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1939-1945

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Sach,
Percy George
P.G. Sach
Son of John and Ada Jessie Sach; husband of Winifred Sach, of Beckenham, Kent.
 (03?).1909
Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex
-
06.12.1944 [age 35] (KIA)
[Port Said Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, W.C.11]
T/S.Lt.
 		13.11.1942
T/Lt.
 		?
?
 -
 		06.12.1944
 		HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)
Sadler,
Michael Thomas Carey "Tom" / "Tommy"
M.T.C. Sadler
Son of Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888-1957), author, publisher and bibliographer, and Edith Tupper Carey.

Family papers
 1916
-
01.10.1942 [age 26] (KIA)
[Bisley Burial Ground, near east boundary]
T/Lt.
 		?
Education: Balliol College, University of Oxford (BA)
?
 -
 		01.10.1942
 		Commanding Officer, MGB 86
Sainsbury,
Paul Barling Pomroy
P.B.P. Sainsbury
Son of ... Sainsbury, and ... Thompson.
Married 1st ...; ... children (one son?).
Married 2nd (1984, Straford upon Avon) ... Douglas.
 02.02.1918
Horsham district, Sussex / West Sussex
-
01.1985
South Warwickshire district, Warwickshire
T/S.Lt.
 		13.12.1940
T/Lt.
 		02.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)



gunnery rating, HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
31.01.1941
 -
 		1943
 		HMS Spiraea (corvette) (Mediterranean) *
1943
 -
 		1943
 		pilot training, HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire)
15.10.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)
03.04.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		pilot, 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Orkneys)]
Mayor, Stratford upon Avon, 1972-1973.
* In the Apr 1944 Navy List still listed as such; June 1944 no longer
Salmon,
Walter Gordon Lindsay
W.G.L. Salmon
Son of ... Salmon, and ... Lindsay.
 (09?).1921
Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire
-
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		01.07.1944
(06.1944)

Commanding Officer, MTB 413
Sandes,
Denis Lindsay
W.G.L. Salmon
Son of Thomas Lindsay Sandes and Evylin-Bell Sandes, of Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa.
 1916 ?
-
20.02.1944
[age 28]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 93, column 1]
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		19.03.1943
T/Sg.Lt.
 		29.07.1943, seniority 19.03.1943
Education: MA (Cantab), MB, BCh
15.06.1943
 -
 		20.02.1944
 		Medical Officer, HMS Warwick (destroyer) [torpedoed & sunk by U-413 off Trevose Head]
Sandiford,
Norman Edward
N.E. Sandiford
Married Annetta (née ...); at least one daughter.
From Southport.
 1894 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		07.11.1939
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		07.08.1940? (reld > 04.1946)

Earned a World War I trio (1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal) as Ordinary Seaman/S.Lt. RNR then RNVR.

In 1920 a chauffeur.
(1918)

Commanding Officer of a minesweeper
(04.1940)

no appointment listed
07.08.1940
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)
02.02.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for extended defence duties)
(04.1946)

no appointment lsited
British vice-consul at Ostend (Belgium), 1950s.
Sandvid,
Leonard George [Samuelson-]
L.G. Sandvid
Married (20.05.1923) Dorothy Pilbin (died 1984); six daughters, two sons.


  His daughter gave additional information, which complements the few data I can derive from the "official" source, the Navy List: "My father Engineer Lieutenant Leonard George Samuelson-Sandvid was at Dorlin House round about 1943 I think. He started the war on HMS Hood; then was on HMS Effingham when we tried to halt the invasion of Norway - when the Effingham sank off the Norwegian coast he then joined a sort of commando group who commandeered a Norwegian vessel The Raven, changed the name to HMS Ranen and used her to sail up the Norwegian coast sabotaging anything of value to the Germans - the group consisted of sailors who had lost their ships; and soldiers who had lost their regiments, including South Africans and French Foreign Legion, and Chasseurs Alpins. It was probably this experience which led to his being posted to HMS Dorlin. He was commissioned and given a Mention In Despatches for his courage on the voyage back from Norway when our forces were withdrawn, when the Ranen was hotly pursued by dive bombers to the full extent of their range. He also did Atlantic convoys on HMS Broadway (one of the three-funnelled American destroyers we got under Lend/Lease) and was there when the German submarine was captured, on which Code Wheels were found which helped Bletchley Park to decode "Enigma" . He also spent some time on a French destroyer (not sure whether Free French, or captured at Oran) called I think La Melpomene, and ended the war on HMS Rame Head, anchored in Plymouth Sound - a mother ship for Channel minesweepers and small ships." 		22.02.1903
 South Shields district, Durham
-
11.10.1983
Northumberland Western district, Northumberland
T/Wt.Eng. RNR
 		?
T/Lt. (E)
 		14.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(1939?)

HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
(04.1940?)

HMS Effingham (cruiser)
c. 1943

HMS Dorlin (Combined Operations base, Dorlin House, Acharacle, Argyll)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
(04.1946)

HMS Gleaner  (minsweeping sloop) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Saull,
Ronald Henry
R.H. Saull
Son of John Clare Saull, and Annie Saull (née Skeats).
Married (04.09.1940, Melksham, Wilts.) Gladys Marion Petty; one daughter.

biography		 07.01.1913
Kilburn, Hampstead district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
12.05.1945
 (KIA)
[Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery, Neth.]
Ord.Sea.
 		30.10.1940
T/S.Lt.
 		11.09.1941
T/A/Lt.
 		?
Commendation for brave conduct Cmnd 03.10.1944 salvage of bombs after air attack at SS Malakand, Liverpool Docks 03.05.41

George Medal

 GM 15.05.1945 mine clearance ports France & Low Countries * / **
* "For exceptional gallantry, skill and great devotion to duty, often in close proximity to the enemy, during mine-searching and clearance operations in the ports of Normandy and of the Low Countries."
** A document dated 21.07.1945 states: "Lieutenant Saull went into Ouistreham in advance of the Naval Party with which he was serving, and discovered demolition charges on the lock gates and the bridge which he rendered safe. With another officer he discovered and removed scuttling and demolition charges from craft and strong points in the Port area and rendered safe a controlled minefield in the harbour entrance." As it speaks of a "bar to the George Medal" it is probably a citation for a further decoration following upon Saull's death, which was in the end not substantiated.
 		Education: Ashford Council School; Richmond Technical Institute (1928-1930)
By 1937 he had been employed for five years by a firm of Electrical Engineers based in St Annes-on-the-Sea, working on wiring contracts.
30.10.1940

joined RNVR



HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint)



HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)



officers' course



volunteered for bomb disposal, got trained at HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmrook, Cumberland), and served in Rosyth, Oban and in the Orkneys
11.09.1941
 -
 		(1942?)
 		HMS Cockfosters
18.04.1942
 -
 		12.05.1945
 		HMS Odyssey [additional for special service for minesweeping/bomb salvage duties with:
Naval Party 1502C (from 18.04.1942)
Naval Party 1747 (from 10.05.1944)]
Saunders,
Francis Kenneth Demain
F.K.D. Saunders 		?
-
...
 		...
T/Lt.
14.08.1943
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
12.1944
 		-
 		(07.1945)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Manitoulin
Saunders,
Frederick George
F.G. Saunders 		?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
23.04.1941 (reld > 04.1946)



temporary officer serving under T.124X agreements
?
 		-
 		13.11.1941
 		probably served at HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) when the ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar; spent some 6 months in hospital in Florida, USA
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
27.04.1945
 		-
 		06.1945
 		HMS Mersey (T.124X depot, Liverpool)
28.06.1945
 		-
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Devon City (boom carrier)
Saunders,
John Herbert
"Jack"
J.H. Saunders		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt.
 		?
T/S.Lt.
 		29.12.1941
T/Lt.
 		04.06.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 22.06.1943
 		action Dutch coast 19.04.1943
12.05.1942
 		-
 		(08.1942)
 		First Lieutenant, MTB 34 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
10.12.1942
 		-
 		(06.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, MTB 70 [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
19.07.1943
 -
 		(12.1943)
 		Commanding Officer, MTB 244
05.10.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, MTB 385
(04.1946)

HMS Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee, Ceylon) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Scarrott,
Deryck John
D.J. Scarrott
Son of Frederick and Elsie Scarrott, of Possilpark, Glasgow.
 		1922 ?
-
18.02.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 4]
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		22.06.1944
?
 -
 		18.02.1945
 		HMS Arbiter (escort carrier)
Member, Pharmaceutical Society.
Scott,
Denis Charles
D.C. Scott
Son of Charles Meacher Scott and Amy Mary Scott, of Ashtead, Surrey; husband of June Scott.
 		1920 ?
-
04.09.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Castricum Protestant Churchyard,  Netherlands, plot J, joint grave 13]
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?
T/Lt. (A)
 		29.02.1944

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 15.12.1942
 hits on motorship & tanker 19.10.42
(10.1942)

HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Hal Far, Malta)

-
 		04.09.1944
 		HMS Daedalus
Scott,
 [Sir] Peter Markham
P.M. Scott
Son of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN, and Kathleen Bruce (she married 2nd, 1922, Edward Hilton Young, later 1st Baron Kennet, PC, GBE, DSO, DSC, who died 1960; she died 1947); married 1st, 1942, Elizabeth Jane (marr. diss. 1951), daughter of David Howard; one daughter; 2nd, 1951, Philippa, daughter of late Comdr F.W. Talbot­Ponsonby, RN; one son one daughter.

see: Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

 14.09.1909
London
-
29.08.1989
 Bristol
T/Lt.
 		02.01.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		07.1943 ? (reld 1945)
Member of the Order of Companions of Honour CH
 13.06.1987
 HM's birthday 87; for services to conservation
Knight Kt
 01.01.1973
 New Year 73; for services to conservation and the environment
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 01.06.1953
 coronation list 53
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 11.06.1942
 HM's birthday 42

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 01.06.1943
 action Channel 15.04.43

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 09.11.1943
 actions Channel 04.05.43 & 27.09.43
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.07.1941
 rescue crew Comorin
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.10.1942
 Op. Jubilee, Dieppe 19.08.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.09.1943
 action enemy warship Channel 26.07.43
Education: Oundle; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA); Munich State Academy; Royal Academy Schools, London
15.05.1939

joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division RNVR]
12.02.1940
 -
 		1942
 		HMS Broke (destroyer)
(10.1942)

Commanding Officer, SGB 9 (HMS Grey Goose) & SO 1st SGB Flotilla
(04.1943)
 &
 		(07.1943)
 		temp Commanding Officer, SGB 6 (HMS Grey Shark)
(09.1943)

HMS Grey Seal
21.03.1944
 -
 		(autumn
 1944 		staff, Captain Coastal Forces (Channel), C-in-C Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(07.1944)
 -
 		(08.1944)
 		detached as Staff Officer, Coastal Forces, British Assault Area (Courseulles)
(08.1944)

detached as Liaison Officer, PT Boats (Cherbourg)
(07.1945)

no posting listed
Artist, ornithologist, and broadcaster, the son of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott. An Olympic sportsman (dinghy sailing), he served in the navy in World War 2. He began to exhibit his paintings of bird scenes in 1933, and after the war led several ornithological expeditions (Iceland, 1951, 1953; Australasia and the Pacific, 1956-7). His writing and television programmes helped to popularize natural history. Hon. Chairman of Council, World Wildlife Fund International, since 1985 (Chairman, 1961-82; Chairman of Council, 1983-85); Hon. Director: Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; Survival Anglia Ltd; FRS 1987.
Published: The battle of the narrow seas : a history of the light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945 (1945); and several other books on art & nature
Scott,
R C
R.C. Scott		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		10.1940, seniority 13.05.1940
(02.1941)

HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Scott,
R McK
R.M. Scott		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
 		09.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
12.12.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		FCOD, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)
Scott,
Reginald Percy
R.P. Scott		 ?
-
T/A/Wt. Catering Offr.
 		19.05.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
(07.1945)

no posting listed
Scott,
Richard
R. Scott		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		19.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
13.05.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Lawson (frigate)
Scott,
Richard Dawson
R.D. Scott
Son of Dr. Gordon Shaw Scott and Winifred Alice Scott, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
 ?
-
27.10.1944
(KIA) [age 20]
[Izmir (Bornova) British Protestant Cemetery, Turkey, grave 167]
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		?
14.09.1943
 		-
 		27.10.1944
 		HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)

Scott,
Richard George
R.G. Scott		 ?
-
T/El.Lt.
 		01.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
20.03.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for miscellaneous duties)
26.11.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)
Scott,
Ridley
R. Scott		 ?
-
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
 		26.01.1940
T/Sg.Lt. ?, seniority 26.01.1940
Education: MB, BS
12.02.1940
 -
 		(04.1940)
 		Medical Officer, HMS Eclipse (destroyer)
10.06.1940
 -
 		03.07.1941
 		Medical Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer)
(07.1945)

Medical Officer, 3rd Battalion RM Engineers
Scott,
Robert Edward
R.E. Scott		 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		13.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
16.08.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS President III (HQ for all personnel allocated for service in Defensively Equippped Merchant Ships (DEMS))
Scott,
Robert Irwin Maddin
R.I.M. Scott		 ?
-
10.1967 still alive
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A)
 		26.08.1940
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		?, seniority 26.08.1940
T/Lt. (A)
 		26.02.1943
Lt. (A)
 		?, seniority 26.02.1943
A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
 		(1950)
Lt.Cdr. (A)
 		28.03.1951, senioroty 26.02.1951 (retd 18.11.1965)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 08.06.1950
 HM's birthday 50
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
 05.07.1957
 ?
06.01.1941
 -
 		(02.1941)
 		HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr. Alexandria)
01.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Striker (escort carrier)
(07.1948)
 -
 		(05.1953)
 		1833 Squadron, FAA [List 2] [HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton)] [(07.1948) Commanding Officer]
(01.1956)

Midland Air Division, RNVR, List 1A
(02.1963)

Unattached List (L) 14
Scott,
Robert John
R.J. Scott		 ?
-
T/Lt. 21.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
08.12.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, ML 289
(04.1946)

HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Scott,
Robin Woodforde
R.W. Scott		 12.02.1915
-
05.1989
Yeovil, Somerset
T/Lt.
 		17.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
10.08.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		First Lieutenant, HMS Oakham Castle (corvette)
Scott,
Ronald David
R.D. Scott		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		16.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
01.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		794 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)]
(04.1946)

HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancs) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Scott,
Ronald James
R.J. Scott		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (S)
 		28.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(07.1945)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS Chilwa (landing craft base, Calcutta) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Scott,
Russell Kenneth
R.K. Scott		 ?
-
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		20.10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
(07.1945)

no posting listed
Scott,
William
"Willie"
W. Scott (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Scott) W. Scott (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Scott)
W. Scott (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Scott) W. Scott (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Scott)
Second son of William Scott and Janet Leghorn.
Married (07.08.1945) Annie Davidson; ... children (one son?).
 08.05.1918
Waterloo, Lanarkshire
-
07.1993
Beverley, East Yorkshire
T/S.Lt. (E)
 		29.11.1943
T/Lt. (E)
 		29.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
1939?
 -
 		1942?
 		engineer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)
07.01.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Engineering Officer, HMS Violet (corvette)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
Worked for a while as an engineer in Duncan's chocolate factory and then in the mid 1950's got a job as a marine engineer. In the 1970's he became a self-employed marine engineer and retired around 1985.
Scrivener,
Harry John
"Jack"
H.J. Scrivener
Married (23.10.1948, Bethnal Green, London) Ruth Patricia Cousins; one daughter.
 18.09.1918
Addlestone, Surrey
-
08.03.1982
Smallfield near Horley, Surrey
Prob. T/S.Lt.
 		28.06.1940
T/S.Lt.
 		?, seniority 28.06.1940
T/Lt.
 		01.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Charterhouse Public School; Magdalene College, Cambridge University (studied The Classics; BA Hons, later MA)
1940
 -
 		1940
 		HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)
1940
 -
 		09.1940
 		HMS Spartiate (shore base, Clyde, Glasgow)
17.09.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS Rumba (anti-submarine trawler)
1941
 -
 		10.1941
 		HMS Pirouette (anti-submarine trawler)
03.10.1941
05.08.1942
 -
-
 		06.02.1944
06.02.1944
 		HMS Jasmine (corvette)
First Lieutenant
02.1944
 -
 		1944
 		HMS Tana (RN base Kilindini, Kenya)
1944
 -
 		05.1944
 		HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
05.1944
05.1944
02.01.1946
 -
-
-
 		(04.1946)
02.01.1946
(04.1946)
 		HMS Lancaster Castle (corvette)
First Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Banker. Worked for Barclays Bank in various departments; his final appointment was as Administration Manager for Barclays Insurance Services, retiring in 1978.
Searle,
Geoffrey William
G.W. Searle
Married Constantine (née ...) (predeceased him); one son, one daughter.
 1914 ?
-
03.07.2006
[Redhill ?], Surrey
[age 92]
?
 		? [LDX4564]
T/S.Lt.
 		11.07.1940
T/Lt.
 		11.07.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 06.1944, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 03.06.1972
 HM's birthday 72: for services to export

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 04.04.1944
 Aegean operations 09-11.43
02.1939

joined RNVR (London)
09.1939
 -
 		04.1940
 		HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser) (Nothern Patrol)
09.1940
 -
 		10.1940
 		HMS Letitia (armed merchant cruiser)
11.1940
 -
 		01.1941
 		HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)
01.1941
 -
 		04.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1007 (harbour defence motor launch) (27.07.1941 moved to Mediterranean) *
04.1942
 -
 		06.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 353 (motor launch)
06.1942
 -
 		03.07.1942
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 1007 (motor launch)
04.07.1942
 -
 		10.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 355 (motor launch)
10.1943
 -
 		27.12.1943
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 349 (motor launch) & Senior Officer, 42nd ML Flotilla
27.12.1943
 -
 		04.1944
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 351 (motor launch)  & Senior Officer, 11th ML Flotilla (returned to UK 03.1944)
10.04.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM ML 490 (motor launch) & SO 14th ML Flotilla
[ordered to Kristiansand, Norway 07.06.1945; got as far as Copenhagen]
Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director of Finance and Planning, British Petroleum Trading Ltd. 
Published: At sea level (1994)
* indexed in the Navy List under HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
Seddon,
Ronald Franklin
R.F. Seddon		 14.12.1917
-
10.1998
Merton, Surrey
T/Lt.
 		14.12.1942

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 11.12.1945
 wind up Europe 45
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.11.1943
 action with E-boats Nore 24.09.43
(1943)

Commanding Officer, ML 145
20.01.1944
 -
 		(1945)
 		Commanding Officer, MTB 718
Selsdon,
the Lord;
2nd Baron Seldson of Croydon;
Mitchell-Thomson, Patrick William Malcolm
Lord Selsdon
Son of 1st Baron and Madeleine (died 1946), youngest daughter of late Sir Malcolm M‘Eacharn of Galloway House.
Succeeded father 1938.
Married 1st (1936) Phoebette (who obtained a divorce, 1944), daughter of Crossley Swithinbank, Donnington Grove, Newbury; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1944) Dorothy Graham, daughter of late Frederick John Greenish,
Honnington Hall, near Grantham, Lincs.; one daughter.
 28.05.1913
-
07.02.1963
T/S.Lt.
 		17.12.1940
T/Lt.
 		27.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 13.04.1943
 operations Abercrombie, Bristle & Biting (coastal forces operations, Channel 43) & operation Jubilee (raid on Dieppe 19.08.42) [investiture 03.07.45]
17.12.1940
 -
 		(02.)1941
 		HMS California (armed merchant cruiser)
07.04.1941
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) (for motor launches)
(1943)

HM MGB 316 (motor gun boat)
14.02.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Black Bat (Coastal Forces base, No. 13 wharf, Devonport)
Won the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Luigi Chinetti in a Ferrari 166MM.
Senter,
[Sir] John Watt
J.W. Senter (Photo courtesy of Mr Jim Baptie)
Eldest child of John Watt Senter (brother Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire; MB, Ch.B Edin.; killed in France, 1918), and Kate Cockburn Senter (née McIntyre),
Edinburgh.
Married 1st (1928) Frances Knight Brand (marriage
dissolved, 1961); no children.
Married 2nd (1961) Anne Caroline Jarvis.
 27.05.1905
Edinburgh
-
14.07.1966
London
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		25.07.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) *
 		05.11.1942? (reld 17.08.1945; medically unfit)

Knight

 Kt
 12.06.1958
 HM's birthday: for political services

Recommended for (but not awarded) the American Bonze Star (14.08.1945).

* Although officially released with the rank of T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.), some sources state that he held the rank of Cdr.

Education: George Watson's College, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University (MA, LLB, Dalgety Prizeman in Jurisprudence, Vans Dunlop Law Scholar, President of the Union, etc.)
1938

Member Army Officers' Emergency
Reserve
1940
 -
 		1941
 		Civilian Assistant attached to General Staff, War Office
05.11.1942
 -
 		1945
 		Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *



was Director of Security at Special Operations Executive (SOE) at some point
Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1928; Bencher, 1961. Served with engineering company in Leicester, 1928-1935. In chambers with Valentine Holmes, 1935-1940. Resumed practice at Bar, 1945. Deputy Chairman (London), Northern Assurance Co. Ltd 1951-1953. Member General Council of the Bar, 1954-1958; Honorary Treasurer 1956-1958. Queen's Counsel (QC), 14.04.1953.
* The "Who's who" gives: additional; for duty outside Admiralty; not confirmed in Navy List.
Service,
Robert Gibson
R.G. Service 		(12?).1910
Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
T/S.Lt.
 		28.01.1940
T/A/Lt.
 		25.11.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1944
 Aegean operations 09-11.43
Polish Military Cross PolMC
 22.12.1942
 good services to Polish Navy
(04.1940)

HMS Fury (destroyer)
(02.1941)

no appointment listed
(12.1941)

no appointment listed
(12.1942?)

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