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Abbey, G.J.H. to Adams, R.R.

Adams, S.J. to Alderson, T.R.

Alderton, H. to Allen, G.E.

Allen, G.R.G. to Anderson, B.J.

Anderson, C.C. to Appleton, C.

Appleton, K.H. to Arnold, L.J.

Arnold, P.J. to Atkins, R.H.

Atkins, R.H.W. to Ayton, J.

G.J.H. Abbey   to   R.R. Adams
Abbey, George John Harold	(09?).1901 Wandsworth district, London -	T/A/Boatsw. (F/F) 08.11.1943? T/Boatsw. (F/F) ?, seniority 08.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)	28.11.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services) 11.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith)
Abbie, Andrew Arthur	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	Cd.Eng. 01.10.1920 Lt. (E) 24.12.1926 (retd 27.11.1929) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 24.12.1934 (mobilized 13.06.1940) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	(08.1923) no appointment listed 12.11.1923 - (01.)1925 HMS Columbine (drifter) (Port Edgar) 11.11.1925 - (02.)1927 HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel) 28.06.1927 - (07.)1927 HMS Vectis (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 10.12.1927 - (08.1929) in charge HMS Scout (destroyer) (maintenance reserve, Rosyth) 13.06.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Cochrane II (supply & accounting base for tenders, Rosyth) 13.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 06.1943 listed as: HMS Shrapnel (base, Southampton) 01.01.1944 - (10.)1944 HMS Turnstone (training establishment, Fulham) 12.12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)
Abbot, Evelyn David John Married (12.10.1926) Ruth Cicely Tufnell, daughter of Edward Augustus Murray Tufnell, of Wormingford Hall, and Harriet Ethel Cicely Woodhouse; two sons.	16.03.1902 St Marylebone district, London - (06?).1979 Stroud district	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.05.1922 Lt. 15.03.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1932 (retd > 04.1946, < 10.1947) Cdr. (retd) ? DSC 05.01.1943 destruction U213 31.07.42 [investiture 20.07.45]	(08.1923) short course of instruction 13.05.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Velox (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 05.01.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Winchelsea (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 15.11.1928 - (08.)1929 HMS Wallace (destroyer, flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 19.09.1929 - (01.)1932 First Lieutenant, HMS Vimiera (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 04.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser) 21.03.1934 - (02.)1935 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (07.1935) no appointment listed 06.09.1935 - (07.1937) HMS Terror (monitor; base ship, Singapore) (02.1938) no appointment listed 04.05.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1938 - (12.1941) HMS Resolution (battleship) (Home Fleet) (01.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Gleaner (sloop) 17.03.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Erne (sloop) 07.11.1943 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Enchantress (sloop) 20.03.1945 - (07.1945) Radio Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 12.03.1946 - (10.1947) Welfare Services Department (later: Welfare and Service Conditions Department), Admiralty [HMS President]
Abbot, J W * * could not trace him in the seniority lists	? -	T/A/Boatsw. (F/F) 01.08.1943 (reld 1946?)	05.09.1943 - (04.1946) HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)
Abbott, Adrian Frederick Alexius	08.12.1915 - 08.1995 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.05.1933 Midsh. (E) 01.01.1934 A/S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1936 S.Lt. (E) 01.02.1937 Lt. (E) 01.02.1939 ?, seniority 16.10.1938 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.10.1946 Cdr. (E) 30.06.1951 (retd 11.12.1955; own request) DSC 29.02.1944 sunk ships & bombardment 43 [investiture 11.05.45] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - It St - - BWM 39|45 - -	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1933 - (06.1933) HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 11.01.1934 - (07.)1937 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 26.08.1937 - (09.1939) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (China) (04.1940) not indexed in the Navy List 05.12.1940 - (08.)1942 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Tuna (submarine) 11.1942 - (06.)1944 HMS Torbay (submarine) 18.09.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Astute (submarine) 25.01.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Sussex (cruiser) (05.1950) lent to Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona?] 01.12.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Orion (submarine) (07.1954)     no appointment listed 10.1954 - (01.1956) HMS President (for miscellaneous duties)
Abbott, Donald Roy Soutar Son of ... Abbott, and ... Soutar.	(09?).1919 Northampton district, Northamptonshire -	Cadet 01.05.1937 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 Lt. 16.12.1940 A/Lt.Cdr. > 12. 1943, < 04.1944 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1948 (reld, retd or died < 05.1953)	01.05.1937 - (02.)1938 special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - (09.1939) HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 16.12.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.07.1941 - (12.1943) 820 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm [initially? HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier)] (04.1944) HMS Slinger (escort carrier) * (06.1944) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) * 31.07.1944 - (07.1945) observer, HMS Slinger (escort carrier) (04.1946) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 15.01.1948 - (07.1948) pilot, 804 Squadron FAA 17.01.1949 - (05.1949) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 05.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Edmund Geoffrey "Bill" Son of Edmund R. Abbott, and Emily B.A. Abbott. George Cross Database article	20.07.1895 Northwood, Middlesex - 03.04.1974 Crowthorne, Berkshire	A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.07.1915 Lt. 15.08.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1931 Capt. 30.06.1939 (retd 10.07.1948) AM * GC 12.03.1920 explosion aboard ex-German battleship Baden, Invergordon dry dock, Scotland, 05.08.19 MID 01.01.1942 New Year 42	1915     joined RN 19.04.1922 - (08.1923) Torpedo Officer, HMS Montrose (flotilla leader) (8th Destroyer Flotilla) 07.08.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) 09.12.1926 - 03.05.1928 Torpedo Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (while under construction) 03.05.1928 - (10.1930) Torpedo Officer, HMS Cornwall (cruiser) (China) (02.1931) no appointment listed 20.03.1931 - (01.)1932 Torpedo School, Portsmouth [HMS Vernon] (additional for miscellaneous duties) 07.01.1932 - (11.1934) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 28.01.1935 - (02.1935) HMS President (for Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty) 02.05.1935 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Harrier (sloop minesweeper) (1st Minesweeping Flotilla) 13.04.1937 - (07.)1937 Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Home Fleet) 22.07.1937 - (07.)1939 Executive Officer, HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) 31.07.1939 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Ceres (cruiser) (Devonport) 08.12.1941 - (06.)1944 Deputy Director, Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 16.10.1944 - (10.1944) Captain of the Fleet, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] 18.01.1945 - (07.1945) Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 01.02.1946 - (10.1947) Captain-in-Charge & Captain Superintendent, Simonstown (later: ASTO South Atlantic) [HMS Afrikander] 08.01.1948 - 10.07.1948 also: Naval ADC to the King
Abbott, Frank Charles	31.12.1907 Samford district, Suffolk - 05.1992 Ipswich, Suffolk	A/Gnr. 01.10.1939 Gnr. 1940, seniority 01.10.1939 A/Cd.Gnr. 18.06.1945 Cd.Gnr. = Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1948 Lt. 05.07.1955 Lt.Cdr. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 31.12.1957)	28.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 14.11.1940 - 09.1943 HMS Manxman (minelayer) 28.09.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 02.08.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Suffolk (cruiser) 01.09.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Tyne (destroyer depot ship) (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) * 15.12.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Mars (Reserve Fleet, Harwich) (07.1954) - (04.1955) HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] ** 17.01.1956 - (01.1956) HMS President (Admiralty) (01.1957) Naval Ordnance Department ** * (05.1949) & (05.1950) still indexed, but no longer listed as such ** indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, George Henry	27.01.1919 - 04.02.1972 Hillingdon, Middlesex	A/Gnr. 10.02.1945 Gnr. = Cd.Gnr. ?, seniority 10.02.1945 Sen.Cd.Gnr. 01.04.1951 A/Lt. 01.05.1954 Lt. ?, seniority 27.03.1949 Lt.Cdr. 27.03.1957 (retd 27.01.1964) MBE 01.01.1964 New Year 64	02.07.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ceylon (cruiser) 02.02.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) 31.05.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Portsmouth) (05.1950) no appointment listed 11.08.1952 - (05.1953) RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus] 14.05.1954 - (07.1954) HMS Chameleon 18.04.1955 - (01.1956) HM LCT(8) 4037 (landing craft tank) (01.1957) HM LCT 4040 (landing craft tank) * (01.1959)     HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) * (07.1961) - (02.1963) HMS Albion (light fleet carrier) * * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, Jasper Andrew Richard Son of George Frederick Abbott, and Elizabeth Lamond. Married ... Etkins.	05.10.1911 Hampstead district, Greater London, Middlesex - (03.)1960 Plymouth district, Hampshire	Cadet 01.01.1929 Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. (E) 01.10.1932 Lt. (E) 01.02.1935 ?, seniority 01.08.1934 Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.08.1942 A/Cdr. (E) 17.11.1944? Cdr. (E) 30.06.1946 (retd 12.11.1959) OBE 01.01.1960 New Year 60 [award presented] MID 23.02.1940 Battle of the River Plate	28.03.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean) 18.09.1929 - (06.)1933 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 01.09.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser) 17.01.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Durban (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 01.12.1936 - (10.1938) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for Mechanical Training Establishment) 27.01.1939 - (08.1942) HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) 29.01.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Serapis (destroyer) 17.11.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Myngs (destroyer) 17.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) 31.07.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Mull of Kintyre (05.1950) HMS President * 15.09.1950 - (05.)1953 HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Torpoint) 24.06.1953 - (07.1954) Staff Engineer Officer to Flag Officer Flotillas, Home Fleet [HMS Jamaica] (04.1955) no appointment listed 07.05.1955 - (01.1957) on staff of Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President] 05.05.1958 - (01.)1959 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)] * indexed, but not listed as such
Abbott, William St George	(12?).1893 Portsea Island district, Hampshire - 29.11.1965 Hassocks, Sussex	Midsh. 15.05.1911 A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt. 15.03.1914 Lt. 15.06.1915 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1923 (retd 01.04.1931) Cdr. (retd) 04.11.1933 (mobilized 23.08.1939) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	(08.1923) no appointment listed 10.10.1923 - (01.1925) Torpedo Officer, HMS Chatham (cruiser) (East Indies) 30.03.1926 - (05.)1926 Torpedo Officer, HMS Ajax (battleship) (Reserve Fleet, Nore) 11.11.1926 - (02.)1927 Torpedo Officer, HMS Marshal Soult (monitor) (Rserve Fleet, Nore) & for torpedo duties in Reserve Fleet 08.02.1927 - (06.1928) Torpedo Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (paid off into dockyard control) (08.1929) - (02.1931) no appointment listed 23.08.1939 - (10.)1943 HMS Defiance III (torpdeo school ship, Devonport) 09.11.1943 - (07.1945) Instructional Department, HMS Vernon (training establishment, Brighton)
Abbs, Roger Dick [H] Married (1914, Farnham district) ... Stevens.	30.03.1892  Horsham, London / Sussex - 25.09.1967 Chatham district	A/Wt.Cook 10.06.1936 Wt.Cook ?, seniority 10.06.1936 Cd.Cook = Cd. Cookery Officer (retd) 27.04.1941 (retd 30.03.1942) Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S) (retd) 27.04.1944 (reverted to retd 1946?)	served in the ranks [personal number L713] 15.12.1936 - (02.)1939 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 15.03.1939 - (09.)1939 HMS Warspite (battleship) (and for fleet duties, Mediterranean Fleet) 01.11.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS St. Angelo (RN base, Malta) (and for fleet duties) 15.07.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (12.1941) no appointment listed 14.04.1942 - (10.1944) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 03.05.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Victory (base, Portsmouth)
Abdy, David Anthony Baily Son of ... Abdy, and ... Baily.	12.08.1911 Farnham district, Hampshire - 04.1987 Newbury district, Berkshire	Midsh. 01.09.1929 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1932 S.Lt. 01.08.1932 Lt. 01.02.1935 Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1943 (retd 05.11.1951) A/Cdr. 15.03.1945?	01.09.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 08.04.1930 - (10.)1930 HMS Emerald (cruiser) (East Indies) 30.10.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 31.12.1931 - (01.)1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 22.08.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS President] 29.04.1933 - (06.1933) HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean) (01.1934) no appointment listed 05.1934 - (08.)1934 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 10.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) (01.1937) - (07.)1937 no appointment listed 15.08.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS L 23 (submarine) (5th Submarine Flotilla) 06.08.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) 12.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Otus (submarine) (China) 24.02.1939 - (04.1940) HMS Otus (submarine) (02.1941) HMS L 23 (submarine) * ? - 18.08.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS P 32 (submarine) (sunk off Tripoli, survived) 18.08.1941 - 03.1943 prisoner of war, ended by a prisoner exchange 03.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Wolfe (destroyer depot ship) (12.1943) no appointment listed 03.1944 - (10.1944) First Lieutenant, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 15.03.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HM LST 324 (landing ship tank) & Senior Officer, ... LST Flotilla (07.1948) no appointment listed 03.08.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier) 05.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Glory (aircraft carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Abel, Fred	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	A/Gnr. (T) 26.09.1942 Gnr. (T), changed to Wt.Electr.Offr. (L) ?, seniority 26.09.1942 Sen.Cd.El.Offr. 01.10.1949 El.Lt.Cdr. (L) 01.10.1959 (retd 16.05.1965)	01.12.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Castleton (destroyer) 03.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Brighton (destroyer) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 16.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Crescent (destroyer) 03.1946 - (10.1947) HMS St. James (destroyer) (07.1948)