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Cameron, Donald Victoria Cross Reference	18.03.1916 Carluke, Lanarkshire - 10.04.1961 RN Hospital Haslar, Portsmouth [Portchester Crematorium]	Lt. 18.03.1941 Lt.Cdr. ? Cdr. ? VC 22.02.1944 Operation Source - attack on Tirpitz * * On 22 September 1943 at Kaafjord, North Norway, Lieutenant Cameron, commanding Midget Submarine X.6, and another lieutenant (PLACE, B.C.G.) commanding Midget Submarine X.7, carried out a most daring and successful attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz. The two submarines had to travel at least 1,000 miles from base, negotiate a minefield, dodge nets, gun defences and enemy listening posts. Having eluded all these hazards they finally placed the charges underneath the ship where they went off an hour later, doing so much damage that the Tirpitz was out of action for months.	(08.1942)     no appointment listed 11.09.1942 - (10.1943) HMS Varbel (Commanding Officer, HMS X6 (midget submarine) (12.1943)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed 29.10.1945 - (04.1946) HM Subm Stoic
Campbell, Archibald Freebairn Son of Archibald and Leah Campbell. Husband of Ann Malcolm Campbell, of Glasgow.	29.08.1885 - 02.12.1940 [age 56] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	T/Lt.Cdr. 24.10.1939	24.10.1939 - 02.12.1940 HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser) [ship torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 west of Ireland]
Case, Richard Vere Essex	13.04.1904 Toxteth Park, Lancashire - 30.10.1991 Thanet, Kent	Lt. 03.04.1929 Lt.Cdr. 03.04.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1942 (reld 1945/46) Capt. 31.12.1953 (retd 1950s) DSO 13.04.1943 Operation Torch DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 DSC 16.08.1940 Romsdal Fjords RD ? ? RD ? ?	Education: Thames Nautical Training College; HMS Worcester 1920     joined RNR 1920     commenced service in merchant navy 1928     Master's Certificate of Competency [ (08.1939)     HMS Verity (destroyer) ?] 1940     HMT Stella Capella (08.1941)     Commanding Officer, HMS Campanula (corvette) 16.01.1942 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Rother (frigate) (12.1943)     HMS Watu (auxiliary rescue tug) 26.04.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead) Royal Naval Reserve ADC to the Queen, 1958; Chief Marine Superintendent, Coast Lines Ltd and Associated Companies, 1953-69
Casey, Denis Arthur	25.10.1889 [Spring Garden, Tipperary ?] - 20.07.1968 [Ryde, Isle of Wight ?]	Midsh. 1907 Capt. 30.06.1939 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 06.11.1940 (retd [> 07.] 1944) CBE 01.01.1942 New Year 42 DSO 21.07.1942 U-boat attack Murmansk, Cdre Convoy QP10 DSC 1915 ? RD 1923 ?	Education: Weybridge; HMS Conway (Silver medallist) 1914 - 1918 Submarine Service (DSC and 3 war medals) 06.11.1940 - (06.1943) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (08.1943) - (12.1943) HMS President 15.04.1944 - (06.1944) RNR ADC to the King 10.1944 - (07.1945) Divisional Sea Transport Officer Delhi & as Deputy Divisional Sea Transport Officer India [HMS Braganza] (04.1946)     Deputy Principal Sea Transport Officer India [Sea Transport Department, Admiralty] 1948 - 1949 Master of Royal Mail Flagship Andes (retd)       Younger Brother Trinity House
Casperson, Juul Marcus	21.12.1895 Norway -	T/Lt. (E) 28.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 12.1943 DSC 06.05.1941 Channel Mobile Balloon Barrage [investiture 29.07.1941]	16.11.1940 - (12.1943) HMS Haslemere (barrage balloon vessel) (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.10.1945 - 01.05.1946 transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy as U/Lt. (M)
Challis, Arthur Frederick	(09?).1902 Lowestoft?, Mutford, Suffolk -	T/Skpr. 05.12.1939 T/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. < 07.1945 (< 04.1946)	09.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS June Rose (auxiliary minesweeping drifter) * (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Osako (minesweeping trawler) ** 09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Osako (minesweeping trawler) 06.06.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 225 (minesweeper) * (02.1941)-(08.1942) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Chaplin, Joseph Kenneth	(06?).1885 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire -	Capt. 31.12.1934 (retd > 08.1939, < 08.1942) RD ? ?	(1918) HMS Boxer - served World War II ??
Chappell, James Harold George Son of George and Catherine Chappell. Married Gladys Emily Louise Chappell, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire; two (?) sons.	(09?).1897 Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 43] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]	T/Cdr. (E) 05.08.1940, seniority 03.11.1939	Chief Engineer, SS Matakana: 20.02.1939 - 25.06.1939 voyage Glasgow - Victoria Docks 30.06.1939 - 06.07.1939 voyage London - Glasgow Engineer, MV Waimarama: 20.10.1939 - 30.10.1939 voyage Victoria Docks - Liverpool 31.10.1939 - 05.11.1940 Engineer Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Charlton, George Walter	? -	T/Lt. 26.06.1941 (reld 1945/46) DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch & action with U-boat	10.05.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Starwort (corvette) 29.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Camellia (corvette)
Cherry, Ronald Albert	? -	T/Lt. 27.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld 1945/46)	04.12.1940 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Freesia (corvette) 18.07.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer * HMS Chelmer (frigate) [* from 01.12.1943 to [04.1944?] First Lieutenant] 14.10.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Katrine (frigate)
Chesterman, Harold Geeves	? -	A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 Lt. 21.07.1940 ?, seniority 21.07.1938 A/Lt.Cdr. 02.1945? DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 DSC 19.10.1943 defence convoy U-boat damaged MID 27.01.1942 attempt to save SS CP Rodney	(1941) HMS Zinnia (corvette) 20.10.1941 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Snowflake (corvette) (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) 28.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Achray (frigate)
Clark, Edward Burling Brother of Cdr. J.E. Clark, RN. Two other brothers were Alfred Gordon Clark (died as Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS Myrtle 14.06.1940), and Reginald Clark (served Merchant Navy).	05.09.1902 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 20.10.1981	Prob. S.Lt. 20.06.1928 S.Lt. 28.03.1930, seniority 20.06.1928 Lt. 20.06.1931 Lt.Cdr. 20.06.1939 A/Cdr. 1942? Cdr. 30.06.1944 Capt. 30.06.1951 (retd 05.09.1957) RD 05.1942 - CdeG 1944? several dangerous missions on the coast of France PolGCM 01.08.1944 evacuation of Polish units from enemy held territory [award posted]	20.12.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Curlew (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training) 23.09.1939 - (04.)1940 Navigating Officer, HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship) 08.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Corinthian (armed merchant cruiser) 1942 - 1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Tarana (trawler) * 03.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers & Taranto) (additional; for miscellaneous duties) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 04.10.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) (India / Ceylon) * (08.1942) indexed, but not listed as such
Clarke, John Garside	17.12.1917 - 1950s	Prob. S.Lt. 16.12.1938 S.Lt. 14.11.1939, seniority 16.12.1938 Lt. 02.07.1940 (reld from active service 11.11.1945) Lt.Cdr. 02.07.1948 (retd 01.07.1950) RD 14.07.1949 ?	23.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Cavina (ocean boarding vessel) 19.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Tuna (submarine) 10.05.1942 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS H 32 (submarine) (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * (10.1943) no appointment listed (10.1944) no appointment listed 17.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarkson, George Goodwin	(06?).1910 Fylde, Lancashire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Skpr. 20.03.1939 A/Chief Skpr. 06.01.1944 A/Skpr.Lt. < 07.1945 (reld from active duty < 04.1946) (retd 01.07.1950) DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 23.03.43] MID 29.09.1942 attack 3 E-boats, 1 [bld?] sunk 10.05.42 [shown as at HMS Trusty Star (drifter)]	01.12.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Evening Primrose (auxiliary patrol & minesweeping drifter) (02.1941) HMS Strathelliott (trawler) * 25.05.1941 - 01.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Girl Margaret (minesweeping drifter) [based at HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (06.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 01.01.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 228 (motor minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarkson, Norman	? -	T/Lt. 10.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	10.04.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (10.1944) HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) * (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for miscellaneous services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Claxton, Leonard Married (1929).	02.09.1909 Hull - 26.10.1944 [Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, L.191]	T/Skpr. 29.03.1940 [WS 3428, TS 527] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 12.1943	Fisherman/trawler deckhand. (02.1941) HMS Silver Dawn (armed drifter) * 09.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Three Kings (08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed 12.1943 - 26.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2006 (minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clayton, Richard George	? -	Capt. 30.06.1934 (retd > 08.1939, < 04.1942) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 20.04.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) ?, antedated 30.06.1934? DSC ? ? MID 19.06.1945 ocean convoys 42-45 RD ? ?	13.06.1939 - (08.1939) RNR ADC to the King 20.04.1942 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Clouston, Herbert William	? -	T/Lt. 01.05.1940	14.09.1939 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Barricade (boom defence vessel) 11.11.1941 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Barking (boom defence vessel) 08.02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Barcombe (boom defence vessel) (04.1946) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Clubb, Eric Wentworth Son of Herbert Wentworth Clubb (1890-1962) and Margaret Cryer (1886-1968). Married Jo Stollery; three sons. Weblog for HMS Rushen Castle	23.12.1919 Epping, Essex - 09.07.1983 London	Prob. Midsh. 01.07.1937 A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940 S/Lt. 08.1941, seniority 23.12.1940 Lt. 10.1942, seniority 11.07.1942 (dispersal 27.02.1946) (reld 05.05.1946)  Lt.Cdr. 11.07.1950 (retd 05.07.1954) RD 14.07.1949 long service with RNR 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? ? Afr St ? ? BWM ? ? Watchkeeping Certificate (28.07.1942)	Apprenticeship with Port Line. 31.07.1939 - 08.04.1940 HMS Esk (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 09.04.1940 - 21.04.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional) 22.04.1940 - 18.08.1940 HMS Rodney (battleship) (additional) 19.08.1940 - 29.09.1940 course, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 30.09.1940 - 04.12.1940 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional) (as spare submarine officer) 05.12.1940 - 08.12.1940 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) (additional) (as spare submarine officer) 09.12.1940 - 23.12.1940 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (additional) (temporary for duty Class 1 with submarines) 24.12.1940 - 19.05.1941 HMS Perseus (submarine) [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean)] (additional) 20.05.1941 - 21.06.1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) (additional) (as spare submarine officer) 22.06.1941 - 04.08.1941 HMS Perseus (submarine) [HMS Medway (submarine depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean)] (additional) 05.08.1941 - 19.10.1941 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship for 1st Submarine Flotilla) (Mediterranean) (additional) (as spare submarine officer) 20.10.1941 - 27.12.1941 HMS Delphinium (corvette) (temporary) 28.12.1941 - 06.01.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional; for disposal) 07.01.1942 - 14.09.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for duty with Distributing Authority) 15.09.1943 - 06.10.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; passage) 07.10.1943 - 07.11.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; on arrival UK) 08.11.1943 - 21.11.1943 H/F course, HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (additional) 22.11.1943 - 07.12.1943 TT course, HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional) 08.12.1943 08.12.1943 07.12.1945 - - - 25.02.1946 07.12.1945 25.02.1946 HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) [HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (additional)] [ship commissioned 14.02.1944] First Lieutenant Commanding Officer Returned to the Merchant Navy with the New Zealand Shipping Company, 1947-1951. School of Navigation at the University of Southampton (lastly as Head of Department), 1951-1965. Her Majesty's Inspectorate, 1965-1980. Merchant Navy College, 1980-1983.
Cocks, Arthur	07.08.1885 Wadebridge, Cornwall - 16.11.1949 Exmouth, Devon	Prob. S.Lt. ? S/Lt. 01.01.1909 Lt. 28.04.1911 Lt.Cdr. 28.04.1919 Cdr. 30.06.1923 Capt. 31.12.1928 (retd 21.11.1934) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 04.01.1943 DSC 31.12.1917 * MID 23.05.1917 ? RD 10.06.1921 - 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - Def M - - BWM 39|45 - - * London Gazette 8 March 1918 (recomendation for honours dated 31.12.1917), signed by the Commanding Officer of the 7th Destroyer Flotilla: "A zealous and capable officer who has been in the Flotilla since early in the war, commanding "Earnest", "P-52" AND "Rother" in succession. He handles his vessel with care and ability; was mentioned in despatches in October 1916, and is again recommended for general good work. He is recommended for the Acting rank of Lietenant-Commander R.N.R."	04.01.1943 - (10.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Cogley, Christopher Patrick	(03?).1898 Swansea, Glamorgan -	T/Lt. 17.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1944, < 06.1944 MID 06.07.1943 rescue work after air attack at Tripoli	17.05.1940 - (06.)1944 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (additional, for various services) (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) * (04.1946) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Coleman, John Fulcher	27.02.1912 - 04.2000 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. 01.08.1937 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.08.1937 Lt.