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J.L.A. Macafee   to   T.D. Mycroft
Macafee,
John Leeper Anketell

J.L.A. Macafee
Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Thomas Boyd Macafee (1877-1963), and Muriel Katherine Allen (1886-1961).
Married ((09?).1939, Hollingbourne district, Kent) Mary Ruth Nowell Lewis (1916 - 11.12.2012); one child.
24.07.1915
Ballymoney, Ireland
-
20.02.1974
Bredhurst, Gillingham, Maidstone district, Kent
2nd Lt. 01.09.1934
Lt. 20.02.1937
Capt. 09.04.1940
A/Maj. 02.05.1942-23.01.1947,
22.01.1948-31.12.1948
Maj. 31.12.1948
A/Lt.Col. 30.05.1955-05.12.1955
local Lt.Col. 14.11.1949-?,
05.03.1956-30.06.1956
Lt.Col. 30.06.1956
Col. 31.12.1960 (retd 24.07.1964)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 13.06.1964

HM's birthday 1964

... - ... ...
30.12.1938 - (05.)1940 HMS Royal Sovereign (Royal Sovereign class battleship)
28.05.1940 - (06.)1941 Fleet Recreational Officer, Mediterranean & Assistant Naval Provost Marshal, Alexandria [HMS Warspite (Queen Elizabeth class battleship), accommodated in HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
26.06.1941 - (02.)1942 Fleet Recreational Officer, Mediterranean & Assistant Naval Provost Marshal, Alexandria [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
(04.1942)     Plymouth Division RM
(06.1942) - (04.1943) 3rd Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade)
(06.1943)     Second-in-Command, 3rd Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade)
(08.1943) - (10.1944) Second-in-Command, 44 RM Commando
(01.1945) - (07.1945) 3rd Commando Brigade HQ (waiting disposal)
(10.1945)     RM Training Group Devon
... - ... ...
 14.01.1960 - (01.1960) Fleet RM Officer, Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia]
      Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiralty
28.08.1961 - (02.1962) Director, Naval Security Department, Admiralty
28.03.1963 - 24.07.1964 ADC to HM the Queen
Mackinnon,
John Withers

Son of James and Helen W. Mackinnon, of Glasgow.
15.07.1921
-
23.03.1943
[age 22]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 93]
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942
15.05.1942     commissioned, Royal Marines [temporary commission]
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
(08.1942) - 23.03.1943 RM Boom Patrol Detachment [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM] (captured on 12.12.1942 during the Operation Frankton, the RM canoe raid on the River Gironde, imprisoned for some months and executed by the Germans in Paris) 
Macmillan,
Ian Macleod

I.M. Macmillan
22.10.1919
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
-
1992
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Army:  
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 08.05.1943 [269654]
WS/Lt. 08.11.1943 (reld 01.08.1944)
RM:  
T/Lt. 01.08.1944, seniority 08.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: University of Edinburgh (1st year Classics student, 1939).
1939     enlisted, Army
08.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.08.1944     transferred, Royal Marines
(10.1944) - (01.)1945 29th RM Battalion
(04.)1945 - (07.1945) No. 1 (Assault) Squadron, 34th Amphibian Support Regiment RM
Became qualified in Dentistry from Glasgow University, 29.10.1951 (LDS, RFPS).
Macpherson,
Michael Stuart

M.S. Macpherson
Son of Cdr. Alan Duncan Leslie Macpherson, DSC, RN (1894-1960), and Sybil Ada Phillips (1896-1959).
10.08.1919
Red Lodge, Craneswater Park, Southsea, Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
09.10.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania]
T/2nd Lt. 10.10.1940
T/Lt. 10.04.1941
A/T/Capt. 29.07.1943
(02.1941) - (04.)1944 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1)
(12.1941)     Orderly Officer, No. 11 Searchlight Regiment
1944 - (06.)1944 RM Training Group Wales
1944 - 09.10.1944 40 RM Commando
Mahoney,
David Callaghan
D.C. Mahoney (© Imperial War Museum (A 27997)) D.C. Mahoney

15.01.1920
-
09.07.1992
Bantry, Cork, Ireland
2nd Lt. 01.01.1938
A/Lt. 15.12.1939-29.02.1940
Lt. 01.03.1940
A/Capt. 11.08.1941-31.07.1942,
26.08.1944-(01.1946)
Capt. ?
Maj. ? (retd 15.01.1970)
Hon. Lt.Col. 15.01.1970
Military Cross MC 19.10.1951 Malaya 1951 [investiture 21.07.1953]
... - ... ...
26.08.1944 - (04.1945) Squadron RM Officer, HMS Illustrious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
... - ... ...
(1951)     42 Commando RM (MC)
... - ... ...
Mahoney,
John Edward
J.E. Mahoney
?
-
?
... ...
T/Maj. 24.06.1943
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Malcolm,
Pulteney William
P.W. Malcolm (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan)
10.04.1882
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
-
24.12.1946
Lanholm, Dumfiresshire, Scotland
2nd Lt. 01.09.1900
Lt. 01.07.1901
Capt. 01.09.1911
Maj. 06.06.1917 (retd 30.03.1931; own request) (recalled for service 03.09.1939) (reverted to retd 24.07.1942; medical unfitness)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 11.11.1919

?

... - ... ...
26.01.1927 - 12.01.1928 12th RM Battalion
... - ... ...
08.09.1939 - 25.06.1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (additional):
08.09.1939 - 20.07.1941 Sea Transport Officer I, Barry
21.07.1941 - 25.06.1942 Sea Transport Officer I, Cardiff
26.06.1942 - 23.07.1942 Chatham Division RM
Marsh,
Alan Edward

A.E. Marsh
05.05.1912
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
12.04.2001
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
01.01.1935
Lt.
21.05.1937
Capt.
13.01.1941 (retd 30.09.1953)
T/Maj.
17.01.1944-(01.1946)



served in the ranks for 4 years, 45 days
(07.1935)
-
(02.1936)
Portsmouth Division, RM
?
-
(02.)1937
RM Depot, Deal
1937
-
(07.)1937
Plymouth Division, RM
01.07.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
1938
-
(06.)1938
Plymouth Division, RM
27.06.1938
-
(08.)1938
pilots' course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell
10.09.1938
-
(04.)1939
pilots' course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon
(08.1939)
-
(04.1940)
Fleet Air Arm
21.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
pilot, 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)]
05.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)]
14.05.1942
-
10.1942
Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)]
(02.1943)
-
(12.1943)
RM Planning Section, Combined Operations HQ
18.03.1944
-
(06.1944)
Lieutenant-Commander, Flying, HMS Rajah (escort carrier)
31.12.1944
-
11.06.1945
HMS Khedive (escort carrier)
12.06.1945
-
21.11.1945
HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee)
?
-
(04.1946)
Plymouth Division, RM
?
-
(07.1948)
42 Commando RM
?
-
(05.1950)
Plymouth Division, RM
?
-
(05.1953)
RM Barracks, Eastney
Published: Flying marines (1980)
Marsh,
Jeffrey Charles
J.C. Marsh
Son of ... Marsh, and ... Baker.
(06?).1923
Canterbury district, Kent
-
T/2nd Lt. 21.08.1942
T/Lt. 21.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1942)     Portsmouth Division RM
1942 - (12.1942) RM Division *
(02.1943) - (10.)1943 RM Infantry Training Centre
1943 - (12.1943) 22nd (Training) Battalion RM
(02.1944) - (04.)1944 RM Holding Commando
(05.)1944 - (06.)1944 "A" Troop, 46 RM Commando
1944 - (10.)1944 45 RM Commando
10.12.1944 - (01.)1945 Naval Party 2401 [HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island)]
(04.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Marshall,
Frederick Nicholas

F.N. Marshall F.N. Marshall
F.N. Marshall F.N. Marshall
F.N. Marshall F.N. Marshall
F.N. Marshall F.N. Marshall
Son (with one sister) of Reginald Frank Marshall (1871-1956), and Louise Maud Brough (1875-1960).
Married (21.04.1942, Plymstock Parish Church, Plymstock, Devon) Betty Evelyn Pengelly (20.03.1922 - 04.05.2013), daughter (with two brothers) of Frederick George Pengelly (1893-1990), and Minnie Eveline Jones (1897-1982); two sons.
15.04.1917
Rogate, Harting, Midhurst district, West Sussex
-
24.11.1970
Eastleigh, Winchester district, Hampshire
T/2nd Lt. 22.03.1941
T/Lt. 22.09.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(06.1941) - (04.)1944 Troop Officer, "O" Battery, 12th RM Searchlight Regiment, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
23.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Marshall,
Lionel Guy Bradford

L.G.B. Marshall
Son of Harry Guy Marshall, and Florence Edna Marshall (née McConnell), of Tealby, Lincolnshire.
(03?).1918
Westhampnett district, Sussex
-
03.02.1945
(KIA) [age 27]
[Bari War Cemetery, Italy, VII.D.4]
T/2nd Lt.
01.12.1939
T/Lt.
01.06.1940
A/T/Capt.
< 06.1944
Military Cross MC
08.02.1944
capture of Termoli 30.10.43 (Italy)
Military Cross MC
18.04.1944
crossing Barigliano 22.01.44
?
-
(04.1940)
3rd Battalion, RM Brigade
?
-
(02.1941)
3rd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade
?
-
(12.1941)
3rd Battalion, 101st RM Brigade
(08.1942)
-
(10.1943)
101st RM Brigade
(12.1943)
-
(04.1944)
HQ Special Service Group
(06.1944)
-
03.02.1945
40 RM Commando [killed in action]
Martin,
William Hynd Norrie
see: RN officers' section  
Mascall,
Reginald George
"Reggie"

R.G. Mascall
Son of Capt. George Percival Yorke Mascall (1881-1964), and Florence May Hearn (1890-1968), of St John's Wood.
Married 1st (31.10.1936, All Saints' Catholic Church, Oxted, Surrey South Eastern district; marriage dissolved) Adelaide Rona Windle (21.08.1913 - (09?).1980), younger daughter of Ronald Gage Windle (1877-1962), and Edith Sarah E. Barrow (1873-1918), of Stonycroft, Limpsfield, Surrey; one daughter. She remarried ((06?).1945, Windsor district, Berkshire) Henry George Sydney Robson (1899-1978).
Married 2nd Phyllis Helen Yannedis (27.01.1907 - 02.2002), daughter of Paul Christo Yannedis (1877-1951), and Mabel Ellen L. Harding (1879-1931), of Broomwater, West Teddington; two sons. She married previously ((12?).1932, Kingston district, Surrey) Hubert Frank Stewart Emerson (1907-1973).
(09?).1909
East Stonehouse district, Devon
-
(03?).1966
Westminster district, London
(died of cancer)
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1928
Prob. Lt. 01.09.1931
Lt. 26.04.1932, seniority 01.09.1931
Capt. 24.07.1937 (resigned commission 06.10.1937)
T/Lt. 06.10.1941
T/A/Capt. 18.11.1941
T/Capt. 18.09.1942 (reld 03.05.1946) (re-activated?) (commission terminated 01.03.1952)
Army:  
Lt. 01.03.1952, seniority 04.08.1947 [421315]
Capt. 04.08.1953
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted]
03.01.1929 - (08.1929) course for Prob. 2nd Lts. RM, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
? - (04.)1930 RM Depot Deal
(08.)1930 - (02.)1931 Plymouth Division RM
27.10.1931 - (08.)1934 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
1934 - (11.1934) Chatham Division RM
? - (02.)1935 Portsmouth Division RM
1935 - (07.)1935 Chatham Division RM
14.09.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Australia)
1936 - (08.)1936 HMS President IV (base defences, Mediterranean)
(10.)1936 - (01.)1937 Chatham Division RM
1937 - (02.)1937 Portsmouth Division RM
15.04.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
18.11.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
22.09.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Berwick (cruiser) (DSC)
01.03.1952 - 01.03.1956 commissioned, Royal Pioneer Corps [short service commission]
01.03.1956 - 1959? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Mason,
Robert

R. Mason
?
-
?
? [PLY/114362]
T/Lt.
06.08.1942
T/A/Capt.
05.10.1943?-(04.1944)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
12.02.1946
NW Europe
(08.1942)
-
(10.1943)
RM Division
05.10.1943
-
(04.)1944
HMS Dorlin (Combined Operations base, Acharacle, Argyll)
(06.)1944
-
(10.1944)
RM Training Group Devon
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
RM Engineers
Masters,
Cyril Herbert Charles
C.H.C. Masters (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Colgan)
Son (with one brother and one half-brother) of Lt. Charles Monro Masters, RN (1867-1901), and Susan Elizabeth White (1872-1931).
Married ((06?).1940, Kensington district, London) Stella Margaret Gabrielle Davies (née Evans) (17.09.1903 - 29.01.1988).

03.11.1900
Rochester, Medway district, Kent
-
17.01.1976
Tonbridge district, Kent
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1918
Prob. Lt. RMA 01.09.1921
Lt. ?, seniority 01.09.1921
Capt. 01.09.1929
Maj. 15.03.1939 (retd 03.11.1942)
Lt.Col. (retd) 08.08.1948
... - ... ...
26.01.1927 - 13.01.1928 12th RM Battalion
... - ... ...
31.03.1937 - 25.04.1937 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty (on probation) [HMS President]
26.04.1937 - 09.10.1938 Assistant Range Table Officer (Naval), Naval Ordnance Committee
10.10.1938 - 02.11.1942 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Maton,
John Richard

J.R. Maton (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) J.R. Maton (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)
J.R. Maton (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton) J.R. Maton (Photo courtesy of Mr Terence Maton)
Son (with five sisters and three brothers) of Charles Edward Maton (1877-1937), and Edith Frances Chandler (1883-1962).
Married (04.03.1944, St. Mark's, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Patricia Dugan (02.11.1919 - 03.09.1999), daughter of Patrick Dugan (1871-1950), and Ruby Rose Beatrice Evans (1887-1983); one daughter, one son.
09.12.1917
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
23.08.1973
St Pancras district, London (formerly of Chatham)
T/2nd Lt. 15.08.1940
T/Lt. 15.02.1941 (reld 28.03.1946)
T/A/Capt. 12.04.1943-(03.1944),
24.03.1944-(10.1945)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 04.04.1944 services in Italy
Education: Sir Joseph Williamson's Maths School.
02.09.1940 - 12.10.1940 Probationary Temporary 2ne Lieutenant's Abbreviated Course
(10.1940)     Portsmouth Division RM
(12.)1940 - (02.)1941 8th Battalion, 103rd RM Brigade
(04.1941)     Chatham Division RM
(06.1941)     RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(08.)1941 - (02.)1942 RM Signal Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(04.1942)     RM Signal School
(06.)1942 - (08.)1942 RM Division Signals
(10.)1942 - (12.1942) RM Signal Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2)
(02.1943) - (04.)1944 Officer Commanding, "B" Cable Section, No. 1 Company, Group Signals, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (2) (despatches)
(06.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
? - (01.)1945 Chatham Division RM
03.03.1945 - (10.1945) Instructor of Signalling, Chatham Division RM
Maude,
Neil Stanley Eustace

N.S.E. Maude
21.04.1920
-
30.05.1987
Somerton, Yeovil district, Somerset
2nd Lt.
01.09.1938
Lt.
14.04.1940
A/Capt.
06.06.1942-16.12.1943,
01.09.1944-(01.1946)
Capt.
14.04.1948
A/Maj.
17.12.1943-31.08.1944
Maj.
30.06.1956
Lt.Col.
31.12.1961
Col.
31.12.1965 (retd late 1960s?)
A/Brig.
01.03.1968
Mentioned in Despatches MID
29.08.1944
Italy
(10.1938)
-
(02.)1939
RM Course, Plymouth
(04.)1939
-
(04.)1940
RM Course, Portsmouth
05.05.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Cornwall (cruiser)
1941
-
(12.1941)
RM Depot, Deal
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
(02.1943)
-
(12.1943)
Commando Group RM
(04.1944)
-
(06.1944)
40 RM Commando
20.03.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Belfast (cruiser)
?
-
(07.1948)
RM Depot, Deal
?
-
(05.1949)
Staff College, Camberley
19.12.1949
-
(05.1950)
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Plans and Staff Duties), General Staff, Royal Marine HQ [= RM Office]
?
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (Admiralty) *
?
-
(04.1955)
Infantry Training Centre, RM
?
-
(01.1956)
40 RM Commando
?
-
(01.1957)
RM Barracks, Eastney
?
-
(07.1961)
Infantry Training Centre, RM
15.01.1962
-
(02.1963)
Commanding Officer, 45 RM Commando
16.09.1963
-
(02.1964)
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), General Staff, Royal Marine HQ [= RM Office]
(02.1968)
-
(02.1969)
Plymouth Group RM
* indexed, but not listed as such
Maul,
Richard Henry Leigh
R.H.L. Maul (Photo: Dunedin Society)
Son of ... Maul, and ... Hoskyns.
19.06.1917
Banbury district, Northamptonshire / Oxfordshire / Warwickshire
-
24.11.1941
[age 24]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 58, column 2]
2nd Lt.
01.01.1936
A/Lt.
04.01.1938-31.01.1938
Lt.
01.02.1938
A/Capt.
01.04.1940-24.11.1941
?
-
(02.1936)
RM Depot, Deal
?
-
(02.)1937
Portsmouth Division RM
1937
-
(07.1937)
RM Depot, Deal
04.01.1938
-
08.1939
HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
26.08.1939
-
24.11.1941
HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Maxwell,
John

J. Maxwell
Son of Arthur Henry and Vereana Estelle Beresford Maxwell, of Corduff, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic.
12.08.1913
-
20.07.1945
[age 32]
[Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore, collective grace 23.A.12-14]
2nd Lt.
01.01.1932
Lt.
01.01.1935
Capt.
22.05.1939
A/Maj.
20.04.1944-20.07.1945
Bt. Maj.
30.06.1944
(09.1932)
-
(05.)1933
RM Depot, Deal
1933
-
(06.1933)
Chatham Division RM
?
-
(01.)1934
Portsmouth Division RM
1934
-
(07.1934)
Plymouth Division RM
04.01.1935
-
(07.1935)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(02.1936)
 
 
no appointment listed
03.06.1936
-
(02.)1937
HMS Ramillies (battleship)
1937
-
(07.)1937
Plymouth Division RM
10.07.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Coventry (cruiser) (Portsmouth)
(06.)1938
-
(08.)1938
Plymouth Division RM
(10.)1938
-
(08.)1939
Portsmouth Division RM
07.10.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
1941
-
(12.1941)
Portsmouth Division RM
24.03.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Anson (battleship)
?
-
(04.1944)
Portsmouth Division RM
(06.1944)
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed
(03.1945)
-
20.07.1945
HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
[head of a Small Operations Group party that had landed by canoe from a submarine in March 1945 on the island of Phuket on the West Coast of Siam (Thailand) (Operation Copyright); captured and eventually killed (beheaded) by th Japanese [story]]
McGarel-Groves,
Robin Jullian
R.J. McGarel-Groves R.J. McGarel-Groves (© Imperial War Museum A 30756)

Son of Lt.Col. Edward Julian McGarel-Groves, DSO, MC, Scots Guards (1894-1959), and Hon. Norah Evelyn McGarel-Hogg (1890-1967).
His father had changed surname by deed poll of 02.03.1926 from Groves to McGarel-Groves
Maried (18.06.1949, St Michael & All Angels' Church, Helensburgh, Scotland) Constance Morton Macmillan (1921–2001); four sons.
06.06.1920
Kensington, London
-
05.12.2014
Lymington Hospital
[buried at East Boldre, Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire]
2nd Lt. 01.01.1939
Lt. 11.08.1940
A/Capt. 20.05.1943
... ...
Col. 30.06.1966 (retd 05.06.1970)
Brig. 22.07.1968-05.06.1970
Education: Eton (1938).
... - ... ...
20.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Venerable (Colossus class aircraft carrier)
... - ... ...
McLean,
Arthur Nigel Fitzroy
M.J. Cotton M.J. Cotton
Married ...; ... children (three sons?).
13.03.1922
-
04.1972
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942 (reld 07.07.1946)
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
28.06.1942 - 01.03.1944 7th Battalion RM, 101st RM Brigade (from 05.1943 RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization 2)
02.03.1944 - 06.06.1944 Second-in-Command, X Troop, 48 RM Commando (wounded at St. Aubin sur Mer; evacuated)
07.06.1944 - (01.)1945 RM Holding Commando
(04.)1945 - (04.)1946 Plymouth Division RM
Mercer,
Lawrence
L. Mercer

06.06.1896
-
21.10.1952
Whitwell, Isle of Wight
T/2nd Lt.... 02.09.1914
T/Lt. 26.05.1915
Lt. 02.06.1915
T/Capt. 14.09.1917-05.01.1921
Capt. 06.01.1921
Maj. 23.10.1934
A/Lt.Col. 01.09.1942-06.01.1944,
25.05.1944-12.07.1945
Lt.Col. (Paym.) 13.07.1945 (retd 15.04.1946; own request)
A/Col. 2nd Comdt. 07.01.1944-24.05.1944
... - ... ...
09.08.1939 - 31.01.1940 Drafting Officer, Plymouth Division RM
01.02.1940 - 31.08.1942 Brigade Major, Chatham Division
01.09.1942 - 16.08.1944 FOGD, Plymouth Division
17.08.1944 - 31.12.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty with CCMS HQ, Naval Section)
01.01.1945 - 31.03.1945 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty with CCMS HQ, Naval Section)
01.04.1945 - 16.06.1945 HMS Royal Albert
17.06.1945 - 30.06.1945 HMS Royal Albert (additional; for Naval Party 1749)
01.07.1945 - 14.04.1946 Plymouth Division RM
Messer-Bennetts,
Michael

M. Messer-Bennetts (© Imperial War Museum (A 23692)) M. Messer-Bennetts (© Imperial War Museum (A 23695))
31.08.1908
St Feock, Cornwall
-
12.08.2005
Truro, Cornwall
... ...
T/Capt. 12.02.1942
T/A/Maj. 12.11.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
... - ... ...
01.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(06.1944)     on staff of Assault Group S3 (Normandy)
24.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Lothian (landing ship, infantry (headquarters))
08.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(10.1945)     Portsmouth Division, RM
Milliken,
Frank Andrew
F.A. Milliken

Son of James Milliken, and Mary Ford.
Married Elizabeth Lilian Melvill Coode, of Hooe, Devon.
24.03.1903
Chatham, Medway district, Kent
-
07.09.1945
Penang, Malaysia (accidental death)
[Western Road Cemetery, Penang, Malaysia, grave L.2393]
2nd Lt. 01.09.1921
Lt. 01.09.1924
Capt. 01.09.1933
A/Maj. 12.07.1941-23.10.1941,
01.08.1942-05.01.1943,
26.05.1944-07.09.1945
A/Lt.Col. 06.01.43-25.05.1944
... - ... ...
29.12.1936 - 10.09.1939 HMS Suffolk (Kent class cruiser)
11.09.1939 - 25.11.1939 Plymouth Division RM
26.11.1939 - 23.10.1941 HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
24.10.1941 - 01.04.1942 Plymouth Division RM
02.04.1942 - 05.01.1943 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), MNBDO Reinforcement Depot, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2)
06.01.1943 - 23.03.1943 104th (Training) Brigade RM
24.04.1943 - 25.05.1944 Commanding Officer, 24th Battalion RM, 3rd Mobile Naval Base Brigade, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)
26.05.1944 - 04.07.1944 attached HQ RM Training Groups Devon
05.07.1944 - 13.10.1944 Second-in-Command, 25th (Training) Battalion, RM Training Group Devon
14.10.1944 - 19.03.1945 HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship)
20.03.1945 - 20.03.1945 Portsmouth Division RM
21.03.1945 - 07.09.1945 HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship)
Moonie,
George
G. Moonie (© Imperial War Museum (A 23694))
1915?
-
2002?
T/Lt. 17.11.1941
A/T/Capt. 22.04.1943
Mentioned in Despatches MID 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy o6.1944)
... - ... ...
01.09.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
(06.1944)     536th LCA Flotilla (Force "S") (Normandy)
... - ... ...
Moore,
Arthur

A. Moore
Son of Charles Francis Moore, and Ruth Mary Moore (née Watts); husband of Irene Madeline Moore, of Southsea, Hampshire, England.
1908 ?
South Yorkshire
-
18.02.1945
(KIA) [age 37]
[Sydney War Cemetery, V.C. 13]
Clr.Sgt.
? [Ch.24477]
T/Lt.
16.09.1944
16.09.1944


commissioned, Royal Marines [temporary commission]
Moore,
Roland Frank
R.F. Moore

Married ((03?).1939, Surrey North Eastern district) Joan Winifred Burgess (29.11.1919 - 21.12.1980); ... children.
28.12.1913
Kingston district, Surrey
-
05.05.1988
Clyst St Mary, Devon
T/2nd Lt. 22.02.1941
T/Lt. 22.09.1941 (reld 07.11.1946)
A/T/Capt. 05.10.1942
1941 - (04.)1941 Plymouth Division RM
(06.1941) - (02.)1942 "E" Battery, No. 3 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2))
(04.)1942 - (06.)1942 Headquarters, Coast Artillery Regiment (2) (RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (2))
1942 - (08.)1942 RM Divisional Artillery
1942 - (10.)1942 Training Battery, RM Divisional Artillery
(12.)1942 - (02.)1943 Battery Captain, 1st RM Field Battery, RM Divisional Artillery
1943 - (04.)1943 Administrative Officer, 1st RM Field Battery, RM Divisional Artillery
1943 - (06.)1943 RM Artillery Training Camp (Burma Camp, Llwynwril) (RM Training Group Wales) (waiting disposal)
(08.)1943 - (01.)1945 Officer Commanding, Light Anti-Aircraft Wing, RM Artillery Training Camp (Burma Camp, Llwynwril) (RM Training Group Wales)
(04.)1945 - (07.)1945 no appointment listed
(10.)1945 - (10.1946) Plymouth Division RM
His son writes: "Originally with the Royal Artillery then switched to the Royal Marines around the outbreak of WW2. Maybe based at one time in Plymouth/Portsmouth? Rank Captain, trained with troops in Scotland, Landed in June '44 Normandy. Leg amputated, then back with a convoy that eventually arrived by the Keil canal after collecting info/scientific/materials en route. Later, Provost Marshall,? interrogating prisoners in camps."
Morgan,
Maelgwyn
M. Morgan
10.11.1904
-
06.08.1979
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 10.02.1943
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Morley-Scott,
William
W. Morley-Scott
?
-
?
... ...
T/Maj. 05.11.1943
      RM Engineers
... - ... ...
Morris,
Ernest Horace
E.H. Morris (Photo courtesy of Chris Morris)
Married ((12?).1954, Bromley district, Kent) Olive Maud Mariner (23.05.1916 - 01.2003), daughter of Frederick James Mariner (1877-1962), and Emily Florence Hudson (1884-1978); one son.
27.02.1903
West Thurrock, Orsett district, Essex
-
08.08.1982
Carshalton Beeches, Sutton district, Surrey
Colour Sergeant 29.12.1938 [Ch.22828]
T/Lt. 01.04.1943 (dispersal 01.10.1945) (reld 26.11.1945)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 12.09.1944 Operation Gun (operation off West Coast of Italy, 27.03.1944) [decoration posted]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Italy Star It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
03.01.1921     enlisted RM
01.04.1943 - 22.05.1943 Portsmouth Division RM
23.05.1943 - 28.09.1945 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon), from 01.09.1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):
23.05.1943 - 11.07.1945 HM LCG 20 (landing craft, gun)
12.07.1945 - 28.09.1945 HMS Robertson (Combined Operations base, Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Kent) (on pool, for major craft)
29.09.1945 - 26.11.1945 Chatham Division RM (for release under Class "A"
Morris,
Hector Philip
H.P. Morris

 
14.10.1910
West Ham district, Essex
-
23.12.1987
Clare, Sudbury district, Suffolk
T/2nd Lt. 15.05.1942
T/Lt. 15.11.1942
25.05.1942 - 27.06.1942 Platoon Weapons Course, RM Division
1942 - (08.)1942 1st Battalion, 101st RM Brigade
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 42 RM Commando
Morson,
Peter Lincoln

P.L. Morson (Photo courtesy of Mr Stephen Morson)
Eldest son (with two brothers) of Albert Clifford Morson (1882-1975), and Adela Frances M. Phene (1891-1982), of London NW11.
Married 1st (02.08.1957) Joan Barley, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Barley, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; two sons, two daughters
Married 2nd Mary Evans Gummey; two stepdaughters.
18.05.1919
Hampstead district, Greater London
-
07.02.2014
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
T/2nd Lt. 28.10.1939
T/A/Lt. 16.02.1940
T/Lt. 28.04.1940 (reld 21.07.1950)
T/A/Capt. 30.12.1940
WS/Capt. ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 04.10.1940 Norway
Education: Beaumont College, Windsor; Magdalene College, Cambridge.
(12.)1939 - (04.)1940 Portsmouth Division RM
(05.)1940 - 05?.1941 Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (1):
(05.)1940 - (08.)1940 21st RM Light Battery
(10.1940) - (12.1940) no appointment listed
(02.1941) - 05?.1941 Second-in-Command, 23rd Light Battery, No. 2 RM Anti-Aircraft Regiment (served at Crete [captured])
05?.1941 - 1945 POW (No. 3374) in German captivity (Oflag O 7B, Fuchstaat, Germany)
Moulton,
James Louis
"Jim"

J.L. Moulton J.L. Moulton
J.L. Moulton (© Imperial War Museum (B 5148)) J.L. Moulton (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x181134)
J.L. Moulton (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x181132) J.L. Moulton (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x181133)
 

Son (with two brothers) of Capt. John Davis Moulton, RN (1853-1921), and Beatrice Nutter Cox (1870-1955).
Brother of Capt. John Frederick Morris Moulton, RM.

03.06.1906
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
-
22.11.1993
Chertsey, Surrey
2nd Lt. 01.09.1924
... ...
Capt. 01.04.1936
A/Maj. 29.06.1940-03.01.1941.
13.01.1941-18.12.1941,
01.02.1943-23.09.1943
Bt. Maj. 31.12.1944
Maj. 01.12.1945
A/Lt.Col. 19.12.1941-31.01.1943,
24.09.1943-14.03.1945
A/Col.Cdt. (T/Brig.) 15.03.1945
... ...
Maj.Gen. 01.06.1954 (retd 02.10.1961)
Companion, Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB 02.01.1956 New Year 1956
Distinguished Service Order DSO 29.08.1944 Normandy 06.1944 [investiture 26.02.1946]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 1950
Mentioned in Despatches MID 02.04.1946 services with British Army of the Rhine
... - ... ..
27.12.1939 - 18.06.1940 seconded as General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3), Operations Section, General Headquarters (GHQ) British Expeditionary Force (BEF) (France)
19.06.1940 - 23.06.1940 RM Reserve Depot Exmouth (temporary)
24.06.1940 - 05.01.1941 Commandant, Liaison School (War Office school for training of Motor Contact Officers at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 10.1940 at Brasenose College, Oxford)
06.01.1941 - 12.01.1941 Chatham Division RM
13.01.1941 - 18.02.1941 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional)
19.02.1941 - 16.03.1942 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), from 19.12.1941 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), HQ RM Division
17.03.1942 - 30.12.1942 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), HQ Force 121 (Operation Ironclad, capture of Diego Suarez & Madagascar)
31.12.1942 - 31.01.1943 Plymouth Division RM
01.02.1943 - 13.08.1943 Second-in-Command, 10th RM Battalion, RM Division (UK)
14.08.1943 - 01.03.1944 HMS President (for duty with Chief of Combined Operations (CCO), inside Combined Operations Headquarters (COHQ), from 24.09.1943 as General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1))
02.03.1944 - 14.03.1945 Commanding Officer, 48 RM Commando (UK, Normandy, Walcheren, Dutch Islands, River Maas) (DSO)
15.03.1945 - 20.01.1946 Commander, 4th Commando Brigade (defence of Dutch river line, occupational duties Germany) (despatches)
... - ... ..
Published: Haste to the battle (1963; war memoirs 1943-1945); Defence in a changing world (1964); The Norwegian Campaign of 1940 (1966); British maritime strategy in the 1970s (1969); The Royal Marines (1972; rev. ed. 1981); Battle for Antwerp (1978).
Mucklow,
Antony Trelawny
"Tony"
A.T. Mucklow (© Imperial War Museum (A 13895))

31.01.1917
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
27.06.2011
Teignmouth, Devon
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.01.1936
A/Lt. 04.01.1938-31.01.1938
Lt. 01.02.1938
A/Capt. 17.10.1940-02.10.1943
Capt. 03.10.1943 (retd 1958)
Education: Radley (1932-1935).
... - ... ...
17.10.1940 - (02.1943) HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
? - (10.1944) RM Military School, Thurlestone (attached)
... - ... ...
Muldowney,
Ronald Samuel Ivor

R.S.I. Muldowney (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 31875))
Son (with six siblings) of Philip Lawrence Muldowney (1875-1949), and Elizabeth Mary Lacey A'Lee (1881-1951).
Married ((03?).1942, Plymouth district, Devon) Betty Irene Westlake (04.11.1922 - 12.02.2013), daughter of George Westlake (1887-1959?), and Jessie Irene Williams (1893-1982?); one child.
07.05.1914
Plymouth district, Devon
-
23.12.1999
Plymouth district, Devon
Lt. 26.09.1940
A/Capt. 01.04.1941-31.05.1942,
21.09.1943-(01.1946)
Capt. 26.09.1948 (retd 31.07.1957)
A/Maj. 01.06.1942-20.09.1943
War Service Rank of Maj. 31.07.1957
      served in the ranks for 8 years, 143 days
(12.1940) - (04.)1941 Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, RM Brigade (later RM Division) Re-inforcement Depot (Hayling Island)
(06.)1941 - 20.09.1943 15th (Support) Battalion RM, from about 06.1942 15th (Machine Gun) Battalion RM (101st RM Brigade, later RM Division)
(06.)1941 - (02.)1942 Officer Commanding, Machine Gun Company
(04.)1942 - (06.)1942 exact position unknown
01.06.1942 - 11?.1942 Second-in-Command, 1st RM (Machine Gun) Company,
11?.1942 - 20.09.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st RM (Machine Gun) Company
(10.1943) - (10.1944) RM Holding Commando
(01.1945) - (07.)1945 46 RM Commando
(10.)1945 - (10.1946) Chatham Division RM
... - ... ...
Munro,
Neil Gordon Macleven
N.G.M. Munro

Married (30.12.1940, South Africa) ...
1920 ?
-
26.06.2009
Cape Town, South Africa
T/2nd Lt. ?
T/Lt. ?
T/Capt. 22.07.1943
A/T/Maj. 22.04.1943
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 18.09.1945 Anz Grg inlet Dolomites 08.1944-05.1945
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.01.1945 Italy 01-04.1944
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.06.1945 services Mediterranean Theatre 09-12.1944
... - ... ...
(06.1944) - (07.1945) Second-in-Command, 43 RM Commando
... - ... ...
Mycroft,
Thomas David

T.D. Mycroft
Son of M.T. Mycroft.
Married (21.12.1940) Jose Watson.
01.01.1916
Bedwelty district, Monmouthshire
-
07.02.2007
Broadstairs, Kent
...
...
T/Capt.
29.11.1942
T/Maj.
?
...
-
...
..
?
-
(07.1945)
5th RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade
 
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