Orbell Ray
-
01.1989
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk
| T/2nd Lt. |
10.10.1940 |
| T/Lt. |
10.04.1941 |
| Lt.
|
1944?, seniority
10.04.1941 (reld > 04.1946) |
|
DSC |
25.07.1944 |
Operations
Veritas & Ridge (air strikes on German shipping off Norway, 04.44) |
| ? |
- |
(02.1941) |
31st RM Howitzer Battery |
| 07.11.1941 |
- |
(12.)1941 |
HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment,
Forton, Gosport, Hampshire) |
| 22.12.1941 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for
posting to Kingston, Ontario, Canada) |
| 16.11.1942 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
pilot, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton,
Somerset) |
| 27.03.1943 |
- |
(06.)1944 |
pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [04.1944 at HMS Emperor
(escort carrier)] (07.1943 temporarily in command) [took part in operations off Norway (04.1944)] |
| (08.1944) |
pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [Operation Dragoon (invasion of southern France (08.1944))] |
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| 10.12.1944 |
- |
(07.1945) |
pilot, 759 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station,
Yeovilton, Somerset)] |
| ? |
- |
(04.1946) |
Portsmouth Division, RM |
Patrick John
Son of late Edward Alec Ovens and Mary Linsell Ovens, Cirencester.
Married (1952), Margaret Mary White; one son, two daughters.
-
29.01.1994
Southampton district, Hampshire
| ... |
... |
| Lt.
|
04.01.1943 |
| ... |
... |
| Maj.Gen. |
? (retd 1979) |
|
OBE |
08.06.1968 |
HM's
birthday 68 [investiture 26.11.68] |
|
MC |
18.05.1951 |
Korea
11.50 |
| 1941 |
commissioned into Royal Marines |
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| 1942 |
- |
1943 |
HMS Illustrious |
| ? |
- |
(07.1945) |
RM Holding Commando |
| 1945 |
46 RM Commando |
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|
HQ 3rd Commando Bde, 1946-48; 41 Independent
Commando, Korea, 1950-52; HQ Portsmouth Gp, 1952-55; psa 1955-56; Staff of CGRM,
1959-61; Amphibious Warfare Sqdn, 1961-62; 41 Commando, 1963-65, CO 1965-67;
CinC Fleet Staff, 1968-69; Comdr 3 Commando Bde, 1970-72; RCDS 1973; COS to
Comdt Gen., RM, MoD, 1974-76. Commandant, Joint Warfare Establishment, 1976-79 |