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Cadogan, Anthony	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) 20.04.1940 T/Lt. (E) 08.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946) MID 01.01.1944 New Year 44	20.04.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) 18.11.1940 - 1941/42? HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) * 01.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS St Mary's (destroyer) (despatches) 15.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Shikari (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS St Helena (frigate) ** * Up till (07.1945) listed under HMS Cutty Sark, but obviously left the ship much earlier. ** Indexed, but not listed as such.
Cambridge, Robert Arthur Dillon	15.04.1906 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 11.03.1993 Downgate, Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall	Prob. S.Lt. 25.09.1931 S.Lt. 1932, seniority 25.09.1931 Lt. 25.09.1933 Lt.Cdr. 25.09.1941 Cdr. 31.12.1948 (retd 15.04.1956) DSC 17.11.1942 towing USS Prairie 05.42 [investiture 01.12.42] MID 11.09.1945 sinking of U-1024 12.04.45 RD 15.10.1943 - RD 12.01.1959 1st clasp	(04.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * 12.11.1940 - 03.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingcup (corvette) 01.07.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Tees (frigate) 14.10.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Tarbert (frigate) [possibly intended & not effectuated] 14.10.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch More (frigate) 17.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Halladale (frigate) Commodore, Merchant Navy. * indexed, but not listed as such
Cameron, Donald Married Eve ...; four children. His wife remarried (1962) Lt.Cdr. Patrick Richard Compton-Hall.	18.03.1916 Carluke, Lanarkshire - 10.04.1961 RN Hospital Haslar, Portsmouth [Portchester Crematorium, ashes were scattered at sea off Portsmouth from the deck of HM Submarine Thule]	Prob. S.Lt. 22.08.1939 S.Lt. 1940, seniority 22.08.1939 Lt. 18.03.1941 Lt. RN 05.06.1946, seniority 18.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. RN 18.03.1948 Cdr. RN 31.12.1952 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.	Served Merchant Navy. (04.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 08.1940     joined submarine service (10.1940)     training, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 15.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Sturgeon (submarine) 05.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) (08.1942)     no appointment listed 11.09.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS X6 (midget submarine) [HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne) (12.1943) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 29.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Stoic (submarine) 05.06.1946     transferred, RN 01.04.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk) (05.1950)     no appointment listed (05.1953)     no appointment listed 07?.1953     Executive Officer, HMS Goldcrest (07.1954)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 31.01.1955 - (01.)1957 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse and 5th Submarine Squadron) 08.04.1957 - (01.1959) Fleet Facilities Officer, Allied Command Atlantic HQ, NATO (Norfolk, Virginia, USA) 22.01.1960 - ? HMS Vernon (for bookwriting duties) 08.04.1961 - 10.04.1961 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * indexed, but not listed as such
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]
Campbell, Hugh McDonald	03.07.1908 - 25.05.1971 Southampton, Hampshire	T/Lt. 03.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	Chief Officer, SS "Faraday" (cable ship, sunk 28.03.1941). 28.01.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) 28.07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (07.1945 shown as "for Sea Transport Duties at Colombo" from 08.1944)
Campbell, William James "Billie"	? -	T/Skpr. 04.09.1939 [WS 3038 & TS 157] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 [investiture 17.11.42] MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy invasion 06.44)	21.12.1939 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Amalia (minesweeping trawler) 07.12.1940 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, French Ship Antioche II (minesweeping trawler) 09.11.1942 - 06.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 233 (motor minesweeper) 29.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1002 (motor minesweeper) (206th Minesweeping Flotilla)
Caris, John Noel Married ((03?).1940, Sheerness, Sheppey district, Kent) Kathleen McCullough.	25.12.1903 Gateshead district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - (09?).1973 Wallasey district, Cheshire	S.Lt. 20.06.1928 Lt. 19.12.1931 Lt.Cdr. 19.12.1939 (retd 25.12.1948) A/Cdr. 18.05.1944? MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 RD 07.1942 -	(12.1939) - (02.1940) no appointment listed (04.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Nogi (minesweeping trawler) * 16.10.1940 - 23.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Nogi (minesweeping trawler) 28.08.1941 - 31.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Epine (minesweeping trawler) 08.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Miranda (minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) 12.07.1943 - (12.1943) Lt.Cdr. Minesweeping and Patrolling, Hartlepool [HMS Paragon (RN base, Hartlepool)] 19.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Exmouth (accommodation ship landing craft personnel, Tilbury) 18.05.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Miranda (minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Carr, William Henry	30.05.1890 Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham -	T/Lt. 08.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1941? (reld > 04.1946)	Went to sea as an apprentice with a Sunderland based cargo shipping company and at some stage later joined his elder brother in serving with the Royal Mail Line. Gained Foreign Going Masters' certificate, 1916. 1916     saw service on a minesweeper Took up a career in marine insurance. 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 19.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) (02.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 01.02.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 20.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for Sea Transport duties) (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * His son writes: "I do know that he was in Greece in 1941 assisting in getting British troops off the beaches during the German 's southward advance through that country. He next appeared in Alexandria, Egypt and was involved with port administration including a side-trip to the Lebanon to purchased wooden hulled craft. Some time later he was in Italy and was in Naples until he returned to the UK and re-took up residence in Hull." * indexed, but not listed as such
Carston, Albert Charles Father of S.Lt. W.A. Carston, RINVR.	? -	T/Lt. 15.09.1939	temporary officer serving under T.124 agreements 21.09.1939 - (02.1942?) Commanding Officer, HMS Mata Hari (auxiliary patrol vessel) (ship bombed by Japanese aircraft & lost at Sunda Strait 28.02.1942) * 02.1942 - 13.09.1945 POW in Japanese captivity [see his reports] * (02.1941)-(08.1942) indexed, but not listed as such
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
Cashel, William Davies	03.10.1899 Wirral district, Cheshire - 1960	Prob. T/Lt. 24.02.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 24.02.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	24.02.1941 - (12.1941) [Commanding Officer?], HMS Sir John Hawkins (ferry) 30.06.1942 - 07.1942 HMS Maplin (fighter catapult ship) 23.07.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Ranpura (armed merchant cruiser) 28.03.1944 - (07.1945) French Ship "Courbet" (battleship) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
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)
Catchpole, Henry Arthur	(12?).1902 ? Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk ? -	Skpr. 12.12.1939 [WS 3153 & TS 272] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 31.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 06.40	19.03.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Strive (drifter) (despatches) 24.04.1941 - (12.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurilia (auxiliary patrol trawler) 15.12.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS West Neuk 22.10.1942 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Refraction (drifter) 28.08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Tocsin (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (10.1944)     HMS Zareba * (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Cap Ferrat (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
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
Chandler, Arthur George	c. 1915 ?? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Prob. Midsh. 01.12.1933 Midsh. 1934?, seniority 01.12.1933 A/S.Lt. 16.06.1937 S.Lt. 20.11.1938 Lt. 05.05.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 Lt.Cdr. 05.05.1948 (retd 17.11.1958) DSC 07.08.1945 war patrols Far East 07.44-04.45 MID 03.12.1940 attack on large enemy comvoy 16.09.40 MID 14.12.1945 war patrols Far East 07.45 RD 22.03.1949 -	17.02.1934 - 1934 training, HMS Barham (battleship) 21.08.1938 - 1938 training, HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 02.10.1938 - 1938 training, HMS Verity (destroyer) (Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 05.11.1939 - 12.1939 submarine course [HMS Dolphin] 23.12.1939 HMS Tarpon (for trials) [cancelled] 23.12.1939 - 09.1940 HMS H 49 (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, from 04.06.1940 HMS Maidstone] 20.09.1940 - 03.1941 HMS Usk (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin, from 12.12.1940 HMS Medway] 02.03.1941 - 04.1941 HMS Osiris (submarine) [tender to HMS Dolphin] 26.04.1941 -  10.1941 HMS H 50 (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops] 22.10.1941 - 10.1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (as spare officer for submarines) 10.1941 - 10.1941 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (as spare officer for submarines) 27.10.1941 - 05.1942 HMS Oruç Reis (submarine), 10.05.1942 renamed: HMS P 611 (submarine) [tender to HMS Titania] 14.05.1942 - 07.1942 HMS Porpoise (minelaying submarine) 15.07.1942 - 07.1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 27.07.1942 - 09.1942 submarine Commanding Officers' qualifying course 26.09.1942     HMS Medway II (submarine base, Beirut) ? HMS Nebojsca (Yugoslavian submarine) [date to be reported] 12.03.1943 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Osiris (submarine) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 09.09.1943 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Osiris (temporarily) 27.09.1943     HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (10.1943)     no appointment listed 15.11.1943 - 02.1943 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 02.12.1943 -  12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Umbra (submarine) 15.12.1943 - 16.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Stygian (submarine) 16.04.1944 - 06.1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (additional; sickness) 19.06.1944 - 14.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Una (submarine) 14.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship) (additional) * 01.02.1945 - 04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Thorough (submarine) 30.04.1945 - 05.1945 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 11.05.1945 - 03.01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Thorough (submarine) 15.01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Ballinderry (frigate) * possibly from 12.09.1944 HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) (as spare Commanding Officer for submarines)
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)
Chard, Edward Rex Son of Herbert Edward Chard (1896-), and Amy P. Porter. Married ((09?).1945, Blandford district, Dorset) Elizabeth H. "Betty" Collis. From Axbridge.	(03?).1923 Bridgwater district, Somerset - 11.03.2011 [aged 88]	Prob. Midsh. 25.08.1939 Midsh. 1941/42?, seniority 25.08.1939 A/S.Lt. 16.02.1943 S.Lt. 16.08.1943 Lt. 01.08.1945 Lt. RN 21.07.1947, seniority 01.08.1945 (commissioned terminated 29.05.1952) (emgcy 20.06.1952) Lt.Cdr. RN (emgcy) 01.08.1953 MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 20.06.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) 02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 19.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Scorpion (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Scorpion (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 20.06.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Widemouth Bay 28.02.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Unicorn 01.07.1949 - (05.)1950 HMS Howe 19.10.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Belfast
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, Denis Francis Son (with four brothers) of James Arthur Clarke, and Elizabeth Ethel Garside. Brother of Lt.Cdr. John Garside Clarke, RNR.	23.02.1915 Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire - 24.12.2002 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire	A/Lt. 01.07.1940 Lt. 11.1941, seniority 01.07.1940 Lt.Cdr. 01.07.1948 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (dismissed the service by sentence of a court-martial 06.10.1955) RD ? -	08.07.1940 - (01/02?).1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Estelle (minesweeping trawler) (02.1941)     HMS Malpin (catapult armed merchant ship) * (12.1941)     no appointment listed 06.1943 - (07.1945) HM LST 402 (landing ship, tank) * indexed, but not listed as such
Clarke, John Garside Son (with four brothers) of James Arthur Clarke, and Elizabeth Ethel Garside. Brother of Lt.Cdr. Denis Francis Clarke, RNR. Married ... ; ... children (one son?).	17.12.1912 Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire - 26.05.1961 South Shields district, Durham	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) * 20.07.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne) 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]
Close, Harold Son of George and Annie Close, of Great Lever, Lancashire.	12.06.1902 Bolton, Lancashire - 14.07.1940 (KIA) [age 38] [Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, section C Cons, grave 3684]	Prob. S.Lt. 11.04.1927 S.Lt. 1928?, seniority 11.04.1927 Lt. 11.04.1929 Lt.Cdr. 11.04.1937	(04.1940) HMS Esperance Bay (armed merchant cruiser) * ? - 14.07.1940 HMS Esperance Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (killed when ship was bombarded) * indexed, but not listed as such
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 Son of Guy Fulcher Coleman (1882-1950), and Edith C.M. Coster (1892?-1967). Married; ... children.	27.02.1912 Sheppey district, Kent - 04.2000 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Prob. S.Lt. 01.08.1937 S.Lt. 01.02.1938, seniority 01.08.1937 Lt. 01.08.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1944 (reld  04.05.1946) Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1948 (retd 27.02.1957) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45 RD 02.11.1946 -	22.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Scarborough (sloop) (10.1940)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * 19.10.1940 - 03.02.1941 HMS Crispin (ocean boarding vessel) (sunk) 12.07.1941 - (12.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Rothesay (Bangor class minesweeper) 27.08.1942 - 12.02.1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) ** 03.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HMS Prinses Beatrix (landing ship infantry) (04.1944) - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer & Navigating Officer, HMS Prinses Beatrix (landing ship infantry) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Smiter (escort carrier) Rose to the rank of Captain in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. * indexed, but not listed as such ** Coleman was erroneously carried on on the books of HMS Venomous in the Navy List, which explains why he is wrongfully listed as highest officer in rank there for the period (04.1944) - (01.1945).
Coles, Edward Christian St Arnand	? - 07.1962 still alive [died before 08.1973 ??]	Prob. S.Lt. 01.10.1935 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.10.1935 Lt. 06.03.1939 02.1941, seniority 05.03.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 02.1943 (reld 14.06.1946) Lt.Cdr. 05.03.1947 (retd 04.08.1950) RD ? ?	10.10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Corfu (armed merchant cruiser) 19.07.1940 - (08.1943) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1943) no appointment listed 02.12.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Prins Albert (landing ship infantry)
Collier, Harold Malcolm	? - died between 08.1972 and 08.1989 ??	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.08.1937 A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 S.Lt. 14.11.1939, seniority 30.07.1939 Lt. 30.04.1940 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 30.04.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1954 Capt. 30.06.1962 (retd 30.06.1967) RD > 04.1946 < 07.1948 long service RNR RD 18.04.1958 long service RNR RD 17.06.1966 long service RNR	02.11.1939 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Charles McIver (armed yacht) (08.1942) no appointment listed 24.09.1942 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Valse (anti-submarine trawler) (10.1943) no appointment listed 07.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Emerald (cruiser) 04.11.1945 - 07.12.1945 possibly Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) 28.04.1966 - 28.04.1967 RNR ADC to the Queen
Collings, Patrick Varwell	? - [1959 still alive]	Prob. A/S.Lt. 31.10.1938 Lt. 30.04.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 07.1945 (retd 1945/46) DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 RD ? ?	08.03.1942 - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Celandine (corvette) 05.07.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Swale (frigate)
Collinson, David William Married; ... children.	12.01.1904 Sculcoates, East Yorkshire - 10.09.1970 Hiull, East Yorkshire	T/Skpr. 09.01.1941 [TS 878] (invalided out 1945?) Atlantic Star and other medals. Royal Humane Society Vellum award (in recognition of him diving into the River Humber on the 27 July 1928 and rescuing an injured man who was in imminent danger of drowning)	Was Skipper of the trawler "Nab Wyke" at Hull for 8 years, before it was being requisitioned by the Admiralty. did some training at Skegness (Butlins) 08.02.1941 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Strathavon (trawler) (at Scupper Flow) 23.08.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MMS 1009 (motor minesweeper) Retired trawler skipper.
Collinson, Frank Bentley	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 27.11.1927 Lt.Cdr. 27.11.1935 (retd > 02.1937, < 08.1939) Cdr. (retd) ? DSC 30.11.1943 sinking of U-boat 26.05.42 MID 09.06.1940 successful submarine patrols MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 RD pre-WW II ?	(1940) HMS Tetrach (submarine) (04.1942) HMS Oxlip (corvette) 01.10.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Test (frigate) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Connell, Richard Sinclair	? -	T/Lt. 10.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld 1945) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	21.01.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Convolvulus (corvette) 01.02.1943 - (10.1943) French Ship La Melpomene 16.12.1944 - (07.1945) Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]
Connolly, William John Son of John Thomas Connolly and Edna Connolly; husband of Freda Connolly, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.	1914 ? - 22.10.1943 (KIA) [age 29]	T/Skpr. 01.07.1942	07.1942 - 22.10.1943 Third Officer, HM Trawler Orfasy (Isle class trawler) (torpedoed)
Conway, Richard "Dick"	1891 Connah's Quay,  Flintshire, Wales - 1964	Prob. Lt. 31.12.1923 Lt. 1925?, seniority 31.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1931 (retd 11.03.1936) Cdr. (retd) 11.03.1936 OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 RD 30.04.1935 ? 14|15 St ? ? BWM 14|20 ? ? Atl St ? ? Def M ? ? BWM 39|45 ? ? Gen S M ? ?	WW I served in submarines Served with the White Star Line. 03.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) 23.02.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 18.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) Retired as Staff Captain of the Queen Mary, 1954/55.
Cook, James William Dunbar "Bill"   Son of James Alexander Cook, of Pluscarden, Morayshire. Married 1st (1949) Edith May Williams (predeceased him); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd Liz ...	12.12.1921 Pluscarden, Elgin district, Morayshire, Scotland - 26.01.2007 Haslemere, Surrey	T/Midsh. 20.07.1940 T/A/S.Lt. 12.12.1941 T/S.Lt. 12.12.1942 T/Lt. 12.06.1944 Lt. RN 1946?, seniority 12.06.1944 Lt.Cdr. RN 12.06.1952 Cdr. RN 31.12.1957 Capt. RN 31.12.1963 R.Adm. RN 07.01.1973 (retd 07.04.1975) CB 01.01.1975 New Year 75	Education: Bedford School; HMS Worcester. 20.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Shropshire (cruiser) 16.09.1941 - 1942 French Ship "Largs" (armed boarding vessel, from 1942 landing ship headquarters (large)) * 13.10.1942 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria] * 10.03.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Blankney (destroyer) 03.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Cheviot (destroyer) (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1946?     transferred to Royal Navy 07.10.1947 - (05.1950) HMS Mull of Kintyre (escort maintenance vessel) 11.06.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) 1953 - 1953 Executive Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate) 12.10.1953 - (07.)1954 Executive Officer, HMS Verulam (anti-submarine frigate) 02.12.1954 - (01.)1956 Executive Officer, HMS Barrosa (destroyer) 14.08.1956 - 1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Venus (frigate) 1958 - (01.)1959 Joint Services Staff College [HMS President] 1959 - 1960 Staff Officer (Operations), to Flag Officer Commanding 5 Cruiser Squadron and Second-in-Command, Far East Station [HMS Belfast] 10.10.1960 - 1962 Naval Staff, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1963 - 1965 Commanding Officer, HMS Dido (frigate) 1965 - 1967 Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Eastern Atlantic Area 12.04.1967 - (02.)1969 Commanding Officer, HMS Afrikander & Senior British Naval Officer, South Africa (as Commodore) 1969 - 1971 Director, RN War College 1970     Senior Officers' War Course 04.1971 - (08.1971) Commanding Officer, HMS Norfolk 1973 - 1975 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) Deputy Lieutenant (DL). Vice President, Surrey Branch of Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association. * (02.1943) still listed in the Navy List under "Largs"; lists of the sinking of HMS Martin show him as survivor of that ship, and other sources show him as joining the ship on 13.10.1942
Cook, Robert Archibald	02.05.1916 West Ham district, Greater London - 03.1990 Southend on Sea district, Essex	T/Paym.S.Lt. 30.10.1940 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 18.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 26.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Ascania (armed merchant cruiser) (08.1942) HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser) * 18.05.1943 - 09.02.1946 HMS Ulster Queen (fighter direction ship) (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Cooke, Campbell Stewart Son of Robert Charles Cooke, and Edith Jane Wall, of Cleveland Road, London W13. Married ((06?).1936, Brentford district, Middlesex) Sylvia I.B. Piccininio, daughter of the late Dr. Piccininio, of Siena, and Mrs Ellis, of Grange Road, London W5.	13.02.1903 Wandsworth district, Greater London - 25.04.1973 Kenilworth, Warwick district, Warwickshire	Midsh. 01.01.1921 A/S.Lt. 13.02.1924 S.Lt. 02.04.1925 Lt. 24.04.1929 Lt.Cdr. 24.04.1937 (retd 02.02.1938) A/Cdr. (retd) > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) RD 1941? ?	20.06.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa Flow) 27.01.1941 - (07.1945) an Assistant to Naval Assistants to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] Prison governor (Governor of Lewes Prison, Sussex, 1948; Governor of Chelmsford Prison ...-05.1957; Governor of Lincoln Prison 05.1957-05.1965 (retd.)).
Coombe, Cecil Gordon Chudley Son of James John Coombe (1859-1917), and Lucy Ann Chudley (1866-1949). Married (08.05.1934, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire) Charlotte Ann James; ... children.	26.02.1909 Milford Haven, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 12.06.1954 Milford Haven, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire, Wales	T/Skpr. 09.01.1940 [WS 3193, TS 310] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 31.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. < 04.1944 ( reld < 04.1946)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 16.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Earl Essex (minesweeping trawler) [was on HMS Rifsnes when it was sunk by enemy aircraft off Ostend, Belgium, on 20.05.1940] 01.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Tudno (minesweeper depot, Sheerness) (for minesweeping duties) 02.02.1942 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Saturn (minesweeping trawler) 23.01.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 251 (motor minesweeper)
Coombs, Leonard Horton	18.07.1906 Richmond, Surrey - 05.1984 Winchester, Hampshire	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. ? Paym.S.Lt. 28.08.1929, seniority 11.04.1929 Paym.Lt. 11.04.1931 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 11.04.1939 (retd 18.07.1951) A/Cdr. (S) 12.1944? RD 02.1942 ? Atlantic Star; Defence Medal	Education: Kingston Grammar School or Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames Secretary of the RNOCA in the late 1930's for at least two and possibly three years. 31.07.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth) 14.06.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) 01.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) 22.03.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Spurwing (RN Air Station, Hastings, Sierra Leone) 12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
Coombs, Thomas Edward	(12?).1884 Wells, Somerset - 27.06.1953	Capt. 30.06.1930 (retd 1941) CBE 1937 ? OBE 1919 ? RD ? ?	Education: Wells Grammar School 1915 - 1917 Second-in-Command HM Auxiliary Cruiser Patia 1917 - 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Gossamer 1919 Commanding Officer, HMS Gainsborough (sweeping mines off coast of Belgium (despatches, OBE)) commanded ships of RM Lines 1936 - 1938 ADC to the King 1939 - 1945? served World War II as Commodore of Convoys and at Admiralty Member of Honourable Company of Master Mariners
Cooper, Jack Winston	(03).1910 Mansfield, Derbyshire - [1959 still alive]	S.Lt. 01.07.1936 Lt. 18.02.1938 (retd) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.04.1943? DSC 19.09.1944 sinking of U765 06.05.44 DSC 11.09.1945 U-boat sunk 21.04.44	06.08.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Sweetbriar (corvette) 15.04.1943 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Derg (frigate) (04.1944) HMS Bazely (frigate) (05.1944) HMS Bligh (frigate) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Cooper, Peter Frank	? - 2010	T/Paym.S.Lt. 06.11.1940 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 05.02.1943	officer serving under T.124X agreements 08.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Cathay (armed merchant cruiser) 05.02.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Biter (escort carrier) 06.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 12.01.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sansovino (landing ship, infantry)
Cope, Desmond Henry Son of Frank William Enoch and Elsie Cope, of Wembley.	1922 ? - 31.05.1946 (died of cancer) [age 24] [Wembley (Alperton) Burial Ground, Middlesex, plot D.D., grave 112]	Midsh. 08.08.1939 A/S.Lt. 14.12.1941 S.Lt. 14.12.1942 Lt. 14.06.1944 DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43	28.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Boadicea (destroyer) 29.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth & Wantage) 15.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Fratton (barrage balloon vessel) 15.02.1943 - (12.1943) staff, HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 07.02.1944 - 06.1944 HMS Mallard (sloop) 14.06.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Shearwater (sloop) 01.01.1946 - 12.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Oakham Castle (corvette)
Cordery, Joseph	? -	T/Lt. 11.03.1940	officer holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements 23.07.1940 - 22.01.1941 First Lieutenant, HMS St Cyrus (tug) (mined off the Humber)
Corneby, Charles George Vernon	12.08.1904 Oxford - 01.1987 Southampton, Hampshire	T/Lt. 24.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1944, < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46)	03.06.1941 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Camellia (corvette) 15.08.1942 - (04.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Inchmarnock (trawler) (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS LST 3043
Cornish, Albert Richard "Bill" Son (with five brothers) of Robert Haddock Cornish (1870-), a Chief Engineer who was drowned at sea, and Ellen Louisa Saddler (1873?-). Married ((09?).1918, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire) Elsie Margaret Frost (1899?-); four sons, two daughters.	(03?).1899 Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorganshire - 06.11.1959 Withernsea, Holderness district, Yorkshire (died only a few hours after returning from an Icelandic fisihing voyage)	T/Lt. 28.02.1940 (reld 1942/43) Comdn 14.08.1945 commended for brave conduct when his ship encountered enemy ships, aircraft, submarines or mines	Played Rugby Union for Cardiff RFC. Started aged 15 as apprentice with W.C.T. Jones of Cardiff. Held foreign-going Mates' Certificate of Competency. 18.03.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Leicester City (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 13.11.1941 - 10.09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Pride (anti-submarine warfare trawler) Skippered fishing trawlers for the Kingston Steam Trawling Company Ltd. (s.t. Scottish, s.t. Kingston Onyx [commendation], s.t. Kingston Cryanite, s.t. Kingston Turquoise). Set a new world fish landing record in 1943. President of the Hull Trawler Officers' Guild.
Coughlan, Derek Harold George	11.09.1911 Sheppey, Kent - 11.1989 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Prob. S.Lt. 01.05.1936 Lt. 28.12.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 16.10.1944? Lt.Cdr. 28.12.1945 Capt. 1960s DSC 09.05.1944 minesweeping Western Desert sweep MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky 07.1943	24.11.1941 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Boston (minesweeper) (07.1943?) - (23.10.43?) Commanding Officer, HMS Cromarty (minesweeper) 16.10.1944 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Orestes (minesweeper)
Couttie, Earle	? -	Prob. T/Midsh. 15.09.1941 T/A/S.Lt. 28.11.1942 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 28.05.1945 (reld > 07.1946)	(08.1942) no appointment listed (06.1943) HMS Zingarella * 08.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 07.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Matchless (destroyer) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cowap, Charles Richardson	(06?).1882 Liverpool, Lancashire -	Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd > 08.1939) RD ? ?	active service ??
Cox, Joseph [Leonard]	? -	T/Lt. 06.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 10.1944 DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk [investiture 22.02.41]	06.04.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Netsukis (drifter) 31.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for Landing Craft Infantry (Large)) (08.1943)     no appointment listed 20.08.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Bouvet I (minesweeping whaler) 14.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Squid (Combined Operations base, Southampton) (07.1945)     HMS Oronsay (trawler) * 12.1945 - (04.1946) [Executive Officer?], HMS Kelantan (minesweeper depot ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cox, William Leslie Parker Son of William Cox, and Rosina Mary D. Lansdown. Married Doreen Mary Cox (née ...) (died 10.05.1960).	14.06.1895 Redland, nr Bristol, Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 16.04.1964 St Marylebone district, Greater London	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 02.05.1917 A/Lt. ? Lt. 02.05.1919 Lt.Cdr. 02.05.1927 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1943 (reld from active service 26.09.1945) (retd 14.06.1950) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 27.07.1943 RD 10.12.1928 -	29.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) 01.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) 02.06.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) 09.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) (for convoy duties) 27.07.1943 - 19.05.1944 Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 01.11.1943 - 14.11.1943 convoy RA-54A (Archangel - Loch Ewe) 20.05.1944 - 09.07.1944 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 10.07.1944 - 26.09.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 19.03.1945 - 02.04.1945 convoy HX 345 (New York - Liverpool) Returned post-war to work for the Cunard Line.
Crawford, Robert Henry Campbell	? - 18.02.1947 (age 51) [Southampton Crematorium]	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 31.12.1942 (reld 1945/46) OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday RD ? ?	12.09.1939 - (12.1943) HMS Alaunia (armed merchant cruiser / repair ship) 19.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) ? - 18.02.1947 HMS Alaunia (repair ship)
Cressey, David William "Bill" / "Dave" Youngest son (with four sisters and one brother) of David William Cressey (1874-1936), and Grace Osborne (1877-1936). Married (04.11.1935, St Mary and St Peter, Hull) Florence Alma "Floss" Edgar (24.06.1917 - 11.04.2000), youngest daughter (with eight siblings) of Fred Edgar, and Betsey Pickering; two sons, one daughter.	30.12.1916 Hessle, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 02.1985 Goole, Yorkshire [ashes scattered at sea]	Seaman ? [X 20785] Skpr. 05.08.1943 [WS3836] (reld < 04.1946) DSM 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 04.03.41]	Fisherman, sailing out of Milford Haven, Fleetwood, Hull and Grimsby. (1939) - (1942) HMS Northern Pride (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 18.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Arctic Ranger (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Fishing trawler skipper, sailing out of Hull and Grimsby.
Crighton, Joseph Leonard * "Len" * Navy List has different names/spellings: (04.1940) Conrad J. Crighton [index L.J. Crighton], (10.1940) Joseph Leonard Crichton [index J.L. Crighton], (02.1941 & 08.1942) Leonard James Crighton [index L.J. Crighton], (London Gazette 11.06.40) L.J. Crichton.	(03?).1904 West Derby district, Lancashire -	Prob. T/Lt. 29.01.1940 T/Lt. 06.1940, seniority 29.01.1940 (reld < 02.1943)	Deck officer in the Leyland Line trading to the Americas. 29.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941)     HMS St Tudno (minesweeper depot, Sheerness) (08.1942)     no appointment listed
Croasdaile, John Lloyd "Jack" Son of Henry Frederick Croasdaile (1863-1929), Master Mariner, and Mary Ellen Lloyd (1867-1932). Married 1st (16.08.1925, St Martin's in the Fields, London) Florence Alexandra Farley, of New York, USA; one son, one daughter (all three were killed on passage to USA aboard SS City of Benares, which was torpedoed by U48 in the Atlantic Ocean in 09.1940). Married 2nd Suzanna Jacoba Fabricius, of Riversdale, South Africa; one daughter.	09.04.1894 Toxteth, Liverpool - 1957 South Africa	Midsh. ? S.Lt. 09.04.1916 A/Lt. ? Lt. 09.04.1918 Lt.Cdr. 09.04.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1934 (retd 09.04.1944) Capt. (retd) 21.09.1945 RD 18.05.1926 ?	17.11.1939 - 10.06.1940 Executive Officer, HMS Vandyck (armed boarding vessel) [ship was bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Narvik; captured] 06.1940 - 05.1945 POW (No. 1135) in German captivity (Marlag und Milag Nord)
Crockett, John "Jakey" Son of John Crockett, Extra Skipper, of Aberdeen, Scotland. Married Anne Crockett; two sons, one daughter.	1903 -	Skpr. 15.11.1937 [W.S. 2734] (reld < 04.1946)	? - 25.04.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Hammond (anti-submarine trawler) (ship sunk off Norway) (04.1940)     HMS Sindonis (anti-submarine trawler) * (10.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) * 28.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Davy (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 05.02.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Wolves (anti-submarine trawler) 01.06.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS York City (anti-submarine trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Cross, Alan Richard *   Son of William R. Cross, and Mabel Margaret Skuse. Married; .two sons, one daughter. * Naval records show his first name as Allan	28.09.1920 Newport, Monmouthshire - 02.12.1953 Liverpool, Lancashire	T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 24.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements (06.1`943)     no appointment listed (08.1943) - (01.1945) HMS Queen Emma (troopship) * [according to son from 07.1943 to 03.1945] (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) * Sugar Refinery Manager, Tate & Lyle, from 1946 onwards. * indexed, but not listed as such
Cross, Cyril Duncan	13.04.1877 Dulwich, Surrey - 07.02.1945 County Council Emergency Hospital, Old Windsor, Berkshire [Datchet Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, section D, grave 135]	A/Asst.Paym. 15.10.1906 Asst.Paym. 18.12.1907, seniority 15.10.1906 Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1916 (retd 13.04.1922) Paym.Cdr. (retd) 13.04.1922 (reactivated 01.06.1940) (reverted to retd > 10.1944, < 07.1945) MID 01.10.1917 ? RD ? ? CdeG 17.05.1918 ?	Education: Dulwich College 01.06.1940 - (02.)1943 RN Auxiliary Hospital, Invergordon [HMS Flora] (06.1943)     no appointment listed 01.06.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)
Currie, John Hewitt Son of John Smith Currie, and Elsie Hannah Currie (née Hewitt). Married Margaret McCart Barr Stevenson (Glasgow 06.07.1918 -); one son, one daughter.	23.03.1920 Conway district, Caernarvonshire / Denbighshire - 10.07.1993 Norwich, Norfolk	3rd Lt. (E) ? ?	Education: King Edward VI Grammar School, Totnes. Seved Merchant Navy.       serving under T.124 agreements: ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) Worked in a factory in the North of England, but spent most of his working life serving the BBC Monitoring Service based at Caversham Park, near Reading.
Currie, Kenneth	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 13.03.1940 T/Lt. > 02.1941, seniority 13.03.1940	(04.1940) no appointment listed (04.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * 28.08.1941 - (02.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS St Monance (rescue tug) ** 24.08.1943 - (07.1945) Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such ** (06.1943)-(08.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Cuthbertson, Charles George Twice married, son by first wife.	03.09.1906 - 01.04.1994 Surrey South-Eastern	A/S.Lt. 03.09.1927 Lt. 11.07.1931 Lt.Cdr. 11.07.1939 Cdr. 30.06.1943 (retd 11.01.1953) DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46 RD ? ? The fictional character of Commander George Eastwood Ericson, DSO, DSC, RNR in Nicholas Monsarrat's 'The Cruel Sea' seems to be based on Cuthbertson.	15.08.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training) served with Union Castle and was second officer of MS Caernarvon Castle 05.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith) 10.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Hibiscus (corvette) 1941 - 23.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Zinnia (corvette) [sunk] (03.1942) - (05.1942) HMS Snowflake (corvette) (08.1942) no appointment listed 26.07.1943 - (1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Helford (frigate) (04.1946) HMS President * 1946     commander of the RN Victory Parade Camp in Kensington Gardens and marched at the head of the column Returned to Union Castle, was elected a Younger Brother of Trinity House and was a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. Appointed master of 'Sandown Castle' in 1948 and in 1953 became a nautical surveyor in the Marine Survey Service of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. * indexed, but not listed as such

 

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