| 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.
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17.07.1891
Clifton
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27.12.1951
[Beaulieu, Hampshire ?]
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Midsh.
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1909
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S.Lt.
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30.04.1912
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Lt.
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30.01.1914
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Lt.Cdr.
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30.01.1922
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Cdr.
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31.12.1926
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Capt.
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31.12.1933
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Cdre. 2nd cl.
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24.06.1942?
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R.Adm.
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12.01.1943
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V.Adm.
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1946 (retd 01.05.1950;
own request to facilitate the promotion of junior officers)
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Adm. (retd)
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01.05.1950 (re-employed
1950-1951)
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KBE
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10.06.1948
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HM's
birthday 48 [investiture 20.07.48]
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CB
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14.06.1945
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HM's
birthday 45 [investiture 27.07.45]
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DSO
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21.06.1918
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MID
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WW
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LegH
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Phnx
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15.04.1947
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StOlav
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13.01.1948
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services
to Norway
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Education: Cordwalles, Maidenhead; RN Colleges,
Osborne and Dartmouth (15.05.1904-...)
01.1914
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entered
Submarine Service
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(1918)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS D 4 (submarine)
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17.06.1918
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-
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(01.1919)
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HMS
Platypus (depot ship) (for command of submarines)
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28.08.1922
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-
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(08.1923)
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HMS
Barham (battleship)
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02.09.1924
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-
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(01.1925)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS L 14 (submarine) (and in command of Group "M" Submarines) (in
reserve at Portland)
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04.1926
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(05.)1926
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HMS
Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Devonport) (additional, for submarines &
for instructional duties)
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22.11.1926
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(07.1927)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
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01.11.1928
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(02.)1931
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Naval
Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
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10.10.1931
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(06.1933)
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Commanding Officer,
HMS Thames (submarine)
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(01.1934)
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no appointment
listed
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28.09.1934
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-
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(02.)1937
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Chief
Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin]
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12.02.1937
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(02.)1939
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Commanding Officer,
HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (and as Captain (S) IV Submarine Flotilla)
(China)
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(04.1939)
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(08.)1939
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no appointment
listed
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09.08.1939
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-
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(04.)1940
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Naval
Assistant to Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President]
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31.10.1940
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03.04.1942
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Commanding Officer,
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) *
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24.06.1942
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(08.)1942
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Commodore
on staff of Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Tana (RN base,
Kilindini, Kenya)]
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09.11.1942
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-
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12.09.1944
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Rear-Admiral,
Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
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[
1944?
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Flag
Officer, Scotland ]
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21.02.1945
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-
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08.04.1946
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Naval
Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty [HMS President]
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(04.1946)
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no appointment
listed
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