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1939-1945

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Lacome,
Bernard
"Bunny"
B. Lacome (Photo courtesy of Mr Bernard Lacome)
Married (1948, Ottawa, Ont.) Shirley Fay Evenchick (07.04.1923 - 10.05.2010); three daughters, one son.
14.01.1923
Alexandra Park, London, Middlesex
-
2014?
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
Lade,
John Mourier
R.B. Laing

Son (with two sisters) of James Alexander Lade (1866-1930), and Fernanda Juliana Denise Mourier (1873-1942).
Married (30.06.1938, Chelsea Old Church, Chelsea, London) Shelagh Beatrice Aimee Bunbury-Tighe (22.10.1909 - 16.02.1997), daughter of Edward Kenrick Bunbury-Tighe (1862-1917), and Viola Lilian Henriette Skeffington Smyth (1871-1941); three daughters, one son.
28.02.1911
Chelsea district, London
-
24.10.1999
Kemsing, Maidstone district, Kent
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 24.04.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.07.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

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

05.05.1941 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
18.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
Laing,
Richard Baggott
R.B. Laing
07.03.1917
-
03.2000
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk
T/Lt.
07.03.1942 (reld 1945/46?)
Mention in Despatches 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
H.C.C. Laird H.C.C. Laird
H.C.C. Laird 
From London.
03.09.1908
-
03.10.1971
St Marylebone district, London
T/Lt.
02.11.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
11.08.1943 ?
T/A/Cdr.
01.1945 ?

1939-1945 Star

39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Pacific Star Pac St - -
Defence Medal Def Med - -
1939-1945 War Medal 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
B.C. Lambert
Son of ... Laity, and ... Curnow.
Married (26.12.1944, St Bartholomews Church, Porthleven, Kerrier district, Cornwall) Dorothy Maud Penberthy ((06?).1922 - 30.03.2009); 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
E.R. Lamb
Son of Walter Thomas and Beatrice Lamb.
Married ((06?).1931, Wandsworth district, London) Winifred Maud Mills (25.02.1904 - 03.,04.1988), of Sidcup, London.
07.08.1909
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
Collector Electricity Supply Co.
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
01.11.1942 - 21.11.1943 HMS Wolverine (destroyer)
Lamb,
Ernest Murray
E.M. Lamb
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Albert Ernest Lamb (1873-1950), and Helen Law Drake (1876-1966).
Married (06.09.1931, St Matthew, Brixton, Lambeth, London) Hilda Fraser (21.06.1901 - 21.12.1993); one son.
11.02.1906
Pretoria, South Africa
-
17.01.1941
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, bay 2, panel 6]
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 21.08.1940
T/Lt. (A) 21.11.1940
Veterinary surgeon (MRCVS). Gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 15849), taken at Major Moth D.H. 60 - Major - 130, at Edinburgh Flying Club, 07.05.1938.
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
05.11.1940 - (12.)1940 pilot, 758 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
04.12.1940 - 17.01.1941 pilot, 752 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] [lost on passage to Trinidad at s.s. Almeda Star]
His son writes: "My father was lost at sea on after the s.s. Almeda Star on which he was a passenger was torpedoed by the German submarine U-96. He and fellow officers were bound for Trinidad where they were to open a flight school."
Lamb,
Richard Stanley
"Stan"
R.S. Lamb (Photo courtesy of Robin Fowler) R.S. Lamb (Photo courtesy of Robin Fowler)
?
-
?
T/A/S.Lt. 04.12.1942
T/S.Lt. 04.06.1943
T/Lt. 04.06.1945 (reld 07.05.1946)
(02.1943) - (04.1945) no appointment listed
04.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(1945?)     HM LCT ... (landing craft, tank)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
 
Lambert,
Bertram Claude
B.C. Lambert
Son (with three sisters) of Henry William Lambert (1882-1952), and Mabel Catherine Snelgrove (1885-1864).
Married 1st ((06?).1937, Croydon district, Surrey) Gwendoline Mary Grace Leaney (07.1910 - 09.11.1988).
Married 2nd (1959, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Iris W. Gane; one daughter.
19.06.1906
Finchley, Barnet district, Greater London /  Middlesex
-
03.1997
Camborne-Redruth district, Cornwall
T/Lt. 13.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Reserve Decoration RD 14.02.1984 -
(12.1940) - (02.1941) HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton) *
(04.1941) - (12.1941) no appointment listed
05.12.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
30.03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
16.02.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Saunders (Combined Operations base, Kabret, Egypt)
30.09.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
27.12.1945 - (10.1946) HMS Dipper (RN Air Station, Henstridge)
Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, 1940s-1960s. August 1965 transferred to Permanent RNR in rank of Lt.Cdr. [in 1966 Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)], with seniority 22.03.1960. Retired 19.06.1966.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lambert,
Douglas George
D.G. Lambert
Son of John Andrew Lambert (1880-), and Florence Deborah Underwood (1879-).
Married ...; three sons, one daughter.
28.02.1910
Southampton district, Hampshire
-
20.12.1971
Southwark district, London
T/Paym.Lt. 21.07.1941
T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. < 10.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 05?.1942, seniority 21.07.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 12.1943, < 02.1944

* Special Branch officer employed on staff, etc., duties ashore, who has not received any training of an executive nature, but has undergone a short course at RN College, Greenwich

(10.1941) - (06.1942) no appointment listed
15.06.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Leigh (RN base, Southend on Sea)
23.02.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for Naval Control Service duties)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Lambert,
Eric George
E.G. Lambert
?
-
?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 10.05.1945
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) < 07.1945

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

(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
A grandchild writes: "Initially served at Hong Kong and Singapore 1939-1942. He worked in naval intelligence for FECB (Far Eastern Combined Bureau), Colombo 1942-1945. He is now listed on the Bletchley Park veterans website as well."
Lambert,
Wilfred
W. Lambert
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 - 01.01.1992), 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)
Mention in Despatches MID 21.11.1944 probable sinking of U-boat Plymouth Area 30.06.44
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration 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
J.D. Lancaster
?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt.
15.03.1940
T/Lt.
15.06.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
31.05.1956
HM's birthday 56: as Second Secretary HM's embassy Saigon
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
10.08.1943
sinking supply ship Bizerta 26.04.43 [decoration posted]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
05.05.1944
action Mediterranean 18.12.43
Mention in Despatches 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
Lane,
Frederick Edgar
F.E. Lane (Photo courtesy of Mr Anson Lane)
Son of Frederick Charles Lane, and Florence Holbrow.
Married (1941, Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland) Margaret Livingstone "Peggie" Baxter (02.07.1913 - 05.10.2000); two sons.
01.05.1917
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-
11.10.1957
Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol (formerly of Regent Hotel, St Leonards-on-Sea)
T/S.Lt. 24.04.1941
T/A/Lt. [acting rank] > 12,1941, < 02.1942
T/A/Lt. [appointed rank] 01.05.1942
T/Lt. ?, seniority 01.05.1942 (reld 23.05.1946)
(06.1941)     no appointment listed
21.07.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
(04.1943)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) *
07.04.1943 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM ML 489 (motor launch)
20.11.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM ML 597 (motor launch)
16.01.1944 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 597 (motor launch)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
11.09.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)
1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lang,
Cecil John
C.J. Lang
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
Member of the Order of the British Empire 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)
Langford,
Robert
R. Langford
Residence: (1945) St Albans, Hertfordshire.
?
-
... ...
T/El.Lt. 01.07.1942
University course in electrical engineering.
      general degaussing duties including Port Said, Suez and Leith
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Mary J. Masson
Langshaw,
Frank
F. Langshaw (Photo courtesy of Mr Matthew White)
Son of ... Langshaw, and ... Noden.
Married ((06?0.1939, Bilston district, Staffordshire) Eileen Madeline James (20.08.1914 - ); ... children (one daughter?).
11.03.1916
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
21.08.2005
South Hampshire district, Hampshire
T/A/S.Lt. 02.06.1944
T/S.Lt. 02.12.1944 (reld 06.09.1945)
Police constable.
(10.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Lansky,
Miroslav Stanley
M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
M.S. Lansky (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Son of Joseph Lansky, and Olga Zajicek, Czech/Slovak emigrants.

19.06.1925
St Marylebone, London
-
15.07.2014
University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Ord.Sea. 10.02.1943 [C/JX 549299]
T/Midsh. 07.04.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 19.12.1944
T/S.Lt. 19.06.1945 (transferred to reserve 05.03.1946)
10.02.1943     enlisted RNVR
06.10.1943 - 19.11.1943 mobilized, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich)
20.11.1943 - 07.01.1944 HMS Norfolk (cruiser)
08.01.1944 - 06.04.1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
07.04.1944 - 1944 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
20.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Cassandra (destroyer)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
20.02.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Venomous (destroyer)
07.1945 - (10.1945) on Staff to British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA [HMS Saker]
Lansley,
John Robert
J.R. Lansley (Photo courtesy of Mr Jon Lansley)
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
W.S. Larcombe (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Larcombe)
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 (Archer class 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
G.J. Lattimer
?
-
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 Proserpine (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
H. Lauder
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
J. Lauder
?
-
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
A.G. Laugharne
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"

D.B. Law (Photo courtesy of Mr James Lyon)
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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 [investiture 19.07.67]
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 20.11.1945 minesweeping Puket Island, Salang 07.45 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches 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 (Archer class 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 (Ruler class escort carrier), then HMS Shah (Ruler class escort carrier), then HMS Khedive (Ruler class escort carrier)] (East Indies Fleet)
20.05.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Ameer (Ruler class 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,
Gerald Cecil
G.C. Law
Son of ... Law, and ... Liddle.
Married ((06?).1945, Lewisham district, Kent) Marion E. Abrahams; ... children (one son?).
11.01.1921
Alverstoke district, Hampshire
-
28.11.1997
Sutton district, Surrey
T/A/S.Lt. 11.09.1941
T/S.Lt. 11.01.1942
T/Lt. 11.03.1944 (reld 27.06.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
10.11.1941 - (02.)1942 HM MASB 37 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
18.02.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for small craft):
02.1942? - 28.10.1942 HM MGB 316 (motor gun boat) (despatches)
29.10.1942 - (04.)1944 HM MGB 316 (motor gun boat)
10.04.1944 - (10.)1944 HM MGB 312 (motor gun boat)
22.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Blyth (Bangor class minesweeper)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Law,
Ronald Pakenham
R.P. Law
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
-
10.08.1983
Halifax district, West Yorkshire
T/S.Lt.
07.02.1941
T/Lt.
07.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order 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
T.P. Law
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
F.G.R. Lawes
Son of George William Lawes (1884?-), and Kate Ryland Huggins (1883-).
Married ((03?).1945, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Kathrin 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
Lawford,
Harold Preston
H.P. Lawford (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lawford)
Son of Percy John Lawford (1888-1975), and Elsie Eveline England (1890-1976).
Married ((06?).1942, Thanet district, Kent) Winifred May Claxton (26.08.1918 - 03.2006), daughter of George W. Claxton, and Mary G. Clarke; ... children (four sons, two daughters?).
04.06.1918
Kingston district, Kent
-
26.01.2008
Broadstairs, Kent
T/S.Lt. 03.07.1942
T/Lt. 03.07.1943 (dispersal 04.01.1946) (reld 11.03.1946)
Lt. 02.08.1953 (commission terminated 23.01.1963)
(08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed
19.10.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Runswick Bay (minesweeping trawler)
(02.1944) - (10.1944) no appointment listed *
07.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Frolic (Catherine class minesweeper)
05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS, Canada) (for miscellaneous duties)
(10.1945)     HMS Orcadia (Algerine class minesweeper) **
1953 - 1963 RNVR, from 1958 RNR
* His son writes: "Apart from getting back from West Africa he was in the Plymouth casualty pool for Officers wounded in action. He supposedly was sent to HMS Ilfracombe to take over from an Officer injured in attack on the vessel which hit a ships compass?"
** indexed, but not listed as such
Lawler,
Dennis Minter
D.M. Lawler
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,
Alan Watson Rose
A.W.R. Lawrence
Son of ... Lawrence, and ... Leach.
Married ((06?).1944, Wandsworth district, London) Valerie M. Dunstan; ... children (one son?).
02.08.1921
Wandsworth district, London
-
31.01.2011
Redhill, Surrey
T/A/S.Lt. 26.03.1942
T/S.Lt. 02.08.1942
T/Lt. 26.09.1944 (reld 27.06.1946)
(06.1942) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
17.10.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Chaser (Archer class escort carrier)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lawrence,
Dennis William
D.W. Lawrence (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Lawrence)
Son of Walter Lawrence (1893-1988), and Dorothy M. Parish (1897-).
Married (20.03.1948, Colchester district, Essex) Peggy Muriel Hearsum (26.12.1923 - 21.07.2018); two sons.
14.06.1925
Colchester district, Essex
-
10.1987
Colchester district, Essex
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 29.03.1945
T/S.Lt. (E) 29.09.1945 (reld > 10.1946)
18.06.1945 - (10.1946) HMS Rame Head (maintenance ship)
Lawrence,
Leonard Walter [Sidney]
L.W. Lawrence (Photo courtesy of Russell Lawrence)
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
24.04.1911
Fulham district, London
-
04.12.1972
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
T/S.Lt. 12.06.1941
T/Lt. 12.09.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
(07.1941)     no appointment listed
28.07.1941 - 07.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Muskeeta (armed yacht)
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)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Lawrence,
Reginald
R. Lawrence
Married ((09?).1939, Llanelly district, Carmarthenshire / Glamorgan) Jessie P. Dover; one daughter.
04.04.1911
-
26.11.1974
Poole district, Dorset
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 30.10.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.01.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 10.12.1945 (reld > 07.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46
* Special Branch officer who has qualified for, and is undertaking general duties of an executive nature on shore
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(02.1942) - (12.1943) HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships) *
06.12.1943 - (07.1946) HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships)
* indexed, but not listed as such
His daughter writes: "My father joined the RN in 1940, saw service in the North Atlantic before being sent to HMS King Alfred at Brighton.
He was based in Cardiff in 1942 as a Lieutenant when I was born there and he went to the Far East in 1943. His war medals include the Burma Star and he was awarded the MBE but I do not know why. In 1946 he was a Lieutenant Commander in the process of transferring to the RN when he lost his arm when a staff car he was travelling in in Plymouth was struck by a lorry. He was invalided out."
Lawrence,
Ronald Joseph
R.J. Lawrence
?
-
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
Lawrence,
Stanley Hubert
S.H. Lawrence (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Dutton)
Son of Richard Joseph S. Lawrence (1882-1956), and Rebecca Knight.
Married (20.02.1948, Jaffa, Palestine) Patricia Dance; two daughters.
22.03.1916
Warfield, Easthampstead district, Berkshire
-
09.04.1986
Swindon district, Wiltshire
T/S.Lt. 24.11.1940
T/A/Lt. 24.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
30.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
(04.1941) - (08.1941) no appointment listed
16.08.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
18.02.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (for duty with Staff Officer (1) Levant)
13.10.1944 - (04.)1945 on staff of Senior Naval British Officer Greece [HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Lawrence,
Stephen John
S.J. Lawrence
Son of ... Lawrence, and ... Willsher.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
08.01.1914
Croydon district, Surrey
-
14.10.2002
Chichester district, Sussex
T/S.Lt. 21.10.1939
T/Lt. 06.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
25.10.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Laurentic (armed merchant cruiser)
(12.1940)     no appointment listed
01.01.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Gardenia (Flower class corvette)
12.09.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Salisbury (Town class destroyer)
(04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed
01.08.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Blean (Hunt class destroyer)
(02.1943) - (04.1943) no appointment listed
14.04.1943 - 11.1943 HMS Cuckmere (River class frigate)
22.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
(04.1944) - (06.1944) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Antwerp (landing ship, fighter direction)
(04.1945)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
10.07.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Rattray Head (Beachy Head class repair ship)
08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Rame Head (Beachy Head class repair ship)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Laws,
David Graham
D.G. Laws
?
-
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
G.D. Laws (Photo courtesy of Sue Chapman)
From Orpington.
04.10.1912
-
30.01.1988
Swanland, Beverley district, North Humber
T/S.Lt. 15.05.1941
T/Lt. 15.05.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1946? (reld 02.05.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 07.12.1943 Operation Antidote (minesweeping Galita to Sousse, Tunisia, 05.1943) [investiture 20.07.1945]
15.07.1941 - (10.)1942 HMS Seagull (Halcyon class minesweeper)
(12.1942)     no appointment listed
22.12.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Fantome (Algerine class minesweeper)
07.04.1943 - (06.)1944 Navigating Officer, HMS Acute (Algerine class minesweeper) (DSC)
(10.1944)     HMS Friendship (Algerine class minesweeper) *
13.12.1944 - (10.1945) Navigating Officer, HMS Fairy (Catherine class minesweeper) (MBE)
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Laws,
Gilbert James
G.J. Laws
20.06.1913
Loughborough district, Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire
-
17.10.1989
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
R.A. Laws
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
Portrait, 1944 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) Portrait, 1944 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Portrait, Febr. 1943 (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Alston) Portrait, Febr. 1943 (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
Younger son (with one sister and one brother) of Sir Arnold Lawson, KBE, MD, FRCS (1867-1947) and Helen Hargreaves Clark (1877-1944).
Married 1st (12.04.1944, St Marylebone district, London) Hon. Flora Breckinridge Fermor-Hesketh (23.02.1913 - 15.09.1970) (who married 1934 Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (1911-1994), from whom she obtained a divorce 1944; two sons), second daughter (with three brothers and one sister) of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh (1881-1944), and Florence Louise Breckinridge (1881-1956); two daughters.
Married 2nd (08.12.1983, Kensington and Chelsea district, Middlesex) Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Polk "Betty" Shaughnessy (23.01.1913 - ), daughter of Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy (1887-1916), and Sarah Polk Bradford (?-1955). Betty Lawson was earlier married (1932) to Pascoe Christian Victor Francis, 2nd Baron Grenfell [one son, one daughter], (1946) to Berkeley Buckingham Howard Stafford, (1969) to Trevor Walton "Rex" King.
04.10.1907
St Marylebone district, London
-
13.03.1984
Passenham, Towcester district, Northamptonshire
T/Lt. 23.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1944, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 25.08.1942 Murmansk convoys 03-05.42
Education: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge.
08.03.1937     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
(02.1940) - (08.1940) no appointment listed
23.09.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Seaborn II (RN base, Halifax, NS)
10.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Beverley (destroyer) (despatches)
(08.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed
03.11.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Middleton (destroyer) (from 13.01.1943 as First Lieutenant)
(06.1944)     HMS Venomous (destroyer) *
01.08.1944 - 06.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer)
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
14.05.1945 - (10.1945) Personal Services Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Solicitor (till 31.12.1950 with the firm Burch & Co.). Justice of the Peace (JP), Northamptonshire, 1952; High Sheriff, 1965.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lawson,
Brian
B. Lawson
?
-
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
28.01.1943

George Medal

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
R.G. Lawson
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)

Mention in Despatches

MID
16.09.1941
sinking of Bismarck
Mention in Despatches 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]
Layland,
Wilfred
W. Layland
From Rawdon, nr Leeds.
Son (with three sisters) of William Edward Layland (1868-1946), and Minnie Swallow (1868-1933).
Married ((12?).1927, North Brierley district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Marjorie Norris Firth (01.02.1906 - 11.1997).
27.08.1898
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
11.06.1984
Harrogate, Claro district, North Yorkshire
T/Lt. 03.06.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1941, < 02.1942 (commission terminated 14.11.1945; medically unfit)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 27.11.45]
      commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the 4th Dragoon Guards 12.09.1917; Lt. 12.03.1919; half-pay 18.04.1919; retired 11.12.1919
27.02.1937     enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Tyne Division RNVR)
03.06.1940 - 07.1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
08.07.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (for Auxiliary Patrol, Dover)
10.09.1940 - (04.)1943 HMS Colonsay (RN base, Grimsby) (base for minesweeping force, Humber)
20.05.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey. USA) (for British Yard minesweepers)
14.10.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Forward (RN base, Newhaven) (in charge of minesweeping force) (DSC)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
Layzell,
Denis Harold

D.H. Layzell
Married Evelyn Jones; ... children (one daughter?).
07.05.1920
-
10.07.2004
Burnbrae Gardens Nursing Home (formerly of Campbellford, Ontario, Canada)
T/A/S.Lt. 04.10.1940
T/S.Lt. 07.05.1941
T/Lt. 04.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(12.1940) - (04.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
31.01.1941     left UK
04.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Glenroy (landing ship infantry)
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
13.09.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for motor launches)
30.12.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)
29.04.1943 - (12.1943) British Naval Liaison Officer, "Spetsai" (Greek destroyer)
25.10.1943 - < 12.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, "Pindos" (Greek escort destroyer)
(02.1944)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
(04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed
01.07.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Easton (destroyer)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lazaro,
Manuel George

M.G. Lazaro M.G. Lazaro
M.G. Lazaro
Son of Manuel Esteban Lazaro (1865-), and Francisca Maria Marty (1869-).
Married 1st (30.10.1921, Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, West Derby district, Lancashire) Helen Nottingham (20.03.1901 - 16.02.1962), daughter (with two sisters and one brother) of John Nottingham (1872-1910), and Helen Holden (1870-1932); two sons.
Married 2nd ((09?).1978, Vale Royal district, Cheshire) Jean Gunn (1921 - 2007).
07.12.1897
Oran, Algeria, Africa
-
02.1995
Mill Lane Hospital, Wallasey, Merseyside
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 16.02.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.12.1944 (reld > 05.1949, < 05.1950)

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

WW I     served as a Private in the 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (65681) & King's Regiment (Liverpool) (89604)
(06.1943) - (05.1949) Sea Cadet Corps
Garage proprietor.
Lazenby,
Clifford

C. Lazenby
26.07.1914 ?
-
09.1994 ?
T/A/S.Lt. 26.03.1943
T/S.Lt. 26.09.1943
T/Lt. 26.09.1945 (reld 20.05.1946)
(06.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed
29.08.1943 - (02.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 269 (motor launch)
(04.1944)     HM ML 269 (motor launch) *
29.05.1944 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM ML 571 (motor launch)
(10.1944) - (01.1945) HM ML 269 (motor launch) *
03.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (for disposal)
Leaf,
Edward Derek Walter

© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas"
Elder son (with one sister and one brother) of Lt. Charles Symonds Leaf, RM (1895-1947), and the Hon. Catherine Blanche Kay-Shuttleworth (1894-1963).
Brother of First Officer Freydis Mary Leaf, Air Transport Auxiliary.
Married (21.06.1941, The Congregational Church, St Annes-on-the-Sea, Fylde district, Lancashire) Doreen Laurie Orr (10.09.1918 - 08.1995), of Herringfleet, Suffolk, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Cutherbertson Orr, of Ogilvie, St Annes-on-the-Sea; one daughter. Doreen Leaf remarried (1946) Charles D.N. Walker.
29.06.1918
Camberley, Farnham district, Surrey
-

15.02.1944
off Dutch coast
(KIA) [age 25]
[Barbon (St. Bartholomew) Churchyard, Shuttleworth family plot]
T/S.Lt. 29.10.1939
T/Lt. 13.04.1942

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 19.08.1941 actions with E-boats 04.41 & 06.41 [investiture 21.10.41]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 02.05.1944 4 E-boats damaged Nore 04.02.44 [presented to next-of-kin]
Mention in Despatches MID 15.09.1942 engagement convoy & escort 30.06.42
Education: Marlborough College (Junior Scholar; 09.1931-07.1937); Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted as Pensioner, 01.10.1937; BA 1940).
Arctic expedition (cosmic ray investigation), 1937. Surveying Bay Islands, Honduras, 1939. FRGS.
29.10.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Proserpine (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

K.L. Leapman
Son of Samuel Leapman, and Doris Hill 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) 06.08.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 06.02.1944
(10.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
(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]
Learner,
John Haward
J.H. Learner J.H. Learner
J.H. Learner
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Edward John Learner (1879-1963), and Emma Arthur Smith (1880-1965).
Married 1st; one son.
Married 2nd (25.09.1948, Pinner United Free Church) Janet Mina Somerville (14.01.1923 - 18.03.2008), daughter (with one brother) of Colin Francis Somerville (1891-1955), and Dorothy Mary Edwards (1890-1969); three sons.
07.04.1915
Wembley, Hendon district, London
-
11.12.2009
Cheltenham General Hospital
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 29.05.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.05.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

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

07.07.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
18.09.1941 - 01.10.1941 British Naval Liaison Officer, HHMS Triton (Greek submarine)
23.03.1942 - 06.04.1942 British Naval Liaison Officer, HHMS Triton (Greek submarine)
09.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
05.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Combined Intelligence Centre and Plot, Colombo)
 
Leatham,
John Lawson
J.L. Leatham
Son of Nigel Clere Leatham (1883-1939), and Eileen Edith Riley (1897-1990).
Married (15.11.1954, Athens, Greece) Maureen Elizabeth Kidd; three daughters.

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
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 14.08.1945 relief of Greece
Education: St Aidan's House, Ampleforth 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
K.G.D. Leavey (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Lavey)
Son of William Ernest Leavey (1885-1960), and Constance Mildred Epps (1885-1970).
Changed surname to Lavey by deed poll of 07.05.1947.
Married ((03?).1936, Greenwich district, London) Avril Tanton Clemow (17.04.1911 - 29.11.1983); two daughters, two sons..
27.07.1911
Medway district, Kent
-
06.03.2001
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 (demobilized > 10.1945, < 04.1946) (retd 05.11.1949)
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 1949? -

Mention in Despatches

MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43
15.12.1933     joined RNVR - London Division, List 2
09.10.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Sandhurst (repair ship)
09.09.1940 - (12.1942) HMS Adventure (minelayer)
(02.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Adventure (minelayer) *
22.01.1944 - (06.)1944 Assistant Fleet Administration Officer, HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy)
(10.1944)     HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) *
09.10.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)
06.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (for duty at Barletta)
(11.1945)     HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lee,
Albert Jack Rodney
A.J.R. Lee
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)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (post-1941 model) 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
A.C.W. Lee
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
28.09.1943
attack convoy off IJmuiden 25.07.43

Distinguished Service Cross

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,
David Mark
D.M. Lee
Son of ... Lee, and ... Gibbes.
08.04.1922
St Marylebone district, London
-
08.2017 still alive at Southwold, Suffolk
T/A/S.Lt. 23.04.1942
T/S.Lt.  01.12.1942
T/A/Lt. 23.10.1944 (reld 10.07.1946)
(06.1942)     no appointment listed
24.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Argonaut (Dido class cruiser)
05.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Nigeria (Fiji class cruiser)
11.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Tulip (Flower class corvette)
Lee,
Derek Armitage
D.A. Lee (Photo courtesy of Mr Eric Dietrich-Berryman)
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
E.F. Lee
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
18.05.1941
T/Lt. (A)
18.11.1943
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.03.1942
attack Scharnhorst & Gneisenau 12.02.42 [investiture 07.07.42]
(02.1942)


825 Squadron FAA
Lee,
Edward Kendrick
E.K. Lee
02.02.1901
London, Hendon district, Middlesex
-
03.04.1971
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,
Ernest William
E.W. Lee (Photo courtesy of Fiona Galazin)
Son (with two brothers) of Ernest Lee (1888-1958), and Ethel Oakes (1886-1959).
Married ((06?).1944, Edinburgh, Scotland) Ishbel Alexandra Cameron (15.12.1918 - 13.11.2015), daughter (with four sisters and one brother) of John Cameron (1870-1931), and Isabella Matheson (1881-1945); three children.
02.12.1916
Blackpool, Lancashire
-
14.05.1989
Eastbourne, East Sussex
T/S.Lt. 28.01.1941
T/Lt. 28.08.1942 (reld 17.04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
17.10.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
(08.1942)     HM ML 346 (motor launch) (despatches for Dieppe raid)
06.09.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
06.10.1942 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM RML 549 (rescue motor launch) [initially at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
(10.1945)     HMS Eland II (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) *
1950s     Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
A daughter wrties: "Signed up and started training in May 1940 at HMS Royal Arthur and HMS Ganges. Assigned to HMS Hood July 1940 at Scapa Flow. Promoted to Able Seaman. He leaves the Hood on May 19th 1941 along with 12 other ratings who are candidates to appear before a selection Board for a commission to become an officer. The day after he arrives in Portsmouth, HMS Hood is sunk by the German ship, the Bismarck, with the loss of 1415 men. They became known as the Lucky 13. He passes the selection board and trains at Lancing College and King Alfred, Brighton and passes out as a Sub- Lieutenant of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in August 1941. He asks for an appointment on one of the smaller ships and volunteers for Coastal Forces. The training base is at Fort William in Inverness-shire. His first appointment there is as a First Lieutenant on Motor Launch (ML) 346. His job is to escort convoys, up and down the East coast between the Thames estuary and Flamborough Head, fight off any E boats and pick up any survivors from sunken Merchant Ships. August 1942 is the first time they have “a really good crack at the enemy” when they get a message to report to Newhaven to prepare for the Dieppe raid. His job on that day is to cover the landing of 400 men on the eastern flank at Petit Berneval. They are to destroy the gun batteries there, that command the entrance to Dieppe harbour. In fact of the 160 men that they manage to land, only 19 are brought back. Along with others he is Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette of 2nd October 1942 under the heading “For gallantry, daring and skill in the combined attack on Dieppe” and receives the Oak Leaves.In 1942 he is assigned to ML549 and by 1945 he has command of three ships and is the Senior Officer of two flotillas. In Feb 1945 he is posted to ML256 and sent to Freetown in Sierra Leone, West Africa where he is finally released from war service in May 1946."
Lee,
Geoffrey
H.A.B. Lee
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
07.05.1925
-
24.11.1993
T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) * 31.03.1944
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.06.1945 (reld > 07.1946)

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

(06.1944)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) *
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
10.11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Nairana (escort carrier)
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
03.1946 - (07.1946) HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
His son writes: "He became a Sea Transport Officer at Port Said and Alexandria post-war until settling in Australia, where he became a Traffic Manager for Shipping Companies."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Geoffrey Lee's son writes: "After going through Dad's letters to Mum in 1946-8, some information came to hand. He had something to do with the military as he was in Valparaiso, Chile in November 1941. Not sure what that was about because he would have only been 16½ years old. His Date and place of enlistment was at HMS Duke at Malvern. Conscripted at Dover Street, Manchester. He was a Stoker (Navy Engineer) Grade 2. P/KX 27767 Training in the Royal Navy in the Malvern Hills while listed to the HMS Duke. Later changed to JX. 17 June 1943. In London 11 September 1943 Class 323 Top Div HMS Glendower. About October 1943 Moved from a stoker (Naval Engineer) to a gunner as a Naval Commando. He was involved in a Commando Raid on French Coast at Normandy 21 November 43. Served as an Officer (Sub-Lieutenant) on Arctic Convoys. Became a Commissioned Officer about February 1944. HMS King Alfred Naval College - Commissioned. 1944 RAF Station, at Nuneham, just outside Oxford- on an intelligence course. He was mates with Johnnie Hankin, US Army Air Corps. Appointed Temporary Midshipman RNVR (Sp) of His Majesty's Ship King Alfred additional by command of the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom-letter dated 4 April 1944, signed H.V. Markham, Admiralty S.W.1 D-Day: An Officer (Sub Lieutenant) on D Day landings at Normandy. Involved in combat intelligence. The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. He was at Scapa Flow and escorted Russian Convoys on HMS Nairana about August 1944. ( January 1945: Active service on HMS Nairana, an aircraft carrier, as Sub Lieutenant G. Lee RNVR. HMS Nairana (D05) was the lead ship of Royal Navy's Nairana-class escort carriers in WW2, operated escorting convoys & doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic& Arctic. At one stage, a bomb exploded under Dad, blowing him clear when others all around die. Hospitalised without sight or hearing for many weeks. His hearing returned first, then his sight. Decades later, Mum and Dad met a lady who recognised him while shopping in Sydney. It was his nurse from that hospital. In June 1945 he was on ship Heading toward Fremantle, Western Australia on the way to Melbourne and Sydney where he met my Mum. He returned home in November 1945 and was awarded Atlantic Star Medal.
Other movements: 3 January 1946: Letter advising of being on the books of HMS Pembroke - had written a letter on 5 December 1945 to Supply Officer HMS President 1. 20 January 1946: Posted in Cardiff Sunday 20 January 1946-2 week Sea Transport Officers Course commencing on Monday 21 January 1946 to be posted in India, the Far East or eastern Mediterranean. Commodore & Captain Sir Henry Digby-Best. (Ministry of War Transport letter). 21 January 1946: Appointed Temporary Sub-Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship HMS Lucifer by Command of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. (H.V. Markham). January 1946: Navy informed of job at HMS Lucifer at Cardiff, as S.T.O. VI, temporary (Sea Transport Officer-sending people to transports, to be trained as a torpedo Officer and posted to some station or ship. (Possibly 'Golden Hind'. 3 January 1946: Took HMS Queen, an escort aircraft carrier to the Middle East. Similar to old ship, Nairana. Arriving Friday 8 March at Gibraltar, by way of bay of Biscay, Portugal. Left Malta Tuesday 12 March, heading to Port Said, Thursday 14 March. 14 March 1946: Arrived Thursday 14 March. Departed HMS Queen for Port Said Hotel but advised job will be in Alexandria. 17 January 1946: Alexandria. Superintending Sea Transport Officer-Sea Transport Officer in charge of a Port. 18 March 1946: 5th Floor Hotel on sea front in Alexandria. Appointment to HMS Nile, Alexandria, Egypt. Monday 18 march 1946.Tuesday 19 March-ship 'Princess Kathleed' arrived unloading Greek & Cypriot refugees-difficult to handle. USA 'Colorado Springs Victory' arrived. 19 March 1946: HMS Nile-HMS Nile was a shore establishment, rather than an actual vessel. Based at Ras el Tin Point, Alexandria, Nile had a large number of personnel on the books - mainly those based in the Eastern Mediterranean. 10 May 1946: Sub Lieutenant G. Lee on HMS Nile on Friday 10 May 1946.Commander Irving of the HMS Nile, was staying at the same English Pension and chatted frequently. 14 September 1946: Received signal confirming release from the Royal Navy on receipt of demob signal.56 Days re-settlement leave & 8 days foreign service leave granted. Civilian clothes to be obtained from Army sources. Substituted passage to Australia approved. 27 September 1946: Left for demob in Port Said on 8.45 train. Then ship to Australia and a job at NSW Stevedoring Co Ltd, 28 O'Connell St, Sydney. 29 September 1946: Release from Naval Service-Class A. Regarded as being in Reserve, to be recalled in case of emergency.4 Park Road, Burwood, NSW, Australia. 29 October 1946: Began work on Tuesday 29 October at Trans Atlantic Airways which had formed early September 1946. Wage was 7 pounds for a 38 hour week. Sydney 31 August 1950: Application for appointment to the RANVR-referred to Admiralty. Sent to Staff Office (Reserves), HMAS Rushcutter, Beach Road Edgecliff, NSW from 1 Angle Street, Balgowlah, NSW. 1973: Returned to English home and re-united with family for first time since moving to Australia. Local papers article covered this."
Lee,
Harold Arthur Barry
H.A.B. Lee
26.05.1908
Wandsworth, London
-
30.06.1988
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
H.M. Lee
?
-
T/A/.Lt.
27.08.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945
Croix de Guerre (France) 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
J.E. Lee
?
-
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
K.W. Lee
Son of ... Lee, and ... Wilkinson.
Married Margaret (née ...); one son.
10.01.1915
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)
Distinguished Service Cross 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,
Laurence Sydney
L.S. Lee
Son of Sydney Alfred Lee (1884-1965), and Maud Georgina Cammell (1881-1968).
02.01.1914
Lewisham, London
-
01.11.2000
Cobham, East Surrey
T/S.Lt. 15.01.1942
A/T/Lt. > 12.1943, < 01.1943
T/Lt. 15.01.1943
A/T/Lt.Cdr. > 02.1944, < 04.1944
Mention in Despatches MID 07.11.1944 Operations Avalanche (Salerno), Husky (Sicily) & Shingle (Anzio)
05.03.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Dasher (Archer class escort carrier)
15.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Dasher (Archer class escort carrier)
17.05.1943 - (10.)1945 HMS Ulster Queen (anti-aircraft ship) (despatches)
03.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) (for RN Air Station Kete)
Lee,
Philip Gordon

© Photo: Peter Scott, "The battle of the narrow seas"

Son of ... Lee. and ... Herbert.
05.10.1918
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)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 13.10.1942 action R-boats Dover 16.08.42 [investiture 01.12.42]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 03.08.1943 action trawlers & R-boats 28.05.43 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross 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
R.J. Lee
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 (Archer class 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
S.W.R. Lee (Photo courtesy of Mr Roger Christiansen)
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
D.C. Lefever D.C. Lefever
D.C. Lefever D.C. Lefever
Son of Charles Samuel Lefever (1885-1954), and Ellen Maud Clement (1893-1941).
Married (17.07.1948, St Saviour's Church, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea district, Essex) Pauline Violet Smart (23.02.1928 - 05.03.1999); one daughter, one son.
03.05.1924
Leigh-on-Sea, Rochford district, Essex / Suffolk
-
26.11.2014
Admiral Court Care Home, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 03.05.1944 (reld 1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) 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
E.R. Legard
Married (17.03.1935, St Mary, Denham, Buckinghamshire) Elsie May Pearson; one daughter, two sons.
20.08.1909
Winchester, Hampshire
-
05.10.1973
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
E.H. Legat E.H. Legat
Son of Charles Edward Legat, CBE (1876-1966), and Frances Marion Bennett (1884-1968).
Brother of Lt. R.C.E. Legat, RNVR.
Lived in Hampshire.
Married Jane Sparks; three daughters.
1923
South Africa
-
09.01.2013
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
R.C.E. Legat
Son of Charles Edward Legat, CBE (1876-1966), and Frances Marion Bennett (1884-1968).
Brother of Lt. E.H. Legat, RNVR.

Lived in Pembroke & Surrey.
Married Jill Rhodes; one son, two daughters.
28.10.1921
South Africa
-
21.04.2009
Lymington, Hampshire
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,
Thornton Jack
R.C.E. Legat
Son of ... Legg, and ... Kloth.
Married ((09?).1938, Westminster district, London) Lydia M. Brentnall; one daughter.
10.03.1912
Romford district, Essex
-
25.02.2003
Lincolnshire
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 31.01.1941
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.1941, seniority 31.01.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 31.01.1942
Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 04.03.1946, seniority 01.07.1945

* Special Branch officer for scientific duties

Education: University of London (BSc).
31.01.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school)
20.05.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Alynbank (anti-aircraft ship)
04.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Mercury (signal school, near Petersfield)
29.06.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Durban (D class cruiser)
04.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Haitan (base ship, Addu Atoll) (for RN Air Station Gan)
03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Maraga (RN Air Station, Addu Atoll)
08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, nr Portsmouth, Hampshire) (for radar school)
17.04.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Ocean (Colossus class aircraft carrier) (for radar duties)
... - ... ...
Legg,
William Ivor Lionel
"Bill"

W.I.L. Legg W.I.L. Legg
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
J.M. Leggat (Photo courtesy of Mr Eric Dietrich-Berryman)
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"
D.P. Legge (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) D.P. Legge (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
D.P. Legge (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
D.P. Legge (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
D.P. Legge (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)

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
E.S. Legge
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"
E. Leigh (Photo courtesy of Mr Colin Mallett)
?
-
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
J.I. Leigh
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
Leitch,
James
J. Leitch
01.12.1912
-
?
T/Lt. 30.07.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(10.1943) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
Leith,
William Barry Gifford
W.B.G. Leith (Photo courtesy of Charles Leith)
Son of William James Gifford Gayton (1882-1928), and Norah Barry (1884-1967) [Norah Gayton remarried 1919 Capt. Lockhart Leith, CMG, DSO, RN (1876-1940), which explains the name change from Gayton to Leith by deed poll of 11.01.1928].
Married ((03?).1953, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Constance Gertrude Young (12.08.1918 - 15.03.2006), daughter of Cyril G Young, and Rosina Doidge; one son.
29.09.1914
Fulham, London
-
19.02.1996
North Dorset
T/S.Lt. 10.10.1939
T/Lt. 06.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 02.01.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 21.10.1941 coastal forces attack Channel convoy 08.09.41
Letter of Praise LoP   Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44
Works Receptionist Motor Co.
06.12.1938     joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Sussex Division RNVR)
10.10.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Jester (auxiliary harbour defence patrol craft)
(08.1940)     no appointment listed
01.09.1940 - (06.)1941 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 50 (motor gun boat) [HMS Drake IV (accounting base, Devonport)]
06.1941 - 07.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 8 (motor gun boat)
04.07.1941 - 10.1941 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (additional; for various services):
07.1941 - 10.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 52 (motor gun boat) (despatches)
10.1941 - 09.1942 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) (for small craft):
10.1941 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 52 (motor gun boat)
18.09.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 8 (motor gun boat) (& from 10.1942 possibly as Senior Officer, 2nd MGB Flotilla) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]
06.05.1943 - 08.1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (as Coastal Forces Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth)
08.1944 - 12.1944 HM MTB 512 (motor torpedo boat) *
12.1944 - 07.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 611 & as Senior Officer, 51st MTB Flotilla **
09.07.1945 - 11.1945 Staff Officer (Operations), HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
Post-war a company director.
* indexed, but not listed as such
** Navy List shows 55th MTB Flotilla
Lelliott,
Ronald Alexander
R.A. Lelliott (Photo courtesy of Frances Hollington) R.A. Lelliott (Photo courtesy of Frances Hollington)
Son of Joseph A. Lelliott, and Mabel Allson.
Married (17.12.1947, Croydon district, Surrey) Sylvia Doreen Wenn; two daughters, one son.
23.04.1925
Croydon, Surrey
-
22.11.2018
T/Midsh. 07.04.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 23.10.1944
T/S.Lt. 23.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
      HMS Tintagel Castle (corvette)
(06.1944) - (10.1944) HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing) *
04.12.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Opportune (destroyer)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
(04.1946)     HMS Largo Bay (anti-aircraft frigate) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Leng,
Irvin James
see: RN officers' section  
Lennox,
Edward Gordon
E.G. Lennox
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)
A.T. Lennox-Boyd
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 Association, 1960-; Overseas Service Resettlement Bureau, 1962-79; Royal Commonwealth Society, 1965- (Chairman, 1961-64); Overseas Service Pensioners Association, 1972-; RNVR Officers' Association, 1964-72; Chairman: Voluntary Service Overseas, 1962-64; Brewers Society, 1965; Maritime Trust, 1976-78; Trustee, BM, 1962-78; Trustee, Natural History Museum, 1963-76; Governor, Sherborne School, 1962-, Chairman of Governors, 1968; Member 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)
Lenthall,
Desmonde Samuel Sanders
D.S.S. Lenthall
Son of Samuel Leonard Lenthall (1888-1974), and Blanche Ethel Sanders (1882-1967).
Married ((09?).1938, Staines district, Middlesex) Margaret Ann Emily Morgan (08.11.1917 - 09.2003); two sons.
11.06.1918
Brentford district, Oxfordshire
-
01.06.1989
Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey
T/S.Lt. 03.07.1941
T/A/Lt. 11.06.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(08.1941) - (08.1943) no appointment listed
30.08.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Leppard,
Keith André
K.A. Leppard
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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 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 (Archer class 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
H. Leslie (Photo courtesy of Mr David Leslie)
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
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.42) [investiture 27.10.42]
Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal RHSBr - rescue survivor from "Atlas", Londonderry docks 42
Mention in Despatches MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings, 06.44)
19.03.1937     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)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lester,
Charles Derek
C.D. Lester
1923 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. 19.03.1943
T/S.Lt. 19.09.1943
T/A/Lt. 19.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(06.1943) - (01.1945) no appointment listed: Prisoner of War, Laghouat, Algeria
(07.1945)     HMS Beaconsfield (RN base, Seaman's Mission, Port Melbourne, Australia) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lester,
Ernest Ronald
E.R. Lester
Son of ... Lester, and ... Stroud.
08.07.1917
Banbury district, Oxfordshire
-
05.1996
Banbury district, Oxfordshire
T/S.Lt. 11.09.1941
T/Lt. 11.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
17.11.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
03.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Melampus (RN base, Bathurst, Gambia)
03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown) (for motor launches)
(08.1943)     no appointment listed
25.08.1943 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM RML 545 (rescue motor launch)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lester,
Norman William James
N.W.J. Lester
Son of Maj. Claude Dalles Lester, Indian Army.
Married (12.09.1939, St James's Church, Finchampstead, Wokingham district, Berkshire) Helen Gertrude Taylor, youngest daughter of John D. Taylor, of Wimbledon; three sons, one daughter.
02.07.1902
-
04.1984
Tregerein, Portscatho, Truro district, Cornwall
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 25.05.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 1945/46? (reld 15.01.1946)

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

Education: Wellington College (1915.2-1916.2; Picton).
Member British Olympic Association. Owner-manager Wellington Hotel, Crowthorne, 1929-1960. Played water polo for RN (1940).
25.05.1940 - (08.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
05.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties)
(02.1942) - (04.1942) no appointment listed
15.05.1942 - (02.)1943 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
(04.1943) - (06.1943) Admiralty [HMS President] *
18.06.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Ameer (Ruler class escort carrier)
21.02.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for Extended Defence duties)
08.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (for RN Air Section, Hednesford)
Old Wellington Lodge No. 3404 (1937; Worshipful Master 1951).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Letts,
Geoffrey Alfred
G.A. Letts (Photo courtesy of Mr K.J. Lindsay)
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
D.S. Leuw (Photo courtesy of Chuck Leuw)
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 Proserpine (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) - (04.1945) 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
A.E. Leveson (© Imperial War Museum (A 13177))
A.E. Leveson (© Imperial War Museum (A 13178))
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. > 06.1943, < 08.1943 (reld 06.05.1946)
Lt.Cdr. 24.08.1947
A/Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946
Commander of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46
Education: Christ Church College, Oxford University.
04.09.1939 - 07.10.1940 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.10.1940 - 20.11.1941 Assistant to Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade), Admiralty [HMS President]
21.11.1941 - (06.)1942 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(08.)1942 - 26.09.1943 Flag Lieutenant[-Commander] to Chief of Combined Operations (V.Adm. Louis Mountbatten) [HMS President]
27.09.1943 - (07.1945) Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (V.Adm. Louis Mountbatten) [HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India), from 01.01.1944 HMS Hathi (RN depot, Delhi, India)] (OBE)
Stockbroker.
Lewis,
Basil Wilfred
B.W. Lewis
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
E.J. Lewis
?
-
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
E.J. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Lewis) E.J. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Lewis)
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
G.A. Lewis
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, cr. 1902
G.J.E. Lewis
Son of Sir George James Graham Lewis, 2nd Bt. (1868-1927), and of Maria Anna Hirsch (1873-1931).
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/S.Lt. (A) 17.09.1939
T/Lt. (A) 11.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 02.1941, < 12.1941
Commander of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45: for non-operational flying [presented to next-of-kin]
Education: Eton (...-1927).
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 - 06.11.1941 pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
07.11.1941 - 01.12.1944 Commanding Officer, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
02.12.1944 - 02.01.1945 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,
Harold William
H.W. Lewis
?
-
?
T/S.Lt. 23.04.1942
T/A/Lt. 23.10.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
25.06.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
06.01.1944 - 05.1944 HMS Newfoundland (cruiser)
17.05.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Emerald (cruiser)
(01.1945) - (04.1945) no appointment listed
04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Lewis,
Ian Douglas
I.D. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Sally Oldfield)
(09?).1925 ?
Willesden district, Oxfordshire ?
-
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. 25.01.1945
... - ... ...
12.06.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 4th MTB Flotilla):
05.1945 - 06?.1945 First Lieutenant, HM MTB 456 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Lewis,
John Benjamin
J.B. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elspeth Wright)
Son (with one brother) of Cliffe James Lewis (1891-1969), and Amy Phillips (1892-1981).
Married Alison Bishop, daughter of Benjamin Bishop (1885-), and Jane Jackson Scrymgeour; three daughters, one son.
03.04.1923
Magor, Newport district, Monmouthshire
-
11.2001
Yeovil Hospital, Yeovil, Somerset
T/A/S.Lt. 03.04.1943
T/S.Lt. 03.10.1943
T/Lt. 03.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(06.1943) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
(06.1944)     HM LCT 1048 (landing craft, tank) ?
Chartered accountant.
Lewis,
John Cryer
J.C. Lewis
Son of ... Lewis, and ... Cryer.
12.04.1918
Pontypridd district, Glamorgan
-
09.2004
Truro, Cornwall
T/Lt. 12.04.1943

Distinguished Service Cross

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,
Robert Mervyn
J.C. Lewis
Married (25.04.1936, Aberdeen, Scotland) Dorothy Mary Bisset (29.01.1908 - 09.11.1990), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of John David Bisset (1877-1950), and Mary Clark (1878-1962); two daughters.
02.11.1910
Llanfyllin district, Montgomeryshire, Wales
-
02.02.1972
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
T/A/S.Lt. 05.11.1943
T/S.Lt. 05.05.1944
T/Lt. 01.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 10,1946)
Education: Wycliffe College (1922-1925; Probationer; 2nd XI Cricket and Football); Cardiff Technical College.
06.12.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Brinmaric (auxiliary minesweeping yacht)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Deacon 1956, priest 1957 Wakefield. Curate, Pontefract, 1956-1958. Rector, Thornton Watlass, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, 1959-1967. Priest-in-charge of Grantown & Rothiemurchas, Diocese Moray, from 1967.
Lewis,
Ronald Horace
R.H. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Lewis) R.H. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Lewis)
R.H. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Lewis)
Son (with three brothers [one died at birth] and  two sisters) of Horace Charles Burch Lewis (1889-1983), and Frances Emma Jonas (1890-1929).
Married (25.05.1949, Bideford, Devon) Esme Ruth Nethercott (02.09.1926 - 24.07.2019), daughter (with three sisters and three brothers) of Charlie Nethercott (1893-1980), and Florrie Dennis Milton (1889-1941); three children.
12.09.1925
Fakenham, Norfolk
-
01.12.2015
St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey
T/Midsh. 24.03.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 12.03.1945
T/S.Lt. 12.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

1939-1945 Star

39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
1939-1945 War Medal 39|45 WM - -
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,
Thomas Brynmore
T.B. Lewis
Married (1941, Peterborough district, Northamptonshire) Kathleen M. Johnson; one daughter, one son.
24.12.1917
Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales
-
03.2000
North Cotswolds
T/S.Lt. 17.04.1941
T/A/Lt. 24.12.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(06.1941)     no appointment listed
16.06.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS President III (accounting base for naval personnel allocated to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
(10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
(02.1943)     HMS Activity (escort carrier) *
20.01.1943 - (04.)1943 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
01.06.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Roberts (monitor)
(02.1944)     no appointment listed
24.03.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
26.04.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Lewis,
Walter Graham
W.G. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mrs Winnie Stein) W.G. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mrs Winnie Stein)
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
(Photo courtesy of Mr Phillip Reeves)
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. ?
Mention in Despatches 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
P.H. Leyden
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
P.J. Liddell
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

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
F.R. Lightoller (Photo courtesy of Mrs Daphne Harrie (née Lightoller))
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

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 08.02.1944 action E-boats Nore 24.10.43 [investiture 09.05.44]
Mention in Despatches MID 27.01.1942 sinking Umpire
Mention in Despatches 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
A.J. Lilburn (of Coull)
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.
Liles,
Ronald Charles
R.C. Liles
Son of ... Liles, and ... Hoare.
26.09.1920
Islington district, London
-
?
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 29.01.1945
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.07.1945 (reld 17.05.1946)

* Special Branch officer employed on cypher duties

14.02.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Rodney (battleship)
Lillies,
Herbert Dennis
H.D. Lillies
Son (with one sister and three brothers) of Leonard Lillies (1860-1923), and Ada Mabel Allsop (1867-1923).
Married Winifred Gertrude Queenie Sinclair ((09?).1910 - 01.1993); one son, one daughter.
01.12.1902
Shepherds Bush, Fulham district, London
-
07.1995
Havering district, Essex
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 22.06.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 22.09.1942

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

22.06.1942 - (10.1945) Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Linaker,
Edward Ellis
E.E. Linaker
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)
Mention in Despatches 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
F.A. Lincoln
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)
Commendation Cmdn 08.12.1942 mine disposal 42
Mention in Despatches 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
A.C. Lindsay
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
Distinguished Service Cross 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 (Archer class 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
Lindsay-Thomson,
Ian Robert
"Tim"
I.R. Lindsay-Thomson (Photo courtesy of Mr Alastair Letty) I.R. Lindsay-Thomson (© Imperial War Museum (A 23237))
I.R. Lindsay-Thomson
Married ((06?).1942, Totnes district, Devon) Betty Ward, only daughter of Maj. R.O.C. Ward, Royal Tank Regiment, and Mrs Ward, of Hove, Sussex..
30.11.1912
-
01.1973
Braintree district, Essex
Army:  
2nd Lt. 04.05.1935 (resigned 05.02.1938)
RNVR:  
T/S.Lt. 21.02.1941
T/Lt. 21.02.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 12.01.1945? (reld 09.08.1946)
      late Cadet, Ardingly College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.05.1935 - 05.02.1938 commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
(04.1941) - (06.1941) no appointment listed
06.06.1941 - (08.)1941 First Lieutenant, HM MASB 26 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
22.09.1941 - (06.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MASB 36 (motor anti-submarine boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
15.06.1942 - 11.1942 HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport) (for motor torpedo boats)
23.11.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Vectis (RN base, Seaview, Isle of Wight)
06.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 703 (motor torpedo boat)
(02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
15.04.1944 - 12.12.1944 Flag Lieutenant to Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)]
12.01.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Tartar (destroyer)
(10.1945)     HMS Tartar (destroyer) *
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Line,
John Trevor Kellaway
J.T.K. Line
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 Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Lines,
Clifford Arthur
"Dick"
C.A. Lines
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
S.E. Linsell
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
J.P. Lissimore (Photo courtesy of Mrs Celia Bater)
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
J.D. Little (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Parks Young) J.D. Little (Photo courtesy of Mr Adrian Cork) 
Son (with two brothers *) of John Douglas Little, and Stella Hayward, of Ethandune, Hoylake, Cheshire.
Married 1st (19.09.1933, Chapel of the Savoy, London) Mrs Janice Smith, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Vaughn, of Hamilton, Mass., USA; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (23.02.1940, St Marylebone district, London) Anne P. Boyd, elder daughter of Lt.Col. John M. Boyd, and Mattie K. McIntyre, of 14, Wellington Court, London NW8; one son.
Residence later: Llanferres, Mold, Flintshire, Wales.

* F/O Thomas Donald Little, RAuxAF (born 1916), who was killed in 1940 & W/Cdr. James Hayward Little, DFC, RAF (born 1912), who was killed in 1943.
12.01.1909
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
-
13.10.1957
London (died following a serious operation)
Prob. T/S.Lt. 27.10.1939
T/Lt. 16.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 29.05.1945 sinking U-boat U-482 North Sea 25.11.44 [investiture 27.11.45]
Education: Eton College (1923?-1927; R.H. de Montmorency & A.C. Huson Houses; Lower Boys Rosebery History Prize 12.1923; athletics, rugby football); Trinity College, Cambridge University (1928?-1929?; golf).
Cotton merchant, with offices in Liverpool and America, owning plantations in Peru. At one time President of the Liverpool Stock Exchange.
16.12.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
(04.1941)     no appointment listed
12.05.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Oribi (destroyer)
(02.1943) - (06.1943) anti-submarine course *
10.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for instructional duties)
14.09.1944 - (04.)1945 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Ascension (frigate) (DSC)
08.06.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for miscellaneous duties)
07.08.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Rodney (battleship)
Moved post-war to Llanferres.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Littlejohn,
Norman Arthur
"Sandy"
N.A. Littlejohn
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 (one daughter?).
23.02.1904
Farnham district, Surrey
-
(12?).1983
New Forest district, Hampshire
T/S.Lt. (E) 29.06.1942
T/Lt. (E) 29.11.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld > 10.1946)
Came from a car racing background.
13.07.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)
29.11.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Tormentor (Combined Operations base, Hamble, Southampton)
16.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) (additional; for miscellaneous duties)
19.10.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
01.12.1943 - (10.1945) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
30.03.1946 - (07.)1946 Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(10.1946)     no appointment listed
Livingston,
Charles Geoffrey Shannan
C.G.S. Livingston
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

L.R. Llewellyn
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)
Mention in Despatches 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
A.G. Lloyd (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 26669))
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,
Arthur Wynne
A.W. Lloyd
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. 09.04.1943
T/S.Lt. 09.10.1943
T/Lt. 01.08.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(06.1943)     HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) *
01.07.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Golden Eagle (anti-aircraft ship)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
11.01.1945 - (10.1945) HM LST 410 (landing ship, tank)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lloyd,
Desmond Courtenay Frederick
D.C.F. Lloyd
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)
King Haakon VII War Medal (Norway) 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,
Gwynne Llewellyn
G.L. Lloyd (Photo courtesy of Mr G.L. Lloyd)
Son of ... Lloyd, and ... Thomas.
Married ((06?).1950, Henley district, Oxfordshire) Pauline A. Joyes; three sons, one daughter.
04.12.1924
Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire
-
05.2014 still alive
Ord.Sea. 14.06.1943
T/Midsh. 21.04.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 04.06.1944
T/S.Lt. 04.12.1944 (reld 17.09.1946)

1939-1945 Star

39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
1939-1945 War Medal 39|45 WM - -
14.06.1943     HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
19.07.1943     HMS Glendower (training establishment, Pwllheli)
04.10.1943     HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) (Norwegian Sea)
14.02.1944     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
28.05.1944 - 13.06.1946 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):
03.07.1944     First Lieutenant, HM LCT(L) 1103 (landing craft, tank (large)) (Normandy)
28.09.1944     First Lieutenant, HM LCT(L) 612 (landing craft, tank (large)) (Normandy)
13.02.1945     First Lieutenant, HM LCT(L) 2262 (landing craft, tank (large)) (Devonport)
08.05.1945     HM LST 347 (landing ship, tank) (on passage to India)
15.08.1945     First Lieutenant, HM LCT(E) 384 (landing craft, tank (emergency repair)) (Operation Zipper, Malaysia)
16.02.1946     Commanding Officer, HM LCI(L) 277 (landing craft, infantry (large)) (Singapore, Philippines)
04.04.1946     HM LST 3024 (landing ship, tank) (on passage to UK)
30.05.1946     Commanding Officer, HM LCI(L) 314 (landing craft, infantry (large))
14.06.1946     HMS Ariel (Leigh-on-Sea)
Accountant (with Price, Waterhouse & Co.).
Lloyd,
Hugh Russell
H.R. Lloyd
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 Charles [Godfrey]
J.C. Lloyd
Married (1946; divorced 1982) Jeanne Cowan; one son.
31.05.1923
Penarth, Wales
-
15.01.2003
Australia
T/A/S.Lt. 16.07.1943
T/S.Lt. 16.01.1944
T/Lt. 01.08.1946, seniority 16.01.1946 (reld 24.09.1946)
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
18.11.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Battler (Archer class escort carrier)
22.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Adventure (minelayer)
21.02.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship)
Lloyd,
John Ivester
J.I. Lloyd
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)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches 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
D.T. Lloyd-Jones
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)
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration 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
H. Lloyd-Williams
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)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
06.05.1941
sinking U70 07.03.41
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration 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
Lochen,
James Dennis
C.L.H.R. Lochrane
Son (with two brothers) of Christopher Lochen (1890-1955), ship brokers clerk, and Nora Lunn (1891-1957).
21.05.1921
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Cumberland
-
T/A/S.Lt. 20.08.1943
T/S.Lt. 20.02.1944
T/Lt. 20.02.1946 (reld > 07.1946)
20.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Ubiquity (cable ship depot, Trinity Road, Edinburgh)
18.10.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Eldorado (minesweeping trawler) (in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer)
04.1945 - (07.1946) HMS Bullhead (cable ship)
Lochner,
Robert Arthur
R.A. Lochner
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)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45 [investiture 13.11.45]
Mention in Despatches 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
C.L.H.R. Lochrane
Younger son of Charles D. Lochrane, and Phoebe S.M. Porter, of Ach-na-Greine, Nairn, Scotland.
Married (01.10.1949, St Jospeh's Church, Ipoh, Malaya) Emmeline Jeanne Effie Lomont (? - 1980?), only daughter of Charles and Marie Lomont, of Kampar, Malaya; five children.
01.06.1922
Derby district, Derbyshire
-
1980 ?
Benin City, Nigeria (died together with his wife in a road accident)
T/A/S.Lt. 02.06.1944
T/S.Lt. 02.12.1944 (reld 11.07.1946)
Edcuation: Ampleforth.
1940? - 1945 started out as a rating in North Sea patrols and also spent some time in the Mediterranean
09.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Clarkia (corvette)
05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal by Commander-in-Chief, East Indies)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Lock,
Eric George
E.G. Lock (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 26669))
Son of ... Lock, and ... Wilson.
Married ...; ... children.
12.09.1915
Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
19.11.1983
Newton Ferrers, Plymouth district, Devon
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 11.02.1940
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.07.1940, seniority 11.02.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 10.1940, seniority 12.09.1940
T/El.Lt. ?, seniority 12.09.1940
T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1944?
Lt. (L) RN 20.02.1946, seniority 12.09.1939
Lt.Cdr. (L) RN 12.09.1947
Cdr. (L) RN 31.12.1951 (retd 12.09.1968)
11.02.1940 - (04.)1947 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for minesweeping department)
15.04.1940 - (06.)1940 HMS Watchful (anti-submarine & minesweeper base, Great Yarmouth)
12.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
10.02.1941 - (06.)1941) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)
(08.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) *
01.01.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) (for Minesweeping Department)
(02.1943)     Combined Operations Headquarters *
03.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
(10.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed:
(1944)     on staff of Eng.R.Adm. G. Morgan, Staff of Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force [HMS Odyssey]
31.12.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Gipsy (minesweeper base, Swansea)
20.02.1946     transferred to RN
(04.1946)     HMS Martello (auxiliary patrol base, Lowestoft) *
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lock,
Frederick
F. Lock
?
-
?
T/Lt. 22.04.1942 (reld 20.04.1946; medically unfit)
(04.1942) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
(08.1942)     HM LCP 187 (Dieppe; wounded)
(04.1944) - (06.1044) HMS Fox (RN base, Lerwick, Shetlands) *
19.08.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Squid II (landing craft squadron staff, Westcliff Hall Hotel, Hythe)
14.04.1945 - (10.1945) Department of the Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lockhart,
James Gordon
J.G. Lockhart
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
J.A. Lockwood-Bunce
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)
Loftus,
Philip Henry Haselden
P.H.H. Loftus (Photo courtesy of Mr Alastair Letty)
27.07.1908
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
(03?).1982
Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey
Prob. T/S.Lt. 05.04.1940
T/Lt. 05.07.1940
Education: Harrow School; Merton College.
... - ... ...
02.08.1940 - (11.1940) HMS Broke (Shakespeare class destroyer)
... - ... ...
 
Lofty,
Cyril Henry
C.H. Lofty
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,
George Woodward
G.W. Lomas
Son of ... Lomas, and ... Millington.
Married Kathleen Deane ... (24.02.1922 - 27.07.1981)
01.02.1914
Bucklow district, Cheshire
-
28.06.2001
Holmbury St Mary, Surrey
T/S.Lt. 27.02.1941
T/A/Lt. 27.02.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(04.1941)     no appointment listed
04.04.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Maplin (fighter catapult ship)
(04.1942)     no appointment listed
(06.1942)     HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary) *
30.06.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay, India) (for Beach Party duties)
01.01.1944 - 11.1944 HMS Braganza III (landing craft signal and navigation training establishment, Bombay, India)
11.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lomas,
James Phillips
J.P. Lomas (Photo courtesy of Mrs Maureen Robertson)
Son of William Henry Lomas, and Sartah Robina  Deakin.
Married ((12?).1937, Chichester district, Sussex) Thelma Martha Mulhern ((09?).1916 - 15.12.2010), daughter of Percy Isidore Mulhern, and Flora Theresa Simcocks; three daughters.
31.07.1914
Burnley district, 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 - (02.)1942 HMS Ariguani (fighter catapult ship)
(04.1942) - (10.1942) no appointment listed
(12.)1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Monck? / HMS Warren? (Combined Operations training centre/base, Largs)
06.03.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Hilary (landing ship infantry (headquarters))
(08.)1943 - (10.1945) Signal Section [1944 renamed Signal Branch], Combined Operations HQ
Chartered architect, Douglas, Isle of Man (architect of the Summerland Leisure Centre).
Long,
Michael John
M.J. Long
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
31.12.1924
-
11.11.1996
T/Midsh. (Sp.Br.) * 21.04.1944
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.06.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.12.1944

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

(06.1944)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) *
06.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Osborne (for duty with Naval Control Service Office, Cowes)
(10.1945)     HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy) *
(04.1946)     HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy) *
His daughter writes: "He did mention being dropped behind enemy lines in the former Yugoslavia. He was christened John Michael Long but he chose to call himself Michael John Long."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Long,
Richard Barklie
R.B. Long (Photo courtesy of Ursula Long)
Son (with one twin brother) of ... Long, and ... Franklin.
Married ((09?).1954, Ealing district, London) Freda James; two daughters.
22.10.1920
Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire
-
12.04.1975
Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire
T/S.Lt. (A) 25.04.1942
T/Lt. (A) 25.10.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Lt. 01.10.1947, seniority 23.02.1944 [386069]
20.07.1942 - 11.10.1942 observer, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
[Swordfish I W5908 was hit by AA fire while minelaying off Le Havre & crashed on seashore. S/Lt. R.H. Poulson was killed. S/Lt. R.B. Long and Ldg.Airm. D.H. Dickens survived and were made PoW (missing, later reported to be POW)]
10.1942 - 1945 POW (No. 768) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland)
[suffered from amoebic dysentry]
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
01.10.1947     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps - Territorial Army
27.10.1948     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
14.08.1949     Territorial Army
01.09.1951     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Long,
Stratton Charles
S.C. Long
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
A.M. Loose
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
29.09.1939



temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
16.08.1943
-
23.07.1944
HMS Speaker (Archer class escort carrier)
25.07.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Empire Spearhead (landing ship infantry)
Lord,
Leslie Rudolph
L.R. Lord
19.12.1903
Rochdale district, Lancashire
-
18.04.1978
Folkestone, Shepway district, Kent
T/Lt. 19.06.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 12.1942, < 02.1943 (reld 12.08.1946)
19.06.1940 - (08.)1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea):
(12.)1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Iliad
(08.)1941 - (08.)1942 HMS André Monique (auxiliary drifter)
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
23.10.1942 - 02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Coverley (Dance class trawler)
02.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cava (Isles class trawler)
01.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS LST 380 (landing ship, tank)
Hotelier.
Loudon,
Francis William Hope
F.W.H. Loudon
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)
Education: 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
A.F. Lovatt
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,
Harold Albert
H.A. Lovell
Son of Walter Harold Lovell (1867-), and Sarah Jane Hill (1869-).
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
31.05.1909
Teignmoutth, Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
28.01.1982
Exeter district, Devon
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 20.03.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.06.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

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

      HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (for training)
(06.1941) - (08.1941) no appointment listed
05.08.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) (on staff)
24.05.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Stockheath Camp)
Lovell,
Maurice Antony Grayson
"Tony"
M.A.G. Lovell (Photo courtesy of Mrs Patricia A. Rawlings) M.A.G. Lovell (Photo courtesy of Mrs Patricia A. Rawlings)
Son (with one half-sister) of Capt. Eric Grayson Lovell, London Regiment, and Elsa Lindberg, of Esher, Surrey.
13.03.1922
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. 13.03.1942
Mention in Despatches MID 14.07.1942 attack armed raider Dover 12.05.42 [posthumously]
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
(12.1941)     HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover) *
01.12.1941 - 13.05.1942 First Lieutenant, 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
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock) P.T. Lovelock (Photo courtesy of Mr David Lovelock)
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)
Distinguished Service Cross 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
D.C.N. Lovely
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)]
Low,
William Ross

W.R. Low  
Son of James Cooper Low (1877-1929), and Nancy Nicol Ross (1894-1979).
Married Jessie Oman Mathie-Morton (11.09.1913 - 31.08.2006); two sons.
26.04.1914
Monifieth, Scotland
-
07.12.1975
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
T/Paym.S.Lt. 29.05.1941
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 29.05.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 01.1945, < 04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Mason (building).
23.06.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
01.01.1942 - (10.)1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
26.12.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal by Commander-in-Chief, East Indies)
03.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Maraga (RN Base/Air Station, Addu Atoll)
(10.1945)     HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Chat Camp, Colombo, Ceylon) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lowder,
John Frederick

J.F. Lowder
31.12.1921
-
24.06.1993
... ...
T/Lt. (A) 12.10.1944
Lt. (A) RN 14.02.1945, seniority 12.10.1944 (retd 02.08.1951)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) ?
... - ... ...
Lowe,
Brian Shiers
B.S. Lowe (Photo courtesy of Mr B.S. Lowe)
Second son of Lt.Col. Harold Deakin Lowe, and Marjorie Esther Shiers.
Brother of Cdr. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR & Lt. R.S. Lowe, RNVR.
Married (1966) Elizabeth Mary McMahon.
13.09.1913
Macclesfield district, Cheshire
-
15.01.2022
Sydney, Australia
T/S.Lt. 21.10.1939
T/Lt. 06.10.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Charterhouse School (1927-1931); Trinity College, Cambridge (BA).
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)
Solicitor, in practice in London and Vancouver. Retired by 1978. Member, Law Institute of Victoria, Australia.
* 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
G.P.S. Lowe (Photo courtesy of Bryan Orford)
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
02.06.1943
HM's birthday 43 [investiture 28.09.43]
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration 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"
R.S. Lowe (Photo courtesy of Charlotte Broadbent) R.S. Lowe (Photo courtesy of Charlotte Broadbent)
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Harold Deakin Lowe (1875-1953), and Marjorie Esther Shiers (1888-1984), of Woodend, Cobham, Surrey.
Brother of Lt. B.S. Lowe, RNVR & Cdr. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR.
Engaged (11.1951) Cynthia Helen Acland.
Married (15.06.1957, St Peter's Church, Prestbury, Macclesfield district, Cheshire) Ann J. Winkup ((12?).1932 - ); two daughters, one son.
07.08.1920
Hayfield district, Cheshire
-
02.05.1991

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
Randal's brother Brian remembers: "While he was in HMS Gentian in September 1941 HMS Gentian and HMS Myosotis, of which my brother was commanding officer, were part of the escort of a convoy from the UK to Gibraltar which HMS Vidette with me on board joined from Gibraltar and we all met up in Gibraltar on my birthday. When Randal returned to Devonport in HMS Helford in December 1945 I was there in HMS LST 363 and we hoped that my brother Gerald Peter who was in HMS Burghead Bay somewhere in the English Channel would also join us in Devonport but it was not to be."
Lowe,
Stanley William
S.W. Lowe
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
29.01.1941 (reld 1945/46)

George Medal

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"
R.T. Lowein (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Blundell)
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
P.M. Lowndes
?
-
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,
Christopher William Stuart

"Bill"
C.W.S. Lubbock (© Imperial War Museum (A 3891))
04.01.1920
-
16.05.2000
... ...
T/A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940
T/A/Lt. 02.12.1940? [acting rank]
T/A/Lt. 11.07.1942 [appointed rank]
... - ... ...
02.12.1940 - (04.1941) Flag Lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson]
... - ... ...
Lubbock,
Roger John
R.J. Lubbock
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

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,
Charles Henry
C.H. Lucas
?
-
?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 18.04.1942 (reld 28.06.1945)

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

(08.1942) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Lucas,
Derek Berrington
D.B. Lucas
Son (with one sister) of Walter Turner Lucas (1890-1943), and Catherine Booth Lanceley (1890-1973).
Married ((06?).1950, Totnes district, Devon) Dorothy Winzer; three sons
07.07.1923
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
Ord.Sea. 02.11.1942 [JX 377505]
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 29.10.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 29.04.1944
T/A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1946? (reld 07.1946)

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

02.11.1942     HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich)
      HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
      HMS Catterick (destroyer)
      HMS Good Hope (training establishment,Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
(12.1943) - (02.1944) Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval Defence Organisation (1) *
03.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
      HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Banker.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lucas-Scudamore,
John Harford Stanhope
"Jack"
J.H.S. Lucas-Scudamore (Photo courtesy of Mr John Lucas-Scudamore)

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)]
Luck,
Wilfrid Henry John
W.H.J. Luck (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberley Lindsay)
Son of ... Luck, and ... Bowley.
(03?).1918
Daventry district, Northamptonshire
-
?
?
T/S.Lt. (A) 03.06.1942, seniority 13.02.1942
T/Lt. (A) 13.02.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(08.1942)     HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) *
07.09.1942 - (06.)1943 observer, 831 Squadron FAA
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
14.10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall)
(06.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall) *
14.02.1945 - (04.)1945 Air Gunnery Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)
20.06.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)
Refresher course, Camborne School of Mines. A.C.S.M.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Ludlow,
Edward Geoffrey
E.G. Ludlow  
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
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Decoration 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
J.A. Luke  
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
E.M.C.F. Lukis
(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
Croix de Guerre (France) 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
D.H. Lummis
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)

Distinguished Service Cross

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
C.I. Lumsden  
?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
?
T/S.Lt.
23.07.1944
Mention in Despatches 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)

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Mention in Despatches 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
C.A. Lundy
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
Lunge,
Ernest Romilly Maundrell
E.R.M. Lunge E.R.M. Lunge
E.R.M. Lunge E.R.M. Lunge
E.R.M. Lunge E.R.M. Lunge
Son (with one brother) of Ernest Lunge (1870-1931), barrister, and Clarice Aileen Maundrell (1876-1945).

03.10.1904
St Giles district, London
-
11.08.1994
Ashby de la Zouch, Coalville district, Leicestershire
Prob. T/S.Lt. 22.11.1940
T/Lt. 22.02.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Actor.
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
24.02.1941 - (07.)1941 HMS St Wistan (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler)
08.07.1941 - (05.)1942 HMS Bridgewater (Bridgewater class sloop)
19.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
(10.1942) - (11.1942) no appointment listed
27.11.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for Mobile Training Units) (in lieu of specialist anti-submarine officer)
20.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for miscellaneous duties)
(04.1945)     HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(10.1945)     HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lupton,
Joe
J. Lupton
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
R.D. Lygo R.D. Lygo
R.D. Lygo R.D. Lygo
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
-
07.03.2012
Portugal
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 01.10.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 01.04.1944
S.Lt. (A) RN 27.03.1946, seniority 01.04.1944
Lt. (A) RN 01.04.1946
... ...
Adm. RN 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
29.11.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (additional; for full flying duties and training)
08.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (additional; for full flying duties and training)
25.05.1944 - (06.)1944 pilot, 776 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)]
01.07.1944 - (07.)1945 pilot, 887 Squadron FAA
13.07.1945 - (10.1945) pilot, 723 Squadron FAA [HMS Nabbington (Mobile Naval Air Base I, Nowra, NSW, Australia)]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
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"
I.D. Lyle
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

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 28.09.1943 action Flak ship & E-boats 29.07.43 [investiture 24.10.44]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 30.05.1944 action Channel 28.03.44 [investiture 24.10.44]
Mention in Despatches 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.
Lynch,
Michael
M. Lynch (Photo courtesy of Mr Mcihael Lynch, grandson)
Son (with six brothers and five sisters) of Timothy Lynch (1853-1929), and Mary Anne Driscoll (1859-1916).
Married (13.12.1922, St Olave Bermondsey district, London) Rose Florence Embleton (11.12.1898 - (06?).1982); two sons.
29.09.1894
Faustin Place, Rotherhithe, St Olave Southwark district, London
-
11.07.1943
Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Sherborne, Sturminster district, Dorset
(died of illness) [age 48]
[Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London, Screen Wall. Panel 9. Square 85. Grave 41144]
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 01.09.1942

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

WW I     served in the Army
01.10.1942 - 11.07.1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duties with Sea Transport Officers)
Lynch,
Patrick [Martin]
P. Lynch
Married ((12?).1948, Scarriff, Ireland) Julia Mary Hogan; ... children (one son?).
21.10.1913
Castlegrea, Ireland
-
15.09.1967
Grange, nr Hartley, Rhodesia (formerly of Wokingham, Berkshire)
Prob. T/Lt. (A) 14.07.1945
T/Lt. (A) 1946?, seniority 14.07.1945 (reld 09.11.1946)

 

31.07.1945 - (07.1945) pilot, 782 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)]
18.09.1945 - (07.1946) pilot, 701 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
A son writes: "I know he served in the ATA after being invalided out of the RAF. Consequently he was a Fleet Air Arm pilot."
Lynch,
William Patrick
W.P. Lynch
Son (with four brothers and four sisters) of John Lynch (1884-1961), and Catherine Rosina Howlett (1886-1965).
Married ((12?).1933, St Olave district, London) Lillian Mary Chapman (08.03.1912 - 06.03.1981); three sons.
14.11.1910
Rotherhite, Kent
-
04.04.1990
Bromley district, Kent
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 16.11.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 16.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

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

      served in the Army with the Royal Engineers
16.11.1942 - (12.)1942 HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea) (for duty at Newport)
19.12.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for duty with Sea Transport Officers)
12.04.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
(04.1944)     HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) *
06.04.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lyon,
William
W. Lyon (Photo courtesy of Mrs Katharine Partridge) W. Lyon (Photo courtesy of Mrs Katharine Partridge)
W. Lyon (Photo courtesy of Mrs Katharine Partridge)

Son of William Lyon, and Lizzie Scowcroft.
Married (18.08.1953, The Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham) Joan Farrell; three daughters, one son.
13.04.1924
St Helens, Prescot district, Lancashire
-
25.07.2009
Prescot district, Lancashire
T/Midsh. 21.01.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 13.10.1943
T/S.Lt. 13.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(04.1943) - (06.1943) Combined Operations Headquarters *
08.06.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing barges)
* indexed, but not listed as such
A daughter wrties: "He was injured whilst training in Scotland - had a scar over his eye. Captain of a landing craft on D Day. His craft was sunk. He remained in Arromanches with one other RN officer, Jimmy Jonas, for some months. Served in the Far East following VE day. Was in Trincomalee when Japan was bombed and believed he would not have survived the next operation which would have involved landing on beaches that they discovered after the war ended would have been very unsafe to land. He said I could never join CND."
 
Lyons,
Archibald Herbert
"Archie"
A.H. Lyons
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
J.M. Lyons
?
-
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
       


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