Benjamin Clifford
George Baillie Olaus
Only son of Maj. & Mrs. G.O. Farrington, of Cerne Abbas, Dosret.
Married (22.08.1935) Margaret Dulcinea "Quita" Wake Boswell, daughter of R.H. Wake Boswell, DSO, and Mrs. Wake Boswell, of Lydford, Devon.
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Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex
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14.11.1966
Hampshire
| Prob. 2nd Lt. | 01.09.1921 |
| Lt. | 01.09.1924 |
| Capt. | 01.09.1933 (retd 19.03.1948) |
| A/Maj. | 12.07.1941-19.03.1948 |
| 01.09.1921 | commissioned, Royal Marine Artillery | ||
| ? | transferred, Royal Marines | ||
| (08.1923) | no appointment listed | ||
| 15.12.1924 | - | (05.1926) | HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| ? | - | (02.)1927 | Chatham Division RM |
| 05.02.1927 | - | 05.03.1929 | HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean) |
| 06.03.1929 | - | (08.1929) | HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| (04.1930) | - | (08.)1930 | Chatham Division RM |
| 08.09.1930 | - | (01.)1932 | HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) |
| (09.)1932 | - | (01.)1933 | Chatham Division RM |
| 10.04.1933 | - | (03.)1934 | HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| (07.)1934 | - | (02.)1936 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 18.04.1936 | - | (02.)1937 | HMS Neptune (cruiser) (Home Fleet) |
| 1937 | - | (07.)1937 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 19.07.1937 | - | (09.1939) | HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| ? | - | (04.)1940 | Plymouth Division RM |
| 25.04.1940 | - | 25.12.1941 | Officer Commanding RM Detachment, HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (and as Instructor of Small Arms, Hong Kong) (captured at the fall of Hong Kong) |
| 25.12.1941 | - | 1945 | POW in Japanese captivity |
| ? | - | (04.1946) | Plymouth Division RM |
John Massey
"Crash"
Son of William James Fuller, and Valerie Thompson.
biography at Flying Marines
Christchurch, Hampshire
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24.08.1966
| 2nd Lt. |
01.09.1917 |
| Lt. |
20.12.1918 |
| Capt. |
01.09.1928 |
| Maj. |
01.04.1937 |
| Bt. Lt.Col. |
30.06.1940 |
| A/Lt.Col. |
01.01.1942-03.04.1942, 26.07.1944-30.04.1945 |
| Lt.Col. |
04.01.1946 (retd
11.05.1948; medically unfit) |
| A/Col. |
04.04.1942-14.05.1942, 15.05.1942-09.09.1943, 10.09.1943-25.07.1944, 01.05.1945-09.06.1947 |
| RAF: |
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| (T) F/O |
16.06.1924-12.10.1929 |
1914/18 and 1939/45 General Service War medals
| 10.10.1922 |
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01.10.1923 |
Shipping
Officer (Class FF) (temporary) [lent to the Army] |
| 16.06.1924 |
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11.10.1929 |
employed
under the Air Ministry (awarded his wings 07.1925) |
| 16.06.1924 |
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08.01.1925 |
No.
1 Flying Training School, RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire |
| 09.01.1925 |
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? |
Flying
Training School, RAF Leuchars |
| 23.09.1925 |
- |
24.10.1925 |
pilot,
FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) * |
| 25.10.1925 |
- |
(05.)1926 |
pilot,
FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet) * |
| 23.09.1926 |
- |
12.12.1926 |
HMS
Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) |
| 13.12.1926 |
- |
(07.1927) |
pilot,
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Fleet Air Arm) (miscellaneous Flights,
lent RAF) |
| 21.02.1928 |
- |
(06.1928) |
pilot,
464 Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) |
| (08.1929) |
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no
appointment listed |
| (04.1930) |
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(10.)1930 |
Plymouth
division RM |
| 1930 |
- |
(07.)1934 |
Portsmouth
Division RM (Adjutant 1930-1933) |
| ? |
- |
(02.)1935 |
Plymouth
Division RM |
| 1935 |
Deputy
Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), RM |
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| 19.06.1935 |
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22.05.1939 |
Plans
Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| 23.05.1939 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Local
Defence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (08.1942) |
- |
(06.)1943 |
RM
Divisional Artillery |
| (08.1943) |
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HMS
Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) ** |
| 10.09.1943 |
- |
07.1944 |
Senior
Officer, Mobile Naval Airfield Organization (SOMNAO) [HMS President
(Admiralty) (for duty with Director of Airfield and Carrier Requirements)] |
| 09.1944 |
- |
01.1945 |
Commanding
Officer, 28th RM Battalion |
| 01.05.1945 |
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11.1946 |
Assistant
Adjutant-General on staff of Commandant General RM (London) |
** Indexed, but not listed as such
