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.

P.J. Arnold to R.H. Atkins

Arnold,
Philip John
P.J. Arnold ?
[(03?).1909 ? Pontardawe ?]
-
08.01.2004
Glamorgan ?

Midsh. (E)
01.01.1942

A/S.Lt. (E)
01.09.1943

S.Lt. (E)
06.1944, seniority 01.02.1943

A/Lt.Cdr. (E) < 07.1945

A/Lt. (E)
> 07.1945, < 04.1946

Lt. (E)
?, seniority 01.05.1944

Lt.Cdr. (E)
01.05.1952 (retd 03.07.1968)

(08.1942)
-
(08.1943)
no appointment listed

28.08.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Belfast (cruiser)

(04.1944)
-
(07.1945)
RN Engineering College, Keyham

02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Anson (battleship)

21.02.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Eagle

...

Arnold,
Reginald John
R.J. Arnold 23.07.1899
Lewes, Sussex
-
22.02.1963
Portsmouth, Hampshire

T/A/Wt. Catering Offr.
18.11.1944 (retd < 05.1950)

23.05.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Vernon II (accomodation camp, Stokes Bay, Alverstoke)

Arnold,
Thomas
T. Arnold
Son of James and Margaret Arnold, of Portsmouth; husband of Gertrude Ellen Arnold, of Portsmouth. His son, Cosmo Thomas Arnold, also died on service.
01.07.1885
Portsea Island, Hampshire
-
17.01.1946
[age 61]
[Havant and Waterloo (Warblington) Cemetery, sec. 3, grave 630]

A/Eng.Lt.
15.12.1918

Eng.Lt.
?, seniority 15.12.1918

Eng.Lt.Cdr.
15.12.1926 (retd 01.07.1930)

Eng.Cdr. (retd)
01.07.1930

02.08.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Swallow (destroyer)

07.11.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Wren (destroyer) (Mediterranean)

(07.1927)

no appointment listed

29.04.1929
-
(08.1929)
HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean)

24.08.1939
-
(08.1943)
Base Maintenance Engineer Officer, HMS Claverhouse (RN base, Leith & Granton)

14.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate)

Arnold,
William Henry
W.H. Arnold 27.07.1908
Medway district, Kent ?
-
26.04.2002
Canterbury district, Kent

Wt.Eng.
01.07.1936

Lt. (E)
17.08.1939

Lt.Cdr. (E)
17.08.1947

Cdr. (E)
31.12.1950 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 27.07.1958)

OBE
01.01.1959
New Year 59

MID
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44

...

28.04.1938
-
(04.1940)
HMS Kent (cruiser)

11.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Burwell (destroyer)

(08.1942)

no appointment listed

16.01.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Raider (destroyer)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

03.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
Artificers' Training Establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall [HMS Raleigh]

...

(1958)

DOA (E)

Arnold-Forster,
Hugh Christopher
H.C. Arnold-Forster
Son of Rt Hon. Hugh Oakeley ArnoldForster, PC. Married 1st (1923) Marcia Sophia Buddicom (marriage dissolved, 1948); one son, three daughters. Married 2nd Frances Ann, only daughter of Eng ViceAdm. Sir Harold Brown, GBE, KCB.
09.12.1890
Kensington district, London
-
21.07.1965
[Wroughton, Wilts. ?]

Cadet
1903

Midsh.
?

S.Lt.
15.07.1911

Lt.
15.07.1913 (emgcy 02.02.1914) (reverted to emgcy 1919)

Lt.Cdr. (emgcy)
15.07.1921 (reverted to emgcy 1945)

A/Cdr. (emgcy)
< 02.1941

Cdr. (emgcy)
08.05.1946

CMG
13.06.1946
?

Education: Bradfield College; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth

1903

joined RN

?
-
01.1914
served Atlantic Fleet, Home Fleet and China Squadron

07.1914
-
1918
served European War

1918
-
(01.)1919
Assistant Naval Attaché, Washington [HMS President]

09.1939
-
1945
active service:

(02.1941)
-
(10.1943)
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty *

18.11.1943
-
(07.1945)
Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence (F), Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

(1946)

attached to a Foreign Office Department

Member of London Stock Exchange, 1925-1959.
* indexed, but not listed as such

Arnot,
Reginald George
R.G. Arnot (12?).1898
Wirral, Cheshire
-
01.05.1972

Midsh. RNR
(1916)

S.Lt.
15.01.1918

A/Lt.
?

Lt.
14.01.1922, seniority 15.01.1920 (retd 28.12.1922)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.01.1928

A/Cdr. (retd)
< 08.1942

A/Capt. (retd)
< 10.1943

Cdr. (retd)
03.09.1945 (reverted to retd 1946?)

02.03.1918
-
(01.1919)
HMS Tristram (destroyer)

21.04.1926
-
?

Assistant Tutor at the Borstal Institution at Portland

16.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
Executive Officer, HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser)

?
-
(01.1941)
Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO)

27.01.1941
-
(08.1942)
HMS Martial (MNBDO depot ship)

(02.1943)
-
(12.1943)
Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) (1)

16.02.1944
-
(04.1946)
[Executive Officer?] HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa)

Arrow,
William Arthur
W.A. Arrow ?
-
12.2004 still alive

A/Gnr.
16.10.1943

Gnr.
?, seniority 16.10.1943

Lt.Cdr.
09.04.1953 (General List 01.01.1957) (retd 17.09.1958)

(12.1943)

no appointment listed

26.01.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS London (D/F duties)

(04.1946)

no appointment listed

...

Arthur,
Charles Frederick Bernard
C.F.B. Arthur 11.06.1898
Hendon, London
-
(03?).1979
St Albans district

S.Lt.
15.09.1917

Lt.
15.09.1919 (retd < 01.1925)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.09.1927 (reverted to retd 1943?)

Cdr. (retd)
08.05.1946

(01.1919)

HMS President

25.08.1939
-
(10.1943)
Trade Division, Admiralty [HMS President]

Arthur,
Cecil Vernon
C.V. Arthur (03?).1911 ??
Llandilofawr district, Carmarthenshire ??
-

Sg.Lt.
16.09.1939 (reld, retd or died < 08.1943)

LMSSA

12.12.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Warspite (battleship)

(02.1941)

HMS Delhi (cruiser) *

14.03.1942
-
(08.1942)
HMS Phoenix (RN aircraft repair yard, Fayid, Egypt)

12.10.1942
-
(02.1943)
Royal Hospital Kingseat

24.02.1943
-
(06.1943)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]

Arthur,
Herbert Thomas
H.T. Arthur 25.05.1904
Pembroke district, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire
-
10.06.1977
Crawley district

Wt. Supply Offr.
27.12.1941

A/Cd. Stores Offr. = Lt. (S)
27.12.1945

Sen.Cd. Stores Offr.
01.04.1948 (retd < 05.1950)

28.01.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Howe (battleship)

(04.1944)

no appointment listed

22.05.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Mastodon (Combined Operations base, Exbury House, Exbury, nr Southampton)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

08.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Monara (RN transit camp, Maharagama, Ceylon)

Arthur,
James
J. Arthur 12.05.1906
-
11.07.1989
Torbay, Devon

A/Wt.Writer
11.10.1940

Wt. Writer
?, seniority 11.10.1940

A/Cd. Writer Offr.
18.06.1945

Sen.Cd. Writer Offr.
01.04.1948

Lt. (S)
01.04.1952 (retd 12.05.1956)

BEM
> 04.1952, < 05.1953
?

(02.1941)

no appointment listed

18.06.1941
-
(08.1943)
HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria)

01.09.1943
-
(07.1945)
HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Co. Londonderry)

05.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Drake II (accounting base, Devonport)

...

Artus,
Hugh Neville More
H.N.M. Artus
Son of ... Artus, and ... Elrington.
(09?).1911
Holborn, London
-
died between 11.1947 and 07.1952

Chapl.
23.07.1937 (retd 01.11.1947)

AKC

25.08.1937
-
(02.1941)
HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser)

26.06.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa)

20.04.1944
-
(07.1945)

HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (for
general duties, Greenock)

(04.1946)

HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) *

Asbury,
Harold Austin
H.A. Asbury 13.12.1897
Haaringay, London
-
died between 07.1962 and 08.1973

A/Mate (E)
?

Mate (E)
16.05.1922, seniority 01.01.1921

Eng.Lt.
01.01.1923

Eng.Lt.Cdr.
01.01.1931

Eng.Cdr.
31.12.1940 (retd 13.12.1947)

19.07.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship)

21.01.1926
-
(07.1927)
HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (China)

22.10.1928
-
(08.1929)
HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean)

27.02.1930
-
(04.1930)
HMS L 69 (submarine)

12.01.1931
-
(01.1932)
HMS Vindictive (cruiser)

23.08.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Iron Duke (training ship)

01.02.1934
-
(02.1936)
HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean)

17.06.1936
-
(02.1937)
HMS Protector (netlayer) (Devonport)

30.03.1937
-
(04.1940)
staff, Engineer Overseer, Scotland District [Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS Prewsident]]

(02.1941)

no appointment listed

(08.1942)
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) *

22.03.1945
-
(07.1945)
Base Engineering Officer (Landing Craft), HMS Lynx II (landing craft base, Dover)

28.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
HMS Lochinvar (minsweepers base, Granton) (for duty with Squadron Engineer Officer)

Asby,
James Robert
J.R. Asby 12.04.1888
Lambeth, London
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983

A/Mate
13.10.1916?

Mate
25.10.1917, seniority 13.10.1916

A/Lt.
?

Lt.
28.02.1922. seniority 07.12.1919 (retd 20.08.1922; own request)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
07.12.1927 (reverted to retd 1945/46)

07.06.1918
-
(01.1919)
Torpedo Mate, HMS Lancaster (cruiser)

31.08.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Fervent (RN base, Ramsgate)

30.05.1940
-
(02.1941)
HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock)

16.02.1942
-
(08.1943)
HMS Edinburgh Castle (depot ship)

(10.1943)
-
(12.1943)
no appointment listed

20.01.1944
-
(04.1944)
HM Naval DQ, Preston [HMS Eaglet]

(06.1944)

no appointment listed

11.12.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Foliot IV (Coastal Forces [?] base, Plymouth)

Ascherson,
Stephen Romer
S.R. Ascherson (06?).1901
Paddington, London
-
25.05.1955

Midsh.
15.09.1917

S.Lt.
?

Lt.
19.04.1923, seniority 15.10.1922

Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1930 (retd 11.01.1934; own request) (reverted to retd 1945/46)

A/Cdr. (retd)
< 06.1944

Cdr. (retd)
> 07.1945, < 04.1946

26.09.1917
-
(01.1919)
HMS Orion (battleship)

05.11.1923
-
(01.1925)
HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean)

24.09.1925
-
(07.1927)
torpedo course, HMS Vernon

12.04.1929
-
(04.1930)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser) (China)

29.01.1931
-
(01.1932)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (and for M/R destroyers)

22.06.1932
-
(09.1932)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Leander (cruiser)

23.03.1933
-
(01.1934)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet)

31.07.1936
-
(04.1939)
an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Sheffield [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty, HMS President]

17.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
an Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance at 2, Fitzmaurice Place, London, W.1 [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty]

04.10.1939
-
(06.1944)
Inspecting Torpedo Officer, RN Torpedo Factory (Greenock Area) [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty]

(07.1945)

Armament Design Department (under Ministry of Supply) [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty]

Ascott,
Henry William
H.W. Ascott ?
-
died between 07.1952 and 07.1959

Eng.Lt.
01.11.1911

Eng.Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1919

Eng.Cdr.
30.06.1925

Eng.Capt.
30.06.1937 (retd > 10.1943, < 12.1943) (reverted to retd 1946?)

01.09.1917
-
(01.1919)
HMS Inflexible (battlecruiser)

01.02.1924
-
(01.1925)
Second Assistant to Chief Engineer, HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS Egmont]

(07.1927)

no appointment listed

07.08.1929
-
(09.1932)
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (for charge of gun mountings and sighting gear)

24.09.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean)

16.08.1934
-
(02.1938)
an Engineer Inspector, Naval Ordnance Department [HMS President]

01.03.1938
-
(04.1940)
Gun Mounting Overseer at Woolwich Arsenal [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty, HMS President]

09.09.1940
-
(02.1941)
an Engineer Inspector, Naval Ordnance Department [HMS President]

30.03.1941
-
(04.1946)
a Gun Mounting Overseer at Messrs. Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness [Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]]

Ash,
Alfred Charles
A.C. Ash ?
-
died between 08.1989 and 12.1998

T/Wt. Writer Offr. = T/A/Sen.Cd. Writer Offr.
01.03.1941 (retd 1945/46)

03.03.1941
-
(06.1944)
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Ash,
Anthony Harry Michell
A.H.M. Ash
Son of ... Ash, and ... Michell.
(03?).1919
Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire
-
16.05.1941
(KIA) [age 32]
[Lee-on-Solent Memorial, bay 1, panel 6]

Midsh.
01.01.1937

A/S.Lt.
01.01.1939

S.Lt.
01.10.1939
?, seniority 01.05.1939

Lt.
> 02.1941

01.01.1937
-
(10.1938)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)

02.01.1939
-
(07.1939)
promotion course, Portsmouth

31.07.1939
-
(09.1939)
HMS Vanessa (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet)

(04.1940)

Fleet Air Arm

17.12.1940
-
16.05.1941
pilot, HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila nr Alexandria)

Ash,
Harry Leslie
H.L. Ash 06.06.1891
Totnes, Devon
-
17.05.1973
Torbay, Devon

Wt.Shipwr.
26.06.1917

Cd.Shipwr.
26.06.1927

Shipwr.Lt.
28.03.1939 (retd 06.01.1941)

...

15.04.1938
-
(08.1939)
HMS Cochrane (depot ship, Rosyth) (ship's complement)

01.10.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (ship's complement)

06.06.1941
-
(04.1946)
HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth) (ship's complement)

Ash,
Hetley Selby
H.S. Ash (12?).1898
Weymouth
-
died between 08.1977 and 08.1983

S.Lt.
15.11.1917

Lt.
15.11.1919 (retd 14.07.1922)

Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.11.1927 (reverted to retd 1945/46)

A/Cdr. (retd)
< 04.1944

Cdr. (retd)
08.06.1946

LoP
1944?
Operation Neptune 06.44

LM
28.05.1946
?

(01.1919)

HMS Dolphin (RN base, Gosport) (for submarines)

07.09.1939
-
(02.1941)
HMS St George (training establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man)

09.03.1942
-
(08.1943)
Staff Officer Auxiliary Patrols, HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland)

05.10.1943
-
(07.1945)
staff, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]

Ash,
Sidney Elias George
S.E.G. Ash 04.08.1905
Exeter, Devon
-
04.1993
Exeter, Devon

A/T/Gnr. (T)
15.02.1943

T/Gnr. (T) = T/Cd.Gnr. (T)
?, seniority 15.02.1943 (retd 1945/46)

(06.1943)

no appointment listed

07.07.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Bermuda (cruiser)

(07.1945)

no appointment listed

Ash,
Walter William Hector
W.W.H. Ash
Son of Hector Sidney and
Mabel Jessy Ash. Married (1932) Louisa Adelaide Salt,
JarrowonTyne; three daughters.
02.05.1906
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
26.05.1998
[Dartmouth, Devon ?]

civilian rank

Cdr. (L)
30.11.1949, seniority 31.12.1940

Capt. (L)
30.06.1951

R.Adm.
07.01.1960 (retd 06.08.1963)

CB
01.01.1962
New Year 62

AMIEE
Education: City and Guilds College, London; Royal Naval College, Greenwich

1926
-
1927
Whitworth Scholar, 1926; John Samuel Scholar, 1927

1932
-
1937
Assistant Electrical Engineer (Civil Officer), Electrical Engineering Department, Admiralty (Submarine design) (also Visiting Lecturer in electrical machinery design, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1934-1937)

1937
-
(02.)1939
Electrical Engineer (Civil Officer), Electrical Engineering Department, Admiralty (Battleship design)

04.1939
-
1940
Fleet Electrical Engineer, Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Ramillies]

1940
-
1945
Superintending Electrical Engineer, Admiralty (Supply and Production)

1945
-
1948
Superintending Electrical Engineer, HM Dockyard, Hong Kong

1948
-
1949
Superintending Electrical Engineer, Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, West Drayton, Middlesex

1950
-
1951
Cdr, HMS Montclare

1951
-
1953
Admiralty (Weapon Control Design)

1953
-
1954
served in Electrical Engineering Department, Admiralty

17.06.1954
-
1958
Electrical Engineering Manager, HM Dockyard, Devonport [HMS Drake] (also Chairman, South Western Sub-Centre, Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1957-1958)

07.07.1958
-
07.01.1960
Naval ADC to the Queen

1959
-