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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, Bertram Charles	24.11.1886 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - (03?).1966 Worthing district, Sussex	Seaman ? [232053] Gnr. 07.10.1916 Cd.Gnr. 25.03.1927 (retd 24.11.1936) Lt. (retd) 24.11.1936 Lt.Cdr. (retd) 24.11.1944 (reverted to retd < 04.1946)	11.1916     entered RN (08.1923)     no appointment listed 01.09.1923 - (05.1926) HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean) (for DF & I duties) 04.01.1927 - (02.)1927 HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet) 20.04.1927 - (04.)1928 HMS Iron Duke (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) (for DF & I duties) 19.04.1928 - (08.1929) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 15.04.1930 - (09.)1932 HMS Berwick (cruiser) (China) (for direction finding duties) 08.12.1932 - (08.1936) HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (Coast of Scotland Command) 01.12.1939 - (06.)1944 HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire) 07.08.1944 - (01.1945) HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (07.1945)     HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) * * indexed, but not listed as such
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 - 10.05.1954	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 Son of Edward Daniel Barnes (1864-1938), and Lily Evelyn Hands (1863-).	21.03.1893 Winchmore Hill, Edmonton district, Middlesex - (09?).1964 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	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 20.12.1946 - 1951 Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President] * Dates might have been, according to what is written on a  portrait: 10.12.1940 - 05.04.1942.
Bartlett, Alfred John	? - 08.1989 still alive	A/T/Gnr. 19.09.1941 T/Gnr. ?, seniority 19.09.1941 A/T/Cd.Gnr. 18.06.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	(08.1942) no appointment listed 30.01.1943 - 09.1943 HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 09.1943 - 12.1943 HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta) (for miscellaneous duties at Malta) 21.12.1943 - (07.1945) HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) 01.03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)
Bartlett, Hilary John	? - 16.03.1973	Cadet 01.05.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1939 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941 S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.06.1940 Lt. 16.01.1942 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1950 (retd 09.10.1961) DSC 16.06.1942 destruction of U-boat [investiture 22.09.42]	01.05.1938 - 30.04.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1939 - (10.1940) HMS Neptune (cruiser) 06.01.1941 - (02.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 11.1941 - (08.)1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Seawolf (submarine) 31.10.1942 - (08.)1943 First Lieutenant, HMS Satyr (submarine) 1943 - (10.)1943 submarine Commandng Officer's course 13.10.1943 - 10.04.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Sunfish (submarine) 20.07.1944 - (10.)1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Cutty Sark (yacht; submarine escort vessel) 20.11.1944 - 23.03.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sceptre (submarine) (07.1945)     no appointment listed ... - ... ...
Bartlett, Peter Joseph Howell Son of Joseph H. Bartlett, of London. Married (30.12.1941) Margaret Lilias Stirling (03.10.1906-), daughter of of V.Adm. Anselm John Buchanan Stirling, CB; one daughter.	11.12.1905 Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex - 01.1991 Wallingford, Berkshire	Midsh. 15.01.1924 A/S.Lt. 15.05.1926 S.Lt. 27.10.1927, seniority 15.12.1926 Lt. 30.12.1928 Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1936 (retd 30.12.1949; own request) A/Cdr. < 02.1943 Cdr. (retd) 30.12.1949 OBE 11.12.1945 wind up (Europe) 45	15.01.1924 - (05.1926) HMS Durban (cruiser) (China) 11.04.1927 - (07.1927) promotion course, Portsmouth 31.07.1928 - (08.1929) HMS X 1 (submarine) (Mediterranean) 22.01.1930 - (04.1930) First Lieutenant, HMS H 30 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 21.01.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 07.1932 - (09.)1932 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 11.1932 - (01.1934) First Lieutenant, HMS Pandora (submarine) (China) 29.04.1935 - (07.)1935 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Alecto] 28.08.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS H 34 (submarine) (Portsmouth) 10.1936 - (10.1938) HMS York (cruiser) & as Fleet Physical & Recreational Training Officer, America and West Indies Station (02.1939) no appointment listed 14.03.1939 - (04.)1939 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (for submarines) 05.1939 - (08.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Perseus (submarine) (China) 01.04.1940 - (02.1941) Commanding Officer, HMS Perseus (submarine) 08.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines) 09.09.1942 - (02.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Medway II (base for 1st Submarine Flotilla, Beirut) 19.03.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, Malta) (07.1945) no appointment listed 14.08.1945 - (07.1948) HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (and for duty with submarines)
Barton, Denys Evelyn Son of Lt.Col. Richard Lionel Barton, DSO (1875-1942), and Isobel Violet Leonore Gardiner (born 1895). Brother of Lt.Col. Anthony Hamilton Gerald Barton, MC. Married (05.07.1947) Judith Anne Smithers (died 08.10.1995, Rugby, Warwickshire), daughter of Maj. Eric Smithers, Royal Field Artillery, of Stocks Cross House, Bramshaw, Nr Lyndhurst, Hampshire; one daughter.	15.09.1918 Edinburgh, Scotland - 28.11.1983 London	Cadet 01.01.1936 Midsh. 01.09.1936 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1938 S.Lt. 01.01.1939 Lt. 16.01.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.01.1948 Cdr. 30.06.1952 (retd 15.09.1968) MVO 18.03.1952 funeral of King George VI [investiture 02.04.52] DSC 10.11.1942 Liaison Officer at SS Ohio - Operation Pedestal (Gibraltar-Malta convoy 11-16.08.42) [investiture 15.12.42]	Education: Elstree School; RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1936 - 31.08.1936 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser) 01.09.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) 05.08.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Orion (cruiser) (America and West Indies) (08.1938)     no appointment listed 05.09.1938 - (04.)1939 promotion course, Portsmouth also served (pre-war?) at HMS Leander (cruiser) & HMS Express (destroyer) 08.07.1939 - (02.)1941 HMS Grimsby (sloop) 29.07.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Carlisle (cruiser) 30.07.1942 - (08.1942) Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty outside Admiralty) (02.1943) - (08.)1943 qualifying for gunnery duties 10.09.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 12.03.1944 - (10.1944) Gunnery Officer, HMS Watchful (RN base, Yarmouth) 09.01.1945 - (04.1946) Gunnery Officer, HMS Cleopatra (cruiser) 01.05.1947 - (07.)1948 Gunnery Officer, HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk) 13.12.1948 - (05.)1949 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) 06.10.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Solebay (destroyer) (02.1952)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (05.1953)     RN College, Greenwich * 15.02.1955 - (01.1956) Executive Officer, HMS Gamecock (RN Air Station, Bramcote, Nuneaton, Warwickshire) (01.1957)     HMS Osprey (anti-submarine training establishment, Portland) * 15.03.1958 - (01.1959) Executive Officer, RN Base Singapore [HMS Terror] 24.10.1960 - (02.)1963 Seaman Section, Personnel Panel, Manpower Department, Admiralty [HMS President] 25.11.1963 - (02.1968) Directorate of Naval Service Conditions, Naval Manpower Department, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Batson,  John William	02.05.1908 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 23.02.1989 Okehampton district, Devon	A/Wt.Eng. 01.04.1939 Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.04.1939 Lt.Cdr. (E) `01.10.1949 (retd)	(04.1939)     no appointment listed 25.05.1939 - (02.)1943 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (06.1943)     no appointment listed 28.06.1943 - 22.10.1943 HMS Hurworth (destroyer) (ship mined east of Kalymnos)
Battersby, Charles Shelly Son of Charles W. Battersby, and Susie A.S. Davis.	30.01.1913 Dunmoorland, Fleet, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire - 26.10.1955	Cadet 01.05.1930 Midsh. 01.01.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1933 S.Lt. 16.02.1934 Lt. 16.11.1936 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1944 Cdr. 31.12.1948	01.12.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 18.05.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) 08.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Shropshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean) (05.1933) no appointment listed 04.05.1933 - 07.01.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.01.1934 - (07.)1934 promotion course, Portsmouth 25.10.1934 - (02.)1937 HMS Duncan (flotilla leader) (China) (07.1937) no appointment listed 05.08.1937 - (10.)1939 HMS Electra (destroyer) (Home Fleet) 24.10.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley) 05.10.1939 - (02.)1941 [First Lieutenant?], HMS Achates (destroyer) 09.09.1941 - (12.1941) [Executive Officer?], HMS Faulknor (destroyer) 08.1942 - 02.01.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Middleton (destroyer) 04.02.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 01.09.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Hotspur (destroyer) (07.1945) no appointment listed 1945 - (1946?) Commanding Officer, HMS Loch Craggie (frigate) * 11.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Crossbow (05.1949)     no appointment listed 08.08.1949 - (05.1950) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 15.12.1952 - (05.1953) Executive Officer, HMS Swiftsure 04.08.1954 - (04.1955) Executive Officer, HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset) * (04.1946) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Battersby, Francis Robert Gerrard Son of John Francis Gerrard Battersby and Mary Battersby, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.	(09?).1921 Rochford district, Essex - 06.07.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 81, column 1]	Cadet 01.09.1939 Midsh. 01.05.1940 A/S.Lt. 1942? S.Lt. 1942?, seniority 01.06.1941 Lt. 16.01.1943 Awarded the King's Dirk	01.09.1939 - 30.04.1940 special entry cadet, RN College, Dartmouth 01.05.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Rodney (battleship) 05.01.1942 - (01.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth 15.03.1942 - 09.1943 HMS Howe (battleship) 12.09.1943 - 16.09.1943 British Naval Liaison Officer on the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (12.1943)     no appointment listed 10.01.1944 - 06.07.1944 HMS Trollope (frigate) (killed when ship was attacked by German E-boat off Normandy)
Bayley, Trevor Hughes Son of Thomas Henry Bayley, and Frederica Elizabeth Spencer (1892-1937), of Banbury, Oxfordshire.	(06?).1921 Salisbury district, Wiltshire - 10.11.1942 (MPK) [age 21] [Chatham Naval Memorial, 51, 1]	Midsh. 01.01.1940 A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941 S.Lt. 02.1942, seniority 01.04.1941	(04.1940)     no appointment listed 08.06.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Norfolk (cruiser) 01.09.1941 - (12.1941) promotion course, Portsmouth 02.1942 - 10.11.1942 HMS Martin (destroyer) (ship torpedoed & sunk by U-431 off Algeria)
Bayliss, Horace Temple Taylor Married (1936) to Ludovica Patricia Alice Loftus; ... children. Residences: (1942) Corries House, near Bagenalstown, (1961) The Old Rectory, Kiltennel.	16.01.1900 Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands - 16.12.1988	S.Lt. 15.09.1918 Lt. 15.09.1920 Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1928 Cdr. 31.12.1934 Capt. 30.06.1941 (retd 07.07.1950) DSO 10.07.1945 3 convoys to N Russia 44-45 MID 19.09.1944 sinking of U765 06.05.44	01.01.1916     joined RN 25.03.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Cossack (destroyer) 01.08.1923 - (08.1923) probationary observer, HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (additional) 06.02.1924 - (01.1925) observer, HMS Pegasus (aircraft carrier) (China) (and for observer duties) 11.1925 - (05.1926) observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) 11.02.1927 - (06.1928) observer, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (China) 26.06.1929 - (02.)1931 observer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 11.08.1931 - (01.)1932 observer, HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 06.09.1932 - (01.1934) observer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) (America and West Indies Station) (02.1935) no appointment listed 07.05.1935 - (07.)1935 tactical course, Portsmouth 30.10.1935 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Caledon (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet) 03.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (for duty in war game room) (Mediterranean Fleet) 01.03.1937 - (07.1937) staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 14.01.1938 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Folkestone (escort vessel) (China Station) 24.03.1939 - (09.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Sandwich (escort vessel) (China) 01.02.1940 - (02.)1941 Executive Officer, HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife) 06.1941 - (05.)1943 Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Naval Air Stations [HMS Daedalus] 05.1943 - (08.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Archer (escort carrier) 09.1943 - (06.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Vindex (escort carrier) (07.1945) no appointment listed 01.10.1945 - (04.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn) 10.10.1947 - (05.1949) Captain-in-Charge, Ceylon [HMS Highflyer] (05.1950) no appointment listed
Bayly, Gerald Wentworth Loscombe Abingdon "Gerry" Son of Lt.Col. Abingdon Robert Bayly, DSO, OBE, late Royal Field Artillery (1871-1952), and Viola Yvonne Mary Kathleen Loscombe-Wallis, of La Tour de Peilz (Vaud), Switzerland.	(06?).1914 Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex - 11.11.1940 (KIA) [age 26] [Bari War Cemetery, Italy, II.E.4]	Cadet 01.05.1931 Midsh. 01.01.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 16.11.1934 Lt. 16.01.1937 MID 11.09.1940 recent engagements MID 20.05.1941 attack on Taranto 11.11.40 [posthumously]	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (09.1927). 04.1931 - 06.1932 HMS Ramillies (battleship) 16.06.1932 - (01.)1934 HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean) 02.05.1934 - 06.01.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] (Ryder Memorial Prize, for obtaining first place in French [qualified as interpreter 10.1934]) 07.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 07.09.1935 - 05.1936 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet) 17.05.1936 - (02.)1937 pilot's course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Leuchars (07.1937)     no appointment listed 08.1937 - 12.1937 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) 01.01.1938 - 11.11.1940 pilot, 824 Squadron FAA [HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)]
Bayly, [Sir] Patrick Uniacke "Pat" Son (with two brothers) of Lancelot Francis Sanderson Bayly (1869-1952), and Eileen Maude Bayly (?-1961), of Nenagh, Eire. Married (04.04.1945) Third Officer Moira "Moy" Gourlay Jardine, WRNS (born 1922), daughter of Robert Gourlay Jardine, of Newton Mearns, Scotland; two daughters.	04.08.1914 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary - 01.05.1998 Liss, Hampshire	Midsh. 01.09.1932 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1935 S.Lt. 16.07.1935 Lt. 16.02.1937 ?, seniority 16.08.1936 A/Lt.Cdr. 06.1943 Lt.Cdr. 16.08.1944 Cdr. 30.06.1948 Capt. 30.06.1954 R.Adm. 08.07.1963 V.Adm. 29.09.1967 (retd 15.07.1970) KBE 08.06.1968 HM's birthday 68 [investiture 29.10.68] CB 01.01.1965 New Year 65 [investiture 16.02.65] DSC 21.12.1943 HMS Hamilcar, Operation Husky [award posted] DSC 23.05.1944 Senior Naval Officer Landings (Q), Operation Avalanche [award posted] DSC 19.05.1953 Korea [investiture 30.06.53] LM 15.02.1955 Korea 02-05.52	Education: Aravon, Bray, Co. Wicklow; RN College, Dartmouth (1928). 21.01.1932 - (07.)1934 HMS Revenge (battleship) (Mediterranean) 20.07.1934 - (11.1934) HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet) 03.01.1935 - 01.09.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 02.09.1935 - (02.)1936 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] 24.06.1936 - (10.)1936 HMS Amphion (cruiser) 23.12.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Penzance (patrol sloop/escort vessel) (South Africa) 23.06.1938 - (08.)1939 First Lieutenant, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) 23.11.1939 - 07.1941 Gunnery Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) [in lieu of specialist Gunnery Officer] (12.1941)     no appointment listed 01.04.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Monck (HQ combined training, Largs) 25.11.1942 - (02.)1943 instructor, HMS Armadillo (naval beach commando school, Glenfinnart) 27.05.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Quebec (Combined training centre, Inverary) (for beach party duty) 06.1943 - 1944? Principal Beach Master, "M" Beach Commando (Sicily, Salerno) (DSC and Bar) 03.01.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Mauritius (cruiser) 1945 - 1945 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] (07.1945)     no appointment listed 02.1946 - (04.1946) Staff Officer (Operations), 15th Cruiser Squadron [HMS Orion] 14.07.1948 - (05.)1950 Tactical and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 1950     Commanding Officer, HMS Alacrity (sloop) (Legion of Merit) (1953) - 11.04.1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Constance (destroyer) (Second bar to DSC) (05.1953)     no appointment listed (07.1954)     HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) * 30.08.1954 - (01.1956) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous duties) (01.1957)     no appointment listed 1957     naval staff, Imperial Defence College 16.11.1957 - (01.)1959 Commanding Officer, HMS Cavendish & Captain (D), 6th Destroyer Squadron 10.09.1959 - (01.1960) Director Strategic Application and Policy, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT), NATO (Norfolk, Va.) (07.1961)     NATO * 01.10.1961 - (02.)1963 Chief of Staff, Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia] 06.05.1963 - (02.1964) Flag Officer Sea Training & in command Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey] 1965 - 05.1967 Admiral President, RN College, Greenwich 02.10.1967 - 1970 Chief of Allied Staff, Naval Command South, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Malta) Director, Maritime Trust, 1971-1988.
Bayne, Peter John Son of ... Bayne, and ... Jordan. Married Margret (née ...).	(12?).1919 Aston district, Warwickshire - 13.03.2007 Kent  [age 87]	... .... A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 1940/41?, seniority 01.04.1939 Lt. 16.12.1940 Lt.Cdr. 16.12.1948 Cdr, 30.06.1955 Capt. 30.06.1962 (retd 07.07.1971) CBE 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 71 [investiture 23.11.71] DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45 [decoration posted] MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44	... - ... ... 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth 15.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Danae (cruiser) (12.1941)     no appointment listed 24.02.1942 - (08.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Bridlington (Bangor class minesweeper) 05.10.1942 - (10.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Fantome (Algerine class minesweeper) 21.10.1943 - (07.1945) First Lieutenant, HMS Javelin (destroyer) 03.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Moreta (RN base, Haifa) ... - ... ...
Beale, Charles Edward Stewart Possibly related to Lt. C.E.S. Beale, RNR.	c. 1920 ? - died between 08.1973 and 08.1977 ??	Cadet 01.01.1938 Midsh. 01.05.1938 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1940 S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 01.01.1940 Lt. 16.11.1941 Lt.Cdr. 16.11.1949 (retd 12.01.1962)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth 01.01.1938 - 30.04.1938 naval cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser) 01.05.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Newcastle (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 01.05.1939 - (08.)1939 HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (Home Fleet) (for 4 months' training) 01.01.1940 - (04.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth (06.1940)     in charge of Vice-Admiral Dover's barge (Dunkirk) 10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS H 31 (submarine) (12.1941)     no appointment listed (08.1942) no appointment listed (02.1943) - (07.1945)  HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) * 08.01.1946 - (04.1946) HMS Sussex (cruiser) ... - ... ... * indexed, but not listed as such
Beale, George Henry   Married Jessie Jocelyn (née ...); three daughters.	22.03.1905 Cork - 07.01.1974	Midsh. 15.09.1924 A/S.Lt. 01.01.1927 S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.11.1926 Lt. 01.04.1928 Lt.Cdr. 01.04.1936 Cdr. 31.12.1939 A/Capt. 1945? Capt. 30.06.1945 (retd 01.1955?) DSO 08.01.1942 withdrawal from Crete [investiture 09.07.46] OBE 01.01.1941 New Year 41 [investiture 09.07.46] MID 23.10.1945 head of intelligence & escape organization while POW	1923     joined RN 15.09.1924 - (05.)1926 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) 30.12.1926 - (07.1927) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 21.04.1928 - (06.1928) HMS Dragon (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 29.04.1929 - (08.)1929 observers' course [HMS Excellent] 27.12.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (and as acting observer) 15.04.1930 - (09.1932) observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) 03.04.1933 - (05.)1933 observer, No. 433 Flight FAA [HMS Victory] (for Base Training Squadron, Gosport) 08.05.1933 - (06.1933) tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Dryad] 15.07.1933 - ? RAF School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on-Solent (01.1934) - (02.1935) no appointment listed [attached to RAF] (07.1935)     no appointment listed 19.08.1935 - (02.)1939 observer, HMS Amphion (cruiser) (built at Portsmouth, then Africa, then Portsmouth) 14.03.1939 - (04.1939) observer, HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (08.1939)     Fleet Air Arm 15.02.1940 - 29.05.1941 Air Staff Officer, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier) [10.01.1941 wounded by air bombardment of the ship; played a major role in the withdrawal from Crete 05.1941, himself staying behind at Maleme and captured] 29.05.1941 - (05?).1945 no appointment listed while being a POW in German capitivity 01.08.1945 - (10.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Nairana (escort carrier) (04.1946)     Admiralty [HMS President] * 03.08.1948 - (05.1950) Deputy Director of Naval Air Warfare Division, Admiralty [HMS President] 04.10.1950 - 19.03.1953 lent to RAN 04.10.1950 - 11.11.1950 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for passage to Australia per "Orcades") 12.11.1950 - 15.12.1952 Commanding Officer, HMAS Albatross (RAN Air Station, Nowra, NSW) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge [later: Resident Naval Officer], Jervis Bay 16.12.1952 - 01.1953 HMAS Penguin (additional; for passage to UK per "Stratheden", disembarking 24.01.1953 & foreign service leave) 01.1953 - 19.03.1953 HMAS Cerberus II (additional; for foreign service leave) (05.1953)     no appointment listed 07.1953 - (07.1954) Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (aircraft carrier) 07.07.1954 - 07.01.1955 also: Naval ADC to the Queen * indexed, but not listed as such
Beard, Kenneth Wales	(12?).1902 Blofield, Norfolk - 10.06.1961 Brompton Hospital	A/S.Lt. 15.09.1922 S.Lt. 15.06.1923 Lt. 15.07.1925 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1933 (retd 13.10.1947) A/Cdr. 16.06.1945? Cdr. (retd) 13.10.1947	03.01.1923 - (08.1923) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 08.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Calypso (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 14.03.1926 - (05.1926) observers' course [HMS Excellent] 24.01.1927 - (07.1927) HMS Tamar (receiving ship) (Hong Kong)  (for Observer Duties) 24.05.1929 - (04.)1930 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (for Observer Duties) 07.1930 - (02.)1931 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet) (for Observer Duties) 11.08.1931 - (09.1932) HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) (China) (for Observer Duties) 19.12.1933 - (02.)1936 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (for Observer Duties) 09.11.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (for Observer Duties) (08.1938) HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) * 16.08.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Portsmouth) (for Observer Duties) (09.1939) 771 Squadron FAA [HMS Sparrowhawk (RN Air Station, Hatston, Orkney)] (for Observer Duties) 06.09.1940 - (02.1941) [CO?] 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] (for Observer Duties) 08.1941 - (12.1941) [CO?] 772 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)] (for Observer Duties) 27.05.1942 - (06.)1943 on staff of Second-in-Command Naval Air Stations & Commanding Officer RN Air Station Donibristle  [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] 07.1943 - (04.)1944 Commanding Officer, RN Air Station, Bermuda & 773 Squadron FAA [HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)] 05.05.1944 - (06.1944) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath) 16.06.1945 - (04.1946) Executive Officer, HMS Nabsmere (Mobile Naval Air Base IX), commissioned 01.08.1945 as HMS Nabrock (Middle Wallop, Hants, from 05.10.1945 Sembawang, Singapore) * indexed, but not listed as such
Beasley, Frank Mountifort	02.08.1903 Paddington district, Greater London - 17.03.1972	... .... Lt. 15.03.1926 Lt.Cdr. 15.03.1934 (retd 18.09.1946) A/Cdr. 05.06.1944? Cdr. (retd) < 07.1952	1916     entered RN ... - ... ... 27.07.1932 - (02.)1935 HMS Dauntless (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 10.05.1935 - (07.)1935 Lieutenant Commander (Staff Officer South America) on staff of Commodore Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Squadron [HMS Exeter (cruiser)] 29.11.1935 - (02.)1936 Staff Officer (Operations) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [HMS Norfolk (cruiser)] (temporary) 15.12.1936 - (09.1937) Lieutenant Commander (Staff Officer South America) on staff of Commodore Commanding South American Division [HMS Exeter (cruiser)] (02.1938)     no appointment listed 10.05.1938 - 18.10.1938 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (while under construction) 19.10.1938 - (04.)1940 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) & as Squadron Navigating Officer 17.10.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS President (for special and miscellaneous services) 16.07.1941 - (04.)1944 Staff Officer (Intelligence), RNZN Navy Office, Wellington 05.06.1944 - (10.1944) Staff Officer (Intelligence) on staff of Flag Officer Gibraltar & Mediterranean Approaches [HMS Cormorant] (07.1945) - (04.1946)  no appointment listed

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