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Blundell, George Collett	25.05.1904 Kensington, Greater London - 19.10.1997 Banbury, Oxfordshire	Midsh. 15.05.1922 A/S.Lt. 15.09.1924 S.Lt. ? Lt. 30.06.1926 Lt.Cdr. 30.06.1934 A/Cdr. < 02.1941 Cdr. 30.06.1942 Capt. 31.12.1947 (retd 07.01.1957) CBE 01.01.1957 New Year 57 OBE 08.04.1941 HMS Kent torpedoed 17.09.40 MID 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 45	15.05.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Hood (battlecruiser) 01.01.1925 - (01.1925) promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 01.03.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean) (additional) 03.01.1929 - (04.1930) qualifying for torpedo duties, HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)  (02.1931) HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) * 22.09.1931 - (01.)1934 Torpedo Officer, HMS Enterprise (cruiser) (East Indies) 18.12.1934 - (02.)1936 Torpedo Officer, HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for Fort Blockhouse) (and for duty with submarines) 21.10.1936 - (07.)1937 Torpedo Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (while under construction also for duty with Commander-Superintendent of Contract-built Ships) 01.12.1937 - 1941 Torpedo Officer, HMS Kent (cruiser) & 1938-1939 also Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station 04.02.1941 - (02.1941) Torpedo Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) 10.07.1942 - (10.)1943 Executive Officer, HMS Nelson (battleship) 13.12.1943 - (07.1945) Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President]  18.02.1946 - (10.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Vernon (torpedo & anti-submarine school, Brighton, then Portsmouth) 06.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Rifleman (05.1950) no appointment listed 24.06.1952 - (01.1956) Director of Naval Recruiting, Admiralty [HMS President] * indexed, but not listed as such
Bockett-Pugh, Ian Hamilton Son of Edward Harding Bockett-Pugh (1872-1945), and Irene Paul (1872-...). Married (17.09.1929) Nancy Lucas (1910-1972); three daughters, one son. Residence: (1944) Yelverton.	30.08.1900 Harwich - 03.07.1982 Torbay district	A/S.Lt. 15.05.1921 S.Lt. 15.08.1923, seniority 15.05.1921 Lt. 28.02.1924, seniority 15.04.1923 Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1938 (retd 30.07.1949; medically unfit) A/Capt. > 06.1944, < 10.1944 DSO 14.04.1942 convoy escort & destruction of U-boat 01-02.42 [investiture 08.12.42] DSO 13.04.1943 Operation Torch & destruction U-boat [investiture 11.05.43] DSO 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune [investiture 27.11.45] MID 01.09.1942 Operation Harpoon	1920 ADC to Capt. Best [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)] (08.1923)     short course of instruction 15.08.1923 - (01.1925) HMS Venetia (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (05.1926)     no appointment listed 10.09.1926 - (07.)1927 HMS Despatch (cruiser) (China) 19.12.1927 - (08.)1929 HMS Frobisher (cruiser) (Mediterranean) 20.10.1929 - (02.)1931 RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 17.12.1931 - (01.)1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Cicala (river gunboat) (China) 25.07.1934 - (02.)1936 Executive Officer, HMS Guardian (net layer) 11.05.1936 - (06.)1938 HMS Iron Duke (training ship, Portsmouth) 29.08.1938 - (10.)1938 Executive Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) 20.12.1938 - (02.)1939 in charge, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) (reduced to special complement) (04.1939) HMS Adventure (large minelayer) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) * 19.04.1939 - (08.1939) Staff Officer (1) to Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station & Residential Naval Officer, Freetown [HMS Neptune (cruiser)] 12.02.1940 - (04.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS St Vincent (boys' training establishment, Forton) 26.10.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Wellington (sloop) 02.1941 - (02.)1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer) 03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Effingham (Combined Operations base, Dartmouth) (12.1943) - (06.1944) no appointment listed: Senior Officer, Ferry Service (Operation Neptune, Normandy) 15.08.1944 - (10.)1944 Captain, Rosyth Escort Force [HMS Cochrane (RN base, Rosyth)] 10.1944 - (07.1945) Commanding Officer, HMS Philoctetes (depot ship, Freetown) & as Captain (D) Freetown (04.1946)     HMS Foliot IV * 08.10.1947 - (07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Camperdown (destroyer) (05.1949)     no appointment listed * indexed, but not listed as such
Boddam-Whetham, Edye Kington Son of late John Whetham and Adelaide Harriett Matilda Boddam­Whetham of Kirklington Hall, Notts. Married (1915) Elizabeth Margaret, widow of Gordon Ayers.	04.02.1887 Kirklington Hall, Notts - 27.03.1944 [age 57] [Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, 1.D.5]	A/S.Lt. 15.04.1906? S.Lt. 22.04.1907, seniority 15.04.1906 Lt. 15.07.1908 Lt.Cdr. 15.07.1914 Cdr. 31.12.1920 Capt. 30.06.1928 R.Adm. 01.08.1939 (retd 02.08.1939) Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 07.09.1939 CBE 08.12.1942 Russian convoy PQ18 09.42 DSO 14.09.1917 * MID 22.06.1917 ? MID 17.11.1942 ** * For his services in command of a destroyer in the action with .enemy destroyers off the Belgian coa,st on the 5th June, 1917. He handled his ship well in the face of superior forces and under the fire of the shore batteries. ** For outstanding devotion to duty during three years arduous service as Commodore of Ocean Convoy.	Education: Sandroyd; HMS Britannia 15.09.1901     entered RN 1914 - 1919 served European War (DSO for services in command of a destroyer off the Belgian coast, June 1917) 01.09.1918 - (01.1919) Commanding Officer, HMS Swallow (destroyer) (01.1925) Air Ministry 15.01.1926 - (07.1927) Commanding Officer, HMS Witherington (destroyer) (China) 27.07.1929 - (02.1931) Commanding Officer, HMS Tarantula (gunboat) & Senior Officer, West River (China) (01.1932) no appointment listed 07.06.1932 - (01.1934) Commanding Officer, HMS Kempenfelt (flotilla leader) & Captain (D) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (Home Fleet) 06.10.1934 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS Malabar (RN Barracks, Bermuda) (and in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda) (02.1937) no appointment listed 17.05.1937 - (07.1939) Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] 10.01.1939 - 01.08.1939 Naval ADC to the King 07.09.1939 - 27.03.1944 Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Boddie, Alfred Charles	27.01.1891 Portsea Island, Hampshire - 10.12.1958	Seaman ? [237523] Gnr. 01.10.1917 Cd.Gnr. 22.06.1927 Lt. 22.06.1939 (retd 27.01.1941)	30.08.1918 - (01.1919) HMS Stag (destroyer) 24.10.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Benbow (battleship) (for instructional duties) (Mediterranean) 06.12.1926 - (07.1927) HMS Fisgard (depot for training of artificer apprentices) 18.06.1929 - (02.1931) HMS Egmont (RN base, Malta) 15.09.1931 - (01.1932) HMS Lupin (sloop) 29.04.1932 - (09.1932) HMS Mist (drifter) 18.02.1933 - (07.1935) HMS Danae (cruiser) * 16.03.1936 - (02.1937) HMS Hawkins (cruiser) 08.03.1937 - (02.1938) HMS Dauntless (cruiser) 24.05.1938 - (06.1938) HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) (06.1938) - (02.1939) HMS Cochrane (depot ship) & for HMS Greenwich (destroyer depot ship) 24.02.1939 - (08.1939) HMS Syringa (trawler) 05.01.1940 - (04.1940) HMS Flora (RN base, Invergordon) 08.04.1940 - (02.1941) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 12.1941 - (10.1943) HMS Calliope (RN base, Tyne) 23.11.1943 - (06.1944) HMS Manatee (landing craft base, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight) 11.07.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Glendower (training establishment Pwllheli, North Wales) * (02.1936) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
Boddie, George Hugh	28.11.1886 Portsmouth, Portsea Island, Hampshire - died between 07.1962 and 08.1973	Seaman ? [218693] A/Mate 15.02.1915 Mate 27.03.1916, seniority 15.02.1915 A/Lt. 15.01.1918 Lt. 07.03.1919, seniority 15.01.1918 02.08.1921, seniority 15.11.1917 (retd 01.12.1922; own request) Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.11.1925 (reverted to retd 1941/42) DSC 05.10.1918 * * For extreme efficiency in extinguishing fires and reorganising ship after the action. He rendered great assistance in bringing the ship safely into harbour when the comdg. officer was wounded (22-23.04.1918, Adriatic)	(01.1919) HMS Hercules (battleship) * 15.02.1940 - (02.1941) Assistant Boom Officer, Portland [HMS Boscawen] * indexed, but not listed as such
Boddie, Ronal Gowan Son of R.Adm. (E) Ronald Charles Boddie, CVO, DSO, RN.	? - 12.2004 still alive	Cadet 01.01.1939 Midsh. (E) 01.05.1940 S.Lt. (E) 16.04.1942 A/Lt. (E) ? Lt. (E) 16.10.1943 Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.10.1951 Cdr. (EngM) 31.12.1957 (retd 01.11.1969; own request)	08.05.1940 - (08.1943) engineering course, RN Engineering College, Keyham 31.08.1943 - (12.1943) HMS Spartan (cruiser) 20.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMNZS Achilles (cruiser) (lent to RNZN) 19.09.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Vanguard 15.01.1951 - (05.1953) HMS President (for miscellaneous services) 22.10.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Chevron 12.1960 - (02.1963) Department of the Director-General, Aircraft, Admiralty [HMS President] 10.10.1966 - (02.1969) Project Planning Officer, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Boddie, Sydney Leonard Cecil	09.09.1896 Portsea Island, Hampshire - 14.05.1979 Portsmouth, Hampshire	Seaman ? [M4789] Wt.Eng. 01.07.1927 Cd.Eng. 01.07.1937 (retd 09.09.1946) A/Lt. (E) < 04.1944, still 04.1946 Lt. (E) (retd) 09.09.1946 OON 12.05.1942 withdrawal from Holland 40	20.09.1927 - (08.1929) HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) 05.11.1929 - (09.1932) HMS Dragon (cruiser) 16.11.1932 - (01.1934) HMS Sardonyx (destroyer) 26.06.1934 - (02.1936) HMS Revenge (battleship) 13.07.1936 - (06.1938) RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] (08.1938) no appointment listed 14.09.1938 - (10.1938) HMS Calcutta (cruiser) (for minesweepers in reserve) 12.12.1938 - (10.1943) HMS Verity (destroyer) (12.1943) no appointment listed 01.03.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Escapade (destroyer)
Boddy, Roland Lindsay Married; one son, four daughters.	23.08.1913 Richmond, Surrey - 01.10.1995 Lochailort,  Inverness-shire	Cadet 01.01.1931 Midsh. 01.09.1931 A/S.Lt. 01.05.1934 S.Lt. 01.11.1934 Lt. 01.11.1937 A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945 Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1945 (retd 24.08.1955; own request)	Education: RN College, Dartmouth (c. 1926-1930) 01.01.1931 - 02.10.1931 naval cadet 03.10.1931 - (09.1932) HMS York (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 05.04.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS Leander (cruiser) (Home Fleet) 02.05.1934 - 06.01.1935 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President] 07.01.1935 - (07.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth 17.09.1935 - (07.)1937 HMS Londonderry (escort vessel) (East Indies) 01.11.1937 - (06.)1938 HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for motor torpedo boats) 27.06.1938 - (08.)1939 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 8 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)] (09.1939)     no appointment listed (04.1940)     no appointment listed 01.10.1940 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HM MTB 28 (motor torpedo boat) [HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces base, Gosport)] 06.05.1941 - (12.1941) First Lieutenant, HMS Ambuscade (destroyer) 30.06.1942 - 18.04.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Quilliam (destroyer) 04.1943 - 10.1943 no appointment listed 02.10.1943 - (12.1943) Commanding Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer) 14.02.1944 - (10.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Lauderdale (destroyer) 12.06.1945 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Fame (destroyer) 23.10.1945 - (10.1947) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous services, later for RN Barracks, Devonport) 02.02.1948 - (07.)1948 HMS London (cruiser) 01.11.1948 - (05.1949) HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore) (for miscellaneous duties) 20.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall) 19.05.1951 - (05.1953) HMS Osprey (RN base, Portland) ? - (04.)1955 staff officer, Tay Division RNVR (Dundee) After his retirement from the navy he had a forestry business for a few years, skippered some pretty smart luxury yachts around the Mediterranean and Adriatic, his old wartime stamping grounds, before developing a small landscaping business in Kinlochmoidart for many years.
Boiston, William Rochester Son of John Anthony and Annie Boiston. Married Edith (Bradford) Boiston, of Gillingham, Kent, England.	30.10.1887 Guisborough, York district, Yorkshire - 24.10.1945 [age 57] [Halifax (Fort Massey) Cemetery, section E, grave 93]	A/ERA IV 18.11.1909 [M1369] ERA IV 24.01.1911 ERA III 17.11.1912 Art.Eng. 18.11.1915 Cd.Eng. 18.11.1925 Lt. (E) 21.01.1932 (retd 30.10.1937) Lt.Cdr. (E) (retd) 07.1941, seniority 22.02.1940 A/Cdr. (E) (retd) > 06.1944, < 07.1945 MBE 11.05.1937 HM's Coronation 37 DSM 21.10.1914 engagement off Heliogland 28.08.14 * * Engine Room Artificer, 3rd class, O.N. M.1369, who showed great ability and coolness in taking charge of the after boiler room during the action, when an explosion blew in the after funnel and a shell carried away pipes and seriously damaged the main steam pipe.	18.11.1909 - 28.01.1910 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham) 29.01.1910 - 14.03.1910 HMS Tyne (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers) 15.03.1910 - 28.02.1911 HMS St George (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers) 01.03.1911 - 25.04.1911 HMS Actaeon (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers) 26.04.1911 - 16.05.1911 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham) 17.05.1911 - 08.09.1913 HMS Blonde (cruiser) 09.09.1913 - 26.09.1913 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham) 27.09.1913 - 31.12.1913 HMS Afridi (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Hecla (depot ship, Chatham)] 01.01.1914 - 16.01.1914 HMS Afridi (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)] 17.01.1914 - 14.04.1914 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham) 15.04.1914 - 09.03.1915 HMS Laurel (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)] 10.03.1915 - 22.06.1915 HMS Pembroke II (accounting base [?], Chatham) 23.06.1915 - 18.11.1915 HMS Laurel (torpedo boat destroyer) [HMS Dido (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers)] 03.1916 HMS Cleopatra (corvette, harbour service, Devonport) 06.02.1918 - 12.1918 HMS Beagle (destroyer) 12.1919 - 04.1921 HMS Centurian 04.1921 - 12.1921 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) 21.11.1921 - 22.10.1922 HMS Royal Oak (battleship) 22.10.1922 - 07.04.1926 HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet) [officially from 03.10.1922] 08.1926 - 01.1927 HMNZS Diomede (cruiser) 01.1927 - 05.1928 HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser) [officially from 07.04.1926] 28.10.1928 - 30.10.1930 HMS Tempest (destroyer) (Nore Command) [officially from 22.10.1928] 11.1930 - 08.1931 HMS Volunteer (destroyer) (Mediterranean) [officially from 10.1930] 08.1931 - 10.1931 HMS Veteran (destroyer) (Mediterranean) (01.1932) no appointment listed 15.02.1932 - 10.1934 HMS Anthony (destroyer) (Mediterranean) 23.11.1934 - 08.1935 Mechanical Training Establishment, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 10.08.1935 - 10.1937 HMS Marshal Soult (monitor; turret drill ship) (Reserve Fleet) 10.12.1937 - 06.1940 HMS Campbell (flotilla leader) (Reserve Fleet) 06.1940 - 10.1943 Mechanical Training Establishment, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] 01.10.1943 - 24.10.1945 Commanding Officer, Mechanical Training Establishment, RCN Barracks, Halifax, NS [HMCS Stadacona (RCN base, Halifax, NS)]
Boldero, John Christian Married Emily (née ...) (1906-02.1990).	27.12.1899 - 13.03.1984 Weymouth, Dorset