Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945

Royal Navy (RN) Officers
1939-1945

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

Allen,
George Roland Gordon
G.R.G. Allen
Son-in-law of George Griffin Eady. (06?).1891
Kensington, London, Middlesex
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983

Midsh.
15.09.1908

S.Lt.
15.09.1911

Lt.
15.10.1912

Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1920

Cdr.
30.06.1926 (retd 25.04.1941)

A/Capt.
29.05.1939?

Capt. (retd)
25.04.1941

Cdre. 2nd cl.
?

CBE
07.11.1944
Operation Brassard (landings on Elba 17.06.44)

OBE
16.09.1919

for valuable services in several of HM ships during the War

DSO
04.05.1943
Operation Torch (landings in N Africa 08.11.42)

MID
21.12.1943
Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily 07.43)

MID
09.05.1944
Operation Shingle (landing at Anzio 22.01.44)

28.02.1917
-
(01.1919)
Senior Torpedo Officer, HMS Tiger (battlecruiser)

02.12.1924
-
(01.1925)
in charge of HMS Effingham (cruiser) (while completing at Portsmouth)

18.12.1926
-
(07.1927)
RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]

15.04.1929
-
(02.1931)
Fleet Torpedo Officer, Atlantic Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]

02.09.1931
-
(09.1932)
HMS Delhi (cruiser)

(01.1934)

no appointment listed

25.08.1934
-
(02.1936)
Staff Officer (Operations) to Commodore in charge of Naval Establishments at Singapore & Naval Attache, Siam

(02.1937)

no appointment listed

22.06.1937
-
(04.1939)
Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

29.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
Deputy Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

17.04.1940
-
(08.1942)
Deputy Director of Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

(11.1942)

Staff for Operation Torch

(02.1943)
-
(06.1944)
no appointment listed:

(07.1943)

Force A (Operation Husky)

(01.1944)

HMS Jervis (destroyer)

(06.1944)

HMS Royal Scotsman (Landing Ship Infantry (Headquarters))

?
-
(07.1945)
Director of Combined Operations (Naval) and Head of Naval Staff, Combined Operations Headquarters

Published: (collab.) L.F. Ellis, and others, Victory in the West: Volume I: The Battle of Normandy (1962); several military history articles

Allen,
Herbert
H. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

T/Gnr. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Gnr.
12.05.1941 (retd < 04.1946)

A/T/Cd.Gnr.
18.06.1945

20.05.1941
-
(06.1943)
HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria) *

24.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Dunluce Castle (depot ship)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

* (08.1943) - (10.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such

Allen,
Henry Joseph
H.J. Allen ?
-
27.12.1975

A/T/Gnr. (T) = T/Cd.Gnr. (T)
16.03.1945 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed

Allen,
Harry Martin
H.M. Allen 16.11.1889
Gosport, Hampshire
-
died between 08.1973 and 08.1977

Eng.Lt.
15.12.1918

Eng.Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1926

Eng.Cdr.
31.12.1933 (retd 16.11.1939)

A/Eng.Capt. (retd)
> 06.1944, < 07.1945, still 04.1946

Capt. (E) (retd)
> 04.1946, < 07.1952

05.07.1921
-
(01.1925)
HMS Diomede (cruiser) (China)

24.09.1925
-
(07.1927)
staff, Gun Mounting Overseer, Gun Mounting Store, Parkhead, Glasgow (under Engineer Inspector, Naval Ordnance Department) [HMS President]

16.07.1928
-
(08.1929)
HMS Venomous (destroyer)

03.09.1929
-
(04.1930)
HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean)

(02.1931)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *

11.02.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS Constance (cruiser)

01.03.1932
-
(01.1934)
Gun Mounting Overseer (at Gun Mounting Store, Parkhead, Glasgow), Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

29.11.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Keith (flotilla leader) (and for flotilla duties)

16.12.1935
-
(07.1945)
Gun Mounting Overseer (at Gun Mounting Store, Parkhead, Glasgow), Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
Joseph
J. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

Prob. Schoolm.
17.09.1939

Schhoolm.
?, seniority 17.09.1939

A/Schoolm. (CWO)
18.06.1945

Instr.Lt.
?, seniority 09.02.1944

Instr.Lt.Cdr.
09.02.1956 (retd > 10.1971, < 08.1973)

Education: BSc; MIERE

04.01.1940
-
(04.1940)
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)

16.11.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down)

01.01.1942
-
(10.1943)
HMS Albatross (repair ship)

24.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Nightjar (RN Air Station, Inskip, Lancs)

23.02.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Westcliff (Combined Operations base, Southend)

22.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Rosneath (Combined Operations base, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire)

03.1948
-
(07.1948)
HMS Triumph

24.05.1949
-
(05.1953)
HMS Fisgard

(01.1956)

no appointment listed

(07.1961)

HMS Ariel *

(02.1963)

HMS Collingwood *

(02.1969)
-
(10.1971)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
John
J. Allen ?
-

T/S.Lt.
29.07.1941

T/Lt.
11.11.1943 (reld 1946?)

03.03.1943
-
(06.1943)
HMS Midge (Coastal Forces base, Great Yarmouth) (for minelayers)

28.06.1943
-
(06.1944)
CO MFV 2023 [HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth)]

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Braganza (RN base, Bombay, India) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
Jesse Arthur
J.A. Allen 25.01.1899
-
06.1993
Surrey Mid-Eastern

T/Boatsw. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Boatsw.
02.01.1941 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)

A/T/Cd.Boatsw. = Sen.Cd.Boatsw.
18.06.1945

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed

Allen,
James Davis
J.D. Allen
Son of James Davis Allen and Catherine Allen. Married Elizabeth Annie Allen, of Fulham.
(12?).1891
Plymouth
-
05.01.1942
[age 50]
[Fulham New Cemetery, sec. UC grave 199]

Gnr.
19.05.1916

Cd.Gnr.
19.05.1926

Lt.
04.02.1937

28.12.1922
-
(01.1925)
HMS Valiant (battleship) (for DF & I duties) (Mediterranean)

06.09.1926
-
(07.1927)
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Vivid (RN base, Devonport)]

01.09.1928
-
(04.1930)
HMS Marlborough (battleship) (for DF & I duties)

15.09.1930
-
(09.1932)
HMS Resolution (battleship) (for DF duties)

05.10.1933
-
(02.1936)
Gunnery School, Devonport [HMS Drake]

18.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

23.05.1937
-
(02.1941)
an Assistant to Director of Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
James Frederick
J.F. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1973 and 08.1977

Wt.Cook
17.03.1931

Cd.Cook
04.01.1937

Paym.Lt. = Lt. (S)
17.06.1938 (retd > 02.1941, < 08.1942)

10.12.1931
-
(09.1932)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

28.01.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (and for Fleet duties)

08.05.1935
-
(02.1937)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

01.03.1937
-
(06.1938)
HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth)

08.07.1938
-
(07.1945)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Allen,
John Howard
J.H. Allen ?
-
12.2004 still alive

Cadet
01.01.1940

Midsh. (E)
01.09.1940

A/S.Lt. (E)
01.05.1942

S.Lt. (E)
06.11.1942, seniority 01.10.1941

A/Lt. (E)
< 05.1943

Lt. (E)
01.05.1943

Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.05.1951

Cdr. (EngM)
30.06.1958 (retd 27.04.1968)

(04.1940)
-
(12.1943)
no appointment listed

04.01.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Kenya (cruiser)

(07.1945)
-
(07.1945)
no appointment listed

(04.1946)

HMS Truant (submarine) *

13.04.1948
-
(07.1948)
HMS Telemachus

26.09.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot)

01.12.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)

07.03.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties)

19.09.1960
-
(07.1961)
HMS Forth

12.09.1962
-
(02.1963)
Deputy Manager, Engineering Department, HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory]

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
John William
J.W. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

T/Boatsw. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Boatsw.
09.11.1940

A/T/Cd.Boatsw.
18.06.1945 (retd < 04.1946 ?)

15.01.1941
-
(12.1943)
HMS Princess J[osephine] Charlotte (depot ship, Falmouth)

28.02.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Woolverstone (landing craft base & training establishment, Ipswich)

Allen,
Leonard Stanley
L.S. Allen ?
-
08.07.1948

Gnr.
01.10.1934

Cd.Gnr.
01.04.1945

06.05.1935
-
(07.1937)
HMS Ouse (trawler) (Mediterranean)

(02.1938)

no appointment listed

01.05.1938
-
(07.1939)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

07.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Caledon (cruiser) (for DF duties)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

29.10.1942
-
(02.1943)
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)

(06.1943)
-
(07.1943)
advanced course

26.07.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Arethusa (cruiser)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

Allen,
Michael Hugh Neale
M.H.N. Allen ?
-
17.01.1941
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 7]

Midsh. (A)
16.01.1939

A/S.Lt. (A)
15.01.1940

S.Lt. (A)
18.10.1940

20.01.1939
-
(02.1939)
HMS Frobisher (cruiser; cadet training sgip, Portsmouth)

13.03.1939
-
(04.1939)
HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)

01.05.1939
-
(07.1939)
pilots' course at No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flight Training School, Gravesend

03.07.1939
-
(08.1939)
pilots' course at No. 7 Flying Training School, Peterborough

(04.1940)

Fleet Air Arm

04.12.1940
-
17.01.1941
pilot, 752 Squadron FAA [HMS Goshawk]

Allen,
Osborn Harold
O.H. Allen ?
-

Midsh. (E)
01.05.1945

S.Lt. (E)
01.08.1946

A/Lt. (E)
< 07.1948

Lt. (E)
01.06.1948 (reld, retd or died < 05.1953)

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed

(07.1948)

no appointment listed

02.08.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Glory (aircraft carrier)

Allen,
Peter Russell Hay
P.R.H. Allen (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Macky)
Son of Col. Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen (1882-1964), KBE, CMG, DSO and Bar, JP, MA, LLB, and Lady Allen, of Morrinsville, New Zealand.
06.11.1921
-
18.04.1942
(KIA) [age 20]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 61, column 3]

Cadet
01.01.1939

Midsh.
01.09.1939

S.Lt.
01.08.1940

Lt.
01.01.1942

Education: Wanganui Collegiate School (1934-1938)

01.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)

31.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Norfolk (cruiser)

14.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Vanessa (destroyer)

29.11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta)

03.1942
-
18.04.1942
HMS Upholder (submarine) [ship sunk by Italian surface craft off Tripoli 14.04.1942]

Literature: Wartime correspondence from Peter Russell Hay Allen to his mother during the early years of WWII (comp. and ed. by Peter Macky) (2007)

Allen,
Roland Charlton
R.C. Allen 1900 ?
-
12.11.1950
Uploders, nr Bridport, Dorset

A/Lt.
?

Lt.
15.04.1922

Lt.Cdr.
15.04.1930

Cdr.
30.06.1936 (retd 05.05.1948)

A/Capt.
14.04.1944?, still 07.1945, no longer 04.1946

RAF:

F/O
12.01.1925

12.01.1925
-
01.07.1930
attached to RAF:

01.09.1926
-
(07.1927)
pilot, No. 405 Flight, FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] (Atlantic Fleet)

04.09.1928
-
01.07.1930
pilot, HMS Emerald (cruiser)

29.07.1930
-
(01.1932)
staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]

12.04.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)

01.11.1934
-
(02.1936)
CO HMS Mantis (river gunboat) (China)

15.02.1937
-
(07.1937)
Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Diomede (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, The Nore)

13.07.1937
-
(07.1939)
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

24.07.1939
-
(08.1939)
Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Penelope (cruiser) (Mediterranean)

(04.1940)

no appointment listed

02.09.1940
-
(02.1941)
CO HMS Leith (sloop)

22.03.1941
-
(08.1942)
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

01.01.1943
-
(12.1943)
Staff Officer (Intelligence), Mediterranean Station [HMS Hannibal]

14.04.1944
-
(06.1944)
CO HMS Ceres (cruiser)

11.1944
-
(07.1945)
Drafting Commander, HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)

04.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
staff, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]

Allen,
Robert Claudish
R.C. Allen ?
-
13.07.2003

Cadet
01.01.1933

Midsh. (E)
01.01.1934

S.Lt. (E)
01.03.1936

Lt. (E)
01.08.1937

A/Lt.Cdr. (E)
< 10.1943 [acting rank]

A/Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.05.1945 [appointed rank]

Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.08.1946
?, seniority 01.08.1945

Cdr. (E)
31.12.1949 (retd 09.12.1961)

11.01.1934
-
(07.1937)
engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]

26.08.1937
-
(10.1938)
HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (Home Fleet)

06.10.1938
-
(08.1939)
pilots' course at No. 6 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Yatesbury

(04.1940)

Fleet Air Arm

26.09.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton) (and for technical duties)

20.02.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) *

13.07.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)

21.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
Aircraft Maintentance and Repair Department, Admiralty **

(04.1946)

HMS President ***

27.10.1947
-
(07.1948)
AEO [= Air Engineer Officer?], HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry)

20.02.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)

29.11.1952
-
(05.1953)
Technical Training Staff, RN Air Station Lee-on-Solent [HMS Daedalus]

03.07.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Falcon

17.06.1960
-
(07.1961)
Department of the Director-General, Aircraft, Admiralty [HMS President]

* (02.1943) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
*** indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
Robert Henry
R.H. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

Midsh.
01.01.1930

A/S.Lt.
01.05.1932

S.Lt.
04.09.1933, seniority 01.03.1932

T/Paym.S.Lt.
?

Paym.Lt.
23.04.1935, seniority 01.06.1933

Paym.Lt.Cdr.
01.06.1941

A/Paym.Cdr. = A/Cdr. (S)
< 02.1943, still 04.1946

Cdr. (S)
30.06.1947 (retd > 02.1969, < 06.1971)

OBE
11.06.1960

HM's birthday 60

01.09.1930
-
(01.1932)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)

01.05.1932
-
(09.1932)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]

29.08.1933
-
(01.1934)
First Lieutenant, HMS Cherwell (fishery protection gunboat (trawler))

09.07.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)

10.1935
-
(02.1936)
HMS Resource (repair ship) (for duty in Admiral's office) (Mediterranean)

23.05.1936
-
(04.1940)
HMS Exeter (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station)

20.08.1940
-
(08.1942)
HMS Abdiel (minelayer)

(02.1943)
-
(10.1943)
HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) *

22.12.1943
-
(04.1946)
HMNZS Gambia (cruiser)

29.08.1946
-
(07.1948)
S. (S) O. [= Staff (Supply and Secretariat Branch) Officer ?], HMS Sussex

28.06.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Defiance

04.05.1951
-
(05.1953)
HMS Sanderling (RN Air Station, Abbotsinch, Paisley, Scotland)

01.07.1954
-
(01.1956)
HMS Theseus

(07.1961)
-
(02.1969)
HMS Pembroke *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Allen,
Sidney Carak
S.C. Allen ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

Ch.Shipwr.
? [D/MX 53555]

T/Wt.Shipwr. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Shipwr.
18.02.1943

T/A/Cd.Shipwr. = T/Shipwr.Lt.
18.02.1946 (retd > 04.1946, < 07.1948)

BEM
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42

(1942)

HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)

23.03.1943
-
(04.1946)
HMS Quebec (combined training centre, Inverary)

Allen,
Thomas
T. Allen ?
-
died < 05.1950 ?

Gnr.
14.06.1917

Cd.Gnr.
14.06.1927

Lt.
01.12.1938 (retd 31.07.1939) (reverted to retd 1945/46)

25.11.1922
-
(01.1925)
HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean)

23.09.1925
-
(07.1927)
Torpedo Officer, HMS P 59 (reserve at Portsmouth)

28.09.1927
-
(08.1929)
HMS Shikari (destroyer)

18.11.1929
-
(04.1930)
HMS Antelope (destroyer) (and for duty with Captain Superintendent Contract-Built Ships)

09.1930
-
(02.1931)
HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) (for destroyers in reserve)

(01.1932)

no appointment listed