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1939-1945

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Caddick,
Bernard Ernest
"Doc" / "Tony"
B.E. Caddick (Photo courtesy of Mr David Matthiae)
B.E. Caddick (Photo courtesy of Mr David Matthiae)
Son of ... Caddick, and ... Hadley.
Married Ida (née ...).
14.10.1917
Dudley district, Staffordshire / Worcestershire
-
09.1996
Glamorgan
T/S.Lt.
03.07.1942
T/Lt.
03.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
Mention in Despatches MID
25.01.1944
crossing Volturno river 43
12.06.1942
-
02.08.1942
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment)
(07.1945)


HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (probably for landing craft duty):
(1943)
-
(1945)
HM LCT 330 (landing craft tank) (Italy, NW Europe)
General practicioner, Barry, Wales.
Cale,
Nabor Keith
N.K. Cale
Son of Albert Edgar and Annie E. Cale; husband of Revis Ruth Cale, of Worthing, Sussex.
?
-

24.08.1942
(KIA)
[Dover (St James's) Cemetery, row A, grave 10]
T/S.Lt.
20.03.1941
T/Lt.
20.03.1942?
Mention in Despatches MID
20.10.1942
action with E-boats 24.08.42
19.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HM MGB 87 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
02.02.1942
-
24.08.1942
Commanding Officer, HM MGB 9 (motor gun boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]
Callaghan,
Leonard James
"Jim";
Baron (Life Peer) Callaghan of Cardiff, of the City of Cardiff in the County of South Glamorgan (cr. 1987)
L.J. Callaghan L.J. Callaghan
L.J. Callaghan  
Son of James Callaghan, Chief Petty Officer, RN. Married (1938) Audrey Elizabeth Moulton (28.07.1915 - 15.03.2005); one son, two daughters.

27.03.1912
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
26.03.2005
Ringmer, East Sussex
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.04.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.10.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
< 10.1944 (reld 1945/46)
Knight of the Garter KG
23.04.1987
?

Hubert H. Humphrey Internat. Award, 1978. Grand Cross, 1st class, Order of Merit of Federal Republic of Germany, 1979.

Education: Elementary and Portsmouth Northern Secondary Schools
Entered Civil Service as a Tax Officer, 1929; Assistant Secretary, Inland Revenue Staff Fed., 1936-1947 (with an interval during the War of 1939-1945, when served in Royal Navy). Joined Labour Party, 1931.
1942


joined RNVR as Ordinary Seaman (East Indies Fleet, Ceylon)
1944
-
1945
commissioned in the RNVR (Admiralty)
03.08.1944
-
(10.1944)
Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
MP (Lab): S Cardiff, 1945-1950; SE Cardiff, 1950-1983; Cardiff S and Penarth, 1983-1987. Parliamentary Secretary, Minister of Transport, 1947-1950; Chairman Committee on Road Safety, 1948-1950; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary, Admiralty, 1950-1951; Opposition Spokesman: Transport, 1951-1953; Fuel and Power, 1953-1955; Colonial Affairs, 1956-1961; Shadow Chancellor, 1961-1964; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1964-1967; Home Secretary, 1967-1970; Shadow Home Secretary, 1970-1971; Opposition Spokesman on Employment, 1971-1972; Shadow Foreign Secretary, 1972-1974; Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1974-1976; Minister of Overseas Development, 1975-1976; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1976-1979; Leader, Labour Party, 1976-1980; Leader of the Opposition, 1979-1980. Father, House of Commons, 1983-1987. Delegate to Council of Europe, Strasburg, 1948-1950 and 1954. Member, Labour Party NEC, 1957-1980; Treasurer, Labour Party, 1967-1976, Vice-Chairman 1973, Chairman 1974. Consultant to Police Federation of England and Wales and to Scottish Police Federation, 1955-1964. President: Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea, 1963- (Chairman, 1952-1963); United Kingdom Pilots Association, 1963-1976; Joint President, RIIA, 1983-. Hon. President, International Maritime Pilots Association, 1971-1976. President, University of Wales, Swansea (formerly UC Swansea), 1986-1995 (Hon. Fellow, 1993). Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1959-1967, Hon. Life Fellow, 1967; Hon. Fellow: UC Cardiff, 1978; Portsmouth Polytechnic, 1981; Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, 1991. Hon. LLD: Wales, 1976; Sardar Patel University, India, 1978; Birmingham, 1981; Sussex, 1989; Westminster, 1993; Liverpool, 1996; Hon. PhD Meisei Univ., Tokyo, 1984; DUniv Open, 1996. Hon. Bencher, Inner Temple, 1976. Freeman: City of Portsmouth, 1991; City of Swansea, 1993; Hon. Freeman: City of Cardiff, 1974; City of Sheffield, 1979. Privy Councillor, 1964.
Published: A house divided : the dilemma of Northern Ireland (1973); Time and change (1987; autobiography)
Literature: Kenneth O. Morgan, Callaghan : a life (1997)
Calley,
Andrew
A. Calley
Married ((12?).1931, West Derby dsitrict, Lancashire) Elsie Green; ... children (one daughter?).
18.10.1909
West Derby dsitrict, Lancashire
-
07.1991
Enfield district, Middlesex
Tel.
? [D/WRX 983]
T/S.Lt.
27.12.1940
T/Lt.
27.03.1941 (reld 26.11.1945)
British Empire Medal BEM
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40 [investiture 06.11.45]
04.1939


joined Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve as a rating
(1940)
 
 
HMS Aquamarine (trawler; armed boarding vessel)
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
16.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Campion (corvette)
(10.1944)


HMS Rajah (escort carrier) *
(01.1945)


HMS Battler (escort carrier) *
02.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Callow,
William John
W.J. Callow (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Callow)
Son of ... Callow, and Robins.
Married; two sons.
13.11.1921
South Petherton, Yeovil district, Somerset
-
15.01.1976
Fort Victoria, Rhodesia
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
13.11.1942
T/Lt.
24.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

Mention in Despatches

MID
05.09.1944
boarded & captured German I-Boat
Mention in Despatches MID
13.02.1945
attack on enemy convoy 11.10.44
Atlantic Star Atl St
?
?
Italy Star It St
?
?
12.04.1943
-
(06.1944)
First Lieutenant, MGB 661 (motor gun boat)
(10.1944)


HM MTB 637 (motor torpedo boat)
03.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM MGB 659 (motor gun boat)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Cambridge,
John Stephen
J.S. Cambridge (Photo courtesy of Mr Gerry Wright)
(12?).1903 ??
Epping district, Essex ??
-
T/Lt.
09.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 02.1941, < 12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
10.11.1942
action against E-boats 10.09.42 [investiture 15.12.42]
05.02.1940
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(02.1941)


HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) *
20.10.1941
-
(02.)1943
HMS Midge (Coastal Force base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches)
(09.1942)


Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch)
04.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
01.02.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cameron,
Alexander Lewis
A.L. Cameron
17.12.1914 ??
-
06.1994 ??
Chiltern and South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire ??
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
29.09.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
29.01.1941 (reld 1945/46)
26.09.1940
-
(12.1943)
Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty):



Bomb Safety Officer, Chatham
02.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Lanka (base, Ceylon) (for passive defence duties, Colombo)
Cameron,
John
J. Cameron
?
-
T/Lt.
?
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune
Mention in Despatches MID
16.08.1940
Dunkirk
(06.1940)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 102 (motor torpedo boat)
(06.1944)


Staff ANCXF
Campbell,
Donald Charles
D.C. Campbell

Son of Charles Donald Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell, of Hove, Sussex.
(06?).1911
Steynig district, Sussex
-
02.11.1944
off Ostend
(KIA) [age 33]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 2]
T/S.Lt.
14.08.1942
T/Lt.
?
24.02.1944
-
02.11.1944
First Lieutenant, HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend)
Campbell,
Edmund Colin Murray

E.C.M. Campbell
?
-

Prob. T/Lt.
29.07.1940
28.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)
Campbell,
James Duncan

J.D. Campbell
?
-
T/S.Lt.
18.12.1943
T/Lt.
01.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
05.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Ekins (frigate)
31.05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Stevenstone (destroyer)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Campbell,
Leveson Granville Robert
"Boffin"
L.G.R. Campbell
(03?).1907
Penzance district, Cornwall
-
T/Lt.
27.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
10.02.1942
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
10.11.1942
?
Mention in Despatches MID
03.03.1942
?
(11.1941)
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HM MGB 67 (motor gun boat)
(09.1942)


Commanding Officer, HM MGB 76 (motor gun boat)
05.12.1944
-

Officer-in-Charge, M.L.C. Officers' Training Establishment [HMS Dinosaur]
Capeling,
William Keith

W.K. Capeling
Son of William Frederick Capeling, and Jessie Alice Chantler, of Ashford, Kent.
(12?).1923
Ashford, Kent
-
30.04.1944

[age 20]
[Portsmouth Naval Cemetery, New Hampshire, USA, lot 162]
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
01.03.1943?
T/S.Lt. (A)
01.03.1944
Education: Ashford Grammar School (1934-1939)
30.06.1943
-
30.04.1944
732 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA & as accounting base for British navy personnel in the USA)] [died of injuries after an aircraft accident which occurred at Bar Harbour, Maine]
Capper,
Douglas Parodé
D.P. Capper
D.P. Capper
Son of Henry Douglas (a naval officer) and Louisa Elizabeth Sarah Mary (Parode) Capper.
MArried 1st; one daughter.
Married 2nd (16.05.1963) Yolande Marjory Elwell-Smith (an artist).
09.07.1898
Sydney, NSW, Australia
-
24.07.1979
[Clstree/Pot?]
T/Lt.
29.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
07.04.1941
T/A/Cdr.
1945?
Education: attended Scottish and English schools and had private tutor
07.04.1941
-
(07.)1945
Naval and Marine Staff, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (served in Cabinet War Room, 1943-1945)
1945
-
1948
British Naval Representative in Japan [HMS Tamar II, then HMS Commonwealth]
Published: On the pilgrims way (1934); The Vikings of Britain (1937); Famous sailing ships of the world (1957); Famous battleships of the world (1959); Moat defensive : a history of the waters of the Nore Command 55 BC to 1961 (1963).
Other books published under pseudonyms. Contributor to various journals and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, mainly on maritime subjects.
Carey,
[Rev. Canon] Ronald Clive Adrian
R.C.A. Carey (Photo courtesy of Mr Guy de la Bédoyère)
Son (with one brother [Lt. Hugh F.G. Carey, Rifle Brigade].and later also one step-brother) of Sq.Ldr. Gordon Vero Carey, RAFVR (1886-1969), indexer and headmaster, and Eila Reynolds (died 1932).
Married; three daughters.
12.1921
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire
-
Ord.Sea.
01.1942
T/A/S.Lt.
12.1942
T/S.Lt.
09.04.1943
T/Lt.
09.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
05.12.1944
attack on convoy Channel 13.08.44
01.1942
-
06.1942
 
HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (left ship a few days after it was torpedoed on 14.06.1942 off Sardinia)
06.1942
-
12.1942
training course
14.12.1942
-
04.1943
HMS Vanoc (destroyer) [actually joined 06.01.1943]
07.06.1943
-
01.10.1945
HMS Onslaught (destroyer) (mentioned in despatches)
Served in the clergy at Birmingham, at Chichester, and at Keighley before becoming Vicar of Illingworth (1955-1959). Left to work at the Religious Broadcasting Department of the BBC (1959-1968), then served at Claygate, at Emley and at Guildford.
Carlow,
George Symington
G.S. Carlow
?
-
T/S.Lt.
01.12.1940
T/Lt.
07.08. 1942 (reld < 04.1946)

Mention in Despatches

MID
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44
(02.1941)
 
 
HMS Worcestershire (armed merchant cruiser) *
24.05.1941
-
31.01.1942
HMS Culver (escort) (torpedoed & sunk by U-105 in East Atlantic)
16.05.1942
-
(10.1944)
HMS Hesperus (destroyer)
06.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Defender (destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Carnie,
Thomas Young
T.Y. Carnie
One of five brothers from Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1922 ?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.07.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
14.10.1941
-
(08.1942)
Duty Officer, HMS Britannia III (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth)
10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dartmouth (RN base, Dartmouth)
Carpenter,
Rupert
R. Carpenter (Photo courtesy of Mr Adrian Carpenter) R. Carpenter (Photo courtesy of Mr Adrian Carpenter)
R. Carpenter (Photo courtesy of Mr Adrian Carpenter) 
Married Marjorie Carpenter (née ...) (died 29.06.2005, aged 92); one son, one daughter.
09.06.1909
Northfield, near Birmingham
-
12.1990
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Tel.
? [C/JX 278998]
T/A/S.Lt.
09.07.1943
T/S.Lt.
09.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
39-45 St
?
?

Atlantic Star

Atl St
?
?
Italy Star It St
?
& clasp 'air crew'
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
?
?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
?
?
Education: King's Norton School for Boys
He was a talented violinist as a youngster and, although classically trained, earned his
living during the depressed years of the 1920s and early 30s playing in the silent cinema and dance orchestras He then joined Lloyds Bank, but volunteered for the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war.



a rating at first and served as radio-telegraphist aboard a converted trawler (mainly around Iceland and Northern waters)
?
-
12.1943
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school)
21.12.1943
-
12.07.1945
Gunnery Officer, HMS Quantock (destroyer) [Watchkeeping Certificate 01.07.1945]
Went back to the bank, becoming a manager in the 1960's. His chief passion was the violin and he played in local orchestras in the Sutton Coldfield area and in chamber music groups. On retiring from the bank he became Bursar of Lichfield Cathedral School.
Carr,
Francis William
F.W. Carr
?
-
T/Lt.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC





Commanding Officer, HM MTB 622 (motor torpedo boat)
Carr,
Ronald Alastair
"Bussy"
R.A. Carr
Son of ... Carr, and ... Aikman.
23.11.1919
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
03.1992
Westminster district, London
T/S.Lt.
?
Mention in Despatches MID


(08.1942)


HM MGB 80 (motor gun boat)
Carruthers,
Robert
R. Carruthers
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
30.04.1942
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
29.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Saker (British Naval Mission in the US) (for duty in New York)
Carter,
Frank Leslie
F.L. Carter (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Carter)
F.L. Carter (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Carter)
Son of Frederick Gordon Carter, and Jessie Lilian Carter (née Grainger).
Husband of Kathleen May Carter, of Wood Green, Middlesex; one son.
26.03.1914
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
17.06.1944
(KIA) [age 30]
[Biguglia War Cemetery, 2.B.1]
T/S.Lt.
23.10.1941
T/Lt.
?



HMS President (training)
1940?


HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser)
1941/42?


HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
1942
-
?
First Lieutenant, HM ML 231 (motor launch) [HMS Iron Duke ?] (Scapa Flow)
01.02.1943 -
17.06.1944
Commanding Officer, HM ML [from early 1944: HDML] 1301 ([harbour defence] motor launch) (killed in action during the invasion of Elba)
Cartwright,
Eric John
E.J. Cartwright

Married; 2 sons.
31.08.1920
-
[06.2004 still alive]
Mot.Mech. 5th cl.
? [P/MX 66695]
Mot.Mech. P/O
?
Ch.Mot.Mech. 4th cl.
?
T/S.Lt. (E)
10.07.1944

Distinguished Service Medal

DSM
28.12.1943
support sinking ship Dutch coast 14.09.43



apprenticeship as a motor mechanic



served Coastal Forces at HMS Wasp, HMS Victory, HMS Hornet, HMS Attack, HMS Aggressive & HMS Beehive:
07.05.1940


joined RNVR (during the evacuation of Dunkirk was assigned tasks to repair and service many of the private craft that helped bring the English Forces back to England)
10.01.1942
-
14.06.1943
MTB 71 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
01.08.1943
-
25.10.1943
MTB 356 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(07.1945)


HMS Lanka (RN base, Colonbo, Ceylon)
(04.1946)


HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon)
Worked for the Gray Brothers who owned a marine salvage company based in Felixstowe. Migrated to Australia, Jan. 1952. Set up his own business in Roma, Queensland in 1954 selling and servicing agricultural and farm equipment mainly stationary diesel engines, tractors, lighting plants and water pumping equipment. The business was sold in 2003. Alderman to the Roma Town Council, 1967-1970. Was an active member of the Returned Services League up until he moved into the retirement village where he now lives. He still attends the ANZAC Day ceremonies which he has done for 52 years.
Cartwright,
Thomas Nelson
"Tom"
T.N. Cartwright
25.04.1905
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
05.1984
Colchester district, Essex
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
13.04.1943
valuable work in secret operations & as force commander [investiture 13.07.43]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
29.08.1944
Operation Hostile [investiture 03.07.45]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.01.1945
coastal actions Italy 08.44 [investiture 03.07.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee
Mention in Despatches MID
29.02.1944
Operation Hostile
(1942)


Senior Officer, 14th MGB Flotilla
(1943)


HM MGB 316 (motor gun boat)
(1944)


52nd MTB Flotilla
(1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 673 (motor torpedo boat)
Cashford,
Noel
N. Cashford, 1945 (Photo from BBC Online)
N. Cashford, aged 80 (Photo from BBC Online)
1922 ?
-
Ord.Sea.
1941
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
18.12.1943
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
< 07.1945
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
14.05.1946
mine disposal
1941


joined RNVR



HMS Pembroke
11.07.1943
-
(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)
Published: All mine! : memoirs of a naval bomb and mine disposal officer (2002)
Castles,
Henry Gordon
H.G. Castles
Married ((06?).1968, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire) Dorothy E. Bassett.
21.06.1912
India
-
29.12.1977
Madeley Manor, Madeley, Crewe, Staffordshire
T/S.Lt.
06.11.1942
T/A/Lt.
04.1944, seniority 06.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
?
?
Played cricket for Staffordshire (Minor Counties Championship: 1937).
01.02.1943
-
(04.)1944
[First Lieutenant?], HM ML 380 (motor launch)
10.04.1944
-
(10.)1944
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
27.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 309 (motor launch)
(04.1946)


HMS Demetrius (RN Supply & Secretariat School, Witherby, Yorkshire)
Caudle,
Derek Westworth

Son of .. Caudle, and ... Westworth.
(12?).1920
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
02.2006 still alive
T/Lt.
01.02.1945
04.07.1944
-
(07.1945)
Navigating Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Solicitor.
Causer,
Malcolm Richard
M.R. Causer
1922 ?
Brazil
-

Ord.Sea.
?
T/A/S.Lt.
10.06.1943
T/S.Lt.
11.12.1943
A/T/Lt.
11.12.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.11.1944
human torpedo, sunk Bolzano [investiture 26.02.46]
Mention in Despatches MID
1942?
not gazetted; for attempt to sink the Tirpitz 10.42



served with the human torpedoes ("Chariots"):
1942


Fishing Vessel "Arthur"
[participated in first Chariot attempt to sink the Tirpitz 50 miles up Trondheim Fjord in Oct 1942; during rough weather, both chariots were lost from beneath their fishing boat 'Arthur' which subsequently sank; all personnel attempted to make their escape across Sweden]
05.07.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne)
22.02.1944
-
06.1944
HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto)
[21.06.1944 successfully attacked an Italian cruiser Bolzano in the port of La Spezia, but was made PoW after evading capture for several weeks]
(04.1946)


HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cavanagh,
William Anthony
W.A. Cavanagh
?
-
10.12.1941
(KIA)
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]
T/Sg.Lt.
02.09.1940

LRCS, LRCP

30.08.1941
-
10.12.1941
HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) [sunk by Japanese aircraft off the east coast of Malaya]
 
Cave-Clark,
Gordon Chesney
G.C. Cave-Clark
(03?).1917
Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
07.05.1942
26.05.1941
-
(04.1946)
Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: 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)
Cavey,
William Thomas
W.T. Cavey
09.05.1915
Exeter district, Devon
-
05.2001
Carlisle district, Cumberland
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
18.09.1943
T/Lt.
01.06.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
18.03.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth)
01.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Foliot (accommodation camp for personnel on special service, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth)
Chalmers,
Thomas
T. Chalmers
04.1909
Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
-
07.1986
Albany, Western Australia
T/S.Lt. (E)
13.11.1944

 




served in India, UK, Germany (Rhine crossings):
27.11.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
(1946?)
-
(1947?)
HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Appledore) (decommissioning of landing craft)
When he got out of the Navy he left the UK and went to East Africa, spending some time in what was then Tanganyika then moving to Kenya where he remained until he
left to join his family in Western Australia in 1975.
Chamberlain,
Norman
N. Chamberlain
?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
03.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
09.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
Chandler,
Robert Povah
R.P. Chandler
Son of ... Chandler, and ... Povah.
(06?).1916
Warrington district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
25.08.1944 (reld 1945/46)
27.03.1944
-
(04.1944)
Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [later: Bomb Disposal] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
13.05.1944
-
(07.1945)
LST 416
Chapman,
Hugh
H. Chapman
?
-
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
28.07.1940
T/El.Lt.
28.01.1943
24.07.1940
-
(02.1941)
Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
02.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Hopetoun (landing craft & minesweeping base, Port Edgar)
18.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath) (for landing craft duties)
Chapman,
Harry George
H.G. Chapman
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
30.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
?
-
(02.1943)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
28.05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames)
Chapman,
Wilfred Treize Rougier
H.G. Chapman
Married (1934) Zelie Agnes Elizabeth Conde McAlpine (29.12.1910 - 04.2001).
(12?).1902
Wandsworth district, London

-
11.08.1981
Prob. Sg.Lt.
29.10.1928
Sg.Lt.
21.11.1929, seniority 29.10.1928
Sg.Lt.Cdr.
28.10.1934
Sg.Cdr.
30.06.1943 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (retd 19.08.1948)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration

VRD
24.09.1943
?
Education: MRCS, LRCP
29.10.1928


joined RNVR (London Division, List 2)
23.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
Medical Officer, HMS Aurania (armed merchant cruiser)
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
19.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
Medical Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
Charlton,
Allan Edward
A.E. Charlton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Cicely Findlay.)
28.11.1908
-
30.10.1973
T/Lt.
02.11.1940 (reld 30.03.1946)
RANVR:

Lt.
31.03.1946, seniority 02.11.1940
Lt.Cdr.
31.12.1950 (retd 28.11.1958)

Mention in Despatches

MID
12.08.1941
destroyed enemy aircraft 08.05.41

Watch Keeping Certificate; confirmed Fighter Directing Officer




optometrist
(1940?)


HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
30.09.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)
(05.1941)


HMS Evadne (armed yacht, anti-submarine)
1941/42?


HMS Arran (minesweeping trawler)
20.05.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Hawkins (cruiser)
(01.1945)
-
(02.1945)
HMS Heron (RNAS Yeovilton)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed



demobilized to Australia
31.03.1946
-
28.11.1958
served RANVR as part-time instructor; enlisted at Port Adelaide; short training courses at HMAS Rushcutter, HMAS Cerberus, HMAS Watson, HMAS Warramunga and HMAS Lonsdale
Cherry,
Alex Henry
A.H. Cherry
11.06.1905
USA
-

03.1987
Westchester district, New York
T/Lt.
19.07.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944
T/A/Cdr.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
13.06.1946
HM's birthday 46
Investments broker from New York.
27.11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Reading (destroyer)
28.05.1944
-
(10.1944)
First Lieutenant, HMS Wren (sloop)
(01.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
(1945?)


HMS Royal Katherine (port party, Wilhelmshaven) [OBE]
(1945?}


RN Liaison Officer in Task Group 2 under Cdr. Herbert S. Stone Jr. at US Naval Advanced Base in Bremen
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed
Companion of the New York Commandery Naval Order of the United States and the Order's past Historian General.
Published
: Yankee RN : being the story of a Wall Street Banker who volunteered for active duty in the Royal Navy before America came into the war  (1951)

Cheshire,
Nicholas
N. Cheshire
Son of Francis Augustus Cheshire.
Married (29.08.1932) Hon. Isobel Gray Addison (born 1907), daughter of 1st Viscount Sir Christopher Addison.
Lived 1947 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
c. 1910 ?
-


T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
25.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
1943?
-
1944?
HMS President
(10.1944)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Bellatrix (RN base, Murmansk, Russia) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Chesney,
[Rev.] Peter Sutherland
P.S. Chesney
Married 1st (07.1947) Margaret K.L. Hume; six children.
Married 2nd Janet Chesney.
07.02.1926
Yorkshire
-
10.1984
Hampshire
T/Midsh.
02.03.1945
T/A/S.Lt.
07.11.1945
T/S.Lt.
07.05.1946
Education: MA
09.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Jamaica (cruiser)
03.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Mullion Cove (repair ship)
Became a Minister in The United Reform Church (Welwyn Garden City Free Church, 1968-1971?), later Moderator.
Cheswright *,
Frederick Philip
F.P. Cheswright (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Hall)
Only son of Frederick G. Cheeswright, and Elsie W. Weedon.
Married (03.01.1942, Northumberland Central district) Florence Patricia Trevelyan, youngest daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Trevelyan, of Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland; one son, one daughter.
* Name also found as: Cheeswright.
 
28.05.1917
St Marylebone district, London
-
28.08.1946
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire
 
T/S.Lt. 15.03.1940
T/Lt. 26.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
11.06.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
02.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
29.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Child,
Douglas Walter
D.W. Child (Photo courtesy of Mr Willem Douglas van Gemert)
(03?).1903 ?
Eastry district, Kent ?
-

T/Lt.
08.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1943, <12.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
> 07.1945, < 04.1946, seniority 08.12.1939
T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
10.06.1948
HM's birthday 48 [decoration presented]
Mention in Despatches MID
05.01.1943
for enterprise and devotion to duty (while in intelligence)
Mention in Despatches MID
10.04.1945
for distinguished service with the 21st Army Group (while in intelligence)
25.11.1936
 
 
joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR)
1939?
-
1940?
intelligence officer in the Netherlands
(04.1940)
 

no appointment listed
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
14.01.1943
-
(01.)1945
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
(04.1946)
-
(07.1946)
Staff Officer (Security) to Commander-in-Chief, Germany [HMS Royal Albert] (Minden)
[had been a prisoner of war in Poland and Silesia, during which time he lost a leg from terrible treatment; in April 1946 he inspected himself Allied POW camp 2226 that held German POWs, concluding that conditions were deplorable there as well]
Christelis,
Constantine
C. Christelis
Son of Christos and Eleni Christelis, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa.

1920 ?
-

17.11.1941
[age 21]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 3, panel 7]
T/S.Lt. (A)
13.12.1941
?
-
01.08.1942
HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)
Christopher,
Henry Shaw Mordaunt
A.H. Cherry
Son of Charles Mordaunt d'Aquilar Christopher and Corinne O.E. Christopher, of Westminster, London.
1919 ?
-

17.11.1941
(KIA) [age 22]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 2]
Seaman
?
T/S.Lt.
04.10.1940
Distinguished Service Medal DSM
06.09.1940
Molde Fjord
(04.1940)


served on a trawler (Norway)
21.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Pytchley (destroyer)



submarine course



British Naval Liaison Officer, [Free] French Ship "Rubis" (submarine)



Dutch submarine
?
-
17.11.1941
HMS P 38 (submarine)
Clackson,
Norman Hursley
N.H. Clackson
Last residence: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
06.12.1903
Edmonton district, Essex / Middlesex
-
04.07.1993
Edmonton district, Essex / Middlesex
T/Lt.
19.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
11.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
17.03.1937


joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR)
19.12.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Rosawa
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) *
(10.1944)

(07.1945)
Naval Intelligence Divison, Admiralty [HMS President] *
Advertising manager.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Clapp,
Reginald Stanley
R.S. Clapp (Photo courtesy of Mr David Matthiae)
Son of ... Clapp, and ... Hammett.
30.09.1917
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
18.11.1999

Sturmer, Haverhill, Essex
T/A/Lt.
07.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
08.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Dunoon, Argyll):
(1945?)


"D" LCT Squadron staff
Clarabut,
David Stewart
D.S. Clarabut
Son of Maj.Gen. Reginald Blaxland Clarabut, CB, Indian Army, and Mary S. Gill.
Brother of Cdr. Guy Stewart Chetwode Clarabut, DSO, DSC, RN.
Married (1950) Deirdre Coleman; four daughters, one son.

12.09.1923
Murree, India
-
06.01.2009
High Halstow
[age 85]
T/S.Lt. (A)
05.02.1944
T/A/Lt. (A)
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
25.07.1944
Operations Veritas & Ridge (air strikes on German shipping off Norway 04.44) [investiture 07.11.44]
Education: Cheltenham College



HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishmet, Forton Barracks, Gosport)



flying training, Kingston, Ont.
(04.1944)


pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
02.08.1944
-
(10.1944)
pilot, 714 Squadron FAA [HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)]



flying instructor in 714, 736 and 708 squadrons
(01.1945)

 
HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire) *
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Claremont,
Stanley Stopford *
S.S. Claremont (Photo courtesy of Vyvyan Lord)
Only child of Capt. Edward McDougall Stopford Claremont (1847-1935), and Dorothy Griffiths.
Grandson of Gen. Edward Stopford Claremont, CB.

Married (1947, London) Margaret Isabel Young (died 1992), daughter of Sir Cyril Roe muston Young; two sons, one daughter.

* in the Navy Lists just one first name (Stanley) mentioned for the period 1938-1946, so S. Claremont; used a hyphenated last name later in life: S. Stopford-Claremont
29.11.1917
Roehampton, Greater London
-
02.12.1989
Redhill, Surrey
Prob. S.Lt.
01.09.1939
S.Lt.
24.04.1940, seniority 01.09.1939
Lt.
29.11.1941
A/Lt.Cdr.
11.03.1946?
Lt. RN
21.02.1947, seniority 29.11.1941
Lt.Cdr. RN
29.11.1949 (emgcy 27.01.1952)
Lt.Cdr. RCN
02.1952?, seniority 29.11.1949 (retd < 01.1957)
39-45 St
-
-

Atlantic Star

Atl St
-
-

Africa Star

Afr St
-
-
Burma Star Bur St
-
& Pacific clasp
Italy Star It St
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
28.09.1938


joined Royal Naval Volunteer Suppelementary Reserve (RNVSR) [attached to London Division RNVR]
01.09.1939


mobilized Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) (unattached list) 
06.11.1939
-
(12.1941)
HMS Icarus (destroyer)
28.12.1942
-
(10.1944)
HMS Rapid (destroyer)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
11.03.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HM LST 62 (landing ship, tank)
21.02.1947


transferred to the Royal Navy (RN)
12.1947
-
(05.1949)
HMS Barbrook II (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
23.01.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Resource (repair ship) (for miscellaneous services)
02.1952?


transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
14.02.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMCS Cornwallis (RCN training establishment, Halifax, NS)
08.02.1954
-
(01.1956)
HMCS Scotian (RCN base & reserve division, Halifax, NS)
Clark,
Dudley George

D.G. Clark (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Clark)
Married (1943, Stornoway) Millicent McLeod.
Lived in Bedford Park Chiswick.
14.01.1910
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
11.1998
Ealing district, London
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S)
14.01.1940
T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
< 10.1944
T/A/Cdr. (S)
< 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
13.06.1946
HM's birthday 46
25.08.1939
-
(12.1941)
HMS Mentor (RN base, Stornoway)



may have served on aircraft carriers
19.04.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore)
01.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Lanka III, later HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon)
ACA. Worked as a shipping broker in the Baltic Exchange.
Clark,
Gordon

G. Clark, 28 June 1941 (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Clark)
Married (28.06.1941, Cardiff) Dianne G. Duncan; three sons, one daughter.
17.04.1908
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
08.11.1993
Camden, London
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.07.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 15.02.1945 (reld 15.02.1946)
Education: Clare College, Cambridge University (graduated 1931).
27.07.1940 - (07.1945) Bomb Safety Officer, Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs, Admiralty [HMS President],
renamed medio 1941/42:
Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal,
redesignated medio 1944:
Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining
(for duty outside Admiralty)
1940 - 03.1943 Bomb Safety Officer, Cardiff
03.1943 - 03.1945 Bomb Safety Officer, West London (Ace of Spades Garage)
03.1945? - 15.02.1946 Divisional Officer, HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
Pre- & post-war Electrical Engineer at BTH (Electrical Power Plant and equipment manufacturers).
Clark,
Harry Christopher

H.C. Clark
?
-

T/S.Lt.
21.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
22.05.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Puffin (sloop)
01.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Loch Katrine (frigate)
Clark,
Sydney Herbert

S.H. Clark
?
-

T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
30.01.1944 (reld 1945/46)
24.02.1944
-
02.11.1944
HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Clarke,
Raymond
R. Clarke

Son of Herbert Clarke, and Constance Hilda Mitchell, of Lenton Sands, Nottingham.
(09?).1923
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
30.03.1943
(air crash) [age 19]
[Newport (Island) Cemetery, Rhode Island, NY, USA, Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 13]
T/Midsh. (A)
?
?
-
30.03.1943
pilot, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, USA)]
Clarke,
Richard Henry

R.H. Clarke
Son of ... Clarke, and ... Smith.
29.01.1923
Risbridge district, Cambridgeshire / Essex / Suffolk
-
16.05.1969
West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
(killed by lightning)
T/S.Lt.
29.07.1943
T/Lt.
29.07.1945
29.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Truant (submarine)
(04.1946)


HMS Cricket (landing craft base, Burseldon) *
Company Director, John Laing Construction.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Clarke,
Thomas Graves
"Tommy"

T.G. Clarke
Home town: (1943) New Forest, Hampshire.
19.08.1911
Allerton, Liverpool
-
14.02.1969
Antigua
T/S.Lt.
12.04.1940
T/Lt.
12.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
05.1945? (reld > 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
05.10.1943
Operation Retribution (operations in the Mediterranean 04-05.43)
Mention in Despatches MID
03.01.1941
?
24.06.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Harvester (destroyer)
25.05.1942
-
(05.1943)
HMS Tartar (destroyer)
05.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Bleasdale (destroyer)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Accomplished racing driver, competing at Le Mans pre- & post-war.
Clarkson,
Ronald Henry
R.H. Clarkson
26.05.1894
Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
28.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

indicated as SS* = employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, has not received any training of an executive nature, but has undergone a short course at the RN College, Greenwich

(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Clarkson,
Victor Frank William
V.F.W. Clarkson
Son of ... Clarkson, and ... Sawyer.
(03?).1918
Romford district, Essex
-
T/Lt.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC


(1942)
-
(03.1943)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 24 (motor torpedo boat)
Claxton,
Thomas Llewellyn
T.L. Claxton
Married 1st Evelyn Flora Graystone (lived at Lowestoft, Suffolk; divorced twice, finally 1956); two daughters, one son.
Married 2nd ...
24.05.1909
Mutford district, Suffolk
-
06.1995
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
19.08.1943
T/A/Lt.
19.08.1945 (reld 1953)
Working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Lowestoft, Suffolk in Nov. 1938.



served as a rating on minesweepers out of Lowestoft, then Atlantic convoys out of Liverpool
25.03.1944
-
(04.1946)
Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, from medio 1944: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Torpedoes and Mining Department, from 01.02.1946: Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) *
* was blown up on a mine in 1943, which injured him badly (including being blind for the rest of his life); was treated for some 10 years at the McIndoe Surgical Centre at East Grinstead, before being invalided out in 1953
Clayden,
Anthony Richard
A.R. Clayden
Son of Harold William and Florence Hilda Clayden, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
1919 ?
-

14.12.1942
[age 23]
[Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, 4.F.22]
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A)
21.10.1940
T/S.Lt. (A)
1941, seniority 21.10.1940
13.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
21.10.1941
-
(12.1941)
pilot, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekeheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)]
?
-
14.12.1942
HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekeheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)
Claydon,
Geoffrey William
G.W. Claydon (© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas")
Married; ... children (one daughter?).
17.04.1911
Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
02.1996
Deben district, Suffolk
T/S.Lt.
28.09.1939
T/Lt.
11.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
29.08.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 22.06.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
30.05.1944
coastal forces action 24.10.43
28.09.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Conqueror (battleship) (under construction)
11.09.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services)
19.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
25.01.1943
-
(01.)1945
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 652 (motor torpedo boat) [initially at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)]
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Clayton,
Arthur Harold
A.H. Clayton
?
-
T/Lt.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC


Mention in Despatches MID


(1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 677 (motor torpedo boat)
Clelland,
Peter Frank
P.F. Clelland
Son of ... Clelland, and .. Bonham.
(09?).1920
Richmond district, Surrey
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
31.07.1942
T/Lt. (A)
31.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
01.06.1943
-
(10.1944)
pilot, 819 Squadron FAA
(07.1945)


HMS Battler (escort carrier) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Clelland,
Robert
R. Clelland
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
19.06.1943
25.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
15.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Spartiate (base depot ship, Glasgow)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Clipstone,
William Moxom
R. Clelland
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
26.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
< 07.1945
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Clively *,
Edward Turner
E.T. Clively (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Haddow) E.T. Clively (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Haddow)
E.T. Clively (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Haddow) 
* In the Navy List incorrectly listed as: E.T. Cliveley
Married ((09?).1931, Hampstead district, Middlesex) Editha G. Bates.
01.06.1886
Taganrog, Russia
-
(03?).1966
Bath district, Somerset
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.03.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) > 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
39-45 St ? ?

Italy Star

It St ? ?
Defence Medal Def M ? ?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 ? ?
Merchant.
WW I     served in the Middlesex Regiment (Army Number G-100570)
(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS Bellatrix *
(03.1945)     Assistant Officer-in-Charge of Armament Supply Northern Russia **
* indexed, but not listed as such
** recommended by Senior British Naval Officer, Northern Russia (R.Adm. H.J. Egerton) to serve on an Allied Control Commission
Clouston,
Harold Thomas Stewart
H.T.S. Clouston
Son of Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944), and Winifred Clouston.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Erlend Richard Storer Clouston, RN.

c. 1907
-
T/Lt. 31.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.05.1943?
T/Cdr. 31.01.1945 (reld 1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.03.1943 convoy to N Russia 11.42
Education: Wadham College, Oxford University (BA).
30.11.1936     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
(04.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
04.09.1940 - 14.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Stamp (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (ship mined in the Channel & lost)
23.10.1940 - 20.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Cape Mariato (auxiliary anti-submarine warfare trawler)
10.05.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Mallow (corvette)
07.09.1943 - 10.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Campion (corvette)
09.07.1944 - 28.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Newark (destroyer)
31.01.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Newark (destroyer)
15.06.1945 - 12.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Carnarvon Bay (frigate)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Coatalen,
Herve Louis
H.L. Coatalen
?
-
T/S.Lt. (E) 17.11.1941
T/Lt. (E) 17.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
24.03.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for 4th MTB Flotilla)
23.08.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Coates,
Thomas George
T.G. Coates
?
-
T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 21.12.1944 (reld 1947?)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed (apparently served in India)
His grandson writes: "He was working in naval aramament supply 'RINAD' and I think he spent time on Butcher Island. During the time he served he also spent time in Bombay, Madras and his first port of call was Trincomalee in Ceylon - where he spent three weeks in hospital with Dengue fever."
Cobb,
Charles David
C.D. Cobb
?
-
T/Lt.
13.11.1943
(06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 246 (motor torpedo boat)
Cobb,
Henry Patrick
H.P. Cobb
?
-
T/Lt.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC





Commanding Officer, MGB 328 (motor gun boat)
Cochran,
Thomas Patrick Murray
T.P.M. Cochran
(06?).1901
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
?
T/Lt.
14.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 02.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
31.05.1956

HM's birthday 56: for political and public services in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Education: BSc
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
29.05.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Manchester City (controlled mining base ship, Home Waters)
02.05.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Lochinvar (minesweeping base, Port Edgar)
(02.1943)
-
(10.)1943
HMS Lochinvar (minesweeping base, Port Edgar) (for duty at Controlled Mining (C/M) Base)
04.10.1943
-
(06.)1944
staff, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
28.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
deck officer, HMS Anson (battleship) (Pacific)
(04.1946)


HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Contested in the Southern Rhodesia general election of 1948 for the Liberal Party. Worked for Tanganyika Concessions Ltd.
Cockrell,
Peter Sabin
P.S. Cockrell
Married; at least one daughter.
14.06.1907
Rochford, Essex
-
06.1994
Surrey South-Eastern
T/Lt.
24.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ??
??
09.05.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Campania (escort carrier) (North Atlantic convoy duties)
Cocks,
Arthur Patrick
A.P. Cocks
Son of Arthur and Trixie Cocks.
Husband of Monica Streaton Cocks, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; one daughter.
(12?).1910
Colchester, Essex
-
22.06.1941
[age 30]
[Thurso (Mount Vernon) Cemetery, Caithness-shire, section E, joint grave 38]
Prob. T/S.Lt. 26.04.1940
T/S.Lt. 10.1940, seniority 26.04.1940
T/Lt. 11.1940, seniority 21.08.1940
Barrister, London.
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
(02.1941)     HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) *
1941 - 22.06.1941 HMS Beech (trawler) (ship sunk in air attack at Scrabster)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cohen,
Philip Mansell
P.M. Cohen
(03?).1908
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
T/Lt.
?
Mention in Despatches MID


(1944)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 725 (motor torpedo boat)
Coker,
Edward John Patrick
"Ted"
E.J.P. Coker
(03?).1907
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
Ord.Sea.
1940? [J/X 2754943]
Abl.Sea.
?
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
21.06.1943
1940?


joined RNVR
31.07.1942


wounded; admitted to Great Yarmouth General Hospital
late 1942


officer training, HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.)
(07.1943)


beachmaster, Sicily invasion
29.04.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (involved with naval intelligence)
Coldham,
Geoffrey Austen
G.A. Coldham
Son of ... Coldham, and ... Blackie.
13.10.1924
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
05.2004
Oxford district, Oxfordshire
T/S.Lt.
13.10.1944
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
(04.1946)


HMS Gadfly (Coastal Forces base, Felnsburg, Germany)
Cole,
Melvin Wilfred
M.W. Cole
?
-
T/S.Lt. 12.06.1941
T/Lt. 12.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
07.07.1941 - (10.1944) HMS Kirkella (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
(03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "Lemnos" (Greek landing ship, tank)
Cole,
Percival Sidney
B.C. Coleman
Son of ... Cole, and ... Sculpher.
Married.
(06?).1921
Islington district, Greater London
-
04.10.1951
[age 30]
[buried in Moville, County Donegal, Ireland]
T/S.Lt. (A)
?
T/Lt. (A)
26.01.1944
A/Lt. RN
1945?, seniority 26.01.1943
Lt. RN
1946?, seniority 26.01.1943
Lt.Cdr. RN
26.01.1951

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
31.10.1944
Operation Crimson (air strike & bombardment of Sabang 25.07.44) [award posted]

Fragment of his headstone at St. Columb's Church of Ireland graveyard, Moville, County Donegal, Ireland (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Dennis)

18.11.1943
-
(07.1945)
pilot, 1830 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)]
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Fernie (destroyer) *
(07.1948)
 
 
HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex) *
06.12.1948
-
(05.)1949
HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) (for miscellaneous duties)
23.11.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
?
-
04.10.1951
Commanding Officer of a Squadron of Firefly aircraft, training at HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry) [killed in a flying accident; his plane crashed near Loughermore Hill, Killwool, Eglinton less than 5 minutes after take-off for a night flying exercise]
Coleman,
Brian Charles
B.C. Coleman
Son of ... Coleman, and ... Fox.
(06?).1918
Steyning district, Sussex
-
T/Lt.
05.03.1943

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45
Mention in Despatches MID
09.05.1944
Operation Stanley, 5 raiding voyages Med.
Mention in Despatches MID
05.09.1944
7 operations to Crete
(1944)


LS 8
(1944)
-
(1945)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 842 (motor launch)
05.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 221 (motor torpedo boat)
Coleman,
Charles Bernard
C.B. Coleman
(09?).1903
Cannock district, Staffordshire
-
07.09.1944
[Greenock Cemetery, O.O. 547]
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
07.10.1940
T/S.Lt. (E)
?
07.10.1940


commissioned into the RNVR, holding temporary commission under T.124X agreements
17.10.1940
-
(02.1943)
HMS Queen of Bermuda (armed merchant cruiser)
?
-
07.09.1944
HMS Mersey (T.124X Depot, Liverpool)
Coles,
Charles Leslie
C.L. Coles
?
-
Prob. Midsh.
29.07.1937
A/S.Lt.
29.07.1938
S.Lt.
02.09.1939
Lt.
29.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Lt.Cdr.
29.01.1949
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
27.01.1952
?
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
05.02.1963
?
(04.1940)


HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *



Commanding Officer, HM MTB 1 (motor torpedo boat)



Commanding Officer, HM MTB 17 (motor torpedo boat)
31.12.1940
-
(06.1941)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 216 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
(1942?)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB 262 (motor torpedo boat)
02.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) (for MTBs)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Collett,
Antony Farquhar Charles Mackinnon
A.F.C.M. Collett
18.10.1924
-
1990 ?
Scotland ?
T/Midsh. ?
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.10.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
20.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
(03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "Aetos" (Greek destroyer)
Collier,
John Henry Campbell
J.H.C. Collier (Photo courtesy of Mrs Phyllis Emery.)
10.12.1908
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
25.11.1985
Eastbourne district, Sussex
Prob. T/S.Lt.
01.01.1940
T/Lt.
01.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
? (reld 1945/46)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.12.1945
wind up (Europe 45)
Mention in Despatches MID
08.1940
rescueing enemy airman
Mention in Despatches MID
29.09.1942
minesweeping operations 07-08.42
1939-1945 Star; 1939-1945 Atlantic Star; 1939-1945 War Medal

RSPCA Bronze medal for humanity (1950; at Peacehaven (near Brighton), with the local police officer they jumped into a very rough sea (force 9 - high tide) to rescue a dog, which had been blown off a wall at the approach to the beach)
10.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)
1940
-
1940
HMT Gunner (auxiliary trawler)
10.12.1940
-
(02.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMT Pointz Castle (auxiliary trawler)
1941?
-
1941?
SS Bantria
15.07.1941
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 79 (minesweeper)
?


HMT Picton Castle (auxiliary trawler)
?


HM MMS 37 (minesweeper)
?


Zebrina (auxiliary schooner)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
After the war he was in the RN axuillary reserve and stayed with them until about 1982.
Collier,
Thomas Alexander Mackay
T.A.M. Collier
1912 ?
-

28.03.1942
(KIA) [age 30]
Lt.
?
Mention in Despatches MID





Commanding Officer, ML 457
Collins,
Edward Arthur
E.A. Collins
Son of James Edward Collins, MBE, and Nora Blanche Collins.
1917 ?
-
20.01.1942
(MPK) [age 25]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
18.01.1940
T/Lt.
18.05.1941
26.01.1940
-
(04.)1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Deo Volante (trawler?)
20.06.1940
-
11.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Coldsnap (drifter)
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) *
?
-
20.01.1942
HMS Triumph (submarine) [lost in Aegean]
Collins,
the Rev. Hugh George
H.G. Collins (Photo courtesy of Mr James Collins)
Son of William Collins (1863-1937), and Alice Jane Sapsford (1865-...).
Married (10.08.1932, Wesleyan Church, Southampton) Lillian Meehan; two sons.
Residence: (1940) Haslemere, Surrey.
08.09.1905
Harlow, Epping district, Essex
-
28.04.1974
New Romney, Shepway district, Kent
Prob. T/Chapl.
01.06.1940
T/Chapl.
12.1940, seniority 01.06.1940 (dispersal 20.12.1945) (reld 22.02.1946)
Education: University of London (1926); Queens College Birmingham (1938).
Deacon in Hull 1938; Priest (diocese of York) 1939.
01.06.1940
-
13.06.1940
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth; additional)]
14.06.1940
-
10.02.1941
HMS Isle of Jersey (hospital carrier) [based at HMS Prosperine (minesweeper & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)]
11.02.1941
-
28.01.1942
HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness; additional) [from 13.02.1941 additional, for general duties] [from 24.03.1941 additional, for duties with auxiliary vessels based at Sheerness & general duties]
29.01.1942
-
05.1942
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt; additional) [from 26.05.1942 for disposal]
05.1942
-
13.09.1942
HMS Sphinx (accommodation camp, Alexandria, Egypt)
14.09.1942
-
02.1944
HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
23.06.1944
-
19.10.1944
HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall) & for duty in HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) [till 25.06.1944 additional]
20.10.1944
-
19.12.1945
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory; additional]
Vicar of Herne, Kent, 1946-1964; Vicar of Sundridge, Kent, 1964-1973/74.
Collins,
John
"Jumper"
J. Collins
1917 ?
-
08.07.1944
(KIA) [age 27]
T/Lt.

Mention in Despatches MID
05.12.44
actions in Channel



HM MTB 447 (motor torpedo boat)



HM MTB 451 (motor torpedo boat)
Collins,
Leslie
L. Collins
?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
15.05.1944
13.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Collis,
Olaf Vernon Girard
Sub-Lieut. O.V.G. Collis, RNVR, Jan. 1945. (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin Collis).
Son of ... Collis, and ... Girard.
01.12.1924
Coventry district, Warwickshire
-
16.03.1995
Trowbridge district, Wiltshire
T/Midsh.
09.1943
T/A/S.Lt.
06.1944
T/S.Lt.
01.12.1944 (reld late 1947)
T/A/Lt.
?
A/Lt.
23.02.1952, seniority 05.08.1951
Lt.
02.01.1954, seniority 05.08.1951
A/Lt.Cdr. RNR
27.06.1961, seniority 05.08.1959
Cdr. RNR
31.12.1968 (retd 01.12.1974)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
25.04.1963
?
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
15.05.1973
?
12.1942


HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr. Portsmouth) [HO Junior Rate, selected for UY on arrival]
02.1943


HMS Chanticleer (sloop)
05.1943
-
09.1943
HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) [passed out as Midshipman RNVR]
29.09.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Philante (armed yacht)
24.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Retalick (frigate)
11.1944


HMS Amzari (RN landing craft base, Vizagapatam, India) * 
autumn 1945


HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
19.11.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for miscellaneous services)
23.02.1952


transferred to List II of the Permanent RNVR, Humber Division
(05.1953)


Sea Cadet Corps (with rank of T/Lt. (Sp.Br.))
(02.1963)


RNR, Mersey Division, 4 & 11
Continued to serve as a volunteer reservist until 1974.
* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Collins,
Ralph Leslie
R.L. Collins
Son of ... Collins, and ... King.
(03?).1925
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
-
T/A/S.Lt.
22.06.1944
T/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt. 
22.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1944)

  HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) *
20.11.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.)
23.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 395 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)     HM MMS 297 (motor minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cond,
Wilfred John
W.J. Cond

Son of Sydney and Ellen Cond, of Heston, Middlesex.
1923 ?
-
28.02.1943
(KIA) [age 20]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]
T/A/S.Lt.
1942/43?
?
-
28.02.1943
British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian Ship Uredd (submarine)
Conde,
Edwin
E. Conde
?
-
T/S.Lt.
28.08.1941
T/Lt.
28.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Congreve,
John William
J.W. Congreve

Son of Maj. Claude Vyvian Congreve, Indian Army, and Mary Hudson Congreve (née Titley), of Carmarthen.
(09?).1912
Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire / Dyfed / Pembrokeshire
-
12.12.1943
(KIA) [age 31]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 84, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
28.09.1939
T/Lt.
11.09.1940
22.01.1937


enrolled in Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR)
28.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Rhodora (armed yacht)
15.08.1940
-
12.12.1943
HMS Tynedale (destroyer)
Connolly,
Gerald Joseph
G.J. Connolly

21.05.1921 ??
Romford district, Essex ??
-
08.1995 ??
Northallerton, North Yorkshire ??
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
17.02.1941
T/S.Lt. (A)
21.05.1942
T/Lt. (A)
17.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
01.05.1945
Operation Meridian [investiture 26.02.46]
Mention in Despatches MID
31.07.1945
Operation Iceberg
09.1941
-
(08.1942)
pilot, 832 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)]
11.1943
-
(07.1945)
pilot, 854 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)]
Consitt,
Tom
T. Consitt (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Soanes) T. Consitt (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Soanes)

Son of Edwin Laybourne Consitt and Frances Agnes Consitt.
Husband of Joan Consitt, of Hull.
(03.)1911
Middleton-on-the-Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
08.02.1942
[age 31]
[Winchester (Magdalen Hill) Cemetery, H.1.110]
T/S.Lt. (A)
01.07.1941
T/Lt. (A)
01.10.1941
05.10.1941
-
08.02.1942
pilot, 757 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] [killed in an air crash near Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire, flying a Westland Lysander]
Cook,
Derek Charles Lindsay
D.C.L. Cook
Son of ... Cook, and ... Cooper.
(12?).1924
Weymouth district, Dorset
-
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
07.10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)



HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
30.08.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Kilmalcolm (escort)



also served at HMS Black Prince (cruiser) & HMS Amaranthus (corvette)
Cook,
William Walter
W.W. Cook
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
22.03.1945
T/S.Lt. (A)
22.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
(08.1945)
 
 
possibly: pilot, 717 Squadron FAA [HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire)]
19.01.1946
-
(04.1946)
pilot, 735 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)]
Cooke,
John Henry Moore
"Jack"
J.H.M. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sarita Annesley-Cooke)
J.H.M. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sarita Annesley-Cooke)
J.H.M. Cooke (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sarita Annesley-Cooke) 
Son of ... Cooke, Superintendent of the Kolar Gold Fields.
Married ((12?).1936, Finsbury district, London) Margaret Gray; one daughter.
02.04.1910
Mysore, India
-
(12?).1973
Hammersmith district, London
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
02.08.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
02.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Haileybury School, Hertfordshire; King's College (Engineering).
Was in Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland in 1939 where he and two friends were building a 28 ton ketch to sail the Atlantic; they would have succeeded but had to return to the UK to join the Navy.
02.09.1940
-
(07.1945)
Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons, from 1941 Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Literature: Gerald Pawle, The secret war (1956).
Coombs,
James Neville
J.N. Coombs
1918
India
-
c. 2002 ?

T/S.Lt.
04.10.1940
T/Lt.
01.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
21.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Cotswold (destroyer)
23.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Otway (submarine)
10.05.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
(07.1945)


HMS Otus (submarine) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cooper,
Dennis Edwin
D.E. Cooper
?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
25.12.1943 (reld 1946?)
09.1943
-
(04.1944)
Officer of the Watch, HMS Vindex (escort carrier)
21.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Vetch (corvette)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Cooper,
James Percival Bowker
J.P.B. Cooper
Son of ... Cooper, and ... Bowker.
14.05.1918
Islington district, Greater London
-
T/S.Lt.
25.12.1941
T/A/Lt.
14.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
14.11.1944
patrols 04-07.44
07.02.1942 - (02.)1943 Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
16.09.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Unruly (submarine)
22.05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Tally-Ho (submarine)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Cooper,
John Cecil
J.C. Cooper
?
-
T/Lt.
16.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld 1945/46)
24.05.1938


enrolled in Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, attached to London Division RNVR
25.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties)
30.10.1940
-
(02.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Quorn (destroyer)
(07.1045)


HMS Newmarket (destroyer) *



may have served HMS Rockingham (destroyer) & HMS Sheffield (cruiser) as well
* indexed, but not listed as such
Copage,
Edward Reginald
E.R. Copage (Photo courtesy of Mr Russell Copage)
Son of Reginald Edgar Copage (1901-1978), and Susie Howard (1902-1970).
Married ((03?).1947, Salisbury district, Wiltshire) Pamela J. Hellewell (1926-2008); four sons.
03.04.1925
Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
08.01.2010
T/Midsh. 05.11.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 03.10.1944
T/S.Lt. 03.04.1945 (reld 1946)
Education: Latymer Upper public school.
18.03.1943     joined RNVR as Ordinary Seaman
      HMS Menestheus (minelayer)
      officer cadet training, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officer training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
      training, HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
06.03.1944 - (04.1944) HM MTB 48 (motor torpedo boat)
22.05.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Cicala (Coastal Force base, Dartmouth) (for miscellaneous services) [52nd MTB Flotilla?]
12.10.1944   (02.)1945 HM MTB 791 (motor torpedo boat) (surviving the catastrophe at Ostend, 14.02.1945)
24.04.1945 - (04.)1946 HM MTB 2014 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
(07?).1946 - (07?).1946 HM MTB 2018 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
[sent to Dartmouth (in atrocious weather) to take Royal princesses [Elizabeth and Margaret] for a trip around the bay; the boat was so badly damaged by the trip that it was paid off on return to Gosport]
(07?).1946 - 1946 HM MTB 2014 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
Worked in the Military Experimental Engineering Establishment (MEXE).
Corbett,
Edward Howard
E.H. Corbett (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Corbett)
29.04.1911
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
-
30.03.1973
Stoker
22.10.1940
Ord.Sea.
07.02.1941
T/S.Lt.
01.01.1942
T/Lt.
01.04.1942 (reld Class A 16.12.1945) (removed from Reserve List 31.01.1962)
22.10.1940
-
30.10.1940
joined up, serving in the ranks at HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
31.10.1940
-
26.11.1940
HMS Glendower (seamanship training establishment, Pwllheli)
27.11.1940
-
05.05.1941
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
06.05.1941
-
14.09.1941
HMS Nigeria (cruiser)
15.09.1941
-
24.10.1941
HMS Victory I (RN accounting base, Goodings, nr Newbury)
25.10.1941
-
31.12.1941
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) ?
01.01.1942
-
15.02.1942
HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (additional for training)
16.02.1942
-
11.04.1942
HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)
12.04.1942
-
05.06.1943
boat officer, HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt) (additional; for landing craft duty)
06.06.1943
-
05.09.1943
HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (additional for passage to UK & foreign shore leave)
06.09.1943
-
(04.1946)
boat officer (from 08.09.1943 flotilla officer), HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (additional, for landing craft duty)
13.09.1943
-
19.09.1943
lent to HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth) (additional)
20.09.1943
-
04.10.1943
RN Hospital, Haslar (tonsillitis)
25.10.1943
-
17.10.1944
flotilla officer, 506th LC Flotilla
18.10.1944
-
13.05.1945
flotilla officer, HMS Cricket (landing craft base, Burseldon) (serving in pool of officers)
14.05.1945
-
1945
flotilla officer, HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend) (serving in pool of officers)
1945
-
1945
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for passage)
1945
-
23.09.1945
flotilla officer, No. 25 Minor LCFU
24.09.1945
-
1945
flotilla officer, 484th Ancilliary Flotilla
1945
-
03.11.1945
HMS Landswell (Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base 1, Cochin) (serving in pool of officers)
04.11.1945
-
01.1946
HMS Sultan II (accounting base, Singapore) (serving in pool of officers)
01.1946
-
14.10.1946
senior watchkeeping officer, HMS Buchan Ness (landing craft repair ship)
15.10.1946


HMS Roseneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire) (additional; for release)
Corke,
Charles Llewellyn
C.L. Corke (Photo courtesy of Mr Philip Arnold)
Son of Charles Thomas Corke and Ethel Corke, of Southgate, Middlesex.
22.03.1906
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
19.08.1942
Dieppe, France
(KIA) [age 36]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
19.04.1940
T/Lt.
11.02.1941, seniority 19.04.1940
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
07.04.1942?
Mention in Despatches MID
02.10.1942
Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42) [posthumously]
19.09.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea)
07.04.1942
-
19.08.1942
HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash)
19.08.1942


Flotilla Officer, 24th LCP Flotilla (aboard LCP(L) 42) (raid on Dieppe; killed in action)
Cornelius,
Bernard William
B.W. Cornelius
Married (03.07.1943); ... children.
16.03.1919
-
07.10.1987
Northamptonshire
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
04.12.1943
T/Lt.
01.05.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
1943?


HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishment, Hove, Sussex)



may have served at some point at: HMS Kittiwake (sloop), HMS Kelly (destroyer), HMS Halsted (frigate) (when it was torpedoed in the Channel 11.06.1944), HMS Onslow (destroyer), HMS Kingston Onyx (anti-submarine trawler)
16.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Burghead Bay (frigate)
Qualified as a Chartered Secretary and worked all his life for Northampton and Midlands Building Society (later Anglia Building Society). He played county cricket for Northants in the 40's.
Corney,
Kenneth William Richmond
K.W.R. Corney

(09?).1911
Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
20.04.2007
Enfield, London
[age 95]
T/A/S.Lt.
08.05.1941?
T/S.Lt.
04.09.1941
T/Lt.
04.12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
29.09.1941
-
(06.)1943
Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty]
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Cornish,
Eric Alfred Edward
E.A.E. Cornish
Son of ... Cornish, and ... Laver.
(09?).1914
Hackney district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
T/Lt.
?
Mention in Despatches MID
14.07.1942
attack on armed raider 12.05.42
(02.1942)
-
13.05.1942
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 220 (motor torpedo boat)
Cornish,
Ralph
R. Cornish
Son of ... Cornish, and ... Brown.
Married 1st (divorced); two sons.
Married 2nd; four children.
05.03.1915
Bristol, Gloucestershire
-
09.09.1991
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
Ordinary Telegraphist
23.07.1940 [P/JX 208041]
Ordinary Seaman
06.01.1941
Able Seaman
10.1941?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
14.08.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
14.08.1943 (dispersal 13.02.1946) (reld 21.04.1946)
Estate agent.
23.07.1940
-
30.01.1941
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
31.01.1941
-
11.02.1941
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
12.02.1941
-
02.07.1941
HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) [tender to HMS Victory III (accounting section, Wantage, Berkshire), from 01.06.1941 to HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship), from 01.07.1941 to HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
03.07.1941
-
08.10.1941
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
09.10.1941
-
01.04.1942
HMS Arrow (destroyer)
02.04.1942
-
09.05.1942
possibly HMS Arrow (destroyer)
10.05.1942
-
06.09.1942
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (additional; for training) [lent to HMS Victory 10.05.1942-29.05.1942]
07.09.1942
-
03.12.1942
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (additional; for course in anti-submarine fixed defences) [contracted conjunctivitis]
04.12.1942
-
12.11.1943
HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall, Orkneys) (additional; for anti-submarine fixed defences Houten Head as Asdic watchkeeper) [hospital & sick leave for some time]
13.11.1943
-
11.01.1944
HMS Curlew (anti-submarine fixed training establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (for disposal)
12.01.1944
-
24.05.1944
HMS Baldur (RN base, Iceland) (additional; for anti-submarine fixed defences Seydisfjord)
25.05.1944
-
15.10.1944
HMS Curlew (anti-submarine fixed training establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) (additional; under instruction & awaiting appointment)
16.10.1944
-
01.01.1945
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
02.01.1945
-
30.01.1945
HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Dounreay, Caithness) (additional; for administrative & divisional duties)
31.01.1945
-
01.06.1945
HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys) (additional; temporarily)
02.06.1945
-
10.06.1945
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
11.06.1945
-
17.06.1945
HMS President (additional; for training inside Admiralty with Director, Small Vessels Pool (Eastern Theatre))
18.06.1945
-
17.10.1945
on staff of Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station (with Staff Officer (Harbour Service Craft) [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
18.10.1945
-
29.11.1945
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) (additional; on staff of Maintenance Commander for Harbour Craft duties)
30.11.1945
-
21.04.1946
HMS President I (additional; for Class A release)
Cornish-Bowden,
John Ambrose
J.A. Cornish-Bowden (Photo courtesy of Mrs Athel Cornish-Bowden)
Son of Ambrose Cornish-Bowden (1873-1946) and Phyllis Maude Carter.
Cousin (their fathers were brothers) of Lt. E.J. Cornish-Bowden, RN, and of Cdr. (S) W.K. Cornish-Bowden, RN.
Married Eva-Maria ...; one son, one daughter.
01.11.1914
Beckenham, Kent
-
16.06.1971
Roehampton, London
T/S.Lt. (E)
01.09.1941
T/Lt. (E)
01.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
26.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
Corrin,
Robert Charles
R.C. Corrin
?
-
T/S.Lt.
20.11.1942
T/Lt.
20.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
?
-
?
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) ??
(06.1944)


Commanding Officer, HM LCT 467 
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Corsar,
Peter McGeoch
P.M. Corsar
26.09.1913
-
01.1998
Portsmouth, Hampshire
T/Lt.
28.08.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?
(12.1940)


Commanding Officer, HM MTB ... (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)


HMS Vernon
Cory,
Charles Raymond
C.R. Cory
Son of Charles and Ethel Cory.
Married 1st (1946) Vivienne Mary Roberts (died 1988), Kelowna, BC, Canada; three daughters.
Married 2nd (1989) Betty, widow of Lt­Col Roy Horley.


20.10.1922
Peterston-
super-
Ely, near Cardiff
-
16.02.2007
Ord.Sea.
1942
T/S.Lt.
04.12.1943
T/Lt.
04.12.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1982
?
Commander-in-Chief's Commendation Comdn
06.1944
?
Education: Harrow; Christ Church, Oxford
08.12.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Retalick (frigate) (Russian and N Atlantic convoys and Normandy landings)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Vice-Chairman, A.B. Electronics Products Group PLC, 1979-1992. Director and Member Executive, Baltic and International Maritime Conference, Copenhagen, 1957-1967; Member, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1963-1967. Chairman: Barry Pilotage Authority, 1963-1974 (Member 1953); Port Talbot Pilotage Authority, 1970-1974; SE Wales Pilotage Authority, 1974-1980; Welsh Council Mission to Seamen, 1984-1995; Vice-Chairman, BTDB, 1969-1979 (Member, 1966-1979; Chairman, S Wales Local Bd, 1966); President, Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, 1959-1960. Chairman, S Glamorgan HA, 1974-1984. Church in Wales: Member: Governing Body, 1957-1960; Representative Body, 1960-1997 (Deputy Chairman, 1985-1995; Treasurer, 1988-); Finance Committee, 1960-1988 (Vice-Chairman 1971, Chairman 1975-1988); Deputy Chairman, Finance and Resources Committee, 1988-1995. RNLI: Chairman Cardiff Branch, 1950-1973; Member Committee of Management, 1954-; Vice-President 1969-; Deputy Chairman, 1985-1993; Member, Executive Committee, 1970-1993. Chairman, Council, University of Wales College of Medicine, 1988-1997 (Member, 1984-). Chairman: John Cory & Sons Ltd, 1965-1991 (Director 1948-1991); Milford Haven Port Authority (formerly Conservancy Board), 1982-1994.
Published: A Century of Family Shipowning, 1954.
Cosh,
John Arthur

J.A. Cosh
Son of ... Cosh, and ... Janison.
Married Kate Jackson (predeceased him); two sons, one daughter.

17.06.1915
Bristol, Avon / Gloucestershire
-
06.10.2005
South Hams district, Hampshire
T/Sg.Lt.
10.07.1942 (reld 05.03.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
11.09.1945
fire at Bari 09.04.45
Education: Bristol Grammar School; St John's College, Cambridge; St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London; MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP



served on destroyers on artic convoys and was involved in the allied landings in Sicily and Italy
01.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (for duty at Brindisi)
Rheumatologist. Consultant physician, Bath, 1957-1982.
Coste,
John Henry

J.H. Coste (© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas")
?
-
T/Lt.
29.03.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
02.10.1942
Op. Jubilee, Dieppe 19.08.42



Commanding Officer, MGB 317 (motor gun boat)
(07.1944)


SO ... MGB Flotilla
25.10.1944
-
(1945)
Assistant SO Coastal Forces, C-in-C Nore [HMS Pembroke]
Cother,
Patrick Corfe
P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury) P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury)
P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury) P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury)
P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury)
P.C. Cother (Photo courtesy of the family, with thanks to Mr Tony Drury)
Son of William St John Cother, and Kathleen Hutton.
Married 1st (21.11.1935, Brighton) Ivy Gladys Mockford (28.12.1913 - 03.06.1977) (marriage dissolved 1964), daughter of of James Thomas Mockford and Harriet Smith; two daughters, one son.
Married 2nd (20.12.1965) Mauricette Angelna Pignel.
20.06.1913
Furze Coppice, Marlborough, Wiltshire
-
27.07.2005
Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida, USA
Prob. T/S.Lt.
03.01.1940
T/S.Lt.
23.01.1940
T/Lt.
05.01.1941 (reld 27.01.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
24.03.1942
attack on enemy submarine 19.10.41
29.05.1937


joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to Sussex Division, RNVR)
03.01.1940
-
22.01.1940
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
23.01.1940
-
31.01.1941
HMS Aquamarine (trawler; armed boarding vessel)
01.02.1941
-
30.03.1941
HMS Lord Austin (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
09.04.1941
-
22.01.1942
First Lieutenant, HMS Mallow (corvette)
12.02.1942
-
11.03.1942
HMS Jonquil (corvette)
18.03.1942
-
16.10.1942
HMS Nasturtium (corvette)
17.10.1942
-
12.04.1943
First Lieutenant, HMS Aubretia (corvette)
13.04.1943
-
25.06.1943
sick leave & RN Auxiliary Hospital Barrow Gurney
02.07.1943
-
24.08.1945
HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick)
25.08.1945
-
27.01.1946
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
Served as Captain of actor Errol Flynn's yacht Zaca,1956-57.
Cotton,
George Lennox
G.L. Cotton
?
-
T/Lt.
25.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
?

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
25.08.1942
action in Channel 14.06.42
(03.1942)


Commanding Officer, MTB 202
(06.1942)


Commanding Officer, MTB 201
Court,
Peter
P. Court
04.02.1900 ??
Bolton district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire ??
-
(03?).1974 ??
Farnworth district, Lancashire ??
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
03.01.1943
T/Lt.
03.01.1945
1946?, seniority 03.01.1942
Lt.
1946?, seniority 03.01.1945
Lt.Cdr.
03.01.1953
Cdr.
30.06.1958 (retd 29.06.1966)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration

VRD
?
?
(10.1944)


HMS Quebec (Combined training cetre, Inverary)
22.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Corena (minesweeping trawler)
(04.1946)


HM BYMS 2076 (British yard minesweeper) *
1946?
 
 
permanent RNVR (Sussex Division) [later RNR]
Post-war a headmaster at the secondary school of Claverham, Battle, Sussex.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Courtauld,
Augustine
"August"
A. Courtauld (Photo courtesy of http://www.augustinecourtauldtrust.org) A. Courtauld (Photo courtesy of http://www.augustinecourtauldtrust.org)
Eldest child of Samuel Augustine Courtauld (1865–1953), a director of the family textile firm, and his wife, Edith Anne (Edian) Lister (d. 1951), daughter of Walter Venning Lister.
Married (1932) Mollie, elder daughter of Frank Douglas Montgomerie, land agent; four sons, two daughters.

26.08.1904
Bocking, Braintree district, Essex
-
03.03.1959
hospital, London
[buried at sea]
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
14.10.1939
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
13.01.1940
T/Lt.
1940/41?, seniority 13.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

Polar Medal

PolM
1932
?
Education: Charterhouse; Trinity College, Cambridge (...-1926; BA)
Traveller & Arctic explorer.
14.10.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS President (Admiralty) (for special and miscellaneous services)
24.09.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MAC 2 (rescue craft))
09.08.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HM MGB 20 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)]
(08.1942)
-
(06.)1943
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) *
12.07.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Garth (destroyer)
?


HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)
?
 
 
HMS Agamemnon (harbour service amenity ship)
After the war he devoted himself to local government and community service. He served on Essex county council from 1945 to 1955, and became a Justice of the Peace (JP) and Deputy Lieutenant (DL) in 1946, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1953. He was a governor of Felsted School, chairman of Essex Association of Boys' Clubs, and vice-president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) (1957), and gave a lifeboat to the institution in memory of his mother. He served three times on the council of the Royal Geographical Society and was honorary secretary between 1948 and 1951. He also served on the committee of management of the Scott Polar Research Institute. In 1956 he set up the Augustine Courtauld Trust to help causes which ‘wouldn't get much help otherwise’.
Published: Man the ropes (1957; memoirs); From the Ends of the Earth (1958; anthology of Polar writings)
* date of appointment given as 11.07.1940; in the Oct 1944 Navy List still shown under HMS Hornet, but also showing under HMS Garth
Courtis,
Richard Douglas
R.D. Courtis
(12?).1917
Barnstaple district, Devon
-
T/Lt.
05.03.1943
03.03.1943
-
(06.1944)
First Lieutenant, MTB 514
(07.1945)


HMS Dartmouth (base, Dartmouth)
(04.1946)


HMS Spey (frigate)
Cowan,
[Prof.] Charles Donald [Jeremy]
C.D. Cowan
Son of W.C. Cowan and Minnie Ethel (née Farrow).
Married 1st (1945) Mary Evelyn (marriage dissolved 1960), daughter of Otto Vetter, Perth, WA; two daughters.
Married 2nd (1962) Daphne Eleanor, daughter of Walter Rishworth Whittam, Rangoon.
08.11.1923
London
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.03.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
<  07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)

CBE
31.12.1987
New Year 88: as Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Education: Kilburn Grammar School; Peterhouse, Cambridge University (MA), PhD London; FRAS
1941
-
1945
served Royal Navy:
(12.1944)


British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O 19 (Dutch submarine)
(07.1945)


HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee) *
Lecturer in History, Raffles College, Singapore, 1947-1948, and University of Malaya, 1948-1950; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London: Lecturer in the History of South­East Asia, 1950-1960; Professor, 1961-1980, Professor of Oriental History, 1980-1989; Director, 1976-1989; London University: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 1985-1986; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 1988-1990; Chairrman of Convocation, 1990-1994. Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian History, Cornell University, 1960-1961. Chairman, Committee for SE-Asian Studies, British Academy, 1990-. Governor: James Allen's Girls School, 1977-1989; Alleyn's School, 1980-; Dulwich College, 1980-; Richmond College, 1988-1992. Trustee, Dulwich Estate, 1985-. Chairman, External System, University of London, since 1993.
Published: Nineteenth Century Malaya, 1961; (ed) The Economic Development of South­East Asia, 1964; (ed) The Economic Development of China and Japan, 1964; (with P. L. Burns) Sir Frank Swettenham's Malayan Journals, 1975; (with O. L. Wolters) Southeast Asian History and Historiography, 1976.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cowley,
Robert
R. Cowley (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Lorimer)
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
15.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
39-45 St
?
?

Atlantic Star

Atl St
?
?
Burma Star Bur St
?
?
Served in the Merchant Navy till 1937.



temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
08.02.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Highway (landing ship, dock)
Cox,
Dennis
D. Cox
?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
12.08.1943
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
< 07.1945
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
12.08.1945

Croix de Guerre (France)

CdeG
?
for liaison services French Ship L'Aventure



British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship Curie (submarine)



British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship L'Aventure (frigate)
(10.1944)
 
 
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *
(07.1945)


HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) *
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cox,
Dennis George
D.G. Cox
?
-
T/S.Lt. 16.10.1943
T/A/Lt. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
King Haakon VII Liberty Medal Hkn 26.08.1947 liaison duties
(10.1944)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
(01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
1944 - 1945 British Naval Liaison Officer, HNorMS Arendal (Norwegian escort destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cox,
Vivian Alexander
V.A. Cox
21.07.1915
Bangalore, India
-
T/S.Lt.
12.06.1941
T/A/Lt.
12.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
01.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
Operations Division (Home), Admiralty [HMS President]
[possibly serving inWinston Churchill's War Map Room and later loaned to President Roosevelt for the same duty]
15.06.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
(07.1945)


HMS Howe (battleship) (Flag Ship of Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet) *
Producer, screenwriter & short story author.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Coy,
Peter Edward Brazil
P.E.B. Coy (Photo courtesy of Jonquil Coy)
Only child of Gilbert and Ella Coy.
Married; two sons, two daughters.
20.12.1922
Porto Allegre, Brazil
-
Prob. T/A/S.Lt.
09.02.1942
Prob. T/S.Lt.
?, seniority 09.02.1942
T/S.Lt.
03.1944, seniority 09.02.1942
T/Lt.
?, seniority 09.02.1944
T/Lt. RM
04.12.1944, seniority 09.02.1942
Lt. RM
01.09.1947, seniority 09.02.1942
Capt. RM
09.06.1950 (retd 09.05.1958)
1941


cipher clerk to Naval Attaché Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
12.06.1942
-
08.1944
HMS Narcissus (corvette) (convoying in North Atlantic)
04.12.1944


transferred to the Royal Marines
(07.1945)


Chatham Division, Royal Marines
(04.1946)


Royal Marines Depot, Deal
(07.1948)


Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines
(05.1950)


Royal Marines, Deal
(05.1953)


Plymouth Division, Royal Marines
16.09.1953
-
(04.1955)
40 Royal Marine Commando
(01.1956)


HMS President
Undergraduate at Newcastle (BA, Dip/Anth), 09.1958-07.1963. Postgraduate at Oxford (M.Litt, D.Phil), 09.1963-12.1966. Lecturer in Anthropology in Australia, 1967-1971. Senior Lecturer in Anthropology in Scotland, 1971-1988. Retired to France, 1989.
Published: The echo of a fighting flower : the story of HMS Narcissus and B3 Ocean Escort Group in WWII (1997)
Crabb,
Lionel Kenneth [Philip] "Buster"
L.K.P. Crabb L.K.P. Crabb
L.K.P. Crabb
28.01.1909
Streatham, SW London
-
19.04.1956
(missing, declared death 09.06.1957)
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
07.11.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
? (reld 1947)
Cdr. (Sp.Br.) (retd)
?

George Medal

GM
25.01.1944
removal of mines

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

OBE
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
10.1942
-
(08.1943)
mine & disposal officer, HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
1945


Mine Disposal Units:



Principal Diving Officer, Northern Italy
05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto)
08.1945


Palestine
1955
-
1956
HMS Vernon
Cracklen,
George Edward
G.E. Cracklen
Married (10.06.1944); at least one son.
Residence: (1944) Frindsbury, Strood, Kent.
(03?).1907
Strood district, Kent
-
T/S.Lt.
010.06.1943?
T/Lt.
01.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
16.06.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Lexa (armed yacht, minesweeping duties)
Craig,
John Kirke
J.K. Craig 
From Glasgow.
?
-
T/Lt.
22.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
Mention in Despatches MID
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45
Watchkeeping Certificate
22.11.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
25.09.1940
-
07.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS St Zeno (anti-submarine trawler)
10.04.1944
-
12.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Oxlip (corvette)
25.06.1945
-
03.11.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Craig-Bennett,
[Dr.] Arthur [Lancelot]
A. Craig-Bennett 
Married ((03?).1930, St Marylebone district, London) Helen Marjorie Mure; ... children (one daughter?).
05.12.1903
-
12.07.1985
Colchester district, Essex
Prob. T/S.Lt.
13.01.1941
T/Lt.
13.04.1941
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
? (reld < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
10.06.1961
HM's birthday 61: as British Council representative, Libya
Officer, Legion of Merit (US) LM
17.07.1945
as Naval Liaison Officer South of France
Education: Cambridge University (MA, PhD)
Lecturer in zoology, University of Edinburgh. Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 06.03.1933. Chief Fisheries Officer, Palestine, League of Nations, 1936-.... Professor of Zoology, University of Libya.
(02.1941)
 
 
Admiralty [HMS President] *
21.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
09.07.1944
-
(10.1944)
on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)]
01.1945
-
(07.1945)
on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Craine,
James Wilson
J.W. Craine
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
25.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)



temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
(1943)


HMS Thane (escort carrier)
12.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Patroller (escort carrier)
17.11.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Mersey (T.124X Depot, Liverpool & Neston Camp, Wirral)
Superintendent Marine Engineer for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, 01.04.1968-29.12.1974.
Crammond,
Leslie Ernest
L.E. Crammond (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Crammond)
Son of Harold Ernest Crammond (died 1942).
26.03.1909
Loughbrough district, Leicestershire

-
02.2004
Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire
Prob. T/S.Lt.
23.02.1940
T/Lt.
1940, seniority 23.02.1940 (reld 23.12.1940; medically unfit)
Mention in Despatches MID
04.02.1941
bringing down enemy aircraft 17.11.40
(04.1940)
 
 
no appointment listed
26.06.1940
-
(11.1940)
HMS Southsea (minesweeping drifter)

Crane,
Vernon Reginald
V.R. Crane
Son of ... Crane, and ... Vernon.
07.03.1920
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
03.06.1984
Bromley district, Kent
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (A)
23.09.1940
T/S.Lt. (A)
07.03.1941
T/Lt. (A)
23.03.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
04.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for Special Service)
15.10.1941
-
08.11.1942
pilot, 822 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), from 07.1942 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
[his Albacore failed to return during Operation Torch, from a raid on La Senia airfield, being shot down by a Dewoitine Dw.520, making a force landing and beibg badly damaged; Crane was slightly injured & probably captured]
08.11.1942
-
?
POW in French captivity ?
01.08.1944
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, 714 Squadron FAA [HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)]
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Craven,
Charles Frederick
C.F. Craven
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
11.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
13.03.1945
assault Normandy 06-12.44
(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank) *
(06.1944)


Commanding Officer, LCI(S) 527 (landing craft, infantry (small)), LCI(S) Squadron (Normandy)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Crichton,
Charles McVeagh
C.M. Crichton
14.10.1910
-
12.1985
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
T/Lt.
16.07.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
(06.1944)
T/A/Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
14.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
17.05.1942
-
(10.)1943
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs)
01.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):
(06.1944)


Commanding Officer, HM LCT 461 (landing craft, tank) & Senior Officer, 14th LCT Flotilla 
(07.1945)


HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Crichton,
Patrick
P. Crichton
?
-
T/S.Lt.
14.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
?
-
(06.)1944
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 326 (motor torpedo boat)
06.09.1944
-
24.04.1945
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 511 (motor torpedo boat) [1945 renamed: HM MTB 2004]
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Crichton,
Robert Alan
C.M. Crichton
Son of John Roberts Crichton and Mary Euphemia Crichton.
Husband of Edith Caroline Crichton, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
1903 ? *
-
19.08.1941
[age 38]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 2]

* perhaps:
(06?).1904
Christchurch, Hampshire
T/Lt.
23.02.1940
23.02.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
27.05.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties)
08.1941
-
19.08.1941
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
[while on passage to Gibraltar the ship that carried him (the steamer Aguila) was torpedoed & sunk by the German submarine U-201]
Crick,
Edward Denton
E.D. Crick
Married 1st (28.08.1928, Kensington district, London) Frances E. Gale, a professional singer 1923-1935; two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (03.1963, Surrey North Eastern district) Olive M. Dennington.
30.05.1901
Kensington district, London
-
06.11.1978
Minster, Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent
T/Paym.S.Lt. 27.05.1942
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 03.1943, seniority 27.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
1940     enlisted RNVR
28.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)
Craftsman (partner of M.E. Crick Ltd.) & antique dealer.
Crickmar,
Leonard Joseph
"Len"
L.J. Crickmar
?
-
T/S.Lt.
11.03.1943
T/A/Lt.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
20.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for beach duty):
(01.1944)


"N" RN Beach Commando (Anzio)
(04.1946)


HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Critchley,
Macdonald
M. Critchley
Son of Arthur Frank and Rosina Matilda Critchley.
Married 1st, Edna Auldeth Morris (deceased); two sons.
Married 2nd, Eileen Hargreaves.
02.02.1900
-
15.10.1997
Sedgemoor, Somerset
T/Sg.Capt.
05.09.1939

Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)

CBE
1962
?
Education: Christian Brothers College; University of Bristol (Lady Haberfield Scholarship in Medicine, Markham Skerritt Prize for Original Research). MD 1925; ChB, MRCS, FRCP
1917
-
1918
served European War
05.10.1939
-
(04.1946)
Consulting Neurologist, RN Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney [HMS Drake]
Goulstonian Lectr, RCP, 1930; Hunterian Prof., RCS, 1935; Royal Coll. of Physicians: Bradshaw Lectr, 1942; Croonian Lectr, 1945; Harveian Orator, 1966; Pres., World Fedn of
Neurology, 1965-1973; Hon. Consulting Neurologist, King's Coll. Hosp.; Hon. Consulting Physician, National Hosp., Queen Square; formerly Dean, Inst. of Neurology; Neurological
Physician, Royal Masonic Hosp.; formerly Neurologist to Royal Hosp. and Home for Incurables, Putney. Consulting Neurologist to Royal Navy, 1939-1977; Long Fox Lectr, Univ. of Bristol, 1935; William Withering Lectr, Univ. of Birmingham, 1946; Tisdall Lectr, Univ. of Manitoba, 1951; Semon Lectr, Univ. of London, 1951; Sherrington Lectr, Univ. of Wisconsin; Orator, Medical Soc. of London, 1955. Pres. Harveian Soc., 1947. Hunterian Orator, 1957; Doyne Memorial Lectr, 1961; Wartenberg Lectr, 1961; Victor Horsley Memorial Lectr, 1963; Honyman Gillespie Lectr, 1963; Schorstein Lectr, 1964; Hughlings
Jackson Lectr and Medallist, RSM, 1964; Gowers Lectr and Medallist, 1965; Veraguth Gold Medallist, Bern, 1968; Sam T. Orton Award for work on Dyslexia, 1974; Arthur Hall Memorial Lectr, 1969; Rickman Godlee Lectr, 1970; Cavendish Lectr, 1976; Vis. Prof., Winston­Salem, NC, 1983. Pres. Assoc. of British Neurologists, 1962-1964; Second Vice­Pres., RCP, 1964; Mem., GMC, 1957-1973; Founder­Pres., Migraine Trust. Hon.
FACP; MD Zürich hc; DenM (Aix­Marseille) hc; MD Madrid hc; Hon. Fellow: Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy; Pan­African Assoc. of Neurological Scis; Hon. Mem., RSM; Hon. Corresp. Mem. Académie de Médecine de France, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Royal Academy of Medicine, Barcelona, and Neurological Socs of France, Switzerland, Holland, Turkey, Uruguay, US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Argentine, Germany, Chile, Spain, Roumania, Norway, Czechoslovakia,
Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Peru, Poland and Sweden. Visiting Prof., Univs of: Istanbul, 1949; California, 1950 and 1964; Hawaii, 1966. Master, Worshipful Soc. of Apothecaries, 1956-1957.
Published: Mirror Writing; Neurology of Old Age; Observations on Pain; Language of Gesture; Shipwreck­survivors; Sir William Gowers; The Parietal Lobes; The Black Hole; Developmental Dyslexia; Aphasiology; The Dyslexic Child; Silent Language; (ed jtly)
Music and the Brain, 1976; (jtly) Dyslexia defined, 1978; The Divine Banquet of the Brain, 1979; The Citadel of the Senses, 1986; The Ventricle of Memory, 1990; various articles on
nervous diseases.
Croghan,
Edward
E. Croghan
?
-
16.12.1941
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 50, 1]
T/Lt.Cdr.
01.09.1939
Education: King Edward VII School, Johannesburg
01.09.1939
-
16.12.1941
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Cromack,
Charles
C. Cromack
Son of ... Cromack, and ... Richardson.
Married; ... children (one son?).
31.01.1915
Willesden district, Middlesex
-
03.1990

Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
11.11.1940 (reld > 04.1946)

Atlantic Star

Atl St
-
-
Pacific Star Pac St
-
-
Italy Star It St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
-
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS St Briac (Fleet air Arm target ship) *
01.07.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMS Eastway (landing ship dock)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Cronyn,
Hugh Verschoyle
H.V. Cronyn
Son of Verschoyle Francis Cronyn, and Mable Margaret Philpot.
Married (24.06.1942) Jean Harris, MA (Oxon), daughter of Percy Harris, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
30.04.1905
Vancouver, BC, Canada
-
25.07.1996
Wandsworth district, London
Ord.Sea.
?
T/S.Lt.
04.10.1940
T/A/Lt.
< 02.1941
T/Lt.
04.01.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

George Medal

GM
28.04.1942
bomb disposal * [investiture 07.07.42]
* Dealt with unexploded 500 kg bomb in petrol-filled tank of an oil tanker Bristol Channel Apr 41.
Education: Ridley College, St Catharines, Ont.; Ontario College of Art; Art Students LEague, NY; Académie Lhote, Paris; American School of Fine Arts, Fontainbleau
Spent three years working in Paris studios & five years as a freelance artist in London.
19.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty)
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
24.08.1942
-
(10.1944)
Executive Officer, HMS Mallard (patrol vessel)
(07.1945)
 
 
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) *
(1945)
 
 
British Naval Liaison Officer, French heavy cruiser "Suffren"
Artist, painter. FRSA. Director of Art at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London (three years). Full-time lecturer in painting at North East Essex School of Art, Colchester (eight years).
Crosskell,
Gordon Kenneth
E. Croghan
Son of ... Crosskell, and ... Lill.
Married; at least one son.
(12?).1924
Louth district, Lincolnshire
-
01.2008 still alive (aged 83)
?
? [J/X 371118]
T/Midsh.
31.03.1943
T/A/S.Lt.
29.05.1944
T/S.Lt.
29.11.1944 (reld 23.08.1946)
30.06.1942


joined RNVR & served in the ranks



training at HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) & HMS Lochailort (Combined Operations base, Inverailort Castle, nr Inverness)



served at a minesweeper
(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) * (probably for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
1946?
-
1946?
HMS Forth (submarine depot ship for 3rd Submarine Fotilla, Holy Loch, Scotland)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Crossman,
James
J. Crossman
?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A)
21.10.1940
T/S.Lt. (A)
....1941, seniority 21.10.1940
T/Lt. (A)
21.04.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO
01.05.1945
Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang 01.45)
20.01.1941
-
(02.1941)
pilot, 776 Squadron [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
03.07.1941
-
13.05.1942
pilot, 804 Squadron [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)]
14.05.1942
-
26.10.1942
pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton]
27.10.1942
-
(02.1943)
pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Dasher (escort carrier)]
07.10.1944
-
09.08.1945
Commanding Officer, 894 Squadron FAA [HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) & HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)] (after a ramrod operation to Matsushima Japan, his aircraft was hit by Flak; pilot bailed out; only held briefly just before VJ Day)
Crothall,
Allan Charles
A.C. Crothall
c. 1916
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.01.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
11.12.1945
wind up Europe 45
13.02.1941
-
(08.1942)
Assistant Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
?
-
(02.1943)
Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for miscellaneous services)
Managing Director of Risdon Beazley/Ulrich Harms.
Published
: Wealth from the sea (1993)
Crothers,
[Rev.] John Ruan [later used as: Jack Ruan]
J.R. Crothers
Son of David Crothers, and Margery Gillian Michell.
Married Anne ...
02.01.1912
Dover district, Kent
-
20.10.1976
St Erme Rectory, Truro, Cornwall
Cadet RN 01.05.1929
Midsh. RN 01.01.1930
A/S.Lt. RN 01.05.1932
S.Lt. RN 04.09.1933, seniority 01.11.1932
Lt. RN 01.03.1935 (dismissed the service by sentence of a court martial 05.12.1935)
T/Lt. 10.03.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45: liaison duties
20.04.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
07.04.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)
01.05.1932 - 08.01.1933 promotion course, RN college, Greenwich [HMS President]
09.01.1933 - (06.)1933 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
26.09.1933 - (02.)1935 HMS Beagle (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
17.06.1935 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Nore)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
26.08.1943 - 01.11.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, HNorMS Stord (Norwegian destroyer) (despatches)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
05.04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Amazon (destroyer)
Joined the clergy post-war.
Crouch,
Sidney Travis
S.T. Crouch
Son of ... Crouch, and ... Potts.
05.03.1920
Sunderland district, Durham
-
19.04.1972
Broom Way, Lee-on-Solent, Gosport district, Hampshire
Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 21.09.1942
T/El.S.Lt. 22.05.1943, seniority 21.09.1942
T/El.Lt. 01.11.1944
Lt. (L) RN 15.07.1946, seniority 01.11.1943
Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 01.11.1951
Cdr. (EngL) RN 31.12.1958 (retd 05.03.1970)
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - & clasp France & Germany

Burma Star

Bur St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Naval General Service Medal NavGSM - & clasp Minesweeping 45-51
20.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Postillon (Algerine class minesweeper)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
15.07.1946     transferred, RN
10.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Sussex
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
17.04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties)
(05.1953)     HMS Collingwood *
21.03.1954 - (04.)1955 HMS Wrangler
04.07.1955 - (01.1957) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
03.11.1958 - (01.1959) HMS Gambia
27.10.1960 - 26.02.1961 courses
27.02.1961 - (07.1961) Naval Equipment Division, Ship Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.06.1962 - (02.)1963 HMS Bellerophon (Reserve Ships, Portsmouth Division)
04.02.1963 - (02.1964) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
25.10.1965 - (02.1968) Fleet Maintenance Division, Department of Dockyards and Maintenance, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1969)     HMS Collingwood (RN weapon and electrical engineering school, Fareham, Hampshire) *
Crowther,
Charles Henry
C.H. Crowther
Son of ... Crowther, and ... Lock.
23.10.1913
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
Ord.Sea.
1939?
T/A/S.Lt.
1943
T/S.Lt.
04.08.1944 (reld 10.05.1946)
1939?


HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)



HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service central depot, Lowestoft)



HMS Antrim (trawler base, Belfast)
1943
-
1943
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
1943
-
1944?
HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown)
1944?
-
1944
HMS Loring (frigate)
23.09.1944
-
(07.)1945
HMS Deptford (sloop)
24.10.1945
-
16.04.1946
HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop)
Cuff,
Charles Cecil
C.C. Cuff
Son of Levy and Mary Cuff.
Married ((12?).1919, Chard district, Somerset) Florence L. Hunt.
1894 ?
-
28.05.1941
(MPK) [age 47]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 4, column 1]
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
?
?
-
28.05.1941
HMS Registan (armed boarding vessel) [bombed by German aircraft]
Cuffe,
Alec Guinness
A.G. Cuffe
A.G. Cuffe

later known as:
Sir Alec Guinness

02.04.1914
Marylebone, Greater London
-
05.08.2000
Chichester, West Sussex
T/S.Lt.
1942
T/Lt.
30.04.1943 (reld 1945/46)

CH
1994
?
-
Kt
1959
?
Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
1955
?
Education: Pembroke Lodge, Southbourne; Roborough, Eastbourne



Actor. On leaving school went into Arks Publicity, Advertising Agents, as copywriter. First professional appearance walking on in Libel at King's Theatre, Hammersmith, 1933; played Hamlet in modern dress, Old Vic, 1938; toured the Continent, 1939
1941


joined RN as a rating; midshipman, HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
31.05.1942
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for LCTs)



Rejoined Old Vic, 1946-1947. Fellow, BAFTA, 1989. Hon. DFA Boston Coll., 1962; Hon. DLitt Oxon, 1977; Hon. LittD Cantab, 1991. Special Oscar, for contribution to film, 1979; Olivier Award for Services to the Theatre, SWET, 1989; Evening Standard Film Award for lifetime achievement, 1995. 
Films include: Oliver Twist; Kind Hearts and Coronets; The Bridge on the River Kwai (Oscar for best actor of the year, 1957); Lawrence of Arabia; Star Wars; Little Dorrit; A Handful of Dust.
Plays include: The Cocktail Party (New York); Dylan (New York) (Antoinette Perry Award); A Voyage Round My Father; Habeas Corpus; The Old Country, 1977; A Walk in the Woods, 1989.
Television: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 1979 (BAFTA Award, 1980); Smiley's People, 1981-1982 (BAFTA Award, 1983); Tales from Hollywood, 1991; A Foreign Field, 1993; Eskimo Day, 1995.
Published: Blessings in disguise (memoirs), 1985; My name escapes me : the diary of a retiring actor, 1996.
Cullen,
Dennis Patrick

D.P. Cullen
Married; one son, one daughter.

28.07.1923
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-
01.1995
Eastbourne district, Sussex
T/S.Lt.
27.02.1944
T/Lt.
27.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
1941
-
(1946?)
served in the RNVR (Battle of the Atlantic, West Africa campaign):
26.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HDML 1014 (harbour defence motor launch)
 
09.03.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)
?
-
?
HMS Acute (Algerine minesweeper)
(1946?)
-
1965
Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Centennial Mayor of Eastbourne, Sussex 1983-4.
Cullen,
Gerald

G. Cullen

?
-
Ord.Sea.
1942 [JX/329270]
T/A/S.Lt.
02.07.1943
T/S.Lt.
02.01.1944
T/Lt.
01.10.1945 (reld 09.04.1946)
1942
 
 
HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
18.10.1943
-
(07.1945) 
First Lieutenant, HMS Prowess (trawler) (probably even in command late 1945/early 1946?)
Returned to his employers, Commercial Union Assurance, at which time he was living at Buckhurst Hill, Essex. It would seem he later became a member of the RNVR Officers' Association and was also in the Rotary Club of Catford.
Cumberland,
Peter Ernest

P.E. Cumberland
Son of ... Cumberland, and ... Randall.
20.04.1922
Richmond district, Surrey
-
12.2005
Ely district, Cambridgeshire / Norfolk
T/S.Lt. (A)
?
T/Lt. (A)
20.10.1944 (reld 1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
05.12.1944
passage convoy JW59 & RA59A
Mention in Despatches MID
20.06.1944
2 attacks on U-boat 04.44
20.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [1944 at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
05.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for disposal)
Cunningham,
Joseph Irwin
"Joe"

J.I. Cunningham
Married (1958, Salzburg) Edith Franziska Roma Zdrazil (04.09.1928-26.11.2008); four sons.
1916
Portrush, Northern Ireland
-
11.2008 still alive
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
27.03.1940
T/Sg.Lt.
1941, seniority 27.03.1940 (reld 26.04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
01.01.1946
New Year 46
Education: MB, BCh, BAO.
27.03.1940
-
28.09.1940
RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
29.04.1940
-
17.04.1941
HMS Beagle (destroyer)
17.07.1941
-
27.03.1942
HMS Somali (destroyer)
03.07.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Zest (destroyer)
After marriage in 1958 moved throughout Europe, from London to Cologne, Helsinki, The Hague, Vienna, and Helensburgh (near Glasgow), before settling in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1972.
Cunningham,
Robert Cocks

R.C. Cunningham (Photo courtesy of Mr Guy de la Bedoyère)
?
-
T/S.Lt.
01.03.1944
T/Lt.
01.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
28.05.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Onslaught (destroyer)
14.08.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Lagos (destroyer) (for dagger duties)
Curd,
Geoffrey Fowler

G.F. Curd (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston)
28.03.1911
-
05.1985
Worthing district, West Sussex
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
12.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
28.11.1944
engagement near Fécamp 08.44
27.10.1942
-
02/03.1944
Gunnery Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer)
02/03.1944
-
08/09.1944
First Lieutenant, HMS Middleton (destroyer)
(10.1944)


no appointment listed
(07.1945)


HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Curtis,
Arthur James
"Jim"
A.J. Currtis
Married; at least one son.
20.12.1913
Roath district, Glamorganshire /  Wales
-
09.1993
Macclesfield district, Cheshire
Prob. Writer
29.01.1941 [Dev MX/81463]
Writer
30.04.1941
Ldg. Writer
03.03.1944
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
25.09.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
25.03.1945
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
< 04.1946
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
01.06.1946 (reld 14.12.1946)

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star (Burma); Defence Medal with Silver laurel leaves; War Medal 39-45

29.01.1941
-
03.03.1941
HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wilts)
04.03.1941
-
25.11.1941
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
26.11.1941
-
23.12.1941
HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
24.12.1941
-
23.07.1942
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
24.07.1942
-
01.03.1943
HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
02.03.1943
-
25.03.1943
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
26.03.1943
-
16.04.1943
HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
17.04.1943
-
29.04.1943
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
30.04.1943
-
04.11.1943
HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven)
05.11.1943
-
03.12.1943
HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
04.12.1943
-
20.12.1943
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
21.12.1943
-
28.12.1943
HMS Arbiter (escort carrier)
29.12.1943
-
23.02.1944
HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)
24.02.1944
-
04.03.1944
HMS Arbiter (escort carrier)
05.03.1944
-
05.03.1944
HMS Reaper (escort carrier)
06.03.1944
-
06.03.1944
HMS Thane (escort carrier)
07.03.1944
-
24.09.1944
HMS Arbiter (escort carrier)
25.09.1944
-
06.11.1944
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)
07.11.1944
-
19.08.1945
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for sea transport duties)
20.08.1945
-
18.10.1946
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty at Calcutta)
19.10.1946
-
14.12.1946
HMS President (Admiralty)
Curtis,
Dunstan Michael Carr
D.M.C. Curtis
Only child of Arthur Cecil Curtis, a civil servant, and his wife, Elizabeth, a teacher and painter, the daughter of Austin Cooper Carr, of Broxton Lower Hall, Cheshire.
Married 1st (1939) Monica, daughter of James Grant Forbes, lawyer, of Boston, Massachusetts; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1950) Patricia (Tony) Elton, sociologist and daughter of George Elton Mayo, an industrial sociologist at Harvard University.
26.08.1910
Chelsea, Greater London
-
09.09.1983
Montgomery
Prob. T/S.Lt.
02.02.1940
T/Lt.
26.08.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944
T/A/Cdr.
? (reld < 04.1946)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
01.01.1963
New Year 63: Deputy Secretary-General, Council of Europe

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
21.05.1942
attack on St Nazaire [investiture 30.06.42]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
09.05.1944
Operation Stanley (various clanestine operations in Mediterranean 43) [award posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
09.02.1943
special duties
Mention in Despatches MID
11.12.1945
wind-up Europe 45
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
?
St Nazaire raid
Education: Eton (1923); Trinity College, Oxford (1929)
Qualified as a solicitor, 1937. Legal adviser and business manager to Michel Saint-Denis, the French theatrical director at the Old Vic drama school.
11.03.1937
 
 
joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
(04.1940)
 
 
HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing)
14.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport)
25.06.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
(03.1942)


Commanding Officer, MGB 314 (motor gun boat)
(1943?)
-
(1944)
in charge of the naval wing of 30 Commando / 30 Advanced Unit (Africa, Sicily & NW Europe)
(10.1944)
 
 
Combined Operations HQ *
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Deputy secretary-general of the European Movement, 1947. Serving on the Council of Europe till 1962. Senior partner in the Paris office of the law firm Herbert Smith & Co., 1964-1973.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Curtis,
Jeffery William

J.W. Curtis
Son of ... Curtis, and ... Peck.
(09?).1912
Epping district, Essex
-
T/S.Lt.
21.02.1941
T/Lt.
21.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
03.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) (for motor launches)
07.08.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Osborne (RN base, Ryde, Isle of Wight) (for duty with Naval Control Service Office, Cowes)
(07.1945)


HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Curzon,
Viscount;
Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon;
6th Earl Howe (1821);
Baron Howe (1788);
Baron Curzon (1794);
Viscount Curzon (1802)

Viscount Curzon
A godson of King Edward VII.
Only son of 5th Earl Howe, PC, CBE, VD (1884-1964), and Mary Curzon (1887-1962).
Succeeded father, 1964.
Married 1st (23.07.1935) Priscilla (whom he divorced, 1942), only child of  Lt.Col. Sir Archibald Weigall, 1st Bt, KCMG; two daughters.
Married 2nd (30.04.1946) Grace Lilian Barker "Gay", eldest daughter of late Stephen Frederick Wakeling, Durban, South Africa; two daughters.

07.08.1908
St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex
-
29.05.1984
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Prob. Midsh.
18.09.1928
A/S.Lt.
21.07.1931
S/Lt.
07.11.1932, seniority 21.07.1932 (retd 1936/37?)
Prob. T/S.Lt.
23.02.1940
T/Lt.
20.05.1940
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
> 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
10.06.1961
HM's birthday 61: for political & public services in Buckinghamshire
Education: Eton; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1928


joined RNVR (London Division)



served War of 1939-1945 in Atlantic & Pacific:
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
11.06.1940
-
(12.1941)
HMS Cairo (cruiser)
19.05.1942
-
(07.1945)
HMS Howe (battleship)
Member (MR) LCC for South Battersea, 1937-46. Commissioner of Bucks St John Ambulance Brigade, 1953-55; President: South Buckinghamshire Conservative and Unionist Association, 1965-72; St John Ambulance, Bucks; Trustee,  King William IV Naval Asylum. JP 1946, DL 1960, Bucks. Alderman, Buckinghamshire, 1958, County Councillor, 1973-, Vice Chairman, Bucks County Council, 1976-. President, Chesham and Amersham Conservative Association, since 1972. President: Britisith Automobile Racing Club; Inst. of Road Safety Officers; Fiat Motor Club (GB); RAC Steward; Vice-Chairman, RAC; Director, Automobile Proprietary Ltd; Member: RAC Public Policy Cttee; British Motor Sports Council; Motoring Services Ltd; RNLI Cttee of Management. Hon. FIRTE. CStJ. 
Cutteridge,
Ralph Oliver
R.O. Cutteridge
(09?).1920
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
T/Lt.
18.01.1943
15.04.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Blenheim (destroyer depot ship) (Mediterranean)
17.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon) (for miscellaneous duties)


 
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