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Yale,
William Desmond
W.D. Yale		 ?
-
Prob. T/Midsh. (E)
 		12.02.1945
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yallop,
Edward Alfred Lacey
E.A.L. Yallop		 ?
-
1987
Essex
T/S.Lt. (A)
 		26.05.1944
05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		observer, 756 Squadron FAA [HMS Ukussa]
Yandle,
Christopher Owen
C.O. Yandle		 ?
-
1990
Kent
T/Lt.
 		14.08.1942
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yardley,
Donald Gordon
D.G. Yardley		 ?
-
2004
Surrey
T/Lt.
 		26.03.1943
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)
Yardley,
Dennis John
D.J. Yardley		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		22.08.1943
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yardley,
David William
D.W. Yardley		 ?
-
1986
Warwickshire
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		09.06.1942
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yarker,
George Herbert
G.H. Yarker		 ?
-
1994
Lancashire
T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		28.08.1942
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
Yarker,
P M
P.M. Yarker		 ?
-
A/T/Lt.
 		20.07.1943
?
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMIS Talwar *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Yarnold,
Cyril George Peter
C.G.P. Yarnold
Married 1st Phyllis Louisa Brown (1912-1989); two sons.
Married 2nd Joyce Corrie Brooks (1914-1980); one daughter.
Married 3rd Alice Brierley (1912-1994).
 (09?).1912
Pewsey, Wiltshire
-
2003
Cheshire / Lancashire
T/Lt. (A)
 		06.11.1942
T/A/Cdr. (A)
 		< 07.1945
19.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Flycather (for MONABs)
Yarranton,
Donald
D. Yarranton		 (03?).1912
St Marylebone, Greater London
-
1989
London
T/Lt. (Sp.Br.)
 		24.01.1942
01.02.1944
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Sea Serpent (in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer)
Yarwood,
Alan Slater
A.S. Yarwood		 ?
-
T/A/S.Lt. (E)
 		20.11.1939
09.08.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Campania
Yates,
Alan
A. Yates		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
31.10.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.07.1945
 		rescue Daffodil 17.03.45
(1943)

First Lieutenant, [MTB ...]
21.12.1943
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HM MGB 333 (motor gun boat)
Yorke,
Jack Paley
J.P. Yorke		 05.12.1920
-
2007?
T/Sg.Lt. (D)
04.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: LDS
28.01.1943
 -
 		(10.1944)
 		HMS Duke (RN training establishment, Great Malvern, Worcestershire) (for miscellaneous service)
30.03.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Mayina (transit & holding camp, Colombo, Ceylon) (for destroyers)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment lsited
Young,
Edward Preston
"Teddy"

Son of a general trader. Married 1st (1945) Diana Lilian Graves (marriage dissolved); two daughters. Married 2nd (1956) Mary Reoch Cressall (née Strang) (died 1991).

From Enfield.

obituary at Telegraph Online
Times obituary
The Independent obituary
 17.11.1913
Trinidad
-
28.01.2003
Littlehampton, West Sussex
T/S.Lt.
 		12.04.1940
T/Lt.
 		12.04.1941
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		?
T/A/Cdr.
 		? (reld late 1945)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 
 12.09.1944
 4 war patrols Eastern Fleet

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 23.03.1943
 sinking Italian submarine 09.11.42

Distinguished Service Cross

 DSC
 05.06.1945
 4 war patrols Far East 06.44-01.45
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.10.1942
 sinking U-boat 03.08.42
Education: Highgate School, London
Writer & book designer. Started working in the publishing trade with Bodley Head, Allen Lane and the Reprint Society.
04.1940

joined RNVR
08.1940

entered submarine service
23.03.1941
 -
 		19.07.1941
 		Third Officer, HMS Umpire (submarine) (ship sunk) (UK)
(1941)

Torpedo Officer, HMS Sealion (submarine) (Soviet northern waters)



Submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth
(08.1942)
 -
 		(11.1942)
 		First Lieutenant, P 247 (submarine) [later: HMS Saracen] (Atlantic & Mediterranean)
(06.1943)

HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) *
18.06.1943
 -
 		(01.1945)
 		Commanding Officer, HMS Storm (submarine) (Far East)
15.05.1945
 -
 		(07.1945)
 		HMS Forth



HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Re-joined Allen Lane, then joined Hart-Davis (till 1955). 1970-1973 Managing Director, Rainbird Publishing Gp Ltd. Finally Managing Director, Sphere Books, before retiring to Domme in the Dordogne.
Published: One of Our Submarines, 1952; Look at Lighthouses, 1961; The Fifth Passenger, 1962; Look at Submarines, 1964; the Shell guide to France, 1979.
Young,
Stanley Hawkins
S.H. Young		 ?
-
T/S.Lt.
 		26.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
(07.1945)

no appointment listed
11.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta)
Young,
William
"Bill"
W. Young		 24.06.1908
-
03.2008 still alive
T/Lt.
 		21.12.1940
T/A/Lt.Cdr.
 		> 04.1944, < 06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
12.10.1940
 -
 		(12.1941)
 		Unexploded Bombs Department, Admiralty (for duty outside Admiralty) [HMS President]
31.01.1942
 -
 		07.1945
 		HMS Volcano (bomb disposal training establishment, Holmbrook, Cumberland)
(04.1946)
  
 		 
 		no appointment listed
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