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W.E. Banks  to  F.M. Beasley
Banks, William Eric "Willie" Elder son of late Walter Banks.  Married (1937) Audrey Steel (deceased); two sons. see also: www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk	17.07.1900 Uxbridge district, Middlesex - 01.11.1986 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	Midsh. 25.04.1920 S.Lt. 15.05.1921 Lt. 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 31.12.1942 (retd 15.01.1952) CBE 21.12.1943 Operation Source (midget subm. attack Tirpitz 22.09.43) DSC 26.07.1940 preventing the capture of war material MID 01.01.1943 New Year 43 (HMS Firedrake)	Education: University College School 1918 joined RN 29.07.1923 submarine training, HMS Dolphin 29.01.1924 - (01.1925) HMS M-3 (submarine, minelaying boat) [HMS Conquest] (for navigating duties in lieu of specialist Navigating Officer) 1920s HMS L25 (submarine) [HMS Dolphin]; First Officer 1920s HMS H48 (submarine) [HMS Dolphin] 15.09.1926 - 01.1928 HMS Tiger (battlecruiser) (Portsmouth) 01.1928 - 1929 HMS Oberon (submarine), 5th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Dolphin] 29.04.1929 - (04.)1930 Commanding Officer, HMS R 4 (submarine) 23.04.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) (09.1932) no appointment listed 1932 - 1933 Commanding Officers' Qualifying Course, HMS Dolphin 03.04.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS Ross (twin screw minesweeper) (Portsmouth) 29.06.1933 - 07.1934 Commanding Officer, HMS L18 (submarine) 10.01.1935 - (02.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Perseus (submarine), 4th Submarine Flotilla [HMS Medway] (China) 14.04.1937 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Osiris (submarine) (China) 10.01.1938 - (02.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 21.02.1938 - 03.02.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Clyde (submarine) (1st Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean) 03.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Maidstone (destroyer depot ship) (Scapa Flow) 1940 Commanding Officer, French ship Leopard [possibly borne on HMS Seaborne II] 11.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Leamington (destroyer) 02.1941 - (12.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Douglas (destroyer) 04.05.1942 - 09.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) 08.11.1942 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Bonaventure (midget submarine depot ship) 17.04.1943 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Varbel (shore base at Port Bannatyne for training X-craft) & Captain (S) 12th Submarine Flotilla 12.1944 - (07.1945) Captain Landing Craft, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa] 01.1946 - (07.1946) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) 01.05.1947 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Osprey (anti-submarine establishment, Devonport) 01.02.1950 - (05.1950) Naval Adviser to Ceylon Government [HMS Highflyer] * indexed, but not listed as such
Barchard, Francis Son of Francis and Maud Barchard. Married (30.03.1933) Joan Harriet FitzClarence (23.12.1901-06.01.1971); two daughters.	(09.)1903 Uckfield district, Sussex - 25.11.1941 (KIA) [age 38] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 45, column 1]	Midsh. 15.05.1921 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1923 S.Lt. 15.06.1924 Lt. 15.08.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.08.1934	04.12.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) 18.08.1924 - (01.)1925 promotion course, Portsmouth 24.03.1925 - (05.)1926 HMS Vindictive (cruiser) 06.1926 - (06.)1928 First Lieutenant, HMS Gnat (river gunboat) (China) 06.12.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Campbell (destroyer; flotilla leader) (Atlantic Fleet) 09.12.1930 - (09.1932) First Lieutenant, HMS Vortigern (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 02.02.1933 - (11.1934) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties) (02.1935)     no appointment listed 14.05.1935 - (02.)1937 HMS Codrington (destroyer; flotilla leader) (Mediterranean) 30.07.1937 - (08.1939) HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 10.01.1940 - 25.11.1941 HMS Barham (battleship) [ship torpedoed & sunk by U-331, Eastern Mediterranean]
Barker, John Frederick Son of Eng.Capt. Henry Charles Day Barker, RN, JP, and Margaret Gunning Barker, of Cawsend, Cornwall. Married (27.06.1931) Jillian Paget, daughter of Claude Edmund Paget, and Maude ross Purser; one son.	1907 ? - 08.06.1940 (KIA) [age 33] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 1]	Midsh. 15.09.1924 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1927 S.Lt. 16.09.1927 Lt. 16.01.1930 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1938 DSC 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 40 [presented to next-of-kin] MID 16.08.1940 loss of HMS Glorious	15.09.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 28.04.1928 - (06.)1928 HMS Scythe (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 16.08.1928 - (02.)1931 HMS Broke (flotilla leader, 4th Destroyer Flotilla) (Mediterranean) 25.07.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 12.09.1932 - (07.)1935 HMS Arrow (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 28.08.1935 - (02.)1936 First Lieutenant, HMS Wrestler (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 17.03.1936 - (02.)1937 First Lieutenant, HMS Hunter (destroyer) (2nd Flotilla) 06.1937 - (02.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Active (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 10.05.1938 - (06.)1938 First Lieutenant, HMS Comet (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 26.08.1938 - (10.)1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Achates (destroyer) (Devonport) 14.10.1938 - 08.06.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Ardent (destroyer) [sunk in action with German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau near Narvik]
Barlass, George Philip "Pip" Son of ... Barlass, and ... Chesters.	(03?).1918 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 04.01.2007 [age 89] Lytham, St Annes-on-Sea	... ... S.Lt. (A) 14.03.1940 Lt. (A) 07.06.1942 (emgcy 11.09.1946) A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 04.09.1945? MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	... - ... ... 12.10.1941 - (12.1941) pilot, 757 Squadron FAA [HMS Kestrel (RN Air Station, Worthy Down, nr Winchester)] 22.06.1942 - (02.)1943 pilot, 782 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 08.03.1943 - (06.1944) pilot, 776 Squadron FAA [HMS Blackcap (RN Air Station, Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire)] 08.06.1945 - (07.1945) HMS Ringtail (RN Air Sation, Burscough, near Ormskirk, Lancashire) 04.09.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, 782 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)]
Barnard, Sir Geoffrey Son of T.H. Barnard, JP, Banker, Bedford and Bertha Mary Lambton. Married (1926) Julyan Frances Crawley; one son, two daughters.	12.11.1902 St George Hanover Square district, London - 19.12.1974 Petersfield, Hampshire	Midsh. ? A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 Lt. 15.04.1924 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1932 Cdr. 30.06.1935 Capt. 30.06.1942 Cdre. 2nd cl. 02.1950 R.Adm. 07.07.1951 V.Adm. 24.11.1954 (retd 07.01.1959) KCB 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57 CB 01.06.1953 Coronation List 53 [investiture 30.06.53] CBE 14.09.1943 North African campaign 10.42-05.43 [investiture 15.02.44] DSO 29.07.1941 Battle of Cape Matapan [investiture 14.04.42] DSO 27.03.1945 Operation Dragoon [investiture 09.07.46] LegH ? North African campaign CdeG ? North African campaign MID 20.04.1943 Operation Torch	Education: Cheam School; RN College, Dartmouth 1916 joined RN 1916 - 1918 served World War I 03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich  08.04.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) 03.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Atlantic) (for 2nd gunnery duties in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer) 05.01.1928 - (06.1928) gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 23.05.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 26.09.1929 - (04.)1930 gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent] 12.04.1930 - (02.)1931 2nd Gunnery Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 31.08.1931 - (01.)1932 Gunnery Officer, HMS Centaur (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.08.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 25.07.1933 - (02.)1935 Gunnery Officer, HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Africa) 18.05.1935 - (07.)1935 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 15.09.1935 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Daring (destroyer) (China) 11.01.1938 - (10.)1938 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 16.12.1938 - 1942 Fleet Gunnery Officer and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship), later HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta), later HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] 30.06.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 1942 Deputy Chief of Staff to Naval Commander-in-Chief, North African Landings [HMS Hannibal ?] 20.02.1943 - 12.1943 Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station [HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers)] 12.1943 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) 12.1945 - (10.)1947 Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)] 02.1948 - (05.)1949 Director, RN Tactical School [HMS President] 02.1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMIS Delhi & as Commodore Commanding Indian Naval Squadon 1952 - 1953 Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Warfare) (05.)1953 - 1954 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [HMS President] (07.1954)     no appointment listed 21.08.1954 - (01.)1956 Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA [HMS Saker] 12.1956 - 12.1958 President, RN College Greenwich [HMS President]
Barnard, Kenneth Maurice Birkbeck Lionel	03.10.1897 Paddington district, London - died between 07.1959 and 07.1962 ?	Mate ? A/Lt. ? Lt. 09.11.1918, seniority 15.09.1918 (retd 15.05.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.09.1926 A/Cdr. (retd) 01.05.1941? Cdr. (retd) 03.09.1945 (reverted to retd 1945/46)	15.01.1919 - (01.1919) HMS President (for course at Cambridge University) 23.11.1940 - (02.1941) Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 01.05.1941 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, Minos II, renamed 26.07.1942: HMS Mantis (Coastal Force base, Lowestoft) (07.1945) HMS President * * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnes, Hugh Merriman	21.03.1893 Edmonton district, Middlesex - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Lt. 15.03.1916 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1924 Cdr. 30.06.1930 Capt. 30.06.1937 (retd > 07.1945, < 04.1946) Hkn 26.08.1947 services to Norway 42-43	15.01.1906 entered RN 12.07.1918 - (01.1919) Gunnery Officer & Senior Lieutenant, HMS Swift (flotilla leader) 01.05.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for training duties) 01.05.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Vivacious (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 08.1928 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Wishart (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 19.01.1931 - (09.1932) Training Commander, Nore Command [HMS Pembroke] (01.1934) no appointment listed 30.04.1935 - (07.1937) Commanding Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer) (Home Fleet) (02.1938) no appointment listed 14.03.1938 - (06.1938) Senior Officers' War Course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President] (08.1938) no appointment listed lent to RNZN: 01.09.1938 - (04.1940) Commanding Officer, HMNZS Philomel (cruiser) & Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland 15.10.1940 - 15.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (08.1942) no appointment listed 10.10.1942 - (10.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Lochinvar & Captain-in-Charge, Port Edgar (Scotland) (12.1943) no appointment listed 28.02.1944 - (06.1944) HMS President (for miscellaneous services at Admiralty) (07.1945) HMS Vindictive (fleet repair ship)
Barnet, Ronald [Lewis] [name of choice for service with the RN]	? -	Prob. T/Lt. 15.07.1940 T/Lt. 05.06.1944, seniority 15.07.1940 MID ? attack enemy support ship 18.06.42	Frenchman, who joined the Royal Navy after the fall of France (02.1941) HMS Defiance (torpedo school ship, Devonport) * (06.1942) Commanding Officer, SGB 7 (08.1942) - (06.1944) no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Barnett, Harold Walter	20.06.1909 - 10.11.1968	A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 10.08.1934, seniority 01.05.1933 Lt. 16.01.1935, seniority 20.06.1934 1941?, seniority 20.06.1936 Lt.Cdr. 20.06.1944, seniority 20.06.1941 (retd 16.08.1948; medically unfit) OBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 DSC 02.12.1941 firefighting in HMS Formidable, Mediterranean [investiture 13.11.45]	Served Merchant Navy (Union Line). Was a cadet in the General Botha in South Africa and saw service in the South African Navy. 04.05.1933 - 07.01.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.01.1934 - (07.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.09.1934 - (02.)1935 HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 30.04.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 08.12.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Grafton (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 29.08.1938 - (04.)1940 [First Lieutenant ?], HMS Defender (destroyer) (8th, later 21st Destroyer Flotilla, China) 31.10.1940 - (12.1943) HMS Formidable (aircraft carrier) 14.01.1944 - (04.)1944 HMS Lochailort (Combined Operations base, Inverailort Castle, nr Inverness) 23.05.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) * 22.04.1946 - (10.1947) Training Commander, HMS St George (RN Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire) * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Barry, [Sir] Claud Barrington Eldest son of Charles Edward Barry (died 12.10.1934), of Clifton, Bristol. Married (1921) Marsali Campbell, Geelong, Australia; one son.	17.07.1891 Clifton - 27.12.1951 [Beaulieu, Hampshire ?]	Midsh. 1909 S.Lt. 30.04.1912 Lt. 30.01.1914 Lt.Cdr. 30.01.1922 Cdr. 31.12.1926 Capt. 31.12.1933 Cdre. 2nd cl. 24.06.1942? R.Adm. 12.01.1943 V.Adm. 1946 (retd 01.05.1950; own request to facilitate the promotion of junior officers) Adm. (retd) 01.05.1950 (re-employed 1950-1951) KBE 10.06.1948 HM's birthday 48 [investiture 20.07.48] CB 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45 [investiture 27.07.45] DSO 21.06.1918 ? MID WW I ? LegH ? ? Phnx 15.04.1947 ? StOlav 13.01.1948 services to Norway	Education: Cordwalles, Maidenhead; RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth (15.05.1904-...) 01.1914 entered Submarine Service (1918) Commanding Officer, HMS D 4 (submarine) 17.06.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Platypus (depot ship) (for command of submarines) 28.08.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Barham (battleship) 02.09.1924 - (01.1925) Commanding Officer, HMS L 14 (submarine) (and in command of Group "M" Submarines) (in reserve at Portland) 04.1926 - (05.)1926 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Devonport) (additional, for submarines & for instructional duties) 22.11.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 01.11.1928 - (02.)1931 Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.10.1931 - (06.1933) Commanding Officer, HMS Thames (submarine) (01.1934) no appointment listed 28.09.1934 - (02.)1937 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin] 12.02.1937 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (and as Captain (S) IV Submarine Flotilla) (China) (04.1939) - (08.)1939 no appointment listed 09.08.1939 - (04.)1940 Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] 31.10.1940 - 03.04.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) * 24.06.1942 - (08.)1942 Commodore on staff of Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)] 09.11.1942 - 12.09.1944 Rear-Admiral, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]  [ 1944? Flag Officer, Scotland ] 21.02.1945 - 08.04.1946 Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President] (04.1946) no appointment listed