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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.	± 1909 ? -	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 BWM ? ?	Education: Nautical College, Panbourne 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 lsited as such
Laity, George Edgar Son of ... Laity, and ... Curnow.	(06?).1919 Penzance district, Cornwall -	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.
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
Lansky, Miroslav Stanley	? -	T/A/S.Lt. 19.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)	Russian emigree. 20.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Venomous (destroyer)
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
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	possibly *: 23.05.1920 - 09.1996 Isle of Wight * The 2003 Navy List of Retired Officers still lists him	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 Capt. RN 31.12.1957 (retd) CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 MBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49 DSC 20.11.1945 minesweeping Puket Island [Salng?] 07.45 MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	19.07.1941 - (08.1942) 805 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe ( RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria) 04.11.1943 - (06.1944) pliot, 886 Squadron FAA ? - ? Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA (Long Kesh) [HMS Emperor (escort carrier)] 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)] (1949) 806 Squadron FAA (1967) staff of COMFEF AFRAeS
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 -	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)
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
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 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.	? - 04.2006 still alive	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; husband of Doreen Laurie Leaf, of Herringfleet, Suffolk.	1919 ? - 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) & SO 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) 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	(09?).1911 Medway, Kent -	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, 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	? -	T/S.Lt. 10.04.1941 T/Lt. 10.11.1941 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.1944 (reld 31.03. 1946)	joined RNVR as an American citizen (06?).1941 - 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)
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, 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, 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 Married Margaret (née ...); one son.	1915 ? - 11.02.2007 Helston Community Hospital, Cornwall [aged 92]	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 17.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946) DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	01.07.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Chalcedony Former Chairman of Sketchley's.
Lee, Philip Gordon	05.05.1922 - 04.1995 Taunton Deane, Somerset	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.06.1943 DSC 13.10.1942 action R-boats Dover 16.08.42 DSC 03.08.1943 action trawlers & R-boats 28.05.43 DSC 14.11.1944 German evacuation Le Havre	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] (09.1944) HMS Hornet 10.11.1944 - (04.1946) Office of Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord
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]
Legard, Edwin Richard Married; at least one son.	20.08.1909 Winchester, Hampshire -	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 Crafts, Tank (LCTs)) 24.10.1944 - (04.1946) <