Papper,
Charles William
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01.12.1906
Hertford district, Hertfordshire
-
10.1991
Reading & Wokingham district, Berkshire |
| T/Lt. (QM) |
05.02.1944 |
| A/T/Capt.
(QM) |
01.04.1945 (reld
< 04.1946) |
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15.05.1924 |
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enlisted RM Light Infantry (Chatham Division) [personal number 24362] |
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? |
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(04.)1944 |
RM Training Group, Dalditch |
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1944 |
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(06.)1944 |
RM Training Group, Devon |
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02.09.1944 |
- |
(01.1945) |
HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) |
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(07.1945) |
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no appointment listed |
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Parker,
Bryan
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06.05.1923
Shardlow
district,
Derbyshire /
Leicestershire /
Nottinghamshire
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Mne.
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09.04.1942 [PO/X
112317]
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T/2nd Lt.
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21.08.1942 [PO
2138]
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T/Lt.
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21.02.1943 (reld
17.06.1949; medical unfitness)
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A/T/Capt.
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28.05.1944-11.11.1944
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39|45
St
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?
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It
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Fr&G
St
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BWM
39|45
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?
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09.04.1942
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conscripted,
Portsmouth Division RM
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21.08.1942
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commissioned,
Portsmouth Division RM [temporary commission]
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10.10.1942
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Platoon
Commander, B Company, 3rd RM Battalion (101st RM Brigade)
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16.07.1943
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RM
Training Group, Dalditch
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15.11.1943
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landing
craft training: HMS Eastney, Northney, Helder and James Cook
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19.01.1944
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10.11.1944
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HMS
Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft
duty):
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28.05.1944
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Flotilla Officer, 450 Ancillary Flotilla at HMS
Appledore
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10.08.1944
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Flotilla Officer, 600 Flotilla
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21.08.1944
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Flotilla Officer, 601 Flotilla
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25.09.1944
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volunteered for Commando
training; completed with "Superior" result
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11.11.1944
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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]
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25.06.1945
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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]
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(07.1945)
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2nd
Commando Brigade [?; indexed as such, but formation not listed]
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(04.1946)
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3rd
Commando Brigade
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(07.1948)
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(05.1949)
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Chatham
Division, RM
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Phelips,
Harry Francis Vivian
Son of
Cdr. Guy Vivian Arthur Phelips, RN. |
27.12.1921
-
24.03.2005
Budleigh Salterton, Exeter district, Devon
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2nd Lt.
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01.09.1939
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Prob. Lt.
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16.02.1941 (retd
27.08.1942; medically unfit)
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39|45
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Bur
St
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BWM
39|45
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Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond (1935-1939);
London University (BSc; mathematics).
?
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(04.1940)
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RM
course, Portsmouth
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?
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(02.)1941
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RM
Depot, Exton
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20.03.1941
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(08?.)1942
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HMS Ramillies
(battleship) (Canada, Iceland, West, South & East Africa)
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Staff of British Council in West Africa,
1943-1944. Worked for Kodak, 1944-1946. Worked for I.C.I. (Plastics) from 1946
onwards.
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Phillipps,
Joseph Picton
"Tiger"
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. |
? |
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01.01.1925 |
- |
(01.1925) |
Probationary Second Lieutenants RM course, RN College, Greenwich |
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(05.1926) |
- |
(07.1927) |
Chatham Division RM |
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21.02.1928 |
- |
(08.)1930 |
HMS
Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) |
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(10.)1930 |
- |
(02.)1931 |
Chatham Division RM |
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13.02.1931 |
- |
(01.)1932 |
HMS
Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
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(09.)1932 |
- |
(01.)1933 |
Chatham Division RM |
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(05.)1933 |
- |
(08.)1934 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
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1934 |
- |
(11.1934) |
Chatham Division RM |
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? |
- |
(01.)1935 |
Plymouth Division RM |
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22.01.1935 |
- |
(02.)1936 |
HMS
Norfolk (cruiser) (East Indies) |
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(08.1936) |
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HMS
Norfolk (cruiser) * |
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1936 |
- |
(10.)1936 |
Chatham Division RM |
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26.10.1936 |
- |
(02.)1937 |
HMS
Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
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1937 |
- |
(07.1937) |
Plymouth Division RM |
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(02.1938) |
- |
(02.)1941 |
RM Depot, Deal |
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1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
RM Division Beach Engineers |
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14.02.1942 |
- |
19.08.1942 |
Commanding Officer, RM "A" Commando [later known as
40 RM Commando] (missing, presumed killed during
raid on Dieppe) |
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Picton-Phillipps,
Peter
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.
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02.08.1944-06.12.1945 |
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Education: RN Staff College (psc).
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(08.1923) |
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no
appointment listed |
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10.12.1924 |
- |
(05.1926) |
HMS
Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) |
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? |
- |
(02.)1927 |
Chatham Division RM |
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1927 |
- |
(07.1927) |
12th
RM Battalion |
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(04.1928) |
- |
(06.)1928 |
Chatham Division RM |
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02.09.1928 |
- |
(02.1931) |
HMS
Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) |
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(01.1932) |
- |
(06.)1933 |
Chatham Division RM |
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05.09.1933 |
- |
(07.)1935 |
HMS
Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
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25.10.1935 |
- |
(08.)1936 |
Staff
Officer (Intelligence) on staff of R.Adm. R.H.T. Raikes [HMS Resource (repair
ship)] (Mediterranean) |
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(10.)1936 |
- |
(01.)1937 |
Chatham Division RM |
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12.01.1937 |
- |
(07.1937) |
staff
course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
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(02.1938) |
- |
(06.)1938 |
Chatham Division RM |
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01.07.1938 |
- |
(08.1939) |
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous
services) |
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(04.1940) |
- |
(02.)1941 |
2nd Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade (04.1940 showing as
Adjutant) |
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07.07.1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Commanding Officer, RM Division Beach Engineers |
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01.05.1942 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
Fleet RM Officer, Eastern Fleet [HMS Tana (RN base,
Kilindini, Kenya)] |
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08.09.1943 |
- |
(01.)1945 |
Fleet RM Officer, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN
base, Colombo, Ceylon)] |
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20.02.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
Fleet RM Officer, HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney,
NSW, Australia) |
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? |
- |
(04.1946) |
Portsmouth Division RM |
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Pike,
Geoffrey
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
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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 |
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DSC |
11.12.1945 |
wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted] |
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Education: Hardy's School, Dorchester.
Social Welfare Department of the London County Council.
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12.1940 |
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joined RM |
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08.04.1942 |
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commissioned RM |
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(08.1942) |
- |
(08.)1943 |
101st RM Brigade |
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(10.)1943 |
- |
(12.)1943 |
45 RM Commando |
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late 1943 |
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(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
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.
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01.09.1917
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2nd Lt.
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1919?, seniority
01.09.1917
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Lt.
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20.12.1918
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Capt.
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01.09.1928
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Maj.
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04.07.1937 (retd
02.03.1946; medically unfit)
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BWM
14|20
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VM
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Def
M
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BWM
39|45
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RHSBr
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1920
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for unsuccessful attempts at saving life (date of act: 25.11.19 in the Firth of Forth off Rosyth)
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(01.1919)
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no
appointment listed
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?
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-
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(08.1923)
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RM
Depot, Deal
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(01.1925)
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-
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(05.)1926
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Chatham
Division RM
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29.12.1926
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-
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(07.1927)
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RN
Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid]
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11.01.1928
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-
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(05.)1928
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HMS
Carysfort (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) & for duty on staff of
Senior Offier, Reserve Fleet)
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26.05.1928
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-
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(04.)1930
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HMS
Egmont (RN base, Malta) & as Assistant to Naval Provost Marshal, Malta
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1930
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-
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(08.1930)
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on
supplementary list of officers on half pay
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| ? |
-
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(02.)1931
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Chatham
Division RM
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20.07.1931
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-
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(06.1933)
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HMS
Ceres (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
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(01.1934)
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-
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(08.)1934
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Chatham
Division RM
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02.10.1934
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-
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(02.)1936
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HMS
Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
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29.07.1936
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-
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(07.)1937
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HMS
Capetown (cruiser) (China)
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04.07.1937
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-
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(02.)1938
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HMS
Cumberland (cruiser) & as Fleet RM Officer, China Station
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(06.)1938
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-
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(08.)1938
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Chatham
Division RM
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10.08.1938
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-
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(04.)1939
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Naval
Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
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20.05.1939
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-
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(09.1939)
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HMS
Kent (cruiser) & as Fleet RM Officer, China Station
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?
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-
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(04.1940)
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RM
Reserve Depot, Exton
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?
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-
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(02.)1941
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RM
Depot, Deal
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1941
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-
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(12.1941)
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Chatham
Division RM
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30.06.1942
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-
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(02.)1943
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Second-in-Command,
19th RM Battalion [HMS Prosperine (minesweeper & anit-submarine base,
Lyness, Scapa Flow)]
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04.02.1943
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-
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(07.1945)
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Officer-in-Charge,
Combined Picket, British-US Navies [HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)]
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Priestley,
Lancelot
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 ?
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| 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) |
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1921 |
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specialist gunnery course, HMS Excellent |
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HMS
Queen Elizabeth (battleship) |
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(08.1923) |
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no
appointment listed |
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28.07.1924 |
- |
(05.1926) |
HMS
Revenge (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) |
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(02.1927) |
- |
(08.1929) |
Portsmouth Division RM |
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21.02.1930 |
- |
(02.1931) |
HMS
Champion (gunnery school cruiser, Portsmouth) |
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? |
- |
(01.)1932 |
Portsmouth Division RM |
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26.05.1932 |
- |
(02.)1935 |
Squadron RM Officer, New Zealand station [HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser)] |
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1935 |
- |
(07.)1935 |
Chatham Division RM |
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03.09.1935 |
- |
(08.1936) |
HMS
President IV (base defences, Mediterranean) |
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(02.1937) |
- |
(07.1937) |
RM
Depot, Deal |
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? |
- |
(02.)1938 |
Chatham Division RM |
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14.03.1938 |
- |
1950s * |
Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President] |
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14.03.1938 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich
Area (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich) |
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(12.)1941 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer, Gibraltar
(Mediterranean Station) |
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25.02.1943 |
- |
(01.)1945 |
Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Algiers (Western
Mediterranean) |
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20.08.1945 |
- |
(10.1947) |
First Assistant, Experimental Establishment, Pendine
[CINO officer attached to Departments of Ministry of Supply] |
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10.06.1948 |
- |
(07.1948) |
Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Trincomalee |
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09.06.1948 |
- |
(05.1950) |
Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) |
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05.09.1951 |
- |
(05.1953) |
Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) |
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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"
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21.08.1922
-
11.1987
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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T/2nd Lt.
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15.05.1942
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A/T/Lt.
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17.08.1942
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T/Lt.
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15.11.1942
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A/T/Capt.
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13.12.1943
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T/Capt.
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06.07.1945
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A/T/Maj.
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06.04.1945 (reld
> 04.1946)
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(08.1942)
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-
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(06.)1944
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Portsmouth
Division RM
|
1944
|
-
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(07.1945)
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Officer
Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Defence Unit (codenamed "Earthworm")
(Mediterranean)
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(04.1946)
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no
appointment listed
|
1946
|
-
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1946
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Officer
Commanding, Patrol Detachment, School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat
Section (Fremington)
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