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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.

 

R.H.W. Atkins    to    J. Ayton
Atkins, Richard Hugh White later also used: White-Atkins, R.H.	05.11.1902 * Puttenham, Hertfordshire - 23.10.1978 Portsmouth district, Hampshire * Death Register shows [incorrectly] 1901	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 17.03.1924, seniority 30.03.1923 Lt. 30.10.1924 Lt.Cdr. 30.10.1932 (retd 05.11.1947) A/Cdr. 24.09.1943? Cdr. (retd) 05.11.1947	03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich 20.12.1924 - (02.)1927 HMS Viscount (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (07.1927)     no appointment listed 01.08.1927 - (06.1928) HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.07.1929 - 20.08.1931 lent to RAN: 20.07.1929 - 02.08.1929 HMS President (additional; for passage out) 03.08.1929 - 11.09.1929 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passge on SS Osterley) 12.09.1929 - 21.12.1929 HMAS Swordsman (destroyer) 22.12.1929 - 28.03.1930 HMAS Australia (cruiser) (additional; on paying off of HMAS Swordsman) 29.03.1930 - 01.06.1930 HMAS Australia (cruiser) 02.06.1930 - 30.07.1931 HMAS Anzac (flotilla leader) 31.07.1931 - 20.08.1931 HMAS Penguin (RAN Depot, Sydney) (additional; on paying off of HMAS Anzac) 21.08.1931 - 09.1931 HMAS Cerberus (additional; for passage to UK per RMS Maloja) 31.12.1931 - 04.05.1933 First Lieutenant, HMS Walpole (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (06.1933)     no appointment listed 12.06.1933 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) 03.1934 - (07.)1935 Commanding Officer, HMS Dart (fishery protection gunboat) & Local Fishery Naval Officer, English Channel 14.10.1935 - 01.1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Tenedos (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet) 01.1937 - (02.)1937 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 08.04.1937 - (04.)1940 HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) 02.11.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Seaborn II (base, Halifax, NS) 02.1941 - 20.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Newark (destroyer) [from 05.12.1940??] 21.06.1941 - (01.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Blankney (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 03.05.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 24.09.1943 - (10.1944) Executive Officer, HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship) (07.1945) HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) * 01.1946 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, Archibald Holden Son of ... Atkinson, and ... Holden.	(03?).1918 Bury district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 28.07.1940 T/S.Lt. (E) 03.1942, seniority 28.07.1940 T/Lt. (E) 28.01.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 07.1948)	(01.1941)     HMS President (Admiralty) * 20.08.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Duke of York (battleship) 02.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Nelson (battleship) [03.1942 transferred from RNVR to RN] (08.1943)     no appointment listed 09.09.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Forth (3rd Submarine Flotilla depot ship, Holy Loch) 13.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Seadog (submarine) (10.1944)     no appointment listed 01.11.1944 - (07.)1945 French Ship Mistral 11.10.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Rajah (escort carrier) * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, Antony James Son of Sidney J. and Lilian Atkinson (née Masters), of Leeds, Yorkshire.	(09?).1920 Castle Ward district, Northumberland - 08.07.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 2]	Paym.Cadet 01.05.1938 Paym.Midsh. 01.05.1939	01.01.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 05.1939 - 08.07.1940 HMS Gloucester (cruiser) [killed when ship was sustaining heavy air attacks while covering passage of Malta convoys evacuating families to Egypt]
Atkinson, Charles James Norman "Skins" Son of the Rev. Bernard Norman Atkinson and Janet Steel, Kelsall, Chshire. Married (she predeceased him).	06.10.1900 Chester - 05.1995 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet 1918? Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.05.1921 S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921 Lt. 04.04.1924, seniority 15.06.1922 Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1930 Cdr. 30.06.1936 Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 10.04.1946) RAF: F/O 16.06.1924 F/Lt. 01.07.1927 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1933 W/Cdr. 01.07.1938 MID 29.07.1941 battle of Cape Matapan	Education: Denstone College; RN College, Keyham (08.1923) short course of instruction 16.06.1924 - 04.01.1929 attached to RAF: 16.06.1924 - (01.)1925 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon, Wilthsire [attached to RAF] 21.05.1925 - (05.1926) pilot, No. 406 Flight FAA, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) [attached to RAF] 26.01.1927 - 03.1928 pilot, No. 404B Flight FAA, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (China) [attached to RAF] 03.1928 - (06.1928) Flight Commander, HQ Flight FAA [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)] (Mediterranean) 04.01.1929 - (04.1930) HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) (10.1930) no appointment listed 04.01.1931 - 04.1933 Flight Commander, No. 404 Flight FAA, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet, then Home Fleet) [attached to RAF], amalgamated with No. 402 Flight FAA & redesignated: 04.1933 - 16.08.1935 Squadron Leader, Fighter Squadron 800 FAA, HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)](Home Fleet, then Mediterranean Fleet)  [attached to RAF] 16.09.1935 - 22.06.1936 Squadron Commander, Training Squadron, FAA Squadrons landed (RAF Station, Gosport) [HMS Courageous] [attached to RAF] (02.1937) - (08.)1939 Air Ministry 31.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Naval Equipment Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 15.08.1940 - (05.)1941 Commander Flying, HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 02.06.1941 - (12.1941) Squadron Aviation Officer on staff of Rear-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers [HMS Grebe (RN Air Station, Dekheila, nr Alexandria, Egypt)] 15.02.1942 - 04.01.1943 Executive Officer, HMS Berwick (cruiser) (Arctic convoys) 01.02.1943 - (08.)1943 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.1944 - (07.)1945 Training Captain, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 1945 - 1946 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Flying Training * * This appointment is mentioned in a newspaper obituary. According to the Navy List of April 1946 this appointment was held, however, by Acting Capt. V.J. Voelcker at HMS Merlin since 02.09.1944.
Atkinson, Ernest Albert	? - died between 08.1989 and 12.1998	T/Boatsw. (PT&W) = T/A/Sen.Cd.Boatsw. (PT&W) 05.11.1940 T/A/Cd.Boatsw. (PRT)  18.06.1945 (reld < 04.1946)	05.11.1940 - (12.1943) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (04.1944) - (07.1945) no appointment listed
Atkinson, Edwin Peter Fitzmaurice	25.12.1907 - 02.1991 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	Midsh. 15.01.1926 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1928 S.Lt. 16.01.1929 Lt. 16.01.1931 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1939 A/Cdr. < 10.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1945 (retd 25.12.1957)	Education: BEng 02.11.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) 25.10.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Delhi (cruiser) (China) 26.04.1928 - (06.1928) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 27.07.1929 - (01.)1932 HMS Bruce (destroyer, flotilla leader) (China) 15.08.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Cairo (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 30.04.1935 - (07.)1935 First Lieutenant, HMS Rowena (destroyer) (Portland) 16.10.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (Mediterranean) 02.06.1936 - (07.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) 12.1937 - (07.)1939 HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) 24.07.1939 - (05.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer) [wounded 20.05.1940] 28.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) 30.12.1941 - (06.)1943 HMS Gambia (cruiser) 27.07.1943 - (06.)1944 First Lieutenant, HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 23.09.1944 - 17.11.1944 Commanding Officer, No. 2 MONAB (Mobile Naval Air Base) [HMS Flycatcher (HQ of MONAB organisation, Ludham, Norfolk)] 18.11.1944 - 31.03.1946 Commanding Officer, HMS Nabberley (Mobile Naval Air Base (MONAB) II, Ludham, later Bankstown nr Sydney, NSW) (04.1946) no appointment listed 09.1946 - (07.)1948 an Assistant Director of the Craft and Amphibious Material Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 08.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Hart (sloop) (05.1950) no appointment listed 07.08.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous duties) 11.11.1953 - (01.)1956 HMS President (for miscellaneous duties) 03.09.1956 - (01.1957) Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty with Commodore Superintendent of Contract-built Ships)
Atkinson, John Gerald Thomas Dawson	02.03.1914 - 07.2001 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Midsh. (E) 01.01.1933 S.Lt. (E) 01.05.1935 Lt. (E) 16.07.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 18.08.1943? Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.07.1945 Cdr. (E) 31.12.1948 (retd 15.02.1961)	Education: Campbell College 12.01.1933 - (02.)1936 engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake] 01.09.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 24.07.1937 - (10.)1938 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Home Fleet) 28.12.1938 - (02.)1941 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 19.04.1942 - (06.)1943 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (29 training flights 05.1942-03.1943) 01.06.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Gadwall (RN Air Station, Belfast) (for AL duties) 18.08.1943 - (04.)1944 HMS Tern (river gunboat) 11.05.1944 - (07.)1945 HMS Pioneer (aircraft maintenance ship) 02.10.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier) (12 training flights 02.1946-03.1946) 04.11.1946 - (07.1948) Air Engineer Officer, HMS Gannet (RN Air Station, Eglinton, Londonderry) (4 training flights 12.1947) 31.01.1949 - (05.)1949 HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) 12.12.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) 15.03.1952 - (07.1954) Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 05.04.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (01.1957)     no appointment listed 02.04.1957 - (01.1959) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath, Angus) AMIMechE
Atkinson, John Henry	31.01.1890 Marylebone, London - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Gnr. 02.1917 ?, seniority 16.11.1916 Cd.Gnr. 16.11.1926 Lt. 23.06.1937 (retd 31.01.1940) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 23.06.1945	02.1917     commissioned 25.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Calypso (light cruiser) (01.1925)     no appointment listed 26.03.1925 - (07.1927) RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (04.1928) - (06.1928) no appointment listed 14.02.1929 - (02.)1931 HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean) 19.09.1931 - (06.)1933 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 07.11.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (02.1936) no appointment listed 08.10.1936 - (02.)1938 HM Dockyard Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 24.03.1938 - (09.)1939 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 09.1939 - (04.)1940 First Lieutenant, HMS Pintail (sloop) 07.08.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Breconshire (auxiliary supply ship) (08.1942) - (12.1943) no appointment listed 29.12.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Mentor (minesweepers base, Stornoway) (07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Atkinson, Kenneth	? -	Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 09.10.1939 T/Lt. (E) 31.07.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 31.03.1945 (reld < 04.1946) MID 22.02.1944 5 patrols Norway, Mediterranean, Far East	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 08.1940 transferred from RNVR to RN 24.10.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for destroyer flotilla) (08.1942) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * 01.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) 18.06.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Trident (submarine) 08.11.1943 - (10.1944) HMS Adamant (submarine depot ship) 04.01.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Thermopylae (submarine)
Atkinson, Maurice Gilbert	? - 12.2004 still alive	A/Gnr. 04.05.1945 Gnr. ?, seniority 04.05.1945 A/Lt. 26.04.1950 Lt. 25.10.1951, seniority 02.11.1947 Lt.Cdr. 02.11.1955 (retd 02.07.1958)	(07.1945) no appointment listed 18.09.1945 - (04.)1947 HMS Diadem (cruiser) 24.10.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down) ... - ... ...
Atkinson, Michael Firth Son of George Leslie and Margaret Atkinson. From Saxmundham, Suffolk.	1912 ? - 24.09.1942 (KIA) [age 30] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 62, column 1]	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. 01.09.1939 S.Lt. 01.08.1940 Lt. 16.04.1942	01.01.1939 - 01.01.1940 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 02.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Kent (cruiser) 23.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Juno (destroyer) 04.10.1941 - 04.1942 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) 13.04.1942 - 24.09.1942 HMS Somali (destroyer) [ship torpedoed & sank 20.09.1942; most of the casualties died from cold and exposure]
Atkinson, Nicholas	04.09.1908 Tynemouth - 22.11.1961	S.Lt. RNR 18.01.1933 Lt. RNR 18.01.1936 Lt. (Supplementary List) 11.05.1937, seniority 04.09.1932 Lt. 1938?, seniority 04.09.1932 Lt.Cdr. 04.09.1940 (retd 19.10.1952) MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	17.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (to complete 9 months' training) (Mediterranean) 28.05.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) 09.02.1938 - (06.)1938 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean) 15.06.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean) (07.1939) - (04.1940) no appointment listed 16.01.1941 - (02.1941) HMS Sandhurst (depot ship) 05.1942 - (06.)1944 Executive Officer, HMS Guardian (netlayer) 10.08.1944 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Diomede (cruiser) (04.1946) no appointment listed 14.03.1946 - (10.1947) HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) (07.1948)     HMS Falcon (RN Air Station, Halfar, Malta) * 06.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 24.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Resource (fleet repair ship) * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, Peter Lewis Son of Lewis and Emily Atkinson.	1921 ? - 09.05.1940 (KIA) [age 19] [Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, G.8.18]	Midsh. (A) 04.07.1938	04.07.1938 - (10.)1938 HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) 06.10.1938 - (08.1939) pilots' course at No. 10 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Yatesbury (04.1940) Fleet Air Arm ? - 09.05.1940 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) [air crash]
Atkinson, Stanley Joseph	17.10.1909 - 04.1994 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	Sg.Lt. (D) 26.05.1936 04.08.1936, seniority 26.11.1935 Sg.Lt.Cdr. (D) 26.11.1941 (emgcy > 08.1942, < 02.1943) Sg.Cdr. (D) (emgcy) 31.12.1949	Education: LDS 08.07.1936 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] 22.02.1937 - (07.)1937 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 08.09.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Glasgow (cruiser) (04.1940) HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) * 02.07.1940 - (06.)1943 HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 01.07.1943 - (10.1943) HMS Medway II (1st Submarine Flotilla base, Beirut) (12.1943) - (06.1944) HMS Medway II * 09.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Medway II (depot ship, Malta) 01.04.1946 - (04.1946) RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake] * indexed, but not listed as such
Atkinson, Thomas Kenneth Whitmore Son of Corbett Wadsley Atkinson and Constance Mary Atkinson. Husband of Winifred Mary Atkinson (née Carothers), of Ethsworth, Hampshire; two sons, one daughter.	(03?).1902 Wakefield district, Yorkshire - 15.02.1942 aboard HM Tug Yin Ping, Bangka Straits (KIA) [age 40] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 98]	Cadet 05.1918? Midsh. 05.1919? A/S.Lt. ? S.Lt.