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Dace, Cyril Jack Son of Isaac Dace, and Margaret E. Waterson.	19.08.1916 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 09.1991 Uttlesford district, Essex	T/S.Lt. 26.09.1943 T/Lt. 01.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946) QPM 13.06.1970 HM's birthday 70	(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate) * [possibly for service with Landing Craft Infantry (Small)] Commander, Metropolitan Police. * indexed, but not listed as such
Dale, Geoffrey Alan	22.09.1923 Leyton, London - 26.12.1988 Canterbury	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 T/Lt. 01.03.1946	06.06.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 8 (motor gun boat) 15.05.1944 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 731 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946) HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton) Trained as a teacher and taught history for many years at schools in Dover.
Dale, Geoffrey Raymond From Sydney, Australia. Married 1st ((06?).1944, Lowestoft, Lothingland district) Third Officer Barbara Gilks, WRNS;  one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1972, Australia).	29.09.1917 Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia - 1976	T/S.Lt. 12.02.1942 T/Lt. 12.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 04.05.1943 action with E-boats 08.03.43 [investiture 09.11.43] MID 02.05.1944 4 E-boats damaged 14.02.44	(1943) served Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) 20.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (initially for 7th MGB Flotilla, later for 5th MGB Flotilla) (03.1943)     HM MGB 20 (motor gun boat) 06.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 125 (motor gun boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) (02.1944)     HM MTB 443 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed After the war he returned to Australia and worked and returned to the advertising industry as a copywriter eventually as agency copywriter director/ manager of several firms.
Dalziel, William George	? -	T/S.Lt. ? DSC 06.07.1943 ?	(04.1943) Navigating Officer, HM MGB 630 (motor gun boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)]
Dampier, [Rev.] Robert Cecil Walter Elder son (with one brother) of V.Adm. Cecil Frederick Dampier, CMG, RN (1868-1950), and Barbara Constance Anne Giffard (1883-1966), of Bentworth, Droxford, Hampshire. Brother of Lt.Cdr. Denis John Dampier, RN.	29.04.1919 Dover district - 10.1999 South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire	T/S.Lt. 21.08.1941 T/Lt. 21.02.1944	Education: Stowe School; Pembroke College, Cambridge (matriculation year 1937). (12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Queenborough (destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) * Joined the clergy post-war. Vicar of St Stephen's, Lewisham (05.1961), Tettenhall Wood (12.1966), Coven (06.1982).
Danckwerts, Michael John Son of V.Adm. Victor Hilary Danckwerts, RN (1890-1944), and Joyce Middleton.	29.01.1924 Emsworth, Havant district, Hampshire - 28.11.1997 Kemsing, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	T/S.Lt. (A) 01.03.1944 T/Lt. (A) 01.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	16.08.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Air Warfare and Flying Training Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (apparently serving in Canada) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Danckwerts, [Prof.] Peter Victor   Eldest son (with two brothers and two sisters)  of V.Adm. Victor Hilary Danckwerts, CMG, RN (1890-1944), and Joyce Middleton. Married (1960) Mrs. Lavinia Anne Harrison, daughter of Brig.Gen. & Mrs. D.A. Macfarlane.	14.10.1916 Emsworth, Hampshire - 25.10.1984 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.07.1940 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 02.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.10.1941 (reld 20.05.1946) GC 20.12.1940 parachute mines disposal, London 08.40 [investiture 27.05.41] MBE 29.12.1942 mine disposal 07.42 [investiture 16.03.45]	Education: Winchester College; Balliol College, Oxford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. BA (chemistry) Oxon, 1938; SM (Chemical Engineering Practice), MIT, 1948; MA Cantab 1948. Held a post in the small chemical company of Fullers Earth Union Ltd, Redhill, 1939-1940. 1940 - 1946 RNVR: 27.07.1940 - (12.1941) Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 1940     operating with the Port of London Authority winter 1941 - 1942 operating at Tyneside  04.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 07.1943     wounded during the invasion of Sicily while tripping over a landmine (04.1944) - (07.1945) Experiments and Developments Branch, Combined Operations HQ Commonwealth Fund Fellow, MIT, 1946-48; Demonstrator and Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University, 1948-54; Deputy Director of Research and Development, Industrial Group, UK Atomic Energy Authority, 1954-56; Professor of Chemical Engineering Science, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1956-59. Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1959-1977, then Emeritus. Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1959-77, then Emeritus. MIChemE 1955 (President, 1965-66); Hon. FIChemE. Fellow, Royal Society, 1969. Hon. DTech Bradford, 1978; Hon. DSc: Loughborough, 1981; Bath, 1983. Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1964; Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, USA, 1978.
Daniels, Spencer Gordon Culham Son of ... Daniels, and ... Culham. Married; ... children.	08.07.1916 Tombridge district, Kent / Sussex - 03.1984 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 19.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 19.06.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Maplin (fighter catapult ship) 12.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Thane (escort carrier)
Darby, Robert Keith From Stourbridge. Married (25.09.1954, Stafford) Annabel Forrester Bostock (born 1932).	30.10.1920 - 02.1996 Wolverhampton district, West Midlands	T/S.Lt. 24.07.1942 T/Lt. 24.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 11.06.1946 wind up Far East	(10.1944) - (07.1945) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll) * (1945) LCI(L) 266 (landing craft infantry (large)) (04.1946) no appointment listed Ran an engineering business post-war. * indexed, but not listed as such
Darke, Norman John Horatio	(09?).1915 Portsmouth, Hampshire -	T/S.Lt. 21.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St ? ? Atl St ? Bar France/Germany Def M ? ? WM 39|45 ? ? Cor M ? ? Queen's Police Medal; Police Long Service Medal [EII R]	12.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lawson (frigate) Chief Superintendent & Commander, Metropolitan Police.
Darnborough, Frank Gilbert Residence: (1944) Carlshalton Beeches, (from 1953 onwards) Cape Town, South Africa.	(03?).1903 Greenwich, London - 1998 Cape Town, South Africa	T/Lt. 23.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 13.10.1943? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1945 New Year 45 OBE 08.06.1968 HM's birthday 68: British subject resident in South Africa MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43	01.04.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR] 1939 - 1945/46? served in Arctic Convoys (Archangel runs), D-Day, &tc. (in destroyers and minesweepers): 08.11.1939 - (02.1941) HMS Seagull (minesweeper) 09.10.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Blyth (minesweeper) 13.10.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Llandudno (minesweeper) 17.07.1944 - (07.1945) Minesweeping Department, HMS Vernon (torpedo training establishment, Brighton)
Darracott, William Roy Son of ... Darracott, and .. Manning. Married Betty Bethell (1925-), daughter of Aubrey Bethell and Lillian Grace Sellers; ... children.	(03?).1921 Dorchester district, Dorset - 25.09.2008 [Bath ?]	T/S.Lt. 11.09.1942 T/Lt. 01.06.1944 DSC 21.11.1944 action west coast Italy 06.44 [decoration posted] DSC 05.12.1944 coastal operations Adriatic & Aegean [decoration posted]	28.05.1943 - (06.1944) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 662 (motor gun boat) (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * 27.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Waxwing (RN camp, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife) * indexed, but not listed as such
Davey, David Murray	? -	T/A/Lt. 27.08.1943	(10.1944)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) * (01.1945)     no appointment listed (03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "Navarinon" (Greek destroyer) 27.04.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Vernon II (accommodation ship, Portsmouth) *  indexed, but not listed as such
Davies, Charles Gordon Victor	22.06.1904 Hackney district, Greater London - 12.1997 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.01.1941 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.04.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 [investiture 03.11.42] LegH ? liberation of France	(02.1941)     no appointment listed 06.02.1941 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (from ... Staff Officer (Operations) for Flotilla Duties) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Davies, David Oswald	30.08.1908 - 11.1992 Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.12.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	on cypher duties: 26.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) 01.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty at Calcutta) * * date of appointment given as 01.04.1944, but more likely to be 01.04.1945
Davies, John Edward Hamilton	? ? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt.  16.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	03.05.1943 - 23.01.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 352 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) (03.1944?)     HM MTB 223 (motor torpedo boat) ? 20.02.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 394 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Davies, Peter Errington	04.02.1916 - 01.1991 Truro, Cornwall	T/S.Lt. 10.04.1941 T/Lt. 10.04.1942 (reld 07.01.1946) DSC 15.05.1945 minesweeping in the Adriatic 08-10.44	01.07.1941 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Wyoming (minesweeping trawler) 11.01.1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2053 (British yard minesweeper) (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Davis, Arthur Reginald Jack	? - 1960 ??	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 29.07.1940 T/Lt. (A) 28.09.1942 Lt. (A) RN 1946?, seniority 28.09.1942 (reld 12.02.1950; placed on emgcy list)	? - 15.11.1940 812 Squadron FAA [taken off in his Fairey Swordfish L9724 G3L from North Coates, the tail hit by Flak in a bombing raid on Barley Airfield, crashed and overturned at Dunkirk; captured] 11.1940 - 1945? prisoner of war in German captivity (04.1946) 816 Squadron FAA * 1946? transferred to RN 04.1947 - (07.1948) observer, 728 Squadron FAA [HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta)] 15.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) * indexed, but not listed as such
Davis, Gordon Seymour Son of ... Davis, and ... Winter. Married; ... children (one son?).	03.11.1923 Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire - 02.2004 Croydon district, London / Surrey	T/Midsh. 1941? T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld 1946)	20.07.1943 - 12.05.1945 HM ML 212 (motor launch) 1945 ?     HM ML 566 (motor launch) ? (07.1945)     HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * 15.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
Davis, Jonathan Philip	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 13.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	08.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMNZS Achilles (cruiser)
Davis, Ronald Ernest	? -	T/S.Lt. 11.07.1940 T/Lt. 11.01.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MID 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (Sicily 07.43)	05.10.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Wolsey (destroyer) 24.11.1941 - (08.1943) HMS Tetcott (destroyer) 01.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Rotherham (flotilla leader) 15.09.1945 - (04.1946) HM Dockyard Singapore (for torpedo duties)
Davis, William Eric "Uncle David" Son of William John and Florence Kate Rachel Davis. Married (1935) Barbara de Riemer (died 1982); one son, two daughters.	27.06.1908 Upton Upon Severn district, Worcestershire - 29.04.1996 Ealing district, London	T/S.Lt. 26.08.1943 T/A/Lt. 07.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1969 New Year 69	Education: Bishop's Stortford College; The Queen's College, Oxford (MA) Schoolmaster, 1931-1935; joined BBC as member of Children's Hour, 1935. 1942 - 1946 served RNVR: 1943 - 06.06.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, Greek LST "Lesvos" (wounded in action when ship was wrecked) 09.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) LRAM, ARCM. BBC, 1946-1970; Head of Children's Hour, BBC, 1953-1961; Head of Children's Programmes (Sound), BBC, 1961-1964; Producer, Drama Department, 1964-1970, retired. Published: Various songs, etc including: Lullaby, 1943; Fabulous Beasts, 1948; Little Grey Rabbit Song Book, 1952; poetry: A Single Star, 1973; various speech recordings, including: Black Beauty; Just So Stories; The Wind in the Willows (complete text), 1986.
Davison, Robert Hunter	? -	Prob. Midsh. 23.11.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 06.08.1942, seniority 05.01.1940 Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld from active service < 04.1946) (removed from active list 15.12.1949; own request) DSC 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [decoration posted]	23.11.1938 joined RNVR (Tyne Division) (04.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) * 30.12.1941 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 464 (motor launch) (from 02.11.1942 at Newhaven) (10.1944) no appointment listed (07.1945) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Dawson, George Alvin	? - ?	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 17.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	possibly served at some point at HMS Speedy (minesweeper); posted to Malta for Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy, 08.1942) 01.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Weston (sloop) (04.1946) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Dean, Ian Trent Son of Henry Gordon Dean and Kate D.T. Williams, of Navenby, Lincolnshire.	(03?).1925 Liverpool district, Lancashire - 26.07.1945 (KIA) [age 20] [Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand, 2.L.15]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 23.07.1944 T/S.Lt. (A) 23.01.1945	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 25.10.1944 - 26.07.1945 pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield, nr Cape Town), from 04.1945 HMS Ameer (escort carrier)] (killed in air operations)
Deane, Richard Teesdale	see:	RCNVR officers' section
de Chateleux, Leo Harold Cecil Married ((09?).1938, Strood district, Kent) Mary M. Pennicott; one daughter.	15.01.1906 Uttoxeter district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire - 05.08.1959 Harrow, Greater London	Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.11.1940 T/Lt. 22.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.1943? (reld > 04.1946)	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove) 06.02.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) 26.10.1943 - (04.1946) on staff of Captain (D), Plymouth [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Portsmouth)]
De La Riviere, Lewis Dibdin	09.08.1909 Billericay, Essex - 04.1986 Mid Warwickshire	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 05.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)	(07.1945) HMS Colne (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Deiter, Oswald Birrell Married ((06?).1933, St George Hanver Square district, Middlesex) ... Macey.	15.11.1903 Danville, USA - 20.07.1979 Bergen, New Jersey, USA	T/S.Lt. 24.03.1941 T/Lt. 08.1941, seniority 24.06.1941	Osteopath and obstetrician from New York, working in London (UK) 1930s. Aviator's certificate #9422, 03.09.1930 (taken on a Cirrus III at Hanworth Club (NFS). Naturalized British citizen, 19.05.1936. 24.03.1941 joined the RNVR (as an American citizen) 24.06.1941 - (12.)1941 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine establishment, Campbeltown) (for instructional duties) 29.12.1941 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 115 (motor launch)
Dent, Ernest	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 21.05.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1945)	(12.1941) HMS President (Admiralty) * (10.1944) HMS President (Admiralty) * (07.1945) HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples) * * indexed, but not listed as such
de Sola, Raphael David Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Clarence Isaac de Sola (1858-1920), and Belle Maud Goldsmith (1875-1965). Married (30.10.1946, Spanish and Portugese Synagogue, London; later annulled) Elizabeth Nedas, daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Nedas, of London.	15.08.1902 Montreal, Que., Canada - 09.08.1989 London	Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940 T/Lt. 21.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	02.08.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for miscellaneous services) 12.05.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) 29.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) Stockbroker.
Dewhurst, [Sir] Christopher John "Jack"	02.07.1920 Garstang, Lancashire - 01.12.2006	T/Sg.Lt. 04.02.1944	Education: MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP ? - (07.1945) HMS Flamingo
Dewsbery, John Patrick Married 1st ((06?).1936, Kensington district, London) Josephine L. Hamilton, of Stroud Green, London N4; one daughter. Married 2nd ((09?).1948, Chelsea district, London) Edith Mary A. Goodland; one daughter, two sons, and one son who died at birth.	24.05.1908 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire - 16.04.1986 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	RAFO:   P/O (prob) 15.07.1929 P/O 15.07.1930 F/O 15.01.1931 (reld 15.07.1934) RNVR:   Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 29.08.1940 T/Sg.Lt. 1942?, seniority 29.08.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: MB (Oxford); BM, BCh (1952), MRCP ; medical registration 19.10.1934. Granted gliding certificate "A" (No. 274), London Gliding Club, 31.01.1932. 15.07.1929 - 15.07.1934 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class AA (ii)) 29.08.1940 - 30.10.1940 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 31.10.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital, London.
Dewsbury, David Austin "Peter" Married ((09?).1963, Sutton Coldfield district, Warwickshire) Clara Collins.	04.10.1914 Lichfield, Staffordshire - 08.03.2001 Lichfield, Staffordshire	T/S.Lt. 23.10.1941 T/Lt. 23.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 10.02.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) 12.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hastings (sloop) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Sales person.
Dick, John Mathew	02.08.1899 Campbeltown, Argyll - 04.02.1981 [Edinburgh ?]	:Lt. 1924 Cdr. 30.06.1935 Capt. 31.12.1940 (retd 1946) A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 1943 CB 1955 ? CBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 VRD ? ?	Education: Campbeltown Grammar School; Edinburgh Academy 1917 entered RNVR 1917 - 1919 served in Mediterranean and Grand Fleet (despatches, Order of Crown of Roumania) qualified for torpedo duties 03.09.1921 East Scottish Division, RNVR 1927 - 1939 Commanding Officer, Edinburgh RNVR 1939 - 1945 served Coastal Forces & Admiralty 29.06.1942 - (<04.1946) Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves, Admiralty [HMS President] 31.10.1943 - 01.11.1945 RNVR ADC to the King 1946 - 1964 Solicitor to Secretary of State for Scotland (and in Scotland to Treasury)
Dickens, Cedric David Charles "Ceddy" Son of Philip Charles Dickens (1887-1964), who is a brother of Adm. Gerald Charles Dickens, and Sybil Cunliffe-Owen (1889-1934). Great-grandson of author Charles Dickens. Married (14.01.1948) Elizabeth Mary Blake, daughter of Lt.-Col. Arthur O'Brien ffrench Blake and Laura Iris Walker; one daughter, one son.	24.09.1916 Wandsworth district, London - 11.02.2006 London	Prob. T/S.Lt. 12.04.1940 T/Lt. 24.09.1941	Education; Eton; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1935, law). Joined British Tabulating Machine company, 1937. 27.04.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Philante (yacht; convoy escort vessel) 25.04.1944 - 10.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Velox (destroyer) 10.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Cleveland (destroyer) Rejoined his firm, which after several mergers became ICL (International Computers Limited) where he became director of communication, retiring in 1976. Published & edited several Charles Dickens related works.
Difford, Ronald Herbert Son of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Difford, of Meare, Somersetshire.	1924 ? - 01.08.1945 [age 21] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3]	T/S.Lt. (A) 15.07.1944	26.06.1944 - (10.1944) pilot, 881 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)] (North Atlantic & Mediterranean) 01.04.1945 - 01.08.1945 pilot, 892 Squadron FAA [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)] (missing, presumed killed in an air crash)
Dimitriu, H.H. Prince * * also found as Dimitri & Dimitry	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.03.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 ? Greek DSM 24.06.1947 BNLO with Greek Navy	(02.1941) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) * 07.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) 11.06.1942 - (07.1945) on staff of Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Dixon, John Dudley	? -	T/Lt. 06.11.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? DSC 25.07.44 action light enemy forces 11.05.44 DSC 14.11.44 German evacuation Le Havre DSC 19.06.45 action ag E-boats 07.04.45	(05.1944) - (08.1944) HM MTB 450 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1945) HM MTB 454 (motor torpedo boat)
Dobbie, Frederick Robertson Son of Alex H. and Jessie R. Dobbie, of Tranent , East Lothian.	1924 Kelty district, Fife, Scotland - 29.08.1944 [age 20] [Faughanvale (St Canice) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Eglinton, Londonderry, NW Extension]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?	? - 29.08.1944 HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) [flying in a Fairey Barracuda II [DP872] which took off from Maydown for East Haven, spun into bog five miles from airfield - Blackhead Moss near Enagh Lough, Waterside, Londonderry; S.Lt. D.H. Oxby RNVR, S.Lt. F.R. Dobbie RNVR and Ldg.Airm. D.A.T. Mew were all killed]
Dobson, Carl Son of Albert Russell Dobson, and Edith Annie Hill, of Hull.	(09?).1910 Sculcoates district, East Yorkshire - 03.02.1940 (KIA) [age 29] [Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery, Scotland, sec. P, joint grave 705]	T/S.Lt. ?	? - 03.02.1940 HMS Firefly (minesweeping trawler) (killed at an explosion when the ship tried to sort a loose British mine off Dundee)
Dodd, Leonard Hindle	? -	S.Lt. 28.01.1940 T/A/Lt. 21.03.1941 (reld < 04.1946) PolMC 01.08.1944 good services to Polish Navy	13.03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Eskimo (destroyer) (02.1941) - (12.1941) British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Burza (Polish destroyer) (1942?) perhaps British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Piorun (Polish destroyer) (08.1942?) - (07.1945) British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Ślązak (Polish destroyer) [already in that position during the Dieppe operation]
Doig, John Carr	? -	T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 05.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Temporary Officer serving under T.124X agreements (1942?) HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) 08.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Stalker (escort carrier) 21.11.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Ranee (escort carrier)
Dolby, James Taylor Married (1943) Mary Harper, daughter of a chemistry teacher at the Keighley Boys’ Grammar School; three sons.	25.04.1909 Oxenhope near Keighley, Yorkshire - 18.10.1975	T/S.Lt. 15.03.1940 T/Lt. 05.05.1940 (reld 21.01.1946)	Education: Royal College of Art Taught at Bournemouth College of Art before the war, where he developed his love of sailing and the sea. 28.03.1937 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to Sussex Division, RNVR) 15.03.1940 - 04.05.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 05.05.1940 - 19.05.1940 HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) 20.05.1940 - 12.01.1941 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne): 06.1940 served at Dunkirk 1940 - 13.10.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Summer Rose (Admiralty steel drifter) (Lowestoft) (sunk off Sunderland) (10?).1940 - 12.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS June Rose (Admiralty steel drifter) (Lowestoft) 13.01.1941 - 26.01.1941 HMS Orpheus (submarine?) * 27.01.1941 - 09.05.1941 HMS King Emperor (minesweeping trawler) 10.05.1941 - 12.07.1942 HMS Baldur (RN base, Iceland) 13.07.1942 - 29.07.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 30.07.1942 - 15.07.1943 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 16.07.1943 - 27.08.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 28.08.1943 - 30.06.1945 HMS Dartmouth (RN base, Dartmouth) 01.07.1945 - 21.01.1946 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * the submarine Orpheus was sunk in 06.1940, and no other vessel by this name has been found, so this posting seems rather peculiar; Navy List date 31.01.1941 Became head of art at Blackburn College of Art in Lancashire, retiring in 1969.
Dolman, Cyril William Married ((09?).1926, Hammersmith district, London) Mildred Mary Ghosley (born (06?).1903); ... children (one son?).	(09?).1904 Richmond district, Surrey -	T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 01.11.1942 (reld 1943?; medically unift due to tuberculosis)	joined RNVR as a stoker 15.06.1942 - 1943? * HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft) * probably medically discharged in 1943; Oct 1944 still shown under HMS Europa (Jan 1945 no longer), but as he's no longer mentioned in the name index, nor in the seniority list, it's very likely he was discharged somewhere in 1943, as his family suggests
Donaldson, John Henry Married; at least one son.	03.03.1913 Leith, Edinburgh - 01.02.1996 Bonnyrigg, Midlothian	T/A/S.Lt. 27.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Fr&G St - - WM 39|45 - -	Served in the Merchant Navy. temporary commission under T.124T (rescue tugs) agreements 27.07.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for rescue tugs) HMS Saucy (rescue tug) 20.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for duty with rescue tugs)
Donnelly, Michael	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	28.06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere)
Douglas-Watson, Francis Son of Cdr. Francis Douglas-Watson, RN (1896-1941), and Mary Fedora St Ledger (1899-1977).	1923 Glasgow, Scotland -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 22.02.1944 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 22.02.1946	(10.1944) - (04.1946) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Doust, William Alexander	(06?.)1895 Portsmouth, Hampshire -	T/Cdr. 02.09.1939 T/A/Capt. < 07.1945 CBE 11.07.1944 salvage work Italy & Naples [investiture 10.10.44] OBE 14.01.1941 salvage work [investiture 18.02.41] LM 05.11.1946 salvage work in Mediterranean	02.09.1939 - (12.1941) Salvage Officer, Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (08.1942) - (02.1943) Deputy Director of Salvage (H), Admiralty [HMS President] (07.1945)   no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed Worked in the Far East after the war. Published: The ocean on a plank (1976)
Douthwaite, Harry Married Lily Warren (died 1985); one son, one daughter.	21.05.1907 Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire - (09?).1982 Manchester (died following an operation for lung cancer)	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 26.09.1943 T/Lt. 1945? (reld < 04.1946)	HMS Arbutus (corvette) HMS Amazon (destroyer) 30.06.1943 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS George Adgell (minesweeping trawler) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Dove, Rodney George "Rod" Son of ... Dove, and ... Clarke.	01.09.1921 South London - 30.10.2005	T/S.Lt. ? T/A/Lt. 30.10.1944 DSO 18.04.1944 sinking cruiser Palermo 02.01.43	(01.1943) HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Dow, John Alexander	? -	Prob. Midsh. 04.10.1938 S.Lt. 11.01.1940 Lt. 01.03.1942 (retd 1948/49?)	04.10.1938 joined RNVR (Clyde Division) 21.10.1939 - (06.)1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Glala (harbour defence motor yacht) (used in the Dunkirk evacuation) 28.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Veteran (destroyer) 05.01.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for flotilla duties as torpedo officer) (04.1946)     HMS Vernon (torpedo and anti-submarine establishment, Brighton) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Dowden, Peter John Son of ... Dowden, and ... Hearn.	16.11.1919 Chertsey district, Surrey - 06.2003 Cirencester district, Gloucestershire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.10.1941 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.04.1944	03.11.1941 - (01.)1945 Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs, redesignated c. 1942: Department of the Director of Unexploded Bomb Disposal, redesignated c. 1944 Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) winter 1941 - 1942 operating at Tyneside  (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Dowling, Donald George	22.05.1909 Camberwell, London, Surrey - 12.1984 Newton Abbott, Devon	T/Lt. 15.05.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? MID 21.12.1943 sinking merchant ships 19.09.43	(12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 606 (motor gun boat) 11.06.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 786 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 72nd MTB Flotilla
Dowling, John Alfred "Jack" Son of Edwin and Lilian Dowling, of Acton.	(06?).1921 Hammersmith district, London ? - 13.09.1941 (crash) [age 20] [Acton Cemetery, W.M.71]	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. 1941?	13.09.1941 killed in a flying accident along with Naval Airman W. Sands when their Proctor of 755/756 Squadron FAA crashed near Stratford on Avon
Downing, Ronald Charles Thomas	(09?).1911 Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan -	Seaman 03.1941 Able Seaman 03.1942? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.1942 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.08.1943 (reld 02.1946)	03.1941 - 09.1941 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint) 09.1941 - 11.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 11.1941 - 1942 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 1942 - 11.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 11.05.1943 - 08.1943 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast, Ireland) [starting date perhaps even earlier in 03.1943] 25.08.1943 - 04.1944 HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) 25.04.1944 - 02.1946 HMS Curlew (anti-submarine fixed defence training establishment, Dunoon, Argyll) Journalist for the Daily Mail in London both before and after the war. Ghost writer of Slavomir Rawicz' book "The long walk : the true story of a trek to freedom" (1956).
Downing, Wilfred	? -	T/Lt. 06.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 29.11.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42	09.03.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Salamander (Halcyon class minesweeper) 16.03.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Ready (Algerine class minesweeper) 29.11.1944 - 23.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Welcome (Algerine class minesweeper)
Doyland, John Richard Son of ... Doyland, and ... Westwood.	(12?).1915 Hackney district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt. 07.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	05.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, CT 35 (04.1946) no appointment listed
Draper, Edward Ernest Son of Edward Alexander Draper and Ada Louisa Matilda Hearn, of Wimbledon Chase, Surrey.	1923/24? - 18.02.1944 (MPK) [age 20] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 1]	T/Midsh. 1942/43? T/A/S.Lt. 1943?	15.03.1943 - 07?.1943 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) * 17.07.1943 - 18.02.1944 HMS Penelope (light cruiser) (ship sunk off Anzio by U-410) * (07.1945) erroneously still listed as such.
Draper, Leslie Lionel Married ((09?).1937, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Marjorie L. Morton.	07.05.1911 Edomonton district, Essex - 04.1989 Exeter district, Devon	T/A/S.Lt. 30.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 30.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 11.11.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) (for minesweeping force) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Draper, Rowland John	21.02.1917 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - (12?).1973 Reading district, Berkshire	Ord.Sea. (1941) T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941 T/A/Lt. 02.10.1942 T/Lt. 15.12.1944, seniority 02.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	01?.1941 - 02?.1941 HMS Northney (Combined Operations training base, Hayling Island) 03?.1941 - ? HMS Ulster Monarch (Inverary) as Coxswain of MLC's (12.1941)     no appointment listed 05.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for motor landing craft) 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Drayson, Robert Quested "Bob" Son of late Frederick Louis Drayson, and late Elsie Mabel West. Married (1943) Rachel Jenkyns, 2nd daughter of Stephen Spencer Jenkyns; one son, two daughters.	05.06.1919 Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent - 15.10.2008	Seaman ? T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 05.01.1943 intercepting escorted raider 14.10.42 [investiture 09.03.43]	Education: Chatham House School; Downing College, Cambridge: 1938-1939, 1946-1947; History Tripos, BA 1947, MA 1950.       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)       HMS St Christopher (Coastal Froces establishment, Fort William) 1942? - 1946 served RNVR: Lieutenant in command HM Motor Torpedo Boats 19.06.1942 - 09.1942 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 236 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] 09.1942 - ? acting Commanding Officer, HM MTB 236 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover), later at Portland] (10.1942)     HMD Cottesmore ? (06.1944) - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 701 (motor torpedo boat) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed Assistant Master and Housemaster, St Lawrence College, 1947-1950; Assistant Master, Felsted School, 1950-1955; Headmaster, Reed's School, Cobham, 1955-1963; Headmaster of Stowe, 1964-1979; Resident Lay Chaplain to Bishop of Norwich, 1979-1984; Lay Reader, 1979. Member: HMC Committee, 1973-1975 (Chairman, Midland Division, 1974-1975); Council, McAlpine Educational Endowments Ltd, 1979-1997; Allied Schools Council, 1980-1994; General Council, S American Missionary Society, 1980-1996 (Chairman Selection Committee, 1980-1995); Scholarship Committee, Independent Schools Travel Association, 1982-; Martyrs' Memorial and Church of England Trust, 1983-1994. Treasurer, Swifts Sports Trust, 1988-. Chairman of Governors, Riddlesworth Hall, 1980-1984; Governor: Parkside, 1958-1963; Beachborough, 1965-1979; Bilton Grange, 1966-1979; Beechwood Park, 1967-1979; Monkton Combe, 1976-1985; Felixstowe College, 1981-1984; Vice President: Reed's School, 1991-; St Lawrence College, 1993- (Governor, 1977-1993). FRSA 1968. * indexed, but not listed as such
Drew, Frank John Son of John and Grace Drew; husband of Alice Drew, of Chingford, Essex.	31.12.1907 Newington, South London - 24.06.1942 Liverpool [age 34] [Liverpool (Anfield) Crematorium, panel 1]	Prob. T/Lt. 13.11.1939 T/Lt. ?, seniority 13.11.1939	29.09.1938 joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR] 13.11.1939 - (02.1941) Naval Control Service, London and Gravesend [HMS Pembroke IV] ? - 24.06.1942 HMS Argonaut (cruiser) (pre-commissioning)
Drummond, David Name of choice for: HRH Shahzada Sultan Hamid Mirza, also known as Prince Hamid Mirza Kadjar.	23.04.1918 Tabriz - 05.05.1988 London [Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 1942 T/S.Lt. 1943, seniority 1942 T/A/Lt. 19.10.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld < 04.1946) 39|45 St ? ? Def M ? ? WM 39|45 ? ? GenSM ? ?	Education: HMS Worcester (Thames Northgood Training College, Greenhithe, Kent) Cadet Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 1936-1939, employed with Mobil Oil Co, London 1939-1942 and 1945-1957. 01.01.1943 - (02.)1943 HMS Conqueror (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel (coastal)) 08.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Duke of York (battleship) (1945?) HMS Wild Goose (sloop) (07.1945) no appointment listed Became Heir Apparent of the Imperial House of Qajar on the death of his father, 07.01.1943 and undisputed head on the death of his cousin, 24.09.1975. Employed with the Iranian Oil Consortium 1957-1971 as Assistant Head of Materials at Tehran, Head of Materials & Fields at Abadan, and later at Tehran, and in London with Iranian Oil Services 1971-1979. Published:Memoirs of Prince Hamid Kadjar (1996).
Drummond, Duncan Weir	12.05.1923 Greenock, Renfrewshire - 17.05.1985 Greenock, Renfrewshire	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 12.11.1943 T/Lt. 12.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	07.06.1943 - (10.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 353 (motor torpedo boat) 24.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTBs & MLs) 14.11.1944 - 05.1945 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 781 (motor torpedo boat) 29.09.1945 - (04.1946) HM BYMS 2141 (British Yard minesweeper) Played First Class Cricket, 1951-1961.
Du Boulay, Barry Keith Houssemayne Son of Capt. Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay, RN (1882-1961), and Olive Keith Welch. Married Pamela ...	31.10.1912 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 05.1998 Radnorshire East district, Powys	T/S.Lt. 06.11.1942 T/A/Lt. 06.08.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 01.06.1946?) CdeG ? ?	Education: Sandhurst Learning about mining in South Africa, then active in gold mining in the Gold Coast. 1939/40? joined RNVR and served in the ranks on destroyers (possibly North Africa) 1942 - ? served as Liaison Officer with the Free French Navy: 1942 - ? British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Dumont d'Urville" (frigate) ? - (10.1944) British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Duquesne" (heavy cruiser) (07.1945)     no appointment listed 02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Nabsford (Transportable Aircraft Maintenace Yard No. 1, Archerfield, Queensland) (for station duties) [till 1947 in Australia] Post-war stunt man in the film industry.
du Boulay, Clarence Cornibert	16.02.1904 - 10.1994 Penzance district, Cornwall	Lt. GNVF 01.03.1938 Prob. T/S.Lt. 07.09.1940 T/Lt. 07.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	1938? - 1940 Gambia Naval Volunteer force 07.09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1944) HMS Euphrates (depot ship, Basra, Iraq) * 12.1944 - (07.1945) Naval Control Service, Kilindini [HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Du Boulay, Hubert Charles Houssemayne "Hugh" Son of Capt. Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay, RN (1894-1967), and Mary Alice Veronica Morgan (1895-1964). Brother of F/O Roger William Houssemayne Du Boulay, RAFVR. From Bishops Waltham.	30.07.1920 Karenza, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 01.2008 still alive	T/S.Lt. 30.07.1941 T/Lt. 26.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 21.08.1945 torpedo attack enemy convoy Genua-Venice 03/04.45 [award posted]	Fleet Air Arm 17.10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) 10.07.1942 - (08.1942) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 71 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] (02.1943) - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, later Commanding Officer, HM MTB 243 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport), later Mediterranean] (10.1944) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * 31.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 407 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Duff, Douglas Valder Eldest son of Arthur Joseph Duff, British consul, and Florence Valder. Married 1st Janet (née ...) (died 1960). Married 2nd Eveline Rowston, who had been a major in the Q.A.I.N.N.S. (Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Naval Nursing Service.)	10.07.1901 Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina - 23.09.1978 Weymouth, Dorset	T/Lt. 03.01.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 28.06.1943? (reld 11.1945) MID 23.09.1941 for enterprise and seamanship while serving off the Libyan Coast: brought HM Yacht Eskimo Nell from Derna to Alexandria	Education: Convent of the Visitation in Bridport, Dorse (1906-1914)t; HMS Conway (1914) Joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet, 1916. Served on the SS Thracia when it was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay, 27.03.1917 (Duff being the sole survivor). Constable in County Galway, Royal Irish Constabulary (Black and Tan), 01.04.1921-02.02.1922. Served Palestine Gendarmerie, British Section (1922-25), transferring to the Palestine Police in 1925 as an inspector and rising to the rank of superintendent [prevented in 1928 on a visit to the Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre the assassination of Crown Prince of Italy (1904-1983), who became King Umberto II and last king of Italy on the abdication of his father in 1946; served as ADC to HRH Princess Mary, Viscountess Vascelles during her visit to Jerusalem in 1928] 03.01.1940 - 17.04.1940 HMS Grey Mist (armed yacht) 18.04.1940 - (02.1943) Staff of Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria), from ... 1941: HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]: Naval Officer-in-Charge, Derna officer in command of the Western Desert Schooner Flotilla Commanding Officer, HMS Stag (N) 28.06.1943 - (06.1944) Staff Officer Operations (2), HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) ? - 11.1945? Irregular Warfare Department of the Admiralty stationed at Teignmouth * Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ). Continued writing, broadcasting and television work until his death in 1978. He wrote about 100 books in his lifetime (partly under pseudonyms like Douglas Stanhope & Peter Wickloe), as well as 2 autobiographies. Published: Galillee galopper (1935); Sword for hire : the saga of modern free-companion (1937); Harding's mountain treasure; Poor knight's saddle (1938); On the world's roof; Peril on the amazon (1946); May the winds blow! : an autobiography (1948); The lost admiral (1955); Yarns of a shellback : true tales of the sea (1959); On special service for the Foreign Legion (1960) &tc. &tc. * (07.1945) incorrectly indexed under HMNZS Killegray.
Duff-Still, Henry McLean Married ((06?).1920, Brighton district, Sussex) ... Brighton.	(06?).1903 Croydon district, London - 2001 ? [aged 98]	T/Lt. 12.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1941, < 12.1941 T/A/Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 06.07.1943 led Coastal Forces actions 04-05.43 [investiture 15.02.44] DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [decoration posted] MID 11.10.1940 off the coast of Norway MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41	18.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Aston Villa (trawler) (1940) HMS Gaul (trawler) [despatches] 17.06.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (02.1941)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 16.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches) (1941) HM ML 116 (motor launch) [despatches] 18.05.1942 - 08.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 605 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 17th MGB Flotilla [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] [DSO] 11.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Stevenstone (destroyer) [DSC] 08.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing) (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Duits, William Clifford Married Marta Henny Bertha Bussell; ... children (one son?).	(03?).1909 Holborn district, London / Middlesex - 20.12.1968 Wimbledon, London	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 07.09.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) OON 28.04.1942 in recognition of services in the cause of the Allies	(02.1941)     no appointment listed (12.1941)     no appointment listed 20.08.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Dukinfield, William George Married ((09?).1923, Corwen district, Merionethshire) Kathleen M. Owen.	(12?).1888 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - (09?).1963 Aled district, Denbighshire, Wales	T/Lt. 20.02.1915 Lt. ? (retd) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 06.03.1928, seniority 08.02.1925 (reverted to retd < 04.1946) VD ? -	15.01.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for various services [convoy duties]) 30.06.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) (for station duties, A Camp)
Duncan, Paul Eric Aver Son of James Hugh Duncan, and Phemie Pauline Barbier, of Cardiff.	(09?).1914 Cardiff, Glamorgan - 08.11.1942 (MPK) [age 28] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 66, 1]	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 14.11.1935 Paym.S.Lt. 1936, seniority 14.11.1935 Paym.Lt. 14.11.1937 Lt. 08.09.1940 MID 18.05.1943 Oran harbour 08.11.42 [posthumously]	14.11.1935 joined, Severn Division RNVR (List II) 1936 transferred, London Division RNVR (List II) (04.1940) HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda) * 12.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Caradoc (cruiser) ? - 08.11.1942 HMS Walney (escort) (sunk in forcing entry into Oran harbour) * indexed, but not listed as such
Dunn, Frederick John Arden Married ((12?).1939, Sheffield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Jean Rhodes; two children.	09.11.1914 Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire - 30.10.1997 Bradway, Sheffield, Yorkshire	T/S.Lt. 19.09.1943 T/Lt. 19.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 11.09.1945 sinking of U-1024 12.04.45 [award personally collected from the Honours and Awards Section at the Admiralty]	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 04.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Loch Glendhu (frigate) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Chartered accountant.
Dunster, Fred Arthur * Son of Fred Arthur Dunster, and Louisa B. Wood. * in Navy List shown as Frederick Arthur Dunster	15.09.1920 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - (06?).1973 Chelmsford district	? ? [JX 300295] T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 04.12.1943 T/Lt. 04.12.1945 (reld 05.1946)	08.1941 joined RNVR 11.10.1943 - (04.)1946 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 282 (motor minesweeper)
Durno, Leslie Duncan Son of James and Catherine Durno, of Crichie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.	1920 Kintore district, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 29.01.1945 [age 25] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 3]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 13.07.1943 T/Lt. (A) 01.09.1944 MID 05.09.1944 Operation Lombard & others MID 15.06.1948 Operation Meridian [posthumously]	... - ... ... ? - 29.01.1945 HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)
Dussek, John Leslie	10.05.1920 Lewsiham district, Kent - 10.2005 Kent district, Kent	T/S.Lt. 03.07.1941 T/Lt. 01.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MID 22.12.1942 hazardous minesweeping operations Channel 06.42	(12.1941)     HMS Laguna Belle (paddle minesweeper) * 16.01.1942 - 10.09.1943 First Lieutenant, HM MMS 57 (motor minesweeper) [ from 11.05.1942 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)] 11.04.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 304 (motor minesweeper) (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Dwyer, Kenneth McIver Son of Henry and Agnes Dwyer. Native of South Africa.	1913 ? - 27.03.1941 buried at sea [age 28] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 50, 1]	Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 04.11.1940 T/El.S.Lt. 1941, seniority 04.11.1940 T/El.Lt. 03.1941?	Education: Glenwood High School, Durban 18.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) 1941 - 27.03.1941 HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) [killed while on passage aboard the Anchor Line liner SS Britannia, which was attacked & sunk by the German raider Thor on 25.03.1941; Dwyer was injured and died later of wounds on a life raft]
Dyer, Arnold Ernest Son of Edgar Percy Dyer, and Edith Emily Harding, of Southgate, Middlesex.	01.11.1918 ? - 13.12.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Tripoli War Cemetery, 7.H.22]	Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 05.08.1940	? - 13.12.1940 pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (lost on an air attack on Tripoli harbour)