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1939-1945

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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
?
 -
 		(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,
 Max Evelyn Lee
M.E.L. Abbot 		?
-
T/Sg.Lt.
 22.12.1939
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.
 < 07.1945

LRCP&S

17.01.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed



HMS Striker (Far East late 40’s, visited Australia, staffed a field hospital at the end on the war at Kai Tak airfield, Hong Kong, returned to the UK based in Chatham Naval Dockyard)
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) *
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 		(06?).1904
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/Lt. (A)
 01.06.1945
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
04.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, 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, Yorkshire - West Riding
-
08.1988
Ipswich, Suffolk
T/Lt.
 01.02.1943
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.05.1944
 Coastal Forces action 23.10.43
15.03.1943
 -
 		(06.1944?)
 		HM MTB 504 (motor torpedo boat)
22.11.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		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
* 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
F. del S. Abbott 		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 		?
-
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 		(06?).1902
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 11.06.1944
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
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
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		845 Squadron FAA
Abbott,
 Philip Henry
P.H. Abbott 		?
-
T/Lt. (A)
 14.08.1944
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		815 Squadron FAA
Abbott,
 Robert
R. Abbott 		?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 14.12.1943
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		1712 Squadron FAA
Abbott,
 Rolfe Merton Frederick
R.M.F. Abbott 		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
?
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Badger
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.
 		(12?).1923
Wallingford district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
-
T/S.Lt.
 01.03.1944
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
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 		?
-
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.
 		(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 med. jls; Joint Editor, The Encyclopædia of General Practice, 1963.
Abercrombie,
 Hugh John Collin
H.J.C. Abercrombie
Son of ... Abercrombie, and ... Collin.
 		(03?).1917
Kensington, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
T/El.Lt.
 09.12.1941
?
 -
 		(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.
 		(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 		?
-
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 		?
-
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,
Arthur Hugh
A.H. Abrahams 		(12?.)1913 ??
Hackney, Greater London ??
-
T/Lt. (S)
 25.09.1942
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Epping
Abrahams,
Anthony John
A.J. Abrahams 		?
-
T/Midsh.
 13.04.1945
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HM LST 321 (landing ship, tank)
Abrahams,
Geoffrey Alan
G.A. Abrahams 		?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 07.07.1944
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		no appointment listed
Abrahams,
Ian John
I.J. Abrahams 		23.11.1921
Hampstead district, Greater London
-
12.1991
Brighton, Sussex
T/Lt.
 02.04.1945
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Seaborn
Abrahams,
Rodolphe Richard Clarence
R.R.C. Abrahams
Married (10.1997, Colchester, Essex) ... Paul.
 		(03?).1924
Croydon district, Greater London
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 10.06.1944
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Goshawk
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