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1939-1945

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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 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

James,
David Pelham
[later: Guthrie-James, David]
D.P. James

25.12.1919
-
15.12.1986

T/Lt.

11.07.1942

	MBE	18.07.1944
	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 Exped., 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)

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)

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]

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

?
-

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

Jervis,
Charles Walter Lionel
C.W.L. Jervis

(03?).1915
Exeter, Devon
-
1989
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:

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Job,
Patrick Dalzel
[later: Dalzel-Job, Patrick]
P.D. Job

1913
-

T/Lt.	08.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.	?
Cdr.	? (retd 1955)

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)

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)

Johnson,
Eric Robert Abraham
E.R.A. Johnson

?
-
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)

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,
George Edwin
G.E. Johnson

Son of Edwin Charles and Rosina Mary Johnson.
Husband of Annie E. Johnson, of Upminster, Essex; at least one son.

13.12.1897
Pancras, London
-
01.09.1944
[age 46]
[Rome War Cemetery, Italy, I, F, 30]

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,
Richard Alfred
R.A. Johnson

?
Boston, Lincolnshire
-

T/S.Lt.	23.10.1941
T/Lt.	01.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

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,
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]

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 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,
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,
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 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,
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]

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]

Joslin,
Paul Cundell
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/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)

VRD

01.08.1958

			served in the Fleet Air Arm
(10.1944)			no appointment listed
21.11.1944	-	(04.1946)	HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
1946?	-	13.04.1959	served Permanent RNVR (amalgamated into RNR)

Judd,
Donald Meldrum
D.M. Judd

Married Jean Judd.

(09?).1919 ?
Billericay district, Essex ?
-
1985
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 < 04.1946)

	DSC	01.05.1945	Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang 01.45) [investiture 27.11.45]
	MID	29.09.1942	air attack on Tobruk 03.42

(02.1941)			HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) *
31.07.1941	-	(08.1942)	pilot, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)]
01.02.1943	-	(06.1944)	pilot, 845 Squadron FAA
(01.1945)			HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)
(07.1945)			no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Justice,
James Norval Harold *
also known as: J.N.H. Robertson-Justice

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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