Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers 1940-1945

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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers
1939-1945

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Waddell,
John Main
J.M. Waddell ?
-

T/Lt. (A)
01.07.1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
< 12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

09.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
783 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]

(12.1941)

HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) *

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

01.02.1944
-
02.1945
Commanding Officer, 775 Squadron FAA [HMS Cormorant II (RN Air Station, Gibraltar), then HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt)]

(07.1945)

HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Wade,
Richard George
"Dicky"
R.G. Wade (03?).1918 ?
Reigate district, Surrey ?
-

T/S.Lt.
03.04.1941

T/Lt.
22.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

MID
05.06.1945
4 war patrols Far East 07.44-01.45

07.05.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Scawfell (minesweeper)

13.07.1943
-
(10.1944)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Storm (submarine)

30.04.1945
-
11.07.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Unbending (submarine)

Waghorn,
Geoffrey Charles Seymour
G.C.S. Waghorn
Married; at least one son.
?
-

Prob. Midsh. (Sp.Br.)
06.08.1945

T/A/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
13.04.1946

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
13.10.1946

S.Lt. (L)
29.06.1950

Lt. (L)
01.05.1952 (reld 02.11.1954)

Education: Leeds University (BSc, PhD)

?
-
?
?

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

(1946?)

HMS Glory (aircraft carrier)

19.01.1951

transferred to the Permanent List RNVR (Mersey Division)

Published: Evaporation characteristics of hydrocarbons and fluorocarbons (1950, thesis)

Walbaum,
Paul Arey
P.A. Walbaum
Brother of Sg.Lt. Philip R. Walbaum, RNVR.
Of South African origin.
?
-

Santiago, Chile

T/A/S.Lt.
1943?

T/S.Lt.
03.03.1944

T/Lt.
03.03.1946 (reld 06.1946)

13.12.1943
-
(10.1944)
Third Officer, HM MTB 728 (motor torpedo boat)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

?
-
06.1946
Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2142 (British yard mineweeper) *

* (04.1946) indexed as HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon), but actually never served as such

Walbaum,
Philip Raby
P.R. Walbaum
Brother of Lt. Paul A. Walbaum, RNVR.
Of South African origin.
?
-

Prob. T/Sg.Lt.
18.08.1944

T/Sg.Lt.
1945?, seniorty 18.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

Education: MB, ChB

20.09.1944
-
(10.1944)
Medical Officer, HMS Tavy (frigate)

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee) *

Worked in Edinburgh hospitals post-war.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Walker,
Harold Russell
H.R. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mr Nick Clark)

?
-

T/Lt.
03.07.1941

DSC
13.03.1945
assault Normandy 06-11.44 [investiture 27.11.45]

Cmdn
08.12.1942
mine disposal 42

12.07.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft)

(08.1942)

HMS Minos II (Coastal Forces base, Lowestoft) *

(1942)

DTD [= office of the Director of Trade Division; more likely to be Torpedoes and Mining Department]

15.11.1943
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2079 (British yard minesweeper)

(04.1946)

Commanding Officer, HM BYMS 2141 (British yard minesweeper) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Walker,
Geoffrey Herbert
G.H. Walker
Son of Norman Duguid Walker and Ada Walker, of Ryton-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.
1915 ?
-
17.02.1945
(KIA) [age 30]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 90, column 2]

Prob. S.Lt.
08.10.1937

S.Lt.
08.10.1938

Lt.
23.04.1940

DSC
01.01.1944
New Year 44 [award presented to next-of-kin]

Education: BA (Cantab.)

08.10.1937

joined RNVR, Tyne Division (HMS Satellite, RNVR drill ship, South Shields)

05.02.1940
-
03.05.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Gaul (auxiliary anti-submarine trawler) (bombed)

26.06.1940
-
(12.1941)
First Lieutenant, HMS Bluebell (corvette)

07.05.1942 -
17.02.1945
HMS Bluebell (corvette) (torpedoed) (First Lieutenant and finally became Commanding Officer, between 12.1943 and 04.1944)

Walker,
John Thomas
J.T. Walker 02.05.1914
Aberdare, Wales
-
01.1995
Swindon district, Wiltshire

T/Chapl.
07.01.1944 (reld 02.1947)

Chapl. RNR
1959?, seniority 17.04.1955 (retd 02.05.1969)

RD
22.09.1970
-

Education: BA

07.01.1944
-
02.1944
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)

29.02.1944
-
14.09.1944
HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto) (for service at Maddalena)

15.09.1944
-
(07.)1945
HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples) (for duty in the office of the Naval Officer-in-Charge, Naples)

11.1945
-
(04.)1946
HMS Byrsa (RN base, Naples) (for disposal)

1946
-
1946
HMS Sirius (cruiser)

1946
-
1947
HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness)

1959?
-
1969
served RNR (Severn Division) [HMS Flying Fox (Bristol)]

Walker,
Richard Edwin
"Johnnie"
R.E. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Crockett) 29.02.1920
Newent district, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire / Worcestershire
-
27.07.1980

Motor Mechanic
? [C/MX 71457]

T/S.Lt. (E)
05.04.1943

T/Lt. (E)
05.04.1945 (reld 1946)

MID
01.01.1942
New Year 42

09.1940

enlisted RNVR (served in the ranks)

03.09.1940
-
24.11.1940
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)

25.11.1940
-
28.01.1942
HM ML 142 (motor launch) [based at HMS Forward II (Coastal Forces base, Newhaven)]

01.1942

passed engineering course

01.03.1944
-
(10.1944)
HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate) *

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

(04.1946)

HMS Lochy (frigate) **

* in the Apr 44 Navy List not under HMS Fervent yet; the June 44 List has him listed from 01.03.44 onwards; a detailed engine trials report of HMS Wedgeport (minesweeper) at Liverpool Bay in Apr 44 amongst his papers suggests he might be associated with that ship as well, though he's not under HMS Wedgeport in the Apr 44 Navy List
** indexed, but not listed as such; another, perhaps more reliable source, has him at HMS Loch Achray (frigate) "additional for E.R. training"; he was "repair on board" at Tobermory on the 27th March 1945

Walker,
St George Paulin
St.G.P. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mr Patrick Walker)
Son of Adeline Mary and Reginald Phelps Walker, Fleet Paymaster, HMS Warrior.
Married; at least one son.
From West Meon area, Hampshire.
17.11.1914
Malta
-
12.1994
Droxford, Hampshire

AB Sea.
1940

T/S.Lt.
12.02.1942

T/Lt.
12.02.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)

HMS Ramsey (destroyer)

HMS Winchester (destroyer)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

21.05.1943
-
(10.1944)
HMS Copra (Combined Operatons accounting base)

(08.1942)

LCP(L) 175 (landing craft, personnel (large)) (Dieppe raid)

21.05.1943 -
(10.1944)
for landing craft duty (06.1944 at Normandy)

04.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Tormentor (RN base, Warsash)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

School master.

Walker,
Victor Paul
V.P. Walker
Son of John Walker, and Emily Walker (née Goldby), of Whitton, Middlesex.
(09?).1923
Stratford Upon Avon district, Gloucestershire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire
-
18.06.1944
(KIA) [age 22]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 88, column 1]

T/A/S.Lt.
15.10.1941

T/S.Lt.
?

T/A/Lt.
15.04.1944

BK

11.07.1944
BNLO on successful patrols Mediterranean [date Dutch decree 06.06.1944]

29.08.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Whitsed (destroyer)

(08.1942)

HMS Ambrose (base for 9th Submarine Flotilla, Dundee) *

1942
-
1944
British Naval Liaison Officer, Hr.Ms. O-21 (Dutch submarine)

?
-
18.06.1944
HMS Sickle (submarine) [ship lost in Aegean]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Walkinshaw,
Herbert Aubrey
H.A. Walkinshaw

obituary
19.03.1919
Glasgow
-
18.02. 2004
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

Prob. Midsh.
18.05.1938

Midsh.
?, seniority 18.05.1938

A/S.Lt.
17.09.1939

S.Lt.
12.1940, seniority 19.03.1940

Lt.
17.03.1942

Lt.Cdr.
17.03.1950

Cdr.
31.12.1955

Capt. RNR
31.12.1962 (commission terminated 08.12.1964)

OBE
01.01.1958
New Year 58 [investiture 04.03.58]

MID
04.04.1944
Aegean operations, mined 22.10.43

VRD
17.02.1953
?

VRD
08.10.1963
?

- -
02.11.1948
Medal for Outstanding Acts (Greece): attacked by E-boats Eastern Mediterranean 20.07.43 (wounded)

Education: Hillhead High School
Joined the Glasgow shipping company Glen & Company.

18.05.1938

joined RNVR, Clyde Division

09.10.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Vivien (destroyer) (Atlantic & Mediterranean)

27.11.1941
-
(06.)1943
HMS Javelin (destroyer)

(07.)1943
-
(10.1943)
British Naval Liaison Officer, HHMS Adrias (Greek destroyer)

(10.1944)

HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) *

17.04.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Chaplet (destroyer)

(05.1950)

Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), Sea Cadet Corps

Rejoined Glen & Company, transferring in 1954 to Lyle Shipping Company Ltd., later merged into Scottish Ship Management Limited (1960 director, 1974 managing director, chairman 1977).
* indexed, but not listed as such

Wallace,
Alexander
A. Wallace (Photo courtesy of the PC Cother family, via Mr Tony Drury)
?
-

T/Lt.
11.10.1939 (reld > 04.1946)

MID
10.11.1942
withdrawal from Tobruk summer 42

14.10.1939
-
01.1941
HMS Aquamarine (trawler; armed boarding vessel)

13.01.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow)

(mid-1942)

Commanding Officer, HM ML 1048 (motor launch)

(08.1942)

HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) *

06.12.1943
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 118 (motor launch)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

* indexed, but not listed as such

Waller,
Allan Lansley
A.L. Waller (Photo courtesy of Mr Nick Clark)

03.1921 ??
-
06.2006 still alive

T/Midsh.
23.08.1940

T/A/S.Lt.
?

T/S.Lt.
19.11.1941

T/Lt.
19.05.1943

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
24.12.1947, seniority 16.07.1947

Lt.
02.06.1958, seniority 13.04.1954

Lt.Cdr.
13.04.1962 (retd 19.11.1980)

MID
06.05.1941
sinking E-boat 23.01.41

VRD
> 02.1963
< 02.1968
?

VRD
18.02.1975
?

03.1939

joined RNVR (London Division)

(1940?)

HMS Lady Shirley (anti-submarine trawler)

01.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
HMS Tourmaline (trawler)

10.11.1941
-
(12.1943)
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (additional, for various services)

(10.1944)

no appointment listed

22.11.1944
-
(07.1945)
HM LST 2 (landing ship, tank) (Far East)

24.12.1947

re-entered RNVR (Special Branch)

02.06.1958

re-entered Permanent RNVR

ACIS, ACMA
Published: Dawn will always break : (ex tenebris lux) : a personal story (1997)

Walsh,
David Latham
D.L. Walsh (12?).1912 ?
Wigan, Lancashire ?
-
28.10.1944
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 5, panel 4]

T/S.Lt. (A)
28.02.1942

T/Lt. (A)
07.10.1942

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

22.05.1943
-
28.10.1944
pilot, 811 Squadron FAA [HMS Vindex (escort carrier)]
[crashed into the sea whilst landing a Swordfish while the ship was part of the 21st Escort Group with Convoy JW 61 to North Russia]

Walsh,
James Christopher
J.C. Walsh
Lived at Glasgow, Scotland.
?
Dublin, Ireland
-

T/A/S.Lt. (E)
15.05.1945 (reld 1946 ?)

temporary officer serving under T.124T (Rescue Tugs) Agreement

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich) (for rescue tugs) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Walton,
Eric Philip Patrick D'Arcy
E.P.P.D'A. Walton (03?).1914
Hendon district, Middlesex
-

T/S.Lt.
04.10.1940

T/Lt.
04.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

CdeG
01.12.1942
liaison officer Chasseur 8

15.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Centurion (target ship)

(12.1941)

no appointment listed

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

01.10.1942
-
(10.1944)
HMS Osborne (RN base, Isle of Wight) (for chasseurs)

(1942)

British Naval Liaison Officer, Chasseur 8 (French patrol vessel)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Walton,
Frank Edward
F.E. Walton ?
-

T/Lt.
05.02.1940

T/El.Lt.
04.1941, seniority 05.02.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

25.06.1937

joined Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve [attached to London Division, RNVR]

05.1940
-
(07.1945)
HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)

04.1941

transferred to Electrical Branch

Walton,
Francis Edward
F.E. Walton ?
-

T/S.Lt.
02.10.1941

T/Lt.
02.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)

RHSBr
?
rescue service Lucellum 12.41

(12.1941)

HM ML 217 (motor launch)

03.12.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Torch II (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead)

17.07.1944
-
(10.1944)
Commanding Officer, HM ML 164 (motor launch)

(07.1945)

HMS Beaconsfield (base, Port Melbourne, Australia) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Wancke,
Harold Abbott
H.A. Wancke
Brother of Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) S.W. Wancke, RNVR.
09.05.1909
Finland
-
09.1993
Camden, London

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
1943?

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
30.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

29.04.1943
-
(08.1943)
on staff of Admiral Superintendent Orkney [HMS Prosperine (minesweeping and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)]

(10.1944)

Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President] *

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

01.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
Department of the Chief of Naval Information, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) [HMS President]

Wancke,
Sven Widing
S.W. Wancke
Brother of Lt. (Sp.Br.) H.A. Wancke, RNVR.
Lived in London & Kent, Surrey.
16.06.1911
Finland
-

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
1940?

T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
19.09.1941

T/A/Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.)
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Hkn
04.03.1947
?

09.04.1942
-
(02.1943)
on staff of Admiral Superintendent Orkney [HMS Prosperine (minesweeping and anti-submarine base, Lyness, Scapa Flow)]

08.1944
-
(07.1945)
on staff (for intelligence duties) of Commander-in-Chief Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]

Ward,
Douglas Arthur Lloyd
D.A.L. Ward (06?).1917
Edmonton district, Hertfordshire
-

T/S.Lt.
22.05.1941

T/A/Lt.
22.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

-
GkWC
29.06.1943
Greek War Cross 3rd class: liaison officer HHMS Nereus

- GkMC
03.08.1943
Greek Military Cross 3rd class: successful action against enemy

07.07.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)

British Naval Liaison Officer, HHMS Nereus

British Naval Liaison Officer, HHMS Katsonis

(10.1944)
-
(07.1945)
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) *

(04.1946)

HMS Golden Hind II (RN repair base, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Warren,
Wilfred
W. Warren

(06?).1910
Winchester, Hampshire
-
01.1991

T/Sg.Lt.
03.09.1939

T/A/Sg.Lt.Cdr.
< 07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)

Education: Sherborne School; Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge & St Bartholomew's Hospital; MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP

(04.1940)
-
(08.1942)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *

13.02.1943
-
27.03.1944
Medical Officer, HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (landing ship infantry (small))

23.06.1944
-
(07.1945)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Waterman,
Dennis Stanton
D.S. Waterman (03?).1908
Brentford, Middlesex
-

Prob. T/S.Lt.
27.09.1940

T/Lt.
27.12.1940 (reld < 04.1946)

MID
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42

01.01.1941
-
(02.)1941
First Lieutenant, HMS Solon (minesweeping trawler)

10.09.1941
-
1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Hortensia (trawler)

25.05.1942
-
(08.1943)
HMS Elgin (Hunt class minesweeper)

15.03.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Gozo (Algerine class minesweeper)

Waters,
Benjamin Weston
"Ben"
B.W. Waters

1907 ?
-
(03?).1964
Cranctonbury district
[age 57]

T/Lt.
07.09.1940 (reld 12.1946)

DSC
03.06.1941
in charge of "A" lighters, evacuation of Greece [investiture 27.11.45]

DSC
08.01.1942
withdrawal from Crete [investiture 27.11.45]

HMS Stag (RN base, Port Said)

Waters,
Gordon Edmund
G.E. Waters (Photo courtesy of Mr Gordon E. Waters)
Son of Arthur Alexander Waters, and ... Elliott.
Married.
07.01.1917
Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-

Brockville, Ont., Canada

Prob. T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
02.10.1939

T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
23.01.1940, seniority 02.10.1939

T/El.S.Lt.
01.10.1940, seniority 02.10.1939

T/El.Lt.
07.01.1942

A/T/El.Lt.Cdr.
12.09.1944 (reld 26.03.1946)

Worked at BBC Television Station at Alexandra Palace.

02.10.1939
-
26.10.1939
anti-submarine training [HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland)]

26.10.1939
-
15.11.1939
trawler base, Sheerness [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]

15.11.1939
-
15.01.1940
anti-submarine duties, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich)

15.01.1940
-
01.03.1940
anti-submarine maintenance duties at trawler base, Invergordon [HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon)]

01.03.1940
-
02.04.1940
anti-submarine maintenance duties at trawler base, Aberdeen [HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen)]

02.04.1940
-
01.10.1940
anti-submarine trawler base staff, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)]

01.10.1940

transferred to the Electrical Branch, RNVR

01.10.1940
-
24.06.1941
Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth)]

24.06.1941
-
08.12.1941
Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Swansea [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)]

08.12.1941
-
15.03.1942
anti-submarine maintenance duties at Cardiff [HMS Lucifer (RN base, Swansea)]

15.03.1942
-
01.01.1944
Commanding Officer, Mobile Anti-Submarine Training Unit 30 [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)]

01.01.1944
-
24.01.1944
refresher course [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Portland)]

24.01.1944
-
16.04.1944
additional at HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)

16.04.1944
-
12.12.1945
Port Anti-Submarine Officer, Colombo, Ceylon [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]

12.12.1945