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M.A.J. Landon  to  J.M. Lyall

Landon, Martyn Arthur Jermyn Son of Capt. Arthur Jermyn Landon, RN (1883-1931), and Eilie Emily Evans (1890-1976). Married ((03?).1953, Winchester district, Hampshire) Claudine A. Bamber.	29.03.1920 Woking, Guildford district, Surrey -	Prob. Midsh. 31.12.1936 A/S.Lt. 29.03.1940 S.Lt. 07.1941, seniority 29.03.1941 Lt. 29.09.1942 Lt.Cdr. 29./09.1950 (retd 10.03.1963) MID 24.11.1942 special service Mediterranean, loss ship 13.06.42 RD 24.06.1950 - RD 11.06.1963 1st clasp	? - 21.11.1939 HMS Gipsy (destroyer) (ship mined off Harwich; slightly injured) 17.02.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Jaguar (destroyer) ? - 13.06.1942 HMS Farouk (Q-ship) (ship sunk by U-83 off Ramkin Island) long navigation course [HMS Dryad] 10.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services [Navigation Officer for 50 ML Flotilla]) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Hind (sloop) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (04.1946) HMS Manxman (minelayer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lane, Harry Robertson	(09?).1899 Toxteth Park district, Lancashire - (12?).1965 Liverpool South district, Lancashire	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 10.08.1943 Cdre. 2nd cl. 29.01.1945 (retd 28.08.1954) OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 RD ? ?	(04.1940) - (10.1940) HMS Loch Tulla * 18.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 01.10.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 10.08.1943 - (07.1945) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (04.1946) no appointment listed ? - 09.12.1953 RNR ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Langer, Edward Frederick Son of ... Langer, and ... Budd. Married Minnie Mary Langer (09.12.1913-09.1995), of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.	06.02.1913 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 10.1984 Ipswich, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Lt. 27.01.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	29.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ambrose (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 24.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS P 556 (submarine) 17.03.1943 - 29.05.1944 on loan to RANR(S): 17.03.1943 - 18.03.1943 London Depot RAN 19.03.1943 - 05.1943 HMAS Penguin 05.1943 - 21.06.1943 HMAS Penguin (additional; for duty with K 9 (submarine)) 22.06.1943 - 31.03.1944 First Lieutenant, HMAS K 9 (submarine) [based at HMAS Penguin, from 29.07.1943 HMAS Rushcutter] 01.04.1944 - 29.05.1944 HMAS Penguin (addtional; for passage to UK per SS [Nellor ?]) (07.1945) HM LST 323 (landing ship, tank) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Langridge, Richard Lionel	(09?).1891 Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex - 17.12.1940 [age 49] [Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Naval Reservation, grave 1240]	T/Lt. 12.02.1940	(04.1940) no appointment listed (10.1940)     HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) * ? - 17.12.1940 HMS Thomas Conolly (armed trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such
Larkin, N [Norman?]	? -	T/Lt. 01.11.1939	officer holding a temporary commission under T.124 agreements 01.11.1939 - (04).1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gracie Fields (paddle minesweeper)
Latch, Cyril Clive Telford	(12?).1923 King's Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire - 05.11.1940 (MPK) [age ± 17] [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 26.08.1939 Midsh. 1940, seniority 26.08.1939	08.10.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) [missing, presumed killed when ship was sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer]
Lawn, James William Married; ... children (one son?).	22.08.1912 ? Mutford district, Norfolk ? - 07.1984 ? Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk ?	Skpr. 24.01.1939 A/Skpr.Lt. 10.01.1944 [WS 2809] (reld < 04.1946) Ch.Skpr. ? Lt. (PS) 22.11.1951, seniority 17.05.1947 Lt.Cdr. (PS) 17.05.1955 (retd 27.08.1962) RD 17.02.1953 -	27.12.1939 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Hood (minesweeping trawler) 10.01.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 300 (motor minesweeper) 22.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 300 (motor minesweeper)
Laws, William Hall	23.09.1903 Prescot district, Lancashire - (12?).1979 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	Prob. S.Lt. 13.03.1930 S.Lt. 24.09.1930, seniority 13.03.1930 Lt. 22.06.1932, seniority 13.03.1932 * Lt.Cdr. 13.03.1940 (retd < 05.1950) A/Cdr. < 05.1943 RD 22.05.1943 ? * officially retired 07.08.1939, but most probably re-instated on the Active List of the RNR	29.11.1930 - (02.1931) HMS Revenge (battleship) (to complete 12 months' training) (Mediterranean) 29.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (additional for various services) (10.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 31.12.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Dunnottar Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Leach, Harold Frederic Son of Frederic Priestley Leach. Married 1st Kathleen Dorcas Pearce (born (03?).1913, Bristol district, Gloucestershire; died (06?).1945), Oxford district, Oxfordshire); two sons. Married (1959) 2nd Moira Gertrude Lee.	08.07.1910 Bradford district, West Yorkshire - 22.11.1993 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 09.02.1932 Paym.S.Lt. 30.08.1932, seniority 09.02.1932 Paym.Lt. 09.02.1934 Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 09.02.1942 (retd 08.07.1955; age) A/Cdr. (S) 30.06.1945? (demobilized < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 42-45 Def M - - WM 39|45 - - RD ? -	ASAA (1930), later FCA. 02.07.1932 - 1932 training, HMS Concord (signal school cruiser, Portsmouth) 1934 - 1934 training, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) (42 days) 1935 - 1935 training, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (14 days) 19.09.1936 - 1936 training, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) 21.07.1939 - 1939 training, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (Home Fleet) (04.1940) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 1940 - 1940 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 09.05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) 15.03.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) 23.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney) 11.12.1944 - 29.06.1945 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) 30.06.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Supply & Secretariat), HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) Chartered accountant. * indexed, but not listed as such
Leadbetter, Charles William Son of ... Leadbetter, and ... Manning.	19.11.1913 Fylde district, Lancashire - 08.2003 Blackpool district, Lancashire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.09.1935 A/S.Lt. 24.03.1937 S.Lt. 15.10.1939 Lt. 24.03.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 24.03.1948 (retd 19.11.1958) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 MID 21.08.1945 destruction U-Boat Western Approaches 04.02.45 RD 21.11.1946 -	25.08.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1942 - 10.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Oxlip (corvette) (despatches) 16.04.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Oficer, HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) 13.11.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate) 26.01.1945 - 27.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Papua (frigate) (despatches) 09.06.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Scavaig (frigate)
Leddra, Morris Reynolds Son of Thomas William and Elizabeth Grace Leddra, of Plymouth; husband of Edith Blanche Mary Leddra, of Mannamead, Plymouth.	(03.)1887 Plymouth, Devon - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 53] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 1]	Lt.Cdr. (E) 15.09.1939	serving under the T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
Lees, Andrew Robertson Son of James and Elizabeth Lees, of Aberdeen. Husband of Ann Buchanan Lees, of Aberdeen.	1905 ? - 15.09.1940 (KIA) [age 35] [Dover (St James's) Cemetery, C.1]	Skpr. 10.06.1937	20.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Dalmatia (armed trawler) 1940 - 15.09.1940 HMS Botanic (armed trawler)
Leggett, Arthur Abel Son of Thomas and Charlotte Leggett; husband of Hilda May Leggett, of Hakin, Milford Haven.	17.03.1904 - 07.03.1943 [age 38] [Milford Haven Cemetery, section C, grave 561]	Skpr. 10.01.1939 [WS 2804] A/Lt.Skpr. < 12.1941	Trawler skipper, fishing out of Milford Haven. (04.1940) HMS Milford Duke (boom defence vessel) * 16.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Suma (minesweeping trawler) 14.02.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Blighty (minesweeping trawler) 19.02.1942 - 07.03.1943 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for service at Barry) * indexed, but not listed as such
Leslie, John Aim Shearer Only son of Captain John Spence Leslie.	31.01.1908 South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 05.1984 Birkenhead district, Cheshire	T/Lt. 24.11.1941 (reld 1945/46) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up, Europe 45	(08.1942) HMS Tarana (Mediterranean) 25.05.1944 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick) Rejoined merchant fleet, Furness Withy (Prince Line) (master mariner)
L'Estrange, Henry Owen Second son of Henry George L’Estrange, and his wife Evelyn,  who was the second eldest daughter of Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, Sligo, and the grandson of Christopher Carleton L’Estrange of Kevinsfort, Sligo, and Market Hill, Co.Fermanagh. biography	1912 Lisnalurg, Sligo - 12.1972 on board his ship RFA Stromness in the Singapore naval base [St. Anne’s Churchyard Knocknarea, Strandhill Co. Sligo]	S.Lt. 01.02.1938 Lt. 21.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 21.12.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1955 DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [investiture 22.09.42] RD ? ?	(04.1940) no appointment listed 15.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Northern Sun (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 20.07.1941 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Kingston Agate (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) 11.1943 - 08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Kilbride (escort) (10.1944) no appointment listed 02.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Berry Head (escort repair ship) Served Royal Fleet Auxiliary pre- & post-war.
Le Sueur, John Alexander	? -	Prob. T/Midsh. 29.09.1939 T/Midsh. 1940?, seniority 29.09.1939	(04.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) * 29.11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic, 24.11.1941] ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** intended, but not substantiated appointment
Lewis, John Dudley Edward Son of ... Lewis, and ... Jewell.	12.07.1916 Westhampnett district, Sussex / Isle of Wight - 01.2003 Dacorum district, Hertfordshire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 01.04.1937 A/S.Lt. 31.01.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 09.09.1940 Lt.Cdr. 09.09.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1955 (Supernumerary List 06.07.1957) (retd 12.07.1966) RD ? - RD ? 1st clasp RD 22.04.1966 2nd clasp	20.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Breda (auxiliary patrol armed yacht) (12.1941) no appointment listed 19.01.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Verbena (corvette) (07.1945) no appointment listed 10.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
Linder, Charles John	(12?).1886 ? Sunderland, Durham ? - 1958 ?	T/Lt. 03.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1942	05.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Boom Defence Depot, Scapa Flow (Lyness, Orkneys) [HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa)] 09.10.1941 - 06.07.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fernmoor (boom defence vessel) 06.07.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Fernmoor (boom defence vessel) 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Linwood, Norman James Shaw Son of American parents. Married (1940, Alexandria, Egypt) Kathleen Baker, of Banksia, Widley, Hampshire;... children (one son?).	10.11.1907 Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa -	Prob. Lt. 19.07.1938 Lt. 27.04.1939, seniority 19.07.1938 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 19.07.1946 (retd 01.07.1950) RD ? -	Education: British public schools. Sea-going apprentice, 1922-1926. 05.02.1939     HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader, Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla) 12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Fiona (armed boarding vessel) (10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Fiona (armed boarding vessel) * (12.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria) * 01.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Nile (RN base. Alexandria) (additional; as Assistant Fuelling Officer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed Control Officer, Control Commission for Germany, 1945-1947. Manager of a chemical agency in Peru, 1947-1948. Appointed acting US consular agent at Mollendo, 16.06.1948. US Consular agent, 20.12.1948. * indexed, but not listed as such
Locke, John Vivian Married; ... children (one daughter?).	29.01.1896 Southampton district, Hampshire - (09?).1972 Exeter [cremated in Plymouth]	S.Lt. 06.03.1919, seniority 11.12.1917 Lt. 03.10.1922, seniority 15.03.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1935 (retd 29.01.1946; age) RD 24.07.1931 -	14.09.1939 - 21.10.1941 HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser) (torpedoed & damaged by U-123) 01.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) 08.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) Served the Cunard White Star Line for about 50 years, the last ten of them as a Captain.
Longhurst, John Michael Son of John Henry and F.W. Muriel Longhurst, of Farnborough, Hampshire.	(12?).1921 Farnborough, Farnham district, Hampshire - 24.09.1942 (MIA) [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1938 Midsh. ?, seniority 01.09.1938 A/S.Lt. 22.09.1941 MID 01.12.1942 Operation EV (North Russian convoy PQ18 & QP14 09.42) [posthumously]	15.02.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Mashona (destroyer) 01.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Ashanti (destroyer) 1942 - 24.09.1942 HMS Somali (destroyer) (missing in action after ship was torpedoed by U-70 in North Atlantic)
Lowe, Thomas Albert "Tom"	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 27.01.1941 T/Lt. 1942?, seniority 27.01.1941 (reld 04.01.1946; on medical grounds) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - WM 39|45 - -	Served Merchant Navy (First Mate (SS) certificate, no 007834 dated March 1916) 23.06.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for Examination Service) 09.03.1944 - ? HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (additional; for training with Admiralty Berthing Officer, Clyde) (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945)   no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lowein, John Charles Son of Arthur Edmund Lowein and Kathleen Minnie Yates. Brother of S/Lt. (Sp.Br.) Robert Trevor Lowein, RNVR [later: Sg.Lt. (D) RN].	04.02.1924 Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - 06.11.1992 London (brain tumour)	T/Midsh. 09.05.1941 T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.12.1945 CBE 14.06.1986 HM's birthday 86: Chairman Mobil Oil	Education: Pangbourne Naval College served Mediterranean, Baltic & north Russian convoys (Murmansk): 08.08.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 06.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS King George V (battleship) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS King George V (battleship) * Company secretarial course, London. Served Guiness Breweries. Joined Mobil Oil in America (late 1940s?) (attended Harvard School of Business), later South East Asia Manager in Tokyo. Former chairman and chief executive, Mobil Oil. Sailed at the Olympics? * indexed, but not listed as such
Lowrey, William Sutton	01.02.1908 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - (12?).1981 Waveney district, Suffolk	T/Lt. 09.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted]	temporary officer serving under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreement 05.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs) (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Jaunty (Assurance class tug)
Loyns, Bertie Horace Married ((03?).1915, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Olive Eleanor M. Martin ((06?).1892 -).	(09?).1893 Cardiff, Glamorgan - mid 1970s ??	T/S.Lt. 28.06.1918 T/Lt. 21.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 01.1945 DSC 24.04.1945 minesweeping East coast of Italy (Ancona) 07-08.44 [decoration posted] MID 23.05.1944 Operation Avalanche (Salerno landings) WW I Mercantile Marine medals	(10.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Glen Avon (paddle minesweeper) * 10.04.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services) 04.07.1943 - (01.)!945 Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 209, from early 1944 BYMS 2209 (British yard minesweeper) 15.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional; for various services) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lyall, James McLaren "Will"	? -	T/Skpr 13.11.1939 [WS 3100 & TS 219] T/A/Ch.Skpr. 06.01.1944 T/A/Skpr.Lt. 16.02.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID ? Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	21.01.1940 - (10.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Tilly Duff (minesweeping trawler) 26.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Star of Briatin (minesweeping trawler) 01.03.1941 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Silver Seas 16.02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 214 (motor minesweeper)

 

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