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Paden, R.
to
Pyne, E.J.T.

 

R. Paden  to  E.J.T. Pyne
Paden,
Richard
C.S. Padley
Son of Richard Paden and Mary Paden (née Grant).
 (09?).1920
West Derby
-
27.03.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		03.11.1941
05.06.1942
 		-
 		27.03.1943
 		pilot, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), from 02.1943 HMS Dasher (escort carrier) (ship destroyed through internal explosion in Firth of Clyde)]
Padley,
Charles Samuel
C.S. Padley
Married Barbara Winifred White-Smith.
 (06?).1908
Ecclesall Bierlow district
-
11.11.1971
Malta
T/Lt.
 		18.03.1940, seniority 20.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)



mainly served in minesweepers in the Mediterranean off North Africa:
(04.1940)

HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(10.1940)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed
15.01.1941
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)
07.07.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Ilfracombe (minesweeper)
18.08.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (for duty in Action Information Training Centre)
Practised as a lawyer pre- & post-war.
Published: Questions and answers on torts (1936)
Pagan,
Henry
H. Pagan
Married (1943) Annette Green; three daughters.

17.01.1908
Alburgh, Norfolk
-
11.04.2005
Norwich district, Norfolk
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		25.06.1943
T/A/Lt.
 		< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944)
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
Born at Alburgh, Norfolk, where his father was rector, came up from Westminster School as a Rustat and a Tew scholar. He read classics and rowed for the college in Cambridge and elsewhere. He was an advertising copywriter with Godbolds Ltd from 1931 to 1939. During the war Pagan served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He afterwards became a bee farmer in Norfolk and from 1961 to 1968 was chairman of the Bee Farmers’ Association of Great Britain. In the 1970s he was a district councillor for South Norfolk and from 1984 to 1986 president of the South Norfolk Liberal Democrat Association.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Page,
Frank Edward
 F.E. Page		 ?
-
 
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944)     HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) *
(03.1945)     British Naval Liaison Officer, "King George II" (Greek patrol craft) **
(07.1945)     HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
** (01.1945) incorrectly indexed as "HMS King George V"
Page,
Reginald Ellis
R.E. Page (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Page) 		12.04.1901
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
05.1984
Bromley district, Kent
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		10.11.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		> 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
02.10.1942
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		on staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Greenock [HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)]
(07.1945)

Security Liaison Officer to US Forces
Paget,
Norman Wilfred
N.W. Paget
Married 1st ((12?).1939, Romford district) Gladys M. Batchelor (died (09?).1962, aged 51); three children (younger two were twins, of which one died in infancy).
Married 2nd ((09?).1963, St Helens district) Barbara Joan Thornton (24.10.1927 - 05.1990).		 02.08.1906
Romford district, Essex
-
10.1989
Hereford district, Herefordshire
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 1943?
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.04.1944
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
1943?     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
      commissioned minesweepers
05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Leonidas (RN base, Takoradi, Gold Coast)
(04.1946)     HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Paisley,
Charles Stewart
 C.S. Paisley		 ?
-
 
T/A/S.Lt. 24.03.1944
T/S.Lt. 24.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
02.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Mary Rose (Algerine class minesweeper)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Pallister,
Arthur Douglas
"Dougie"
A.D. Pallister 		22.09.1901
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
01.1984
Plymouth district, Devon
Prob. T/Lt.
 		13.11.1939
T/Lt.
 		?, seniority 13.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
18.03.1937

joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
13.11.1939
 		-
 		(10.)1940
 		Naval Control Service, London & Gravesend [HMS Pembroke IV]
14.12.1940
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS St Cathan (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
23.02.1943
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Staff of Fourth Sea Lord's Office (Mails) [HMS President]
Pallott,
Percival Francis
P.F. Pallott (Photo courtesy of the PC Cother family, via Mr Tony Drury) P.F. Pallott (Photo courtesy of the PC Cother family, via Mr Tony Drury) 		11.04.1918
-
02.2005
Reading district, Berkshire
T/S.Lt.
 		10.01.1941
T/Lt.
 		11.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 24.03.1942
 attack U-boat Western Approaches 19.10.41
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
17.02.1941
 		-
 		(10.1943)
 		HMS Mallow (corvette) [eventually as First Lieutenant]
28.05.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Operational Staff of Flag Officer Commanding West Africa [HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)]
Palmer,
Bertrand Aubrey
B.A. Palmer

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24.02.1892
Yokshama, Japan
-
(09?).1958
Westminster district, London
T/Lt.
 		06.10.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		10.07.1940 (reld > 04.1946)
WW I

served as a rating [personal number J52483] & commissioned officer
06.10.1939
 		-
 		29.10.1939
 		HMS Hazard (minesweeper) (Scapa Flow)
30.10.1939
 		-
 		24.12.1940
 		Executive Officer, from 10.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Mercury (paddle minesweeper) (mined off Milford Haven & foundered in tow the following day) [court-martialled & found guilty for the loss of the ship; reprimanded]
10.09.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Yeoman (RN base, Thames)
(10.1944)
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		no appointment listed
Palmer,
James Harold
"Jim"
J.H. Palmer		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		13.12.1941
T/Lt. (A)
 		13.12.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
 		< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 04.04.1944
 landing operations 21.09.43
(09.1943)

SS Empire Macalpine
25.09.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Assistant to Lt.Cdr. Operations, HMS Vindex (escort carrier)
Palmer,
Reginald Howard
R.H. Palmer
Son of Herbert William Palmer, and Emily Catherine Yates, both of Ross, Herefordshire.

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(06?).1887
East Dulwich, Camberwell district, Surrey
-
T/Lt.Cdr.
 		13.10.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 16.09.1919
 for valuable services in the Auxiliary Patrol
13.10.1939
 		-
 		(04.)1940
 		HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar)
17.07.1940
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory)
Paremain,
Victor George Paul
"Vic"
V.G.P. Paremain (Signature courtesy of Colyn Brookes)
Son of [George?/Charles?] Thomas Paremain, and Ann Eliza Seamons.
Married ((06?).1937, Surrey North Eastern district) Joan E. Flowers (1915-2007); two sons.
 28.05.1911
Kingston, Surrey
-
16.05.2007
Kingston, Surrey
T/S.Lt.
 		30.08.1940
T/Lt.
 		28.05.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 07.1945, < 04.1946 (reld 09.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 06.05.1941
 sinking U76 07.03.41 [investiture 29.07.41]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Atlantic Star Atl St
 -
 & clasp France & Germany
Afr St
 -
 -
It St
 -
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 -
 -
RsnConv
 -
 -
05.10.1940
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		Asdic Officer, HMS Arbutus (corvette) (submarine hunting & convoy duties, North Atlantic; DSC)
10.03.1942
 		-
 		(10.)1944
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Poppy (corvette)
18.12.1944
 		-
 		(01.)1945
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Ascension (frigate)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
14.10.1945
 		-
 		09.1946
 		Commanding Officer, HM LST 365 (landing ship tank)
Parker,
Chester James
C.J. Parker
Son of James Athol Parker and Margaret Ann Parker, of Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.		 1916 ?
-
11.08.1942
(MPK) [age 26]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 71, column 1]
Prob. T/S.Lt. 10.11.1939
T/S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 10.11.1939
T/Lt. 29.07.1941
Education: University of Queensland.
04.01.1940 - 27.08.1940 HMS Dunvegan Castle (armed merchant cruiser) (ship torpedoed 26.08.1940 by U-46 and foundered next day)
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
13.11.1940 - 12.1941 Navigating Officer, HMS Peony (corvette)
14.05.1942 - 06.08.1942 HMS Thorn (submarine) (sunk by Italian surface craft off Tobruk; declared overdue 11.08.1942)
Parker,
Henry Francis
H.F. Parker 		?
-
Paym.S.Lt. 23.02.1935
Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) 23.02.1937
A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = A/Lt.Cdr. (S) > 02.1943, < 06.1943
Lt.Cdr. (S) 23.02.1945
1935     joined RNVR (East Scottish Division, later Clyde Division)
24.08.1939 - (06.1943) Secretary to Chief of Staff of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Glasgow [HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)]
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
01.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Flamborough Head (escort repair ship)
(04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
ACA.
Parker,
John Stanley
J.S. Parker
Son of Francis Stanley Parker and Harriet Amory Anderson Parker, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Husband of Violet Otis Parker, of Boston.
 15.01.1890
Boston, Mass., USA
-
18.10.1941
[age 51]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 2]
[commemmorated at RN College, Greenwich]
T/Lt.
 		15.06.1941?
Education: Harvard (1913).
Businessman and investor.
15.06.1941

joined the RNVR (as an American citizen)
?
 -
 		18.10.1941
 		HMS Broadwater (destroyer) [torpedoed & sunk by U-101, NW Approaches]
Parkinson,
Cedric Guy
C.G. Parkinson (Photo courtesy of Mr David Parkinson)
 Son of Herbert George Parkinson (1882-1946), and Maud Annie Fowler (1885-1963).
Married 1st ((09?).1937, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Dorothy J. Paine ((12?).1910-).
Married 2nd ((12?).1965, Harlow district, Essex) Lilian R. Stonehewer (née Masters) ((06?).1917 - ).		 19.10.1913
St Pancras district, London
-
01.1991
Ashford district, Kent
Ordinary Seaman 26.05.1941
Able Seaman 25.02.1942
T/A/Leading Seaman 25.08.1942
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 08.03.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
26.05.1941     enlisted RNVR
26.05.1941 - 09.07.1941 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
10.07.1941 - 26.07.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)
27.07.1941 - 29.08.1941 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire) [qualified for radio detection finding (RDF) duties 08.08.1941]
30.08.1941 - 01.11.1941 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
02.11.1941 - 23.12.1941 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo)
23.12.1941 - 24.12.1942 HMS Enterprise (cruiser)
25.12.1942 - 29.01.1943 HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire)
30.01.1943 - 07.03.1943 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)
08.03.1943     commissioned RNVR as Special Branch officer for cypher duties
01.11.1943 - 30.01.1945 HMS Elissa (Combined Operations base, Messina, Sicily, Italy) (for duty at Augusta)
31.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Hamilcar (Combined Operations base, Messina, Sicily, Italy)
Parkinson,
Charles Frederick Colville
C.F.C. Parkinson (Photo courtesy of Mr John Parkinson)
Son of Maj. Charles Colville Parkinson, MVO.
Residence: (1953) Wheathampstead.
 21.07.1910
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
03.05.1973
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		03.04.1942
T/Sg.Lt.
 		22.05.1943, seniority 03.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
27.04.1942
 		-
 		19.04.1944
 		Medical Officer, HMS Atreus (controlled Motor Launch base ship, East Indies)
(10.)1944
 		-
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *
(07.1945)

Medical Officer, RM Signal Holding Company
MRCS, LRCP
* indexed, but not listed as such
Parkinson,
William
W. Parkinson		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
11.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
10.01.1945
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		Engineer Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
(04.1946)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Parr,
Norman Hillier
N.H. Parr (Photo courtesy of Chris Parr)
 Only son of Leslie William Parr (1890-1968), and Doris Kathleen Scrutton (1899-1939).
Married; six sons, one daughter.		 01.05.1924
Coventry, Warwickshire
-
12.2009 still alive
T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?
T/S.Lt. (A) 04.06.1944
T/Lt. (A) 04.06.1946 (reld > 07.1946)
      primary flying training at Pensacola, Florida, USA
      flew Corsairs at Jacksonville, Florida, USA
01.07.1944 - (07.1945) training & service as pilot, 1846 Squadron FAA [US Naval Air Station Lewiston, then shipping to UK aboard HMS Ranee (escort carrier), then HMS Gadwell (RN Air Station, Sydenham, Belfast), then HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry), then RAF Ballyhalbert, Co. Down, then HMS Colossus (aircraft carrier) [visiting HMS Grebe, Vellura, RNAS Coimbatore, Trincomalee, Jervis Bay NSW Australia, joining up with the US fleet, the ship then operated at Tananan-Leyte, Shanghai, Korea, Manila, Hong Kong]]
(04.1946)     1846 Squadron FAA *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Parry,
Gordon Carthew
G.C. Parry 		26.04.1907
South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
10.1994
Southampton district, Hampshire
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		01.11.1943
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(01.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
12.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Boom Defence Depot Colombo (Ceylon) [HMS Lanka]
Parsons,
Thomas Maurice
"Tommy"
T.M. Parsons (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) T.M. Parsons (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)

08.12.1915
-
10.1995
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Prob. Cadet HKRNVR
 		19.03.1938
A/S.Lt. HKRNVR
 		15.11.1938
A/Lt. HKRNVR
01.05.1940
T/Lt. RNVR
 		17.07.1942, seniority 01.05.1940
19.03.1938
  
 		 
 		joined Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (later Hong Kong RNVR)
12.02.1940
 -
 		26.12.1941
 		HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong):
(02.1941)
 -
 		26.12.1941
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 27 (motor torpedo boat)
17.07.1942
  
 		 
 		transferred RNVR
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
10.12.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Parton,
[Prof.] John Edwin
J.E. Parton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Celia Morgan, née Parton)
Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Parton. Married (07.09.1940, Bolton) Gertrude Brown; one
son, one daughter.
 26.12.1912
Kingswinford, Staffordshire
-
31.10.2002
Bramcote Nursing Home, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		02.10.1939
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		31.01.1940
T/El.Lt.
 		?, seniority 31.01.1940
T/A/El.Lt.Cdr.
 		1943 (reld 07.03.1946)
Education: Huntington Church of England School; Cannock Chase Mining College; University of Birmingham (B.Sc. in electrical engineering, 1933 (1st class honours); Ph.D., 1938); Glasgow University (D.Sc., 1971)
Training: Littleton Collieries, 1934; Electrical Construction Co., 1935; (Pobationary) Assistant Engineer, Post Office Engineering Department, Dollis Hill Research Station, 11.04.1938-1939. Part-time lecturer at Cannock Chase Mining College (1931-1938) and at Northampton Polytechnic in London (1938-1939).
02.10.1939
 -
 		?
 		anti-submarine training, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)
02.10.1939?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
14.11.1939?
 -
 		1942?
 		Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane II]
1942
 		- 04.1944 Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Lanka?]
(10.1944)
 		-
 		(01.1945)
 		HMS Douglas (destroyer) *
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Senior Scientific Officer, British Iron and Steel Research Association, 1946. Appointed lecturer in electrical engineering at the University of Glasgow in 1946. In 1952, he became a member of the Senate of the university, and a senior lecturer in electrical engineering in 1954. In 1955, he joined The University of Nottingham as professor of electrical engineering and head of the Department of Electrical (and later, 'Electronic') Engineering. Parton retired from this post in 30 September 1978.
Senior Visiting Scientist, National Science Foundation at University of Tennessee, 1965-1966; Visiting Professor, University of West Indies, Trinidad, 1979, 1980. Chairman, East Midland Centre Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1961-1962. FIEE 1966; Life MIEEE 1990; FIMechE 1967.
From 1947, Parton was an assessor for the Institutions of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (IMEEE) for higher national certificate examinations in Scotland, and an external examiner for diplomas for Herriot-Watt College. He gained much experience in light and heavy electrical engineering with the Post Office Research establishment and as senior scientific officer of the British Iron and Steel Research Association. In 1965-66, Parton took a research and lecture sabbatical to the electrical engineering department at the University of Tennessee in the USA. Parton wrote many articles and lectures on a variety of aspects of electrical engineering.
Published: Applied Electromagnetics (jointly), 1975; papers in Proc. IEE, Trans. IEEE, Trans. IES, Instrument Practice, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, etc.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pashley,
Frank Arthur
F.A. Pashley (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Boon)
Son of Eugene Frank Pashley, and Dorothea Louisa Hilliar.
 (03?).1925
St Pancras district, London
-
17.02.1952
Sicily (flying accident)
T/A/S.Lt.
 		22.06.1944
T/S.Lt.
 		22.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
14.10.1943
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
(04.1946)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Passenger on a Hunter Air Travel Vickers 614 Viking 1 aircraft Regn G-AHPI, which flew into the north slope of the La Cinta mountain range of Sicily at a height of 1040 m. It was an International Non Scheduled Pasenger flight from Nice-Côte d'Azur airport Malta-Luqa. All 5 crew and all 26 passengers were killed.
Paterson,
John Clendinning
"Glen"
J.C. Paterson

?
-
T/Lt.
 		07.04.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
28.06.1940
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Lady Blanche (armed yacht)
09.09.1943
 		-
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Sidmouth (Bangor class minesweeper) *
(07.1945)

HMS Kingston Amber (anti-submarine warfare trawler) **
* (10.1944) & (01.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Paton,
Harold William
H.W. Paton
Son of late Clifford James Paton.
Married (1947) Joan Orby, daughter of late Lt.Col. Cecil Gascoigne, DSO, Seaforth Highlanders; one daughter.
 06.10.1900
Guildford, Surrey
-
16.03.1986
Heronsbrook, Foulis, Evanton, Ross­shire
T/Lt.
 		01.12.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		1944 (reld 1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 01.01.1943
 New Year 43 [investiture 11.05.43]
Education: Winchester College; Christ Church, Oxford
Called to the Bar (Inner Temple), 1923 and practised at Common Law Bar.
29.11.1938

joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
01.09.1939
 		-
 		(04.)1940
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Titan (auxiliary minesweeper)
17.06.1940
 		-
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) (for Fort Blockhouse)
(12.1941)
 		 
 		 
 		no appointment listed



HM ML 101 (motor launch)
08.1942
 -
 		(01.1943?)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 510 (motor torpedo boat)
10.01.1943
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 613 (motor torpedo boat)
18.05.1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 734 (motor torpedo boat) & Senior Officer, 59th MTB Flotilla
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(01.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
05.02.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Judge of County Courts, Circuit No 54 (Bristol, etc) 1950-71; Chairman, Somerset Quarter Sessions, 1965-71.
Patrick,
Robert
R. Patrick 		10.05.1912
Belfast
-
T/Lt. (E)
 		27.12.1943
Burma Star ? ; North Africa Star ?



possibly served on: HMS Ajax (cruiser) and HMS Warspite (battleship)
28.02.1944
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry)
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		HMS Ferret (RN base, Londonderry) *
14.11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HM LST 5 (landing ship, tank)
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pattinson,
George Harry
G.H. Pattinson
03.08.1918
Kendal district, Westmorland
-
09.1997
Kendal district, Westmorland
T/S.Lt.
 		31.01.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		01.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
21.05.1941
 -
 		31.01.1942
 		HMS Culver (escort) (torpedoed & sunk by U-105 in East Atlantic)
03.1944
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Baldur III (RN base, Hvitanes, Iceland) (for controlled mining)
(01.1945)

HMS Vernon (training establishment, Roedean School, Brighton) *
15.02.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Skirmisher (RN base, Milford Haven)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pattinson,
Hugh McKenzie
H.M. Pattinson
Son of Thomas and Catherine Pattinson, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.
 		1918 ?
-
05.11.1940
(KIA) [age 22]
[Liverpool Naval Memorial, panel 4, column 2]
A/S.Lt. (E)
 		?
?
 -
 		05.11.1940
 		HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)
Payne,
Arthur Edward
A.E. Payne
Son of ... Payne, and ... Kelly.
Married Agnes Duncan Payne (née ...); at least two children.
 18.02.1925
West Ham district, London
-
T/Lt. (A)
 		09.10.1943
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		18.02.1945
Lt. RN
 		14.05.1951
Lt. RAN
 		01.01.1955, seniority 18.02.1949
Lt.Cdr. RAN
 		18.02.1957 (retd 18.02.1970)
03.10.1943
 -
 		28.02.1947
 		served RNVR:
10.1943
 -
 		09.1944
 		New Entry Training, Elementary Flying Training School & Service Flying Training School Canada [HMS St Vincent (Forton Barracks, Gosport)] (training to wings standard) *
09.1944
 -
 		05.1945
 		Advanced Flying Unit, Tealing, Scotland & Operation Training Unit [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)] (training to operational standard) *
06.1945
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa (RN Air Station, Katukurunda, Ceylon)] (awaiting first line appointment)
1945
 -
 		12.1945
 		HMS Golden Hind (RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW, Australia) (awaiting first line appointment)
(04.1946)

HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) **
04.1946
 -
 		08.1946
 		HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray) (observer training)
08.1946
 -
 		12.1946
 		Victoria Barracks, Southsea [HMS Victory ?] (divisional duties)
14.05.1951
 -
 		06.1951
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (divisional course)
06.1951
 -
 		07.1951
 		771 Squadron FRU [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)] (refresher course)
07.1951
 -
 		10.1951
 		HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)
10.1951
 -
 		?
 		Officer Flying School I [HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth, Morayshire)]
?
 -
 		04.1952
 		Officer Flying School II [HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)]
05.1952
 -
 		06.1952
 		communications, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
14.06.1952
 -
 		31.12.1954
 		on loan to RAN
01.01.1955

transferred to RAN (see detailed service record & personal file)
* in the Navy Lists of Apr 44, Jun 44, Oct 44 & Jul 45 under  836 Squadron FAA as from 07.12.1943
** indexed, but not listed as such
Peacock,
Frank Bailey
F.B. Peacock 		1914 ?
-

Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		23.09.1939
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		23.09.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		> 07.1945 (reld 25.02.1946)
23.09.1939
 -
 		02.1946
 		Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]:
23.09.1939
 -
 		03.01.1941
 		for duty with Chief Salvage Officer, Southern Area
03.01.1941
 -
 		02.1946
 		naval staff
Pearce, 
Anthony Robert George
A.R.G. Pearce
Son of ... Pearce, and ... Ward.
 (06?).1917
Southampton district, Hampshire
-
22.10.1943
(MPK) [age 26]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 84, column 1]
S.Lt.
 		10.06.1939
A/Lt.
 		19.07.1941
10.06.1939

joined RNVR (London Division, List 2)
19.08.1939
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Birmingham (cruiser)
19.07.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment) (for instructional duties)
10.1943
 -
 		22.10.1943
 		Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Hurworth (destroyer) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined east of Kalymnos)
Pearce,
Eric John
E.J. Pearce
?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		19.07.1941
T/Lt. (A)
 		19.01.1944
20.08.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		observer, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Edinburgh (cruiser)]
?
 -
 		08.11.1942
 		observer, 821 Squadron [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
[failed to return in his Albacore from a raid on La Senia airfield, Oran; was attacked and shot down by a Dewoitine Dw.520; captured]
08.11.1942
 -
 		1943?
 		POW in French captivity
04.09.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		observer, HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Pearse,
Francis Frederick
F.F. Pearse		 ?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		18.05.1942 (reld 1945/46)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
 30.04.1946
 mine clearance & disposal NW Europe
(1945)

Commanding Officer, Naval Party 1573
(07.1945)

HMS Vernon
Peat,
George Alastair
F.F. Pearse		 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		24.11.1940
07.12.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Quadrille (Dance class trawler)
Peck,
Leonard William
"Bill"
L.W. Peck (Photo courtesy of Mr & Mrs P.H. Abbott)		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		08.11.1941
T/Lt. (A)
 		08.05.1944
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.09.1944
 Operation Lombard (operations off Norway 44)
01.12.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		observer, 831 Squadron FAA [Machrihanish, then HMS Victorious (attack of German battleship Tirpitz 04.1944), then Hatston]
(10.1944)

HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, nr Ormskirk, Lancashire) *
16.04.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		observer, 815 Squadron FAA
* indexed, but not listed as such
Peer-Groves,
Michael Hepta Christopher *
M.H.C. Peer-Groves
Son of William Peer Groves (born 1878), and Margery Helen Walker.
Married Marion Blanche (née ...).

* birth registered as Christopher Michael Hepta Peer Groves
 04.07.1909
Knutsford, Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
03.11.1989
Buntingford, Hitchin district, Hertfordshire
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		08.01.1940
T/Lt.
 		08.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)

King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway)

Hkn
 26.08.1947
 services to Norway *
* He expressed an exceptional understanding and helpfulness during the operation on the Norwegian coast from the beginning of the war until autumn of 1942. Furthermore, he showed real sympathy for the Norwegian Cause, and displayed through knowledge of the conditions in Norway.
24.01.1940
 -
 		03.08.1942
 		Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of Flag Officer Commanidng Orkneys and Shetlands [HMS Prosperine (RN base, Scapa Flow)]
(10.1944)
  
 		 
 		HMS President (Admiralty) *
(07.1945)

HMS President (Admiralty) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Peirson,
Joseph Batty
"Joe"
J.B. Peirson (From: BBC's WW2 People's War)
Also known as: Batty-Peirson, Joseph
Son of ... Peirson, and ... Batty.
 (03?).1918
Luton district, Bedofrdshire / Hertfordshire
-
Ord.Sea.
 		1939
T/S.Lt.
 		09.10.1941
T/A/Lt.
 		20.02.1943
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 ?
 ?
Burma Star Bur St
 ?
 & Pacific bar
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 ?
 ?
Education: Luton Modern School
1940?
 -
 		1941?
 		HMS Broadwater (destroyer) (served for 7 months on North Atlantic convoys) 
?
 -
 		09.10.1941
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' trianing establishment, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
12.08.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)

 		air defence officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
(04.1946)

HMS Scylla (cruiser) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Penman,
James
J. Penman		 ?
-
?
 		? [NC/JX 337292]
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		10.12.1943
T/A/Lt.
 		01.04.1945 (reld 18.09.1946)



probably served at HMS Glendower (seamanship training establishement, Pwllheli, North Wales) & HMS Lochailort (Combined Operations base, Inverailort Castle, nr Inverness)
10.06.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
04.1944
 -
 		10.1944
 		Boat Officer, HMS Porcupine (landing craft base, Portsmouth)



HMS Wuchang (submarine depot ship, Trincomalee)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Perkins,
John Provost
"Polly"
J.P. Perkins J.P. Perkins
Son of ... Perkins, and .. Briggs.
Married Mary; one daughter, one son.

DVD interview available at the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust
01.01.1920
Harrow, Hendon district, Middlesex
-
01.06.2008
Shipley, West Yorkshire
Prob. T/Midsh. 07.12.1939
T/A/S.Lt. 11.01.1940
T/S.Lt. 01.01.1941
T/Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 11.05.1943 actions with the enemy Nore 09.42 & 03.43 [investiture 19.10.43]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC 19.09.1944 Coastal Forces action Nore 06.44 [investiture 11.05.45]
Mention in Despatches MID 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43
07.12.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham)
(02.1941)     HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William) *
25.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
05.1942   07.1942 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 225 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
22.07.1942 - 06.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 230 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
30.06.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 683 (motor torpedo boat)
21.11.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 766 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
After the war he qualified as a barrister and became Assistant Company secretary of Rolls Royce, followed by several prominent business appointments which culminated in becoming Managing Director of CIBA-Geigy. On retirement he became Harbourmaster of Brighton Marina and his obvious talents led to becoming its Managing Director.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Perks,
Ronald
R. Perks
Son of Bernard William Perks (1882-1947), and Edith Constance Willings (1887-1974).
Married 1st ((09?).1936, Tendring district, Essex) Kitty May; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd Dorothy ...		 23.02.1915
Epping district, Essex
-
12.08.1978
hospital, Chelsea district, London
T/S.Lt. 09.12.1939
T/Lt. 24.11.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 06.09.1940 Molde Fjord, Norway [investiture 08.04.41]
01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Cape Siretoko (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
13.08.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services)
12.1940 - 01.1941 HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) (additional; for miscellaneous services)
31.01.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Forte IV (Coastal Forces base, Falmouth) (for motor launches)
08.08.1943 - 26.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 637 (motor torpedo boat)
26.09.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 655 (motor torpedo boat)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
20.11.1944 - 23.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 512 (motor torpedo boat), renamed:
24.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 2012 (motor torpedo boat)
Perry,
Eric Douglas
E.D. Perry
Son of ... Perry, and ... Boddy.
 27.07.1920
Romford district, Essex
-
07.1996
Barnstaple district, Devon
T/S.Lt.
 		20.09.1940
T/Lt.
 		20.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
17.12.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Montgomery (destroyer)
[possibly submarine detecting officer; if so, then lawyer by profession]
(07.1945)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Perry,
Kenneth Herbert
K.H. Perry
?
 -
Prob. T/Lt. (E)
 		09.10.1940
T/Lt. (E)
 		1941, seniority 09.10.1940 (reld > 04.1946)
(02.1941)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
13.10.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland)
07.04.1942
 -
 		(02.1943)
 		HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
06.11.1943
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
11.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Perry,
Thomas James
T.J. Perry (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Perry)
Married; two sons, one daughter.
 1916 ?
-
14.06.1962
King's Lynn, Norfolk
[age 46]
T/S.Lt.
 		02.11.1941
T/A/Lt.
 		02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
03.11.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Peters,
Lynn Haydn [Bennett de Barnesfold *]
L.H.B. de B. Peters
Son (with one sister) of Haydn Peters, and Violet Mona Bennett, of Swansea, Glamorgan.
* Added "Bennett de Barnesfold" to his surname of Peters by deed poll of 05.11.1942.		 (03?).1920
Kings Norton distirct, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
03.05.1943
 [age 23]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 4, panel 7]
T/S.Lt. (A) 31.01.1942
Education: St Michaels College, nr Tenbury.
? - 03.05.1943 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) *] (killed in an accident flying at sea)
* According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) at the time of his death.
Petty-Mayor,
Reginald Llewellyn
R.L. Petty-Mayor (Photo courtesy of Mrs Caroline Graham)
Son of Llewellyn George Petty [from 08.1930 Petty-Mayor] (1878-1942), and Constance Fitzhenry (1881-1959).
Married (22.10.1938, Southend-on-Sea, Rochford district, Essex) Anna Elisabeth Ford, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex; one son.		 10.07.1907
Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London
-
01.01.1945
(illness) [age 37]
[Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Prot. Sect. (Officers'), plot E, coll. grave 9]
Prob. T/S.Lt. 21.06.1940
T/Lt. 21.09.1940
Mention in Despatches MID 18.12.1944 for gallantry in towing the damaged "Abercrombie" through a heavily mined area
(1940)     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
14.08.1940 - (10.1940) HMS Lady Madeline (armed trawler)
(02.1941)     HMS Edinburgh Castle (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone) *
05.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Bengali (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
19.05.1942 - 01.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Cava (trawler) [based at HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan)]
Philips,
Jacques
J. Philips
Youngest of five sons of Henri Louis Philips (1863-1935), tobacco manufacturer, and Elisabeth Lenshoek (1870-1953).
Married 1st (14.07.1933, London) Dorothy Elisabeth Tovell (divorced; she re-married Nobby Clark); one daughter (died in childhood), one son.
Married 2nd (29.01.1945, Westminster, London) Evelyn Joan Jenkins (born 11.05.1901) (divorced 12.05.1947).
Married 3rd (17.06.1947, Amsterdam) Anna Maria Clasina de Reuver (born 19.02.1917) (divorced 26.05.1955).
Married 4th (27.11.1957, Westminster, London) Johanna Hendrika Graber (born 18.06.1921).
 22.09.1907
Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
-
1980
T/S.Lt.
 		03.07.1941
T/Lt.
 		03.10.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 10.1944, < 07.1945 (reld 04.1946)
10.1940
 		-
 		04.1946
 		voluntary service as a Dutchman in the RNVR:
01.09.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt)
04.02.1942
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Northney (training establishment for landing craft, Hayling Island)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Owner of an advertizing agency at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Phillips,
Alun Stanley
A.S. Phillips		 25.02.1921
-
10.1992
Islington district, Greater London
T/S.Lt.
 		25.02.1942
T/A/Lt.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.05.1942
 action with E-boats Nore Area 15.03.42
(03.1942)

First Lieutenant, MGB 87
05.04.1945-

Coastal Forces, Mediterranean [HMS Gregale]
Phillips,
George [Michael]
G. Phillips (Photo courtesy of Mr Bernard Phillips)
Son of Sidney and Mary Phillips, of Overy Staithe, Norfolk.
Brother of Sg.Lt. William Philips, RNVR.
Married (1935) Muriel Miller; two sons, three daughters.
 02.07.1908
Tatsfield, Kent
-
(03?).1971 *
hospital, Norwich

* either late 12.1970 or first quarter of 1971
T/S.Lt.
 		30.11.1940
T/Lt.
 		02.03.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
03.1943? (reld 08.11.1945)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 02.10.1942
 Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe, 19.08.42) [investiture 11.12.45] *
Mention in Despatches
 		MID
 16.03.1943
 Operation Torch (landings in N Africa, 08.11.42) [aboard SS Winchester Castle]
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.11.1944
 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings, 06.44)
* He closed the beach under intense fire for the withdrawal and succeeded in filling his boat with soldiers. Unfortunately it received a direct hit and sank almost immediately. He encouraged the survivors to swim away from the beach, and he and a few others were picked up by a destroyer 1 ½ miles off shore. His coolness and cheerfulness throughout were an inspiration to all around him.
 		Education: several schools, including Mount St Mary’s College and HMS Conway
Joined the Merchant Navy with the Elder Fyffes line of steamers. Gained Second Mate's certificate, but retired c. 1930. Worked in the hotel of his parents at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk.



joined Local Defence Volunteers, but soon transferred to RNVR
(02.1941)

HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash) *
02.03.1941
 		-
 		(02.)1943
 		HMS Prince Charles (landing ship, infantry (small)) (Dieppe)
27.03.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary), from c. 12.1943 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounts & drafting office) (for landing craft duty)
(06.1944)

Officer Commanding, "Q" RN [Beach] Commando, Group G2, and as such Beachmaster (Le Hamel, Normandy)
Manager of The Moorings Hotel, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, 1946-1969.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Phillips,
John William Ernest
J.W.E. Phillips
Son of ... Phillips, and ... Turner.
 19.06.1911
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
07.01.2005
Chichester district, West Sussex
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		27.03.1944
T/Lt. (E)
 		01.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
10.04.1944
 		-
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
(07.1945)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Phillips,
Richard Barratt
R.B. Phillips		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		01.12.1942
T/Lt. (A)
 		01.11.1943 (reld < 04.1046)
25.06.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		senior pilot, 1850 Squadron FAA
Phillips,
Sidney Arthur
S.A. Phillips		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		05.09.1943
T/Lt.
 		01.02.1945
28.04.1943
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		HMS Pennywort (corvette)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
(04.1946)

HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Phillips,
William
"Bill"
W. Phillips
Son of Sidney and Mary Phillips, of Overy Staithe, Norfolk.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. G. Phillips, RNVR.
 1912 ?
-
06.07.1942
(KIA) [age 30]
[Chatham Naval Memorial, 66, 2]
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		07.05.1940
T/Sg.Lt.
 		1941, seniority 07.05.1940
Education: MRCS, LRCP
(02.1941)
 -
 		06.07.1942
 		Medical Officer, HMS Niger (minesweeper) [mined off Iceland 05.07.1942] *
* (02.1941) & (12.1941) indexed, but not listed as such
Pickard,
Denis Luther
D.L. Pickard
Son of ... Pickard, and ... Doody.		 24.01.1913
Mansfield district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire
-
09.2005
Derby district, Derbyshire
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		?
T/Lt. (E)
 		21.06.1943
(1943)

Engineer Officer, HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)
31.10.1943
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
22.01.1946
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Wildfire III (Combined Operations base, Sheerness)
Pickford,
Thomas Henry
"Tom"
T.H. Pickford		 ?
-

[perhaps:
29.05.1913
-
05.1996
Thanet, Kent]
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		07.08.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		> 06.1944, < 07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
07.08.1940
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		[Personal Assistant to the Director of Salvage ?], Salvage Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Post-war researcher for Risdon Beazley.
Piercy,
Malcolm Frederick
M.F. Piercy		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		03.03.1944
T/Lt. (A)
 		03.03.1946 (reld 1946?)
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.12.1944
 passage convoy JW59 & RA59A
17.04.1944
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		observer, 825 Squadron FAA [for some time at HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
(07.1945)

HMS President *
(04.1946)

no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pim,
 [Sir] Richard Pike
R.P. Pim R.P. Pim
Younger son of late Cecil Pim.
Married (14.04.1925) Marjorie Angel (born 28.05.1906, died 1986), 3rd daughter of late John ffolliott Young, Dungiven, Londonderry; two sons.
 1900
-
26.06.1987
Capt.
 		30.06.1941
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 1960
Knight Kt
 17.08.1945
 War Room & Map Room
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.04.1943
 Operation Torch
Officer of the Legion of Merit (USA) LM
 22.08.1946
 Washington, Quebec & Yalta conferences
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VD
 ?
 ?
Order of Crown of Yugoslavia



Served in RNVR in European War, 1914-18; Royal Irish Constabulary, 1921. Appointed to Civil Service, N Ireland, 1922; Asst Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (N Ireland), 1935; Staff of Prime Minister, Northern Ireland, 1938
09.09.1939
 -
 		1945
 		Naval Staff, Operations Division, Admiralty (in charge of Mr Churchill's War Room at Admiralty, and later of Map Room at Downing Street)
(1943)

Staff Allied Naval Commander, Algiers
Inspector­General, Royal Ulster Constabulary, 08.1945-01.1961; National Governor for Northern Ireland, BBC, 1962-67; Member of Council, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 1965-69; Member, Ulster Transport Authority, 1962-64, retired. DL City of Belfast 1957.
Pinks,
Edwin Dennis Picton
E.D.P. Pinks

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(12?).1888
Brixton, Lambeth district, Surrey
-
05.12.1949
Lt.
 		23.04.1909
A/Lt.Cdr.
 		?
Lt.Cdr.
 		23.04.1920 (retd 31.08.1925; own request)
Cdr. (retd)
 		17.11.1928 (reverted to retd > 04.1946)
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VD
 23.07.1924
 -
Officier, Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
Education: BA
14.01.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS President (for Naval Intelligence Division)
11.06.1942
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		on staff of Principal British Naval Liaison Officer (PNLO), Admiralty [HMS President] *
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Pinsent,
Neville James Quintus
N.J.Q. Pinsent
Brother of Lt. (E) P.D. Pinsent, RN. Married; two daughters, one son. 		1921
Lomas, Argentina
-

[living in the UK]
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		06.1942
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		15.02.1944
T/Lt. (F)
 		1945? (reld 1945/46)
Education: Ladycross and Downside schools; Graduate Illuminating Engineer.
1941

joined the RN (as an Ordinary Seaman)
1941
 -
 		1942
 		HMS Cumberland (cruiser)
1942

officer's training course, HMS King Alfred (training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
1942
 -
 		1943
 		served on Defense Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) (Eastern Meditteranean Command: Port Said, Haifa, Beirut and Alexandria)
1943

HMS Foinavon (DEMS training ship)
1943?
 -
 		1944?
 		fighter direction course, HMS Heron [RN Air Station, Yeovilton]
1944?
 -
 		10.1944
 		Night Fighter Controller, St Abbs Head, Scotland (attached to the RAF)
30.10.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Colossus (aircraft Carrier)
Piper,
Dennis William
D.W. Piper
Son of John Richard and Millicent Justina Postlethwaite.
Husband of Eleanor Piper, of Irvine, Ayrshire; two children.
 (09?).1917
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
25.06.1944
(MPK) [age 26]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
 		?
?
 -
 		25.06.1944
 		HM LCH 185 (landing craft, headquarters) (ship mined off Normandy)
Pitt,
Erle Howe
E.H. Pitt		 (06?).1900
South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		09.11.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
 		? (reld 1945/46)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 22.02.1944
 destruction 2 U-boats Western Approaches 06.43 & 11.43 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.06.1944
 6 U-boats sunk on 100 days, 2nd Support Group
(06.1943)
 -
 		(11.1943)
 		Staff Officer, 2nd Support Group [HMS Starling (sloop)] *
01.06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship)
* not listed as such in the Navy Lists
Playne,
Edward
E. Playne		 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		16.08.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		07.1943? (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 29.05.1945
 destruction U-boat Western Approaches 26.01.45 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 11.09.1945
 anti-U-boat operations Western Approaches 04.45 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.06.1942
 HM's birthday 42
25.11.1940
 -
 		08.04.1941
 		HMS Angle (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
09.04.1941
 -
 		19.03.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Angle (anti-submarine warfare trawler)
07.1943
 -
 		02.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
02.1944
 -
 		(10.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Calder (frigate)
Podd,
Alfred Arthur
A.A. Podd (Photo courtesy of Susie Podd)
 Son of Charles Samuel Podd (1894-1941), and Harriett Minnie Thomas (1895-1968).
Married ((12?).1942, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Lilian M. Collins; ... children (one daughter?).		 14.12.1920
Southwark district, Greater London
-
06.06.1997
Sutton district, Surrey
Ord.Sea. 24.05.1941
T/A/Ldg.Sea. 20.09.1941-26.01.1942
AB Sea. 24.02.1942
T/S.Lt. 25.09.1942
T/Lt. 01.06.1944 (reld 06.07.1946)
24.05.1941 - 17.09.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
18.09.1941 - 10.10.1941 HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)
11.10.1941 - 15.10.1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
16.10.1941 - 16.11.1941 HMS Attack (Coast Forces base, Portland)
17.11.1941 - 23.06.1942 HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth)
24.06.1942 - 24.09.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
28.12.1942 - (01.1945) HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (additional; for MGBs, MTBs, etc.)
28.12.1942 - (02.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 87 (motor gun boat)
12.07.1943 - (12.1943) First Lieutenant, HM MGB 84 (motor gun boat)
(1944)     Commanding Officer, HM MTB 469 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
03.12.1945 - 06.07.1946 HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, near Warrington)
Poels,
Peter John
M.J. Pollard
 Son of Albert John Poels, and Eleanor Julia Connolly.
Married ((12?).1942, St Marylebone district, London) Celia Marie Myburgh; two sons, four daughters.		 (03?).1918
Steyning district, Sussex
-
Prob. T/Sg.Lt. 02.10.1942
T/Sg.Lt. 03.05.1943, seniority 02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: MRCS, LRCP.
14.12.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Ness (frigate)
25.09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Sea Serpent (landing craft base, Bracklesham Bay & Birdham, Chichester)
(04.1946)     HMS Fencer (escort carrier) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pollard,
Michael John
M.J. Pollard		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		04.03.1944
?
 -
 		01.01.1943
 		First Lieutenant, HM MTB 105 (motor torpedo boat) (sunk after being adrift)
25.10.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Bulolo (Landing Ship Headquarters)
Polmont,
John Ernest
M.J. Pollard
Son of William and Janet Polmont, of Helensburgh.
Husband of Lucretia Jane Polmont.
 1908 ?
-
03.10.1942
[age 34]
[Helensburgh Cemetery, R.5B.14]
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		08.03.1940
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		18.04.1940
17.12.1936
  
 		 
 		joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached Clyde Division RNVR)
(04.1940)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
(02.1941)

HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown) *
17.03.1941
 -
 		03.10.1942
 		HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) [lost overboard]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pomeroy,
Arthur John Cinnamond
A.J.C. Pomeroy
Married (11.01.1962) 3rd Offr. Rowena Mary Vesey Holt, WRNS; .. children.
20.05.1907
-
1995
Midsh. 1926
S.Lt. 1929
Lt. 1930
Lt.Cdr. 19.10.1938
Cdr. 30.06.1942
Mention in Despatches MID 27.12.1940 rescue crew merchant ships 09.40
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43
Mention in Despatches MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 24.06.1950 -
1923 - 1934 worked for shipbuilders Harland and Wolff Limited, Belfast and Liverpool
1934 - 1939 worked for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)
1939 - 1940 served with anti-submarine groups in North Sea and Norway
17.07.1940 - 05.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Gloxinia (corvette) (N Atlantic & Mediterranean)
1942 - 1943 on staff of Flag Officer, Liverpool, HMS Eaglet
24.03.1943 - 1945 Executive Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
1945 - 10.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Delhi (cruiser)
10.1945 - 1946 resettlement and redeployment duties on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS St. Angelo]
1945     returned to work at Imperial Chemical Industries
1950     moved to Canada and worked as a civil servant
1956     entered Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Ponder,
Richard Constant
R.C. Ponder (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin) R.C. Ponder (Photo courtesy of Mrs Janet Martin)
Son of Constant Wells Ponder, and Margaret Heywood Boys.
 11.05.1914
Hollingbourne district, Kent
-
01.1990
Dover district, Kent
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		12.12.1940
T/Sg.Lt.
 		1941?, seniority 12.12.1940
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.
 		> 07.1945, < 04.1946
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 41
Education: MRCS, LRCP
12.01.1941
 -
 		08.04.1942
 		HMS Wolverine (destroyer)
25.05.1944
 -
 		(01.)1945
 		HMS Sussex (cruiser)
(03.)1945
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Odyssee (accounting base for naval parties)
(03.1945)
  
 		 
 		Naval Party 2402 (Rhine Crossing)
14.08.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Buchan Ness (landing craft repair ship)
Poole,
Charles Ronald
"Ronnie"
C.R. Poole
Son of ... Poole, and ... Whiteman.
 17.12.1915
Eton district, Buckinghamshire
-
01.2000
Abingdon district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
T/Paym.S.Lt.
 		24.01.1940
T/Paym.Lt.
 		24.01.1941
T/Paym.Lt.Cdr. = T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S)
 		> 08.1942, < 02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
04.03.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Galatea (cruiser)
12.07.1941
 -
 		(06.1943)
 		HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)
27.03.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeolvilton, Somerset)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Pooley,
Robin Krohn
R.K. Pooley
Son of ... Pooley, and ... Krohn.
 (12?).1921
Chertsey district, Surrey
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		1943?
T/S.Lt.
 		07.07.1944
01.1944
 -
 		13.06.1944
 		HMS Birdlip (armed trawler) (torpedoed off Liberia)
(07.1945)

HMS President (Admiralty, London)
(04.1946)

HMS Annet (armed trawler)
Poppitt,
Henry Graham Lambert
 H.G.L. Poppitt (Photo courtesy of Mr Ray A. Purton)
Son of ... Poppitt, and .. Lambert.
 		20.02.1923
Madeley district, Shropshire
-
07.2000
East Devon
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		22.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
1943

qualified as an observer at Blake 54th Naval Observers' Course, Class 6
10.1943
 -
 		(04.1944)
 		observer, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, USA), based at USN Air Station, Lewiston, Maine]
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
(04.1946)

HMS Ringtail (RN Air Station, Burscough, near Ormskirk, Lancashire) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Porter,
Charles Burnham
C.B. Porter
?
USA
-

[commemmorated at RN College, Greenwich]
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		19.06.1941
Estate agent from Massachusetts.
19.06.1941

joined the RNVR (as an American citizen)
26.07.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
Porter,
Derek Stanley
D.S. Porter		 ?
-
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		21.11.1941?
T/Sg.Lt.
 		05.1942, seniority 21.11.1941
27.01.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Brittany (netlayer)
 MRCS, LRCP
Poulter,
Benjamin John
B.J. Poulter
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Poulter of 34 Mill Lane, Sawston. Residence at Cambridge (1944).
 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
01.11.1943
T/Lt. (E)
 		? (reld 29.01.1946)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
 10.10.1944
 mined in the Channel 27.07.44, not sunk
09.12.1943
 -
 		(06.)1944
 		HMS Pink (corvette) (mined off Normandy 27.06.1944; irreparably damaged)
(07.1945)

HMS Borage (corvette) *
* no date of appointment indicated
Pratchett,
Richard Maurice
R.M. Pratchett (Photo courtesy of Mrs Geraldine Hultkrantz)
Son of ... Pratchett, and ... Seward.
Married (1937) Anne Jane Bowen-Evans (24.05.1916 Wales - 1969 Stockholm, Sweden); one daughter, one son.
His daughter Geraldine quotes from a letter her father wrote to a colleague: "Coincidentally I too was attached to "Vernon"... About the time the latter were ending, volunteers for parachute mine rendering safe were being called for and, within a very few days of volunteering, I found myself appointed to D.T.M. (Land Incident Section - L.I.S.); followed a course at West Leigh near, Havant, and in a short while I qualified by rendering safe my first unexploded parachute mine and living. For the following eighteen months I did my share all over the place... Early 1944 volunteers were called for - as demolition experts - to fit out the blockships which were to become the 'Gooseberries' of 'D' day. I fitted altogether - in two batches - twenty odd. A Diving Course, an Enemy 'T' Course, and following 'D' day seconded to D.T.M. to N.I.D. for service with No. 30 Marine Commando, my object became the recovery for research purposes of the German 'T 5', (the Gnat). With a colleague, after a highly exciting 'intelligence' chase attaching ourselves temporarily to pretty nearly every British and Allied Army Sector on the Continent for short periods, we located the 'Gnat' up the for'ard tubes of a sunken U-boat off Point St. Elme [near Toulon] on the Riviera Coast. By chopping off some 50/60 tons U-Boat bows we got two specimens which we flew home and checked in. It was for my part in this that I got the M.B.E.1
We saw the German collapse on the Continent, came home and volunteered to join the Malayan Invasion Force - to pick up the Jap. Oxygen Torpedo - also badly wanted. Flew East with a party of the old Commando group to have the Japs let us down by capitulating within a couple of months. I got my specimens in Penang Island where I landed on the 3rd September 1945, and my opposite number his in Singapore. Shipped 'em home and then rounded off my Naval days by several months of first class living all over the East and Continent while en route home." My father was released from the Navy 31st August 1946. We, the family went to South Africa in 1947, returned to Europe in 1953, settled in Jersey in the Channel Islands where my father helped the local Bomb expert to detonate and render safe mines/bombs that floated up off the Channel Islands until his death in 1967.2



02.07.1915
Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
1967
Jersey
T/S.Lt.
 		21.08.1942
T/A/Lt.
 		02.07.1943 (reld 31.08.1946)

Member of the Order of the British Empire

MBE
 06.10.1945
 recovery T5  torpedo Toulon 04.45 *

* For courage, resource and devotion to duty displayed when recovering enemy torpedoes under dangerous conditions. The knowledge gained from these weapons subsequently proved of great value.

08.1942?
 		-
 		09.1942?
 		HMS Vernon (torpdeo school and experimental establishment, Brighton)
28.09.1942
 		-
 		(06.1944)
 		bomb disposal officer, Land Incident Section, Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
 [followed a course at West Leigh near, Havant; early 1944 fitted out, as demolition expert, the blockships ("Gooseberries") for the Normandy invasion]
1944
 		-
 		1946?
 		30 (Commando) Assault Unit [seconded from the Naval Intelligence Division]
(04.1945)

HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)
(07.1945)

HMS President (Admiralty) *
(04.1946)

HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Preddle,
Frederick Donald
F.D. Preddle
Son of Frederick George Preddle (1885-1975), and Harriet A. Adams (1887?-1963).
Married; ... children.		 16.07.1917
Edmonton district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Middlesex
-
05.2003
Hounslow district, London
 
T/S.Lt. 24.04.1941
T/Lt. 16.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
12.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan)
02.1944 - (01.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MMS 285 (motor minesweeper)
(07.1945)     HM MMS 285 (motor minesweeper) *
(04.1946)     HM MMS 236 (motor minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Preshaw,
William
W. Preshaw 		07.02.1921 ?
Sunderland district, Durham ?
-
(09?).1974 ?
Surrey North Western district ?
T/S.Lt. ?
T/Lt. 02.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
06.01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel)
21.08.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Hastings (sloop)
Preston,
Frederick Colin George
"Hippo"
F.C.G. Preston
Son of ... Preston, and ... Hotblack.
Married (10.1940); one son, one daughter.
 16.07.1912
Norwich district, Norfolk
-
03.1997
Wayland district, Norfolk
T/S.Lt.
 		29.10.1939
T/Lt.
 		06.10.1940 (reld > 04.1946)
(04.1940)
 		 
 		 
 		HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) *
(10.1940)

10th MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
04.01.1941
 		-
 		(02.)1941
 		spare officer, 4th MTB Flotilla [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
21.06.1941
 		-
 		(06.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MTB 47 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)]
(08.1943)
 		-
 		03.12.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 199 (motor launch) [indicated as from 30.03.1942] (serving at the Clyde)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Preston, *
Kenneth Stewart
K.S. Preston
* The July 1945 Navy List spells the name erroneously as: Prenton
 ?
-
1984 ?
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		09.03.1945
T/Sg.Lt.
 		?
Education: Edinburgh Medical School; MB, ChB
WW II

serving on a minesweeper & hospital ship (Singapore; wounded):
16.04.1945
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Cap St. Jacques (hospital ship)
Price,
Dennis Henry
G.D.A. Price
Married; two daughters, two sons.
 25.10.1925
-
06.1994
Hertfordshire
T/Midsh.
 		04.08.1944
T/A/S.Lt.
 		25.04.1945
T/S.Lt.
 		25.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
23.09.1944
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Waveney (frigate)
Price,
George Dennis Anthony
G.D.A. Price		 (09?).1915 ??
Ormskirk district, Lancashire ??
-
T/Lt.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.09.1942
 		action Dover Straits 21.07.42
(07.1942)

Commanding Officer, MGB 322
Price,
John Scott
J.S. Price J.S. Price (Photo courtesy of Mr Danny Mercer)
From Blackpool.
 ?
-

[perhaps:
25.11.1914
-
12.1995
St Austell, Cornwall]
T/S.Lt.
 		24.04.1941
T/Lt.
 		24.04.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 07.1945

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 04.05.1943
 		action with E-boats Nore Area 07.03.43 [investiture 23.05.44]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 05.09.1944
 		action with German trawlers Nore Area 24.07.44 [decoration posted]

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 21.11.1944
 		Coastal Forces action Nore Area 26.08.44 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.11.1943
 		action with enemy forces Nore Area 22.07.43
28.06.1941
 		-
 		(12.1941)
 		First Lieutenant, HM MGB 93 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
(03.1943)

Commanding Officer, MGB 21 (motor gun boat)
26.05.1943
 		-
 		(08.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 122 (motor gun boat)
18.02.1944
 		-
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)
(07.1944)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 455 (motor torpedo boat)
(08.1944)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 458 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Prideaux,
Arthur Guyon
A.G. Prideaux
Married Laura Sabine ...
From Kensington, London.
 19.01.1904
-
09.03.1994
Longparish, Andover, Hampshire
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		23.02.1940
T/Lt.
 		02.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		< 07.1945 (reld 1946?)
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1944
 		Aegean operations 09-11.43
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
18.03.1941
 -
 		(08.1942)
 		HMS Decoy (destroyer)
17.01.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Beaufort (destroyer)
06.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Havelock (destroyer)
06.02.1945
 -
 		31.05.1945
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Venomous (destroyer)
Solicitor (initially in the firm Alfred Bright & Sons, later till 27.06.1969 as partner in Waltons, Bright & Co.).
Probert,
Douglas Gower Ellis
D.G.E. Probert		 05.12.1908
Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
01.2004
Swansea district, Glamorgan
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		12.01.1940
T/Lt.
 		26.04.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 01.01.1945
 New Year 45 [investiture 11.05.45]
?
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishement, Hove, Sussex)
22.07.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse)
27.04.1942
 -
 		(06.)1943
 		Commanding Officer, MGB 610 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)]
08.1943
 -
 		(07.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, MGB 323 (motor gun boat) & SO 16th MGB Flotilla
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Procter,
William Henry
"Bill"
 W.H. Procter 		1915 ?
-
06.2010 still alive [aged 95]
T/A/Paym.S.Lt. 1943
T/Paym.S.Lt. 24.05.1944
T/Lt. (S) 01.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
1943     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
15.12.1943 - (04.)1946 HMS Argonaut (cruiser)
Prothero,
Arthur Caradoc
A.C. Prothero
Son of a high-ranking policeman in 1930s.
 04.09.1905
 Hackney district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
03.2005
Greenwich district, London
T/Lt.
21.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
39/45 Star; Atlantic Medal with France and Germany bar; Defence and War medal; Veteran's Normandy Medal
21.06.1940
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		Thames Auxiliary Patrol [HMS Pembroke IV]
(10.1944)
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Combined Operations HQ *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Solicitor since 1928. Founder member of the Thames Barge Sailing Club & British Motor Yacht Club. Involved in the Conservative Party after the war.
Provan,
Frank Williamson
 F.W. Provan 		1925
Ayr district, Scotland
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		12.08.1944
T/S.Lt.
 		12.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
07.04.1944
 -
 		(10.)1944
 		HMS Leith (sloop)
09.12.1944
 -
 		(07.)1945
 		HMS Cyclamen (corvette)
05.11.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Rushen Castle (corvette)
Prudhoe,
Peter Ernest
P.E. Prudhoe
Son of Ernest Joseph Prudhoe (1889-1966), and Florence E. Trodd (1883?-1950?).		 (03?).1920
Woolwich district, London
-
09.12.1951
Lewisham district, London
T/Sg.Lt. 05.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Sg.Lt. 19.12.1951, seniority 30.04.1948
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: MB, BS; MCRS, LRCP (1942).
10.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
04.1945 - (07.)1945 HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples) (for duty at Naples)
20.11.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Flowerdown (radio station, Flowerdown, nr Winchester)
19.12.1951     transferred Permanent RNVR (List I) [already deceased by the time this transfer was announced]
Purches,
Owen
O. Purches
Son of ... Purches, and ... Coats.
 (06?).1920
Sheppey district, Kent
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
14.02.1944
T/Lt. (E)
 		14.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946)
03.1944
 		-
 		(06.)1944
 		Engineer Officer, HMS Lochy (frigate)
15.11.1944
 		-
 		(01.)1945
 		Engineer Officer, HMS Snowdrop (corvette)
03.07.1945
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		Engineer Officer, HMS Loch Scavaig (frigate)
Purton,
John Richard
"Jack"
 J.R. Purton (Photo courtesy of Mr Ray A. Purton) J.R. Purton (Photo courtesy of Mr Ray A. Purton)
 Son of John Edward and Florence Elizabeth Purton (née Adams), of Abbey Wood, London.
 		(12?).1921
Woolwich, Greater London
-
14.03.1944
(MIA) [age 22]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 6]
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		15.11.1943
Education: Shoreditch College
1943

qualified as an observer at Blake 54th Naval Observers' Course, Class 6
10.1943
 -
 		(03?).1944
 		observer, 738 Squadron FAA [HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, USA), based at USN Air Station, Lewiston, Maine]
(03?).1944
 -
 		14.03.1944
 		observer, 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]
Puttock,
Ralph
 R. Puttock 		?
-
Chief Motor Mechanic
 		(08.1942) [C/MX 92559]
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		17.05.1943
T/Lt. (E)
 		17.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.10.1942
 		Operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe, 19.08.42)
20.05.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations pay & drafting office) (for landing craft duty) *
18.03.1946
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Warren (Combined Operations base, Largs)
* according to a letter addressed 23.08.1944 at the time actually serving at HMS Braganza II (Bombay, India), care of Resident Naval Officer, Calcutta, India
Pyke,
Kenneth Edward Montagu
 K.E.M. Pyke
 Married Nelly Julienne Ghislaine Pyke (died 1984); at least one son.		 (09?).1906
Kensington district, Greater London
-
10.11.1959
Edwalton, Nottinghamshire
Prob. T.S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.10.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 13.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(12.1941)     HMS Mercury (signal establishments, Haslemere) *
23.02.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Mercury II (Admiralty experimental signal estabishment, Haslemere)
Electronic engineer (Pyke & Oxbury, Nottingham).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Pyne,
Edwin James Thomas
"Jim(my)"
 E.J.T. Pyne
Married ((03?).1941, Brighton district, Sussex) Olive Noble.		 02.11.1910
Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
(03?).1974
Torbay district, Devonshire
Prob. T/S.Lt. 31.05.1940
T/Lt. 02.11.1940
TA/Lt.Cdr. < 10.1944
(10.1940)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
13.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Restrivo (minesweeping trawler)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
08.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Hasdrubal (RN base, Salerno / Taranto)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
May have served at HMS Foulness (trawler) at some point.
       
 
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