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Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Officers
1939-1945

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Haagensen, R.S.
to
Hynes, H.W.

R.S. Haagensen to H.W. Hynes

Haagensen,
Ronald Stanley
R.S. Haagensen
Son of ... Haagensen, and ... Weights.
(09?).1918
Liverpool district, Lancashire
-

T/S.Lt. (E)
21.09.1942

temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Stalker

Hack,
Harold Roy
H.R. Hack ?
-

Lt.
04.10.1943

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Lewes

Hackman,
Leslie
L. Hackman ?
-

T/Lt.
14.02.1940

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Stag

Haddow,
Reginald Andrew
R.A. Haddow 12.10.1909
South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
07.1991
Southampton district, Hampshire

T/Lt. (E)
30.10.1943

?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed

Haddow,
William
W. Haddow ?
-

T/Lt.
15.04.1940

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Braganza

Hadfield,
Frank Louis
F.L. Hadfield (03?).1906 ??
Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire ??
-

T/Skpr.
27.11.1941 [TS 1166]

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Erith

Hadgraft,
James Henry Ernest
J.H.E. Hadgraft 03.08.1907
Boston district, Lincolnshire
-
01.1995
Blackpool and Fylde district, Lancashire

T/A/Skpr.
01.02.1943 [TS 1355]

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Reighton Wyke

Hagan,
William Samuel
W.S. Hagan ?
-

T/Cdr. (E)
09.10.1939

temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Pretoria Castle

Haggard,
Dudley
D. Haggard ?
-

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
28.01.1927

?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed

Hague,
Arthur
A. Hague ?
-

Lt.
01.11.1938

A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Willowherb

Hague,
John
J. Hague ?
-

Ch.Skpr.
15.12.1935

Skpr.Lt. (retd)
?

RD

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Beaulne Verneuil

Hague,
John Joseph
J.J. Hague ?
-

T/S.Lt. (E)
18.11.1942

temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Prinses Beatrix

Haigh,
Alfred Fenwick
A.F. Haigh
Married ((09?).1937, Fylde district, Lancashire) Ethel Helena Brogden (born 1915); three sons.
13.01.1910
Hull, Yorkshire
-

Skpr.
01.07.1940 [WS 3497]

Ch. Skpr.
11.07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

28.08.1940
-
(08.1942)
HMS Southern Spray (anti-submarine warfare whaler)

21.11.1943
-
(07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1013 (harbour defence motor launch)

Haigh,
Henry
H. Haigh ?
-

T/Lt.
02.03.1941

?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed

Haigh,
John Edward
J.E. Haigh ?
-

T/Midsh.
17.09.1943

?
-
(10.1944)
no appointment listed

Haigh,
Laurie
L. Haigh ?
-

T/A/Ch.Skpr.
14.02.1944

?
-
(10.1944)
HMS Sarah Hide

Hailstone,
William Blaxland Ernest
W.B.E. Hailstone (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth Martin-Fisher)
Son of Cdr. Walter Hailstone, RN (1848-1913), and Mary Beatrice Blaxland (1858-1953).
Married (31.08.1934, St Stephen's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) Nimet Eve "Diana" Darnelle (04.03.1907-26.07.1972), only daughter of Bernard John Darnelle (French Consular Service) and Mrs Darnelle, of Melbourne, Australia; one daughter. 19.07.1894
Southsea, Hampshire
-
20.11.1965
Devon Central district, Devonshire

T/Midsh. ?

T/S.Lt. 19.07.1916

T/A/Lt. 1917?

T/Lt. 19.07.1918

T/Lt. 09.09.1939

T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1941, < 08.1942

DSC 17.11.1942 for bravery in action and under fire at Tobruk [investiture 07.11.44]

14|15 St - -

BWM 14|20 - -

VM - -

39|45 St - -

Afr St - -

It St - -

Def M - -

WM 39|45 - -

Education: Glyngarth School Cheltenham; HMS Conway (1908-1911).
Apprentice barque "Edinburgh",1911-1915.

1916 - 1918
served various ships belonging to the Cameroons Expeditionary Force (HMS Hussar, HMS Astroea, HMS Amethyst)

Served Merchant Navy (Master’s Certificate 1919). Joined Blue Funnel 1920. 2nd Mate 1924. Chief 1930. Left 1938.

01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)

03.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)

27.05.1941 - 15.09.1941 Sea Transport Officer, Tobruk

01.02.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)

01.02.1942 - 30.04.1942 Sea Transport Officer, Tobruk (on 07.03.1942 he assisted Capt. F.M. Smith CBE DSO RNR (NOIC Tobruk) to save the burning petrol tanker Cerion)

09.1943 - 20.10.1943 Sea Transport Officer, Aegean (Porto Largo, Leros)

21.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office)

04.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)

Halbert,
William Eric
W.E. Halbert
Married ((03?).1939, New Forest district, Hampshire) Ursula Baddeley (29.07.1911-16.09.2003), daughter of Stewart Baddeley (1869-1942) and Ethel Mary Bell (1873-1954); two daughters. 23.11.1907
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
(09?).1947
Uxbridge district, Middlesex

Prob. Lt. 01.11.1937

Lt. ?, seniority 01.11.1937

A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944

Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 (reld 06.05.1946) (commission terminated 06.04.1947; medically unfit)

DSC 09.05.1944 minesweeping Western Desert Sweep [decoration posted]

MID 03.09.1940 minesweeping

MID 31.03.1942 minefield clearance 12.41-01.42

MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)

11?.1938 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

25.06.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Sutton (twin-screw minesweeper) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)

(04.1940) - (02.)1941 HMS Sutton (Hunt class minesweeper) *

28.09.1941 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Romney (Bangor class minesweeper)

03.1944 - 27.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Whitehaven (Bangor class minesweeper)

(10.1944) no appointment listed

01.12.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Postillion (Algerine class minesweeper)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Halcrow,
James Alexander Smith

Son of Capt. Adam Halcrow (1872-1940), and Jane Smith. 1907 ?
-
09.12.1942
(KIA) [age 35]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]

Midsh. 01.05.1926

A/S.Lt. 04.11.1929

S.Lt. 07.05.1932

Lt. 19.11.1935

RD 10.1942 -

25.04.1936 - 15.05.1936 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)

16.05.1936 - 29.05.1936 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)

30.05.1936 - 1936 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

27.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Laconia (armed merchant cruiser)

1940 - 03.01.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)

04.01.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Sandwich (sloop)

25.04.1942 - 09.12.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Marigold (corvette)

Hall,
Harry John
10.10.1909
-
24.05.1994
Salisbury, Wiltshire

Prob. S.Lt.
28.05.1931

S.Lt.
12.07.1933, seniority 28.05.1931

Lt.
06.11.1934

Lt.Cdr.
06.11.1942

Cdr.
31.12.1944 (retd 01.07.1950)

DSO
11.05.1943
Operation Torch & U-boat attacks

DSC
13.10.1942
convoy PQ17

DSC
21.11.1944
sinking of U671 04.08.44

RD
?
?

27.04.1935
-
(07.1935)
HMS Wishart (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)

05.09.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)

01.05.1942
-
07.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Lotus (corvette)

30.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Stayner (frigate)

20.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

(05.1950)

no appointment listed

Hall,
Robert Lindsey
R.L. Hall
Son of Henry James and Mercy Lorraine Hall, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
1914 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 26]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]

T/S.Lt. (E)
15.09.1939

serving under the T.124 agreement

15.09.1939
-
05.11.1940
HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)

Hammond,
Walter James
W.J. Hammond
Son of William James Hammond and Alice Hammond.
Husband of Margaret Hammond, of West End.
(09?).1895
Pancras district, London / Middlesex
-
31.03.1947
[age 51]
[Marden Cemetery, sec. 2, grave 557]]

T/Lt.
06.12.1939

T/Lt.Cdr.
?

24.12.1939
-
08.11.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Marauder (rescue tug)

02.05.1943
-
31.03.1947
HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) (died on active service)

Hand,
Reginald Hector Edwin
R.H.E. Hand (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Hutchinson)
Married ((06?).1925, Wellinborough district) ... Clayson.
22.03.1902
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
-
(06?).1982
Lewes district, East Sussex

T/Lt.
22.09.1939

TA/Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1943? (reld < 04.1946)

22.09.1939
-
(02.)1943
HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser)

15.04.1943
-
08.1943
Commanding Officer, HM LST 75 (landing ship, tank)

08.1943
-
11.1944
Commanding Officer, HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Anzio & Normandy)

28.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)

Hannah,
George Henry
"Harry"
G.H. Hannah (Photo courtesy of Mr Phil Hannah)
Son of Skpr. Robert Henry Hannah (swept mines in WWI and lost at sea 01.1920 on steam trawler 'Amber'), and ... Wrigglesworth.
Married; ... children (one son?).
01.01.1912
Hessle, Humberside, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
1990 ?

Seaman
21.02.1941 [Lt/JX242624]

T/Skpr.
01.05.1944 [TS 1619] (reld 21.03.1947)

21.02.1941

entered RNR as seaman for 2nd Hand

02.1941
-
05.1943
HMS Our Bairns (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)

05.1943
-
02.1944
HMS Oaklea (trawler?)

02.1944
-
01.05.1944
HMS Sir E.P. Wills (examination service vessel)

01.05.1944
-
12.08.1944
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft) (for course)

12.08.1944
-
14.08.1945
Second Skipper, HMS Chiltern (auxiliary patrol trawler)

14.08.1945
-
21.10.1945
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)

21.10.1945
-
08.12.1945
Second Skipper, HMS Ben Meidie (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)

08.12.1945
-
27.01.1946
HMS Europa (RNPS Central Depot, Sparrow's Nest, Lowestoft)

27.01.1946
-
10.1946
First Lieutenant, HM MMS 233 (motor minesweeper) [HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft)]

10.1946
-
21.03.1947
HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)

Hansen,
Peder
P. Hansen
Son of Hans Rasmus Syventsen and Hilma Elisabeht (née Johannessen).
Husband of Martha Hansen, of Haukerod, Norway.
18.07.1899
Norway
-
09.03.1942
[age 42]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]

A/T/Lt. (E)
05.08.1941

05.08.1940
-
09.03.1942
HMS Shera (minesweeping trawler)

Hansen,
Thorbjørn
T. Hansen 10.12.1914
Norway
-

T/S.Lt.
26.08.1940 (commission terminated 28.08.1942?)

14.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Skudd III (converted Norwegian whaler)

Hamilton-Hill,
Edward Alfred
E.A. Hamilton-Hill ?
-

Lt.
18.03.1933 (retd)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
11.07.1941

A/Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1945 (reverted to retd 23.02.1946)

RD
?
?

King Christian X's Liberty Medal (07.09.1948; mission to Denmark)

(09.1940)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 14 (motor torpedo boat)

(1944?)

Staff of SHAEF

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Harkness,
Archibald Ferguson
A.F. Harkness (Photo courtesy of Mrs Philippa Stafford)
Married; two sons, one daughter.
14.05.1911
-
(12?).1961
Lothingland district

A/S.Lt.
22.04.1933

S.Lt.
14.07.1934

Lt.
22.04.1936
17.10.1939, seniority 24.03.1936

A/Lt.Cdr.
early 1942 &
> 02.1943, < 06.1943 till 23.03.1944

Lt.Cdr.
24.03.1944 (reld 27.05.1946) (retd 01.07.1950)

OBE
09.06.1942
passage Black Sea - Alexandria 11.41-02.42

DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 41

RD
12.1943
?

MID
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete

MID
24.02.1942
taking Mikoyan [1stblFmgst?] (for skill and good seamanship)

MID
01.01.1944
New Year 44

MID
24.04.1945
bombarding Gothic Line from Adriatic Sea 44

Education: Ayr Academy, Scotland
Joined Merchant Navy, 1927, serving aboard the ships of A Holt & Co, Liverpool, and becoming a Master Mariner.

23.04.1939
-
(09.1939)
HMS Hyperion (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (to complete 9 months' training)

(04.1940)

HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Portsmouth) *

(1940)

HMS Euclase (armed trawler)

07.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Skudd III (minesweeping trawler)

18.03.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Wolborough (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

(1942)

HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)

(1942)

Tuapse (Soviet ship)

05.04.1942
-
09.09.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Gloxinia (corvette)

10.1943
-
03.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tetcott (destroyer)

28.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Urchin (destroyer)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hart,
William Percival
W.P. Hart
(09?).1901 ?
Ormskirk, Lancashire ?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt.
29.01.1940

T/S.Lt.
?, seniority 29.01.1940

T/Lt.
29.10.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

23.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Arabis (corvette)

19.08.1944
-
?
Commanding Officer, HMS Pennywort (corvette)

(07.1945)

HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) *

01.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hartnell,
George Arthur
G.A. Hartnell (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Brannan) (03?).1908 ?
St George Hanover Square, London ?
-

Prob. T/Lt.
23.09.1940

T/Lt.
1941, seniority 23.09.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
06.12.1945? (reld > 04.1946)

18.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Tiercel (armed yacht; at times used as armed boarding vessel, accommodation ship & target ship)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

06.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carisbrooke Castle (corvette)

Harvey,
Louis Martin
L.M. Harvey
Husband of Esther Harvey, of Anlaby.
(03?).1902
Yarmouth, Norfolk
-
03.02.1941
[age 39]
[Haltemprice (Anlaby Tranby Lane) Cemetery, Yorkshire, grave 211]

Prob. T/Skpr.
26.09.1940 [TS 727]

23.10.1940
-
03.02.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Arctic Trapper (trawler) (ship sunk by aircraft)

Hatton,
Thomas
T. Hatton
Of Chipperfield, Hertfordshire. ?
-
died before 09.1956

A/S.Lt. 08.01.1910

S.Lt. ?

Lt. 09.04.1915 (retd)

Lt.Cdr. (retd) 09.04.1923 (removed from retd 29.11.1954)

RD ? ?

07.08.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for miscellaneous services)

01.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)

01.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for staff duties on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock)

(04.1946) HMS Tay (frigate) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hay,
William
W. Hay 1921 ?
-
07.08.1942
(KIA) (age 21)
[Pulborough (st. Mary) Churchyard]

Prob. Midsh.
01.05.1938

A/S.Lt.
?

S.Lt.
?

MID
20.01.1942
action with enemy Dover 27.11.41

(11.1941)

HM MTB 219 (motor torpedo boat)

31.12.1941
-
07.08.1942
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 45 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]

Henderson,
James
J. Henderson ?
-

T/Lt. (E)
28.09.1942

MID
24.04.1945
firefighting & damage control 31.01.45

15.03.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Berry (frigate)

(04.1946)

HMS Bayfield (Bangor class minesweeper) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Henderson,
John Roderick
J.R. Henderson 1885
-
01.1953

T/Lt. RNVR
10.04.1915

T/Lt.Cdr.
27.08.1939

T/A/Cdr.
28.08.1939?

DSC
02.08.1940
withdrawal of troops from Le Havre [investiture 22.02.41]

28.08.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)

08.04.1941
-
(12.1941)
staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]

(06.1944)
(07.1945)
(04.1946)
-

(04.1946)

HM's Dockyard, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
and for salvage duties
Assistant to Captain of the Dockyard (and for salvage duties)

Hewitt,
Eric
E. Hewitt
Residence: (1970/71) Ty Gwyn, Penman1, Beaumaris, Wales.
18.07.1904
Stoke upon Trent
-
02.1996
Knowlsey, Merseyside
[memorial service 11.05.1996]

Midsh.
01.05.1921

A/S.Lt.
18.07.1925

Lt.
12.06.1928

Lt.Cdr.
12.06.1936

Cdr.
31.12.1941

A/Capt.
15.09.1945?

Capt.
30.06.1947 (retd > 07.1959, < 07.1962)

MID
23.11.1943
defence of convoy Eastern Mediterranean air attack 08.43

LoA
-
bringing ship [SS Mnie de Larrinage] to be sunk as a block ship

RD
08.1940
?

RD
> 05.1953
< 01.1956
?

Education: HMS Conway (1919-1921)

13.06.1927
-
(07.1927)
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]

28.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Alaunia (repair ship)

(02.1941)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

01.1941
-
31.08.1942
First Lieutenant, HMS Shoreham (sloop)

31.08.1942
-
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Shoreham (sloop)

20.04.1944
-
23.11.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Whimbrel (sloop) **

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

15.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Sultan (base, Singapore) (for sea transport duties)

11.02.1952

RNR representative at funeral of HM King George VI

14.06.1956
-
1960?
RNR ADC to the Queen

Captain Superintendent HMS Conway (school ship since 1953 ashore], Mercantile Marine Services Association), 09.1949-07.1968. Sheriff, High Court of Justice for Anglesy, Wales, 1970-(1971).

* indexed, but not listed as such
** appointment & hence exact dates not confirmed by Navy List, but he was undoubtedly in command for operation Neptune; dates taken from ending & starting dates of predecessor & successor

Heywood,
Peter Walter Kenneth
P.W.K. Heywood
Son of ... Heywood, and ... Manners.
Residence: Laburnam Farm
Waste Lane, Berkswell, Warwickkshire.
(06?).1920
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-

Cadet
?

Prob. Midsh.
31.12.1936

Midsh.
?, seniority 31.12.1936

A/S.Lt.
23.03.1940

S.Lt.
23.03.1941

Lt.
23.09.1942

A/Lt.Cdr.
< 04.1946

Lt. RN
09.01.1947, seniority 23.09.1942

Lt.Cdr. RN
23.09.1950 (emgcy 09.12.1951)

Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
?, seniority 23.09.1950 (retd 31.12.1971)

RD
08.10.1956
?

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; Burma Star; 1939-45 War Medal; Silver Jubilee Medal 1910-1935; Russian Convoy medal

06.09.1939
-
04.1940
HMS Patroclus (armed merchant cruiser)

05.1940
-
06.1940
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)

06.1940
-
01.1941
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, Rothesay)

02.1941
-
07.1942
HMS Rockingham (destroyer)

29.07.1942
-
03.1944
HMS Obdurate (destroyer)

13.04.1944
-
11.1944
HMS Despatch (cruiser)

18.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HM LST 410 (landing ship, tank)

02.1946
-
01.1947
Commanding Officer, HM LST 3026 (landing ship, tank)

09.01.1947

transferred from RNR to RN

02.1947
-
06.1947
Commanding Officer, HMS Ringdove (coastal minelayer)

06.1947
-
08.1947
course, HMS Safeguard (boom defence depot, Rosyth)

08.1947
-
08.1949
HMS Barneath (boom defence vessel)

10.08.1949
-
08.1951
HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)

(05.1953)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

Hill,
Harold
H. Hill ?
-
[1959 still alive]

S.Lt.
13.08.1928

Lt.
13.08.1930

Lt.Cdr.
13.08.1938 (retd 1945/46)

Cdr. (retd)
?

DSC
05.01.1943
successful submarine patrol Western Approaches 07.42

RD
?
?

02.02.1929
-
(08.1929)
Third Officer, HMS H 31 (submarine)

04.12.1940
-
02.1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Gardenia (corvette)

23.02.1942
-
(02.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (sloop)

21.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM LST 358 (landing ship, tank)

Hill,
Hugh Alfred
H.A. Hill
(09?).1901
Bangor, Anglesey
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Prob. S.Lt.
?

S.Lt.
29.09.1926, seniority 17.05.1926

Lt.
10.07.1928, seniority 17.05.1928 (retd 11.02.1935; own request)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
17.05.1936

A/Cdr. (retd)
< 07.1945

Cdr. (retd)
13.08.1946, seniority 08.05.1946

OBE
01.01.1946
New Year 46

BSM
05.11.1946
?

RD
10.01.1946
-

22.04.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Wakakura (trawler)

15.07.1943
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Venture (shore establishment, Suva, Fiji) & Naval Liaison Officer, Fiji

Hill,
Leslie Frederick Lewis
L.F.L. Hill 07.01.1910
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
10.1994
Claro district, North Yorkshire

Prob. S.Lt.
01.03.1935

S.Lt.
05.10.1936, seniority 01.03.1935

Lt.
26.08.1937, seniority 08.11.1936

A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944

Lt.Cdr.
08.11.1944

Cdr.
31.12.1950 (retd 07.01.1960)

RD
07.12.1945
-

28.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Seawolf (submarine)

12.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS L 23 (submarine)

21.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Una (submarine)

15.02.1944
-
15.11.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tuna (submarine)

11.1944
-
19.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)

06.1945
-
(10.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Morpeth Castle (corvette)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Hill,
Walter
W. Hill ?
-

T/Lt. 15.09.1939

serving under the T.124 agreement

15.09.1939
-
05.11.1940
HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)

(02.1941)

no appointment listed

Hilldrith,
William
W. Hilldrith (06?).1901
Hull, Yorkshire
-

T/Skpr.
08.06.1940

MID
12.11.1940
attack by enemy aircraft, 2 brought down

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

?
-
23.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Arctic Trapper (minesweeping trawler)

Hire,
Carlton Arthur
C.A. Hire (12?).1909
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-

T/S.Lt. 30.09.1940

T/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

holding temporary commission under T.124 agreements

(02.1941) no appointment listed

(12.1941) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) *

01.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)

01.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs)
[HMS Jaunty (rescue tug)]

(04.1946) no appointment listed

Was arrested as a Singapore-based shipbroker by the Dutch authorities for selling arms and vessels to the Indonesian rebels. Along with 3 US men he was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in Jan. 1949, but was released on 12 Nov. 1949 after an application for clemency, pointing out that the US citizens had been released two months previously.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Hitchcock,
Ernest Albert
E.A. Hitchcock ?
-

T/S.Lt.
13.10.1939

T/Lt.
22.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

02.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS King Sol (anti-submarine trawler)

10.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)

24.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Borage (corvette)

Hodson,
Frank
F. Hodson ?
-

Skpr.
15.11.1937 [WS 2726]

10.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Brecon Moor

Hodson,
Frederick William
F. Hodson or F.W. Hodson (Drawing courtesy of Mr Nick Clark) ? ?
-
07.1962 still alive

Skpr.
19.07.1937 [WS 2708]

A/Chief Skpr.
14.08.1944 (retd)

05.12.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Stella Rigel (minesweeping trawler) *

14.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)

* under HMS Stella Rigel is given F. Hodson, but as that person commanded HMS Brecon Moor, it is assumed that it should be F.W. Hodson, who is without appointment in the index of the Navy List

Hodson,
Marmaduke Storr
M.S. Hodson 14.04.1909
Leeds district, Yorkshire
-
09.1997
Thanet district, Kent

Midsh.
01.09.1926

A/S.Lt.
14.04.1930

S.Lt.
26.10.1931

Lt.
18.09.1934

Lt.Cdr.
18.09.1942 (reld from active service < 04.1946)

Cdr.
30.06.1949

Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd 02.06.1964)

RD
07.12.1945
-

RD
11.12.1962
-

08.02.1940
-
01.08.1940
Second Hand, HMS Oswald (submarine) [ship rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi in Ionian Sea] [background story]

08.1940
-
1945?
prisoner of war in Italian/German captivity

29.04.1962
-
28.04.1963
RNR ADC to the Queen

Area Marine Superintendent, U.K. south at Southampton, Union Castle Line.

Hollinshead,
John Geoffrey
J.G. Hollinshead
Son of Alfred and Lily Hollinshead, of Bray, Co. Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.
1918 ?
-
24.11.1941
[age 23]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]

Prob. S.Lt.
09.02.1940

S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 09.02.1940

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

08.11.1940
-
24.11.1941
HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]

Holmes,
Herbert
H. Holmes
From Birkenhead.
?
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959

S.Lt.
17.05.1926

Lt.
17.05.1928 (retd 24.07.1935)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
17.05.1936 (reverted to retd 04.06.1946)

RD
WW II
?

04.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training)

25.11.1939
-
06.02.1940
HMS Resource (repair ship, Mediterranean)

06.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)

25.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
Naval Control Service (NCS) duties with Resident Naval Officer (RNO), Cypriot Ports [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]

Holmes,
William Douglas
W.D. Holmes
?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?

Prob. Paym.S.Lt.
01.03.1937

Paym.S.Lt.
29.12.1937, seniority 01.03.1937

Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S)
01.03.1939

A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
< 04.1944

Lt.Cdr. (S)
01.03.1947 (retd 08.12.1954)

RD
10.04.1946
-

01.12.1939
-
(12.1941)
HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)

16.02.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Malaya (battleship)

08.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Glenearn (armed troop carrier)

(04.1946)

HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hoodless,
Colin Arthur
C.A. Hoodless (03?).1906
Steyning district, Sussex
-
11.03.1964
Plymouth

T/Lt.
20.11.1939
1940?, seniority 23.10.1940

A/T/Lt.Cdr.
07.1943? (reld < 04.1946)

DSC
14.05.1946
attack 03.07.42 [award posted]

20.11.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser)

06.11.1940
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Le Tiger (auxiliary anti-submarine warfare trawler)

07.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Jasmine (corvette)

09.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)

Master Mariner. Captain of the Research Vessels "Sabella" & "Sarsia" of the Marine Biological Association, 1950/60s.

Houchen,
George William
G.W. Houchen
(12?).1906
Wayland, Norfolk
-
16.03.1966
Falmouth, Cornwall

Midsh.
01.09.1923

A/S.Lt.
02.04.1928

S.Lt.
28.02.1931

Lt.
06.02.1932

Lt.Cdr.
06.02.1940

A/Cdr.
> 07.1945, < 04.1946

Cdr.
31.12.1947

Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd 13.10.1961)

OBE
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40 [investiture 03.09.40]

MID
03.03.1942
torpedoing of HMS Cossack 23.10.41

RD
06.08.1942
?

RD
1954/55?
1st clasp

20.05.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS H 31 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla, Portsmouth)

05.09.1939
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Foam (anti-submarine warfare trawler)

18.12.1940
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Carnation (corvette)

27.08.1942
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kale (frigate)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Master Mariner.

Hough,
John Stafford

Son of ... Hough, and ... Carr.
05.01.1916
Plymouth district, Devon
-
11.1987
Dover, Kent

Lt.
05.01.1941 (retd 1945/46)

Cdr. (retd?)
?

DSC
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45

RD
?
?

10.1942
-
(06.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Kittiwake (sloop)

01.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Charlock (corvette)

1956
-
1964
Commanding Officer, Prince of Wales Sea Training School

1964
-

Deputy General Secretary, British Shipping Society

Howe,
John Samuel
J.S. Howe (03?).1891 ??
Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk ??
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Wt. Offr.
?

Skpr.
01.07.1924 [WS 2329] (retd 1940?)

A/Ch. Skpr. (retd)
31.12.1943

RD
1939
?

1914-1915 Star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Victory Medal

(04.1940)
-
(12.1941)
HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Howes,
Walter George Robert
W.G.R. Howes (03?).1898
Lowestoft?, Mutford district, Suffolk
-
(12?).1964
Yarmouth district, Norfolk

T/Skpr.
09.11.1939

T/A/Ch.Skpr.
03.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

09.02.1940
-
13.10.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Summer Rose (auxiliary patrol drifter)

(02.1941)

HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) *

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Howson,
John
J. Howson 22.11.1871
Whitehaven, Cumberland
-
09.05.1948

Lt.
?

Lt.Cdr.
>

Cdr.
30.06.1918 (retd)

Capt. (retd)
30.06.1923

CBE
1919
?

RD
?
?

1887

entered Mercantile Marine, doing service in sailing vessels until 1895

1895

Extra Master's Certificate, joined the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.

1896

obtained commission in the Royal Naval Reserve

1900
-
1902
served in a chartered Naval Transport during S. African War (medal and clasp)

1902
-
1903
served Royal Navy

1906

transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, commanding several of their vessels, 1910-1914

1914
-
1918
served in Royal Navy (1914-1917 RN Harwich force, North Sea & 1918-1919 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command)

1919

commanded Hospital Ship attached to Black Sea Naval Squadron

1919
-
1921
commanded Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's vessels

1939
-
1940
served in Atlantic convoys (1939-40), Norway (1940), and Dunkirk (1940)

1940
-
1941
Staff Officer, HQ Western Approaches

1941
-
1943
served in Mediterranean (1941-42), and Madagascar (1942), and took part in Malta convoys (1942), and the landings in North Africa (1942), Sicily (1943), and Italy (1943)

1944

Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf

1946

[Senior Naval Officer], Delhi

Hubbard,
Robert Lancelot Fortescue
R.L.F. Hubbard 16.03.1887
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
(06?).1972
Honiton district, Devonshire

Cdr.
31.12.1925

Capt.
31.12.1934 (retd)

A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
04.01.1943

Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
15.09.1945

CBE
?
?

RD
?
?

04.01.1943
-
(08.1943)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Hudson,
Huberht Taylor "Buddha"
no typing error: Huberht
H.T. Hudson 17.09.1886
Islington, London
-
15.06.1942
(KIA) [age 55]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial]

Cdr.
30.06.1927

Capt.
30.06.1935 (retd > 08.1939, < 08.1942)

A/Cdre. 2nd cl.
26.12.1940

RD
?
-

1914 -
1916
member (navigator) of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

07.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]

(10.1940)

no appointment listed

26.12.1940
-
15.06.1942
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (convoy HG84 etc.)

also: RNR ADC to the King

Hughes,
Alexander [Ian]
"Alex"
A. Hughes
From Pittenweem, Fife.
1911 ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Prob. S.Lt.
29.03.1939

S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 29.03.1939

Lt.
05.05.1940

Lt.Cdr.
05.05.1948 (retd > 01.1959)

DSC
10.07.1945
Operations Arakan coast 44-45 [award posted]

MID
10.07.1945
Operation Baboon (operations on the Arakan coast 03.45)

MID
23.10.1945
beach reconnaissance Far East 09.06.45

RD
08.02.1950
-

?
-
?
HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton)

(04.1940)

HMS Iron Duke (depot ship) *

06.10.1940
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Buxton (destroyer)

?
-
?
HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore)

05.1943
-
05.03.1944
Navigating Officer, HMS Slinger (escort carrier)

06.03.1944
-
(07.)1945
HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP):

1944
-
1945
COPP 3 (Naval Party 775 & HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon))

01.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hughes,
Richard [Gladstone]
R. Hughes
From Anglesey, North Wales.
?
-
01.1952
Cochin, India (drowned)
[buried at St Andrews, Cochin 26.01.1952]

T/Lt.
03.12.1941 (reld 11.06.1947)

09.01.1942
-
1942
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)

1942
-
1945?
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)

21.02.1945
-
12.1945
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)

12.1945
-
(04.)1946
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)

1946
-
(06?).1947
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (possibly as Sea Transport Officer)

Captain of the new Scidia Steam's 'Jalapadma' after the war and was drowned in Cochin in 1952 during a transfer from ship to shore.

Hughes,
William John
W.J. Hughes
From Moelfre, Anglesey, North Wales.
Married; two sons.

1903 ?
-
1992 ?

T/Lt.
04.05.1941 (reld 02.11.1945)

Served on the ships Yewbank, Brereton, Wild Rose, Barrhead, Wildfire, Laomedon, Rooke, Elsie Thomas, Primrose, Guelder Rose, Yewhill and Yewmount Jim, and as master of the ships Hubbastone, Monkstone, and the M. V. Richmond Queen and the M. V. Kestor, his first command, in 1937.

09.1941
-
(08.1942)
Commanding Officer, HMS Barrhead (boom defence vessel)

HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)

07.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
Navigating Officer, HMS Laomedon (boom carrier)

HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth)

Hulse,
John Norman
J.N. Hulse 13.08.1907
-
24.12.1998
Seaford, Eastbourne district, East Sussex

Prob. S.Lt.
12.02.1930

S.Lt.
26.08.1930, seniority 12.02.1930

Lt.
12.02.1932

Lt.Cdr.
12.02.1940

Cdr.
31.12.1943 (retd 01.12.1944) (re-instated on Active List ?) (reverted to retd 01.07.1950) (re-instated on Acticve List 25.10.1951) (reverted to retd 13.08.1957)

DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 44 [decoration posted]

MID
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40

RD
07.1943
-

04.12.1939
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Princess (armed boarding vessel)

06.06.1941
-
07.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Antwerp (armed merchant cruiser)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

Suez Canal pilot. Master Mariner.

Hummel,
Guy Horton
G.H. Hummel
Son of Robert Horton Hummel, and Ethel Mary Hummel (née ...) (died 1943).
Married ((09?).1937, Isle of Wight) ... Saunders; ... children (one son?).
30.10.1901
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
(03?).1978
South East Hampshhire district

Prob. T/Lt.
18.01.1940

T/Lt.
1940, seniority 18.01.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

MID
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 08.42)

(10.1940)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

(02.1941)

HM ML 157 (motor launch) *

10.10.1941
-
(02.1943)
HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)

(08.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM SGB 5 (steam gun boat) (despatches)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

13.11.1944
-
(01.)1945
Commanding Officer, HM LST 361 (landing ship, tank) & Flotilla Commander, 1st LST Flotilla

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hunter,
Frederick Alfred George
F.A.G. Hunter
Married (12.1933, Southampton district, Hampshire) Doris E. White; two sons, two daughters.
Residence: (1944) Southampton, Hampshire.
24.09.1903
Islington, London
-
28.09.1963
Southampton, Hampshire

Prob. S.Lt.
25.04.1927

S.Lt.
20.04.1932, seniority 25.04.1927

Lt.
02.05.1931 (retd 12.03.1939)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
02.05.1939

A/Cdr. (retd)
01.10.1941? (reverted to retd < 04.1946)

DSC
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44 [investiture 07.11.44]

MID
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43

RD
1942?
-

14.01.1933
-
1933
Pangbourne

03.10.1937
-
16.10.1937
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)

17.10.1937
-
1937
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

04.12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)

(10.1940)
-
(02.1941)
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) *

01.10.1941
-
(07.1945)
HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) (DSC, despatches)

Joined the Union Castle Line where he was assistant cargo superintendent at
Southampton up till his death.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Hynes,
Herbert William
H.W. Hynes ?
-

T/Lt. (E)
01.02.1943

(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Montserrat (frigate) *

(04.1946)

HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

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