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W.J. Boal   to   N.A. Brittain
Boal, William James Son of Robert and Jane Boal; husband of Sarah Margaret Boal, of Tobermore.	1895 ? Belfast ? - 24.02.1942 (KIA) [age 47] [Draperstown (St Columba) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Londonderry]	Lance-Corporal WW I [19903] Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 01.07.1941 T/Lt. (A) ? DCM  01.01.1919 France	(1918) served in the ranks, 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 29.09.1941 - 24.02.1942 pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, near Winchester)] [died due to a flying accident as a Pilot Instructor when his plane was in collision with another aircraft]
Boddington, Kenneth Lester Son (with one sister) of Anson Lester Boddington (1887-1956), Mayor of Croydon 1943-1944, and Amelia Caroline Stapleton.	(12?).1921 Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 24.07.1943 (air crash) [age 21] [Newport (Island) Cemetery, Rhode Island, NY, USA, Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 20]	T/S.Lt. (A) ?	06.1943 - 24.07.1943 pilot, 1833 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, USA)]
Boissier, John Richard "Johnny" Son (with two brothers) of Lt.Cdr. Ernest Gabriel Boissier, DSC, RNVR (1886-1976), and Doris Mary Bingham (1891-1958), of Derby.	03.03.1924 Derby, Derbyshire - 12.05.1945 (MPK) [age 21] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 95, column 3]	T/A/S.Lt. 03.09.1943 T/S.Lt. 03.03.1944	09.1943 - 24.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 257 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven): 24.01.1944 - 1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 257 (motor torpedo boat) 12.1944 - (04.)1945 HM MGB 509 (motor gun boat) 1945 - 12.05.1945 HM MGB 2002 (motor gun boat) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined Skagerrak [see detailed story of the loss])
Boler, Hubert Trowbridge "Hugh" Son of Capt. Herbert Thomas Frederick Boler (1879-1942), Merchant Navy (Marine Superintendent, Silver Line, Ltd.), and Ethel Laura Stephens (1877-1949). Married ((06?).1940, Bromley district, Kent) Ethelwyn Barbara Parker (06.06.1915 - 06.1982); two daughters, two sons.	24.12.1915 Prestatyn, St Asaph district, Wales - 07.03.1982 Penzance district, Cornwall (living at Sevenoaks, Kent)	T/S.Lt. 06.11.1941 T/Lt. 06.11.1942 (reld < 07.1945) DSC 19.10.1943 2 U-boats sunk convoy HX237 05.43 [investiture 07.03.44]	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 22.10.1942 - 20.09.1943 HMS Lagan (frigate) (stern of ship was blown off by a torpedo) 09.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Loch Fada (frigate)
Bolster, David Charles Son (with two brothers) of Capt. Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster, DSO, RN (1885-1955), and Marguerita Maud Elizabeth Dick-Lauder (1883-1949), of Crouchers, Apuldram, Chichester. Married (23.07.1938, Westminster district, London) Lilli Eleanora Kuglmayer (née von Bilitz), daughter of Capt. & Mrs Otto von Bilitz, of Hungary. Brother of Maj. George Richard Stair Bolster, RA, and Lt. John Lander Bolster, RN.	12.10.1914 Sheppey district, Kent - 30.10.1969 Hameau de Cordan, Grisy-Suisnes, France	T/S.Lt. 20.11.1941 T/Lt. 20.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: Sherborne (1929.1-1932; School House; VI). Election agent. Experimental printer. Private tutor. (02.1942)     no appointment listed 16.02.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Derwent (destroyer) (06.1942)     no appointment listed 17.07.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Ledbury (destroyer) 04.1943 - 03.08.1944 HMS Quorn (escort detroyer) (sunk by a a German "Linsen" explosive motorboat or a German "Neger" manned torpedo off the invasion area, Normandy) (10.1944)     HMS Quorn (escort detroyer) * 13.11.1944 - (07.1945) Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] Company director. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bond, Bernard Stuart	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 22.01.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 22.07.1945	(07.1945)     HMS Rajaliya (RN Air Station, Puttalam, Ceylon) * 29.03.1946 - (04.1946) pilot, 773 Squadron FAA [HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire] * indexed, but not listed as such
Bone, David Charles Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	23.04.1915 Swansea district, Glamorgan - 03.1996 Newport district, Glamorgan	Prob. T/Paym.S.Lt. 05.04.1940 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 05.04.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	(05.1940)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 12.05.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) 01.10.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship) 05.12.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull) 09.01.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) 17.03.1944 - (07.1945) Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bookless, David William Son of ... Bookless, and ... Shreeve.	(09?).1922 Norwich district, Norfolk -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.12.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.12.1945	10.07.1943 - (06.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Booth, John Wilfred	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 30.01.1944 T/Lt. 30.01.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	07.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Bahamas (frigate) 27.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Smiter (escort carrier)
Borrow, Richard Leonard Ascough	15.11.1907 Darlington district, Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding - 18.05.1996 Poole district, Dorset	T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 06.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: BSc, AMIEE, FPS, FPhySI 07.10.1929 - (02.1963) Civil Officer serving under the Admiralty, though at the end of the war with RNVR rank * 07.10.1929 - 17.11.1935 RN Signal School, Portsmouth 07.10.1929 - 17.11.1935 Junior Technical Officer 18.11.1935 - (02.1938) RN Cordite Factory, Holton Heath 18.11.1935 - 31.03.1936 Junior Scientific Officer 01.04.1936 - (02.1938) Scientific Officer (06.1938) - (04.1946) RN Signal School, Portsmouth (06.1938) - (07.1945) Scientific Officer (04.1946) Senior Scientific Officer (07.1948) - 1969 RN Scientific Service (07.1948) 1957 1967 - - - 1969 1967 1969 Senior Experimental Officer RN Propellant Factory, Caerwent Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, Portsmouth Research & development, Wallop Pyrotecnics Ltd., 1970-1980. Retd, 1980. * His son suspects that the RNVR rank was granted to avoid him being treated as a spy if captured whilst carrying out (Radar) research on board HM Ships.
Bosley, Harry Son of Isaac Henry Bosley, and Sarah Ann Brundrett.	09.1919 Salford district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire - 06.2009 still alive	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 10.01.1941	10.01.1941     temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 10.01.1941 - (01.)1945 HMS Fernmoor (boom defence vessel) 24.04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool) 07.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Devon City (boom carrier)
Bostock, Wilfred Son of Wilfred Bostock, and Elizabeth A. Hawkins. Married; three sons.	04.07.1916 Sutton in Ashfield, Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire - 12.2008 still alive	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 17.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	23.08.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations training establshment, Troon) (for landing craft, tank) (06.1944)     in command of an LCH (landing craft, headquarters) [LCH 167? / 168?] at Juno Beach with a Canadian HQ embarked sailed via Suez, Eritrea and the Indian Ocean to Cochin in preparation for the invasion of Japan
Boswell, Clive Noel	29.12.1905 Woolwich district,  Greater London / Kent / London - 06.1987 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	RAF:   P/O (prob) 15.09.1924 (reld 18.02.1925) RNVR:   T/Lt. 21.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	15.09.1924 - 18.02.1925 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 04.07.1940 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * (02.1941)     not listed yet (12.1941)     Kite and Balloon Section (08.1942) - (06.1943) at Admiralty (08.1943) - (07.1945) for duty outside Admiralty [at HMS Birnbeck (weapons development experimental station, Weston Super Mare)] * A member of the department from its very early days. Boswell had first helped to develop the Parachute and Cable, and later he had joined forces with Cdr. F.D. Richardson on the task of producing a revolutionary new type of anti-submarine flare.
Bosworth, Edmund Anselm	18.04.1915 - 03.1992 London City	T/S.Lt. 26.05.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	07.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Vega (destroyer)
Bottomley, John Richard Son of Lewis W. Bottomley, and Edith S. Apps. Married 1st; one son. Married 2nd; one son, two daughters. From Great Yarmouth.	03.03.1916 Southwark district, Greater London / London - 17.07.2008 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	T/S.Lt. (E) 07.09.1942 T/Lt. (E) 07.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - - MaltaGC - -	10.06.1940 joined RNVR, initially serving as Petty Officer 10.06.1940 - 01.07.1940 Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) [HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)] 02.07.1940 - 25.07.1940 Fairmile type boat [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 26.07.1940 - 31.08.1940 HM ML 110 (motor launch) [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 01.09.1940 - 04.11.1940 HMS Watchful (RN base, Great Yarmouth) 18.04.1941 - 20.04.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 01.07.1941 - 05.09.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 06.09.1941 - 31.12.1941 HM MGB 319 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] 01.01.1942 - 06.09.1942 HM MGB 319 (motor gun boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)] 05.10.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office): (09.1943) HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria) MV Awatea (landing ship infantry) (1943) "B" LCT Flotilla (Italy, Sicily, Southern France) 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for disposal): Engineering Officer, HMS Clinton (minesweeper) (5th Minesweeper Flotilla, Malta) Engineering Officer, HMS Providence (minesweeper) (8th Minesweeper Flotilla, Malta)
Bottomley, Leslie William	? - died possibly in 1997 or 2003	T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 21.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946) T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 02.03.1948 (reld < 05.1953)	03.10.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Crimond/Rattray, Aberdeenshire) 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) 02.03.1948 - (05.1950) Sea Cadet Corps
Bourne, Frederick William Parnall "Freddie" Son of Frederick H.P. Bourne, and Elizabeth C. Campion. Married ((03?).1945, Deben district, Suffolk) Margaret D.E. Taylor; two daughters.	01.10.1919 Hammersmith district, Greater London / London - 01.2002 Alton district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 31.07.1941 T/Lt. 31.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 22.12.1942 6 small raiding force operations to 11.42 [investiture 09.03.43]	Education: Guildford Grammar School, Surrey. Trainee chartered surveyor with Messenger, May & Morgan, land agents in Guildford.       volunteered for the Fleet Air Arm, but after crashing an airplane during training transferred to the RNVR       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officer training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (12.1941)     HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) *       HM ML 101 (motor launch) (minelaying off French coast) 22.06.1942 - 05.1943 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 22.06.1942 - 1942 for motor torpedo boats 1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 344 (motor torpedo boat) (operations with Small Scale Raiding Force, Channel Islands & French coast) 05.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 348 (motor torpedo boat) (operations off dutch coast) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) (1944)     Senior Officer, 11th MTB Flotilla 25.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) 1945? - 1945? Commanding Officer, HM MGB 2009 (motor gun boat) 06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 2009 (motor gun boat) Qualified as a surveyor and worked for a commercial company. Then with St Marylebone borough council; eventually becoming Director of Housing Maintenance at Westminster city council. Retired in 1981. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bourne, Robert Fitzgerald	1905 South Africa ? - 1946 Ceylon [buried in in CMS St Barnabas Church Avissawella Passanage Avissawella, Ceylon]	T/Lt. 20.09.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	(1940) served in Colombo, Ceylon 11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) 09.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) HMS President (Admiralty) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bowerman, Anthony Son (with one sister) of Cecil Bowerman (1897-1935), and Florence Hilda King (1901-1987). Married 1st ((12?).1947, Kensington district, London) Vera W. Field; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd ((12?).1976, Surrey South Western district) Joan S. Batten.	13.05.1925 Bridgwater district, Dorset - 04.05.1991 North Dorset district	T/Midsh. 21.07.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 13.11.1944 T/S.Lt. 13.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Slade School of Art. 10.09.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Art teacher.
Bowick, Bernard John Son of Lt. Benjamin John Bowick, RNR, and Ellen Eliza Gurr. Married ((06?).1940, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) Gladys M. Bowick.	14.06.1914 Tendring district, Essex -	Prob. Lt. 10.06.1939 Lt. 10.1940, seniority 10.06.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 31.08.1943? (reld 19.04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 10.06.1947 (removed from Active List 02.08.1952) VRD 30.04.1953 -	Chartered accountant. 10.06.1939     joined RNVR (London Division, List II) 19.08.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Sussex (cruiser) 13.01.1941 - (02.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Abelia (corvette) 18.06.1942 - (07.1942?) First Lieutenant, HMS Bergamot (corvette) * 11.07.1942 - 31.08.1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Dianthus (corvette) 31.08.1943 - 05.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Dianthus (corvette) 24.03.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Caistor Castle (corvette) * up till (04.1946), most likely incorrectly, still shown under HMS Bergamot, while also showing under HMS Dianthus & HMS Caistor Castle respectively
Bowles, Jack Kenilworth Vernon	15.09.1910 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 17.10.1992 Alton, Basingstoke district, Hampshire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.11.1944 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 01.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 31.03.1949 T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 31.03.1955 (reld > 02.1964, < 02.1968) MBE 01.01.1969 New Year 69: as Vice President, Barnet and Hornsey Sea Cadet Corps Units MID 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete	(05.1941)     Canteen Manager NAAFI at HMS Phoebe (cruiser) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed (05.1950) - (02.1964) for duty with Sea Cadet Corps (from late 1950s as RNR) School bursar.
Bowmer, William Henry Greenwell "Bill" Son of Wilfrid Henry Bowmer, and Annie Herring Greenwell, of Cleadon, Sunderland, Co. Durham.	02.05.1921 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.11.1942 (MPK) [age 21] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 66, 1]	T/A/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/S.Lt. 02.05.1942	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 16.03.1942 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria)
Bown, Herbert Gaskell "Sandy" Son of Cecil Bown, post office clerk & telegraphist, and Amy Connolly. Married ((06?).1953, Chelsea district, London) Irene Trigoni.	05.01.1916 Stretford, Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire - 08.1998 Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire	T/S.Lt. 30.10.1941 T/Lt. 30.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.01.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) * 10.1942 - (04.1943) First Lieutenant, HM SGB 6 (steam gun boat) (HMS Grey Shark) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)] * 25.01.1944 - 12.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 490 (motor torpedo boat) 19.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Turtle (Combined Operations training establishment, Poole) ** (04.1946)     no appointment listed * double appointment showing in Navy List; possibly till 10.1942 at HMS Spartiate, then at HMS Aggressive for Coastal Forces ** (01.1945) still shown as CO MTB 490, (07.1945) still shown under MTB 490, but not in command
Boyd, Harley Ralph Son of ... Boyd, and ... Davy. Married Glenys; tow sons, two daughters.	(06?).1919 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 18.11.2008 [age 89]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 06.09.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 06.09.1940 T/Lt. 06.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 13.07.1943 minelaying & action with E-boats 11.42 [investiture 19.10.43] Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 11.07.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Dover [HMS Lynx] 18.08.1942 - (05.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 104 (motor launch) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 24.05.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 107 (motor launch) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (04.1946)     HMS Sultan (accounting base, Singapore) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyd, John Craig	04.07.1915 Aberdeen, Scotland - 24.11.1975 Dundee, Scotland	T/Lt. 24.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	Trawler skipper sailing out of Aberdeen before the war. 02.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Anticosti (minesweeping trawler)
Boyd, Stephen Cathro	04.09.1920 Dundee, Scotland - 06.2004 Lincolnshire	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 11.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	1939 joined RNVR as a rating (Wireless Telegraphist) HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Elissa * (07.1945) HMS Badger (minesweeping base, Harwich) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyd, Thomas Wilson "Tom" / "Lizard" Son of ... Boyd, trawler owner, and ... Thompson. Married (1937) Barbara Gresham; one son, two daughters.	23.09.1914 Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 20.03.1987 Hull, Yorkshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 1940/41?, seniority 27.06.1940 T/Lt. 27.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 08.03.1946) CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67: For services to the Trawler Fishing Industry OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63: For services as President, Hull Fishing Vessel Owners' Association, Ltd. DSO 21.05.1942 Operation Chariot (attack on St Nazaire 02.42) [investiture 17.11.42]	Education: St Bees. Played rugby for Yorkshire.       served at Dunkirk ? - 15.09.1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) 16.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (02.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM ML 160 (motor launch) (St Nazaire; DSO) summer1942     toured the US to stimulate the sale of War Bonds 01.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Talybont (destroyer) (10.1944)     HMS Talybont (destroyer) * 11.1944 - 05.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Broadway (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Chairman & managing director, Boyd Line. President, Hull Fishing Vessel Owners' Association, Ltd., 1958-1962. President, British Trawlers Federation, 1964-1966 & 1969-1971. Honorary Brother of Trinity House, 1965. Deputy Lieutenant, Humberside. Literature: obituary in: The Daily Telegraph book of naval obituaries (2004, p. 22-25). * indexed, but not listed as such
Boyle, Philip Terence Son of ... Boyle, and ... Robinson. Married ((09?).1948, Cleveland district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Dorothy Smith; ... children (one daughter?).	02.07.1916 Wharfedale district, Yorkshire - 27.10.2012 Adlington Manor Care Home, Cheshire (formerly of Collingham, Yorkshire)	T/Sg.Lt. 26.06.1942 (reld > 01.1945, < 04.1946)	Education: Cambridge & Leeds; MB, BCh (Camb 1941); MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond (12.11.1940) [MRCP Lond 1949]. (08.1942)     no appointment listed 20.08.1942 - (10.)1942 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 11.11.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Kipanga (RN Air Station, Kilindini, Kenya) 12.02.1944     survived sinking of SS Khedive Ismail in the Indian Ocean while on passage 01.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty with Anti-Malaria and Tropical Hygiene School) 01.03.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty with Mobile Anti-Malarial Units) 18.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) ? - (10.1945) HMS Flamingo (sloop) [date of appointment shown (incorrectly?) as 18.04.1945] General practitioner (Lawson & Boyle), Collingham, Wetherby, Yorkshire. Late Registrar Pathologist, Harrogate General Hospital; House Physician, Hull Royal Infirmary.
Brabner, Rupert Arnold Son of William Wilberforce Brabner, and Lucy Maggie Brabner (née Knight). Married (1944) Mrs Phyllis Myfanwy Berner, daughter of late Walter Everett Molins. Lived at Chelsea, London.	29.10.1911 Epping district, Essex - 27.03.1945 died when the Liberator aircraft taking him to Canada was lost off the Azores [age 33] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 2]	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 29.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. (A) 1943 DSO 01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon [investiture 01.12.1942] DSC 24.08.1943 Operation Pedestal [investiture 23.11.1943]	Education: Felsted School; St Catharine's College, Cambridge (MA) served with 806 (11.40), 805 (early 41), 806 (03.41) & 801 Squadrons FAA at HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier), HMS Heron  (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier), HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier), HMS Indomaitable (aircraft carrier) and at Crete & North Africa: 11.08.1941 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, 801 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), later HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (when sunk 11.08.1942)] 1942 Staff of Vice­Admiral Aircraft Carriers for landings in North Africa  1943 Naval Assistant (Technical) to 5th Sea Lord * was an air ace with 5 confirmed destroyed enemy aircraft, 1 shared destroyed, 1 probable and 1 shared destroyed Member of Parliament (MP) (U) Hythe since 20.07.1939; Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air since 1944; Banker; Director of Singer & Friedlander Ltd; Member of LCC for West Lewisham, 1937-1945. * this post was also held in 1943 by Cdr. G.B. Hodgkinson RN, and it's likely that Brabner succeeded Hodgkinson somewhere in 1943
Brackenridge, Frank Muil Son (with one brother and one sister) of Peter Brackenridge (1875-1936), and Rachel Murray Muil (1879-1953), of Glasgow. Married (22.12.1941, Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Eileen Hollingsworth ((03?).1915 - ), daughter of William Hollingsworth, and Eliza Wibberly; one son, one daughter.	23.07.1914 Pollokshields district, Glasgow, Scotland - 27.07.1997 Chandlersford, Winchester district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 11.07.1940 T/Lt. 11.07.1941 (reld 14.02.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp Afr St - & clasp WM 39|45 - - MID 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45: for service at HMS Rockingham	18.08.1940 - 17.01.1941 HMS Ranpura (armed merchant cruiser) 11.07.1941 - 09.10.1941 HMS Ranpura (armed merchant cruiser) 10.10.1941 - 28.12.1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 22.03.1942 - 19.07.1943 HMS Bideford (sloop) 29.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Affleck (frigate) 03.1944 - 05.1944 HMS Peacock (sloop) * 10.05.1944 - 27.09.1944 HMS Rockingham (destroyer) (ship mined & sunk off Aberdeen) 14.11.1944 - 08.12.1944 HMS Diomede (cruiser; training ship) 22.12.1944 - 07.06.1945 HMS Hargood (frigate) 22.06.1945 - 12.02.1946 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) Shipping forwarding agent for many shipping companies in Southampton. Volunteer assistant on the HMS Waverley and SS Shieldhall. * After 05.1944 carried on in the Navy List under HMS Peacock (04.1946 still showing), but also showing under other appointments; assuming that the other appointments, as shown in the index to the list, are the correct ones, he must have left HMS Peacock 05.1944.
Bradford, Howard Owen Turnor Son (with one sister) of Algernon Owen Bradford (1882-1973), and Mary Cathro Leighton (1883-1972). Married (12.10.1939, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Peggy Nightingale Glenister (26.03.1914 - 09.04.2010), daughter of Harold William Glenister (1884-1961), and Grace Nightingale Lawrence (1885?-1960); two sons. Residence: (1943) Barcombe, (1944) Horam, Sussex, (1945) Eastbourne, Sussex.	31.07.1914 Eastbourne district, East Sussex - 18.01.1963 St Pancras district, London	Midsh. 04.09.1933 A/S.Lt. 02.09.1936 S.Lt. 28.09.1937 (reld > 10.1938, < 02.1939) Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.12.1939 T/S.Lt. 07.01.1940 T/Lt. 01.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 16.08.1940 Norway [investiture 21.10.41] DSC 25.07.1944 attack enemy shipping Gravelines 14.03.44 MID 28.09.1943 action in enemy waters 26.07.43	04.09.1933 - 1938? served RNVR (Sussex Division, later London Division) (02.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) * 05.02.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS St Loman (anti-submarine trawler) (15th A/S Striking Force) (DSC) 28.06.1940 - (12.1940) HM MASB 1 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)] (02.1941) - (04.)1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) *       probably on HM MASB 49, MASB 4 & MGB 86 respectively 10.05.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Portland [HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)] 12.01.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (04.1943)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 30.04.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM SGB 6 (steam gun boat) (HMS Grey Shark) [HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)] (despatches) 10.09.1943 - 26.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 699 (motor torpedo boat) & as Senior Officer, 35th MTB Flotilla (Bar to DSC) 08.06.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) 09.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (for miscellaneous services) Architect. * indexed, but not listed as such
Bradford, William Charles Son of William Bradford. Grandson of Capt. Daniel Bradford, who was the skipper of the yacht Galatea which was beaten by the Mayflower in the America`s cup 1886. Married Emily Edgar (1911-1995); one daughter, one son.	06.10.1909 - 31.07.1971 Wirral district, Cheshire	T/A/S.Lt. 07.04.1944 T/S.Lt. 07.10.1944 T/A/Lt. 19.12.1944	Worked for the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board in Liverpool and was also an auxiliary Fireman from October 1939 until being called up in June 1942. ? - 07.04.1944 training, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 27.07.1944 - 03.1945? British Naval Liaison Officer, RHHN Saktouris (Greek corvette) 01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) served for short stints at HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock), HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield), HMS Leeds Castle (corvette), "La Malouine" (French corvette), "Nada", HMS Circassia (armed merchant cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Bradley, Frederic	? -	T/Lt. 12.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 1945/46) DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	18.10.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division, RNVR) 12.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Leda (minesweeper) 10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Gossamer (minesweeper) 05.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Harrier (minesweeper) 05.09.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Tanganyika (minesweeper) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Bradley, Graham Henry	(06?).1921 York district, Yorkshire -	T/S.Lt. ? DSC	(03.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 38 (motor torpedo boat)
Bradley, Samuel Clive	see:	RNZNR section
Bradshaw, Charles Son of ... Bradshaw, and ... Brown. Married; ... children.	(03?).1913 Hastings, East Sussex -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) 04.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)
Bradstock, John Robb	? -	T/Lt. ? T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 06.07.1943 Operation Torch [investiture 27.09.45]	16.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) ... - ... ... (1943)     HMS Queen Emma (DSC) ... - ... ...
Braes, John Meikle	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.10.1944	08.05.1944 - (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)
Braham, John Robert	18.09.1916 - 08.1994 Birmingham district, Warwickshire	T/Lt. (E) 08.07.1941 (reld 1946?)	10.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Brambleby, Percy Alexander	? -	Prob. S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.10.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.10.1941 Medaille Reconnaissance française (for mine clearance at Dunkirk)	12.10.1940 - (06.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Brambles, Edgar Walter Frank	05.08.1920 Lambeth, London - 14.03.2000	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 17.08.1945 (reld 16.06.1946) A/Lt. (L) RCNR 25.01.1954 [0-8334]	? - ? HMS Chaser (escort carrier) 27.08.1945 - 09.09.1945 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (04.1946)     HMS Nairana (escort carrier) * 25.01.1954 - (01.1959) HMCS Carleton (Ottawa Naval Division) * indexed, but not listed as such [ship transferred 20.03.1946 to Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed HMNethS Karel Doorman]
Branch, George	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.09.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945	13.06.1943 - (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)
Branch, John Edward	? -	T/S.Lt. 30.04.1942 T/Lt. 30.10.1944	02.06.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 100 (motor luanch) 17.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Brand, David Married; ... children (three sons?).	1909 ? - c. 1974 ? [age 65 ?]	T/S.Lt. 27.11.1941 T/A/Lt. 27.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 04.05.1943 special operations in Mediterranean [investiture 06.03.45]	(02.1942)     no appointment listed (04.1942)     HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) * 04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) (02.1943)     Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) Middle East (ME) 1 (paddled from Sicily to Malta) [based HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)] 01.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (for landing craft duties) (12.1943) - (04.1944) no appointment listed (06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS Nigeria (cruiser) * (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Brangwin, Peter Lawrence Son (with one sister and one brother) of Charles Harold Brangwin (1877-), and Dorothy Alice Swan (1888-1976). Brother of Lt. Sidney George Brangwin, RNVR. Cousin of El.Lt.Cdr. Thomas Morgan Brangwin, RNVR (later Cdr. (L) RN). Married ((06?).1942, Southwark district, Surrey) Winnifred Joan Hobbins (1916-).	1917 - 2000 New Zealand	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 16.03.1945 T/Sg.Lt. 1945?, seniority 16.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (BA 1940); Guy's Hospital (LMSSA London 1944); DMRD Univ. Lond. 1953. (04.1945)     no appointment listed 02.05.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Bleasdale (destroyer) 28.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness) House physician & house surgeon, Guy's Hospital. Radiologist, Cook Hospital Board, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Brangwin, Sidney George Son (with one sister and one brother) of Charles Harold Brangwin (1877-), and Dorothy Alice Swan (1888-1976). Brother of Sg.Lt. Peter Lawrence Brangwin, RNVR. Cousin of El.Lt.Cdr. Thomas Morgan Brangwin, RNVR (later Cdr. (L) RN). Married Phyllis Louise Webb.	26.08.1919 China ? - 12.1996 Ashford, Kent	Prob. T/Midsh. 12.01.1940 Prob. T/A/S.Lt. 1940, seniority 12.01.1940 T/S.Lt. 12.1940, seniority 26.08.1940 T/Lt. 12.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	16.01.1939 - 28.04.1939 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) 15.05.1939 - 23.05.1939 course, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (03.1940) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 18.04.1940 - 19.11.1940 HMS Harmattan (trawler) 11.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Glen Strathallan (armed yacht) 21.01.1941 - 10.02.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 16.02.1941 - 07.04.1941 HMS Antelope (destroyer) 07.04.1941 - 13.10.1944 HMS Winchester (destroyer) 13.10.1944 - 19.11.1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 10.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Escapade (destroyer) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Dentist, Ashford Kent (LDS, RCS Eng 1951).
Brangwin, Thomas Morgan "Tom" Cousin of Lt. Sidney George Brangwin, RNVR, and Sg.Lt. Peter Lawrence Brangwin, RNVR. Married (02.07.1938, Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex) Phyllis Mabel Howell; one daughter, two sons.	18.06.1912 Teignmouth, Newton Abbot district, South Devon - 11.06.1984 Sydney, NSW, Australia [cremated & buried at sea]	T/El.S.Lt. 07.10.1940 T/El.Lt. 07.02.1941 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1943 * Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 15.07.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 A/Cdr. (L) RN 16.06.1952-29.06.1952 Cdr. (L) RN 30.06.1952 (retd 04.02.1961; own request) MBE 24.06.1946 HM's birthday 46: for service with Foreign Office * Although his "Statement of naval officer service" states 30.09.1942, the Navy List doesn't show any promotion until late 1943, so it may be assumed that the date should be 30.09.1943.	Education: Bristol Grammar School; Southdown College. Started work as a merchant Marine Cadet Apprentice with Reardon Smith Lines,  he served aboard SS Leeds City and SS Bradford City. He came ashore due to an accident to his eye which later healed perfectly, 26.10.1927-03.05.1929. Studied radio and electrical engineering in the thirties in London and entered the radio industry in 1934, working as a test engineer, first with The Gramophone Company and later with Murphy Radio. From 1939 to 1940 he was Production Manager at Ferranti's condenser factory.       commissioned in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, working mainly on underwater detection equipment and mining: 07.10.1940 - 10.11..1940 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties: for anti-submarine duties) 11.11.1940 - 12.11.1940 HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport) (additional; for duty with Town Class Destroyers on Staff of Captain (D) Plymouth) 12.11.1940 - 23.02.1943 HMS Trelawney (RN base, Loch Alsh) (initially additional; for anti-submarine maintenance duties in Town Class Destroyers, from 30.04.1942 as Port Anti-Submarine Officer) 24.02.1943 - 15.04.1944 HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship, Freetown) (additional; as Base Anti-Submarine Officer) 16.04.1944 - 30.06.1944 HMS Philoctetes II (additional; on Staff of Captain (D) Freetown Escort Force as Base Anti-Submarine Officer) 01.07.1944 - 16.08.1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (additional; for passage to UK) 17.08.1944 - 17.09.1944 HMS Empress of Russia (troopship) (for anti-submarine maintenance duties) [tender to HMS Victory] 18.09.1944 - 03.10.1944 HMS President (for duty outside Admiralty with Director of Anti-Submarine Maintenance) 04.10.1944 - 05.11.1944 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) (additional; for anti-submarine maintenance duties) 06.11.1944 - 06.03.1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for staff duties) 07.03.1945 - 14.11.1945 HMS Odyssey (additional; for HMS Royal Albert, for Naval Party 1801; for intelligence duties)] 03.1945 - 09.1945 with Force "T" 13.09.1945 - 14.11.1945 with Field Intelligence Agency Technical (under Department of Scientific Research & Experiment, Admiralty) [worked mainly in the Lake Constance area within the French Sector with the RN and USA Naval division. CIOS etc.] 15.11.1945 - 15.09.1946 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire, from 01.01.1946 Portland) (on staff as Senior Electrical Officer) 16.09.1946 - 05.01.1947 HMS Marlborough (training establishment, Eastbourne) (additional; for course) 06.01.1947 - 20.01.1947 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for divisional course) 21.01.1947 - 15.08.1948 HMS King George V (battleship) 16.08.1948 - 16.08.1949 HMS Ariel (air radio mechanics' training establishment, Risley, Warrington, Lancashire) (additional; for LOLA 10 course) 17.08.1949 - 02.04.1950 HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch) (additional; as Air Electrical Officer) 03.04.1950 - 19.09.1953 on loan to RAN: 03.04.1950 - 09.05.1950 London Depot RAN 10.05.1950 - 15.06.1950 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to Australia per "Strathmore") 16.06.1950 - 08.05.1952 HMAS Albatross (RAN Air Station, Nowra) (as Electical Officer) 09.05.1952 - 08.06.1953 Navy Office, Staff of DNL and Deputy Director of Electrical Branch [HMAS Lonsdale] 09.06.1953 - 16.06.1953 HMAS Lonsdale 17.06.1953 - 20.07.1953 London Depot RAN (for passage to UK per "Strathmore") 21.07.1954 - 19.09.1953 London Depot RAN (for foreign service leave) 20.09.1953 - 20.09.1953 HMS Collingwood (additional) 21.09.1953 - 19.01.1955 RN Aircraft Yard, Donibristle [HMS Merlin, from 04.11.1953 HMS Cochrane (Rosyth Maritime HQ)] (as Air Electrical Officer) 07.02.1955 - 04.02.1961 on loan to RAN: 07.02.1955 - 17.02.1955 London Depot RAN 18.02.1955 - 19.03.1955 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to Australia per "SS Himalaya") 20.03.1955 - 24.03.1955 HMAS Penguin (additional) 25.03.1955 - 13.05.1956 Fleet Electrical Officer on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Australian Fleet [HMAS Sydney] 14.05.1956 - 10.07.1956 Fleet Electrical Officer, HMAS Melbourne 11.07.1956 - 18.11.1956 HMAS Sydney 19.11.1956 - 03.10.1957 Deputy General Overseer, East Australian Area, Naval Dockyard, Garden Island [HMAS Kuttabul (RAN naval depot, Garden Island, Sydney)] 04.10.1957 - 15.10.1957 HMAS Port Macquarie 16.10.1957 - 07.11.1957 HMAS Newcastle 08.11.1957 - 30.01.1958 HMAS Kuttabul (for staff of Chief of Construction, for duty outside Navy Office as Deputy General Overseer) 31.01.1958 - 30.11.1958 HMAS Melbourne (as Electrical Officer) 01.12.1958 - 04.12.1958 HMAS Albatross 05.12.1958 - 03.02.1959 HMAS Melbourne 04.02.1959 - 08.02.1959 HMAS Albatross 09.02.1959 - 06.08.1959 HMAS Melbourne (from 25.03.1959-24.05.1959 strategic reserve) 06.08.1959 - 07.02.1960 HMAS Harman (as Deputy to & on staff of General Overseer Western Australian Area (temporarily)) 08.02.1960 - 07.10.1960 HMAS Watson (as Electrical Engineer) 07.10.1960 - 04.02.1961 foreign service leave MIERE (AMBritIRE). Member of the British Institution of Radio Engineers September 1940. City and Guilds of London Institute in Radio Communications dated 1940. Member of The American Association of Cost Engineers 1969. Was for four years Senior Technical Officer with the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority and in 1965 he joined Kaiser Engineers as a Senior Electrical Engineer for the first three phases of the construction of the Gladstone alumina plant. From 1978 to 1980 he worked for Kaisers in Venezuela on the construction of a large steel plant. From 1980 he was Senior Estimator with Raymond Engineers of Sydney.
Bray, Francis Arthur Michael Son of ... Bray, and ... Girardot.	04.04.1921 Chertsey district, Surrey - 12.06.2004	Prob. T/Midsh. 23.08.1940 ... ... T/Lt. 01.06.1943 DSC 13.07.1943 action against German trawlers on the Belgian coast 04.04.43	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (10.1940)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... (04.1943)     HM MGB 113 (motor gun boat) 28.12.1943 - (1945) a/b HMS Undaunted Published: One young man's war (1993).
Bray, Peter Searle Son of ... Bray, and ... Baines. Married 1st (divorced 1946); two daughters. Married 2nd; two sons, one daughter.	11.10.1911 Lambeth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 30.05.2005 [age 93] Nova Scotia, Canada	T/S.Lt. 18.01.1940 T/Lt. 15.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 25.10.1943? (reld 11.03.1946) Lt.Cdr. (L) RCN 1950?, seniority 08.11.1947 Cdr. (L) RCN 1960? (retd 1960?) CD 1958? ?	Education: attended school in Dulwich, London 26.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Star of Hope (auxiliary patrol trawler) 01.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) 25.10.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services; in lieu of specialist Anti-Submarine Officer) (12.1944?) - (07.1945) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) [date of appointment (incorrectly?) given as 15.12.1940] 20.02.1952 - (07.1954) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) (for Electrical School) (04.1955)     Naval Service HQ, Ottawa, Ont. (01.1956)     HMCS Bytown 04.09.1956 - (01.1959) HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax) (as Oficer-in-Charge, Electrical School)
Brearley, George Derek Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Harold Brearley, and Agnes Peel. Brother of S.Lt. (A) Harold Stuart Brearley, RNVR.	(09?).1921 Wharfedale district, West Yorkshire -	T/S.Lt. (A) 12.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	01.03.1944 - (01.)1945 observer, 856 Squadron FAA (07.1945)     no appointment listed 03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon) (for Observer duties)
Brearley, Harold Stuart Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Harold Brearley, and Agnes Peel. Brother of S.Lt. (A) George Derek Brearley, RNVR. MArried ((06?).1952, Wharfedale district, West Yorkshire) Marjorie Hannam.	(03?).1925 Wharfedale district, West Yorkshire -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 06.07.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 06.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 30.05.1945 - (07.1945) observer, 821 Squadron FAA 01.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (for Compass Swinging duties)
Brearley, Reginald "Reg" Born as Reginald Neal (later christened as Reginald Brearley Neal) as son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Frank Valentine Neal (1887-1924), and Nellie Hargreaves (1888-1936). Fostered by ... Brearley. Married (25.11.1944, Morecambe, Lancashire) Marjorie Casson.	20.10.1917 Halifax district, Yorkshire - 08.11.1998 Lancaster district, Lancashire	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 22.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946) A/Ordn.Lt. RCN 12.08.1953 Ordn.Lt. RCN 12.06.1954 (reld > 02.1964, < 02.1968) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Pac St - - WM 39|45 - -	Served P & O Cruises.       HMS Strathallan (troopship) ? - 11.1942? HMS Narkunda (troopship)       temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements: 09.11.1942 - 02.12.1943 HMS Carnarvon Castle (armed merchant cruiser) 12.1943 - 01.1944 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool) 14.01.1944 - 02.1944 HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry) 09.02.1944 - 09.1944 HMS Smiter (escort carrier) 04.09.1944 - 01.1945 HMS Empire Halberd (landing ship infantry) (01.1945)     HMS Empire Halberd (landing ship infantry) * 31.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Sefton (landing ship infantry) Went on to become an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy (1953) working as Chief Naval Ordnance Officer, West Coast (Canada) and then co-Director General of Naval Support Facilities in Ottawa.
Breed, Leslie George	14.04.1904 Totteridge, Barnet, Greater London - 06.1985 Barnet, Greater London	Coder ? T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.03.1945 (reld < 04.1946) CdeG ? Operation Dragoon (invasion of the South of France 08.44)	1941? joined RNVR and served in the ratings possibly served at the Free French Ship Forbin (auxiliary patrol boat) 02.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Mayina (transit camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers) (01.1956) Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Breen, Derric Armstrong Mother's maiden name Breen. Married Joan ...; one son. biographical sketch	12.1919 Gateshead district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 23.03.2004 Washington hospital, Durham	T/S.Lt. 21.08.1942 T/Lt. 07.12.1944 (reld 07.1945) Lt. RNVR 07.12.1952 Lt.Cdr. RNR 20.07.1961, seniority 07.12.1960 (retd 07.12.1969) VRD ? -	05.1940 HMS Royal Arthur Signals School, Portsmouth 1940? - 1942? HMS Egret (sloop) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers training establishments, Hove & Lancing) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 30.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) HM HDML 1157 (harbour defence motor launch) (Isle of Bute) 21.03.1943 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM [R]ML 516 ([rescue] motor launch) 1943 - 11.1943 Coastal Forces Commanding Officer’s course at Ardrishaig 19.11.1943 - 24.12.1943 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1388 (harbour defence motor launch) 01.1944 - 04.1944 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1391 (harbour defence motor launch) 03.04.1944 - 07.1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Pict 07.12.1952 - 07.12.1969 served Permanent RNVR (later RNR) Published: Young men at war (published online)
Brett, Ian	? -	T/S.Lt. 12.12.1942 T/Lt. 12.12.1944	24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven): (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 247 (motor torpedo boat) 01.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Brett, Ian Son of George Henry Brett (born 1890) and Marguerite Ethel Brett (née Clark) (born 1893), of Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of Lt. Stanley George Brett, RNR.	28.09.1924 Dunchurch, Warwickshire -	T/S.Lt. (A) 07.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	observer, Fleet Air Arm (04.1946)     no appointment listed A keen tennis enthusiast and a hard worker for the local Dunchurch tennis club. Went to South Africa, later probably USA.
Brewer, Herbert Ernest	see:	Hong Kong RNVR officers' section
Briault, Douglas Lewis Married ((09?).1925, Kingston district) Myfanwy Roberts.	20.05.1901 Hampstead, London, Middlesex - 13.07.1976 Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia	T/Lt. 03.08.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 T/A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 01.1945	Education: Repton School. Successful racing racing driver in the UK before WW2. In 1936 he bought ERA (English Racing Automobiles) #R6B, a top class car which had raced only twice before. He raced at Brooklands and Donington Park. 01.08.1940 - (02.)1941 Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President] 03.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (03.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM ML 341 (motor launch) (St Nazaire raid) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 12.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Vice-Admiral (Q) British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] 01.04.1945 - (07.1945) Senior Officer Harbour Craft, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Beaconsfield] (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Brickel, Douglas Talbot Sidney Son of ... Brickel, and .. Talbot.	27.04.1920 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 03.2000 Leeds district, Yorkshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.04.1945 Comm 03.10.1944 salvage of bombs after air attack lpl [SS Malakand]	12.10.1940 - (06.1944) Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Bridge, John Son of ... Bridge, and ... Taylor. Married (1945) Jean Patterson; three daughters. George Cross Database	05.02.1915 Culcheth, Warrington, Lancashire - 14.12.2006 Roker, Sunderland	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.10.1940 T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ? (reld 02.1946) GC 20.06.1944 depth charge disposal, Messina harbour 08.43 [investiture 16.03.45] GM 27.12.1940 mine disposal, Devonport 07.09.40 [investiture 17.06.41] GM 28.10.1941 bomb disposal, Graving Docks, Falmouth, Cornwell 17.05.41 [investiture 16.03.45] Cmdn 27.06.1941 bomb disposal Erasmus Medal (for saving Remagen bridge)	Education: Leigh Grammar School; Ling's College, London Univ. BSc Gen. Hons, 1936 and BSc Special Hons (Physics), 1937; Teacher's Diploma, 1938. Schoolmaster Lancs CC, 09.1938-12.1938. Schoolmaster Leighton Park, Reading, 01.1939-08.1939. Schoolmaster Firth Park Grammar School, Sheffield [interrupted by war service 06.1940-02.1946], 09.1939-08.1946. 13.06.1940 - (12.1941) Bomb Safety Officer, Plymouth [Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)] 04.1942 - 08.1943 posted to Simonstown, South Africa [HMS Afrikander ?] 08.1943 - 08.1943 posted to Malta [HMS St Angelo ?] & Algiers 08.1943 - 01.1944? HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina) (attached?) 01.1944 - (07.1945) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (Normandy, Scheldt) Assistant Education Officer for Southport, 1947. Director of Education for Sunderland Borough Council (formerly Sunderland County Borough Council), 1963-1976. Honorary member of The Royal Society of St. George.
Bridge, Leonard Buckley Married ((06?).1919, Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Ivy K. Eagle.	1899 ? - (12?).1965 Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey	Prob. T/S.Lt. 09.12.1940 T/Lt. 09.03.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 01.1943 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany WM 39|45 - - Rsn CM 1985 -	1918 - 1919 temporary commission, RAF (02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) * (12.1941)     HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) * 04.05.1941 - 08.11.1942 Senior Officer, 15th ML Flotilla [HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow)] 09.11.1942 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 226 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 15th ML Flotilla [HMS Iron Duke (RN base, Scapa Flow)] (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Bridges, Arthur John	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 04.02.1940 T/Lt. (A) 16.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	qualified for aeronautical engineering (A/E) duties in the Fleet Air Arm (04.1940)     Fleet Air Arm 16.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for technical duties) 12.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys)
Bridgland, James Napier	16.12.1920 Sydney, NSW - 11.12.2004	T/A/S.Lt. 14.08.1941 T/S.Lt. 1942? T/Lt. 01.07.1943 Lt. RANVR 08.06.1951, seniority 20.05.1948	Education: Sydney Grammar School 29.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Mentor (RN base, Stornoway) 15.07.1942 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 493 (motor launch) 02.1945 - (07.1945) RN Depot, Wooloomooloo [HMS Golden Hind] (04.1946) HMS Alert (special repair ratings (dockyard) camp, Sydney, NSW) * 08.06.1951 - 31.03.1958 appointed Lieutenant in the RANVR [11.02.1952 HMAS Rushcutter (addtional; for 5 days IT course in HMAS Penguin)] Commodore, Cruisng Yacht Club of Australia, 1973. President, Old Sydneians' Union, 1972-1974. President, Sydney Heritage Fleet, 1977-1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brierley, Ronald	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 20.08.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 20.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	18.10.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training) 12.12.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (additional; for full flying duties and training) 25.04.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 898 Squadron FAA 05.07.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 882 Squadron FAA [HMS Searcher (escort carrier)] [Crashed in the sea with his Wildcat 15.08.1944 during the landings in Southern France.] (04.1945)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed 15.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Briggs, Frank	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Special Branch officer who is qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore: 16.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath (for meteorological duties) 28.03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Nabsford (Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard No. 1, Archerfield, Queensland) (for meteorological duties)
Briggs, James Llewellyn "John" Briggs' story of the loss of HMS Harvester	? -	T/S.Lt. 11.07.1940 T/Lt. 15.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1941) HMS Bath (destroyer) * 03.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Liddesdale (escort destroyer) 12.08.1942 - 11.03.1943 HMS Harvester (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-432 in Western Atlantic] (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, bur not listed as such
Briggs, Kenneth Montague "Ken" Son of ... Briggs, and ... Snary. Married; one son, one daughter.	15.11.1917 Croydon district, Greater London / Surrey - (09?).1981 Wandsworth district, Greater London	T/S.Lt. 03.07.1942 T/Lt. 03.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	12.06.1942 - 02.08.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment) (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) * * indexed, bur not listed as such
Brigstocke, William George Player Son of George Robert and Anna Cecilia Brigstocke; husband of Gladys Veronica Brigstocke, of Weybridge, Surrey.	(06?).1910 Carmarthen, Dyfed - 04.07.1940 (KIA) [age 30] [Ryde Borough Cemetery, sction A Old Portion, grave 77/78]	[Prob.] Midsh. 28.11.1930 A/S.Lt. 11.03.1932 S.Lt. 11.03.1933 Lt. 08.02.1936	28.11.1930 joined RNVR, Mersey Division 1932/34? transferred to RNVR, Sussex Division, List 2 02.1940 - 04.07.1940 HMS Foylebank (auxiliary anti-aircraft ship)
Brilliant, Stanley Son of ... Brilliant, and ... Wallen. Married Ruth Sussman, a former WAAF officer; two sons.	03.10.1920 Hackney, Greater London - 27.03.2008 London [aged 87]	T/S.Lt. (A) 03.10.1941 T/Lt. (A) 01.08.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 18.07.1944 Operation FY (North Russian convoy, 03-04.44) [investiture 07.11.44]	summer1940 joined RNVR (Fleet Air Arm, training as a pilot) training, HMS St Vincent (training estblishment, Gosport) 07.10.1941 - (06.1944) pilot, 819 Squadron FAA (12.1941) - (02.1943) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (05.1943)     HMS Archer (escort carrier) (03.1944) - (04.1944) HMS Activity (escort carrier) 19.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrinahish, Argyllshire) (for A/S instructional duties) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Entered the family wholesale tobacco and confectionary business. Active in the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX) (Chairman, 1968-1970).
Brimson, Ellwood Percy Son of ... Brimson, and ... Beer. Married (05.1952, Bristol) Anna Viner-Loney; four sons, one daughter.	16.04.1925 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 09.1985 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Ord.Sea. 03.03.1943 [JX 421787] A.B.Sea. 03.03.1944 T/Midsh. 19.05.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 1944? T/S.Lt. 03.07.1945, seniority 16.04.1945 (reld 09.1946?)	Education: St Mary Redcliffe School, Bristol 03.03.1943 - 10.05.1943 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint) 11.05.1943 - 30.05.1943 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 31.05.1943 - 10.09.1943 HMS Roebuck (destroyer)  [borne on HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport), from 22.07.1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] 11.09.1943 - 05.03.1944 HMS Assegai (training establishment near Durban, South Africa) 06.03.1944 - 18.05.1944 HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) 30.10.1944 - 15.09.1945 HMS Hind (sloop) 16.09.1945 - 26.01.1946 HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) 01.1946? - 06.1946? HMS Visigoth (submarine) 24.06.1946 - 26.07.1946 HMS Royal Edgar (port party, Hamburg) 16.09.1946 Route Order to proceed from Hamburg to the U.K. Worked for the majority of his life with Bristol Siddely Engines which became Rolls Royce, Engine Division at the Filton Site, working up to becoming middle management within the purchase accounts. Was involved with the Sea Cadets, prior to joining up, later till the early 1950s.
Brine, Peter Worsdale Son of William Isaac Brine, and Florence Grace Worsdale. Married ((09?).1947, Hampstead district, Middlesex) Mollie M. Hill (divorced spouse of Roy Albert E.T.W.A. Quarmby (1914-1993)); two daughters.	16.06.1921 Epping district, Essex - 04.1999 Shaftesbury, North Dorset district, Dorset	T/A/S.Lt. 07.08.1941 T/S.Lt. 16.06.1942 T/Lt. 07.02.1944 (reld 01.02.1946?) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	(1940)     HMS York (cruiser) (1941)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 30.06.1942 - 31.12.1943 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) (for landing craft duties) 01.01.1944 - 31.03.1944 HMS Salsette II (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) (for landing craft duties) 01.04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Braganza II (administrative & maintenance staff of Combined Operations, Bombay, India) (for landing craft duties) 1944     contracted dengue fever, malaria and dysentry; invalided back home to UK & served at HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) & HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haselmere) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945)     no appointment listed 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)
Brink, Gerrard Edgar Palmer	see: South African Naval Forces (Voluntary) [RNVR service 1940-1943; transferred to SANF(V), 1943]
Brinsley, George Gerald	? -	T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940, seniority 15.02.1940 T/Lt. 16.05.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	28.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Malabar (RN base, Jamaica) (for service at Bermuda) (08.1942) - (07.1945) Naval Reporting Officer, Cornerbrook as part of the Naval Control Service [HMCS Avalon (RCN base, St John's, Newfoundland)] [on loan to RCNVR]
Briston, Denis Victor Roger	? -	T/S.Lt. 14.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	05.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Celandine (corvette) (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed
Britnell, Paul Roland Frank Son of ... Britnell, and ... Doggett. Married ((06?).1940, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) Joyce C. Marchant.	12.02.1916 Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire -	T/A/Lt. 12.02.1943 GM 30.04.1946 mine clearance & disposal NW Europe	07.1943 - (06.1944) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 17.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (for duty at HMS Vernon (D) (base for Port Parties, Dartmouth)) (1945) Commanding Officer, Naval Party 1574 (Bremen 08.1945) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Brittain, Norman Armstrong Son of George Alfred Brittain (1878-1943), and Alice Louisa Finlay (1882-1970), of Trearddwr Bay, Anglesey, Wales.	06.11.1915 Dublin, Ireland - 02.10.1942 (KIA) [age 26] [Roshven Burial Ground, Highland, Scotland]	Prob. Midsh. 29.07.1936 A/S.Lt. 09.02.1938 S.Lt. 09.02.1939 Lt. 09.08.1940	Education: Oxford University (graduate in law, 1938). 29.07.1936     joined RNVR (Sussex Division) 05.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HM MASB 6 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Osprey] 25.05.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Carlisle (cruiser) 1942 - 02.10.1942 HMS Curacoa (light cruiser) (lost in collision with liner "Queen Mary" off Bloody Foreland)

 

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