Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945

Royal Navy (RN) Officers
1939-1945

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Abbey, G.J.H.
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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.

C.C. Anderson to C. Appleton

Anderson,
Charles Courtney

Son of late Lt.Col. Charles Anderson, Australian Light Horse, and Mrs Constance Powell-Anderson, OBE, JP. Married (1940) Pamela Ruth Miles; three sons.
08.11.1916
-
04.2008 still alive

Cadet
01.01.1934

Midsh.
01.09.1934

A/S.Lt.
01.05.1937

S.Lt.
16.10.1937

Lt.
16.07.1939

A/Lt.Cdr.
1945/46?

Lt.Cdr.
16.07.1947

Cdr.
30.06.1952

Capt.
31.12.1959

R.Adm.
07.01.1969 (retd 28.08.1971)

CB
01.01.1971
New Year 71 [investiture 16.02.1971]

MID
24.07.1945
sinking U766

Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1930-1934)

01.01.1934
-
31.08.1939
naval cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)

01.09.1934
-
(02.1936)
HMS Achilles (cruiser) (Home Fleet)

(02.1937)

course, RN College, Greenwich

29.04.1937
-
(07.1937)
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]

(02.1938)

no appointment listed

20.04.1938
-
(04.)1939
HMS Forester (destroyer) (Home Fleet)

17.05.1939
-
(08.)1939
instructor, Motor Torpedo Boats, HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth)

12.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)

09.1940
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 67 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Beehive (Coastal Forces base, Felixstowe)], also:

09.1940
-
05.11.1940
Senior Officer, 10th MTB Flotilla

05.11.1940
-
02.1941
First Lieutenant, 10th MTB Flotilla

03.02.1941
-
12.1941
HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria) (additional; for various services)

05.1941
-
12.1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB ??? (motor torpedo boat) & as Senior Officer, 10th MTB Flotilla

(12.1941)

Commanding Officer, HM MTB 215 (motor torpedo boat) (temporarily)

01.1942?
-
?
Commanding Officer, HM MTB 261 (motor torpedo boat)

03.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Mosquito (Coastal Forces base, Alexandria) (for MTB service)

25.01.1943
-
08.02.1943
HMS Stork (sloop) (for anti-submarine duties)

08.02.1943
-
(04.)1944
HMS Scarborough (sloop)

(06.1944)

no appointment listed

26.06.1944
-
1945
Executive Officer, HMS Wivern (destroyer)

10.07.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cassandra (destroyer)

(04.1946)

HMS Loch Killisport (frigate) *

3.12.1946
-
(05.1949)
Staff Officer (Intelligence) to Flag Officer Commanding British Naval Forces, Germany [HMS Royal Albert]

(1949?)
-
(1949?)
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

07.10.1949
-
1951
Commanding Officer, HMS Contest (destroyer)

(05.1953)

no appointment listed

06.1953
-
(04.)1955
SOP [= Staff Officer Plans?], British Joint Staff Mission, Washington [HMS Saker]

12.09.1955
-
(01.)1957
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

09.09.1957
-
(01.1959)
Executive Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)

09.02.1960
-
(07.1961)
Maintenance Captain, Office of Admiral Commanding Reserves and Inspector of Recruiting [HMS President]

28.05.1962
-
1965
Naval Attaché, Bonn [HMS President]

24.01.1966
-
(02.)1968
Director, Naval Recruiting Department and RN Area Schools Liaison Organisation

07.07.1968
-
07.01.1969
also: Naval ADC to Queen

07.01.1969
-
1971
Flag Officer, Admiralty Interview Board and President [HMS Sultan]

Editor, The Board Bulletin, 1971-1978.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Published: The drum beats still (1951); Seagulls in my belfry : the very personal story of a naval career (1997); numerous articles & short stories

Anderson,
Frederick Christie

Son of ... Anderson, Inspector of the Heart of Oak Friendly Society.

George Cross Database (from which most data were taken)
25.12.1902
Swindon, Wiltshire
-
31.07.1986
Great Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire

Boy Artificer
06.01.1918 [O.N. P/M 28823]

Engine Room Artificer (ERA) 5th class
01.07.1922

A/ERA 4th cl.
01.04.1923

ERA 4th cl.
01.04.1924

ERA 3rd cl.
01.04.1926

ERA 2nd cl.
01.04.1930

ERA 1st cl.
01.04.1935

A/Chief ERA
13.09.1935

Chief ERA
13.08.1936

T/A/Wt.Eng.
23.10.1942 *

T/Wt.Eng. = T/Cd.Eng.
> 12.1943, seniority 23.10.1942 (retd 1946)

exch. for:
EGM

GC
08.06.1939
Shanghai 25.07.38 **

DSM
04.05.1943
4 cqs attacked & sinking 7 ships

* Already recommended for promotion at 26.11.1940.
** On the 25th July, 1938, an Inspector of the Salt Revenue Office was fired at, and wounded, by a male Chinese when alighting from a tram-car in Shanghai. Anderson and Detective Sergeant Hillhouse gave chase. The would-be assassin then fired at a Chinese police constable who, falling to the ground, fired one shot at the assailant with effect. Anderson and Detective Sergeant Hillhouse closed in on the assailant. Anderson being slightly in front, Detective Sergeant Hillhouse was unable to fire. Anderson then jumped on the back of the Chinese and began to grapple with the man, who managed to fire another round, grazing the leg of Detective Sergeant Hillhouse, who manoeuvred for position and fired two shots at the assailant, who then dropped his pistol and was arrested.
Education: Aberdare County School, Glamorgan

06.01.1918

joined RN

25.12.1920

commenced Adult Service

02.12.1925
-
19.11.1936
submarine service:

04.01.1926

HMS L 12 (training submarine)

15.01.1926

HMS H 27 (training submarine)

19.02.1926

HMS E 48 (submarine) (China)

03.05.1926

ashore for new posting

29.09.1926

HMS L 54 (submarine)

26.08.1927

HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)

10.05.1928

HMS L 15 (submarine) (China)

29.03.1930

HMS L 19 (submarine)

22.07.1931

course at HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)

19.10.1931

HMS Perseus (submarine) (China)

10.05.1934

HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)

09.10.1934

HMS Porpoise (submarine) (01.1936 in Mediterranean for Abyssinian crisis)

16.08.1940
-
23.10.1942
submarine service:

25.09.1940

HMS P 39 (submarine) [renamed later: HMS Urchin]

22.02.1941

HMS P 35 (submarine) [renamed later: HMS Umbra] (Mediterranean; 13.02.1942 slightly wounded ashore in Malta during air raid)

28.10.1942

HMS Dolphin (submarine depot ship)

11.1942
-
(10.1943)
HMS P 216 (submarine), renamed: HMS Seadog (submarine)

17.11.1943
-
26.11.1943
HMS Ambrose (submarine base, Dundee)

26.11.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Tuna (submarine)

(07.1945)

HMS Ferret IV (Captain Submarine surrendered U-boats, Londonderry) *

* indexed, but not listed as such
Manager of the Power Station at John Summers Steelworks, Wirral, and later became a Special Constable in Cheshire Constabulary.

Anderson,
Frederick George
F.G. Anderson ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

El.Lt.
01.12.1938 (retd 08.01.1940)

...

15.01.1937
-
(02.1939)
HMS Birmingham (cruiser) (Devonport Dockyard & China)

(04.1939)
-
(07.1939)
no appointment listed

17.07.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet)

25.09.1939
-
(07.1945)
HMS Defiance III (training ship, Devonport)

Anderson,
Gerald Donald
G.D. Anderson ?
-

Midsh.
15.01.1926

A/S.Lt.
01.05.1928

S.Lt.
16.01.1929

Lt.
16.03.1931

Lt.Cdr.
16.03.1939

A/Cdr.
< 02.1943

Cdr.
31.12.1945 (reld, retd or died < 07.1948)

RAF:

F/O
11.05.1930

F/Lt.
01.01.1936

15.05.1925
-
(07.1927)
HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)

01.1929
-
(08.1929)
promotion course, Portsmouth

11.05.1930
-
01.02.1937
attached to RAF:

11.05.1930
-
(02.1931)
pilots' course, RAF Base, Leuchars

12.1931
-
(01.1932)
pilot, 466 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]

03.03.1932
-
(09.1932)
pilot, 466 Flight FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]

26.04.1933
-
(01.1934)
pilot, Fighter Squadron 803, FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)]

08.02.1935
-
(07.1935)
School of Naval Co-operation, FAA [HMS Victory]

19.07.1935
-
(02.1936)
pilot, 407 Flight FAA [HMS Leander (cruiser)]

12.01.1937
-
01.02.1937
Training Squadron FAA, RAF Station Gosport [HMS Victory]

10.02.1937
-
(07.1937)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)

26.08.1937
-
(08.1939)
First Lieutenant, HMS Falmouth (escort vessel) (China)

13.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong) (as British Liaison Officer, Saigon)

12.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore) (for various services)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

(02.1943)

HMS Ironclad (RN base, Diego Suarez, Madagascar) *

03.1943
-
(10.1943)
Commanding Officer, RN Air Station Inskip [HMS Blackcap]

27.12.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Eland (for liaison duties at Dakar)

01.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Shah (escort carrier)

06.12.1945
-
(04.1946)
Commanding Officer, HMS Sansovino (infantry landing ship)

* indexed, but not listed as such

Anderson,
Hugh Beckett
H.B. Anderson ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Midsh.
(1916)

Lt.
15.08.1918 (retd 28.02.1921)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.08.1926 (reverted to retd 08.03.1946; medically unfit)

Cdr. (retd)
08.05.1946

DSC
01.01.1916
*

LoP
1944
Operation Neptune

* For his services during operations in the Cameroons. On the 9th December, 1914, during a reconnaissance in a motor launch towards Jabassi Midshipman Anderson's maxim jambed while he was returning the fire of the enemy, who were engaging him from both banks. Mr. Anderson not only handled his boat well, but personally cleared his maxim under a continuous heavy fire, and then swept both banks with it, the enemy suffering heavily.

03.11.1918
-
(01.1919)
First Lieutenant, HMS Ophelia (destroyer)

25.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)

(02.1941)

HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) *

09.06.1942
-
(07.1945)
HMS Shrapnel (RN base, Southampton)

Anderson,
Ian Douglas
I.D. Anderson ?
-
died between 08.1973 and 08.1977

S.Lt.
30.04.1918

A/Lt.
?

Lt.
14.01.1922, seniority 30.04.1920

Lt.Cdr.
30.04.1928 (retd 1931?)

Cdr. (retd)
29.06.1938

15.11.1916
-
(01.1919)
HMS Camelion (destroyer)

01.09.1924
-
(01.1925)
Navigating Officer, HMS Godetia (fishery protection cruiser (sloop))

05.1927
-
(07.1927)
first class ship course [HMS Dryad]

14.02.1929
-
(04.1930)
Navigating Officer, HMS Adventure (minelayer) (Atlantic Fleet)

(02.1931)

no appointment listed

(04.1940)
-
(04.1946)
HMS President *

Anderson,
Ian Mackenzie
I.M. Anderson
Son of Dr. John B. Mackenzie Anderson and Evelyn Anderson, of Glasgow.
1915 ?
-
27.06.1940
(KIA) [age 25]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]

Cadet
01.09.1932

Midsh.
01.05.1933

A/S.Lt.
01.09.1935

S.Lt.
01.03.1936

Lt.
01.06.1938
?, seniority 16.04.1938

27.08.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS York (cruiser) (Home Fleet)

10.10.1933
-
(02.1936)
HMS Achilles (cruiser) (Home Fleet, Chatham)

04.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]

05.1937
-
(07.1937)
HMS Olympus (submarine) (China)

23.07.1937
-
(08.1939)
HMS Olympus (submarine) (China)

08.1939
-
27.06.1940
HMS Odin (submarine)

Anderson,
James
J. Anderson ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

T/Gnr. = T/A/Sen.Cd.Gnr.
06.02.1941 (retd < 07.1948)

T/A/Cd.Gnr.
18.06.1945

...

21.02.1941
-
(08.1943)
HMS Alcantra

02.09.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Foliot (accommodation camp, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth)

10.10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Slinger (escort carrier)

Anderson,
John Stewart
J.S. Anderson ?
-

T/Lt. (E)
17.06.1942 (reld, retd or died < 07.1948)

MBE
06.02.1945
damage control when torpedoed

...

(1945)

HMS Albatross (repair ship)

08.06.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Stevenstone (destroyer)

Anderson,
James Stanley
J.S. Anderson ?
-
21.03.1988

S.Lt. (S)
01.10.1943

A/Lt. (S)
< 07.1945

Lt. (S)
01.10.1945

Lt.Cdr. (S)
01.10.1953 (retd 02.06.1964)

...

10.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Nimrod (training establishment, Campbeltown)

...

Anderson,
James William
J.W. Anderson ?
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

Cd.Sign.Boatsw.
?

Sign.Lt.
03.03.1931 (retd 19.03.1932)

Sign.Lt.Cdr. (retd)
03.03.1939

...

(07.1945)

HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Anderson,
Lewis Moorhead
L.M. Anderson 12.03.1913
-
26.08.1988
Sunderland, Durham

Wt.Tel.
26.09.1942

A/Lt.
09.12.1945

Lt.Cdr.
29.12.1951 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 12.03.1958)

...

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

...

Anderson,
Lewis Sutherland
L.S. Anderson (03?).1910
Rochdale
-

Sg.Lt.
01.07.1938 (emgcy 01.07.1943)

Sg.Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
01.10.1943

MB, ChB

...

24.04.1945
-
(07.1945)
HMS Dryad (training establishment, Portsmouth)

Anderson,
Reginald Charles
R.C. Anderson 17.02.1907
-
30.01.2000
Medway, Kent

A/Wt. Writer Offr.
01.04.1944

Lt. (S)
(1956)

Supply Lt.Cdr. (Spec. Duties List)
01.01.1957 (retd < 07.1959)

MBE
02.01.1956
New Year 56

...

04.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)

...

(1956)

HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)

Anderson,
Robert John
R.J. Anderson ?
-
17.08.1963

Lt.Cdr. (E)
07.05.1927 (retd 18.02.1933)

Eng.Cdr. (retd)
18.02.1933

Commdn
06.06.1941
Coventry air raid

...

29.08.1939
-
(07.1945)
Gun Mounting Overseer at Gun Mounting Store, Bromsgrove, Coventry, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

Anderson,
William James
W.J. Anderson ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

T/Gnr. = T/Cd.Gnr.
01.12.1941 (retd < 07.1948)

...

(07.1945)

HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

Anderton,
Evelyn Farrance
E.F. Anderton (06?).1903
Newton Abbot
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

S.Lt.
30.01.1924

Lt. (E)
30.01.1926

Lt.Cdr. (E)
30.01.1934

Cdr. (E)
30.06.1937

Capt. (E)
30.06.1947 (retd 10.01.1955)

OBE
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40

08.05.1924
-
(01.1925)
engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid]

10.05.1927
-
(07.1927) HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)

09.06.1928
-
(04.1930)
HMS Castor (cruiser) (Mediterranean)

08.10.1930
-
(09.1932)
HMS Wessex (destroyer) (Home Fleet)

27.03.1933
-
(01.1934)
Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]

16.12.1934
-
(07.1935)
HMS Revenge (battleship)

17.01.1936
-
(07.1937)
HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)

(02.1938)

no appointment listed

04.04.1938
-
(04.1940)
HMS Faulknor (destroyer) (and for flotilla duties)

22.08.1940
-
(02.1941)
[CO?] HMS Jamaica (cruiser)

12.1941
-
(06.1943)
HMS Spartan (cruiser)

15.06.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Malaya (battleship)

01.02.1944
-
(06.1944)
staff, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]

(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed

24.09.1947
-
(07.1948)
Commanding Officer, HMS Caledonia (RN Air Training Establishment, Rosyth)

(05.1950)

HMS Tamar *

18.02.1952
-
(05.1953)
Commanding Officer, HMS Alaunia

08.03.1954
-
10.01.1955
Naval ADC to the Queen

* indexed, but not listed as such

Andon,
William Valentine Hoskyns
W.V.H. Andon ?
-
08.01.1959
St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [last residence]

Midsh.
01.09.1940

A/S.Lt.
01.05.1942

S.Lt.
01.09.1942

Lt.
08.1945, seniority 16.08.1944

Lt.Cdr.
16.08.1952 (retd 29.07.1958)

OBE
1950s?
perhaps; not as yet substantiated

01.09.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Ramillies (battleship)

11.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Offa (destroyer)

01.05.1942
-
(08.)1942
promotion course, Portsmouth

30.12.1942
-
(06.)1944
HMS