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H.R. Lane  to  W.S. Lowrey

Lane, Harry Robertson	? - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??	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 (reld 1940/50s) OBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday RD ? ?	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
Langer, Edward Frederick Married Minnie Mary Langer (09.12.1913-09.1995), of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.	06.02.1913 - 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 ? - 17.12.1940 HMS Thomas Conolly (armed trawler)
Larkin, N	? -	T/Lt. 01.11.1939	officer holding a temporary commission under T.124 agreements 01.11.1939 - 30.05.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Gracie Fields (paddle minesweeper) [ship sunk off Dunkirk]
Latch, Cyril Clive Telford	? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 26.08.1939 Midsh. 1940, seniority 26.08.1939	(04.1940) no appointment listed ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Laws, William Hall	(12?).1903 Prescot, Lancs. - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ??	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) 31.12.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Dunnottar Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
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	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ?	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 ? -	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
Longhurst, John Michael Son of John Henry and F.W. Muriel Longhurst, of Farnborough, Hampshire.	1921 ? - 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 - (04.1940) 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 - - BWM 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	(03?).1908 Hull -	T/Lt. 09.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [award 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)
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)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 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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