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Radcliffe, A.V.
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Romyn, L.D.

 
Radcliffe, A.V.  to  Romyn, L.D.
Radcliffe,
Albert Victor
A.V. Radcliffe
?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.
02.04.1917
Lt.Cdr.
02.04.1925
Cdr.
31.12.1932
Capt.
31.12.1939 (reld 1945/46)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
(07.1945?)


HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate)
25.10.1944
-
(04.1946)
RNR ADC to the King
Radford,
Thomas George
T.G. Radford
?
-
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
1940s
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
J.T. Rattray
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
A.H.B. Reed
(03?).1891
Southampton, Hampshire
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (E)
25.09.1939

Distinguished Service Cross

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
F.T. Renny
1904 ?
-
30.01.1943
(KIA) [age 39]
[Chatham Naval Memorial]
S.Lt.
18.12.1929
Lt.
18.12.1932
Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.08.1940
Dunkirk

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.03.1943
Operation Torch
Mention in Despatches MID
07.04.1942
convoy destroyed 3 submarines Western Approaches 12.41
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
(06.1940)


Skoot Hondsrug
27.05.1941
-
30.01.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Samphire (corvette)
Renwick,
James
J. Renwick
?
-
T/Lt.
29.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Order

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
R.B. Rhimes
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
R.J.F. Riley
25.09.1918
-
09.2001
Worthing district, West Sussex
T/A/Lt.
?
T/Lt.
14.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
Atlantic Star Atl St
?
& N Africa Bar 42/43
Africa Star Afr St
?
& France & Germany Bar
Burma Star Bur St
?
?
Italy Satr It St
?
?
British War Medal 1939-1945 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
T. Robb (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Jaques)
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
F.W.S. Roberts
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
04.1943
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Atlantic Star Atl St
-
-
Africa Star 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
J.E. Roberts
?
-
Prob. T/Skpr.
01.09.1940 [TS 841]
T/Skpr.
1941, seniority 01.09.1940
T/A/Ch.Skpr.
27.11.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
17.03.1942
minesweeping North Sea
Mention in Despatches 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
A.I. Robertson
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
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
?
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
A.J. Robertson
?
-
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
D.M. Robertson
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
J.W.B. Robertson
?
-
Lt. 30.09.1925
Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1933
Cdr. 30.06.1939
Capt. 30.06.1944 (reld 1945/46)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD ? ?
(07.1945)     Sea Transport Department, Admiralty
Robinson,
David Samuel
D.S. Robinson
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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1941
New Year 41
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
N.W. Robinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Norman Robinson) N.W. Robinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Norman Robinson)
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
G.L. Roe
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
J.S. Roe unconfirmed
?
-
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?)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1941
New Year 41

Mention in Despatches

MID
01.01.1942
New Year 42
Mention in Despatches 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"
B.A. Rogers
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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 63

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
03.07.1945
destruction U-boat & one probable Plymouth area 27.02.45 [award posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
14.11.1944
attacks U608 & U385 Plymouth area
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
01.1943
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) 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
J.N. Rogers
?
-
T/S.Lt.
08.02.1943
T/Lt.
01.08.1945
Mention in Despatches 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
L.D. Romyn (Photo courtesy of Mr Christopher Romyn)
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)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1941
New Year 41
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
27.01.1942
minesweeping in bad weather Nore area
Mention in Despatches MID
28.10.1941
mining HMS Corfield 08.09.41
Commendation 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
S.R. Rounce
(06?).1898
Mutford, Suffolk
-
Skpr.
?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1940
New Year 40
(1939/40)


Commanding Officer, HMS Forethought (drifter)
       
 
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