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Sargeant, John Gordon	? -	T/Paym.S.Lt. ? (reld 05.11.1940; commission terminated) T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 05.04.1944 (reld 1945/46)	serving under the T.124 agreement ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser) 17.04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Laomedon (depot ship, Aden)
Sayers, Louis Alan	? -	Lt. 28.04.1934 Lt.Cdr. 28.04.1942 (reld 1946) MID 18.05.1943 North Russian convoy RedStar 11.04.1944 services to USSR RD ? ?	28.04.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Rhododendron (corvette) (07.1945) no posting listed
Scott, Henry Francis Morin	1922 Glasgow - 11.2007 still alive	T/Midsh. 23.10.1939 1941?, seniority 01.12.1940 T/S.Lt. 1942? T/Lt. 01.04.1944 MBE 01.01.1986 New Year 86	23.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) 01.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) (12.1941) HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser) * 01.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Deveron (frigate) 16.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gombroon (RN base, Hombruz, Persian Gulf) (04.1946) HMS Freesia (corvette) * Commodore, Square Rigger Club, TS Royalist, Sea Cadet Corps. Published: Gerda's sea saga : cruising in a Dragon yacht from Scotland to Norway (1950); War is a funny business (1989) * indexed, but not listed as such
Scott, James	? -	Skpr. 06.04.1936 [WS 2687] A/Ch.Skpr. 24.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Ch.Skpr. 30.06.1946 (retd > 05.1950, < 05.1953) RD ? ?	03.10.1939 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMS George Robb (auxiliary minsweeping trawler) 24.09.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cape Nyemetski (auxiliary minsweeping trawler) 26.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Olivine (drifter; examination service vessel) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Shackleton, Richard	? -	Second Radio Officer ?	Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), serving under the T.124 agreement ? - 05.11.1940 Second Radio Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Shepherd, Charles Timothy	? - died between 07.1959 and 08.1973 ??	Prob. S.Lt. 24.06.1930 S.Lt. 26.08.1931, seniority 24.06.1930 Lt. 02.10.1932 Lt.Cdr. 02.10.1940 (retd 1945/46) A/Cdr. < 07.1945 DSC 01.01.1941 New Year 41 RD ? ?	05.12.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (to complete 12 months' training) 23.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 28.11.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 15.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Cordela (trawler) (07.1945) no posting listed
Shields, John Son of Richard and Bethia Shields, of Musselburgh, Midlothian.	1903 ? - 23.11.1939 (KIA) [age 36] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	T/Lt. (E) 28.09.1939	09.1939? - 23.11.1939 HMS Rawalpindi (armed merchant cruiser) (sunk southeast of Iceland)
Shorter, Claude Burnaby Onslow Married; at least one son.	15.01.1907 Kingston, Surrey - 12.12.1979	Prob. S.Lt. 18.05.1932 S.Lt. 21.11.1932, seniority 18.05.1932 Lt. 18.05.1934 (retd 16.01.1937) A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 31.03.1943 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 22.06.1945 (dispersal date 21.03.1946) (release date 28.07.1946) (reverted to retd 29.07.1946) RD 07.12.1945 ?	Joined Elder Dempster Lines Ltd as 4th officer 24.03.1927, promoted to 3rd officer 14.09.1927. Being not physically well for some time, he joined Elder Dempster's shore staff 14.11.1934, where he worked on the west coast of Africa until 1940. 30.07.1932 - 09.09.1932 HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport) (6 weeks' training) 10.09.1932 - 28.10.1932 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Home Fleet) (to complete 3 months' training) 25.02.1933 - 13.04.1933 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship) 14.04.1933 - 28.04.1933 HMS H 30 (submarine) 29.04.1933 - 25.11.1933 HMS L 21 (submarine) (to complete 9 months' training) 22.02.1940 on active service with RNR 22.02.1940 - 07.04.1940 HMS President (Admiralty) 08.04.1940 - 30.08.1940 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 31.08.1940 - 26.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stalwart (rescue tug) [HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth)] 27.01.1941 - 12.11.1941 Commanding Officer, Examination Vessel 8 [HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven)] 13.11.1941 - 08.12.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 09.12.1941 - 07.07.1942 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional for various services) 08.07.1942 - 20.07.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 21.07.1942 - 31.03.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 01.04.1943 - 15.08.1943 Commanding Officer, LST 73 [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)] 16.08.1943 - 13.10.1943 Commanding Officer, LST 237 [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] 14.10.1943 - 31.03.1944 Commanding Officer, LST 80 [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] 01.04.1944 - 13.04.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 14.04.1944 - 27.01.1945 HMS President (Admiralty) 28.01.1945 - 28.01.1945 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 29.01.1945 - 18.02.1945 HMS Lochinvar (destroyer & minesweeper base, Granton) 19.02.1945 - 04.03.1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine training establishment, Dunoon) 05.03.1945 - 11.03.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) 12.03.1945 - 18.03.1945 HMS President (Admiralty) 19.03.1945 - 03.04.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 04.04.1945 - 02.05.1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) 03.05.1945 - 31.05.1945 Algerine Class minsweeper (in command on commissioning) [HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS)] 01.06.1945 - 07.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Mariner (Algerine class minesweeper) 08.09.1945 - 21.10.1945 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 22.10.1945 - 28.07.1946 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) Returned to Elder Dempster's in May 1946 when he became Beachmaster in West Africa, returning home due to health reasons in January 1948. Left Elder Dempster Ltd in February 1951. Had a stomach operation at around this time. Joined Watts Watts & Co. Ltd where he served as 1st Officer on m/v Wanstead, and resigned from the company in February 1952 to make application to become a North Sea Pilot, having taken his Masters Certificate in the mean time. Worked as a Trinity House Pilot until he retired at the age of 70. Was Ship's Pilot aboard USS Iowa (battleship) during NATO exercises (possibly Operation Mariner in 1953).
Simonsen, Petter Haavik Son of Andreas and Anna Simonsen, of Haugesund, Norway; husband of Gudrun Simonsen, of Haugesund.	13.02.1904 Norway - 06.05.1942 [age 38] [Greewnich Cemetery, E.360]	Prob. T/Lt. 16.06.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 16.06.1941	13.09.1941 - 06.05.1942 HMS Berkeley (escort destroyer)
Simpkin, Edmund Smethurst Son of Fred and Jane Oram Simpkin; husband of Maggie Isobel Simpkin, of Ramsey.	(03?).1884 Bury, Lancashire - 21.03.1941 [age 57] [Kirk Maughold (St. Maughold) Churchyard, north of church]	T/Lt. 30.12.1940	30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rooke (boom defence central depot, Rosyth) 1941 - 21.03.1941 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
Simpson, David William Leon Son of Leon O'Connell Spence Simpson and Mary Simpson. Husband of Susan Ella Simpson, of Hafod, Swansea.	(09?).1895 Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire - 28.05.1940 [age 44] [Dover (St James's) Cemetery, row C, joint grave 9]	Deck Hand ? [ON 1397 DA] Skpr. 26.03.1926 [WS 2407] Ch. Skpr. 26.03.1936 DSC 01.01.1940 New Year 40 [investiture 06.02.1940] DSM 01.01.1917 minesweeping operations	07.10.1939 07.10.1939 18.03.1940 - - - 28.05.1940 18.03.1940 28.05.1940 HMS Thuringia (trawler) [ship mined in the North Sea off Margate during the Dunkirk evacuation] First Lieutenant Commanding Officer
Sinclair, George Sutherland	? - 02.12.1964 Eckington, Derbyshire	Prob. Midsh. 01.09.1937 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld from active service < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 11.07.1950 (retd 15.12.1955) DSO 04.05.1943 special operations Mediterranean [investiture 09.11.43] DSC 20.01.1942 attack submarine [from A Lighter ?] 10.41 [investiture 09.11.43] MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.41 RD 08.02.1950 ?	19.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Isis (destroyer) (10.1941)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (1943?)     HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 02.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (07.1943) - (07.1943) Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 4 (special operations, Mediterranean / Sicily) 15.03.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Morpeth Castle (corvette) ? - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Killisport (frigate) Doctor.
Slater, Robert	? -	T/S.Lt. 13.11.1943 A/T/Lt. 17.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	Temporary Officer serving under T.124T agreements 01.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs) 28.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs)
Smith, Frank Montem Son of Edward Henry and Emily Smith. Husband of Mary Louise Smith, of Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire; at least one daughter.	(03?).1894 Warminster, Wiltshire - 21.06.1942 (KIA) [age 48] [Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 2.D.25]	Lt. 08.08.1918 Lt.Cdr. 08.08.1926 Cdr. 30.06.1934 Capt. 1941/42? CBE 30.06.1942 for outstanding services: salvage Cerion when bombarded 07.03.42 DSO 19.08.1941 bombing of Tobruk RD ? ? MID 17.11.1942 Middle East operations 07-10.41 MID 15.06.1943 withdrawal from Tobruk 20.06.42 [posthumously]	07.12.1939 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Arpha (armed merchant cruiser) 10.01.1941 - 21.06.1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Tobruk [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)]
Smith, John	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 31.12.1924 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1932 Cdr. 31.12.1938 Capt. 30.06.1943 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.10.1943 (reld 1940/50s) RD ? ?	01.10.1943 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) no appointment listed 11.01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Northmark (ex-German fast fleet attedendant oiler)
Smith, J	? -	T/Skpr. ?	01.1943 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Olivine (drifter; examination service vessel)
Smith-Cross, Norman Barron Son of James and Anne Smith-Cross; husband of Gwendoline Smith-Cross, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool.	(06?).1898 district West Derby, Lancs. - 04.02.1941 (KIA) [age 42] [Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 2, column 2]	T/Lt. (E) 01.1941, seniority 24.10.1940	? - 04.02.1941 HMS Crispin (ocean boarding vessel) (sunk by U-107 north-northwest of Rockall)
Snelgrove, Reginald George	see:	RNVR officers' section
Sorensen, Siguard Hesleburgh (Sigurd Heselburg)	? - 31.01.1945 [Hull Crematorium, panel 5]	Prob. T/Skpr. 27.11.1940 [TS 840] T/Skpr. ?	(02.1941) - 31.01.1945 HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Spencer, Roland	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt.Cdr. 02.08.1923 Cdr. 31.12.1931 Capt. 31.12.1938 (retd > 08.1939, < 07.1944) RD ? ?	12.10.1942 - 04.1944 RNR ADC to the King
Stanford, Charles Wilson	(06?).1901 district South Shields, Durham / Tyna and Wear - 08.1973 still alive	T/Lt. 21.04.1942 T/Lt.Cdr. 26.10.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 15.11.1946 (emgcy 15.11.1951) DSC 30.01.1945 towing Mulberries to France & rescue 06.44	(06.1944) HMS Griper (rescue tug) (Normandy) 05.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) * 01.06.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Hengist (rescue tug) 07.11.1949 - (05.1950) Commanding Officer, HMS Mediator (rescue tug) * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Stannard, Richard Been Victoria Cross Reference	21.08.1902 Blyth, Northumberland, England - 22.07.1977 Sydney [Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney]	Prob. S.Lt. 05.03.1929 S.Lt. 11.11.1930, seniority 05.03.1929 Lt. 17.12.1932 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 17.12.1940 A/Cdr. 08.02.1946? Cdr. 30.06.1947 Capt. 30.06.1952 (retd 14.07.1954) VC 16.08.1940 Namsos * DSO 18.05.1943 convoy SC118 Western Approaches 02.43 MID 03.12.1940 SS Statira bombed MID 05.12.1944 passage convoy JW59 & RA59A RD 1942 ? NowWC 13.10.1942 Namsos wharf 28.04.40 * When enemy bombing attacks had set on fire many tons of hand grenades on Namsos wharf, with no shore water supply available, Lieutenant Stannard ran Arab's bows against the wharf and held her there. Sending all but two of his crew aft, he then endeavoured for two hours to extinguish the fire with hoses from the forecastle. He persisted in this work till the attempt had to be given up as hopeless. After helping other ships against air attacks, he placed his own damaged vessel under shelter of a cliff, landed his crew and those of two other trawlers, and established an armed camp. Here those off duty could rest while he attacked enemy aircraft which approached by day, and kept anti-submarine watch during the night. When another trawler near-by was hit and set on fire by a bomb, he, with two others, boarded Arab and moved her 100 yards before the other vessel blew up. Finally, when leaving the fjord, he was attacked by a German bomber which ordered him to steer East or be sunk. He held on his course, reserved his fire till the enemy was within 800 yards, and then brought the aircraft down. Throughout a period of five days Arab was subjected to 31 bombing attacks and the camp and Lewis gun positions ashore were repeatedly machine- gunned and bombed; yet the defensive position was so well planned that only one man was wounded. Lieutenant Stannard ultimately brought his damaged ship back to an English port. His continuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy was magnificent, and his enterprise and resource not only caused losses to the Germans but saved his ship and many lives.	Education: Royal Merchant Navy School, Wokingham Cadet, C and D Line, 1918-1921. 2nd Officer, C and D Line, 1924-1928. Joined Orient Line, 1929 (2nd Officer 1937). 1929 entered RNR 05.02.1940 - (04.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Arab (armed trawler) 12.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Stanley (destroyer) 04.03.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramsey (destroyer) 01.12.1942 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vimy (destroyer) 03.03.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Peacock (sloop) 08.02.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Prince Henry (armed merchant cruiser) Staff Commander, Orient Line, 1949-1955. Honorary Company Master Mariners; Marine Superintendent for P&O­Orient Lines, Sydney, 1955-1964.
Steel, Ronald Sidney	30.10.1909 Axminster, Devon - 05.1988 Honiton, Devon	T/Lt. 24.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1944? (reld < 04.1946)	31.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Ness (frigate)
Stephens, Robert John Cyril "Stevie" Married; one son.	07.1902 Pontypridd, Glamorgan - 25.12.1958 Berkeley, Gloucestershire	Prob. A/S.Lt. 30.06.1926 Prob. S.Lt. 30.06.1926? S.Lt. 23.12.1927, seniority 30.06.1926 Lt. 06.03.1929, seniority 30.12.1928 (retd 13.12.1934) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 30.12.1936 (reld 01.1946) OBE 07.01.1941 bombarded, strafed, damaged North Channel / Irish Sea 40 * Atlantic Star, with France & Germany bar; Africa Star; Italy Star. * A bomb which struck the vessel started a fire among the shells and cordite. It was vital to put out the fire as soon as possible and the Chief Engineer and the Chief Officer distinguished themselves by the resolution and ready resource with which they rallied the crew and seconded the good leadership of the Captain.	Served Merchant Navy. Served (1940) as Chief Officer aboard MV Regent Lion (OBE). 16.11.1941 - 09.1942 HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) (Western Approaches convoys) 09.1942 - 1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 1942 - 12.1942 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 01.01.1943 - 12.1943 HMS Elissa (RN base, Philippeville, North Africa) 12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina) (for duty at Augusta) 07.1944 - 10.1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) [King's Harbour Master at Bari?] 10.1944 - 02.1945 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 02.1945 - 05.1945 HMS Odyssey (naval party accounting base, Ilfracombe) 05.1945 - 01.1946 Naval Party 1730 [HMS Royal Albert (base for Naval Parties, London/Berlin] Involved in the salvage of sunk and damaged ships around North Europe after the war from 1946 to 1952 based in Hamburg.
Stephenson, John	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 07.04.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 07.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle 9landing at Anzio 22.01.44)	23.06.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Sambur (auxiliary patrol trawler) 08.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM LST 214 (landing ship, tank) (Anzio & Normandy) (07.1945) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Stocker, Charles Edward	? - [possibly: 28.04.1908 - 03.1987 Walsall, Staffordshire]	T/Lt. 16.09.1939 (reld < 07.1945, but perhaps already 1942/43) MID 16.08.1940 Dunkirk 05/06.40	09.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) 05.1940 - 06.1940 Sea Transport Officer, Folkestone (Dunkirk evacuation) 02.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for flotilla duties)
Stonehouse, Herbert Arthur	26.09.1909 West Derby district, Lancashire - 05.1984 North Walsham district, Norfolk	Prob. A/Lt. 03.02.1939 Lt. 11.01.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Cdr. 30.06.1954 (retd 26.09.1959) DSC 19.10.1943 defence of a convoy against U-boat attacks Western Approaches 05.05.43 [investiture 07.03.44] DSC 19.06.1945 Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.45) [award posted] RD 08.02.1950 -	04.11.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) 10.04.1943