lt. RNVR 08.12.1940 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 08.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1942? DSC 25.05.1943 actions in Japanese & Burmese waters [investiture 15.02.44] 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Atl St - - Bur St - - Pac St - - WM 39|45 - - Apparently mentioned in despatches thrice, but not gazetted. Awarded surrendered sword of Japanese Naval Commander-in-Chief Malaya, Singapore & Sumatra, by Mountbatten 'for extaordnary services to the Command (Force H and Build up Group) as Controller of the Fleet'	Education: Graham Sea Training School, Scarborough. Served his full cadetship at see with Elder Dempster Line, then entered large yachts in command. 1939 - 1940 Navigating Officer, then First Lieutenant in destroyers: 12.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Watchman (destroyer) (10.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 1940 - 1940 Specal Service to construct and commisison the Coastal Force Base at Hamble, Southampton [HMS Tormentor]; completed & working in 11 weeks; commendation by Commander-in-Chief for execution of this work 08.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 1941? - 12.1941? appointed to commisison HM ML176 (motor launch) & served in command as Half Leader and later Leader in 9th ML Flotilla (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.1942 - 10?.1943 recalled to England as a witness at inquiry into sinking of Ark Royal, then appointed Lieutenant Commander & sent to India for Coastal Force work in Indian-manned ships; on arrival, commissioned the 55th ML Flotilla & proceeded to Burma, where served as Senior Officer, Motor Launches & Gunboats during whole of First Arakan Campaign; force comprising 17 ships (DSC) 10?.1943 - 01.1944 removed to hospital for 3 months because of enemy action & returned to UK 23.05.1944 - (10.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) (01.1945)     HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) * 15.05.1945 - (10.)1946 Commanding Officer, HM LSE 51 (landing ship, emergency repair) [sat in court which tried the Japanese Commander-in-Chief for atrocities] (01.1947)     HMS Duncansby Head (escort vessel maintenance ship, Chatham) (04.1947)     HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Herd, Kenneth Morrison Son of Charles Grant Herd, and Victoria Evangeline Embleton. Married (at Peshawar) Olivia Kathleen Burton (1918-2002); four sons, two daughters.	27.04.1914 - 08.1998 Manchester district, Lancashire	T/Sg.Lt. 17.07.1944	Education: D.Sc. (Madras), MRCS, LRCP (London) probably served in the Army first served in the Coral Sea with a fleet of corvettes 10.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay)  [during the 1946 mutiny administering medical attention with some Indian nurses to the mutineers]
Higgs, Frederick George Dennis	see:	RNVR officers' section
Hills, George Manwaring Son of Lt. (E) George Manwaring Hills, RAN (1882-1943), and Elizabeth Florence Hanley (1880?-1949). Married ((12?).1939, Hampstead, London) Lucy Joan Malleson ((12?).1912 - 16.12.1968), daughter of Herbert Cecil Malleson (1881-1935), dental surgeon, and Henrietta Frances Vandermin (1884-1957); ... children (one daughter?). Lucy Hills remarried (02.03.1946) Henry E. Brocksom.	21.10.1909 Gillingham, Medway district, Kent - 23.10.1945 (road accident) [age 36] [Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt, 5.F.11]	T/Lt. (prob) 16.04.1942	Education: Borden Grammar School. Commercial traveller. 22.01.1931 - 12.03.1931 enlisted service as a Gunner [61094] with 21st Field Brigade, Australian Military Forces (Militia) ? - ? ? * * not showing in the name indexes of the Navy List, but he does appear in the seniority lists
Hobbs, George William	? -	T/S.Lt. 08.09.1942 T/A/Lt. 08.03.1945	(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Holland, Donald Royal Son of ... Holland, and ... Royal.	24.02.1917 Edmonton district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex - 08.1996 Southend on Sea district, Essex	T/A/S.Lt. 21.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 14.06.1944 T/Lt. 21.01.1945 T/Lt. RNVR 27.05.1946, seniortiy 21.01.1945 Lt. RN 21.02.1947, seniority 02.04.1945 (reld 31.03.1949; medically unfit)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 01.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Carnatic (Bangor class minesweeper) 27.05.1946     transferred, RNVR 21.02.1947     transferred, RN [extended service commission] 25.01.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta)
Horabin, Ivan Samuel	? -	T/S.Lt. 31.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	15.04.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Talwar (RIN signal school, Bombay)

 

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Jenner, Peter Ernest Youngest child of Ernest Jenner, and Alice Jenner (née Johnson). Married; ... children (one daughter?).	26.06.1923 Lambeth district, South London - 03.04.1998 Bungay, Waveney district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 10.07.1944 (reld 1946)	1941 joined RNVR (1943?) - (1944?) HMS Berry (frigate) 26.11.1944 - (04.)1946 HMIS Madras (minesweeper)

    
 

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Kells, Joseph Son of Lt.Col. Joseph Kells, DCM, Army in India Reserve of Officers (1885?-1966), and Dorothy ...	04.03.1911 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 04.2001 Birmingham district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. 01.09.1940 T/A/Lt. < 12.1942 T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 01.09.1941 2nd Lt. IA 16.10.1945 [EC 16511] Hon. Capt. 01.01.1949 Lt. RARO 01.01.1949 [412765] (removed from the Army on conviction by the Civil Power 05.09.1951)	08.03.1941 - (02.)1943 Port Signal and Anti-Submarine Officer, Cochin [HMIS Venduruthi] 04.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) * 16.10.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (c. 1946/47 Special List (ex-Indian Army)) 01.01.1949 - 05.09.1951 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Regular Army Reserve of Officers * indexed, but not listed as such
Kerr, Stanley Walsh Married; ... children.	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 23.04.1941 T/Lt. (E) 1944?, seniority 03.08.1942 MBE 13.02.1945 firefighting Bombay docks 04.44	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Lawson, Arthur William	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 04.06.1944 (reld 1946?)	(07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMIS Malwa (minesweeper) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lochner, Adrian Malcolm Purva	03.05.1925 - 1970 car accident	T/Midsh. 02.06.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 1946? (reld > 07.1946)	(10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Karachi (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such

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MacDonald, Alan Hamilton * Son of Alan Hamilton Macdonald. * In fact these are first names of his father, which he obviously used when signing up. He himself was Christened Alan Bernard Francis Macdonald.	1918 New Zealand - 1989 New Zealand	T/S.Lt. 04.10.1943 T/A/Lt. 04.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 26.03.1944 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) 27.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Akbar (RIN training establishment, Bombay) * indexed, but not listed as such
McGregor, John Hugh Gordon Married ((06?).1964, Surrey South-Western district) Yvonne E. Summers.	24.12.1916 - 08.1994 Surrey South-Western district	Indian Army:   Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 09.08.1942 RINVR:   T/S.Lt. 06.05.1943 T/Lt. 06.05.1944 (reld 07.03.1946) 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	enlisted, London Scottish Regiment - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized TA & sent to Liverpool 09.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       4th/5th Ghurka Rifles Regiment, Frontier Force 06.05.1943     transferred, RINVR 05.01.1944 24.09.1944 - - 07.06.1944 01.05.1945 served on Arakan coast (Teknauf, Akyab and Kyankpyu) ? - ? HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) 06.05.1944 - 07.03.1946 HMIS Hamla (RIN training establishment, Bombay & Headquarters, Landing Craft Wing, Versova)
Middleton, Henry Robert Son of ... Middleton, and ... Phillips.	02.04.1922 Bridport district, Dorset -	T/Midsh. RNVR 17.07.1941 T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942 Lt. RN 03.06.1947, seniority 02.10.1944 (emgcy 23.08.1949)	18.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Guillemot (sloop) 1942?     transferred, RINVR 10.03.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Martin (destroyer) 29.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (04.1946)     HMIS Himalaya (gunnery school, Karachi) * 31.05.1947 - (05.)1949 HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) Police officer, Malaya. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Nanda, Sardari[lai] Mathradas "Charles"	10.10.1915 Punjab - 11.05.2009 Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi	T/S.Lt. 11.10.1941 T/A/Lt. 1942? T/Lt. 11.10.1942 Lt. RIN ?, seniority 10.10.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. RIN < 05.1949 Lt.Cdr. RIN 1949?, seniority 10.10.1948 A/Cdr. RIN < 05.1950 Cdr. IN 31.12.1950 A/Capt. IN < 07.1954 Capt. IN 31.12.1954 ?, senioroty 30.06.1955 A/R.Adm. IN < 02.1963 R.Adm. IN 16.06.1964 V.Adm. IN 01.03.1968 Adm. IN ? (retd 1973) PVSM, AVSM	Served with the Port Trust, Karachi. 11.10.1941 joined RINVR 01.12.1942 - (10.1944) signal school, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN Depot, Bombay) (07.1945) - (04.)1946 HMIS Talwar (RIN signal school) [indicated as from 09.11.1942] 28.06.1946 - (10.1947) HMIS Narbada 05.07.1948 - (05.1949) HMIS Delhi (05.1950)     HMIS India (naval HQ, New Delhi) * 11.10.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, INS Ranjit 15.03.1954 - (07.)1954 Commanding Officer, INS Angre 10.03.1954 -  (01.)1957) [from 20.09.1954 Chief of Personnel], Personnel Branch, Naval HQ, Indian Navy (New Delhi) [INS India] 29.08.1957 - (01.1959) Commanding Officer, INS Mysore (07.1961)     INS India (naval HQ, New Delhi) * (02.1963) - (02.1964)  no appointment listed 01.01.1966 - (02.)1968 Flag Officer commanding Indian Fleet [INS Vikrant] 16.02.1968 - (02.1969) Flag Officer, Bombay [INS Angre] 28.02.1970 - 28.02.1973 Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy Published: The man who bombed Karachi : a memoir (2004)

 

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Percival, Harold George Reginald "Harry" Married ; ... children (one daughter?).	16.02.1919 - 01.1987 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 T/Lt. 17.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	after a brief spell in submarines joined the RINVR and spent the next 7 years in India (based mainly in and around Calcutta) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMI ML 419 (motor launch) (ML 56th Flotilla)
Pereira, Eric	? - Hilton, Cambridgeshire	T/Midsh. 19.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 26.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	29.10.1943 - 29.04.1945 HMIS Pansy (escort sloop) 30.04.1945 - (04.)1946 HMIS Shillong (trawler) Joined Air India, 1946-1980.
Petz *, Francis Cecil Son of Francis Joseph Petz (1874-1955), and Blanche Marie Maries (1875-1965). Married ((03?).1948, Lambeth district, London) Marguerite F. Beale. * Changed last name to Petts.	17.11.1911 Camberwell district, London - 11.1997 Milton Keynes district, Buckinghamshire	T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 26.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	04.08.1944 - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (HQ Landing Craft Wing, Varsova)
Pike, Arthur George	? - ?	T/S.Lt. 24.04.1941 T/Lt. 07.09.1943 MID 25.05.1943 actions with light forces against the Japanese in Burmese waters	served as a rating on North Atlantic convoys (12.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMI ML 438 (motor launch) [55th ML Flotilla] (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Pinfield, Peter Claude Son of John Frederick Pinfield, and Hilda Lilian French. Married (06.11.1943, Bombay, India) Kitty Milne (02.09.1920- 03.1993); two sons, one daughter.	09.07.1920 Acton, Brentford district, Middlesex - 26.07.1999 Esher, Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey	Signalman 03.1938 T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 T/A/Lt. 17.10.1943 (reld 28.01.1946) Lt. RNR 1956?, seniority 05.03.1953 Lt.Cdr. RNR 05.03.1961 (retd 09.07.1970) RD 25.03.1966 -	03.1938     enlisted RNVR 08.1939     mobilized 03.09.1939 - 01.1940 signal staff, Atlantic convoys 01.1940 - 24.05.1940 HMS Wessex (destroyer) (sunk by German aircraft near Calais) 30.05.1941     transferred, RINVR 06.1941 - 08.1941 passage from Glasgow to Bombay (12.1941)     no appointment listed (04.1942)     Persian gunboat "Chabaz" 29.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam) [maintained communications in mobile W/T trucks with Coastal Forces as Signal Officer on the staff of Senior Officer, Arakan Coastal Forces] 01.1946     passage from Bombay per "Empress of Australia" 1956?     commissioned, RNVR (London Division, List II), later RNR (Unattached, London, Training List 14) Joined British European Airways 1946; transferred to British Airways 1974.
Pitts, [Sir] Cyril Afred Married (1942, Madras) Barbara; two sons, one daughter.	21.03.1916 East End, London - 08.03.2009 Farnham, Surrey	T/A/Lt. 14.07.1943 Kt 1968 ?	Education: St Olave's; Jesus College, Cambridge. 02.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMIS Venduruthy (RIN training establishment, Cochin) [ran a training school for ASDIC] 25.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Adyar (RIN Local Naval Defence & Coastal Forces base, Madras, India) Industrialist. Chairman of ICI Companies in India, 1964-1968; Chairman, ICI (Export) Ltd and General Manager, International Coordination, ICI Ltd, 1968-1978; Director, ICI Americas Ltd, 1974-1977; Deputy Chairman, Ozalid Group Holdings Ltd, 1975-1977. Chairman: Process Plant EDC, 1979-1983; Peter Brotherhood, 1980-1983. President: Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, 1967-1968; British and S Asian Trade Association, 1978-1983. Councillor, RIIA, 1968-1977. Hon. DLitt Westminster, 1993. Governor, University of Westminster (formerly Polytechnic of Central London), 1984-1995 (Chairman of Governors, 1985-1993).
Poole, Michael Norman	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.09.1939 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 08.01.1942	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 18.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMIS Prabhavati (patrol vessel) (12.1941)     HMIS Prabhavati (patrol vessel) * (10.1944)     HMIS Bahadur (boys' training establishment, Monara, Karachi) * (01.1945) - (04.1946) HMIS Prabhavati * [sunk 12.1941, so very unlikely] * indexed, but not listed as such
Pritchard-Davies, Anthony Raymond Southwell "Tony" Son of ... Pritchard-Davies, and ... Southwell. Married; ... children (one daughter?).	(06?).1920 Wandsworth district, Greater London - Burford, Oxfordshire	T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941 T/Lt. 17.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMI HDML 1115 (harbour defence motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Purchase, Warwick Stuart Etherington Son of ... Purchase, and ... Squibb. Married Julia Rees; two daughters, one son.	21.05.1923 Grantham district, Leicestershire / Lincolnshire - 26.07.2007	T/S.Lt. 12.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	29.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam) 05.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMI ML 439 (motor launch) Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Land Agent.

    

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Riddell, Robert Vardy "Jimmy"	c. 1919 ? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) 12.05.1943 T/Lt. (E) 21.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay) * (04.1946) HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Rigby, John Cecil Married; one son.	09.07.1907 Market Deeping, Bourne district, Lincolnshire - 1958 ? Manchester district, Lancashire ?	Midsh. RNVR 06.12.1926 A/S.Lt. RNVR 19.12.1928 S.Lt. RNVR 09.07.1930, seniority 19.12.1929 Lt. RNVR 19.12.1931 (reld) Prob. Lt. 05.06.1939 Lt.Cdr. 05.06.1943 A/Cdr. < 10.1944 VD < 04.1946 -	In business in the cotton industry in India before and after the war. 1926 - 1937 served RNVR (Mersey Division, later London Division) 21.01.1940 - (03.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMIS Ramdas (auxiliary patrol vessel) 22.03.1940 - (02.)1941 HMIS Netravati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (12.1941)     HMIS Netravati (auxiliary patrol vessel) * (10.1944)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (01.1945) - (07.1945) India [not shown as vessel/base] ? - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) [date of appointmernt given as 31.12.1940] * indexed, but not listed as such

    
 

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Sargeant, Vivian Laurence	05.04.1906 Edmonton district, Essex - 01.1986 North Walsham district, Norfolk	T/Lt. 24.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.03.1944	(02.1941) HMS Falcon (river gunboat) * 07.09.1943 - (08.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (07.1945) no appointment listed 07.03.1945 - (04.1946) Sea Transport Establishment, Naval Base Calcutta [HMIS Hooghly] * indexed, but not listed as such
Seabrooke-Spencer, Frederick John Married; at least one son.	02.11.1908 - 23.08.2004 Pyrford, Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Prob. T/Lt. (S) 27.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Chartered accountant & company secretary.
Stewart, Hugh Harvie Married (14.10.1944, Bombay Cathedral) Sheila Norma Dare.	11.07.1911 - 23.06.2000	T/Lt. 08.09.1942 (reld 1946/47)	(07.1945) HMIS Patunga (RIN local naval defence base, Chittagong) * 19.02.1945 - (04.1946) HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagapatam) ? - ? HMIS Cheetah (RIN Coastal Forces base, Bombay) * indexed, but not listed as such (possibly appointment before HMIS Circars)
Storer, Henry Maurice Son of Henry Samuel Storer, and Alfreda Evelyn Dee, of St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex.	(03?).1919 Richmond district, Surrey - 06.01.1944 [age 24] [Calcutta (Bhowanipore)  Cemetery, India, plot L, grave 117]	T/S.Lt. 24.04.1941 T/Lt. ?	Education: Christ's Hospital public school (1929-1935). Officer of Customs and Excise, customs and Excise Department, 06.02.1939. (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - 06.01.1944 HMIS Sonavati (escort ship) [his ship caught fire (ship was not destroyed, nor did sink), but he died from inhaling poisonous fumes]
Stradwick, Douglas Joseph Son of Frank Joseph Stradwick (1870-1945).	21.08.1908 Hornchurch, Romford district, Essex - 12.1994 Crawley, West Sussex	T/Lt. 01.03.1941	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMIS Hamla (HQ, Landing Craft Wing, Versova) * Tea planter in Bombay, India. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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Tait, Gordon Turron	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 16.07.1940 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 16.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	12.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional) (08.1942) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * 01.09.1944 - (07.)1945 HMIS Rajputana (Bangor class minesweeper) 23.08.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMIS Oudh (Bangor class minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
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Webb, John Urquhart	(12?).1904 Exeter district, Devon - (03?).1959 Weston-Super-Mare district, Somerset	T/Lt. 06.09.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	19.04.1927 - 06.02.1929 2nd Lieutenant, Army in India Reserve of Officers 11.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional) (08.1942)     HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) * (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Wilcock, Raynor Son of ... Wilcock, and ... Howard. Married ((09?).1942, Sheffield district, Yorkshire) Mary Dixon.	30.11.1918 Leigh district, Lancashire - 31.07.1948 [age 29]	T/S.Lt. RNVR 14.05.1942 T/S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 14.05.1942 T/Lt. 30.11.1943 Lt. RN 25.04.1947, seniority 07.05.1944	14.05.1942     commissioned, RNVR (08.1942)     no appointment listed 1943?     transferred, RINVR (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) * 25.04.1947     transferred, RN 30.06.1947 - 31.07.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Offa (destroyer) * indexed, but not listed as such
Williamson, Henry Brainerd McIlree	17.01.1910 Kandy, Ceylon - 11.01.1957 Ceylon	Prob. T/Lt. 28.10.1940 T/Lt. 28.04.1941, seniority 28.10.1940 (reld 19.12.1945)	Cadet, HMS Conway, 1924-1926. Sea service, Merchant Navy, 1927-1930. 28.10.1940     commissioned, RINVR (Colombo) 31.10.1940 - 03.11.1940 Depot, Bombay (additional) 04.11.1940 - 21.11.1940 HMIS Dipavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (additional) 22.11.1940 - 03.03.1941 Depot, Bombay (additional) 06.03.1941 - 22.06.1941 HMIS Satyavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (Karachi) 23.06.1941 - 31.07.1941 Naval Control Service duty 01.08.1941 - 09.11.1941 HMIS Satyavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (Karachi) (13-20.08.1941 & 02-05.10.1941 sick) 10.11.1941 - 16.12.1941 service with Naval Control Service Officer, Karachi (temporary) 18.12.1941 - 19.12.1941 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional) 20.12.1941 - 21.01.1942 Commanding Officer, HMIS Ramdas (auxiliary patrol vessel) 22.01.1942 - 20.02.1942 Commanding Officer, HMIS Satyavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 21.02.1942 - 18.04.1942 Naval Control Service duties under Naval Officer-in-Charge, Karachi [HMIS Monze (RIN base, Karachi)] 19.04.1942 - 27.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMIS Hiravati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (temporary) 29.05.1942 - 06.06.1942 HMIS Dalhousie (RIN depot, Bombay) (additional) (Bombay) 08.06.1942   07.12.1942 Executive Officer, HMIS Kalavati (auxiliary minesweeper) (Calcutta) (30 days' war leave 22.07-20.08.1942) 08.12.1942 - 12.07.1943 Executive Officer, HMIS Victoria Marie (auxiliary patrol vessel) (30 days' war leave 28.03-26.04.1943) 13.07.1943 - 11.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMIS Chandbali (auxiliary patrol trawler) 12.08.1943 - 20.08.1943 Commanding Officer, HMIS Madura (armed trawler) 21.08.1943 - 18.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMIS Chandbali (auxiliary patrol trawler) 19.10.1943 - 16.03.1944 Commanding Officer, HMIS Rukmavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) 17.03.1944 - 21.06.1944 HMIS Nautilus (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) 08.05.1944 - 11.05.1944 Executive Officer, HMIS Kumaon (minesweeping sloop) (temporary) 22.06.1944 - 21.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMIS Satyavati (auxiliary patrol vessel) (31 days' war leave 23.12.1944-21.01.1945) 22.01.1945 - 24.01.1945 HMIS Feroze (RIN officers' demobilisation centre, Bombay) (additional) (Madras) 25.01.1945 - 02.03.1945 HMIS Ramdas (auxiliary patrol vessel) 03.03.1945 - 08.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMIS Ramdas (auxiliary patrol vessel) 09.03.1945 - 19.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bihar (minesweeper) Rubber planting, Ceylon, 01.1946-01.1957.

    

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Young, George Vaughan Chichester Son of Henry Crofton Young (1867-1934), and Frances Edith Hart (1888-1976). Cousin of Capt. Richard Hart Garstin, RIN. Married 1st (01.07.1949) Diana Roach Pearson (16.10.1925-21.12.1992) (divorced 1988), daughter of Alan Roach Pearson and Clara Mabel Young.; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (10.10.1989, Peel, Isle of Man) Johanna Wilhelmina 'Hanneke' Tammel (born 13.03.1947), daughter of Hendrik Jan Teunis Tammel and Henriette Jeanette Verhoeven.	18.08.1921 Limavady, nr Londonderrry, Northern Ireland - 04.09.2005 Peel, Isle of Man	T/A/S.Lt. 21.05.1942 T/S.Lt. 1943?, seniority 21.05.1942 * OBE 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 66: as Regional Legal Draftsman and Reprint Commissioner, Malaysia * appointment certificate by Governor General of India (Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell) dated 10.04.1946 gives seniority as 18.08.1942:	Education: Cabin Hill (1932-1934); Campbell College (1934-04.1939); Law Preliminary Exam (04.1939); Law Intermediate Exam (06.1940); Law first part final (09.1940); Law final (solicitors) (09.1946) 1941 enlisted RNVR (served on the 'Atlantic Run' convoys) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 09.1942 transferred RINVR 1942 - 1943 HMIS Baluchistan (minesweeper) 1943 - 1944 King's Messenger, Fleet Mail Office, Bombay [HMIS Dalhousie?] (10.)1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Beacon (launch) (Persian Gulf & Rangoon) 1945 - 1945 HMS Kedah (accommodation/HQ ship) (Calcutta to Singapore) 1945 - 1946 HMIS Kalavati (auxiliary minesweeper) (Indian mutiny 03.1946) Treasury Solicitors department London 1946/47, Gold Coast 1947/55, Sarawak & Brunei 1955/65, Legislative Draftsman (Belfast) 1965/73, Senior Legislative Draftsman, Isle of Man 1973/1980. Published: Subject guide to, and chronological table of, the subordinate legislation of the United Kingdom having effect in the Isle of Man at the beginning of 1976, 1865-1975 (1978); Now through a glass darkly :The history of the Isle of Man under the Norse (1981); A brief history of the Isle of Man (1983); Pilgrim Myles Standish : first Manx-American (1984); Foroysk-Ensk orthabok = Faroese-English dictionary : with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs and a section by Professor W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation (with Cynthia R. Clewer; 1985), etc. etc.
Young, Peter Shirley Reay Son of Lt.Col. Percival Reay Young, an Indian Government railway official, who changed his last name from Young to Reay-Young by deed poll of 15.11.1946. From then on the son was also known as: Reay-Young, P.S. Married 1st (1946); one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (1977); one daughter.	27.10.1924 Asansol, India -	T/Midsh. 02.1943 T/A/S.Lt. 13.05.1944 T/S.Lt. 21.04.1945 (reld 23.02.1946)	Education: Medical training at Cambridge University and St.Thomas's Hospital, London (MB) 02.1943 joined RINVR (theoretical training in Bombay; practical training on HMS Albatross) 1943 posted to Combined Operations and trained as Communications Officer 1943 Combined Operations Supply and Maintenance Officer, Calcutta 1944 attached to No. 5 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit (COBU), Royal Artillery 1944 attached to 16th Field Regiment Royal Artillery in Burma for assault training 1944 appointed Squadron Communications Officer of No.1 RIN Landing Craft Wing 1944 HMS Dundonald II (Combined Operations training establishment, Troon, Scotland) (for Combined Operations Training) posted with Landing Craft Wing to Kabrit for work-up [HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)] * ? - 23.02.1946 With end of war posted to HMIS Clive as Communications Officer and involved in Naval Mutiny Surgeon in Bahrain, Adelaide and Port Moresby; Radiation Oncologist in Papua New Guinea and Sydney. Lawyer (Non-practising). Retired since 1985. * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

    

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