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Papper,
Charles William
C.W. Papper  

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01.12.1906
Hertford district, Hertfordshire
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10.1991
Reading & Wokingham district, Berkshire
T/Lt. (QM) 05.02.1944
A/T/Capt. (QM) 01.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
15.05.1924     enlisted RM Light Infantry (Chatham Division) [personal number 24362]
? - (04.)1944 RM Training Group, Dalditch
1944 - (06.)1944 RM Training Group, Devon
02.09.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Parker,
Bryan
B. Parker (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Relf) 		06.05.1923
Shardlow
district,
Derbyshire /
Leicestershire /
Nottinghamshire
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Mne.
 		09.04.1942 [PO/X 112317]
T/2nd Lt.
 		21.08.1942 [PO 2138]
T/Lt.
 		21.02.1943 (reld 17.06.1949; medical unfitness)
A/T/Capt.
 		28.05.1944-11.11.1944
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
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Italy Star It 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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 ?
09.04.1942

conscripted, Portsmouth Division RM
21.08.1942

commissioned, Portsmouth Division RM [temporary commission]
10.10.1942

Platoon Commander, B Company, 3rd RM Battalion (101st RM Brigade)
16.07.1943

RM Training Group, Dalditch
15.11.1943

landing craft training: HMS Eastney, Northney, Helder and James Cook
19.01.1944
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 		10.11.1944
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty):
28.05.1944

Flotilla Officer, 450 Ancillary Flotilla at HMS Appledore
10.08.1944

Flotilla Officer, 600 Flotilla
21.08.1944

Flotilla Officer, 601 Flotilla
25.09.1944

volunteered for Commando training; completed with "Superior" result
11.11.1944

Section Commander, Y Troop, 40 RM Commando (Corfu)
[took part in Operation ROAST (1/2 Apr 1945) and Operation IMPACT (11/12 Apr 1945); during the latter, took command of Tp when 2 other officers injured by mines and completed the task]
25.06.1945

returned to UK with 40 RM Commando
[taken into Basingstoke hospital with hepatitis, later diagnosed with tuberculosis which resulted in damage to right knee, and left him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life]
(07.1945)

2nd Commando Brigade [?; indexed as such, but formation not listed]
(04.1946)

3rd Commando Brigade
(07.1948)
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 		(05.1949)
 		Chatham Division, RM
Phelips,
Harry Francis Vivian
H.F.V. Phelips  
Son of Cdr. Guy Vivian Arthur Phelips, RN.		 27.12.1921
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24.03.2005
Budleigh Salterton, Exeter district, Devon
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1939
Prob. Lt.
16.02.1941 (retd 27.08.1942; medically unfit)
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St
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Burma Star Bur St
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British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
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Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond (1935-1939); London University (BSc; mathematics).
?
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 		(04.1940)
 		RM course, Portsmouth
?
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 		(02.)1941
 		RM Depot, Exton
20.03.1941
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 		(08?.)1942
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Canada, Iceland, West, South & East Africa)
Staff of British Council in West Africa, 1943-1944. Worked for Kodak, 1944-1946. Worked for I.C.I. (Plastics) from 1946 onwards.
Phillipps,
Joseph Picton
"Tiger"
H.F.V. Phelips  
Younger son of Lt.Gen. Picton Phillipps, CB, CMG, MVO (1869-1928), and Monica Gabrielle Fonnereau (1873-1955), of Stockton Old Rectory.
Brother of Col. Peter Picton-Phillipps, RM.
Married (25.03.1942, St Michael's, Geldeston, Norwich Outer district, Norfolk) Amy Aurea Manning Dowson ((12?).1913 - ), eldest daughter of R.M. Dowson, and ... Cowen, of Greenbank, Geldeston, Norfolk. Aurea Phillipps remarried (26.07.1945) Arthur Frederick Wells.

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26.11.1906
Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk
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19.08.1942
(MPK) [age 35]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 93]
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1924
2nd Lt. 1925?, seniority 01.09.1924
Lt. 01.09.1927
Capt. 01.04.1936
A/Maj. 27.07.1940
Bt.Maj. 30.06.1942
A/Lt.Col. ?
01.01.1925 - (01.1925) Probationary Second Lieutenants RM course, RN College, Greenwich
(05.1926) - (07.1927) Chatham Division RM
21.02.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(10.)1930 - (02.)1931 Chatham Division RM
13.02.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(09.)1932 - (01.)1933 Chatham Division RM
(05.)1933 - (08.)1934 Portsmouth Division RM
1934 - (11.1934) Chatham Division RM
? - (01.)1935 Plymouth Division RM
22.01.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (East Indies)
(08.1936)     HMS Norfolk (cruiser) *
1936 - (10.)1936 Chatham Division RM
26.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
1937 - (07.1937) Plymouth Division RM
(02.1938) - (02.)1941 RM Depot, Deal
1941 - (12.1941) RM Division Beach Engineers
14.02.1942 - 19.08.1942 Commanding Officer, RM "A" Commando [later known as 40 RM Commando] (missing, presumed killed during raid on Dieppe)

Picton-Phillipps,
Peter
H.F.V. Phelips  
Elder son of Lt.Gen. Picton Phillipps, CB, CMG, MVO (1869-1928), and Monica Gabrielle Fonnereau (1873-1955), of Stockton Old Rectory.
Changed last name from Phillipps to Picton-Phillipps by deed poll of 19.06.1931.
Brother of Lt.Col. Joseph Picton Phillipps, RM.
Married (03.09.1936, Stockton Parish Church, Loddon district, Norfolk) Joan Green, only daughter of Adm. Sir John Frederick Ernest Green, KCMG, CB (1866-1948), and Lady Green (Maud Kathleen McInroy) (?-1935), of Dunfermline, Fife; ... children (two daughters, one son & one son stillborn).

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06.04.1903
Ipswich district, Suffolk
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01.10.1951
Prob. 2nd Lt. 01.09.1921
2nd Lt. 1922?, seniority 01.09.1921
Lt. 01.09.1924
Capt. 01.09.1933
A/Maj. 16.02.1940-25.08.1941,
16.06.1943-10.09.1943
Bt.Maj. 30.06.1942 [for meritious service]
A/Lt.Col. 26.08.1941-21.05.1943,
27.08.1943-01.08.1944
Maj. 11.09.1943 (retd 07.04.1948)
A/Col. 02.08.1944-06.12.1945
Education: RN Staff College (psc).
(08.1923)     no appointment listed
10.12.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
? - (02.)1927 Chatham Division RM
1927 - (07.1927) 12th RM Battalion
(04.1928) - (06.)1928 Chatham Division RM
02.09.1928 - (02.1931) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
(01.1932) - (06.)1933 Chatham Division RM
05.09.1933 - (07.)1935 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
25.10.1935 - (08.)1936 Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of R.Adm. R.H.T. Raikes [HMS Resource (repair ship)] (Mediterranean)
(10.)1936 - (01.)1937 Chatham Division RM
12.01.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(02.1938) - (06.)1938 Chatham Division RM
01.07.1938 - (08.1939) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1940) - (02.)1941 2nd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade (04.1940 showing as Adjutant)
07.07.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, RM Division Beach Engineers
01.05.1942 - (08.)1943 Fleet RM Officer, Eastern Fleet [HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)]
08.09.1943 - (01.)1945 Fleet RM Officer, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
20.02.1945 - (07.1945) Fleet RM Officer, HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
? - (04.1946) Portsmouth Division RM
Pike,
Geoffrey
G. Pike
Fourth son of C.W. Pike, FRIBA, and Mrs Pike, of Dorchester.
Married (07.10.1944, St Marylebone district, London) Letitia King, widow of F/Lt. Robert Jack Dunlop-Mackenzie, RAF (killed 25.03.1942); one son, one daughter.		 29.05.1913
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
10.1997
Canterbury district, Kent
T/2nd Lt. 08.04.1942
T/Lt. 08.10.1942 (reld 13.03.1946)
A/T/Capt. 21.02.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted]
Education: Hardy's School, Dorchester.
Social Welfare Department of the London County Council.
12.1940     joined RM
08.04.1942     commissioned RM
(08.1942) - (08.)1943 101st RM Brigade
(10.)1943 - (12.)1943 45 RM Commando
late 1943 - (07.1945) 30 Assault Unit (06.1944 Officer Commanding, X Troop, Pikeforce (Normandy), 07.1944 capture of Paris, 1945 Bremen, Lübeck, Hamburg)
Returned to London County Council. Qualified as solicitor (1950), specializing in ecclesiastical law.
Power,
Charles Alfred
C.A. Power  
Son of Alfred William Power, and Blanche Caroline ...
Married 1st Hazel Irene Edith Power (née ...) (divorced 1934); one son.
Married 2nd.
Residence: Southampton, Hampshire, later moved to Kent.

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12.04.1900
Queensbury, North Bierley district, Yorkshire - West Riding
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(06?).1974
Uckfield district, East Sussex
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1917
2nd Lt.
 		1919?, seniority 01.09.1917
Lt.
 		20.12.1918
Capt.
 		01.09.1928
Maj.
 		04.07.1937 (retd 02.03.1946; medically unfit)
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
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Victory Medal VM
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Defence Medal Def M
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British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
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Royal Humane Society Medal in bronze RHSBr
 1920
 for unsuccessful attempts at saving life (date of act: 25.11.19 in the Firth of Forth off Rosyth)
(01.1919)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
?
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 		(08.1923)
 		RM Depot, Deal
(01.1925)
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 		(05.)1926
 		Chatham Division RM
29.12.1926
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 		(07.1927)
 		RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid]
11.01.1928
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 		(05.)1928
 		HMS Carysfort (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) & for duty on staff of Senior Offier, Reserve Fleet)
26.05.1928
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 		(04.)1930
 		HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) & as Assistant to Naval Provost Marshal, Malta
1930
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 		(08.1930)
 		on supplementary list of officers on half pay
? -
 		(02.)1931
 		Chatham Division RM
20.07.1931
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 		(06.1933)
 		HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
(01.1934)
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 		(08.)1934
 		Chatham Division RM
02.10.1934
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 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
29.07.1936
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 		(07.)1937
 		HMS Capetown (cruiser) (China)
04.07.1937
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 		(02.)1938
 		HMS Cumberland (cruiser) & as Fleet RM Officer, China Station
(06.)1938
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 		(08.)1938
 		Chatham Division RM
10.08.1938
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 		(04.)1939
 		Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
20.05.1939
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 		(09.1939)
 		HMS Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet RM Officer, China Station
?
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 		(04.1940)
 		RM Reserve Depot, Exton
?
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 		(02.)1941
 		RM Depot, Deal
1941
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 		(12.1941)
 		Chatham Division RM
30.06.1942
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 		(02.)1943
 		Second-in-Command, 19th RM Battalion [HMS Prosperine (minesweeper & anit-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)]
04.02.1943
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 		(07.1945)
 		Officer-in-Charge, Combined Picket, British-US Navies [HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)]
Priestley,
Lancelot
L. Priestley  
Son of Samuel and Fanny Priestley.
MArried ((06?).1925, Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Jessie Green.

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08.10.1900
Farnham, Surrey
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died between 08.1983 and 08.1989 ?
2nd Lt. 01.09.1918
Lt. 01.09.1921
Capt. 01.09.1929 (supernumerary 14.03.1938) (retd 08.10.1942)
Bt. Maj. 15.12.1939
Maj. (retd) 08.10.1942 (reverted to retd mid/late 1950s)
1921     specialist gunnery course, HMS Excellent
      HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
(08.1923)     no appointment listed
28.07.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
(02.1927) - (08.1929) Portsmouth Division RM
21.02.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Champion (gunnery school cruiser, Portsmouth)
? - (01.)1932 Portsmouth Division RM
26.05.1932 - (02.)1935 Squadron RM Officer, New Zealand station [HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser)]
1935 - (07.)1935 Chatham Division RM
03.09.1935 - (08.1936) HMS President IV (base defences, Mediterranean)
(02.1937) - (07.1937) RM Depot, Deal
? - (02.)1938 Chatham Division RM
14.03.1938 - 1950s * Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.03.1938 - (02.)1941 an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich Area (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich)
(12.)1941 - (02.)1943 Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, Gibraltar (Mediterranean Station)
25.02.1943 - (01.)1945 Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Algiers (Western Mediterranean)
20.08.1945 - (10.1947) First Assistant, Experimental Establishment, Pendine [CINO officer attached to Departments of Ministry of Supply]
10.06.1948 - (07.1948) Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Trincomalee
09.06.1948 - (05.1950) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
05.09.1951 - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
25.09.1952 - (04.1955) Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, South Africa
* (01.1956), (01.1957) & (01.1959) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Pritchard-Gordon,
William Herbert Alexander
"Bill"
W.H.A. Prtichard-Gordon  		 21.08.1922
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11.1987
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
T/2nd Lt.
 		15.05.1942
A/T/Lt.
 		17.08.1942
T/Lt.
 		15.11.1942
A/T/Capt.
 		13.12.1943
T/Capt.
 		06.07.1945
A/T/Maj.
 		06.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(08.1942)
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 		(06.)1944
 		Portsmouth Division RM
1944
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 		(07.1945)
 		Officer Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Defence Unit (codenamed "Earthworm") (Mediterranean)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
1946
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 		1946
 		Officer Commanding, Patrol Detachment, School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (Fremington)
       
 
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