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Jackson, J.  to Jones, P.M.

Jackson, John	? - died between 08.1959 and 08.1973 ?	S.Lt. 13.10.1928 Lt. 15.11.1931 Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1939 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 DSC 07.09.1943 destruction U-boat U-657 off Cape Farewell, Greenland 17.05.43 DSC 29.10.1944 U-boat U-302 probably sunk NW of the Azores 06.04.44 MID 29.02.1944 fftg [= firefighting?] SS Port Fairy 07.43 RD ? ?	06.01.1929 - (08.1929) HMS L 54 (submarine) 05.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS Scottish (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 08.08.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Heliotrope (corvette) 14.04.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Swale (frigate) * (07.1945) Combined Operations HQ ** * Highest in rank aboard till 28.04.1943 when Cdr. R.C. Boyle, RN, boarded. As Jackson got major awards for actions of HMS Swale (and Boyle not), one might assume that Jackson remained in command of the ship and that Boyle, as senior in rank, was in command of a larger formation of which HMS Swale was the command ship. ** indexed, but not listed as such
James, Albert William	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 31.01.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 31.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46)	16.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 20.09.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMT King Sol (anti-submarine trawler) 20.12.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Pennywort (corvette) 20.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) (for mobile training units) (in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer)
Jameson, Percy Roland Married (23.02.1929, Norbury, London) Florence Amalia Fisher; two sons.	09.01.1893 Leeds, Yorkshire - 14.04.1975 Howick, New Zealnd	Prob. T/Lt. 20.03.1940 T/Lt. > 02.1941, seniority 20.03.1940 (reld 23.07.1945?)	Education: HMS Conway Served Merchant Navy. 20.03.1940 joined RNR (04.1940) no appointment listed 07.1940 - 20.01.1942 Boom Defence Depot, Gosport [Portsmouth] [HMS Victory III] 18.03.1942 - 25.05.1942 Commanding Officer, SS Tamaroa (in a convoy of 33 vessels from the Clyde to Suez) 30.05.1942 - 01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Burgonet (boom defence vessel) (based at Masawa, operations in Mediterranean, Suez, Port Said & Red Sea) 01.1943 - 29.04.1943 returned ill to the UK [poisoned arm?], hospitalized at RN Hospital Chatham to 08.04.1943, followed by some leave 30.04.1943 - 19.05.1943 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 20.05.1943 - 30.06.1943 Boom Defence Depot, Gosport [Portsmouth] [HMS Victory III] 01.07.1943 - 01.08.1944 Boom Defence Depot, Greenock [Clyde] [HMS Orlando] 03.08.1944 - 07.09.1944 Boome Defence [Camp?] 08.09.1944 - 23.07.1945 Boom Defence Depot, Dover [HMS Lynx] Emigrated to New Zealand, 19.12.1957.
Jennings, William John Son of William Henry and Ethel May Jennings, of Slough, Buckinghamshire.	1922 ? - 25.11.1941 (KIA) [age 19] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]	Prob. T/Midsh. 25.01.1940 T/Midsh. 1940?, seniority 25.01.1940 DSC 10.02.1942 minesweeping & air attacks Mediterranean [posthumously; presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Montem School in Slough; Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) no appointment listed 1941? - 1941? HMS Sotra (minesweeping trawler) 24.08.1941 - (11.)1941 HMS Raglan Castle (minesweeping trawler) (11.1941?) - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (battleship) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-331 in eastern Mediterranean]
Jensen, Hans Albert Son of Hans and Sene Jensen; husband of Annie Jensen, of Hull.	1886 ? - 02.05.1945 (KIA) [age 59] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 16, column 2]	T/Skpr. 28.09.1940 [TS 734] DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 21.11.44]	09.01.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Sycamore (minesweeping trawler) 06.1942 - 02.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ebor Wyke (minesweeping trawler) [ship torpedoed and sunk by U-979 off Hrafneyri light, Iceland]
Johnson, James	? - 1940s ? * * no trace after 1946	Prob. A/S.Lt. ? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 07.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 DSC 29.02.1944 attack on U-boat Western Approaches 28.08.43 [award posted]	30.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS York (cruiser) (12.1941) no appointment listed 08.10.1942 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Jed (frigate) 03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette) (04.1946) HM LST 416 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson, Wilfred Norman Married; one son, one daughter.	18.09.1907 North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland -	Prob. T/Lt. 29.01.1940 T/Lt. ?, seniority 29.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 OBE 01.01.1966 New Year 66 MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 Awarded R.H.S. Testimonial on Parchment for risking his life rescuing Seaman Watts of H.M.D. Christmas Rose when ship was blown up (21.11.1940). Watchkeepers Certificate (15.05.1945).	Served in Chinese Customs Service, 1933-1940. 29.01.1940 joined RNR (04.1940) no posting listed 01.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) 18.08.1942 - (05.1945) HMS Invicta (emergency accomodation ship) (lastly First Lieutenant) 12.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous duties) 15.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, LST 3511 (landing ship, tank) Chief Marine Superintendent of Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. and initiated the world's first roll-on/roll-off service for commercial vehicles in 1948.
Jonassen, Ragnar	19.04.1902 Norway - ?	T/Lt. (E) 22.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	22.07.1940 joined RNR 12.12.1940 - 20.10.1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 20.10.1941 - 15.05.1942 HMS Newport (destroyer) [not in the RNR] 15.05.1942 re-entered RNR (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed
Jones, Gerald Norman	30.05.1885 Llanarmon, near Ruthin, North Wales - 29.05.1958 [Westwinds, Deganwy, North Wales ?]	Cdr. 30.06.1929 (retd 30.05.1935) Capt. (retd) 30.05.1935 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 20.03.1944 CBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41; ocean convoys DSO 1917 ? MID 20.02.1945 3 years ocean convoys 41-44 RD ? ? Awarded Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society's silver medal and illuminated address, 1919, for gallantry in saving life at sea.	1902 apprenticed to the sea and sailed from Liverpool on first voyage in the clipper ship, Glenesslin was second mate and first mate in sailing ships and later joined White Star Line as an officer 1914 - 1919 served on Belgian Coast, Gallipoli, North Sea, and other areas in command of destroyers (DSO) 1930 studied at RN War College, Greenwich 01.1940 - 06.1945 Commodore of Convoys: 20.03.1944 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (1945?) - (1946?) HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) - 1948 late Master Mariner Cunard White Star Ltd, retired from sea employment lectured on naval history before the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall; Nautical Assessor under the Central Court of Passage, Liverpool; Lecturer on Nautical Subjects and free­lance journalist
Jones, John Treasure	(09?).1905 Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire - 12.05.1993 Chandler's Ford, Southampton	Lt. 18.08.1929 Lt.Cdr. 18.08.1937 Cdr. 30.06.1943 A/Capt. 1945/46? (reld 1946?) MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 RD ? ?	18.12.1940 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunflower (corvette) (07.1945) no posting listed (1945) HMS Blenheim (destroyer depot ship), 49th Escort Group (04.1946) HMS Sultan ? - ? Captain, RMS Queen Mary ? - ? Captain, RMS Mauretania ? - 1967 Captain, RMS Queen Mary (1968) Captain, RMS Caronia
Jones, Peter Morgan Married (08.1941); four sons, one daughter.	27.05.1916 Amlwch, Anglesey - 29.10.1990 Colchester, Essex	Prob. Midsh. 01.04.1935 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.04.1935 A/S.Lt. 27.05.1937 S.Lt. 24.09.1939 Lt. 11.06.1940 (reld from active service 03.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. 11.06.1948 (retd > 01.1957) DSC 05.01.1943 attack U-boat Western Approaches 14.10.42 MID 09.03.1943 convoy HX217 anti-submarine work 12.42 RD > 04.1946 < 07.1948 ?	06.07.1935 - 03.11.1935 HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) (RNR training) 11.06.1939 - 22.07.1939 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (RNR training) 23.07.1939 - 30.07.1939 HMS Leda (minesweeper) (RNR training) 31.07.1939 - 30.06.1940 HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) * 01.07.1940 - 19.01.1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 20.01.1941 - 16.02.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) ** 17.02.1941 - 20.05.1941 HMS Seagull (minesweeper) 21.05.1941 - 16.07.1941 HMS Leda (minesweeper) 17.07.1941 - 14.12.1941 HMS Niger (minesweeper) 15.12.1941 - 28.12.1941 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 29.12.1941 - 24.01.1942 HMS Conidaw [based at HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)] 25.01.1942 - 30.01.1942 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 31.01.1942 - 21.02.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 22.02.1942 - 17.06.1942 HMS Vanquisher (destroyer) 18.06.1942 - 18.03.1943 Navigating Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) 19.03.1943 - 14.07.1943 HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) 15.07.1943 - 07.10.1945 Navigating Officer, HMS Khedive (escort carrier) (till 07.09.1943 borne on HMS Asbury (shore etablishment, Asbury Park, USA)) 08.10.1945 - 03.03.1946 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 14.05.1950 - 27.05.1950 HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette) 21.11.1950 - 12.12.1950 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) After being demobilised in March 1946 he returned to service with P&O, gaining his Master’s ticket in around 1947. In 1948 he became a Trinity House pilot on the Harwich station and continued there until he retired in 1986, aged 70. * (04.1940) indexed as HMS Cardiff (cruiser), but not listed as such ** (02.1941) indexed as HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham), but not listed as such *** date of appointment according to Navy List: 08.08.1943

 

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