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Cadogan, A.
to
Cuthbertson, C.G.

 
A. Cadogan  to  C.G. Cuthbertson
Cadogan,
Anthony
A. Cadogan
?
-
T/S.Lt. (E) 20.04.1940
T/Lt. (E) 08.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches 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
R.A.D. Cambridge
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
17.11.1942
towing USS Prairie 05.42 [investiture 01.12.42]
Mention in Despatches MID
11.09.1945
sinking of U-1024 12.04.45
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
15.10.1943
-
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
D. Cameron
D. Cameron
D. Cameron D. Cameron

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

Victoria Cross

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
A.F. Campbell
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
H.McD. Campbell
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"
W.J. Campbell
?
-
T/Skpr.
04.09.1939 [WS 3038 & TS 157]
T/A/Skpr.Lt.
06.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41 [investiture 17.11.42]
Mention in Despatches 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)
Carston,
Albert Charles
A.C. Carston
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
R.V.E. Case
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)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.04.1943
Operation Torch

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.08.1940
Romsdal Fjords
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
D.A. Casey
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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1942
New Year 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
21.07.1942
U-boat attack Murmansk, Cdre Convoy QP10

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
1915
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
W.D. Cashel (Photo courtesy of Mrs Karen Dervan)
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
A.F. Challis
21.12.1895
Norway
-
T/Lt. (E)
28.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E)
< 12.1943

Distinguished Service Cross

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
A.F. Challis
(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
A.G. Chandler
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
07.08.1945
war patrols Far East 07.44-04.45
Mention in Despatches MID
03.12.1940
attack on large enemy comvoy 16.09.40
Mention in Despatches MID
14.12.1945
war patrols Far East 07.45
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
J.K. Chaplin
(06?).1885
Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
-
Capt.
31.12.1934 (retd > 08.1939, < 08.1942)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
(1918)


HMS Boxer

-

served World War II ??
Chappell,
James Harold George
J.H.G. Chappell
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
G.W. Charlton
?
-
T/Lt.
26.06.1941 (reld 1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

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
R.A. Cherry
?
-
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
H.G. Chesterman
?
-
A/S.Lt.
31.01.1938
Lt.
21.07.1940
?, seniority 21.07.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
02.1945?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
19.10.1943
defence convoy U-boat damaged
Mention in Despatches 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
E.B. Clark (Photo courtesy of Mr Alan Dawson)
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
05.1942
-
CdeG
1944?
several dangerous missions on the coast of France
Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) 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
J.G. Clarke
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
G.G. Clarkson
(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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
01.01.1943
New Year 43 [investiture 23.03.43]
Mention in Despatches 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
N. Clarkson
?
-
T/Lt.
10.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) 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
L. Clayton
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
R.G. Clayton
?
-
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?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
?
?
Mention in Despatches MID
19.06.1945
ocean convoys 42-45
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
13.06.1939
-
(08.1939)
RNR ADC to the King
20.04.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Close,
Harold
H. Close
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
H.W. Clouston
?
-
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
E.W. Clubb (Photo courtesy of Mr Lindsay W. Clubb)
E.W. Clubb (Photo courtesy of Mr Lindsay W. Clubb)
E.W. Clubb (Photo courtesy of Mr Lindsay W. Clubb)

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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (1941 model): inscription "1948" RD
14.07.1949
long service with RNR
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
Atlantic Star Atl St
?
?
Africa Star Afr St
?
?
British War Medal 1939-1945 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
A. Cocks
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

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
31.12.1917
*
Mention in Despatches MID
23.05.1917
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
10.06.1921
-
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
-
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Atlantic Star Atl St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
British War Medal 1939-1945 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
C.P. Cogley (Photo courtesy of Susan Jagger-Kenny)
(03?).1898
Swansea, Glamorgan
-
T/Lt.
17.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 04.1944, < 06.1944

Mention in Despatches

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
J.F. Coleman (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) J.F. Coleman (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
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)

Mention in Despatches

MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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) - (06.1944).
Coles,
Edward Christian St Arnand
E.C.St.A. Coles
?
-
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
H.M. Collier
?
-
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (1941 model) RD
> 04.1946
< 07.1948
long service RNR
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (1941 model) RD
18.04.1958
long service RNR
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (1941 model) 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
P.V. Collings
?
-
[1959 still alive]
Prob. A/S.Lt.
31.10.1938
Lt.
30.04.1941
A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1943, < 07.1945 (retd 1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
08.03.1942
-
11.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Celandine (corvette)
05.07.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Swale (frigate)
Collinson,
David William
D.W. Collinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Eric Collinson)
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
F.B. Collinson
?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.
27.11.1927
Lt.Cdr.
27.11.1935 (retd > 02.1937, < 08.1939)
Cdr. (retd)
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
30.11.1943
sinking of U-boat 26.05.42
Mention in Despatches
MID
09.06.1940
successful submarine patrols
Mention in Despatches
MID
25.08.1942
Murmansk convoys 03-05.42
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
R.S. Connell
?
-
T/Lt.
10.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
? (reld 1945)
Mention in Despatches 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
W.J. Connolly

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"
R. Conway
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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
30.04.1935
?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
?
?
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
?
?
Atlantic Star Atl St
?
?
Defence Medal Def M
?
?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
?
?
General Service Medal 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"
J.W.D. Cook  
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)
Companion of the Order of the Bath 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
-
(06.1944)
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
W.J. Connolly
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
C.S. Cooke

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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
C.G.C. Coombe
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
L.H. Coombs (Photo courtesy of Jolyon Coombs)
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?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
T.E. Coombs
(12?).1884
Wells, Somerset
-
27.06.1953
Capt.
30.06.1930 (retd 1941)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1937
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1919
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
J.W. Cooper
(03).1910
Mansfield, Derbyshire
-
[1959 still alive]
S.Lt.
01.07.1936
Lt.
18.02.1938 (retd)
A/Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.04.1943?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
19.09.1944
sinking of U765 06.05.44
Distinguished Service Cross 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
Cope,
Desmond Henry
D.H. Cope
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
Distinguished Service Cross 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
J. Cordery
?
-
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
C.G.v. Corneby
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
Coughlan,
Derek Harold George
D.H.G. Coughlan
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

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
09.05.1944
minesweeping Western Desert sweep
Mention in Despatches 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
E. Couttie (Photo courtesy of Mr Shawn Dymond)
?
-
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
C.R. Cowap
(06?).1882
Liverpool, Lancashire
-
Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1924
Cdr. 31.12.1932
Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd > 08.1939)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
      active service ??
Cox,
William Leslie Parker
W.L.P. Cox (Photo courtesy of Mr Tony Cox)
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
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
R.H.C. Crawford
?
-
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.07.1941
HM's birthday
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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)
Crighton,
Joseph Leonard *
"Len"
J.L. Crighton
* 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"
J.L. Croasdaile J.L. Croasdaile
J.L. Croasdaile J.L. Croasdaile
J.L. Croasdaile J.L. Croasdaile
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
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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"
J. Crockett (Photo courtesy of Mr James M. Crockett)
J. Crockett (Photo courtesy of Mr James M. Crockett)
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 *
A.R. Cross (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Cross) A.R. Cross (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Cross)
A.R. Cross (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Cross) 
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
C.D. Cross
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)
Mention in Despatches MID
01.10.1917
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
Croix de Guerre (France) 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

J.H. Currie (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Currie)
Son of John Smith Currie, and Elsie Hannah Currie (née Hewitt).
Married Margaret McCart Barr Stevenson (born Glasgow 6th July 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

K. Currie
?
-
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
C.G. Cuthbertson

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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 41
Mention in Despatches MID
25.08.1942
Murmansk convoys 03-05.42
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1946
New Year 46
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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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