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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.	09.1908 -	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, 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.	(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
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
Lansky, Miroslav Stanley	? -	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 ... Lansley, and ... Jones ??	(09?).1917 ?? Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex ?? -	T/A/El.S.Lt. ? T/El.S.Lt. 15.08.1943 T/A/El.Lt. < 10.1944 T/El.Lt. 01.06.1945	19.05.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) 23.04.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Woodbridge Haven 03.12.1945 - 13.01.1946 Admiralty [HMS President] 14.01.1946 - (04.1946) Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
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, 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	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 (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	(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, 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	? -	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, Edward Kendrick	02.02.1901 London, Hendon district, Middlesex -	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 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. 16.10.1941 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	(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 Fores base, Gosport) 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) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty [possibly on Landing Crafts, 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" Married Jean Renwick Airey.	10.05.1897 Harwich, Essex -	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	? - [commemmorated at RN College, Greenwich]	T/S.Lt. ?	joined RNVR as an American citizen
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	? -	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)] 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)
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-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) 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 - (04.1940) HMS Wildfire (training establishment, Sheerness) (02.1941) HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) * 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
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, 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 (04.1946) no appointment listed
Lewis-Lavender, Walter Charles Son of Walter and Alice Lavender. Husband of Frances Mary Lewis-Lavender, of Wandsworth, London. link to Lambourne church memorial	(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	1915 - 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), and Sylvia Lightoller (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 - (10.1944) 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
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	? - 2004 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)
Linsell, Stewart Edward Son of ... Linsell, and ... Thomson.	(03?).1922 Braintree district, Essex -	T/S.Lt. 17.07.1942 T/Lt. 17.01.1945	(10.1944)     no appointment listed 15.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operatons accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
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.
Lloyd, Desmond Courtenay Frederick Son of ... Lloyd, and ... Haswell.	(09?).1919 Brentford district, Middlesex - [1982 alive at 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 - 1992 Shropshire	T/Lt. 28.09.1939 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 17.11.1942? (reld < 04.1946) DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [award 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 -	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 - (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)
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)
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)
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
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 - 1981	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)]
Lummis, Dennis Herbert Son of ... Lummis, and ... Harman.	17.05.1920 Woodbridge district, Suffolk - 12.2003 Ipswich district, Suffolk	T/S.Lt. ? T/Lt. 01.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946) DSC 13.02.1945 attack enemy convoys Mediterranean 11.10.44 [decoration posted]	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)] 01.03.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 638 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)] 03.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
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	(03?).1906 Hackney district, Greater London -	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	(03?).1908 Chertsey district, Surrey -	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 of 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: Man. Dir, Hatfield/Lostock Div., 1978-1979, Group Dep. Chm., 1980; Bd Mem., 1980-1989; Chm. and Chief Exec., Dynamics Gp, 1980-1982; Man. Dir, 1983-1986; Chief Exec., 1986-1989; Chairman: BAe Inc., 1983-1988; Royal Ordnance, 1987-1988; BAe Enterprises Ltd, BAe (Space Systems) Ltd, BAe Hldgs Inc., 1988-1989; Mem., Supervisory Bd, Airbus Industrie, 1987-1989. Director: James Capel Corporate Finance, 1990-1992; LET, 1990-1992. Dir, CBI Educn Foundn, 1985-1992; Member: Council, Industrial Soc., 1985-; NEDC, 1989-1991; Council, Foundn for Management Educn, 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 of late Col. Arthur Lyle, OBE, TD, Barrington Court, Ilminster, Somerset. Married (1935) Julia Margaret (died 1962), daughter of David McWhirter McKechnie, South Africa; one son, two daughters. Residence since 1931: 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; St John's College, Oxford 12.10.1939 - (02.)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] (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.