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Abbey,
Peter Alistair St Clare
P.A.St.C. Abbey

Son of ... Abbey, and ... Openshaw.
03.09.1923
Hampstead district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
05.1995
Crawley, West Sussex
... ...
T/S.Lt. 11.09.1944
... - ... ...
(04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
18.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Mauritius (cruiser)
Abbiss,
Ronald Walker
R.W. Abbiss

Son of ... Abbiss, and ... Miller.
(09?).1922
Holbeck district, Yorkshire - West Riding
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 24.09.1944
... - ... ...
07.03.1945 - (07.1945) 821 Squadron FAA
Abbot,
Norman Percy
N.P. Abbot
29.06.1919 ??
-
2002 ??
Petersfield, Hampshire ??
Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 08.12.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.04.1943
? - (02.1941) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) *
... - ... ...
07.01.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Howe (battleship)
04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.) (for radar duties)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott,
Alexander Cranfield
A.C. Abbott
21.05.1904
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
(06?).1974
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.03.1945
18.02.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Northney II (landing craft base, Hayling Island)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Actor in the BBC tv film "The Quarry" (1966).
Abbott,
Allan Noel Norman
A.N.N. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Born.
13.02.1917
Uxbridge, Middlesex
-
08.1997
West Surrey
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 25.07.1943
T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1945
... - ... ...
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
20.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Perseus (aircraft maintenance ship) (air engineering duties)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Abbott,
Benjamin Charles
B.C. Abbott
 
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 29.08.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
... - ... ...
04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1 (motor minesweeper)
22.01.1946 - (04.1946) Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Abbott,
Basil Duncan
B.D. Abbott
Son of ... Abbott, and ... Robinson.
02.04.1921
Tendring district, Essex
-
02.1995
Colchester, Essex
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 20.11.1942
T/Lt. (A) 20.05.1945
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945, till < 04.1946
      probably served at Malta
... - ... ...
12.08.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 811 Squadron FAA
? - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott,
Charles Ortzen
C.O. Abbott

From Bradford.
Son of ... Abbott, and ... Marshall.
28.05.1918
North Bierley district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
08.1988
Ipswich, Suffolk
T/S.Lt. 25.09.1941
T/Lt. 01.02.1943
Mention in Despatches MID 30.05.1944 Coastal Forces action 23.10.43
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(02.1942) - (02.1943) HMS Torch II (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead) *
15.03.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 504 (motor torpedo boat) **
22.11.1943 - (12.1943) als shown as: First Lieutenant, HM MTB 727 (motor torpedo boat)
30.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 632 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
** other source: 15.03.1943-(10.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 607 (motor gun boat)
Abbott,
Charles Reginald
C.R. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 11.01.1943
... - ... ...
24.02.1943 - (07.1945) Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Abbott,
Douglas Barrington
D.B. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Nicoll.
(12?).1924
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 11.11.1944
... - ... ...
25.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Fernie (destroyer)
Abbott,
Frank del Sandys
"Joe"
F. del S. Abbott

Second son of Edmund Rushworth Abbott (1866-1953), solicitor, and Emily Beatrice Abney Sandys (1868-1947).
Brother of Capt. Edmund Geoffrey Abbott, AM, RN, and Lt. Myles John Abbott.
Married (1949) Marjorie May Paddon, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.H. Paddon, of Erdington, Birmingham.
21.08.1904
Uxbridge, Middlesex
-
04.02.2001
Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945, 04.1946 still
... - ... ...
15.05.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for miscellaneous duties)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Railways officer.
Abbott,
Geoffrey Francis
G.F. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 02.01.1944
T/Lt. 01.08.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
26.09.1945 - (04.1946) [Commanding Officer ?,] HMS Holderness (destroyer)
Abbott,
Hugh Hector
H.H. Abbott
12.10.1920
Chertsey district, Surrey
-
09.2002
Mid Warwickshire
[age 81]
... ...
T/El.Lt. 01.01.1945
... - ... ...
04.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Corbrae (repair ship)
Member, The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Abbott,
John
J. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 01.03.1944
T/Lt. (A) 01.03.1946
... - ... ...
14.07.1944 - (07.1945) 845 Squadron FAA
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Abbott,
John Landells
J.L. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Landells.
11.05.1916
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
(06?).1982
Surrey South eastern district
... ...
T/Lt. 26.11.1943
Male Assistant Preventive Officer, Customs and Excise Department, 1937.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office)
Abbott,
John Noel
J.N. Abbott
1912 ??
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 03.05.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Deane
Abbott,
John William
J.W. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.02.1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant
Abbott,
Luther Wrigley
L.W. Abbott

Married ((12?).1928, Bucklow district, Cheshire) ... Walters.
(06?).1902
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
(03?).1967
Aled district, Denbighshire
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abbott *,
Max Evelyn Lee
M.E.L. Abbot
Only son of Lt.Col. S.H. Lee Abbott, DSO, IMS, of Whitechurch.
Residence: (1953) Hampton, Middlesex.
Married; one daughter, two sons.
* In Navy List shown as Abbot

02.12.1908
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, India
-
18.03.1974
Hampton, Middlesex
T/Sg.Lt. 22.12.1939
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945
Education: Fettes College, Edinburgh (Va mods; 1922-07.1927); Edinburgh Medical School (LRCP&S Ed, 1937). LRFPS Glas.
Afr house appointments at Chester Royal Infinmary he went to sea as a ship's doctor with the Red Funnel Line and saw some of the Far East .
17.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
04.02.1941 - 20.04.1942 HMS Eridge (escort destroyer)
08.03.1944 - (04.)1945 HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
      HMS Striker (Far East mid/late 40’s, visited Australia, staffed a field hospital at the end of the war at Kai Tak airfield, Hong Kong, returned to the UK based in Chatham Naval Dockyard)
General practitioner, Hampton-on-Thames. Was on the staff of St. Mary's Cottage Hospital, Hampton.
Abbott,
Phillip
P. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 03.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Illustrious (aircraft carier)
Abbott,
Peter Esmond
P.E. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 03.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944) - (07.1945) 845 Squadron FAA *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott,
Philip Henry
"Bud"
P.H. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mr & Mrs P.H. Abbott) P.H. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mr & Mrs P.H. Abbott)
P.H. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mr & Mrs P.H. Abbott)
P.H. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mr & Mrs P.H. Abbott)
Son of ... Abbott, and ... Thompson.
Married 1st ((06?).1949, Watford district) Joan M. Goddard (divorced 1960s); four children.
Married 2nd (1977, Cranbrook, BC) Linda ...
26.01.1921
Westcliffe on Sea, Rochford district, Essex
-

Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 14.02.1942
T/A/Lt. (A) ?
T/Lt. (A) 14.08.1944
07.09.1942 - (06.)1944 pilot, 831 Squadron FAA (attack of German battleship Tirpitz 04.1944)
19.06.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)]
10.05.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 815 Squadron FAA
18.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
Emigrated to Canada, 1957, first living near Vancouver, later in Cranbrook, BC. With a keen interest in theatre & singing, he does a lot of volunteer work.
Abbott,
Robert
R. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 14.12.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 1712 Squadron FAA
Abbott,
Rolfe Merton Frederick
R.M.F. Abbott
 
Son of Walter Abbott, and Minnie Arabella Newland.
05.05.1917
Woolwich, Greater London, Kent
-
03.2002
Brighton, Sussex
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 23.10.1939
T/El.S.Lt. ?, seniority 23.10.1939
T/El.Lt. 01.03.1942
03.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
04.08.1941 - (10.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
Abbott,
Ronald Thomas
R.T. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 19.11.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Curlew
Abbott,
Stephen Christopher Lee
S.C.L. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Clark.
Married ((03?).1968, Oxford district, Oxfordshire) Audrey I. Goldup.
(12?).1923
Wallingford district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
-
01.03.2010
The Mountains Care Home, Libanus, Near Brecon, Powys
T/Midsh. 19.03.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
18.05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Starwort (corvette)
(04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
10.10.1945 - (04.1946) HM LST 3522 (landing ship, tank)
Chartered accountant, Oxford.
Abbott,
Thomas Frederick
T.F. Abbott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 21.11.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Brontosaurus
Abel,
James
J. Abel
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 20.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abel,
Richard Cox
R.C. Abel
08.04.1912
-
01.2001
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.08.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Braganza
Abel,
Sidney Clinton
S.C. Abel

Son of ... Abel, and Aureola Ivy Abel.
1921/22 ?
India ?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 01.05.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Ringtail
Abel-Smith,
Lionel
L. Abel-Smith

Son of Brig.Gen. Lionel Abel Abel-Smith (1870-1946), and Genevieva Lilac Walsh.
01.09.1924
Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 01.09.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abell,
Thomas
T. Abell
25.03.1919 ??
??
-
09.1992 ??
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ??
... ...
T/Lt. 23.04.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Sabre
Abell,
William Arthur Lampson
W.A.L. Abell

Son of ... Abell, and ... Skelton.
Married ((12?).1949, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) ... Dickinson.
(09?).1924
Chesterfield district, Derbyshire
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 27.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Ukussa
Abello,
Clarence Lionel
C.L. Abello (Photo courtesy of Mr Vincent Labiano Abello)
17.09.1907
-
22.09.1992
Washington county, Oregon, USA
T/S.Lt. 13.11.1942
T/Lt. 13.08.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
... - ... ...
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Abercrombie,
George Francis
G.F. Abercrombie

Of Lower Kingswood, Surrey.
Only son of late George Kennedy Abercrombie, Solicitor, London, and Margaret Jane (née Forbes).
Married (1932) Marie, younger daughter of late Frank Underhill, JP, Plympton, S. Devon; one son, two daughters.
25.06.1896
Kensington, Greater London
-
26.09.1978
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey
Sg.Lt. 1922
Sg.Cdr. 30.06.1935
Sg.Capt. 1948 (retd 1951)
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 1940 ?
Education: Charterhouse School; Gonville and Caius Colleges, Cambridge. MA, BCh 1922; MB 1924, MD 1935.
      London Division RNVR
      Surgeon Probationer, RNVR (HMS Warwick, Zeebrugge, 1918, despatches)
      HMS Birmingham
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Anson
1950     King's Honorary Physician
General practitioner, 1924-1966.
House Surgeon and Resident Midwifery Assistant, St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Physician, Hospital for Sick Children, Gt Ormond Street. Honorary FRSocMed (first President, Secretary of General Practice, 1950); Member of Management Comitttee, 1963-1967, and Chairman, Emergency Bed Service Comittee, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1951-1967; Lecturer on General Practice, St Bart's Hospital Medical School, 1953-1966. Foundation Member, College of General Practitioners (Chm. Coun., 1952-1955; James Mackenzie Lectr, 1958; Pres., 1959-1962).
Published: Papers in Alpine and medical journals; Joint Editor, The Encyclopædia of General Practice, 1963.
Abercrombie,
Hugh John Collin
H.J.C. Abercrombie

Only child of Sir John Robertson Abercrombie, merchant, and Elsie Maude Collin.
(03?).1917
Kensington, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
10.12.1952
Plymouth district, Devon
(on board HMS Devonshire)
... ...
T/El.Lt. 09.12.1941
Lt.Cdr. (L) ?
Education: MA.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Dolphin
Abercrombie,
John Dalrymple
J.D. Abercrombie
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 12.10.1943
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS St Helier
Abercromby,
Philippe George
P.G. Abercromby

Son of ... Abercromby, and ... Dobson.
16.08.1918
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
10.1999
Brighton, Sussex
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 16.08.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Goshawk
Abernethy,
John
J. Abernethy
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Mayina
Ablett,
Ivor Ronald
I.R. Ablett

Son of ... Ablett, and ... Rich.
(03?).1925
Rochford district, Essex
-
Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 22.03.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Ablett,
Leon Arthur Duchemin
L.A.D. Ablett

Son of ... Ablett, and ... Duchemin.
Married ((06?).1967, Chelses district, London) ... Bulley.
(09?).1921
Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.01.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Victory
Ablitt,
Cedric Harry [Leveson Gower]
C.H. Ablitt

Son of Ernest Harry Ablitt (1867-1950), and Blodwen Jones (1891-?).
Married (06.1946, Battersea) Barbara Bowen (22.10.1920-04.2002); two children.
12.02.1917
Fylde, Lancashire
-
03.1999
Cardigan, Dyfed
... ...
T/Lt. 21.05.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Mayina
Abraham,
Charles Alexander Calderwood
C.A.C. Abraham
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 15.02.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 827 Squadron FAA
Abraham,
Harold James
H.J. Abraham
11.10.1911 ??
-
08.1995 ??
South Warwickshire ??
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 01.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 1790 Squadron FAA
Abraham,
John Charles George
J.C.G. Abraham
06.05.1911
-
12.2000
North Cotwolds, Gloucestershire
T/Sg.Lt. 08.04.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
Education: MRCS, LRCP, BM, BCh.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Pembroke
Abraham,
Norman Alexander
N.A. Abraham

Son of ... Abraham, and ... Trinder.
(06?).1919
Wandsworth district, London
-
... ...
T/El.Lt. 15.07.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Western Isles
Abraham,
Nevil Hayne
N.H. Abraham
28.10.1922
-
01.2001
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.04.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Byrsa
Abraham,
Robert Alfred
R.A. Abraham
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 12.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Abraham,
Roy Henry
R.H. Abraham
(06?).1915
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.12.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Maidstone
Abraham,
Ronald James
R.J. Abraham
(03?).1917
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
... ...
T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 01.02.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abraham,
Roy Louis
R.L. Abraham

Son of ... Abraham, and ...Scanlan.
(06?).1924
St Pancras district, Greater London
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.12.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sea Cadet Corps
Abraham,
Russell William Thomas
R.W.T. Abraham
(09?).1924
Devonport district, Devon
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 26.08.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 849 Squadron FAA
Abrahams,
Anthony John
A.J. Abrahams

Son of ... Abrahams, and ... Closenberg.
(06?).1926
Hendon district, Great London
-
T/Midsh. 13.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM LST 321 (landing ship, tank)
Abrahams,
Arthur Hugh
A.H. Abrahams
(12?.)1913 ??
Hackney, Greater London ??
-
... ...
T/Lt. (S) 25.09.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Epping
Abrahams,
Geoffrey Alan
G.A. Abrahams

Son of ... Abrahams, and ... Mollett.
(06?).1924
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 07.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abrahams,
Ian John
I.J. Abrahams
Elder son of Michael Leonard Abrahams (1891-1951), and Gertrude Clozenberg (1892-1982).
Married ((09?).1948, St Marylebone district, London) Jill M. Koppenhagen, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Leslie Koppenhagen, of Kensington, London W8; ... children (one daughter?).

23.11.1921
Hampstead district, Greater London
-
12.1991
Brighton, Sussex
... ...
T/S.Lt. 23.11.1942
T/Lt. 02.04.1945
(12.1942)     no appointment listed
(02.1943)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) *
04.03.1943 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 249 (motor torpedo Boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
14.10.1943 - 02?.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 249 (motor torpedo boat)
02?.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 249 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)]
01.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
20.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS)
04.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services: for outlying camps)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Abrahams,
Rodolphe Richard Clarence
R.R.C. Abrahams
Married 1st ((09?).1948, Croydon district, Surrey) Mary V.C. Goodyear.
Married 2nd ((06?).1983, Gravesend district, Kent) ... Tomlinson.
Married 3rd (10.1997, Colchester, Essex) Margaret J. Paul.
(03?).1924
Croydon district, Greater London
-
T/S.Lt. (A) 10.06.1944
Education: Dulwich College (1938-1941).
05.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Abrahams,
Samuel Gluckstein
S.G. Abrahams
(12?).1912
Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.11.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abram,
Henry Charles
H.C. Abram
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 03.03.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Meadowsweet
Abram,
Robert
R. Abram
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 19.08.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Minstrel
Abram,
William
W. Abram
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (E) 24.01.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Braganza
Abrams,
Hilton John
H.J. Abrams

Son of ... Abrams, and .. Connelly.
(03?).1924
Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
Prob. T/Midsh. (E) 02.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Abrams,
Max
M. Abrams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 12.05.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sea Cadet Corps
Abson,
Edward Pennington
E.P. Abson
(03?).1918
Merthyr Tydfil district, Breconshire / Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan
-
T/Sg.Lt. 27.03.1942
Education: MB, ChB.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Penn
Acaster,
John
J. Acaster
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.04.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Acatos,
Peter Alexander
P.A. Acatos
(09?).1905
Brentford, Middlesex
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.01.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Benbow
Acheson,
Cyril Thomas
C.T. Acheson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.08.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Artifex
Acheson,
Guy Hamilton
G.H. Acheson
(12?).1901 ?
Ormskirk district ?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.02.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Nile
Ackerley,
Leonard
L. Ackerley
(12?).1924 ?
Worksop district ?
-
... ...
Prob. A/El.S.Lt. 02.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Ackerman,
Harry
H. Ackerman
(12?).1911
Warwick, Warwickshire
-
... ...
T/Lt. 16.01.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS President III
Ackers,
Herbert James
H.J. Ackers
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 01.05.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Ackland,
Reginald Percy
R.P. Ackland
19.11.1916
-
04.2002
Plymouth, Devon
... ...
T/S.Lt. (S) 29.09.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Monck
Ackroyd,
Anthony
A. Ackroyd
?
-
T/Sg.Lt. 18.12.1940
Education: MRCS, LRCP.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Ackroyd,
Dennis
D. Ackroyd
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 30.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Acland,
James Bryant
J.B. Acland
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 30.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Acock,
John Robert Horace
J.R.H. Acock
(03?).1902
Thanet, Kent
-
(03?).1968
Thanet district, Kent
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.10.1941
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Yeoman
Acott,
Philip Noel
P.N. Acott
(03?).1912
Croydon, Greater London
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 03.09.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS MMS 106 (motor minesweeper)
Acott,
Thomas George
T.G. Acott
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 12.10.1944
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Princess Iris
Acres,
Dudley
D. Acres
 
Son of Stanley Acres, and Emily E. Tibbs.
Married ((03?).1951, Brentwood district, Essex) Veronica A. Carleton; ... children (one son?).
10.06.1924
West Ham district, London
-
02.01.2011
Ord.Sea. ?
T/A/S.Lt. 1943?
T/S.Lt. 21.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
      HMS Hyderabad (corvette)
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
      22nd LCT Flotilla [HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)]
19.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)     HMS Polka (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Acton,
Herbert Ffolliott
H.F. Acton

Son of Joseph Acton (1860-1942), and Grace Dennison (1874-).
Married Ruth Patricia Williamson (1910-1993); three sons.
19.04.1914
Dublin, Ireland
-
1997 ?
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 26.10.1944
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
? - (07.1945) HMS Helvig
Acton,
John Roberts
J.R. Acton
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.06.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Acton,
Thomas Stackhouse
T.S. Acton

Of Acton Scott Hall, Salop.
01.01.1925
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 15.03.1945
Lt.Cdr. RNR ?
Education: Rugby; Oriel College, Oxford (MA).
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Fernie
1951 - 1955 recalled
Justice of the Peace (1961).
Adair,
Ronald

R. Adair
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.07.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Tango
Adam,
Andrew Thomas

A.T. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/El.Lt. 01.05.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Hopetoun
Adam,
David William

D.W. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 01.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM BYMS 2214
Adam,
Ian Ross

I.R. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) (prob) 23.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adam,
John Bryce

J.B. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Midsh. 20.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Devonshire
Adam,
Kenneth Warren

K.W. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. (D) 04.06.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Valkyrie
Adam,
Norman Reid

N.R. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Cormorant
Adam,
Patrick Alan

P.A. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 15.05.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sick Quarters Lee-on-Solent
Adam,
Peter Bradley
P.B. Adam
Married (1957) Elisabeth ... (died 1994); one son.

29.01.1924
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
04.05.2010
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 01.09.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 31.07.1945 Operation Iceberg (air strikes on Sakishima Islands & capture of Okinawa 03-05.45) [decoration posted]
Education: Glenalmond College (1937-1942); Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BSc).
29.09.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training)
20.12.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for full flying duties and training)
03.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 857 Squadron FAA
08.10.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 857 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (DSC)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
On the school's staff of Glenalmond College from 1949 and acted as the sub-warden from 1977 to 1984.
Adam,
Robert Derek

R.D. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 10.01.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM BYMS 2203
Adam,
Robert Marshall

R.M. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/Midsh. 30.03.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind
Adam,
William

W. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sea Cadet Corps
Adam,
William
Atkinson
W.A. Adam
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 25.07.1943
T/A/Lt. (A) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Drake
Adames,
Frederick George

F.G. Adames
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 18.06.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM MMS 267
Adami,
John Harold

J.H. Adami
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 13.08.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Tay
Adams,
Alexander Dempster

A.D. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. 27.03.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Arthur Leonard

A.L. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 18.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane II
Adams,
Arthur Stanhope

A.S. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/El.Lt. 01.10.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Kongoni
Adams,
Cecil Walter Horace

C.W.H. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 04.02.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Retriever
Adams,
Cedric John

C.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 06.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind
Adams,
Charles Arthur

C.A. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Daedalus
Adams,
Charles Edward

C.E. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/Lt. 18.12.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Adams,
Clifford Enoch

C.E. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. 10.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Cicala
Adams,
Colin Knight

C.K. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.09.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Skirmisher
Adams,
David Alexander Forsyth

D.A.F. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Hastings
Adams,
Denis

D. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 29.10.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Brontosaurus
Adams,
Denis Percy

D.P. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Heron
Adams,
Derrick

D. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 21.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Rajaliya
Adams,
Francis Kenneth

F.K. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 02.03.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Wagtail
Adams,
Frederick Charles

F.C. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 05.07.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Gannet
Adams,
Frederick Thomas

F.T. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 31.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Braganza
Adams,
Geoffrey Thomas Cyril
G.T.C. Adams
Son of ... Adams, and ... Pike.
Married; ... children (one son?).
14.01.1924
Sevenoaks district, Kent
-
09.1994
North Dorset district, Dorset
T/Midsh. ?
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944
T/Lt. 01.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [investiture 03.07.45]
1942? - 1943? HMS Keppel (destroyer)
05.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Queenborough (destroyer)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
27.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Vidette (destroyer)
(04.1946)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Adams,
George Fowler

G.F. Adams
?
-
... ...
Sg.Lt.Cdr. 14.03.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 836 Squadron FAA
Adams,
George Howard

G.H. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 19.06.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Naval Hospital Port Edgar
Adams,
George Thompson Ryder

G.T.R. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.06.1941
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Harold Broadley

H.B. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (E) 02.06.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Harold Wellesley

H.W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 15.04.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Harry

H. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 30.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Their Merit
Adams,
Hector Stuart

H.S. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Hugh Michael

H.M. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 25.06.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Irwin Lucian L
loyd
I.L.L. Adams
 
Son of ... Adams, and ... Goor.
Married ((12?).1944, Totnes district, Devon) Gwyneth J. Collinson (née Griffiths).
(03?).1916
Brentford district, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex
-
T/Paym.S.Lt. 27.03.1941
T/Paym.Lt. 27.03.1942 (reld 22.12.1944; medically unfit)
Education: Dulwich College (1929-1932).
21.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth)
15.02.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)
Adams,
Jack

J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 27.12.1944
      temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreement
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Lanka
Adams,
James Arthur Wellesley

J.A.W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 03.09.1939
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Trumpeter
Adams,
James Denis

J.D. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 09.08.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Monck
Adams,
James Finlayson

J.F. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 18.05.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
James Sydney

J.S. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 01.05.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
James Walter

J.W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 24.12.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Dundonald
Adams,
John Charles Linley

H.M. Adams
?
-
... ...
Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 06.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Benbow
Adams,
John Maxwell
J.M. Adams
?
-
 
T/A/El.S.Lt. ?
T/El.S.Lt. 06.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Dulwich College (1935-1939).
11.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)
27.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft)
(04.1946)     HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Adams,
John Norman

H.M. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 14.01.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Melita
Adams,
John Philip

J.P. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 20.02.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Maraga
Adams,
John Robert

J.R. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
John Waring

J.W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 04.09.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Brontosaurus
Adams,
Joseph James

J.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 11.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Lawrence Rickman

L.R. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 28.11.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Leslie Alfred

L.A. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 09.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Vulture
Adams,
Leslie Roland

L.R. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 07.09.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS President
Adams,
Leslie Thomas Charles

L.B.P. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 14.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Braganza
Adams,
Leslie Warman

L.W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 17.08.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Wildfire III
Adams,
Lionel Bertram Paddock

L.B.P. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 16.01.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Calder
Adams,
Mark Lynch

M.L. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 09.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Papua
Adams,
Maurice Burton

M.B. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. 22.01.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Neville George

N.G. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.06.1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Noel Arthur

N.A. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 25.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Patrick Jack

P.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 12.02.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Peter Blelloch
P.B. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 13.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Goshawk
Adams,
Peter David

P.D. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 12.02.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Peter George Gordon

P.G.G. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 20.02.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Reginald Evelyn

R.E. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 09.11.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Aircraft Repair Yard Coimbatore
Adams,
Robert Henry Agnew

R.H.A. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.08.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS King Salvor
Adams,
Ronald Stephen

R.S. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/Lt. 03.07.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur
Adams,
Sidney George

S.G. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 15.11.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
Stanley Vine
S.V. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (S) 24.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Howe
Adams,
Thomas Charles Renwick

T.C.R. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Midsh. 08.06.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
Wilfred Chaloner

W.C. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 07.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
William

W. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 23.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Narborough
Adams,
William Bradford

W.B. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.08.1941
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Appledore
Adams,
William Evans

W.E. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 03.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Goshawk
Adams,
William Frederick Thomas

W.F.T. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.02.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sea Cadet Corps
Adams,
William Gillespie

W.G. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur
Adams,
William James

W.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 20.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adams,
William John

W.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 25.08.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adams,
William John

W.J. Adams
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 26.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Forte
Adamson,
Alan Paul

A.P. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 05.09.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM LST 12
Adamson,
Alfred Armstrong

A.A. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 15.03.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Fabius
Adamson,
Anthony Reginald

A.R. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (E) 16.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Copra
Adamson,
Campbell Millar Taggart

C.M.T. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 23.09.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Atheling
Adamson,
David Paul

D.P. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 13.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Condor
Adamson,
Dermot John Lizars

D.J.L. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 20.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Pickle
Adamson,
Ernest

E. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 07.03.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Kent
Adamson,
George Alan

G.A. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 15.10.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur
Adamson,
Gordon
G. Adamson
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?
T/S.Lt. (A) 03.03.1944
28.12.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 857 Squadron FAA
      also served 807 Squadron FAA & HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Adamson,
John Victor

J.V. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 19.07.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HM LST 358
Adamson,
Ronald

R. Adamson
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 19.02.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Magnolia
Adcock,
Frank Kingsley

F.K. Adcock
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.03.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Kestrel
Adcock,
Frederick Allen

F.A. Adcock
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 25.02.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Caprice
Addeley,
Gerald Graham

G.G. Addeley
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.02.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Royal Caroline
Adderley,
Kenneth Edward

K.E. Adderley
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 14.11.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adderley,
R R F

R.R.F. Adderley
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (S) 25.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Stag
Addinell,
W N

W.N. Addinell
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 02.04.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Victorious
Addis,
C G

C.G. Addis
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.02.1941
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Nile
Addis,
H St C C

H.St.C.C. Addis
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 25.07.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Saker
Addiscott,
J L

J.L. Addiscott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (E) 23.08.1941
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Combined Operations Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Addison,
J

J. Addison
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.10.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS King George V
Addison-Scott,
W G

W.G. Addison-Scott
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 15.09.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Addy,
R

R. Addy
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.01.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) Sea Cadet Corps
Adey,
A R

A.R. Adey
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1943
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Byrsa
Adey,
K S

K.S. Adey
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.09.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adkin,
T O

T.O. Adkin
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 11.12.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) 1850 Squadron FAA
Adkins,
B M

B.M. Adkins
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.10.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adkins,
L C

L.C. Adkins
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.11.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adkins,
P S J

P.S.J. Adkins
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. 23.01.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Waveney
Adkins,
R S B S

R.S.B.S. Adkins
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 01.06.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Jed
Adlam,
H A

H.A. Adlam
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 17.08.1944
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Colossus
Adlam,
J F

J.F. Adlam
?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 30.09.1939
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Highway
Adler,
A L

A.L. Adler
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. 04.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adlington,
E E

E.E. Adlington
?
-
... ...
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.05.1942
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Adlington,
J L

J.L. Adlington
?
-
... ...
T/Sg.Lt. 12.09.1940
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Northney
Ahern,
Bernard Francis
B.F. Ahern
Son of Joseph Ahern (1884-), and Jane Syms (1884-).
Residence: (1945) Ironbridge, Shropshire.
11.11.1914
Lewisham district, London
-
11.1993

Canterbury district, Kent
T/S.Lt. 01.01.1942
T/Lt. 01.01.1943 (rled > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches  MID 11.09.1945 destruction U-boat & one probable
19.02.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Aberdeen (sloop)
29.05.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Hesperus (destroyer) (despatches)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
 
Aimers,
Jeffrey Jenner Fust
J.J.F. Aimers
08.12.1916
Dublin, Ireland
-
15.05.2001
Waterloo, Quebec, Canada
T/Lt. 23.10.1942 (reld 25.05.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.01.1945 attack on enemy convoy 11.44
15.08.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 73 (motor torpedo boat)
15.05.1944 - (11.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 473 (motor torpedo boat)
      served also with 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla
30.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ferret IV
Graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, 1947; he worked in London and Dublin and later moved to Montreal where he worked for McDougall, Smith & Flemming from 1952 to 1954. In 1955 he joined the firm of Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick and Ellwood, from 1964 Bolton, Chadwick, Ellwood and Aimers.
Airey,
Stanley Gruchy
S.G. Airey (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jennie Kidd)
Son of John Henry Airey, and Edith Mary Gruchy.
Married (23.06.1943, Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex) Peggy Irene Fenton; one daughter.
23.11.1907
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
09.1990
Droxford district, Hampshire
Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940
T/Lt. 21.09.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
09.09.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Snaefell (paddle minesweeper)
(02.1941)     HMS Righto (minesweeping trawler) *
12.05.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Holly (minesweeping trawler)
1943 - 1943 Commanding Officer, HMS St Melante (minesweeping trawler)
29.04.1943 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Clythness (minesweeping trawler)
10.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Proctor (minesweeping trawler)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Aiton,
Archibald Barr
A.B. Aiton
Son of John Aiton, building contractor, and Elizabeth Aiton, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

03.09.1917
Avondale
-
10.11.1942
(MPK) [age 25]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 66, 1]
T/Sg.Lt. 28.07.1942?
Education: University of Glasgow (BSc 1938, MB 1941, ChB 1941).
House physician at Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow.
28.07.1942 - 10.11.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria)
Akers,
Derek George Stanley
D.G.S. Akers D.G.S. Akers
D.G.S. Akers
Son of George Francis Akers (1892-), and Hilda Gertrude E. Roney (1901-1987).
(03?).1926
Lambeth district, London
-
T/S.Lt. 1945/46??
Education: Dulwich College (1937-1944); Oxford (...-1952).
? - ? ?
Headmaster of Purley High School for Boys.
Akister,
Frederick Robert
F.R. Akister
Son of ... Akister, and ... Farrer.
(03?).1924
Prestwich district, Lancashire
-
04.07.1944
(KIA) [age 20]
[Rawdon (St Peter) Churchyard, D.578]
T/S.Lt. (A) ?
? - 04.07.1944 pilot, 800 Squadron FAA [HMS Emperor (escort carrier)]
[crashed Ards peninsula, Co. Down, N. Ireland]
Alderson-Smith,
Guy Fairburn
G.F. Alderson-Smith
Married ((09?).1934, Chelsea district, London) ... Swan.
1909 ?
-
(03?).1968
Ealing district, Greater London
T/Lt. 15.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
23.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Waverley (paddle minesweeper)
14.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Thames Queen (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel)
07.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Tenby (Bangor class minesweeper)
19.06.1943 - 02.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Ardrossan (Bangor class minesweeper)
10.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tullichewan (Combined Operations camp, Tullichewan Castel Camp, Ballock)
Alderton,
Paul Douglas
P.D. Alderton (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Alderton)
Son of Douglas Valentine Alderton (1898-1975), and Kathleen Mabel Bartlett (1903-1983).
Married (24.10.1953, Hong Kong) Pauline Lee (born 1922); two sons, three daughters.
30.06.1924
Camberwell district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-
06.07.1972
Hong Kong
T/A/S.Lt. 30.06.1943?
T/S.Lt. 30.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
22.07.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for beach duty):
      served "F" & "H" RN Commandos (got DSC for Normandy, where he landed from HM LCT 321 (landing craft, tank))
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Aldred,
Reginald Anderson
R.A. Aldred
(06?).1902
Yarmouth district, Norfolk
-
21.01.1965
Bamford, Rochdale, Lancashire
T/Lt. 15.02.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches  MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
10.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Princess Elizabeth (auxiliary minesweeper; paddle steamer)
18.02.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Eastbourne (Bangor class minesweeper)
18.02.1943 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer
(10.)1943 - 19.09.1944 Commanding Officer (despatches)
19.09.1944 - (01.)1945 Executive Officer
16.03.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Bude (Bangor class minesweeper) (DSC)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Company director.
Aldren,
John Townshend

J.T. Aldren
(06?).1917
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
05.04.2006
Bristol
T/Sg.Lt. 05.05.1941 (reld 06.03.1946)
Education: MB, ChB.
1941     joined RNVR
07.06.1941 - 11.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer)
10.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (Colombo, Ceylon)
Alexander,
John Montague
J.M. Alexander
Married; .. children (one son?).

His son Dave Alexander writes: "My Dad was based in Colombo, Trincomalee and a few other places. He was involved with Under Water Weapons Development. There was a lot of experiments going on down in Addu Atoll in the Maldives, but I don't know how long he was there. I also know that he made trips to a Research Laboratory in Teddington, Middlesex, from time to time. He  was also on HMS Manxman somewhere in the Mediterranean. In the 1950's he was based in Malta and was in charge of Qrendi Mine Depot and spent a lot of time on HMS Forth (a Submarine Depot Ship) berthed in Msida Creek in Malta. His rank was Lt Commander RNVR. He had been involved in mines and torpedoes, submarine etc.; the Navy working on a Sonar device going by the name of "Sword Beam" high frequency narrow band, mainly for use in tropical waters, and also a device to prevent enemy minesweepers from surfacing mines from their "sinkers" on the sea bed, which was called and "S" Coupling. There were many trips in latter years to Foxhill, Lansdowne, Copenacre on top of or near to Box Tunnel and RAF Rudloe Manor. He was involved with various designs of anti-submarine devices, and spent a lot of time in the Pacific, trialing various underwater bits & pieces, and I know he spent a lot of time around the Maldives, Hong Kong and lots of other places around the UK."

(09?).1909
Wandsworth district, London
-
09.12.1959
Bath, Somerset
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
      Special Branch officer on scientific duties (for details see 'personal touch' button)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
MIEE. Admiralty Production Inspector.
Alexander,
William Kennedy
W.K. Alexander
03.08.1914
Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
15.07.1975
T/S.Lt. 04.12.1939
T/Lt. 17.11.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
10.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)
09.09.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Stefa (auxiliary minesweeping whaler)
(12.1941)     HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) *
29.08.1942 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 215 (motor minesweeper)
30.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ariel (air radio & air mechanics training establishment, Warrington, Lancashire)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Allan,
James Robert

J.R. Allan
?
-
T/S.Lt. 03.07.1941
T/Lt. 24.11.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
07.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Sword Dance (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
27.06.1942 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Cornelian (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
1945? - 1945? Commanding Officer, HMS Gweal (minesweeping trawler)
Allan,
Robert Alexander;
Baron (cr. 16.07.1973) (Life Peer) Allan of Kilmahew, of Cardross, Dunbarton
R.A. Allan
Younger son of late Claud A. Allan, VL, JP, Kilmahew Castle, Cardross, Dunbarton- shire, and of Adeline Allan, OBE. Married (1947) Maureen, daughter of late Harold Stuart­Clark, Singapore; one son, one daughter.
11.07.1914
-
05.04.1979
Prob. Lt. 24.05.1939
Lt. 12.1940, seniority 24.05.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. ?
Lt.Cdr. 24.05.1946
A/Cdr. 1943 (reld 16.04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 12.09.1944 Operation Gun (operation off west coast of Italy 27.03.44) *
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM 06.11.1945

Mediterranean 44 **

Reserve Decoration RD ? ?
Commander Légion d'Honneur, 1943; Croix de Guerre, 1943 (France); despatches (5 times).
* For courage, determination and skill in Light Forces in successful actions with enemy coastal forces off the west coast of Italy.
** For distinguished service whilst in command of an advanced Coastal Forces Base and attached operating forces in the Mediterranean during 1944.
Education: Harrow (Rothschild Schol.); Clare College, Cambridge (Mellon Fellow; ran cross­country for Cambridge, 1935, 1936); Yale University.
24.05.1939     joined RNVR, Clyde Division, List II
19.08.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Saltash (minesweeper)
03.07.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
09.06.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) (for MTB service):
06.1942? - (09.1942?) Senior Officer, 10th MTB Flotilla
27.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Razorbill (Coastal Forces base, Algiers)
1944 - 1945 Senior Officer, Inshore Squadron
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
1945 - 1946 Deputy Chief of Naval Information, Washington [HMS Saker?]
President Scottish Junior Unionists, 1948-1951; contested (U) Dunbartonshire, 1945 and West Dunbartonshire, general election and bye-election, 1950; MP (C) South Paddington, 1951-1966; Assistant Whip, 1953-1955; PPS to the Prime Minister, 1955-1958; Parlementary and Financial Secretary, Admiralty, 01.1958-01.1959; Parlementary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, 1959-1960. A Treasurer, Conservative and Unionist Party Organization, 1960-1965; Chairman, Conservative Central Board of Finance, 1961-1966. A Governor, BBC, 1971-1976; a Governor of Harrow School, 1968-; a Trustee and Chairman, Lord Mayor Treloar Schools. 
Chairman, Ladybird Books; Director: Pearson/Longman; Longman/Penguin; Bank of Scotland (Chairman, London Board); H. Clarkson (Holdings) Ltd, and other companies.
Allen,
Brian Stanley

B.S. Allen
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?
T/S.Lt. (A) 09.01.1946
Education: Dulwich College (1938-1941).
09.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)
Allen,
Cyril Arthur
C.A. Allen
?
-
T/Lt. (A) 02.02.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 09.1944? (reld 1945/46)
26.01.1944 - (06.1944) pilot, 813 Squadron FAA
09.1944 - 10.1944 Commanding Officer, 813 Squadron FAA
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Allen,
Douglas Morgan

D.M. Allen
Son of Ernest Allen (1871?-), merchant, and Lizzie Ada Fitness (1875-), of London SE21.
His brother Leslie Ronald Allen (09.02.1908-) served as a Corporal, RAFVR (Photographic Section).
19.01.1911
Brixton Hill, Lambeth district, London
-
09.1997
Bromley district, Kent
T/S.Lt. ?
T/Lt. 31.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Dulwich College (09.1922-1928).
04.01.1943 - (10.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Curtana (minesweeping trawler)
11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for duty with Captain Minesweepers, Mediterranean)
01.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Filla (minesweeping trawler)
Allen,
Eric John
E.J. Allen (Photo courtesy of Mrs Bea Hawkins)
Only son of Virgil Allen and Mary Allen (née Redknap).
Married Madge Primrose Allen (née Benson); two daughters.
06.03.1906
St Pancras, Greater London
-
01.1972
Tel. ? [P/WRX 616]
Prob. T/S.Lt. 12.07.1940
T/Lt. 11.10.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
1939 - 1940 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)
? - 12.07.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' trainnig establishment, Hove, Sussex)
30.12.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School) *
01.01.1941 - (07.1945) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty Signal Establishment, Haslemere) **
* (12.1941) still indexed under HMS Victory, but not listed as such
** date of appointment probably includes initial posting to HMS Victory
Allen,
Roy Stuart

R.S. Allen
Son of John Purser Stuart Allen and Aileen Allen, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
(03?).1922
Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-
03.03.1943

(KIA) [age 21]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 6]
T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?
T/S.Lt. (A) 10.06.1942
27.07.1942 - 03.03.1943 observer, 836 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus] (shot down in sea 2 miles off mouth of estuary at Le Havre whilst minelaying on the North West French coast)
Allum,
Laurence Leonard
L.L. Allum
Son of Richard Allum, and Lucy Bertha Wall.
Married ((03?).1951, Surrey North-eastern district) Barbara E. Holmes; ... children (one son?).
(09?).1920
Willesden district, Middlesex
-
07.2012 still alive
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 21.12.1942
T/S.Lt. (A) 21.06.1943
T/Lt. (A) 21.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
1941/42?     HMS Siesta (minesweeping trawler)
(02.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
07.03.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)]
06.09.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Wagtail (RN Air Station, Heathfield, Ayr)]
10.01.1946 - (04.1946) pilot, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)]
Company director.
Alston,
Michael John
"Mike"

M.J. Alston (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston) M.J. Alston (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston)
Son of ... Alston, and .. Wilson.
06.10.1924
Epping district, Essex
-
Ord.Sea. ?
T/Midsh. 10.06.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 06.04.1944
T/S.Lt. 06.10.1944 (reld 07.1946)
1939-1945 Star 39-45 St ? ?
Atlantic Star Atl St ? ?
Italy Star It St ? ?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45 ? ?
Naval General Service Medal Nav GenSM ? & bar 'minesweeping'
Russian Commemorative Medal; Greek Commemorative Medal; Anzio Medallion; Arctic Emblem
Education: Felsted, Essex.
10.1942 - 12.1942 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
14.01.1943 - 03.1943 HMS Middleton (destroyer)
03.1943 - 06.1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
06.1943 - 07.1943 RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.1943 - 09.1944 HMS Spanker (fleet minesweeper)
09.1944 - 10.1944 HMS Waterwitch (fleet minesweeper)
10.1944 - 07.1946 HMS Acute (fleet minesweeper)
Postwar career - Richard Costain, ICI.
Member of: HMS Middleton (L74) Association (Hon Sec); Algerines Association (Founder Member); HMS Collingwood Association; Russian Convoy Club; A.R.N.O.
Published: Destroyer and preserver : the story of HMS Middleton and her ship's company, (1941-1946) (1993)
Alton,
Michael
M. Alton
?
-
1994
T/Wt.El. 05.06.1941
T/El.Lt. 07.10.1942
Lt.Cdr. (L) 12.06.1947, seniority 24.06.1945
Cdr. (L) 31.12.1948
Capt. (L) 31.12.1957
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD ? -
22.07.1941 - (10.1944) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)
(01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
12.06.1947     transferred to Permanent RNVR (List I) (Clyde Division)
Serving Brother Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 1982 (Officer 1985).
Alty,
William Noel
W.N. Alty (Photo courtesy of Mr W.N. Alty) W.N. Alty (Photo courtesy of Mr W.N. Alty)
W.N. Alty (Photo courtesy of Mr W.N. Alty) W.N. Alty (Photo courtesy of Mr W.N. Alty)
Only child of Samuel Alty, and Cordelia Lupton.

(12?).1922
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
-
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 15.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 13.03.1945 assault of Normandy 06.44
08.06.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing boats)
(06.1944)     HM LBV 58 (landing boat, vehicle) (Normandy) (despatches)
Alviniussen,
Victor Meidell
V.M. Alviniussen
23.09.1900
Norway
-
?
T/S.Lt. (E) 19.08.1940 (reld 11.05.1942)
Mention in Despatches MID 19.01.1942 minesweeping Tobruk while under air attacks
19.08.1940 - 11.05.1942 served RNVR:
19.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Sotra (minesweeping trawler)
(1941)     HMS Svana (minesweeping trawler)
11.05.1942 - 02.11.1942 Alexandria, Egypt
02.11.1942 - 24.08.1943 Transvaalia (minesweeper)
[departed to UK 25.08.1943]
08.10.1943 - 21.05.1944 MSPE
22.05.1944 - 22.06.1944 DG course Helensburgh
22.06.1944 - 04.07.1945 MSE
[Hospital Edinburgh, 27.02.1945-07.03.1945]
06.07.1945 - 06.09.1945 SOK
06.09.1945 - 20.05.1946 Qualicum (minesweeper)
Anderson,
Alfred John
A.J. Anderson
?
-
T/Lt. 04.03.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
04.03.1940 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Wistaria (minesweeping trawler)
03.07.1940 - (10.1940) Executive Officer, HMS Northern Wave (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
08.01.1941 - (08.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Spiraea (corvette)
01.09.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Bugloss (corvette)
07.03.1945 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Anderson,
Edward Louis Julian
E.L.J. Anderson
Son of ... Anderson, and ... Julian.
17.12.1919
Orsmkirk district, Lancashire
-
T/A/S.Lt. 28.06.1940
T/S.Lt. 17.12.1940
T/A/Lt. 28.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge University (BA 1941, MA, 1945).
(07.1940)     no appointment listed
05.09.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)
(10.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed
(02.1942)     HMS Avalon *
23.03.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth)
(06.1942) - (10.1942) British Naval Liaison Officer, French torpedo boat "La Melpomène"
(12.1942)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
(02.1943) - (06.1943) HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) *
19.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) (for service on staff of Rear Admiral for Special Duties [R.Adm. A.M. Peters])
11.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) (additional; for miscellaneous duties)
01.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (for service at Brindisi)
14.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Vetch (corvette)
(01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Anderson,
James Allen
J.A. Anderson
?
-
T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941
T/Lt. 28.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
29.10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Conn (frigate)
10.04.1945 - 01.05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Clare (destroyer)
01.05.1945 - (07.1945) [First Lieutenant?], HMS Clare (destroyer)
Anderson,
John
J.A. Anderson
Son (with one brother) of Rt. Rev. William Louis Anderson, MA (1882-1972), later Bishop of Salisbury, and Gwendoline Victoria Mary Jones (1897-1957).
Married ((09?).1946, Walsall district, Staffordshire) Anne Rosamund "Ros" Baines, WRNS, daughter of Dr M.B. Baines; ... children.
07.05.1923
Havant, Hampshire
-
21.09.2008
Dorset
T/A/S.Lt. 07.11.1943?
Education: Marlborough (09.1936-12.1941; B3 "Star" House; Foundation Scholar; Prefect); Scholar Gaius College, Cambridge. (01.10.1945-1948; Classical Tripos Pt I, Class I, 1947 & Pt II, Class I, 1948; BA 1948, MA 1952; Minor Entrance Scholarship for Classics; Cambridge Cross Country running 1947).
(11.1942)     as CW Candidate serving at HMS Marne (destroyer)
11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Saxifrage (corvette)
Assistant Master, Sherborne School since 1948, later at Eton College.
Andrew,
Charles Henry William
C.H.W. Andrew
From London.
(09?).1906 ?
Axminster district, Devon / Dorset ?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. 13.09.1940
T/Lt. 03.1941, seniority 13.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1943, < 08.1943
Lt.Cdr. RNR 13.08.1965, seniority 11.07.1963
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.06.1944 MGB service Dover & Plymouth Commands * [investiture 01.05.45]
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France & Germany 
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
* For courage and seamanship in coastal actions in the Dover area and outstanding leadership and zeal as Senior Officer of a Naval force which took part in two commando operations in December 1943.
(02.1941)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) *
19.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
06.04.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 329 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 14th MGB Flotilla [initially at HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
20.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
13.08.1965 - 25.08.1966 Permanent RNR
* indexed, but not listed as such
Andrew,
John [David]
J. Andrew
Son of Hugh David Andrew, and Mary Clare Burns.
Married (01.08.1947) Frances Joan Smith, daughter of William Henry Smith; one son.
16.04.1921
Glasgow, Scotland
-
Ord.Sea. 02.1940
T/S.Lt. 10.07.1942
T/Lt. 10.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: St Aloysius College, Glasgow (1938); University of London; McGill University (as an Ajax Scholar, 1947-1949, B.Com. (Hon.Econ.)).
02.1940     enlisted RNVR
      HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint, Cornwall) [survived the air raid which killed most of his colleagues in April 1940]
      trained and served with Commandos for a number of raids (Vaagso, St. Nazaire)
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
28.08.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Orchis (corvette) [aboard HMS Harvester (destroyer) when it was torpedoed & sunk by U-432 on 11.03.1943 in the Western Atlantic]
07.1943     went to Collingwood, Canada, to commission HMS Statice
20.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Statice (corvette)
03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS)
28.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Ascension (frigate)
Had a career in the pulp and paper industry. Director, St Regis Consolidated Packaging Ltd. Statistician and Manager, Trade Sections, Canadian Pulp & Paper Association, 1949-1958. Manager & Vice-President, Consolidated Paper Sales Ltd, 1958-1962. Vice-President, Consolidated Paper Corporation Ltd, 1963-... President, Consolidated-Bathurst Newsprint Ltd., Montreal.
Andrews,
George Charles
G.C. Andrews
?
-
?
[aged 88]
T/A/S.Lt. 17.03.1944
T/S.Lt. 17.09.1944
T/A/Lt. > 04.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG ? ship torpedoed 04.45
Education: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University (BA 1932, MA 1936).
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
(06.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *
      British Naval Liaison Officer, French destroyer "Trombe" (Croix de Guerre)
Andrews,
Philip

P. Andrews (Photo courtesy of Mr David Bickerton)
 
Son of Robert Henry Andrews (1878-1953), and Alice Maude Watkins (1882-1936).
Married ((09?).1949, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Penelope Ditton (28.04.1926 - ), daughter of Edgar Jesse Ditton (1878-1972), and Hilda Sky (1872-1955); two sons, two daughters.
18.01.1922
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
-
11.2012 still alive
Ordinary Seaman 05.11.1941
Able Seaman 07.1942
T/A/S.Lt. 23.10.1942
T/S.Lt. 23.04.1943
T/Lt. 23.04.1945 (reld 06.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 01.01.1971 New Year 71: for service in Revenue Cutters H.M. Customs and Excise
Reserve Decoration RD 09.1966 -

Malta G.C. 50th Anniversary Medal 11. 1993.

Education: Westcliff High School, Southend-on-Sea.
Left school July 1939 and joined Drummonds Bank. Served Home Guard, London, 01.1940-10.1941.
05.11.1941     HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
1942     HMS Cyclamen (corvette) (convoys to Freetown, Cape Town and Durban; occupation of Madagascar 05.1942)
08.1942 - 10.1942 officer training, HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
13.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)
      spare officer, 7th MTB Flotilla (Malta)
03.1943     joined 3rd ML Flotilla
25.03.1943 - 11.1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 126 (motor launch) ( involved in operations at Tripoli, Sfax, raids on Kerkennah Islands Tunisia and Pantelleria, Sicily [hit by stray torpedo during Nov 1943])
05.01.1944 - 20.11.1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 575 (motor launch) (involved in operations on West Coast of Italy, Corsica and Elba, invasion of South France and operations off East Coast of Italy and Yugoslavia)
20.11.1944 - 21.05.1945 First Lieutenant, HM ML 131 (motor launch) (involved in operations off South Coast of England, then to Cuxhaven, Germany)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (took passage 12.1945 in HMS Fencer to join Fleet Minesweeper HMS Octavia in Malta)
      Joined RNVSR when it was reformed at the end of WWII. Transferred to permanent RNVR List 2A: 01.11.1955. Subsequently transferred to RNR List 5 and to NCS List 14. Special Branch 1966. Appointed to staff of Naval Liaison Officer Northern Ireland for 2 weeks in January 1978 to advise on searching ships etc re smuggling. Appointed Consular Advisor on Shipping, British Embassy Dubai 16.05.1979. Appointed Lieutenant Commander, RNR: 04.02.1962
After war returned to Drummonds Bank late 1946. In 1950 joined the Waterguard H.M. Customs and Excise and appointed to London. Transferred to Plymouth in 1964 and to Salcombe in 1974 as Preventive Officer, duties included Receiver of Wreck & Registrar of Ships. From 1950 until 1982 had command of a number of different Revenue Cutters but, between 1974 and 1982 in Salcombe only did leave reliefs in command. Retired 02.1982.
Andrews,
Reginald George
R.G. Andrews (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Andrews)
Son of Norman A. Andrews, and Alice M. Scutchings.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
12.01.1921
Weymouth district, Dorset
-
05.1988
Hammersmith district, London
T/A/S.Lt. 11.09.1941
T/S.Lt. 12.01.1942
T/Lt. 11.03.1944 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
10.11.1941 - 01.1942 HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) (for motor launches)
01.1942 - (10.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 180 (motor launch) [HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth)]
11.10.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 105 (motor launch)
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 285 (motor launch)
Annear,
Charles
"Charlie"
C. Annear (Photo courtesy of Mr John Finestone)
?
-
14.11.1942
(KIA)
[Port of Spain (St James) Military Cemetery, Trinidad and Tobago, western portion, grave 65]
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 01.07.1941
T/Lt. (A) 01.10.1941
22.09.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, mr Winchester)]
? - 14.11.1942 pilot, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] (killed in an air crash)
Appleby,
John Samuel
J.S. Appleby (Photo courtesy of Dr David J. Appleby) J.S. Appleby (Photo courtesy of Dr David J. Appleby)
J.S. Appleby (Photo courtesy of Dr David J. Appleby)
Son of George Albert Appleby, and Florence Minnie Porter.
Married (14.12.1947, Great Clacton, Essex) Audrey Grace Fookes (27.01.1926 - 16.12.1993), daughter of Reginald John Fookes (1895-1962), and Grace Matilda Jarvis (1895-1985); four sons.
29.03.1925
Colchester, Essex
-
30.08.2011
Colchester, Essex
Midsh. (Sp.Br.) 23.06.1944 *
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.09.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.03.1945 (reld 1947)
1939-1945 Star 39-45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France and Germany
Pacific Star Pac St - & clasp Burma
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Additionally a few Soviet medals.

* Special Branch officer who is qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore

Education: Bluecoat School, Colchester; Colchester Royal Grammar School (1936-1943).
1943     served on HMS Wivern (destroyer) & HMS Vivien (destroyer)
(06.1944)     served on a fast patrol boat for Operation Overlord
05.09.1944 - 21.11.1944 HMS Nairana (escort carrier)
11.1944 - 12.1944 HMS Khedive (aircraft carrier) [possibly for passage only]
18.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties)
12.02.1945 - 14.01.1946 Confidential Book Officer, HMS Tengra (Combined Operations base, Mandapam, India)
      served on HMS Fiery Cross (whaler), on secret missions to check out beaches for Operation Zipper, the planned seaborne asault on Japanese held Malaya
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Royal Naval Supplementary Volunteer Reserve (Speical Branch) , c. 1952/3-(1960s?). Post-war a teacher (by 1969 was Head Teacher at a primary school), retiring in 1986. Ran a small printing business as a sideline, in order to supplement his teacher's salary. In later life he was ordained as a Minister and was much in demand at naval functions and at funerals of naval officers. Wrote several books and pamphlets, mostly on local Essex history, and was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. Honorary Secretary of the V&W Destroyer Association, a branch secretary of the Russian Convoy Club, and a chaplain to both the Burma Star Association and the Merchant Navy Association.
Appleby,
Stanley
S. Appleby
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 01.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

* Special Branch officer who is employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, but has not received any training of an exceutive nature

 

01.02.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers)
Appleby,
William Charles
"Bill" / "By Crikey"
W.C. Appleby
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 22.08.1940
T/S.Lt. (E) 1944?, seniority 22.02.1941
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
30.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser)
28.09.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Isle of Sark (RDF training ship)
06.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Kedah (accommodation/HQ ship)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Appleyard,
Philip Norman Frederick
P.N.F. Appleyard
27.08.1900
Edmonton district, Essex
-
07.01.1977
Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex
T/Lt. 12.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 24.02.1942 mined, brought to port 02.42
Mention in Despatches MID 09.11.1943 convoy OS45 U-Boat sunk
(04.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
09.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Royal Eagle (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (despatches)
27.09.1943 - (04.1945) HMS Stonecrop (corvette) (despatches)
1944? - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Apps,
David Sydney
D.S. Apps
Son of ... Apps, and ... Baker.
(06?).1919
Tavistock district, Cornwall, Devon
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.07.1940
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?
T/El.Lt. backdated 28.01.1943
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 28.04.1942 bomb disposal ?
24.07.1940 - (02.1941) Department of Unexploded Bombs, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
07.01.1944 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
26.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancs)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Arbuthnot,
Michael Geoffrey Henderson
M.G.H. Arbuthnot

Son of Adm. Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot, KCB, CB, DSO, RN, and Jessie Marguerite (Henderson) Arbuthnot.
Married (24.04.1948) (Nicole) Patricia Collins (born 13.12. 1917), elder daughter of Lt-Colonel Richard Leslie Halliburton Collins of Thurston House, Bury St Edmunds; one son. Lived in London.
28.09.1919
Frome district, Somerset
-
11.06.1967
T/A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940
T/S.Lt. 28.09.1940
T/Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld 1945/46)
Education: Stowe School (1933-1938), Head Boy, then Trinity College Cambridge.
31.01.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Cape Sable (special service vessel)
23.11.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Dakins (frigate)
Worked for Shell in Venezuela and Rhodesia.
Arbuthnott,
[The Rt. Hon.] [Sir] John Campbell;
16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, cr. 1641;
Lord Inverbervie and Chief of the Name and Arms of Arbuthnott
J.C. Arbuthnott (Photo courtesy of Sir William Arbuthnot, Bt)
Elder son (with three brothers) of Maj.Gen. Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (1897-1966), and Ursula Collingwood (1898-1989), of Montrose, Scotland.
Succeeded father, 15.12.1966.
Married (03.09.1949, Holy Trinity Church, Wareside) Mary Elizabeth Darley Oxley (26.05.1923 - 16.01.2010), elder daughter of Cdr. Christopher Bernard Oxley, DSC, RN (1894-1953), and Kathleen Maude Eginton Grant; one son, one daughter.

26.10.1924
Dubton House, nr. Montrose, Angus, Scotland
-
14.07.2012

Arbuthnott House, by Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland
T/Midsh. (A) 21.11.1943
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 26.04.1944
T/S.Lt. (A) 26.10.1944
Knight of the Thistle KT 1996 ?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 1986 ?
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.11.1945 operations in the Far East 07-08.45 [decoration posted]
Education: Fettes College (1938-12.1942; Carrington House; Open Scholar; VIa; School Prefect; Head of School; Head of Carrington; XV; XI 1941-42; Hockey; Cert. A); Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (01.10.1946-1949; BA Estate Management), MA 1967.
1942 - 1946 served Fleet Air Arm (RNVR):
21.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
20.10.1944 - (10.)1944 pilot, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, KAtukurunda, Ceylon)]
28.12.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 849 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Chartered Surveyor and Land Agent; Agricultural Land Service, 1949-1955; Land Agent (Scotland), The Nature Conservancy, 1955-1967. Chairman, Aberdeen and Northern Marts, 1986-1991 (Director, 1973-1991); Director: Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society, 1978-1994 (Deputy Chairman, 1982-1984, 1987-1988; Chairman, 1984-1987); Scottish Northern Investment Trust, 1979-1985; Clydesdale Bank, 1985-1992 (Northern Area, 1975-1985); Britoil, 1988-1990; Scottish Advisory Board, BP, 1990-1996. Member: Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1967-1971; Aberdeen University Court, 1978-1984; Royal Commission on Historical MSS, 1987-1994; Chairman, Red Deer Commission, 1969-1975; President: British Association for Shooting and Conservation (formerly Wildfowlers Association of GB and Ireland), 1973-1992; The Scottish Landowners' Federation, 1974-1979 (Convener, 1971-1974); Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 1976-1996; Scottish Agricultural Organization Society, 1980-1983; RSGS, 1983-1987; Federation of Agricultural Co­operatives (UK) Ltd, 1983-1987; Deputy Chairman, Nature Conservancy Council, 1980-1985, Chairman, Advisory Committee for Scotland, 1980-1985. Honorary Air Commodore 612 Co Aberdeen Suadron RAuxAF, since 1998. FRSA. Hon. LLD Aberdeen, 1995. GCStJ 1994; Prior of Scotland, OStJ, 1983-1995. Lord­Lieutenant Grampian Region (Kincardineshire), 1977-1999; Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly, Church of Scotland, 1986, 1987. FRSE (1984).
Archdale,
Alexander Mervyn
A.M. Archdale
Son of Theodore Montgomery Archdale (1873-1918) and Helen Alexander Russel (18760-1949). Brother of First Officer Helen Elizabeth Archdale, WRNS.
27.11.1905
-
13.05.1986
T/Lt. 05.06.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46)
      HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Actor.
Archer,
Edmund Hedley
E.H. Archer
Son of ... Archer, and ... Neate.
(09?).1921
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
12.10.1941
[Leatherhead SS. Mary and Nicholas) Churchyard, south of church]
T/S.Lt. (A) ?
? - 12.10.1941 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (died on a training exercise in Scotland)
Archer,
Eric
E. Archer
1922 ?
-
29.03.2009
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
[age 87]
T/S.Lt. 19.11.1942
T/Lt. 19.11.1944
Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNR 12.10.1958
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNR 12.10.1966 (retd 07.03.1973)
Reserve Decoration RD 10.03.1970 -
     

joined Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve pre-war

      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
      Commanding Officer, HM MTB 416 (motor torpedo boat) (temporarily)
24.01.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for MTB duties, later miscellaneous services):
01.03.1943 - 06.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 434 (motor torpedo boat)
06.1944 - 07.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 434 (motor torpedo boat)
1944? - 1945? Commanding Officer, HM MTB 413 (motor torpedo boat)
25.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
After the war Eric joined an RNVR colleague and worked in his family import and export business as a textile buyer, in Bradford, the place of his birth. He moved with his family to Scarborough in 1952 to work in the management of Rowntrees department store until it was taken over by Debenhams. In 1970 he moved to Huddersfield as production manager at Stereosound Productions, subsequently becoming Production Director.
Archer,
Eric Arthur
E.A. Archer
?
-
T/Lt. 12.09.1942 (reld 01.05.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 11.12.1945 wind up, Europe 45
08.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Lombard (minesweeping trawler)
Archer,
William John
W.J. Archer
?
-
T/S.Lt. 1941?
T/Lt. 27.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC

14.12.1943

attack on Valona 09.43 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC

07.08.1945

Coastal Forces actions 04.45 [decoration posted]
(02.1942?)     HM MTB 224 (motor torpedo boat) ?
04.07.1942 - 14.06.1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 86 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
15.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 89 (motor torpedo boat)
22.09.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 400 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)     Congella (South African ship?) [transferred to South African Naval Volunteer Force?] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Archer-Shee,
Philip
P. Archer-Shee
Son of ... Archer-Shee, and ... Pell.
17.07.1911
Windsor district, Berkshire
-
Lt. 01.09.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. ?
Mention in Despatches MID 23.09.194 sinking of Mashona
      HMS Tartar (destroyer)
27.09.1943 - ? Commanding Officer, HMS Chesterfield (destroyer)
18.12.1943 - 10.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Scimitar (destroyer)
18.12.1944 - 14.08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wheatland (escort destroyer)
Arkell,
John Norman
J.N. Arkell
Son of Edward Norman Gwynn Arkell (1893-1969), and Margaret Neville Craig (1896-1959).
Married (25.06.1949, Reigate, Surrey) Norma H.M. Aitken; three daughters, one son.

DVD interview available at the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust

(09?).1923
Shaftesbury, Dorset
-
01.02.2010
Westminster Memorial Hospital
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 26.11.1943
Distinguished Service Cross DSC

30.05.1944

Coastal Forces action 24/25.10.43 [investiture 12.12.44]
Education: Sherbourne College (1937-1941).
      HMS Bramham (destroyer)
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
      HMS St Christopher (Fort William)
? - 25.10.1943 HM MGB 607 (motor gun boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)] (severely wounded; was hit by shrapnel in the legs, thighs and face, lost his right eye and the cheek below it was ripped apart)
Solicitor, Burridge Kent & Arkell,Shaftesbury, 1945-1988. President Dorset Law Society 1974; President Old Shirburnian Society 1982; Chairman of Trustees, King Edward VI Trust; Old Shirburnian Society Trustee 1982-1997; Town Freeman of Shaftesbury 1998.
Arlidge,
Thomas Edward
T.E. Arlidge
(06?).1916
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
T/S.Lt. 10.12.1943
T/Lt. 01.05.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Armitage,
Rupert Appleton
R.A. Armitage (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Armitage)
Son of Matthew Ward Armitage (1878-1951), and Eva Gertrude Brown (1878-1917).
Married (07.10.1939, St Barbara's Church, Earlsdon, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Ruth Ella Gilbert ((03?).1914 - ), daughter of ... Gilbert, and ... Palmer; two sons.
19.12.1910
Guisborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire
-
11.09.1989
Shrewsbury district, Shropshire
T/S.Lt. 03.07.1942
T/A/Lt. > 12.1942,< 02.1943
T/Lt. 20.04.1944, seniority 03.10.1942 (commission terminated 09.03.1945; medically unfit)
? - ? HMS Kent (cruiser)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
16.08.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank)
04.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
? - ? HM LCI(L) 314 (landing craft, infantry (large))
Bank manager.
Armitage,
Robert Selby
R.S. Armitage
R.S. Armitage
George Cross Database
28.03.1910
Birling, Kent
-
01.06.1982
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
T/Lt. 25.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1942
T/A/Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944
George Cross GC 27.12.1940 disabling land mines 09-10.40
GM 15.02.1944 mine disposal Corton Sands, Suffolk 15.06.42
Education: Rugby; Trinity College, Cambridge (1926).
25.09.1939 - (12.1943) Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, later Brighton)
(06.1940)     commanded a small coaster at Dunkirk
(10.1944)     HMS President (Admiralty) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Stockbroker.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Armitstead,
Thomas Marmaduke
T.M. Armitstead
Son of ... Armitstead, and ... Alderson.
Married ((09?).1944, Keighley district, West Riding of Yorkshire) ... Townend; ... children.
(06?).1917
North Bierley district, North Riding of Yorkshire
-
T/S.Lt. 16.04.1942
T/Lt. 16.04.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
15.05.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Samphire (corvette)
09.01.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Prinses Beatrix (landing ship, infantry (medium))
20.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Vetch (corvette)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Armstrong,
Hugh Terence
H.T. Armstrong
?
-
T/Lt. 29.11.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC

22.12.1942

hazardous minesweeping operations Channel [investiture 25.05.43]
29.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall)
09.09.1940 - (02.)1941 First Lieutenant, HMS Shera (minesweeping whaler)
13.11.1941 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 60 (motor minesweeper) [HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen), from 11.05.1942 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)]
30.09.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Phrontis (patrol boat)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Armstrong,
Lloyd
L. Armstrong
Brother of Dorothy Armstrong, second wife of Sq.Ldr. Gordon V. Carey, RAFVR.
?
-
T/S.Lt. 05.03.1942
T/Lt. 05.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45
Military Cross (Poland) PolMC 08.12.1942 services to the Polish Navy
(1940/41?)     HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 
14.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Salamander (Halcyon class minesweeper)
07.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Pique (Catherine class minesweeper)
10.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Rifleman (Algerine class minesweeper)
Armstrong,
Montagu John Proby
M.J.P. Armstrong
Only son of Jack Proby Armstrong (1878-1953), and Maria Dominga Alvarenga Molina, of Brunswick Gardens, London W8.
07.11.1913
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
-
14.12.1984
Guatemala City, Guatemala
T/S.Lt. 20.09.1940
T/Lt. 05.03.1942, seniority 20.09.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944
Distinguished Service Cross DSC

02.10.1942

Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.42) [investiture 01.12.42]
Mention in Despatches MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily landings 07.43)
Education: Harrow School (1927.3-1932.2; The Head Master's House); Merton College, Oxford (1932).
(02.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
12.09.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inveraray), from late c. 12.1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
19.08.1942     aboard HMS Invicta (landing ship, infantry (small)) (Dieppe raid)
07.1943     on Staff LC [= landing craft?] (Sicily)
08.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Armstrong,
Peter Alan
P.A. Armstrong
Son of Charles Alan and Gladys Noelle Armstrong, of Fernhurst.
10.03.1918
Mansfield district, Shirebrook, Derbyshire 
-
25.12.1941
[age 23]
[Fernhurst Burial Ground, grave 205]
T/S.Lt. 20.03.1941
19.09.1941 - 25.12.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 48 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] (died of injuries following an accident)
Arnold,
Herbert Robert
H.R. Arnold (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 13992))
?
-
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 28.06.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944
... - ... ...
16.10.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (for technical duties)
... - ... ...
Arnold,
Philip Weston
P.W. Arnold
1914 ?
-
T/S.Lt. 14.08.1941
T/Lt. 14.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze RHSBr ? rescue services "Ottawa" Atlantic 09.42
1941     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
03.10.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Celandine (corvette)
03.03.1944 - 13.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Man O'War (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(07.1945)     HMS Man O'War (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Arnold-Forster,
Mark

M. Arnold-Forster
From St. Ives, Cornwall.
Son of William Edward Arnold-Foster (1886-1951), a painter, and Katherine Laird Cox.
Married (13.01.1955) Valentine Mitchison; two daughters, three sons.

16.04.1920
Swindon
-
25.12.1981
Notting Hill, London
Prob. T/Midsh. 05.01.1940
T/A/S.Lt. 16.04.1940
T/S.Lt. 16.04.1941
T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld 25.04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.01.1943 New Year 43 [investiture 06.04.43]
Mention in Despatches MID 31.03.1942 attack on battle cruisers 02.42
Mention in Despatches MID 14.07.1942 attack on armed raider
Mention in Despatches MID 04.05.1943 action 11.03.43
Merchant seaman.
      joined the RNVR and saw service with the MTB's from Dover:
(04.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
19.09.1941 - 21.06.1943 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTB's):
19.09.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 45 (motor torpedo boat) (5th MTB Flotilla)
(02.1942) - 23.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 219 (motor torpedo boat) (6th MTB Flotilla)
24.08.1942 - 21.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 38 (motor torpedo boat) [& Senior Officer, 6th MTB Flotilla ?] (6th MTB Flotilla)
22.06.1943 - (08.1943) HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead)
24.01.1944 - 24.09.1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTB's):
(05.1944) - 24.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 212 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 13th MTB Flotilla
25.09.1944   07.12.1944 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
07.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)
Journalist: 1946-1957 with The Manchester Guardian. In 1957 he left the Guardian to work for the Observer as a chief reporter and a defense correspondent. Shortly afterwards he became the deputy editor of the Independent Television News (ITV). From 1963 again with The Guardian.
Published: The world at war (1973); The siege of Berlin (1979).
Arnold-Jenkins,
James Gedwion
J.G. Arnold-Jenkins
Married ((12?).1922, St Pancras district, London) Constance M. Pryce; two sons.

20.12.1898
-
1977
West Sussex
Prob. T/S.Lt. 04.12.1939
T/Lt. 04.03.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 20.09.1943? (reld > 04.1946)
20.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Sandhurst (repair ship)
15.04.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Port Napier (minesweeping trawler)
01.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Trelawney (minelaying base, Loch Alsh, Scotland)
24.03.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Welshman (Abdiel class minelayer)
20.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton)
(01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Arnott,
Thomas Grenfell
T.G. Arnott
Son of ... Arnott, and ... Baird.
Married (16.02.1942, Bath) Margaret Anne Wilson-Smith (08.09.1916 - ), a teacher & writer, daughter of Thomas Wilson-Smith (1885-1955), and Louisa Story (1879-1956); two sons, one daughter.
21.09.1911
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
07.1999
North Yorkshire district
T/Lt. 01.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Lawyer.
12.05.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Strephon (minesweeping trawler)
(08.1943) - (01.1945) HMS Strephon (minesweeping trawler) * [probably in command, as above]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Joined the clergy post-war.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Arthur,
Bruce Kilpatrick
B.K. Arthur
?
-
Ordinary Seaman 1944?
T/Midsh. 13.04.1945
T/A/S.Lt. ? (reld 1946/47?)
(1944?)     HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
(07.1945)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) *
(04.1946)     HMS King George V (battleship) *
(1946/47?)     HMS Melbreak (destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ascoli,
Hugh Edwin
H.E. Ascoli (Photo: Dunedin Society)

25.05.1914
-
01.1993
Surrey South-Western
T/S.Lt. 12.04.1940
T/Lt. 12.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 09.1944 (reld 17.02.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [award posted]
Education: Oxford University.
For a short time followed his father, a Director of Dunlop Rubber, into the firm prior to embarking on his career in insurance and shipping.
? - 05.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
05.1940 - 06.1940 participated in the Dunkirk evacaution in charge of a Dutch skoot
1940 - 1940/41? HMS Impulsive (destroyer)
1940/41? - 1941 HMS Alresford (minesweeper)
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
22.03.1941 - 10/11.1941 HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [left, injured, before the ship was torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
1942? - 1943? Executive Officer, HMS Northney III (Combined Operations training establishment, Hayling Island)
31.08.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 704 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 52nd MTB Flotilla (Dartmouth)[initially a few months as First Lieutenant]
? - ? Naval Control Officer, 524 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) (Langham)
21.03.1945 - (07.1945) training officer Coastal Forces, HMS Beehive (Felixstowe)
Ash,
Christopher Edward
"Chris"
C.E. Ash (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne S. Litten)
?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.09.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
26.09.1940 - (02.)1943 Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal], Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
27.04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland)
Ashby,
Ronald Robert Willson
"Ron"

R.R.W. Ashby (© Photo: see hamstat (follow hyperlink)) R.R.W. Ashby
R.R.W. Ashby (© Photo: see hamstat (follow hyperlink))
R.R.W. Ashby (© Photo: see hamstat (follow hyperlink))
Married 1st (marriage dissolved).
Married 2nd Eileen.


09.07.1910
Watford, Hertfordshire
-
01.1998
Wayland, Norfolk
S.Lt. HKRNVR 14.01.1936
Lt.  HKRNVR 23.11.1937
T/Lt. 03.06.1942, seniority 23.11.1937
T/Lt.Cdr. 1942?
T/A/Cdr. 1944?
T/Cdr. 01.04.1946
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 13.10.1942 withdrawal from Hong  Kong [investiture 02.02.43]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 10.07.1945 operations Arakan coast 44-45 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches  MID 01.08.1944 Arakan Coastal Forces
Education: King's School, Canterbury.
Joined Benskins, family firm of brewers at Watford, soon leaving to work in Canton.
1936     joined, Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (later Hong Kong RNVR)
  - 24.02.1939 Hon Aide-de-Camp of the Governor of Hong Kong
12.02.1940 - (1942) HMS Tamar, later HMS Tamar III (RN base, Hong Kong):
(04.1940)     for Motor Torpedo Boats
(02.1941) - (1942) Commanding Officer, MTB 07 (withdrew his MTB from Hong Kong)
03.06.1942     transferred RNVR
01.07.1942 - 01.01.1943 HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven):
10.07.1942 - (1942) Commanding Officer, SGB 4 (steam gun boat)
01.01.1943 - 11.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 670 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 33rd MTB Flotilla (Southampton, then Felixstowe, then Mediterranean)
27.11.1943 - 07.1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Chittagong [HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay)]
07.1944   (07.1945) Senior Officer Coastal Forces (Arakan) [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
21.03.1946 - 20.08.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Boxer (fighter direction ship)
23.06.1947 - (10.1947) Commanding Officer, HMS Duncansby Head (repair ship)
Ashcroft,
Wilfred James Charles
W.J.C. Ashcroft
Son of Wilfred Ernest  Ashcroft and Elizabeth Mary Ashcroft (née Rush), of Middlesbrough.
(03?).1921
Dover, Kent
-
14.09.1942
[age 21]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 3, panel 7]
T/S.Lt. (A) 06.06.1942
? - 14.09.1942 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
Ashenden,
William James
W.J. Ashenden
(06?).1921
-
T/S.Lt. (E) 20.03.1944
T/Lt. (E) 20.03.1946 (reld [Class A] 07.12.1949)
1939-1945 Star 39-45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -& clasp Pacific
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
11.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
16.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Odzani (frigate)
01.04.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Papua (frigate)
(07.1948)     HMS Berry Head *
(05.1949)     HMS Zenith *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ashton,
Eric Hedley
E.H. Ashton
Son of ... Ashton, and ... Dodgson.
Married; four sons.

DVD interview available at the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust


(09?).1917
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire
-
11.04.2007
North Wales
[age 89]
(formerly of Newark)
Petty Offr. Mech. ?
T/S.Lt. (E) 29.06.1942
T/Lt. (E) 29.06.1943
      HM MTB 71 (motor torpedo boat)
      HM MTB 201 (motor torpedo boat)
1942     commissioned, HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
      overseeing Vosper MTB's built in Annapolis [HMS Asbury ?]
      served in Algiers [HMS Razorbill ?]
12.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
19.02.1945 - (07.1945) Base Engineer Officer, HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick, Shetlands)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Aspinall,
Peter
P. Aspinall
?
-
T/S.Lt. 05.06.1941
T/Lt. 05.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 06.03.45]
18.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches)
01.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 56 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
18.02.1943 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 248 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
05.07.1943 - 24.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 255 (motor torpedo boat)
24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)
24.01.1944 - 14.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 255 (motor torpedo boat) [lost through fire & explosion, Ostend harbour, Belgium; Aspinall not aboard at the time of explosion]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Asprey,
Patrick John David
P.J.D. Asprey
(09?).1921
Exeter district, Devon
-
died between 06.1963 and 08.1973 ??
Midsh. (A) RN 13.03.1939 (reld 07.03.1940; appointment terminated)
Prob. T/Midsh. 08.03.1940
T/Midsh. ?, seniority 08.03.1940
T/A/S.Lt. 25.07.1941
T/S.Lt. 25.07.1942
T/Lt. 25.01.1944 (reld 1945/46?)
Lt. 31.03.1953, seniority 23.07.1950
Lt.Cdr. 25.07.1958 (retd 13.06.1963)
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 25.04.1963 ?
19.06.1939 - (08.1939) observers' course [HMS Excellent]
08.03.1940     joined RNVR
10.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa)
(12.1941)     HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty on Staff of CBNIEJ)
31.03.1953     transferred to Air Branch of Permanent RNVR
Atkins,
Frederick James
F.J. Atkins
?
-
T/S.Lt. 18.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
      served at HM LCI(L) 265 (landing craft, infantry (large))
Atkins,
William Barnard
W.B. Atkins

1899 ?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.1943, seniority 19.12.1942
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 01.01.1958 New Year 58
(10.1944) - (07.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] *
Sub-Manager of the Westminster Foreign Bank at Marseilles.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson,
George Maynard
G.M. Atkinson
01.03.1922
-
11.1991
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 15.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
20.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Pennywort (corvette)
26.02.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory)
21.10.1944 - (07.1945) HM LST 538 (landing ship, tank)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Atkinson,
Robert Le Lacheur
R.L. Atkinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie) R.L. Atkinson (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie)
13.01.1915
-
12.1995
Henley district, Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
T/S.Lt. 15.03.1940
T/Lt. 15.03.1941
... - ... ...
12.11.1940 - (02.1941) HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
... - ... ...
Austin,
Douglas James Roper
D.J.R. Austin (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 29018))
Son of J. Austin, of S. Woodford, London E.18.
11.02.1920
Hackney district, London
-
(03?).1979
Uttlesford district, Essex
T/S.Lt. 1941
T/Lt. 21.02.1944
Mention in Despatches  MID 24.08.1943 Operation Childhood
Education: Harrow (1934.1-1938.2).
... - ... ...
(1943)     HM MTB 264 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches)
29.05.1944 - (07.1945) Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
 
Austin,
Herschel Lewis
"Lew"
H.L. Austin H.L. Austin
Married; two children.

22.03.1911
Plymouth, Devon
-
08.04.1974
Brighton, Sussex
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.03.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.09.1944
08.09.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Flag Officer, Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Politician (Labour MP for Stretford, 1945-1950).
Austin,
Leslie William
L.W. Austin (Photo courtesy of Mr David Williams) L.W. Austin (Photo courtesy of Mr David Williams)
Son of George H. Austin, and Marion Eastwood.
Married ...; four daughters, one son.
13.02.1921
Gravesend district, Surrey
-
09.2012 living at Newport, Isle of Wight
T/A/S.Lt. 17.09.1943
T/S.Lt. 17.03.1944
T/A/Lt. 1946? (reld 1947)
30.06.1943 - 24.10.1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
15.02.1944 - (07.1945) HM RML 545 (rescue motor launch)
03.1946 - 1947 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
Avern,
Edward Gilbert
E.G. Avern (Photo courtesy of Mr Rick Avern)
Son of ... Avern, and ... Neale.
09.12.1918
Lambeth district, London
-
29.04.2009
Porb. T/S.Lt. 07.06.1940
T/A/Lt. 07.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
RAF:  
F/Lt. 03.08.1949 [500791]
(10.1940)     HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser) *
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
13.09.1941 - (07.1945) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
03.08.1949     commissioned, RAF (Education Branch) [short service commission]
03.08.1954     transferred to reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Avison,
Will
W. Avison
Son of the Revd. Edward Avison and Sarah Avison.
Married ((12?).1935, Ashbourne district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire)  Ethel Winifred Hewish (10.06.1909 - 10.1999), of Oakham, Rutland.
1904 ?
-
02.11.1943
(KIA) [age 39]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.04.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.04.1943?
Mention in Despatches  MID 30.05.1944 Operation Antidote
29.06.1942 - 02.11.1943 Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
(05.1943) - 02.11.1943 Staff Naval Officer-in-Charge, Naples [HMS Hannibal]
Aylard,
John Francis
J.F. Aylard
Son of George Frederick Aylard, and Catherine D. Brown.
Married ((09?).1948, Iflord district, Essex) Joyce E. "Joy" Baker; three sons.

(03?).1920
Highgate, Islington district, London
-
12.04.2012
[Monken Hadley Cemetery, Barnet]
T/S.Lt. 22.01.1941
T/Lt. 22.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches  MID 15.09.1942 Convoy PQ17 (brought in 4 ships)
1939 - 10.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (Atlantic)
10.1940 - 1940 HMS Bradford (destroyer) (Atlantic)
11.02.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (Arctic)
16.03.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (Arctic) (despatches)
22.05.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS St Kenan (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(07.1945)     HMS St Kenan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
After demobilisation mid 1946 resumed university studies and completed his economics degree, which led to a successful career in the iron and steel industry. Railway enthusiast.
* indexed, but not listed as such


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