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Hart, W.J.  to  Hunton, T.L.
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	17.11.1905 - 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
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
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) 07.11.1942 Maj. (QM) RMFVR 23.02.1949 RN LSGC (29.03.1931); received shares from the Naval Prize Fund for having been at Jutland	22.02.1915 - 11.07.1933 served in the ranks for 20 years & 31 days: 22.02.1915 - 06.10.1915 C Company, Royal Marine Light Infantry (Deal) 07.10.1915 - 07.12.1915 F Company, Royal Marine Light Infantry (Chatham) 08.12.1915 - 31.05.1918 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 Chatham Division, RM 27.11.1925 - 20.06.1926 Clerk, Allotment Office, RM 19.01.1927 - 23.10.1927 E Company, 12th RM Battalion 24.10.1927 - 30.11.1928 Chatham Division, RM 01.12.1928 - 30.10.1932 Clerk, Barracks 01.11.1932 - 11.07.1933 Clerk, Royal Marine Office (London) 12.07.1933 - 06.11.1939 served as Warrant Officer for 4 years & 227 days: 12.07.1933 - 06.11.1939 Staff Clerk, Royal Marine Office (London) ? - (04.1940) RM Depot, Deal ? - (02.1941) Quartermaster, RM Engineer Battalion (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"	11.03.1922 - 01.1991 Dover, Kent	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 (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.
Howard, Alfred James Richard	(06?).1896 Alverstoke, Hampshire -	T/Sgt.Maj. 28.04.1942 T/Lt. 23.09.1942 A/T/Capt. 02.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	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
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). ° papers	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) KCB 01.01.1944 New Year 44 CB 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MVO 27.06.1927 visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia OBE 1918 ? MID 11.12.1918 Aegean MID 11.04.1919 Aegean 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.

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