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Babington, John Herbert George Cross Database	06.02.1911 Tai Chow Foo, China - 24.03.1992 West Oxfordshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) GC  27.12.1940 mine disposal [investiture 18.07.41] OBE 08.06.1943 bomb disposal [investiture 15.02.44]	Education: Wyggeston School; St. Catharine's College, Cambridge (MA; BSc) Physics teacher, King's College School, Wimbledon. 19.09.1940 - (10.1944) Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal], Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty inside Admiralty) HMS Volcano (Bomb Disposal Training Establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland) (attached?) * (07.1945) no appointment listed Assistant education officer in Hertfordshire; headmaster of Diss Grammar School, 1947; headmaster of the Royal Hospital School at Holbrook, 1951; headmaster of Ashlyn's School, Berkhamsted, 1955; retd, 1980. * according to evidence given by a local resident
Baddeley, Philip Son of ... Baddeley, and ... Stagg.	(06?).1920 Northwich district, Cheshire - 13.06.2007	T/S.Lt. 01.05.1941 T/A/Lt. 24.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	1939? joined RNVR (12.1940) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (Denmark Straits) HMS Duncan (destroyer) 15.11.1941 - (10.)1944 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 13.11.1944 - (07.1945) HM LST 371 (landing ship, tank) (Java)
Bagg, Sidney Cecil Married (16.10.1943) (marriage dissolved 11.1946); one son, one daughter.	(09?).1896 Weymouth district, Dorset -	Army: T/2nd Lt. (prob) 04.12.1916 T/Lt. 04.06.1918 (reld 01.05.1919; retaining the rank of Lt.) Lt. 12.10.1940 [123301] (reld 25.10.1943) RNVR: T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.10.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 09.11.1943 (reld < 07.1945)	04.12.1916 commissioned, Army Service Corps 12.10.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 25.10.1943 commissioned, RNVR (Special Branch) (as Mechanical Engineer?) (10.1944) no appointment listed
Baggott, John Charles	(06?).1924 ?? Swindon district, Wiltshire ?? -	T/S.Lt. 15.04.1944	? Commanding Officer, HM LCT 7074 (landing craft, tank) (10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Dunoon) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, George Edward Son of Charles Frederick and Catherine Cormack Bailey. Husband of Lilias Stark Bailey, of South Harrow, Middlesex.	1905 ? - 06.07.1944  (KIA) [age 29] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, colum 1]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.04.1940 T/Lt. 26.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSO  29.09.1942 attack superior ship & E-boats 29.07.42 [investiture 17.11.42]	(02.1941) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 01.04.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 63 (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (07.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 67 (motor gun boat) 1944 - 06.07.1944 HMS Trollope (frigate) (torpedoed off Normandy) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Harry Winston [Hardicker]	(03?.)1904 Brentford district, Middlesex - 26.04.1965  Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.09.1939 T/Lt. (A) 23.03.1940 (reld > 04.1946) A/T/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. (A) < 07.1945	(04.1940) no appointment listed 12.10.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 752 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Pairco, Trinidad)] 07.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Buzzard (RN Air Station, Palisadoes, Kensington, Jamaica) (for some period perhaps as Execeutive Officer) 1943? - 1945? served at the Isle of Man (10.1944)     HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) * (07.1945) no appointment listed Company director. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bailey, Leslie James Son of Reginakd Percy Bailey, and ... Cooper. Married (27.02.1949, Newton Abbot, Devon) Elisabeth Cornish-Bowden (born 02.08.1915), daughter of William Cornish-Bowden, and Henrietta Edith Kitson & sister of Lt. E.J. Cornish-Bowden, RN & Cdr. (S) W.K. Cornish-Bowden, RN; four daughters, one son.	19.10.1911 Pill, Long Ashton district, Somerset - 27.11.1965 Torquay, Devon	T/Sg.Lt. (D) 12.03.1943 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: LDS 25.05.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) 21.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Fieldfare (RN Air Station, Evanton, Ross-shire) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bailey, Richard Thurston Son of ...Bailey, and ... Smith.	23.08.1912 Amersham district, Buckinghamshire - 02.1997 Chichester district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940 T/Lt. 15.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 MID 13.03.1945 assault on Normandy	(02.1941) no appointment listed 10.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Arpha (armed merchant cruiser) (06.1944) - (05.1945?) Commanding Officer, [HD]ML 1001 ([harbour defence] motor launch) (Normandy, Arromanches; for hydrographic duties) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Baker, Geoffrey Herbert	? -	T/S.Lt. 21.02.1941 T/Lt.  16.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44 [investiture 18.05.45]	03.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 13.03.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 250 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Baker, Joseph Son of William John and Maud Annie Baker (née Hayes), of Alford.	(09?).1917 Spilsbury district, Lincolnshire - 13.01.1942 [age 24] [Alford Cemetery, Lincolnshire, V.53]	T/Paym.S.Lt. 25.08.1939 T/Paym.Lt.  25.08.1941	25.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) 01.07.1940 - (02.)1941 Confidential Book Officer, HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft) 25.03.1941 - 13.01.1942 HMS Europa (Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft)
Baker, John Lindsay Allister Son of Dudley Molyneux Baker, and Jessie Mary Heiron.	29.04.1922 Steyning district, Sussex - 10.2004 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 19.09.1943 T/Lt.  19.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	01.08.1943 - 23.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 224 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 09.01.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 388 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Baker, Richard Douglas James	15.06.1925 Willesden, London -	T/Midsh. 03.03.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 15.12.1944 T/S.Lt. 15.06.1945 OBE 1976 ? RD 1979 ?	Education: Kilburn Grammar School; Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA) 1943 - 1946 served RN: 01.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Peacock (sloop) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 27.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) Actor, 1948; Teacher, 1949; Third Programme Announcer, 1950-1953; BBC TV Newsreader, 1954-1982; broadcaster & author; Member, Broadcasting Standards Council, 1988-1993. Published: Here is the News (broadcasts), 1966; The Terror of Tobermory, 1972; The Magic of Music, 1975; Dry Ginger, 1977; Richard Baker's Music Guide, 1979; Mozart, 1982, rev. edn 1991; London, a theme with variations, 1989; Richard Baker's Companion to Music, 1993
Baker, Stanley Farmer Son of Alfred Baker, and Eliza Farmer ?? Married ((09?).1909, Penzance district, Cornwall) Amelia Laity Rowe ??	(06?).1884 ? Hednesford, Cannock district, Staffordshire ? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.11.1942	WW I     served as Petty Officer in the RNVR (10.1944) - (04.1946) Sea Cadet Corps
Bale, William Arthur Son of ... Bale, and ... Slater.	(12?).1920 Ormskirk district, Lancashire -	T/S.Lt. (A) 27.09.1941 T/Lt. (A) 14.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	15.10.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 822 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] ? - 08.11.1942 pilot, 821 Squadron [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return in his Albacore from a raid on La Senia airfield, Oran; was attacked and shot down by a Dewoitine Dw.520; captured] 08.11.1942 - 1943? POW in French captivity (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     HMS Nighthawk (RN Air Station, Drem, East Lothian) * (04.1946)     HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Balfour, Ronald Egerton Son of Alfred Granville Balfour and Frances Elizabeth Simpson.  Married Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis (24.04.1930); two daughters.	1896 Scotland - 17.04.1941 Surbiton Hospital (car accident) [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 86]	T/Lt. 18.09.1939 A/T/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1940, < 04.1941	18.09.1939 - 17.04.1941 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Balfour, William Son of James Murdoch McDonald Balfour and Isabella Murray Balfour; husband of Doris Irene Balfour, of Holyhead, Anglesey.	1912 ? - 02.07.1944 (KIA) [age 32] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 2]	T/S.Lt. 03.01.1940 T/Lt. 01.12.1940	03.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Marmion (Algerine class minesweeper) 09.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) (for miscellaneous duties) 08.08.1943 - 02.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1019 (motor minesweeper) (killed in action when the ship struck a moored mine off Cherbourg and sunk within a few minutes)
Barber, Douglas Ralph William Son of ... Barber, and ... Grace.	(03?).1920 Brentford, Middlesex -	T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941 T/A/Lt. ? (reld 1943?, medically unfit?)	22.09.1941 - (06.1943) Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Bardner, Edward Erskine Son of James and Catherine Erskine Bardner, of Culross, Fife.	1924 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - 06.04.1945 (MIA) [age 20] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3]	T/A/S.Lt.(A) 19.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 1945?	01.08.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 1849 Squadron FAA ? - 06.04.1945 pilot, 1850 Squadron FAA [HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)] [Chance Vought FG-1A Corsair IV (KD 163) had low oil pressure in interception exercise from Hal Far, Malta. Bailed out but not found despite extensive air/sea search.]
Barfield, James Colin	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 04.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	07.10.1944 - ? HMS Pennywort (corvette) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Barge, Ronald Mansfield "Ronnie"	10.11.1920 Rawalpindi, India -	Midsh. 02.06.1938 T/A/S.Lt. 10.11.1940 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 13.10.1942 action against R-boats 16.08.42 MID 14.07.1942 attack armed raider Dover Straits 13.05.42 MID 03.08.1943 action against trawlers & R-boats 28.05.43 MID 15.05.1945 action against E-boats 02.-03.45	06.09.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Revenge (battleship) 10.11.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MASB 63 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] (12.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * (05.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 9 (motor gun boat) 16.03.1942 - 30.05.1943 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover): ? - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 6 (motor gun boat) (02.1943) - 30.05.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 108 (motor gun boat) 02.09.1944 - (10.1944) on staff of Captain Coastal Forces, Channel [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] (05.1945) HMS Riou (frigate) 05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 504 (motor torpedo boat) * indexed, but not listed as such
Barham, George Ernest Anley Son of ... Barham, and ... Painter.	(03?).1913 Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey -	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1941 T/Lt. 17.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	03.11.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (11.1943)     First Lieutenant, HM ML 106 (motor launch) ?? (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed 05.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Mariner (Algerine class minesweeper)
Barlow, Peter Douglas From Colwyn Bay, North Wales.	? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ?	Prob. T/S.Lt. 28.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 08.1941, seniority 28.06.1940 T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 25.02.1950, seniority 01.05.1942 Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1950 (retd) DSC 05.12.1944 Adriatic & Aegean coastal operations [investiture 20.07.45] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - BWM 39|45 - - MID 30.05.1944 coastal forces actions Adriatic & Italian coasts 01.44 MID 21.11.1944 coastal forces actions West coast of Italy 06.44 VRD 16.08.1963 - CdeG ? raids of French commandos Tyrrhenian Sea 43-44	19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces estalishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 20.01.1944 - 03.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat) (07.1945)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed 25.02.1950     transferred, List II of permanent RNVR * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnard, Eric Thomas Son of Frederick George Barnard, and Ethel Morris. Husband of Yvonne Joan Barnard, of Felixstowe.	(09?).1914 Keynsham district, Gloucestershire / Somerset - 13.04.1945 (MPK) [age 31] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3]	T/S.Lt. (A) 23.07.1944	ARAeS. 13.03.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (01.1945) no appointment listed 01.02.1945 - 13.04.1945 pilot, 849 Squadron FAA [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] * [Flying from Royal naval Air Station Bankstown, Sydney Sub Lieutenants ET Barnard and P Selwood failed to pull out of long shallow dive while test firing guns in Firefly Mk.1 DK440, and crashed into the sea off Malabar Point, Sydney, 13.4.45 both men were killed.] * Family thinks he was appointed to HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base II, Bankstown nr Sydney, NSW) as from 05.04.1945.
Barnes, Clifford William Stephen	08.08.1908 Hackney district, London / Middlesex - 09.1995 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/Lt. 15.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld > 06.1944, < 07.1945)	20.01.1937 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division, RNVR) 01.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) 01.01.1941 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Valesca (minesweeping trawler) 20.07.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] 20.07.1942 - (08.1942) for duty outside Admiralty (02.1943) - (06.1943) for duty inside Admiralty (08.1943) - (06.1944) for duty outside Admiralty
Barnes, Dennis Arthur Eustace Son of ... Barnes, and ... Smith. Married Jo ... (predeceased him); ... children.	(03?).1921 Barnet district, Greater London - 26.03.2008 Willowmead Residential Home, Essex [previously of "Casa Perro", West Hanningfield]	T/A/Lt. 01.09.1943 Lt. (L) 23.10.1947, seniority 01.09.1943 Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.09.1951 Cdr. 31.12.1957 (retd 31.12.1966) VRD ? ? VRD 31.01.1967 first clasp	Education: CEng; MIERE ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 23.10.1947     transferred to List I of Permanent RNVR ... - ... ...
Barnes, Francis John From Bristol.	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 23.08.1940 T/Lt. 23.08.1941 - - ? expression of appreciation from Commander-in-Chief South Africa: loss of Hr.Ms. Colombia OON 19.01.1943 services to Dutch Navy while serving at Hr.Ms. Z8 & Hr.Ms. Nautilus [decoration posted]	06.09.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) * ? - 27.02.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Colombia (Dutch submarine tender) (survived sinking) 25.03.1944 - 1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Soemba (Dutch gunboat) 01.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)
Barnes, Raymond Charles Arthur Son of Charles Frederick Barnes, wire muzzle maker, and Ellen Matilda Black, of Teviotside, Mellow Close, Banstead, originally from East London.	(06?).1921 Romford district, Essex - 19.08.1942 [age 21] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1] [commemorated at Banstead War Memorial]	T/A/S.Lt. ?	? - 19.08.1942 HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash) [probably killed in action during the Dieppe raid]
Barnes, Robert Varley Son of ... Barnes, and ... Varley.	25.04.1916 Ramsholt, Woodbridge district, Suffolk -	T/S.Lt. (A) 29.08.1942 T/A/Lt. (A) < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [award posted]	01.03.1943 - (10.1944) observer, 842 Squadron FAA 06.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) (for signal duties)
Barr, Thomas Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barr, of Clydebank, Dunbartonshire.	1922 Kilpatrick district, Dunbarton, Scotland - 10.01.1944 (MPK) [age 21] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 4]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 03.01.1943 T/A/Lt. (A) ? DSC 18.05.1943 torpedo attacks on enemy merchant vessels * [investiture 23.11.43] DSC 05.10.1943 17 recent operations, bombardment Syracuse ** [decoration presented to next-of-kin] * For outstanding bravery in operations from Malta against enemy shipping in the Mediterranean. ** For skill and efficiency in many air operations against the enemy while operating from Malta.	22.09.1942 - (06.)1943 pilot, 828 Squadron FAA (Malta) 26.07.1943 - 10.01.1944 pilot, 785 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (missing, presumed killed in an air crash)
Barradale-Steel, George	? -	T/Lt. 10.10.1942	31.08.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 09.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) 15.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs)
Barratt, Peter Lockwood Son of ... Barratt, and ... Bridgeman.	17.08.1923 Chelmsford district, Essex - 09.2000 Waveney district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 17.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(06.1944) took part in Operation Neptune (Normandy) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Barrett, Maurice Agar From Pulborough.	? -	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 28.03.1942, seniority 07.06.1941 T/Lt. 12.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946) MID 21.11.1944 actions covering 2 years	12.01.1943 - (06.1944) HM MGB 3 (motor gun boat), renamed: HMS Grey Seal [HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)] (07.1945) no appointment listed
Barrow, Norman MacLehose Married ((06?).1946, Horsham district) Third Officer Joan Cooper, WRNS; one son, two daughters.	01.11.1913 Maryhill district, Glasgow, Scotland - 21.12.1979 Tonbridge district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. 29.04.1943 T/S.Lt. 29.10.1943 T/A/Lt. 29.10.1945	29.04.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 10.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Palomares (fighter direction ship) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Chairman and CEO of BPB Holdings Ltd (British Plaster Board Ltd) 1973-78.
Barry, Adrian Michael Son of Richard Alan Barry and of Gladys Isabel Barry (née Vander Byl), of Fransch Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa.	1912 ? - 01.05.1942 (KIA) [age 30] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 76, column 3]	A/S.Lt. ? A/T/Sg.Lt.Cdr.. 15.02.1940 T/Sg.Lt. ?, seniority 15.09.1939	Education: MB, BCh, double first Pathology (Cantab.), Gold Medallist University College Hospital. 21.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) 28.09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS King George V (battleship) ? - 01.05.1942 HMS Punjabi (destroyer) [killed when battleship HMS King George V crashed into Punjabi's port side just abaft the engine room and went through her "like a butter knife at 25 knots". Punjabi's stern sank almost immediately.]
Barry, John Campbell	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 03.06.1944 (reld 1945/46)	Ordinary Seaman, HMS Howe (battleship) (Sicily, 12.1943) 1944 HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 1944 HM ML 222 (motor launch) (based at HMS Hornet, Gosport) (Channel convoys & working up for minesweeping) 01.05.1944 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HM ML 246 (motor launch) (navigating & escorting 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade from Southampton to Juno Beach, Normandy) 10.1944 - 01.1945 epic voyage with 20th ML Flotilla to Bombay, India (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 Reserve Fleet MLs, Dartmouth
Barwell, Terence Edgar Son of ... Barwell, and ... Whaits. Married; at least one son. memoirs (at RN Museum)	31.01.1916 Axbridge district, Somerset -	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 01.08.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.08.1940 (reld 11.03.1946) MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP 01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 16.09.1941 - 06.11.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Express (destroyer) 06.06.1944 - (07.1945) Medical Officer, HMS Nadder (frigate)
Basnett, John Edward Only son of Edward "Teddy" Basnett, and Eveline "Eve" M. Basnett (née Cooper). Married Helen Ellisdon; two daughters.	14.04.1919 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - 08.05.1995	T/S.Lt. 27.12.1940 T/A/Lt. 27.06.1943 (reld 31.01.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 20.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Pentstemon (corvette) 29.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Malahne (armed yacht)
Bate, William Bruce Thornton	30.04.1908 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 02.1987 Torbay district, Devon	T/Lt. 23.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 12.06.1945 offensive sweep Genoa 12.44	(1940) Commanding Officer, HM MTB ... (motor torpedo boat) (12.1944) HMS Minuet
Bate, William Osmund John Son of ... Bate, and ... Cobb.	(03?).1913 Brentford district, Middlesex -	T/Lt. 31.01.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	(1942) First Lieutenant, HM SGB 8 (steam gun boat) served 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla
Bates, Raymond Arthur	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 12.02.1943	16.03.1942 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 01.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for mine disposal) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Battison, Douglas Frederick Son of ... Battison, and ... Sykes. Married; children.	(06?).1920 Sheffield district, Yorkshire - 02.01.2007 Felpham, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 09.04.1945 Lt. (A) RN 03.07.1946, seniority 09.04.1945 Lt.Cdr. RN 09.04.1953 (retd 29.06.1959)	... - ... ... 23.06.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 711 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] 03.01.1946 - (04.1946) pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)] 03.07.1946 transferred to RN ... - ... ...
Battson, Harry Son of ... Battson, and ... Nock. From East Barnet.	08.02.1917 East Barnet, Greater London / Hertfodshire / Middlesex - 03.1992 Kettering distirct, Northamptonshire	T/S.Lt. 29.05.1942 T/Lt. 29.05.1943 DSC 30.05.1944 action off Dieppe 28.03.44 [investiture 21.09.44]	10.04.1943 - (11?).1943 [Commanding Officer?], HM MTB 499 (motor torpedo boat) * 01.11.1943 - (04.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 602 (motor torpedo boat) [from 19.05.1944 at Newhaven)] (10.1944)   HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) ** 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Wellesley (RN training establishment, Liverpool) * (06.1944) still [erroneously?] listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Baxter, Noel Edward Lindesay Son of Ferdinand and Amelia Aytone Lindesay Baxter (née Hogg), of Chelsea, London.	(03?).1913 Kensington district, Greater London - 16.07.1942 (KIA) [age 29] [Aelxandria (Hadria) War Memorial Cemetery, 3.C.26]	Cadet RN 01.05.1930 Midsh. RN 01.01.1931 (reld 1933) Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.09.1939 T/A/Lt. 01.09.1940	26.04.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 01.09.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) 05.07.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Home Fleet) (05.1933)     no appointment listed 01.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) (for duty at Inchkeith) (12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 16.07.1942 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional; on passage) (killed on the launch Gulf Stream that exploded)
Bayley, Kenneth Egremont Anson	15.09.1903 - (09?).1975 Chichester district	Prob. T/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 03.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC  08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 12.12.1944] MID 16.09.1940 Dunkirk 05-06.40 1939-1945 War Medal; Africa Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star, 1939-1945 Star	(05/06.1940) MB Princess Lilly (Dunkirk) 13.08.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Defiance (torpedo school, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services) (12.1941) no appointment listed 13.12.1942 - 24.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 648 (motor gun boat) [based at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] 25.06.1943 - 07.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 642 (motor gun boat) 08.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Beardmore, Walter Thomas John Son of ... Beardmore, and ... Hughes. his PQ17 story	03.05.1920 Richmond district, Surrey - 09.2005 Hounslow district, London	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 14.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946) MID 11.05.1943 action with U-boats & Operation Torch	25.03.1942 - (06.1944) Navigating Officer, HMS Poppy (corvette) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 18.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Knaresborough Catle (corvette)
Beart, Eric Henry	(09?).1904 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 28.03.1942 (KIA) [age 37] [Escoublac-la- Baule War Cemetery, 1.D.12]]	T/Lt. ?	(03.1942) Commanding Officer, HM ML 267 (motor launch) (killed in action, St. Nazaire raid)
Beck, Paul Thomas William	19.11.1913 - 02.1988 Stafford district, Staffordshire	T/Lt. 05.03.1943 MID 11.12.1945 wind up, Europe 45	(06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 415 (motor topedo boat) 22.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
Beckerman, Wilfred Son of Morris and Mathilda Beckerman (née Pavilotsky). Married 1st (1952) Nicole Geneviève Ritter (died 1979); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (02.1991, Kensington and chelsea district, London) Joanna Pasek; one daughter.	19.05.1925 Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey -	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. 19.11.1944 T/S.Lt. 19.05.1945 (reld 09/10.1946)	Education: Ealing County School; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA, PhD); MA, DPhil Oxon. 1943 - 1946 served RNVR: 1944? - 02.1945 midshipman, HMS Venomous (destroyer) 02.1945 - (05.)1945 HMS Oribi (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - 1945 HMS Burghead Bay (frigate) (04.1946) HMS Bulldog (destroyer) * 05.1946 - 09/10.1946 HMS Onslaught (destroyer) Trinity College, Cambridge, 1946-1950; Lecturer in Economics, University of Nottingham, 1950-1952; OEEC and OECD, Paris, 1952-1961; National Instute of Economic and Social Research, 1962-1963; Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1964-1969; Economic Adviser to Pres. of BoT (leave of absence from Balliol), 1967-1969; Professor of Political Economy, University of London, and Head of Dept of Political Economy, UCL, 1969-1975. Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970-1973. Member: Executive Committee, NIESR, 1973-; Council, Royal Economic Society, 1990-1993. Elie Halévy Visiting Professor Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1977; Resident Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 1982. Consultant: World Bank; OECD; ILO. Pres., Section F (Economics), BAAS, 1978. Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1975-1992, now Emeritus; Reader in Economics, Oxford University, 1978-1992. Published: The British Economy in 1975 (with associates), 1965; International Comparisons of Real Incomes, 1966; An Introduction to National Income Analysis, 1968; (ed and contrib.) The Labour Government's Economic Record, 1972; In Defence of Economic Growth, 1974; Measures of Leisure, Equality and Welfare, 1978; (ed and contrib.) Slow Growth in Britain: Causes and Consequences, 1979; Poverty and the Impact of Income Maintenance Programmes, 1979; (with S. Clark) Poverty and the Impact of Social Security in Britain since 1961, 1982; (ed and contrib.) Wage Rigidity and Unemployment, 1986; Small is Stupid, 1995; Growth, the Environment and the Distribution of Incomes, 1995; articles in Economic Jl, Economica, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, etc. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bedding, Arthur John Son of ... Bedding, and ... Partington.	09.07.1923 Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 06.2004 Chichester, Sussex	T/S.Lt. (A) 12.01.1945	(07.1945) 808 Squadron FAA * (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Beever, Colin	(12?).1904 ?? district Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire ?? -	T/Lt. 08.08.1943 DSC 20.02.1945 minesweeping & enemy human torpedo attack	06.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 304 (motor launch) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bell, Edward George Anthony "Tony" Son of ... Bell, and ... Bainbridge. Married Muriel (predeceased him); two sons, one daughter.	(06?).1914 Chertsey district, Surrey - 03.05.2008 Galsworthy Home [age 94]	T/A/Lt. 27.10.1939 T/Lt. 27.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1945) DSC 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [investiture 28.07.42] MID 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	01.05.1938     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR) 27.11.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) 15.01.1941 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Etruscan (minesweeping trawler) 24.10.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1081 (motor minesweeper) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 16.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Epping (minesweeping base, Harwich)
Bell, Gordon Hamilton	? - 12.05.1945 [Plymouth Memorial, panel 95, column 3]	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942 T/Lt. 01.12.1944?	04.01.1943 - 04.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MA/SB 36 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Cicala (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)] 10.04.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 318 (motor gun boat) ? - 12.05.1945 HM MGB 2002 (motor gun boat) (ship loss)
Bell, Herbert Henry	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.12.1940 (reld > 06.1944 ?)	26.09.1939 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Bellairs, Frank Alfred Son of John and Emma Bellairs; husband of Mildred Ethel Bellairs, of Lee, London.	(06?).1899 St Olave Southwark district. London / Surrey - 09.06.1942 (KIA) [age 43] [Beirut War Cemetery, 1.K.7]	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?	? - 09.06.1942 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
Bellis, Nigel Leslie Son of ... Bellis, and ... Leigh.	17.03.1919 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 03.2000 Haverfordwest, Dyfed	T/S.Lt. 04.10.1940 T/Lt. 04.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942)     British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship  "Bayonne" (chasseur) [Dieppe operation] (10.1944)     British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Malin" * (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bennett, Gordon From Lockerley, Hants.	? -	T/Lt. (A) 12.07.1942 (reld 1945/46) T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 06.1945 DSC 05.12.1944 passage convoys JW59 & RA59M MID 20.06.1944 2 attacks on U-boats 04.44	pre-war metallurgist and representative for an alloy steel firm of Sheffield 1940 training at HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth) ? HMS St Vincent (training establishment, Gosport) (initially training for telegraphist/air-gunner, later for pilot) ? flying training, Elmdon Airport ? advanced flying training, Kingston, Ont. (Canada) ? promotion course, RN College, Greenwich ? torpedo school, Crail 05.01.1942 - (06.1944) pilot, 825 Squadron [18.12.1943 to 07.09.1944 at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)] 06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)]
Bennett, Bayford Donald Patrick	? -	T/S.Lt. 13.12.1940 T/Lt. 13.12.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 20.04.1943 HMS Jasper, ship torpedoed and sunk 01.12.1942	qualified for anti-submarine duties (02.1941) no appointment listed 04.02.1941 - (06.1944) HMS Abelia (corvette) [apparently aboard HMS Jasper (anti-submarine trawler) when sunk in the English Channel)] (1944?) - (1944/45?) HMS Loch Killin (frigate) (1944/45?) - (1945?) HMS Lioness (Algerine class minesweeper) 25.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) (for miscellaneous duties) (1945?) HMS Louis (frigate)
Bennett, Ernest John "Jack" / "Wiggy" Son of ... Bennett, and ... Lowe. Married; ... children (one son?).	10.04.1914 St Pancras district, Greater London / London - 19.02.1970	T/A/S.Lt. 16.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 16.12.1944 T/Lt. 27.01.1947, seniority 16.12.1946 Lt. RN 1946/47?, seniority 16.12.1946 (emgcy 10.03.1952) Lt.Cdr. RN (emgcy) 14.02.1955, seniority 16.12.1954 (reld 08.1955)	Constable, London Metropolitan Police. late 1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 09.09.1944 - 03.1945 HMS Queen of Kent (paddle minesweeper) (as Watchkeeping, CB & Corres Officer) (07.1945)     HMS Aristocrat (paddle minesweeper) * ? - 03.1946 HMS Aristocrat (paddle minesweeper) (as Watchkeeping Officer) 05.1946 - 07.1948 First Lieutenant, HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) 1948 - 11.1948 HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship, Reserve Fleet, Harwich) (Assistant to Comanding Officer Extended Reserve Group & OOD HMS Tyne) 20.01.1949 - 05.1949 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Assistant to Comanding Officer Extended Reserve Group) 05.1949 - 09.1951 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (as First Lieutenant Dodman T Group) 1951 - 03.1952 Commanding Officer, HM ML 2586 (motor launch) 07.02.1953 - 01.03.1954 First Lieutenant, HMNZS Tui (minesweeper) ** 01.03.1954 - 08.1955 Divisional Officer, HMNZS Philomel (RNZN depot, Auckland) Remained in New Zealand. Organisational/Stewardship assistant to the Bishop of Aotearoa (NZ). * indexed, but not listed as such ** (05.1953) indexed under HMS Philomel, but not listed as such
Bennett, Samuel Brittain "Tim" Son of Samuel Robert and Gertrude Bennett, of Leatherhead, Surrey.	25.05.1918 - 20.04.1942 (KIA) [age 23] [Lowestoft (Beccles Road) Cemetery, section 25, grave 506]	Prob. Midsh. 01.07.1936 A/S.Lt. 18.08.1938 S.Lt. 18.08.1939 Lt. 18.02.1941 DSC 05.05.1942 action against E-boats 15.03.42	Trained as an architect (Scholar of Winchester College). M.R.I.B.A. Editor of Focus. 01.07.1936 joined RNVR, London Division 14.02.1940 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Cornelian (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 13.11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MASB 47 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] 15.05.1941 - 20.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 87 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
Bennett, William Norman	? -	T/Lt. 17.07.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 GM 16.06.1942 mine disposal	01.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) > 07.1945 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Benning, Albert Henry Son of Edward Ernest Benning (1896-...), and Lilian Charlotte Blackman (1893-...). Married Evelyn Violet Shepherd (born 1920), daughter of Edwin Shepherd and Annie Cecilia Douse; one daughter, two sons.	31.10.1918 Cuxton, Strood district, Kent - 14.12.2008	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt. 31.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(1941?) - (1942?) HMS Harrier (Halcyon class minesweeper) 01.11.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Queenborough (Halcyon class minesweeper) 03.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
Benson, John Cecil	04.05.1908 Chesterfield district, Derbyshire - 12.1990 Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire	Midsh. 04.03.1926 S.Lt. 04.05.1929 Lt. 04.05.1931 Lt.Cdr. 04.05.1939 A/Cdr. 14.10.1943? Cdr. 31.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 31.12.1952) DSC 06.06.1941 minesweeping operations QZX314 [investiture 18.07.1941] DSC 03.04.1945 minesweeping Holland & Antwerp 09-11.44 [award posted] MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43  VRD 17.09.1943 -	1926? joined RNVR (Clyde Division, later Mersey Division, List 2, later Humber Division, List 2) 06.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Darthema (minesweeping trawler) 26.08.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Bramble (Halcyon class minesweeper) 14.10.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lyme Regis (Bangor class minesweeper) & as 2nd Senior Officer, 15th Minesweeping Flotilla 14.11.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Epping (minesweepers base, Harwich)
Berry, Edward George le Gassick Son of ... Berry, and ... Arundel. Married ((06?).1935, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Constance Elizabeth Finn (04.02.1913 - 11.1994); one daughter. Residence: (1944) Claygate, Surrey.	30.05.1911 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 08.1991 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 T/Lt. 30.05.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 19.12.1951, seniority 30.05.1947 (retd 31.10.1963) DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 [investiture 23.05.44] 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany Pac St - - BWM 39|45 - - Def M - - Cor M 1953 - VRD 1958 -	13.08.1940 - 10.1944 HMS Sapphire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (from about 1942 as Commanding Officer) 10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Diligence (aircraft depot & repair ship) 19.12.1951     transferred to List II of Permanent RNVR (later RNR)
Berry, John William Henry "Jack" Son of John Berry, and ... Southwell, of Southampton.	21.06.1916 Southampton, Hampshire -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946) LegH 1994 ? 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany BWM 39|45 - - CorM 53 - - CoH - - Citizen of Honor of Coleville-Montgomery (France) in 1993.	Civil servant. 31.07.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (1941?) - (1945?) borne on HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) & HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) HM LCT 2307 (landing craft, tank) 03.08.1943 - ? First Lieutenant, HM LCT 2037 (landing craft, tank) [HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)] HM LCI(S) 505 (landing craft, infantry (small)) (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM LCI(S) 523 (landing craft, infantry (small)) (Normandy) 18.09.1944     Astral Navigation Course, Troon [HMS Dinosaur] 24.10.1944 Commanding Officer, HM LCI(L) 310 (landing craft, infantry (large))
Berry, William Jack	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 01.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	02.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Berthon, Paul Alfred Son of ... Berthon, and ... Black.	(09?).1914 Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 15.03.1941 DSC 20.01.1942 action with enemy 27.11.41 MID 23.01.1941 sinking of Santos 13.11.40	(11.1940) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat) (11.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 219 (motor torpedo boat) (1945) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
Best, John Roff Finlay From Cranleigh.	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 12.07.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 10.09.1944 coastal actions 23.03 & 23.05.44 MID 05.05.1942 action E-boats 15.03.42 MID 15.09.1942 engagement with convoy & escort 01.07.42	(03.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 91 (motor gun boat) (07.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 83 (motor gun boat) (03.1944) - 05.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 698 (motor torpedo boat) 14.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Bee
Bethune-Williams, Denis Eustace	? - 25.01.1942 [Chatham Naval Memorial, 66,1]	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.09.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.01.1941, seniority 29.12.1940	26.09.1940 - (02.1941) Department of Unexploded Bombs [HMS President] (for duty inside Admiralty) ? - 25.01.1942 HMCS Bytown (RCN HQ, Ottawa, Ont.)
Betts, Michael William Peto	(06?).1923 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 31.01.2007 Isle of Wight	T/S.Lt. (A) 03.03.1944 Lt. RN 03.03.1946 Lt.Cdr. RN 03.03.1954 (retd)	(07.1945) HMS Drake * transferred to RN ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Bevan, Christopher Martin Son of ... Bevan, and ... MacKenzie. Married (1948) Patricia C. Bedford; one son, three daughters.	22.01.1923 Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 13.04.2008	Ord.Sea. 1942 T/S.Lt. 07.11.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1945 Lt. (L) 1946?, seniority 04.07.1944 ... ... R.Adm. RN 07.07.1976 (retd 1978)	1941 Trooper in Canterbury Yeoman Cavalry (NZ Mounted Rifles) 1942 joined RN as Ord. Seaman served remainder of 1939-1945 war, Mediterranean and N Atlantic; commissioned 1943 01.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) transferred to RN ... - ... ...
Bevan, Robert Alexander Polhill "Bobby" Son of late Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925), painter, and late Stanislawa, daughter of Alexander de Karlowski. Married (1946) Natalie, daughter of Court Denny.	15.03.1901 Cuckfield district, Sussex / West Sussex - 20.12.1974 Colchester, Essex	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 30.07.1940 T/A/Capt. 1944? (reld < 04.1946) CBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 63: Chairman S.H. Benson OBE 11.03.1941 for enterprise and devotion to duty as Liaison Officer to the French	Education: Westminster (King's Scholar); Christ Church, Oxford (Scholar) Joined S.H. Benson Ltd (advertising agents), 1923. 1940 Director of General Production, Ministry of Information 1940 - 1945 served RNVR: (1940/41?) Liaison Officer to the Free French Ship "Commandant Domine" (02.1941) no appointment listed 1944 - 1945 Deputy Chief of Naval Information, Washington * Chairman, S.H. Benson Ltd, 1954-1964. UK representative on UN Committee on Public Information, 1958. Member: Advisory Council on Middle East Trade, 1958-1963; Export Publicity Council, 1959-1963; National Advisory Council on Art Education, 1960-1964; Advertising Standards Authority, 1962-1966. FIPA (Pres., 1961). * (07.1945)  indexed as DCNI, but not listed under the Department of the Chief of Naval Information
Beynon, William	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 18.03.1943 DSC 29.08.1944 Op. Neptune, Normandy 06.44 MID 20.10.1942 attack on convoy 17.08.42 MID 21.12.1943 action 19.10.43	(08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 43 (motor torpedo boat) (10.1943) - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 682 (motor torpedo boat)
Bibby, Raymond Austin	(03?).1920 ?? Epsom district, Surrey ?? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 28.08.1942 T/Lt. 07.01.1945	01.10.1944 - (1945?) HMS Puffin (sloop) 30.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Rother (frigate) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bibby, Robert Edgar Married Gillian Marigold (widow of Lt. C.W.R. Peever, RN); two daughters.	29.05.1913 - 01.1991 Lancaster district, Lancashire	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.09.1939 T/Lt. (A) 08.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 DSO 20.01.1942 Mediterranean flights MID 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan 03.41	Learned to fly before joining the RNVR. (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm [possibly at HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] ? - ? pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 24.11.1940 - (03.1941) pilot, 819 Squadron FAA [HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 06.1941 - 12.1941 830 Squadron [HMS St Angelo (for RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta)] [(01.1944) Commanding Officer, 835 Squadron FAA ?] 12.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton Warrington, Lancs)]
Billany, Reginald Howard Son of ... Billany, and ... Bowers. From Hessle near Hull.	(06?).1913 Sculcoates district, Yorkshire - East Riding -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 26.05.1944 T/Lt. 01.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	14.01.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) 11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Northmark (ex-German fast fleet attedendant oiler)
Bird, John Samuel	? -	Midsh. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 11.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	05.12.1942 flying Hurricane Mk I (Z4702), he collided mid-air with another Hurricane near Godney; both aircraft lost, pilots survived 06.1943 - 08.1944 pilot, 1834 Squadron FAA 31.08.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, HMS Garuda (RN aircraft repair yard, Coimbatore, India)
Bird, Robert	? -	Prob. S.Lt. 03.10.1938 S.Lt. 03.10.1939 Lt. 01.08.1941 (reld < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1949 Cdr. 31.12.1952 (retd late 1950s) MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 VRD ? -	03.10.1938 joined RNVR (Tyne Division) 01.09.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (12.1941) anti-submarine course * (1942) HMS Onslow (destroyer) (1944?) HMS Musketeer (destroyer) 18.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bird, Robert Alister	1924 Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 1980 Johnstone district, Renfrewshire, Scotland	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 09.04.1944	11.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Birkett, Kenneth Jack	(03?).1913 ?? Mile End Old Town district, London / Middlesex ?? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.09.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1945 MBE 18.04.1944 mine disposal	29.03.1943 - (06.1944) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 01.12.1944 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, redesignated 01.02.1946: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Black, Allan William	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.02.1943	26.10.1942 - (04.1946) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, redesignated medio 1944: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, redesignated 01.02.1946: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Blackie, John Stuart	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 27.08.1944 MID 20.10.1942 sinking U-boat 04.08.42	27.02.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 15.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Caesar (flotilla leader) 03.1946 - (04.1946) HM LST 2 (landing ship, tank)
Blackmore, Cuthbert "Bert"   Married Mary ...; two sons, two daughters.	01.07.1917 Londonderry, N. Ireland - 07.08.2008 St Catherine's hopice, Scarborough	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.09.1941 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.09.1942 (reld 09.1946)	Started work in the branch office of a London company engaged in the manufacture of engineering supplies. 06.1940 - 1940 training, HMS Collingwood 1940 - 1941 Ordinary Seaman, HMS Jersey (destroyer) (Atlantic & Mediterranean) 1941 HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (commissioned) 20.10.1941 - 03.1944 Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty): based at Immingham, Belfast, Tyne & training courses at HMS Volcano (Bomb Disposal Training Establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland)  03.1944 - 09.1945 HMS Nile (base, Alexandria) (mine disposal duties) (Turkey; BYMS 2075 (British Yard minesweeper); Greece and Dodecanese) 09.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Sultan (base, Singapore) Returned to work for his old employer in Hull , in due course taking over management of the branch. Theological training at The Queens College, Birmingham. Ordained into the Priesthood of the Church of England in York Minster 1959. Vicar St. Martin's, Seamer 1966-1984. Retired from active ministry 1984. Manuscript: The explosive years : exploits of a Royal Navy bomb and mine disposal officer, 1940-1946 (1994)
Blair, James "Jimmy"	1914 ? - 02.2006 still alive	T/Lt. 06.11.1942 - Gk 03.04.1945 Medal for Outstanding Acts (Greece): Sicilian operations 09.43	(09.43) HHMS Kanaris 09.02.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bland, Edwin   Son of ... Bland, and ... Waite. Married; one son (Col Richard Edwin Bland, Royal Military Police, who served 1960-1990).	20.01.1913 Sutton-in-Craven, near Kildwick, Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire - 10.05.1981 Walton, Wakefield, Yorkshire	Ord. Coder 04.05.1943 [P/JX 508522] T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.12.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.06.1944 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Thornes House School, Wakefield 04.05.1943 enlisted & served in the ranks as a Coder 16.12.1943 commissioned in the RNVR as a specially selected rating 06.03.1944 joined Submarine Service 06.03.1944 - 25.05.1944 HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) (additional for submarine BNLO course) 26.05.1944 - 12.08.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Dzik [Polish submarine] (9th Submarine Flotilla) [HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch)] 13.08.1944 - 30.03.1945 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Dzik [Polish submarine] (9th Submarine Flotilla) [HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee)] 31.03.1945 - 1946? British Naval Liaison Officer, Attilio Regolo [Italian light cruiser] (Mediterranean) [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) *] Working life, from 14 years old until his death, less war service, spent as a worsted spinner in Yorkshire (A. Haley and Co. Ltd., Managing Director since 1967). Member of the Board, Worsted Spinners' Federation. Chairman, Wakefield and District Master Spinners' Association. Chairman, Wool (& Allied) Textile Employers' Council. President, Leeds Polyglot Society. * appointment to HMS Fabius dated 31.03.1945 and again 12.04.1945; second date might be actual posting to the Italian cruiser
Blandy, Walter Frederick	? - 1984	T/Lt. 16.12.1939 T/A/Cdr. ? Cdr. 1950s OBE 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon	HMS Byrsa 01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Stag (base, Port Said) (for sea transport duties)
Blaxell, Lionel Henry Son of Henry May Blaxell, and Emily E. Drake. Married; ... children (one son?). From Stockton-on-Tees.	01.09.1920 Rochford district, Essex - 28.12.2007 Stockholm, Sweden	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 T/Lt. 17.10.1943 (reld 29.06.1946) OBE 11.06.1977 HM's birthday & silver jubilee: as Senior Commercial Officer, H.M. Embassy, Stockholm DSC 15.09.1942 action 20.07.42 [investiture 03.11.42] MID 03.04.1945 attack enemy convoy Aegean 08.11.44 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp Afr St - & clasp It St - - BWM 39|45 - -	01.04.1940 - ? HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 28.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (additional; for various services) (07.1942) HM MGB 322 (motor gun boat) 29.12.1943 - 20.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 307 (motor torpedo boat) (10th MTB Flotilla) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1950 - 1970 Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Founder Member and Honorary Member of the the Association of British and Commonwealth Servicemen & Women in Sweden. Published: Through the hawse pipe 1939-1946 : memoirs of Lionel H. Blaxell, OBE, DSC (privately printed, 1992) * date of appointment according to family records 20.11.1943
Bleck, Basil	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.11.1940 T/Lt. 22.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 T/A/Cdr. < 07.1945	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 20.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 11.06.1942 - (02.1943) on staff of Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies [HMS President] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bligh, [Sir] Timothy James "Tim" Elder surviving son of Sir Edward Bligh; married 1945, Ruth Pamela Robertson; two sons, one daughter.	02.09.1918 - 12.03.1969 [Swanley Village, Kent ?]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 08.12.1939 T/S.Lt. 10.1940, seniority 08.12.1939 T/Lt. 08.06.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944 KBE 22.10.1963 ? OBE 11.09.1945 surrender of German naval forces Adriatic DSO  13.02.1945 attack enemy convoy 11.10.44 DSC 11.07.1944 E-boat sunk 04.04.44 DSC 05.12.1944 Adriatic & Aegean coastal operations MID 15.06.1943 attack enemy convoy 15.02.43 MID 14.09.1943 action off Kelibia 08.05.43 MID 02.05.1944 action 29.01.44 MID 21.11.1944 Coastal Forces West coast Italy & Dal... 06.44	Education: Winchester; Balliol College, Oxford (Scholar; BA) 1939 - 1945 twice wounded; served in destroyers (Norway and Western Approaches), in motor launches (Channel Convoys, 1941) and motor torpedo boats and motor gun boats (Mediterranean): 26.02.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Electra (destroyer) 07.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for Fort Blockhouse) (02.1943) - (05.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 61 (motor torpedo boat) 04.07.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 662 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 57th MGB Flotilla (1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 634 (motor torpedo boat) Assistant Principal, HM Treasury, 1946; Principal, 1947; Secretary to Three Advisers, 1948; Private Secretary to Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and Official Head of HM Civil Service, 1949; Assistant Secretary, 1954; Under­Secretary, 1959; Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1959-1964; Deputy Under­Secretary of State (Air) during August 1964. Assistant Managing Director, Thomson Organisation since 1966 (Director, 1964-1966). Alderman, GLC 1967.
Bloor, Frank	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.10.1944	08.05.1944 - (06.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining [HMS President] * 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) * indexed, but not listed as such
Blundell, Charles Sydenham Son of Bt. Col. Charles Wilson Blundell, OBE, TD, and Annie Kate Sydenham. Brother of F/Lt. Geoffrey Norman Blundell, RAFVR. Husband of Joan Gladys Blundell, of Fleet, Hampshire.	(03?).1913 Plymouth district, Devon - 09.10.1943 (KIA) [age 30] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 84, column 1]	T/A/Lt. 12.04.1941 T/Lt. 02.1942, seniority 12.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1943?	Education: BSc Cambridge Wine merchant. 16.12.1940 - (02.1943) HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 07.1943 - 09.10.1943 Gunnery Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser) (killed in action during a bombing by German aircraft whilst she was providing escort for the support force for the Allied landings in Sicily)
Blyth, Roy	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1945	10.01.1943 - (06.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed