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1939-1945

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G      
Gage,
John Fitzhardinge Berkeley
J.F.B. Gage
Son of Capt. Æella Molyneux Berkeley Gage (1863-1937), and Ethel Marion Lysaght (died 1949).
Married 1st (29.12.1923) Olivia Beth Maclachlan (died 1948), adopted daughter of Brig.Gen. R.G. Maclachlan (divorced 1927).
Married 2nd (31.10.1931) Griselda Margaret Paine (died 1992), daughter of R.Adm. Sir Godfrey Marshall Paine (divorced 1937); one daughter, three sons.
Married 3rd (after 1937) Jenny Elvira (?) (died 1993).		 03.06.1901
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-
23.06.1967
Gibraltar
Army:
 		 
2nd Lt.
 		01.02.1923
26.11.1924, seniority 28.08.1924
Lt.
 		28.08.1926 (resigned 01.08.1931)
RNVR:
 		 
Prob. Lt.
 		01.08.1931
Lt.
 		31.08.1932, seniority 01.08.1931
Lt.Cdr.
 		01.08.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VD
 07.12.1945
 ?
Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
01.02.1923
  
 		 
 		commissioned, 15th/19th Hussars
26.11.1924
  
 		 
 		transferred, 4th Hussars
01.08.1931
  
 		 
 		joined RNVR (Severn Division, later transferred London Division [List II])
21.12.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Sultan II (accounting base, Singapore)
11.12.1940
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
(10.1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) *
Galbraith,
George Andrew Bruce
G.A.B. Galbraith		 13.11.1923
-
07.1993
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		01.03.1944 (reld 08.05.1946)
04.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):
(07.1944)

No. 16 RN Beach Signals Section
Gardiner,
Ian Gordon
I. Gardiner 		?
-
1990
Kent
T/S.Lt.
 		14.08.1941
T/Lt.
14.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
07.01.1942
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
(07.1945)

HMS President (Admiralty) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gardner,
Derek George Montagu
D.G.M. Gardner

13.02.1914
Buckinghamshire
-
11.02.2007
Lt.
 		11.11.1938
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 07.1945
A/Cdr.
 		?
25.08.1939
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa)
29.05.1942
 -
 		08.11.1942
 		Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer) (damaged by shore batteries at Algiers & foundered in tow)
(1943?)

HMS Highlander (destroyer)
28.06.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		on Administrative Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
10.1945
 -
 		(04.)1946
 		assistant Chief Staff Officer, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
Gardner,
Norman Steel
"Norrie"
N.S. Gardner
 1917
Chirnside district, Berwick, Scotland
-
T/S.Lt.
 		06.09.1940
T/Lt.
 		27.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.11.1942
 attack on 4 trawlers 25.08.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1945
 New Year 45
09.12.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for MTBs)
12.05.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 100 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
26.01.1942
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 72 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
01.10.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 32 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
01.08.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 357 (motor torpedo boat)
24.01.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTB's and ML's)
(01.1945)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 361 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Garland,
Herbert George
H.G. Garland
Possibly from Newfoundland.		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		19.03.1943
07.1943
 		-
 		(04.1944)
 		HMS Pleiades (trawler base, Scapa Flow) *
(07.1945)

HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) **
* (10.1944) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Garner,
Peter Norman
P.N. Garner		 09.02.1917
London
-
04.07.1996
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		16.10.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		16.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
(10.1944)

HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Garrioch,
John Magnus Hurrie
J.M.H. Garrioch		 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		26.03.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 02.1941, < 12.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
16.05.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Trelawney (RN base, Loch Alsh; secret base for minelaying operations known as Port ZA)
05.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
(12.1942)
  
 		 
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 133 (motor launch)
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		HMS Medina (training establishment, Puckpool Camp, nr Ryde, Isle of Wight) *
15.06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no apointment listed
Garthwaite,
[Sir] William Francis Cuthbert;
2nd Baronet
 W.F.C. Garthwaite
Only son of Sir William Garthwaite, 1st  Bt, and Francesca Margherita Parfett.
Succeeded father 1956.
Married 1st (1931) Hon. Dorothy Duveen (marriage dissolved 1937) (died 1985), daughter of 1st Baron Duveen.
Married 2nd (1945; marriage dissolved 1952) Patricia Beatrice Eden Neate (17.09.1916 - 09.2002), oldest daughter of Cdr. Charles Eden Neate, RN (1887-1965), and Dorothy Tucker (1889-1971), and widow of Cdr. (E) Barry Warsop Copper Leonard, RN; one son. Patricia Garthwaite remarried (22.10.1953) Samuel Carson Fitzwilliam Allen (1904-1986).
Married 3rd (1957) Patricia Merriel, daughter of Sir Philip d'Ambrumenil;
three sons, one daughter deceased.		 03.01.1906
-
15.12.1993
T/Lt. (A) 16.02.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 1942?

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 16.09.1941 sinking of Bismarck [investiture 03.11.42]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 26.05.1942 operations autumn 41 [investiture 03.11.42]
Mention in Despatches MID 20.01.1942 Mediterranean flights
Mention in Despatches MID 29.06.1943 attakcs on enemy shipping
06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 pilot, 812 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN base, Lee-on-Solent)]
(1941)     HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier) (DSC)
26.07.1941 - (08.)1942 pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] (Bar to DSC, despatches)
28.12.1942 - 07.07.1943 Commanding Officer, 841 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN base, Lee-on-Solent)] (despatches)
03.08.1944 - (10.)1944 Chief Flying Master, HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)
30.10.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Garvey,
Michael N
"Mike"
M.N. Garvey		 ?
-
T/Midsh.
 		06.07.1945 (reld 1945/46?)
(04.1946)

HMS Rowena
Gaussen,
Charles Casamaijor Loftus
C.C.L. Gaussen
Son of Cdr. Herbert Ponsonby Tottenham [from 1906 Tottenham-Gaussen] (1871-1956), and ... Gaussen.
Married (20.10.1932) Lady Mary Evelyn Amherst (01.05.1902-16.07.1993), daughter of Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst of Arracan and Hon. Eleanor Clementina St. Aubyn; three sons.
 12.11.1901
Hatfield district, Hertfordshire
-
23.04.1985
(killed in a motor accident)
[cremated, Balmoral Cemetery, SW Victoria, Australia]
T/Lt
 		23.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
30.03.1941? (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 16.08.1940
 Dunkirk
Mention in Despatches MID
 31.03.1942
 minefield clearance Nore 12.41-01.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44)
14.12.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Sargasso (danlayer yacht)
(10.1940)
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Sargasso (danlayer yacht) *
30.03.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		[Executive Officer?], HMS Eastbourne (Bangor class minesweeper)
03.1942
 -
 		16.02.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Parrsboro (Bangor class minesweeper)
02.1943
 -
 		22.01.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Onyx (Algerine class minesweeper)
11.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) (for disposal)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gee,
Arthur Edwin
A.E. Gee (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) A.E. Gee (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
A.E. Gee (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) A.E. Gee (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)

?
-
HKRNVR:
 		 
T/A/S.Lt. 
 		24.01.1941
Army:
 		 
2nd Lt.
 		09.06.1942 [246469] (reld 18.10.1942)
RNVR:
 		 
T/S.Lt.
 		18.10.1942, seniority 16.06.1941
T/A/Lt.
 		07.06.1942
T/Lt.
 		18.11.1944, seniority 07.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
1941?

commissioned, Hong Kong RNVR
(1941)

First Lieutenant, HM MTB 07 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (escaped) *
09.06.1942
 -
 		18.10.1942
 		commissioned, General List (British Army) [emergency commission]
18.10.1942

commissioned, RNVR
24.07.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		First Lieutenant, HM ML 237 (motor launch)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gemmell,
Kenneth
"Ken"
K, Gemmell
From Bridlington.
 (09?).1908 ??
Hull, Yorkshire ??
-
T/Lt.
 		01.12.1939
1941?, seniority 05.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1943, < 12.1943
T/A/Cdr.
 		> 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 
 19.09.1944
 coastal forces actions 06.44 [investiture 12.12.44]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 04.05.1943
 action with enemy convoy 09.03.43 [investiture 09.05.44]
21.11.1938
  
 		 
 		joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Tyne Division RNVR)
01.03.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Craig (auxiliary tug)
18.08.1941
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) (for motor launches)
22.09.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 624 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopger (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
10.06.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 687 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 34th MTB Flotilla
(1944?)

Senior Officer, 58th MTB Flotilla (?)
11.09.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
(07.1945)

HMS Nelson (battleship) *
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gerrard,
[His Honour] Basil Harding
B.H. Gerrard (© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas")
Son of late Lawrence Allen Gerrard and Mary (née Harding).
Married Sheila Mary Patricia (née Coggins), widow of Walter Dring, DSO, DFC (killed in action, 1945); one son, two daughters and one step daughter.
 10.07.1919
Salford district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire
-
29.06.1994
MacClesfield, Cheshire
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		10.07.1944 (reld 1946)
Education: Bryanston School; Caius College, Cambridge (BA)
1940
 -
 		1946
 		Royal Navy:
24.08.1942 - (06.1943) First Lieutenant & Navigating Officer, HM MTB 32 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
08.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		[First Lieutenant? / Commanding Officer ?], HM MTB 234 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
Called to Bar, Gray's Inn, 1947; Recorder of Barrow-in-Furness, 1969-70. A Circuit Judge (formerly a Judge of County Courts), 1970-82. Member, Parole Board for England and Wales, 1974-76. Chairman, Selcare Trust, 1971-78, Vice President, 1978-; a Chairman, Residential Home Tribunal, 1985-1994.
Gibney,
John Edward Francis
J.E.F. Gibney 		(06?).1893
Wallasey, Cheshire
-
12.1981
St Germans, Cornwall
T/Lt.
 		25.08.1917 (demobilized 1919)
T/Lt.Cdr.
 		27.11.1939 (reld 1940/41?)



served World War I:
(1918)

HMS President
27.11.1939
 -
 		?
 		served World War II:
27.11.1939
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Gibbons,
John Edward
J.E. Gibbons
George Cross Database		 26.04.1905
Burnham, Bucks.
-
12.11.1971
Johannesburg, S Africa
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		02.02.1940
T/Lt.
 		?, seniority 02.02.1940
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
 		(1942)
T/A/Cdr.
 		(1943)
T/Cdr.
 		31.01.1945 (reld 1946?)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 04.05.1943
 Operation Torch (landings in North Africa 08.11.42)

AM
 11.08.1942
 for great gallantry in saving life at sea 22.09.41 * [Gibbons declined to exchange his AM for the GC in 1971]
* When a motor launch was mined in the English Channel her Commanding Officer was wounded in the head, and blown into the sea. He was rescued and went at once to save others. He saw a seaman some 100 yards away in the water and swam to him through burning fuel. His gallant action helped to save the man's life.
(04.1940)

HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex) *
(02.1941)

HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) *
?
 		-
 		22.09.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 144 (motor launch) (mined)
(11.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM ML 469 (motor lanch) (for flotilla duties)
30.10.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) **
* indexed, but not listed as such
** (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Gibson,
David
D. Gibson 		?
 USA
-
T/S.Lt.
 		23.08.1941
T/Lt.
 		23.02.1944
23.08.1941

joined the RNVR (as an American citizen)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Gibson,
Ernest Edward
E.E. Gibson 		1910 ?
-
24.11.1941
[age 31]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 2]
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 02.02.1940
T/Lt.
 04.04.1940
?
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
05.10.1940
 -
 		24.11.1941
 		HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
Gidden,
Ernest Oliver
E.O. Gidden
George Cross Database		 15.03.1910
Hampstead, London
-
20.12.1961
London
[Golders Green Crematorium, London]
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		30.11.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 08.1942, < 02.1943
George Cross GC
 09.06.1942
 mine disposal, Hungerford Bridge, London 17.04.41
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 28.09.1943
 mine disposal
George Medal GM
 14.01.1941
 mine disposal, Harlesden, London 09.40
Education: University College School
1940

joined RNVR
15.11.1940
 -
 		(06.1943)
 		Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(07.1945)

HMS President
Giffard-Young,
Gordon Arthur James
"Jimmy"
G.A.J. Giffard-Young (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Parks Young)
Son (with one brother) of Francis Gordon Young (1868-1959), and Elsie Evelyn R. Ray (1871-1957), of Charlwood, Surrey.
02.07.1931 name change to Giffard-Young.
Married 1st (02.07.1931, St George Hanover Square; divorced) Ingaret Stella Giffard (05.02.1902 - 05.1997) (she remarried 13.10.1949 author Sir Laurens van der Post), daughter of Hardinge Frank Giffard and Evelyn Alice Chambers (later D'Oyly).
Married 2nd Mary Amy Evelyn Simpson, a Spanish dancer in the entertainment-core during WW2 under the name "Rosarito" (died 11.2007); one son, one daughter.		 10.05.1904
Paddington district, London
-
20.08.2000
Reading district, Berkshire
[Charlwood Church Cemetery, Surrey]
T/Lt.
 22.02.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
22.02.1940
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
17.11.1942
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (for Inshore Squadron with 8th Army and on staff of Principal Salvage Officer, Levant [Cdr. W. Rippon, RNVR])
14.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples)]
Literature: Ingaret Giffard (Lady van der Post), The way things happen (1989; autobiography)
Gilbert,
Arthur Sydney
A.S. Gilbert
Son of Harry Lionel and Ada May Gilbert, of Kingsbury.		 1920 ?
-
16.05.1942
(KIA) [age 22]
[Kingsbury (St Andrew) Churchyard, Sec. C. Extn. Grave 214]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 ?
?
 -
 		16.05.1942
 		755 or 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (killed in an air crash, probably at Weymouth)
Gilbey,
Arthur Vivian King
A.V.K. Gilbey 		(12?).1906
Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
1993
Suffolk
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		13.09.1940
T/Lt.
 		13.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		08.1943? (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.08.1944
 Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.44)
(02.1941)

HMS Edinburgh Castle (depot ship) *
28.01.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Spaniard (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
08.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HM LST 415 (landing ship, tank)
04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS) (for miscellaneous duties)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gill,
 Douglas George
D.G. Gill
 1921 ??
-
1992 ??
T/S.Lt.
 23.04.1942
T/Lt.
 01.09.1944 (reld 1946?)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 19.09.1944
 Coastal Forces action 04.07.44
09.1942
 		-
 		(02.1943)
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
19.04.1943
 		-
 		(06.1943)
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 34 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
28.06.1943
 		-
 		(10.1943)
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 31 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1944)

HM MTB 225 (motor torpedo boat)
20.11.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 390 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
Gill,
Maxwell Gordon
M.G. Gill

03.10.1895
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
T/Capt. (Sp.Br.)
 		18.09.1944

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

CBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46 [investiture 29.07.47]
WW I

served Royal Naval Air Service
(10.1944)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
(1945/46?)

staff of Vice-Admiral (Q), British Pacific Fleet
Gledhill,
Brian Edward
B.E. Gledhill
Son of Bernard Auty Gledhill, and Edith Blackburn.		 03.06.1925
Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire
-
11.2001
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Seaman
 		? [C/JX 545163]
T/Midsh.
 		25.11.1943
T/A/S.Lt.
 		03.12.1944
T/S.Lt.
 		03.06.1945 (reld)
25.11.1943
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landng craft duty)



served LCTs (landing craft, tank) including D-Day and afterwards, wento to Subi Bay with LCI (landing craft, infantry), and then served with MTBs (motor torpedo boats) in the Channel
Glennie,
Eoin Cameron
E.C. Glennie		 13.11.1919
-
08.1997
North Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
T/Lt.
 		10.01.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 21.11.1944
 actions in Channel
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.07.1944
 night action with enemy light forces 11.05.44
(1944)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 447 (motor torpedo boat)
28.10.1944
 -
 		(1945)
 		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
Glover,
Joseph Kenneth
J.K. Glover		 28.04.1915
-
07.2000
 Cardiff, Glamorgan
T/Lt.
 		13.11.1942 (reld 24.04.1946)
(1942)

HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)
14.01.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1234 (harbour defence motor launch)
Glynn,
Maurice Mark
M.M. Glynn		 ?
-
07.1962 still alive
[possibly died before 08.1973]
T/S.Lt. (E)
29.07.1940
T/Lt. (E)
 		29.07.1941
Lt. (E) RNR
 		31.01.1952, seniority 15.06.1948
Lt.Cdr. (E) RNR
 		22.05.1953, seniority 05.06.1952 (retd 31.12.1959)
?
 -
 		21.06.1940
 		HMS Cape Howe (special service vessel) (sunk)
?
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Mammouth (rescue tug) *
03.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Astraea (RN base, Lagos, Nigeria)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
31.01.1952

transferred to Permanent RNR
Goble,
John Frederick
J.F. Goble
 Son of John F. Goble, and Louisa Woolgar.		 (06?).1925
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		01.10.1944
T/S.Lt.
01.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946) HMS Stevenstone (destroyer) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Goddard,
Frederick Maurice John
F.M.J. Goddard		 1922 ?
-
02.05.1943
(DOW) [age 21]
T/S.Lt.
 		?

-
 01.05.1943
 		First Lieutenant, HM MGB 630 (motor gun boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarnouth)]
Goddard,
Noel Ernest
N.E. Goddard
Married ((03?).1948, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Diana B. Blizard (née Edge).		 19.12.1901
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
-
T/S.Lt. (A) 19.09.1939
T/Lt. (A) 16.02.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 1941? (reld < 04.1946)
T/A/Cdr. (A) 06.07.1943-31.03.1945

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 16.09.1941 sinking of the Bismarck [investiture 21.10.41]
Café proprietor. Gained aviator's licence No. 13905 taken on a D.H. Moth, Gipsy I, 85 h.p. at the Cotswold Areo Club, 10.06.1936.
(04.1940)     Fleet Air Arm
10.09.1940 - (12.1941) 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys)]
10.09.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot
1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer *
06.07.1943 - 31.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys)
18.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Gosling (new entry training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire)
* When Bismarck & Prinz Eugen appeared in Norway, the Officer in Command of HMS Sparrowhawk (RNAS Hatson), Captain Henry Lockhart St. John Fancourt, RN made efforts to attack the German warships should she attempt to break put. However, the Albacore TSRs transferred to his station did not have the range to reach Bergen and attack - they'd have to catch them at sea after leaving. When the RAF was unable to get aircraft over Bergen in the prevailing weather, he volunteered put together a crew and make the attempt in the stations fast, multi-engine Maryland, AR720 (W). The plane was nominally assigned to 771 Squadron, FAA, the station's fleet requirements unit. He had little problem finding a pilot - the Officer Commanding 771 Squadron, Temporary Lieutenant (A) Noel Ernest Goddard, RNVR insisted he be allowed to make the effort with a volunteer crew. Not to be outdone, both rating members of his regular crew, Acting Leading Airman John Walker Armstrong, SFx.900 (TAG-WO) and Leading Airman J. D. Milne (TAG-AG) claimed their right to go. The mission needed a top notch navigator, and Commander Geoffrey Alexander Rotherham, OBE, RN, the Station's executive officer, a highly experienced observer, volunteered to lead the flight. The mission (22nd May 1941), flown at low altitude in IRF (Instrument Flight Rules) conditions, was flown exactly as laid out with Rotherham making a perfect landfall and they penetrated the fjiord and established that the two German warships had sailed. Armstrong sent morse signals to Coastal Command but no receipt was returned. Rotherham had Armstrong break into the target tow frequency and signal the word directly to the station. Not relying only on this (though Admiral Tovey did get the word), he had Goddard fly directly to Sumburgh, Hatston's advanced airfield, where the torpedo armed Albacores were wating to depart on their strike. The torpedo strike never came off as the search effort did not sight the German warships. However, acting on Rotherham's message, Tovey sailed with the Home Fleet and, as we all know, eventually cornered and sank Bismarck after the FAA aircrew of HMS Ark Royal's TSR Squadrons crippled the ship with a virtual last chance strike in abysmal weather. The 16 September 1941 edition of the London Gazette noted the awarding of many honors for those involved in the destruction of Bismarck. Included were three of the Maryland's aircrew. Rotherham was awarded the DSO, Goddard was awarded the DSC, and Armstrong the DSM.
Godfrey,
Alan John
"Duke"
A.J. Godfrey (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Carter)		 06.10.1922 ?
Chertsey district, Surrey ?
-
10.1986 ?
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire ?
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		30.04.1943
T/Lt.
 		01.01.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.11.1944
 Operation Brassard (landings on Elba, 17.06.44) *
* At about 0100 on 17 June 1944, HDML 1301 in which he was First Lt., had a close engagement with a German F-Lighter off the coast of Elba. He was wounded many times by shrapnel in the chest and back, and in spite of this he went aft to superintend the making of smoke. By doing so, he set a fine example to those around him, many of whom were wounded.
30.04.1943
 		-
 		(06.)1944
 		First Lieutenant, HM ML [from early 1944: HDML] 1301 ([harbour defence] motor launch)
18.06.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
10.1945
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for staff duties)
Goldberg,
John Leslie
J.L. Goldberg

personal narrative & photos


18.12.1924
Bootle, Liverpool
-
12.2005 still alive at Chester
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		05.1945
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		20.06.1945 (reld. 04.01.1947)
Education: King George V School, Southport, Lancs (1934-1942); science student studying Radio at Liverpool University (09.1942-03.1944 & 01.1947-06.1947; BSc (Physics))
04.1944

 04.1944
06.1945
 		-



 		10.1945

Admiralty Signal Establishment, Haslemere, Surrey [HMS Mercury II]
Temporary Experimental Assistant, grade 3 (civ. rank)
Temporary Experimental Officer (civ. rank)
10.1945
 		-
 		12.1945
 		HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) for Anderson Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) Station [officially listed as from 05.1945]
12.1945
 		-
 		01.1947
 		HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) for RN Wireless Station, Suara
BICC Ltd, Electrical Cable Makers, Merseyside, 09.1947 to 1984 (retirement).
Goldman,
Henry Leslie
H.L. Goldman (Photo courtesy of Mrs Gina Goldman)
Son of William Goldman, and Dorothy Gratwicke.
Husband of Mary Maud Grace Goldman, of Palmer's Green, Middlesex; one son.		 (09?).1915
 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
19.08.1942
 [age 27]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
 		?
?
 -
 		19.08.1942
 		HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (for landing craft duties?) (killed in action during the raid at Dieppe)
Good,
Patrick John
P.J. Good
Son of Henry William and Helen Margaret Good, of Scalby, Scarborough, Yorkshire.		 1921 ?
-
08.02.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 73, column 3]
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		08.01.1942
13.04.1942
 		-
 		08.02.1943
 		HMS Bredon (armed trawler) (sunk by U-boat in north Atlantic)
Goodchild,
Frederick Stanley Vivian
F.S.V. Goodchild (Photo courtesy of Mrs Daphne C. Falcus)
Married (at Hamble, Hampshire) Dorothy (née ...); two sons, four daughters.
 14.06.1907
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
02.01.1994
Harlow district, Essex / Middlesex
T/Eng.
 		? [LT/KX 110683]
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		01.03.1943
T/Lt. (E)
 		01.05.1944 (dispersal 08.04.1946) (reld 08.06.1946)
01.03.1943
 		-
 		14.03.1943
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for divisional course)
15.03.1943
 		-
 		29.08.1944
 		HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) (additional), from 05.1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional) [initially 1 week training at HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island]
30.08.1944
 		-
 		31.05.1945
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (additional for landing craft duty; for duty as Engineer Officer with Receipt & Despatch Staff No. 25 (vice T/Lt. (E) D.A. Tipper RNVR))
01.06.1945
 		-
 		28.11.1945
 		HMS Tengra (Combined Operations base, Mandapam, India) (additional; for LCBM duty with Landing Craft Receipt & Despatch Unit 25 as Engineer Officer)
29.11.1945
 		-
 		28.02.1946
 		HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Portsmouth) (additional; for full pay shore leave)
18.03.1946

HMS Victory IV (accounting section, Portsmouth) (additional; for dispersal [not to join])
(05.1949)
 		-
 		14.06.1962
 		Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [age limit]
Post-war a sales executive.
Goodeve,
[Sir] Charles Frederick
C.F. Goodeve C.F. Goodeve
C.F. Goodeve C.F. Goodeve
Son of Canon F.W. Goodeve, Winnipeg, Canada.
Married (1932) Janet I. Wallace, PhD; two sons.
biographical memoirs (by F.D. Richardson)

biographical sketch at the Naval Museum of Manitoba

private papers

 21.02.1904
Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
-
07.04.1980
Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead
Lt.
 		10.05.1928
Lt.Cdr.
 		10.05.1936
A/Cdr.
 		< 02.1941
Cdr.
 		30.06.1942 (retd 30.06.1950)
Knight Bachelor Kt
 01.01.1946
 New Year 46 [Knighted 12.03.46]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41 [investiture 25.02.41]
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VD
 18.02.1944
 ?
Education: MSc (University of Manitoba); DSc (University College, London)
06.09.1939
 		-
 		(04.)1940
 		Staff Technical Advisory Officer, HMS Vernon II (trawler base, Portsmouth)
20.06.1940
 		-
 		10.1942
 		Deputy Director, Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons and Devices [mid-1941 renamed: Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty] [HMS President]
10.1942
 		-
 		1945
 		Assistant and later Deputy Controller (Research & Development), Admiralty [in civil capacity, dropping naval rank]
FRS (1940); FRIC, FIM; FCIT.
Assistant Lecturer, Univ. of Manitoba; 1851 Exhibition Scholar, 1927; Lecturer and later Reader in Physical Chemistry, University College, London, Fellow, UCL, 1946; Director, BISRA, The Inter-Group Laboratories of the British Steel Corporation, formerly British Iron and Steel Research Assoc., 1945-1969. Director: ICFC, 1965-1974; Technical Develt Capital Ltd, 1966-1974; National Indust. Fuel Efficiency Service, 1968-1972. President, Faraday Society, 1950-1952; Chairman, Operational Research Club, 1947-1951; Vice-President, Parliamentary and Scientific Cttee, 1950-1962; Member, Lord President's Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, 1953-1956; President Chemical Section, British Association, 1956; Master, Worshipful Company of Salters, 1958-1959; President, Iron and Steel Inst., 1961-1962; a Vice-President, Royal Society, 1968-1970. Scientific Adviser, British Transport Commission, 1948-1958. Governor, Imperial College, London, 1961-1973; Fellow, 1967-. Member, Council of Tavistock Inst. of Human Relations; Vice-Chm., Orgn for Promoting the Understanding of Society, 1975-. Fellow, Metallurgical Soc. AIME, 1967. Hon. DSc: Manitoba, 1946; Sheffield, 1956; Birmingham, 1962; Newcastle­upon­Tyne, 1970; Salford, 1974. US Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm; Bessemer Gold Medallist, 1962; Carl Lueg Gold Medallist, 1962; Silver Medal, Operational Research Soc., 1964. Consultant, British Steel Corporation, since 1969; Director, London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co. Ltd, since 1971.
Published: (part author) Iron and Steel Productivity Report; numerous articles in scientific journals.
Goodfellow,
Norman
N. Goodfellow 		?
-
12.2006 still alive
Prob. T/Midsh. (A)
 		26.08.1940
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		17.02.1941
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/Lt. (A)
 		17.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 21.08.1945
 air attacks Japan summer 45
21.11.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station Hatston, Orkney)]
14.04.1941
 -
 		11.05.1942
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)]
12.05.1942
 -
 		26.10.1942
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, later HMS Dasher (escort carrier)]
27.10.1942
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, later HMS Dasher (escort carrier)]
07.09.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		pilot, 880 Squadron FAA
Goodman,
George Herbert
G.H. Goodman
George Cross Database		 25.11.1900
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
-
31.05.1945
(KIA) [age 44]
[The Hague (Westduin) Cemetery, The Netherlands]
T/Lt.
 		?
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		23.11.1943?
George Cross GC
 15.09.1942
 mine disposal 15.01.42

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
 02.09.1941
 mine disposal
23.11.1943
 -
 		31.05.1945
 		Mining Department, HMS Vernon
Gordon,
Henry Vincent
 H.V. Gordon 		08.05.1908
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
04.1998
Kidderminster district, Worcestershire
T/S.Lt. 15.12.1939
T/Lt. 15.03.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.05.1943 Operation Torch, operations with U-boats [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 03.03.1942 torpedoing of HMS Cossack 23.10.41
14.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
24.09.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Seaborn II (RN base, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
15.01.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Carnation (corvette) (despatches)
09.05.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Lotus (corvette) (DSC)
30.03.1943 - 20.10.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Anchusa (corvette)
02.11.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Hadleigh Castle (corvette)
01.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Squid (Combined Operations base, Southampton)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Gore,
Denis Stephen
D.S. Gore		 14.09.1923
-
18.11.1971
Bangkok
T/A/S.Lt.
 		10.01.1941
T/S.Lt.
 		14.09.1941
T/Lt.
 		10.07.1943
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.08.1941
 sinking U-110
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
(1941)

HMS Aubrietia (corvette)
19.10.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		HMS Safeguard (anti-aircraft guard base, Calmore, Southampton)
08.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HM CT 13 (controlled target)
12.07.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for bookwriting duties)
Gorman,
Bernard Norbert
"Ben"
B.N. Gorman
From Ireland.
 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		30.10.1943 (reld 20.03.1946)
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 BNLO French ships 08.43-08.1945
(10.1944)

HMS Ambrose (9th Submarine Flotilla base, Dundee) *
08.1943
 -
 		?
 		British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Junion"
?
 -
 		08.1945
 		British Naval Liaison Officer, French Ship "Morse"
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gotelee,
Allan Arthur
A.A. Gotelee		 (06?).1908
Ipswich, Suffolk
-
T/Lt.
 		?
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		?
T/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 01.01.1959
 New Year 59: Suffolk & Essex Sea Cadet Corps [investiture 10.03.59]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 15.09.1942
 damaged action Channel 20.07.42 [investiture 25.05.43]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 19.06.1945
 actions E-boats [mgt sm?] 02-04.45 [award posted]
(07.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM MGB 601 (motor gun boat)
01.1945
 -
 		(04.1945)
 		HMS Retalick
Gough,
Charles Cameron
C.C. Gough
Son of ... Gough, and ... Hood.
Married Jeanne (née ...); ... children.		 (06?).1923
Calne district, Wiltshire
-
28.05.2009
Torbay Hospital
[aged 86]
T/S.Lt. 27.08.1943
T/Lt. 01.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 20.06.1944 action 26.02.44 [investiture 12.12.44]
Education: Marlborough College (1936-1941).
(02.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 431 (motor torpedo boat)
(06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 416 (motor torpedo boat)
14.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
27.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gould,
Thomas Peter
T.P. Gould		 ?
-
Prob. T/El.S.Lt.
 		03.11.1940
T/El.S.Lt.
 		1941, seniority 03.11.1940
T/El.Lt.
 		03.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
21.11.1940
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)
(12.1941)

HMS Torch (RN base, Holyhead) *
(07.1945)

HMS Vernon  (torpedo school & experimental establishment, Brighton) *



probably also served at HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) & HMS Nelson (battleship)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gradwell,
Leo Joseph Anthony *
L.J.A. Gradwell
Only son of Joseph Gradwell, solicitor, and Mrs Gradwell, late of Liverpool.
Married (16.08.1940, Aberdeen) Jean Ormond Adamson, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Alexander Adamson, of Laurencekrik, Kincardineshire; two sons, two daughters.

* born as Joseph Leo Anthony, he obviously re-arranged his birth names
 28.07.1899
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
09.11.1969
Torquay
T/Lt.
 		20.10.1939
1942/43?, seniority 20.01.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 15.09.1942
 PQ17 scattered; hid in ice pack & safely brought back ship in company with 3 merchant ships [investiture 23.05.44]
Education: Stonyhurst College; Balliol College, Oxford (Exhibitioner) (MA).
1917
 -
 		1918
 		served European War as Midshipman RNVR
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1925. Served Northern Circuit (Liverpool).
1939
 -
 		1945
 		served at sea in command anti­submarine vessels in Western Approaches:
11.11.1939
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Aelda
14.09.1940
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Ayrshire (anti-submarine trawler)
22.05.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Aletes (armed yacht)
Metropolitan Magistrate Thames Court, 24.07.1950-1961. Metropolitan Magistrate Great Marlborough St Magistrates' Court, 1961-1967. Retired 1967.
Graham,
Malise Angus
M.A. Graham
Son of Sydney Graham, CBE (1879-1966), and Madeline Graham (née Bell), of Itchenor, Sussex.
 1919 ?
-
22.01.1943
(KIA] [age 24]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 6]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		02.07.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.09.1942
 Mediterranean air attacks
Worked for Lloyd's.
14.10.1941
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)
12.1942
 -
 		22.01.1943
 		pilot, 821 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (for Naval Air Squadrons, Hal Far)]
[killed in action when his Albacore failed to return from a torpedo strike 41 mile from Cape Bon]
Grainger,
John Durbin
J.D. Grainger		 20.11.1914
-
05.04.1981
T/A/S.Lt.
 		(08.1943)
T/S.Lt.
 		22.07.1943
T/Lt.
 		01.12.1944
25.05.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS PC 74 (sloop)
(04.1946)

Admiralty [HMS President] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Granlund,
Henry Paddison
H.P. Granlund		 26.10.1916
-
01.1993
Honiton, Devon
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		26.10.1941

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 03.01.1941
 good service minsweeping trawlers
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.01.1942
 actions against enemy 03.12.41



HMS Brock
(12.1941)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 218 (motor torpedo boat)
Grant,
Douglas Adshead
D.A. Grant
Son of the Rev. & Mrs J. Grant, of Chichester.
Married Margot ...		 1913 ?
India
-
28.01.1956
Ashford district, Kent
[age 42]
T/S.Lt. 19.04.1940
T/A/Lt. 19.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1940) - (02.1941) no appointment listed
02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Warsash/Hamble, Southampton) [designed the Combined Operations formation badge]
(04.1944) - (01.)1945 Experiments and Developments Branch, Combined Operations Headquarters
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
B.Arch; FRIBA.
Grant,
George Scott
G.S. Grant		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		10.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1944)

HMS Victory (RN base, Protsmouth) *
11.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Grantham,
James
J. Grantham		 ?
-
Prob. T/Lt.
 		03.01.1941
T/Lt.
 		?, seniority 03.01.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

Ridder, Orde van Oranje-Nassau (The Netherlands)

 OON
 01.06.1943
 liaison officer Sumatra
(02.1941)

HMS President (Admiralty) *
(12.1941)

HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) *
(1943?)

British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Sumatra (Dutch light cruiser)
(06.1943?)

British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau (Dutch gun boat)
(10.1944)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
(07.1945)

HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Graves,
John Rochester
J.R. Graves  
Son of Paym.Lt.Cdr. Edward Basil Graves, RNR, and Jessie Marshall, of Wickford, Essex.

(09?).1914
Billericay district, Essex
-
24.05.1941
(MPK) [age 26]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]
T/Paym.S.Lt.
 25.08.1939
T/Paym.Lt.
 25.08.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.01.1942
 high fleet operations, especially Norwegian waters
25.08.1939
 -
 		24.05.1941
 		for duty in office of Rear-Admiral/Vice­Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, aboard:
HMS Hood 01.06.1939 - 11.03.1940
HMS Renown 11.03.1940 - 13.04.1940
HMS Warspite 13.04.1940 - ??.04.1940
HMS Renown ??.04.1940 - 10.08.1940
HMS Hood 10.08.1940 - 24.05.1941
(2nd Battle of Narvik)
[missing, presumed killed when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic]
Gray,
David Alfred
D.A. Gray		 1926 ?
-
 
T/Midsh. 07.04.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 04.03.1945
T/S.Lt. 04.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
24.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
      served on HM MTB 452 (motor torpedo boat) & HM MTB 453 (motor torpedo boat)
06.1945 - (07.1945) HM ML 226 (motor launch)
(04.1946)     HMS Eskimo (destroyer) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gray,
Donald
D. Gray
Married Mary Muffet; two sons, two daughters.
Formerly of Shawford and Chagford.
 02.10.1919
Bolton, Lancashire
-
23.03.2005
RD&E Hospital, Exeter
Ord.Sea.
 		26.06.1940
AB Sea.
 		06.1941
T/S.Lt.
 		23.10.1941
T/Lt.
 		01.01.1944 (reld 05.11.1945)
Education: Downing College, Cambridge University (MA; 1939)
26.06.1940
 -
 		1941
 		served in the ranks, Western Approaches (HMS Active (destroyer) 10.1940)
1941
 -
 		23.10.1941
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
06.01.1942
 -
 		30.06.1942
 		First Lieutenant, HM MGB 66 (motor gun boat)
30.06.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		First Lieutenant, HM MGB 85 (motor gun boat) (7th MGB Flotilla) [from 13.07.1942 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)]
28.06.1943
 -
 		23.01.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 88 (motor gun boat) [Watchkeeping Certificate 10.09.1943]
24.01.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.) [Qualified Officer (Coastal Forces) 02.05.1945]
01.1945
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 457 (motor torpedo boat)
1945
 -
 		01.05.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 470 (motor torpedo boat)
02.05.1945
 -
 		30.05.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 492 (motor torpedo boat)
31.05.1945
 -
 		08.07.1945
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
09.07.1945
 -
 		25.09.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 523 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
28.04.1947

joined, Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (actually recalled 17.09.1962-28.09.1962)
After the war he resumed reading Medieval and Modern Languages at Downing. He was a dedicated teacher at Taunton’s School, Southampton (later Richard Taunton College) where he became Senior Tutor in Modern Languages and eventually Head of the Department.
Gray,
James Watson
J.W. Gray
Son of James Gray, and Beatrice Margaret Kidd.
Married; ... children (one son?).		 12.04.1912
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-
(03?).1981
Enfield district, Greater London
Prob. T/S.Lt. 05.04.1940
T/Lt. 05.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
09.07.1940 - (12.)1943 HMS Altair (anti-submarine yacht)
27.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Conqueror (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel)
Green,
Elkan Maurice
E.M. Green		 ?
-
01.02.2003
Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
T/Lt. 13.06.1941
T/Lt. SANF(V) 1943/44?, seniority 13.06.1941
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration presented]
03.04.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
17.03.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Hertfordshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (MBE)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Green,
Leonard Frederick
L.F. Green (Photo courtesy of Mrs Delia Creedy) 		12.04.1907
Edmonton district, Hertfordshire
-
01.1977
Hertford district, Hertfordshire
Petty Officer
 ?
T/S.Lt. (E)
 ?
T/Lt. (E)
 01.1943, seniority 01.11.1942 (reld 05.04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.11.1944
 Operation Brassard (landings on Elba 44)
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.03.1945
 Operation Dragoon (invasion of the South of France 08.44)
13.06.1942
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary), from 1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
20.06.1942
 -
 		24.09.1942
 		Flotilla Engineer Officer, HMS Princess Astrid (landing ship, infantry (small))
(11/12.1943)
  
 		 
 		based at Bombay
(1944)
  
 		 
 		Staff Rear Admiral (P)
(1944)

HM LCI(L) 311 (landing craft, infantry (large))
18.10.1944
 -
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Cricket (landing craft base, Burseldon)
16.02.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Combined Operations Material Department [HMS President]
Greenaway,
Frank Stanley Horace
"Raffles"
F.S.H. Greenaway (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Greenaway) F.S.H. Greenaway (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
F.S.H. Greenaway (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) F.S.H. Greenaway (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Greenaway)		 03.05.1915
London
-
03.2002
Prob. Seaman Boy
 		11.1932
Ordinary Seaman
 		03.05.1933
Able-Bodied Seaman
 		1935
Telegraphist Air Gunner
 		1939?
T/S.Lt.
 		14.02.1941
T/Lt.
 		14.02.1942 *
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		12.1945
Lt.Cdr.
 		07.12.1948, seniority 03.05.1948 (retd 03.05.1957)
A/Cdr.
 		1952

* with full Watch Keeping Certificate; gained full ‘Qualified Officer’ Status (1942/43?)

11.1932

joined London division, RNVR [HMS President]
1936

qualified 3rd Class Gunnery (Anti Aircraft) Rate
1938

mobilised (stood down after Munich crisis)
07.1939

mobilised
08.1939

transferred to Fleet Air Arm
08.1939
 -
 		01.1940
 		HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, Hampshire) (aircraft crashed; returned to General Service)
01.04.1940
 -
 		1940
 		HMS Hambledon (destroyer)
[Anti Aircraft 3rd Rate Seaman Gunner ‘as C.W. candidate’; survived mining in Dover Straits during Operation Lucid, 10.1940]
1940
 -
 		02.1941
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
02.1941?
 -
 		04.1941?
 		qualified as ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee) control officer
04.1941
 -
 		1941
 		HMS Reading (destroyer)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
1941?
 -
 		1942?
 		undertook radar control course
15.03.1942
 -
 		05.10.1942
 		HMS Broadway (destroyer) (2nd Lieutenant / Watchkeeping, Anti-Submarine Control Officer and Radar Direction Officer)
06.10.1942
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Goathland (destroyer) (Second Lieutenant)
02.1944
 -
 		30.04.1944
 		21st Escort Group as ‘Spare C/O’
01.05.1944
 -
 		02.1945
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Venomous (destroyer) [in charge while refitting at Falmouth till 01.08.1944]
31.03.1945
 -
 		06.1945
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Hoste (frigate)
06.1945
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer [?], HMS Bentley (frigate)
1945

volunteered to serve in Far East for assault on mainland Japan
04.02.1946
 -
 		(04.)1946
 		Commanding Officer, LST 3029 (landing ship, tank) (operating out of Colombo & Singapore)
1946
 -
 		1947
 		Commanding Officer, LST 3504 (landing ship, tank)
07.12.1948

transferred to Permanent RNVR, initially Cardiff Division, but from c. 1950 South Wales Division (List 1)
Was Executive Officer to Peter Ingledew when he became Commanding Officer, of Cardiff division at its inception in 1947, and was acting in command following Ingledew's health failure. Started up newly formed South Wales Division RNVR (HMS Cambria) as Executive Officer and in command motor minesweeper; HMS St David, divisional training ship; Commanding Officer for Divisional contingent & guard at Coronation; Senior Reserve Commander, HM Coronation Review, Spithead; 1955 Senior Commander and Divisional Guard Commander at Royal Naval Reserve Forces Silver Jubilee Review, Horseguards Parade.
Greenland,
Richard Thomas Goodwin
R.T.G. Greenland		 ?
-
T/Lt.
23.08.1941

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO
 18.04.1944
 sinking cruiser Palermo harbour 02.01.43 [investiture 27.11.45]
(01.1943)

HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)
Greenwood,
John Davy
J.D. Greenwood (Photo courtesy of Mrs Penny le Roux)
Son of ... Greenwood, and ... Young.
Married; ... children (one daughter?).
 02.12.1915
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
07.1994
Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey
Prob. S.Lt.
 		29.06.1939
S.Lt.
 		06.1940, seniority 29.06.1939
Lt.
02.12.1940 (demobilized 03.05.1946)
29.06.1939

joined RNVR (Humber Division)
29.06.1939
 -
 		24.11.1939
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
25.11.1939
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Echo (destroyer)



HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
?
 -
 		03.08.1942
 		HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
04.08.1942
 -
 		19.08.1943
 		HMS Burwell (destroyer)
20.08.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto)
(01.1945)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *



HMS Odyssey (accounting base for naval parties)



HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)



HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gresham,
Ronald
R. Gresham
Married; at least one son.

His son remembers: "He was in the Mediterranen for some time, and was in Canada for some months commissioning a new fleet minesweeper. With this ship or another sweeper at the Anzio landings, then pretty well everywhere else including convoys to Russia. Then at Omaha Beach for D-Day (Normandy) and then posted ashore to liaise with the US forces in Normandy. After demobilization he was called back twice, once aboard the aircraft carrier accompanying the King, Queen and Princesses on the state visit to South Africa. The Americans wanted to award a medal but the Admirality said no!"

?
?
-
?
?
Prob. Lt.
 		06.06.1939
Lt.
 		17.04.1940, seniority 06.06.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 02.1943, < 06.1943
Lt.Cdr.
 		06.06.1947 (retd 18.01.1948)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 13.03.1945
 D-Day (Normandy 06.44) & training US minesweepers 44 [investiture 13.11.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.12.1943
 Opeation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia 05.43)
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.05.1944
 ?
30.11.1936

joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Tyne Division RNVR)
06.06.1939

joined RNVR (Humber Division)
08.1939
 -
 		10.1939
 		HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
08.10.1939
 -
 		(08.)1942
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Lydd (Hunt class minesweeper)
25.08.1942
 -
 		09.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Espiègle (Algerine class minesweeper)
09.1943
 -
 		21.01.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Boston (Bangor class minesweeper)
(06.1944)

staff Commander Task Force (CTF) 125 (Assault Force U) (Normandy)
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
05.04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Mameluke (Algerine class minesweeper)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Grevatt,
Arthur Tildesley
A.T. Grevatt
(03?).1910
Hastings district, Sussex
-
1995
Surrey
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		02.02.1940
T/Lt.
 		27.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 10.1944
T/A/Cdr.
 		> 10.1944, < 07.1945
Lt.Cdr.
 		22.01.1947, seniority 23.11.1942
?
 -
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
24.06.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
05.05.1941
 -
 		(06.1943)
 		HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
24.03.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
26.03.1945
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
31.12.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		in command of 'Boscawen' Naval Depot [HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)]
22.01.1947

transferred, List II of the Permanent RNVR (Solent Division)
Grieve,
William Robertson
"Bertie";
Hon. Lord Grieve
W.R. Grieve
Only son of late William Robertson Grieve (killed in action 28.04.1917) and late Mrs Grieve. Married (1947) Lorna St John (died 1989), youngest daughter of late 
Engineer R.Adm. E.P.St J. Benn, CB; one son, one daughter.
 21.10.1917
Glasgow
-
10.07.2005
Edinburgh
Prob. S.Lt.
 		24.05.1939
S.Lt.
 		02.1940, seniority 24.05.1939
A/Lt.
 		24.11.1941 (reld 15.03.1946)
Lt.
 		15.09.1948, seniority 24.05.1942
Lt.Cdr.
 		24.05.1950 (retd 21.10.1962)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration

 VRD
 1958
 ?
Education: Glasgow Academy; Sedbergh; Glasgow University (MA 1939, LLB 1946 (Glasgow))
President Glasgow University Union, 1938-1939. John Clark (Mile­end) Scholar, 1939.
24.05.1939
 -
 		1946
 		joined RNVR (Clyde Division, List 2) and served mostly in the Mediterranean, at Naval Headquarters on the staff of General Alexander [HMS Nile ?]
23.10.1939
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) (for miscellaneous services)
?
 -
 		?
 		HMS Howe (battleship)
26.05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mercury (RN Signal School, nr. Petersfield)
Admitted Member of Faculty of Advocates, 1947; QC (Scot.) 05.04.1957. Junior Counsel in Scotland to Board of Inland Revenue, 1952-1957. Advocate-Depute (Home), 1962-1964; Sheriff-Principal of Renfrew and Argyll, 13.02.1964-12.06.1972; Procurator of the Church of Scotland, 1969-1972; a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, 07.12.1971. A Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 01.06.1972-1988. Independent Chaiman, Fish Farming Advisory Committee, 1989. Chairman of Governors, Fettes Trust, 1978-1986. Chairman of St Columba's Hospice, 1981-1999.
Griffin,
Royston
R. Griffin
Son of Herbert F. Griffin, and Anne Lane.
 (06?).1922
Swindon district, Wiltshire
-
28.12.1941
(KIA) [age 19]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 2, panel 7]
T/Midsh. (A)
 		29.07.1940
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		20.01.1941
Education: Redhill Junior Technical School, Redhill, Surrey
17.12.1940
 -
 		02.03.1941
 		HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)
03.03.1941
 -
 		28.12.1941
 		pilot, 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)] (killed in air operations)
Grover,
Joseph Wallace David
"Joe"
J.W.D. Grover (Photo courtsey of Mr Michael Grover)
Married (1933); at least one son.
 27.04.1907
-
04.1984
Lancing, West Sussex
Ordinary Seaman ?
 		07.06.1927 [MX 46392]
Ordinary Seaman
 		07.11.1943 [JX 636111]
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		23.06.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		23.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
07.06.1927
 -
 		17.02.1933
 		joined RN (for a 12 year period, but bought out prematurely to marry)
07.06.1927
 -
 		04.10.1928
 		Supply Assistant, HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
05.10.1928
 -
 		25.02.1930
 		Supply Assistant, HMS Caradoc (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
26.02.1930
 -
 		18.03.1930
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
19.03.1930
 -
 		01.11.1931
 		HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
02.11.1931
 -
 		17.02.1933
 		HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean)
07.11.1943
 -
 		19.02.1944
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
20.02.1944
 -
 		08.04.1944
 		HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
09.04.1944
 -
 		10.04.1944
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
11.04.1944
 -
 		22.06.1944
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
23.06.1945
 -
 		28.04.1945
 		HMS Philoctetes (repair ship, Freetown) ?
29.04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Philoctetes (repair ship, Freetown)
Groves,
Alfred Bertram
A.B. Groves
Son of ... Groves, and ... Wann.
 04.09.1924
West Bromwich district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire
-
01.2000
Aberconwy district, Gwynedd
T/A/S.Lt.
 04.03.1944
T/S.Lt.
 04.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
01.06.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		First Lieutenant, HM ML 100 (motor launch)
(07.1945)
 		 
 		 
 		HMS Astraea (RN base, Lagos, Nigeria) *
(04.1946)

HM BYMS 2034 (British yard minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gubbins,
Robert Edward Glenn
R.E.G. Gubbins
Son of Lancelot Ward Gubbins (1897-?), and Winifred May Gross (1895-?).
 (12?).1924
Northampton district, Northamptonshire
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 09.06.1944
T/S.Lt.
 09.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
01.07.1944
 		-
 		(10.)1944
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 390 (motor torpedo boat)
05.10.1944
 		-
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services)
(07.1945)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed
31.10.1945
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Ranee (escort carrier)
Guildford,
Roy
R. Guildford		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 09.09.1941
T/Lt.
 01.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID

22.12.1942

 hazardous minesweeping operations Channel 06.42
13.10.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Britannia III (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) (for small craft)
17.05.1942
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		First Lieutenant, HM MMS 64 (motor minesweeper) [ from 11.05.1942 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)]
(10.1944)
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Strenuous (minesweeper) *
(04.1946)
 		 
 		 
 		HMS Cullin Sound (aircraft carrier) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Guinness,
Alec		 see: Cuffe, A.G.  
Gulliver,
Ernest
 E. Gulliver		 ?
-
T/Lt. (E) 15.08.1941 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
15.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Rosabelle (patrol yacht)
07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS St Margarets (cable ship)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Gunson,
Frank Amos
F.A. Gunson (Photo courtesy of Mr Jon Gunson)
Son of John Gunson, master mariner, and Greta Gunson (originally from New Zealand).
Married ((03?).1920, Toxteth Park district, Lancashire) Edith Eveline Pate (1898-); two sons.		 24.02.1898
Formby, Ormskirk district, Lancashire
-
30.07.1966
Portmadoc, Pwllheli district, Caernarvonshire / Wales
Prob. Lt. 16.04.1928 (reld < 01.1933)
T/Lt. 23.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
WW I     served Merchant Navy
16.04.1928 - 1932? commissioned, RNVR (New Zealand Division)
18.02.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Spitfire III (armed yacht; danlayer/patrol yacht)
17.04.1941 - (10.)1944 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)
05.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer)
Guthrie,
[Sir] Giles Connop McEacharn;
2nd Baronet
G.C.M. Guthrie G.C.M. Guthrie
G.C.M. Guthrie G.C.M. Guthrie
Son of Sir Connop Thirlwall Robert Guthrie, 1st Bt, KBE (1882-1945), Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, and late Eila, daughter of Sir Malcolm McEacharn of Galloway House, Wigtownshire.
Succeeded father, 28.09.1945.
Married (1939) Rhona Stileman, daughter of late Frederic Stileman and Mrs Stileman, Jersey, CI; two sons (and one son deceased).
 21.03.1916
Westminster, London
-
31.12.1979
Jersey
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		10.03.1940
T/A/Lt. (A)
 		08.1940?
T/Lt. (A)
 		09.09.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
 		1943 (reld 30.01.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1946
 New Year 46
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 25.11.1941
 Operations Style & Substance (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 07/08.41) [investiture 14.04.42]
Battle of Britain clasp
 		Education: Eton; Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Winner with late C.W.A. Scott, of Portsmouth­Johannesburg Air Race, 1936. Joined British Airways as traffic officer.
10.03.1940
 -
 		08.09.1940
 		HMS Raven (RN Air Station, Eastleigh)
10.03.1940
 -
 		16.05.1940
 		training, 780 Squadron FAA
17.05.1940
 -
 		23.06.1940
 		RN Air Station, Eastleigh (assessed suitable for all types of aircraft)
24.06.1940
 -
 		18.08.1940
 		for fighter course
19.08.1940
 -
 		08.09.1940
 		pilot, 760 Squadron FAA
09.09.1940
 -
 		12?.1941
 		pilot, 808 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester), from 05.09.1940 Castletown, Isle of Man, from 02.10.1940 Donibristle, from 22.10.1940 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 
12.12.1941
 -
 		15.09.1944
 		Fleet Fighter Development Unit in 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), from 18.06.1941 at Duxford] (from 23.12.1943 Officer-in-Charge of Operational Trials Unit of Naval Air Fighting Development Unit)
16.09.1944
 -
 		14.01.1945
 		HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA) (for Fighter Development Unit and Special Trials)
15.01.1945
 -
 		30.01.1946
 		787 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
Merchant banker & airline administrator. Chairman and Chief Executive, BOAC, 1964-1968; Member Board, BEA, 1959-1968; Chairman, Air Transport Insurance Ltd, Bermuda, 1969-1971; formerly: a Managing Director, Brown Shipley & Co. Ltd; Deputy Chairman, North Central Finance Ltd; Director: Prudential Assurance Co; Radio Rentals Ltd, and other companies. Governor, The London Hospital, 1965-1968; a Vice­Chairman, 1968. Justice of the Peace (JP) West Sussex, 1955.
Guthrie,
Graham Andrew
G.A. Guthrie		 ?
-
01.05.1943
(KIA)
T/Lt.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.07.1943
 actions enemy coastal waters 30.04.43
(04.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 49 (motor torpedo boat)
?
 -
 		01.05.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 630 (motor gun boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)]
Gwenlan,
Thomas Bevan
 T.B. Gwenlan
 Married ((12?).1940, Bangor district, Caernarvonshire) Katharine E. Williams; ... children (one son, one daughter?).
 		(03?).1917
Bedwellty district, Wales
-
T/S.Lt.
21.08.1941
T/Lt.
 		21.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 15.09.1942
 attack enemy aircraft; brought one down 17.07.42 [investiture 01.12.42]
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		HMS Britannia III (Coastal Forces base, Dartmouth) *
13.08.1942
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 157 (motor launch)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Gwinnell,
Clifford John
 C.J. Gwinnell 		29.04.1911
-
04.1994
Exeter, Devon
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
 		10.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct (22.06.1971; for services when five people were rescued from a blazing motor car following an accident.)
24.01.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Gunnery Officer, HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
(07.1945)

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