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Salmons, B.H.
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Sutcliffe, P.M.


 
B.H. Salmons  to  P.M. Sutcliffe
Salmons,
Bryan Harvey
B.H. Salmons
Son of George Herbert Salmons, and Ellen Edith Phillpot.
Brother of Maj. Thomas Cardus Salmons, RM.
 27.04.1907
Teddington, Kingston district, Middlesex
-
15.10.1988
Quarr, Ryde, Isle of Wight
T/2nd Lt.
 		15.01.1940
A/T/Lt.
 		20.05.1940
T/Lt.
 		15.07.1940
A/T/Capt.
 		01.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 25.03.1949
 ?



served in the ranks in the Artists Rifles pre-war
?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Portsmouth Division RM
(02.1941)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Land Defence Force [later 11th RM Battalion (LDF)], Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization [MNBDO] (1)
?
 -
 		14.09.1942
 		Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization [MNBDO] (1)
 [captured on Operation Agreement, the attack on Tobruk]
14.09.1942
 -
 		(05.1945?)
 		prisoner of war [according to London Times 06.01.1943]
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Lympstone [Commando Training Centre?]
Manager, Banana Importers (retired).
Salmons,
Thomas Cardus
T.C. Salmons
Son of George Herbert Salmons, and Ellen Edith Phillpot.
Brother of Capt. Bryan Harvey Salmons, RM.
 14.01.1910
Teddington, Kingston district, Middlesex
-
01.2001
West Sussex district, Sussex
T/2nd Lt.
 		01.12.1939
A/T/Lt.
 		16.02.1940
T/Lt.
 		01.06.1940
A/T/Capt.
 		15.04.1941
T/Capt.
 		22.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/T/Maj.
 		22.04.1943
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 25.03.1949
 ?



served in the ranks in the Artists Rifles pre-war (personal no. 6792097)
(04.1940)
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		5th Battalion, RM Brigade (from 1941 101st RM Brigade)
(08.)1943
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		45 RM Commando
1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		RM Training Group Wales
(10.)1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		30 Assault Unit (under Special Service Group, from 12.1944 Commando Group)
Sankey,
Robert Woodall
"Bob"
R.W. Sankey R.W. Sankey
Married Annie Jeannette "Jean" ... (died 01.05.1977); two sons, one step-daughter, one step-son.		 (06?).1909
Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands
-
18.04.1975
at home, near Hickling, Norfolk
T/2nd Lt. 15.01.1940
T/Lt. 15.07.1940
T/A/Capt. 06.05.1940
T/A/Maj. 01.10.1941
T/Maj. 02.03.1944
T/A/Lt.Col. 02.12.1943
Distinguished Service Order DSO 21.11.1944 gallant & distinguished service in the field Mediterranean [investiture 27.11.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 28.12.1943 for courage and leadership in operations in North Africa [investiture 27.11.45]
Mention in Despatches MID 20.07.1943 good service Middle East 05-10.42
1940 - (04.)1940 Portsmouth Division RM
(10.)1940 - (06.)1944 11th RM Battalion (Land Defence Force), Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1) [latterly as Commanding Officer]
(10.)1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 40 RM Commando
1945 - (07.1945) RM Training Establishment Lympstone
? - (04.1946) Portsmouth Division RM
Simonds,
Robert William Barrow

Son of William Barrow-Simonds, barrister-at-law, and Cicely Broughton.
 13.10.1905
Winchester district, Hampshire
-
(09?).1980
South East Hampshire district, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1924
Lt.
 		01.09.1927
Capt.
 		01.04.1936
A/Maj.
 		13.10.1940-08.06.1942
Bt. Maj.
 		30.06.1942
Maj.
 		04.01.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		09.06.1942-(01.1946)
local Lt.Col.
 		11.05.1948-(07.1948)
Lt.Col.
 		30.06.1949
Col.
 		30.06.1952 (retd)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1954
 New Year 54
Silver Medal of Concepcion (Chile) (earthquake Concepcion, Chile, 24.01.1939)
 		Education: jssc
01.09.1924

commissioned, Royal Marines
...
 -
 		...
 		...
?
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		RM Depot, Deal
11.01.1938
 -
 		(08.1939)
 		HMS Ajax (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
(04.1940)
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Adjutant, 3rd RM Battalion (RM Brigade, then 102nd RM Brigade)
(08.1942)
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		... (102nd RM Brigade)
(08.)1943
 -
 		07.1944
 		CO 43 RM Commando (Anzio, Italy)
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) (London)
05.05.1948
 -
 		(07.)1948
 		Staff Officer (Intelligence), South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander]
13.08.1948
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		HMS Nigeria
09.04.1952
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		General Staff, Headquarters Staff RM (RM Office) (London)
(04.1955)
 -
 		(01.1956)
 		RM Barracks, Eastney
02.12.1954
 -
 		(04.1955)
 		also: Marine ADC to the Queen
Smalley,
Richard Beaumont
"Dickie"
J.L. Smallman
Married Joan (predeceased him); ... children.
 23.01.1919
-
22.06.2008
Brize Norton ?
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1937
A/Lt.
 		29.08.1939-31.10.1939
Lt.
 		01.11.1939
A/Capt.
 		06.05.1940-31.12.1944,
15.01.1945-(01.1946)
Capt.
 		01.11.1947 (retd)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
10.04.1942
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Orion (cruiser)
09.07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Staff RM Officer, 10th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Birmingham (cruiser)]
Smallman,
Joseph Leslie
J.L. Smallman
Son of Albert Smallman, and Annie Davies.
 1907 ?
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
-
1985/86 ?
T/Lt.
15.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
?
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		RM Divisional Artillery
(08.)1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
13.11.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
24.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
Smith,
David John *
D.J. Smith
* also known as: David Jonathan Smith
Married; ... children.
 01.03.1924
Lewisham district, London ?
-
12.2003
Eastbourne district, Sussex
T/2nd Lt.
 		05.02.1943 [Plymouth Division RM]
T/Lt.
05.08.1943
T/A/Capt.
 		18.10.1945
T/A/Maj. ?
 		?
1943?
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		2nd RM Engineer Company
(08.)1943
 -
 		(10.)1943
 		47th RM Commando
(12.)1943
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		1st RM Engineer Commando *
Served after the war in the Maritime Volunteer Service. Civil occupation: engineer.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Smith,
Horace Swales
H.S. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mrs Lyn Barnett) H.S. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mrs Lyn Barnett)
H.S. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mrs Lyn Barnett) H.S. Smith (Photo courtesy of Mrs Lyn Barnett)
Mother: Annie ...
Married; one daughter.
 15.05.1908
Harrogate, Yorkshire
-
03.1988
Adelaide, Australia
T/2nd Lt.
 		26.03.1943
T/Lt.
26.09.1943 (reld < 07.1945)
(06.1943)
 -
 		(04.1944)
 		Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (1)
16.04.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)



served in SE Asia (Ceylon, Rangoon and Vietnam) (responsible from rescuing inmates from Japanese Prisoner of War camps)
Emigrated to Australia, 01.1956.
Spray,
Leopold Cooper Stuart
"Leslie"
L.C.S. Spray
Married 1st ((12?).1932, East Stonehouse district, Devon) Kathleen L. Braid; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd ((09?).1947, Westminster district, London) Ellen A.J. Menzies.
28.04.1909
France
-
06.03.2002
Mne. 11.10.1926 [Ply/X 302]
Sgt. ?
Lt. 28.02.1940
A/Capt. 16.10.1941-04.06.1944,
22.07.1944-(04.1946)
Capt. 28.02.1948 (retd 28.02.1954)
A/Maj. 05.06.1944-21.07.1944
British Empire Medal BEM 11.05.1937 HM's Coronation 37: for meritious service
11.10.1926 - 27.02.1940 served in the ranks for 13 years, 139 days (in China, Egypt and Ethiopia as well as taking over guard duties at Buckingham Palace in 1935)
WW II     served in UK (South coast), Crete, Egypt, Ceylon & Australia:
(04.1940)     RM Home Base Ledger
(10.1940) - (06.)1944 RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (MNBDO) (1)
(10.1940) - (12.1941) RM Signal Company
(10.)1944 - (01.)1945 RM Signal Holding Company
21.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
(1946?)     Naval Provost Marshal, Hong Kong [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
09.1946 - (04.)1947 HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
(07.1948) - (05.1949) Signal School RM
(05.1950) - (05.1953) RM Barracks, Eastney
Joined the Blue Streak programme.
Stepney,
William
"Bill"
W. Stepney
Officially:
Stephney, William

Son of George Stepney, and Margaret Ann Brigg.
Married; four sons, one daughter.
 10.09.1905
St Peters, Jarrow, Durham
-
31.03.1951
Mne.
 		10.07.1923 [CH 24150]
...
 		...
T/Lt.
 		16.10.1943 (reld 1946)
10.07.1923

enlisted RM at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
25.10.1943
 -
 		12.1943
 		HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth)
22.12.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS St Mathew (Combined Operations training base, Burnham on Crouch)
1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		RM Training Group Devon
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		26th RM Battalion
?
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
Stewart,
James Donald
"Jock"
 ?
-
T/2nd Lt.
 		15.01.1940
T/Lt.
 		15.07.1940
A/T/Capt.
 		15.06.1941-15.12.1941,
17.08.1942-12.12.1943
T/Capt.
 		13.03.1944 (reld 28.09.1945)
A/T/Maj.
 		13.12.1943
15.01.1940

commissioned into the Royal Marines [temporary commission]
(04.1940)

Portsmouth Division, RM
(02.1941)

Transport Company, RM Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2 (MNBDO 2) *
06.1942? -
 		(12.1943)
 		Second-in-Command, RM Boom Patrol Detachment [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM]
01.1944?

 -

 		(06.1944)

 		Officer Commanding, RM Boom Patrol Detachment
(07.1945)

Portsmouth Division, RM
* no starting date indicated
Stewart-Brown,
Philip Harman
P.H. Stewart-Brown
Son of Ronald Stewart-Brown (1872-1940), MA, solicitor & historian, and Olga Sophia St George (1881-1962).
Married (24.02.1944) Mavis Farley (née Tottenham), daughter of Lt.Col. Robert Loftus Tottenham; no children.
 30.04.1904
Bromborough, Cheshire
-
21.12.1960
Marylebone, London
T/Lt.
 		04.09.1941
A/T/Capt.
 		01.01.1942
T/Capt.
 		24.04.1944
A/T/Maj.
 		24.01.1944
WS/Maj.
 		? (reld 11.11.1947)
Education: Harrow School, London; Oxford University (played First Class cricket, 1924-1927)
20.07.1925
 -
 		12.06.1926
 		commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant on the General List (University Candidates)
?
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		7th RM Battalion, 103rd RM Brigade
(08.1942)
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		104th RM Brigade
1943
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		RM Training Group, Dalditch
1943
 -
 		(08.)1943
 		no appointment listed
01.09.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office)
11.03.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
?
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		RM Depot, Deal
Stockley,
Gordon Herbert
G.H. Stockley
Son of Capt. Ernest Norman Stockley, Royal Engineers, and Elizabeth Shewell Cooper.
Married Josephine Olive 'Dodo' Barnby (died 20.02.2007, aged 88); one son, two daughters.
 24.01.1910
Medway, Kent
-
(09?).1951
Chatham district
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1928
2nd Lt.
 		?, seniority 01.09.1928
A/Lt.
 		24.08.1931-31.08.1931
Lt.
 		01.09.1931
Capt.
 		29.06.1937
A/Maj.
 		21.01.1942-04.07.1943,
18.05.1944-26.11.1944
Maj.
 		30.06.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		05.07.1943-17.05.1944,
27.11.1944-23.07.1947
local Lt.Col.
 		04.07.1949-...
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.10.1942
 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42)
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.10.1945
 Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia
01.09.1928

commissioned, Royal Marines
03.01.1929
 -
 		(08.1929)
 		course for Probationary Second Lieutenants RM, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(04.1930)

Depôt RM, Deal
(10.1930)
 -
 		(02.1931)
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
24.08.1931
 -
 		(01.1934)
 		HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
01.04.1935
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
04.01.1938
 -
 		(09.1939)
 		HMS Caldeonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth)
(04.1940)
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Reserve Depôt RM, Exton 
13.07.1942
 -
 		07.1943
 		Assistant Royal Marine Adviser on Combined Operations, Combined Operations HQ
03.07.1943
 -
 		17.05.1944
 		No. 220 Military Mission [HMS President]
05.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		RM Training Group Wales
27.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, 44 RM Commando
27.12.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Staff Officer RM to Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Sultan]
?
 -
 		(07.1948)
 		Pay and Records Office, RM
25.08.1949
 -
 		(05.1950)
 		RN Staff College
Stone,
Francis George William Frederick
F.G.W.F. Stone
Son of George Alfred Stone (1873-1939), and Mary Caroline Carter.
Married (09.04.1928) Nora Annie Griffin; one son, one daughter.
 09.12.1903
Fareham district, Hampshire
-
06.1986
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
T/CSM
 		? [PO/21668]
T/Lt.
 		05.02.1944 [Portsmouth Division]
T/A/Capt.
 		12.03.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Company Officer, "R" Company (Detachment 395), Holding Company, RM Engineers
Sturges,
 Sir Robert Grice
 R.G. Sturges  
° Wikipedia
° papers
14.07.1891
Wokingham district, Berkshire / Wiltshire
-
12.09.1970
Lt.
 		15.05.1912
...
 		...
Col. 2nd Comdt.
 		03.04.1939, seniority 31.12.1938
A/Col. Comdt.
 		04.06.1940-30.09.1941
Col. Comdt.
 		01.10.1941
T/Brig.
 		04.06.1940-25.01.1943
A/Maj.Gen.
 		01.11.1940-25.01.1943
Maj.Gen.
 		26.01.1943
Lt.Gen.
 		09.06.1945 (half-pay 09.06.1945) (retd 1946)

KBE, 1945; CB 1942; DSO 07.01.1943
MID 05.07.1940, 08.07.1943

15.05.1912

commissioned, RM
...
 -
 		...
...
1940

General Officer Commanding, Royal Marines Division
1940

General Officer Commanding, British Occupation of Iceland
1942

General Officer Commanding, British Forces on Madagascar
1943
 -
 		1945
 		Commander, Special Service Group (from 12.1944 Commando Group)
Sutcliffe,
Peter Mahon
P.M. Sutcliffe (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jill Simmons)
Son of Surgeon Cdr. Percy Temple Sutcliffe, OBE, MB, MA (1873-1949).
Married (1936) Molly Stone, of Southsea; two sons, one daughter.

The following details were provided by his daughter: "Took up teaching Mathematics and Games. He was with a Preparatory School in Pluckley, Kent (this burnt down one night and the school moved to near Salisbury, Wiltshire). In 1956 he went into partnership with the headmaster of a preparatory school at Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire, and together they ran this school until its demise in 1974. My father was then 61, and he and my mother moved down to a village (Mawnan Smith) near Falmouth, Cornwall where they enjoyed a fair amount of sailing. The aluminium boat (known as Jeremy Fisher) was still with us, and caused quite a stir on the Helford River etc. when she was taken out. When my father died, my mother gave the boat to the RM, but most unfortunately she disappeared and despite many enquiries and searches made on our behalf, we never found out what had happened to her. Blondie Hasler (who was my older brother's godfather) designed the boat, and there were very few of them around; only 5 or 6 I believe."
 02.09.1912
Saltash, Cornwall
-
30.08.1986
Falmouth, Cornwall
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1931
2nd Lt.
 		?, seniority 01.09.1931
A/Lt.
 		11.09.1934-31.10.1934
Lt.
 		01.11.1934
Capt.
15.03.1939 (retd 14.03.1950; medically unfit)
Education: Arden House, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire; Giggleswick School, Yorkshire
?
 -
 		(01.)1932
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
1932
 -
 		(09.1932)
 		RM Depot, Deal
1933?
 -
 		1933?
 		HMS Ramillies (battleship)
?
 -
 		(01.)1934
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
11.09.1934
 -
 		(02.)1936
 		HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean)
02.06.1936
 -
 		(07.1937)
 		HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
1937/38?

HMS Curlew (cruiser)
(02.1938)
 -
 		(04.)1939
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
1939
 -
 		(08.)1939
 		Plymouth Division, RM
21.08.1939
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
1943
 -
 		(06.)1943)
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
14.07.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Portsmouth Division, RM
(07.1948)
 -
 		(05.1949)
 		Amphibious School RM
Post-war a teacher.
 
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