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1939-1945

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Macalister, J.H.
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Mayo, R.W.		 McArthur, A.B.
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Metcalfe, J.L.		 Micklethwaite, K.
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Mylechreest, T.L.


A.B. McArthur   to   J.L. Metcalfe
McArthur,
Alastair Buchanan
A.B. McArthur		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		12.06.1941
T/Lt.
 		12.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 28.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 10.07.45]
04.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) (for motor launches)
20.01.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 143 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 5th ML Flotilla
McBain,
William Andrew John
W.A.J. McBain		 1912
St Machar district, Aberdeen, Scotland
-
01.1977
Aberdeen, Scotland
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		?
T/Lt. (E)
 		16.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
13.02.1943
 -
 		(01.1945)
 		HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank (LCTs))
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
McCall,
Francis Lockhart
F.L. McCall (Photo courtesy of www.hmstetcott.com)		 19.07.1922
Thanet district, Kent
-
T/Midsh.
 		?
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
19.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
16.02.1942
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS Tetcott (destroyer)
06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers)
(04.1946)

HMS Nepal *
* indexed, but not listed as such
McCall,
James Maharg
J.M. McCall		 22.06.1898
-
(12?).1977
Surrey North Western district
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		09.07.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		> 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 06.1946)
08.12.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mercury II (Admiralty Signal Establishment, Haslemere)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
McCalvey,
Gerald Anthony
G.A. McCalvey		 05.11.1917
-
11.1999
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		20.11.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
20.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
12.12.1942?
 -
 		1944?
 		British Naval Liaison Officer, ORP Dzik (Polish submarine)
13.06.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship)
McClinton,
Greville Westmacott
G.W. McClinton
Son of George Herbert McClinton, and M. Dorothy McGhee.
Married (29.12.1940, St Marylebone district, London) Peggy Lorna Bryer, daughter of Mr & Mrs Claude Bryer, of London NW8; one daughter.		 07.10.1909
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
-
25.05.1992
Norfolk
Prob. T/S.Lt. 06.09.1940
T/Lt. 06.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

George Medal

 GM 23.01.1941 mine disposal [investiture 23.09.41]
(12.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) *
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
29.01.1941 - 22.11.1943 HMS Hebe (Halcyon class minesweeper) (sunk off Bari)
(12.1943) - (01.1945) no appointment listed
12.02.1945 - (07.1945) French Ship "Paris"
Manufacturer's agent.
* indexed, but not listed as such
McCombe,
George Alan Kenneth
"Boom"
G.A.K. McCombe		 28.07.1904
Sculcoates, East Riding Of Yorkshire
-
(06?).1973
Honiton district, Devonshire
S.Lt.
 ?
Lt.
 28.07.1927
Lt.Cdr.
 19.10.1935
Cdr.
 30.06.1941 (Qualified Officer 31.12.1943) (retd 28.07.1951)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration

 VRD
 13.03.1942
 -
Education: Short Staff Course
04.02.1922

joined RNVR, Mersey Division, List 2
31.07.1939
 -
 (02.1941)
 HMS Capetown (cruiser)
07.1943
 -
 (03.1944)
 Executive Officer, HMS Vindex (escort carrier)
10.04.1945
 -
 (07.1945)
 Executive Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser)
28.01.1946
 -
 (04.1946)
 Assistant to Naval Assistants to Second Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
McConnan,
Charles Kenneth
C.K. McConnan (Photo courtesy of Mr James McConnan)
Only son of Dr. James McConnan, PhD, BSc, and Gladys Gibson, of Waterloo, Liverpool.
Married 1st (04.09.1942, St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace, London; marriage dissolved) Section Officer Janet Goscombe Fildes, WAAF ((03?).1921 - ), daughter of Mr & Mrs Luke V. Fildes, of St John's Wood, London NW8; one son. Janet McConnan remarried (1953) Lt. Trevor Hamilton Pemberton.
Married 2nd (05.09.1953, Towcester; marriage dissovled) Lucy Elizabeth Anne Price (12.08.1920 - 12.2004). Lucy McConnan remarried (1957) Andrew West.
Married 3rd ((09?).1957, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Shilrey P. Cooke.		 09.02.1915
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
17.10.1986
Newport district, Monmouthshire
Prob. Paym.S.Lt. 01.04.1937
Paym.S.Lt. 18.07.1938, seniority 01.04.1937
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 01.04.1939 (demobilized < 04.1946)
Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.04.1947 (retd 20.10.1963)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration

 VRD ? -
Education: Heidelberg University (spoke German).
01.04.1937     joined RNVR (Mersey Division, List 2)
24.08.1939 - (02.)1940 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
01.03.1940 - (05.)1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (fos miscellaneous services)
05.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)
10.10.1940 - (06.)1942 HMS Aurora (cruiser)
07.07.1942 - 04.10.1943 for duty in Admiral's Office of Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
05.10.1943 - (07.1945) Assistant Secretary to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
(05?.)1945     sent to Hamburg, Germany to make an inventory of naval war material
McCormack,
 Edward Hugh
"Ted"
 E.H. McCormack
Married; four daughters, one son.
 11.03.1902
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-
03.1982
Birkenhead district, Merseyside
Third Officer MN
 ?
T/Lt.
 17.10.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 < 07.1945 (reld 1946?)
T/Lt.
 early 1950s, seniority 07.11.1946
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 < 05.1953

Mention in Despatches

 MID
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
Commendation Cmdn
 19.08.1941
 bombed & sunk 26.03.41



served Merchant Navy (Mersey pilots' license, 1923):
?
 -
 26.03.1941
 SS Faraday (cable ship )



served RNVR:
12.03.1942
 -
 (07.1945)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Pierre-André (minesweeping trawler)
01.10.1945
 -
 (04.1946)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Gateshead (trawler)
(06.1946)

HMS Vernon
?

HMS Enchantress (Admiralty yacht)
1946?
 -
 1952?
 served Merchant Navy
06.1952?
 -
 ?
 served RNVR:
10.06.1952
 -
 (05.1953)
 Commanding Officer, HMS Flatholm
?
 -
 1962
 served Merchant Navy:
?
 -
 1962
 commodore of the Wallasey Ferries and skipper of the Royal Iris
McCosh,
James Reid
"Jimmy"
J.R. McCosh
Son of William Waddel McCosh, and of Louise McCosh, of Biggar; husband of Shelagh Madeline McCosh (nee Garry), of Formby, Lancashire. 		25.07.1916
-
12.04.1942
(KIA) [age 25]
[Old Monkland Cemetery, family plot]
Prob. S.Lt.
 		24.05.1939
S.Lt.
 		05.07.1940, seniortiy 24.05.1939
Lt.
 		25.07.1941
24.05.1939

joined RNVR, Clyde Division, List 2
24.08.1939
 -
 		08.11.1940
 		HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
[served 28.09.1939-11.1939 on HM Tug St Martin, Scapa Flow]
09.11.1940

RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
03.1941
 -
 		07.1941
 		6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Hornet, Gosport]:
21.05.1941
 -
 		07.1941
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 45 (motor torpedo boat)
25.07.1941
 -
 		late 1941 ?
 		torpedo training [HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth)]
late 1941 ?
 -
 		12.04.1942
 		HM MTB 44 (motor torpedo boat) (Felixstowe/Dover) (killed by fire from an ME109)
McCowen,
Donald Henry Ewan
D.H.E. McCowen		 26.02.1908
Dublin
-
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		?
A/Cdr.
 		?

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO
 30.05.1944
 attack enemy shipping Nore 06.03.44

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 21.11.1944
 Operation Neptune, Normandy 06.44
Participated Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1932 (rowing, men's eights).
(1944)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 693 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 53rd MTB Flotilla
01.03.1945
 -
 		(1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Beehive (Felixstowe)
McCurdie,
Ronald John Gibson
R.J.G. McCurdie (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian McCurdie)
Son of Margaret E. McCurdie, of Glasgow.		 1925
Rothesay district, Bute, Scotland
-
07.03.1945
(MPK after an air crash) [age 19]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 7]
[commemorated at Dollar Academy War Memorial]
T/Midsh. (A) 19.05.1944
T/S.Lt. (A) 1945?
Education: Dollar Academy, Dollar, Clackmannan District.
19.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Saker (Admiralty delegation, USA) (for FFD (full flying duties?) and training)
? - 07.03.1945 757 Squadron RAF [HMS Rajaliya (RN Air Station, Puttalam, Ceylon)]
McDonald,
John Evans
J.E. McDonald		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		08.03.1945
20.03.1944
 -
 		20.05.1944
 		12 Elementary Flying Training School (Goderich, Canada)
22.05.1944
 -
 		09.09.1944
 		14 Service Flyinig Training School (Aylmer, Canada)
16.11.1944
 -
 		19.12.1944
 		9 (P) Advanced Flying Unit (Errol)
26.12.1944
 -
 		06.04.1945
 		1 NAFS [= Naval Advanced Flying School?] (Yeovilton) [from 06-17?.03.1945 at RN Air Station St Merryn]
09.04.1945
 -
 		14.04.1945
 		HMS Ravager (escort carrier)
21.05.1945
 -
 		27.05.1945
 		HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon)
27.05.1945
 -
 		02.07.1945
 		pilot, 757 Squadron FAA [HMS Rajaliya (RN Air Station, Puttalam, Ceylon)]
03.07.1945
 -
 		04.07.1945
 		HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon)
04.07.1945
 -
 		17.07.1945
 		HMS Glory (aircraft carrier)
26.07.1945
 -
 		27.07.1945
 		HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
28.07.1945
 -
 		03.08.1945
 		HMS Wager (destroyer)
05.08.1945
 -
 		08.09.1945
 		HMS Nabaron (Mobile Naval Air Base IV, Manus, Admiralty Island) [Navy List has 30.07.1945]
09.09.1945
 -
 		18.09.1945
 		HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)
27.12.1945
 -
 		17.01.1946
 		HMS Nabthorpe (Mobile NAval Air Base III, Schofields)
17.01.1946
 -
 		20.01.1946
 		RN Air Station Schofields
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		HMS Nabswick (Mobile Naval Air Base V, Nowra) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
McDonnell,
Hector Eugene
H.E. McDonnell		 ?
-
1975
Dorset
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 12.09.1939 (reld > 04.1946)
Served Merchant Navy.
      temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements:
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
18.02.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Agamemnon (minelayer)
29.07.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Campania (escort carrier)
McDougall,
Archibald
"Archie"
A. Mcdougall		 ?
-
05.07.1944
(KIA) [age 31]
T/Lt.
 		?

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 14.11.1944
 attack enemey trawlers Nore 09.06.44
(03.1942)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 229 (motor torpedo boat)
(06.1944)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 723 (motor torpedo boat)
McEachran,
Duncan Laird
D.L. McEachran
Married Isobel ....; two daughters.
 1904
Partick district, Glasgow, Scotland
-
20.01.1946
Eaton Terrace, London SW1
[age 41]
[Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, naval reservation, grave 1578]
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		02.09.1941
T/A/Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		< 10.1944
T/A/Capt. (Sp.Br.)
 		11.1944-(01.1945)
T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		(1946)
His family (parents and siblings) had all emigrated to  Western Canada in the 192s. 0Night editor of The Daily Sketch.
(12.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
11.1944
 -
 		(01.)1945
 		Staff Officer, British Admiralty Delegation Representative (Pacific Coast) - Vancouver, B.C. [HMS Saker]
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
?
 -
 		20.01.1946
 		Admiralty [HMS President]
[Family lore is that he was on a flight back from Germany shortly after the end of the war when the plane was attacked by a rogue german pilot and the pilot had to dive dramatically. He apparently died several weeks later from a brain hemorrhage attributed to the incident on the plane.]
McElroy,
Hugh Ignatius
H.I. McElroy (Photo courtesy of Mr John Mcelroy)
Married (05.07.1943, Glasgow) Mary Curran Kane; six children.
 04.01.1917
Milton district, Glasgow City, Lanark,  Scotland
-
18.03.1992
Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow (Martha St) district, Glasgow City, Scotland
Seaman Steward
 		31.10.1940 [JX229458]
P/O Steward
 		02.11.1940
T/El.S.Lt.
 		09.04.1941
T/El.Lt.
04.01.1942 (reld 14.12.1946)
Education: St Aloysius College, Glasgow (1923-...); Glasgow University (BSc, 01.07.1938).
Schoolmaster (science).
31.10.1940
 -
 		1940
 		HMS Europa (RN Patrol Central Depot, Lowestoft)
1939?
 -
 		10.1940
 		HMS Helvellyn (paddle minesweeper) (West Coast of Scotland)
02.11.1940
 -
 		08.04.1941
 		HMS Black Bear (armed yacht; serving as a safety ship for the Fleet Air Arm training and anti-submarines) (six months in Caribbean) [tender to HMS Goshawk (base ship, Trinidad)]
09.04.1941
 -
 		10.10.1942
 		HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad) (for miscellaneous services [degaussing duties])
11.10.1942
 -
 		20.12.1942
 		HMS Victory IV (accounting section, nr Petersfield) [additional; for passage to UK & leave; 24.10.1942-10.11.1942 at HMS Saker (RN Transit Accommodation outside New York); 26.11.1942 disembarked UK from passage aboard "City of Exeter"]
21.12.1942
 -
 		19.01.1943
 		HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (additional; for degaussing course course at HMS Revlis (degaussing establishment, Helensburgh))
20.01.1943
 -
 		22.11.1943
 		HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) (as Degaussing Range Officer)
23.11.1943
 -
 		14.11.1945
 		HMS Ugie Brae (drifter) (as Assistant Degaussing Wiping Officer) [based at HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)]
15.11.1945
 -
 		(08?).1946
 		HMS Royal Edgar (RN base, Hamburg) (additional; for Degaussing Wiping Officer duties, Brunsbüttel, from 21.05.1946 as Degaussing Officer, Brunsbüttel) (in supervising capacity for the work of demagnitizing stations run by the Germans at Brunsbüttel, Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, etc.)
(08?).1946
 -
 		14.12.1946
 		Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for release; dispersal 08.10.1946)
Physics teacher.
McElroy,
William Alfred
W.A. McElroy
Son of Samuel and Ellen McElroy, of Sandymount, Dublin, Irish Republic.
His brother Capt. G.E.H. McElroy, MC and 2 Bars, DFC and Bar, RAF was killed in 1918.
 		1905/06 ?
Co. Dublin
-
23.02.1945
Zanzibar
(died of illness) [age 39]
[Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania, 2.A.30]
[commemmorated at St Mary's Church of Ireland War Memorial, Donnybrook, Dublin]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/Lt. (A)
05.08.1941
28.10.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
25.02.1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		pilot, 796 Squadron FAA [HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika)]
(10.1944)
 -
 		(01.1945)
 		HMS Kilele (RN Air Station, Tanga, Tanganyika) *
?
 -
 		23.02.1945
 		726 Squadron FAA [HMS Kongoni (RN base, Durban)]
* indexed, but not listed as such
McEvoy,
Joseph
"Joe"
J. McEvoy
Son of CSM Joseph McEvoy, Yorkshire Regiment (who was killed in 1917), and Anne Mary McEvoy, of Fagley.
 		1914 ?
-
15.11.1942
(KIA) [age 28]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 1]
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
08.09.1941
Education: St Bede's RC Grammar School (1924-1932); trained as a teacher at St. Mary's College, Mill Hill, London
Primary school teacher at St Anne's RC Primary School Bradford.
09.1939

volunteered for RNVR service



trained at HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), HMS St Vincent (Air Branch Officers' training establishment, Gosport), No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School, Elmdon & in Canada
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
?
 -
 		16.03.1942
 		HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, near Winchester)
17.03.1942

 -

 		13.05.1942

 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast) (for RAF base, Sydenham)]
14.05.1942
 -
 		26.10.1942
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)]
27.10.1942
 -
 		15.11.1942
 		pilot, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Dasher (escort carrier)] [lost in the sinking by a German
submarine of HMS Avenger on returning home to the UK from Operation 'Torch' in N. Africa]
A.S.A.A. (Hons.) [possibly referring to the Amateur Swimming Association].
McFadeyan,
John Colin
J.C. McFadeyan		 ?
-
Prob. S.Lt.
 		04.08.1939
Lt.
 		1941?, seniority 04.08.1939
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 06.1943, < 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)

HMS London II *
10.01.1941
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Lancaster (destroyer)
12.05.1941
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		HMS Leeds (destroyer)
23.06.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
McFarlane,
John Douglas
 J.D. McFarlane
 Son of ... McFarlane, and ... Hill.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 27.11.1920
Southampton district, Hampshire
-
(03?).1977
High Peak district, Derbyshire
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.07.1941
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 27.11.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 28.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1941)     no appointment listed
28.10.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
19.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
22.11.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Nigeria (cruiser) (for radar duties)
20.03.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Trumpeter (escort carrier)
03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Cleopatra (cruiser)
McFerran,
Keith
K. McFerran		 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		13.12.1940 (reld 1945/46)
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.11.1942
 attacked U-boat 24.03.42
(03.1942)

HM ML 244 (motor launch)
03.03.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 514 (motor gun boat)
19.02.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead)
McGrath,
Malcolm William		 see: Civil Officers' section  
McGregor,
John Miller
J.M. McGregor
From Glasgow.
 1910 ?
Cathcart district, Glasgow, Scotland ?
-
T/Lt.
 		19.09.1942
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 22.06.45]
26.07.1942
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon) (for landing craft, tank (LCTs))
(06.1944)
  
 		 
 		HM LCI (L) ... (landing craft infantry (large))
McGuire,
John Leslie
J.L. McGuire		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		29.04.1944
T/Lt. (A)
 		29.04.1946
12.04.1944
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Vindex (escort carrier)
23.02.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Arbiter (escort carrier)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
McHaffie,
Richard James
R.J. McHaffie
Son of Arnold E. McHaffie and Agnes Jane McHaffie, of Wood Green, Middlesex.
 (06?).1923
Hackney district, Greater London
-
10.10.1944
[age 21]
[Colvend Parish Churchyard, section L, grave 34 - 35 - 36]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
?
 -
 		10.01.1944
 		HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry
McIlwraith,
Alan Doxford
A.D. Mcilwraith		 (06?).1909
St Albans, Herts.
-
T/Lt.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.10.1942
 action R-boats Dover Straits 16.08.42
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 -
 landing French persons on enemy shores 06-07.43
Greek War Cross 3rd class (04.07.1944; salvage of Adrias mined in the Aegean)



Commanding Officer, HM MGB 609 (motor gun boat)



19th MGB Flotilla
McIlwraith,
James
J. McIlwraith (Photo courtesy of Helen McIlwraith)
Son of James and May McIlwraith, of Filton, Gloucestershire.
 11.02.1922
Glasgow
-
11.05.1944
(KIA) [age 22]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 6]
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
Education: Kingswood Grammar school, Bristol
1941
 -
 		1941
 		HMS St Vincent (Air Branch officers' training establishment, Gosport)
1941
 -
 		1942
 		flying training, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
01.01.1943
 -
 		11.05.1944
 		observer, 825 Squadron FAA [RAF Coastal Command, from 03.1943 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier), from 12.1943 HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
McInnes,
Anthony John
A.J. McInnes (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim McInnes)
 Son of ... McInnes, and ... Hendy.
Married ((06?).1951, Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire) Majorie Lockyear.		 (06?).1925
Bridgwater district, Somerset
-
Ord.Sea. ? [D/JX651642]
T/Midsh. 14.07.1944
T/A/S.Lt. 15.11.1944
T/S.Lt. 15.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
05.1943     enlisted RNVR
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
15.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Hart (sloop)
McInnes,
John McDonald
"Jack"
J.McD. McInnes
From Glasgow.
 ?
-
Ord.Sea.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		25.05.1944 (reld 25.03.1946)
25.11.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty):



First Lieutenant, HM LCT 1036 (landing craft, tank)



First Lieutenant, HM LCT 1227 (landing craft, tank)
McIsaac,
Michael Francis
M.F. McIsaac
Youngest child (with six brothers and one sister) of William and Mary McIsaac.
Married ((06?).1944, Weston-super-Mare district, Somerset) Bridget M. "Brenda" Collins (died 1998); two sons, one daughter.		 21.08.1913
Port-au-Port, Newfoundland
-
12.02.2003
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ord.Sea. 08.01.1940
T/S.Lt. 15.11.1940
T/Lt. 15.11.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ? (reld 23.07.1944; disability)
08.01.1940     enlisted RNVR
(02.1941)     HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) *
? - 11.1941 HMS Maloja (armed merchant cruiser)
11.1941 - (03.1942) HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (troop transport ship)
10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Indian Ocean)
* indexed, but not listed as such
McKee,
Harold
H. McKee		 ?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) ?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 04.1943, < 08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

George Medal

 GM 23.01.1941 mine disposal [investiture 27.05.41]
(12.1940)     HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) *
06.12.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
(06.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed
(12.1941) - (08.1943) HMS Prosperine (minesweeper and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow) *
11.10.1943 - (12.)1943 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
13.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Pigmy (submarine base, Gibraltar)
* indexed, but not listed as such
McKenzie,
James Fenwick
J.F. McKenzie (probably even signature of his brother T. McKenzie)
Son of late Daniel and Jessie Fenwick McKenzie.
Married (1928) Olivia, daughter of Thomas Snell, of Bangalore, S. India.
Residence: (1947) 		1889
-
T/Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		16.03.1944 (reld 30.11.1945; commission terminated)
T/A/Capt. (Sp.Br.)
 		< 07.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 03.07.1945
 salvage & port clearance NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.03.1945
 assault Normandy 06-11.44
Education: Glasgow High School
Submarine Engineer & Salvage Contractor.
(06.1944)
 -
 		(11.1944)
 		Staff of Flag Officer Assault Area for the Normandy landings
1945

Deputy Principal Salvage Officer on the staff of the Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force (Northwest Europe)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
McKenzie,
Thomas
T. McKenzie
Son of late Daniel and Jessie Fenwick McKenzie.
Married (1911) Isabelle McKenzie McMorland, Ayrshire; two daughters.
Last residence: Shandon, Dunbartonshire.
 11.12.1891
-
25.04.1954
Cdre. 2nd cl. (Sp.Br.)
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 06.03.1945
 salvage operations ports of France *
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 1941
 ?
Commander, Order of Oranje-Nassau (Netherlands) OON
 25.11.1947
 services to the Netherlands
* For distinguished service in organising salvage operations in the liberated ports in the British Assault Area in France.
 		Education: Glasgow High School; AMIMechE
Commenced Salvage career, 1911, on completion of shipbuilding apprenticeship; work on own account, 1911-1914; Clyde Navigation Trust, 1914-1915; Admiralty Salvage Department, 1915-1919; Salvage and survey work abroad, 1920-1923; Chief Salvage Officer on salvage of ex­German Fleet at Scapa, 1924-1932; General Manager Metal Industries, Scapa, on ex­German Fleet Salvage, 1933-1939.
1939

Admiralty Chief Salvage Officer
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Commodore RNVR and Principal Salvage Officer on the staff of the Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief Expeditionary Force (Northwest Europe)
Managing Director Metal Industries Salvage Ltd, 1943; Director of Metal Industries Ltd, Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Metal Industries (Metal Division). Director Metal Industries Ltd, Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co., Shipbreaking Industries Ltd.
McKettrick,
Alexander Stewart
A.S. McKettrick (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer)		 26.05.1917
West Derby dsitrct, Lancashire
-
11.1999
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
T/S.Lt.
 		01.07.1941
T/Lt.
26.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
01.08.1941
 -
 		(02.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 13 (motor gun boat) [HMS Wasp (Coastal Forces base, Dover)]
15.02.1943
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 322 (motor gun boat)
11.1944
 -
 		(05?).1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 781 (motor torpedo boat)
McKiernan,
Arnold Thomas
 A.T. McKiernan 		1918
-
T/S.Lt. 12.03.1942
T/Lt. 30.06.1943
Education: High School ...; MA.
17.04.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Azalea (corvette)
29.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for disposal)
Assistant master at Augusfield House School. Organist, Christ Church, Dublin, 1955-1980.
McKinstry,
Norman Arthur
 N.A. McKinstry 		?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		12.07.1944
       
01.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		pilot, 1849 & 1850 Squadrons FAA
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
McLachlan,
Lachlan
 L. McLachlan 		?
-
14.12.1944
(MPK)
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 93, column 1]
T/Sg.Lt.
 		08.10.1943
Education: MB, ChB
08.12.1943
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		Medical Officer, HMS Sphinx (accommodation camp, Alexandria, Egypt)
1944
 -
 		14.12.1944
 		Medical Officer, HMS Aldenham (destroyer) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined in north-east Adriatic)
McLean,
John David Ruari [McDowall Hardie]
J.D.R. McLean
 Son of late John Thomson McLean and late Isabel Mary McLean (née Ireland).
Married (1945) Antonia Maxwell Carlisle (died 1995); two sons, one daughter.

Times obituary
Guardian obituary
 		10.06.1917
Newton Stewart, Galloway
-
27.03.2006
Isle of Mull
Ord.Tel.
 		?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		10.06.1942
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1973
 for services to typography

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 01.02.1944
 reconnaissance enemy coast Arakan 10.43
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.12.1943
 liaison FS Rubis
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.01.1945
 canoe sortie enemy beaches North Sumatra (Operation Frippery) 08.44
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 1942
 liaison FS Rubis
Education: Dragon School, Oxford; Eastbourne College
First studied printing under B.H. Newdigate at Shakespeare Head Press, Oxford, 1936. Industrial printing experience in Germany and England, 1936-1938; with The Studio, 1938; Percy Lund Humphries, Bradford, 1939.



telegrapher, HMS Windsor (destroyer)
(1942?)

British Naval Liaison Officer, [Free] French Ship "Rubis" (submarine) (based at Dundee)
01.04.1943





01.04.1943
16.08.1943
 -

-
-
 		(08.1944)

(08.)1943
(08.1944)
 		Second-in-Command, COPP 7 (Combined Operations Pilotage Party 7), officially designated as: Naval Party 735 (Scotland, Arakan, Sumatra)
[conducting dangerous reconnaissance surveys of Japanese-held beaches in Burma and Sumatra]
HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inveraray)
HMS Salsette (Combined Operations base, Bombay)]
07.03.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (for duty with Inter-Service Topographical Department)
Freelance typographer and author. Penguin Books, 1945-1946; Book Designer (freelance), 1946-1953; Tutor in Typography, Royal College of Art, 1948-1951; Typographic Adviser to Hulton Press, 1953; Founder Partner, Rainbird, McLean Ltd, 1951-1958; Founder Editor, and Designer, Motif, 1958-1967. Typographic Consultant to The Observer, 1960-1964; Hon. Typographic Adviser to HM Stationery Office, 1966-1980. Sandars Reader in Bibliography, Univ. of Cambridge, 1982-1983; Alexander Stone Lectr in Bibliophily, Univ. of Glasgow, 1984. Member: Nat. Council for Diplomas in Art and Design, 1971; Vis. Cttee of RCA, 1977-1983; Academic Adv. Cttee, Heriot­Watt Univ. for Edinburgh Coll. of Art, 1978-1996. Crown Trustee, Nat. Library of Scotland, 1981-. American Printing History Assoc. Individual Award, 1993.
Published: George Cruikshank, 1948; Modern Book Design, 1958; Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall, 1960; Victorian Book Design, 1963, rev. edn 1972; Tschichold's Typographische Gestaltung (trans.), 1967; (ed) The Reminiscences of Edmund Evans, 1967; Magazine Design, 1969; Victorian Publishers' Book­bindings in Cloth and Leather, 1973; Jan Tschichold, Typographer, 1975; Joseph Cundall, 1976; (ed) Edward Bawden: A Book of Cuts, 1979; Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography, 1980; Victorian Publishers' Book­Bindings in Paper, 1983; The Last Cream Bun (drawings by Roger Pettiward), 1984; Benjamin Fawcett, Engraver and Colour Printer, 1988; (ed) Edward Bawden, War Artist, 1989; Nicolas Bentley drew the Pictures, 1990; Tschichold's Die neue Typographie (trans.), 1994; (ed) Typographers on Type, 1995. Half seas under : seaman, submariner, canoeist (2003).
McLean-Laing *,
Francis Henry
"Frank"
 F.H. McLean-Laing
 Son of T.J. McLean-Laing, solicitor in Edinburgh, and Rhoda Margaret Bpase.
Married (19.09.1942) Nessa Miller, daughter of Mathew Barkley Miller and Margaret Miller, of Williamsgill, Hallbankgate, Cumberland.

* using the name nowadays as: F.H.M. Laing
 		26.05.1919
-
[03.2007 still alive in Canada]
Ord.Tel.
 		1940?
T/S.Lt.
 		10.04.1941
T/A/Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		10.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
11.1939
 		-
 		(05?).1940
 		HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
(06?).1940
 		-
 		1940
 		HMS Penelope (cruiser) (following her return from Norway where she had run aground)
1940
 		-
 		1941?
 		HMS Georgetown (destroyer) (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
1941?
 		-
 		1941?
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers'  training establishment, Lancing & Hove, Sussex)
05.05.1941
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		Kite and Balloon Section, Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
(12.1941)

Kite Balloon Officer, Methil, Fife [HMS Cochrane II *]
1943
 - 1943 HMS Toreador (ex-Sambur; for protection of convoys through the Dover Straits, Hellfire alley, en route to Southampton)
1943
 - 1943 Assistant Smalll Boat Pool Officer in Freetown, Sierra Leone
09.08.1943
 - (06.1944) HMS Ambitious (minsweeping depot ship at the Mulberry harbours at Normandy)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Emigrated to Canada.
* (12.1941) indexed under HMS Cochrane II, but listed under Miscellaneaous Weapons Development Department
McLeod,
Alexander
"Alex"
A. McLeod (Photo courtesy of Mr Douglas T. Newbigin)
From Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire.
 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		27.06.1940
T/Lt.
 		27.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 04.04.1944
 Aegean operations 09-11.43
05.11.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, MTB 214 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
06.08.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria):
(09.1943)
 -
 		(11.1943)
 		Levant Schooner 2
05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Thruster (fighter direction ship)
McLister,
Thomas Joseph
"Tom"
 T.J. McLister (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert McLister)
Married 1st  Emily Iris McKinstry, of Mosside, Dunmury, Belfast; two sons.
Married 2nd Deborah "Debby" Anne Bearse, of Centerville, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA; one daughter, one son.
Addresses: (1957) 71 Carbery Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire & c/o McKinstry, Mosside, Dunmurry, Belfast; (1959) c/o DMS, Northern Region, Kaduna, Nigeria; (1967) Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada		 05.01.1922
-
11.11.1993
T/Midsh. (A) 30.08.1941
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 05.01.1942
T/S.Lt. (A) 01.12.1942
T/Lt. (A) 05.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Queen's University, Belfast (MB, BCh, BAO 19.07.1952).
06.1940     joined RNVR
09.01.1941 - 08.1941 No. 24 Elementary Flying School (Luton Airport) [first solo flight 13.03.1941; flying badge 06.07.1941]
27.08.1941 - 09.1941 advanced flying training at Netheravon on Salisbury Plain
10.09.1941 - 31.10.1941 pilot, 786 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
05.11.1941 - 27.11.1941 pilot, 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
13.03.1942 - 29.05.1942 pilot, 775 Squadron FAA
02.06.1942 - 15.08.1942 pilot, 826 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)]
[S.Lt. T.J. McLister and S.Lt. K. Chapelow failed to return on 15.8.1942, both taken POW. The Albacore being shot down by anti-aircraft at night over Mersa Matruh harbour. The aircraft force landed in the sea. The  crew were 7 hrs in a dinghy and were captured by Italian forces after landing.]
15.08.1942 - 1945 POW in Italian/German captivity
19.07.1945 - 14.08.1945 798 Squadron FAA (for refresher course)
21.09.1945 - 21.11.1945 HMS Pintail (RN Air Station, Nutts Corner, Crumlin, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
24.11.1945 - 30.11.1945 HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Peplow)
05.12.1945 - 11.01.1946 HMS Pintail (RN Air Station, Nutts Corner, Crumlin, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
Medical Officer, Northern Region, Nigeria, late 1950s.
McMillan,
James William
 J.W. McMillan 		1922 ?
[Swinton, Gtr. Manchester ?]
-
13.11.1942
(KIA) (age 20)
[Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
?
 -
 		13.11.1942
 		HMS Malagas
McMullan,
Henry Wallace
 H.W. McMullan 		20.02.1909
-
18.05.1988
T/Lt.
 		20.09.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		?

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

OBE
 1967
Worked on Belfast Telegraph and Belfast Newsletter; Producer and Commentator, BBC NI, 1930
1939
 -
 		1945
 		Map Room, Admiralty
Head of Programmes, BBC NI, 1945-69; Member of Independent Broadcasting Authority (formerly Independent Television Authority), 1971-74.
McMullan,
Robert McCowan
 R.M. McMullan 		?
-
T/Lt.
 		01.08.1943
24.01.1944
24.01.1944
07.12.1945
 -
 -
-
 		(04.1946)
 07.12.1945
(04.1946)
 		HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Signals Officer
First Lieutenant
McNay,
Alexander McInnes
 A.M. McNay 		1920 ?
[Wishaw, S'clyde. Scotland ?]
-
13.11.1942
(KIA) (age 22)
[Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery]
T/S.Lt. (A) 31.01.1942

A.M. McNay (Photo courtesy of Alta Griffiths)
? - 13.11.1942 HMS Malagas (RN Air Station, Wingfield, nr Capetown, South Africa)
McOwan,
Bernard Murdoch
 B.M. McOwan 		23.08.1908
-
28.04.1978
Wellington, Telford, Shrewsbury district, Salop
T/Sg.Lt.
 		12.03.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.
 		> 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: MRCS, LRCP, MB, BS
Worked in China as a medical missionary.
12.03.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (additional; for miscellaneous service)
05.08.1941
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS King Alfred II (training establishment, Mowden School) 
19.08.1944
 -
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Roedean School, Brighton)
11.05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Golden Hind (RN depot, Sydney, NSW)
McQuoid-Mason,
Jan Theunis 		see: SANF(V) section  
Meachen,
Clifford Owen Brown
C.O.B. Meachen
Only son of Owen Edward Morris Meachen and Maude Elizabeth Brown.
Married (1939, Marylebone, London) Gertrude Stuart (1900-1981); no children.
Residence: (1945) Hammersmith, London.
 		14.06.1910
West Ham, London
-
28.06.1995
Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire
T/S.Lt.
 		25.09.1942
T/Lt.
 		25.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
05.11.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS BYMS 2055 (British Yard minesweeper)
Post-war a company director.
Mead,
Frederick Nicholas
"Nick"
 F.N. Mead
Son of Cdr. Hilary Poland Mead, RN, and Gweneth Atkinson, of Blackheath, London.
Residence: (1945)  Gravesend.
 19.03.1921
Queenstown, Co. Cork, S. Ireland
-
03.2009 still alive
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		19.03.1942
T/Lt.
 		15.07.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 07.09.1943
 U-boat destroyed Western Approaches 05.43 [investiture 20.07.45]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 10.07.1945
 destruction U-boat 06.04.45 [investiture 20.07.45]
19.03.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		HMS Broadway (destroyer)
06.09.1943
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Watchman (destroyer)
(09?.)1945
 -
 		(03.1946?)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Taff (frigate)
03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (Trincomalee)
Meade-Fetherstonhaugh,
the Hon. Sir Herbert 		see: RNR officers' section  
Meadowcroft,
George
G. Meadowcroft
Married; ... children (one daughter?).		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. 1943?
T/S.Lt. 21.11.1943
T/Lt. 21.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
06.1943 - 06.04.1944 HMS Slinger (escort carrier)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945) - (07.1945) HMS Assistance (aircraft depot and repair ship *
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Meakin,
John Arthur
J.A. Meakin (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Meakin) J.A. Meakin (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Meakin)
J.A. Meakin (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Meakin)
Son of Thomas Wood Meakin (1874-1957), and Alice Robbins (1880-1945) of Verdant Lane, Catford.
Married (09.1939, Lewisham district, Kent) Kathleen Rose H. Chandler (1909-2001); two sons.		 27.09.1913
Catford, Lewisham district, London
-
21.11.1998
Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire
Ord. Sea. 04.1940 [P/JX 192646]
AB Sea. 06.1940
Cadet 07.1941
T/S.Lt. 23.10.1941
T/A/Lt. 23.10.1942 (reld 23.02.1946)
Education: St Dunstan’s College, Lewisham.
04.1940 - 06.1940 training at "Flying Fox" (former Reserve Drill School, Bristol, now in use for Merchant Navy defence courses)
06.1940 - 06.1941 served for gunnery duties on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships in Atlantic convoys
06.1940 - 07.1940 SS Balfe
08.1940 - 03.06.1941 SS Christian J Kampmann
07.1941 - 23.10.1941 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
12.1941 - 28.12.1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
29.12.1941 - (04.)1944 HMS Beaver II (RN base, Immingham) (for duty at Hull; for fitting out gunnery duties)
14.09.1944 - 23.02.1946 HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)
Meakin,
Richard Spurrier
R.S. Meakin
Son of ... Meakin, and ... Spurrier.		 (09?).1917
Burton district, Staffordshire
-
05.2006
[age 88]
Stroud, Gloucestershire
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		29.07.1940
T/Lt. (A)
 		21.07.1942
Education: DFH (Diploma of Faraday House)
25.11.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		pilot, 827 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)]
28.04.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		pilot, 781 Squadron FAA {HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
Worked at Alexandra Palace TV Station, late 1940s/early 1950s.
Meldon,
Charles Vivian
C.V. Meldon (Photo courtesy of Mrs Vivian Collins) 		?
-
T/A/Lt. 31.08.1940
T/Lt. 17.07.1942, seniority 31.08.1940 (reld > 04.1946)
23.07.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Pine (Tree class trawler) [from 11.1941 Commanding Officer] [probably based at HMS Marshal Soult (trawler base, Portsmouth)]
28.09.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Grecian (Catherine class minesweeper)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Mellor,
William Herbert
W.H. Mellor 		1922 ?
-
2002 ?
T/S.Lt. (E)
27.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
16.02.1944
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Pennywort (corvette)
12.07.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS St Bride's Bay (frigate)
Mellows,
John William Miles
J.W.M. Mellows
Son of William Ernest Valentine Mellows (1894-1971), and Lilian Laura Handshaw (1894-1982), of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.		 22.11.1923
Salisbury, Wiltshire
-
10.06.1944
(MPK) [age 20]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 6]
T/S.Lt. (A) ?
15.05.1944 - 10.06.1944 769 Squadron FAA [HMS Peewit (RN Air Station, East Haven, Angus)] (for FFD & training) (missing, presumed killed in an air crash)
Melvin *,
Kenneth John
K.J. Melvin
Son of John Melvin, and Martha Elizabeth Penney.
Husband of Jane Allen-Melvin (née ...).

* from early 1960s known by last name of Allen-Melvin.
 		09.06.1923
Devonport district, Devon
-
12.1995
Tavistock district, Devon
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
02.01.1944
T/Lt.
 		07.10.1946, seniority 02.01.1946 (reld 1947)
T/Lt.
 		1951, seniority 07.02.1950 (reld 13.05.1954)
RAF:
 		 
F/O
 		28.06.1954 [503640]
F/Lt.
 		16.04.1958, seniority 01.07.1956 (retd 27.08.1964)
1940
  
 		 
 		joined RNVR, serving as a rating
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
21.10.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HM LST 199 (landing ship, tank)
(05.1953)
  
 		 
 		HMS Musketeer *
28.06.1954
  
 		 
 		permanent commission, RAF (Marine Branch)
12.02.1962

transferred, RAF (Provost Branch)
15.08.1962
  
 		 
 		Assistant to the Provost Marshal
* indexed, but not listed as such
Menzies,
Ian Robert
"Bob"
 I.R. Menzies
Son of ... Menzies, and ... Lloyd.
Married 1st (1948) Cosette Lederry (marriage dissolved); three sons.
Married 2nd Christine Brouet-Menzies; one son.
 10.05.1920
Kensington district, London
-
22.07.2003
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		10.05.1941
T/Lt.
 		08.11.1943 (reld 01.01.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 28.11.1944
 9 war patrols Mediterranean [investiture 02.02.45]
Education: Oundle School; Jesus College, Cambridge University (read engineering, later changing to geography; 1938)
08.07.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Vivacious (destroyer)
18.05.1942
 -
 		14.07.1942
 		course, HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth)
15.07.1942
 -
 		08.09.1942
 		HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
09.09.1942
 -
 		06.10.1942
 		HMS P 511 (submarine)
07.10.1942
 -
 		1942?
 		HMS H 32 (submarine)
1942?
 -
 		23.01.1943
 		HMS H 50 (submarine)
24.01.1943
 -
 		16.09.1945
 		First Lieutenant, HMS P 65 (submarine), redesignated: HMS Upstart (submarine) [temporarily in command 30.01.1945-04.02.1945 & 13.02.1945-20.03.1945]
17.09.1945
 -
 		01.01.1946
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (additional)
Was a half-blue for cross country running, 1946. Went to Uganda, 1948, where he was a magistrate and administrator until 1954, trainer and manager of the Ugandan athletics team (1954–57) and personnel manager of the Roan Antelope copper mines (1957–64). He was Executive Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1964–70), and, for a year from 1964, International Director of International Social Service. From 1971 to 1981 he was administrative director of the Swiss Investment Co. Bob retired in 1982, first to Paris and then to Cambridge. His principal interests were sailing, climbing and ocean cruising. He led expeditions to Iceland, Kenya and the Himalayas and took part in single and two-handed transatlantic sailing races. The Jesus Lane Quaker meeting was very important in Bob’s life and thoughts and he wrote Jesus Lane Friends Meeting 1905–1984 – a history.
Mercer,
Walter Edward
"Ted"
W.E. Mercer (Photo courtesy of Mr John Mercer)
 Married; at least one son.
 		25.07.1914
-
17.01.1994
Gwynedd
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		15.03.1940
T/S.Lt.
 		?, seniority 15.03.1940
T/Lt.
15.03.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 06.1944, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
20.05.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for minesweeping duties) (Dunkirk)
?
 -
 		?
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Arctic Hunter (minesweeping trawler) (Sheerness/Harwich)
 [possibly based at HMS Wildfire, and as such part of the above]
14.02.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Kai (auxiliary minesweeper) (Mediterranean)



invalided down to South Africa with Tropical Fever, and then came back to the UK on HMAS Nizam (destroyer)
05.1943
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Foulness (minesweeping trawler) (UK & Normandy)
08.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, LST 3010 (landing ship, tank) (Far East; invasion of Malaya)
Merryweather,
Geoffrey Holliday
G.H. Merryweather
Son of Leonard Merryweather, and Linda Violetta Grose.
Married ((03?).1943, Petersfield district, Hampshire / Sussex) Pamela E. Knowlden.		 (06?).1919
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
T/Midsh. 13.10.1939
T/S.Lt. 30.04.1940
T/Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
10.02.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Milford (sloop)
07.10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Balfour (frigate)
28.02.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Fishguard (escort)
Messenger,
John Arthur
"Dick"
K. Micklethwaite
Son of Philip and Annie Messenger, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
 (12?).1910
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
15.12.1941
[age 31]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]
Prob. Paym.S.Lt.
 		13.07.1934
Paym.Lt.
13.07.1936
13.07.1934

joined RNVR (London Division)
19.12.1939
 -
 		15.12.1941
 		HMS Galatea (cruiser) (ship torpedoed and sunk by U-557 off Alexandria)
Metcalfe,
John Lawson
K. Micklethwaite		 (09?).1906
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. 02.08.1940
T/Lt. 02.11.1940
T/A/Lt. Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945
11.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Bunting (auxiliary patrol base, Harwich)
30.06.1941 - 01.11.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Wyoming (minesweeping trawler)
25.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Latimer (cable layer)
05.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (fod disposal)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed


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