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1939-1945

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HOGH
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A. Haskett-Smith to H.T. Hodkinson

Haskett-Smith,
Alastair [Carlos]
A. Haskett-Smith (Photo courtesy of Mr K.J. Lindsay)

(12?).1917
Wandsworth district, London
-
25.02.1944
[age 26]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 92, column 3]

Prob. T/S.Lt.	23.08.1940
T/Lt.	01.02.1942

Education: Wimbledon College.

			HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
?	-	(10.1940)	HMS Seaborn
...	-	...	...
?	-	25.02.1944	HMS Mahratta

Haslam,
Fraser James
F.J. Haslam

Son of James Haslam, and Edith Annie Haslam (née Cowlishaw), of Crocken Hill, Kent.
Brother of Lt. I.A. Haslam, RNVR.

(12?).1921
Belper district, Derbyshire
-
21.12.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]

T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/S.Lt.	29.08.1942

21.12.1943

French Ship Chasseur 5 [renamed Carentan] (ship foundered off Anvil Point)

Haslam,
Ian Alfred
I.A. Haslam

Son of James Haslam, and Edith Annie Haslam (née Cowlishaw), of Crocken Hill, Kent.
Brother of S.Lt. F.J. Haslam, RNVR.

(03?).1919
Belper district, Derbyshire
-
24.06.2008
[Alveston?]

T/S.Lt.	30.10.1941
T/Lt.	12.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(12.1941)			no appointment listed
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
(07.1945)			no appointment listed
			possibly served at HMS Southdown (escort destroyer) at some point

Haslett,
Colin William Horner
C.W.H. Haslett (Photo courtesy of Mr Darren Martin)

Son of James Ross Haslett and Ethel Margaret Haslett, of Greenisland, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.

1921 ?
-
19.08.1942
(KIA) [age 21]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]

Prob. Midsh.	30.08.1939
Midsh.	1940, seniority 30.08.1939
A/S.Lt.	08.05.1941

Education: Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria (1936-1939).

?	-	(04.)1940	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
10.05.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Proseprine (RN base, Scapa)
(12.1941)			no appointment listed
17.12.1941	-	19.08.1942	HMS Quebec (Combined Operations training centre, Inveraray) (killed in action by a sniper during Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe))

Hattersley-Smith,
Geoffrey Francis
G.F. Hattersley-Smith

Son of Wilfrid Percy A. Hattersley-Smith (1886-), and Ethel M. Willcocks.

22.04.1923
Kensington district, London
-
21.07.2012

T/S.Lt.

10.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

Joined the Navy in 1942 and served as an Ordinary Seaman on two North Atlantic convoys. Commissioned as a sub-lieutenant RNVR he took part in three Russian convoys and was on a gunboat off the Normandy beaches on D-Day. He took part in seven operations off northern Norway in Scorpion before serving as a watchkeeper in Emperor, looking out for kamikaze pilots in the Indian Ocean and was present at the relief of Singapore.
...	-	...	...
01.02.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS Scorpion (destroyer)
(01.1945)			no appointment listed
19.01.1945	-	(10.1945)	HMS Emperor (escort carrier)

Hatton,
William Douglas
W.D. Hatton

From Rugby.

?
-

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	18.08.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)	< 06.1945

MBE

26.06.1945

disposing ammunition torpedoed "Thane" 23.03.45 *

* For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in disposing of damaged ammunition in the magazines of one of H.M. Ships after she had been torpedoed.

(1945?)			HMS President [possibly Bomb Safety Officer at Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Department of Torpedoes and Mining, Admiralty]
(07.1945)			no appointment listed
12.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta)

Hawker,
Derek Charles
D.C. Hawker

Son of Reginald J. Hawker, and Florence E. Olliver.
Married; ... children.

13.05.1917
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
02.1989
Portsmouth district, Hampshire

T/S.Lt.	15.03.1940
T/Lt.	13.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

06.08.1940	-	(12.1941)	HMS Curacoa (cruiser)
12.1943	-	(04.)1944	HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (for flotilla gunnery duties)
04.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
26.02.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school)

Hawker,
Ronald Edward
R.E. Hawker

Married ((12?).1939, Southend on Sea district, Essex) Agnes May Scott "Ciss" Little (? - 11.03.2012); three sons.

14.09.1915
-
(12?).1981
Brighton district, East Sussex

T/Lt.

	DSC	?	?
	MID	?	?

...

Hawkes,
Albert William Bryan
A.W.B. Hawkes

Son of ... Hawkes, and ... Nicholls.
Married ((12?).1942, Gosport district, Hampshire) Beryl M. Sprules ((12?).1922 - ). ... children (one son?).

16.06.1918
Chelmsford district, Essex
-
07.1996
Norwich, Norfolk

T/S.Lt.	22.05.1941
T/Lt.	16.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

14.07.1941	-	(12.1941)	HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
25.01.1943	-	(06.)1943	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 247 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
08.1943	-	(10.)1943	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 256 (motor torpedo boat)
16.10.1943	-	23.01.1944	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 257 (motor torpedo boat)
24.01.1944	-	(10.)1944	HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)
24.01.1944	-	(06.)1944	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 257 (motor torpedo boat)
25.10.1944	-	(01.)1945	HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for motor launches, etc.)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Hawkins,
John Sefton Spencer
J.S.S. Hawkins

Son of Alfred Cyril Spencer Hawkins, and Beryl Sefton Spencer.
Married (09.08.1947) Audrey Diana Bligh (born 1924), daughter of Algernon Stewart Bligh and Dora Joan Lovelace; two sons.

(12?).1922
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-

T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/S.Lt.	04.06.1943
T/Lt.	04.06.1945

MID

02.01.1945

minesweeper & merchant ships sunk 09-10.44

19.04.1943	-	23.01.1944	First Lieutenant, HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat) [based at HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
24.01.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services)
(09.1944)	-	(10.1944)	HM MTB 232 (motor torpedo boat)
12.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	First Lieutenant, HM MTB 387 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)			HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hawkins,
Robert Stanley Power
"Jack"
R.S.P. Hawkins

Son of Robert Hawkins, and Mary Power.
Married; one son, one daughter.

03.1912
Eccles, nr Manchester, Prescot district, Lancashire
-
23.01.1960
Portsmouth district, Hampshire

Prob. T/Sg.Lt.	12.03.1940
T/Sg.Lt.	31.03.1941, seniority 12.03.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.	> 07.1945, < 04.1946
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr.	31.05.1946, seniority 12.03.1946
Sg.Lt.Cdr. RN	03.07.1946, seniority 12.03.1945
A/Interim Sg.Cdr. RN	12.03.1951
Sg.Cdr. RN	31.12.1954

Education: MB, ChB Manch 1937.

26.03.1940	-	(02.)1941	RN Sick Quarters Shotley [HMS Ganges]
16.10.1941	-	17.02.1942	HMS Arrow (destroyer)
(10.1944)			RN Auxiliary Hospital, Alexandria [HMS Nile] *
29.11.1944	-	(07.)1945	HMS Hopetoun (landing craft and minesweeper base, Port Edgar)
28.11.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
03.07.1946			transferred to RN
16.05.1947	-	(05.1949)	HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta)
17.01.1950	-	(05.1951)	HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier)
17.11.1951	-	(05.1953)	HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
09.02.1954	-	(07.1954)	HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
1954?	-	(04.)1955	HM Dockyard, Sheerness
01.11.1955	-	(01.)1956	HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
15.05.1956	-	(01.)1957	HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
02.12.1957	-	(01.)1959	HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)
23.10.1959	-	23.01.1960	Fleet Medical Officer on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Bellerophon]

Hawley,
Frank
F. Hawley

?
-

T/S.Lt.	20.03.1941
T/Lt.	01.01.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	> 10.1944, < 01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

MID

11.06.1946

wind up Far East

			Watch Keeping Certificate; confirmed Fighter Directing Officer, having also been qualified as a Night Fighter Directing Officer:
05.1941	-	(08.1942)	HMS Ambuscade (destroyer)
06.12.1943	-	(07.1945)	HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier) (from late 1944 as Fighter Directing Officer) (despatches)

Published: Wartime experiences : a naval memoir (privately printed).

Hay,
Charles Dick Edgcumbe
C.D.E. Hay (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Nobbs)

Only child of Charles Herbert Philpott Hay (1879-1940), and Florence Ethel "Ruth" Hay (1882?-1949), of Woking, Surrey, formerly of Hong Kong.
Married (20.06.1934, St Paul's, Knightsbridge, Westminster district, London) Mary Margaret Stabb, eldest daughter of Sir Newton John Stabb (1868-1931), of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and of Ethel Mary Townsend, of Saxmundham, Suffolk; ... children (three daughters, one son?).

08.01.1908
Yokohama, Japan
-
23.09.1946
Fulham district, London

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	14.07.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	14.01.1945

(10.1944)			no appointment listed
(01.1945)			no appointment listed
04.1945	-	(07.)1945	HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
08.11.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)

Hayes,
Francis Mason
"Frank"
F.M. Hayes (Photo courtesy of Mr Eric Dietrich-Berryman)

Son of Frank Anderson Hayes, mechanical engineer, and Effe Knox Huntington, of Middleton, New Jersey, USA.
Married (1936) Georgette Anderson; one son.

14.09.1912
Pelham Manor, New York, USA
-
26.09.1942
(MPK)
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 66.1]
[named on memorial in Greenwich]

Prob. T/Sg.Lt.

17.10.1941

Education: Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, USA; Yale University; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (01.10.1933; nine terms-); Guy's Hospital, London; MRCS, LRCP.
Surgeon at Guys Hopsital. Resident surgeon in charge of Miller General Hospital in Greenwich.

17.10.1941			volunteered as a US citizen to serve in the RNVR:
			RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
10.11.1941	-	26.09.1942	HMS Veteran (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-404 in North Atlantic]

Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).

Hayes,
Francis Nicholas Lage
"Frank"
F.N.L. Hayes

Married ((09?).1946, Wandsworth district, London) Frances M. Hodges; ... children (one daughter?).

05.11.1912
-
19.06.2003
Barton, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire

T/S.Lt.	04.10.1940
T/Lt.	04.10.1941 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)

15.10.1940	-	(10.)1941	HMS Strathellia (local defence trawler)
(12.1941)			no appointment listed
19.01.1942	-	(02.)1942	HMS Dunlin (auxiliary yacht)
12.02.1942	-	14.07.1942	[Commanding Officer?], HMS Sondra (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(08.1942)	-	(10.1942)	no appointment listed
10.1942	-	(06.)1943	HMS Sorsra (anti-submarine warfare whaler)
14.07.1943	-	(06.)1944	HMS Springtide (mine destructor vessel)
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
27.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Seaham (Bangor class minesweeper)

Hayes,
John Laurance
J.L. Hayes

Son of ... Hayes, and ... Fuller.

24.06.1920
St George in the East district, London / Middlesex
-
20.02.1980

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) *	13.08.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	13.02.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)	> 01.1945, < 07.1945

OON

07.01.1947

for service aboard Hr.Ms. K XIV

* Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore

(10.1943)			no appointment listed
(12.1943)	-	(10.1944)	HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Floitlla, Dundee) *
			British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. K XIV (Dutch submarine)
			British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. Zwaardvisch (Dutch submarine)
12.1944	-	(01.1945)	HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (additional; for various services)
(07.1945)			HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) *
(04.1946)			no appointment listed

Principal lecturer and head of history at Christ Church College, Canterbury, 1965-1980.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Hayman,
Eric Frank
E.F. Hayman

?
-

[possibly born:
(09?).1911
Newton Abbot, Devon]

T/S.Lt.	07.01.1940
T/Lt.	01.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

PolMC

08.12.1942

services with the Polish Navy

07.01.1940	-	(02.)1941	First Lieutenant, HMS Kiloran (armed yacht)
(12.1941)			no appointment listed
(1942?)			British Naval Liaision Officer, ORP Piorun (Polish destroyer)
10.01.1943	-	(07.1945)	HMS Flowerdown (radio station, Flowerdown, near Winchester)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hayward,
Charles Hembry
C.H. Hayward

(03.)1884
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
01.12.1961
Tiverton district, Devon
[age 77]
(cremated Torquay)

T/Lt.	20.04.1940
T/Lt. (E)	1942?, seniority 20.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E)	< 12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

	MBE	01.01.1946	New Year 46 [award presented]
	GeoI	04.03.1947	for distinguished services to Greek shipping while serving as Port Engineer Officer in Trinidad since the outbreak of war [award posted]

06.11.1940	-	(12.1941)	HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
01.04.1942	-	(10.1944)	HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Hayward,
Charles Henry
C.H. Hayward

?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973 ?

Prob. S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	19.12.1938
S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	1939, seniority 19.12.1938
Lt. (Sp.Br.)	05.1940, seniority 10.11.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)	21.06.1944?
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)	10.11.1947 (retd 03.04.1959)

VRD

31.03.1952

19.12.1938			joined RNVR (Sussex Division, List II)
13.09.1939	-	(02.)1941	Meteorological Officer, HMS York (cruiser)
(12.1941)			no appointment listed
21.06.1944	-	(07.1945)	Meteorological Officer, HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man)

Hayward,
Joseph Herbert
"Hay"
J.H. Hayward

Son of Joseph Hayward, stationer, and Emily Berryman.
Married Eunice ...

27.10.1904
Fulham district, London
-
12.10.1984
Weobley, Herefordshire (late of Brading, Isle of Wight)

T/S.Lt.	23.10.1942
T/Lt.	23.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

11.11.1942	-	(12.1943)	HMS Carlisle (cruiser)
26.10.1943	-	(12.1943)	Britih Naval Liaison Officer, Greek corvette "Sakhtouris"
(02.1944)	-	(06.1944)	HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
27.11.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hayward,
William Arthur
W.A. Hayward

03.10.1911
Chattaris, Cambridgeshire
-

T/S.Lt. (E)	01.11.1943
T/Lt. (E)	01.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(07.1945)			no appointment listed
(04.1946)			HMS Fishguard (escort) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Head,
Derek d'Esterre
D. d'E. Head

?
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)

10.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

04.1945

(04.1946)

HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)

Head,
Francis Joseph
F.J. Head

(12?).1921
-
06.02.1945
[age 23]
(motor-cycle accident)

T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/Lt.	?

	DSC	14.07.42	action 6 E-boats, Nore 21.04.42
	MID	11.06.42	HM birthday 42

(1942)			First Lieutenant, HM MGB ... (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive, Felixstowe]
(06.1944)			Commanding Officer, HM MTB 414 (motor torpedo boat)

Heather,
St John Hewitt

see:

RINVR officers' section

Hebblethwaite,
Norman
N. Hebblethwaite

(12?).1914 ?
Bucklow district, Cheshire ?
-
1996 ?
Cheshire ?

T/S.Lt.

17.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

(10.1944)	-	(07.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) *
			322nd LTC(R) Flotilla

* indexed, but not listed as such

Henderson,
Donald Murray Jeffrey
D.M.J. Henderson

?
-

T/Midsh.	25.05.1945
T/A/S.Lt.	27.11.1945

(07.1945)			HMS Attack (MTB 519?)
23.01.1946	-	(04.1946)	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 481 (motor torpedo boat)

Henderson,
George Henry Eugene
D.M.J. Henderson

Son of ... Henderson, and ... File.

19.10.1920
Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-

T/S.Lt.	02.10.1942
T/A/Lt.	02.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

1942?			HMS Firedrake (destroyer)
01.07.1943	-	(10.1944)	HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed
?	-	(04.1946)	HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Henderson,
George Otto Thompson Dawson
G.O.T.D. Henderson

Residence: (1945) Hull, Yorkshire, later Bonny Rigg, Midlothian.

04.05.1908
-
05.1989
Plymouth district, Devon

T/Lt.	20.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	22.02.1945? (reld < 04.1946)

DSC	01.01.1945	New Year 45 [investiture 13.11.45]
39\|45 St	-	-
Atl St	-	& clasp France & Germany
WM 39\|45	-	-

20.10.1939	-	(04.1940)	Commanding Officer, HMS Foray (trawler?)
(02.1941)			no appointment listed
08.07.1941	-	(02.)1943	Commanding Officer, HMS Daneman (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
06.03.1943	-	(12.1943)	Commanding Officer, HMS Lord Middleton (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
25.03.1944	-	(10.1944)	Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Sky (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
22.02.1945	-	(07.1945)	in charge of Sea Transport and Naval Control Service, West Africa [HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)]

Marine biologist prior to WW2 and returned to that profession post-war.

Henderson,
Ian Bernard Henry
I.B.H. Henderson

(06?).1911
Amersham district, Buckinghamshire
-
28.03.1942
(KIA) [age 31]

T/S.Lt.	10.06.1940
T/A/Lt.	?

MID

22.01.46

St. Nazaire raid 28.03.42

29.11.1940	-	(02.1941)	HMS Indian Star
?	-	28.03.1942	Commanding Officer, HM ML 306 (motor launch)

Henderson,
John Blake
J.B. Henderson

?
-

T/S.Lt.	?
T/Lt.	04.12.1942

(1942)			Navigator, HM SGB 9 (steam gun boat)
(1943)			Commanding Officer, HM SGB ... (steam gun boat)

Henderson,
Walter
J.B. Henderson

?
-

T/S.Lt.	10.07.1941
T/Lt.	10.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946)

06.08.1941	-	(12.1941)	First Lieutenant, HMS Amalfi (armed yacht)
12.1942	-	(06.1944)	Commanding Officer, HM MMS 105 (motor minesweeper)
22.02.1945	-	(07.1945)	Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1058 (motor minesweeper)
(06.1945)			possibly HMS Seaborn ([accounting?) base, Halifax, NS)
(04.1946)			no appointment listed

Hendrie,
Ian
I. Hendrie

Son of George Thom Hendrie and Charlotte Hendrie, of Dumfries.

1911 ?
-
22.11.1943
(KIA) [age 32]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]

T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/S.Lt.	08.07.1943

22.11.1943

HMS Hebe (minesweeper) [ship mined in Adriatic]

Hendry,
Walter George
W.G. Hendry

?
-

T/S.Lt. (E)	07.09.1942
T/Lt. (E)	07.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

(10.1942)			no appointment listed
(12.1942)	-	(02.1943)	HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inveraray) *
01.03.1943	-	(06.)1944	HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Djedjelli, Algeria)
01.07.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Messina)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Henegan,
James Joseph Louis
J.J.L. Henegan

Son of Robert Louis Henegan (1887-1974), and Alice Amelia Carson (1889-1965).
Married (15.03.1941, Hounslow) Marjorie Elsie Portsmouth (14.07.1918 - 11.03.1985); ... children (one daughter?).

19.03.1918
Tottenham
-
23.08.2008
[Market Way, Portsmouth?]

T/Paym.S.Lt.	04.10.1940
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S)	01.04.1942
Lt. (S) RN	11.01.1947, seniority 19.03.1942
Lt.Cdr. (S) RN	19.03.1950
Cdr. (S) RN	31.12.1956 (retd)

	OBE	01.01.1968	New Year 68 [investiture 20.02.68]
	DSC	01.01.1944	New Year 44 [investiture 21.03.44]

17.10.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth)
18.03.1941	-	(08.)1942	HMS Blyth (Bangor class minesweeper)
10.10.1942	-	(08.)1943	HMS Rhyl (Bangor class minesweeper)
01.12.1943	-	(01.)1945	HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (for duty at Grimsby base)
30.06.1945	-	(05.1945)	HMS Smiter (escort carrier)
07.03.1946	-	(04.1946)	Captain's Secretary, HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)
11.01.1947			transferred RN
...	-	...	...
(1967)			HMS Collingwood

Henley,
Maurice William
"Bill"
M.W. Henley

Son of William T.H. Henley, and ... Trapp.
Married Hazel ....; one daughter, two sons.

(06?).1923
Lewisham district, London
-
11.06.2011
London

T/S.Lt. (A)	25.09.1943
Lt. (A) RN	25.09.1945
Lt.Cdr. RN	25.09.1953 (retd)

	DSC	20.03.1945	destruction U-boat North Russia 12.44 [decoration presented]
	DSC	13.06.1957	Suez operations [investiture 13.11.57]

01.11.1943	-	(01.)1945	pilot, 813 Squadron FAA [HMS Campania (escort carrier)]
(07.1945)			no appointment listed
(04.1946)			no appointment listed
...	-	...	...
(1957)			893 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle]

Hennessy,
David Christopher John
D.C.J. Hennessy

Son of Daniel Hennessy, and Elizabeth Kidney.

27.12.1912
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
(03?).1970
Liverpool district, Lancashire

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	12.01.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

?	-	11.08.1942	HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (sunk)
01.01.1944	-	(10.)1944	HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)
11.1944	-	(07.1945)	on staff of Vice-Admiral Malta & Flag Officer Central Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]

Henton,
Ronald Geoffrey
"Ronnie"
R.G. Henton

Son of ... Henton, and ... Taylor.

12.09.1917
Wandsworth, Greater London / London / Surrey
-
06.1999
Yeovil district, Somerset

T/S.Lt. (A)	?
T/Lt. (A)	13.12.1942
Lt.	06.01.1953
Lt.Cdr.	06.01.1961
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)	30.08.1966, seniority 06.01.1961 (retd 12.09.1977)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration

VRD

Education: King's College, London (BA); FRGS

			RN Air Station, Ceylon [HMS Bherunda ?] (observer in Barracudas and went to the Caribbean and Sri Lanka)
11.09.1944	-	(07.1945)	observer, HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, USA) (for miscellaneous services)

Schoolmaster, Oakham from 1946 on.

Hepplestone,
Colin
W.D. Hatton

Married ((06?).1936, Manchester South district, Lancashire) Elsie Frederica H. Colclough (11.10.1912 - (12?).1982), daughter of Francis Caesar Christopher Colclough, and Florence Hope; one daughter, one son.

12.05.1911
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
02.04.1972
hospital, Manchester district, Lancashire (formerly of Gatley, Cheshire)

T/S.Lt.	26.06.1942
T/Lt.	26.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

MBE

13.06.1946

HM's birthday 46

(08.1942)	-	(10.1942)	no appointment listed
27.10.1942	-	(10.)1943	First Lieutenant, HM MMS 3 (motor minesweeper)
23.11.1943	-	early 1946	Commanding Officer, HMS Farne (minesweeping trawler)
(04.1946)			Commanding Officer, HMS Calvay (minesweeping trawler) (15th Minesweeping Flotilla) * (MBE)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Herbert-Burns,
Jack
J. Herbert-Burns

Son of ... Herbert-Burns, and ... Brosse.

18.12.1912
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
(12?).1978
Weymouth district

T/Sg.Lt.	10.01.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.	< 07.1945 (reld 05.03.1946)

MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP

(04.1940)			RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] *
(02.1941)			no appointment listed
16.12.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Khedive (escort carrier)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Herbert-Smith,
Roger Mostyn
R.M. Herbert-Smith

Son of ... Herbert-Smith, and ... Wildy.

13.10.1917
St Marylebone district, Greater London / London
-
29.12.1997
South East Hampshire district, Hampshire

T/S.Lt.	10.1940, seniority 12.04.1940
T/Lt.	05.1942, seniority 01.03.1942
Lt. RN	01.08.1945, seniority 01.03.1941
Lt.Cdr. RN	01.03.1949 (retd > 02.1964, < 02.1968)

21.05.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Calcutta (cruiser)
02.06.1941	-	(12.1941)	HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
27.12.1943	-	(10.1944)	Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
22.05.1945	-	(04.1946)	Gunnery Officer, HMS Diadem (cruiser)
01.08.1945			transferred from RNVR to RN
29.05.1947	-	(05.)1949	HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.07.1949	-	(05.1950)	HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)
12.01.1953	-	(07.1954)	HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
24.01.1955	-	(01.1957)	HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment, Portsdown)
(01.1959)			HMS President *
10.10.1960	-	(02.1964)	Officer-in-Charge, Book Writing Section (BWS, later renamed IPS), HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Herd,
George William
G.W. Herd

?
-

T/S.Lt.

07.10.1944

RHSBr

rescue survivor MTB Adriatic 17.04.45

[ (04.1945)			Navigating Officer, HM MTB 697 (motor torpedo boat) ?]
06.1945	-	(07.1945)	HM MGB 658 (motor gun boat)
12.10.1945	-	(04.1946)	HMS Gregale

Heron,
Roger Crawford
R.C. Heron

Married ((03?).1940, New Forest district, Hampshire) Mrs Primrose Lacy (née Russell-Roberts).

29.03.1909
Gower district, Glamorgan
-
05.09.1982
Haywards Heath district

Prob. T/S.Lt.	05.01.1940
T/Lt.	05.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

	MID	01.07.1941	HM's birthday 41
	MID	11.12.1945	wind up Europe 45

20.03.1940	-	(04.)1940	HMS Agate (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
06.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan)
(1941)			HMS Lincolnshire (anti-submarine warfare trawler) (despatches)
(12.1941)			HMS Valeta (trawler) *
07.09.1944	-	(10.)1944	HMS Irwell (trawler base, Birkenhead)
23.11.1944	-	(10.1945)	Commanding Officer, HMS Dumbarton Castle (corvette) (despatches)

Hewerdine,
Walter Leonard Peatfield
W.L.P. Hewerdine

Son of ... Hewerdine, and ... Peatfield.

(09?).1917
Leek district, Staffordshire
-
21.06.1943
(died)
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial]

Sg.Lt.

03.1943

05.1943

Medical Officer, HMS Tumult (destroyer)

Hewitt,
Frank Lambert
"Tubby"
F.L. Hewitt

?
-

T/S.Lt.

MID

(03.1943)			HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat)
(1943)			First Lieutenant, MTB ... (motor torpedo boat)

Hewlett,
Henry Reynardson
H.R. Hewlett

Married Molly (née ...).

(03?).1916
Hendon, Middlesex
-
20.08.2007
Brockenhurst, Hampshire
[aged 91]

Prob. Midsh.	26.11.1934
A/S.Lt.	03.10.1936
S.Lt.	03.10.1937
Lt.	03.04.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.	< 10.1944 [acting rank]
Lt. RN	01.08.1945, seniority 03.04.1938
A/Lt.Cdr. RN	01.11.1945 [appointed rank]
Lt.Cdr. RN	03.04.1946
Cdr. RN	31.12.1950
Capt. RN	31.12.1956 (retd 29.04.1966)

	CBE	01.01.1966	New Year 66 [investiture 22.02.66]
	MID	21.08.1945	Arakan coast 03-04.45

26.11.1934			joined RNVR (London Division)
02.10.1938	-	(02.)1939	HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (China) (for training)
(04.1940)			no appointment listed
14.05.1940	-	(12.1941)	HMS Southern Prince (auxiliary minelayer)
15.05.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS London (cruiser)
(03.1945)	-	(04.1945)	on staff of Naval Force Commander Burma
24.04.1945	-	(07.1945)	Commanding Officer, HMS Paladin (destroyer)
01.08.1945			transferred to RN
(04.1946)			HMS Cygnet (sloop) *
(07.1948)			no appointment listed
07.10.1948	-	(05.1950)	on staff of Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Terror]
02.1951	-	(05.1953)	HMS Saker (British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC) (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1955)			HMS Welcome (Algerine class minesweeper) *
(01.1956)			HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
(01.1957)			HMS President (Admiralty) *
05.07.1957	-	(01.1959)	Senior Naval Member, UK, SLS, New Zealand [HMS Terror]
23.03.1960	-	(07.1961)	Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth & Captain (F) 6th Frigate Squadron
12.06.1962	-	(02.1963)	Director, RN Tactical School (Woolwich) [HMS President]
16.12.1963	-	(02.1964)	Director of Manning, Manning Division, Manpower Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

Hibbs,
Gordon
G. Hibbs

06.01.1916
-
06.1989
Salisbury district, Wiltshire

Prob. T/S.Lt.	23.02.1940
T/S.Lt.	21.04.1940
T/Lt.	23.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC

22.12.1942

hazardous minesweeping operations Channel 06.42 [investiture 23.03.43]

(04.1940)			no appointment listed
21.06.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Springdale (repair ship)
29.05.1941	-	(12.1941)	First Lieutenant, HMS Liberia (minesweeping trawler)
16.01.1942	-	10.09.1943	Commanding Officer, HM MMS 57 (motor minesweeper) [from 11.05.1942 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)]
14.01.1944	-	(07.1945)	Commanding Officer, HMS Gillstone (minesweeping trawlers)

Hichens,
Robert Peverell
"Hitch"
R.P. Hichens (© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas")

Son (with one sister) of Dr. Peverell Smythe Hichens (1870-1930), and Constance Sawbridge Downes (1870-1933).
Married (07.04.1931, St Gluvias Church, Penryn, Falmouth district, Cornwall) Catherine Gilbert Enys (28.12.1902 - 03.1990), daughter (with one (?) brother and one (?) sister) of Enys Henry "Harry" Enys (1861-1939), and Sarah Louise "Sadie" Duffus (1868?-1952), of Brodrennick, Cornwall; two sons.

02.03.1909
Northampton, Northamptonshire
-
13.04.1943
(KIA) [age 34]
[Felixstowe New Cemetery, block B, section K, grave 38]

T/Lt.	12.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	09.1941

DSO	14.07.1942	action with E-boats 21.04.42 [investiture 22.09.42]
DSO	08.09.1942	successful attack on enemy tanker 14.07.42
DSC	16.08.1940	Dunkirk [investiture 20.05.41]
DSC	10.02.1942	attack on E-boats, 1 sunk 19.11.41 [MGB 64] [investiture 14.04.42]
DSC	10.11.1942	action with enemy convoy 14.09.42 [investiture 15.12.42]
MID	03.03.1942	action with E-boats 19.12.41 [MGBs 65 & 67]
MID	29.09.1942	?
MID	22.06.1943	coastal actions 12.04.43 [MGB 112] [posthumously]

Education: preparatory school near Northampton; Marlbourouh College (09.1922-07.1927; B3 Star House, House Prefect); Magdalen College, Oxford (10.1927-1930; BA 1930)
Solicitor. Winner of 24 Hour Grand Prix, Le Mans 1937.

03.12.1936			joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to Sussex Division RNVR]
12.12.1939	-	(04.)1940	HMS Halcyon (minesweeper)
08.04.1940	-	(10.1940)	HMS Niger (minesweeper) (DSC)
06.10.1940	-	03.11.1940	HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)
06.10.1940	-	03.11.1940	for training in MASBs
04.11.1940	-	17.11.1940	Commanding Officer, HM MASB 16 (motor anti-submarine boat)
18.11.1940	-	22.12.1940	Commanding Officer, HM MASB 18 (motor anti-submarine boat)
23.12.1940	-	01.1941	Commanding Officer, HM MASB 14 (motor anti-submarine boat)
01.1941	-	11.03.1941	HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
01.1941	-	11.03.1941	Commanding Officer, HM MASB 64 (motor anti-submarine boat)
12.03.1941	-	06.1942	HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] & from 25.08.1941 Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla (DSO and Bar, Bar to DSC, Second Bar to DSC, despatches thrice):
12.03.1941	-	06.1942	Commanding Officer, HM MGB 64 (motor gun boat)
06.1942	-	13.04.1943	Senior Officer, 8th MGB Flotilla [HMS Britannia III (Coastal Foces base, Dartmouth), redesignated 12.1942 HMS Dartmouth II]:
06.1942	-	13.04.1943	Commanding Officer, HM MGB 77 (motor gun boat)

Published: We fought them in gunboats (1944).
Literature: Hichens. In: Roger Hutchins and Richard Sheppard, The undone years : Magdalen College roll of honour 1939-1947 and roll of service 1939-1945 and Vietnam (2004), p. 154-167. Anthony Hichens, Gunboat command : the life of 'Hitch' Lieutenant Commander Robert Hichens, DSO*, DSC** RNVR, 1909-1943 (2007)

Higbee,
William George
W.G. Higbee

Son of ... Higbee, and ... Miller.
Married Norma ...

26.02.1913
Bethnal Green district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
10.09.2004
Worthing district, West Sussex

T/A/S.Lt.	28.07.1944
T/S.Lt.	28.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(1944)			HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
17.12.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
			was stationed for some time at Troon
(1945/46?)			HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
(04.1946)			no appointment listed

Higgs,
Frederick George Dennis
F.G.D. Hibbs

Married ((06?).1942, Brentford district, Middlesex) Kathleen N. Coppinger.

18.06.1911
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
(09?).1970
Braintree district, Essex

T/S.Lt.	24.07.1941
T/Lt.	24.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946)

(12.1941)			no appointment listed
16.02.1943	-	(06.1943)	Torpedo Officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) *
1943?			transferred, RINVR
13.04.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMIS Circars (RIN base, Vizagatapam)

* remained being indexed under HMS Beehive for the rest of the war, but no longer listed as such from 08.1943 onwards

Hiley,
Charles Arthur St Clair
C.A.St.C. Hiley

03.08.1913
-
11.1993
Northampton, Northamptonshire

Prob. Sg.Lt.	14.10.1938
Sg.Lt.	> 08.1939, seniority 14.10.1938
A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.	?
Sg.Lt.Cdr.	14.10.1944 (reld 1945/46)

MRCS, LRCP

14.10.1938			joined RNVR, London Division (List 2)
28.07.1939	-	(04.1940)	Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser)
(> 04.)1940	-	05.11.1940	Medical Officer, HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
11.1940	-	(02.1941)	Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Caradoc (cruiser)
29.09.1944	-	(07.1945)	Medical Officer, HMS Daedalus III (RN Air Station camp, Lee-on-Solent)

Hill,
Arthur Falknor
A.F. Hill

02.03.1920
-
03.1999
Sutton, Surrey

T/S.Lt.	13.03.1941
T/A/Lt.	13.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

MID	11.06.1942	HM's birthday 42
MID	22.09.1942	Operation Harpoon (Malta-Gibraltar convoy 11-15.06.42)
PolMC	08.12.1942	services to the Polish Navy

(06.1942)	-	(12.1942)	British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Kujawiak (Polish destroyer)
(07.1945)			ORP Blyskawica (Polish destroyer) *

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hill,
Edward George
E.G. Hill

?
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)	12.08.1943
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)	> 10.1944, < 01.1945
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)	12.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(10.1944)	-	(01.)1945	HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers) *
(03.1945)			British Naval Liaison Officer, "Apostolis" (Greek corvette)
05.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples)
03.1946	-	(04.1946)	HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hill,
Rex Anthony
R.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Hill)

22.12.1922
Southall, Middlesex
-
05.05.2006
Australia

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)

01.05.1944

04.1943	-	06.1946	RNVR service as Radar Officer; two terms at HMS Argonaut (cruiser) & one at HMS King George V (battleship):
(07.1945)			no appointment listed
(04.1946)			HMS Argonaut (cruiser) *

Joined the Air Ministry (service record in Air Ministry from 9 May 1939 [civil service commission, Clerical Class, Air Ministry] to June 1950) as an Auditor in 1947 and resigned in 1950 to emigrate to Australia in 1949.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Hinchliffe,
John Brenton
J.B. Hinchliffe

?
-

T/S.Lt.

23.12.1944

08.01.1945	-	(07.1945)	Spare Officer, HM MGB 662 (motor gun boat)
(04.1946)			HM HDML 1277 (harbour defence motor launch) *

* indexed. but not listed as such
Lawyer, 1975-2003.

Hinton,
Samuel George
S.G. Hinton

Son of Stephen George Hinton, and Rose Goss.
Married ((09?).1942, Thurrock district, Essex) Molly Elsie Osborn (29.10.1920 - 04.1994); ... children (one son?).

01.05.1918
Orsett district, Essex
-
(03?).1974
Brentwood district, Essex

AB Sea.	? [C/JX 202399]
T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/S.Lt.	01.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

MID

07.07.1942

3 patrols Mediterranean 12.41-03.42

1941	-	1942	HMS Torbay (submarine)
01.03.1943	-	(06.)1944	HMS Onyx (Algerine class minesweeper)
31.07.1944	-	(07.1945)	HMS Statice (corvette)

Hird,
John
J. Hird

?
-

T/Lt.

05.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

18.09.1941	-	31.01.1944	HMS Pine (Tree class trawler) [initially as First Lieutenant, from between Febr & June 1943 as Commanding Officer] [probably based at HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth)] (ship sunk by E-boat off Selsey Bill)
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

Hirst,
John Douglas
J.D. Hirst (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Hirst)

Son (with two sisters) of John Arthur "Jack" Hirst (1885-1928), and Edith Alice Brook (1888-1973).
Married ((03?).1948, St Marylebone Registry Office, London) Beryl Patricia Everett (21.10.1926 - 07.1995), daughter of Charles Anthony Everett, and Maude Fullcher; one son, one daughter.

30.12.1917
Brighouse, Halifax district, Yorkshire
-
05.03.1969
[Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Prot. Officers Plot, grave 227]

T/A/S.Lt.	06.01.1944
T/S.Lt.	06.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946) *

DSC

28.11.1944

Assault Group G2, Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 13.02.45]

* Rank at gravestone showing as Lt.Cdr.

			HMS Hurworth (destroyer)
			HMS Tartar (destroyer)
06.01.1944	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)

Manager, Shell Company, Nairobi, Kenya in the 1950s.

Hoague,
George
G. Hoague (Photo courtesy of Mr Eric Dietrich-Berryman)

30.08.1904
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
-
24.01.1957
at sea
[named on memorial in Greenwich]

T/Lt.

23.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946)

23.08.1941			joined the RNVR (as an American citizen)
(12.1941)			no appointment listed
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	no appointment listed

Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).

Hoare,
John Wyatt
J.W. Hoare (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Falkner at Ancestry.co.uk)

Younger son (with one brother and one sister) of Arthur John Hoare (1876-1960), civil servant, and Jessie Pearce (1877-1969), of Weymouth.
Married (27.10.1944, St Margaret's Church, Putney, Wandsworth district, London SW15) Second Officer Daphne Maude Ross Williams, WRNS, daughter of Mr & Mrs F.W. Williams, of Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Eire; ... children (one son?).

22.10.1911
Streatham, Wandsworth district, London
-
28.10.1988
Surrey Southwestern district, Surrey

Seaman	?
T/A/S.Lt.	04.06.1943
T/S.Lt.	04.12.1943, seniority 04.06.1943
T/Lt.	04.12.1945 (dispersal 23.04.1946) (reld 02.08.1946)

1942?	-	1943?	HMS Blackpool (Bangor class minesweeper) (five months at sea)
?	-	04.06.1943	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (additional; for training)
(08.1943)			no appointment listed
14.08.1943	-	01.07.1945	HMS Magpie (sloop) (Western Approaches)
04.07.1945			HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
22.08.1945			HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (additional; for passage)
04.01.1946	-	08.03.1946	HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (Pacific) (temporarily)

Hoare,
Keith Robin
K.R. Hoare

Son of Charles Arthur Richard Hoare, a Partner in C. Hoare & Co, bankers, and Beatrice Holme Sumner.
Married (1919, Prestwich, Lancashire) Brenda Bardsley; one son (Capt. Keith Peter Hoare, RAC, killed in action 12.07.1943), three daughters.

26.09.1890
Isle of Wight
-
06.02.1959
Carlisle

2nd Lt. (Army)	06.12.1902
T/S.Lt.	?
T/Lt.	07.10.1915
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	1918?
T/Lt.	06.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	< 08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

DSO	23.07.1918	Zeebrugge/Ostend 22/23.04.18 *
DSO	28.08.1918	Ostend 09/10.05.18 **
DSC	06.04.1918	Auxiliary Patrol 17
AM	20.08.1918	saving life at sea ***
LoP	1944?	Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.44)

* When "Sirius" was sinking he went alongside in his motor-launch under very heavy fire and took off 50 of the crew; then proceeding to "Brilliant " he took on- board 16 men, and afterwards returning to "Sirius" took off remainder of officers and crew. He showed the utmost coolness and judgment in handling his vessel throughout.
** Volunteered for rescue work at Ostend in command of M.L. 283. He was ordered to follow astern and assist two other motor launches which were detailed for rescue work. He remained at the Stroom Bank Buoy position until "Vindictive" had passed and then followed her, patrolling east and west within a quarter of a mile of the shore under heavy pom-pom and machine-gun fire, searching for survivors until 3.20 a.m., when all hope of finding anyone had passed.
*** On the 12th April, 1918, an explosion took place in the engine-room of H.M. Motor Launch 356, and the forward tanks burst into flame. The Officer and some of the crew were blown overboard by the explosion, and the remainder were quickly driven aft by the flames, and were taken off in a skiff. By this time the flames were issuing from the cabin hatch aft, and there was much petrol burning on the surface of the water. It was then realised by the crews of adjacent vessels that the aft petrol tanks and the depth charge were being attacked by the fire, and might explode at any moment. At the moment when others were running away, Lieutenant Hoare and Sub-Lieutenant Bagot jumped into their dinghy, rowed to the wreck, got on board, and removed the depth charge, thereby preventing an explosion which might have caused serious loss of life amongst the crowd of English and French sailors on the quay.

Education: Northwood Park School, Isle of Wight; Loretto School near Edinburgh.

06.12.1902			commissioned, 1st Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), Volunteer Corps
21.03.1903	-	07.11.1903	transferred to The Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), Militia (resigned his commission)
1914?			served RNVR
(05.1918)			Commanding Officer, HM ML 283 (motor launch)
20.05.1940	-	06.02.1941	Staff of Commander Minesweeping and Patrol, Dover Command [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)]
07.02.1941	-	(08.)1943	Minesweeping and Patrol Duties, Dover Command [HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover)]
23.08.1943	-	(10.1944)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(01.1945)	-	(07.1945)	HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) *

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hobday,
Geoffrey Malvern
G.M. Hobday

Husband of Helen M. Hobday (née ....) (died 07.10.1989, aged 80).

1908
Auckland, New Zealand
-
21.01.1988
[St James Church Cemetery, Kerikeri]

Prob. T/S.Lt.	06.09.1940
T/Lt.	04.1941, seniority 06.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	> 06. 1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

DSC

01.01.1945

New Year 45 [decoration posted]

?	-	09.1940	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove Sussex)
23.10.1940	-	(02.)1941	HMS Maron (ocean boarding vessel) [about 01.1941 boarded French trawler 'Joseph Duhamel' and took it to Gibraltar and later on to the UK; arrived 02.1941]
08.03.1941	-	23.03.1941	HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
24.03.1941	-	1941	First Lieutenant, HM ML 110 (motor launch)
22.09.1941	-	(12.1941)	HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
10.1941			HM ML 339 (motor launch)
06.10.1942	-	20.10.1942	HMS Seahawk (Coastal Forces base, Ardrishaig)
21.10.1942	-	(06.)1944	Commanding Officer, HM MGB 643 (motor gun boat) (DSC)
05.09.1944	-	(10.)1944	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 725 (motor torpedo boat)
12.1944	-	(01.)1945	HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
01.04.1945	-	(07.1945)	on staff of Rear Admiral (Q), British Pacific Fleet [HMS Beaconsfield (RN base, Port Melbourne, Australia)]

Published: In harm's way : a RNVR officer at war, 1940-44 (1985).

Hodder,
John Hartly
J.H. Hodder

(12?).1905
Thornbury, Gloucestershire
-
1961 ?

T/Lt.	?
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	?

	DSC
	MID

(03.1942)			Commanding Officer, HM MGB 322 (motor gun boat)
(04.1943)			Commanding Officer, HM MGB 608 (motor gun boat)
(07.1944)	-	(08.1944)	Commanding Officer, HM MTB 679 (motor torpedo boat)

Hodge,
Ronald
"Ronnie"
R. Hodge

?
-

T/S.Lt.	29.05.1942
T/Lt.	29.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

LegH

liaison officer

Architect.

(08.1942)			no appointment listed
(10.1942)			HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) *
(12.1942)	-	(01.1945)	no appointment listed
(01.1943)	-	(1944)	British Naval Liaison Officer, French sloop "Savorgnan de Brazza"
(04.1945)	-	(07.1945)	HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) *
(04.1946)			Admiralty [HMS President] *

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hodgetts,
Albert William
A.W. Hodgetts

Son of William Joseph Hodgetts (1885-1974), and Elizabeth Finmore (1886-).

23.11.1904
Watford, Hertfordshire
-
04.1997
Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex

T/S.Lt.	02.04.1942
T/Lt.	02.07.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	> 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

(06.1942)	-	(10.1943)	no appointment listed
11.1943	-	(02.)1944	HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick)
03.1944	-	(04.)1944	HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for ML's etc.)
(06.1944)			no appointment listed
(10.1944)	-	(04.1946)	HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
			while borne on the books of the above establishments actually serving as liaison officer with Norwegian ships:
(08.1942)			served on a Norwegian ship
?	-	17.01.1944	British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian torpedo boat Sleipner
17.01.1944	-	24.05.1944	British Naval Liaison Officer, 54th (Norwegian) MTB Flotilla
06.06.1944	-	06.06.1945	British Naval Liaison Officer, Norwegian corvette Acanthus

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hodgetts,
Robert Bartley
R.B. Hodgetts

?
-

Prob. T/S.Lt. (A)	16.12.1940
T/Lt. (A)	16.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

31.12.1940	-	(02.)1941	acting observer, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
1941	-	27.03.1941	observer, 807 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] [failed to return in a Fulmar after being unable to locate ship on return from reconnaissance; landed at Dakar and was captured]
27.03.1941	-	1943?	POW in French captvity
13.07.1944	-	(10.1944)	observer, 810 Squadron FAA
17.04.1945	-	(07.1945)	observer, HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man)

Hodgskin,
Peter James
P.J. Hodgskin

Son of ... Hodgskin, and ... Clements.

12.12.1924
Staines district, Middlesex
-
04.1988
Chiltern and South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Prob. T/Midsh. (A)	14.03.1945
T/A/S.Lt. (A)	17.11.1945
T/S.Lt. (A)	17.05.1946

(07.1945)			no appointment listed
18.03.1946	-	(04.1946)	HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop) (for A.E.D. [= Air Engineer Department ?])

Hodgson,
Alan Burnet
A.R.S. Hodgson

Son of ... Hodgson, and ... Appleton.

26.08.1921
Richmond district, Surrey
-
17.06.1944
[Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy, IV, H, 19]

T/A/S.Lt.	?
T/S.Lt.	02.1943, seniority 26.08.1942

MID

07.11.1944

Operation Brassard/Cut-Out (landings on Elba)

17.06.1944

A1 RN Commando [HMS Royal Scotsman] (killed in action)

Hodgson,
Archibald
A. Hodgson

Husband of Nora Elizabeth Hodgson, of Johannesburg, South Africa.

1892 ?
-
04.10.1941
[age 49]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 50, 1]

T/S.Lt. (E)

07.1941

04.10.1941

HMS Whippet (ex-Kos XXI) (whaler) [ship bombed & sunk]

Hodgson,
Archibald Richard Stanford
A.R.S. Hodgson

12.11.1908
Horsham district, Sussex
-
06.1990
Chichester district, Sussex

T/Lt.

DSC

(07.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM ML 139 (motor launch)

Hodgson,
George Alan
G.A. Hodgson (Photo courtesy of Mrs Margaret Atkinson)

Son of William Hodgson, and Amelia Lawson, of Whitby, Yorkshire.

11.04.1922
Whitby, North Yorkshire
-
18.03.1943
(MPK) [age 20]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]

T/Midsh. (A)	03.11.1941
T/A/S.Lt. (A)	11.04.1942
T/S.Lt. (A)	01.12.1942

1940			flying training in Canada
(02.1942)			HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) *
(04.1942)			HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) *
(06.1942)			no appointment listed
01.07.1942	-	02.1943	HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield, nr Capetown, South Africa)(for "pool" of air crew)
03.02.1943	-	18.03.1943	pilot, 803 Squadron FAA [HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika)] [He had been ordered to "simulate a dogfight" in a Fairey Fulmar Mark 2. It was his first flight in this plane. Needless to say, the aircraft stalled in some manoeuvre, which led to his death and that of his 28-year old air gunner/wireless operator Temporary Leading Airman George Anderson McNiven.]

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hodgson,
Irvine Dobson
I.D. Hodgson

Eldest son of Irvine Hodgson, and Mary H. Garner, of 212 Queen's Road, Halifax.
Married (20.12.1947, Salisbury, Wiltshire) Jane Edith "Wendy" Fletcher, youngest daughter of Wilfrid Fletcher, and Mrs Fletcher, of Atherton House, Salisbury.

13.07.1914
Halifax district, Yorkshire
-
09.1986
Isle of Wight

T/Sg.Lt. (D)	05.11.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D)	< 04.1946
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D)	05.11.1946
A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) RN	?
Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) RN	05.04.1948 (reld 1949/50)

Education: LDS.

05.11.1940	-	(02.)1941	RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
19.03.1941	-	(12.1941)	RM Infirmary, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
05.1944	-	(10.1944)	HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional; for various services)
(01.1945)			HMS Gosling (new entry training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire) *
02.03.1945	-	(07.1945)	HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier)
(04.1946)			HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Chat Camp, Colombo, Ceylon) * [probably appointed 05.01.1946, establishment paid off 31.03.1946]
1947?			transferred, RN
07.07.1947	-	(07.1948)	HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment)
(05.1949)			HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment) *

* indexed. but not listed as such

Hodgson,
Ronald
R. Hodgson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pete Hodgson)

Son of John H. Hodgson, and Daisy Warrilow.
Married (1949, East Riding of Yorkshire) Margaret Andrews; two daughters, two sons.

28.03.1923
York, Yorkshire
-
10.08.2007
York, Yorkshire

Able Seaman	? [C/JX 318228]
T/A/S/Lt.	1942?
T/S.Lt.	28.09.1943
T/Lt.	28.09.1945

02.1941			joined RNVR
			training at Rosyth
			training, HMS Liddesdale (escort destroyer)
late 1942			HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing)
17.05.1943	-	(01.)1945	HMS Professor (trawler)
(07.1945)			HMS Professor (trawler) *
			spare Commanding Officer, HMS Ashanti (frigate) (for 2 weeks)
(04.1946)			no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hodgson,
William Cliffe
W.C. Hodgson

21.11.1925
-
17.02.1990
South East Hampshire district, Hampshire

Prob. Midsh. (Sp.Br.)	16.07.1945
Lt. (L) RN	24.11.1947
Lt.Cdr. (EngL) RN	24.11.1955
Cdr. (E) RN	30.06.1964 (retd 15.05.1977)

OBE

11.06.1977

HM's silver jubilee & birthday 77

?	-	?	?
(04.1946)			no appointment listed
02.10.1946			transferred RN
07.1947	-	(05.1949)	HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal and radar establishment)
(05.1950)			no appointment listed
03.1952	-	(05.)1953	HMS Zephyr (destroyer)
12.10.1953	-	(04.)1955	HMS Collingwood (naval electrical school, Fareham, Hampshire)
12.12.1955	-	(01.1957)	HMS Royal Arthur (RN Petty Officers' school, Corsham, Wiltshire)
(01.1959)			no appointment listed
(07.1961)	-	(02.1963)	Personal Services and Officer Appointments Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
(02.1964)			HM's Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] *
12.06.1967	-	(02.)1969	Weapons Electrical Engineer Officer, HMS Devonshire
29.08.1969	-	(08.1971)	FWEO [= Fleet Weapons Engineer Officer?], Far East Fleet [HMS Terror]

AMBritIRE, later MIERE
* indexed, but not listed as such

Hodgson-Robinson,
Christopher Jacot
"Kit"
C.J. Hodgson-Robinson

Married Gypsy (née ...); two sons, one daughter.

16.09.1922
Derby, Derbyshire
-
27.03.2007
Valley View Villa, Riverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

?	? [JX221741]
T/Midsh.	28.08.1941
T/A/S.Lt.	1942?
T/S.Lt.	16.03.1943
T/Lt.	16.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

25.09.1941	-	(08.1942)	HMS Duke of York (battleship)
12.10.1943	-	(07.1945)	HMS Berwick (cruiser)
(04.1946)			HMS Blankney (destroyer) *

In 1946, he moved to Scotland and there pursued his lifelong passion and appreciation for the land and all living things as a shepherd. Kit and his family immigrated to Newfoundland in December of 1954 as he had been recruited by Joey Smallwood to establish and oversee the Sheep Division of Russwood Ranch on Roaches Line, NL. In 1960, Kit made a trip to Nova Scotia where he discovered beautiful Pictou County. That summer, the family moved to the East River Valley. Kit was employed at Eastern Meat Packers and Canso Chemicals while continuing with his love for farming, raising sheep, judging sheep-dog trials and many other aspects of the sheep industry. He was an elder in the St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, St. Pauls, a past president and active member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #75, Eureka.

* indexed, but not listed as such

Hodkinson,
Herbert Thayer
H.T. Hodkinson

Son (with one sister) of Albert Hodkinson (1874-1933), and Mary Thomas (1878-).
Married ((03?).1956, Coventry, Warwickshire) Eileen Ena Carter (13.07.1907 - 10.1990).

15.05.1905
Barton district, Manchester, Lancashire
-
(06?).1970
Lambeth district, London

T/A/S.Lt.	19.02.1943
T/S.Lt.	19.08.1943
T/Lt.	19.08.1945

MID

14.11.1944

Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)

Advertising service agent, Coventry, Warwick.

(04.1943)	-	(07.1945)	no appointment listed
(06.1944)			HM LCT 503 (landing craft, tank) (Normandy) (despatches)
(04.1946)			HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

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