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Garrett, R.
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Graham, J.H.
 
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Garrett,
Ralph
R. Garrett 		11.11.1903
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17.01.1952
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1921
2nd Lt.
 		1922?, seniority 01.09.1921
Lt.
 		01.09.1924
Capt.
 		01.09.1933
A/Maj.
 		16.02.1940-13.03.1942
Maj.
 		01.07.1943
A/Lt.Col.
14.03.1942
Lt.Col.
 		30.06.1947 (retd 14.04.1951)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 04.11.1941
 commanded anti-aircraft guns Carca [investiture 11.05.45]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 12.02.1946
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.04.1945
 service with 21st Army Group 08-10.44
Education: Gunnery Staff Course (subsequently specialized in anti-aircraft gunnery)
01.09.1921
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Marine Artillery (c. 1924 transferred Royal Marines)
(08.1923)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
12.12.1924
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 		(05.1926)
 		HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Mediterranean & Atlantic Fleet)
(02.1927)
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 		(06.1928)
 		Portsmouth Division RM
21.02.1929
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 		(08.1930)
 		HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
(02.1931)
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 		(01.)1932
 		Portsmouth Division RM
25.08.1932
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 		(08.)1934
 		HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
1934
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 		(11.1934)
 		Chatham Division RM
?
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 		(02.)1935
 		Portsmouth Division RM
(07.)1935
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 		(01.)1937
 		Chatham Division RM
04.01.1937
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 		(02.)1938
 		HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
(06.1938)
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 		(04.1940) 
 		Portsmouth Division RM
(1939)
  
 		 
 		1st RM Anti-Aircraft Battery (Alexandria, Egypt)
(1940) 
 
 		Officer Commanding, "B" Battery, 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment
(02.1941)
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 		(04.)1944
 		RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(02.1941)
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 		06.1941
 		Instructor of Gunnery, Air Defence Brigade
06.1941
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 		12.1941
 		Commanding Officer, 1st RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Crete, Egypt)
09.1943
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 		11.1945
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade) [Bhiwandi near Bombay (India), then 02.1944 Largs (Scotland), then 05.1944 Clacton-on-Sea (Essex), then 08.1944 with 21st Army Group (Cherbourg, France), then 10.1944 Antwerp (Belgium), then 05.1945 Topsham (Devon)]
?
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 		(04.)1946
 		Infantry School RM (Plymouth)
1946
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 		(07.1946)
 		Officer Commanding, Mechanical Transport School RM
(07.1948)
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 		(05.1949)
 		Amphibious School RM
(05.1950)
  
 		 
 		Eastney
Godbehere,
Alfred Shadrach
"Alf"
A.S. Godbehere (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin) A.S. Godbehere (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin)
A.S. Godbehere (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin) A.S. Godbehere (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin)
A.S. Godbehere (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin)
Son of Alfred Godbehere, and Mary Burt.
Married 1st (20.06.1942, Lynchmere, Sussex) Eileen Mavis Crisp (died 23.05.1973); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (31.08.1974, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) Alice May Sinfield.
 19.02.1920
Sheffield, Yorkshire
-
07.05.2006
Westfield Residential Home, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
[cremated 18.05.2006 after service at St Peters Church, Mansfield]
Mne.
 		26.06.1940 [PO/X 100641]
T/Cpl.
 		15.11.1942
A/T/Sgt.
 		1943?
T/2nd Lt.
 		03.09.1943
A/T/Lt.
 		29.01.1944
T/Lt.
 		03.03.1944 (dispersal 20.03.1946) (reld 17.05.1946)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
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France & Germany Star Fr&G St
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British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
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Defence Medal Def M
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Education: Nether Edge Grammar School, Sheffield; Sheffield University (obtained associateship in metallurgy, 1948).
Worked for English Steel, Stevenson Road Works, 1936-1940.
26.06.1940
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 		20.08.1940
 		RM Reserve Depot Exmouth (took his Small Arms course, 12.08.1940)
21.08.1940
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 		21.04.1941
 		Home Base Ledger, RM Brigade Depot
22.04.1941
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 		17.07.1941
 		Portsmouth Division RM
18.07.1941
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 		23.04.1943
 		Home Base Ledger Staff
24.04.1943
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 		02.09.1943
 		Home Base Ledger RM Military School (Thurlestone?) (No. 20 H.O. Cadet Course, RM Small Arms School, 05/06.1943)
03.09.1943
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 		02.10.1943
 		training, RM Training Group Towyn
03.10.1943
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 		13.11.1943
 		Portsmouth Division RM
14.11.1943
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 		08.02.1945
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional; as Boat Officer, from 14.01.1944 as Divisional Officer)
14.11.1943
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 		04.12.1943
 		HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island) (for landing craft training)
04.12.1943
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 		14.01.1944
 		HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) (for minor landing craft training)
14.01.1944
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 		03.02.1944
 		312th [Personnel?] Flotilla
03.02.1944
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 		26.09.1944
 		807th Landing Craft Flotilla
26.09.1944
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 		02.10.1944
 		HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island) (for navigation course)
02.10.1944
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 		23.10.1944
 		HMS James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) (for beach pilotage course)
23.10.1944
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 		23.01.1945
 		HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) (for minor landing craft pool)
24.01.1945
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 		09.02.1945
 		545th Landing Craft Flotilla (as Boat Officer)
09.02.1945
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 		24.07.1945
 		HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties) (additional; for Naval Party 2402, to join HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) [Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base (MOLCAB) III at Rhine crossing, 03.1945])
25.07.1945
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 		06.08.1945
 		Chatham Division RM
07.08.1945
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 		19.03.1946
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional) 
07.08.1945
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 		13.10.1945
 		HMS St Mathew (Combined Operations training base, Burnham on Crouch) (as Boat Officer for minor landing craft pool)
13.10.1945
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 		19.03.1946
 		HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (as Boat Officer for minor landing craft pool)
20.03.1946
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 		17.05.1946
 		Chatham Division RM (for release under Class "A")
Worked post-war as a metallurgist, from 1946 at E.S.C. Vickers Works, Sheffield in Research and later in open hearth smelting department. Joined Jessop Savilles, Sheffield in Research Department, 1950 (General Works Manager, 1952). Joined Foundry Services Ltd of London as a Technical Representative touring the world installing melting shops in steel plants, 1960. Working for The Steetley Group, Worksop, 1966 (Marketing Director, 05.1967). Worked for BSM  first training as Driving Instructor, 1975. Set up ASG Driving School, 1976.
Graham,
Joseph Henry

 ?
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T/2nd Lt.
 		04.03.1941
T/Lt.
 		04.09.1941
A/T/Capt.
15.09.1943-(07.1945) (reld < 04.1946)
 
1941
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 		1946
 		served in India, Ceylon, NW Europe & Egypt:
04.03.1941

joined RM
(12.1941)
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 		(04.)1944
 		GOR Lieutenant, Air Defence Brigade, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(06.)1944
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 		(07.1945)
 		"C" Battery, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Workshops, 5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
       
 
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