Walgate,
Richard
 |
?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?? |
| Prob. A/S.Lt. |
01.09.1934 |
| A/S.Lt. |
11.08.1936 |
| S.Lt. |
11.08.1937 |
| Lt. |
14.11.1939
02.1941, seniority 03.10.1939 |
| A/Lt.Cdr. |
> 04.1946 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
03.10.1947 (retd
03.09.1957) |
 |
MID |
16.12.1941 |
attack
submarine U452 Orkneys & Shetlands 25.08.41 |
.gif) |
RD |
19.04.1948 |
- |
1939, Atlantic with France and Germany bar, Africa with North Africa 1942-43 bar and Italy Stars, War Medal |
| 01.09.1934 |
|
|
joined
RNR |
| (04.1940) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 28.11.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS
Kingston Onyx (anti-submarine trawler) |
| (08.1941) |
|
|
HMS
Vascama (anti-submarine trawler) |
| 23.10.1943 |
- |
(06.1944) |
Navigating
Officer, HMS Latimer (cable ship) [involved
in the Pipeline under the ocean (PLUTO) scheme] |
| 06.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
Navigating
Officer, HMS Dungeness (landing craft repair ship) |
| 27.03.1946 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS
Chaser (escort carrier) |
Served Merchant Navy. Staff Commander,
"Empress of England" (Canadian Pacific Steamship
Company), 1957. |
Walker,
Stanley Hope
 |
?
-
01.01.2001 |
| Paym.S.Lt. |
06.01.1935 |
| Paym.Lt. |
06.01.1937 |
| Lt.Cdr. (S)
|
06.01.1945 |
| Lt.Cdr. (S) RN |
03.12.1946,
seniority 06.01.1945 |
| Cdr. (S) RN |
31.12.1952 (retd
12.03.1964) |
 |
OBE |
01.01.1964 |
New
Year 64 [investiture 17.03.64] |
 |
DSC |
11.12.1945 |
wind
up Europe 45 |
|
|
RD |
1945? |
? |
|
| 24.08.1939 |
- |
(08.1942) |
Secretary to Naval
Officer-in-Charge, Methil [HMS Cochrane II (RN base, Rosyth)] |
| 18.01.1943 |
- |
(1945) |
HMS Sheffield
(cruiser) * |
| 22.03.1946 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Mullion Cove
(repair ship) |
| 03.12.1946 |
|
|
transferred, RN |
| 07.10.1947 |
- |
(07.)1948 |
HMS Mercury (signal
school, nr. Petersfield) |
| 25.09.1948 |
- |
(05.)1949 |
HMS Royal Rupert
(Naval Party 1735, Wilhelmshaven) |
| 01.10.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
HMS Royal Prince
(RN parent ship Germany, Krefeld) |
| 21.05.1951 |
- |
(05.1953) |
HMS Lochinvar
(destroyer / minesweeping base, Port Edgar) |
| 26.10.1954 |
- |
(01.)1956 |
HMS Harrier (RN
school of aircraft direction and metereology, Kete, Pembrokeshire) |
| 27.02.1956 |
- |
(01.1957) |
SSO [= Senior Supply
& Secretariat Officer ?], Persian Gulf & Resident Naval Officer,
Bahrein [HMS Jufair] |
| 06.05.1960 |
- |
(02.1964) |
SSO [= Senior Supply
& Secretariat Officer ?] on staff of Flag Officer Scotland & Northern
Ireland [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] |
* (07.1945) indexed, but not listed as such |
Walker,
William John
|
?
-
1953
Libya (died of sunstroke on the bridge of a ship) |
| Prob. T/Lt. |
02.09.1940 |
| T/Lt. |
?, seniority
02.09.1940 |
| T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
< 07.1945
(reld < 04.1946) |
|
DSC |
08.12.1942 |
Russian
convoy PQ18 09.42 |
|
| 08.11.1940 |
- |
(02.1941) |
HMS
Lasso (cable ship) |
| 03.06.1942 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
Commanding Officer,
MMS 212 (motor minesweeper) |
| 26.11.1942 |
- |
(08.1943) |
Commanding Officer,
MMS 243 (motor minesweeper) |
| (07.1945) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
|
Walley,
Rupert Healey
|
(12?).1887
Chester, Cheshire
-
1964 still alive,
Foot's Cray, Kent |
| Lt.Cdr. |
01.10.1922 |
| Cdr. |
31.12.1929 |
| Capt. |
30.06.1936 |
| A/Cdre. 2nd
cl. |
14.11.1940 (retd) |
| Cdre. 2nd cl.
(retd) |
12.10.1945 |
 |
OBE |
01.01.1949 |
New Year 49 |
 |
RD |
? |
? |
|
| 14.11.1940 |
- |
(08.1942) |
Commodore
of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] |
| 15.12.1941 |
- |
(08.1942) |
also:
RNR
ADC to the King |
| (07.1945) |
|
|
no appointment
listed |
|
Warwick,
Richard Colin
Weblog
on HMS Rushen Castle |
30.08.1912
Surbiton, Surrey
-
20.04.2002
Washington, DC |
| Prob. T/S.Lt. |
31.01.1940 |
| T/S.Lt. |
05.08.1940,
seniority 31.01.1940 |
| T/Lt. |
04.1941,
seniority 31.01.1941 |
| T/A/Lt.Cdr. |
01.12.1943? (reld
< 04.1946) |
|
DSC |
16.08.1940 |
15th
Anti-Submarine Striking Force, Norwegian coast |
|
DSC |
01.01.1941 |
New
Year 41 |
|
Left Pangbourne College as a cadet Captain to become
an Indentured Cadet with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to learn the duties
of a seaman and a ship's officer. Junior partner with the Wallace Attwood group
of management and industrial consultants, engaged in essential war production
work.
| (04.1940) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 17.04.1940 |
- |
(08.)1943 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS St Loman
(anti-submarine trawler) |
| 01.12.1943 |
- |
25.06.1945 |
Commanding Officer,
HMS Rushen Castle
(corvette)
[ship commissioned 14.02.1944] |
| 06.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS
Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous duties) |
| |
|
|
on
leave from his ship between convoys, he worked with the Admiralty Press
Division visiting Royal Navy suppliers, and made two broadcasts for the BBC
Overseas Programmes. |
Later he pursued a very successful career as an
international marketing consultant based in Washington, DC, USA.
Published: Really not required : memoirs,
1939 to 1945 (1997). |
Watson,
John Raymond
|
?
- |
|
|
MBE |
11.09.1945 |
sinking
U-1024 Western Approaches 12.04.45 |
|
| 12.07.1944 |
- |
(10.)1944 |
HMS
Emerald (cruiser) |
| 14.10.1944 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS
Loch More (frigate) |
|
Watson,
William Albert
|
?
- |
| Skpr. |
26.11.1917 [WS
2382] |
| Ch.Skpr. |
26.11.1927 |
| Skpr.Lt. |
30.06.1940 |
|
|
MBE |
04.09.1945 |
rescue
of US airman from a minefield |
|
DSC |
01.01.1940 |
New
Year 40: for minesweeping & anti-submarine duties [investiture
07.02.40] |
|
RD |
19.12.1934 |
- |
|
| 1939 |
- |
(10.1944) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Akita (minesweeping trawler) * |
| (01.1945) |
- |
(07.1945) |
no
appointment listed |
| 1945? |
|
|
ST
Retako (trawler) |
* (04.1940) & (02.1941) no appointment
listed; date of appointment given as 02.1941 |
Watson,
William Frederick
|
08.03.1895
Uckfield, Sussex
-
28.06.1973
Nailsea, Somerset
|
| Signalman |
WW I [J 10489] |
| T/Lt. |
19.10.1939
[temporary commission under T.124 agreements] |
| T/Lt. |
02.09.1940 |
| T/A/Lt.Cdr. |
< 07.1945
(reld > 04.1946) |
|
DSC |
14.11.1944 |
Operation
Neptune (Normandy invasion 06.44) [investiture 13.11.45] |
1914-15 War Medal |
| (04.1940) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 17.09.1940 |
- |
(02.1941) |
Commanding
Officer, HMS Commiles (minesweeping trawler) |
| 15.06.1942 |
- |
(08.)1942 |
Commanding
Officer, HM MMS 140 (motor minesweeper) |
| 28.11.1942 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Commanding
Officer, HM MMS 175 (motor minesweeper) |
| 01.04.1943 |
- |
(06.1944) |
Commanding
Officer, HM MMS 218 (motor minesweeper) |
| (07.1945) |
- |
(04.1946) |
no
appointment listed |
Worked for P.A. Cambell on the paddle steamers Ravenswood, Bristol Queen, Cardiff Queen
etc. Retired Master Mariner. |
Watts,
Geoffrey
|
?
-
[1959 still alive] |
| Lt. |
08.03.1929 (retd
> 08.1929, < 02.1931) |
| Lt.Cdr.
(retd) |
08.03.1937 |
|
| 02.1942 |
- |
(1945?) |
Commanding Officer,
Prince of Wales Training School (Stalham, nr Norfolk) |
|
Webster,
Arthur Wallace
|
?
-
|
| T/S.Lt. |
24.09.1939 |
| T/A/Lt. |
24.09.1940 |
| T/A/Lt.Cdr. |
< 10.1944
(reld < 04.1946) |
|
Served Merchant Navy.
| (04.1940) |
|
|
HMS
Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * |
| 24.09.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS
Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) |
| 19.05.1941 |
- |
(12.1943) |
HMS
Stag (RN base, Port Said) (additional; for various services) |
| (10.1944) |
|
|
HMS Drake (RN base,
Devonport) * |
| (07.1945) |
|
|
no appointment listed |
* indexed, but not listed as such |
Webster,
Francis James
Cousin of Lt.Cdr.
F.W.S. Roberts, RNR. |
09.12.1902
Toxteth Park districit, Lancashire
-
03.07.1991
Penzance district, Cornwall |
| Prob. S.Lt. |
25.04.1927 |
| S.Lt. |
07.11.1927,
seniority 25.04.1927 |
| Lt. |
09.08.1930 |
| Lt.Cdr. |
09.08.1938 (reld
< 04.1946) (retd 09.12.1947) |
| Cdr. (retd) |
09.12.1947 |
|
| 01.12.1939 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS
Afrikander V, from 03.1940 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra
Leone) |
| 09.07.1941 |
- |
(02.)1943 |
Commanding
Officer, HMS St Modwen (armed yacht; anti-submarine duties) |
| 27.04.1943 |
- |
(10.1944) |
on
staff of Vice-Admiral Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] |
| 18.06.1945 |
- |
(07.1945) |
HMS
Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) |
|
Weeks,
Alan Frederick
Son of late Capt. Frederick Charles
Weeks, MN, and Ada Frances Weeks.
Married (1947) Barbara Jane (née Huckle); one son (and one son, one
daughter deceased). |
08.09.1923
Brighton
-
11.06.1996
Hove, Sussex |
| T/Midsh. |
1941 |
| T/A/S.Lt. |
? |
| T/S.Lt. |
01.03.1944 |
| T/Lt. |
01.04.1945
(reld 04.1946) |
|
Education: Hove & Sussex Grammar School,
Brighton
Cadet, Merchant Navy, 1939-1941.
| ? |
|
|
HMS
Renown (battlecruiser) |
| 04.06.1943 |
- |
(12.1943) |
HMS
Rother (frigate) |
| 01.02.1944 |
- |
(06.1944) |
HMS
Rushen Castle (corvette) |
| (07.1945) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| (04.1946) |
|
|
HMS
Helmsdale (frigate) * |
PRO, Sports Stadium, Brighton, 1946-1965; Secretary,
Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey Club, 1946-1965; Director, London Lions Ice
Hockey Club, 1973-1974; first Director, Sports Aid Foundation, 1976-1983.
BBC Commentator: Ice Hockey, 1951-1988; Football, 1956-1978; Ice Skating,
1958-1996; Gymnastics, 1962-1989; Swimming, 1971-1990; Presenter: Summer
Grandstand, 1959-1962; Olympics, 1960, 1964; BBC Commentator: Winter
Olympics: 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994; Olympics:
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988; World Cup: 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978;
Commonwealth Games: 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986; Presenter, Pot Black,
1970-1984. Life Mem., Nat. Skating Assoc. of GB, 1984 (Chm. Trustees,
1993-); Mem. Council, British Ice Hockey Association, 1983-; inducted
British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, 1988. Life Pres., Brighton and Hove
Entertainment Managers' Assoc., 1985. Hon. Mem., Amateur Swimming Assoc.,
1990. Governor, Sports Aid Foundation, 1983-1996.
* indexed, but not listed as such |
Weeks,
Albert Clifford
|
see: |
RNVR
section
|
|
Weir,
Hector Norman
Married ((06?).1922, Romford district,
Essex) Dorothy Beatrice Burdick; two daughters.
From Dawlish.
|
27.04.1894
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
05.1985
Croydon district, London / Surrey
|
T/Cdr. (E)
|
29.05.1940 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
|
29.05.1940
|
-
|
(02.)1941
|
HMS
Port Napier (auxiliary minelayer)
|
17.10.1941
|
-
|
(12.1941)
|
HMS
Avenger (escort carrier)
|
01.03.1943
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
HMS
Vindex (escort carrier)
|
Engineering superintendent in Port Line Ltd until his retirement in the 1950s.
|
Wells,
Augustus Widdicombe Stenson
"Gus"
Son of ... and Amelia Elizabeth (Stenson)
Wells. Married (1912, Cardiff) ... Groves; two sons.
|
1887
-
21.09.1957
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
|
Ldg.Sign.
|
? [O.N. 225676
(R.F.R. Dev./B4666)]
|
T/S.Lt. RNVR
|
12.06.1918
|
T/Lt.
|
01.04.1940
|
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
> 02.1943,
< 06.1943 (reld
1946?)
|
|
MID
|
20.09.1918
|
Mediterranean
|
|
WW
I
|
|
|
served
Royal Navy & Merchant Navy (all over the world)
|
1918
|
|
|
joined
Merchant Navy
|
WW
II
|
|
|
served
in Turkey, North Africa & Western Approaches (wounded)
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
no appointment
listed
|
07.1942
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
HMS
Nile (RN base, Alexandria):
|
07.1942
|
-
|
(02.1943)
|
for
various services
|
(06.1943)
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
Navy
Control of Shipping (NCS) Officer, Tripoli [wounded]
|
(07.1945)
|
|
|
HMS
Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *
|
(04.1946)
|
|
|
no appointment
listed
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
Publican in Aylesbury, Bucks. and ran a branch of the Sea Cadets.
|
Whichello,
George Alfred [Blandford]
"Toby"
Son of George and Edie Whichello.
Husband of
Lilian Elizabeth Whichello, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
|
19.07.1907
Thanet, Kent
-
22.10.1943
(KIA) [age 36]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 11, column 1]
|
T/Skpr.
|
10.11.1939
[WS 3098, TS 217]
|
A/T/Skpr.Lt.
|
< 12.1941
|
|
|
DSC
|
11.06.1942
|
HM's
birthday 42 * [award presented to next-of-kin]
|
* For a rescue mission whilst escorting a convoy,
which was attacked by German aircraft. One ship was lost [probably SS Ratula], and a difficult rescue was initiated by
Whichello, in launching a small boat to rescue sailors from the burning ship loaded with
aviation fuel which was about to explode at any time.
|
(04.1940)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
22.08.1940
|
-
|
(06.)1942
|
HMS Leeds United (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler)
|
08.1942
|
-
|
22.10.1943
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS Orfasy (Isle class trawler) (torpedoed)
|
|
White,
Duncan Frederick
Son of Lt.Col. George Henry White, RAPC (1876-1953), and
Helen Mackenzie (1878-1932).
Brother of Lt. Kenneth John White, RNR, and Brig.
Denis White, Royal Signals.
Married Carrie Mary Hardy, who was a direct descendant of Admiral Nelson's Flag Captain - Sir Thomas Hardy.
|
23.09.1900
Urray, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
-
06.1970
Hove, Sussex
|
Prob. S.Lt.
|
11.04.1927?
|
S.Lt.
|
19.11.1927,
seniority 11.04.1927
|
Lt.
|
04.08.1930 (retd
03.11.1934)
|
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
|
04.08.1938
|
A/Cdr. (retd)
|
> 10.1944,
< 01.1945 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
|
|
|
OBE
|
12.06.1965
|
HM's
birthday 65: Inspector Coastguard
|
|
|
RD
|
14.08.1943
|
-
|
|
(04.1940)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
05.1941
|
-
|
1942
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Veronica (corvette)
|
27.07.1943
|
-
|
09.09.1944
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Antigua (frigate)
|
15.09.1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
HMS
Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)
|
Post-war Chief Inspector of HM Coastguard, Board of
Trade, later being promoted to Deputy Director of HM Coastguard.
|
White,
Ernest Woodeson
Son of William Henry and Laura Susannah
White; husband of Marguerite Jane White, of Waterlooville, Hampshire.
|
1881 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 59]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 3, column 1]
|
T/Paym.Lt.Cdr.
|
15.09.1939
|
|
15.09.1939
|
-
|
05.11.1940
|
HMS
Jervis Bay (auxiliary merchant cruiser)
|
|
White,
Kenneth John
Son of Lt.Col. George Henry White, RAPC (1876-1953), and
Helen Mackenzie (1878-1932).
Brother of Cdr. Duncan Frederick White, RNR, and Brig.
Denis White, Royal Signals.
Married Gladys Dove.
Residence: Dundee, Scotland.
|
16.09.1906
Dublin, Ireland
-
13.03.1979
Scotland
|
Prob. T/Lt.
|
20.11.1939
|
T/Lt.
|
01.05.1940,
seniority 20.11.1939
|
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
< 10.1944
(reld < 07.1945)
|
|
20.11.1939
|
-
|
(04.)1940
|
HMS
Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
|
18.09.1940
|
-
|
06.05.1941
|
HMS
Camito (ocaean boarding vessel) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-97
west-southwest of Cape Clear]
|
25.06.1941
|
-
|
(12.1941)
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS St Briac (Fleet Air Arm target ship)
|
06.10.1943
|
-
|
(10.1944)
|
HMS
Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing barge (LB) duty)
|
Post-war he accepted a commission in the Royal
Indian Navy.
|
White,
Leonard Arthur
|
?
-
|
Prob. S.Lt.
|
31.12.1936
|
S.Lt.
|
1937/38,
seniority 31.12.1936
|
Lt.
|
20.08.1938
|
A/Lt.Cdr.
|
29.03.1941? (reld
from active service 20.04.1946)
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
20.08.1946 (retd
or died > 05.1950, < 05.1953)
|
|
|
DSC
|
02.06.1943
|
HM's
birthday 43 [investiture 15.02.44]
|
|
|
RD
|
10.04.1946
|
?
|
|
05.09.1939
|
-
|
(02.)1941
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Kingston Turquoise (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
|
29.03.1941
|
-
|
(10.1944)
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Widgeon (sloop)
|
04.06.1945
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
Commanding
Officer, HM LST 303 (landing ship, tank)
|
|
White,
Samuel Norman
|
?
-
[1959 still alive]
|
Capt.
|
31.12.1932 (retd
(> 08.1939, < 08.1942)
|
A/Cdre. 2nd
cl. (retd)
|
22.04.1941
|
Cdre. 2nd cl.
(retd)
|
13.09.1945
|
|
|
CBE
|
11.12.1945
|
wind
up Europe 45
|
|
MID
|
27.06.1944
|
3
years service
|
|
|
RD
|
?
|
?
|
|
28.10.1938
|
-
|
(08.1939)
|
RNR
ADC to the King
|
22.04.1941
|
-
|
(06.1944)
|
Commodore
of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
|
(07.1945)
|
|
|
no appointment
listed
|
|
White,
Sidney Alexander
|
?
-
|
T/Skpr.
|
27.09.1939 [W.S.
3046, T.S. 165]
|
A/T/Ch.Skpr.
|
08.11.1944 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
|
|
DSC
|
01.01.1940
|
New
Year 40
|
|
04.12.1939
|
-
|
(04.1940)
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS Silver Dawn (armed drifter)
|
28.09.1940
|
-
|
(02.1941)
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS Almandine (minesweeping trawler)
|
12.11.1943
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
HMS
Colonsay (RN base for minesweeping force, Humber)
|
|
Whitehouse,
Geoffrey Thomas
|
(12?).1891
Bosmere, Suffolk
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983
|
...
|
...
|
Lt.
|
01.09.1916
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
01.09.1924 (retd
16.12.1924)
|
Cdr. (retd)
|
18.08.1931
|
A/Capt.
(retd)
|
1941?
|
|
|
CBE
|
1960/70s
?
|
?
|
|
|
DSC
|
WW
I ?
|
?
|
|
|
RD
|
11.1942
|
?
|
Distinguished Service Decoration (Greece) (24.11.1942;
for services to the Greek Navy)
|
(04.1940)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
14.06.1940
|
-
|
(02.1941)
|
Naval
Officer-in-Charge, Port Sudan [HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)]
|
(12.1941)
|
|
|
HMS Sheba (RN base,
Aden) *
|
17.08.1942
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
HMS Eaglet (RN
base, Liverpool) (for AND duties)
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
Whitfield,
Edwin
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Casson)
Whitfield.
Married Margaret Connell (1911-95), of Dundas, Ontario, Canada; two sons, one
daughter.
|
10.02.1902
Austwick, Yorkshire
-
30.10.1997
Canada
|
T/S.Lt.
|
29.08.1939
|
T/Lt.
|
28.11.1939 (reld
> 04.1946)
|
|
Lived in Bermuda since 1927.
29.08.1939
|
-
|
28.08.1940
|
HMS
Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) (for service at Bermuda)
|
29.08.1940
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
Examination
Service, St George [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)]
|
(04.1946)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
After the war he and his family moved to Canada, where he led an active life until the age of 95.
|
Whitfield,
William
|
?
- |
Lt.
|
27.07.1938
|
A/Lt.Cdr.
|
02.10.1941? (reld
1945/46)
|
|
|
DSC
|
02.10.42
|
Operation
Jubilee
|
|
MID
|
11.06.42
|
HM's
birthday 42
|
|
02.10.1941
|
-
|
23.08.1943
|
Commanding Officer,
ML 194 &
SO 11th ML Flotilla [HMS Beaver III]
|
07.1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS Fleetwood (sloop)
|
|
Wilkinson,
Thomas
Son of William and Esther Wilkinson, of Widnes,
Lancashire.
|
01.08.1898
Widnes, Lancashire
-
14.02.1942
(KIA) [age 52]
Malayan Straits, Java
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 2]
|
|
|
VC
|
17.12.1946
|
attack
Japanese convoy 14.02.42 *
|
* On 14th February, 1942, HMS Li Wo, a
patrol vessel of 1,000 tons, formerly a passenger steamer on the Yangtse
River, was on passage from Singapore to Batavia. Her company consisted of
eighty-four officers and men, mainly survivors from HM ships and Army and
Air Force units. Her armament was one 4-inch gun (with 13 practice shells) and
two machine-guns. Since leaving Singapore she had beaten off four air attacks
and had suffered considerable damage. Late in the afternoon she sighted two
enemy convoys, the larger being escorted by Japanese fleet units, including a
heavy cruiser and some destroyers. Lieutenant Wilkinson, with the unanimous
backing of his mixed company, decided to engage the convoy and to fight to the
last, inflicting what damage he could. He knew that his ship faced certain
destruction. In the action that followed the machine-guns were used
effectively, and a volunteer gun-crew fought the 4-inch gun to such purpose
that they hit and set on fire a Japanese transport. After a little more than
an hour, HMS Li Wo was critically damaged and was sinking. Lieutenant
Wilkinson decided to ram the damaged transport. It is known that this ship
burned throughout the night and was probably sunk. Having ordered his ship to
be abandoned, Lieutenant Wilkinson himself went down with her. Lieutenant
Wilkinson's valour was equalled only by the skill with which he fought his
ship. The Victoria cross is bestowed upon him posthumously in recognition of
the heroism and self-sacrifice displayed not only by himself but by all who
fought and died with him.
|
Master,
Li Wo (passenger steamer on the Yangtse river).
29.06.1940
|
-
|
14.02.1942
|
Commanding Officer, HMS Li
Wo (auxiliary patrol vessel)
|
|
Williams,
David Thomas Morgan
|
?
- |
Lt.
|
20.04.1923
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
20.04.1931
|
Cdr.
|
30.06.1938
|
Capt.
|
30.06.1943 (reld
1945/46)
|
|
MID
|
01.07.1941
|
HM's
birthday 41
|
|
|
RD
|
?
|
?
|
|
(1941)
|
|
|
Nore
Command [HMS Pembroke]
|
01.01.1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
Salvage
Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
|
|
Williams,
Patrick Michael
Cay
|
?
- |
|
|
DSC
|
29.09.1942
|
air-sea
rescue Dover 15.01.42
|
|
MID
|
02.12.1941
|
air-sea
rescue Dover
|
|
(1942)
|
-
|
18.01.1943?
|
Commanding Officer,
ML 141
|
|
Williamson,
Hugh
Son of John and Helen Williamson, of
Fordyce, Portsoy, Banffshire; husband of Pearl Grant Williamson (nee
Robertson), of Keith, Banffshire.
|
1898 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 42]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 15, column 1] |
First Radio
Officer
|
? [913236]
|
|
|
|
|
Naval
Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), serving under the T.124 agreement
|
15.09.1939
|
-
|
05.11.1940
|
Chief Radio
Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
|
|
Willis,
William Austin
Son of Frederick William Willis.
Married (1950) Frances Thompson; one son, one daughter.
|
17.05.1914
Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
04.1986
|
T/Lt.
|
25.05.1942
|
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
08.1944?
|
|
06.08.1942
|
-
|
(12.1943)
|
HMS Ulster
Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship)
|
08.1944
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
Commanding
Officer, HM LSE 2 (landing ship, emergency repair)
|
Master Mariner. Master of Esso tankers. Went to Namibia, 29.12.1951. He was a
Director of Willis Lund and Company Shipping Line. Mayor of Walvis Bay for 7
years. Master of the fish factory ship L'Interpeche, c. 1970-1978.
|
Wilson,
John
Son of John Watson Wilson and Margaret Wilson. Married Jane Farquharson Wilson;
two sons.
website
|
15.02.1899
Newhaven, Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland
-
27.09.1967
Edinburgh |
Deck Hand
|
15.02.1917 [DA14647]
|
Skpr.
|
08.09.1924 [WS
2354]
|
Ch.Skpr.
|
08.09.1934
|
Skpr.Lt.
|
31.12.1941 (reld
24.11.1945) (retd 15.02.1949; age limit)
|
|
DSC
|
11.07.1940
|
HM's
birthday 40
|
|
|
RD
|
27.11.1939
|
?
|
British War Medal; Victory Medal; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45
|
15.02.1917
|
|
|
entered
RNR
|
15.02.1917
|
-
|
06.12.1917
|
HMS
Boadicea 2 (Auxiliary Patrol Parent Ship, Dublin)
|
07.12.1917
|
-
|
26.04.1918
|
HMT
Emley (hired trawler)
|
27.04.1918
|
-
|
03.06.1918
|
HMT
Trumpeter (hired trawler)
|
04.06.1918
|
-
|
31.12.1918
|
HMT
Grosbreak (hired trawler)
|
01.01.1919
|
-
|
09.02.1919
|
HMS
Gunner (Auxiliary Patrol Base, Granton)
|
09.02.1919
|
-
|
29.08.1939
|
demobilised,
returning to his civilian occupation (trawling); remained in the RNR, having
training for a few weeks every few years, until being recalled for actual
service with the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS)
|
29.08.1939
|
-
|
21.09.1939
|
HMS
Pembroke X (RNPS base, Lowestoft)
|
22.09.1939
|
-
|
08.11.1939
|
HMT Regal
(anti-submarine trawler)
|
09.11.1939
|
-
|
05.12.1939
|
HMS Romola
(minesweeping base, Lowestoft)
|
06.12.1939
|
-
|
20.04.1940
|
HMT
Rutlandshire (anti-submarine trawler)
|
21.04.1940
|
-
|
08.06.1940
|
HMS Europa
(RNPS base, Lowestoft)
|
09.06.1940
|
-
|
23.08.1943
|
HMS
Pembroke IV (RN accounting base, Great Yarmouth)
|
24.08.1943
|
-
|
09.10.1943
|
HMS Europa
(RNPS base, Lowestoft)
|
10.10.1943
|
-
|
17.09.1945
|
HMS
Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
|
18.09.1945
|
-
|
24.11.1945
|
HMS Europa
(RNPS base, Lowestoft)
|
|
Wilson,
Joseph Havelock
|
(09?).1888
Sunderland district, Co. Durham and
Tyne and Wear
-
23.06.1942
(illness) [age 54]
[Camberwell New Cemetery, London, square 15, grave 7343]
|
A/Asst.Paym.
|
?
|
Asst.Paym.
|
07.02.1916,
seniority 25.08.1914
|
Paym.Lt.
|
25.08.1916
|
Paym.Lt.Cdr.
|
25.08.1924
|
Paym.Cdr.
|
31.12.1932
(retd
12.06.1938)
|
|
|
RD
|
24.07.1931
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
may have been connected with running a prisoner of war camp for German naval personnel in WW1
|
15.04.1941
|
-
|
23.06.1942
|
HMS Eaglet
(RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services)
|
|
Wilson,
Wallace Franklin
Son of William and Flora Wilson, of Hull.
Husband of Florence Wilson, of Gipsyville, Hull; one son, one daughter.
|
(12?).1904
Sculcoates district, Yorkshire
-
24.07.1942
(accident) [age
37]
[Haltemprice (Hessle) Cemetery, Comp. 53, plot 8, Grave 1]
|
Skpr.
|
14.06.1939 [WS
2930]
|
|
01.12.1939
|
-
|
12.09.1940
|
HMS Welcome
Home (minesweeping trawler) *
|
12.11.1941
|
-
|
24.07.1942
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS John Stephen (minesweeping trawler)
|
* (02.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
|
Winder,
Ralph Spearing
Son of Ralph Humphreys Winder, and Florence
Edith Winder.
Husband of Florence May Winder, of St. John's Wood, London.
|
1907 ?
-
22.06.1941
(KIA) [age 34]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 1]
|
Prob. Lt.
|
01.07.1937
|
Lt.
|
15.06.1938,
seniority 01.07.1937
17.04.1939, seniority 18.02.1937
|
|
|
DSO
|
22.07.1941
|
destruction
U-boat [presented to next-of-kin]
|
|
|
OBE
|
01.01.1941
|
New
Year 41 [investiture 20.05.41]
|
|
19.03.1940
|
-
|
(02.)1941
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Kingston Peridot (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
|
(03.)1941
|
-
|
22.06.1941
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Visenda (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
|
|
Wood,
Edmund
Son of Captain George E. Wood and Lucy Wood.
Husband of Beatrice Mary Wood.
|
1897 ?
-
11.02.1945
(KIA) [age 48]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 1, column 1]
|
Lt.
|
28.02.1920
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
28.02.1928 (retd
26.10.1935)
|
Cdr. (retd)
|
20.04.1936
|
|
|
RD
|
?
|
?
|
|
(04.1940)
|
|
|
no
appointment listed
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) *
|
17.10.1943
|
-
|
11.02.1945
|
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)
[on board SS Persier when torpedoed]
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
Wood,
Norman Edgar
|
?
-
|
T/Lt.
|
15.09.1939 (reld
05.11.1940; commission terminated)
|
|
|
DSO
|
23.01.1941
|
action
with enemy raider 05.11.40
|
|
|
|
|
serving under the T.124 agreement
|
15.09.1939
|
-
|
05.11.1940
|
HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
(ship sunk)
|
|
Wood,
Thomas Albert Edward
|
28.07.1901
Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
-
(09?).1974
Haverford West district
|
T/Bm.Skpr.
|
01.07.1941 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
|
Trawler skipper at Milford Haven.
(12.1941)
|
|
|
HMS
Barstoke (boom defence vessel) *
|
02.1943
|
-
|
(08.1943)
|
HMS Barrier
(boom defence vessel)
|
04.02.1944
|
-
|
(07.1945)
|
HMS St
Columba (boom defence depot, Greenock)
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
Woods,
Sidney Richard James
Married; at least one son.
|
14.10.1906
Plymouth
-
16.02.1968
Glasgow
(died of emphysema)
|
Midsh.
|
01.01.1924
|
A/S.Lt.
|
14.10.1927
|
S.Lt.
|
15.03.1930
|
Lt.
|
06.02.1932
|
Lt.Cdr.
|
06.02.1940
|
Cdr.
|
31.12.1944 (demobilized
06.1946) (retd 14.10.1956)
|
|
Served Clan Line.
05.09.1939
|
-
|
17.05.1940
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Aquamarine (trawler; armed boarding vessel)
|
(05?).1940
|
-
|
30.09.1940
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Comet (minesweeping trawler) (sunk)
|
11.1940
|
-
|
07.1942
|
Commanding
Officer, HMS Burwell (destroyer)
|
07.1942
|
-
|
(10.)1943
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Witch (destroyer)
|
08.11.1943
|
-
|
(04.)1946
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS Wren
(destroyer)
|
1946
|
-
|
06.1946
|
Commanding Officer,
HMS
Sansovino (infantry landing ship)
|
Returned to Clan Line and commanded a number of vessels until retirement,
11. 1967.
|
Wright,
George Murdoch
|
see: |
RNVR
section
|
|
Wright,
James Alfred
"Jimmy"
|
25.10.1912
-
03.01.2001
Devon
|
Prob. T/Lt.
|
30.12.1940
|
T/Lt.
|
?, seniority
30.12.1940
|
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
|
< 07.1945
(reld > 04.1946)
|
|
|
OBE
|
31.08.1945
|
3
U-boats destroyed [KolaInIt ?] 04.45
|
|
|
MID
|
10.07.1945
|
North
Russian convoys 44-45
|
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
|
(05.1941)
|
|
|
First Lieutenant, HMS Northern Foam
(anti-submarine warfare trawler)
|
30.10.1941
|
-
|
(08.1943)
|
HMS Northern Duke (anti-submarine
warfare trawler) (eventually as First Lieutenant)
|
13.02.1944
|
-
|
1945
|
Commanding Officer, HMS Honeysuckle
(corvette)
|
07.1945
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
Commanding
Officer, HM LST 3027 (landing ship tank)
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
Wright,
Percival Murdoch
Son of Richard Thwaites and Fanny Wright,
of Liverpool.
|
(06?).1893
West Derby, Lancashire
-
22.03.1941
[age 47]
[Roodeweg Cemetery, Island of Curaçao, A.156]
|
|
(02.1941)
|
|
|
HMS Drake
(RN base, Devonport) *
|
?
|
-
|
22.03.1941
|
HMS Black
Bear (armed yacht)
|
* indexed, but not listed as such
|
| |
|
|
|
