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Stafford,
Hugh John Widdrington
H.J.W. Stafford
Son (with three siblings) of Hugh Granville Stafford (1881-1941), and Vera Lois G. Blackman (1883-1969).
Married ((03?).1936, Westminster district, London) Christine Aline Gale (06.08.1910 - 09.1995); two children.
28.09.1909
Kensington district, London
-
13.04.1989
Billinghurst, Horsham district, West Sussex
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 30.11.1940 (reld 26.06.1945; medically unfit)

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

Architect.
02.10.1940 - (06.)1944 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
(10.1944) - (04.1945) no appointment listed
Stainton,
Keith Monin
K.M. Stainton
Son of Thomas Stainton, butcher at Kendal, and a Belgian refugee.
Married 1st (1946) Vanessa Ann Heald (born 09.03.1924; marriage dissolved); three sons, three daughters.
Married 2nd (1980) Frances Easton.

08.11.1921
Kendal, Cumbria
-
03.11.2001
Deben, Suffolk
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
15.07.1944
Croix de Guerre avec palmes (France) CdeG 
?
war patrols
Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
?
?
- -
1943
Citation à l'Ordre de l'Armée (France) [French Mention in Despatches]
Education: Kendal School; Manchester University (1946-1949; BA (Com.) Dist. in Economics).
Insurance clerk, 1936-1939.
1940
-
1946
served World War II with submarines and French resistance:
22.02.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers, later Taranto):
(1943?)


British Liaison Officer, French Ship Le Glorieux (submarine)
(1943?)


British Liaison Officer, French Ship Casabianca (submarine)
(07.1945)


HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC) *
(04.1946)


HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) *
Conservative politician. Leader Writer, Financial Times, 1949-1952; Industrial Consultant, 1952-1957; joined Burton, Son & Sanders, Ltd, 1957, Managing Director 1961-1969, Chairman 1962-1969; Chairman Scotia Investments Ltd, 1969-1972. MP (C) Sudbury and Woodbridge, Dec. 1963-1983; Member, House of Commons Select Committees on Expenditure and Science and Technology. Member Council of Europe and WEU, 1979-1983.

* indexed, but not listed as such
Stallworthy,
Norman Vivian
N.V. Stallworthy
Son (with two brothers) of Charles Bunce Stallworthy (1880-1931), and Ethel Ellen Baglow (1879-1950).
Married ((06?).1949, Camberwell district, London) Elizabeth Hughes White (née Fairie) (16.01.1919 - (06?).1972), daughter (with three sisters) of John Hughes Fairie (1893-1957), and Annie Mary McDavitt (1896-1974); one daughter, one son.
11.05.1918
Camberwell district, London
-
12.04.1994
Rainow, Macclesfield, Cheshire
T/S.Lt. 14.08.1941
T/Lt. 11.05.1943 (reld 16.05.1946)
(10.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed
22.02.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said, Egypt) (for motor launches):
01.1943     First Lieutenant, HM ML 355 (motor launch)
28.02.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1051 (harbour defence motor launch) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
15.09.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt):
10.1943 - ? Commanding Officer, HM ML 354 (motor launch)
04.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Centurion (target ship)
31.07.1944 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 918 (motor launch)
Stanbrook,
Stephen
S. Stanbrook
Son (with one sibling) of Frank Stanbrook (1894-1986), and Winifred A. Littlewood (1896-).
Married ((09?).1946, Battersea district, London) Dorothy G. Westbrook; two daughters.
16.06.1923
Windsor district, Berkshire
-
15.11.1999
Mid Surrey district
T/A/S./Lt. (A) 16.06.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 16.12.1943
T/A/Lt. (A) > 06.1944, < 10.1944 (reld 14.06.1946)
(08.1943)     no appointment listed
01.09.1943 - (06.)1944 pilot, 850 Squadron FAA
(10.1944) - (10.1945) HMS Ruler (Ruler class escort carrier) *
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Standley,
Alfred George Leslie
A.G.L. Standley
Son of ... Standley, and ... Newman.
Married Bon Standley (née ...); two children.
09.12.1916
Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
10.02.2007
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
T/Lt. (A)
31.08.1942
Lt.Cdr. (A)
?
?
-
(07.1945)
HMS Gadwall
FRAeS, CEng
Standley,
Frederick Peter
F.P. Standley
Mother's maiden name: Standley.
21.12.1913
Forehoe district, Norfolk
-
01.02.2000
Wymondham, Norwich district, Norfolk
T/S.Lt.
21.08.1941
T/Lt.
21.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 
16.01.1945
coastal actions assault area 07-08.44 [investiture 27.07.45]
(12.1941)
 
 
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) *
23.11.1942
-
(02.)1943
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 629 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)]
21.04.1943
-
(06.)1943
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 233 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
08.07.1943
-
(12.1943)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 354 (motor torpedo boat)
28.04.1944
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 471 (motor torpedo boat)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Commodore, Norfolk Punt Club, 1951 & 1956.
Stanford,
John de Fraine
J. de F. Stanford
Son of Henry Joseph Stanford (1894-1949?), and Dorothy Annie de Fraine (1892-1978).
Married ((06?).1943, Sunderland district, Co. Durham) Doreen Craig ((12?).1917 - 16.12.2007), daughter of Matthias Craig, and Elizabeth Jane Ord; two sons.
20.10.1916
St George Hanover district, London
-
07.05.1972
West Chiltington, Pulborough, Chanctonbury district, Sussex
T/S.Lt. 08.06.1942
T/Lt. 05.06.1943 (reld 18.05.1946)
Lt. 25.08.1950, seniority 19.10.1944
Lt.Cdr. 19.10.1952 (retd 20.10.1962)
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration (post-1941 model) RD 08.01.1963 ?
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
17.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
09.10.1942 - (02.)1944 First Lieutenant, HM ML 226 (motor launch)
22.02.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HM ML 296 (motor launch)
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
15.02.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Black Bat (Coastal Forces base, No 13 wharf, Devonport) (for duty with motor launches)
01.04.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HM ML 346 (motor launch)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
25.08.1950 - 20.10.1962 Permanent RNVR (later RNR) (London Division, List 2)
Staniforth,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Staniforth
?
-
T/S.Lt. (A) 12.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
08.10.1944 - (07.1945) pilot, 857 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)]
[lost at sea 12.05.1945, being rescued by USS Bluefish on her 8th war patrol]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Stanley,
Henry James
H.J. Stanley
?
-
S.Lt.
15.06.1942



served Merchant Navy (British India Line)



volunteered for the Tanganyika Royal Navy Reserve in Dar-es-Salaam
1942?


joined Kenya RNVR
25.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1105 (harbour defence motor launch)
(04.1946)


HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) *



served Ceylon & Singapore
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stanley,
John Gordon Hugh
J.W. Smith
Residence: (1945) Croydon, Surrey.
23.02.1916
-
07.06.2001
Chester and Ellesmere Port district, Cheshire
... ...
T/El.Lt. 23.02.1941
Pre- & post-war mains engineer, Croydon Corp. Elec.
      base electrical officer UK; degaussing duties in Hull, Alexandria, Fanara (specializing in generation and distribution)
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Staples,
Albert Henry
A.H. Staples (Photo courtesy of Tom Meaden, www.hmsmartin-g44.co.uk)
Married Kate Julia Parks (born 1912); one son, two daughters.
14.12.1912
Hackney district, London
-
10.1997
Sudbury district, Essex / Suffolk
T/Sg.Lt. 02.03.1942 (reld 09.02.1946)
Education: MRCS, LRCP.
02.03.1942 - 28.07.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer)
26.08.1944 - (10.1945) Naval Hospital, Simonstown (South Africa) [HMS Afrikander]
Stark,
Ralph Sydney
R.S. Stark (Photo courtesy of Mr Donald Tait)
Son (with one sister) of George Miller Stark (1865-1924), and Jessie McDade (1863-1950).
Married (1927, Blythswood district, Scotland) Marguerite McLean; ... children.
1901
Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
-
1983
Castle Douglas district, Scotland
T/S.Lt. (E) 01.06.1942
T/Lt. (E) 01.11.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
13.06.1942 - (12.)1943 HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon)
01.12.1943 - (10.1945) Combined Operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty)
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Starkey,
William Ewart
"Podge"
W.E. Starkey
Married Dorothy Jane ...
22.02.1911
Knaresborough district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
28.05.1983
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
T/Sg.Lt. (D) 05.12.1939
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) > 10.1944, < 01.1945
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 25.02.1946, seniority 05.12.1945
Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) RN 03.07.1946, seniority 05.06.1945
Sg.Cdr. (D) RN 31.12.1952
Sg.Capt. (D) RN 31.12.1964 (retd 22.02.1968)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1964 New Year 64
Education: LDS, RCS (admitted 15.12.1933).
08.01.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
23.04.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
25.06.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)
25.04.1945 - (07.1945) HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man)
... - ... ...
Starkie,
Harry
H. Starkie (Photo courtesy of Mr Charlie Starkie)
Son of ... Starkie, and ... Reynolds.
Married ((12?).1947, Manchester district, Lancashire) Kathleen Margaret Barnes (18.08.1921 - 11.1996); three sons, two daughters.
07.04.1922
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
11.10.1997
Stoke on Trent district, Staffordshire
T/A/S.Lt. 05.03.1943
T/S.Lt. 05.09.1943
T/Lt. 05.09.1945 (reld 01.04.1946)
Education: Arnold School, Blackpool (1931-07.1940).
15.12.1942 - 05.03.1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(04.1943)     no appointment listed
(06.1943) - (07.1945) HMS Helder (Combined Operations base, Brightlingsea) *
12.05.1944 - 12.11.1944 Boat Officer, 812 Flotilla, "C" Squadron Motor Landing Craft (MLC)
18.12.1944 - 01.08.1945 LCN Navigator, 428 Flotilla [HMS James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich)]
01.08.1945 - 19.10.1945 LCN Officer, Finnart Camp
12.09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Steavenson,
John
J. Steavenson
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Charles Stanley Steavenson (1875-1955), and Enid Lucy Pease Robinson (1881-1975).
Married (19.04.1947, Bath, Somerset) Daphne Pratt (22.10.1926 - 29.01.2018); two sons, one daughter. Daphne Steavenson remarried (1976) Lt. Adrian Howard Gwyer Butler, RNVR.
07.07.1918
Darlington, Co. Durham
-
23.01.1974
West Dean College, Chichester, West Sussex (while visiting; residing at Landsdown Hill, Bath, Somerset)
Prob. Midsh. 19.01.1938
Midsh. 01.1939, seniority 19.01.1938
A/S.Lt. 20.07.1939
S.Lt. 11.01.1940
07.11.1940, seniority 24.08.1939
Lt. 20.01.1942 (dispersed 31.12.1945) (reld 03.03.1946) (retd 19.01.1953)
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
19.01.1938     joined RNVR (Tyne Division, transferred to Severn Division 09.10.1947)
26.06.1938 - 23.07.1938 HMS Royal Oak (battleship)
10.06.1939 - 30.06.1939 Executive Officer, HMS Express (destroyer)
24.08.1939 - 08.11.1940 Watchkeeping Officer, HMS Southampton (Southampton class cruiser)
09.11.1940 - 22.12.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
23.12.1940 - 12.11.1942 Watchkeeping Officer, from 04.1942 Gunnery Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship, Clyde, from 06.1941 Iceland; sunk en route to Eastern Fleet)
13.11.1942 - 22.11.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; for passage to UK)
23.11.1942 - 29.12.1942 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
30.12.1942 - 01?.1943 First Lieutenant, HM Z 7 (torpedo boat) (temporary) [tender to HMS Beaver]
01?.1943 - 14.02.1943 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
15.02.1943 - 11.04.1943 HMS James Cook (Combined Operations training establishment, Glen Caladh, nr Tignabruich) (temporary)
12.04.1943 - 09.12.1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional; for long gunnery course)
10.12.1943 - 26.12.1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (additional)
27.12.1943 - 31.12.1945 an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
Stedman,
George James
G.J. Stedman (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Stedman) G.J. Stedman (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Stedman)
G.J. Stedman (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Stedman)
Son of James Stedman, and Alice R. Wadham.
Married ((12?).1948, Wallasey district, Cheshire / Merseyside) Edna Stanford, née Salmon (02.05.1916 - 28.08.1991); one daughter, one son.
26.08.1915
Woodford Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
16.01.1990
Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 02.03.1942
T/El.Lt. 02.07.1942
13.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
26.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Benbow (RN base, Trinidad, British West Indies) (for miscellaneous services)
(04.1946)     HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) *
Chartered Electrical & Mechanical engineer. Worked in power stations at Battersea, in Kano, Falkirk, Lagos, Bulawayo, Blantyre, Redcliff.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Steel,
Albert Frederick
"Bert"
A.F. Steel (Photo courtesy of Mr Bernie Steel)
09.10.1917
West Ham, Greater London
-
20.11.1990
Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Essex
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
?
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
20.11.1942 (reld 1945)



served in Scapa Flow [HMS Proserpine?], and was a liaison officer with Fighter Command [HMS President?]; also served in Egypt [HMS Nile?]
16.10.1942
-
(07.)1945
on staff of Vice-Admiral Malta [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
Steele,
John Cyril
J.C. Steele
18.05.1925
-
06.04.1975
Edge, Macclesfield district, Cheshire
T/Midsh. 17.12.1943
T/A/S.Lt. 18.11.1944
T/S.Lt. 18.05.1945
S.Lt. 22.01.1947, seniority 18.05.1945
Lt. 18.05.1947
Lt.Cdr. 18.05.1955
Cdr. RNR 30.06.1960
Capt. RNR 30.06.1964 (retd 30.06.1969)
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 19.05.1960 -
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 14.07.1970 1st clasp
Education: Edinburgh University.
22.01.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty) [wounded late 1944/early 1945]
22.01.1947     transferred to List I of Permanent RNVR (Ulster Division)
31.12.1961 - 05.07.1965 Commanding Officer, Ulster Division RNR [HMS Caroline]
Steele,
Norman
N. Steele (Photo courtesy of Valerie Moore)
Third son (with two brothers) of Alfred Nevitt Steele (1880-1949), and Mary "Polly" Bennion (1881-1951).
Married ((06?).1941, Ross district, Herefordshire) Nina M. Teague ((09?).1920 - ), daughter of William J. Teague, and Mabel Baldwin; two daughters.
15.05.1920
Norton in Hales, nr Market Drayton, Shropshire
-
23.10.1982
Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
T/A/S.Lt. 08.10.1943
T/S.Lt. 08.04.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
08.10.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Good Hope (training establishment, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
22.04.1944 - (07.)1945 First Lieutenant, HM ML 360 (motor launch) [HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Post-war a successful career in the Police force in Birmingham. Retired to the Isle of Wight.
Steele,
Phillip Levi
P.L. Steele
(03?).1926 ?
Blandford district, Dorset ?
-
07.08.1945
(air crash) [Haddington Roman Catholic Churchyard, East Lothian, Scotland, sec. M, grave 19]
T/Midsh. (A) 13.01.1945
T/A/S.Lt. (A) ?
12.05.1945 - (07.)1945 observer, 766 Squadron FAA [HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire)]
? - 07.08.1945 HMS Nighthawk (RN Air Station, Drem, East Lothian) [according to CWGC] / 784 Squadron FAA, HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancashire) [according to www.naval-history.net]
Steiner,
Heinz Georg
H.G. Steiner
Naturalisation as British citizen on 03.02.1947 under the name of Harry George Stevens, the name he was using for some time by then.
Residence: (1940) Lostock, Bolton; (1947) London NW6.

15.11.1924
Vienna, Austria
-
Prob. T/El.Midsh. 19.02.1945
T/A/El.S.Lt. 28.06.1945
T/El.S.Lt. 28.12.1945 (reld 04.1947)
Grocery assistant.
(04.1945)     no appointment listed
04/05.1945     30 Assault Unit
(07.1945)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
(10.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stephens,
Bruce Fitzstephen
B.F. Stephens
Son (with one sister) of Bruce Harvey Stephens (1858-1912), and Ellen Pierce (1879-).
Married (24.12.1945, Egypt) Molly Pascall ((06?). 1920 - 05.1970); ... children (one daughter, one son?).
1905
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies
-
12.1970
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 24.06.940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 24.09.1940 (commission terminated 14.07.1943)

* Special Branch officer employed on mining or anti-submarine fixed defence duties

Education: Jesus College, Cambridge (BA, 1928).
31.07.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Proserpine (RN base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
(02.1941) - (04.1941) no appointment listed
05.1941 - 07.1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)
Stephens,
Cyril James
C.J. Stephens (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Lee)
Son of ... Stephens, and ... Whitaker.
05.07.1915
Plymouth district, Devon
-
02.2002
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
T/A/Lt.
13.11.1942 (reld < 07.1945)
21.07.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (for miscellaneous services) [possibly for Thames Estuary Special Defences]
Stephens,
Edward Henry Ramsay
"Ted"
E.H.R. Stephens (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Bailey)
Son (with one brother) of George Stephens (1882-1967), and Fanny Miriam Sophia Parsons (1887-1967).
Married ((12?).1944, Edmonton district, Essex) Madge Irene Nelson (07.07.1923 - 04.01.2015); ... children (one daughter?).
02.10.1922
Wandsworth district, London
-
10.1983
Sutton, Greater London
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 19.03.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 19.09.1943
T/Lt. (A) 19.09.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
RAFVR:  
F/O 31.08.1950 [205500]
F/Lt. 29.12.1952
F/O 14.02.1955, seniority 31.08.1950
F/Lt. 30.07.1955 (reld 31.08.1960)
Territorial Association clerk, clothing supplies. Air cadet.
21.06.1943 - 21.01.1944 HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) (for full flying duties and training)
22.01.1944 - 24.02.1944 pilot, 790 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)]
25.02.1944 - 30.11.1944 pilot, 809 Squadron FAA [HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station Dale), from 05.1944 HMS Stalker (Attakcer class escort carrier)]
01.12.1944 - (10.1945) pilot, 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Wagtail (RN Air Station, Heathfield, Ayr)]
31.08.1950     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch)
14.02.1955     transferred, RAFVR (Secretarial Branch)
Stephens *,
James
J. Stephens (Photo courtesy of Mr Jean-Pierre Vieuxbled) J. Stephens (Photo courtesy of Mr Jean-Pierre Vieuxbled)
* Name of choice for service with the RNVR.
Original name:
Vieuxbled,
Jacques.
12.11.1921
St Maur des Fossés, France
-
25.06.1959
Tuléar, Madagascar
T/A/S.Lt. 18.06.1943
T/S.Lt. 18.12.1943
T/A/Lt. 01.02.1945 (reld 01.01.1946)
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Italy Star It St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
15.07.1940 - 15.07.1942 training at HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) & service at HMS Fidelity (special service vessel)
15.07.1942 - 15.01.1943 5th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
15.01.1943 - 18.07.1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
20.07.1943 - 17.01.1945 12th (Midget) Submarine Flotilla [HMS Varbel (midget submarine base, Pt Bannatyne)]
18.01.1945 - 14.06.1945 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport, Hampshire) (for midget submarines: XT6, XT2 & XE2)
14.06.1945 - 01.01.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Present Help (drifter; tender to HMS Varbel & midget submarines)
Harbour Master, Tuléar, Madagascar.
Stephens,
William Lawson
"Billie"
W.L. Stephens
09.08.1911
Holywood, Northern Ireland
-

03.08.1997
Châteauneuf de Grasse, France
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
20.09.1933
Lt.
20.09.1935
Lt.Cdr.
20.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Cdr.
< 07.1945

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
21.05.1942
attack St Nazaire 28.03.42 [investiture 18.07.45]

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC
16.03.1943
special services [investiture 18.07.45]
Education: Shrewsbury
1932/33?


joined RNVR, Ulster Division
14.02.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
?
-
28.03.1942
Commanding Officer, HM ML 192 (motor launch) (captured at St Nazaire)
28.03.1942
-
14.10.1942
in German captivity (Oflag IVC Colditz from 03.09.1942; made successful escape)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Consul of Sweden at Belfast, 05.09.1962.
Stephenson,
George Vaughan
G.V. Stephenson G.V. Stephenson
G.V. Stephenson
Son (with four siblings) of Rev. George A. Stephenson, LL.D., and Gertie E. Paddon, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Brother of Lt.Col. Thomas Godfrey Vaughan Stephenson, OBE, Royal Signals, and Lt.Cdr. Harry William Vaughan Stephenson, RN.
Married (1933) Mary Fraser, daughter of J.C. Fraser.

22.12.1901
Dromore, Co.Down, Northern Ireland
-
06.08.1970
St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth district, London
T/Sg.Lt. 28.11.1939 *
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. < 07.1945
T/Sg.Lt.Cdr. 28.11.1945
T/A/Sg.Cdr. 19.07.1945

*Neuro-psychiatry Specialist

Education: Haileybury (1916.3-1919.2; Bartle Frere House; Prefect, XV 1918, XI 1919); Queens's University, Belfast & London Hospital; MB, BCh 1924 (Hons.), DPM 1932.
Played rugby for Queen's University, Belfast, and London Hospitals. Between 1920 and 1930 he won forty-two rugby international caps with Ireland (Captain 13 times).
30.11.1939 - (06.)1943 RN Hospital Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
06.1943 - (01.)1945 RN Auxiliary Hospital Colombo [HMS Lanka]
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
19.07.1945 - (04.1946) in charge of RN Auxiliary Hospital Knowle [HMS Victory]
Consultant psychiatrist, Hill End Hospital, St Albans.
Stephenson,
Kenneth Mazzini George
"Ken"
K.M.G. Stephenson (Photo courtesy of Mrs P.K. Stephenson) K.M.G. Stephenson (Photo courtesy of Mrs P.K. Stephenson)
Son of Herbert Stephenson, and Violet M.H. Tafft.
Married 1st ((12?).1947, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Patricia Mary Decalmer (09.07.1924 - 08.1996); one daughter.
Married 2nd (2004) Patricia K. "Kate" Dixon; one step-son, one step-daughter.
31.03.1922
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
19.01.2011
Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London
Seaman ?
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 12.06.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 12.12.1944
A/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 31.07.1952, seniority 24.05.1952
Lt. (Sp.Br.) 25.06.1953, seniority 24.05.1952
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 31.03.1960
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE

30.12.1978

New Year 79: Archivist, British High Commission, Nicosia
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD 23.07.1965 -
(10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Royalist (cruiser) *
05.1945 - (07.1945) Cypher Staff of the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples, Italy)]
02.1946 - (04.1946) on staff of Vice-Admiral (Q) British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind II (RN depot, Sydney, NSW)]
31.07.1952     transferred, Permanent RNVR
Returned to work for a clothing firm. Joined the Diplomatic Wireless Service (1954), serving for 6 months in Tunisia, later (1967) transferring to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. His first long posting was to Athens (11.1960) where he soon became fluent in Greek, he already spoke fluent French. He embraced Embassy life. As a Diplomat from 12.09.1960 (Grade 6 Officer in Branch B of the Foreign Service) he moved to postings abroad Singapore (07.1963), Zambia (1972), Vietnam (1974), Hong Kong, Cyprus (01.1976) and Washington (11.1978). The fall of Saigon was unexpected and very rapid; most embassy staff were airlifted out, but Ken was one of 5 embassy staff left to tidy up, his last days there spent on the flat roof of the Embassy burning secret documents while Viet Cong rockets flew overhead. He was airlifted out by the Americans.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Steptoe,
Patrick Christopher
P.C. Steptoe

09.06.1913
Oxford
-
21.03.1988
Canterbury
T/Sg.Lt. 22.12.1939
T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr. > 01.1945, < 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: MRCS, LRCP.
11.01.1940 - 29.05.1941 Medical Officer, HMS Hereward (destroyer) (ship sunk by Italian aircraft off Crete; captured)
05.1941 - 03.1943 POW in Italian captivity (c. 1942/43 Campo 5 at Gavi); exchanged & repatriated 03.1943
(08.1943) - (01.1945) Admiralty [HMS President] *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
Obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. FRS, 03.1987.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sterling,
Henry Murray
H.M. Sterling
Son of ... Sterling, and ... Murray.
09.08.1912
Gateshead district, Durham
-
10.1996
Hitchin and Stevenage district, Hertfordshire
T/S.Lt. 04.09.1942
T/Lt. 04.06.1943 (reld 14.04.1946)
(10.1942) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
11.1943 - (10.1945) HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Castle Toward, Dunoon, Argyll)
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Stevens,
Charles Peter Rodger
C.P.R. Stevens
Son (with two brothers) of Lt.Col. George Roy Stevens (1892-1975), officer & military historian, and Zillah Louise Rodger, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Husband of Agnes Stevens, of Dundee, Scotland.
17.04.1922
Jamaica
-
28.07.1945
(MPK) [age 23]
[Halifax Memorial, NS, Canada, panel 13]
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 24.01.1943
T/S.Lt. (A) 24.07.1943
T/S.Lt. RCNVR 01.01.1944, seniority 24.07.1943 [0-69886]]
T/Lt. RCNVR 24.07.1944
Journalist.
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
17.05.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (additional; for full flying duties and training)
01.01.1944     transferred to RCNVR
01.05.1944 - 28.07.1945 pilot, 1772 Squadron FAA [Burscough, from 20.01.1945 HMS Ruler (escort carrier), from 18.03.1945 Schofields, from 07.07.1945 HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)]
[missing, presumed killed on air operations, flying a Firefly, failing to return from a strike, strafing enemy shipping at Hirara, near Shimo Islands, Japan *]
* The target for the escort was a tanker anchored in the bay. Shortly before reaching the target area, the Air Group Leader sent the Fireflies ahead to make their attack, however only the leading flight attacked the target before it was bombed by the Avengers. On leaving the main target, the Fireflies individually strafed a number of luggers (small sailing vessels). Lieutenant Stevens was last heard on the R/T when ordering the attack on the original target. He was last seen when his flight split up to attack the luggers, flying at no more than five hundred feet from sea level.
Stevens,
George Thomas Bridges
G.T.B. Stevens
Son of Col. George Bridges Stevens, CBE, OR (1882-1937).
Married (22.06.1945, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Mary Duff Pelly (25.03.1921 - ), daughter of Arthur Roland Pelly (1895-1966), and Phyllis Elsie Henderson (?-1974); two sons, one daughter.
30.04.1922
-
03.2001
Devizes
T/Midsh. 15.01.1942
T/A/S.Lt. 30.04.1942
T/S.Lt. 01.12.1942
T/Lt. 30.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID

08.06.1944

HM's birthday 44
Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1936.1-1940.2).
(04.1942)     no appointment listed
26.05.1942 - (01.)1945 HMS Widgeon (corvette) (despatches)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
25.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Monkshood (corvette)
Articled Clerk to Watts, Moore & Bradford, Solicitors, Yeovil, 1946. Solicitor, 1951. Partner in mentioned firm.
Stevens,
Harry George
see: Steiner,
Heinz Georg
 
Stevens,
Henry Leslie Harvey
H.L.H. Stevens
09.04.1917
-
09.1989
Chichester, Sussex
T/S.Lt.
23.04.1942
T/A/Lt.
23.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID

24.10.1944

escaping from enemy hands
06.07.1942
-
01.1943
human torpedo (chariot) rider [HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)] *
[Operation Welcome (attack on Tripoli 01.1943, sinking merchantman Guilio) [POW, escaped & evaded]]
(10.1944)
 
 
no appointment listed
(07.1945)


HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) **
* (02.1943) - (06.1943) still borne on HMS Titania
** indexed, but not listed as such
Stevens,
Horace
H. Stevens
?
-
T/S.Lt.
27.06.1940
T/Lt.
27.06.1941
A/T/Lt.Cdr.
< 10.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID

28.11.1944

Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
(02.1941)


HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton) *
(07.1941)
 
 
HMS Staunch (minesweeping trawler)
06.10.1941
-
25.01.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Amroth Castle (auxiliary minesweeping trawler)
22.03.1943
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Qualicum (Bangor class minesweeper)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stevenson,
William Walker
W.W. Stevenson (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sheelin De Freyne)
Married ((03?).1957, Chelsea district, London) Sheelin Deirdre O'Kelly, youngest daughter of Lt.Col. Henry Kane O'Kelly DSO, of Co. Wicklow. She remarried (18.07.1978) Francis Arthur John French, 7th Baron De Freyne (1927-2009).
17?.10.1918
Morningside district, Edinburgh, Scotland
-
15.08.1965
Windsor, Berkshire
Prob. T/S.Lt. 08.12.1939
T/S.Lt. 08.1940, seniority 08.12.1939
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 30.06.1942, seniority 08.12.1939
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.1942, seniority 01.02.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) 1946? (reld 29.11.1946)
1939? - (02.)1940 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
20.02.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
05.11.1940 - (10.)1941 HMS Royal Arthur (training establishment, Skegness)
27.11.1941 - (04.)1943 HMS King George V (King George V class battleship)
(06.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
28.02.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Eland (RN base, Freetown, Sierra Leone)
(01.1945) - (04.1945) HMS President (Admiralty) *
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
His widow writes: "He retired having spent a year as Flag Lieutenant to Vice Admiral H.T. Baillie-Grohman."
* indexed, but not listed as such
Steward,
Ernest Walter Hobbs
E.W.H. Steward
Son of ... Steward, and ... Hobbs.
Married ((06?).1939, Kensington district, London) Alice S. Tomlinson; one son, one daughter.

08.01.1914
Hackney district, London
-
08.04.1990
Stoke Poges, Slough district, Berkshire
Petty Officer ?
T/S.Lt. 30.10.1942
T/A/Lt. [acting rank] > 02.1943, < 04.1943
T/A/Lt. [appointed rank] 30.07.1943 (reld 12.04.1946)
Worked for British International Pictures and Warner Bros in UK, 1930-1939.
1940 - 1942 HMS Isis (destroyer) (Royal Naval Patrol Service, English Channel)
23.11.1942 - (07.)1945 Admiralty [HMS President] (for service with Army Kinematograph Service and Royal Navy Instructional Film Unit in UK)
24.10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)
Stewart,
Alistair Inches
A.I. Stewart (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Stewart)
Son (with one brother?) of Thomas Inches Stewart, and Alice Stewart (née ...), of Broughty Ferry.
His brother A/Leading Airman Douglas Campbell Stewart, RN, was killed in an air crash, 27.08.1941 (aged 20).

Married Eva ...; ... children (one son?).
1924
Scotland
-
03.11.1965
The Wantage Hospital, Wantage, Berkshire
T/A/S.Lt. 05.06.1944
T/S.Lt. 05.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
05.06.1944 - (01.)1945 Third Hand, HM ML 902 (motor launch)
01.1945 - 03.1945 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
24.03.1945 - (10.1945) First Lieutenant, HM ML 348 (motor launch)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Stewart,
Ernest Johnstone
E.J. Stewart
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
03.11.1913
-
22.11.1981
Luton district, Bedfordshire
T/A/S.Lt. (E) 09.10.1940 (appointment terminated 20.11.1941)
      officer holding temporary commission under T.124X agreements:
07.11.1940 - 02.06.1941 HMS Cavina (ocean boarding vessel)
03.06.1941 - 03.07.1941 HMS Mersey (T124X depot, Liverpool)
04.07.1941 - 20.11.1941 HMS Cavina (ocean boarding vessel)
His son writes: "His Merchant Navy appointments were: SS Musa (18/8/39 - 14/6/40) SS Wearwood (10/7/40 - 21/9/40), RFA Green Ranger (8/12/41 - 16/2/42 The next space on the Discharge Book is left blank, then the spaces after appears to be Merchant Ships. SS Empress of Scotland (13/1/43-31/3/44) SS Empress of Russia (4/5/44 - 29/6/44) SS Athlone Castle (24/7/44 - 17/12/44) MV King James (19/1/45 - 2/12/45) Then "Discharged War Service" 4/2/46."
Stewart,
Gervase Leslie
G.L. Stewart (Portrait courtesy of Mr Mike Stewart)
Son (with one brother) of James Stewart (1879-1944), and Mary Jane Brigham (1875-1944), of Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear.
(03?).1920
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
25.08.1941
(KIA) [age 21]
[Port of Spain (St James) Military Cemetery, Trinidad and Tobago, western portion, grave 36]
Prob. T/A/S.Lt. (A) 30.12.1940
T/S.Lt. (A) 1941?
Education: Tyneside Academy; St. Catherine's College, Cambridge (1939-40; read theology).
Poet.
(02.1941)     HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
30.03.1941 - (04.)1941 pilot, 752 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)]
04.1941 - 25.08.1941 pilot-instructor, 749 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad)] [killed in a mid-air explosion in his aircraft]
Published (posthumously): No weed death (1942)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart,
[Prof.] Gordon Thallon
G.T. Stewart
Son of John Stewart and Mary L. Thallon. Married 1st (1946) Joan Kego; two sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (1975), Neena Walker.
From Elderslie.

05.02.1919
Paisley, Scotland
-
10.10.2016
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
?
T/Sg.Lt.
22.10.1943, seniority 18.06.1943
Education: Paisley Grammar School; University of Glasgow and University of Liverpool. BSc 1939; MB, ChB 1942; DTM&H 1947; MD (High Commendation) 1949; FRCPath 1964; FFCM 1972; MRCPGlas 1972; FRCPGlas 1975.
House physician & house surgeon, 1942-1943.
09.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
Medical Officer, HMS Wild Goose (sloop)
29.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
RN Auxiliary Hospital, Newton Abbot [HMS Drake] (specialism: bacteriology)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Research Fellow (MRC), University of Liverpool, 1946-1948; Senior Registrar and Tutor, Wright-Fleming Institute, St Mary's Hospital, London, 1948-1952; Consultant Pathologist, SW Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, 1954-1963; Research Worker at MRC Labs Carshalton, 1955-1963; Professor of Epidemiology and Pathology, University of N Carolina, 1964-1968; Watkins Professor of Epidemiology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1968-1972. Visiting Professor, Dow Medical College, Karachi, 1952-1953 and Cornell University Medical College, 1970-1971; Mechan Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow, 1972-1984, now Emeritus Professor; Honorary Consultant in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Glasgow Area Health Board. Consultant to WHO, and to NYC Department of Health; Visiting Lecturer and Examiner, various universities in UK and overseas. Senior Fellow, Natural Science Foundation, Washington, 1964; Delta omega, 1969.
Published: (ed.) Trends in Epidemiology, 1972; (ed. jtly) Penicillin Allergy, 1970; Penicillin Group of Drugs, 1965; papers on chemotherapy of infectious diseases, drug allergy and epidemiology in various medical and science journals.
Stewart,
Hugh McKenzie
H.McK. Stewart
Residence: (1945) Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
30.10.1916
-
12.1993
Bath district, Somerset
... ...
T/El.Lt. 30.10.1941
Pre-war alloc.-apprentice, Harland Engineering Co.
      degaussing duties, Liverpool & Alexandria (specializing in rotating machines and centrifugal pumps)
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria)
Stewart,
James Jolly
J.J. Stewart
30.01.1925
-
06.11.2009
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
T/A/S.Lt. (A)
05.08.1944
T/S.Lt. (A)
05.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1944)


HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
11.11.1944
-
(01.)1945
observer, HMS Urley (RN Air Station, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man)
19.06.1945
-
(04.1946)
observer, 822 Squadron FAA
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart,
James Leslie
J.L. Stewart
Son (with one sister) of James Thomson Stewart (1886-1964), and Rosina Ely (1894-1971).
Married Elsie Annie Skilton (07.04.1916 - 07.1991), daughter of Ernest William Skilton (1876-), and Alice Maude Eager (1884-); one daughter.
15.04.1913
Islington district, London
-
01.1987
Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey
T/S.Lt. 18.09.1942
T/Lt. 18.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(12.1942)     no appointment listed
28.12.1942 - (12.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM ML 257 (motor launch) [initially at HMS Torch II (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead)]
01.12.1943 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM ML 140 (motor launch)
(04.1946)     HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stewart,
John Geoffrey
J.G. Stewart
?
-
T/S.Lt.
24.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)



possibly serving as an armaments officer on minesweepers
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Stewart,
Samuel
J.G. Stewart
1914
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
1975
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
T/S.Lt.
30.10.1941
T/Lt.
30.10.1942



possibly at HMS Ark Royal, then Coastal Forces (MLs & MGBs)
10.07.1944
-
(01.)1945
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 723 (motor torpedo boat)
01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 5009 (motor torpedo boat)
(04.1946)
 
 
no appointment listed
Stilwell,
John Albert
J.A. Stilwell
?
USA
-
T/S.Lt. (A) 12.09.1942
T/Lt. (A) 12.09.1943
      joined RNVR as an American citizen
      HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey)
24.02.1943 - (08.1943) observer, 845 Squadron FAA
      HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney) *
(12.1943) - (02.1944) no appointment listed
(04.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Gadwall (RN Air Station, Sydenham, Belfast) *
Literature: Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond & R.E. White, Passport not required : U.S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 (2010).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stirling,
Darling
"Darrell"
D. Stirling
(03?).1921
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
T/S.Lt.
16.10.1942
T/Lt.
16.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
18.01.1943
-
(10.1944)
First Lieutenant, HM ML 143 (motor launch)
07.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 274 (motor launch)
(04.1946)


HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Music teacher at a secondary school in Farnham, Surrey, late 1950s.
Stobbs,
Michael Robin Newcombe
"Mike" / "Tim"
M.R.N. Stobbs (Photo courtesy of Sally Oldfield)

Son (with one brother) of John Louis Stobbs (1886-1963), and May Annie Newcombe (1892-).
Married ((06?).1956, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Moira Francis Swan Laird (1935 - ); one son, three daughters.
(06?).1925
Hendon district, Oxfordshire
-
1993
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
T/A/S.Lt. 24.11.1944
T/S.Lt. 24.05.1945
... - ... ...
15.05.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 4th MTB Flotilla)
      HM MTB 457 (motor torpedo boat)
Stocks
Alfred Edward
A.E. Stocks
Son of Alfred Edward Stocks, and of Olive Beryl Stocks (née Crosbey-Spratt), of Ealing, Middlesex.
(03?).1923
Plymouth district, Devon
-
22.10.1943

(MPK) [age 20]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 84, column 2]
T/S.Lt.
?
?
-
22.10.1943
HMS Hurworth (destroyer) (missing, presumed killed when ship was mined east of Kalymnos)
Stogdon,
Edgar David
E.D. Stogdon
01.01.1919
Aldenham,  Hertsmere Borough, Hertfordshire
-
01.02.2008
Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
T/S.Lt.
?
T/Lt.
11.03.1942
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
?
RNLI service ?
Mention in Despatches MID
04.10.1940
repelling enemy attacks
Mention in Despatches MID
21.05.1942
attack submarine en route to St. Nazaire
(1940)


HMS Brazen (destroyer)
19.08.1940
-
(02.1943)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Tynedale (destroyer)
(04.1946)


Gunnery School, Portsmouth (HMS Excellent)
Joined the RNLI after the war (becoming a Cdr.), designed the Atlantic 21 ILB that is still a backbone of the fleet; in retirement he acted as Design Consultant to the Dutch Lifeboat service.
Stone,
Douglas Edward

D.E. Stone
Son (with at least one brother) of Albert Edward Stone, brick works labourer, and Ada Kathleen Bishop.
Married ((03?).1944, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Monica O. Bowden; ... children (three daughters?).
01.10.1922
Torre, Torquay, Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
28.03
.1974
Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, Devon
T/A/S.Lt. 21.05.1943
T/S.Lt. 21.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
07.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington DC, USA)
13.11.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Braithwaite (frigate)
05.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Furneaux (RN depot, Brisbane)
03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Aorangi (accommodation ship)
Schoolmaster.
Stone,
John Arthur Frederick

J.A.F. Stone (photo courtesy of Mr David Jackson) J.A.F. Stone (photo courtesy of Mr David Jackson)
19.02.1922
Romford, Essex
-
25.03.1982

Gravesend and North Kent Hospital, Gravesend, Kent
T/A/S.Lt. 21.04.1944
T/S.Lt. 21.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
17.09.1944 - (07.1945) HM LST 162 (landing ship, tank)
27.02.1946 - (04.1946) HM LST 428 (landing ship, tank)
Safety officer.
Stoney,
Robert Vesey
R.V. Stoney (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Pegum)
Son (with one brother) of Robert Vesey Stoney (1841-1924), and his second wife Phoebe Editha Truell (?-1948).
Married (04.11.1927, St Peter's, Eton Square, St George Hanover Square district, London) Marian Catherine Theffania Nugent, elder daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Maj.Gen. Sir Oliver Stewart Wood Nugent, KCB, DSO, JP, DL (1860-1926), and Catherine Percy Lees (1875-1970); four sons, two daughters,
24.09.1903
Rosturk, Co. Mayo, Ireland
-
14.05.1944
Sierra Leone
(illness)

[Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone, 5.C.3]
Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.10.1940
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 20.05.1941
Education: Harrow School (Elmfield House; 1917.2-1922.2; Monitor 1921; Football XI 1921; Roundell Scholar 1922); Oriel College, Oxford (History Scholar).
04.12.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Proserpine (RN base, Scapa)
22.03.1943 - 14.05.1944 HMS President III (accounting base for DEMS [= Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships] personnel)
Stopford-Claremont,
Stanley  
see: Claremont,
Stanley Stopford
 
Storey,
Neville Lionel

N.L. Storey
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Tom Storey (1879-1946), and Jessie O'Neill Ives (1884-1955).
Married 1st ((06?).1948, Radnorshire West district, Radnorshire) Jane Amelia Duggan (1911-1985).
Married 2nd ((03?).1971, Warminster district, Wiltshire) Marjorie A. Kenrick.
17.09.1910
Leiston, Blything district, Suffolk
-
28.11.1978
Milford-on-Sea, New Forest district, Hampshire
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.12.1941
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 04.03.1942
T/A/Lt. 1943, seniority 04.03.1942
T/Lt. 1943?, seniority 04.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
(04.1942)     HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) *
07.04.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Tern (RN Air Station, Twatt, Orkney)
(04.1943) - (08.1943) no appointment listed
08.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Rothesay (Bangor class minesweeper)
03.1945 - (04.)1945 HMS Seaborn (RN Air Station, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia) (for miscellaneous services)
01.06.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Mariner (Algerine class minesweeper)
10.12.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Myrmidon (Algerine class minesweeper)
1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Storey,
William John Lewis

W.J.L. Storey
Son of William Charles Storey, and Louise Storey.
Married 1st ((09?).1926, Birmingham South district, Warwickshire) Annie E. Ainsworth.
Married 2nd ((06?).1931, St Marylebone district, London) Constance M. Cloherty.
27.07.1902
East Dulwich, Camberwell district, London
-
04.04.1969
London
Prob. T/S.Lt. 07.06.1940
T/Lt. 07.09.1940 (reld > 10.1946)
(08.1940)     no appointment listed
05.08.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne)
(02.1942) - (02.1943) no appointment listed
(04.1943)     HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) *
04.1943 - 13.07.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Wastwater (anti-submarine warfare whaler)
13.07.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Shooting Star (auxiliary minesweeping whale catcher)
17.04.1946 - 10.10.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Shillay (Isles class trawler)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stott,
John Philip
J.P. Stott
07.05.1922
-
02.09.1981
Bewerley, Harrogate, Claro district, North Yorkshire
T/S.Lt. (A)
04.06.1943
T/Lt. (A)
04.06.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
31.07.1945
Operation Iceberg (air strikes on Sakishima Islands & capture of Okinawa 03/05.45)
10.12.1943
-
(07.1945)
1770 Squadron FAA [in 1945 at HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)]
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
Stott,
Frank Milton

F.M. Stott
Son of Thomas Wild Stott (1883-), and Esther Turner Ibbott (1884-).
Married Margaret West Minshall (10.10.1916 - 01.1993), daughter of Arthur Minshall (1880-), and Meena Elizabeth Youlden (1876-1934); one son.
07.06.1911
Rochdale, Lancashire
-
07.1989
Southport, Sefton North district, Merseyside
T/S.Lt. 06.11.1942
T/Lt. 07.10.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
(12.1942)     no appointment listed
(02.1943)     HMS Western Isles (work up base, Tobermory) *
10.03.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Tumult (destroyer)
(04.1944)     no appointment listed
03.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Frobisher (cruiser)
05.07.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship, 7th Submarine Flotilla, Rothesay)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
1948? - 1958? Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Stott,
Ronald Charles
R.C. Stott
Son of ... Stott, and ... Davies.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
11.03.1912
Newport district, Monmouthshire
-
27.07.1987
Porthcawl, Ogwr district, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Prob. T/El.S.Lt. 20.04.1941
T/El.Lt. 20.08.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
05.05.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Beaver (RN base, Hull) (for duty at Grimsby base), from about mid 1940 HMS Colonsay (minesweeper base, Grimsby)
01.01.1942 - (02.)1942 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
03.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Ambitious (minesweeping depot ship)
(10.1943) - (02.1944) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) *
11.03.1944 - (05.)1944 HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India)
05.1944 - (04.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for minesweeping duties)
08.06.1945 - (10.1945) Combined operations Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Stout,
Cecil Henry

C.H. Stout (© Imperial War Museum (A 23692))
Son of ... Stout, and ... Kirkpatrick.
Married (1949, Morningside district, Scotland) Malvina Scott Macgregor.
1920
St Andrew district, Edinburgh, Scotland
-
2017
Edinburgh, Scotland
T/Paym.S.Lt. 27.03.1941
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 01.10.1942
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 01.01.1981 New Year 81: Director of Finance, City of Edinburgh District Council
13.05.1941 - (08.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service)
01.09.1941 - (08.)1943 HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship)
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
(12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) *
(06.1944)     Captain's Secretary to Senior Officer, Assault Group S3 (Normandy)
10.09.1944 - (07.1945) Captain's Secretary, HMS Leonidas (RN base, Takoradi, Gold Coast)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stowe,
Peter Sully

P.S. Stowe
Son (with one brother) of Richard Stowe (1874-1957), and Annie Lilian Keene (1880-1950).
27.11.1915
Cardiff district, Monmouthshire
-
20.07.2000
Bromley district, Kent
Prob. T/Paym.S.Lt. 02.10.1939
T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) 27.11.1940 (reld 28.05.1946)
(12.1939) - (03.1940) no appointment listed
16.03.1940 - (05.)1940 HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
17.05.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for duty in Admiral's office of Flag Officer-in-Charge, Harwich)
07.07.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty)
18.03.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Sambur (RN base, Plaisance, Mauritius)
(10.1944)     HMS Sambur (RN base, Plaisance, Mauritius) *
11.1944 - (10.1945) HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for duty in Admiral's office)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Strachan,
George Murrie
G.M. Strachan (Photo courtesy of Mr George Strachan)
1907
Kingoldrum district, Angus, Scotland
-
20.11.1981
Blairgowrie district, Perthshire, Scotland
[Lintrathen Parish Churchyard, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland]
Ord.Sea. 1942
T/A/S.Lt. 04.06.1943
T/S.Lt. 04.12.1943
T/Lt. 01.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 14.11.1946

Distinguished Service Cross

DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted]
1942 - 1943 HMS Zetland (Hunt class destroyer)
(08.1943)     no appointment listed
15.09.1943 - 1946 HM MMS 1045 (motor minesweeper)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
1946 - 1949 Sea Cadet Corps, Aberdeen
His son writes: "Following his training in 1942/43 at Collingwood, Victory, he commenced as Ord/Seaman on the Zetland. He returned to Victory and King Alfred for officer training and his first commission was the return to HMS Zetland as Acting Sub Lt. on temporary commission on the 4th June 1943.  At this point his service record is blank but on the 15th Sept 1943 he was sent to Peterhead to pick up a new minesweeper MMS 1045 and put it through its trials before returning to North Shields.  From then on until 1946 he was with MMS1045. On 31/1/1944 he was declared 'competent to take on watch at sea as lieutenant (Acting).  In June 1945 under Lt.Cdr. McMorran RNVR, commander of the minesweeper fleet based between Alesund and Trondheim, he was present at the surrender of Aviso Grille, Hitler's yacht and left good photos of that time.  He has left much of interest including an experience he had on HMS Zetland off the North African coast, when it was attacked by 4 German torpedo bombers. His account is quite detailed since he was the first to spot the raid and found himself reporting back to the bridge what was happening."
Strang,
Samuel Ronald Howie
S.R.H. Strang
Son of ... Strang, and ... Sloane.
Married (1941, Row or Rhu district, Scotland) Betty Williams.
1909
Partick district, Scotland
-

1987
Helensburgh district, Scotland
Prob. S.Lt.
08.03.1940
T/Lt.
?, seniority 23.04.1940
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
10.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS St Sunniva
19.02.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Pennywort (corvette)
Strang,
Walter Symington "Biscuits"
W.S. Strang
?
-
T/Lt.
29.11.1939
Mention in Despatches MID
30.05.1944
Coastal Forces action Nore 09.03.44
03.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 668 (motor torpedo boat)
Street,
William Arthur Jevons
W.A.J. Street

Residence: (1944) Cheswerdine, Shropshire.
12.03.1913
Harrow, Middlesex
-
04?.2000
South Africa
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 26.08.1940
T/Lt. (A) 07.01.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [investiture 24.10.44]
12.09.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)
07.01.1941 - (06.)1942 HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
06.08.1942 - 06.1943 HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)
06.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Godwit (RN Air Station, Hinstock, Salop)
18.07.1945 - (10.1945) Naval Air Organisation Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
Strong,
Alan Noel
A.N. Strong
Son of Eric Noel Strong, and Florence Rosalie M. Flew, of Bayford Lodge, Hatch End, Middlesex.
Married ((12?).1943, Bournemouth district, Dorset) Annis Bowman Armitage, only daughter of Mr & Mrs N.H. Armitage, of West Riding Hotel, Bournemouth.
(06?).1922
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
16.07.1945
(illness, following an operation) [age 23]
[Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, 20.A.7]
T/S.Lt. 19.05.1944
T/A/Lt. < 10.1944
Education: Oxford University (1941).
26.03.1944 - 08.06.1944 British Naval Liaison Officer, RHelN Tompazis (Greek corvette)
(10.1944)     HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) *
(01.1945) - 16.07.1945 HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * | **
(03.1945) - 16.07.1945 British Naval Liaison Officer, RHelN Salamis (Greek fleet destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
** according to Commonwealth War Graves Commission borne on HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) at the time of his death
Strong,
Laurence Vezey *
"Laurie"
L.V. Strong (Photo courtesy of Mr Edward Hayter) L.V. Strong (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Strong)
Elder son (with one brother and one sister) of Harold Vezey Strong, member of the Artists’ Rifles, serving in France in WW1, printer & publisher (c. 1894-1955), and Katherine "Kitty" Dyer (?-1950). 
Married (26.10.1940, Medway district, Kent) Honor Mary B. Stewart (25.12.1918 - 09.2003), daughter of .... Stewart, and ... Smith; two daughters, one son. 

* first name in naval administration incorrectly spelled: Lawrence

21.01.1918
Westhampnett district, Sussex
-
25.02.2014
Benenden
Signalman 1940
T/S.Lt. 13.12.1940
T/Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 21.12.1943 Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.1943) [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 11.07.1944 rescue activity in the harbour during the Bari Raid 02.12.1943
Education: Tonbridge School (1931-1935).
1940     joined RNVR
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
15.03.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for motor launches and miscellaneous duties)
(12.1941)     no appointment listed
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
10.02.1942 - (08.)1942 Navigating Officer, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (including PQ-15 Murmansk Convoy)
(10.1942)     no appointment listed
(12.1942)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
 *
04.01.1943 - (06.)1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 81 (motor torpedo boat)
31.08.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
03.10.1945 - (10.1945) Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Strouther,
Raymond Ernest
R.E. Strouther
Married ((06?).1943, Brimingham district, Warwickshire) ... Messenger.
?

-
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 06.12.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 06.06.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

* Special Branch officer employed on cypher duties

21.12.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Duke of York (battleship)
28.02.1945 - (07.)1945 on staff of Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier)]
(10.1945)     HMS Venerable (aircraft carrier) *
1940s - 1950s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Strutt,
Stephen Alistair
S.A. Strutt
Son of Capt. Geoffrey John Strutt, CBE (1888-1971), and Sybil Eyre Greenwell (died 1975).
Brother of W/Cdr. Anthony Geoffrey Strutt, OBE, RAF (1913-1999), and of Sq.Ldr. Ivan Conwallis Strutt, RAFVR (1916-1943).
Married (17.06.1941) Felicity Anne MacDonnell, daughter of Mervyn Sorley MacDonnell, OBE; one daughter, two sons.
26.07.1918
Godstone district, Surrey
-
27.01.1949
Geneva, Switzerland
Prob. T/S.Lt.
09.02.1940
T/S.Lt.
1941, seniority 09.02.1940
T/A/Lt.
09.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
(04.1940)
 
 
no appointment listed
28.04.1940
-
(10.1940)
HMS Verdun (destroyer)
(02.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
12.04.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Fernie (destroyer)
26.05.1944
-
(01.)1945
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(07.1945)
 
 
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Stuart,
William
W. Stuart
From Co. Armagh.
?
-
Prob. T/S.Lt. (A) 30.12.1940
T/Lt. (A) 30.06.1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A) < 10.1944
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 0.02.1943 attacks submarines & Flak boats Mediterranean summer 42 [investiture 13.07.43]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 13.03.1945 Operation Lentil (air strike Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra 12.44-01.45) [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 01.05.1945 Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang 01.45) [decoration posted]
(02.1941)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) *
29.08.1941 - (08.1942) pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)]
summer 42     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) (DSC)
09.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Rajah (escort carrier)
27.11.1944 - 11.1945 Commanding Officer, 857 Squadron FAA [HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier)] (Bar to DSC, 2nd Bar to DSC)
[crashed with a Grumman TBM Avenger at sea 31.03.1945, being rescued by USS Kingfish on her 11th war patrol]
(04.1946)     HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Styles,
Frank Showell
F.S. Styles F.S. Styles
F.S. Styles
Son of Frank Styles (1879-1972), bank clerk, and Edith Showell (1880-1947).
Married ((09?).1954, Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, Wales) Kathleen Jane Humphreys; one son, two daughters.

14.03.1908
Four Oaks, Aston district, Warwickshire
-
19.02.2005

Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales
T/S.Lt. 07.02.1941
T/Lt. 07.05.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 10.10.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Education: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield.
(04.1941)     no appointment listed
03.04.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships)
(08.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
10.10.1943 - (07.1945) HMS President III (HQ for personnel serving at defensively equipped merchant ships)
1940s - 1960 Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Writer and mountaineer. Professional author, 1946-1976 (retired). Led two private Arctic expeditions, 1952-1953; led private Himalayan expedition, 1954. FRGS 1954.
Published: 130 books: travel, incl. Mountains of the Midnight Sun, 1954; Blue Remembered Hills, 1965; biography, incl. Mr Nelson's Ladies, 1954; Mallorv of Everest, 1967; mountain guidebooks, incl. The Mountains of North Wales, 1973; The Glyder Range, 1973; instructional books, incl. Modern Mountaineering, 1964; Introduction to Mountaineering, 1955; naval historical fiction, incl. Stella and the Fireships, 1985; The Lee
Shore, 1986; Gun-brig Captain, 1987; HMS Cracker, 1988; Nelson's Midshipman, 1990; children's fiction, incl. Kami the Sherpa, 1957; The Shop in the Mountain, 1961; detective fiction (under pen-name, Glyn Carr), incl. Death under Snowdon, 1954; The Corpse in the Crevasse, 1957.
Suckling,
Kenneth William
K.W. Suckling
Son (with one sister) of ... Suckling, and ... Shrivell.
Married ((06?).1938, Brighton district, Sussex) Marion Reeve ((06?).1913 - ), daughter of Benjamin Lewes Reeve (1868-1945), and Florence Marion Meachen (1884-1969); two sons.
15.08.1911
Steyning district, Sussex
-
18.09.1996
Eastbourne district, Sussex
T/S.Lt. 11.09.1942
T/Lt. 11.06.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon (invasion South of France 08.44)
(10.1942) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
(08.1944)     26th LCT Flotilla [HM LCT 347 ?]  (despatches)
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
Sudbury,
Richard Arnold
R.A. Sudbury (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Sudbury) R.A. Sudbury (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Sudbury)
Son (with two brothers) of John Elliott Sudbury (1876-1929), and Emma Mortimer (1880-1939).
Brother of Capt. Edward Herbert Sudbury, Royal Engineers, and F/Lt. John Mortimer Sudbury, RAFVR.
Married (21.12.1941, Worthing district, Sussex) Marjorie Enid Wiltshire, WRNS (22.06.1920 - 06.04.2013); one son, one daughter.
09.05.1914
Lincoln district, Lincolnshire
-
23.08.1983
Burnham-on-Crouch, Chelmsford district, Essex
T/S.Lt. 02.10.1941
T/A/Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld 15.04.1946)
Bank clerk.
05.12.1941 - (12.1942) HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)
(02.1943)     no appointment listed
15.02.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth)
(02.1944) - (07.)1945 HMS St Mathew (Combined Operations training base, Burnham on Crouch) *
09.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Europa II (overflow camp, Bungay)
1950s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sugden,
Henry Plummer
H.P. Sugden (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Sugden)
Married Agnes Currie ... (14.11.1909 - 02.06.1976); three sons, one daughter.
13.12.1910
Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
18.12.1993
Halifax district, West Yorkshire
T/S.Lt. 27.03.1941
T/Lt. 27.06.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
19.05.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Myosotis (corvette)
01.02.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Balsam (corvette)
(04.1944)     HMS Balsam (corvette) *
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
05.07.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Alnwick Castle (corvette)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Suggitt,
Robert William Leslie
R.W.L. Suggitt (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Suggitt)

Son of Robert Suggitt (1868-1946), and Sarah Adelaide Benjamin (1873-1951).
Married ((03?).1941, Cleethorpes district, Lincolnshire) Beatrice Mabel Blackburn (1907-); one son.
30.10.1905
Cleethorpes, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire
-
18.07.1983
Cleethorpes, Spalding district, Humberside
T/A/S.Lt. 30.04.1943
T/S.Lt. 30.10.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Education: Humberstone Foundation Grammar School, Cleethorpes.
      HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich)
1942     HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Lancing, Sussex)
(06.1943) - (10.1945) HMS Dundonald (Combined Operations base, Auchengate) *
Railway clerk. Shop owner (florist/greengrocer) 1953 until time of death ( killed in collision with a lorry driving to Spalding produce auction).

* indexed, but not listed as such
Sullivan,
Edward
E. Sullivan
05.1921
Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
-
T/S.Lt.
19.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Brontosaurus (Combined Operations base, Dunoon, Argyll) *
Worked for the Foreign Officer pre- & post-war.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sulman,
John Henry Lloyd
J.H.L. Sulman
Son of James Hugh and Lilian Elsie Sulman. Married Zillah Sulman, of Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire.
22.07.1909
Wandsworth, London
-
02.11.1944
off Ostend
(KIA) [age 35]
[Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 13, column 3]
Convoy Signalman
(1940) [C/JX 172593]
T/S.Lt.
?, seniority 27.12.1940
T/Lt.
06.1941, seniority 27.03.1941
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
05.12.1944
air attacks [investiture next-of-kin]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
05.10.1943
minesweeping Mediterranean 11.42-07.43
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1941
?
Mention in Despatches MID
26.12.1944
Operation Neptune 06.44
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
18.03.1943 -
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 171 (motor minesweeper)
25.02.1944
-
02.11.1944
Commanding Officer, HM Trawler Colsay (sunk by a German human torpedo off Ostend)
Sumption,
Anthony James [Chadwick]
A.J. Sumption
Son of late John Chadwick Sumption and late Winifred Fanny Sumption.
Married (1946) Second Officer Hilda 'Hedy' Hedigan, WRNS (marriage dissolved 1979), youngest daughters of Mr & Mrs C.C. Hedigan, of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; two sons, two daughters.

15.05.1919
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
-
08.01.2008
hospital
[Greenwich?]
[age 88]
A/S.Lt.
03.07.1939
S.Lt.
15.05.1940
Lt.
04.05.1942, seniority 03.01.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
03.01.1950 (retd 21.06.1955)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
22.02.1944
50+ patrols Norway, Mediterranean, Eastern Fleet [investiture 07.11.44]
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve Decoration VRD
17.02.1953
-
Education: Cheltenham College; London School of Economics.
1939


joined RNVR (Sussex Division, later London Division)
12.02.1940
-
(04.)1940
HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith and Granton)
30.09.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) (group, unit and officers under training)
22.03.1941
-
1941
submarine training, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)
1941
-
09.06.1941
HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (Halifax, NS) (for submarines)
10.06.1941
-
02.01.1942
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (Alexandria, Egypt) (for submarines)
03.01.1942
-
08.05.1942
Navigating Officer, HMS Otus (submarine) (Alexandria, Egypt)
09.05.1942
-
25.06.1942
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
26.06.1942
-
21.08.1942
HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (Rothesay) (for submarines)



HMS L 26 (submarine)
22.08.1942
-
14.02.1943
First Lieutenant, HMS P 552 (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops (Rothesay)]
15.02.1943
-
18.05.1943
HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Algiers) (for submarines)



HMS P 555 (submarine)
19.05.1943
-
(12.1943)
First Lieutenant (later Commanding Officer?), HMS Trident (submarine) [tender to HMS Maidstone (Mediterranean, later HMS Forth (UK)]
1944


submarine Commanding Officers' course
17.08.1944
-
26.06.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Varangian (submarine) [tender to HMS Cyclops (Rothesay)]
(07.1945)


HMS Varangian (submarine) *
1945
-
1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Upright (submarine)
1945
-
1946
Flag Lieutenant to the Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches [HMS Cormorant]
Solicitor, 1946; called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1971; a Recorder of the Crown Court, 1980-1984. Member (C): LCC, 1949-1952; Westminster City Council, 1953-1956. Contested (C): Hayes and Harlington, March 1953; Middlesbrough W, 1964.
Published: Taxation of Overseas Income and Gains, 1973, 4th edn 1982; Tax Planning, (with Philip Lawton) 6th edn 1973-8th edn 1979, (with Giles Clarke) 9th edn 1981-10th edn 1982; Capital Gains Tax, 1981.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sunshine,
John Alexander
"Sammy"
J.A. Sunshine (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Noble)
Son of John Robert Sunshine (1878-1951), and Annie Elizabeth Gavin.
Married (11.04.1936, St James, Croydon Common, Londn) Dorothy Gladys Sutton, daughter of John Frederick Sutton.
15.02.1907
Bermondsey, London SE
-
24.06.1995
Esher, Surrey Northern district, Surrey
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 07.05.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 07.11.1943
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 01.08.1944 (reld 07.06.1946)

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

(06.1943) - (10.1944) no appointment listed
[most probably serving as instructor at HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)]
(01.1945) - (04.1945) Office of the Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] *
(07.1945) - (04.1946) Naval Training Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Surtees,
Gordon Villiers
"Gus"
G.V. Surtees
Son of the Rev. Charles Henry Surtees, and Dorothy Alexina Sale. 
27.04.1923
-
28.08.1990
South Malvern, Hereford and Worcester
T/S.Lt.
27.10.1943
T/Lt.
27.10.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
13.02.1945
attack enemy convoy Mediterranean 11.10.44
Mention in Despatches MID
24.07.1945
action Istrian coast
27.04.1943
-
(06.1944)
HM MGB 662 (motor gun boat)
02.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
First Lieutenant, HM MTB 634 (motor torpedo boat)
20.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1060 (motor minesweeper)
Headmaster, John Lyon School (1960s).
Sutcliffe,
William Dawson
W.D. Sutcliffe

Son (with one brother) of Alfred Sutcliffe (1873-), and Emma Corfield (1873-).
Married ((09?).1937, Farnworth district, Lancashire) Mavis Charlton (18.06.1912 - 08.12.1990); two daughters.
28.07.1899
Clitheroe district, Lancashire
-
17.10.1964
The Royal Infirmary, Bolton (formerly of Whitefield, Lancashire)
T/El.Lt. 24.04.1942
T/A/El.Lt.Cdr. > 10.1943, < 12.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)
Joined the Manchester Electricity Department in 1915 and the Lancashire Electric Power Co. in 1919, retiring in 1964.
24.04.1942 - (10.1945) Signal Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (and for duty with Naval Intelligence Division)
Institution of Electrical Engineers (Graduate 1930, Associate Member 1933, Member 1948).
Sutherland,
Frederick Martin
F.M. Sutherland
06.06.1921
Inverness, Scotland
-
13.03.2010
Harrow, NW London
T/S.Lt. 23.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
(01.1945)     HMS Ceylon (cruiser) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Chief Librarian of the British Medical Association, 1960-1980.
Published
History of the British Medical Association Volume II 1932-1981 (with E Grey-Turner; 1982)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sutherland,
James Donald
J.D. Sutherland

Son of Donald and Helen Sutherland, of Thurso, Caithness-shire, Scotland.
1925
Thurso, Caithness-shire, Scotland
-
31.07.1945
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 6, panel 6]
T/Midsh. (A) 11.08.1944
T/A/S.Lt. (A) 30.01.1945
09.09.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Macaw (FAA training establishment, Wellbank, Cumberland)
04.03.1945 - 31.07.1945 HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) (for full flying duties and training)
Sutherland,
John McKay
J.McK. Sutherland
?
-
1998 ?
Australia
Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
09.06.1944
T/Sg.Lt.
1945?, seniority 09.06.1944
Education: MB, ChB
08.1944
-
(07.1945)
Medical Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer)
(04.1946)
 
 
HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) *
In 1959 the first visiting neurologist to be appointed by the Royal Brisbane Hospital and The Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland. He retired as Honorary Consultant Neurologist to both hospitals in 1975 after a most distinguished career in this field. He published several books either in his own name or jointly.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sutherland,
Rattray Pirie
R.P. Sutherland
Married Anne Rita Parkinson (14.06.1929 - 14.07.1996), who served in the WRNS; one son, one daughter.
07.02.1925
Aberdeen ?
-
09.11.1973
Sutton, Surrey
T/S.Lt. (A)
25.03.1945
S.Lt. (A) RN
22.05.1946, seniority 25.03.1945
Lt. (A) RN
25.03.1947 (withdrawal from  Extended Service Commission; placed on Emergency List 25.03.1950)



served initially in the ranks



812 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)]
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) *
(1946)


flew Seafires from HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth, Morayshire)
22.05.1946


transferred, RN (Air Branch) [extended service commission]
29.04.1948
-
(05.1949)
Assistant Air Traffic Control Officer, HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Angus)
25.03.1950
-
03.03.1960
Emergency List
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sutherland,
Reginald Bruce
R.B. Sutherland

Son of David P. and Christine F. Sutherland. Of "Sunflowers", Heswall, Chester.
(09?).1913
Wirral district, Cheshire
-
06.03.1941
(KIA) [age 27]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 60, col. 2]
Prob. T/S.Lt.
23.02.1940
T/S.Lt.
03.1941, seniority 23.02.1940
T/Lt.
???
(04.1940)


no appointment listed
13.10.1940 -
06.03.1941
HMS Vernon (training establishment, Portsmouth) (killed at Falmouth harbour by a mine)
Sutton,
Geoffrey

G. Sutton
Son of Arthur and Bertha Sutton.
Married ((12?).1948, Lunesdale district, Lancashire) Edith Angela Burrow (07.04.1922 - 15.02.1983); three sons.
17.09.1914
-
14.05.1967?
T/S.Lt. 10.07.1941
T/Lt. 10.07.1942
T/A/Lt.Cdr. > 10.1945, < 04.1946 (reld > 07.1946, < 10.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 06.10.1942 Operation MG1 (Italian attack on Malta Convoy, 22.03.1942)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.10.1945 Operation Iceberg (alr strlkes on Sakishima Islands 23.03-25.05.1945 & capture of Okinawa 26.03-25.04.1945)

 

Elementary school teacher.
(08.1941) - (10.1941) no appointment listed
01.10.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Penelope (Arethusa class cruiser) (despatches)
(08.1943)     HMS Penelope (Arethusa class cruiser) *
(10.1943) - (12.1943) HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) *
01.02.1944 - (02.)1944 HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
(04.1944)     HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) *
04.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier) (despatches)
24.08.1945 - (10.)1945 HMS Goldcrest (RN Air Station, Dale, Pembrokeshire) (for RN Air Station, Kete)
10.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Indomitable (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sutton,
George Lawrence

G.L. Sutton
?
-
?

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 18.02.1944
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 18.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

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

(04.1944)     no appointment listed
23.05.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services)
Sutton,
Henry Fort
"Harry"

H.F. Sutton
02.04.1924
-
08.10.2017
Birmingham, West Midlands
T/A/S.Lt. 14.01.1944
T/S.Lt. 14.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
      may have served at HMS Griffin (destroyer) & HMS Neave (trawler)
(02.1944) - (04.1944) no appointment listed
(06.1944)     HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) *
18.09.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Philoctetes II (accounting base, Freetown) (for motor launches)
18.10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM HDML 1160 (harbour defence motor launch)
(04.1946)     Wreck Dispersal Department, Admiralty *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sutton,
Michael Picton
M.P. Sutton
?
-
04.02.2014
[aged 89]
... ...
T/S.Lt. (A) 01.12.1944
Lt. (A) RN 1946 (retd)
... - ... ...
Sutton,
Richard John

R.J. Sutton
Son of Joseph Hayward Sutton and Elizabeth Blower, of Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Husband of Rowena Mary Sutton, of Bollington, Macdesfield.
(09?).1916
Macclesfield district, Cheshire
-
18.04.1943
(MPK) [age 26]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 80, column 1]
T/S.Lt.
13.03.1941
T/Lt.
13.03.1942
24.08.1941
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Ben Torc (minesweeping trawler)
(> 02.)1943
-
18.04.1943
HMS Regent (submarine) (sank off the coast of Bisceglie (Barletta) after a collision with a mine; complete crew missing, presumed killed)
Swain,
Geoffrey Albert
G.A. Swain
Son (with one sibling) of William Leonard Swain (1892-1979), and Clara Evelyn Wain (1891-1972).
Married ((06?).1948, Harrow district, Middlesex) Nina Joyce Monks (21.09.1918 - 11.01.2008); three sons, two daughters.
21.06.1921
-
06.2000
Isle of Wight
T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) * 15.11.1943
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) 15.05.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 04.1946)

* Special Branch officer who is employed on cypher duties

Education: Eastbourne (1935-1939); City and Guilds College, South Kensington (1940-1941).
Heating engineer.
01.1944 - 03.1944 HMS Haitan (base ship, Addu Atoll)
03.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Maraga (RN base/RN Air Station, Addu Atoll)
(04.1945)     HMS Maraga (RN base/RN Air Station, Addu Atoll) *
(07.1945) - (10.1945) no appointment listed
* indexed, but not listed as such
Swan,
Gerald Finlay Primrose
G.F.P. Swan (Photo courtesy of Mr Hamish Marshall)
From Glasgow.
Married; at least one daughter.
1907/08 ?
-
19.07.1948
(died suddenly following a Coronary Thrombosis)
T/Lt.
31.08.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
> 02.1943, < 06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44 [investiture 27.11.45]
Mention in Despatches MID
13.02.1945
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44)
Education: The High School of Glasgow (1916-1922)
24.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan)
13.02.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Banshee (minesweeping trawler)
01.06.1942
-
(08.)1943
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 165 (motor minesweeper)
16.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM MMS 1003 (motor minesweeper) (205th Minesweeping Flotilla)
(07.1945)
 
 
no appointment listed
Swan,
Tom
T. Swan
?
-
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) 17.06.1941
T/A.Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) > 12.1943, < 04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
17.03.1941 - (07.1945) Miscellaneous Weapon Development Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Sweetman,
Claude Ernest
E.H.V. Syfret
Son of Ernest T. Sweetman, and Mary E. Ainsworth.
01.11.1916
Hastings district, Sussex
-
28.04.2012
T/A/S.Lt. 11.05.1944
T/S.Lt. 11.11.1944 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
(1943?)     HMS Onslow (destroyer)
11.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for landing craft duty)
Syfret,
Edward Herbert Vyvyan
E.H.V. Syfret
Son of Adm. Sir Edward Neville Syfret (1889-1972), and Hildegarde Warner.
Married ((09?).1947, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire) Anne Bredin; one daughter, two sons.
25.07.1918
Tendring district, Essex
-
09.04.2008
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
[age 89]
T/S.Lt. 16.10.1939
T/Lt. 16.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC  03.01.1941 sinking U-boat [investiture 18.02.41]
Education: Downing College, Cambridge (BA 1947, MA 1950).
28.03.1940 - (02.)1941 Anti-Submarine Officer, HMS Highlander (destroyer)
09.10.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Dunoon, Argyllshire) (for instructional duties)
08.01.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA) (for anti-submarine duties)
(10.)1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Asbury (accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) (for anti-submarine warfare)
07.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, USA) (for anti-submarine warfare)
06.11.1944 - (07.1945) flotilla staff, 25th Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Grenville]
Sykes,
Rodney Tatton
R.T. Sykes
Son of Cyril Sykes, and Ellen E. Dawes.
Married ((09?).1942, Westminster district, London) Mary Clifford-Turner.
30.12.1919
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
03.1996
Winchester, Hampshire
T/A/S.Lt. 13.12.1940
T/S.Lt. 30.12.1940
T/Lt. 13.06.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC  21.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.44) [investiture 06.03.45]
(02.1941)     no appointment listed
03.1941 - (04.)1941 HM MGB 20 (motor gun boat) [HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces establishment, Fort William)]
14.05.1941 - (02.)1942 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland)
(04.1942)     HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)
13.04.1942 - (12.)1942 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 67 (motor gun boat) (6th MGB Flotilla) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
12.1942 - (06.)1943 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 74 (motor gun boat) (6th MGB Flotilla) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)]
(08.1943)     HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) *
20.08.1943 - 09.1943 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for MGBs, MTBs, etc.)
20.09.1943 - 11.06.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MGB 129 (motor gun boat), from 23.09.1943 HM MTB 448 (motor torpedo boat) (35th MTB Flotilla) [from 24.01.1944 shown under HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe) "for miscellaneous services"] (boat bombed in error by Allied aircraft off the Normandy coast & sunk)
05.07.1944 - (07.1945) Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Sykes,
William Alan Flowerdew
W.A.F. Sykes (Photo courtesy of Mr Will Sykes)
Son (with one sister and one brother who died in infancy) of Brig. John Henry Sykes, Indian Army (1896-1975), and Leila Flowerdew Macphee (1894-1970), of Bombay, India.
22.02.1924
Broompark, Helensburgh, Scotland
-
23.06.1944
(KIA) [age 20]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, France, X.C.18]
T/A/S.Lt. ?
T/S.Lt. 01.03.1944
01.04.1943 - 23.06.1944 HMS Dartmouth III, from 19.07.1943 HMS Effingham (Combined Operations training establishment, Dartmouth) (lost overboard while on passage aboard SS Empire Cutlass)

 

Symon,
Thomas Smith
"Tom"
T.S. Symon 
Son (with one brother) of Alex Hunter Symon (1890-), and Isabella Sneddon (1891-), of Garnock, Prestwick, Ayrshire.
Married (15.04.1946, St Stephen's Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia) Margot Vernon Leigh (1929? - 23.05.1990), only child of Gerard Cuthbert Arnold Leigh (1909-1977), and Mary ... (1910-1946); one daughter.
14.11.1920
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
26.01.1980
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Prob. T/Midsh. 09.02.1940
T/A/S.Lt. 14.11.1940
T/S.Lt. 14.11.1941
T/Lt. 14.05.1943 (reld 07.04.1947)
Krzyż Zasługi (Cross of Merit) (Poland) KZ 01.08.1944 rescue survivors Polish destroyer ORP Orkan torpedoed 08.10.1943 [decoration posted]
(04.1940) - (05.1940) no appointment listed
01.05.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
14.11.1940 - (04.)1941 HMS Proserpine (minesweeping & anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)
(06.1941) - (10.1941) HMS Whirlpool (Admiralty steel drifter) *
08.10.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Aristocrat (auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel)
(06.1942) - (08.1942) no appointment listed
20.08.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Musketeer (M class destroyer) (Polish Cross of Merit)
25.01.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Wizard (W class destroyer)
(10.1944) - (04.1945) HMS Whirlwind (W class destroyer; target ship) *
04.1945 - (10.1945) HMS Whirlwind (W class destroyer; target ship)
11.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Victorious (Illustrious class aircraft carrier)
(1947)     HMS Bonaventure (midget submarine depot ship)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Symons,
Denis
D. Symons (© Imperial War Museum (A 23052))
From Mitcham.
1922 ?
-
03.06.2011 ?
T/S.Lt. (A) 17.03.1943
Mention in Despatches MID 29.08.1944 destruction Junkers Ju-88 Western Approaches 09.06.1944
... - ... ...
26.09.1943 - (04.1944) pilot, 896 Squadron FAA [HMS Pursuer (Archer class escort carrier)]
... - ... ...
Symons,
John Sherwood Penn
J.S.P. Symons
Son of John Warin Symons (1874-1940), and Emily Grace Mary Josephine Bastard (1880?-1947).
Brother of Maj. William Penn Symons, Royal Artillery.
Married ((03?).1931, St Marylebone district, London) Dorothy Shipway (1903 - ); one son.
01.12.1903
Dartmouth, Totnes district, Devon
-
16.05.1946
(illness) [age 42]
[Trincomalee War Cemetery, Ceylon, 1.C.9]
T/S.Lt. 27.02.1941
T/Lt. 27.05.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr. 03.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 01.08.1944 Operation Shingle (Anzio landings 22.01.44)
25.03.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Reverberation (trawler)
09.05.1942 - (12.1942) HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)
(02.1943)     no appointment listed
05.02.1943 - (06.)1943 HM LST 60 (landing ship, tank)
06.1943 - (06.)1944 HM LST 165 (landing ship, tank) (despatches)
09.1944 - 03.1946 First Lieutenant, HM LST 408 (landing ship, tank)
03.1946 - 16.05.1946 Commanding Officer, HM LST 408 (landing ship, tank)
Syrett,
Barry George
B.G. Syrett 
Married ((09?).1942, Durham South Eastern district, Durham) Jennie Smith; ... children (one son?).
13.03.1920
-
03.06.1993
Stocksfield, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Tyne and Wear
T/S.Lt. 17.07.1941
T/Lt. 17.01.1944 (reld 01.06.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 06.11.1945 torpedo attack convoy Mediterranean09.04.1945
Civil Servant, Clerical Office, Lord Chancellor's Department.
22.05.1941 - (02.)1943 HMS Minos (RN base, Lowestoft), from 25.07.1942 HMS Mantis (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) (for 5th MGB Flotilla)
20.02.1943 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HM MGB 663 (motor gun boat)
04.08.1943 - (03.)1944 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta) (as spare Commanding Officer for duty with 20th MTB Flotilla)
28.03.1944 - 24.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 371 (motor torpedo boat) (boat wrecked Levrera Island & blown-up)
25.11.1944 - 11.01.1945 HMS Gregale (Coastal Forces base, Malta)
12.01.1945 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HM MTB 411 (motor torpedo boat) (despatches)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
1940s - 1960s Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
       
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