A.W. Crabb  to  R.O. Cutteridge
Crabb, Albert Walter Son of ... Crabb, and ... Shelton.	10.02.1915 Poplar district, London - 01.1973 Falmouth district, Cornwall	T/A/S.Lt. 02.07.1943 T/S.Lt. 02.01.1944 T/Lt. 02.01.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	03.11.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Lawford (frigate) 16.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Faulknor (destroyer) (for flotilla staff) 02.09.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Goodson (frigate) (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Crabb, Lionel Kenneth [Philip] "Buster"	28.01.1909 Streatham, SW London - 19.04.1956 (missing, declared death 09.06.1957) [memorial]	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) ? (reld 1947) Cdr. (Sp.Br.) (retd) ? GM 25.01.1944 removal of mines 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 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   From Glasgow.	? -	T/Lt. 22.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 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]   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) OBE 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 61: as British Council representative, Libya 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	? -	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 Son of Harold Ernest Crammond (1884?-1942), and Amy Florrie Taplin (1878-1962). Married ((09?).1963, Basford district, Nottinghamshire) Marion R. Short; ... children (one son?).	26.03.1909 Loughbrough district, Leicestershire - 02.2004 Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.02.1940 T/S.Lt. 1940, seniority 23.02.1940 T/Lt. 24.05.1940, seniority 23.02.1940 (reld 23.12.1940; medically unfit) MID 04.02.1941 bringing down enemy aircraft 17.11.40	? - 07.04.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments) 08.04.1940 - 21.04.1940 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (additional; for minesweeping department) 22.04.1940 - 25.06.1940 HMS Queen of Thanet (paddle minesweeper) [HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith) (additional)] 26.06.1940 - 12.12.1940 HMS Southsea (minesweeping drifter) [HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) (additional), from 01.08.1940 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) (additional)] 13.12.1940 - 14.01.1941 admitted RN Hospital Kingseat with defective vision (having been earlier admitted to Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary at 19.07.1940 with a head injury and concussion), found medically unfit for service and released from service dated 23.12.1940
Crane, Arthur George	? -	T/Lt. 22.08.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943	22.08.1941 - (10.)1944 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 18.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for miscellaneous services) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Crane, Vernon Reginald 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	? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 11.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946) 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
Crawford, John "Jack"	? -	Prob. T/S/Lt. 07.06.1940 T/Lt. 07.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 04.1943, < 08.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted] MID 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia 05.43)	(07.1940)     no appointment listed 05.08.1940 - (02.)1942 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 01.02.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Laguna Belle (paddle minesweeper) 30.04.1943 - (06.) 1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (Halcyon class minesweeper) (10.) 1944 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Hazard (Halcyon class minesweeper)
Cresdee, Alan Herbert Victor Son of Charles Herbert Cresdee, and Margaretta Thurston. Married ((06?).1947, Hendon district, Middlesex) Gwendoline Louisa P. Goodwin (14.02.1924 - 02.2001); one son.	26.09.1919 Hammersmith district, London - (03?).1974 Reading district, Berkshire	T/S.Lt. 20.03.1941 T/Lt. 20.09.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	16.04.1941 - (12.1941) Navigating Officer, HMS Thirlmere (trawler) 01.04.1942 - (02.)1943 Navigating and Gunnery Officer (later First Lieutenant), HMS Rousay (trawler) (06.1943) - (01.1945) HMS Rousay (trawler) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Crichton, Charles McVeagh	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) 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	? -	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 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 "Ted" Married 1st (28.08.1928, Kensington district, London) Frances Emma Gale (08.02.1904 - 28.12.1961), as professional singer from 1923-1935 known as Frances Nightingale, daughter of Arthur William Gale (1871-1953), and Alice Luck (1872-1953); 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"	(12?).1922 ? Lambeth district, London ? - 19.11.2009 London E6	T/S.Lt. 11.03.1943 T/A/Lt. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) Lt. RNR 30.11.1959, seniority 08.01.1959 Lt. (Sp.Br.) RNR 07.1966, seniority 08.01.1959 (removed from active list 12.1966, dated 08.05.1966)	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) * 30.11.1959     transferred, Permanent RNR * indexed, but not listed as such
Crisp, John Venables "Jack" Married ((09?).1937, Swansea district, Glamorgan) Eleanor Williams.	(06?).1908 Gower district, Glamorgan - 1970 Herefordshire	T/S.Lt. 19.09.1943 T/Lt. 19.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	12.07.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Acacia (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Critchley, Macdonald 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 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	? - 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 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) Atl St - - Pac St - - It St - - 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
Cronin, Richard John Percival Son of John James Cronin (1880-1936), and Mary Edith Sullivan (1884-1971), of Plymouth. His brother Petty Officer Supply James Patrick Cronin (15.09.1916-15.11.1943) was killed on destroyer HMS Quail south of Calabria when the ship was mined. Married (01.01.1951, Plymouth district, Devon) Catherine G. Reid; one son, two daughters.	21.01.1912 Devonport district, Devon - 15.11.1976 Plymouth district, Devon	T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 24.11.1943 T/Paym.S.Lt. = T/S.Lt. (S) 24.05.1944 T/A/Lt. (S) < 01.1945 T/Lt. (S) 01.04.1945 Lt. (S) RN 22.01.1947, seniority 01.04.1945 Lt.Cdr. (S) RN 01.04.1953 (emgcy 21.12.1955)	15.12.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional; for various services) 07.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 22.01.1947     transferred, RN 11.1947 - (05.1949) RN Barracks, Singapore [HMS Terror] (05.1950)     HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) * 10.1950 - (05.1951) HMS Orion (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 21.07.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Widemouth Bay (frigate) 30.09.1953 - (04.)1955 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cronyn, Hugh Verschoyle 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) 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).
Croom-Johnson, [Rt. Hon. Sir] David Powell Third son of Hon. Sir Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson (1879-1957), sometime a Judge of the High Court, and Ruby Ernestine Hobbs. Married (08.07.1940, Grimsby, Lincolnshire) Barbara Douglas Warren (10.07.1913 - 04.1994), youngest daughter of Erskine Douglas Warren, of Toronto; one daughter.	28.11.1914 Wandsworth district, London - 21.11.2000 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	Lt. 10.06.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946) Lt.Cdr. 10.06.1947 (retd 24.01.1953) Kt 11.06.1971 ? DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 16.03.45] VRD 09.02.1954 -	Education: The Hall, Hampstead; Stowe School; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA; Hon. Fellow, 1985). 1936 - 1953 served, RNVR (London Division) 1938 - 1938 HMS Barham (battleship) 09.09.1939 - (08.)1942 HMS Ross (Hunt class minesweeper) 14.12.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Hydra (Algerine class minesweeper) 11.09.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Peterhead (Bangor class minesweeper) [ship irreparably damaged 08.06.1944] (07.1945)     no appointment listed Called to Bar, Gray's Inn, 1938, Master of the Bench, 1964, Treasurer, 1981; Western Circuit. QC 1958; Recorder of Winchester, 1962-1971; Judge of Courts of Appeal, Jersey and Guernsey, 1966-1971; Judge of High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, 19.04.1971-1984. Privy Councillor (PC), 1984. A Lord Justice of Appeal, 12.11.1984-1989. Member: General Council of the Bar, 1958-1962; Senate of Inns of Court, 1966-1970. Conducted Home Office Inquiry concerning amalgamation of Lancashire Police Areas, 1967-1968; Vice-Chairman, Home Office Committee on Mentally Abnormal Offenders, 1972-1975; Chairman, Crown Agents Tribunal, 1978-1982. Member, Council, Oakdene School, 1956-1979; Chairman, Knightsbridge Association, 1965-1971.
Crosley, Richard Roy Son of Richard Crosley, and Ivy E. Hosking. Married ((03.).1944, Sheffield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Winifred M. Unwin; two sons, two daughters.	25.02.1920 Totnes district, Devonshire - 04.1991 Camelford district, Cornwall [Parish Churchyard, St Teath]	T/S.Lt. 09.04.1942 T/Lt. 01.02.1944 (reld 01.1946) T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.06.1948 DSC 25.07.1944 action 10.05.44 [investiture 10.10.44] DSC 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces actions 3 & 13.07.44 [investiture 10.10.44]	07.1940 - 1942 served as a coder in the Navy 1942 - 09.04.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (06.1942)     no appointment listed (08.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * 21.07.1943 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 84 (motor gun boat) 24.01.1944 - (07.)1944 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MTBs): (05.1944) - (07.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 467 (motor torpedo boat) (DSC & Bar) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 08.06.1948 - (05.1951) served Sea Cadet Corps Head teacher St Teath.
Cross, David Angus Married ...; ... children (one son?).	08.03.1917 - 08.1995 Truro district, Cornwall	T/S.Lt. 27.03.1941 T/Lt. 27.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(06.1941)     no appointment listed 22.06.1941 - (10.)1941 HM MASB 28 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 30.10.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Victory III (accounting section, Portsmouth) 07.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MASB 28 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth)] 06.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for Motor Launch duties) [in command of HM ML 4002 which left Knysna (South Africa) on 09.03.1945 on its maiden voyage]
Cross, Graham Foster Son of Ernest William Cross (1970-1943), and Constance Mary Berguer (1869-1949). Married 1st (27.08.1932, Billericay district, Essex) Kathleen Mary Clark (16.06.1907 - 19.07.1946); three sons. Married 2nd (31.03.1950, Saffron Walden district, Essex) Nesta Rosamund Bevan (17.10.1911 - 06.03.1999), divorced wife of Lt.Cdr. Gerald Eliot Meysey Bromley-Martin, RNVR (1906-1954), and daughter of Bertrand Yorke Bevan (1867-), and Georgina Laura Frederica Malcolmson, of Cuckfield.	04.02.1904 Leytonstone, West Ham district, London - 22.10.1996 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	T/Lt. 05.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944	24.11.1939 - (04.)1940 Minesweeping Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (10.1940)     no appointment listed 09.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) 25.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Miranda (minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth) (10.1944)     HMS Kellett (Hunt class minesweeper) * 11.12.1944 - 01.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Lioness (Algerine class minesweeper) 04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous services) 1945? - 1945? Commanding Officer, HMS Rosamund (Algerine class minesweeper) * indexed, but not listed as such
Crosskell, Gordon Kenneth 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	? -	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) 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	c. 1916 -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946) 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] Son of David Crothers, and Margery Gillian Michell (1884-). Married (19.11.1945, Dunoon, Scotland) Anne Warrand (1912?-); one daughter.	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) 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) (05.1932)     no appointment listed 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 - (03.)1935 HMS Beagle (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 17.06.1935 - 07.1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Wakeful (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 25.07.1935 - (10.)1935 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) (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 (Bps' Coll. Cheshunt. d 1961, p 1962 Cant. C. of Margate 1961-65 ; R. of St. Erme, Dio. Truro, from 1965. St. Erme Rectory, Truro, Cornw.).
Crouch, Sidney Travis 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 - - Atl St - & clasp France & Germany Bur St - - WM 39|45 - - 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) *
Crowdy, Robert James William Married (04.05.1923, St George's Church, Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent) Nora Jessie Crofton Taylor (15.02.1892 - 26.11.1971); one son.	14.10.1899 Nainital, Lucknow, India - 20.01.1974 Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent	T/Midsh. RNR 20.12.1917 T/Lt. 22.10.1939 T/A/Lt. Cdr. 10.01.1943? DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration handed]	Second mate's certificate, Merchant Navy, 04.08.1922. (12.1939) - (09.1940) no appointment listed 25.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Bridport (minesweeper) 25.02.1941 - (12.1942) HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 10.01.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 40 (landing ship, tank) [initially at HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)] 08.1943 - 09.1943 Commanding Officer, HM LST 417 (landing ship, tank) 14.09.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM LST 413 (landing ship, tank) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 20.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (DSC)
Crowsley, Derek Edward Married (18.04.1936, Rushden, Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire) Constance Irene Tall (20.01.1910 - 12.04.1988); one son, one daughter.	31.08.1910 Abingdon, Berkshire - 02.05.1973 Northampton, Northamptonshire	Ord.Tel. 03.02.1940 [C/WRX 1241] T/S.Lt. 06.03.1941 T/Lt. 06.06.1941 (reld 1945) DSM 16.08.1940 coast of Norway [investiture 13.03.41] 39-45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - WM 39|45 - -	03.02.1940 - 11.1940 radio operator, HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (DSM) 22.04.1941 - 03.02.1942 Wireless Telegraphy and Communications Offcer, HMS Convolvulus (corvette) 04.04.1942 - 10.10.1943 Signals Officer, HMS Orion (cruiser) [qualified officer from 15.05.1943] 11.01.1944 - 09.05.1945 Signals Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane] 13.05.1945 - 31.07.1945 Naval Party 2034 [HMS Viceroy) (Trondheim) (for signal/communication duties)
Crowther, Charles Henry 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)
Cuerden *, Richard * Also shown (incorrectly) in the Navy List as: Cuerdon, and: Cuerdan.	(12?).1908 Preston, Lancashire - 1966 New Zealand	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (A) 22.03.1943 T/S.Lt. (A) 22.09.1943 T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1945 Lt. (A) RN 23.03.1946, seniority 01.06.1945 (reld > 07.1948, < 05.1949)	(04.1943)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on- Solent) * (06.1943) - (08.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 23.08.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on- Solent) (for RN Air Station Hednesford) 27.11.1944 - (04.1946) RN Aircraft Repair Yard Donibristle [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 23.03.1946     transferred to RN 22.12.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)
Cuff, Charles Cecil 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 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 ? 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 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	? -	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 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) DSC 05.12.1944 passage convoy JW59 & RA59A 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)
Cunis, Ryan Arthur	(12?).1915 Greenwich, London -	S.Lt. 05.08.1939 Lt. 09.11.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	27.11.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Kashmir (destroyer) 15.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Kandahar (destroyer) (10.1944) - (01.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] * [in fact on staff of Captain Landing Barges (despatches)] 05.03.1945 - (07.1945) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Cunningham, Joseph Irwin "Joe" 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) 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	? -	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	28.03.1911 - 05.1985 Worthing district, West Sussex	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 12.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946) 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
Curram, Ralph Herbert [Thomas] Married ((09?).1926, Paddington district, London) Phyllis May Toy (17.07.1903 - (03?).1978).	10.01.1892 Hackney district, London - (12?).1974 Worthing district, Sussex	Recruit 01.06.1911 Sig. 01.01.1912 Ldg.Sig. 30.10.1913 A/Yeo. of Sigs. 28.10.1916 Yeo of Sigs. 26.12.1918? Sig.Boatsw. 01.06.1926 Cd.Sig.Boatsw. 01.06.1936 Sig.Lt. 01.06.1941 (retd 10.01.1944) A/Sig.Lt.Cdr. (retd) > 12.1943, < 10.1944 MBE 11.05.1937 HM's coronation 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - 39-45 St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Cor M 37 - - LSGCM - - VD ? - ImpSM 05.11.1954 - Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway	Joined Post Office as a paperkeeper in London, 04.1909. Male Learner, 05.1909, then General Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist. 01.06.1911     joined RNVR (London Division) as a recruit 07.1912     training, HMS Monarch 10.1913     training, HM Signal School, Portsmouth 06/07.1914     training, HMS Lion 02.08.1914 - 31.01.1919 mobilized RNVR (London Division): 04.08.1914 - 16.12.1914 HMS Western Rame Head 17.12.1914 - 15.04.1915 Royal Naval Division 16.04.1915 - 05.10.1917 HMS Otranto (armed merchant cruiser) 06.10.1917 - 24.11.1917 HMS Pembroke I 25.11.1917 - 31.01.1919 HMS Victory VI 10.06.1931     HMS Rodney (battleship) 30.06.1934     HMS Barham (battleship) 10.08.1939     HMS Nelson (battleship) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 25.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 23.01.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Scotia (signals training establishment, Doonfoot, Ayr) Assistant Superintendent, London Postal Region. Postmaster, House of Commons Branch Office, 1948-1954. Retired 1954.
Curtis, Arthur James "Jim" 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 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) CBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63: Deputy Secretary-General, Council of Europe DSC 21.05.1942 attack on St Nazaire [investiture 30.06.42] DSC 09.05.1944 Operation Stanley (various clanestine operations in Mediterranean 43) [award posted] MID 09.02.1943 special duties MID 11.12.1945 wind-up Europe 45 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 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) 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) 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.
Cusack, Charles Gordon Son of George D'Arcy Cusack, and Winifred Stanley, of Tonbridge, Kent. Married (1946?) Mary Watkin Thurlby, youngest daughter of Mr C.W. Thurlby, of Hamilton.	06.08.1916 Lewisham district, London -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.02.1944	Education: The University of Sydney (1950s). (10.1944) - (01.1945) HMAS Brisbane (RANVR base, Brisbane) * (07.1945)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) * 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * indexed, but not listed as such
Cutteridge, Ralph Oliver	(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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