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Royal Marine (RM) Officers
1939-1945

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Abbott, E.
to
Arnold, W.A.

Abbott, E. to Arnold, W.A.

Abbott,
Edward
E. Abbott

?
-

A/Sgt.Maj.	09.02.1940
T/Lt.	01.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	05.06.1943

(04.1940)			Plymouth Division RM
(08.1942)	-	(02.1943)	104th RM Brigade
(06.1944)	-	(07.1945)	RM Training Group Devon

Abbott,
Peter Edward
P.E. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Adams.

04.10.1923
Lambeth district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943
A/T/Capt.	27.08.1945
Lt.	24.05.1947, seniority 04.04.1946 [378565]
T/Capt.	02.06.1948-03.10.1950
Capt.	04.10.1950
Maj.	04.10.1957 (retd 28.05.1961)

Education: psc

07.08.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
(02.1943)	-	?	RM Divisional Artillery
24.05.1947			transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

Abbott,
Wilfred Eric
W.E. Abbott

10.07.1907
Coventry district, Warwickshire
-
08.1994
South Cheshire district, Cheshire

T/2nd Lt.	13.11.1942
T/Lt.	13.05.1943 (reld 08.05.1946)
A/T/Capt.	27.09.1944

13.11.1942			commissioned RM [temporary commission]
?	-	(02.1943)	102nd RM Brigade
?	-	(07.1945)	43 RM Commando

Abbs,
Keith Allen
K.A. Abbs

Son of ... Abbs, and ... Allen.

12.09.1915
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
07.2000
Ross district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld 06.05.1945 *)

* commission terminated; permitted to retain the rank of T/Lt.

(08.1942)	-	(06.1943)	RM Division
(08.1943)			44 RM Commando
(10.1943)			Divisional Holding Unit
(12.1943)			Chatham Division, RM
07.02.1944	-	(04.1944)	HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)
(06.1944)			HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeping base, Port Edgar) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Abell,
John Dare
J.D. Abell

?
-

T/Lt.

08.10.1940 (reld 19.05.1946)

(08.1942)	-	(02.1943)	MNBDO(1)
(07.1945)			HMS Copra

Abraham,
Gerald Heguerty Furtado

(12?).1884
St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

2nd Lt.	01.01.1903
Lt.	01.01.1904
Capt.	01.01.1914
Brev. Maj.	23.07.1917 *
T/Maj.	01.04.1918-30.12.1918
Maj.	01.01.1919 (retd 01.08.1920; own request)

* for distinguished service

(1914)			served Royal Marine Light Infantry
08.1914	-	09.1914	served in France & Belgium
14.01.1916	-	01.06.1916	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
30.01.1917	-	?	seconded (special appointment)
01.08.1920			Reserve of Officers, RM
28.09.1940	-	(06.1944)	Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

Acton,
Richard Granleese
R.G. Acton

Son of ... Acton, and ... Granleese.

(12?).1921
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-

T/ Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	06.12.1944

		(08.1942)	RM Division
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Acton,
William John Gray
W.J.G. Acton

Son of ... Acton, and ... Granleese.

25.03.1920
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
12.2004 still alive

2nd Lt.	01.09.1938
Lt.	14.04.1940
A/Capt.	05.05.1944
Capt.	14.04.1948
Maj.	31.12.1955 (retd 25.03.1965)

		(08.1939)	RM course Portsmouth
		(08.1942)	HMS Revenge
?	-	(04.1946)	HMS Lanka
?	-	(05.1950)	HMS Vengeance
?	-	(07.1961)	Plymouth Division RM
?	-	(02.1963)	RM Barracks Eastney

Adair,
Charles Walter
C.W. Adair

Son of Adm. Charles Henry Adair (1851-1920), and Annette C. Wilson.
Married (28.07.1926) Olive Joan Arbuthnot (02.04.1905 - 27.05.1979); one daughter, two sons.

09.04.1894
West Derby, Lancashire
-
07.1988
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	01.01.1912
Lt.	06.09.1914
Capt.	06.03.1917
Maj.	15.08.1929
Lt.Col.	30.11.1936 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)

Education: Royal Military Acdemy

01.10.1934	-	(02.1935)	Senior Marine Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
30.07.1936	-	?	Barrack-Master
(08.1939)	-	(04.1946)	RM Depot, Deal

Adam,
Lawrence Henderson
L.H. Adam

?
-

T/Capt.	25.11.1941
A/T/Maj.	11.02.1943
T/Maj.	11.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

(08.1939)

(08.1942)

RM Engineer Battalion

Adams,
Roy Bateman
R.B. Adams

Son of ... Adams, and ... White.

24.12.1924
Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
-
08.1990
Ploughley, Oxfordshire

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Copra

Adams,
Tristram Douglas Spencer
T.D.S. Adams

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	28.10.1939
T/Lt.	28.04.1940
A/Capt.	?
T/Capt.	31.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

?	-	(04.1940)	Portsmouth Division RM
?	-	(08.1942)	MNBDO(1)
(07.1945)			RM Training Group Devon

Addison,
Joseph Gerald
J.G. Addison

(06?).1910
Watford, Hertforshire
-
15.04.1953
Fingest, Buckinghamshire

T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941
T/Capt.	23.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

?	-	(02.1941)	MNBDO(1)
(07.1945)			Plymouth Division, RM

Licensed victualler.

Adlington,
Ronald Claude
R.C. Adlington

Son of .. Adlington, and ... Varty.

(03?).1918
Tenterden district, Kent
-

T/2nd Lt.	10.01.1941
T/Lt.	10.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

RM Engineer Battalion

Agar,
Martin
M. Agar

?
-

T/Lt.	04.12.1941
T/Capt.	19.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)			3rd Battalion RM Engineers
(04.1946)			Portsmouth Division RM

Agnew,
James
J. Agnew

22.03.1921
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

2nd Lt.	01.09.1939
Lt.	16.02.1941
A/Capt.	?
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 05.04.1957)

01.09.1939			commissioned into the Royal Marines
(07.1945)			Portsmouth Division, RM

Aitken,
Herbert
H. Aitken

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Lt.	22.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.11.1943

MID

04.09.1945

services with 21st Army Group

(07.1945)

5th RM AA Brigade

Aitken,
Samuel Victor William
S.V.W. Aitken

22.09.1908
-
10.1985
Kidderminster, Worcestershire

T/RM Gnr.

01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Braganza

Akam,
John Haddon
J.H. Akam

Son of ... Akam, and ... Haddon.

23.07.1917
Cockermouth district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
24.11.1997
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1936
Lt.	01.10.1938
A/Capt.	06.05.1940-22.11.1942, 03.06.1943-31.03.1945
A/Maj.	01.04.1945
Capt.	01.02.1946 (retd 20.04.1958)

01.09.1936			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)			32nd RM Battalion

School teacher.

Akhurst,
Eric William
E.W. Akhurst

(03?).1907
Medway, Kent
-

QMS	? [Ch.23755]
T/Lt.	16.09.1944 (reld 14.03.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Baldur

Alcock,
Alan Bennis Fennell
A.B.F. Alcock

?
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959

Prob. 2nd Lt.	29.08.1914
T/Lt.	?
Lt.	28.08.1917, seniority 27.03.1915
Capt.	? 20.03.1933, seniority 21.08.1919 (retd 10.03.1935; on account of non-service)
A/Maj. (retd)	?

DSC

13.09.1915

(07.1945)

Chatham Division, RM

Alder-Smith,
Brian Dudley
B.D. Alder-Smith

03.10.1920
-
29.03.2001
East Devon

Prob. Lt.	16.02.1941
Lt.	17.11.1941, seniority 16.02.1941
A/Capt.	23.03.1945-31.07.1947
Capt.	16.02.1949 (retd 01.10.1960; own request)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Aldridge,
Dennis Leolin Samuel St Maur
D.L.S.St.M. Aldridge

04.05.1919
-
07.1995
Colchester, Essex

2nd Lt.	01.09.1937
A/Lt.	27.08.1939-30.09.1939
Lt.	01.10.1939
A/Capt.	27.04.1943
Capt.	01.10.1947
Maj.	31.12.1952 (retd 05.08.1958)
local Lt.Col.	< 04.1955

MBE	01.01.1949	army in Palestine
MC	18.05.1951	Korea 11.50
MC	13.06.1957	Suez operations
SSM	13.08.1954	Korea

Education: Victoria College, Jersey

01.09.1937			commissioned, Royal Marines
(02.1938)	-	(08.)1938	RM course, Portsmouth
(10.)1938	-	(02.)1939	RM course, Chatham
?	-	(04.)1939	RM course, Deal
?	-	(08.)1939	RM course, Portsmouth
27.08.1939	-	(02.1941)	HMS Repulse (battlescruiser)
?	-	(08.)1942	Royal Marine Military School
24.08.1942	-	(02.)1943	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
27.04.1943	-	(04.)1944	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(06.1944)			no appointment listed
01.05.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)			HMS Sultan (accounting base for personnel at Keppel harbour)
(07.1948)	-	(05.1949)	40 RM Commando
(05.1950)			Plymouth Group, RM
(1950)			41 Independent RM Commando
(05.1953)			RM Barracks, Eastney
?	-	(04.1955)	Amphibious Warfare HQ [HMS President]
(01.1956)			HMS President *
06.02.1956	-	(01.1957)	Second-in-Command, 42 Commando, RM

* indexed, but not listed as such

Aldridge,
Fred James Redvers
F.J.R. Aldridge

08.07.1911
-
08.1996
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

T/Lt.	04.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	04.02.1944

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Golden Hind

Aldworth,
M M
M.M. Aldworth

will be added at a later date

?
-

Alexander,
David Crichton
D.C. Alexander

Son of James Alexander and Margaret (née Craig).
Married 1st (1957) Diana Joyce (Jane) (née Fisher)
(died 1995); one son, two daughters and one step son.
Married 2nd (1996) Elizabeth Patricia (née Herrington).

28.11.1926
-
12.2004 still alive

Prob. 2nd Lt.	01.09.1944
...	...
Maj.Gen.	09.02.1975 (retd 11.04.1977)

1976

Education: Edinburgh Academy

01.09.1944			commissioned, Royal Marines
(07.1945)	-	(04.1946)	RM Course, Portsmouth

East Indies Fleet; 45 Commando, Malaya, Malta, Canal Zone, 1951-1954; Parade Adjt, Lympstone, 1954-1957; Equerry and Acting Treasurer to Duke of Edinburgh, 1957-1960; psc 1960; Directing Staff, Staff Coll., Camberley, 1962-1965; 45 Commando (2IC), Aden, 1965-1966; Staff of Chief of Defence Staff, incl. service with Sec. of State, 1966-1969; CO 40 Commando, Singapore, 1969-1970; Col GS to CGRM, 1970-1973; ADC to the Queen, 1973-1975; RCDS 1974; Comdr, Training Gp RM, 1975-1977. Dir-Gen., EnglishSpeaking Union, 1977-1979. Commandant, Scottish Police College, 1979-1987. Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1978-1997 (Pres., 1994-1997); Member: Civil Service Final Selection Bd, 1978-1988; MoD Police Review Cttee, 1985; Transport Users' Consultative Cttee for Scotland, 1989-1993. Dir, Edinburgh Acad., 1980-1989 (Chm., 1985-1989). Pres., SSAFA, Fife, 1990-1994. Freeman, City of London; Liveryman, Painter Stainers' Co., 1978.

Alexander,
Herbert
H. Alexander

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	15.01.1940
T/Lt.	15.07.1940
T/Capt.	01.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	01.08.1943

(04.1940)			Portsmouth Division, RM
(02.1941)	-	(08.1943)	RM Group Mobilie Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1941)	-	(12.1941)	"Kent" Battery, Coast Artillery Regiment (1)
(10.1943)	-	(04.1944)	3rd MNB (Mobile Naval Base?) Brigade
?	-	(06.1944)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounts & drafting office)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Alker,
Harry
H. Alker

?
-

T/Lt.

01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Copra

Allan,
George
G. Allan

?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Capt.	09.07.1921 (supernumerary; 29.11.1921; on account of age) (retd 01.08.1922; own request)
A/Maj. (retd)	?

MID

15.09.1916

01.08.1922			RM Reserve of Officers
(07.1945)			Plymouth Division, RM

Allan,
James Horwood Basil
J.H.B. Allan

Son of ... Allan, and ... Horwood.

19.04.1917
Devonport district, Devon
-
04.1988
Norwich, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	01.01.1939
Lt.	11.08.1940
A/Capt.	16.01.1942-13.05.1943, 10.07.1943-14.06.1945
Capt.	11.08.1948 (retd 07.07.1953)

			served in the ranks for 2 years 121 days
01.01.1939			commissioned into the Royal Marines
(07.1945)			Plymouth Division, RM

Allbutt,
P H
P.H. Allbutt

will be added at a later date

?
-

Allcroft,
William Miller Ord
W.M.O. Allcroft

(06?).1905
Romsey district, Hampshire / Wiltshire
-

T/Capt.	05.02.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.	05.11.1944

Research Officer at the Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 25.09.1939-...

(07.1945)

HMS Lanka

Allen,
Athole Jack
A.J. Allen

(09?).1923
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-

T/2nd Lt.	07.08.1942
T/Lt.	07.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

12.02.1946

for gallant and distinguished services in NW Europe

(07.1945)

46 RM Commando

Allen,
Frederick Walter
F.W. Allen

?
-

T/Lt.

15.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Portsmouth Division, RM

Allen,
James Atkinson
J.A. Allen

21.01.1915
-
08.1989
Deben, Suffolk

T/2nd Lt.	21.08.1942
T/Lt.	21.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/T/Capt.	24.04.1944

(07.1945)

3rd Commando Brigade

Allen,
Peter Sharp
P.S. Allen

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1943
T/Lt.	03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)

(04.1946)

HMS Copra

Allen,
William Herbert Henry
W.H.H. Allen

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	12.07.1943
T/Lt.	12.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

Chatham Division, RM

Allenby,
Ernest Augustus
E.A. Allenby

Son of ... Allenby, and ... Heap.

25.07.1916
Medway district, Kent
-

2nd Lt.	01.01.1935
Lt.	21.05.1937
A/Capt.	01.04.1940-06.02.1941, 10.03.1941-19.12.1941
Capt.	20.12.1941
A/Maj.	28.03.1944-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	?
Col.	31.12.1961 (retd 25.07.1965)

OBE

02.01.1956

New Year 56

(07.1945)			RM Office
22.02.1965	-	25.07.1965	RM ADC to the Queen

Allenby,
Percy
P. Allenby

?
-

T/Lt.

16.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

(07.1945)

HMS Westcliff

Angus,
David Charles
D.C. Angus

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	17.03.1941
T/Lt.	17.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/A/Capt.