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Tanner, W.B.
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Tyson, I.J.

   
Tanner, W.B.  to  Tyson, I.J.
Tanner,
William Butler
W.B. Tanner		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.
 31.12.1924
Lt.Cdr.
 31.12.1932
Cdr.
 31.12.1937
Capt.
 30.06.1943 (reld 1940s)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 ?
 ?
21.09.1944
 -
 (07.1945)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Venduruth I (RN base, Cochin) & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Cochin
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
(1949)

Staff Captain, RMS Caronia
Taylor,
William Compton
W.C. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Gargate) W.C. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Gargate)
Bachelor.
 (09?).1891
West Hartlepool, Durham
-
T/Lt.
 29.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 29.08.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 27.12.1940
 good services to the Channel mobile balloon barrage [investiture 23.09.41]
01.1940
 -
 (04.1940)
 HMS Canton (armed merchant cruiser)
06.1940

possibly at HMS Carinthia (armed merchant cruiser) when it was lost on 06.06.1940
(1940)

HMS René le Besnerais (tug; barrage balloon vessel)
(02.1941)
  
 		 
 		HMS Victory III *
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		HMS Paragon (RN base, Harlepool) *
12.08.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Paragon (RN base, Harlepool)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Temple,
Edward Wilson
E.W. Temple
Son of Harry and Margaret Temple; husband of Minnie Rose Temple, of Bridlington, Yorkshire. 		1903 ?
-
22.10.1943
(KIA) [age 40]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, pan. 11, col. 1]
T/Skpr.
 ?
13.07.1942
 -
 22.10.1943
 First Lieutenant, HM Trawler Orfasy (Isle class trawler) (torpedoed)
Thelwell,
Robert George
R.G. Thelwell		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.Cdr.
 31.12.1927
Cdr.
 30.06.1935
Capt.
 30.06.1942 (reld 1945/46)
Cdre. 2nd cl. (retd)
 01.02.1951
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 ?
 ?
21.10.1944
 -
 (07.1945)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Pleiades (trawler base, Scapa Flow)
Thiselton,
Walter Ernest
W.E. Thiselton		 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA)
[Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]
Prob. Midsh.
 01.01.1939
Midsh.
 1940, seniority 01.01.1939
(08.1939)
 -
 (04.1940)
 no appointment listed
?
 -
 05.11.1940
 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Thompson,
William Ansdell
W.A. Thompson		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.Cdr.
 02.08.1923
Cdr.
 31.12.1931
Capt.
 31.12.1937 (retd > 07.1944, < 07.1945)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 ?
 ?
      ?
Troops,
Arthur Eric
A.E. Troops
Son of Arthur and Martha Troops.
Husband of Ada Troops, of Walkley, Sheffield.
 10.08.1904
Isle of Wight
-
13.06.1944
[age 39]
[Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery, KK.6821]
Midsh.
 01.05.1922
A/S.Lt.
 21.09.1925
S.Lt.
 12.03.1927
Lt.
 05.09.1930
Lt.Cdr.
 05.09.1938
Cdr.
?
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 11.1940
 ?
Served in the Merchant Navy [S.41114]. Appointed as Navigating Officer on a Cable Ship serving under the Post Office, 08.12.1933.
01.03.1930
 -
 		(04.1930)
 		HMS H 24 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla)
(04.1940)
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 13.06.1944
 Commanding Officer, HMS Monarch (cable ship)
[ship was erroneously shelled by the USS Plunkett while laying cable off Omaha beach at Normandy, causing three fatal casualties]
Tunbridge,
Robert Ernest Tuearsley
R.E.T. Tunbridge		 (03?).1893
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1962
Midsh.
 ?
S.Lt.
 02.04.1916
A/Lt.
 ?
Lt.
 02.04.1918
Lt.Cdr.
 02.04.1926
Cdr.
 30.06.1934
Capt.
 31.12.1941 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (retd 09.12.1947)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 10.03.1942
 Operation Countenance (Abadan Oil Refinery, Kaft-i-Khel Oil Fields and Bandar Shapur) [investiture 16.10.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.01.1945
 secret operations enemy occupied French-Italian Adriatic
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 23.03.1928
 -
05.09.1939
 -
 		01.1941
 		Executive Officer, HMS Ranchi (armed merchant cruiser)
01.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Shoreham (sloop)
09.07.1944
 -
 (07.1945)
 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for miscellaneous services)
01.11.1946
 -
 09.12.1947
 RNR ADC to the King
Captain of the SS Ranchi, 1948.
Twomey,
Frederick John
F.J. Twomey		 ?
-
Prob. T/Lt.
 13.03.1940
T/Lt.
 05.1941, seniority 13.03.1940
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNVR
 30.03.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNVR
 25.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
27.03.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS St Cathan (ASW trawler)
(07.1945)

Sea Cadet Corps
Tyson,
Ismay James
I.J. Tyson		 ?
-
[1959 still alive]
Lt.
 24.12.1928
Lt.Cdr.
 24.12.1936
Cdr.
 31.12.1942 (reld 1945/46?)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 18.07.1944
 Operation FY (N Russian convoy 03-04.44)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 01.01.1944
 New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 41
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.12.1944
 convoy JW59 & RA59A
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (pre-1941 model) RD
 ?
 ?
(1941)

Commanding Officer, HMS Lady Philomena (auxiliary trawler)
25.07.1942
 -
 (08.1943)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Buxton (destroyer)
09.09.1943
 -
 (10.1943)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Duff (frigate)
02.12.1943
 -
 (06.1944)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Keppel (destroyer)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
       
 
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