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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)]
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
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
Bowick, Bernard John Son of Lt. Benjamin John Bowick, RNR, and Ellen Eliza Gurr. Married ((06?).1940, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) ... 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 Son of ... Bown, and ... Connolly.	05.01.1916 Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire - 08.1998 Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire	T/Lt. 30.10.1942	(1943) First Lieutenant, HM SGB 6 (steam gun boat) (HMS Grey Shark) 25.01.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 490 (motor torpedo boat)
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
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 of Peter and Rachel Brackenridge, of Glasgow. Married (1941) Eileen Hollingsworth; 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 - 09.05.1944 HMS Affleck (frigate) 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.
Bradford, Howard Owen Turner Son of ... Bradford, and ... Leighton. Married ((12?).1939, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Peggy N. Glenister.	(09?).1914 Eastbourne district, East Sussex - (03?).1963 St Pancras district, London	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.12.1940 DSC 16.08.1940 DSC 25.07.1944 MID 28.09.1943	(1940) 15th A/S Striking Force (07.1943) Commanding Officer, HM SGB 6 (steam gun boat) (HMS Grey Shark) (03.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 698 (motor torpedo boat) 09.07.1945 - HMS Attack
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)
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
Bray, Francis Arthur Michael Son of ... Bray, and ... Girardot.	(06?).1921 Chertsey district, Surrey -	T/Lt. 01.06.1943 DSC 13.07.1943 action against German trawlers on the Belgian coast 04.04.43	(04.1943) HM MGB 113 (motor gun boat) 28.12.1943 - (1945) a/b HMS Undaunted
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, bur 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)
Broadway, Harold Theodore Logan Son of Theodore B. and Jessie A.I. Broadway. Husband of Vera Mary Broadway, of Westmoors, Dorsetshire. biography (Dunedin Society)	(03?).1909 Dorchester, Dorset - 24.11.1941 (KIA) [age 33] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 26.03.1940 T/Sg.Lt. ?, seniority 26.03.1940 A/T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 11.1941	Education: MRCS, LRCP 26.03.1940 - (04.)1940 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 28.08.1940 - 24.11.1941 Medical Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Brockbank, Roger Son of ... Brocbank, and ... Crofts. Married (19.06.1954) Clare O'Brien; two sons, one daughter.	07.04.1923 Kendal district, Lancashire / Westmorland - 02.2006 still alive	T/S.Lt. 28.11.1943 T/Lt. 28.11.1945 (reld 1946)	HMS Ramsey (destroyer) HMS Dasher (escort carrier) 10.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Undine (destroyer) (Pacific) (04.1946) HMS Thracian (destroyer) * Joined the family firm of Staveley Wood Turning Co. Ltd, in Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brodie, Hugh Victor Son of Dr. Thomas Gregor Brodie, MD, FRS, and Alice Brodie.	(09?).1899 Kingston district, Surrey - 06.12.1941 [age 42] [Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, 2.H.2]	T/Lt. 28.10.1940	07.01.1941 - (02.)1941 HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) (12.1941) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) * ? - 06.12.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brodie, John Grigor	31.07.1898 Walton-on-Thames, Chertsey, Surrey - 20.01.1962 Mauritius [Vacoas Cemetery]	? ? [J32167] Prob. T/S.Lt. 01.11.1940 T/Lt. 01.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? T/A/Cdr. 04.1945? (reld > 04.1946) MBE 14.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	21.12.1940 - (12.1941) Boom Defences Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.1943 - (12.1943) Boom Defence Depot, Takoradi [HMS Leonidas] 04.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden) [lastly in the capacity of Residential Naval Officer] General Manager at Cowasjee Dinshaw in Aden 1948-51. Resident welfare officer at Merchant Navy Club, Mauritius, 1957-62.
Brooker, Dudley George	1917 / 1919 ? - 20.03.1945 (missing presumed killed; air crash) [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 2]	T/S.Lt. (A) 30.08.1941 T/Lt. (A) 30.08.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, 1844 Squadron FAA 07.1944 - 20.03.1945 Commanding Officer, 1846 Squadron FAA * [HMS Colossus] * (10.1944) indexed, but not listed as such
Brooker, Wallace Frank Married; ... children (one son?).	09.12.1907 Newhaven district, Sussex - 09.1991 Alfriston district, Sussex	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 18.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Worked in some capacity in Newhaven Docks and therefore didn't join up until midway through the war. 1943? HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing) served as a Wireless Operator, possibly on a destroyer (details unknown) 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lizard (Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham)
Brookes, Alfred Charles Son (with four sisters) of Alfred Brookes, and Ellen Page, of Aston, Birmingham.	(06?).1919 Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire - 11.10.1944 [age 25] [Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, Warwickshire, sec. 95, grave 10557]	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.06.1944	09.08.1944 - 11.10.1944 pilot, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Corncrake (RN Air Station, Ballyhalbert, Co. Down)] (killed in an air crash)
Brookes, Ewart Stanley   Son of John William Brookes (1874-1910), and Alice Edith Evans. Married ((09?).1929, Swansea, Glamorgan) Marjore Eliza Stephens two children.	09.03.1901 Swansea, Glamorgan - (03?).1975 Crymmych, Haverfordwest district, Wales	Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.11.1940 T/Lt. 22.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 DSC 01.01.1946 New Year 46 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	06.1940     commandeered "The Count Dracula" during the evacuation of Dunkirk 1940     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Lancing) (02.1941)     no appointment listed 04.06.1941 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Andradite (minesweeping trawler) (despatches) 16.09.1942 - 05.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Bern (minesweeping trawler) (10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Foulness (minesweeping trawler) (DSC) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed Published: novels Proud waters (1954); To endless night (1955); Nor on what seas (1956); The glass years (1957); Ride the wild wind (1958); Tempest (1959); Wind along the waste (1962); Sea dance (1963); The fury of the wind (1965); general Turmoil (1956; on the tugboat Turmoil); Glory passed them by (1958; on minesweeping trawlers); The gates of hell (1960; on arctic convoys); Destroyer (1962; on destroyers); Prologue to a war (1966; on the Battle of Narvik 1940) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brookes, Walter Thomas Stanley "Tom" Married; two sons.	17.04.1906 East Ham, Greater London - 03.06.1984 Torremolinos [St George's Church Cemetery, Malaga, Spain,  E.188]	T/Lt. 29.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	14.02.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) 19.05.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Boyne (Mersey class trawler) 07.05.1942 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Colne (Mersey class trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Banker.
Brookman, Cecil Ernest Son of ... Brookman, and ... Eldridge.	21.02.1912 Hackney district, London - 05.01.1975 Dawlish, Newton Abbot district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 03.05.1940 T/Lt. 03.05.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	13.08.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) (02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * [possibly on MTB duty escorting Malta convoys] 10.05.1943 - (07.1945) Mining Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) Company director. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brooks, Douglas "Doug" Married Margaret ...; one daughter, one son.	1921 ? - 01.2002 Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 17.02.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944 (reld 10.1948) DSC 10.11.1942 Operation Pedestal [investiture 15.12.42] DSC 30.05.1944 attack on Tirpitz 03.04.44 [decoration posted]	.. - ... ... 26.05.1941 - 02.1944 pilot, 831 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable] 02.1944 - 05.1944 Commanding Officer, 831 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] 08.07.1944 - 07.04.1945 Commanding Officer, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus), deck landing training at HMS Rajah (escort carrier) 08.1944, HMS Ranee (escort carrier) 11.1944 & HMS Smiter (escort carrier) 01.1945-04.1945] 06.1945 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 821 Squadron FAA ... - ... ... Emigrated to Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1965.
Brooks, Francis Lano	01.07.1911 - (03?).1970 New Forest district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1943 T/Lt. 01.08.1945 Lt. RNR 03.05.1954? Lt.Cdr. RNR 03.05.1962 MBE 14.06.1969 HM's birthday 69: work for Esso RD 01.08.1967 -	28.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mincarlo (minesweeping trawler) (01.1945)     HMS Imperialist (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * 06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Mayina (transit camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers) 10.11.1945 - (04.1946) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)] Contracts Engineer, Esso Refinery, Fawley. * indexed, but not listed as such
Broom, Albert Leslie Son of ... Broom, and ... Cocks.	09.12.1911 Devonport district, Devon - (06?).1979 Bath district, Avon	T/Lt. ? GM 13.03.1945 disarming 36 mines at captured airfield Melsbroek, Belgium	?
Brotherton, Roy Joslin Son of ... Brotherton, and ... Davies. Married ((03?).1940,Cardiff district, Wales) Emma U. Austin.	(12?).1916 Cardiff district, Wales -	T/S.Lt. 14.05.1942 T/Lt. 14.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(1942)   served at Malta 20.11.1942 - 14.02.1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 555 (motor launch) 01.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 560 (motor launch) (served at Ischia)
Brown, Derek Malcolm [also used in later life as: Malcolm Brown, Derek] Son of ... Brown, and ... Moorman. From Merstham, Surrey.	28.04.1913 Sanderstead, Surrey - (12?).1983 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) 24.06.1940 T/Lt. (A) 24.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 02.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 07.08.1945 Operation Judgement (air strike in U-boat base at Kilbotn 04.05.45)	09.1940 - (02.1941) pilot, 755 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.01.1942 - 29.12.1942 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 29.12.1942 - 01.03.1943 Commanding Officer, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 02.1944 - (07.1945) Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Queen (escort Carrier)
Brown, Eric Melrose "Winkle" Son of Robert John Brown and Euphemia (née Melrose). Married (1942) Evelyn Jean Margaret Macrory; one son. Wikipedia	21.01.1919 Leith, Scotland - 2007 still alive	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 26.08.1940 T/S.Lt. (A) 26.11.1940 T/Lt. (A) 01.04.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 Lt. (A) RN 1946?, seniority 01.04.1943 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.04.1951 Cdr. RN 31.12.1953 Capt. RN 31.12.1960 CBE 01.01.1970 New Year 70 [investiture 10.02.70] OBE 19.02.1946 1st deck landings jet Vampire 03.12.45 [award posted] MBE 02.05.1944 deck landings at aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable 03.44 [investiture 03.07.45] DSC 10.03.1942 convoy attacked by torpedo bombers [investiture 22.09.42] AFC 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47 Cmdn 01.01.1949 New Year 49	Education: Royal High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University. MA 1947 1939 joined Fleet Air Arm as Pilot 21.11.1940 - (02.1941) 802 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] * (1941) HMS Audacity (escort carrier) 17.01.1944 - (05.)1949 Chief Naval Test Pilot [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] [transferred to RN 1946?] (RN Boyd Trophy, 1948) 15.11.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vengeance 1951 - 1952 Resident British Test Pilot at USN Air Test Center, Patuxent River 1953 - 1954 Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA 15.07.1954 - (01.)1956 Commander (Air), HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Brawdy) (01.1957) no appointment listed 10.03.1958 - 1960 Head of British Naval Air Mission to German Naval Air Arm [HMS Daedalus] 12.01.1961 - (07.1961) Deputy Director (Air), Gunnery Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.02.1962 - 1964 Deputy Director, Naval Air Division & Adviser on Aircraft Accidents, Admiralty [HMS President] 1965 - 1967 Naval Attaché, Bonn 13.09.1967 - 1970 Commanding Officer, HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth) Chief Executive, British Helicopter Advisory Board, 1970-1987, Vice-President, 1988-. Chairman., British Aviation Bicentenary Executive Committee, 1984. FRAeS 1964 (President, 1982-1983; Chairman, RAeS Rotorcraft Section, 1973-1976). Hon. FEng (Pakistan) 1984; Hon. Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1984. Liveryman, GAPAN, 1978. British Silver Medal for Practical Achievement in Aeronautics, 1949; Anglo­French Breguet Trophy, 1983; Bronze Medal, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 1986; US Carrier Aviation Test Pilot Hall of Honor, 1995. Published: Wings on my sleeve, 1961; (jtly) Aircraft carriers, 1969; Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1977; Wings of the Navy, 1980; The helicopter in civil operations, 1981; Wings of the weird and the wonderful, vol. 1, 1982, vol. 2, 1985; Duels in the sky, 1989; Testing for Combat, 1994. * (12.1941) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Brown, George	? -	T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/Lt. 27.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 08.02.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Wedgeport (Bangor class minesweeper)
Brown, Harold Oswald Son of ... Brown, and ... Short.	04.04.1915 Guisborough district, Yorkshire - North Riding - 02.05.1991 Hertford and Ware, Hertfordshire	T/Lt. (E) 09.02.1942 (reld 04.08.1946) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 1944 MID 31.08.1943 supply operations for the 8th Army advance	mid 1940 - late 1942 MTB & LCT service (Middle East) (1943) HMS Nile (Tripoli (L)) (1943) - (1944) HMS Saunders 03.01.1945 - (07.1946) Base Engineer Officer, HMS Brontosaurus
Brown, Herbert Neville Son (with one sister and one brother) of Herbert Brown (1882-1961), and Ada Broome (1880-1976). Married ((09).1952, Bolton district, Lancashire) Ruth Hampson (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.	23.05.1923 Bolton district, Lancashire - 11.2011 still alive	T/A/S.Lt. 13.08.1943 T/S.Lt. 13.02.1944 T/Lt. 13.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 24.10.1944 43 night patrols Channel 07-08.44 [investiture 22.06.45]	10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) 04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Thornborough (frigate) (04.1946)     HMS Croziers (destroyer) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, James Married; ... children (one son?).	16.04.1912 - 03.2009 still alive	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 22.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	1940/41?     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (08.1942) commanded an LCP (landing craft, personnel) (Operation Jubilee, raid on Dieppe) 21.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS James Cook (Combined Operations naval beach training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) (10.1944) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash) * 01.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW) * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, John Cedric Married; three sons. Lived at Shrewsbury Road, Heaton.	28.06.1914 Bolton, Lancashire - 28.04.2002 Bolton, Lancashire	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 02.03.1938 Paym.S.Lt. 04.10.1939, seniority 02.03.1938 Paym.Lt. 02.03.1940, renamed: Lt. (S) 1944, seniority 02.03.1940 Lt.Cdr. (S) 02.03.1948 (retd 11.1958) VRD ? ? VRD 08.11.1961 ?	02.03.1938 joined RNVR (Mersey Division, List 2) 1938 trained at HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 04.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Kent (cruiser) (Hong Kong, on staff of Commander-in-Chief China; visited Saigon and Singapore accompanying Sir Percy Noble (C-in- C) returning to Hong Kong aboard HMS Liverpool) 1941 - 25.12.1941 Assistant Secretary to the Commodore Hong Kong (captured by the Japanese) 12.1941 - 08.1945 POW in Japanese captivity; liberated by the Americans 1945 - 1958 remained in the RNVR Chartered accountant (ACA). Partner in CLB Accountants, Silverwell Street, Bolton. Published: Serendipity (about his time as a prisoner of war in Hong Kong) (Bolton : Boltonia Print, c. 2000)
Brown, John Maund	? ? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. ? DSC ? ?	* indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Kennedy Blair Sylvester * Married (10.09.1938) Nancy Kerry; one adopted daughter. Lived in Bristol. * Officially Kennedy Sylvester [Blair], so K.S. or K.S.B. Brown, but known in the Navy as K.B.S. Brown	17.08.1914 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 10.08.2003 Devon	T/S.Lt. 27.12.1940 T/Lt. 27.12.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 04.04.1946) OBE 14.08.1945 relief of Greece [investiture 11.12.45] 39|45 St - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany It St - - WM 39|45 - -	(02.1941)     HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) * (12.1941)     HMS Prince Leopold (landing ship, infantry) (Vaagso operation) * (08.1942)     HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry) (Dieppe operation; wounded) 22.11.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inverary) (for Tank Landing Craft) (04.1944) - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (1944) 641st LCM [= Landing Craft, Mechanized] Flotilla (1944) - (1945) served ashore in Greece during the ELAS uprising 15.07.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Vansittart (destroyer) Fishery Officer for Bristol Water Works Company and later Recreations Manager for Wessex Water Board. * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Leonard Frank Son of Benjamin George and Alice Dorothy Brown (née Tamplin), of Rustington, Sussex.	(09?).1921 Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey - 30.01.1942 [Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, London, square 149, row 6, grave 50860]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 18.06.1941	07.11.1941 - 30.01.1942 pilot, 823 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
Brown, Philip Edward Courtenay Son of ... Brown, and ... Poole. Married ((06?).1945, Chichester district, Sussex) ... Weeks.	(06?).1914 Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	T/S.Lt. 07.01.1940 T/A/Lt. 01.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 28.12.1943 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 [investiture 03.11.1942?] PolMC 08.12.1942 good services to Polish Navy	27.01.1940 - (10.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Cape Portland (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 21.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) (12.1941)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (08.1942?)     British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Garland (Polish destroyer) 28.11.1942 - 02.10.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Orkan (Polish destroyer) 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Brown, Stanley Reginald Married; ... children (one son?).	15.02.1906 Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire - 26.07.1976 Aylesbury, Aylesbury district Buckinghamshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.02.1940 T/Lt. 24.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 09.1944 (reld 12.1945?)	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 05.1940 - 1940? HMS Mahelah (armed yacht) 09.07.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) (02.1941)     HMS Tamora (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (North Sea) *       HMS Avonstream (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) (North Sea)       HMS Madden (minesweeping trawler) (North Sea) 25.09.1941 - 06.09.1942 HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for minesweeping duties) 07.09.1942 - (10).1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Magnolia (minesweeping trawler) (from Milford Haven to Colombo, Ceylon) (07?).1944 - (03?).1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sluna (minesweeping trawler) (Indian Ocean) 02.04.1945 - 10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Conqueror (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) (UK) 04.11.1945 - 07.12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette) Managing Director of Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, Printers and a Director of the holding company Hazell Sun. Wrote: Sent Up Unity (unpublished manuscript of his voyage to Colombo, deposited at the Imperial War Museum) * indexed, but not listed as such
Browne, Eric Wilfred Haydn Son of Harry Haydn Brown, and Ellen Gertrude Saffery. Brother of El.Lt.Cdr. H.A. Browne, RNVR. Married; ... children (one son?).	16.03.1923 Elham district, Kent - 01.1998 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.09.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	16.03.1943 - 20.08.1944 Radar Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser) 21.08.1944 - 30.10.1944 Radar Officer, HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) 31.10.1944 - (07.1945) Radar Officer, HMS Onslow (destroyer) 16.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.)
Browne, Harry Alan Son of Harry Haydn Brown, and Ellen Gertrude Saffery. Brother of S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) E.W.H. Browne, RNVR.	29.03.1912 Folkestone, Elham district, Kent - 26.10.2004 South Gloucestershire	T/El.Lt. 17.10.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Prosperine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 24.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Torch (RN base, Holyhead) 14.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Browning, Robert	? -	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 26.01.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1941, seniority 26.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: MB, ChB (Glasgow, 03.05.1937). 09.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Effingham (cruiser) 30.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) 15.07.1941 - 02.04.1942 Medical Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed General practitioner, Glasgow.
Bryden, Gilbert Stewart	1914 Cadder district, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 2002 Melrose district, Roxburghshire, Scotland	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld 1946?) MBE 15.05.1945 mine search Normandy & Belgium 06.44	03.11.1941 - (04.1946) Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President], 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 03.11.1941 - (06.1943) for duty outside Admiralty (08.1943) - (12.1943) for duty inside Admiralty (04.1944) - (04.1946) for duty outside Admiralty [(06.1944) Naval Party 1503]
Bryon, Ronald Walter	1914/15 ? - 01.10.1985 Alderney, Channel Islands	T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 09.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	19.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 16.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Dragonfly (Combined Operations base, South Hayling Island) Managing Director, Central Line Sisal, Ltd.
Buck, Gurdon Son of Howard W. & Charlotte Buck.	27.01.1906 Niagara Falls, NY, USA - 24.10.1991	T/S.Lt. 19.06.1941 (dismissal from the service 30.10.1942 by a general court-martial of 09.07.1942)	Education: preparatory school; Cambridge University, UK. Farmer from Maryland. 19.06.1941     joined RNVR (as a US citizen) Released to US Navy (Lt. USNR, 07.1942), assigned to Boston, then Amphibious Force at Little Creek, Norfolk, Va. Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).
Buckley, Ivor Frederick Son of Frederick James Buckley (1888-?), and Ruby Elizabeth Layton Ellis (1891-1967). Married Dorinha Patricia Gillespie (born 01.08.1914); two sons.	12.01.1915 Dulwich, London SE - 09.03.1978	Prob. T/S.Lt. 12.04.1940 T/S.Lt. 15.10.1940, seniority 12.04.1940 T/Lt. 12.04.1941 (reld 06.03.1946)	31.08.1939 entered RN as a rating 24.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pangbourne (Hunt class minesweeper) [wounded 28.05.1940 during evacuation operations at Dunkirk] 05.05.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Polruan (Bangor class minesweeper) 18.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for instructional duties) [instructor in Asdic (sonar)] 10.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for anti-submarine duty with Bombay Escort Force) 12.02.1945 - 07.1945 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 14.07.1945 - 01.11.1945 HMAS Rushcutter (RAN anti-submarine training establishment and reserve depot, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW)
Buist, William Spowart Dalrymple * "Bill" Married (1951, Hawick district, Roxburghshire, Scotland); one son, one daughter. * Navy List has (incorrectly): William Spavant Dalrymple	? - 31.05.1997 Edinburgh, Scotland	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. 19.07.1944 T/S.Lt. 19.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	03.02.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (06.1944)     HM LCT 677 (landing craft, tank) [Was part of the first assault wave on 06.06.1944, on Juno beach. He served under a few skippers, notable Elwyn (Charlie) Pittard, and Alan Good - the latter being HMRNZN. After shuttling troops and equipment back and forward between the UK and Normandy, he became involved in convoys to and from the USA - mainly taking LCTs over to the US for subsequent use against Japan] Joined Lothian and Peebles Police in 1952 and rose eventually to the rank of Superintendent, retiring in 1983.
Bullard, Gerald Humphrey Son of Col. Gerald Thomas Bullard (1876-1932), and Eugenia Barclay, of Gressenhall, Norfolk. Married ((06?).1951, Depwade district, Norfolk) Patricia Frances Marigold Read, youngest daughter of Lt.Col. R.J. Read, of Hapton Hall, Norwich, Norfolk; three sons, one daughter.	20.11.1916 Erpingham district, Norfolk - 01.1989 East Dereham district, Norfolk	T/S.Lt. 21.10.1939 T/Lt. 20.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	10.11.1937     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 09.1939     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 21.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Iron Duke (depot ship) 26.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous serivces) 18.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) 07.01.1942 - (04.)1944 Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Commanding Orkney and Shetland [HMS Prosperine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)] 01.05.1944 - (01.)1945 Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)] (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Bullick, William Joshua [Johnston]	05.03.1921 Dungannon district, Ireland - 28.11.1986 Belfast, Northern Ireland	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 11.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served probably on a North Russian convoy early in the war       trained with the Commandos (at Achnacarry, Scotland) (06.1944?)     HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry)       temporary officer servung under T.124X agreements: 11.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Arbiter (escort carrier) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Tea planter in India. Retired to Belfast.
Bullock, Edward John "Ted"	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.04.1945 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	13.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Ambrose (9th Submarine Flotilla base, Dundee) (for submarines) 1944? - 1945? British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. 0-24 (Dutch submarine) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bullock, Joseph William From Cleethorpes.	14.07.1912 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire - 16.02.1991 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire	T/S.Lt. 14.08.1942 T/Lt. 13.02.1943, seniority 14.11.1942 MID 20.02.1945 minesweeping & enemy human torpedo attacks	HMS Pelican (sloop) 24.04.1944 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Jude (minesweeping trawler) 22.07.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Hellisay (minesweeping trawler) (1945/46?) HMS Foula (minesweeping trawler) (04.1946)     no appointment listed (1946?)     Commanding Officer, HMS Hunda (minesweeping trawler) Pre- & post-war office manager to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons (Trawler Owners of Grimsby).
Bulstrode, John Christopher Brother of Chapl. M.W. Bulstrode, RNVR.	? - 1950s ??	Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 15.09.1941 T/Sg.Lt. 1942?, seniority 15.09.1941 (reld 19.03.1946)	served in Scotland at some point 08.10.1941 - 14.03.1943 Medical Officer, HMS Leeds (destroyer) 22.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) (1944/45?) Medical Officer, HMS Courier (Algerine class minesweeper) (07.1945) no appointment listed MRCS, LRCP
Bulstrode, Rev. Martin William Brother of Sg.Lt. J.C. Bulstrode, RNVR.	15.10.1908 Wandsworth, London, Surrey - (12?).1975 Ipswich district	T/Chapl. 28.11.1942 (reld 1946?) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	Education: BA 05.12.1942 - (07.1945) chaplain, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Holy Loch, for 3rd Submarine Flotilla) 16.07.1945 - (04.1946) chaplain, HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)
Bunge, John Maurice Son of ... Bunge, and ... Tosh. Married ((09?).1946, Kensington district, London) Frances J. "Jo" Stephens; three daughters.	(06?).1921 Brentford district, Oxfordshire - 08.09.2010 [Upton Noble?]	T/A/S.Lt. 05.06.1941 T/S.Lt. 28.03.1942 T/A/Lt. 05.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1941) - (12.1942) no appointment listed 09.1941 - 12.1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, HMNethS "Heemskerck" (light cruiser) (02.1943)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (04.1943)     HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban) * (08.1943)     no appointment listed 07.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Inconstant (destroyer) 09.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Bunker, David James Son of Thomas John Bunker (1872-1936), and Selina Rosina Pearn (1882-1934). Married (06.1948, Plympton district, Devon) Maureen Sylvia Bam (01.1927 - ), daughter of Frederick M. Bam, and Lily Standley; three sons, one daughter. Maureen Bunker remarried (1962) Archie G. Jones.	13.07.1923 Plymouth, Devon - 06.1960 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	T/A/S.Lt. 19.11.1943 T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(02.1944)     no appointment listed 06.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for motor launches) 25.04.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 142 (motor launch) (04.1946)     HM HDML 1050 (harbour defence motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Bunyan, Dennis Jenkin	(06?).1920 Llanelly district, Carmarthenshire / Glamorgan -	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.07.1941 T/Lt. (A) 01.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 16.06.1945? (reld < 04.1946) MID 30.06.1942 operations from Malta	24.09.1941 - (08.1942) pilot, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (10.1944) HMS Shrike (RN Air Station, Maydown Northern Ireland) * 21.10.1944 - 15.06.1945 pilot, 846 Squadron FAA 16.06.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, 846 Squadron FAA
Burchell, Eric Francis Charles Married (1925, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Edna Darley Wardrop (25.08.1902 - (09?).1974).	12.12.1901 London - (03?).1954 Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 28.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 04.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Representative. Obtained aviator's licence (No. 12538) taken on a D.H. 60 105 h.p. at the London Aeroplane Club, 06.01.1935. (04.1940)     Fleet Air Arm 23.08.1940 - (10.)1940 pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 12.10.1940 - (04.)1944 pilot, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] 06.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man) 09.10.1944 - (07.1945) Chief Flying Control Officer, HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
Burgess, Frank	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 18.10.1940 T/Lt. 18.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	17.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Oystermouth Castle (minesweeping trawler) (12.1941)     French Ship "Paris" * (10.1944)     HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) * (01.1945)     HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) * 16.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby) * indexed, but not listed as such
Burgess, William Eldest child of William Burgess (1870?-1935), and Edith Maude Adie (1875-?). Married (03.1942) Olave May Osborne (09.03.1917-03.08.2001); two daughters.	26.08.1910 Kingswood, Surrey - 05.12.1996 Southampton, Hampshire	T/S.Lt.  11.07.1940 T/Lt. 11.10.1940	05.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Mashona (destroyer) 01.07.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Ashanti (destroyer)
Burnell, Digby [Michael] McLaren Son of ... Burnell, and ... Joseph.	25.02.1920 Willesden district, Middlesex - 25.03.2003 North Dorset district, Dorset	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1945?	31.05.1943 - (04.1946) borne on HMS President III (accounting base for personnel serving on Defence Equipped Merchant Ships); served apparently mainly in corvettes on North Atlantic convoys, e.g. HMS Test & HMS Snowflake; last appointment in 1945 was the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington [HMS Saker]
Burnett, the Rev. Frank Remembered with a memorial window in St Julian's Church, Norwich.	? - 25.11.1941 (KIA) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60. column 3]	T/Chapl. 19.12.1939	Education: .... (BA) Priest at St Julian's Church, Norwich, 1931-1939. 08.02.1940 - 03.04.1941 HMS Maine (hospital ship) 04.04.1941 - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (battleship) (sunk, Eastern Mediterranean)
Burnett, Robert Adams	30.04.1919 - 12.2001 Brighton district, Sussex	T/S.Lt. 13.12.1940 T/Lt. 01.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 05.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Mallow (corvette) 05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Spiraea (corvette) ** * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Burney, Roger John Gilbert Son of Lt.Col. Arthur Edward Cave Burney, DSO, MC, RA, and of Dorothy Burney, of Hay, Herefordshire.	(06?).1919 Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire - 19.02.1942 (KIA) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71. column 1]	T/S.Lt. 07.08.1941	Education: Peterhouse, Cambridge University (BA) 30.08.1941 - 10.11.1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Jastrzab (Polish submarine) [till circa 10.11.1941] 05.11.1941 - 19.02.1942 British Naval Liaison Officer, Surcouf (French submarine) [sunk by collision with the American merchant ship Thomson Lykes in the Caribbean off the approaches to the Panama Canal]
Burns, Harry Adopted son of Hugh and Margaret E. Burns, of Wallasey, Cheshire.	1922 ? - 19.03.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 5]	T/S.Lt. (A) ?	26.01.1942 - 19.03.1944 observer, 825 Squadron FAA [1944 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
Burrell, Robert John Son of late Robert Burrell, QC, and ... Parry. Married (1948) Thelma Louise Mawdesley Harris; no children.	28.11.1923 Willesden district, Middlesex - 24.10.1985 London City	T/Midsh. ? T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. > 04.1946 QC 1973	served War, Royal Navy, 1942-46: Fleet Minesweepers and Motor Torpedo Boats (English Channel and Adriatic, participated in D Day landings, 1944) 11.10.1943 - (10.1944) Third Officer, HM MTB 615 (motor torpedo boat) 19.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 638 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     HMS Cardigan Bay (frigate) * Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1948; Bencher, Inner Temple, 1980; Member: Senate of Inns of Court and the Bar, 1983-85; Council of Legal Educn, 1984-. Member, Paddington Borough Council, 1949-56 (Chairman Housing Committee, 1953-56); Chairman: Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal, 1974-; President, Ligue Internationale contre la Concurrence Déloyale (Paris), 1980-82 (Vice-President,  1978-80); Member, EEC Working Committee, EEC Trade Mark Law, 1975-77. * indexed. but not listed as such
Burt, Edward Alfred	14.08.1910 ?? - 04.1989 ?? Surrey Northern ??	T/S.Lt. 17.01.1940 T/Lt. 17.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 04.1946 DSC 22.01.1946 St. Nazaire raid 22.03.42 [decoration posted]	05.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Angle (auxiliary trawler) 29.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services) 19.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (03.1942) Commanding Officer, HM ML 262 (motor launch) (10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) * (04.1946)     HMS President (Admiralty) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Burt, Herbert George Son (with three brothers) of Ernest E. Burt, and Mabel Bloomfield. Brother of Capt. Spencer Ernest Burt, Army Dental Corps & F/Lt. Edward Russell Burt, RAFVR. Married ....; ... children.	27.10.1923 Woodbridge district, Suffolk - 30.01.2011	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 10.03.1944 T/Lt. 10.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	16.11.1943 - (07.)1945 Asdic officer, HMS Lochy (frigate) (2nd Escort Group) 14.12.1945 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HMS Pladda (minesweeping trawler)
Butcher, Graham	? -	T/Lt. 09.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42 [investiture 07.12.43]	18.12.1939 - 1940 HMS Lord Austin (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 19.11.1940 - (05.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS St Elstan (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 25.03.1944 - 05.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Lavender (corvette) 18.08.1944 - 13.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Denbigh Castle (corvette) 21.03.1945 - 1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Tarbert (frigate) 05.1945 - 08.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Killisport (frigate) 31.08.1945 - 21.11.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Shin (frigate)
Butler, Richard Armstrong	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 1943? T/S.Lt. 02.01.1944 T/A/Lt. 16.11.1943? T/Lt. 02.01.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	16.11.1943 - (07.1945) Radar Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate) [eventually Commanding Officer 1945/46?]
Butler, Robert Alan	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 12.11.1942	02.10.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MMS 1035 (motor minesweeper) 21.03.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 290 (motor minesweeper)
Butler, Robert John Son of Albert Henry Butler, and Florence Sheppard, of Finchley, Middlesex.	10.12.1920 Islington district, London - 05.01.1943 [Chatham Naval Memorial, 73.3]	T/A/S.Lt. 14.08.1941 T/S.Lt. 23.03.1942, seniority 10.12.1941	(12.1941)     no appointment listed ? - 05.01.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Bodø" (Norwegian patrol craft) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined & sunk in North Sea)
Butler, Stanley Joseph	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 29.07.1940 T/El.Lt. 29.11.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1940)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) * 29.11.1940 - 26.01.1941 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland) (for miscellaneous duties) 27.01.1941 - (01.)1945 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 03.1945 - (07.1945) Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Colombo [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Button, Ronald Albert Mother's maiden name Spanswick ??	(06?).1921 ?? Frome district, Somerset ?? -	T/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/A/Lt. 16.10.1942	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 18.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Byam-Corstiaens, Guy Frederick * Son of Gustave Charles M. Corstiaens, Belgian Army officer, and Dorothy Byam Grounds. * Better known under the name: Guy Byam. Birth registration under the name: Frederick Guy Byam Corstiaens.	28.07.1918 Emberton, Newport Pagnell district, Buckinghanshire / Northamptonshire - 03.02.1945 (MPK) [age 26] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 292]	T/A/S.Lt. (E) ? (reld 1940/41)	temporary officer serving under T.124 agreement ? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser) (survived when ship sunk by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer) (1944?) - 03.02.1945 war correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (jumped with the airbornes at Normandy [06.1944] & Arnhem [09.1944]) [missing in action from an Eighth US Air Force daylight raid on Berlin] On 3 February, 1945, BBC war reporter Guy Byam was killed when a US bomber crashed after a daylight raid on Berlin. Byam, 26, was on board ‘The Rose of York' (named after Princess Margaret), a US 8 th Air Force Flying Fortress. The plane was damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Berlin and disappeared over the North Sea. In the early years of the war Byam saw action with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Combined Operations but was wounded and invalided out. He joined the BBC's War Reporting Unit in April, 1944. Two months later he parachuted into Normandy with British paratroopers on D-Day and his reports made him a household name. A listener wrote after his death: ‘All looked forward to hearing his enthusiastic and youthful voice in the 9 o'clock news.'
Byng, Anthony Hastings West   Son of George West Byng (1891-...), and Elsie Elizabeth Matthews (1896-...).	14.05.1917 Aston district, Warwickshire - 05.1986 Brighton district, Sussex	T/Paym.S.Lt. 25.08.1939 T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 25.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946) MID 06.01.1942 high fleet operations, especially Norwegian waters	25.08.1939 - (04).1941 for duty in office of Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, aboard: HMS Hood 25.08.1939 - 11.03.1940 HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940 HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940 HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940 HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - (04.)1941 (2nd Battle of Narvik) 14.05.1941 - (12.1941) for duty in office of Rear-Admiral Commanding 18th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)] 01.05.1944 - (04.1946) for duty in office of Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic [HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown)]
Byng, Robert Cecil "Robin"; 7th Earl of Strafford (cr. 1847) (Baron Strafford (1835), Viscount Enfield (1847))   Son of Hon. Ivo Francis Byng (1874-1949), fourth son of the 5th Earl, and Agnes Constance Travers (?-1950). Succeeded uncle 24.12.1951. Married 1st (01.01.1934, Chelsea district, London; divorced 1947) Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Cloete, daughter of Henry Cloete, CMG, Alphen, South Africa; two sons. Married 2nd (19.06.1948, Westminster, London) Clara Evelyn Wadia, daughter of Sir Nusserwanjee Nowrosjee Wadia, KBE, CIE.	29.07.1904 - 04.03.1984 Northumberland West district, Northumberland	Prob. T/Lt. 26.10.1942 T/Lt. 07.1943, seniority 26.10.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld 25.05.1946)	Education: Cambridge (MA, 1940). Before the war Byng had owned a Brixham trawler, the Arthur Rogers, and he spent the summer of 1939 in her as a member of Dr Edward Builard's team investigating the Atlantic Shelf. Later, as a civilian, he joined Bullard at HMS Vernon to work on the magnetic and acoustic mines. (12.)1941 - (08.)1942 Temporary Experimental Officer (Civil Officer), Scientific Research and Experiment Department, Admiralty 26.10.1942 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] Literature: Gerald Pawle, The secret war (1956).
Bynoe, Keith Martin Married ...; ... children (two sons?).	? - 1977	T/S.Lt. 05.06.1941 T/A/Lt. 05.12.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	03.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea) 01.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed

 

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