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Radcliffe, A.V.  to  Romyn, L.D.

Radcliffe, Albert Victor	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 02.04.1917 Lt.Cdr. 02.04.1925 Cdr. 31.12.1932 Capt. 31.12.1939 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	(07.1945?) HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) 25.10.1944 - (04.1946) RNR ADC to the King
Radford, Thomas George	? - 1989	Prob. S.Lt. 01.02.1939 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.02.1939 Lt. 20.05.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46) Lt.Cdr. 20.05.1948 (retd 27.06.1958) RD 1940s ? RD 11.02.1958 ?	1929 going to sea as an apprentice in the Merchant Navy (04.1940) HMS Revenge (battleship) * 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS White Bear (auxiliary surveying vessel) 25.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Genista (corvette) * indexed, but not listed as such Published: Captain Radford's diary (1992)
Rattray, James Thomson	16.10.1897 Forfar - 1943	Paym.S.Lt. 01.08.1928 Paym.Lt. (Reg Cl) 01.08.1930 Paym.Lt.Cdr. (Reg Cl) 01.08.1938	19.08.1913 for registration as Temporary Boy Clerk, Civil Service 30.11.1920 transfer as Assistant Clerk (Abstractor Class) from Admiralty to Board of Trade 1928? - 1943 Office of Registrar of RNR, Glasgow
Reed, Arthur Hugh Benton	(03?).1891 Southampton, Hampshire -	T/Lt.Cdr. (E) 25.09.1939 DSC 27.12.1940 good services action with German raider	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements (1940)     HMS Alcantara 25.08.1943 - 29.06.1944 HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 19.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Ameer (escort carrier)
Renny, Frederick Thomas	1904 ? - 30.01.1943 (KIA) [age 39] [Chatham Naval Memorial]	S.Lt. 18.12.1929 Lt. 18.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 16.08.1940 Dunkirk DSC 16.03.1943 Operation Torch MID 07.04.1942 convoy destroyed 3 submarines Western Approaches 12.41 RD ? ?	(06.1940) Skoot Hondsrug 27.05.1941 - 30.01.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Samphire (corvette)
Renwick, James	? -	T/Lt. 29.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSO 27.01.1942 sinking U-boat 16.11.41	(10.1941) - (11.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Marigold (corvette) 06.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 3001 (landing ship tank)
Rhimes, Richard Blundell	06.11.1908 - 28.01.1959	Skpr. 01.07.1940 [WS 3496] ?, seniority 01.05.1940 (retd 10.03.1952) A/Ch.Skpr. 16.07.1945 (reld from active service < 04.1946)	(02.1941) HMS Lord Plender (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * (12.1941) no appointment listed 05.07.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Sphene (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 08.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1276 (harbour defence motor launch) * indexed, but not listed as such
Riley, Richard James Fox	25.09.1918 - 09.2001 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/A/Lt. ? T/Lt. 14.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? & N Africa Bar 42/43 Afr St ? & France & Germany Bar Bur St ? ? It St ? ? BWM ? ?	08.10.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Ulysses (destroyer) 29.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Pytchley (destroyer) Published:  Stanford's sailing companion (with F.S. Campbell, 1972); Stanford's voyaging companion (1976)
Robb, Thomas	1893 - 1971	T/Lt. 01.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	served in RNR during World War I 20.03.1940 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Barnstone (boom defence vessel) 04.1942 - (02.)1943 [First Lieutenant?], HMS Barcross (boom defence vessel) 03.05.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Barholm (boom defence vessel) 25.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Barnehurst (boom defence vessel) 03.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Barnehurst (boom defence vessel) 10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) (for boom defences)
Roberts, Francis William Sutton Son of Capt. William E Roberts, and ... Roberts (née ...). Married (1936); two sons. Cousin of Lt.Cdr. F.J. Webster, RNR.	30.07.1906 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 29.07.1992	Prob. S.Lt. 01.12.1930 S.Lt. 1931?, seniority 01.12.1930 Lt. 01.12.1932 Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 30.07.1951) RD 04.1943 - 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - & clasp ? ? ? two other medals (unknown)	01.12.1930     joined RNR 09.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Cilicia (armed merchant cruiser) 28.05.1941 - 01.1943 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 01.1943 - 13.07.1944 HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship) (Freetown, Sierra Leone) 08.08.1944 - (02.1946) HMS Montclare (for navigation duties) Served pre-war with and returned post-war to Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1946, retirng on his 60th birthday as Senior Captain/Commodore of the company; commands included the Empresses of Canada, England and Britain as well as various Beavers.
Roberts, James Edward	? -	Prob. T/Skpr. 01.09.1940 [TS 841] T/Skpr. 1941, seniority 01.09.1940 T/A/Ch.Skpr. 27.11.1945 MID 17.03.1942 minesweeping North Sea MID 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia 05.43)	01.09.1940 - 01.01.1941 HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) 02.01.1941 - 31.03.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Garola (minesweeping trawler) 01.04.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Filey Bay (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945) HMS Libyan (minesweeping trawler) * (04.1946) HMS Carisbrooke (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, Arthur Ian Son of J.W. Robertson, MA, Dalbeattie, Scotland. Unmarried.	22.11.1898 - 24.03.1961 Kenley, Surrey	Lt. 31.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1931 Cdr. 31.12.1938 (mobilized 1940) Capt. 30.06.1943 (demobilized 1945) Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd) 22.04.1952 CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 RD ? ? RD ? ?	Education: Lincoln City School. Went to sea as apprentice, Prince Line, 12.1912. 1916 entered RNR as midshipman served 2nd Cruiser Sqdn, then in Hydrophone Trawlers; took part in N. Russian Relief Force; demobilized, 12.1918 NZS Co., 1918; was Chief Officer of liner Rangitata at outbreak of war of 1939-1945 ? - ? Commander of Humber Escort Force (04.1940) no appointment listed (05.1940) Naval Berthing Officer, Tilbury, during collapse of Low Countries (02.1941) HMS Pembroke IV (base supply organization, Chatham) * (12.1941) no appointment listed in command of various major war vessels: E. Coast Convoy Protection, special service to Persian Gulf, and USA  03.07.1942 - 10.1942 CO HMS Invicta (in combined operations, Dieppe Raid) 03.10.1942 - (08.)1943 CO HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (also combined ops in Force "J"; landed first American troops at Orange Beach, Sicily 1943) 10.1943 - 17.04.1944 CO HMS Patroller (escort aircraft carrier) (USA, worked in Pacific, ferrying aircraft to India, Pearl Harbour) ? - (11.1944?) CO HMS Lothian (HQ ship); Merchant Navy Liaison Officer to Flag Officer Fleet Train in Pacific Re­joined NZS Co. in command. ADC to King George VI, 1950, to the Queen, 1952. Senior Officer on active list of RNR, retired, 1953; Master of RMV Ruahine (18,000 ton liner), New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, retired, 1954. Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1942; Member Honourable Company of Master Mariners, 1950. Member Royal Naval Sailing Association.
Robertson, Arthur John	? -	T/Lt. (E) 25.09.1939 (reld 05.11.1940; commission terminated)	serving under T.124 agreement (04.1940) no posting listed ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Robertson, Douglas Muir Married D.G. Robertson (née Barr).	? - 02.10.1942 (MIA) [Chatham Naval Memorial, 65, 3]	Eng.Lt. 25.02.1928 Eng.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (E) 25.02.1936 Cdr. (E) 1942?	(04.1940) no appointment listed (02.1941) HMS Boadicea (destroyer) * 05.1942 - 10.1942 HMS Curacoa (light cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Robertson, John William Baillie	? -	Lt. 30.09.1925 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1933 Cdr. 30.06.1939 Capt. 30.06.1944 (reld 1945/46) RD ? ?	(07.1945)     Sea Transport Department, Admiralty
Robinson, David Samuel	20.12.1888 - 02.01.1972 [Ebford, Topsham, Devon ?]	S.Lt. 1914 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1924 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 30.06.1938 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 03.11.1939 (retd [< 07.]1944) CBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 RD ? ?	Education: Hull Trinity House Navigation School 1913 Master Mariner (extra) 1913 joined Cunard Steamship Company Ltd 1914 - 1918 on active service throughout War War I (light cruisers) - 1939 continued in Cunard Atlantic passenger service to outbreak of War, serving in Queen Mary and in new Mauretania 1939 - 1944 on active service: 03.11.1939 - (08.1942) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet] 1944 - 1953 Marine Superintendent Cunard White Star Line in New York
Robinson, Norman Walker	05.09.1909 North Brierley, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 08.02.1940 T/Lt. 09.05.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	08.02.1940 - 11.06.1940 HMS Salvonia (rescue tug) 12.06.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 30.03.1942 - 11.08.1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 12.08.1942 - 02.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 25 (motor minesweeper) 02.1943 - 06.1944 HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada) 27.06.1944 - 03.1946 HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (for Naval Pilotage Service)
Roe, George Leslie Son of Charles Rueben Roe and Ethel Mary Roe; husband of Edith Roe, of Hendon, Middlesex.	1907 ? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [age 33] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]	T/Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1939	serving under T.124 agreement 15.09.1939 - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Roe, John Stanley	? -	T/Lt. RNVR 23.10.1939 T/Lt.  28.05.1941, seniority 23.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/Cdr. 31.07.1944 (reld 1946?) DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 MID 01.01.1941 New Year 41 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42 MID 13.11.1945 minesweeping Elbe & Weser 03-06.45	16.11.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 04.11.1939 - (02.1941) [CO?] HMS Aronia 28.05.1941 transferred from RNVR to RNR 01.07.1941 - (08.1943) HMT St Tudno (trawler) (for minesweeping duties) 05.02.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Liberty (minesweeper) & 2nd SO 10th Minesweeping Flotilla
Rogers, Benjamin Andrew "Ben" Residence: (1945) Yedington. Married (1954) Helen Leonard (died 1991); one stepson). The Independent obituary	05.08.1906 Newton Ferrers, Devon - 09.09.1998 Newton Ferrers, Devon	Midsh. 30.07.1925 A/S.Lt. 05.08.1927 Lt. 28.03.1931 Lt.Cdr. 28.03.1939 Cdr. 31.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 05.08.1956; age) OBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63 DSC 03.07.1945 destruction U-boat & one probable Plymouth area 27.02.45 [award posted] MID 14.11.1944 attacks U608 & U385 Plymouth area RD 01.1943 ? RD 1950s? ?	Merchant seaman. 11.05.1931 - (01.1932) HMS H 34 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania] 06.02.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 04.02.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Fada (frigate) Commodore of the British India Steam Navigation Company fleet (Captain, SS Chindwara 1950-58, SS Dilwara 1958-60, SS Dunera 1960-66.).
Rogers, John Neville	? -	T/S.Lt. 08.02.1943 T/Lt. 01.08.1945 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	24.07.1943 - (06.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer) ? - 07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Aphis (river gunboat)
Romyn, Leopold Dickson Married (17.07.1933, Bridlington) Gudrun Alette Anthi of Vardo; three daughters, one son. Lived at Bridlington, North Humberside, from 1916.	05.06.1902  "Firlands", Burgess Hill, Near Cuckfield - 03.10.1975 Scotton, Yorkshire [Farnham Churchyard, Yorkshire]	Prob. T/Skpr. 04.11.1939 [W.S. 3076] T/Skpr. ?, seniority 04.11.1939 [T.S. 195] T/A/Skpr.Lt. 06.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41 DSC 27.01.1942 minesweeping in bad weather Nore area MID 28.10.1941 mining HMS Corfield 08.09.41 Cmdn 28.06.1940 as trawler skipper * * "On 3rd November last [= 03.11.1939], at Bridlington, Mr. Romyn entered the sea and towed a mine clear of the sea wall, at great personal risk."	Education: The Wick, Hove and Lancing College, Sussex 24.02.1940 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMT Rowan (minesweeping trawler) (02.1941) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) * 04.04.1941 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMT Rolls Royce (minesweeping trawler) * indexed, but not listed as such After the war he returned to trawling. He was skipper of Swanella when she was arrested by the Russians off Murmansk in 1951 (Cold war days) and held for 5 days. Also skipper of Fairtry, the first commercial factory freezing trawler.
Rounce, Sidney Robert	(06?).1898 Mutford, Suffolk -	Skpr. ? DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 40	(1939/40) Commanding Officer, HMS Forethought (drifter)

 

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