| G.T. Haines
to T.L. Hunton |
Haines,
George Thomas
Son of Thomas George Haines, and Christina
Marion Callaghan. |
28.12.1911
Portsmouth
-
17.01.1997
North Shor City, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1930 |
| Lt. |
01.01.1933 |
| Capt. |
24.10.1937 (retd
20.10.1947) |
| A/Maj. |
23.07.1941-23.03.1943,
25.03.1944-25.01.1945,
19.10.1945-20.10.1947 |
| A/Lt.Col.
|
24.03.1943-24.03.1944,
26.01.1945-28.10.1945 |
|
|
02.01.1930 |
- |
(08.1930) |
RM course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
|
? |
- |
(02.1931) |
RM Depot, Deal |
|
? |
- |
(01.)1932 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
|
1932 |
- |
(09.1932) |
Chatham Division RM |
|
03.02.1933 |
- |
(08.)1934 |
HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
|
04.10.1934 |
- |
(07.1935) |
HMS Iron Duke (training ship) |
|
(02.1936) |
- |
(02.)1937 |
Chatham Division RM |
|
(07.1937) |
|
|
no appointment listed |
|
08.07.1937 |
- |
(09.1939) |
HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment,
Forton) (and for signal duties) |
|
(04.1940) |
- |
(02.)1941 |
Assistant Signal
Officer, then Brigade Signal Officer, 101st RM Brigade [initially known as RM
Brigade] |
|
(12.)1941 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
RM Division Signals |
|
(06.)1943 |
- |
(04.)1944 |
RM Signal School |
|
(06.1944) |
- |
(07.1945) |
no appointment listed |
|
? |
- |
(04.1946) |
RM Signal School |
Emigrated to New Zealand. |
Hamer,
Frederick Alexander
Son of Richard Hamer (1846-1922), and Clara
Louisa Pattenden (1851-1903).
Married ((12?).1906, Portsmouth district) Gladys Pansy
Jane [Hewitt] Hack (born 19.09.1888, Secunderabad, India - (03?).1974,
Chelsea, London); one daughter, two sons (Lt. Richard J.A. Hamer, The South Wales Borderers,
and Cdr. John A.H. Hamer, CVO, OBE, DSC,
RN)
|
30.12.1886
Granby, Bingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
26.01.1972
Salisbury, Wiltshire
|
2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1903
|
Lt.
|
12.04.1906,
seniority 01.07.1904
|
Capt.
|
01.09.1914
(supernumerary ...-09.05.1916)
|
A/Maj.
|
25.11.1916-26.08.1918
|
Maj.
|
06.04.1925
(Paymaster 01.12.1933)
|
Lt.Col.
|
05.04.1934
(dismissed the service by sentence of a general court martial
21.10.1941)
|
|
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marine Artillery
|
01.04.1921
|
-
|
(01.1925)
|
Naval
Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
|
01.1926
|
|
|
qualified
as interpreter French
|
06.02.1926
|
-
|
(07.1927)
|
HMS
Frobisher (cruiser) (China)
|
24.02.1928
|
-
|
(02.)1931
|
Naval
Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
|
10.04.1931
|
-
|
(05.)1933
|
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) & as Squadron RM Officer, 1st Battle
Squadron
|
1933
|
-
|
(06.1933)
|
Chatham
Division RM
|
(01.1934)
|
-
|
(08.)1939
|
Plymouth
Division RM
|
(09.)1939
|
-
|
(02.)1941
|
Portsmouth
Division RM
|
|
Hart,
William James
|
?
-
1995?
France
|
T/2nd Lt.
|
15.05.1942
|
T/Lt.
|
15.11.1942
|
A/T/Capt.
|
30.11.1945-06.08.1946
(reld 05.04.1947)
|
|
15.05.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marines (Chatham Division)
|
?
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
RM
Holding Commando
|
?
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
3rd
Commando Brigade HQ
|
|
Harvey,
Adolphus John
Son of John Harvey, and Maria Elizabeth
Sturman.
|
17.11.1905
Lowestoft, Suffolk
-
05.02.1972
|
2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1924
|
Lt.
|
01.09.1927
|
Capt.
|
01.04.1936
|
A/Maj.
|
16.02.1940-12.10.1942
|
Maj.
|
04.01.1946
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
13.10.1942-08.03.1944,
18.10.1944-(01.1946)
|
Lt.Col.
|
30.06.1949
|
A/Col.
|
09.03.1944-17.10.1944
|
Col.
|
31.12.1952 (retd)
|
|
CBE
|
09.06.1955
|
HM's
birthday 55
|
|
OBE
|
01.07.1941
|
HM's
birthday 41
|
|
MID
|
04.04.1944
|
sevices
in Sicily
|
|
?
|
-
|
(04.1940)
|
Portsmouth
Division RM
|
(02.1941)
|
-
|
(10.1943)
|
Staff
Officer (Artillery), RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO)
(2)
|
?
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
RM
Support Craft Regiment
|
09.03.1944
|
-
|
17.10.1944
|
RM
Armoured Support Group
|
07.01.1945
|
-
|
29.03.1945
|
HMS
President (for special and miscellaneous services)
|
30.03.1945
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
RN
Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
|
13.10.1947
|
-
|
(07.1948)
|
"Q"
Staff, RM Office (London)
|
?
|
-
|
(05.1950)
|
imperial
defence course, Imperial Defence College
|
55
|
|
|
Infantry
Training Centre RM
|
|
Hasler,
Herbert George
"Blondie"


|
27.02.1914
Dublin
-
05.05.1987
|
Prob. 2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1932
|
Prob. Lt.
|
01.09.1935
|
Lt.
|
?, seniority
01.09.1935
|
Capt.
|
23.05.1939
|
A/Maj.
|
11.03.1941-12.12.1943,
29.09.1947-30.12.1947
|
Bt. Maj.
|
30.06.1943
|
Maj.
|
31.12.1947 (retd
16.06.1948; medically unfit)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
13.12.1943-29.09.1947
|
|
DSO
|
29.06.1943
|
?
|
|
OBE
|
11.07.1940
|
distinguished
services during the war
|
|
CdeG
|
?
|
?
|
|
MID
|
26.09.1940
|
Norway
|
|
01.09.1932
|
|
|
commissioned
into the Royal Marines
|
(01.1934)
|
|
|
Portsmouth
Division, RM
|
(07.1935)
|
|
|
Plymouth
division, RM
|
10.01.1936
|
-
|
(02.1937)
|
HMS
Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
|
(07.1937)
|
|
|
no
posting listed
|
(02.1938)
|
-
|
(08.1939)
|
Portsmouth
Division, RM
|
(04.1940)
|
|
|
Landing
Officer, RM Fortress Unit (Norway) [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM]
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
Commander,
Landing Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2 (MNBDO 2) *
|
early
1942
|
-
|
22.06.1942
|
Development
Staff, Combined
Operations HQ
|
22.06.1942
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
Officer
Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Detachment [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM]
|
30.11.1942
|
|
|
leader
of Operation Frankton (better known as the "Cockleshell Heroes" raid
on German shipping in Bordeaux)
|
25.01.1944
|
-
|
(04.1944)
|
HMS
Hathi (RN depot, Delhi)
|
24.04.1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
CO
RM Detachment 385 [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo)]
|
(04.1946)
|
|
|
HMS
Appledore (Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremingham
Camp, Appledore) *
|
Innovative sailor, founder of the Single-handed
Transatlantic race (1960), and inventor of the first effective self-steering
gear for yachts.
Literature: Ewen Southby-Tailyour, Blondie : a biography of
Lieutenant-Colonel H.G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, Croix de Guerre, Royal Marines
(1998)
* no starting date indicated
|
Hatter,
Alfred William
"Alf" / "Jerry"
His parents ran a pub opposite the RM
Barracks at Eastney.
Married Muriel Ackland; one daughter, one son.
|
13.04.1920
Eastney
-
02.11.1974
Chichester, West Sussex
|
T/2nd Lt.
|
14.05.1943
|
A/T/Lt.
|
> 08.1943,
< 10.1943
|
T/Lt.
|
14.11.1943
|
A/T/Capt.
|
15.11.1945 (reld
> 04.1946)
|
|
(06.1943)
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
102nd
RM Brigade
|
(04.1944)
|
-
|
(06.1944)
|
Commando
Group RM
|
?
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
No. 1 RM Provost Company
(London?)
|
?
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
Plymouth
Division, RM
|
|
Hay,
Ronald Cuthbert
"Ronnie"
Son of Capt. Cuthbert Joseph Hay
(1882-?) and Letitia Griffith Fausset.
Married (24.10.1944) Third OFficer Barbara Grange,
WRNS, daughter of George Rockfort Grange;
two sons, two daughters.
|
04.10.1916
Perth
-
22.11.2001
Wiltshire |
2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1935
|
Lt.
|
01.10.1937
|
A/Capt.
|
02.05.1942-15.11.1942
|
Capt.
|
16.11.1942 (reld
06.09.1951)
|
A/Maj.
|
15.04.1943-11.12.1944,
12.07.1945-(01.1946)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
12.12.1944-11.07.1945
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
12.07.1945-01.09.1945,
24.10.1945-(01.1946)
|
Lt.Cdr. RN
|
06.09.1951,
seniority 01.09.1947
|
Cdr. RN
|
30.06.1955 (retd
11.10.1966)
|
|
DSO
|
01.05.1945
|
Operation
Meridian [investiture 20.05.47]
|
|
DSC
|
25.11.1941
|
Operations
Style & Substance [investiture 14.04.42]
|
|
DSC
|
31.07.1945
|
Operation
Iceberg [investiture 20.05.47]
|
|
01.09.1935
|
|
|
commissioned,
RM
|
...
|
-
|
...
|
...
|
...
|
-
|
...
|
...
|
?
|
-
|
(08.)1943
|
HMS
Daedalus
|
01.09.1943
|
-
|
(10.)1943
|
FFD
with School of Air Combat [HMS Vulture]
|
14.11.1943
|
-
|
(06.)1944
|
HMS
Bherunda
|
09.09.1944
|
-
|
(07.)1945
|
Leader
of No. 47 Fighter Wing [HMS Victorious]
|
01.10.1945
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
on
staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station,
Lee-on-Solent)]
|
...
|
-
|
...
|
...
|
06.09.1951
|
|
|
transferred
to Fleet Air Arm
|
|
Hetherington,
Peter Graham
Twin son of John G. Hetherington, and
Blanche Thomas, of Kingswood, Surrey.
Married (08.07.1944, King's Chapel of the Savoy, London) Judith Esther Hunt,
only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.E. Hunt, of Purley, Surrey; ... children (one
daughter). |
(12?).1919
Barnet district, London
- |
| T/Lt. |
01.10.1941 |
| A/T/Capt. |
02.04.1941 |
| T/Capt. |
13.01.1943 |
| A/T/Maj. |
13.10.1942-(07.1945) |
 |
MID |
04.09.1945 |
services with 21 Army Group 02-04.45 |
|
|
(12.1941) |
- |
(07.1945) |
Second-in-Command, from 13.10.1942 Officer
Commanding, 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (4th RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)), from mid-1944 4th Light
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade) |
|
Hewiett,
Frederick George
|
03.1892
Yarmouth, Norfolk
-
|
Sub-Divisional
Inspector RMP
|
25.01.1940
|
Chief Inspector
RMP
|
16.10.1940
|
Superintendent
RMP
|
15.01.1943
|
Assistant Chief
Constable RMP
|
01.12.1946
(retd> 05.1950, < 05.1953)
|
|
1911
|
|
|
joined
RM
|
15.09.1932
|
|
|
enlisted,
Royal Marine Police (RMP)
|
25.01.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
RMP:
|
25.01.1940
|
-
|
(04.1940)
|
Deptford
|
(02.1941)
|
-
|
(12.1941)
|
HM
Dockyard, Sheerness
|
(07.1945)
|
-
|
(07.)1946
|
Area
Police Officer, Scottish Area (East)
|
01.12.1946
|
-
|
(07.1948)
|
Area
Police Officer, Portsmouth Area
|
|
Holford,
Cecil Francis Lovell
"Chang"
Married 1st ((03?).1930, Bournemouth
district, Dorset) Aileen M. Rees.
Married 2nd ((09?).1949, Westminster district, Middlesex) Lucy L. Crook. |
08.07.1900
Hampstead district, Greater London
-
14.06.1963
Chichester district, Sussex |
| 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1919 |
| Lt. |
01.01.1922 |
| Capt. |
01.01.1930 |
| Maj. |
02.10.1939
(retd 01.03.1948) |
| A/Lt.Col. |
14.08.1942-(01.1946) |
 |
DSO |
06.09.1940 |
withdrawal from Boulogne [investiture 18.02.41] |
 |
39|45
St |
- |
- |
 |
Afr
St |
- |
- |
 |
It St |
- |
- |
 |
Def M |
- |
- |
 |
WM
39|45 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
HMS Royal Oak (battleship) |
|
|
|
|
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) |
|
(08.1923) |
|
|
no appointment listed |
|
? |
- |
(01.)1925 |
Chatham Division RM |
|
12.01.1925 |
- |
09.08.1925 |
No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon [employed
under Air Ministry] (as Temp. Flying Officer RAF, seniority 12.01.1925) |
|
10.08.1925 |
- |
20.01.1926 |
RAF Training Base, Leuchars [employed under Air
Ministry] [awarded wings 08.01.1926; flying Reece - Spotter. D.H.9A; was
involved in a serious air crash and his injuries resulted in him being forced to
return to Corps Duties] |
|
1926 |
- |
(05.)1926 |
Chatham Division RM |
|
13.09.1926 |
- |
30.11.1927 |
HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
|
01.12.1927 |
- |
(06.1928) |
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
|
? |
- |
(08.)1929 |
RM Depot, Deal |
|
03.09.1929 |
- |
21.01.1931 |
HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (3rd Battle
Squadron) |
|
22.01.1931 |
- |
(02.)1931 |
HMS Marlborough (battleship) (3rd Battle Squadron) |
|
22.12.1931 |
- |
(06.1933) |
HMS Exeter (cruiser) (Home Fleet) |
|
(01.1934) |
- |
(07.)1935 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
|
23.08.1935 |
- |
(06.)1938 |
HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean & Portsmouth) |
|
1938 |
- |
(08.)1938 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
|
08.08.1938 |
- |
(02.)1939 |
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (and for
training duties in the port) |
|
1939 |
- |
(04.)1939 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
|
01.04.1939 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Instructor of Gunnery (Sea Service), Chatham
Division RM [in
command of "Force Buttercup" to cover the evacuation of Boulogne, 23.05.1940] |
|
(08.1942) |
- |
(04.)1944 |
commanded the Coast Artillery Regiments of Mobile
Naval Base Defence Organization (2) |
|
(06.1944) |
|
|
HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) * |
|
01.08.1944 |
- |
(01.)1945 |
HMS Porcupine |
|
18.05.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and
miscellaneous services) |
|
11.10.1945 |
- |
(10.1947) |
Naval Provost Marshal and Senior Officer, Royal
Marines on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] |
|
Hollis,
[Sir] Leslie
Chasemore
"Jo"

Son of late Rev. Canon C.J. Hollis, MA.
Married (1922) Rose May Fraser; no children.
|
09.02.1897
Bath, Somerset
-
09.08.1963
Cuckfield, Sussex
|
Prob.
2nd
Lt.
|
17.04.1915
|
T/Lt.
|
21.11.1915
|
Lt.
|
16.04.1918
|
Capt.
|
06.01.1921
|
Maj.
|
05.04.1935
|
Bt. Lt.Col.
|
31.12.1937
|
T/Col.
|
01.04.1939-30.09.1941
|
A/Col.Cdt.
|
01.10.1941-11.11.1943
|
T/Brig.
|
01.10.1941-(04.1946)
|
Lt.Col.
|
01.10.1943
|
A/Maj.Gen.
|
12.11.1943-31.12.1946x
|
Col.
|
04.01.1946
|
Maj.Gen.
|
01.01.1947
|
A/Lt.Gen.
|
01.01.1947-19.05.1949
|
Lt.Gen.
|
20.05.1949
|
Gen.
|
11.05.1951 (retd 1952)
|
|
KCB
|
07.06.1951
|
HM's
birthday 51
|
|
KBE
|
01.01.1946
|
New
Year 46
|
|
CB
|
02.06.1943
|
HM's
birthday 43
|
|
CBE
|
01.01.1941
|
New
Year 41
|
|
LM
|
?
|
?
|
|
Education: St Lawrence's College, Ramsgate
1914
|
-
|
1915
|
joined
Royal Marine Light Infantry (training at RM Depot, Deal & RN Gunnery
School, Whale Island)
|
1915
|
-
|
1917
|
HMS
Duke of Edinburgh (cruiser) (Grand
Fleet)
|
1917
|
-
|
1919
|
Lieutenant
in charge of RM Detachment, HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Harwich Force)
|
1919
|
-
|
1920
|
RM
Barracks, Plymouth
|
1920
|
-
|
1923
|
Captain
of Marines, HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
|
1923
|
-
|
?
|
assistant
small arms instructor, RM Barracks, Plymouth
|
?
|
-
|
(01.1925)
|
RM
Depot, Deal
|
01.01.1926
|
-
|
(07.)1927
|
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
|
04.10.1927
|
-
|
(06.)1928
|
staff
course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
|
18.04.1929
|
-
|
(01.)1932
|
Staff
Officer (Intelligence) Capetown on staff
of Commander-in-Chief Africa Station [HMS Calcutta (cruiser), later HMS
Cardiff (cruiser)]
|
04.05.1932
|
-
|
(02.)1936
|
Plans
Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
|
01.04.1936
|
-
|
(08.)1939
|
Assistant
Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence
|
1939
|
-
|
1946
|
Senior
Military Assistant Secretary, War Cabinet Office
|
1947
|
-
|
1949
|
Chief
Staff Officer to Minister of Defence, also Deputy Secretary (Military) of the
Cabinet
|
Commandant
General, Royal Marines, 26.05.1949-20.05.1952.
Member Institute of Directors. Company
director and author.
Published:
One Marine's Tale (1956); War at the Top (by James Leasor, based on the
experiences of General Sir Leslie Hollis, KCB, KBE) (1959); The Captain General
(1961)
|
Hood,
Alfred Cecil
Son of William Hood.
Married (04.03.1924, Malta) Rozalia Schlesinger, daughter of Janos
Schlesinger.
|
15.02.1898
Ipswich, Suffolk
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998 ?
|
Mne.
|
22.02.1915
|
Cpl.
|
27.07.1920
|
Sgt.
|
19.07.1928
|
Staff Clerk
|
12.07.1933
|
Superintending
Clerk
|
25.03.1935
|
Lt. (QM)
|
07.11.1939
|
Capt. (QM)
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07.11.1942
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Maj. (QM) RMFVR
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23.02.1949
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RN LSGC (29.03.1931); received shares from the Naval Prize Fund for having been at
Jutland
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22.02.1915
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-
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11.07.1933
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served
in the ranks for 20 years & 31 days:
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22.02.1915
|
-
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06.10.1915
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C
Company, Royal Marine Light Infantry (Deal)
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07.10.1915
|
-
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07.12.1915
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F
Company, Royal Marine Light Infantry (Chatham)
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08.12.1915
|
-
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31.05.1918
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HMS
Champion (light cruiser)
|
01.06.1918
|
-
|
21.06.1918
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
22.06.1918
|
-
|
22.07.1919
|
HMS
Superb (battleship) (Flagship of V.Adm. Gough-Calthorpe, Eastern
Mediterranean))
|
23.07.1919
|
-
|
08.11.1919
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
09.11.1919
|
-
|
07.10.1921
|
Clerk,
Allotment Office, RM
|
18.10.1921
|
-
|
30.11.1921
|
HMS
Tiger (battlecruiser)
|
01.12.1921
|
-
|
23.01.1922
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
24.01.1922
|
-
|
30.09.1924
|
HMS
Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean)
|
01.10.1924
|
-
|
13.11.1924
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
14.11.1924
|
-
|
24.11.1925
|
HMS
Ganges (Shotley training establishment, Harwich)
|
25.11.1925
|
-
|
26.11.1925
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Chatham
Division, RM
|
27.11.1925
|
-
|
20.06.1926
|
Clerk,
Allotment Office, RM
|
19.01.1927
|
-
|
23.10.1927
|
E
Company, 12th RM Battalion
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24.10.1927
|
-
|
30.11.1928
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
01.12.1928
|
-
|
30.10.1932
|
Clerk,
Barracks
|
01.11.1932
|
-
|
11.07.1933
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Clerk,
Royal Marine Office (London)
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12.07.1933
|
-
|
06.11.1939
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served
as Warrant Officer for 4 years & 227 days:
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12.07.1933
|
-
|
06.11.1939
|
Staff
Clerk, Royal Marine Office (London)
|
?
|
-
|
(04.1940)
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RM
Depot, Deal
|
?
|
-
|
(02.1941)
|
Quartermaster,
RM Engineer Battalion
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(12.1941)
|
-
|
(06.1944)
|
Chatham
Division, RM
|
(07.1945)
|
-
|
(07.1946)
|
Quartermaster,
2nd Battalion RM Engineers
|
?
|
-
|
(07.1948)
|
Pay
and Records Office, RM
|
1948/49
?
|
|
|
transferred
to RM Forces Volunteer Reserve
|
1949
?
|
-
|
1955
?
|
Personnel & Records Office,
RM ?
|
|
Hosking,
Geoffrey Robert d'Aubrey
"Geoff"
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11.03.1922
-
01.1991
Dover, Kent
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2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1940
|
Lt.
|
11.01.1942
|
A/Capt.
|
25.11.1944
|
Capt.
|
11.01.1950 (retd
04.10.1951)
|
|
01.09.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marines
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(02.1941)
|
|
|
course
for Probationary Second Lieutenants, RM, Chatham
|
10.02.1942
|
-
|
(06.)1944
|
HMS
Frobisher (cruiser)
|
15.11.1944
|
-
|
28.07.1945
|
48
RM Commando (A Troop, Y Troop Commander) (NW Europe; went to the UK, injured)
|
(04.1946)
|
|
|
RM
Depot, Deal
|
(07.1948)
|
-
|
(05.1950)
|
Commando
School RM
|
Played rugby for England, 1949-50.
|
Houghton,
Robert Dyer
"Titch"

Son of John Mayo Houghton, and Lucy
EvelynTrotman, of Dawlish, Devon.
Married (1940) Dorothy Uladh Lyons (28.09.1912 - 10.1995), youngest daughter of Maj.Gen.
R.W.S. Lyons, IMS; two sons, one daughter.
|
07.03.1912
Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
17.01.2011
Whitesmith, near Lewes, East Sussex |
| 2nd Lt. |
01.09.1930 |
| Lt. |
01.09.1933 |
| Capt. |
31.08.1938 |
| A/Maj. |
06.05.1941 |
| ... |
... |
| Maj.Gen. |
04.09.1961 (retd
28.10.1964) |
|
Education: Haileybury (3rd term 1925-2nd term 1930).
|
1930 |
|
|
joined RM |
|
|
|
|
HMS Malaya (battleship) |
|
|
|
|
qualified as a small arms instructor |
|
1935 |
|
|
Officer Commanding an anti-aircraft battery of the
Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (Egypt, Crete) |
|
|
|
|
Chatham Division RM |
|
(04.1940) |
- |
(02.)1941 |
Adjutant, 1st Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade) |
|
1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Adjutant, 15th (S) Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade) |
|
1942 |
- |
19.08.1942 |
Second-in-Command, 40 RM Commando (Dieppe; captured)
(MC) |
|
19.08.1942 |
- |
1945 |
POW in German captivity |
|
1945 |
|
|
Commanding Officer, 45 RM Commando |
|
|
|
|
staff course, Staff College, Camberley |
|
|
|
|
Commanding Officer, 40 RM Commando (Palestine) |
|
... |
- |
... |
... |
Colonel Commandant, Royal Marines, 01.01.1973-31.12.1976.
General Secretary, Royal UK Beneficent Association, 1968-1978. Deputy Lieutenant
(DL) East Sussex, 1977. |
Howard,
Alfred James Richard
Son of Alfred and Eliza Howard.
|
08.05.1896
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
|
Bugler
|
12.07.1910 [15490]
|
T/Sgt.Maj.
|
28.04.1942
|
T/Lt.
|
23.09.1942
|
A/T/Capt.
|
02.07.1943 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
|
12.07.1910
|
|
|
joined
Royal Marine Light Infantry (Portsmouth Division)
|
01.1941
|
|
|
civilian
instructor, Air Ministry
|
28.04.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Marines [temporary commission]
|
(08.1942)
|
|
|
Portsmouth
Division, Royal Marines
|
?
|
-
|
(02.)1943
|
Combined
Operations HQ *
|
12.04.1943
|
-
|
(08.)1943
|
Adjutant
RM Unit Combined Operations & CI Duties [HMS Victory III (accounting
section, Watage, Berkshire)]
|
24.09.1943
|
-
|
30.05.1944
|
HMS
Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend)
|
30.05.1944
|
-
|
(09.1945)
|
HMS
Robertson (Combined Operations base, Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Kent)
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
Howe,
Geoffrey
"Geoff"
|
?
- |
| T/2nd Lt. |
12.02.1944 |
| T/A/Lt. |
10.06.1944 |
| T/Lt. |
12.08.1944 |
|
|
12.03.1944 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for
landing craft duty) |
|
Hunton,
Sir Thomas Lionel

Son of Theodore Hunton. Married (1919)
Margaret M.F., daughter of LtCol W.H. Steele, late RAMC; one son (one
daughter deceased).
|
30.10.1885
Barton Regis, Gloucestershire
-
20.04.1970
[Belvedere, Lympstone, Near Exmouth,
South Devon ?]
|
2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1903
|
Lt.
|
01.07.1904
|
Capt.
|
01.09.1914
|
Brev. Maj.
|
01.01.1919
|
Maj.
|
24.01.1924
|
Brev. Lt.Col.
|
31.12.1930
|
Lt.Col.
|
05.04.1933
|
Brev. Col.
|
05.10.1935,
seniority 05.10.1934
|
Col. 2nd Comdt.
|
01.06.1936,
seniority 31.12.1933
|
Col. Comdt.
|
01.10.1938
|
T/Brig.
|
01.10.1938-30.09.1940
|
Maj.Gen.
|
01.10.1940
|
Lt.Gen.
|
26.01.1943
|
Gen.
|
01.05.1945 (retd
25.06.1946)
|
British War Medal; Victory Medal
|
Education: Clifton College
1903
|
|
|
joined
RM
|
1914
|
-
|
1918
|
served
European War, including Battle of Jutland (despatches twice [11.12.1918], Chevalier Légion
d'Honneur, Star of Roumania, Chevalier)
|
17.10.1918
|
-
|
03.03.1919
|
General
Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RM
|
04.03.1919
|
-
|
21.01.1923
|
Adjutant,
RM
|
(01.1925)
|
|
|
Depot
RM, Deal
|
03.11.1926
|
-
|
(07.1927)
|
HMS
Renown (battlecruiser)
|
(08.1929)
|
|
|
Depot
RM, Deal
|
01.04.1930
|
-
|
31.08.1933
|
Deputy
Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), RM
|
(01.1934)
|
-
|
(07.1935)
|
Portsmouth
Division, RM
|
05.10.1935
|
-
|
30.09.1938
|
Assistant
Adjutant-General (AAG), Royal Marines, HQ
|
01.10.1938
|
-
|
1941
|
Commanded
Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines
|
26.01.1943
|
-
|
1946
|
Commandant
General, Royal Marines
[Adjutant-General to 24.11.1943,
General Officer Commanding to 27.05.1945]
|
ADC to the King, 30.09.1939-30.09.1940; interpreter in
Japanese.
|