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Lacome, Bernard "Bunny" Married (1948, Ottawa, Ont.) Shirley Fay Evenchick; three daughters, one son.	14.01.1923 Alexandra Park, London, Middlesex - Toronto, Ont., Canada	Ord.Tel. 1942 T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.06.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.12.1943 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1945? (reld 28.03.1946) Lt. (L) RCN(R) 1951	1942 with a background in amateur radio and actuarial mathematics, volunteered for service in the RNVR as a telegraphist 03.04.1942 - 19.11.1942 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 20.11.1942 - 25.12.1942 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) 26.12.1942 - 07.01.1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) 08.01.1943 - 11.03.1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) 12.03.1943 - 27.06.1943 HMS Mercury (HM Signal School, nr Petersfield) 28.06.1943 - 14.01.1944 long radar course, RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.01.1944 - (07.)1945 Radar Officer, 2nd-in-command, HMS Beehive (Felixstowe) 15.09.1945 - (03.1946?) Radar Officer, HMIS Narbada (sloop), also: Port Radar Officer (PRADO), Bombay (India) * 10.10.1951 transferred to RCN(R) Assoc. Brit. I.R.E., 1946. Emigrated to Canada. Briefly designed and manufactured radios, phonographs, etc. with Breadner Company Ltd. Then, after a number of career changes, studied at Carleton University and York University. Obtained Ph.D. in psychology. Lectured at York University and Seneca College. Served on the Boards of numerous agencies in and around Toronto. Engaged in private practice. Retired 1988. * probably on loan to RIN, although Apr 1946 Navy List has him listed as RINVR
Laing, Richard Baggott	07.03.1917 - 03.2000 Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk	T/Lt. 07.03.1942 (reld 1945/46?) MID 29.07.1941 Inshore Squadron with the Army Egypt & Cyrenaica	20.10.1940 (08.1942) HMS Aphis (river gunboat) 01.09.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 253 (motor torpedo boat) 20.11.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 780 (motor torpedo boat)
Laird, Henri Colin Campbell   From London.	03.09.1908 - (12?).1971 St Marylebone district, London	T/Lt. 02.11.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 11.08.1943 ? T/A/Cdr. 01.1945 ? 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Pac St - - Def Med - - 39|45 WM - -	Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne Played rugby football for the Harlequins & from 1927 also for England. (02.1941) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * 20.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Lookout (destoyer) 11.08.1943 - 01.1945 Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.1945 - (07.1945) Assistant Director of the Naval Information Department (Industrial Publicity), Admiralty * indexed, but not listed as such
Laity, George Edgar Son of ... Laity, and ... Curnow. Married ((12?).1944, Kerrier district, Cornwall) Dorothy M. Penberthy; one son, one daughter.	(06?).1919 Penzance district, Cornwall - 24.10.2010 Treliske Hospital (of Truro, formerly of Falmouth)	T/S.Lt. 29.11.1940 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.1942, seniority 29.11.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	26.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) 08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (for miscellaneous services) 01.02.1945 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Ratings Division, Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 [HMS Fox (RN base Lerwick, Shetlands)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such Bard ("Morgarer"), Bude Castle, 1961.
Lamb, Edward Robert Son of Walter Thomas and Beatrice Lamb. Married ((06?).1931, Wandsworth district, London) Winifred Maud Mills, of Sidcup, London.	(09?).1909 Lambeth district, London - 21.11.1943 (died of illness) [age 34] [Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone, 5.E.1]	T/S.Lt. 04.09.1942 T/Lt. 04.06.1943	(10.1942)     no appointment listed 01.11.1942 - 21.11.1943 HMS Wolverine (destroyer)
Lambert, Bertram Claude	19.06.1906 Barnet district, Greater London /  Middlesex - 03.1997 Camborne- Redruth district, Cornwall	T/Lt. 13.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945	(02.1941) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) * (07.1945) no appointment listed 27.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lambert, Wilfred Son of William Taylor Lambert (?-1926), of Kingston-upon-Hull. Married (07.09.1929, Kingston-upon-Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire) Irene May Lowe (16.02.1903 - ), daughter of Norman Carter Lowe, of Kingston-upon-Hull; one son, ond daughter.	26.09.1903 Kingston-upon-Hull, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire - 08.05.1970 Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire	Prob. Lt. 07.06.1939 Lt. 1940, seniority 07.06.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. 28.12.1942 A/Cdr. 22.11.1944 Lt.Cdr. 07.06.1946 Cdr. 31.12.1946 Capt. 30.06.1950 (retd 30.06.1958) MID 21.11.1944 probable sinking of U-boat Plymouth Area 30.06.44 VRD 17.02.1953 -	Education: Hull Technical College; Trinity House Navigation School. 16.03.1937     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to Tyne Division RNVR) 07.06.1939     commissioned RNVR (Humber Division) 19.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Galatea (cruiser) 23.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn II (RN base, Halifax, NS) 09.10.1940 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Burnham (destroyer) 28.12.1942 - 12.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Ramsey (destroyer) [Arrived with ship's company of HMS Ramsey at Bethlehem Yard in March 1943 to take over command of HMS Essington.] 07.09.1943 - 29.09.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Essington (frigate) (despatches) [Commissioned ship 19.06.1943] * (10.1944)     no appointment listed 22.11.1944 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Intelligence), Dover Command [HMS Lynx] [1945 with a detachment accepted the surrender of two German U-boats in Dover Harbour] 1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Louis (frigate) (04.1946)     HMS Cooke (?) *       After the war he had command of a squadron of destroyers in Victoria Docks, Hull prior to being returned to the USA. Started the Humber Division RNVR in Hull with name of HMS Galatea, being in command 1946-1958; RNVR ADC to HM the Queen, 1955-1957. Vice-chairman G. & T. Earle Ltd, cement manufacturers, Hull. Managing director, Earle's Region Cement Marketing Co., London; Humber Conservancy Board, Hull Savings Bank. Past president, Institute of Marketing, Hull Branch. Past president Hull Works Sports Association. Chairman East Yorkshire Committee of Sail Training Association. RAC, RNVR & Royal Yorkshire Yacht Clubs. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), East Riding of Yorkshire, 09.06.1952. * The Navy List of Aug 1943 is showing Lt.Cdr. E.M. MacKay, DSC, RNR in command from 04.06.1943. Lambert is showing in command from 07.09.1943 onwards. ** Indexed, but not listed as such.
Lancaster, James Donald	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 15.03.1940 T/Lt. 15.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) OBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56: as Second Secretary HM's embassy Saigon DSC 10.08.1943 sinking supply ship Bizerta 26.04.43 [decoration posted] DSC 05.05.1944 action Mediterranean 18.12.43 MID 19.12.1944 sinking large supply ship Adriatic	07.10.1940 - (07.)1941 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 14 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 17.11.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 311 (motor torpedo boat) [10th MTB Flotilla] 19.06.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 287 (motor torpedo boat) Senior Officer, 20th MTB Flotilla (10.1944)     HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * (07.1945)     no appointment listed Served Foreign Office. * indexed, but not listed as such
Lang, Cecil John	28.02.1924 - 10.2001 Oundle and Thrapston district, Northamptonshire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.11.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 05.05.1944 MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	15.11.1943 - (04.1946) HMS President III (accounting base for naval personnel allocated to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS)) (MBE)
Lansky, Miroslav Stanley	19.06.1925 St Marylebone district, Greater London -	T/A/S.Lt. 19.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Russian emigree. 20.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Venomous (destroyer)
Lansley, John Robert Son of Albert Victor Lansley (1887-1976), and Isabelle Jones (1888-1981). Married ((09?).1950, Westminster district, London) Anne Lockey (28.04.1913 - 10.1995), who was earlier married to Reginald G. Morgan.	19.08.1917 Islington district, London - 27.04.2008 St. George's Hospital, Tooting (formerly of Raynes Park, London SW20 8PF)	T/A/El.S.Lt. 15.02.1943 T/El.S.Lt. 15.08.1943 T/A/El.Lt. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 T/El.Lt. 01.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(02?).1943 - (04.)1943 minesweeper course 19.05.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 23.04.1945 - (10.)1945 Executive Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven (depot ship) 03.12.1945 - 13.01.1946 Admiralty [HMS President] 14.01.1946 - (04.1946) Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] MIEE.
Larcombe, Walter Stoddart Son of Joseph Walter Larcombe, marine engineer, and Emily Dainty. Married ((09?).1938, Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Dr Helen Elizabeth Wight, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH (11.05.1911 - 11.2001), general practitioner in Alton, Hampshire; four sons.	02.07.1907 Belfast, Co. Down - 22.11.1992 Alresford, Winchester district, Hampshire	T/Sg.Lt. 23.10.1940 T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1943? (reld < 04.1946)	Education: MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond (01.02.1935). 23.11.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Derbyshire (armed merchant cruiser) 16.02.1942 - (02.)1943 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 01.02.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Striker (escort carrier) 04.12.1944 - (04.)1945 RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 22.06.1945 - (07.1945) RN Sick Quarters, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] Late Resident Medical Officer, Bridgewater Hospital. House Surgeon & House Surgeon Fract. Clinic & Res. Obst. & Gyn. House Surgeon, Bristol General Hospital.
Lattimer, George John	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.11.1940 ?, seniority 08.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	29.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa) (12.1941) HMS Jay * 28.08.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) ** (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such ** (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Lauder, Hugh Lived at Glasgow (1949).	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 1942? T/S.Lt. 10.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	10.12.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Lauder, James	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.06.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	10.06.1941 - (07.1945) on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] (10.1943) - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Intelliegence)
Laugharne, Albert Gordon Son of Albert and Rose Laughame. Husband of Rosamond Mair Laughame, of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire; one daughter.	(03?).1917 Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire / Dyfed / Pembrokeshire - 15.06.1944 [age 27] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 93, column 1]	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 24.03.1944	Education: Univeristy (BA) 25.01.1944 - 15.06.1944 HMS Blackwood (frigate) (ship torpedoed and sunk by U-764 off Portland)
Law, Desmond Bernard "Dick" Son of ... Law, and ... Byrne.	23.05.1920 Brentford district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex - 09.1996 Isle of Wight [Church of St. Mary and St. Gabriel Cemetery, South Harting, West Sussex]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 13.01.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) 01.06.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 07.1945 Lt. RN 1946?, seniority 01.06.1941 A/Lt.Cdr. RN < 04.1946 Lt.Cdr. RN 01.06.1949 Cdr. RN 31.12.1952 Capt. RN 31.12.1957 (retd 28.02.1967) CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 [investiture 19.07.67] MBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49 DSC 20.11.1945 minesweeping Puket Island, Salang 07.45 [decoration posted] MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	19.07.1941 - 02.1943 pilot, 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria) [supporting 8th Army, Western Desert] 22.02.1943 - (06.)1943 pilot, 787 Squadron FAA, the Naval Air Fighter Development Unit at RAF Duxford [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 04.11.1943 - (06.)1944 pliot, 886 Squadron FAA (flying Seafires) [HMS Attacker (escort carrier), then HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 11.09.1944 - (10.)1944 pilot, 715 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] (exchange pilot with US Air Force, flying Mustangs with 352nd US Fighter Group) 12.12.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA (Long Kesh) [HMS Emperor (escort carrier), then HMS Shah (escort carrier), then HMS Khedive (escort carrier)] (East Indies Fleet) 20.05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Ameer (escort carrier)] 1946?     transferred to RN 06.01.1946 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, 736 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] 03.05.1948 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, 806 Squadron FAA 29.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMS Implacable (05.1950)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * (05.1953)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 16.09.1953 - (04.1955) Staff Officer (Air), British Joint Services Mission, Washington, DC [HMS Saker] 16.01.1956 - (01.1957) Commander (Air), HMS Bulwark 17.01.1958 - 11.01.1960 Commanding Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (01.1960)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 28.04.1960 - (07.)1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Ruthven 08?.1961     Assistant Director of Plans, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.09.1962 - (02.)1964 Chief of Staff to Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] 19.12.1964 - 27.12.1966 Commanding Officer, HMS Bulwark (1967)     staff of COMFEF AFRAeS. * indexed, but not listed as such
Law, Ronald Pakenham Son of Horace Samuel Law (1873-1940), MD, FRCSI, and Sybil Mary Clay (1878-1952). Brother of Adm. Sir Horace Rochfort Law, RN. Cousin ot S.Lt. Thomas Pakenham Law, RNVR (their fathers were brothers). Married 1st (22.02.1941) Pamela Anne Goff (divorced 1952); two sons. Married 2nd (12.06.1953) Margaret Elizabeth Irene Martin (divorced 1961). Married 3rd (01.09.1967) Angela Crawshaw; one adopted son.	16.01.1917 - (09?).1983 Halifax district, West Yorkshire	T/S.Lt. 07.02.1941 T/Lt. 07.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 20.10.1942 sinking Pietro Calvi 07.42 * [investiture 01.12.42] * He was part of the boarding party, retrieving the signals log.	29.05.1941 - (08.1942) anti-submarine officer, HMS Lulworth (escort) 04.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Woodcock (sloop)
Law, Thomas Pakenham Son of Alexander Henry Law (1876-1956), and Isabel Marshall. Cousin of Adm. Sir Horace Rochfort Law, RN, and Lt. Ronald Pakenham Law, RNVR (their fathers were brothers). Married (09.08.1958) Anne Sybil Katarine Chapman; two sons, one daughter.	16.06.1924 - 01.02.2004 South & West Dorset district, Dorset	T/S.Lt. 30.06.1944 (reld 1946?)	12.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tuscan (destroyer) 21.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Golden Hind II (RN repair base, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW) 1948 sailing teacher, King Alfred School, Plön (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Lawes, Francis George Ryland Son of George William Lawes (1884?-), and Kate Ryland Huggins (1883-). Married ((03?).1945, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Kathmin B. Wood ((06?).1921 - ), daughter of Edward D. Wood, and Beatrice Louisa Aikens (1890-); ... children (two sons?).	12.07.1913 Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent - 01.1996 Surrey North Western district, Surrey	T/S.Lt. 23.09.1939 T/Lt. 23.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1940)     HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) * 23.09.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) 28.01.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (additional; for various services) (04.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) * 13.05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames) (for Divisional Sea Transport Office) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lawler, Dennis Minter Son of Maria Elizabeth Lawler, of Johannesburg, South Africa.	1916 ? - 25.08.1942 [age 26] [Arbroath Western Cemetery, D.16]	T/S.Lt. (A) 08.09.1941	(12.1941)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * 15.03.1942 - 25.08.1942 pilot, 886 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lawrence, Leonard Walter	? - 04.12.1972	T/Lt. 12.09.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	28.07.1941 - 07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Muskeeta 02.07.1942 - (02.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 348 (motor launch) [initially at HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)] 24.02.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
Lawrence, Ronald Joseph	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 22.10.1943 T/S.Lt. 22.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	20.11.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Laws, David Graham	? -	Prob. T/Midsh. (A) 14.03.1945 T/A/S.Lt. (A) 03.11.1945 T/S.Lt. (A) 03.05.1946 (reld 1946?)	(07.1945) no appointment listed 18.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Peregrine
Laws, George David From Orpington.	04.10.1912 ? - 02.1988 ? Beverley, Yorkshire ?	T/Lt. 15.05.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1946? (reld 1946?) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 DSC 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia, 05.43)	07.04.1943 - (08.1943) Navigating Officer, HMS Acute (minesweeper) 13.12.1944 - (07.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Fairy (minesweeper)
Laws, Gilbert James	20.06.1913 Loughborough district, Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire - 10.1989 Winchester, Hampshire	T/Sg.Lt. 02.02.1942 MRCS, LRCP, MB, BCh	05.03.1945 - (07.1945) Assistant Medical Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
Laws, Robert Alan	26.03.1916 - 11.2003 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	T/Paym.S.Lt. 04.10.1940 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.01.1941, seniority 04.10.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.10.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 T/Lt. (L) 18.04.1951, seniority 04.10.1941	11.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Wellesley (RN training establishment, Liverpool) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Lawson, Arnold Derek Arthur Son of Sir Arnold Lawson (1867-1947) and Helen Hargreaves Clark (died 1944). Married (12.04.1944, London) Hon. Flora Breckinridge Fermor- Hesketh, daughter of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh; two daughters.	04.10.1907 St Marylebone, London - 03.1984 Towcester, Northamptonshire	T/Lt. 23.11.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1944? (reld < 04.1946) MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42	08.03.1937     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR] (04.1940)     no appointment listed 23.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn II (RN base, Halifax, NS) 10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Beverley (destroyer) 03.11.1942 - (02/03).1944 HMS Middleton (destroyer) 13.01.1943 - (02/03).1944 First Lieutenant 01.08.1944 - 06.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer) (07.1945)     no appointment listed Solicitor (till 31.12.1950 with the firm Burch & Co.). Justice of the Peace (JP).
Lawson, Brian	? -	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.01.1943 GM 08.12.1942 mine disposal Northern Ireland 41	Education: BSc 24.07.1940 - (06.1944) Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) 01.02.1946 - (04.1946) Bomb and Mine Disposal Section, Underwater Weapons Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty)
Lawson, Robert Graham From Barrhead, Renfrewshire.	18.07.1918 East Kilbride, Lanarkshire - 17.02.2010 East Linton	T/S.Lt. (A) 01.07.1940 T/Lt. (A) 01.07.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 07.06.1943? (reld 07.05.1946) MID 16.09.1941 sinking of Bismarck MID 30.01.1945 Operation Millet (air strikes Nancowry Island & bombardment of Nicobar 10-11.44)	25.09.1940 - (05.1941) pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), later HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier)] (Bismarck action in aircraft 5L) 07.06.1943 - (08.1943) Commanding Officer, 838 Squadron FAA 01.09.1943 - 12.1944 Commanding Officer, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN base, Lee-on-Solent), later HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] 02.01.1945 - (07.1945) Air Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Leaf, Edward Derek Walter Son of Lt. Charles Symonds Leaf, R.M., and the Hon. Mrs. C.B. Leaf (née Kay-Shuttleworth). Husband of Doreen Laurie Leaf, of Herringfleet, Suffolk.	(09?).1918 Farnham district - 15.02.1944  (KIA) [age 25] [Barbon (St. Bartholomew) Churchyard, Shuttleworth family plot]	T/S.Lt. 29.10.1939 T/Lt. < 09.1941? DSC 19.08.1941 actions with E-boats 04.41 & 06.41 DSC 02.05.1944 4 E-boats damaged Nore 04.02.44 MID 15.09.1942 engagement convoy & escort 30.06.42 FRGS	Education: BA (Cantab.) 29.10.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Prosperine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) 13.09.1940 - (02.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MASB 54 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)] (04.1941) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 61 (motor gun boat) 15.09.1941 - (06.1943) 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, later HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)]: (11.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB ... (motor gun boat) (06.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 91 (motor gun boat) 07.1943 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 126 (motor gun boat) 07.1943 - 15.02.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 444 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 3rd MTB Flotilla
Leapman, Kenneth Leon Son of ... Leapman, and ... Crace.	(06?).1923 West Ham, Greater London - 14.03.1944 (MIA) [age 20] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 6]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 06.02.1944	(03?).1944 - 14.03.1944 pilot, 855 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, USA), based at USN Air Station, Squantum] [flying in Grumman Avenger (JZ496), when it failed to return from an anti-submarine bombing exercise off Cape Cod]
Leatham, John Lawson Son of ... Leatham, and ... Riley. Married Maureen; three daughters. obituary	01.07.1924 Wetherby district - 10.10.2003 Greece	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.07.1944 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 04.1946 MBE 14.08.1945 relief of Greece	Education: St Aidan's House, Ampleford College (to 1942) 20.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services) (03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "Averoff" (Greek cruiser) MI6 - clandestine operations in Albania 1949-50; journalism and broadcasting in Greece 1951-55; led archaeological underwater survey in Crete 1955; Clare College, Cambridge 1955-56; Head of Greek-language service, BBC World Service 1957-61; farming Buckinghamshire 1961-70; Conservative candidate in 1964 and 1966 General Elections; business consultant, writer, translator in Greece 1969-2003; Consultant to the President of the American College of Greece, Athens.
Leavey, Kenneth Gordon Durham Married ((03?).1936, Greenwich district, London) Avril Tanton Clemow ((06?).1911-).	27.07.1911 Medway district, Kent - 03.2001 East Surrey district, Surrey	Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 15.12.1933 Paym.S.Lt. 22.10.1935, seniority 15.12.1933 Paym.Lt. 15.12.1935 A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. < 08.1942 Lt.Cdr. (S) 15.12.1943 (< 04.1946) MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43	15.12.1933 joined RNVR - London Division, List 2 09.10.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Sandhurst (repair ship) 09.09.1940 - (08.1942) HMS Adventure (cruiser minelayer) (1943?) HMS .... (Syracuse, Sicily) 06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for duty at Barletta) (11.1945) HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
Lee, Albert Jack Rodney Son of Robert R. Lee, and Gladys E. Manton. Married ((09?).1948, Camelford district, Cornwall) Mary I. Symons.	05.09.1925 Barnstaple district, Devon - 08.2010 still alive	T/Midsh. 09.06.1944 T/A/S.Lt.  05.03.1945 T/S.Lt. 05.09.1945 Lt. RN 05.09.1947 (emgcy 01.01.1952) Lt. RNR 1960/61?, seniority 17.04.1956 Lt.Cdr. RNR (Sp.Br.) 04.06.1965, seniority 17.04.1964 (retd 05.09.1975) RD 16.01.1968 -	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 16.10.1944 - (01.)1945 Third Officer, HM ML 923 (motor launch) 17.05.1945 - (07.1945) Third Officer, HM ML 196 (motor launch) 11.03.1946 - (04.1946) First Lieutenant, HM ML 248 (motor launch) 1946?     HMS Black Swan (sloop) (Yellow Sea) 1946/47?     transferred, RN (07.1948)     HMS Ausonia * 20.07.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Cavendish (05.1950)     HMS Venus * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lee, Anthony Clifford Widdrington Son of ... Lee, and ... Hughes.	(12?).1923 Stratford upon Avon district, Gloucestershire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt.  01.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	07.1943? - 03.1944? HM MTB 223 (motor torpedo boat) ? 25.10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) (for miscellaneous services) 01.02.1945 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 389 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lee, Arthur James "General"	? -	T/S.Lt. 12.1941? T/Lt. 11.03.1944 (reld 1945/46) DSC 28.09.1943 attack convoy off IJmuiden 25.07.43 DSC 17.10.1944 coastal forces action 20.07.44	15.12.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 233 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 19.04.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 224 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 09.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 388 (motor torpedo boat)
Lee, Derek Armitage	10.11.1911 Englewood, New Jersey, USA - 11.04.1985 Manhattan, New York, USA	T/S.Lt. 10.04.1941 T/Lt. 10.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.1944 (reld 31.03. 1946)	Textiles businessman from New York.       joined RNVR as an American citizen (06?).194 - 08.1941 HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) 26.08.1941 - 07.1943 HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) 07.1943 - 12.1943 HMS Braithwaite (frigate) 19.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA)       Commanding Officer, (British) Commando Operational Maritime Unit attached to OSS, India-Burma Theatre Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).
Lee, Edgar Frederick	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (A) 18.05.1941 T/Lt. (A) 18.11.1943 DSO 03.03.1942 attack Scharnhorst & Gneisenau 12.02.42 [investiture 07.07.42]	(02.1942) 825 Squadron FAA
Lee, Edward Kendrick	02.02.1901 London, Hendon district, Middlesex - (06?).1971 Folkestone district, Kent	T/Lt. (A) 16.02.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	Earned flying licence at Tollerton Aero Club, 01.04.1939. (04.1940)     Fleet Air Arm 12.10.1940 - (10.)1943 pilot & from c. 1942 Commanding Officer, 750 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] 12.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Garuda (RN Aircraft Repair Yard, Coimbatore, India) 01.02.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Kalugu (RN Air Station, Cochin, India) eventually flew over 1300 hours as a pilot and never was hurt or any of his crew
Lee, Harold Arthur Barry	26.05.1908 Wandsworth, London - 07.1988 Honiton, Devon	T/S.Lt. 10.09.1943 (reld 1945/46) 1939-45, Burma and France and Germany stars, War medal and Naval GS with Minesweeping 1945-51 bar	01.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Tadoussac (minesweeper)
Lee, Henry Morton	? -	T/A/.Lt. 27.08.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 CdeG ? Operation Dragoon	(10.1944)     HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) * (07.1945) HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) * 15.10.1945 - (04.1946) on staff of Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lee, John Edwin	? -	T/S.Lt. 23.04.1942 T/Lt. 23.07.1942 (reld 1945/46) 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star (with  France and Germany bars), Italy Star	(07.1945) no appointment listed
Lee, Kenneth William Son of ... Lee, and ... Wilkinson. Married Margaret (née ...); one son.	(03?).1915 Burton upon Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire - 11.02.2007 Helston Community Hospital, Cornwall [aged 92]	T/S.Lt. 17.07.1941 T/Lt. 17.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.07.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Chalcedony (minesweeping trawler) Former Chairman of Sketchley's.
Lee, Philip Gordon Son of ... Lee. and ... Herbert.	(12?).1918 Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire - (12?).1967 Salisbury district, Wiltshire [aged 48]	T/S.Lt. 16.10.1941 T/Lt. 01.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 13.10.1942 action R-boats Dover 16.08.42 [investiture 01.12.42] DSC 03.08.1943 action trawlers & R-boats 28.05.43 [decoration posted] DSC 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre [decoration posted] [medals at NMM]	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 02.02.1942   (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 10 (motor gun boat) [HMS Wasp] 19.10.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 115 (motor gun boat) [HMS Wasp] 02.03.1943 - 06.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 118 (motor gun boat) [HMS Wasp] 01.10.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Weymouth) (09.1944?)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 10.11.1944 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
Lee, Richard John Son of Frederick John and Lydia Rosa Lee, of Ferring, Sussex.	1920 ? - 12.05.1943 (KIA) [age 22] [Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?	? - 12.05.1943 811 Squadron FAA [HMS Biter (escort carrier)] [while flying a patrol in a Swordfish Mk.II shot down by gunfire from the German submarine U230, the aircraft exploded on hitting the water killing all on board]
Lee, Simon Wulstan Romanis Son of William W. Lee, and Naomi Speller. Married ((12?).1967, Hampsted district, Middlesex) Monica A. Benda; four children.	03.06.1924 Birmingham, Kings Norton district, Warwickshire - 12.12.2000 Kensington and Chelsea district, London	T/A/S.Lt. 25.02.1944 T/S.Lt. 25.08.1944 (reld 11.09.1946)	20.10.1942     HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham) 10.1942 - 08.1943 released to unpaid reserve 11.08.1943 - 23.10.1943 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 24.10.1943 - 27.11.1943 HMS Diomede (cruiser; boys' training ship, Devonport) 28.11.1943 - 24.02.1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 10.04.1944     reported for duty at HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) 03.05.1944     reported for duty in Liverpool 21.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Kilmore (patrol vessel) (as victualling and watchkeeping officer; watchkeeping certificate 30.01.1945) 22.10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Tocogay (danlayer)
Lefever, Donald Clement Son of Charles R. Lefever, and Ellen M. Clement. Married ((09?).1948, Southend-on-Sea district, Essex) Pauline V. Smart (born 1928); ... children (one daughter?).	03.05.1924 Rochford district, Essex / Suffolk -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 03.05.1944 (reld 1946) MBE 01.01.1997 for services to the Butler Trust	24.06.1942 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Conrwall) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training estalbishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 15.09.1943 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM ML 149 (motor launch) (07.1945) - (04.1946) HM ML 149 (motor launch) * Worked for F. van Lanschot, bankers, at 's Hertogenbosch (living in Vught), the Netherlands, 1974-1978. * indexed, but not listed as such
Legard, Edwin Richard Married; one daughter, two sons.	20.08.1909 Winchester, Hampshire - (12?).1973 Stratton district	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 21.08.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	26.06.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for Landing Craft, Tank (LCTs)) 24.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty [possibly on Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)])
Legat, Eric Hugh Brother of Lt. R.C.E. Legat, RNVR. Lived in Hampshire. Married Jane Sparks; three daughters.	? - 04.2008 still alive	T/Midsh. ? T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 28.02.1944 T/A/Lt. 28.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	28.12.1942 - (02.)1943 4th MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] (06.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 69 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)] 24.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (04.1946)     HMS Bressay (minesweeping trawler) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Legat, Richard Charles Eddowes Brother of Lt. E.H. Legat, RNVR. Lived in Pembroke & Surrey. Married Jill Rhodes; one son, two daughters.	28.10.1921 - 04.2008 still alive	T/A/S.Lt. 28.10.1941 T/S.Lt. 28.10.1942 T/Lt. 28.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	08.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches) (1942?)     HMS Blencathra (destroyer) ? 26.08.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Mackay (destroyer) 11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Eglinton (destroyer) (04.1946) no appointment listed
Legg, William Ivor Lionel "Bill" Son of William Henry Legg (1863-1936), and Eleanor Evans (1862-1958). Married Jean Renwick Airey.	10.05.1897 Harwich, Tendring district, Essex - ? Australia	Army:   2nd Lt. 01.08.1917 Lt. 01.02.1919 (Unemployed List 26.10.1919) SSRNVR:   A/S.Lt. 28.04.1934 S.Lt. 1935/36? A/Lt. 1935? Lt. 28.04.1936 Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1939 RNVR:   T/Lt.Cdr. 06.1942, seniority 30.09.1939 T/A/Cdr. > 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld 25.04.1946)	? - 31.07.1917 Officer Cadet Unit 01.08.1917 - 19.04.1920 commissioned, 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment (Territorial Force) 20.04.1920 - 25.08.1920 Territorial Force Reserve [of Officers] c. 1929 joined Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 02.09.1940     mobilized (02.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed 02.1942 evacuated from Singapore to Australia and retained there for service in RAN (06.1942 officially transferred to RNVR) 10.03.1942 - 29.06.1942 HMAS Cerberus (RAN base, Williamstown, Vict.) (additional; for Navy Office) [lent to RAN] 30.06.1942 - 30.09.1942 HMAS Brisbane (RANVR depot, Brisbane) (additional; later as Senior Naval Liaison Officer, Air HQ) [lent to RAN] 01.10.1942 - 16.11.1942 HMAS Moreton (RAN base, Brisbane) [lent to RAN] 17.11.1942 - 31.12.1942 HMAS Magnetic (RAN base, Townsville, Queensland) (additional; as Assistant Staff Officer (Operations), Base Staff Port Moresby) [lent to RAN] 01.01.1943 - 28.03.1943 HMAS Basilisk (RAN base, Port Moresby, New Guinea) [lent to RAN] (05.01.1943-19.02.1943 at HMS Goonambee, 20.02.1943-28.02.1943 at HMS Katoomba) 29.03.1943 - 10.1943 HMAS Platypus (fleet repair and maintenance ship) (additional; for Base Staff Cairns, later as Staff Officer (Operations), Naval Officer-in-Charge, Cairns) [lent to RAN] 10.1943 - 08.11.1943 HMAS Moreton (RAN base, Brisbane) [lent to RAN] (additional; for passage to UK) (10.1944)     HMS Tarantula (river gunboat) * 11.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Bherunda (RN Air Station, Colombo, Ceylon)
Leggat, John Matthew	07.12.1918 Los Angeles, California, USA - 26.05.1992 Santa Barbara, California, USA [commemmorated at RN College, Greenwich]	T/S.Lt. 17.07.1942 T/Lt. 07.12.1943	University graduate from California.       joined RNVR as an American citizen 26.04.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Richmond (destroyer) (10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).
Legge, David Pauncefoote "Davo"	13.10.1916 Hayes, Kent - 19.03.2007 Lake of the Pines, Auburn, California, USA	A/S.Lt. HKRNVR 05.01.1941 T/S.Lt. 01.1943, seniority 05.01.1941 T/A/Lt. 05.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Heathfield Preparatory School; Cheltenham College; Tonbridge School. From 1933 onwards worked with the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai & Mukden (China). 1941? commissioned, Hong Kong RNVR (12.1941) HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) * [HM MTB 11 (motor torpedo boat)] (escaped) 01.1943     transferred, RNVR 13.02.1943 - (04.1946) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Legge, Edward Stephen Son of ... Legge, and ... Palmer.	(03?).1925 Ely district, Cambridgeshire / Norfolk -	T/S.Lt. 01.02.1945 (reld 1946?)	25.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Barfair (boom defence vessel) (1946) HMS Rowena (minesweeper)
Leigh, Eric "Chippy"	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. 02.02.1940 T/S.Lt. 08.05.1940 T/Lt. 02.02.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	(04.1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 26.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) 12.05.1941 - (12.1941) on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth [HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth)] 19.01.1942 - (08.1942) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) 17.04.1944 - (07.1945) on staff of Captain M/L Clyde located at Sandbank, near Dunoon, Scotland) [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)] (for base duties)
Leigh, James Ivan Son of ... Leigh, and ... Pendlebury. Married; ... children.	14.09.1917 Leigh district, Lancashire - 10.1998 Wigan and Leigh district, Lancashire	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 06.11.1940 (reld > 04.1946)	Served Merchant Navy on the White Funnel Line. (12.1941) HMS Maron (ocean boarding vessel) * 19.10.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Persimmon (ocean boarding vessel) * indexed, but not listed as such
Leith, William Barry Gifford	29.09.1914 - 02.1996 North Dorset	T/Lt. 06.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld 1945/46) MID 21.10.1941 coastal forces attack Channel convoy 08.09.41 LoP Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44	(09.1941) - (10.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 52 (motor gun boat) 09.07.1945 - (07.1945) Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Attack
Lennox, Edward Gordon Married ((06?).1931, West Ham district, Essex) Hilda P. Nathan.	26.06.1908 Stockton district, Durham / North Riding of Yorkshire - 1973 Stoke Newington district, London	T/S.Lt. 14.07.1944	(10.1944)     HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) * 21.10.1944 - (01.)1945 First Officer, HM CT 15 (target/towing boat) 10.03.1945 - (07.)1945 First Officer, HM MGB 91 (motor gun boat) 01.11.1945 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lennox-Boyd, Alan Tindal; 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton (cr. 1960) 2nd son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd, and Florence, daughter of James Warburton Begbie. Married (1938) Lady Patricia Guinness, 2nd daughter of 2nd Earl of Iveagh, KG, CB, CMG, FRS; three sons.	18.11.1904 Chirstchurch district, Hampshire - 08.03.1983	T/Lt. 07.09.1940 - PC 1951 Privy Counsellor - CH 1960 Companion of Honour	Education: Sherborne; Christ Church, Oxford (Scholar; MA; Beit Prizeman; Hon. Student, 1968) 1940 - 1943 served with the RNVR: 27.12.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 102 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 03.02.1942 - 12.1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for small craft) 01.01.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 650 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (07.1945) - (04.1946) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) [indexed, but not listed as such] President of the Oxford Union, 1926. Contested Gower Division of Glamorgan, 1929; MP (C) Mid-Beds, 1931-60; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour, 1938-39; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Security, 1939; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1939-40; called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1941; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1943-45; Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, 1951-52; Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1952-54; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1954-October 1959. Director: Royal Exchange, 1962-70; Tate & Lyle, 1966-74; ICI, 1967-75. Joint Vice-Chairman of Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd, 1967-79 (Managing Director, 1960-67). President: British Leprosy Relief Assoc., 1960-; Overseas Service Resettlement Bureau, 1962-79; Royal Commonwealth Soc., 1965- (Chm., 1961-64); Overseas Service Pensioners Assoc., 1972-; RNVR Officers' Assoc., 1964-72; Chairman: Voluntary Service Overseas, 1962-64; Brewers Soc., 1965; Maritime Trust, 1976-78; Trustee, BM, 1962-78; Trustee, Natural History Museum, 1963-76; Governor, Sherborne Sch., 1962-, Chm. of Governors, 1968; Mem. Council, Institute of Directors, 1962-. Prime Warden, Goldsmiths' Co., 1964-65. Hon. Fellow, London Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1977. Hon. LLD Exeter, 1980. Messel Medal, Soc. of Chemical Industry, 1966. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Beds, 1954-61, Cornwall 1965. DK Brunei, 1971. Literature: Philip Murphy, Alan Lennox-Boyd : a biography (1999)
Leppard, Keith André Son of Wilfred Ernest Leppard, and Dora Gilmore Keith. Married (1954) Betty Rachel Smith; one son, one daughter.	29.07.1924 - Kingsley Green, Haslemere, Surrey	T/S.Lt. (A) 26.03.1945 Lt. RN 26.03.1947 ... ... Capt. RN 30.06.1967 (retd) CBE 11.06.1977 HM's birthday & silver jubilee 77	Education: Purley Grammar School 1943 - 1945 FAA pilot (from 1944 operational wartime service as a fighter pilot, North Atlantic & Indian Oceans): 26.09.1944 - (07.1945) pliot, 882 Squadron FAA [HMS Searcher (escort carrier)] (04.1946)     no appointment listed 1946 - 1957 Fighter Pilot/Flying Instructor, Aircraft Carriers and Air Stations 1958 - 1959 Commanding Officer, 807 Naval Air Squadron (Aerobatic Display Team, Farnborough) 1959 - 1963 Air Organization/Flying Training Staff appointments 1963 - 1964 Commander (Air), HMS Victorious 1964 - 1965 Joint Services Staff College 1965 - 1967 Director, Naval Officer Appointments (Air) 1967 - 1969 Chief Staff Officer (Air), Flag Officer Naval Air Command 1969 - 1971 Chief Staff Officer (Operations/Training), Far East Fleet 1972 - 1974 Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, and Flag Captain to Flag Officer Naval Air Command 1974 - 1977 Director Public Relations (Royal Navy) 1976 - 1977 also: Naval ADC to the Queen MRAeS 1973; FBIM 1973; FSAE 1985. Secretary, Institute of Brewing, 1977-1990.
Leslie, Harry Married; one son, five daughters.	21.02.1909 Southend-on-Sea - 20.02.1988 Southend-on-Sea	T/S.Lt. 09.1939? T/Lt. 20.12.1939 A/T/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.42) [investiture 27.10.42] RHSBr - rescue survivor Atlas, [Londonderry?] 10.42 MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings, 06.44)	19.03.1937     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division, RNVR] 1939     Sub-Lieutenant in charge of drifters carrying barrage balloons in Thames Estuary 20.12.1939 - (12.1940) HMS Wildfire (training establishment, Sheerness) (02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 23.02.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) 01.05.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 07.09.1941 - (10.1942) 11th ML Flotilla [HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham)]: (08.1942) - (10.1942) Commanding Officer, HM ML 191 (motor launch) 27.12.1942 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 206 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 1st ML Flotilla 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 905 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 13th/14th? ML Flotilla(s?) (passage to Rangoon; lost ships HM ML 905 and HM ML 591 in tidal wave up Sitang Estuary on 09.05.1945) 1945?     returned to the UK as First Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) * indexed, but not listed as such
Letts, Geoffrey Alfred	24.02.1918 Brighton district, Hampshire - 06.1986 Chichester district, Sussex	Prob. T/S.Lt. 23.08.1940 ... ... T/Lt. 23.02.1943	HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) (10.1940)     no appointment listed ... - ... ... ? - (07.1945) HMS Umbra 1956? - 1962? Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Leuw, Dudley Scales Son of William Leuw (1872-1950), and Sarah Olive Wood (1873-1968). Married (08.07.1944, Alsager) Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Presnail, QARNNS(R)  (06.06.1910 - 12.1999), eldest daughter of of Mr & Mrs A. Presnail, of South Croydon; one son (stillborn).	07.09.1900 Walthamstow, Essex - 14.11.2000 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire	Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.09.1940 T/Lt. 27.12.1940	27.09.1940 - 03.12.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 03.12.1940 - 20.11.1941 HMS Prosperine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) [19.09.1941 Watchkeeping Certificate] 17.12.1941 - 07.03.1944 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (as Divisional Officer) 08.03.1944 - 13.10.1944 HMS Excalibur (new entry seaman training establishment, Alsager, Stoke on Trent) 13.10.1944 - 04.12.1944 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall) (as Divisional Officer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 22.06.1945 - 23.10.1945 HMS Royal Katherine (port party, Wilhelmshaven, Germany) (as Sports Officer) Ran a market garden for flowers in Ilmer, Bucks, for many years.
Leveson, Arthur Edmund Only son (with three sisters) of Adm. Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson, GCB (1868-1929), and Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood (1880-1964). Married 1st (01.12.1934, Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington district, London; divorced 1940) Olivia Campbell (10.01.1905 - 03.1987), elder daughter of Rev. Hon. Nigel Campbell (1873-1951), and Violet Kerr (1877-1940), of Newbury. Olivia Leveson remarried 1st (1943) Maj. Samuel John Rennie Bucknill & 2nd (1947) W/Cdr. Hon. Roger Nathaniel Frankland. Married 2nd (1944, New Delhi, India) Margaret Ruth Maude (29.01.1920 - ); three daughters, one son.	18.06.1908 Paddington district, London - 02.09.1981 Hall Place, Ropley, Alton district, Hampshire	Prob. Lt. 24.08.1939 Lt. 06.1940, seniority 24.08.1939 A/Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945 (reld 06.05.1946) Lt.Cdr. 24.08.1947 A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 OBE 01.01.1846 New Year 46	Education: Christ Church College, Oxford University. 04.09.1939 - (10.)1940 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.10.1940 - (12.1941) Assistant to Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade), Admiralty [HMS President] 01.01.1944 - (07.1945) Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (V.Adm. Louis Mountbatten) [HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India)] (OBE) Stockbroker.
Lewis, Basil Wilfred Son of ... Lewis, and ... Williams.	27.02.1913 Derby district, Derbyshire - 06.1991 Derby district, Derbyshire	T/S.Lt. 27.02.1942? T/Lt. 27.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	11.08.1942 - (10.)1944 HM MMS 139 (motor minesweeper) 11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) (for duty with Captain Mineweepers, Mediterranean) 18.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 185 (motor minesweeper)
Lewis, Eric Jack	? -	T/S.Lt. 09.10.1942 T/Lt. 02.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 02.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
Lewis, Rev. Edward John Son of John Edward Lewis, and Alice Emma Taylor. Married (06.06.1942, Broughty Ferry, Scotland) Alice Watt (predeceased him); one daughter, one son.	20.01.1915 St Helens, Lancashire - 11.2004 St Helens, Merseyside	T/Chapl. 23.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Cowley School, St Helens; Cambridge University (MA) Vicar of St. Andrews church, in Brechin, Scotland, 1942. 31.12.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Squid (Combined Operations base, Southampton) (06.1944)     HM LST 239 (landing ship, tank) (Normandy) 21.10.1944 - (07.1945) HMS St Clement (Combined Operations base, Coal House Fort, Tilbury, Essex) ?     HM LST (Q)1 (converted landing ship, tank) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Vicar of St. Matthew’s church at Pentrich, 1956-1975.
Lewis, George Aylmer	25.06.1923 - 07.1992 Oswestry, Shrewsbury district, Shropshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.12.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 01.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.12.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(10.1944)     no appointment listed (01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) * (03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "Themistocles" (Greek escort destroyer) (04.1946)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lewis, Sir George James Ernest; 3rd Baronet Son of Sir George James Graham Lewis, 2nd Bt. (1868-1927), and of Marie Hirsch. Succeeded father 08.08.1927.	25.02.1910 St Marylebone district, London - 02.01.1945 Toussus- le-Noble, France (airplane crash) [age 34] [St Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery, Yvelines, France, grave 7]	T/Lt. (A) 11.04.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 02.1941, < 12.1941 OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45: for non-operational flying [presented to next-of-kin]	Education: Eton. Admitted as a solicitor, 1932. Member of the firm of Lewis and Lewis, and Gisborne & Co., Solicitors, 10, 11, and 12 Ely Place, Holborn, EC1. 16.10.1939 - 1941 pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 1941 - 02.01.1945 Commanding Officer, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] [Was appointed as personal pilot of Adm. Sir Bertram H. Ramsay. Piloted Hudson Mk. V (AM550) of 781X Flight FAA that crashed immediately after take-off from Toussus-le-Noble for a flight to Brussels. All, incl. Adm. Ramsay, were killed.]
Lewis, John Cryer Son of ... Lewis, and ... Cryer.	12.04.1918 Pontypridd district, Glamorgan - 09.2004 Truro, Cornwall	T/Lt. 12.04.1943 DSC 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)	27.03.1944 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 903 (motor launch) 14.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lewis, Ronald Horace	12.09.1925 Fakenham, Norfolk -	T/Midsh. 24.03.1944 T/A/S.Lt. 12.03.1945 T/S.Lt. 12.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	30.04.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) [served at HM LCT 1139 (landing craft, tank), then HM LCT 1104 (landing craft, tank)] Chartered accountant.
Lewis, Walter Graham Son of Mrs. A.S. Lewis, of King's Cross, Isle of Arran.	(12?).1909 Willesden district, Middlesex - 07.09.1941 [age 31] [Woking (St John's Crematorium, Surrey, panel 3]	T/Lt. 29.01.1940	Associate, Institute of Bankers (AIB). 12.02.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Gracie Fields (paddle minesweeper) 04.04.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Princess Elizabeth (paddle minesweeper) 21.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber) (for miscellaneous duties) ? - 07.09.1941 HMS Strathborve (minesweeping trawler) (ship sunk 06.09.1941; died of wounds)
Lewis-Lavender, Walter Charles Son of Walter and Alice Lavender. Husband of Frances Mary Lewis-Lavender, of Wandsworth, London.	(06?).1901  Wandsworth district, Greater London - 28.09.1940 Lambourne, Essex (KIA) (age 39) [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 93]	Prob. T/S.Lt. ? MID 20.12.1940 mine disposal	Textile importer in the 1920s. ? - 28.09.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex
Leyden, Peter Henry Son of Peter Leyden, and Mary Margaret Ley.	(09?).1915 Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 09.1978	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) `1944? T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	1944     commissioned RNVR (from the ranks) 28.10.1944 - (07.1945) Radar Officer, HMS Nabbington (MONAB 1 (mobile naval air base), Nowra, NSW, Australia) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Teacher, author and publisher. He first published a children's reading series in England in 1950 and then after migrating to Australia in 1951 he taught and then set up his own publishing firm from 1956 to his death in 1978.
Liddell, Peter John Son of Cdr. Lancelot Charles Liddell, OBE, RN, and Rosalie Liddell (née Ballantyne). Married 1st (1948) Dorothy Priscilla Downes; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (1960) Helen Ann, daughter of R.Adm. A.W. Laybourne, CB, CBE, and of Helen (née Burnett).	02.06.1921 - 11.05.1979 Warwick-on-Eden, Carlisle	T/Lt. 01.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 21.11.1944 series of actions Channel	Education: Ampleforth; Wadham College, Oxford (MA). 1940 - 1946 served RNVR: (06.1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 208 (motor torpedo boat) 18.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 386 (motor torpedo boat) (04.1946)     no appointment listed Farmed in Cumberland, 1959-1976.  Chairman, North West Water Authority, 1973-1978; Member, National Water Council, since 1973. Member: Cumberland River Board, 1954-1965; Cumberland River Authority, 1964-1974 (Vice-Chairman, 1967-1970, Chairman, 1970-1973); Chairman, Association of River Authorities, 1971-1974 (Vice-Chairman, 1969-1971; Chairman Fisheries Committee, 1966-1971); Member International Advisory Group, Internatational Salmon Foundation, NYC, 1970- (Chairman, 1970-1972); President: Institution of Fisheries Management, 1972- (Vice-President 1969-1972); River Eden and District Fisheries Association, 1970- (Chairman 1956-1970). Member Executive Committee: Central Council of Physical Recreation, 1968-1973; Salmon and Trout Association; Atlantic Salmon Res. Trust Ltd; Scottish Salmon Angling Federation Member, The Sports Council, 1969-1971; Chairman, Northern Sports Council, 1971-1974 (Deputy Chairman, 1967-1971); Vice-Chairman, Standing Conference of Northern Sport and Recreation, 1967-1971; Member: Fisheries Advisory Committee, Water Resources Board, 1967-1971; Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council, 1971-1974; Water Committtee, Country Landowners Association, 1971-1975, and 1977-; British Committee, International Water Supply Association, 1971- (Chairman, 1974-); Water Space Amenity Commission; Council, Freshwater Biological Association (Honorary Treasurer, 1975-); Council, Estuarine and Brackish Water Sciences Assoc. Membre d'Honneur, Association Nationale de Défense des Rivières à Saumons, Paris. Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, 1968. Mem. RIPA, MBIM. FZS, FIFM, FRSA. Visiting Fellow, University of Salford. Freeman: City of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1953; City of London, 1969. Published: The Salmon Rivers of Eire : a report (1971); articles in various journals, yearbooks, etc.
Lightoller, Frederic Roger Son of Comdr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, DSC, RD, RNR (1874-1952), surviving Second Officer on the "Titanic",  and Sylvia Hawley-Wilson (died 1969). Married (11.09.1936) Marcia June Lightoller, of Southgate, Middlesex; one daughter.	26.10.1906 Great Crosby, West Derby district, Lancashire - 09.03.1945 (KIA) [age 38] [Bayeux War Cemetery, VIII.B.22]	Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.10.1940 T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 03.1941, seniority 21.01.1941 DSC 08.02.1944 action E-boats Nore 24.10.43 [investiture 09.05.44] MID 27.01.1942 sinking Umpire MID 24.10.1944 rescue USS men Portsmouth area 09.06.44	(06.1940)     took part, together with his father, in the Dunkirk evacuation 11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties) 17.09.1941 - (12.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for Motor Launches) (1942)     HM ML 195 (motor launch) 15.07.1942 - (06.1943) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William): (08.1942) - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 613 (motor gun boat) (02.1943) - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MGB 603 (motor gun boat) (06.1944)     HMS Retalick (frigate) 07.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Osborne (RN base, Ryde, Isle of Wight) (for duty with Naval Control Service Office, Cowes) ? - 09.03.1945 HMS Odyssey (Naval Parties accounting base, Ilfracombe) (killed in action at the Granville raid)
Lilburn [of Coull], Alistair James Married (10.08.1949) Joan Elizabeth Sutherland; one son, one daughter. From Coull.	15.12.1919 Springburn, Glasgow - 19.06.2005 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire	Prob. S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 26.06.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.12.1942	Education: Canford and Faraday House. 13.06.1940 - (04.1946) Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty [later: Bomb and Disposal Section, Torpedo and Mining Department; later: Underwater Weapons Department] [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) 1942 - 1945 served at Singapore & was captured in Sumatra and spent the rest of the war as a POW in Japanese captivity BSc CEng AMIEE. Joined the engineering and electrical machinery manufacturer Bruce Peebles Ltd in Edinburgh as a young graduate. He pushed for a posting, and in 1951 went to the Manchester-Sheffield railway electrification project. The building of the experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor at Dounreay saw him moving to Caithness in 1956 to take charge of the establishment of power-generating equipment for the station. He completed his professional life as lecturer in electrical engineering at Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology in Aberdeen, now Robert Gordon University. Polymathic laird of a small estate in Aberdeenshire, the origins of which lie in the 13th century. Coull Castle, now administered by Historic Scotland, was the stronghold and principal seat of the Durward family. Freeman City of Glasgow (Inc. of Hammermen), Freeman of Berwick on Tweed 24 May, 1947, chm N.E Region, Roy Scottish Forestry Soc 1961-67, Sec NE Regn. Scottish Woodland Owner’s Associate.
Linaker, Edward Ellis	23.12.1905 Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 10.1987 Winchester district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (E) 12.08.1940 T/Lt. (E) 02.04.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 04.05.1943 Operation Torch (North Africa landings 11.42)	Gained aviators' certificate (#8239) at Henderson Flying School. 12.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Star of India (armed yacht) (11.1942)     MV Batory (Polish landing ship infantry) 12.08.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for miscellaneous duties) (07.1945)     no appointment listed
Lincoln, Fredman Ashe Eldest son of Reuben and Fanny Lincoln, of Golders Green, London NW11. Married ((09?).1933, Willesden district, Middlesex) Sybil Eileen Cohen, only child of Mr & Mrs S. Cohen, of Shoot-up-Hill, London NW2; one son, one daughter.	30.10.1907 - 19.10.1998 Temple, London	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) < 01.1945 (reld 05.1946) Hon. T/Capt. (Sp.Br.) 20.08.1965 (on the disbandment of the RNVSR) Cmdn 08.12.1942 mine disposal 42 MID 10.10.1944 special services Italy & Sicily	Education: Hoe Grammar School, Plymouth; Haberdashers' Aske's School; Exeter College, Oxford (MA). Called to Bar, Inner Temple, November 1929. 20.01.1937     joined Royal Naval Voulnteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR)       Admiralty, 1940-1942; in parties to render mines safe, May 1940; rendered safe first type G magnetic mine (King's Commendation for bravery); Mediterranean, 1943, with commandos in Sicily and Italy at Salerno landings, 1943; Seine Bay (D­day) Landings, 1944; assault crossing of Rhine, March 1945 (despatches): 27.04.1940 - (01.)1945 Torpedoes and Mining Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (commendation) (1944?)     No. 30 Commando (despatches) QC, 1947. BCL. A Recorder, 1972-1979 (Recorder of Gravesend, 1967-1971); Master of the Bench, Inner Temple, since 1955; Master of the Moots, 1955-1964, and 1968-1970. Deputy World President, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, 1973-. Renter Warden of Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, 1946-1947, Master, 1949-1950; Freeman and Liveryman of City of London; fought general election 1945 (C) Harrow East Div. (Middx.); Chairman Administrative Law Committee of Inns of Court Conservative Association, 1951; Member Executive, General Council of the Bar, 1957-1961. Associate MNI, 1976; President, RNR Officers' Club, 1981-; Member: Council, British Maritime League, 1983-1992; Executive, London Flotilla, 1984- (Vice-President, 1994-). Member, RNSA. Pres., Royal Masonic Hosp., 1993-; Chairman, London Devonian Association, 1965-1985, President, 1985-; National Chairman, Maritime Volunteer Service, 1994-. Trustee: British Maritime Charitable Fund, 1983; Associated Marine and Related Charities  (Training, Education and Safety), 1985-1991. GCStJ 1992 (KStJ 1980). Published: Statesmanship and other essays (1931); The legal background to the Starrs (1932); Is orthodoxy worth while? (1934); The Starra : their effect on early English law and administration (1939); Secret naval investigator (1961); Odyssey of a Jewish sailor (1995).
Lindsay, Andrew Cameron Son of ... Lindsay, and ... Cameron.	(06?).1922 Uckfield district, Sussex -	Midsh. (A) 30.08.1941 T/S.Lt. (A) ? T/Lt. (A) ? A/Lt. RN 01.02.1945 Lt. RN ?, seniority 01.02.1943 A/Lt.Cdr. RN < 05.1950 DSC 25.07.1944 Operations Veritas & Ridge (air strikes against German shipping off Norway 04.44)	(12.1941) no appointment listed 19.01.1942 - (06.1944) pilot, 881 Squadron FAA [1944 at HMS Pursuer (escort carrier)] 02.1945? transferred to Royal Navy (07.1945) no appointment listed 08.1945 - 09.1945 Commanding Officer, 806 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] (04.1946) HMS Holderness (destroyer) * 08.05.1948 - (07.1948) pilot, 787 Squadron FAA [HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire)] 25.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire) (for miscellaneous duties) 27.04.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Line, John Trevor Kellaway	13.08.1924 - 12.2004 Torbay district, Devon	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 13.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	27.05.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operatons accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Lines, Clifford Arthur "Dick" Son of ... Lines, and ... Leach ??	(09?).1914 ?? Tendring district, Essex ?? -	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 15.10.1943, seniority 10.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Worked in Barclays Bank in Colchester, Essex. 14.10.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Loch Tarbert (frigate) (01.1945) HMS Amber (anti-submarine warfare trawler) * (07.1945) no appointment listed (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Linsell, Stewart Edward Son of Sidney Edward Linsell, and Agnes Thomson. Married ((06?).1948, Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Kathleen Mabel Fordham; ... children.	22.01.1922 Rayne, Braintree district, Essex - (01?).04.2006 [St Faiths Crematorium, Norwich]	T/S.Lt. 17.07.1942 T/Lt. 17.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) HMS Kent (cruiser) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) HMS Northney I (landing craft base, Hayling Island) HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) HMS Prins Albert (landing ship infantry) HMS Keren (landing ship infantry) HMS Glengyle (landing ship infantry) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 15.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operatons accounting base) (for landing craft duty) RFA Derwentdale (oiler) RFA Hamilcar
Lissimore, John Philip Married Norah Yates, MA; two daughters.	02.05.1910 Dudley district, Staffordshire / Worcestershire - 16.09.2003 Littleover, Derby district, Derbyshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.1940 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 23.09.1940 T/El.Lt. 1941?, seniority 23.09.1940 T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld 06.03.1946)	Education: Dudley Grammar School; Univesity of Birmingham (B.Sc. (Hons), Electr. Eng., 1930; Hon. Secretary, B.U. Engineering Society, 1929-30). Manager and Director, Lissimore & Co. Ltd. 09.07.1940 - (07.1945) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth, then Brighton) 09.07.1940 - 03.1943 Minesweeping Department (to 03.1941 detached duty in the Scottish Area on magnetic minesweeper acceptance trials, then on the internal staff) 03.1943 - 06?.1943 to US Navy for training on secret anti-submarine electric acoustic torpedo (Bell Labs, New Jersey & US Mine Warfare Station, Maryland) 06.1943 - (12.1943) miscellaneous duties:  ECM  Depot Torpedo factory, Dumbarton as Officer-in-Charge Service Weapons for the Fleet Air Arm RAF Coastal Command on loan being used as RAF Officer issuing weapon to Liberator bombers (flew 17 hour patrol to protect Somerville’s Force ‘H’ on Atlantic passage to invade Sicily) 01.1944     second trip to US to brief on operational service (briefed on FM sonar buoy to track U-boats) (04.1944) - (07.1945) indexed, but not listed General Manager of Burrows and Sturgess, becoming a leading figure in the soft drinks industry.
Little, John Douglas   Son (with one brother *) of Mr & Mrs John Douglas Little, of Ethandune, Hoylake, Cheshire. Married (19.09.1933, Chapel of the Savoy, London) Mrs Janice Smith, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Vaughan, of Hamilton, Mass., USA; ... children (one son?). Residence later: Llanferres, Mold, Flintshire, Wales. * W/Cdr. James Hayward Little, DFC, RAF, who was killed in 1943.	? USA ? -	T/Lt. 16.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 29.05.1945 sinking U-boat North Sea 11.11.44 [investiture 27.11.45]	16.12.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 12.05.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Oribi (destroyer) 14.09.1944 - (01.1945) Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Ascension (frigate) (despatches) (07.1945) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Littlejohn, Norman Arthur "Sandy" Son of Capt. & Mrs N. Littlejohn. Married (14.12.1957, New Forest district, Hampshire) Helen Ann Currey (15.06.1920 - ), only child of R.Adm. Hugh Schomberg Currey, DSO, RN (1876-1955), and Cecil Louisa Maud Fulford (1884-1976), of Brockenhurst, Hampshire; ... children.	23.02.1904 Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey - (12?).1983 New Forest district, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (E) ? T/Lt. (E) 29.11.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	Came from a car racing background. 01.12.1943 - (07.1945) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * * indexed, but not listed as such
Livingston, Charles Geoffrey Shannan Married ((12?).1942, Anglesey East district) Anne Musgrave.	(09?).1920 Birkenhead district, Cheshire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 07.05.1942 T/Lt. 07.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	(06.1942)     no appointment listed 20.07.1942 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HM RML 526 (rescue motor launch) (04.1946)     HM RML 526 (rescue motor launch) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Llewellyn, Llewellyn Ross Son of ... Llewellyn, and ... Ross. Married (01.08.1939) Caroline Anne Lindsay Bowes-Lyon (07.05.1916 - 17.04.2004), daughter of Geoffrey Francis Bowes-Lyon and Edith Katherine Selby-Bigge; two sons.	31.03.1916 Totnes district, Devon - 11.1988 Kingsbridge district, Devon	T/S.Lt. 20.11.1939 T/Lt. 31.03.1941 (reld < 04.1946) MID 26.12.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy invasion 06.44)	(04.1940)     HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) * 01.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) 11.02.1941 - 22.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Renzo (minesweeping trawler) 29.01.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1020 (motor minesweeper) (206th Minesweeping Flotilla) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd, Ailwyn George Son of ... Lloyd, and ... Cousins. Married ((06?).1947, Brentford district, Middlesex) Olive Redmond.	(09?).1921 Brentford district, Oxfordshire -	T/Lt. (E) 01.03.1944	... - ... ... (1944)     on staff of Eng.R.Adm. G. Morgan, Staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey] (10.1944)     HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary) * ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd, Desmond Courtenay Frederick Son of ... Lloyd, and ... Haswell.	08.08.1919 Brentford district, Middlesex - (03?).1978 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey	T/A/S.Lt. 27.06.1940 T/S.Lt. 1941? T/Lt. 01.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946) NorWM 20.04.1943 services from 14.04.41	19.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Alresford (minesweeper) 14.04.1941 - 1944? British Naval Liaison Officer on Norwegian ships (HNorMS St Albans & HMNorMS Svenner) (07.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd, Hugh Russell Married (1943) actress Rosamund John (1913-1998) (divorced 1949). At least one son.	16.01.1916 Swansea, Wales - 10.2007 still alive	T/S.Lt. 27.02.1941 T/Lt. 27.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	(12.1941) no appointment listed 25.04.1944 - (10.)1944 Press Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 11.1944 - (07.1945) staff officer, British Admiralty Delegation Representative (Pacific Coast) (Vancouver, BC) [HMS Saker] Post-war a film editor.
Lloyd, John Ivester Son of Thomas Ivester (an artist) and Florence Mary (Bunting) Lloyd; divorced. Married; one daughter.	17.02.1905 Newport Pagnell district, Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire - 11.1992 Shrewsbury district, Shropshire	T/Lt. 28.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 17.11.1942? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [decoration posted] MID 07.11.1944 Operation Brassard (landings on Elba 44)	Education: Educated in English schools 01.05.1938 - 1959 served, Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London division RNVR) (04.1940)     no appointment listed (02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 08.04.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for motor launches) (08.1942)     Commanding Officer, HM MGB 315 (motor gun boat) (Operation Jubilee, raid on Dieppe) 17.11.1942 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 555 (motor launch) & as Senior Officer, 31st ML Flotilla 05.11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) Writer. Linslade Urban District Council, councillor, 1947-52, vice-chairman, 1951-52. Published:Scrap, the Terrier Dog (1938); Joey, the Tale of a Pony (1938); Flash, the Gipsy Dog (1939); Full Cry (1939); People of the Valley (1943); Adventures of Tip the Terrier (1946); Johhny Rides Out (1948); Well Ridden! (1949); Moon Maiden's Treasure (1950), etc. etc. * indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd-Jones, [His Honour] David Trevor Son of Trevor and Ann Lloyd­Jones, Holywell, Flints. Married 1st (1942) Mary Violet (marriage dissolved; she died 1980), daughter of Frederick Barnardo, CIE, CBE, MD, London; one daughter Married 2nd (1958) Anstice Elizabeth, MB, BChir (died 1981), daughter of William Henry Perkins, Whitchurch; one son, one daughter. Married 3rd (1984) Florence Mary, daughter of William Fairclough, MM, Wallasey.	06.03.1917 - 04.1998 Chester, Cheshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ? T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946) Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.12.1948, seniority 23.09.1944 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 23.09.1952 Lt. 16.06.1954, seniority 05.05.1954 Lt.Cdr. 12.08.1955, seniority 06.03.1955 (retd 16.02.1966) VRD 1958 ?	Education: Holywell Grammar School served War of 1939-1945, RNVR, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific: 05.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) 07.12.1948 transferred to List II of Permanent RNVR 16.06.1954 transferred to Executive Branch, RNVR (from 1958 RNR) Banking, 1934-1939 and 1946-1950. Called to the Bar, Gray's Inn, 1951; practised Wales and Chester Circuit, 1952-1971; Prosecuting Counsel to Post Office (Wales and Chester Circuit), 1961-1966; Deputy Recorder, Chester and Birkenhead, 1964-1970; Deputy Chairman, Caerns QS, 1966-1970, Chairman, 1970-1971; Legal Member, Mental Health Appeal Tribunal (Wales Area), 1960-1972; Deputy Chairman, Agricultural Land Tribunal (Wales Area), 1968-1972. Justice of the Peace (JP) Gwynedd, 1966-1971; a Circuit Judge, 1972-1988.
Lloyd-Williams, Hugh	29.08.1900 Waenfawr, Caernarvon - 22.02.1977 Waenfawr, Caernarvon	Lt. 19.01.1924 Lt.Cdr. 14.10.1935 Cdr. 30.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946) DSO 06.05.1941 sinking U70 07.03.41 VD ? ?	Education: Mill Hill School; Glasgow University, BSc (Eng.) Served student apprenticeship with British Thomson Houston Co., Rugby. Joined Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. Ltd, 1925. 19.01.1924 joined London Division, RNVR (04.1940) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 10.08.1940 - 03.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Arbutus (corvette) 02.03.1941 - (12.1941) on Administrative Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)] 07.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) Sub­Area Engineer, Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. Ltd, 1948-1957. District Manager, London Electricity Board, 1958-1965. CEng; MInstCE; FIEE. * indexed, but not listed as such
Lochner, Robert Arthur Residence: (1960) Haslemere, Surrey.	23.11.1904 - 1965 ? St Pancras district, London ?	T/S.Lt. 18.09.1939 T/Lt. 04.04.1940, seniority 18.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1941, < 08.1942 (reld < 04.1946) MBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 13.11.45] MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	Electrical engineer (worked 1926 for Arc Works, Chelmsford).  appointed to a Q ship (04.1940) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) * 08.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship) (additional; for miscellaneous services) 1941 - 1941 Commanding Officer, HM ML 110 (motor launch) 1941 - (11?).1941 Commanding Officer, HM ML 106 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 1st ML Flotilla (mentioned in despatches) 10.11.1941 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (awarded MBE) Read law during the war, to become a barrister. Literature: Gerald Pawle, The secret war (1957) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lochrane, Charles Leo Horatio Ross Son of ... Lochrane, and ... Porter.	(09?).1922 Derby district, Derbyshire -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 02.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	1940? - 1945 started out as a rating in North Sea patrols and also spent some time in the Mediterranean 05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal by Commander-in-Chief, East Indies)
Lock, Eric George Son of ... Lock, and ... Wilson.	12.09.1915 Newton Abbot district, Devon - (12?).1983 Plymouth district, Devon	T/El.Lt. 12.09.1940	... - ... ... (1944)     on staff of Eng.R.Adm. G. Morgan, Staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey] (10.1944)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Lockhart, James Gordon	1922 ? Auchterarder, Scotland - ? ?	T/Midsh. 05.03.1942 T/A/S.Lt. 31.03.1942 T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942 T/Lt. 30.09.1944	(04.1942) - (10.1944) no appointment listed (01.1945)     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * (04.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed 04.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Montserrat (frigate) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lockwood-Bunce, John Arthur Son of Thomas Lockwood-Bunce, MBE, and Isabel Mary Colley, of Aughton, Lancashire.	(06?).1920 Liverpool district, Lancashire - 19.07.1943 (KIA) [age 20] [Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, III.A.6]	T/S.Lt. ?	? - 19.07.1943 HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (probably for landing craft duties) (Operation Husky, invasion of Sicily)
Lofty, Cyril Henry Married ((06?).1936, Camberwell district, Surrey) Edna M. Sudworth; ... children (one son?).	(03?).1902 Islington district, London -	Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 03.05.1943 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.11.1943 T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 03.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946) * Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, has not received any training of an executive nature, but has undergone a short course at the RN College, Greenwich	(06.1943)     no appointment listed (08.1943) - (10.1944) HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) * [indicated as A/S.O.I (anti-submarine officer ?) on staff of Flag Officer Commanding West Africa Flag] (01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Lomas, James Phillips Son of ... Lomas, and ... Deakin. Married ((12?).1937, Chichester district, Sussex) Thelma M. Mulhern.	(09?).1914 Burnley distirct, Lancashire / Yorkshire - 12.2007	T/S.Lt. 27.02.1941 T/Lt. 27.02.1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	04.04.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Ariguani (fighter catapult ship) 1942? - 1943? HMS Monck? / HMS Warren? (Combined Operations training crentre/base, Largs) (08.)1943 - (07.1945) Signal Section [1944 renamed Signal Branch], Combined Operations HQ Chartered architect, Douglas, Isle of Man (architect of the Summerland Leisure Centre).
Long, Stratton Charles	04.10.1911 Walsingham district, Norfolk - 02.2002 Norwich district, Norfolk	T/Lt. 06.02.1942	(1944)  gunnery instructor, HMS Bee (Holyhead) 06.1945 - HMS Kongoni (Durban)
Loose, Alexander Matthew	? -	T/A/S.Lt. (E) 29.09.1939	temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements 16.08.1943 - 23.07.1944 HMS Speaker (escort carrier) 25.07.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Empire Spearhead (landing ship infantry)
Loudon, Francis William Hope Only son of James Hope Loudon (1868-1952), and Louise Wilhemine Fuchter (1872-1964), of Olantigh, Wye, Kent. Married (22.12.1936, London) Lady Prudence Katherine Patton Jellicoe (30.08.1913 - 10.2000), fourth daughter of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, and Florence Gwendoline Cayzer; one son, two daughters.	13.08.1907 Batavia, Netherlands East Indies - 22.08.1985 Little Olantigh, Wye, Kent	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.08.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 02.1943, < 06.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)	Eductaion: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1932. 25.08.1939 - 05.1940 Assistant to Naval Attaché, The Hague (accredited to The Netherlands & Belgium) 14.05.1940 - (07.1945) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] High Sheriff of Kent, 1969.
Lovatt, Alan Felix	15.05.1914 Ffestiniog district, Caernarvonshire / Merionethshire - 01.1989 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 25.07.1943 (reld 27.06.1945; medically unfit)	05.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services) (01.1945) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lovell, Maurice Antony Grayson Son of Capt. Eric Grayson Lovell, London Regiment,  and Elsa Lovell (née Lindberg), of Esher, Surrey.	(03?).1922 St Pancras district, London - 13.05.1942 (KIA) [age 20] [Dover (St James's) Cemetery, row B, grave 6]	T/Midsh. 17.07.1941 T/A/S.Lt. ? MID 14.07.1942 attack armed raider Dover 12.05.42 [posthumously]	(12.1941)     HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) * ? - 13.05.1942 HM MTB 220 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)] (killed in action when boat was lost in action with the German raider Hilfskreuzer "Stier") * indexed, but not listed as such
Lovelock, Pearce Trewhella Son of Chief Petty Officer Frederick Lovelock, RN, and Annie Jane Ivey. Married ((12?).1945, Golders Green, Hendon district, Middlesex) Margaret M. Morris, then a Petty Officer Wren plotter; two sons.	02.09.1907 Southport, Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 29.12.2005 St Leonards on Sea, Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	T/Lt. 27.11.1939 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 03.09.1940 minesweeping coasts of Hollland, Belgium & France [investiture 25.02.41]	02.02.1937     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Mersey Division RNVR)       HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex) 27.11.1939 - (07.)1940 HMS Wildfire (training establishment, Sheerness) 31.05.1940 - 02.06.1940 captained drifter "Monarda" on two trips to Dunkirk, disembarking 190 troops in the UK 27.08.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Giroflee (yacht for examination duties) 04.1941 - (06.)1941 HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven) 17.06.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) 21.08.1941 - 01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Pladda (minesweeping trawler) 07.01.1944 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Alligator (coastal tug) 01.05.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Jay (coastal minelayer) (01.1945)     no appointment listed 29.01.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (for minesweeping and patrol duties) (04.1946)     no appointment listed District Manager for J Bibby (animal feeds) in East Sussex.
Lovely, Derek Charles Newton Son of Charles Vivian Lovely, and Helen Marjorie Court Cooper, of West Kensington, London.	11.10.1922 - 21.07.1943 (air crash) [age 20] [Newport (Island) Cemetery, Rhode Island, NY, USA, Navy Sec. Plots 172-177. Grave 19]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 16.04.1943	01.07.1943 - 21.07.1943 pilot, 1831 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, USA)]
Lowe, Brian Shiers Son of Harold Deakin Lowe and Marjorie Esther Lowe (née Shiers). Brother of Cdr. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR & Lt. R.S. Lowe, RNVR.	13.09.1913 Macclesfield district, Cheshire - 09.2008 still alive at Melbourne, Australia	T/S.Lt. 21.10.1939 T/Lt. 06.10.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)	17.10.1938     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to London Division RNVR) 07.09.1939 - 23.09.1939 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 24.09.1939 - 04.03.1940 HMS California (armed merchant cruiser) * 05.03.1940 - 22.06.1941 HMS Northern Reward (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 23.06.1941 - 09.1942 HMS Vidette (destroyer) 11.1942 - 13.03.1943 HMS Lightning (destroyer) ** 10.05.1943 - 10.1943 HMS Calder (frigate) 17.11.1943 - 07.08.1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Cubitt (frigate) 08.08.1944 - 22.04.1945 HMS Defender (ocean escort base, Liverpool) 23.04.1945 - 11.07.1945  staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich 12.07.1945 - 09.1945 Combined Operations HQ (London) [HMS President] 12.1945 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LST 363 (landing ship, tank) * In the 04.1940 Navy List shown under HMS Iron Duke (battleship; training ship), but he never actually served on it ** In the 06.1943 Navy List still shown as such. Date of appointment (erroneously) given as 05.05.1941, which is a mix-up with A.J. Lowe.
Lowe, Gerald Peter Shiers Son of Harold Deakin Lowe and Marjorie Esther Lowe (née Shiers). Brother of Lt. B.S. Lowe, RNVR & Lt. R.S. Lowe, RNVR. Married (20.06.1940, Guildford, Surrey) Joan Vera Marlowe; three daughters, two sons (one of which died in infancy).	31.05.1911 Alderley Edge, Macclesfield district, Cheshire - 26.05.1998 Ramsey, Isle of Man	Prob. Midsh. 22.07.1931 A/S.Lt. 22.07.1932 S.Lt. 22.07.1933 Lt. 22.07.1935 A/Lt.Cdr. ? Lt.Cdr. 22.07.1943 (reld 09.05.1946) Cdr. 30.06.1948 (retd 07.12.1950) DSC 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 [investiture 28.09.43] VD ? ?	22.07.1931 joined RNVR, London Division; qualified as unit commander of anti-submarine trawlers; qualified for torpedo duties 09.01.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Northern Dawn (anti-submarine warfare trawler) 07.1941 - 01.02.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Myosotis (corvette) 16.02.1943 - (10.1944) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 06.1945 - 02.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Burghead Bay (frigate) Emigrated to Rhodesia, where he worked as a businessman, returning to the Isle of Man after retirement in 1975.
Lowe, Randal Shiers "Joe" Son of Harold Deakin Lowe and Marjorie Esther Lowe (née Shiers). Brother of Lt. B.S. Lowe, RNVR & Cdr. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR.	07.08.1920 Hayfield district, Cheshire - 05.1991 Surrey South-Western district, Surrey	Ord.Sea. 04.09.1939 T/A/S.Lt. 06.09.1940 T/S.Lt. 07.08.1941 T/Lt. 06.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	04.09.1939     joined RNVR as a rating 09.1939 - 09.1939 training, Skegness 09.1939 - 01.1940? HMS Exmouth (destroyer) (02?).1940 - (07?).1940 HMS Vansittart (destroyer) (Norwegian campaign) (08?).1940 - 06.09.1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 15.09.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Gentian (corvette) 14.04.1943 - 12.1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Helford (frigate) (Indian Ocean & Pacific Ocean) (04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lowe, Stanley William	? -	T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.01.1941 (reld 1945/46) GM 02.09.1941 mine disposal Barrow-in-Furness 03-05.41	26.09.1940 - (10.1944) Unexploded Bomb Disposal Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) (07.1945) no appointment listed
Lowein, Robert Trevor "Bobby" Son of Arthur Edmund Lowein and Kathleen Minnie Yates. Brother of Lt. John Charles Lowein, RNR.	29.09.1921 Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - (03?).1981 Isle of Wight, Hampshire	T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.05.1943 A/Sg.Lt. (D) RN ? Sg.Lt. (D) RN 03.11.1947 (emgcy 04.01.1950)	Dental surgeon, trained at Guys Hospital, London (LDS). served at minesweepers (10.1944) - (04.1946) Sea Cadet Corps 1947? transferred, RN (07.1948)     no appointment listed 06.08.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Devonshire (cadet training cruiser) (based at Belize, South America) Dentist at Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Lowndes, Peter Moody	? -	T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944	15.05.1943 - (10.1944) HM MTB 614 (motor torpedo boat) 17.03.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 289 (motor torpdeo boat)
Lubbock, Roger John Son of ... Lubbock, and ... Bonham Carter.	27.02.1922 Chelsea district, Greater London - 12.1999 Kensington and Chelsea, London	T/A/S.Lt. 1942? T/S.Lt. 31.01.1943 T/Lt. 31.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 03.04.1945 attack enemy convoy Aegean 08.11.44	20.05.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 634 (motor torpedo boat) 15.07.1944 - (11.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 397 (motor torpdeo boat) 26.12.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 398 (motor torpdeo boat)
Lucas-Scudamore, John Harford Stanhope "Jack" Son of Col. Edward Scudamore Lucas- Scudamore and Sybil Frances. Married (3rd) 1947 Lady Evelyn Patricia Mary Scudamore-Stanhope, only child of the 12th Earl of Chesterfield; one son, one daughter.	16.01.1902 Presteigne, Radnorshire - 09.08.1976 Kentchurch, Herefordshire	T/Lt. 01.12.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	Education: RN Colleges, Osborne & Dartmouth 1915 went to war at age 13 with HMS Revenge (04.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) 25.04.1940 - (07.1945) Plotting Officer, Area Combined Headquarters Operation Staff [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]
Ludlow, Edward Geoffrey   Son of Edward A. Ludlow, and Gertrude Hampson. Married ((06?).1946, Surrey South Western district) Barbara G. Jackson; ... children.	12.1923 Romford district, Essex - 07.11.1962 Hatfield district, Hertfordshire	T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 01.08.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.02.1945 T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.02.1947 Lt. (L) 24.12.1947, seniority 01.02.1947 Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.02.1955 VD 30.05.1960 - * Special Branch officer employed on scientific duties	Education: Cambridge (BA 1944, MA 1948); AMIEE. (01.1945)     no appointment listed (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     no appointment listed 24.12.1947     transferred, List I of Permanent RNVR (from 1959 RNR) * indexed, but not listed as such
Luke, James Allen   Son of Samuel Paul Luke, and Anna Allen. Brother of Lt.Cdr. Samuel Paul Luke, RN. Husband of Yvonne Barbara Laura Luke, of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. She remarried (1948) Alfred W. Needham.	1920 ? - 01.03.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Fogo Churchyard, Berwickshire, section E, grave 14]	T/S.Lt. (A) 04.10.1941 T/Lt. (A) ?	(12.1941)     no appointment listed 04.11.1943 - (12.1943) pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] ? - 01.03.1944 pilot, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Pretoria Castle (escort carrier)] (killed in an air crash; possibly during Seafire aircraft Deck Landing Trials in Clyde) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lukis, Eric Marlborough Craven Fellowes	(03?).1903 Addersbury, Banbury district, Oxfordshire - 2002	Prob. T/S.Lt. 11.09.1939 T/Lt. 05.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 CdeG ? liaison officer "Commandant Domine" 42-44	Served merchant navy. (12.1939)     no appointment listed (02.1940) - (04.1940) HMS General Birdwood (minesweeping trawler) * 15.03.1940 - (08.)1941 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) (10.1941) - (10.1942) no appointment listed (12.)1942 - (06.)1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, French minesweeper "Commandant Domine" (Croix de Guerre) (10.1944) - (04.1946) no appointment listed Published: Guernèsies : the Norman tongue of Guernsey (1976); An outline of the Franco-Norman dialect of Guernsey (1981). * indexed, but not listed as such
Lummis, Dennis Herbert Son of ... Lummis, and ... Harman.	17.05.1920 Woodbridge district, Suffolk - 12.2003 Ipswich district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. 04.12.1941 T/Lt. 01.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 13.02.1945 attack enemy convoys Mediterranean 11.10.44 [decoration posted]	(02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed (06.1942)     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) * 15.06.1942 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 52 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 10.12.1942 - (06.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 649 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] (08.1943) - (02.1944) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) * 01.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 638 (motor torpedo boat) [Mediterranean] 03.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) * indexed, but not listed as such
Lumsden, Charles Ian	? -	T/A/S.Lt. ? T/S.Lt. 23.07.1944 MID 21.11.1944 series of actions in the Channel	03.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) (for MTBs and MLs) 02.10.1944 - (01.1945) First Lieutenant, HM MTB 385 (motor torpedo boat) (07.1945)     no appointment listed (04.1946)     HMS Dartmouth (Reserve Fleet parent ship, Dartmouth) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Lumsden, James Basil Colgate	29.11.1905 Hackney district, Greater London - (09?).1980 Stevenage district, Hertfordshire	Prob. S.Lt. 18.10.1940 Lt. 18.01.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 01.01.1944 New Year 44 MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe)	25.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) 25.09.1941 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 291 (motor launch) [initially at HMS St Christopher] 09.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Simonstown)
Lundy, Charles Augustus	19.01.1908 Chertsey district, Surrey - (06?).1974 Surrey South Western district	T/Lt. 01.09.1939 (reld < 04.1946)	01.09.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services) (05/06.1940) Commanding Officer, TSDY Bounty (Dunkirk) (02.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) * 13.08.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) (for miscellaneous services) 01.10.1944 - (07.1945) Assistant to Senior Resident Naval Officer, Calcutta [HMS Chilwa] * indexed, but not listed as such
Lupton, Joe Son of Norris Lupton, and Hannah Ellen Lupton (née Habergham). As his father re-married in 1927 step-son of Sarah Pearson Lupton (née Ingham).	(06?).1922 Morley, Dewsbury district, Yorkshire - 03.02.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Morley Cemetery, A.761]	T/A/S.Lt. (A) ? T/S.Lt. (A) 06.12.1942	01.06.1943 - 03.02.1944 observer, 848 Squadron FAA [HMS Robin (RN Air Station, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkneys)] (killed in air crash)
Lygo, [Sir] Raymond Derek Son of late Edwin T. Lygo, and Ada E. Lygo. Married (1950) Pepper Van Osten, USA; two sons, one daughter.	15.03.1924 Ilford, Essex - [London ?]	T/S.Lt. (A) 01.04.1944 ... ... Adm. 09.02.1977 (retd 28.03.1978) KCB 1977; CIMgt	Education: Valentine's School, Ilford; Ilford County High School; Clark's College, Bromley Worked for The Times, 1940. Naval Airman, RN, 1942; Naval Pilot, 1943 ? - (07.1945) 887 Squadron FAA 1949 - 1951 served VSN 1951 - 1953 Commanding Officer, 759 Squadron FAA 1954 - 1956 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA 1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Lowestoft 1967 - 1969 Commanding Officer, HMS Juno 1969 - 1971 Commanding Officer, HMS Ark Royal 1975 - 1978 Vice Chief of Naval Staff 1978 Chief of Naval Staff British Aerospace: Managing Director, Hatfield/Lostock Division, 1978-1979, Group Deputy Chairman, 1980; Board Member, 1980-1989; Chairman and Chief Executive, Dynamics Group, 1980-1982; Managing Director, 1983-1986; Chief Executive, 1986-1989; Chairman: BAe Inc., 1983-1988; Royal Ordnance, 1987-1988; BAe Enterprises Ltd, BAe (Space Systems) Ltd, BAe Hldgs Inc., 1988-1989; Member, Supervisory Board, Airbus Industrie, 1987-1989. Director: James Capel Corporate Finance, 1990-1992; LET, 1990-1992. Director, CBI Education Foundation, 1985-1992; Member: Council, Industrial Society, 1985-; NEDC, 1989-1991; Council, Foundation for Management Education, 1992-. Conducted review of the management of prison service, 1991. Freeman, City of London, 1985; Liveryman: Coachmakers' and Coach Harness Makers' Co., 1986-; Shipwrights' Co., 1988-. Appeal Pres., SENSE (Nat. Deaf­Blind & Rubella Assoc.), 1983-; Appeal Chm., Industrial Soc., 1989-1991; Dir, Southern Counties, Prince's Youth Business Trust, 1993-1997; Patron, Youth Sports Trust, 1996-. Pres., FAA Officers Assoc., 1990-; Patron, Nat. FAA Assoc., 1989-. Life Mem., Royal Soc. of St George, 1984. FRSA. Hon. FRAeS; Hon. Fellow, Univ. of Westminster (formerly Poly. of Central London), 1989. Aerospace, defence and industrial consultant; Chairman: Rutland Trust PLC, since 1992; TNT Europe Ltd and TNT Express (UK), since 1992; River and Mercantile First UK Investment Trust, since 1997. Published: Collision course : Lygo shoots back (2002)
Lyle, [Sir] Ian Duff "Spud" Son (with two siblings) of Col. Abram Arthur Lyle, OBE, TD (1880-1931), and Elsie Ronalds Crowdy (1882-1948), of Barrington Court, Ilminster, Somerset. Brother of Barbara Hamilton Lyle, who married Capt. Ernest Norman Wood, DSC and Bar, VRD, RNVR. Married (16.01.1935, St Mark's, North Audley Street, London W1) Julia Margaret McKechnie (19.06.1911 -  28.06.1962), daughter of David McWhirter McKechnie, of South Africa; one son, two daughters. Residence from 1931 onwards: Barrington Court, Ilminster, Somerset.	22.10.1907 Ware, Hertfordshire - 17.06.1978 Barrington, Somerset	T/Lt. 12.10.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. < 08.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Kt 01.01.1959 for political services DSC 28.09.1943 action Flak ship & E-boats 29.07.43 [investiture 24.10.44] DSC 30.05.1944 action Channel 28.03.44 [investiture 24.10.44] MID 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44	Education: Shrewsbury School (Severn Hill House; 1921.3-1926); St John's College, Oxford. 12.10.1939 - (10.)1941 HMS Botlea (Q ship) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 12.01.1942 - (08.)1942 11th Motor Launch Flotilla [HMS Beaver (RN base, Humber)] 20.10.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 611 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)] (08.)1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 611 (motor gun boat) & Senior Officer, 18th MGB Flotilla (12.)1943 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 611 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 51st MTB Flotilla [from 07.01.1943 at Newhaven)] [appointment listed as from 16.01.1943] (01.1945) - (07.1945) no appointment listed Chairman (1954-1964) and President (1964-1978), Tate & Lyle Ltd. (sugar refining company). High Sheriff, Somerset, 04.1967-04.1968.
Lyons, Archibald Herbert "Archie" Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Charles William George Robert Lyons (1866-), and Florence Reeve (1874-1932). Married (30.11.1932, Kidderpore, West Bengal, India) Aline Edith Overy (21.10.1908 - 12.1989), daughter of Francis George Overy (1884-), and Edith White (1879-).	28.06.1903 Norwich district, Norfolk - (09?).1982 Poole district, Dorset	T/S.Lt. 20.09.1940 T/Lt. 03.1941, seniority 20.12.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 07.12.1943? (reld < 10.1945)	02.10.1940 - (02.1942) First Lieutenant, HMS Jonquil (Flower class corvette) (04.1940)     no appointment listed 16.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Carnation (Flower class corvette) 17.08.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Balsam (Flower class corvette) 02.03.1943 - (10.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Guillemot (patrol sloop) (12.1943)     no appointment listed 07.12.1943 - 29.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Camellia (Flower class corvette) 16.08.1944 - 09.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Oakham Castle (Castle class corvette)
Lyons, James Maurice	? -	T/S.Lt. 31.07.1942 T/Lt. 31.10.1942 (reld 01.05.1946)	(10.1942)     no appointment listed 26.11.1942 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Elsie Cam (minesweeping trawler) (10.)1943     Commanding Officer, HMS Elsie Cam (minesweeping trawler) (12.1943) - (10.1944) HMS Rotterdam (minesweeping trawler) * 12.10.1944 - (04.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS St Olive (minesweeping trawler) 05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Tengra (Combined Operations base, Mandapam, India) * indexed, but not listed as such