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1939-1945

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Jackson,
David Clements
D.C. Jackson
Remained unmarried.
07.09.1912
Brisbane, Australia
-
11.10.2006
Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 02.09.1941
T/Sg.Lt. 1942?, seniority 02.09.1941 (reld 23.04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

31.03.1942

attack on battlecruisers Schanrhorst / Gneisenau & cruiser Prinz Eugen 12.02.42 [investiture 12.05.42]
Education: Church of England Grammar School Brisbane; commenced medical studies at the University of Queensland; Melbourne Medical School and Trinity College (MB, ChB 1937).
Physician, Mater Misericordiae Children’s Hospital, 1937-1939. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, 1939-1941.
25.09.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Worcester (destroyer) (DSC)
06.03.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
(10.1944)     HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
11.10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)
03.1945 - (07.1945) RN Auxiliary Hospital Brisbane, Australia [HMS Furneaux]
Worked briefly at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital before returning, in 1947, to Brisbane as Registrar at the Mater Children’s and to private practice. His interest in paediatrics was recognised with his appointment as Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at the University’s Medical School in 1950. He was instrumental in the founding of the Australian Paediatric Association (later the Royal Australian College of Paediatrics) serving as President in 1967–68. His role as a leading paediatrician was also recognised by appointments to the Institute of Child Guidance, as Lecturer at the Kindergarten Training College and as a consultant to the Spastic Welfare League. He was an FRCAP and FRACGP and received an AM in 1984.
Published
: The six horseshoes : memoirs of a personal and professional life (1987); The discovery of childhood : a paediatric triad (1990); One ship, one company : the company of H.M.S. "Worcester" 1650-1950 (1996).
Jackson,
Eric Francis
E.F. Jackson
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
13.06.1942 (reld 1945/46)
11.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Boston (minesweeper)
Jackson,
Frank Richard
F.R. Jackson
?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
01.03.1944
T/Lt. (A)
01.03.1946
21.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
observer, 825 Squadron FAA [1944 at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
25.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)
Jackson,
Robert Edward
R.E. Jackson
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
1940
-
1942?
British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O-21 (Dutch submarine)
Jackson,
Robert Frederick
"Bob"
R.F. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Chris Jackson) R.F. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Chris Jackson)
R.F. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Chris Jackson) R.F. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Chris Jackson)
Son of Robert Jackson (1891-), and Sarah Annie Percival (1890-).
Married (27.06.1946, St Germain's Church, Birmingham) Joan Ivy Newman (24.09.1922-06.05.1986), WRNS torpedowoman, daughter of Bertram Newman (1895-1966), and Emily Winifred Green (1894-1972); two sons, one daughter.
21.05.1922
Whitley Bay, Monkseaton, Tynemouth
-
26.02.1976
Newcastle upon Tyne
T/A/S.Lt. 1942?
T/S.Lt. 1943?
T/Lt. 01.03.1944
Lt. RN 25.03.1947, seniority 01.03.1944 (emgcy 1950/51?)
Lt.Cdr. RN (emgcy) 01.03.1952 (removed from emgcy 26.02.1956)
Education: Whitley Bay Grammar School (1934).
1941     served in MGBs/MTBs from 1941 onwards
28.09.1942 - 30.07.1943 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 63 (motor gun boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
31.07.1943 - 12.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 517 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)]
12.1944 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 676 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
27.06.1946 - (10.)1947 HMS St George (RN barracks, Gosport, Hampshire)
25.03.1947     transferred RN [extended service commission]
10.11.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Corsham, Wiltshire)
(05.1949)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
(05.1950) - (05.1953) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services) [no date of appointment indicated]
Joined Hedleys (Newcastle based soap manufacturers), 1953, and rapidly worked his way up though the company to become regional sales manager in South of England. Hedleys was then taken over by Proctor & Gamble and he rose to become European Sales manager.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jackson,
Robert George
R.G. Jackson (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark King)
?
-
T/Lt.
09.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 12.1941 (reld 20.08.1945)
31.10.1939
-
(05.)1940
First Lieutenant, HMS Princess Elizabeth (auxiliary minesweeper; paddle steamer)
20.07.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
08.1942
-
(10.1944)
HMS Appledore (Combined Operations base & training establishment, Fremingham Camp, Appledore)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jackson,
Rowland Arthur Frederick
R.A.F. Jackson (© Imperial War Museum (A 23683))
12.11.1905
Barnes, Richmond district, Surrey
-
27.03.1972
Lambeth district, London
T/Lt. 27.02.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 06.1944
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 14.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 11.05.45]
... - ... ...
(06.1944)     Flotilla Officer 43 E Landing Craft Tanks [HM LCT 942 (landing craft, tank)]
... - ... ...
Jacob,
Kenneth Hamilton
"Ken"
K.H. Jacob (Photo courtesy of Sally Oldfield)

Son of a Chief Engineer who served in India.
Married (20.12.1947) Third Officer Philippa Mary Mills, WRNS; two daughters, one son.
18.10.1922
Travancore, India
-
06.07.1984
Zimbabwe
T/A/S.Lt. 16.07.1943
T/S.Lt. 16.01.1944
T/Lt. 16.01.1946 (reld 24.07.1946)
Lt. RN 04.1947, seniority 20.08.1946 (emgcy list 26.02.1952) (reverted to emgcy list 26.08.1953)
Education: King's College, Taunton (...-1939).
? - 10.11.1942 HMS Ibis (Black Swan class sloop) [ship sunk by German aircraft off Algeria]
"He rescued two sailors from the engine room. Ken was missing in action and presumed dead.  HMS Scilla came to the rescue and his second daughter was named in remembrance of HMS Scilla."
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
15.11.1943 - (01.)1944 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.)
24.01.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 4th MTB Flotilla):
 ? - 10.1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 470 (motor torpedo boat)
14.10.1944 - 05.1945 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 492 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Barthorpe (Bar class boom defence vessel)
04.1947     transferred to RN
05.04.1947 - 1947 Executive Officer, HM LCT(S) 4037 (landing craft, tank (small))
1947 - 11.02.1948 Executive Officer, HM LCT(S) 4097 (landing craft, tank (small))
01.04.1948 - (05.1950) HMS Hartland Point
23.02.1951 - (05.)1951 HMS Reclaim
15.11.1951 - (05.1953) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 3001 (motor torpedo boat)
Migrated to Southern Rhodesia, 1953, where he became a tobacco farmer.
Jacobs,
Augustus Michael
A.M. Jacobs (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Jacobs)
Son of Jacob Michael Cecil Jacobs (1875?-1945), and Flora Daisy ... (1875?-1953).
Married ((06?).1937, Kensington district, London) Gwendolen Helen Rawes (18.02.1909 - 02.1990), daughter of Leslie Rawes (1876-1940), and Louisa Christine Perkins (1881-1969); two sons.
08.09.1909
Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex
-
21.02.1965
St Marylebone, London (formerly of Fordingbridge, Hampshire)
Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 07.09.1934
Paym.S.Lt. 07.09.1936, seniority 07.09.1934
Paym.Lt. 07.09.1936
A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943
Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 07.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946) (retd 29.01.1953)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VRD 22.03.1949 -
Education: Shrewsbury School (1923-1925).
07.09.1934     joined RNVR (London Division, List 2)
24.09.1939 - (02.)1942 HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for duty in office of Rear-Admiral Malaya)
(04.1942)     HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
15.04.1942 - (06.)1942 Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty)
(08.)1942 - (08.)1943 an Assistant Secretary at Secretariat of Combined Operations HQ [HMS President]
19.09.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for duty with Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
24.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Duke of York (battleship)
Sales manager with Marks and Spencer Ltd.
* indexed, but not listed as such
James,
Arthur Gilbert
A.G. James
Son of Capt. Walter P. Pyne-James, and Anna Victor Ozol, of Johannesburg.
Engaged (1944; married?) Margaret Anne Whyte, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Whyte, of Kirkwood.
?
-
T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940
T/Lt. 29.01.1942
T/Lt. SANF(V) 1944?, seniority 29.01.1942
(02.1941) - (04.1941) HMS Violet (corvette) *
05.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Violet (corvette)
09.09.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Waveney (frigate)
05.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Landguard (escort)
02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Honesty (corvette)
(04.1946)     HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
James,
David Pelham

[later: Guthrie-James, David]
D.P. James
Son of ... James, and ... Guthrie.
25.12.1919
St Marylebone district, Greater London / London
-
15.12.1986
T/Lt.
11.07.1942

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
18.07.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
28.11.1944

Polar Medal (17.07.1953)




served before the mast, Finnish 4-m. barque Viking, 1937-38; Balliol Coll., Oxford, 1938-39
(02.1943)


Commanding Officer, HM MGB 79 (motor gun boat)
1943


PoW, escaped from Germany to Sweden, 1944



Author. Member Antarctic Expedition, 1945-46; Polar Adviser, Film Scott of the Antarctic, 1946-48. Joined Burns & Oates Ltd, Publishers, 1951. MP (C) Kemp Town Division of Brighton, 1959-64; MP (C) Dorset North, 1970-79. Council Mem., Outward Bound Trust, 1948-72; Trustee, National Maritime Museum, 1953-65. Knight of Malta, 1962
Published: A prisoner's progress (London : Blackwood, 1946)
James,
John Kenneth William
"Jimmie"
J. Jameson
22.04.1920
-
13.02.1976
Watford, Hertfordshire
T/S.Lt. 26.06.1942
T/Lt. 26.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
28.09.1942 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 110 (motor gun boat) (9th MGB Flotilla) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]
09.07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
01.02.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 51 (motor gun boat)
07.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 447 (motor torpedo boat) (35th MTB Flotilla) [shown under HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) "for miscellaneous services"]
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
James,
Michael Fitzgibbon
M.F. James
25.07.1909
-
22.03.1945
(lorry accident)
[Sydney War Cemetery, NSW, Australia, 2W.A.7]
... ...
T/Lt. 31.10.1942
Education: Brighton College (1923-1924; Gordon House).
... - ... ...
25.02.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Atheling (Ruler class escort carrier)
1945 - 22.03.1945 HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
Jameson,
John
J. Jameson
?
-
T/S.Lt. 01.07.1943
T/Lt. 01.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
09.03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Ross (Hunt class minesweeper)
14.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Corbrae (repair ship)
Japp,
Andrew Robb
A.R. Japp
1912
Plantation district, Scotland
-
1976
Largs district, Scotland
T/S.Lt. (E) 21.04.1941
T/A/Lt. (E) 05.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(06.1940)     Second Engineer, "Duchess of Fife" (Dunkirk evacuation)
01.05.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Oriole (accommodation ship, Fort William)
02.1943 - (02.1943) HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
26.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Bullhead (cable ship)
12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS St Margaret's (cable ship)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Jarvis,
Trevor Norman
T.N. Jarvis (Photo courtesy of Mr James Thomas)
Elder son of Leonard Norman Jarvis (1879-1960), and Winnefred Homewood (1881-1942), of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Brother of P/O Paul Leonard Jarvis, RAF.
Engaged (1946) Delia Mary Newman, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Married (01.06.1948, Bolney Church, Bolney, Cuckfield district, Sussex) Bridget Alison Rosemary Shaw (12.09.1922 - 07.07.2007), daughter of Lt.Col. Cecil Trant Shaw (formerly Schmidt), RIASC (1894-1961), and Esmé Margaret Birch (1897-); one daughter.
04.01.1911
Kensington district, London
-
05.05.1966
Bolney, Cuckfield district, Sussex
Prob. T/Paym.S.Lt. 10.05.1940
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 04.01.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
01.07.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Paragon (RN base, Hartlepool)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
01.10.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties at Colombo)
10.05.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)
07.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Sussex (cruiser)
(02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
04.04.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Valkyrie (RDF training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man)
06.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Caroline II (Coastal Forces base, Belfast)
07.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
Auctioneer and estate agent.
Jasper,
Alfred Leslie
A.L. Jasper
Son of Alfred Jasper, and Florence Helena Stephens (1870-1963).
Married ((09?).1944, Chatham district, Kent) Alice Marianne Barbara Sandford (26.01.1896 - (12?).1981).
29.11.1896
Arkesden, Saffron Walden district, Essex
-
26.08.1944
(died of illness) [age 48]
{Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Naval Reservation, grave 1591]
T/S.Lt. 08.07.1940
T/Lt. 08.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944?
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
17.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rosemary (sloop)
26.03.1941 - (12.1943) HMS Starwort (corvette)
? - 26.08.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
Jauncey,
Charles Eliot;
Baron (created 1988 (Life Peer)) Jauncey of Tullichettle, of Comrie in the District of Perth and Kinross
C.E. Jauncey C.E. Jauncey
Son of late Capt. John Henry Jauncey, DSO, RN, Tullichettle, Comrie, and Muriel Charlie, daughter of late Adm. Sir Charles Dundas of Dundas, KCMG.
Married 1st (1948) Jean (marriage dissolved 1969), daughter of Adm. Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, KBE, CB; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1973) Elizabeth (marriage dissolved 1977), widow of Maj. John Ballingal, MC.
Married 3rd (1977) Camilla, daughter of late Lt.Col. Charles Cathcart of Pitcairlie, DSO; one daughter.

08.05.1925
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
18.07.2007
Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
T/Midsh.
31.12.1943
T/S.Lt.
08.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Radley; Christ Church, Oxford (Hon. Student, 1990); Glasgow University (BA 1947), Oxford; LLB 1949, Glasgow.
1943
-
1946
served in the RNVR (UK, Egypt & India):
10.04.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
14.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM ML 879 (motor launch)
11.03.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire)
Advocate, Scottish Bar, 1949; Standing Junior Counsel to Admiralty, 1954; QC (Scotland) 1963; Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms, 1955-1971; Sheriff Principal of Fife and Kinross, 1971-1974; Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, 1972-1979; a Senator of College of Justice, Scotland, 1979-1988. PC, 1988. A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1988-1996. Honorary Sheriff-Substitute of Perthshire, 1962. Member of Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland), 1951. Member, Historic Buildings Council for Scotland, 1971-1992.
Jay,
Christopher Philip [Monckton]
C.P. Jay
1921
Fiji
-
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 11.12.1942
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.06.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

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

(1942)     HMS Eskimo (destroyer)
15.01.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Excalibur (new entry seaman training establishment, The Brunds, Alsager, Stoke on Trent)
06.03.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Gosling (new entry training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancashire)
Jeckway,
John Edwin
J.E. Jeckway
Son of John Jeckway (1884-1962), and Annie Feehan.
Married ((09?).1936, Southampton district, Hampshire) Dora Winifred Barnes Wheeler (25.04.1914 - 20.04.2005);
... children (one daughter?).
25.09.1912
Devonport district, Devon
-
13.02.1976

New Forest district, Hampshire
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 10.07.1945

* Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, who has not received any training of an executive nature

... - ... ...
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
(05.1949) - (02.1970) for service with Sea Cadet Corps
Jefferson,
Richard
R. Jefferson
?
-
T/S.Lt.
24.07.1942
T/Lt.
24.01.1945 (reld 1946?)
09.12.1942
-
(06.1943)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 70 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
08.1943
-
(12.1943)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 358 (motor torpedo boat)
04.07.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Liverpool (cruiser)
Jeffery,
Elgar Harold

E.H. Jeffery (Photo courtesy of Mr Trevor Ware)
Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of William Harold Jeffery, and Mabel Lee
, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Vernon Sullivan Jeffery, RNVR, and F/O David Hamilton Jeffery, RAFVR.
Married (20.07.1935, St John the Evangelist, Shirley, Surrey) Dorothy Ellen Mary Sykes (1913? - ); one son.
21.09.1903
Sanderstead, Croydon district, Surrey
-
10.01.1994
Sanderstead, Bromley district, Kent
Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940
T/Lt. 15.02.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
39-45 St - -

Atlantic Star

Atl St - & clasp France & Germany
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 03.04.1945 minesweeping Holland & Antwerp 09-11.44
Leather merchant.
10.01.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Ryde (minesweeper)
17.05.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)
(10.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed
25.03.1942 - 27.03.1942 HMS Bilsdean (minesweeping trawler)
28.03.1942 - (12.1942) First Lieutenant, HM MMS 16 (motor minesweeper)
18.01.1943 - 08.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MMS 216 (motor minesweeper)
08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS St Tudno (minesweeper depot, Sheerness)
Jeffery,
Vernon Sullivan

V.S. Jeffery (Photo courtesy of Mr Vaughan Ashby)
Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of William Harold Jeffery, and Mabel Lee, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Elgar Harold Jeffery, RNVR, and F/O David Hamilton Jeffery, RAFVR.
(03?).1905
South Croydon, Surrey
-
12.03.1959
Guys Hospital, London Bridge, Southwark (formerly of Sanderstead, Surrey)
T/S.Lt. 04.10.1940
T/Lt. 04.01.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

17.04.1945

rescue work minefield Normandy 06.44 [decoration posted]
02.12.1940 - 11.1941 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven)
28.11.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Heliopolis (armed yacht)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
(08.1943)     HMS Braemar (auxiliary minesweeper) *
30.08.1943 - 12.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bardsey (minesweeping trawler)
12.11.1943 - 27.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Switha (minesweeping trawler) (DSC)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jeffrey,
James William
J.W. Jeffrey
Son of James Ramsey Jeffrey (1889-), and Blanche Elizabeth Shane (1887?-1967).
Married ((09?).1940, Lewisham district, London) Vera Sobraon Usher (30.12.1917 - 24.12.2014), daughter (with one brother) of Stanley Robert Usher (1891-1959), and Harriet Mary Ann King (1890-1972); one daughter.
15.11.1916
Greenwich, London
-
17.11.1988
Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset
T/S.Lt. 07.02.1941
T/Lt. 07.02.1942 (reld 10.09.1946)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE 12.05.1945 special services Greece 03-06.1944
(04.1941) - (04.1942) no appointment listed
05.05.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary), from c. 1944 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (MBE)
      served with Special Operations Executive (SOE)
(04.1945)     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *
01.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jellett,
John Holmes
J.H. Jellett (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 24857)) J.H. Jellett

20.04.1905
-
18.06.1971
T/Capt. (Sp.Br.) 26.04.1944
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
... - ... ...
(1944)     HMS Royal Anne (Naval Officer-in-Command, Mulberry B) (OBE)
... - ... ...
Jemphrey,
William Herbert
W.H. Jemphrey (Photo courtesy of Victoria Beevers)
Married ((09?.1940, Hull district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Florence Mary Cully; two daughters.
05.04.1915
-
25.07.1986
Clevedon, Weston Super Mare district, Somerset
T/Paym.S.Lt. 05.04.1940
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 05.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 07.1945, < 04.1946
Lt. (S) 06.01.1947, senioirty 05.04.1940
A/Lt.Cdr. (S) RN 05.04.1947
Lt.Cdr. (S) RN 28.05.1951, seniority 05.04.1947 (retd 15.04.1959)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE 01.01.1959 New Year 59 [investiture 17.03.59]
05.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull)
12.11.1941 - (10.)1944 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) (for duty in office of Flag Officer-in-Charge and Admiralty Regional Controller, Northern Ireland)
15.12.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty in office of Flag Officer, Ceylon)
06.01.1947     transferred, permanent RNVR (Ulster Division - List I)
1947?     transferred, RN
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
14.04.1953 - (04.)1955 Supply Officer, Allied Forces Mediterranean, NATO
15.09.1955 - (01.1957) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties)
(1958)     HMS Mercury (signal school, East Meon, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) (MBE)
(01.1959)     no appointment listed
Jenkins,
Basil Lawrence
B.L. Jenkins
Son of ... Jenkins, and ... Morgan.
11.03.1913
Cardiff district, Glamorgan
-
05.03.1990
South Glamorgan, Wales
Prob. Paym.S.Lt.
29.02.1936
Paym.S.Lt.
29.06.1937, seniority 29.02.1936
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S)
28.02.1938 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
?
Lt.Cdr. (S)
28.02.1946
Lt.Cdr. (S) RN
09.05.1947, seniority 28.02.1947 (emgcy 13.11.1949)
29.02.1936


joined RNVR (London Division, List 2)
19.08.1939
-
(12.1941)
Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Penang [HMS Sultan III]
01.06.1944
-
(01.1945)
HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
09.05.1947
 
 
transferred to RN
01.03.1948
-
(05.)1949
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
Jenkins,
Gareth
G. Jenkins
?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
03.03.1944
T/A/Lt. (A)
?
17.04.1944
-
(06.1944)
observer, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Vindex for some time]
06.05.1945
-
(04.1946)
observer, 735 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail]
Jenner,
Stephen
see: RN officers' section  
Jennings,
William Hartley
W.H. Jennings
(09?).1904 ?
Camberwell district, Greater London / London / Surrey ?
-
T/Sg.Lt. (D)
04.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: LDS
04.06.1943
-
(10.1944)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Jensen,
Alan Richard Christian
A.R.C. Jensen
Son of ... Jensen, and .. Burden.
11.12.1913
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
T/S.Lt.
25.12.1941
T/Lt.
25.12.1942 (reld 1945/46)
28.05.1942
-
(06.1943)
First Lieutenant, MTB 234 [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport), later HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(07.1945)


HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jensen *,
Geoffrey West
W.H. Jennings
Son of Axel Palle Christian Jensen (1894-1984), and Mabelle Bailey (1894?-1966).
Brother of Lt. Philip Bailey Jensen, RNVR.
Married ((06?).1951, Manchester district, Lancashire) Shirley E. Chew; one daughter, one son.

* In Navy List shown with last name Jenson
28.02.1924
Kingston district, Surrey / Middlesex
-
13.01.2002
Leatherhead, West Surrey
T/Midsh. 23.04.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 07.1946)
16.03.1943 - (07.1946) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll), from 1944? HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
His son writes: "His first sea borne role was depth charging as an Able Seaman on HMS Snowflake and ended up with command as Lieutenant RNVR of an LCT carrying American troops and lorries full of TNT into Utah beach on D Day having sailed from Weymouth."
Jensen *,
Philip Bailey
W.H. Jennings
Son of Axel Palle Christian Jensen (1894-1984), shipping director, and Mabelle Bailey (1894?-1966).
Brother of S.Lt. Geoffrey West Jensen, RNVR.
Married (28.11.1953, Westminster district, London) Dorothy Patricia Riley; one daughter, two sons.

* In Navy List shown with last name Jenson
 
10.04.1922
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
-

USA
T/A/S.Lt. 19.11.1943
T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944
T/Lt. 19.05.1946? (reld 03.08.1946)
Education: Epsom College (1935-1939; Rugby XV); University of London  (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, 1952); MB, BS (Lond), FRCS (Eng.), FACS.
02.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HM HDML 1051 (harbour defence motor launch)
23.08.1944 - (10.1944) HM ML 841 (motor launch)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1945) - (10.1945) Gunnery Officer, HMS Ajax (Leander class cruiser) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Naturalized US citizen, 18.12.1964. Urologist. Diplomate American Board Urology. Fellow American College of Surgeons. House physician, Middlesex Hospital, London, 1952-1953; house physician, Center Middlesex Hospital, London, 1953; house physician, Royal Northern Hospital, London, 1953-1954; resident, Greenwich (Connecticut) Hospital, 1954-1956; resident, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1956-1959; private practice, Greenwich, 1959-1975; private practice, Sharon, Connecticut, since 1976; attending physician, Greenwich (Connecticut) Hospital, 1959-1975; attending physician, United Hospital, Port Chester, New York, 1961-1975; attending physician, New Milford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1977-1993; attending physician emeritus, New Milford (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1993; attending physician, Sharon (Connecticut) Hospital, 1977-1993; attending physician emeritus, Sharon (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1993. Instructor urology College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1975.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jepson,
Stanley Frederick Herbert
S.F.H. Jepson
Son of ... Jepson, and ... Stone.
Married Helen Ann Bykowy (19.12.1921 - 23.10.2003), daughter of John Bykowy (1892-1953); four children.
08.01.1921
Belper district, Derbyshire
-
09.02.2000
West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
T/S.Lt. (A) 06.06.1942
T/Lt. (A) 06.12.1944 (reld 25.04.1946)
(08.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
(02.1943)     HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) *
22.02.1943 - (04.)1943 observer, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)]
01.04.1943 - (10.)1944 observer, 846 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker II (at Quonset Point), from 02.07.1943 HMS Ravager (Archer class escort carrier), from 28.07.1943 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys), from 10.1943 HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys), from 12.1943 HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire), from 04.01.1944-03.06.1944 HMS Tracker (Archer class escort carrier)]
11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for Naval Air Training)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jerram,
Charles James
C.J. Jerram (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hampson)
Son of James William Jerram, and Catherine Louisa Ellen Daisy Ball (1881?-1954).
Married ((03?).1939, Rochford district, Essex) Edith Maud Coupe (09.06.1918 - 07.1998); two daughters, one son.
06.03.1912
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
01.03.1999
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk
T/S.Lt. 13.05.1940
T/Lt. 03.05.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945? (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 21.08.1945 action G Venice 12.04.45 [investiture 16.10.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 16.10.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 26.06.1945 action Parenzo Italy 07.02.45 [investiture 16.10.45]
Mention in Despatches MID 05.12.1944 Adriatic & Aegean coastal operations
13.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
01.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for motor launches)
      Commanding Officer, HM ML 171 (motor launch)
16.12.1942 - (06.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS MTB 667 (motor torpedo boat)
(10.1944)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) *
12.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
      28th MTB Flotilla
01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5008 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 21st MTB Flotilla
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jervis,
Charles Walter Lionel
C.W.L. Jervis
Son of ... Jervis, and ... Lindley.
09.12.1914
Exeter district, Devon
-
08.12.1989
Kingskerkwell, Newton Abbot, Torbay district, Devon
T/A/S.Lt.
1943?
T/S.Lt.
06.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
1941/42

  

  
entered RNVR as a rating (sonar specialist)
11.11.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Riou (frigate)
Solicitor. Founder member of the Penzance Sailing Club.
Jervis,
Stanley Godfrey
see: RNZNVR officers' section  
Job,
Patrick Dalzel
[later: Dalzel-Job, Patrick]
P.D. Job P.D. Job (© Imperial War Museum (A 29402))
P.D. Job P.D. Job
Son of ... Job, and ... Girffiths.
Married (28.06.1945, Oslo, Norway) Bjørg Bangsund; one son.

01.06.1913
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
12.10.2003
Plockton, Lochalsh district, Scotland
T/Lt. 08.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ?
Cdr. RCN ? (retd 1955)
Officer of the Order of St. Olav (Norway) StOlav 02.02.1943 Norwegian campaign
1939     commissioned into the RNVR
01.1940 - 03.1940 served as Navigating Officer in a Fleet Tug working out of Scapa Flow
04.1940 - 06.1940 served in Norway
1942     staff Admiral Commanding Orkney and Shetland to collect information about the west coast of Norway
1942 - 1943 ran special Motor Torpedo Boat operations in Norway
1943 - 1944 served with 12 (Special Service) Submarine Flotilla
1944     Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (and undertook reconnaissance work with 30 Assault Unit (directed by Ian Fleming) in France, Belgium and Germany, 1944-1945)
      after the war served for some years with the Royal Canadian Navy, before retiring in 1955
Published: From Arctic snow to dust of Normandy (1991).
Jobson,
Patrick Arthur

P.A. Jobson
Son of ... Jobson, and ... Fenn.
Married ((06?).1947, Hendon district, Middlesex) Lillias B. Chilton ((06?).1913 - ), daughter of Thomas Chilton, and Lillian Struthers S. Kerr; one son.
05.09.1919
Romford district, Essex / Suffolk
-
01.2007
Brent district, Middlesex
T/S.Lt. 31.01.1941
T/Lt. 01.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
10.03.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Hydrangea (corvette)
17.06.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS Hoxa (minesweeping trawler) (from about early 1944 as Commanding Officer)
08.07.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Bluebell (corvette) *
15.02.1945 - (04.1946) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Artist, illustrator.
* incorrectly indexed (10.1944) as HMS Drake & (01.1945) as HMS Excellent
Johansen,
Karl Johan
K.J. Johansen
Son of Johan and Ovidia Johansen; husband of Henny Johansen, of Husoysund, Tonsberg, Norway.
08.05.1901
Norway
-
29.01.1942
[age 40]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
26.08.1940
10.1940
-
29.01.1942
HMS Sotra (minesweeping trawler)
John,
Bernard Wellington
B.W. John (Photo courtesy of Rosemary John)
Son (with two brothers) of John John (1883-1948), and Keturah Ann Wellington (1886-1970).
Married ((12?).1946, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Evelyn Margaret "Peggy" Antliff (14.07.1919 - 18.02.2022), daughter (with one brother) of Albert Ernest Antliff (1885-1926), and Mildred Muriel Read (1889-1949); two daughters.
27.03.1920
Neath district, Glamorganshire
-
04.07.1990
Sydney, NSW, Australia
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 24.04.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.10.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

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

(08.1941) - (10.1945) HMS President (Admiralty) *
Accountant.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johns,
Trefor Alun Morris
"Trevor"

T.A.M. Johns
Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Thomas Henry Johns (1877-1969), and Sarah Elizabeth Morris (1880-).
Married ((12?).1939, Sutton Coldfield district, Warwickshire) Norah Gertrude Taylor (03.08.1914 - 01.04.2010), daughter of Harry Taylor (1885-), and Gertrude Parker (1886-); five children.
11.09.1910
Tondu, Bridgend district, Glamorgan
-
17.02.1992
King's College Hospital, Lambeth district, London (formerly of Dulwich, London)
T/Sg.Lt. 27.02.1942 (reld 08.03.1946)
Education: Queen's College, Oxford University (1929-...); King's College Hospital (LMSSA Lond 24.11.1936, MA, BM, BCh Oxf 1941).
Late House Surgeon & Casualty Officer, King's College Hospital. Late House Physician, Hampstead General Hospital. Assistant Medical Officer, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey.
18.03.1942 - (04.)1942 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)
(06.1942)     HMS Quebec II (Combined Operations centre, Hollywood Hotel, Largs) [date of appointment shown as 18.03.1942]
(08.)1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Monck (HQ Combined Training, Largs & RN Barracks and landing craft base, Port Glasgow) (for duty with Senior Officer Assault Ships and Craft) [date of appointment shown as 18.03.1942]
10.08.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India)
09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Messina)
08.02.1945 - (10.1945) RN Auxiliary Hospital, Kingseat [HMS Bacchante]
Set up one of the first geriatric units in the United Kingdom at St Francis' Hospital, Dulwich in 1947. As a consultant in physical medicine (later rheumatology) at the Camberwell group of hospitals, Dulwich and St Giles's, he helped to amalgamate these hospitals with King's College Hospital. After his retirement in 1975 he worked for the Department of Health and Social Security as an assessor on medical boards until ill health led him to final retirement at the age of 74.
Johnson,
Rev. Alfred Henry
"John"

A.H. Johnson
09.11.1908
-
25.10.1992
Dovercourt, Colchester district, Essex
T/Chapl. 01.10.1943
Education: BA.
16.11.1943 - (04.)1946 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship, 7th Submarine Flotilla)
Johnson,
Charles Anthony
C.A. Johnson

?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt.
10.02.1940
T/S.Lt.
1941?, seniority 10.02.1940
T/Lt.
01.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

Mentioned in Despatches

MID
13.10.1942
sinking U-boat 03.08.42
27.04.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Scottish (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
29.04.1942
-
06.01.1943
First Lieutenant, HMS P 247, renamed: HMS Saracen (submarine)
06.01.1943
-
?
full pay shore leave
30.06.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Taku (submarine)
17.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Zambesi (destroyer)
(04.1946)


HMS Monck (HQ Combined Training, Port Glasgow) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson,
Edward Harrison
E.H. Johnson
Residence: (1945) Lancaster, Lancashire.
13.07.1907
Lancaster district, Lancashire
-
29.06.1962
Winsley, Wiltshire
... ...
T/El.Lt. 07.10.1940
T/A/El.Cdr. < 07.1945
Capt. (L) RN 31.12.1950 (retd 15.09.1953; ill-health)
Education: BSc; AMIEE.
Pre-war employed as assistant electrical engineer with St Anne's Board Mills Co., Bristol.
      general degaussing duties including Alexandria & SIDG London (specializing in general industrial electrical equipment)
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames)
Edward Harrison Johnson, B.SC, R.N.(RET.) (S. 1927, G. 1929, A.M. 1935, M. 1952), who died on the 29th June 1962, was born at Lancaster on the 13th July 1907. He was educated at Friends School, Lancaster, and received his technical education at Leeds University. His practical training was undertaken with Lancaster Corporation and Jas. Williamson and Son, Lancaster, and in 1935 he joined St. Anne's Board Mills Co., Bristol. On the outbreak of the 1939-45 War he volunteered for service in the Royal Navy and was concerned with degaussing ships against the magnetic mine. He remained on this work throughout the war, and then transferred to the new Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy. Here he found his true metier, both afloat and ashore. After serving as fleet electrical officer in the Far East Fleet in 1948-49 and in the Home Fleet in 1952, he had barely started in a key material post at the Admiralty when he was struck down with heart trouble. He accepted this philosophically and continued to work for the Navy, as a civilian, as far as his health permitted. He was greatly respected both for his professional abilities
and for his integrity and courage. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
Johnson,
Eric Herbert

E.H. Johnson
09.04.1910
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
24.06.1974
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
T/A/S.Lt. 18.02.1944
T/S.Lt. 18.08.1944 (reld 1945)
      initially in boom defence on the Isle of Wight
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Lancing & Hove, Sussex)
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
05.06.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Ardrossan (Bangor class minesweeper)
Johnson,
Eric Robert Abraham
E.R.A. Johnson
Son of ... Johnson, and ... Bate.
21.03.1923
Chesterfield district, Derbyshire
-
12.1998 still alive
T/S.Lt. (A)
21.09.1943
T/Lt. (A)
?
Lt. (A) RN
30.03.1946, seniority 21.09.1945 [extended service commission]
Lt. RN
22.09.1949, seniority 21.09.1945 [permanent commission]
Lt.Cdr. RN
21.09.1953 (retd 18.04.1973)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
> 1973
?

 

04.1944
-
(06.1944)
pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [initially at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
(07.1945)


HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus) *
30.03.1946


transferred to RN
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
30.03.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Gannet (for miscellaneous duties)
15.05.1951
-
(05.1953)
HMS Indomitable (for miscellaneous duties)
11.01.1956
-
(01.1956)
HMS Gannet (for miscellaneous duties)
23.06.1959
-
(07.1961)
HMS Bulwark
(02.1963)


Department of Director-General Aircraft, Admiralty *
(02.1969)
-
(10.1971)
Defence Intelligence Staff *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson,
Frank Edwin

F.E. Johnson
Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Fred Johnson (1871-1940), and Jessie Ada Goby (1876-1968).
Married ((06?).1937, Westminster district, London) Ivy Coral Dunthorne-Travers (03.10.1908 - 17.11.1999); two daughters, one son.
26.10.1914
Devonport, Devon
-
16.07.1985
Devonport, Devon
T/S.Lt. 28.08.1941
T/Lt. 28.08.1942 (rled > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
School teacher.
(10.1941) - (11.1941) no appointment listed
26.11.1941 - (02.)1942 French Ship "Paris"
(04.1942) - (06.1942) HMS Sir John Lister (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) *
(08.1942)     French Ship "Lucien Gougy" *
01.09.1942 - (10.)1942 HM MMS 78 (motor minesweeper)
(12.1942) - (12.1943) HMS Bervie Braes (auxiliary minesweeping trawler) *
12.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cottel (ex-MMS 142) (danlayer)
(04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
10.08.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1027 (motor minesweeper)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson,
Frederick Robert

F.R. Johnson
28.08.1919
-
28.07.1985
Brackley district, Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire / Oxfordshire
Able Seaman ? [P/JX 195069]
T/A/S.Lt. 21.01.1944
T/S.Lt. 21.07.1944
T/Lt. 01.10.1945

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

20.03.1945

destruction U-boat North Russia 12.44 [investiture 27.09.45]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 05.01.1943 convoy escort attacked submarine 07.42 [investiture 28.03.44]
(1942)     ASDIC Operator, HMS Erne (sloop) (DSM)
30.03.1944 - (01.)1945 ASDIC Officer, HMS Bamborough Castle (corvette) (DSC)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Loch Tralaig  (frigate) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johnson,
George Edwin
G.E. Johnson (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Johnson)
Son of Edwin Charles and Rosina Mary Johnson.
Husband of Annie E. Johnson, of Upminster, Essex; six sons.

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13.12.1897
Pancras, London
-
01.09.1944
[age 46]
[Rome War Cemetery, Italy, I, F, 30]
Ord.Sea.
? [Z/4926]
T/Lt.
27.11.1939
Prob. T/Lt.
09.02.1940
T/Lt.
1941, seniority 09.02.1940
T/Lt.Cdr.
11.05.1943?
Worked for the Post Office.
World War I


Leading Seaman in the RNVR
16.02.1937


joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR] 
14.03.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Europa (RN base, Lowestoft)
31.07.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Lorna Doone (paddle minesweeper)
19.10.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth) (for motor minesweepers)
24.03.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 117 (motor minesweeper)
11.05.1943
-
01.09.1944
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 117 (motor minesweeper) [mined off Civita Vecchia]
Johnson,
Gordon Henry
G.H. Johnson
?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
12.09.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
03.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)
Johnson,
Haddon Harker
G.H. Johnson
Son (with one brother) of Edgar Percival Johnson (1873-1947), and Calra Harker (1875-1947).
Married (15.03.1943, Windsor district, Berkshire) Wren Eileen Emily Lloyd, WRNS (24.11.1915 - 14.11.2012), daughter (with three brothers and two sisters) of Francis John Lloyd (1848-1937), and Esther Lydia Neaves (1881-1977); one daughter, one son.
25.02.1913
Armadale, Victoria, Australia
-
14.11.
1993
Mount Gambier, South Australia
T/Sg.Lt. 10.06.1940 (reld 04.07.1946)
Education: Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne (MB, BS 07.06.1938).
Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent.
06.07.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Intrepid (I class destroyer)
18.07.1941 - (08.)1941 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
22.09.1941 - (11.)1942 HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
28.11.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)
18.09.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika)
27.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India)
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
10.04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Johnson,
Henry Edward John
H.E.J. Johnson (Photo courtesy of Mrs Stephany Muntz)
Son of Henry Charles Johnson (1865-1916), and Julia Annie Watts (1876-1962).
Married ((09?).1935, Hammersmith district, London) Lily Arnett; three daughters.
13.03.1901
Paddington, London
-
17.07.1962
Middlesex Hospital, St Marylebone district, London (formerly of Hounslow, Middlesex)
T/S.Lt.  (Sp.Br.) 19.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
      Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc. duties ashore, but has not received any training of an executive nature:
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Johnson,
Peter Spalding

P.S. Johnson
Son of ... Johnson, and ... Spalding.
08.06.1913
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940
T/A/Lt. 15.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
31.03.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, St Budeaux)
20.03.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Excalibur (new entry seaman training establishment, Alsager, Stoke on Trent) (for physical and recreational training duties)
10.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Johnson,
Richard Alfred
R.A. Johnson
?
Boston, Lincolnshire
-
T/S.Lt.
23.10.1941
T/Lt.
01.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

Mentioned in Despatches

MID
15.08.1944
offensive sweeps Western
Italy 05.44
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
08.04.1944
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 375 (motor torpedo boat)
22.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Verity (destroyer)
Johnston,
Albert Henry Joseph
A.H.J. Johnston (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Johnston)
Married Evelyn Violet; two sons, one daughter.
24.09.1901
Birkenhead
-

27.09.1953

Prob. T/Lt.
11.06.1940
T/Lt.
?, seniority 11.06.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
14.08.1943, seniority 11.06.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Resident in Alexandria working as a cotton expert/selector which he did throughout the war.



initially civilian liaison officer with the Navy
11.06.1940
-
(07.1945)
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Also ran a concert party called 'The Ramblers' to entertain the troops.
Johnston,
Algernon George Henry
A.G.H. Johnston
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Rev. Charles Johnston (1866-1942), and the Hon. Norah Florence Margaretta Skeffington (1873-1944).
Married ((09?).1926, Kensington, London) Eileen Magdalene Kearney (1907 - ); two daughters, one son.
27.11.1899
Newtownards, Ireland
-
17.03.1948
St Lukes Hospital, Bayswater, Paddington, London (formerly of Notting Hill Gate, London)
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.08.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.11.1941 (reld 21.09.1943; medically unfit)
15.09.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Helicon (RN base, Aultbea, Ross-shire)
(06.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *
01.06.1943 - (06.1943) HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) (for counter-mining duties)
(08.1943) - (09.1943) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Johnston,
John Harold
J.H. Johnston (Photo courtesy of Mr Brent Walker)
Son of Joseph Harold and Annie May Johnston, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,.
1924 ?
-
08.10.1945
[age 21]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 4]
T/S.Lt. (A)
21.10.1944
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
(08?).1945
-
08.10.1945
806 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station Machrihanish, Argyllshire)]
[lost in a flying accident, when his Seafire III aircraft [NN132] collided with that of A/S.Lt. (A) P.L. Norton, RNVR [NN600] while beating-up a trawler near Pladds Point SW, coast of Scotland]
Johnston,
Robert Butler
R.B. Johnston
Son of Archibald William Nisbet Johnston (1872-1972), and Mary Butler Robertson.
Married Muriel McDougall (14.05.1921 - 08.10.2012), daughter (with two sisters and two brothers) of Andrew McDougall (1881-1948), and Robina Bruce (1879-1952); three children.
28.04.1917
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
30.07.2007
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ord.Sea. ? [CD/X 3055]
AB Sea. (1942)
T/A/S.Lt. 11.06.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 11.06.1943
T/S.Lt. 11.12.1943
T/Lt. 01.05.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

Mentioned in Despatches

MID 03.12.1940 successful attack on U-boat 07.07.1940
Mentioned in Despatches MID 14.07.1942 attack on [Sn?] N Wales  03.1942
(07.1940)     HMS Vansittart (modified W class destroyer) (despatches)
(03.1942)     HMS Hussar (Halcyon class minesweeper) (despatches)
07.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA)
(04.1944) - (04.1945) HMS Somaliland (Colony class frigate) *
05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Somaliland (Colony class frigate)
Johnstone,
David Brand

D.B. Johnstone
Son of David Andrew Johnstone (1873-), and Margaret Evelyn Little (1876-).
Married ((06?).1931, Penrith district, Cumberland) Norah Isabel Hall ((12?).1902 - ), of Brackenbrough Tower, Cumberland; two children.
Lived in Bowness on Windermere, being commemorated on a church plaque and an external War Memorial there.
(12?).1902
Halifax district, West Yorkshire
-
03.02.1940

(KIA) [age 37]
[Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery, section P, joint grave 711]
Prob. S.Lt. 30.05.1924
S.Lt. 07.07.1926 (reld 1928/29?)
T/S.Lt. 21.09.1939
T/Lt. 01.01.1940, seniority 21.09.1939
Qualified Estate Agent.
30.05.1924 - 1928/29? commissioned, RNVR (Mersey Division)
03.03.1925     HMS Leamington (twin screw minesweeper) (for disposal; for 60 days' training)
15.11.1937     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to Mersey Division RNVR)
1939? - 03.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Firefly (minesweeping trawler) *

* Minesweeping trawler FIREFLY (392grt) was damaged when a mine being hoisted inboard exploded near Dundee. Temporary Lt D B Johnstone RNVR (SO), Temporary S/Lt C Dodson RNVR, Temporary S/Lt N F Peat RNVR, Temporary S/Lt G W Vaughn RNVR and seven ratings were killed. Chief Skipper A Finlayson RNR, Temporary Lt A. M Maclean RNVR (who died of wounds on the 18th), and thirteen ratings were wounded. She was towed to Leith by minesweeping trawler WARDOUR (335grt) and arrived at Rosyth on the 4th.

Johnstone,
George Nelson

G.N. Johnstone
05.03.1916
-
17.07.1978
Lewes, Hove district, East Sussex
T/S.Lt.  17.07.1941
T/Lt. 17.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
15.09.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham) (for 11th Motor Launch Flotilla)
21.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham) (for 11th Motor Launch Flotilla)
(12.1942) - (04.1943) HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham) *
06.04.1943 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 616 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Worked for Tate & Lyle after the war.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jolliffe,
Edward Frank

E.F. Jolliffe

?
-
T/S.Lt. 
01.11.1940
T/Lt.
24.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
23.11.1940
-
24.11.1941
HMS Dunedin (cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South Atlantic]
(07.1945)


HM ML 878 (motor launch) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Arthur Cyril Wilfred

E.F. Jolliffe
Son (with one brother) of Arthur Jones (1880-1915), and Annie Clifford (1884-1938).
Married ((09?).1942, Wednesbury district, Staffordshire) Dorothy Lucy Nicholls (04.10.1916 - 09.1990); one daughter.
17.10.1909
Darlaston, Walsall district, Staffordshire
-
07.09.1990
Llangybi, Cardiganshire Central district, Dyfed, Wales
T/A/S.Lt. 11.06.1943
T/S.Lt. 11.12.1943
T/Lt. 11.12.1945 (reld 17.04.1946)
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
02.10.1943 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MMS 27 (motor minesweeper)
Jones,
Arthur Denis
A.D. Jones
1923
-
2006
T/Midsh.
?
T/S.Lt.
01.03.1944 ( reld > 04.1946)
(1942/43)


HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Lancing & Hove, Sussex)



may have served at HMS Jamaica (cruiser)
28.07.1943
-
(10.1943)
HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Port Bannatyne)
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
(07.1945)


HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) *
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Arthur Howel
A.H. Jones
Son of Howel Jones, K.C., and Muriel Helen Jones, of Grahamstown, South Africa.
1920 ?
-
06.02.1941
[age 21]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, column 3]
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
29.1.0.1939
T/El.S.Lt.
1940?, seniority 29.10.1939
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
01.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Ramillies (battleship)
1941
-
06.02.1941
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
Jones,
Arthur Osborne
A.O. Jones

Married ((09?).1931, West Derby district, Lancashire) Doris Balmer; one son.
03.09.1903
Liverpool, Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
09.03.1989
Noctorum, Birkenhead district, Cheshire
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 07.01.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.07.1944
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
* Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore
(02.1944) - (01.1945) no appointment listed
18.02.1945 - (04.1946) an Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
Jones,
Arthur Raymond
A.R. Jones
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
29.12.1943 - (07.)1945 HM ML 479 (motor launch)
13.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Marshal Soult (for minesweeping duties)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Jones,
Cecil
C. Jones
Son of Mabert I. Jones (1876-), and Mary Ellen ...
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
12.07.1918
Llanddeiniolen
-
18.07.1986
Northop Mold, Rhuddlan, Clwyd, Wales
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 1941?, seniority 04.12.1939 (reld > 04.1946)
Marine engineer.
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements:
01.04.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Cheshire (armed merchant cruiser)
26.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool)
03.08.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Nairana (escort carrier)
03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
09.09.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Activity (escort carrier)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Jones,
Craddock
C. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve Shelley)
Son (with five sisters and four brothers) of William John Jones (1884-1951), and Elizabeth Jane Mort (1888-1976), of Abergwynfi, Glamorgan.
23.03.1925
Abergwynfi, Neath district, Glamorgan, Wales
-
22.06.1944
(KIA) [age 19]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, France, II.B.26]
T/Midsh. 05.08.1943
39-45 St - -

France and Germany Star

Fr&G St - & clasp Atlantic
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -

Mentioned in Despatches

MID 14.11.1944 posthumously: Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) *
* While under fire from the shore Mr. Jones, at great risk to himself, cleared a Teller mine which had become jammed in the starboard ramp when the door was being lowered. His prompt and courageous action probably saved many lives and damage to his own and other craft.
05.08.1943 - 22.06.1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for major landing craft):
27.09.1943 - 10.10.1943 Divisional Officer, HM LCT 803 (landing craft, tank)
11.10.1943 - 22.06.1944 First Lieutenant, HM LCT 945 (landing craft, tank)
Jones,
Derek Gwyther
D.G. Jones
Son of ... Jones, and ... Doyle.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
13.01.1924
Gower district, Monmouthshire
-
30.09.2015
Portishead, Somerset
T/Midsh. 02.79.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 01.09.1943
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
(12.1943) - (04.1944) HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)
(06.)1944 - 03.1945 First Lieutenant, HM ML 250 (motor launch) *
03.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1385 (harbour defence motor launch)
(04.1946)     HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
Architect.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Dewi Gwyn
D.G. Jones
Married Peggy Lloyd; ... children (one daughter, one son?).
30.11.1914
-
25.12.1993
Cardiganshire South district, Dyfed, Wales
T/Sg.Lt. 26.06.1942 (reld 01.1946)
Sg.Lt. 29.09.1948, seniority 23.11.1944 (reld 27.07.1950)
Education: Middlesex Hospital; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1941.
26.06.1942 - 07.1942 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
20.07.1942 - 03.1944 HMS Ranpura (armed merchant cruiser)
11.03.1944 - 04.1944 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
03.05.1944 - 06.1944 HMS Europa (RN Patrol Service depot, Lowestoft)
06.1944 - 07.1944 HM LST 493 (landing ship, tank)
14.07.1944 - 08.1945 HMS Cressy (nominal depot ship, RN base Dundee)
01.09.1945 - 01.1946 HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee)
29.09.1948 - 27.07.1950 Permanent RNVR (Cardiff Division) (List 2)
General practitioner, Jones & Harris, Cardigan. Clinical Assistant in Surgery, Cardigan & District Memorial Hospital; Part-time Medical Officer, R.A.E. (G.W.T.W.) Ministry of Supply, Aberporth; Appointed Factory Doctor; Treasury Medical Officer; Medical Referent Ministry of Pensions & National Insurance, Ministry of Education & Wales Gas Board Cardigan Area; Member Cardiganshire Local Medical Commission & Cardiganshire Health Executive Council; Medical Referent Co-opt. & other Assurance Companies; Admiralty Surgeon & Agent; Found. Member College of General Practitioners; Member British Medical Association (Chairman S.W. Wales Division; Secretary, Vale of Teifi Medical Society. Late House Surgeon, Ministry of Health Emergency Hospital Tindal House, Aylesbury; Resident Medical Officer, County Infirmary Carmarthen.
Jones,
Digby Wallis *
D.W. Jones (Photo courtesy of Rev. Penny Hamilton)
* also known as: Wallis-Jones, Digby
Son (with one brother) of Frederick Henry Jones (1877?-), and Elsie Mai Bradshaw Brown (1882-).
Half-brother of Lt.Cdr. Peter Trevor Simpson Jones, CBE, RNVR.
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
24.03.1907
Lee, Lewisham district, Kent
-
02.08.1992
Brighton district, Sussex
T/Lt. 16.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1942, < 12.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
16.05.1940 - (10.1945) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty as Senior Watch Keeper, Defence Map Room, Admiralty Upper War Room)
Jones,
Dudley Mackenzie
D.M. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Angus Lang)
Son of Frederick Henry Jones, and Rosina Lester Kenzie (1896?-), of Shirley, Croydon, Surrey.
20.07.1921
Croydon district, Surrey
-
27.10.1941
Ploughley district, Oxfordshire
(air crash) [age 20]
[Winchester (Magdalen Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire, row G.1, grave 108]

Midsh. (A) RN 13.03.1939 (reld 07.03.1940; on transfer to RNVR)
T/Midsh. 08.03.1940
T/A/S.Lt. 20.07.1941
Education: Winton House School.
13.03.1939 - 18.06.1939 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (for preliminary naval training)
19.06.1939 - 07.03.1940 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for observer course)
08.03.1940 - 09.05.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
10.05.1940 - 16.02.1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
17.02.1941 - 06.05.1941 No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] (for flying training)
07.05.1941 - 05.10.1941 No. 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario [HMS Seaborn] (for flying training)
06.10.1941 - 27.10.1941 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] (for full flying duties)
[The collision involved two military aircraft, a Proctor 1a from 755 Squadron and an Oxford 1 aircraft from No. 15 Flying Training School. The collision apparently occurred in heavy fog approximately 1 mile NW of Upper Heyford.]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Ernest Selby
E.S. Jones
?
-
T/Lt.
28.08.1943
04.1944
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 182 (motor launch)
(04.1946)


HMS President I *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Eric Stanley
E.S. Jones
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
14.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
10.02.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
08.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
HM LST 380 (landing ship tank)
Jones,
George
G. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr David Jones) G. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr David Jones)
G. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr David Jones)
Residence: (1945) Roby, Lancashire.
24.05.1914
-
09.2000
Bolton district, Lancashire
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.03.1940
T/El.Lt. 17.07.1940 (reld 06.04.1946)
Pre-war employed as district surveyor and estimator with Liverpool Corp. Elec. Supply.
      general degaussing duties including Alexandria and Suez
17.03.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Defiance (training establishment & base for minesweeping, anti-submarine & auxiliary patrol vessels, Devonport)
(05.1940) - (06.1940) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) *
06.06.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Brackendale (auxiliary degaussing vessel)
01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Brackendale (auxiliary degaussing vessel)
24.02.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
28.08.1941 - 01.1943 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow)
24.01.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for degaussing duties)
01.08.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
His son writes: "Following war service George had an interest in Huyton Sea Cadets which I believe he founded and was first CO. He then went on to the RNAS at Stretton where he was a training officer until the disbandment of the unit. After the war he returned to the City Electrical department before becoming a teacher and subsequently a technical college lecturer where he taught electrical installations. His last appointment was as a lecturer at a college for technical college lecturers in Bolton. Towards the end of his time there he went to Bahrein for 18 months to advise on the setting up of a similar college for the Gulf States in Manama."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
George Aubrey
G.A. Jones (Photo courtesy of Julia Jones) G.A. Jones (Photo courtesy of Julia Jones)
G.A. Jones (Photo courtesy of Julia Jones) G.A. Jones (Photo courtesy of Julia Jones)
Son (with two brothers) of Hugh Jones, farm manager, and Edith Maud Wilson.
Brother of Lt. John Francis d'Enefer Jones, RNVR.
Married ((06?).1950, Tonbridge district, Kent) Hazel June Winstone Scott; one daughter, two sons.
05.01.1918
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk
-
16.06.1983
Woodbridge, Deben district, Suffolk
T/Paym.S.Lt. 25.08.1939
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 25.08.1941 (reld 07.05.1946)
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 07.1945, < 10.1945
25.08.1939 - (12.1941) HMS Forth (depot ship for 2nd Submarine Flotilla, Dundee, from 10.1939 Rosyth, from 09.1940 Holy Loch, from 02.1941 Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 08.1941 St Johns, Newfoundland)
14.01.1942 - (02.)1944 Captain's Secretary, HMS Philoctetes (destroyer depot ship, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
25.02.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
Founded the East Coast Yacht Agency (later Interyacht) after the war. Later he was honorary secretary for the East Coast Sail Trust and was one of the founding members of the East Anglian Group of Marine Artists.
Published: (posthumously; edited by Julia Jones) The cruise of Naromis : August in the Baltic 1939 (2017)
Jones,
Gilbert Neville
"Jonesy"
G.N. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie) G.N. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie)
G.N. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie) G.N. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Sandy Christie)


Residence: (1936) Mumbles, Swansea.
02.06.1917
-
05.1997
Swansea district, Glamorgan
T/S.Lt. 17.01.1941
T/Lt. 02.06.1942
... - ... ...
28.03.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS St Loman (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
... - ... ...
Jones,
Harold

H. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Dick Goodey)
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
?
-
1970s
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 10.03.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.06.1941 (reld 10.03.1945; medically unfit)

* Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties

Radio officer in the Merchant Navy, 1928-1932. Established a radio shop and repair business in Preston, Lancashire.
28.04.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (injured)
02.1942 - 30.06.1942 HMS Mercury (signal school, Portsmouth)
01.07.1942 - (10.1944) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
Jones,
Ivor John
I.J.. Jones
06/07.10.1901
Glamorgan ?
-

T/Paym.Lt.
01.05.1940
T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = 
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
> 02.1941, < 12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
01.05.1940
-
(07.1945)
HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said) (additional; for various services)
 
Jones,
John Francis d'Enefer
"Jack"

J.F.d'E. Jones (Photo courtesy of Julia Jones)
Son (with two brothers) of Hugh Jones, farm manager, and Edith Maud Wilson.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. (S) George Aubrey Jones, RNVR.
16.07.1915
Cosford district, Suffolk
-
12.10.1990
Woodbridge, Deben district, Suffolk
T/S.Lt. 24.01.1941
T/Lt. 24.01.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(04.1941)     no appointment listed
17.05.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for motor launches)
05.1941 - 01.1942 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1024 (harbour defence motor launch) (severely injured by an underwater explosion; spent 4 months in hospital)
23.02.1942 - (08.1942) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
(08.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM RML513 (rescue motor launch) [wounded in Dieppe raid 08.1942]
(10.1942)     HMS Forward II (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven) *
07.10.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Aggressive (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)
20.05.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
05.02.1945 - (07.1945) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
ARINA, MSIA. Yacht designer, surveyor and consultant. Designer of over 3000 yachts and boats built since design practice resumed in 1945.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
James Walford

J.W. Jones
Son of Sydney Jones (1879-1964), and Susanna Walford (1880-1962).
Brother of Sg.Lt. (D) John Hellyer Jones, RNVR.
Married ((12?).1939, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Rosamund M. Wilson (1917-); four children.
28.04.1912
-
13.06.
1992
Mews, Henley-in-Arden, Mid Warwickshire district
T/Sg.Lt.  (D) 15.08.1941
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: University of Birmingham (LDS 1935); registered 11.07.1935.
(10.1941) - (04.1943) no appointment listed
09.04.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Lizard (Combined Operations (landing craft) base, Shoreham)
02.1945 - (07.1945) RN Auxiliary Hospital, Colombo [HMS Lanka]
Jones,
John
Edward
J.E. Jones
?
-
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
12.08.1944
18.10.1942
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
02.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
HM LST 3502 (landing ship tank)
(04.1946)


HM LST 3025 (landing ship tank) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
John Hellyer

J.H. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Moston) J.H. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Moston)
J.H. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Moston) J.H. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Moston)
Son of Sydney Jones (1879-1964), and Susanna Walford (1880-1962).
Brother of Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) James Walford Jones, RNVR.

Married (25.09.1943, Stratford upon Avon distict) Irene
S. Smart (1919-); one daughter, two sons.
1920
-
10.2013 still alive in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
T/Sg.Lt. (D) 31.12.1943
Education: University of Birmingham (LDS 1943); registered 08.07.1943; Westcott House, Cambridge 1965.
31.12.1943 - (07.1945) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(04.1946)     HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) *
Joined the clergy (Westcott House Anglican clergy college, Cambridge; deacon 1967, priest 1968 Ely). Curate of Haddenham 1967-1970. Rector of Lolworth 1970-1979. C-in-c of Conington, 1975-1979. Rector of Houghton with Wyton 1979. P-in-c of Lolworth & Conington Diocese Ely from 1981.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
John
Quinton
J.Q. Jones
(09?).1906
Cardiff district, Glamorgan
-
(03?).1966
Croydon district, London
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
1943?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
18.12.1943
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
> 10.1943, < 12.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
27.03.1946, seniority 18.12.1945
12.07.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS President III (accounting base for Defence Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) personnel) (at some point as DEMS Staff Officer) *
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Bank official.
* according to his family he served on "Carthage" and "Ile de France", probably for gunnery duties, eventually reaching the rank of (Temp.Act.) Lt.Cdr.
Jones *,
Joseph Charles Llewellyn
"Bill"

J.C.L. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Tristram C. Llewellyn Jones) J.C.L. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Tristram C. Llewellyn Jones)
J.C.L. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Tristram C. Llewellyn Jones)
Son (with one sister) of William Llewellyn Jones (1874-1949), and Mabel Helen Cropper (1874-1935), of Feremine, St Martins, Guernsey.
Married (26.04.1940, Lexden, Colchester district, Essex) Rachel E. Hinde (13.12.1914 - 09.1991); two sons, three daughters.
* Also known as: J.C. Llewellyn-Jones
24.03.1912
Helsby, Cheshire
-
12.02.1975
Ipswich, Sudbury district, Suffolk
2nd Lt. 01.09.1932
Lt. 01.09.1935 (reld 24.06.1937)
T/S.Lt. 30.11.1939
T/A/Lt. 03.11.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.05.1944, seniority 03.11.1940 (commission terminated 20.09.1945; medically unfit)
Education: St. Peter's School, Seaford, Sussex; Cheltenham College (01.1926-04.1927); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (30.01.1931-1932); Cambridge University.
01.09.1932 - 24.06.1937 commissioned, 4th Queen's Own Hussars
30.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Gleaner (Halcyon class minesweeper)
(05.1940)     HMS Gleaner (Halcyon class minesweeper) *
10.05.1940 - (07.)1940 HMS Hibiscus (corvette)
26.08.1940 - 15.10.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) **
16.10.1940 - 18.03.1943 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (as Degaussing Range Officer) ***
19.03.1943 - 07.09.1944 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (additional; for various services) ***
18.12.1944 - (01.)1945 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
15.02.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)
* indexed, but not listed as such
** until Oct 1944 Navy List (also) carried on under HMS Victory
*** according to "flimsies" in family possession
Jones,
Maurice William Stanley
"Peter"
M.W.S. Jones (Photo courtesy of Deborah Jones)
Son of Maj. A.W. Jones, REME.
25.08.1921
London
-
10.2007
Prob. T/Midsh. (A)
29.07.1940
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
20.01.1941
T/S.Lt. (A)
?
T/Lt. (A)
20.07.1943 (reld 30.03.1946)
17.12.1940
-
(02.)1941
pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)
06.1941
-
08.1942
pilot, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)]
06.1943
-
(10.)1943
pilot, 832 Squadron FAA
10.1943
-
(10.1944)
pilot, 853 Squadron FAA
04.1945
-
(07.1945)
pilot, 706 Squadron FAA [HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW]
Jones *,
Peter Trevor Simpson
P.T.S. Jones
* Later known as: Simpson-Jones, P.T.
Son of Frederick Henry Jones (1877?-), and Constance Agnès Simpson.
Half-brother of Lt.Cdr. Digby Wallis Jones, RNVR.
Married 1st ((06?).1939, Horsham district, Sussex) Mary J. Murray.
Married 2nd (1948) Marie-Lucy Sylvain; one son, one daughter.

20.03.1914
Hampstead district, London
-
03.2010
[aged 96]
T/S.Lt. 12.01.1940
T/A/Lt. 12.01.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946

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

CBE

12.06.1971

HM's birthday 71: for services to British commercial interests in France

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, 1948, Officier 1973.

Education: RN School.
(03.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) *
03.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Enterprise (cruiser)
1940 - 1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, French destroyer "Le Triomphant"
15.01.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Exeter (cruiser)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
10.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Afrikander IV (RN base, Durban, South Africa)
15.01.1942 - (04.)1945 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
01.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
07.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Montclare (submarine depot ship)
01.10.1945 - (04.1946) Assistant Staff Officer (Intelligence), Hong Kong [HMS Tamar]
British Chamber of Commerce, France: Vice-President, 1967-1968 and 1970-1972; President, 1968-1970. Member, RNSA, 1955-. Président d'Honneur, Société Française des Industries Lucas, since 1980 (Président-Directeur Général, 1957-1980).
Published
:
Nine lives or the Felix Factor: the story of a naval officer in SOE during World War II (as told to Phillip Brutton) (2005)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Philip Trevor
P.T. Jones (Photo courtesy of Mr Ed Trevor-Jones)
03.1926
-
09.2001
T/Midsh. 30.03.1945
T/A/S.Lt. 28.09.1945
T/S.Lt. 28.03.1946 (reld > 10.1946)
(07.1945)     HMCS Ontario (Minotaur class cruiser) *
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) *
(10.1946)     no appointment listed
1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Jones,
Reginald Charles
see: Duff-Jones,
Reginald Charles
 
Jones,
Richard Henry
R.H. Jones
Son of Harold Henry Jones, and Doris Gertrude Turner, of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
(06?).1924
Banbury district, Oxfordshire
-
25.07.1943
[age 19]
[Felixstowe New Cemetery, block B, section K, grave 19]

T/Midsh.
?
19.04.1943
-
25.07.1943
HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for 4th MTB Flotilla)
[killed in action aboard HM MTB 223]
Jones,
Stanley
S. Jones
 
1899
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Purser with Blue Funnel Line (Alfred Holt & Co.).
29.06.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) (for service with Clyde & Scottish ports and then N.W. Ports)
22.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton) (for sea transport duties)
15.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)
21.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for sea transport duties)
Jones,
William Neville
W.N. Jones (© Imperial War Museum (A 17314))

Son of ... Jones, and ... Taylor.
25.07.1921
Warwick, Warwickshire
-
08.2003
Liverpool, Lancashire
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 25.07.1941
T/S.Lt. (A) 25.07.1942
T/Lt. (A) 25.01.1944
Lt. (A) 15.07.1952, seniority 25.07.1946
Lt.Cdr. (A) 25.07.1954
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) RNR 18.04.1966, seniority 25.07.1954 (retd 25.07.1979)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 14.12.1943 sorties Mediterranean against enemy shipping [investiture 09.05.1944]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 30.06.1942 operations from Malta
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VRD ? -
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VRD 07.05.1968 1st clasp
20.08.1941 - 23.09.1941 acting observer, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
24.09.1941 - (06.)1942 acting observer, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
01.07.1942 - (12.)1942 observer, 812 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
12.12.1942 - (02.)1943 observer, 811 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkneys)]
01.03.1943 - (04.)1945 observer, 821 Squadron FAA
05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Jordan,
Roy Edward
R.E. Jordan
?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
16.10.1943 (reld 1945/46)
04.1944
-
(06.1944)
pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Vindex for some time]
25.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
pilot, 735 Squadron FAA [HMS Ringtail]
Joseph,
Hubert Harold Perry
H.H.P. Joseph
Married ((12?).1937, Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire) ... Wegg.
(06?).1909
Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire
-
24.01.1963
Norwich district, Norfolk
T/Paym.S.Lt. 01.10.1939
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 31.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) 12.05.1944? (reld < 04.1946)
06.02.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
18.05.1942 - (12.1943) Secretary to Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden [HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden, Yemen)]
12.05.1944 - (07.1945) Assistant Secretary to Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock, Scotland)]
Joslin,
Paul Cundell
P.C. Joslin (Photo courtesy of Mr Brent Westwood) P.C. Joslin
Son of Arnold Gervis Joslin, and Marjorie Revill Joslin (née Cundell).
Married (1950, Denmark) Dorrit ...; one son, one daughter.
05.02.1922
Upminster, Romford district, Essex
-
07.03.2006
West Suffolk Hospital
T/A/S.Lt. 21.05.1942
T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942
T/Lt. 21.11.1944
Lt. 1946?, seniority 21.11.1944
Lt.Cdr. 21.11.1952 (retd 13.04.1959)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration VRD 01.08.1958 -
      served in the Fleet Air Arm
(08.1942) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
21.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base):
      HM LCH 275 (landing craft, headquarters)
1946? - 13.04.1959 served Permanent RNVR (amalgamated into RNR)
Justice of the Peace (JP).
Joyce,
William Robert Trevor
W.R.T. Joyce
Son of Maurice Leek Joyce (1887-1973), and Elsie May Checkley (1890-1937).
Married ((06?).1951, Chichester district, West Susex) Mona Y.A. Robinson; two children.
22.07.1921
Maidenhead district, Berkshire
-
29.10.1981
East Wittering, Chichester district, West Sussex
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 06.12.1941
T/S.Lt. (A) 22.07.1942
T/Lt. (A) 06.06.1944 (reld 18.05.1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 11.06.1946 wind up Far East
Farmer.
(02.1942) - (04.1942) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
08.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa) (for Fleet Air Arm Pool)
(10.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed
26.02.1943 - (04.)1943 pilot, 895 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
05.07.1943 - (02.)1944 pilot, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire), later HMS Tracker (Archer class escort carrier)[
25.02.1944 - (04.)1944 pilot, 879 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)]
30.05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Formidable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (despatches)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Judd,
Donald Meldrum
D.M. Judd
Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Thomas L. Judd (1880-1937), and Hilda Martin (1880-1943).
Married 1st (17.04.1947, St Margaret's, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) Madeline Dee (29.05.1922 - 08.12.2013); four sons.
Married 2nd ((09?).1980, Westminster district, London) Jean Judd (née Abbott)..
31.07.1919
Billericay district, Essex
-
06.09.1985
Winchester, Hampshire
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 18.11.1940
T/S.Lt. (A) 1941, seniority 18.11.1940
T/Lt. (A) 18.05.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) ? (reld 12.1945)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 01.05.1945 Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang 01.45) [investiture 27.11.45]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 29.09.1942 air attack on Tobruk 03.42
Passed a degree in Law (at the age of 19) and qualified as a Solicitor.
(12.1940)     no appointment listed
(02.1941)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) *
17.02.1941 - (04.)1941 pilot, 767 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
07.04.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)
31.07.1941 - (08.)1942 pilot, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)]
04.08.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)
01.02.1943 - 30.10.1944 pilot, 845 Squadron FAA (at Quonset Point, from 01.06.1943 HMS Chaser, from 06.07.1943 at Hatston, from 01.1944 at Machrihanish, HMS Illustrious from 05.04.1944, HMS Ameer from 07.1944, at Colombo from 10.1944)
11.1944 - 20.04.1945 senior pilot, 849 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)]
[Involved in the strikes against Pangkalan Brandan (Operation Lentil). On the way to the target his engine failed and he had to ditch about 5 miles off the coast of Sumatra. After some abortive searches by aircraft from HMS Victorious he and his crew were spotted and some destroyers directed to them. They were picked up by HMS Undine. He was then involved in the strikes against Palembang as well as the operations against airfields in the Sakishima Gunto (during the US Invasion of Okinawa).]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
30.07.1945 - (10.)1945 Commanding Officer, 711 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
After the war he joined a London law firm, subsequently becoming the Senior partner of that firm
Published: Avenger from the sky (1985)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Julian,
Geoffrey Court
see: RNZNVR section  
Juncker,
Robert Clifford
R.C. Juncker (Photo courtesy of Mr K.J. Lindsay)
25.06.1921
-
11.1991
Westminster district, London
Prob. T/Midsh. 05.09.1940
T/Lt. 01.10.1943
      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind
Justice,
James Norval Harold *
also known as: J.N.H. Robertson-Justice
J.N.H. Justice as an actor in military uniform in one of his films. More photos on the website dedicated to him (just click the picture).
Only son of late James Norval Justice, DSc, MIMM.
Married 1st Dilys (marr. dissolved 1968).
Lived together with (eventually married 1975 ??) Baroness Irene Isabella Margarete Pauline Caecilia "Irina" von Meyendorff (06.06.1916 - 28.09.2001), actress.

* during his RNVR service initially known as J.N.H. Justice, later as J.N.H. Robertson
15.06.1907
Lee, Lewisham, London
-
02.07.1975
King's Somborne, Hampshire
T/S.Lt. (E)
23.02.1941
T/Lt. (E)
01.1942, seniority 23.07.1941 (reld 1943)
Education: Marlborough College; [Bonn University (Dr Phil, Nat. Sci.) ??] *
Became a journalist, working in Canada. A committed socialist, he joined the International Brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War (as a Captain?).
1941?


joined RNVR



MV Georgic (troop ship)



HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Actor (of notable fame). His most famous roles were perhaps in the "Doctor" series of British comedy films in which he portrayed the patriarchal surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt. Robertson Justice starred in 80 films between 1944 and 1970, including seven Doctor films. Rector of the University of Edinburgh, 1957-1960, 1963-1966. Described his career as: "... undistinguished but varied, comprising some three score jobs in different parts of the world. Inventor of the rocket propelled net method of catching wildfowl for marking." LLD (Hon.) Edinburgh, 1960.
Published: various papers on ornithology, ecology and conservation.

* James Robertson Justice seemed to have a liking for leading people astray as far as his personal life is concerned. He always maintained to have been born in Wigtown on 15.06.1905, which is incorrect. His study at the Bonn University hasn't been confirmed yet. Still a lot of mysticism around this person, which led a most adventurous & unconventional life. View the website that has been dedicated to him.


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